Joe Vitale’s Bench Press Gives Me A Lesson In The Law of Attraction?

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Joe Vitale’s Bench Press and A Lesson in The Law of Attraction
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“Ask and ye shall receive.” -John 16:24 How many times have you heard this, yet you still do not believe?

As many of you know, I am a huge fan of Dr. Joe Vitale. I first learned about Joe because he was in the massive underground hit movie “The Secret” that broke wide open the now infamous Law of Attraction (also abbreviated: LOA).

For those that do not know anything about the LOA, I highly recommend watching The Secret and getting Joe’s book: “The Attractor Factor”; or any of his books (you can find them HERE). Interestingly, that book is almost as famous as the movie for really taking what the movie did and expanding on it. The Secret is a great broad stroke/big picture introduction to the LOA. Where the movie gives you the big picture and the main philosophy, Joe’s books and products take you to the next level and focus in on the nuts and bolts and the action portion.

Really, all you need do to learn and apply the LOA is to watch that movie and follow Joe. he really has the most comprehensive collection of products: CD’s, DVD’s Books, Courses and he’s also been in several other movies since The Secret. Joe is also a famous copywriter as well as marketing and business guru. The Attractor Factor actually started out as an ebook called “Spiritual Marketing” and has since grown to encompass much more than just the spiritual aspect of marketing and combining marketing with the LOA. So it is appealing to a broader audience now. But that old ebook is pretty much a cult classic among Internet Marketers.

Joe has either directly or indirectly created millionaires (probably numbering in the hundreds of millionaires, actually) by now because of his works. And yes, I’m trying to become one of them. Joe lives in beautiful Texas Hill Country village of Wimberly, Texas. I could say a lot about Wimberly, but to see some of it’s natural wonders- click HERE.

So what’s all of this about a bench press?

Joe is a man of many exquisite tastes and like many of us is into cool cars, good cigars, great guitars as well as one of my interests: classic bodybuilding and oldtime strongman stuff. The 50’s, 60’s and 70’s were the golden era of bodybuilding. Back then, the emphasis was on symmetry, posing, statuesque looks and health and fitenss through bodybuilding and not just the pure overgrown mass (often obtained by steriod and growth hormone abuse, especially within the Olympic class competitors) like today. Names like Arnold Schwarzenegger, Dave Draper, Franco Columbu, Frank Zane, Sergio Oliva, Serge Nubret, Reg Park, Larry Scott (the world’s first Mr. Olympia), Danny Padilla, Ed Corney, Mike Katz, Bill Pearl and other bodybuilders became legendary during this era.

Well, Joe has built himself his own personal gym on his Texas Estate out in Wimberly and has quite the collection of equipment there. He even has a Frank Zane Leg Blaster that he got from Frank himself when he went out to Frank’s place for a while. Pretty cool that he got to work out with the legend himself! Another legend (who has now passed) was Steve Reeves. Steve was one of the very first to make the crossover to the silver screen from bodybuilding. Joe is a big fan of his and not only does he own Steve’s old Jaguar:

…he recently bought Steve’s Personal Universal Gym…the same one that Joe told me the legend used for something like 30 years! The addition of this massive piece of equipment made Joe have to liquidate much of his current setup due space limitations, which I saw him Twitter about. His Twitter was basically offering to give away his P500 Home Gym:

@mrfire Giving away P500 home gym to anyone who will come get it. Replacing with Steve Reeves Universal used by Hercules. P500 worth $5K. DM me.

Well, I waited a while and finally decided that if it was worth that much, maybe I could find somewhere for it. By the time I got around to Twittering him, it was already gone. But he said he had a piece left that he also wanted to get rid of.

@mrfire hey carl, the big gym is gone now but i may give away my zane blaster and my bench press. you interested? the reeves universal does it all.

Well, of course I was interested…and since I live just down the road in San Antonio, it was nothing but a 30-40 minute drive out to Wimberly. Joe ultimately decided to keep his Zane Blaster, and I ended up with a very nice Powertec Leverage Bench Press with an adjustable bench (you can make it an incline as well as flat bench). I am very grateful to Joe, not only as a chosen lifetime mentor, but he’s quite simply just an all-around genuinely nice fellow who knows the power of giving.

So what’s the lesson about the Law of Attraction in this?

Lesson #1 is: Give

If you never give, you’ll not get. As Joe says, “money loves to circulate.” I’ll go one better and say “things like to circulate.” Things, just like money are units of energy transfer. They have value (energy) attached to them. So basically, money only has the value we give it; just as things do. Some people pack-rat things their whole lives and never get rid of or give away any of their stuff, even when they know they are never going to use it. Why is this?

The answer is LACK MENTALITY. Which leads to a HORDE MENTALITY.

My grandmother would do this. She just couldn’t let go of stuff because she feared she might need them again if conditions became worse (such as a loss of a job). When she died a couple of years ago, she had so much junk it took my mom and my aunt weeks to clean her house out. You literally could not walk in there. She had little paths to get from living room to bathroom and so on. All her life she worried about having a job and being able to find steady work. All she ever knew was to work and she worked well past the normal retirement age of 65. She was a waitress for most of her life. Having been born in Hemphill and having grown up in East Texas (mostly Lufkin area) she never knew anything but hard work all her life. As far as I know, she never struck out to try and become an entrepreneur or anything. It’s a shame, because she hand-made really awesome quilts that could have brought her a nice income. I loved my grandmother, and her life has been a lesson to me. She taught me some valuable things, obviously to have a good work ethic. But hers went so far as to be a form of self-slavery because she always put up with waaaay too much BS at her jobs and allowed herself to be disrespected and wronged out of fear of job loss. I myself have felt those same fears and have gone through that very thing. It’s not fun. Nobody should have to put up with that. And that is why I’m working towards making a better life for myself and my family. Please, if you are reading this and you are feeling what I am saying…realize that your situation can change. You can succeed at making a new life.

“Whatever price you ask of life, life is willing to pay”. – Napoleon Hill

Lesson #2: ASK

If you don’t ever ask, you can’t ever receive. Asking for things is something some people never do. Not asking usually comes from a feeling of undeserving. If you thought you could, you would. Why don’t more people follow that adage: “It never hurts to ask”? But actually, it does hurt some people. Usually, those same people who are afraid to ask are also afraid to receive. They simply don’t have the self-image where they see things coming to them freely. This same line of mental programming causes them to shy away from receiving (even after they have given something) and they often say things like: “Oh I couldn’t take that” or try to make you keep your money or whatever it is you are giving them. Notice the speech pattern, the language they use…especially the ones who say “I could NEVER take that…” Remember that little circulation thing? Doing that stops the flow. You are training the universal forces on how you want to be treated. When I gave Joe Vitale a 50 year old book on writing business letters, a card and a box of La Gloria Cubana Serie R Belicoso cigars, he thanked me and took them without any of that “I couldn’t possibly take those” nonsense. When people want to give, don’t deny them that pleasure. They are actually living according to The Law of Attraction and by your cooperation and non-resistance, you will be too.

“Whether You Think You Can or Can’t, You’re Right.” -Henry Ford

Be open to giving, to asking and to trusting that by doing so, you are freeing up the flow of energy in your life as well as others. Allow others to be in the flow. Be in the flow yourself. Stop resisting! The Universe wants to bless you. It is you who prevents it. Thus, by resisting, you perpetuate. This is why I love the concept and philosophy behind the Martial Art called Aikido:

To practice properly Aikido, you must: Calm the spirit and return to the source. Cleanse the body and spirit by removing all malice, selfishness, and desire. Loyalty and devotion lead to bravery. Bravery leads to the spirit of self-sacrifice. The spirit of self-sacrifice creates trust in the power of love. Budo is not a means of felling the opponent by force or by lethal weapons. Neither is it intended to lead the world to destruction by arms and other illegitimate means. True Budo calls for bringing the inner energy of the universe in order, protecting the peace of the world , as well as preserving, everything in nature in its right form. If your opponent tries to pull you, let him pull. Don’t pull against him; pull in unison with him. Aikido does not rely on weapons or brute force to succeed; instead we put ourselves in tune with the universe, maintain peace in our own realms, nurture life, and prevent death and destruction. The true meaning of the term “samurai” is one who serves and adheres to the power of love. Foster and polish the warrior spirit while serving in the world; illuminate the path according to your inner light. -Morihei Ueshiba, Founder of Aikido

Don’t fight the flow of Source. Now, here are some more pictures from my trip:

Joe Vitale's 645ci again

Joe Vitale's "Ladybug" Steven Tyler's (Aerosmith) Panoz AIV Roadster

Joe's Panoz

Sexy Rear of Joe's Ladybug

Now here’s my new Bench Press stuffed into my little Nissan Sentra…

Stuffed!

Stuffed from behind...lol...stay back 500ft!

Me acting like a tourist...lol

Happy Trails! Left him with a nice box of La Gloria Cubana cigars Enjoy, Joe!

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