It came time for me to do my military service. Something truly magical happened while I was there! This knowledge proved invaluable for me in the army as well! In the building where our military unit was housed, the ceiling was hung with large round white lights. So, this one time, standing around in one spot for a long time on guard duty, I got bored and started imagining one of these ceiling lights suddenly falling. Staring long and hard at the ceiling light, I imagined it falling and shattering into pieces. I kept visualizing and visualizing. For several hours, I replayed this scene in my mind over and over again. Lunchtime arrived, as did the replacement officer, and I went to grab a bite to eat. Interestingly, when leaving the barracks, I completely forgot about the ceiling light – I had only food on my mind. After lunch, on my way back, I noticed that the front door was open and the soldier who had replaced me was sweeping some shattered glass into a dustpan. It was that very same ceiling light that I had focused on so long and hard a while earlier. When I asked my colleague what happened, he replied:
– Nothing much, it was just hanging there and then suddenly fell.
I don't know exactly what happened: perhaps there was a strong draft, or maybe someone threw something up at the ceiling and knocked the light down. But the fact remains: I intensely visualized the ceiling light falling, and that's precisely what happened. At that moment, I realized that miracles really do happen and nothing is impossible. At the time, I hadn't yet given the operative principles of fast attraction much thought. But this experience gave me an understanding of its next feature.
After completing military service, I decided to use visualization to find a well-paying job. Each day, I imagined holding and constantly counting large sums of cash in my hands. I wanted to earn lots of money, so this is precisely what I visualized. And at this one interview, I was offered what seemed like a pretty prospective job as an insurance agent, with the possibility of earning several-fold more in a year's time. At first, my job involved delivering car, real estate and health insurance policies. By the end of the working day, I usually had a serious sum in my briefcase. Sometimes, it was large enough to buy a cheap car. In essence, this job was no different from my previous one. Except for the fact that I had to make sales, do some paperwork, and that I always had a lot of cash on me.