Part Six
It is my privilege to enclose Part Six. This part will give
you an excellent understanding of the most wonderful piece of
mechanism which has ever been created. A mechanism whereby you may
create for yourself Health, Strength, Success, Prosperity or any
other condition which you desire.
Necessities are demands, and demands create action, and actions
bring about results. The process of evolution is constantly building
our tomorrows out of our todays. Individual development, like
Universal development, must be gradual with an ever-increasing
capacity and volume.
The knowledge that if we infringe upon the rights of others, we
become moral thorns and find ourselves entangled at every turn of
the road, should be an indication that success is contingent upon
the highest moral ideal, which is "The greatest good to the greatest
number." Aspiration, desire and harmonious relations constantly and
persistently maintained will accomplish results. The greatest
hindrance is erroneous and fixed ideas.
To be in tune with eternal truth we must possess poise and
harmony within. In order to receive intelligence the receiver must
be in tune with the transmitter.
Thought is a product of Mind and Mind is creative, but this does
not mean that the Universal will change its modus operandi to suit
us or our ideas, but it does mean that we can come into harmonious
relationship with the Universal, and when we have accomplished this
we may ask anything to which we are entitled, and the way will be
made plain.
PART SIX
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
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