Zero Limits

The Secret Hawaiian System for Wealth, Health, Peace, and More

Joe Vitale, Ihaleakala Hew Len

• Publisher: Wiley
• Year: 2010
• Print ISBN:
  9780470402566
  9780470101476
• eBook ISBN:
  9780470893326
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Personal Development
• Subtopic: Organisational Behaviour

Praise For Zero Limits

"This riveting book can awaken humanity. It reveals the simple power of four phrases to transform your life. It's all based in love by an author spreading love. You should get ten copies of it----one for you and nine to give away. It's that good."
---- Debbie Ford, New York Times bestselling author of The Dark Side of the Light Chasers

"I love this book! I feel it will be the definitive personal-change/self-help book for at least a generation and viewed as a watershed event by historians. There is real potential for this book to start a movement that will end war, poverty, and the environmental devastation of our beloved planet."
---- Marc Gitterle, MD, www.CardioSecret.com

"This book is like a stick of dynamite, and the moment you start reading, the fuse is lit.

It blows away all the complex and confusing success paradigms of the past and reveals a refreshing and clear path to transform your life with just one simple step. As you explore Zero Limits with Vitale, be prepared for a journey that is both challenging and inspiring beyond anything you've imagined."
---- Craig Perrine, www.MaverickMarketer.com

"There are more than 6 billion different manifestations of human existence on the planet?and only one of us here. In Zero Limits, Vitale has captured the truth that all great spiritual, scientific, and psychological principles teach at the most fundamental level. Boil it all down to the basics and the keys are quite simple---- the answer to all life's challenges is profound love and gratitude. Read this book; it's a reminder of the truth and ability you already possess."
---- James Arthur Ray, philosopher and bestselling author of Practical Spirituality and The Science of Success

"Wow! This is the best and most important book Vitale has ever written!"
---- Cindy Cashman, www.FirstSpaceWedding.com

"I couldn't put it down. This book elegantly sketches what I've learned and learned about in twenty-one years of personal study, and then it takes it to the next level. If you're looking for true peace along with 'the good stuff,' then this book is for you."
---- David Garfinkel, author of Advertising Headlines That Make You Rich

"Zero Limits is Vitale's adventure into the most mind-altering reading experience of your life."
---- Joseph Sugarman, President, BluBlocker Sunglasses, Inc.

The Evidence

You must go into the dark in order to bring forth your light.

—Debbie Ford, The Dark Side of the Light Chasers

Many people had breakthroughs from the dinner and from the Manifestation Weekend retreat. In this chapter you can read their true stories, so you have a sense of the power of the ho’oponopono process.

Here’s one from Louis Green:

Dear Joe,

I want to thank you again for putting together the evening with Dr. Hew Len.Thanks are also in order to Suzanne for working on the details, including ordering me a vegan dinner from the Hyatt. I enjoyed sitting with you and Nerissa and getting to know both of you, as well as the other wonderful people at our table.

I felt privileged to have a front-row seat to hear Dr. Hew Len and for his grace and generosity in counseling me in response to my questions.

The two weeks following that night have brought me many amazing experiences, which I will gladly share with you. One thing that I had to remind myself of is that Dr. Hew Len sought clearance from the Divine to assist me, so that while I tried to apply ho’oponopono as often as I could remember, which turned out to be sporadically, I was still benefiting from his prayers.

I Received the Request for Dr. Hew Len Stories
Right After Listening to the Recording

The first experience I will mention is the e-mail from Suzanne inviting stories and responses from the evening with Dr. Hew Len. Interestingly, I purchased Life’s Missing Instruction Manual and downloaded the MP3 recording of you and Dr. Hew Len. I had literally just finished another listening to the recording when I found Suzanne’s e-mail in my in-box.

My Lawsuit Went National with No Publicity

The second experience is pretty incredible. I had a new lawsuit to file before I left for Austin on February 23. I couldn’t get everything together in time to make the post office before I left, so I mailed it the next morning from an Austin post office (February 24). Inexplicably, my materials got lost in the mail, and didn’t arrive at their destination for filing until Monday, March 6.

I belong to a Listserv for consumer advocate attorneys from around the country. Last Friday afternoon, an attorney from Connecticut posted a capsule summary of a case that had been filed in Canadian County, Oklahoma, and asked if my colleagues in Tulsa had filed it. I almost fell over. It was my case. I e-mailed her back and called her office to find out how she found out about it.Then, I spent the next hour trying to find something on Google. No luck.

She e-mailed me back and said that she subscribes to an online service called Courthouse News Services (www.courthousenews.com), which has stringers (and probably moles) who monitor legal filings and opinions from around the country and report important, significant, or simply intriguing developments.The one-paragraph synopsis¹ appeared on the front page, right column, of the web site, and I had sent out no publicity on the case. Ironically, the client’s father had visited my office earlier in the day, and I had to reassure him that I believe in my heart that we have a strong case to take to trial. It blows my mind to think that out of thousands of cases that are filed every day, mine made the news.

A Dinner I Arranged at the Last Minute Attracted Record Attendance

I’m on the board of our local vegetarian group, and our monthly meetings are usually on the second Saturday of the month.When I checked with the president about a place for the March meeting, I found out that no arrangements had been made. I volunteered to pick up the ball. On Tuesday, February 28, I went to the top restaurant on my list, only to find out that the owner was out of town until Friday, March 3, but they’d leave a message for her to call me when she got back in town. That wouldn’t work.

The next day,Wednesday, March 1, I went to a Thai restaurant that had been open for only a few months. I spoke to the manager and asked if they could do a vegetarian dinner buffet. I told him that based on my experience, 20 people would be a lock, and a really good turnout would be a little over 30. He said they could do it, but would want a $100 deposit to make sure that they wouldn’t take a hit if they bought a lot of extra food and no one showed up. I picked the menu, and it was an incredible deal: vegetarian sushi, soup, four entrées, dessert, and tea for $8. He said he would check with the owner, and I’d have to arrange for the deposit check. On March 2, we were able to confirm it. I wrote a short announcement that the president could take and put into our e-newsletter and e-mailed it to her.The dinner would be Saturday, March 11, and I requested RSVPs by Thursday, March 9 at 5:00 P.M.

Normally, our president gets the monthly newsletter out by a couple of days either before or after the first of the month. Most people get their newsletter by e-mail, and some get it by snail mail.We also post it at local health food stores and libraries.This time around, the president didn’t have time to put out a newsletter, and basically sent out my e-mail to her as the announcement on Sunday night, March 5.The snail mail notices went out by postcard on Monday, and there were no public postings. I was beginning to think that we’d be lucky to get our 20 for the dinner.

On Monday, the RSVPs started to trickle in. I heard from a couple of people. A few more came in on Tuesday, so I thought we’d get the 13 minimum we guaranteed with the deposit. However, starting on Wednesday, the RSVPs came pouring in like never before. By the end of the day, we were up to 37. It occurred to me that we might experience a different kind of problem, so I called the manager and asked him what the capacity of the restaurant was; he said 65.The responses kept rolling in on Thursday, and by the time we hit our deadline, we were up to 55. I was not very productive at work that day because I was so excited and focused on checking my e-mail every few minutes (attractor factor?). I called the manager and asked if they could handle that many, and he said, “Sure.”

I take a kabbalah class on Thursday evenings and didn’t get home that night until after 9:00. I checked phone and e-mail, and received even more reservations.The count got up to 67. I began to seriously think about what to do with the overflow. My brilliant idea was to see if I could get the late responders who were begging to be able to attend to come a little later. More responses came in on Friday and Saturday.We got up to a stunning number of 75.

The event was a raging success! Not everyone who reserved attended, and a few showed up who didn’t reserve at all (typical).The energy in the restaurant was awesome, as before long we had filled every seat in the place.This made a great impression on several people who had made the Thai buffet their first event. Some of the old-timers who were founding members over 10 years ago said that this was the record attendance for a Vegetarians of Oklahoma event. Staggering the seating worked perfectly.There were some who came for dinner and had to move on to other Saturday evening activities.There were always seats available for those who came later.The people at the restaurant were understandably pleased because they’d never had a group that large in before.

Rental Car Miracles

I rented a car to go to Austin because I didn’t want to put the extra wear and tear on mine. I compared rates and figured out that I’d do just as well to rent a car for a week as just renting from Wednesday to Monday. I got a good price online to rent a midsize car, which I thought would be more comfortable than a compact.When I got to the rental agency, I found that there were very few vehicles on the lot. I did happen to notice that they had two orange Chevy HHRs, which have a cool “street rod” look.When I went to the counter, I was told that they didn’t have any midsize cars to rent me. I asked if I could have an HHR, and they said that I could, even though they were classified as full size for some reason. I thought it would be cool to rent an orange hot rod to drive to Austin, since orange is one of the school colors for the University of Texas, my alma mater.

However, when I drove it off the lot and to my office, I realized that while the car was neat-looking on the outside, it was cramped inside with bad sight lines. I wanted to return it. However, I needed the car to get to my office and to run some errands. I couldn’t get it returned during the day. I contacted the agency about swapping the car for a more conventional sedan, but they said that they still didn’t have what I wanted on the lot, and that I’d have better luck in the morning.

I packed overnight and in the morning.When I went out to the HHR to throw in my suitcase, I discovered to my horror that the car had a noticeable door ding on the rear passenger’s door. Of course, I always decline the extra insurance, and I didn’t remember seeing the dent the day before, so I thought I was screwed. I thought that I’d go ahead and hang on to the car for a week and see if I could figure something out. I left much later than I wanted to, around 12:30 P.M. on a Thursday, and got into Austin around 6:30.

Fast-forward to Saturday evening at 5:00 P.M., an hour before I wanted to get to the Hyatt for the event with Joe and Dr. Hew Len. I had spent too much time worrying about the dent and what I was going to do. I was at a shopping center in North Austin trying to find a disposable digital camera, with no luck.When I got back into my car to drive back to my hotel, it was getting dark and there was a steady rain. I stopped at a place preparing to merge onto a busy street, when I felt a sudden smack. I had been rear-ended. Immediately, I was thinking, Oh shit, first the door ding, then this. I have a dinner in an hour that I’ve already paid for and I need time to shower and change. On top of everything, this was a high-traffic area, even on a Saturday evening. I got out of the HHR after first grabbing the rental registration information. A young black man met me in the street. “My tires,” he said.“I’ve got to get new tires for my car. I couldn’t get it stopped.” Not a good thing to tell a lawyer, I thought. I said, “Crap, this is a rental car!”We walked to the back of the HHR to survey the damage.We both looked and were stunned. “There’s no damage,” the fellow said. “There’s no damage. Praise Jesus!” Being Jewish, I thought that was amusing, but I looked myself and couldn’t believe it. Incredibly, he was right—there was no damage.This car was apparently made with collapsible plastic. I knew that I was going to be sore, but I didn’t want to stick around and make a big deal of this. I wanted to get back to my hotel.We shook hands and went our separate ways. I was able to make the dinner and sit at Joe and Nerissa’s table.

I did some serious Ho’oponopono-ing about what to do about the door ding. I put off doing anything else about it until a couple of hours before I was supposed to return the car without penalty. I looked in the phone book and found a place that did paintless dent repair.The guy at the shop gave me an estimate of $95, but it would take him a few hours to complete the repair.That would put me into a rental penalty, which I really didn’t want to happen. I asked what to do, and the answer came clearly. Be honest. Call the local office of the rental agency and fess up. If they wanted to jam me on the repair, I at least had an estimate. I did call, and ...

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Epigraph
• Acknowledgements
• Preface
• Introduction
• The Adventure Begins
• Finding the World’s Most Unusual Therapist
• Our First Conversation
• The Shocking Truth about Intentions
• What Exceptions?
• I Love You
• Eating with the Divine
• The Evidence
• How to Create Faster Results
• How to Receive Greater Wealth
• Skeptical Minds Want to Know
• Choice Is a Limitation
• Cigars, Hamburgers, and Killing the Divine
• The Truth Behind the Story
• Epilogue
• APPENDIX A - Zero Limits Basic Principles
• APPENDIX B - How to Heal Yourself (or Anyone Else) and Discover Health,Wealth, ...
• APPENDIX C - Who’s in Charge?
• Bibliography
• Online Resources
• About the Authors
• Index
• How to Experience ZERO LIMITS Right Now A Free Offer to Readers