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If you’ve watched the movie The Secret, you have an idea about Cosmic Ordering.

You put a carefully worded “order” out to the universe or cosmos, sit back and wait for it to come to you.

OK, so that’s the theory.

But does it work?

Sometimes, yes.

But not always.

Which is where Cosmic Ordering comes in.

There are various books and programs out there. But the one I’ve personally got on with best is the one I’m reviewing here.

You get a CD through the post (even though it would have been easy enough to offer a download option).

The CD contains an electronic book and various audio files.

The book goes through the whole process of Cosmic Ordering. It covers how to word the orders you place so that you have the maximum chance of success. This includes ideas on what to ask for. For instance, many people decide to order a lottery win. The trouble with that is there are lots of people doing the same thing and the lottery is geared to a handful of big wins and lots of smaller ones. If your local lottery publishes the prizes given out, check it out and you’ll see what I mean. Here in the UK, about 94% of lottery “winners” win the minimum amount. One or two per draw win a potentially life changing amount.

There are also lots of examples in the book, so you will have lots of different ideas. These include easy ways to prove to yourself that the system is working. Most of us are happier when we get quick feedback and easy success - the book talks about how to do this so that you can keep up your own momentum. I’ve not come across this idea in other books on Cosmic Ordering but it makes a lot of sense. Too often, we give up on ideas too fast.

Overall, this is probably the best of the books I’ve read on Cosmic Ordering. It’s an easy read but doesn’t wander from the main subject.

On top of the book, you get a bunch of audio files to listen to and help you get the most out of Cosmic Ordering.

The main audio file is a 30 minute guided audio. You could call it a guided cosmic meditation. It’s a good quality track, taking you effortlessly through the complete process. So long as you can sit or lie down and listen to an audio track, you’ll be able to use it. There’s also a transcript of the track, so you could use that as a base if you decided you wanted to record your own version instead.

As well as the general track, there are also 5 separate, shorter, cosmic ordering audios. These are individually tailored to cover the main things that people have issues on. So they cover health and wellbeing, success, emotional freedom, finding love and attracting financial wealth.

If you’re into binaural beats, then there’s a sixty minute binaural beats track for Cosmic Ordering. Again, it’s just a matter of sitting back and listening.

If you find that affirmations help you, the system comes with a list of 100 pre-written affirmations that you can use or adapt.

Finally, there’s an audio you can use to bounce your energy levels higher. A bit like having an extra shot in your coffee but without the drawbacks of too much caffeine.

If you read the blurb, you’ll also see mention of two free hypnosis tracks. But they’re not actually free unless you buy three other tracks, so don’t let that sway your decision to buy.

Overall, I rate this program highly. You can check it out yourself here.

I find that hypnosis tracks can be a quick and easy way to solve a problem.

The trouble is writing or finding a script, recording it and then playing it to myself. For me, that’s too much hassle for a one-off situation.

To the rescue is Hypnosis Downloads. They are based here in the UK and have a team of professional hypnotists who are continually adding new downloads. The range is good - at the time of writing this, they had 325 different audio tracks available for instant download.

Obviously I haven’t listened to all of these, but the ones I’ve used have been good quality. They follow the usual pattern: drop into trance, plant the necessary ideas, come out of trance.  Which is exactly what you need when you are looking for a hypnosis solution to a common problem like fear of public speaking or a less common problem like fear of phones. It’s all there for a remarkably low price per track.

The tracks are supplied as an MP3. So you can play them on your PC, burn them to a CD or copy them across to your iPod or other MP3 player. Just remember to only listen to the tracks when it’s safe to do so (hypnosis tracks and driving a car just don’t mix).

Check out the selection at Hypnosis Downloads now.

If you’re interested in exploring hypnosis further, check out their free hypnosis training course.  It’s a good introduction to the subject and will give you an idea as to whether or not you want to pursue learning hypnosis further.

This is meditation for the rest of us.

Secrets of Abundant Energy is for anyone who has tried to meditate but found their mind got in the way.

Matt’s calming voice will help you to get rid of the clutter that inhabits our minds in the 21st century. If you’ve ever tried meditation before and got nowhere slowly, this will change your meditation habits for the better.

Secrets of Abundant Energy isn’t cheap. But compared with some of the other courses I’ve tried, it’s not mega expensive either. There’s no ongoing cost involved, no buying “just one more level”. The whole package is self contained.

If you’re looking to transform your life in 20 minutes a day, this is an excellent place to start.

Click here to get your copy of Secrets of Abundant Energy

• Rating: 4.0

When you first listen to a paraliminal CD it’s an odd experience. The system works by confusing your conscious mind and it does a good job of that.

There are two different audio soundtracks, usually stories, being played simultaneously. One plays in your left ear, the other plays in your right ear. Your conscious mind tends to focus on one of the tracks, often drifting between the two tracks. The odd sensation increases when the stories cross over between ears.

There are paraliminal cds for lots of different things including weight loss, health, relationships, prosperity and even a 10 minute supercharger, which I’ve found especially useful when I need to boost my energy levels quickly.

You’ve probably heard of speed reading, where people learn to read at the rate of hundreds of words a minute whilst still being able to comprehend what they’ve read.

Photoreading is like speed reading on steroids. The course claims that you will be able to read up to 25,000 words a minute. You can learn the photo reading technique either from a book or an audio course. My preferred method is the audio course - there’s no flicking back and forth in the book at the same time as you’re endeavoring to learn how to photoread.

The photoreading course teaches you how to read a book as fast as you can turn the pages. When I tried it, my “reading” speed went up dramatically yet, as claimed, I comprehended at least as much of the book as I had by reading at normal speeds.

If you need to read and comprehend things like text books, academic books and manuals, then photoreading is highly recommended.

• Rating: 5.0

Relaxing Music Downloads promises downloads of thousands of relaxing music tracks for you to download, save onto your iPod or burn to CD.

In practice, when you join up there are around 50 tracks available to download at any given time. When I asked, they said that they update the tracks regularly.

The search shown on the sales pitch page either doesn’t exist in the members area or I couldn’t find it.

That said, the tracks that are available from Relaxing Music Downloads are good quality and even with the lower number of downloads available at any given time, you’d be hard pressed to get similar tracks for less than $1 each.

• Rating: 5.0

At its simplest, the Sedona Method involves you with getting in touch with your feelings (anger, grief, apathy, peace and quite a few more) and then “releasing” them.

What does that mean?

We do one of three things with our feelings:

1. Bottle them up inside ourselves
2. Vent them on others (if you’ve ever been on the receiving end of someone’s anger attack, you’ll recognize this)
3. Release them

Releasing is the healthiest option all round. It’s the Sedona methods word for letting go of a feeling. And there’s a method involve, as you’ve probably guessed.

Once you’ve identified the feeling you want to release, you ask yourself three questions:

1. Could I let that feeling go?
2. Would I let that feeling go?
3. When?

Simple isn’t it? Simple but very powerful.

For the first two questions, you can’t sit on the fence. Your answer must be either ‘yes’ or ‘no’. For the third question, you need to give a time - now, today, next week, the end of the universe, etc.

Of course, there’s more to discover. For instance, Sedona can really help with ridding yourself of unwanted habits. It’s also super powerful goal setting method.

Sedona offer a free sampler course. You can get your copy here.

Centerpointe uses Holosync audio technology to place you in right mode for meditating. It helps to adjust your brain wave patterns so that you effortlessly go into deep meditation.

Centerpointe is very simple to use: sit down, place the CD in your player, put on your stereo headphones and start listening.

As you progress through Centerpointe’s system, you go deeper through the various levels of the program. Each ‘level’ has 4 CDs which you listen to in sequence for a minimum number of weeks (these vary from person to person and you move on to the next CD when you are personally ready).

After the initial CD set, you get the opportunity to have your own personal affirmations recorded subliminally onto your CDs.  The technique they use is based on US government techniques for silent messages, so you won’t consciously hear the affirmations but your subconscious will hear them loud and clear.

Centerpointe offer a free demonstration CD. Just follow the links in this article to get your own copy.

I’ve been using Centerpointe for several years now and have found it to be simple to use and highly effective.