Welcome to Law of Attraction Truths.  We have seen the Law of Attraction work in both positive and negative ways.  It is important that you receive all the information about LOA for it to be effective in your life.  The Law of Attraction, basically is your life goes in the direction of your thoughts. You attract to yourself what you predominantly thing about.

Many people, both spiritual leaders and secular leaders have known about and taught the Law of Attraction, though the name Law of Attaction isn’t always used.

What we want ot do is provide you the teachings of great men and women throughout time who have mastered and taught the principles that govern this universal law. Some of the information on this website is hard to find, so it is our pleasure to provide as much as possible.

We will begin by publishing principles from Charles Haanel’s The Master Key System We also will comment on them and bring them to a modern understanding and applications.

Enjoy

Sincerely,

Mark  Stidham

Law of Attraction Teacher and Coach

Whenever we want to change something about our lives, we look to others for a solution. What if you were empowered to alter your course and in effect, be your own genie in a bottle – with the ability to manifest every dream you have from this point on?

 Throughout our history, scientists have created laws that applied to our universe.  The Law of Gravity, for instance, in which we finally discovered what makes an apple fall to the ground from the branch of a tree. 

There’s another law that can help you achieve your goals, quench your desires, and fulfill your dreams and it won’t cost you a penny.  It’s called the Law of Attraction, and it’s rooted in the belief that you can create whatever you want through your thought processes.

The Law of Attraction is more than an idea – it has strong roots in Quantum Physics. When Dr. Stephen Hawking searches for the black hole and other infinite qualities of the universe, he’s also looking for the connection that ties it all together.  

As motivated as Dr. Hawking is to unravel the connections between energy and matter, he has yet to find the “Grand Unification Theory.” When you consider how this brilliant man works tirelessly with extreme physical disabilities, you can see that he is actually putting the Law of Attraction into work.

Whether or not he acknowledges the power of attraction, he is highly focused and positive about what he wants the universe to reveal to him. Perhaps he has already experienced the “Grand Unification Theory” but doesn’t see it because it’s not part of a mathematical equation.

Can you see attraction? No, you can’t – yet you know it’s there. You can feel it when you are intensely attracted to an idea or a person. Attraction is a force that rides on energy. Our physical world may seem solid to the eye, yet it’s a flow of energy. 

Albert Einstein turned the scientific world on edge in 1905 with his simple, powerful equation, E=mc2. In this equation, Einstein told the scientific community what possibility thinkers in the philosophical community already knew – that everything is made of energy.

Once you accept the flow of energy in all things, then you begin to see how the Law of Attraction works. By tapping into the positive energy of the Universe, you can transform that energy.  

You don’t have to be a scientist or a physicist or even understand the complex concepts of Quantum Physics. All you need to know is that everything is energy, which you can transform by the power of your mind. 

Since energy is constantly in motion, then it can be re-directed. You don’t have to stand there waiting for something good to happen in your life, relationships or career. The Law of Attraction and Quantum Physics merge in one very important belief – we are responsible for the creation of the universe.  

In your corner of the world, that means you can break out of old behavior patterns, a series of dead end jobs or negative views of yourself. You can be what you believe you can be.  

When you take hold of that concept and start to act on it, then you begin to see how the energy in your life moves toward a new, positive, success-oriented direction.  Energy and reality are one.  

Imagine what you can achieve if you convert your worn out, negative thinking to positive thinking. Suddenly you attract a different type of energy. The energy that surrounds you is full of promise and you’re ready to receive it.  

You discover the real meaning of possibility thinking because you’re living in the flow of positive energy where anything is possible, even predictable, when you apply the Law of Attraction to your life.

Living within the Law of Attraction is definitely going to take you off the course you were headed down before you found this secret of the ages. What’s so amazing is that you find no more use for the stuff that you once thought was necessary. 

You often hear how a person received more things like a car, house, vacation or financial security. That’s just the icing on the cake. With the Law of Attraction, what you lose can be the best part.

Lose? You thought the Law of Attraction was just about gaining. It is – that’s why you have to lose to make it work. Once you understand the simple steps of Ask, Believe, and Receive – and you see the result – you realize that you can’t follow this course by hanging onto old things hindering your success.

You begin to see what you need to leave behind.  Now that you’ve moved from a job to a career, you’re excited about learning everything you need to know to move forward in your career.

When you aren’t working or relaxing at home, you’re spending time with people who share your mindset. These people enjoy healthy activities like sports or yoga. As you look around, you realize that you have no time or interest in hanging around the old crying-in-their-beer crowd.

And you don’t come home frustrated, collapsing on the sofa with a quart of ice cream or bottle of cheap wine.  Almost without effort, these changes in how you see yourself and how you invest your life energy has brought about other transformations.

You’ve lost weight, reduced dangerously high cholesterol levels, become more agile and the stress lines on your face have smoothed out. You are maximizing the positives about yourself and you like what you see.

No wonder you’re attracting into your circle of friends people who value positive energy just as you do!  After those tentative beginnings when you prove the Law of Attraction really works, then you become bolder in taking charge of your life.

As much as you explain this to people from your old life, some will not shed their shackles for the freedom you have found. A few will – and they may travel new roads with you.

Or they may go on other roads to find their dreams. Either way, you have given back to the positive energy in the universe by sharing this wonderful concept.  Each time you put the Law of Attraction into action, you see how what you receive has a trickle down effect.

You ask for a townhouse in the city closer to your job – even though prices are high and finding a good place is difficult. That’s okay because you’re specific in your request and believe that the townhouse is already yours – you are merely waiting for the universe to reveal the address of your new abode.

When you receive it, you share this with your real estate agent. What you didn’t know is that your agent was depressed and worried about finances until you showed her how to apply the Law of Attraction.

Now her life is turned around and she has more free time. Months later, when she’s offered a major planned community development project, she brings you in as a design consultant. Positive energy attracts more positive energy – and that will definitely alter your course in life.

The Law of Attraction is limited only by your imagination.  You’ll find books on how to apply the Law of Attraction to career, education, dating, smoking cessation or other specifics.

Never think for a minute that what you see in writing are the only options. If you can dream it, you do it with the Law of Attraction as your guiding principle.  Without a doubt, the Law of Attraction is personal.

You can claim this approach to bring whatever you want or need into your life. You can’t order it like fries at a drive-through without a thought and expect it to just happen for you.

The Law of Attraction requires an investment of your beliefs. There’s just no other way to make it work.  When you talk about beliefs, many people tie that to their upbringing as a Jew, Christian, Buddhist, Hindu or other religion.

Beliefs certainly have a spiritual link. Early Hindu writings are said by many to be an early inspiration for the Law of Attraction. Some groups within Christianity denounce the Law of Attraction as being in opposition to their beliefs.

Yet an early writer on the Law of Attraction, James Allen, titled his 1902 book, As a Man Thinketh.  This title is a portion of a Bible verse which states, “As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.” 

The Old English use of “thinketh” is today just “thinks” – yet the sentiment still makes sense. It’s about who you are at the heart level – who you are inside. Where some Christians part company with the Law of Attraction is in the belief that they can have what they want by using positive energy, thinking it’s pushing prayer by the wayside.

Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, whose distinguished 52-year career pasturing Marble Collegiate Church of Manhattan, was even better known as the author of The Power of Positive Thinking.

His positive thinking is very much in line with The Law of Attraction by applying repetition of positive affirmations, eliminating negative thinking and applying this to every aspect of life.

Dr. Peale saw no conflict with God in this approach because he felt that we could tap into God’s power to use for our needs.  Regardless of your religious affiliation, you can apply the Law of Attraction in your life as long as you merge these concepts.

Some people use the Law of Attraction to lose weight, so let’s talk about one specific area of your life that you can change using the Law of Attraction – your weight.

The Law of Attraction scares some religious people. They think of it as looking for a divine Santa Claus or an excuse for wanting more. Those are both wrong impressions. The historical roots of the Law of Attraction are distinctly spiritual.

Early Hindu writings are claimed to be the first written evidence of the Law of Attraction. Since so much is handed down by oral tradition, the actual concept of attraction likely began well before the first written evidence. 

These ideas were used, ignored and rediscovered over and over.  Whether you believe in God or some other name for a Supreme Being, there are forces at work around us that make amazing things possible.

Miracles, signs and wonders are just some of the spiritually-oriented words we use when the impossible becomes possible. Clearly the power exists for miracles and other amazing occurrences.

Since it’s there, we need to ask in order to meet our needs. That’s another Christian concept, as the Bible reminds believers to “ask and you shall receive, seek and you will find, knock and the door will be opened to you.” 

At the time of asking, seeking and knocking, you don’t have what you need. To ask, seek or knock means that you believe what you need exists and you have claimed your right to ask for and to receive what you need.

Some believers who see God as the source of all things in the universe can apply these approaches to attracting what they need because there is a link to making those requests in the Bible.

Others who believe that the universe contains God and all things will make similar approaches to attract what they need based on the Law of Attraction principles. The essential concepts are similar, with emphasis on positive thinking and rejecting negative thinking.

If you attempt to use the energy of the universe to produce things, yet deny the power of attraction in your heart, then you satisfy neither the universe nor the Supreme Being you claim to profess.

You have to bring together your spiritual beliefs with your expanded understanding about energy and life force within this present reality.  Many people who practice the Law of Attraction are deeply spiritual in all aspects of their life.

If you seek greater spiritual awakening, you can attract that into your life using the same three steps – Ask, Believe, and Receive. In fact, this process is so rightly related to spirituality that you’ll wonder what took you so long to use this to energize your spiritual connections!

The Metaphysician’s Guide to the Law of Attraction

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Don’t let the title fool you – this “maximum-strength” book is not just for professionals working in the field. Now, everyone can learn the techniques that will quickly move you out of the “concept-stage” and into a new existence where you have integrated these “perception-shifting” techniques into your DAILY-LIFE!

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The following is the first lesson from Charles Haanels The Master Key System:

1. That much gathers more is true on every plane of existence and that loss leads to greater loss is equally true.

2. Mind is creative, and conditions, environment and all experiences in life are the result of our habitual or predominant mental attitude.

3. The attitude of mind necessarily depends upon what we think. Therefore, the secret of all power, all achievement and all possession depends upon our method of thinking.

4. This is true because we must “be” before we can “do,” and we can “do” only to the extent which we “are,” and what we “are” depends upon what we “think.” Read the rest of this entry

1. The operations of the mind are produced by two parallel modes of activity, the one conscious, and the other subconscious. Professor Davidson says: “He who thinks to illuminate the whole range of mental action by the light of his own consciousness is not unlike the one who should go about to illuminate the universe with a rushlight.”

2. The subconscious’ logical processes are carried on with a certainty and regularity which would be impossible if there existed the possibility of error. Our mind is so designed that it prepares for us the most important foundations of cognition, whilst we have not the slightest apprehension of the modus operandi.

3. The subconscious soul, like a benevolent stranger, works and makes provision for our benefit, pouring only the mature fruit into our lap; thus ultimate analysis of thought processes shows that the subconscious is the theatre of the most important mental phenomena.

4. It is through the subconscious that Shakespeare must have perceived, without effort, great truths which are hidden from the conscious mind of the student; that Phidias fashioned marble and bronze; that Raphael painted Madonnas and Beethoven composed symphonies.

5. Ease and perfection depend entirely upon the degree in which we cease to depend upon the consciousness; playing the piano, skating, operating the typewriter, the skilled trades, depend for their perfect execution on the process of the sub-conscious mind. The marvel of playing a brilliant piece on the piano, while at the same time conducting a vigorous conversation, shows the greatness of our subconscious powers.

6. We are all aware how dependent we are upon the subconscious, and the greater, the nobler, the more brilliant our thoughts are, the more it is obvious to ourselves that the origin lies beyond our ken. We find ourselves endowed with tact, instinct, sense of the beautiful in art, music, etc., or whose origin or dwelling place we are wholly unconscious.

7. The value of the subconscious is enormous; it inspires us; it warns us; it furnishes us with names, facts and scenes from the storehouse of memory. It directs our thoughts, tastes, and accomplishes tasks so intricate that no conscious mind, even if it had the power, has the capacity for.

8. We can walk at will; we can raise the arm whenever we choose to do so; we can give our attention through eye or ear to any subject at pleasure. On the other hand, we cannot stop our heartbeats nor the circulation of the blood, nor the growth of stature, nor the formation of nerve and muscle tissue, nor the building of the bones, nor many other important vital processes.

9. If we compare these two sets of action, the one decreed by the will of the moment, and the other proceeding in majestic, rhythmic course, subject to no vascillation, but constant at every moment, we stand in awe of the latter, and ask to have the mystery explained. We see at once that these are the vital processes of our physical life, and we can not avoid the inference that these all-important functions are designedly withdrawn from the domain of our outward will with its variations and transitions, and placed under the direction of a permanent and dependable power within us.

10. Of these two powers, the outward and changeable has been termed the “Conscious Mind,” or the “Objective Mind” (dealing with outward objects). The interior power is called the “Subconscious Mind,” or the “Subjective Mind,” and besides its work on the mental plane it controls the regular functions which make physical life possible.

11. It is necessary to have a clear understanding of their respective functions on the mental plane, as well as of certain other basic principles. Perceiving and operating through the five physical senses, the conscious mind deals with the impressions and objects of the outward life.

12. It has the faculty of discrimination, carrying with it the responsibility of choice. It has the power of reasoning – whether inductive, deductive, analytical or syllogistic – and this power may be developed to a high degree. It is the seat of the will with all the energies that flow therefrom.

13. Not only can it impress other minds, but it can direct the subconscious mind. In this way the conscious mind becomes the responsible ruler and guardian of the subconscious mind. It is this high function which can completely reverse conditions in your life.

14. It is often true that conditions of fear, worry, poverty, disease, inharmony and evils of all kinds dominate us by reason of false suggestions accepted by the unguarded subconscious mind. All this the trained conscious mind can entirely prevent by its vigilant protective action. It may properly be called “the watchman at the gate” of the great subconscious domain.

15. One writer has expressed the chief distinction between the two phases of mind thus: “Conscious mind is reasoning will. Subconscious mind is instinctive desire, the result of past reasoning will.”

16. The subconscious mind draws just and accurate inferences from premises furnished from outside sources. Where the premise is true, the subconscious mind reaches a faultless conclusion, but, where the premise or suggestion is an error, the whole structure falls. The subconscious mind does not engage in the process of proving. It relies upon the conscious mind, “the watchman at the gate,” to

guard it from mistaken impressions.

17. Receiving any suggestions as true, the subconscious mind at once proceeds to

act thereon in the whole domain of its tremendous field of work. The conscious

mind can suggest either truth or error. If the latter, it is at the cost of wide-reaching

peril to the whole being.

18. The conscious mind ought to be on duty during every waking hour. Whenthe “watchman” is “off guard,” or when its calm judgment is suspended, under a variety of circumstances, then the subconscious mind is unguarded and left open to suggestion from all sources. During the wild excitement of panic, or during the height of anger, or the impulses of the irresponsible mob, or at any other time of unrestrained passion, the conditions are most dangerous. The subconscious mind is then open to the suggestion of fear, hatred, selfishness, greed, self-depreciation and other negative forces, derived from surrounding persons or circumstances. The result is usually unwholesome in the extreme, with effects that may endure to distress it for a long time. Hence, the great importance of guarding the

subconscious mind from false impressions.

19. The subconscious mind perceives by intuition. Hence, its processes are rapid. It does not wait for the slow methods of conscious reasoning. In fact, it can not employ them.

20. The subconscious mind never sleeps, never rests, any more than does your heart, or your blood. It has been found that by plainly stating to the subconscious mind certain specific things to be accomplished, forces are set in operation that lead to the result desired. Here, then, is a source of power which places us in touch with Omnipotence. Here in is a deep principle which is well worth our most earnest study.

21. The operation of this law is interesting. Those who put it into operation find that when they go out to meet the person with whom they anticipate a difficult interview, something has been there before them and dissolved the supposed differences; everything is changed; all is harmonious; they find that when some difficult business problem presents itself they can afford to make delay and something

suggests the proper solution; everything is properly arranged; in fact, those who have learned to trust the subconscious find that they have infinite resources at their command.

22. The subconscious mind is the seat of our principles and our aspirations. It is the fount of our artistic and altruistic ideals. These instincts can only be overthrown by an elaborate and gradual process of undermining the innate principles.

23. The subconscious mind cannot argue controversially. Hence, if it has accepted wrong suggestions, the sure method of overcoming them is by the use of a strong counter suggestion, frequently repeated, which the mind must accept, thus eventually forming new and healthy habits of thought and life, for the subconscious mind is the seat of Habit. That which we do over and over becomes mechanical; it is no longer an act of judgment, but has worn its deep grooves in the subconscious mind. This is favorable for us if the habit be wholesome and right. If it be harmful, and wrong, the remedy is to recognize the omnipotence of the subconscious mind and suggest present actual freedom. The subconscious being creative and one with our divine source will at once create the freedom suggested.

24. To sum up: The normal functions of the subconscious on the physical side have to do with the regular and vital processes, with the preservation of life and the restoration of health; with the care of offspring, which includes an instinctive desire to preserve all life and improve conditions generally.

25. On the mental side, it is the storehouse of memory; it harbors the wonderful thought messengers, who work, unhampered by time or space; it is the fountain of the practical initiative and constructive forces of life: It is the seat of habit.

26. On the spiritual side, it is the source of ideals, of aspiration, of the imagination, and is the channel through which we recognize our Divine Source, and in proportion as we recognize this divinity do we come into an understanding of the source of power.

27. Someone may ask: “How can the subconscious change conditions?” The reply is, because the subconscious is a part of the Universal Mind and a part must be the same in kind and quality as the whole; the only difference is one of degree. The whole, as we know, is creative, in fact, it is the only creator there is, consequently, we find that mind is creative, and as thought is the only activity which

the mind possesses, thought must necessarily be creative also.

28. But we shall find that there is a vast difference between simply thinking, and directing our thought consciously, systematically and constructively; when we do this we place our mind in harmony with the Universal Mind, we come in tune with the Infinite, we set in operation the mightiest force in existence, the creative power of the Universal Mind. This, as everything else, is governed by natural law, and this law is the “Law of Attraction,” which is that Mind is creative, and will automatically correlate with its object and bring it into manifestation.

29. Last week I gave you an exercise for the purpose of securing control of the physical body; if you have accomplished this you are ready to advance. This time you will begin to control your thought. Always take the same room, the same chair, and the same position, if possible. In some cases it is not convenient to take the same room, in this case simply make the best use of such conditions as may be available. Now be perfectly still as before, but inhibit all thought; this will give you control over all thoughts of care, worry and fear, and will enable you to entertain only the kind of thoughts you desire. Continue this exercise until you gain complete mastery.

30. You will not be able to do this for more that a few moments at a time, but the exercise is valuable, because it will be a very practical demonstration of the great number of thoughts which are constantly trying to gain access to your mental world.

31. Next week you will receive instructions for an exercise which may be a little more interesting, but it is necessary that you master this one first.

Cause and effect is as absolute and undeviating in the hidden realm of thought as in the world of visible and material things. Mind is the master weaver, both of the interior garment of character and the outer garment of circumstance – James Allen

PART THREE

1. The necessary interaction of the conscious and subconscious mind requires a similar interaction between the corresponding systems of nerves. Judge Troward indicates the very beautiful method in which this interaction is effected. He says: The cerebro-spinal system is the organ of the conscious mind and the sympathetic is the organ of the subconscious. The cerebro-spinal is the channel through which we receive conscious perception from the physical senses and exercise control over the movements of the body. This system of nerves has its centre in the brain.

2. The Sympathetic System has its centre in a ganglionic mass at the back of the stomach known as the Solar Plexus, and is the channel of that mental action which unconsciously supports the vital functions of the body.

3. The connection between the two systems is made by the vagus nerve which passes out of the cerebral region as a portion of the voluntary system to the thorax, sending out branches to the heart and lungs, and finally passing through the diaphragm, it loses its outer coating and becomes identified with the nerves of the Sympathetic System, so forming a connecting link between the two and making man physically a “single entity”.

4. We have seen that every thought is received by the brain, which is the organ of the conscious; it is here subjected to our power of reasoning. When the objective mind has been satisfied that the thought is true it is sent to the Solar Plexus, or the brain of the subjective mind, to be made into our flesh, to be brought forth into the world as reality. It is then no longer susceptible to any argument whatever. The subconscious mind cannot argue; it only acts. It accepts the conclusions of the objective mind as final.

5. The Solar Plexus has been likened to the sum of the body, because it is a central point of distribution for the energy which the body is constantly generating. This energy is very real energy, and this sun is a very real sun, and the energy is being distributed by very real nerves to all parts of the body, and is thrown off in an atmosphere which envelopes the body.

6. If this radiation is sufficiently strong the person is called magnetic; he is said to be filled with personal magnetism. Such a person may wield an immense power for good. His presence alone will often bring comfort to the troubled minds with which he comes in contact.

7. When the Solar Plexus is in active operation and is radiating life, energy and vitality to every part of the body, and to every one whom he meets, the sensations are pleasant; the body is filled with health and all with whom he comes in contact experience a pleasant sensation.

8. If there is any interruption of this radiation the sensations are unpleasant, the flow of life and energy to some part of the body is stopped, and this is the cause of every ill to the human race, physical, mental or environmental.

9. Physical because the sun of the body is no longer generating sufficient energy to vitalize some part of the body; mental because the conscious mind is dependent upon the subconscious mind for the vitality necessary to support its thought, and environmental, because the connection between the subconscious mind and the Universal mind, is being interrupted.

10. The Solar Plexus is the point at which the part meets with the whole, where the finite becomes Infinite, where the Uncreate becomes create, the Universal becomes individualized, the Invisible becomes visible. It is the point at which life appears and there is no limit to the amount of life an individual may generate from this Solar centre.

11. This centre of energy is Omnipotent because it is the point of contact with all life and all intelligence. It can therefore accomplish whatever it is directed to accomplish, and herein lies the power of the conscious mind; the subconscious can and will carry out such plans and ideas as may be suggested to it by the conscious mind.

12. Conscious thought, then, is master of this sun centre from which the life and energy of the entire body flows and the quality of the thought which we entertain determines the quality of the thought which this sun will radiate, and the character of the thought which our conscious mind entertains will determine the character of the thought which this sun will radiate, and the nature of the thought which our conscious mind entertains will determine the nature of thought which this sun will radiate, and consequently will determine the nature of the experience which will result.

13. It is evident, therefore, that all we have to do is let our light shine; the more energy we can radiate, the more rapidly shall we be enabled to transmute undesirable conditions into sources of pleasure and profit. The important question, then, is how to let this light shine; how to generate this energy.

14. Non-resistant thought expands the Solar Plexus; resistant thought contracts it. Pleasant thought expands it; unpleasant thought contracts it. Thoughts of courage, power, confidence and hope all produce a corresponding state, but the one arch enemy of the Solar Plexus which must be absolutely destroyed before there is any possibility of letting any light shine is fear. This enemy must be completely destroyed; he must be eliminated; he must be expelled forever; he is the cloud which hides the sun; which causes a perpetual gloom.

15. It is this personal devil which makes men fear the past, the present and the future; fear themselves, their friends and their enemies; fear everything and everybody. When fear is effectually and completely destroyed, your light will shine,  the clouds will disperse and you will have found the source of power, energy and life.

16. When you find that you are really one with the Infinite power, and when you can consciously realize this power by a practical demonstration of your ability to overcome any adverse condition by the power of your thought, you will have nothing to fear; fear will have been destroyed and you will have come into possession of your birthright.

17. It is our attitude of mind toward life which determines the experiences with which we are to meet; if we expect nothing, we shall have nothing; if we demand much, we shall receive the greater portion. The world is harsh only as we fail to assert ourselves. The criticism of the world is bitter only to those who cannot compel room for their ideas. It is fear of this criticism that causes many ideas to fail to see the light of day.

18. But the man who knows that he has a Solar Plexus will not fear criticism or anything else; he will be too busy radiating courage, confidence, and power; he will anticipate success by his mental attitude; he will pound barriers to pieces, and leap over the chasm of doubt and hesitation which fear places in his path.

19. A knowledge of our ability to consciously radiate health, strength and harmony will bring us into a realization that there is nothing to fear because we are in touch with Infinite Strength.

20. This knowledge can be gained only by making practical application of this information. We learn by doing; through practice the athlete comes powerful.

21. As the following statement is of considerable importance, I will put it in several ways, so that you cannot fail to get the full significance of it. If you are religiously inclined, I would say, you can let your light shine. If your mind has a bias toward physical science, I would say you can wake the Solar Plexus; or, if you prefer the strictly scientific interpretation, I will say that you can impress your subconscious mind.

22. I have already told you what the result of this impression will be. It is the method in which you are now interested. You have already learned that the subconscious is intelligent and that it is creative, and responsive to the will of the conscious mind. What, then, is the most natural way of making the desired impression? Mentally concentrate on the object of your desire; when you are concentrating you are impressing the subconscious.

23. This is not the only way, but it is a simple and effective way, and the most direct way, and consequently the way in which the best results are secured. It is the method which is producing such extraordinary results that many think that miracles are being accomplished.

24. It is the method by which every great inventor, every great financier, every great statesman has been enabled to convert the subtle and invisible force of desire, faith and confidence into actual, tangible, concrete facts in the objective world.

25. The subconscious mind is a part of the Universal mind. The Universal is the creative principle of the Universe, a part must be the same in kind and quality as the whole. This means that this creative power is absolutely unlimited; it is not bound by precedent of any kind, and consequently has no prior existing pattern by which to apply its constructive principle.

26. We have found that the subconscious mind is responsive to our conscious will, which means that the unlimited creative power of the Universal Mind is within control of the conscious mind of the individual.

27. When making a practical application of this principle, in accordance with the exercises given in the subsequent lessons, it is well to remember that it is not necessary to outline the method by which the subconscious will produce the results you desire. The finite cannot inform the Infinite. You are simply to say what you desire, not how you are to obtain it.

28. You are the channel by which the undifferentiated is being differentiated, and this differentiation is being accomplished by appropriation. It only requires recognition to set causes in motion which will bring about results in accordance with your desire, and this is accomplished because the Universal can act only through the individual, and the individual can act only through the Universal; they are one.

29. For your exercise this week, I will ask you to go one step further. I want you to not only be perfectly still, and inhibit all thought as far as possible, but relax, let go, let the muscles take their normal condition; this will remove all pressure from the nerves, and eliminate that tension which so frequently produces physical exhaustion.

30. Physical relaxation is a voluntary exercise of the will and the exercise will be found to be of great value, as it enables the blood to circulate freely to and from the brain and body.

31. Tensions leads to mental unrest and abnormal mental activity of the mind; it produces worry, care, fear and anxiety. Relaxation is therefore an absolute necessity in order to allow the mental faculties to exercise the greatest freedom.

32. Make this exercise as thorough and complete as possible, mentally determine that you will relax every muscle and nerve, until you feel quiet and restful and at peace with yourself and the world.

33. The Solar Plexus will then be ready to function and you will be surprised at the result.

PART FOUR

1. The “I” of you is not the physical body; that is simply an instrument which the “I” uses to carry out its purposes; the “I” cannot be the Mind, for the mind is simply another instrument which the “I” uses with which to think, reason, and plan.

2. The “I” must be something which controls and directs both the body and the mind; something which determines what they shall do and how they shall act. When you come into a realization of the true nature of this “I”, you will enjoy a sense of power which you have never before known.

3. Your personality is made up of countless individual characteristics, peculiarities, habits, and traits of character; these are the result of your former method of thinking, but they have nothing to do with the real “I.”

4. When you say “I think” the “I” tells the mind what it shall think; when you say “I go” the “I” tells the physical body where it shall go; the real nature of this “I” is spiritual, and is the source of the real power which comes to men and women when they come into a realization of their true nature.

5. The greatest and most marvelous power which this “I” has been given is the power to think, but few people know how to think constructively, or correctly, consequently they achieve only indifferent results. Most people allow their thoughts to dwell on selfish purposes, the inevitable result of an infantile mind.

When a mind becomes mature, it understands that the germ of defeat is in every selfish thought.

6. The trained mind knows that every transaction must benefit every person who is in any way connected with the transaction, and any attempt to profit by the weakness, ignorance or necessity of another will inevitably operate to his disadvantage.

7. This is because the individual is a part of the Universal. A part cannot antagonize any other part, but, on the contrary, the welfare of each part depends upon a recognition of the interest of the whole.

8. Those who recognize this principle have a great advantage in the affairs of life. They do not wear themselves out. They can eliminate vagrant thoughts with facility. They can readily concentrate to the highest possible degree on any subject. They do not waste time or money upon objects which can be of no possible benefit to them.

9. If you cannot do these things it is because you have thus far not made the necessary effort. Now is the time to make the effort. The result will be exactly in proportion to the effort expended. One of the strongest affirmations which you can use for the purpose of strengthening the will and realizing your power to accomplish, is, “I can be what I will to be.”

10. Every time you repeat it realize who and what this “I” is; try to come into a thorough understanding of the true nature of the “I”; if you do, you will become invincible; that is, provided that your objects and purposes are constructive and are therefore in harmony with the creative principle of the Universe.

11. If you make use of this affirmation, use it continuously, night and morning, and as often during the day as you think of it, and continue to do so until it becomes a part of you; form the habit.

12. Unless you do this, you had better not start at all, because modern psychology tells us that when we start something and do not complete it, or make a resolution and do not keep it, we are forming the habit of failure; absolute, ignominious failure. If you do not intend to do a thing, do not start; if you do start, see it through even if the heavens fall; if you make up your mind to do something, do it; let nothing, no one, interfere; the “I” in you has determined, the thing is settled; the die is cast, there is no longer any argument.

13. If you carry out this idea, beginning with small things which you know you can control and gradually increase the effort, but never under any circumstances allowing your “I” to be overruled, you will find that you can eventually control yourself, and many men and women have found to their sorrow that it is easier to control a kingdom that to control themselves.

14. But when you have learned to control yourself you will have found the “World Within” which controls the world without; you will have become irresistible; men and things will respond to your every wish without any apparent effort on your part.

15. This is not so strange or impossible as it may appear when you remember that the “World Within” is controlled by the “I” and that this “I” is a part or one with the Infinite “I” which is the Universal Energy or Spirit, usually called God.

16. This is not a mere statement or theory made for the purpose of confirming or establishing an idea, but it is a fact which has been accepted by the best religious thought as well as the best scientific thought.

17. Herbert Spender said: “Amid all the mysteries by which we are surrounded, nothing is more certain than that we are ever in the presence of an Infinite and Eternal Energy from which all things proceed.”

18. Lyman Abbott, in an address delivered before the Alumni of Bangor Theological Seminary, said: “We are coming to think of God as dwelling in man rather than as operating on men from without.”

19. Science goes a little way in its search and stops. Science finds the ever-present Eternal Energy, but Religion finds the Power behind this energy and locates it within man. But this is by no means a new discovery; the Bible says exactly the same thing, and the language is just as plain and convincing: “Know ye not that ye are the temple of the living God?” Here, then, is the secret of the wonderful creative power of the “World Within.”

20. Here is the secret of power, of mastery. To overcome does not mean to go without things. Self-denial is not success. We cannot give unless we get; we cannot be helpful unless we are strong. The Infinite is not a bankrupt and we who are the representatives of Infinite power should not be bankrupts either, and if we wish to be of service to others we must have power and more power, but to get it we must give it; we must be of service.

21. The more we give the more we shall get; we must become a channel whereby the Universal can express activity. The Universal is constantly seeking to express itself, to be of service, and it seeks the channel whereby it can find the greatest activity, where it can do the most good, where it can be of greatest service to mankind.

22. The Universal cannot express through you as long as you are busy with your plans, your own purposes; quiet the senses, seek inspiration, focus the mental activity on the within, dwell in the consciousness of your unity with Omnipotence. “Still water runs deep;” contemplate the multitudinous opportunities to which you have spiritual access by the Omnipresence of power.

23. Visualize the events, circumstances and conditions which these spiritual connections may assist in manifesting. Realize the fact that the essence and soul of all things is spiritual and that the spiritual is the real, because it is the life of all there is; when the spirit is gone, the life is gone; it is dead; it has ceased to exist.

24. These mental activities pertain to the world within, to the world of cause; and conditions and circumstances which result are the effect. It is thus that you become a creator. This is important work, and the higher, loftier, grander and more noble ideals which you can conceive, the more important the work will become.

25. Over-work or over-play or over-bodily activity of any kind produces conditions of mental apathy and stagnation which makes it impossible to do the more important work which results in a realization of conscious power. We should, therefore, seek the Silence frequently. Power comes through repose; it is in the Silence that we can be still, and when we are still, we can think, and thought is the secret of all attainment.

26. Thought is a mode of motion and is carried by the law of vibration the same as light or electricity. It is given vitality by the emotions through the law of love; it takes form and expression by the law of growth; it is a product of the spiritual “I”, hence its Divine, spiritual, and creative nature.

27. From this it is evident that in order to express power, abundance or any other constructive purpose, the emotions must be called upon to give feeling to the thought so that it will take form. How may this purpose be accomplished? This is the vital point; how may we develop the faith, the courage, the feeling, which willresult in accomplishment?

28. The reply is, by exercise; mental strength is secured in exactly the same way that physical strength is secured, by exercise. We think something, perhaps with difficulty the first time; we think the same thing again, and it becomes easier this time; we think it again and again; it then becomes a mental habit. We continue to think the same thing; finally it becomes automatic; we can no longer help thinking this thing; we are now positive of what we think; there is no longer any doubt about it. We are sure; we know.

29. Last week I asked you to relax, to let go physically. This week, I am going to ask you to let go mentally. If you practiced the exercise given you last week fifteen or twenty minutes a day in accordance with the instructions, you can no doubt relax physically; and anyone who cannot consciously do this quickly and completely is not a master of himself. He has not obtained freedom; he is still a slave to conditions. But I shall assume that you have mastered the exercise and are ready to take the next step, which is mental freedom.

30. This week, after taking your usual position, remove all tension by completely relaxing, then mentally let go of all adverse conditions, such as hatred, anger, worry, jealousy, envy, sorrow, trouble or disappointment of any kind.

31. You may say that you cannot “let go” of these things, but you can; you can do so by mentally determining to do so, by voluntary intention and persistence.

32. The reason that some cannot do this is because they allow themselves to be controlled by the emotions instead of by their intellect. But those who will be guided by the intellect will gain the victory. You will not succeed the first time you try, but practice makes perfect, in this as in everything else, and you must succeed in dismissing, eliminating and completely destroying these negative and destructive thoughts; because they are the seed which is constantly germinating into discordant conditions of every conceivable kind and description.

There is nothing truer than that the quality of thought which we entertain correlates certain externals in the outside world. This is the Law from which there is no escape. And it is this Law, this correlative of the thought with its object, that from time immemorial has led the people to believe in special providence.

- Wilmans

PART SIX

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1. The Universal Mind is so wonderful that it is difficult to understand its utilitarian

powers and possibilities and its unlimited producing effects.

2. We have found that this Mind is not only all intelligence but all substance.

How, then, is it to be differentiated in form? How are we to secure the effect

which we desire?

3. Ask any electrician what the effect of electricity will be and he will reply that

“Electricity is a form of motion and its effect will depend upon the mechanism to

which it is attached.” Upon this mechanism will depend whether we shall have

heat, light, power, music or any of the other marvelous demonstration of power

to which this vital energy has been harnessed.

4. What effect can be produced by thought? The reply is that thought is mind in

motion (just as wind is air in motion), and its effect will depend entirely on the

“mechanism to which it is attached.”

5. Here, then, is the secret of all mental power; it depends entirely on the mechanism

which we attach.

6. What is this mechanism? You know something of the mechanism which has

been invented by Edison, Bell, Marconi and other electrical wizards, by which

place and space and time have become only figures of speech, but did you ever

stop to think that the mechanism which has been given you for transforming the

Universal, Omnipresent Potential Power was invented by a greater inventor than

Edison?

7. We are accustomed to examining the mechanism of the implements which we

use for tilling the soil, and we try to get an understanding of the mechanism of

the automobile which we drive, but most of us are content to remain in absolute

ignorance of the greatest piece of mechanism which as ever come into existence,

the brain of man.

8. Let us examine the wonders of this mechanism; perhaps we shall thereby get a

better understanding of the various effects of which it is the cause.

9. In the first place, there is the great mental world in which we live and move and

have our being; this world is omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent; it will

respond to our desire in direct ratio to our purpose and faith; the purpose must

be in accordance with the law of our being, that is, it must be creative or constructive;

our faith must be strong enough to generate a current of sufficient strength

to bring our purpose into manifestation. “As thy faith is, so be it unto thee,” bears

the stamp of scientific test.

10. The effects which are produced in the world without are the result of the action

and reaction of the individual upon the universal; that is the process which we

call thinking; the brain is the organ through which this process is accomplished;

think of the wonder of it all! Do you love music, flowers, literature, or are you inspired

by the thought of ancient or modern genius? Remember, every beauty to

which you respond must have its corresponding outline in your brain before you

can appreciate it.

11. There is not a single virtue or principle in the storehouse of nature which

the brain cannot express. The brain is an embryonic world, ready to develop at

any time as necessity may arise. If you can comprehend that this is a scientific

truth and one of the wonderful laws of nature, it will be easier for you to get an

understanding of the mechanism by which these extraordinary results are being

accomplished.

12. The nervous system has been compared to an electric circuit with its battery of

cells in which force is originated, and its white matter to insulated wires by which

the current is conveyed; it is through these channels that every impulse or desire

is carried through the mechanism.

13. The spinal cord is the great motor and sensory pathway by which messages are

conveyed to and from the brain; then, there is the blood supply plunging through

the veins and arteries, renewing our energy and strength, the perfectly arranged

structure upon which the entire physical body rests, and, finally, the delicate and

beautiful skin, clothing the entire mechanism is a mantle of beauty.

14. This then is the “Temple of the living God” and the individual “I” is given

control and upon his understanding of the mechanism which is within his control

will the result depend.

15. Every thought sets the brain cells in action; at first the substance upon which

the thought is directed fails to respond, but if the thought is sufficiently refined

and concentrated, the substance finally yields and expresses perfectly.

16. This influence of the mind can be exerted upon any part of the body, causing

the elimination of any undesirable effect.

17. A perfect conception and understanding of the laws governing in the mental

world cannot fail to be of inestimable value in the transaction of business, as it

develops the power of discernment and gives a clearer understanding and appreciation

of facts.

18. The man who looks within instead of without cannot fail to make use of the

mighty forces which will eventually determine his course in life and so bring him

into vibration with all that is best, strongest and most desirable.

19. Attention or concentration is probably; the most important essential in the

development of mind culture. The possibilities of attention when properly directed

are so startling that they would hardly appear credible to the uninitiated.

The cultivation of attention is the distinguishing characteristic of every successful

man or woman, and is the very highest personal accomplishment which can be

acquired.

20. The power of attention can be more readily understood by comparing it with

a magnifying glass in which the rays of sunlight are focused; they possess no particular

strength as long as the glass is moved about and the rays directed from one

place to another; but let the glass be held perfectly still and let the rays be focused

on one spot for any length of time, the effect will become immediately apparent.

21. So with the power of thought; let power be dissipated by scattering the thought

from one object to another, and no result is apparent; but focus this power through

attention or concentration on any single purpose for any length of time and nothing

becomes impossible.

22. A very simple remedy for a very complex situation, some will say. All right, try

it, you who have had no experience in concentrating the thought on a definite purpose

or object. Choose any single object and concentrate your attention on it for

a definite purpose for even ten minutes; you cannot do it; the mind will wander a

dozen times and it will be necessary to bring it back to the original purpose, and

each time the effect will have been lost and at the end of the ten minutes nothing

will have been gained, because you have not been able to hold your thought steadily

to the purpose.

23. It is, however, through attention that you will finally be able to overcome obstacles

of any kind that appear in your path onward and upward, and the only way

to acquire this wonderful power is by practice — practice makes perfect, in this as

in anything else.

24. In order to cultivate the power of attention, bring a photograph with you to

the same seat in the same room in the same position as heretofore. Examine it

closely at least ten minutes, note the expression of the eyes, the form of the features,

the clothing, the way the hair is arranged; in fact, note every detail shown

on the photograph carefully. Now cover it and close your eyes and try to see it

mentally; if you can see every detail perfectly and can form a good mental image

of the photograph, you are to be congratulated; if not, repeat the process until you

can.

25. This step is simply for the purpose of preparing the soil; next week we shall be

ready to sow the seed.

26. It is by such exercises as these that you will finally be able to control your

mental moods, your attitude, your consciousness.

27. Great financiers are learning to withdraw from the multitude more and more,

that they may have more time for planning, thinking and generating the right

mental moods.

28. Successful businessmen are constantly demonstrating the fact that it pays to

keep in touch with the thought of other successful businessmen.

29. A single idea may be worth millions of dollars, and these ideas can only come

to those who are receptive, who are prepared to receive them, who are in successful

frame of mind.

30. Men are learning to place themselves in harmony with the Universal Mind;

they are learning the unity of all things; they are learning the basic methods and

principles of thinking, and this is changing conditions and multiplying results.

31. They are finding that circumstances and environment follow the trend of mental

and spiritual progress; they find that growth follows knowledge; action follows

inspiration; opportunity follows perception; always the spiritual first, then the

transformation into the infinite and illimitable possibilities of achievement.

32. As the individual is but the channel for the differentiation of the Universal,

these possibilities are necessarily inexhaustible.

33. Thought is the process by which we may absorb the Spirit of Power, and hold

the result in our inner consciousness until it becomes a part of our ordinary consciousness.

The method of accomplishing this result by the persistent practice

of a few fundamental principles, as explained in this System, is the master key

which unlocks the storehouse of Universal Truth.

34. The two great sources of human suffering at present are bodily disease and

mental anxiety. These may be readily traced to the infringement of some Natural

Law. This is, no doubt, owing to the fact that so far knowledge has largely remained

partial, but the clouds of darkness which have accumulated through long

ages are beginning to roll away and with them many of the miseries that attend

imperfect information.

That a man can change himself, improve himself, re-create himself, control his

environment, and master his own destiny is the conclusion of every mind who

is wide-awake to the power of right thought in constructive action

- Larsen

PART SEVEN

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1. Visualization is the process of making mental images, and the image is the mold

or model which will serve as a pattern from which your future will emerge.

2. Make the pattern clear and make it beautiful; do not be afraid; make it grand;

remember that no limitation can be placed upon you by any one but yourself;

you are not limited as to cost or material; draw on the Infinite for your supply,

construct it in your imagination; it will have to be there before it will ever appear

anywhere else.

3. Make the image clear and clean-cut, hold it firmly in the mind and you will

gradually and constantly bring the thing nearer to you. You can be what “you will

to be.”

4. This is another psychological fact which is well known, but unfortunately, reading

about it will not bring about any result which you may have in mind; it will not

even help you to form the mental image, much less bring it into manifestation.

Work is necessary – labor, hard mental labor, the kind of effort which so few are

willing to put forth.

5. The first step is idealization. It is likewise the most important step, because it

is the plan on which you are going to build. It must be solid; it must be permanent.

The architect, when he plans a 30-storey building, has every line and detail

pictured in advance. The engineer, when he spans a chasm, first ascertains the

strength requirements of a million separate parts.

6. They see the end before a single step is taken; so you are to picture in your mind

what you want; you are sowing the seed, but before sowing any seed you want to

know what the harvest is to be. This is Idealization. If you are not sure, return to

the chair daily until the picture becomes plain; it will gradually unfold; first the

general plan will be dim, but it will take shape, the outline will take form, then the

details, and you will gradually develop the power by which you will be enabled to

formulate plans which will eventually materialize in the objective world. You will

come to know what the future holds for you.

7. Then comes the process of visualization. You must see the picture more and

more complete, see the detail, and, as the details begin to unfold the ways and

means for bringing it into manifestation will develop. One thing will lead to another.

Thought will lead to action, action will develop methods, methods will de

velop friends, and friends will bring about circumstances, and, finally, the third

step, or Materialization, will have been accomplished.

8. We all recognize the Universe must have been thought into shape before it ever

could have become a material fact. And if we are willing to follow along the lines

of the Great Architect of the Universe, we shall find our thoughts taking form,

just as the universe took concrete form. It is the same mind operating through

the individual. There is no difference in kind or quality, the only difference is one

of degree.

9. The architect visualizes his building, he sees it as he wishes it to be. His thought

becomes a plastic mold from which the building will eventually emerge, a high

one or a low one, a beautiful one or a plain one, his vision takes form on paper and

eventually the necessary material is utilized and the building stands complete.

10. The inventor visualizes his idea in exactly the same manner, for instance,

Nikola Tesla, he with the giant intellect, one of the greatest inventors of all ages,

the man who has brought forth the most amazing realities, always visualizes his

inventions before attempting to work them out. He did not rush to embody them

in form and then spend his time in correcting defects. Having first built up the

idea in his imagination, he held it there as a mental picture, to be reconstructed

and improved by his thought. “In this way,” he writes in the Electrical Experimenter.

“I am enabled to rapidly develop and perfect a conception without touching

anything. When I have gone so far as to embody in the invention every possible

improvement I can think of, and see no fault anywhere, I put into concrete,

the product of my brain. Invariably my devise works as I conceived it should; in

twenty years there has not been a single exception.”

11. If you can conscientiously follow these directions, you will develop Faith, the

kind of Faith that is the “Substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not

seen”; you will develop confidence, the kind of confidence that leads to endurance

and courage; you will develop the power of concentration which will enable you to

exclude all thoughts except the ones which are associated with your purpose.

12. The law is that thought will manifest in form, and only one who knows how to

be the divine thinker of his own thoughts can ever take a Master’s place and speak

with authority.

13. Clearness and accuracy are obtained only by repeatedly having the image in

mind. Each repeated action renders the image more clear and accurate than the

preceding, and in proportion to the clearness and accuracy of the image will the

outward manifestation be. You must build it firmly and securely in your mental

world, the world within, before it can take form in the world without, and you can

build nothing of value, even in the mental world unless you have the proper material.

When you have the material you can build anything you wish, but make sure

of your material. You cannot make broadcloth from shoddy.

14. This material will be brought out by millions of silent mental workers and

fashioned into the form of the image which you have in mind.

15. Think of it! You have over five million of these mental workers, ready and in

active use; brain cells they are called. Besides this, there is another reserve force

of at least an equal number, ready to be called into action at the slightest need.

Your power to think, then, is almost unlimited, and this means that your power

to create the kind of material which is necessary to build for yourself any kind of

environment which you desire is practically unlimited.

16. In addition to these millions of mental workers, you have billions of mental

workers in the body, every one of which is endowed with sufficient intelligence

to understand and act upon any message or suggestion given. These cells are all

busy creating and recreating the body, but, in addition to this, they are endowed

with psychic activity whereby they can attract to themselves the substance necessary

for perfect development.

17. They do this by the same law and in the same manner that every form of life

attracts to itself the necessary material for growth. The oak, the rose, the lily, all

require certain material for their most perfect expression and they secure it by

silent demand, the Law of Attraction, the most certain way for you to secure what

you require for your most complete development.

18. Make the Mental Image; make it clear, distinct, perfect; hold it firmly; the

ways and means will develop; supply will follow the demand; you will be led to

do the right thing at the right time and in the right way. Earnest Desire will bring

about Confident Expectation, and this in turn must be reinforced by Firm Demand.

These three cannot fail to bring about Attainment, because the Earnest

Desire is the feeling, the Confident Expectation is the thought, and the Firm Demand

is the will, and, as we have seen, feeling gives vitality to thought and the will

holds it steadily until the law of Growth brings it into manifestation.

19. Is it not wonderful that man has such tremendous power within himself, such

transcendental faculties concerning which he had no conception? Is it not strange

that we have always been taught to look for strength and power “without?” We

have been taught to look everywhere but “within” and whenever this power manifested

in our lives we were told that it was something supernatural.

20. There are many who have come to an understanding of this wonderful power,

and who make serious and conscientious efforts to realize health, power and

other conditions, and seem to fail. They do not seem able to bring the Law into

operation. The difficulty in nearly every case is that they are dealing with externals.

They want money, power, health and abundance, but they fail to realize that

these are effects and can come only when the cause is found.

21. Those who will give no attention to the world without will seek only to ascertain

the truth, will look only for wisdom, will find that this wisdom will unfold

and disclose the source of all power, that it will manifest in thought and purpose

which will create the external conditions desired. This truth will find expression

in noble purpose and courageous action.

22. Create ideals only, give no thought to external conditions, make the world

within beautiful and opulent and the world without will express and manifest the

condition which you have within. You will come into a realization of your power

to create ideals and these ideals will be projected into the world of effect.

23. For instance, a man is in debt. He will be continually thinking about the debt,

concentrating on it, and as thoughts are causes the result is that he not only fastens

the debt closer to him, but actually creates more debt. He is putting the great

law of Attraction into operation with the usual and inevitable result — Loss leads

to greater “Loss.”

24. What, then, is the correct principle? Concentrate on the things you want, not

on the things you do not want. Think of abundance; idealize the methods and

plans for putting the Law of Abundance into operation. Visualize the condition

which the Law of Abundance creates; this will result in manifestation.

25. If the law operates perfectly to bring about poverty, lack and every form of

limitation for those who are continually entertaining thoughts of lack and fear, it

will operate with the same certainty to bring about conditions of abundance and

opulence for those who entertain thoughts of courage and power.

26. This is a difficult problem for many; we are too anxious; we manifest anxiety,

fear, distress; we want to do something; we want to help; we are like a child who

has just planted a seed and every fifteen minutes goes and stirs up the earth to see

if it is growing. Of course, under such circumstances, the seed will never germinate,

and yet this is exactly what many of us do in the mental world.

27. We must plant the seed and leave it undisturbed. This does not mean that we

are to sit down and do nothing, by no means; we will do more and better work

then we have ever done before, new channels will constantly be provided, new

doors will open; all that is necessary is to have an open mind, be ready to act when

the time comes.

28. Thought force is the most powerful means of obtaining knowledge, and if

concentrated on any subject will solve the problem. Nothing is beyond the power

of human comprehension, but in order to harness thought force and make it do

your bidding, work is required.

29. Remember that thought is the fire that creates the steam that turns the wheel

of fortune, upon which your experiences depend.

30. Ask yourself a few questions and then reverently await the response; do you

not now and then feel the self with you? Do you assert this self or do you follow

the majority? Remember that majorities are always led, they never lead. It was

the majority that fought, tooth and nail, against the steam engine, the power loom

and every other advance or improvement ever suggested.

31. For your exercise this week, visualize your friend, see him exactly as you last

saw him, see the room, the furniture, recall the conversation, now see his face,

see it distinctly, now talk to him about some subject of mutual interest; see his

expression change, watch him smile. Can you do this? All right, you can; then

arouse his interest, tell him a story of adventure, see his eyes light up with the

spirit of fun or excitement. Can you do all of this? If so, your imagination is good,

you are making excellent progress.

1. Thought contains a vital principle, because it is the creative principle of the

Universe and by its nature will combine with other similar thoughts.

2. As the one purpose of life is growth, all principles underlying existence must

contribute to give it effect. Thought, therefore, takes form and the law of growth

eventually brings it into manifestation.

3. You may freely choose what you think, but the result of your thought is governed

by an immutable law. Any line of thought persisted in cannot fail to produce

its result in the character, health and circumstances of the individual. Methods

whereby we can substitute habits of constructive thinking for those which we have

found produce only undesirable effects are therefore of primary importance.

4. We all know that this is by no means easy. Mental habits are difficult to control,

but it can be done and the way to do it is to begin at once to substitute constructive

thought for destructive thought. Form the habit of analyzing every thought.

If it is necessary, if its manifestation in the objective will be a benefit, not only

to yourself, but to all whom it may affect in any way, keep it; treasure it; it is of

value; it is in tune with the Infinite; it will grow and develop and produce fruit

an hundred fold. On the other hand, it will be well for you to keep this quotation

from George Matthews Adams, in mind, “Learn to keep the door shut, keep out

of your mind, out of your office, and out of your world, every element that seeks

admittance with no definite helpful end in view.”

5. If your thought has been critical or destructive, and has resulted in any condition

of discord or inharmony in your environment, it may be necessary for you to

cultivate a mental attitude which will be conducive to constructive thought.

6. The imagination will be found to be a great assistance in this direction; the

cultivation of the imagination leads to the development of the ideal out of which

your future will emerge.

7. The imagination gathers up the material by which the Mind weaves the fabric

in which your future is to be clothed.

8. Imagination is the light by which we can penetrate new worlds of thought and

experience.

9. Imagination is the mighty instrument by which every discoverer, every inventor,

opened the way from precedent to experience. Precedent said, “It cannot be

done;” experience said, “It is done.”

10. Imagination is a plastic power, molding the things of sense into new forms

and ideals.

11. Imagination is the constructive form of thought which must precede every

constructive form of action.

12. A builder cannot build a structure of any kind until he has first received the

plans from the architect, and the architect must get them from his imagination.

13. The Captain of Industry cannot build a giant corporation which may coordinate

hundreds of smaller corporations and thousands of employees, and utilize

millions of dollars of capital until he has first created the entire work in his imagination.

Objects in the material world are as clay in the potter’s hand; it is in the

Master Mind that the real things are created, and it is by the use of the imagination

that the work is done. In order to cultivate the imagination it must be exercised.

Exercise is necessary to cultivate mental muscle as well as physical muscle.

It must be supplied with nourishment or it cannot grow.

14. Do not confuse Imagination with Fancy, or that form of daydreaming in which

some people like to indulge. Daydreaming is a form of mental dissipation which

may lead to mental disaster.

15. Constructive imagination means mental labor, by some considered to be the

hardest kind of labor, but, if so, it yields the greatest returns, for all the great

things in life have come to men and women who had the capacity to think, to imagine,

and to make their dreams come true.

16. When you have become thoroughly conscious of the fact that Mind is the only

creative principle, that it is Omnipotent, Omniscient and Omnipresent, and that

you can consciously come into harmony with this Omnipotence through your

power of thought, you will have taken a long step in the right direction.

17. The next step is to place yourself in position to receive this power. As it is Omnipresent,

it must be within you. We know that this is so because we know that

all power is from within, but it must be developed, unfolded, cultivated; in order

to do this we must be receptive, and this receptivity is acquired just as physical

strength is gained, by exercise.

18. The law of attraction will certainly and unerringly bring to you the conditions,

environment, and experiences in life, corresponding with your habitual, characteristic,

predominant mental attitude. Not what you think once in a while when

you are in church, or have just read a good book, BUT your predominant mental

attitude is what counts.

19. You can not entertain weak, harmful, negative thoughts ten hours a day and

expect to bring about beautiful, strong and harmonious conditions by ten minutes

of strong, positive, creative thought.

20. Real power comes from within. All power that anybody can possibly use is

within man, only waiting to be brought into visibility by his first recognizing it,

and then affirming it as his, working it into his consciousness until he becomes

one with it.

21. People say that they desire abundant life, and so they do, but so many interpret

this to mean that if they will exercise their muscles or breathe scientifically,

eat certain foods in certain ways, drink so many glasses of water every day of just

a certain temperature, keep out of drafts, they will attain the abundant life they

seek. The result of such methods is but indifferent. However, when man awakens

to the truth, and affirms his oneness with all Life, he finds that he takes on the

clear eye, the elastic step, the vigor of youth; he finds that he has discovered the

source of all power.

22. All mistakes are but the mistakes of ignorance. Knowledge gaining and consequent

power is what determines growth and evolution. The recognition and demonstration

of knowledge is what constitutes power, and this power is spiritual

power, and this spiritual power is the power which lies at the heart of all things;

it is the soul of the universe.

23. This knowledge is the result of man’s ability to think; thought is therefore the

germ of man’s conscious evolution. When man ceases to advance in his thoughts

and ideals, his forces immediately begin to disintegrate and his countenance

gradually registers these changing conditions.

24. Successful men make it their business to hold ideals of the conditions which

they wish to realize. They constantly hold in mind the next step necessary to the

ideal for which they are striving. Thoughts are the materials with which they

build, and the imagination is their mental workshop. Mind is the ever-moving

force with which they secure the persons and circumstance necessary to build

their success structure, and imagination is the matrix in which all great things

are fashioned.

25. If you have been faithful to your ideal, you will hear the call when circumstances

are ready to materialize your plans and results will correspond in the

exact ratio of your fidelity to your ideal. The ideal steadily held is what pre-determines

and attracts the necessary conditions for its fulfillment.

26. It is thus that you may weave a garment of spirit and power into the web of

your entire existence; it is thus that you may lead a charmed life and be forever

protected from all harm; it is thus that you may become a positive force whereby

conditions of opulence and harmony may be attracted to you.

27. This is the leaven which is gradually permeating the general consciousness

and is largely responsible for the conditions of unrest which are everywhere evident.

28. In the last Part you created a mental image, you brought it from the invisible

into the visible; this week I want you to take an object and follow it back to its

origination, see of what it really consists. If you do this you will develop imagination,

insight, perception, and sagacity. These come not by the superficial observation

of the multitude, but by a keen analytical observation which sees below the

surface.

29. It is the few who know that the things which they see are only effects, and understand

the causes by which these effects were brought into existence.

30. Take the same position as heretofore and visualize a Battleship; see the grim

monster floating on the surface of the water; there appears to be no life anywhere

about; all is silence; you know that by far the largest part of the vessel is under water;

out of sight; you know that the ship is as large and as heavy as a twenty-story

skyscraper; you know that there are hundreds of men ready to spring to their

appointed task instantly; you know that every department is in charge of able,

trained, skilled officials who have proven themselves competent to take charge of

this marvelous piece of mechanism; you know that although it lies apparently oblivious

to everything else, it has eyes which see everything for miles around, and

nothing is permitted to escape its watchful vision; you know that while it appears

quiet, submissive and innocent, it is prepared to hurl a steel projectile weighing

thousands of pounds at an enemy many miles away; this and much more you can

bring to mind with comparatively no effort whatever. But how did the battleship

come to be where it is; how did it come into existence in the first place? All of this

you want to know if you are a careful observer.

31. Follow the great steel plates through the foundries, see the thousands of men

employed in their production; go still further back, and see the ore as it comes

from the mine, see it loaded on barges or cars, see it melted and properly treated;

go back still further and see the architect and engineers who planned the vessel;

let the thought carry you back still further in order to determine why they

planned the vessel; you will see that you are now so far back that the vessel is

something intangible, it no longer exists, it is now only a thought existing in the

brain of the architect; but from where did the order come to plan the vessel?

Probably from the Secretary of Defense; but probably this vessel was planned

long before the war was thought of, and that Congress had to pass a bill appropriating

the money; possibly there was opposition, and speeches for or against

the bill. Whom do these Congressmen represent? They represent you and me, so

that our line of thought begins with the Battleship and ends with ourselves, and

we find in the last analysis that our own thought is responsible for this and many

other things, of which we seldom think, and a little further reflection will develop

the most important fact of all and that is, if someone had not discovered the law

by which this tremendous mass of steel and iron could be made to float upon the

water, instead of immediately going to the bottom, the battleship could not have

come into existence at all.

32. This law is that, “the specific gravity of any substance is the weight of any

volume of it, compared with an equal volume of water.” The discovery of this law

revolutionized every kind of ocean travel, commerce and warfare, and made the

existence of the battleship, aircraft carriers, and cruise ships possible.

33. You will find exercises of this kind invaluable. When the thought has been

trained to look below the surface everything takes on a different appearance, the

insignificant becomes significant, the uninteresting interesting; the things which

we supposed to be of no importance are seen to be the only really vital things in

existence.

Look To This Day For it is Life, the very Life of Life. In Its brief course lie all the

Verities and Realities of your existence; The Bliss of Growth; The Glory of Action;

The Splendor of Beauty; For Yesterday is but a Dream, And tomorrow is

only a Vision: But Today well lived makes every Yesterday a Dream of Happiness,

and Every Tomorrow a Vision of Hope. Look well, therefore, to This Day!

- From the Sanskrit

PART NINE

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1. There are only three things which can possibly be desired in the “world without”

and each of them can be found in the “world within.” The secret of finding

them is simply to apply the proper “mechanism” of attachment to the omnipotent

power to which each individual has access.

2. The three things which all mankind desires and which are necessary for his

highest expression and complete development are Health, Wealth and Love. All

will admit that Health is absolutely essential; no one can be happy if the physical

body is in pain. All will not so readily admit that Wealth is necessary, but all must

admit that a sufficient supply at least is necessary, and what would be considered

sufficient for one, would be considered absolute and painful lack for another; and

as Nature provides not only enough but abundantly, wastefully, lavishly, we realize

that any lack or limitation is only the limitation which has been made by an

artificial method of distribution.

3. All will probably admit that Love is the third, or maybe some will say the first

essential necessary to the happiness of mankind; at any rate, those who possess

all three, Health, Wealth, and Love, find nothing else which can be added to their

cup of happiness.

4. We have found that the Universal substance is “All Health,” “All Substance” and

“All Love” and that the mechanism of attachment whereby we can consciously

connect with this Infinite supply is in our method of thinking. To think correctly

is therefore to enter into the “Secret Place of the Most High.”

5. What shall we think? If we know this we shall have found the proper mechanism

of attachment which will relate us to “Whatsoever things we desire.” This

mechanism may seem very simple when I give it to you, but read on; you will find

that it is in reality the “Master Key,” the “Aladdin’s lamp,” if you please; you will

find that it is the foundation, the imperative condition, the absolute law of welldoing,

which means, well-being.

6. To think correctly, accurately, we must know the “Truth.” The truth then is the

underlying principle in every business or social relation. It is a condition precedent

to every right action. To know the truth, to be sure, to be confident, affords a

satisfaction beside which no other is at all comparable; it is the only solid ground

in a world of doubt, conflict and danger.

7. To know the Truth is to be in harmony with the Infinite and Omnipotent power.

To know the truth is, therefore, to connect yourself with a power which is irresistible

and which will sweep away every kind of discord, inharmony, doubt or error

of any kind, because the “Truth is mighty and will prevail.”

8. The humblest intellect can readily foretell the result of any action when he

knows that it is based on truth, but the mightiest intellect, the most profound

and penetrating mind loses its way hopelessly and can form no conception of the

results which may ensue when his hopes are based on a premise which he knows

to be false.

9. Every action which is not in harmony with Truth, whether through ignorance

or design, will result in discord, and eventual loss in proportion to its extent and

character.

10. How then are we to know the truth in order to attach this mechanism which

will relate us to the Infinite?

11. We can make no mistake about this if we realize that truth is the vital principle

of the Universal Mind and is Omnipresent. For instance, if you require health,

a realization of the fact that the “I” in you is spiritual and that all spirit is one;

that wherever a part is the whole must be, will bring about a condition of health,

because every cell in the body must manifest the truth as you see it. If you see

sickness; they will manifest sickness; if you see perfection they must manifest

perfection. The affirmation, “I am whole, perfect, strong, powerful, loving, harmonious

and happy”, will bring about harmonious conditions. The reason for this

is because the affirmation is in strict accordance with the Truth, and when truth

appears every form of error or discord must necessarily disappear.

12. You have found that the “I” is spiritual, it must necessarily then always be no

less than perfect, the affirmation. “I am whole, perfect, strong, powerful, loving,

harmonious and happy” is therefore an exact scientific statement.

13. Thought is a spiritual activity and spirit is creative, therefore the result of

holding this thought in mind, must necessarily bring about conditions in harmony

with the thought.

14. If you require Wealth a realization of the fact that the “I” in you is one with

the Universal mind which is all substance, and is Omnipotent, will assist you in

bringing into operation the law of attraction which will bring you into vibration

with those forces which make for success and bring about conditions of power

and affluence in direct proportion with the character and purpose of your affirmation.

15. Visualization is the mechanism of the attachment which you require. Visualization

is a very different process from seeing; seeing is physical, and is therefore

related to the objective world, the “world without,” but Visualization is a product

of the imagination, and is therefore a product of the subjective mind, the “world

within.” It therefore possesses vitality; it will grow. The thing visualized will manifest

itself in form. The mechanism is perfect; it was created by the Master Architect

who “doeth all things well,” but unfortunately sometimes the operator is

inexperienced or inefficient, but practice and determination will overcome this

defect.

16. If you require Love try to realize that the only way to get love is by giving it,

that the more you give the more you will get, and the only way in which you can

give it, is to fill yourself with it, until you become a magnet. The method was explained

in another lesson.

17. He who has learned to bring the greatest spiritual truths into touch with the

so-called lesser things of life has discovered the secret of the solution of his problem.

One is always quickened, made more thoughtful, by his nearness of approach

to great ideas, great events, great natural objects, and great men. Lincoln is said

to have begotten in all who came near him the feeling awakened when one approaches

a mountain, and this sense asserts itself most keenly when one comes to

realize that he has laid hold upon things that are eternal, the power of Truth.

18. It is sometimes an inspiration to hear from someone who has actually put

these principles to the test, someone who has demonstrated them in their own

life. A letter from Frederick Andrews offers the following insight:

19. I was about thirteen years old when Dr. T. W. Marsee, since passed over, said

to my mother: “There is no possible chance, Mrs. Andrews. I lost my little boy the

same way, after doing everything for him that it was possible to do. I have made

a special study of these cases, and I know there is no possible chance for him to

get well.”

20. She turned to him and said: “Doctor, what would you do if he were your boy?”

and he answered, “I would fight, fight, as long as there is a breath of life to fight

for.”

21. That was the beginning of a long drawn-out battle, with many ups and downs,

the doctors all agreeing that there was no chance for a cure, though they encouraged

and cheered us the best they could.

22. But at last the victory came, and I have grown from a little, crooked, twisted,

cripple, going about on my hands and knees, to a strong, straight, well formed

man.

23. Now, I know you want the formula, and I will give it to you as briefly and

quickly as I can.

24. I built up an affirmation for myself, taking the qualities I most needed, and

affirming for myself over and over again, “I am whole, perfect, strong, powerful,

loving, harmonious and happy.” I kept up this affirmation, always the same,

never varying, till I could wake up in the night and find myself repeating, “I am

whole, perfect, strong, powerful, loving, harmonious and happy.” It was the last

thing on my lips at night and the first thing in the morning.

25. Not only did I affirm it for myself, but for others that I knew needed it. I want

to emphasize this point. Whatever you desire for yourself, affirm it for others,

and it will help you both. We reap what we sow. If we send out thoughts of love

and health, they return to us like bread cast upon the waters; but if we send out

thoughts of fear, worry, jealousy, anger, hate, etc., we will reap the results in our

own lives.

26. It used to be said that man is completely built over every seven years, but

some scientists now declare that we build ourselves over entirely every eleven

months; so we are really only eleven months old. If we build the defects back into

our bodies year after year, we have no one to blame but ourselves.

27. Man is the sum total of his own thoughts; so the question is, how are we going

to entertain only the good thoughts and reject the evil ones? At first we can’t keep

the evil thoughts from coming, but we can keep from entertaining them. The only

way to do this is to forget them — which means, get something for them. This is

where the ready-made affirmation comes into play.

28. When a thought of anger, jealousy, fear or worry creeps in, just start your affirmation

going. The way to fight darkness is with light — the way to fight cold is

with heat — the way to overcome evils is with good. For myself, I never could find

any help in denials. Affirm the good, and the bad will vanish. – Frederick Elias

Andrews

29. If there is anything you require, it will be well for you to make use of this affirmation;

it cannot be improved upon. Use it just as it is; take it into the silence with

you, until it sinks into your subconsciousness, so that you can use it anywhere, in

your car, in the office, at home; this is the advantage of spiritual methods; they

are always available. Spirit is omnipresent, every ready; all that is required is a

proper recognition of its omnipotence, and a willingness or desire to become the

recipient of its beneficent effects.

30. If our predominant mental attitude is one of power, courage, kindliness and

sympathy, we shall find that our environment will reject conditions in correspondence

with these thoughts; if it is weak, critical, envious and destructive, we shall

find our environment reflecting conditions corresponding to these thoughts.

31. Thoughts are causes and conditions are effects. Herein is the explanation of

the origin of both good and evil. Thought is creative and will automatically correlate

with its object. This is a Cosmological law (a universal law), the law of Attraction,

the law of Cause and Effect; the recognition and application of this law

will determine both beginning and end; it is the law by which in all ages and in all

times the people were led to believe in the power of prayer. “As thy faith is, so be

it unto thee,” is simply another, shorter and a better way of stating it.

32. This week visualize a plant; take a flower, the one you most admire, bring it

from the unseen into the seen, plant the tiny seed, water it, care for it, place it

where it will get the direct rays of the morning sun, see the seed burst; it is now

a living thing, something which is alive and beginning to search for the means

of subsistence. See the roots penetrating the earth, watch them shoot out in all

directions and remember that they are living cells dividing and subdividing, and

that they will soon number millions, that each cell is intelligent, that it knows

what is wants and knows how to get it. See the stem shoot forward and upward,

watch it burst through the surface of the earth, see it divide and form branches,

see how perfect and symmetrical each branch is formed, see the leaves begin to

form, and then the tiny stems, each one holding aloft a bud, and as you watch you

see the bud begin to unfold and your favorite flower comes to view; and now if

you will concentrate intently you will become conscious of a fragrance; it is the

fragrance of the flower as the breeze gently sways the beautiful creation which

you have visualized.

33. When you are enabled to make your vision clear and complete you will be

enabled to enter into the spirit of a thing; it will become very real to you; you will

be learning to concentrate and the process is the same, whether you are concentrating

on health, a favorite flower, an ideal, a complicated business proposition

or any other problem of life.

34. Every success has been accomplished by persistent concentration upon the

object in view.

PART TEN

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1. Abundance is a natural law of the Universe. The evidence of this law is conclusive;

we see it on every hand. Everywhere Nature is lavish, wasteful, extravagant.

Nowhere is economy observed in any created thing. Profusion is manifested in

everything. The millions and millions of trees and flowers and plants and animals

and the vast scheme of reproduction where the process of creating and recreating

is forever going on, all indicates the lavishness with which Nature has made

provision for man. That there is an abundance for everyone is evident, but that

many fail to participate in this abundance is also evident; they have not yet come

into a realization of the Universality of all substance, and that mind is the active

principle whereby we are related to the things we desire.

2. All wealth is the offspring of power; possessions are of value only as they confer

power. Events are significant only as they affect power; all things represent certain

forms and degrees of power.

3. Knowledge of cause and effect as shown by the laws governing electricity,

chemical affinity and gravitation, enables man to plan courageously and execute

fearlessly. These laws are called Natural Laws, because they govern in the physical

world, but all power is not physical power; there is also mental power, and

there is moral and spiritual power.

4. Spiritual power is superior because it exists on a higher plane. It has enabled

man to discover the law by which these wonderful forces of Nature could be harnessed

and made to do the work of hundreds and thousands of men. It has enabled

man to discover laws whereby time and space have been annihilated and the

law of gravitation to be overcome. The operation of this law is dependent upon

spiritual contact, as Henry Drummond well says:

5. “In the physical world as we know it, there exists the organic and the inorganic.

The inorganic of the mineral world is absolutely cut off from the plant or animal

world; the passage is hermetically sealed. These barriers have never yet been

crossed. No change of substance, no modification of environment, no chemistry,

no electricity, no form of energy, no evolution of any kind can ever endow a single

atom of the mineral world with the attribute of Life.”

6. “Only by the bending down into this dead world of some living form can those

dead atoms be gifted with the properties of vitality; without this contact with life

they remain fixed in the inorganic sphere forever. Huxley says that the doctrine

of Biogenesis (or life only from life) is victorious all along the line, and Tyndall is

compelled to say: ‘I affirm that no shred of trustworthy evidence exists to prove

that life in our day has ever appeared independent of antecedent life.’

7. “Physical laws may explain the inorganic, Biology explains and accounts for the

development of the organic, but of the point of contact Science is silent. A similar

passage exists between the Natural world and the Spiritual world; this passage is

hermetically sealed on the natural side. The door is closed; no man can open it,

no organic change, no mental energy, no moral effort, no progress of any kind can

enable any human being to enter the spiritual world.”

8. But as the plant reaches down into the mineral world and touches it with the

mystery of Life, so the Universal Mind reaches down into the human mind and

endows it with new, strange, wonderful and even marvelous qualities. All men

or women who have every accomplished anything in the world of industry, commerce

or art have accomplished because of this process.

9. Thought is the connecting link between the Infinite and the finite, between the

Universal and the individual. We have seen that there is an impassable barrier

between the organic and the inorganic, and that the only way that matter can unfold

is to be impregnated with life; as a seed reaches down into the mineral world

and begins to unfold and reach out, the dead matter begins to live, a thousand

invisible fingers begin to weave a suitable environment for the new arrival, and

as the law of growth begins to take effect, we see the process continue until the

Lily finally appears, and even “Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one

of these”.

10. Even so, a thought is dropped into the invisible substance of the Universal

Mind, that substance from which all things are created, and as it takes root, the

law of growth begins to take effect and we find that conditions and environment

are but the objective form of our thought.

11. The law is that Thought is an active vital form of dynamic energy which has the

power to correlate with its object and bring it out of the invisible substance from

which all things are created into the visible or objective world. This is the law by

which, and through which all things come into manifestation; it is the Master Key

by which you are admitted into the Secret Place of the Most High and are “given

dominion over all things.” With an understanding of this law you may “decree a

thing and it shall be established unto thee.”

12. It could not be otherwise; if the soul of the Universe as we know it is the Universal

Spirit, then the Universe is simply the condition which the Universal Spirit

has made for itself. We are simply individualized spirit and are creating the conditions

for our growth in exactly the same way.

13. This creative power depends upon our recognition of the potential power of

spirit or mind and must not be confused with Evolution. Creation is the calling

into existence of that which does not exist in the objective world. Evolution is

simply the unfolding of potentialities involved in things which already exist.

14. In taking advantage of the wonderful possibilities opened up to us through the

operation of this law, we must remember that we ourselves contribute nothing

to its efficacy as the Great Teacher said: “It is not I that doeth the works, but the

Father that dwelleth in me, He doeth the work”. We must take exactly the same

position; we can do nothing to assist in the manifestation, we simply comply with

the law, and the All-originating Mind will bring about the result.

15. The great error of the present day is the idea that Man has to originate the

intelligence whereby the Infinite can proceed to bring about a specific purpose

or result. Nothing of this kind is necessary; the Universal Mind can be depended

upon to find the ways and means for bringing about any necessary manifestation.

We must, however, create the ideal, and this ideal should be perfect.

16. We know that the laws governing Electricity have been formulated in such a

way that this invisible power can be controlled and used for our benefit and comfort

in thousands of ways. We know that messages are carried around the world,

that ponderous machinery does its bidding, that it now illuminates practically

the whole world, but we know too that if we consciously or ignorantly violate its

law by touching a live wire, when it is not properly insulated, the result will be

unpleasant and possibly disastrous. A lack of understanding of the laws governing

in the invisible world has the same result, and many are suffering the consequences

all the time.

17. It has been explained that the law of causation depends upon polarity, a circuit

must be formed; this circuit cannot be formed unless we operate in harmony with

the law. How shall we operate in harmony with the law unless we know what the

law is? How shall we know what the Law is? By study, by observation.

18. We see the law in operation everywhere; all nature testifies to the operation of

the law by silently, constantly expressing itself in the law of growth. Where there

is growth, there must be life; where there is life there must be harmony, so that

everything that has life is constantly attracting to itself the conditions and the

supply which is necessary for its most complete expression.

19. If your thought is in harmony with the creative Principle of Nature, it is in

tune with the Infinite Mind, and it will form the circuit, it will not return to you

void; but it is possible for you to think thoughts that are not in tune with the Infinite,

and when there is no polarity, the circuit is not formed. What, then, is the

result? What is the result when a dynamo is generating electricity, the circuit is

cut off and there is no outlet? The dynamo stops.

20. It will be exactly the same with you, if you entertain thoughts which are not

in accordance with the Infinite and cannot therefore be polarized; there is no circuit,

you are isolated, the thoughts cling to you, harass you, worry you, and finally

bring about disease and possibly death; the physician may not diagnose the case

exactly in this way, he may give it some fancy name which has been manufactured

for the various ills which are the result of wrong thinking, but the cause is the

same nevertheless.

21. Constructive thought must necessarily be creative, but creative thought must

be harmonious, and this eliminates all destructive or competitive thought.

22. Wisdom, strength, courage and all harmonious conditions are the result of

power and we have seen that all power is from within; likewise, every lack, limitation

or adverse circumstance is the result of weakness, and weakness is simply

absence of power; it comes from nowhere, it is nothing — the remedy then is simply

to develop power, and this is accomplished in exactly the same manner that

all power is developed, by exercise.

23. This exercise consists in making an application of your knowledge. Knowledge

will not apply itself. You must make the application. Abundance will not come to

you out of the sky, neither will it drop into your lap, but a conscious realization of

the law of attraction and the intention to bring it into operation for a certain, definite

and specific purpose, and the will to carry out this purpose will bring about

the materialization of your desire by a natural law of transference. If you are in

business, it will increase and develop along regular channels, possibly new or

unusual channels of distribution will be opened and when the law becomes fully

operative, you will find that the things you seek are seeking you.

24. This week select a blank space on the wall, or any other convenient spot, from

where you usually sit, mentally draw a black horizontal line about six inches long,

try to see the line as plainly as though it were painted on the wall; now mentally

draw two vertical lines connecting with this horizontal line at either end; now

draw another horizontal line connecting with the two vertical lines; now you have

a square. Try to see the square perfectly; when you can do so draw a circle within

the square; now place a point in the center of the circle; now draw the point to

ward you about 10 inches; now you have a cone on a square base; you will remember

that your work was all in black; change it to white, to red, to yellow.

25. If you can do this, you are making excellent progress and will soon be enabled

to concentrate on any problem you may have in mind.

When any object or purpose is clearly held in thought, its precipitation, in tangible

and visible form, is merely a question of time. The vision always precedes

and itself determines the realization.

- Lillian Whiting