Byrne - The Greatest Secret

Dedicated to all of humanity

May The Greatest Secret free you from all suffering and bring you everlasting happiness.

That is my intention for you, and for every human being.

Of all the things human beings can learn in this life, I have the greatest news to tell you, the most beautiful thing to share...

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Contents

The Greatest Secret could not have come into the world without the help and support of many. First, I wish to acknowledge and honor the teachers whose illuminating teachings are featured throughout this book. They epitomize grace and wisdom, and I am beyond grateful for their presence and willingness to be a part of this life-transforming book.

To the scientists and doctors featured in this book, my deepest gratitude for your leading-edge perspectives that humankind needs to take us out of the dark ages of old paradigms that dont work anymore and into the illuminating presence of the true Infinite Being that we are.

To the members of The Secret team who worked with me on The Greatest Secret, there are no words that can describe my gratitude for your dedication and support of this project. Whenever I announce to the team that I have discovered something earth-shattering that I must share with the world, I am sure they take a deep breath, wondering what is going to come next. But without exception, they open their minds and lift their consciousness to the level that is required, so as to provide their invaluable contribution through their roles.

Skye Byrne (my daughter) is The Secrets editor, my editor, and my human compass for all of my books. To edit my books, Skye needs to understand all the teachings at the highest possible level to ensure that I stay on track and fulfill my greatest desireto write as simply as possible so that millions will be set free from suffering and be in joy. To work on the early stages of a book is no mean feat, and there isnt another person on the planet who could do it to the level of brilliance and perfection with which she does it. To Skye comes my deepest and immeasurable gratitude, as her guiding hand can be found on every page.

Another hand you will find on every page is that of our creative director, Nic George. The beautiful design of this book is due to his extraordinary creative abilities, his beautiful creative eye and hand, and his deep intuitive sense. Creating a new book with Nic is a process of sheer joy, and I am blessed to have him, along with Josh Hedland, who worked side by side with Nic on the cover and interior of The Greatest Secret.

Glenda Bell worked diligently with the teachers, contributors, and their teams so that the teachings would be accurately portrayed in the book. In a mighty effort, she worked selflessly and enthusiastically around the clock, through the nights and weekends, to connect with all time zones, for which I am very grateful.

Thank you to the rest of the amazing Secret team: Don Zyck, our CFO, who is always ready for the next quantum leap with our company and who ushers us through the legal and financial requirements, keeping everything flowing toward our intention; Josh Gold, who manages all of our social media platforms brilliantly and who will ensure that every country in the world knows of this book; Marcy Koltun-Crilley, my dearest friend who has been on this journey with me from the beginning and who I am honored to say is an integral part of The Secret team; and producer Paul Harrington, who has been with me since a decade before The Secret even came into being. Paul encouraged and inspired me to write The Greatest Secret in the early stages, when it seemed almost impossible that this precious truth could be conveyed simply. Paul also produced The Greatest Secret audiobook, working beside Tim Patterson in post-production and bringing the revelatory words in this book to life in audio form.

My gratitude to the amazing HarperCollins team, whose excitement in working on this book is contagious. Thank you to the wonderful Judith Curr, president and publisher of HarperOne, and my fantastic editor, Gideon Weil, who were both such a joy to work with. Thank you also to Brian Murray, Terri Leonard, Yvonne Chan, Suzanne Quist, Laina Adler, Edward Benitez, Aly Mostel, Melinda Mullin, Adrian Morgan, Dwight Been, Anna Brower, Lucile Culver, and Rosie Black.

Thank you to the international HarperCollins team: Chantal Restivo-Alessi, Emily Martin, Juliette Shapland, Catherine Barbosa-Ross, and Julianna Wojcik. Thank you to the HarperCollins UK team: Charlie Redmayne, Kate Elton, Oliver Malcolm, Katya Shipster, Helen Rochester, Simon Gerratt, and Julie MacBrayne. And thank you to the HarperCollins Global Publishing Partners: Brasil, Espanol, Mexico, Iberica, Italia, Holland, France, Germany, Polska, Japan, and Nordic.

Special thanks to the following people who helped me with their invaluable feedback: Peter Foyo, Kim Wall, John Wall, Hannah Hodgden, Marcy Koltun-Crilley, Mark Weaver, and Fred Nalder.

To my family, Peter Byrne, Oku Den, Kevin (Kid) McKemy, Henley McKemy, Savannah Byrne Cronin, and my daughter Hayley, who was the force that set me on my incredible journey in search of the truth sixteen years ago. To my dearest sisters, Pauline Vernon, Glenda Bell, and Jan Child, thank you for loving me and for allowing me to love you.

And finally, thank you to my amazing and beautiful teacher, whose words and teachings of the truth over the past four years have radically transformed my life and helped me to see clearly who I really am. This precious book is in your hands because of her unlimited giving and her patience in helping direct me home. My love for her knows no boundary.

After the release of The Secret in 2006, my life became what I can only describe as a dream life. Through practicing The Secret principles religiously, my mind had become predominantly positive, and so my life reflected that positive state in my happiness, health, relationships, and finances. I also found myself with a natural love and gratitude for everything in life.

But despite all of that, something inside me continued to urge me on to seek more of the truth; something propelled me to continue my search, though for what, I didnt yet know.

Unbeknownst to me at the time, I had begun what was to become a ten-year journey! It started with studying the teachings of an ancient tradition in Europe, the Rose Cross Order, and I studied their profound teachings for many years. I also spent some years studying Buddhism, the many works of the Christian mystics, theology, Hinduism, Taoism, and Sufism. After I studied the ancient traditions and their historical teachings, my search turned back toward the present time, and I started following recent teachers like J. Krishnamurti, Robert Adams, Lester Levenson, and Ramana Maharshi, as well as some teachers still living today.

Throughout my journey I learned many things that are unknown to the public at large, and while they were fascinating, none of them made me feel that I had found the truth.

As the years passed by, I even considered that searching might be my life forevermore. I didnt realize it then, but I was looking for the truth in the world, when all along it was closer to me than I could ever have imagined.

Ten years after my search began, in early January of 2016, a challenging situation arose in my life that caused me to feel deep disappointment. I was surprised at the depth of negative emotion that I felt. How could I feel so bad when I usually felt so good? But that disappointing situation was to become the greatest gift in my search for the truth.

To turn my disappointment around, I grabbed my iPad and watched an interview on Conscious TV with a man called David Bingham. At the time of the interview David was not a teacher but was just an ordinary everyday person like you and me, with one difference: after twenty years of searching, he had discovered the truth!