![]() ![]() We decided to publish the book ourselves, even though we had very little knowledge of publishing and even less money. My life isn’t perfect.” My friend Marc Allen helped me get through the rough spots, encouraging me to stop worrying about it and just focus on my creative process. As I was writing the book, I experienced alternating waves of creative enthusiasm and self-doubt, thinking, “Who am I to write a book telling people how to find greater happiness and fulfillment in life? I’m certainly no expert. It occurred to me that it might be a good idea to write these things down in a little book that I could make available to my students. So I found myself beginning to counsel people and lead small groups and workshops, teaching the concepts and exercises that were helping me solve my personal problems and expand my awareness. I’m the kind of person who, once I discover something meaningful, simply can’t help telling everyone who’s willing to listen. Certain ideas and techniques I had learned were, in fact, having a profound effect on my awareness and my way of living. For a number of years I had been an active seeker, dedicating myself to exploring Eastern philosophy and Western psychology in an attempt to discover the deeper meaning and purpose of my life. At the time I was thirty years old, and just in the process of discovering my life’s work. Introduction to the Second Edition It’s hard for me to believe that it has been so many years since Creative Visualization was first published. It is the promise of the book, and it has been proven, over and over, It is my hope and prayer that reading Creative Visualization will help you create exactly the kind of life you want, so that you truly will be happy, fulfilled, prosperous, radiantly healthy, filled with love, joy, and creative energy. The book has shown us both how to visualize and create success, and I am eternally grateful that Shakti had the vision and courage to write it. The book launched Shakti’s career as an internationally known and loved speaker and seminar leader, and it launched my career as a publisher as well. Thank you for a beautiful book.” Creative Visualization has now sold more than three million copies in the U.S., and has been reprinted in more than twenty-five foreign editions. One of my favorites beautifully summed up the feelings of a great many readers: “Other self-help books I’ve read have made me feel as if someone was pointing a finger at me and telling me, ‘This is how it is!’ But Shakti took me by the hand, led me into a beautiful garden, and handed me a bouquet of flowers, one at a time. We started to get enthusiastic letters from readers very soon after publication. It was the rare kind of book that helped people make wonderful changes in their lives. It was the kind of book people wanted to read and reread, the kind of book people cherished for everything it had given them. The book initially sold itself-something I attribute to Shakti’s clear, beautiful writing style, as well as the solid content of the book. Booksellers kept telling us that people would come in, buy a copy, and return a few days later and want five or ten copies to give to their friends. But the print run sold out, quickly, purely through word of mouth. I don’t recall that we spent anything at all on promotion I don’t think we sent out even one review copy. We had to borrow money to pay the printing bill. We initially printed two thousand copies of the book. In 1978, Shakti wrote her first book, Creative Visualization. I feel we were led into the publishing business by some higher power (or whatever you want to call it) far beyond either one of us. We had no capital and almost no experience, but after each small step we took, the next small step became obvious. Publisher’s Preface to the Second Edition In 1977, my friend Shakti Gawain and I started a small publishing enterprise. 97 Creative Visualization in Relationships. 58 Grounding Yourself and Running Energy. Part Three: Meditations and Affirmations. 33 Three Necessary Elements: Being - Doing - Having. 33 Making Creative Visualization Part of Your Life. 30 Part Two: Using Creative Visualization. 21 Creative Visualization Works Only for Good. 20 Four Basic Steps for Effective Creative Visualization. ….19 Special Problems with Visualization. 14 A Simple Exercise in Creative Visualization. 9 Part One: The Basics of Creative Visualization.
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