As someone with a huge library of self help books, I can't begin to tell you how different this one is. This book is based on actual research, unlike almost all the others - and it is clear from page one. This book is an incredibly honest and fun read. As I turned the pages I could see why some of the things I tried in the past worked and others didn't, which alone was well worth the price of the book..

There is a very important concept in this book that is completely common sense, but I've never before seen it so plainly expressed:

1.) Methods only work when they are matched to where you are at, right now. Mismatched methods produce lousy results.
2.) When you find a method that works, it produces growth.
3.) As you grow, you get out of sync with the method that worked to produce your growth up to that point.
4.) When this happens it is time to celebrate, and then buckle down to find the next method that will work for you.
5.) Cling to the old method, will only mean that things won't work out very well!

This book walks you through the process of finding what works for you right now, and avoiding the pitfalls of what doesn't. I completely agree with the author that when you find the method that is working for you, amazing things happen right away. There's no guessing. When you have it right, you know it!

Unlike so many other self help authors, this one doesn't play the blame game. I've read so many books that said something like "This technique works for everyone. If it's not working, you are doing something wrong/subconsciously blocking it/a bad person/<insert the many other ways to blame me as a reader who took time out of my life to read your book here>."

Baloney. This author ran a research project that actually tested (what a novel concept) many of these 'one size fits all' methods and didn’t find a single one that was good for more than a small number of people at any given time. So it turns out the problem isn't with us, it's with who we're trusting to help us!

Rather than preaching the 'one true way' Dr. Martin provides a list of techniques that work, and helps you figure out which combination of them will work in your life right now.

Amazing book. Highly recommended. I've never seen anything like it in my decades of self-help and personal growth reading, workshops, etc. Get it now and read it right away.

I found this book though a curious route. I am someone who has been interested in awakening or enlightenment (non-symbolic consciousness it is called in the book) since having an "experience" when I was a child. Since then, I have been aware of and have actively searched for answers to questions that I could not fully form.
I remember reading Frank Herberts Sci-Fi novel, "Dune" and becoming really excited about a character who was on a path of awakening. Paul, (the fictional hero) has experiences that he does not fully understand but point him in a direction and give him insights to deeper states of being. The cry "Father, the sleeper has awakened!" struck a deep chord in me.
I sought some of those answers through drugs and alcohol in my teens and twenties. Don't need to tell you how that turned out!
For the last ten years or so, I have explored personal development to better my base self and awakening to develop my higher self (think pyramid: base is personal development and height is enlightened awareness). I have read many, many personal development books and have received great knowledge from them all. Each has added something to my being a better person, if I applied the lessons, that is! I have also explored meditation, yoga and "power of now" type practices to explore my deeper 'self' and make peace with my ego and the world. All have been beneficial but still I search...
I was listening to a podcast from "Buddhist Geeks" (really great Q & A type format discussing awakening and technology) when I heard Dr. Martin explain his theories and discuss two of his books (The Fourth Awakening with Rod Pennington being the other). What he talked about resonated with me. His explanations about why a particular self-help strategy would work or not made sense. I was intrigued by a researcher who was investigating the very thing I was trying to find, and was coming up with surprising answers. I first read The Fourth Awakening (excellent novel, BTW) and then checked out Dr. Martin through his research organization and then finally got around to reading The God Formula.
The continuum of development and the simple way of finding the right technique for where you are on it was illuminating, to say the least! I followed the book. Made a list. I started doing the visualizations and plugging the emotions into them and letting them go into the greater universe. The three things at the top of my list were: working at the perfect job, finding and marrying the woman of my dreams, and moving into the perfect house for the two of us. I used the "outcome" routine for each of these and was very clear in my emotions. The more precise I was in my description, the more accurate the outcome! Example: I had been searching for my career path and had tried many jobs, very unsatisfied with most of them, each for a different reason. So, I "pictured" my perfect job and added the emotions associated with it: outdoors, exploring, helping others, great co-workers, relaxed, confident, laughing, and health care and dental too! Eight months later, I was hired as a wilderness therapy staff at an amazing program in Utah. Before having a friend recommend me to the program, I had never even heard of such a place or career path. I did the same for meeting my wife (was in an unhealthy relationship with my ex-girlfriend then) and then again for our home. I have been continually surprised (pleasantly) at how the manifestations appear and what "flavor" they take. Again and again and again.
I have since found myself practicing the release and surrender more and more. The book pointed to another technique to further explore for releasing but nothing really on the surrender. There is another book due out this year that delves deeper into the last two thirds of the continuum. The book and the author point towards many techniques to explore and try. You MUST put in the work to discover where you are and then do the action. You can further research all of the information yourself. This is the best part of this book and this information. It is all thoroughly researched techniques and shows you when to use each one. Some you need to investigate for yourself (the what) but the continuum shows you the most important WHEN to use each one. Furthermore, the author has been most helpful in providing additional information to me that I requested.
This book is the meta-self-help book that makes the other self-help techniques incredibly valuable. If you have any experience with NLP, The Secret, Focusing, ect..., and wondered why you are still searching, looking at yet again, another book, then READ THIS!
I have not yet achieved full persistent awakened consciousness, yet. However, I believe my heart to have more peace, my life to be better, my thoughts clearer, and my faith stronger because of the information contained within and the actions taken as the result of this book. And, I am more valuable to the world.

This in an excellent book, the best I have read on the subject of manifesting ones reality. It is not a mushy New Age book, it's based on facts and experiments. But it is not a book for a lazy mind and it requires sincere effort to bring these truths to light in a persons life, but the information is such that you won't be wasting your time or effort, which is not the case with many other books on this topic.

The author's honesty, humility and awareness about how every person is different and that there is no one method that will work for everyone...is refreshing and he gives different methods that basically covers the spectrum of all personalities and that each of us must work out for ourselves, through experimentation, what best fits each individual.

As I was reading chapter eight I became a little confused as I was trying to hold all this information in my mind and I thought, "He needs to put some kind of flow chart with this book to clarify things bit." When I got to the end of the chapter...there it was...the flow chart..."Did I manifest that?" Heehee!

I recommend this book! If as said, "Life is but a dream" then it's far better to have a good one then a nightmare!

Thanks!
Duane