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If you try, you have two options: it will work or it will not.

If you don’t try, there’s only one option.

We live in a difficult time of permanent revolutions. From colour to informational, when the colour ones themselves become the result of informational ones. We live in a world of marketing, a world of advertising, a world of small hopes and big disappointments. We are constantly talking about a revolution in our consciousness, which, frankly, turns out to be a revolution in the way we consume.

In 2006, Australian producer Rhonda Byrne published her book The Secret, which sold over 30 million copies and was made into a film. The author gives step-by-step instructions on how to use the secret. Knowing the secret helps those who possess it to create the happiest, most joyful and prosperous life. Collecting the statements of famous thinkers, scientists, inventors and philosophers, on topics from quantum physics to religion, the author sought everywhere confirmation of her ideas about the knowledge and power of the secret.

But is there a secret? Maybe we do not want to admit to ourselves that there is no secret? Throughout history, people have tried to shift their responsibility to their ignorance. It is enough just to study and accept ourselves as we are. Alive, with our own instincts and desires, carried away by fairy tales and stories, and then convincing ourselves and our surroundings of our own high mission. Perhaps, everything that we fill our lives with, the meanings we put in them, is only because we cannot admit either to ourselves or to others that we have come with a very simple mission – to live.

All our lives, we choose different models of our mission that best suit our abilities, circumstances, and what we have already thought up and believed in. There are big doubts about the latter because all this could have been thought up for us and presented to us in such a way that we took it for our own. And since we do not really know what we are made up of, how and why we believe, act, think and want, it is quite easy to deal with us and easy to use us too. For example, to invent secrets and then to share them.

However, today humanity has accumulated enough knowledge about everything and everyone. There are no more secrets. All that remains is to talk about what really shapes our thinking, desires, and behaviour. Our talents and abilities are just tools for survival. Everything else that has been invented is beautiful packaging and presentation.

We have long been mistaken about everything. What we are here for, what we want, and what we do. We have not realised that all those who influence us are skilfully created programmes made up of words, emotions, and ideas that, if they contain a part of the real world, then in no less proportion they contain the interests and goals of those around us.

How our consciousness works, how our behaviour is formed, how we learn and choose a job, how can we be convinced of anything, and how are we programmed? And, most importantly, how can all this be changed? How can we make the secrets of our intelligence become an everyday tool for us, a familiar technology, a proven recipe for a unique process called life? Because life is worth it. With this knowledge, we can finally fill most of our lives with the happiness and prosperity we deserve.

Allow yourself to take the first step on an inspiring journey in which we will discover the immense power of our minds and learn how to use it to build meaningful and fulfilling lives. Join us on our quest to explore the secrets of consciousness, understand how our thoughts and behaviour are shaped, and discover practical tools and techniques for achieving your goals, aspirations, and building a life worth living.