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Blink 3 of 8 - The 5 AM Club
by Robin Sharma
Revelations and practices to end suffering and discover lasting happiness
The Greatest Secret by Rhonda Byrne reveals a life-changing truth that has been passed down through centuries. It unveils the path to happiness, love, health, and success.
Let’s kick things off with a simple question: Who are you?
Well, that’s easy, you may be thinking. You’re a person with a name, an age, an ethnicity, a profession, and a particular set of memories.
But what if you learned that you aren’t a person at all? What if who you really are is something else entirely? What if your identity is an illusion – an illusion that’s causing all the pain and suffering in your life?
You might not feel as if you’re suffering. Sure, you might get upset, anxious, or stressed sometimes. But doesn’t everyone experience those things? Actually, they don’t! According to the author, if you experience any negative feelings whatsoever, you’re suffering. But it doesn’t have to be that way – you can actually live a life of constant, complete happiness. And it all starts with realizing who you really are.
The key message here is: Your true self is not a person.
Right now, you’re almost certainly having an experience that feels like being a person. You feel like you have a body. You feel like you have a mind. But these feelings are actually illusions masking the truth.
Let’s start with the body. You can think of it just like a car – a thing you use to move from place to place. When you’re inside a car, you never say that you are the car. The same is true for your body – it’s just a vehicle that carries the real you.
Your mind isn’t the real you, either, though it can often seem like it is. After all, you have a voice in your head that talks like you, knows all about you, and refers to itself using the word “I.” But that voice belongs to your mind – not you. If there are no thoughts, then there is no mind – but you are still there because you are neither a thought nor a feeling.
You also aren’t a collection of personality traits. How could you be? Your personality constantly changes over your lifetime. And these different versions of you can’t be the real you; if they were, a bit of you would disappear each time your personality changed.
The real you is not a body, not a mind, not a personality. So what, or who, is it? That’s the greatest secret – and you’ll discover the answer in the next blink.
The Greatest Secret (2020) is a sequel to the worldwide best seller and self-help phenomenon The Secret, which inspired millions to better their lives by using the laws of attraction. In this installment, we learn an even greater secret: who we really are, and how we can use that knowledge to achieve everlasting happiness.
The Greatest Secret (2020) by Rhonda Byrne explores the hidden power that can transform our lives and bring us lasting happiness. Here's why this book is worth reading:
There is only one Awareness, and its the same Awareness that is operating through everybody. There is just one of us. Our name is I.
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What is the main message of The Greatest Secret?
The main message of The Greatest Secret is to discover the power of consciousness and uncover the source of limitless joy and abundance.
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The Greatest Secret is worth reading as it reveals hidden truths that can transform your life. It provides insights and practices to unlock inner peace and fulfillment.
Who is the author of The Greatest Secret?
The author of The Greatest Secret is Rhonda Byrne.