The Greatest Secret of All: Moving Beyond Abundance to a Life of True Fulfillment [Hardcover]

Marc Allen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 11, 2007

The law of attraction — how to use the mental and physical abilities we were born with to create wealth and success — is wonderful to know, but many who have discovered this “secret” still lead miserable lives. The Greatest Secret of All clearly explains this law of manifestation but then takes it a quantum leap further, revealing what is truly important in life.

We have what we need within us to do what we love, to be the people we dream of being, and to become completely fulfilled along the way — to become, as Abraham Maslow put it, self-actualized. We also have the capability, here and now, to create a world that works for everyone. In these pages, you will find the secret to a life of happiness, inner peace, ease, and fulfillment, and the secret that lets each of us contribute to making the world a better place for all.

Editorial Reviews

Review

“Marc’s unique approach to success and fulfillment is inspiring and surprisingly practical.”
— Shakti Gawain

“The Greatest Secret of All is a wonderful contribution to humanity. It gives us the key to a life well lived.”
— Gay Hendricks, bestselling author of Five Wishes

“Success books don’t get any easier than this — or more effective.”
— Alan Cohen, author of Relax into Wealth

“There are no secrets, but there are things we cannot or will not see and accept because of our life experience. This book can help you to see what is no secret but what has remained hidden from your awareness, and the result will be to profoundly change your life.”
— Dr. Bernie S. Siegel, bestselling author of Love, Medicine & Miracles

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

From the Back Cover

“Marc’s unique approach to success and fulfillment is inspiring. In The Greatest Secret of All, he explains that the ultimate secret to a life of fulfillment is something we need to discover for ourselves, in our own words, and that it will include more than material gain.”
—Shakti Gawain, bestselling author of Creative Visualization and Living in the Light

“The Greatest Secret of All is a wonderful contribution to humanity. It sounds a new note that has universal resonance, and gives us the key to a life well lived.”
—Gay Hendricks, bestselling author of Five Wishes and Conscious Loving

“Every now and then life creates a person who embodies, communicates, and gives a loving, vital, and simple description of how true fulfillment in cocreation can happen. I love this book, and I am applying it in my life with amazing results."
—Barbara Marx Hubbard, president of the Foundation for Conscious Evolution

“There are no secrets, but there are things we cannot or will not see and accept because of our life experience. This book can help you to see what is no secret but what has remained hidden from your awareness, and the result will be to profoundly change your life.”
—Dr. Bernie S. Siegel, bestselling author of Love, Medicine and Miracles and Prescriptions for the Soul

“Few teachers get my attention like Marc Allen. He has this way about him that is utterly relaxing and believable. He takes lofty success principles and brings them to earth in simple yet compelling ways. I have tried the principles he suggests in this book, and they really work. They will work for you, too. Success books don’t get any easier than this; — or more effective.”
—Alan Cohen, author of Relax into Wealth

See all Editorial Reviews

Product Details

• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: New World Library; Hardcover edition (December 11, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1577316193
• ISBN-13: 978-1577316190
• Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 5.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #758,216 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Marc Allen is an internationally renowned author, the president and publisher of New World Library, and an accomplished musician and composer.

His most recent book, The Greatest Secret of All, guides the reader in unraveling the secrets of happiness, inner peace, ease, and fulfillment. Bestselling author Gay Hendricks says of The Greatest Secret of All: "It is a wonderful contribution to humanity. It gives us the key to a life well lived."

Marc's most popular book is The Millionaire Course: A Visionary Plan for Creating the Life of Your Dreams. It is an entire course, filled with keys to success. Over the years, he has written and published several other books, including Visionary Business: An Entrepreneur's Guide to Success, which brought his principles to those in the business world, and A Visionary Life, which remains one of the best books ever written on personal fulfillment. He has also published The Ten Percent Solution: Simple Steps to Improve Our Lives and the World, and produced a popular audio CD, Stress Reduction and Creative Meditations. In recent years he has expanded his reach to deliver his message through a variety of digital formats.

Marc co-founded New World Library with Shakti Gawain in 1977 and has guided the company from a small start-up with no capital to its current position as one of the leading independent publishers in the country. Along the way, he has published many books that have changed lives, including Eckhart Tolle's The Power of Now, Deepak Chopra's The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, and Shakti Gawain's Creative Visualization.

Marc is a well-known musician and composer as well, having produced five albums of music for his label Watercourse Media. His latest composition is a soaring, orchestral work called Awakening, and his first instrumental album, Breathe, has now sold nearly 100,000 copies and has been named a "New Age Golden Oldie" by NAPRA.

Marc has discovered, through trial and error, a proven set of principles and simple practices that can help each of us live the life of our dreams, doing what we love to do, while adhering to compassionate, conscious values. His books, audios, and seminars -- and the powerful books he has published -- have been life-changing experiences for millions of people.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Inspiring Wisdom from an Inspiring Man, December 26, 2007

By 

Dr Lisa Love "DoctorLisaLove.com" (Encinitas, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Greatest Secret of All: Moving Beyond Abundance to a Life of True Fulfillment (Hardcover)

Since the publication of The Secret a lot of books are coming out related to it. Since I have always enjoyed Marc Allen's books I was happy to go and pick this one up. The first third of the book starts out with Marc sharing details of his life and how he came to learn about the law of attraction, or the secrets of manifestation. Since Marc was also the author of another book I had read and enjoyed,The Millionaire Course: A Visionary Plan for Creating the Life of Your Dreams, I already had a sense of both Marc's writing style and how he manifested wealth in his life. And, since I had previously interviewed a number of authors from his publishing company on my radio show, I knew he was a spiritual man, who by the way has a great sense of humor (I have had the opportunity to hear him speak in person and he was adorable). Marc is therefore a credible person to share about manifestation and the greater secret this book reveals of how to live a worthwhile and spiritual life. And, his book embraces an idea that I also advocate -- we need to learn to use the law of attraction in a more spiritual way.

As the book promotes this is "the clearest explanation to date of the power of manifestation." Yes, it is clear, but the book is also very short (both in size and length of pages), which made me wonder if I was really getting my money's worth. I mean I just wished there was more to the book than there was and felt that the conclusion (that we need to be loving human beings) was somewhat simplistic. But, hey, sometimes great truths don't need a lot of words, and that is part of Marc's style and charm! So, if you want a light-hearted and illuminated book that can help you go past the hype The Secret book created, this is a great find! Hopefully, you will walk away feeling as I have always felt about Marc Allen, that he is a man who makes a difference and lives a life that truly embodies what his book is about.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The "greatest secret" is love!, December 31, 2007

By 

Kara D. Lane "Author, Wake Up to Powerful Living" (Carmel, IN USA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: The Greatest Secret of All: Moving Beyond Abundance to a Life of True Fulfillment (Hardcover)

In this short, but enjoyable book, Marc Allen talks about moving beyond the secret of manifestation to the greatest secret of all: loving and serving yourself and others.

As he notes, finding true fulfillment through love is not really a secret. But as he quotes from the Bhagavad Gita, "I use the word secrets not because these things are hidden, but because so few people are prepared to hear them today."

Allen walks through the 4 simple steps to manifestation:
1 - Dream
2 - Imagine
3 - Believe
4 - Create

...and then he describes what he calls the "core belief process" which helps you deal with any difficult situation or problem in your life.

He concludes by noting that love is the creative force of all life and notes that love is all that matters.

The book is very repetitive, but as Marc Allen notes, it is repetition that causes great truths to sink in. While he doesn't really cover new ground in this little book, it is a very good reminder of what really matters in life.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Marc has done it again!, December 29, 2007

By 

Lizette P "LC" (Greenville SC) - See all my reviews

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: The Greatest Secret of All: Moving Beyond Abundance to a Life of True Fulfillment (Hardcover)

Marc changed my life over 20 plus years ago with his reading of 'As a Man Thinks.' His soothing voice helped get the works of James Allen into the deepest layers of my subconsious mind, transforming the way I think and thus my life. I have read every book Marc has written and have attended his workshops. I love this book in particular because in it he has been able to summarize his winning simple system. I will give this book to many people to whom I want to introduce Marc's work... it is a condensed powerhouse of steps that really work. LPirtle