Stephen Hawley Martin

Would you like to become rich? Stephen Hawley Martin, an entrepreneur who founded and sold two businesses, explains in this book how anyone capable of getting and holding a job can become incredibly wealthy by following one of several paths he sets out. One path is to start a business, grow a business, and sell a business. Alternatives to that direction include keeping a day job and building a fortune by starting and running a business on the side, or by investing in real estate or other passive income generators. Targeted for those under the age of 40 who possess an entrepreneurial spirit, anyone seeking financial independence who reads this book will gain valuable insights about growing his or her net worth to a point the individual will be able to spend each day in his or her own way.Martin asks, "Why complain about the richest one percent? Why not become one of them, instead?" He writes that anyone living in America today can become comfortably well off-even very, very rich-by following certain steps, provided the individual does not wait too long in life to begin. This is true whether a person starts out with a mindset of scarcity or with one of abundance. The right mindset-a winner's attitude-is, however, vitally important, which is why he devotes an entire chapter to personal transformation and self improvement techniques anyone can use to create the mindset needed to attract riches. He argues that if you think of yourself as rich-that you deserve to be rich because it is your birthright-with a sufficient amount of effort, you will become rich. That, he writes, is the basic message of two of the most popular self-help, get-rich books of all time: "Think, and Grow Rich" by Napoleon Hill 1883-1970] and "The Science of Getting Rich" by Wallace D. Wattles 1860-1911].In summary, Martin shares valuable, hard-earned knowledge acquired over a period of forty years. For six of those years right after college, he worked in an advertising agency, learning that business and industry. He then joined is brother as partner and a principal of The Martin Agency, the ad firm that created the GEICO Gecko and "Virginia is for Lovers." He helped grow that business to the point that it was one of the nation's top ad agencies when the Ogilvy Group purchased it for an unheard of ten-times earnings. He then founded an ad agency called Hawley Martin Partners that was acquired by a New York Stock Exchange company, the Interpublic Group, following five years of rapid growth. For a while after that he was self-employed, freelancing for a number of years before founding The Oaklea Press Inc., a book-publishing firm he continues to operate today. Martin has ghostwritten a number of books, and he has authored 18 more under his own name. Many of his titles have reached bestseller status in their categories on Amazon. He is the only three-time winner of the Writer's Digest Book Award, having won first prize twice for fiction and once for nonfiction. He also has won a first prize for visionary fiction from Independent Publisher and a first prize for nonfiction from USA Book News.

During what those who lived through it call "The Golden Age of Advertising," an aspiring young Mad Man, Brian Durston, finds his uncle, the President and CEO of the ad agency Brian has just joined, dead with a bullet through his brain. The police think it's suicide, but Brian finds that impossible to believe. More than one person wanted his uncle dead, and perhaps not coincidentally, the agency's largest account just went into review. As if that wasn't bad enough, his uncle's insurance company won't pay because apparently the policy holder took his own life. Without the money Brian would have received from that policy, he will not be able to buy his uncle's interest in the agency. So Brian sets out to find the killer on his own in this whodunit set in a bustling and dynamic advertising firm.The author, Stephen Hawley Martin, is a former principal of The Martin Agency, the iconic firm that has three times been named "Ad Agency of the Year" by ADWEEK magazine, is know for creating the GEICO Gecko and "Virginia is for Lover," and boosts such clients as GEICO, CarMax, UPS, OREO, and Old Navy. When asked about this book, Martin said, ""Those of us who lived through it call the era portrayed in the TV series, Mad Men, The Golden Age of Advertising, and for good reason. It was a time like no other in the history of the business. So I decided to write a murder mystery set back then. I'm sure that my old colleagues will recognize most of the characters in the tale, although I've given them all different names to, as they used to say, protect the innocent. Some might even recognize themselves."

This book reveals findings from quantum mechanics experiments and research conducted at the University of Virginia School of Medicine that clearly indicates consciousness is the foundation of reality and that humans are nonphysical entities that survive death of the body.The quantum mechanics experiments reviewed show that consciousness, or mind, actually can and does create matter. This, combined with findings of research conducted at the University of Virginia School of Medicine and other credible sources referenced, clearly indicates that the widely accepted theory known as Physicalism, that only physical matter exists and that consciousness is created by and confined to the brain, cannot possibly be valid.The book's author maintains that "It's clear from the research findings reported upon in this new edition that the universe is a mental construct and that the Nobel Prize-winning father of quantum theory, Max Planck 1858-1947], was correct when he stated that he regarded consciousness as the fundamental reality. That, combined with almost sixty years of consciousness research conducted by the Division of Perceptual Studies DOPS] at the University of Virginia, clearly indicates that humans are nonphysical beings temporarily residing in physical bodies."

If you would like to see Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream come true, that people are no longer "judged by color of their skin but by the content of their character," this book is a must-read because it sets out a path to that very end. It cannot and will not be reached, however, by waving a magic wand. The US Congress tried that 60 years ago when legislation with that goal was passed. Racism continues, as you will see, because erroneous beliefs about race are perpetuated by erroneous science. The truth is that what mystics have been saying for thousands of years is true-all is one. The author lays out facts that prove it, and that race is actually only skin deep-that we're all the same underneath. When everyone realizes that, believes it, and takes it for granted, race will be a non issue-buried at last on the ash heap of history.If you want racism to end, read this book and then help disseminate the truth.

What happens when we die? This new edition of Life After Death adds to powerful evidence consciousness continues the author presented in an earlier release. He spent two years gathering information that demonstrates this and along the way interviewed more than a hundred experts in a number of different fields. Among them were parapsychologists, medical doctors, psychologists, psychiatrists, quantum physicists, and researchers into the true nature of reality. Specific examples are presented that indicate what happens when we die, for example that memories can be formed and retained despite a subject's brain having been shutdown and the blood drained from it. Questions such as whether or not you will be able to communicate with living loved ones after death are addressed, if it is possible to be reborn, and what might be missing from reproductive theory to explain the various phenomena indicated in the many case histories and scientific investigations presented.All of us will someday cross the border to what Shakespeare called "The undiscovered country." As long as we must make that trip, wouldn't it be smart to find out where we are going and what to expect when we get there?

This two-book volume reveals the most important secrets of life, which understood, embraced, and put into practice can lead to fulfillment, contentment, and an unsurpassed sense of liberty and personal freedom. In truth, the single most important secret disclosed is not a secret at all. It has been divulged repeatedly by scientific research as explained in plain, everyday English by the author. It is a "secret" only because so view people know about and acknowledge it. The author predicts, however, that in 50 to perhaps 100 years, it will be common knowledge. In the meantime, you can use the secret to create the life that until now you may only have dreamed was possible. The author, who entered adulthood as an agnostic-after spending 40 years researching, studying and reconciling metaphysics and science-has come to the conclusion that the psalmist was telling the truth when he wrote,"You are gods," (see Psalm 82:6 NIV), a verse reiterated by Jesus in the Gospel of John (see John 10:34) and further amplified by Jesus when he said, "Whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these . . . " (John 14:12 NIV)Would you like to work miracles? Is it really possible?Read this book and find out.

What scientists today call the "Hard Problem" is coming up with a theory that explains how the brain creates consciousness. For the past hundred years or more, ever since Scientific Materialism came to dominate the field of science, scientists have been trying to figure out how matter is able to create consciousness. This is because the undeniable implication of Scientific Materialism from a philosophical standpoint is "physicalism," the metaphysical thesis that "everything is physical," that there is "nothing over and above" the physical, or that everything supervenes on the physical. Therefore, mind or consciousness, the sense each of us has of "I am," must be produced solely by the brain, which according to Materialism is comprised of unthinking matter. This book presents compelling evidence to the contrary, evidence shows "physicalism" to be a bankrupt philosophy and Scientific Materialism to be based on false assumptions.The reader is hereby forewarned that this book is not for everyone. Only those truly open-minded individuals committed to considering the findings of research that may conflict with their beliefs should read this book. If, for example, you are convinced to your core that any of the statements listed below is an irrefutable, established fact, if no amount of evidence to the contrary will convince you otherwise, do not purchase or read this book because evidence will be revealed indicates these statements are untrue:1) There is an anthropomorphic God that created the physical universe and exists outside of it. 2) Mainstream Christian doctrine and everything stated in the Bible is literally true. 3) Nothing in the universe exists except material substance. 3) Life came about by chance. 4) Evolution works solely through random, chance mutations and the mechanism of "survival of the fittest" or "natural selection." 5) Consciousness and intelligence did not exist until evolution produced a brain. 6) Mind cannot produce matter. According to the 19th century German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer 1788-1860], "All truth passes through three stages: First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as self-evident." Empirical evidence indicates that many Christian fundamentalists and Scientific Materialists, though at opposit ends of the belief spectrum, are stuck in the ridicule-violently-opposed stages when it comes to the research findings this book imparts. If you fall into one of those two categories, save yourself a case of indigestion and move on to something else. If, however, you are open-minded and willing to consider facts that may not fit your current worldview, this book is a must-read. It may take a generation or two, but it is only a matter of time before what it reveals about the reality we live in will be "accepted as self-evident."

A secret formula exists that only a few sages, gurus, and wise men and woman have known down through the ages. Bestselling author and metaphysician, Stephen Hawley Martin, reveals that formula in this book. He will guide you, the reader, step by step to an understanding of how and why the formula works. Once armed with this knowledge, you will be able to harness your thoughts, beliefs, and emotions, and thereby be able to work the formula to create whatever you really and truly want from life. This is why the author says the formula puts "The Law of Attraction on Steroids."Most science taught in school today, and for the past 100 years or so, is based upon a materialist view of reality. It does not recognize what has been revealed by quantum mechanics, that all is one, and so the materialist version of science fails to incorporate the emerging worldview held by scientists on the cutting edge that mind is the ground of being of all that is. Some call the ground of being the "Divine Matrix," others "The Field," but regardlesss of the name you may wish to use, your mind is fully integrated with the Infinite Mind that molds this "Field of Infinite Possibilities" into the reality you experience. It may feel as though you are separate and apart from what surrounds you-you may even think you are contained entirely within your skin-but you are not. You are seamlessly connected to the whole, and the whole is an extension of your mind. This is why your thoughts and emotions create your environment and your experiences. If you want something different in life from what you have now, it is time to wake up and to begin creating it consciously. This book will show you how.

If you are a devout Christian with an unshakable faith in God, you probably should not read this book. You may learn some things that may cause you to question certain Christian dogma, and as the saying goes, "Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise." On the other hand, if you have doubts concerning whether or not there's a creator, and if you'd like to know the true nature of reality, as well as about falsehoods you learned in school and college, this book is a must-read.

What would you give to possess the Holy Grail? King Arthur and his knights believed it would provide its owner with happiness, eternal youth, and wealth in infinite abundance. You can discover and possess the True Holy Grail simply by reading this book. The author presents a convincing case that the True Gail is not an object, not the chalice Jesus drank from at the Last Supper, that in reality it is the secret Jesus knew that enabled him to work miracles. The author reveals that secret in this book.Everyone knows the Bible says Jesus worked many miracles, from walking on water and healing the sick, to turning water into wine and bringing the dead back to life. In this book the author explains what Jesus knew and how he was able to use that knowledge to accomplish the amazing feats the Gospel writers described. The author writes that we have the same power. The first problem for most of us is that we do not realize it. The second problem is that once we come to know we have it, we don't know how to use it. If we could only discover how to put the power to work, we would be in possession of what legends of old have referred to as "The Holy Grail." And that's what this book reveals.

Actual Magic is real magic, not the illusionary "magic" of stage magicians or the fantasy magic of Harry Potter. Actual Magic refers to events that take place due to the thoughts and emotions of one or more individuals. Actual Magic happens around us all the time. For example, you probably know someone who, for no apparent reason, seems to be lucky. Good fortune flows to them, effortlessly. You may also know someone who experiences misfortune after misfortune for no apparent reason. Both are working Actual Magic, but do not realize it. As this book explains, we all work Actual Magic every day but hardly anyone does so consciously. You may be working Actual Magic to your benefit, or just as likely to your detriment, and yet not know it. Read this book and find out. In it, the author explains how Actual Magic works, why it works, and how those who take it seriously and apply the techniques this book reveals can use it to create a life of purpose, fulfillment, and plenty.Why continue to allow your circumstances to control you, when you can learn to control your circumstances? There's no longer any need because that's what this book is meant to teach.

If you believe it's likely or even simply possible we humans are spiritual beings having a temporary physical experience, this book is a must-read. Author and metaphysician Stephen Hawley Martin interviewed three authorities steeped in the information contained in the more than 14,000 psychic readings given by Edgar Cayce 1877-1944] and received answers to the big questions we humans have been wondering about since we first walked upright on the African savanna. Martin shares the interviews and the answers in this volume along with a book he wrote recently that you can use to help you find and pursue your purpose.Known worldwide during his lifetime as "The Sleeping Prophet," Edgar Cayce twice-daily put himself into a hypnotic trance and was able to answer any question put to him. As the very extensive record shows, the accuracy of information revealed by Cayce that could be checked and verified was absolutely extraordinary.

Do you feel glad to be alive? Do you look forward to Monday mornings? Are you "following your bliss," as the late Joseph Campbell always advised his students at Sarah Lawrence to do? If you answered "No" to one or more of these questions, you are surely on the wrong track, going where you will never, ever be happy. This book lays out six steps that will help you find your purpose and make a course correction onto the right path, a path that leads to happiness, fulfillment, and yes, to bliss. That's what happens when you are doing what you were born to do. So why not take the time to find out what that is? All you have to do is read this book to learn how.Stephen Hawley Martin is the author of several books that have achieved best-selling status in their categories on Amazon, including, "Life After Death, Powerful Evidence You Will Never Die," "Actual Magic: Unleash the Power of Your Mind," and "The Power of You: Nothing Can Stop You from Achieving Your Dreams Once You Realize Who You Actually Are." A former advertising agency President and CEO, he is the only three-time winner of the Writer's Digest Book Award, having won first prize twice for fiction and once for nonfiction. He also has won a first prize for visionary fiction from Independent Publisher and a first prize for nonfiction from USA Book News.

This two book volume contains the author's bestselling title, "Life After Death, Powerful Evidence You Will Never Die" and the sequel, "Life After Death Book II: Heaven, Hell & You," thereby revealing what everyone living today needs to know about life after death. Book One lays out indisputable evidence the brain does not create your consciousness, and that when your body dies, your consciousness will be released into a mental realm. It explains what you can expect to experience during the first minutes until you come to a border near death survivors agree is a point of no return. Book Two will lead you past that border to explore that Shakespeare called, "The undiscovered country," a mental realm each individual creates for him or herself. It also makes suggestions about actions to take now to insure the best possible outcome after death. Read what reviewers had to say about Book I: "Extraordinary findings in Stephen Martin's newest book, Life After Death, Powerful Evidence You Will Never Die, will keep readers on the edge of their seats as they burn through this well written book's pages. . . ."- Mark Davis, M.D."If you only read one book about the afterlife, I highly recommend this one. It's an extensive research project and is quite understandable for the average reader. . . ." - Alan Halverson"I couldn't put this book down. I'm 34 years old with no major health issues and have been recently dealing with a lot of anxiety over death. . . ."- Nicole Ryan"This is one of the most powerful books on this subject that I have ever read. Very inspiring."- C. Ann Clarkon"Very accessible and well-written overview of recent research supporting evidence of consciousness existing independent of the brain; as well as its implications for survival of awareness after physical death. . . ."- Keith Park, Ph.D.

Do you believe there is more to life than meets the eye? Do you wonder why some people seem to have all the luck-why everything they touch seems to turn to gold-while others struggle to put food on the table? If so, this book is for you because it provides the answers you seek.Intrinsic in life is an in invisible force at work creating the circumstances you deal with day after day, whether you consistently experience good fortune or ill. The author reveals the truth about this force and explains how to align and go with it to create the fulfilling and abundant life you would like to have. A reviewer of the first edition, Debbie Johnson, author of "Think Yourself Loved," put it this way: "Finally A book that reveals the hidden mysteries beyond positive thinking and secrets to achieving new levels. Stephen Martin is a genius, yet he makes it all so easy to understand. If you want to know how life can work better for you, this book may be an important step on your journey." Here's what other reviewers of the first edition had to say: "Self transformation is a natural process that Stephen Hawley Martin's wonderful book makes clear. Learn how to create a life full of meaning and understanding. Martin's guidance in using the tools of the heart, mind, and soul to consciously unfold a dynamic life, is terrifically clear and easy to follow. Audiences nationwide have benefited from this book]."-Zohara M. Hieronimus, Futurist and Host of nationally syndicated radio program "Future Talk." "This book answers the questions, who is God, who am I, and what is faith, without sinking into the sin of Bible quoting. In simple, everyday language the author explains how and why life works, and how you can make it work for you. Faith is the primary topic, though he seldom uses the word. A very helpful and worthwhile book. Again, do not think that this is a religious text. It is not. It is a book about living in the world today."-Omega Directory"An excellent guide for seekers who prefer evidence over dogma and experience over blind adherence to tradition."-Jim Marion, author of "Putting on the Mind of Christ

The goal of this book is to impart knowledge, or gnosis, that will enable the reader to attain enlightenment. This state comes with the realization at a deep level that there is not what we think of as a "self" inside our body, but rather, that the body serves as a vehicle for consciousness, and it is consciousness-not our body or our brain-that gives us a sense of self. That the body/brain is a vehicle for consciousness is no longer theory. Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have concluded after fifty years of arduous study that the brain does not create consciousness. Rather, the brain is a receiver of consciousness in the same way cell phones and radios are receivers of signals that originate somewhere else and arrive in the form of electromagnetic waves. Our bodies and brains evolved over time in order to bring Infinite Mind into physical reality. This means Infinite Mind is us, and we are Infinite Mind. Read this book and meditate on that. Once it sinks in, and you have an "ah-ha" moment, you will be well on your way to a permanent state of enlightenment