Cynthia Stafford is an avid reader who believes in the power of the
mind. In 2007, she decided that she wanted to win $112 million.
Following the advise of author Joseph Murphy, Stafford wrote the figure
“$112 million” over and over again. She meditated on the figure and
visualized what her life would be like after winning. She also wrote
down everything in detail, from the house and car she would buy to the
charities she would donate to. Stafford frequently reviewed and focused
on her list.After four months of visualizing a lottery win and what she would do with the winnings, Stafford won the California Mega Millions jackpot in May 2007. The amount she won was $112 million – exactly what she had envisioned. Stafford believes the key to her big win was that she created a written plan and visualized what her world would be like if she had already won.
Stafford followed the advise of author Joseph Murphy, who said, “Live in the emboidiment of your desire, and your thought and feeling will soon be manifest.” That is a fundamental principal of the Law of Attraction: feel the feeling of your desire already attained. Neville said it best:
“You must assume the feeling of the wish
fulfilled until your assumption has all the sensory vividness of
reality. You must imagine that you are already experiencing what you
desire. That is, you must assume the feeling of the fulfillment of your
desire until you are possessed by it and this feeling crowds all other
ideas out of your consciousness.” – Neville Goddard
After winning the $112 million, Stafford began giving a lot of it
away. After donating $1 million to the Geffen Playhouse to fund an art
program for children, she is becoming known as one of the biggest
philanthropists in Los Angeles.
