Part Fourteen
You have found from your study thus far that thought is a
spiritual activity and is therefore endowed with creative power.
This does not mean that some thought is creative, but that all
thought is creative. This same principle can be brought into
operation in a negative way, through the process of denial.
The conscious and subconscious are but two phases of action in
connection with one mind. The relation of the subconscious to the
conscious is quite analogous to that existing between a weather vane
and the atmosphere.
Just as the least pressure of the atmosphere causes an action on
the part of the weather vane, so does the least thought entertained
by the conscious mind produce within your subconscious mind action
in exact proportion to the depth of feeling characterizing the
thought and the intensity with which the thought is indulged.
It follows that if you deny unsatisfactory conditions, you are
withdrawing the creative power of your thought from these
conditions. You are cutting them away at the root. You are sapping
their vitality.
Remember that the law of growth necessarily governs every
manifestation in the objective, so that a denial of unsatisfactory
conditions will not bring about instant change. A plant will remain
visible for some time after its roots have been cut, but it will
gradually fade away and eventually disappear, so the withdrawal of
your thought from the contemplation of unsatisfactory conditions
will gradually, but surely, terminate these conditions.
You will see that this is an exactly opposite course from the one
which we would naturally be inclined to adopt.
It will therefore have an exactly opposite effect to the one
usually secured. Most persons concentrate intently upon
unsatisfactory conditions, thereby giving the condition that measure
of energy and vitality which is necessary in order to supply a
vigorous growth.
PART FOURTEEN
1. The Universal Energy in which all motion, light, heat, and
color have their origin, does not partake of the limitation of the
many effects of which it is the cause, but it is supreme over them
all. This Universal Substance is the source of all Power, Wisdom and
Intelligence.
2. To recognize this Intelligence is to acquaint yourself with
the knowing quality of Mind and through it to move upon the
Universal Substance, and bring it into harmonious relations in your
affairs.
3. This is something that the most learned physical science
teacher has not attempted -- a field of discovery upon which he has
not yet launched; in fact, but few of the materialistic schools have
ever caught the first ray of this light. It does not seem to have
dawned upon them that wisdom is just as much present everywhere as
are force and substance.
4. Some will say, if these principles are true, why are we not
demonstrating them? As the fundamental principle is obviously
correct, why do we not get proper results? We do. We get results in
exact accordance with our understanding of the law and our ability
to make the proper application. We secured no results from the laws
governing electricity until someone formulated the law and showed us
how to apply it.
5. This puts us in an entirely new relation to our environment,
opening up possibilities previously undreamed of, and this by an
orderly sequence of law which is naturally involved in our new
mental attitude.
6. Mind is creative and the principle upon which this law is
based is sound and legitimate and is inherent in the nature of
things; but this creative power does not originate in the
individual, but in the Universal, which is the source and fountain
of all energy and substance, the individual is simply the channel
for the distribution of this energy. The individual is the means by
which the Universal produces the various combinations which result
in the formation of phenomena.
7. We know that scientists have resolved matter into an immense
number of molecules; these molecules have been resolved into atoms,
and the atoms into electrons. The discovery of electrons in high
vacuum glass tubes containing fused terminals of hard metal,
indicates conclusively that these electrons fill all space; that
they exist everywhere, that they are omnipresent. They fill all
material bodies and occupy the whole of what we call empty space.
This, then, is the Universal Substance from which all things
proceed.
8. Electrons would forever remain electrons unless directed where
to go to be assembled into atoms and molecules, and this director is
Mind. A number of electrons revolving around a center of force
constitutes an atom; atoms unite in absolutely regular mathematical
ratios and form molecules, and these unite with each other to form a
multitude of compounds which unite to build the Universe.
9. The lightest known atom is hydrogen and this is 1,700 times
heavier than an electron. An atom of mercury is 300,000 times
heavier than an electron. Electrons are pure negative electricity,
and as they have the same potential velocity as all other cosmic
energy, such as heat, light, electricity and thought, neither time
nor space require consideration. The manner in which the velocity of
light was ascertained is interesting.
10. The velocity of light was obtained by the Danish astronomer
Roemer in 1676, by observing the eclipses of Jupiter's moons. When
the earth was nearest to Jupiter, the eclipse appeared about eight
and one-half minutes too soon for the calculations, and when the
earth was most remote from Jupiter, they were about eight and
one-half minutes too late. Roemer concluded the reason to be that it
required 17 minutes for light from the planet to traverse the
diameter of the earth's orbit, which measured the difference of the
distances of the earth from Jupiter. This calculation has since been
verified, and proves that light travels about 186,000 miles a
second.
11. Electrons manifest in the body as cells, and possess mind and
intelligence sufficient for them to perform their functions in the
human physical anatomy. Every part of the body is composed of cells,
some of which operate independently; others in communities. Some are
busy building tissue, while others are engaged in forming the
various secretions necessary for the body. Some act as carriers of
material; others are the surgeons whose work it is to repair damage;
others are scavengers, carrying off waste; others are constantly
ready to repel invaders or other undesirable intruders of the germ
family.
12. All these cells are moving for a common purpose and each one
is not only a living organism, but has sufficient intelligence to
enable it to perform its necessary duties. It is also endowed with
sufficient intelligence to conserve the energies and perpetuate its
own life. It must, therefore, secure sufficient nourishment and it
has been found that it exercises choice in the selection of such
nourishment.
13. Each cell is born, reproduces itself, dies and is absorbed.
The maintenance of health and life itself depends upon the constant
regeneration of these cells.
14. It is therefore apparent that there is mind in every atom of
the body; this mind is negative mind, and the power of the
individual to think makes him positive, so that he can control this
negative mind. This is the scientific explanation for metaphysical
healing, and will enable anyone to understand the principle upon
which this remarkable phenomenon rests.
15. This negative mind, which is contained in every cell of the
body, has been called the subconscious mind, because it acts without
our conscious knowledge. We have found that this subconscious mind
is responsive to the will of the conscious mind.
16. All things have their origin in mind, and appearances are the
result of thought. So that we see that things in themselves have no
origin, permanency, or reality. Since they are produced by thought,
they can be erased by thought.
17. In mental, as in natural science, experiments are being made
and each discovery lifts man one step higher toward his possible
goal. We find that every man is the reflection of the thought he has
entertained during his lifetime. This is stamped on his face, his
form, his character, his environment.
18. Back of every effect there is a cause, and if we follow the
trail to its starting point, we shall find the creative principle
out of which it grew. Proofs of this are now so complete that this
truth is generally accepted.
19. The objective world is controlled by an unseen and,
heretofore, unexplainable power. We have, heretofore, personalized
this power and called it God. We have now, however, learned to look
upon it as the permeating essence or Principle of all that exists --
the Infinite or Universal Mind.
20. The Universal Mind, being infinite and omnipotent, has
unlimited resources at its command, and when we remember that it is
also omnipresent, we cannot escape the conclusion that we must be an
expression or manifestation of that Mind.
21. A recognition and understanding of the resources of the
subconscious mind will indicate that the only difference between the
subconscious and the Universal is one of degree. They differ only as
a drop of water differs from the ocean. They are the same in kind
and quality, the difference is one of degree only.
22. Do you, can you, appreciate the value of this all-important
fact; do you realize that a recognition of this tremendous fact
places you in touch with Omnipotence? The subconscious mind being
the connecting link between the Universal Mind and the conscious
mind, is it not evident that the conscious mind can consciously
suggest thoughts which the subconscious mind will put into action,
and as the subconscious is one with the Universal, is it not evident
that no limit can be placed upon its activities?
23. A scientific understanding of this principle will explain the
wonderful results which are secured through the power of prayer. The
results which are secured in this way are not brought about by any
special dispensations of providence, but on the contrary, they are
the result of the operation of a perfectly natural law. There is,
therefore, nothing either religious or mysterious about it.
24. Yet there are many who are not ready to enter into the
discipline necessary to think correctly, even though it is evident
that wrong thinking has brought failure.
25. Thought is the only reality; conditions are but the outward
manifestations; as the thought changes, all outward or material
conditions must change in order to be in harmony with their creator,
which is thought.
26. But the thought must be clear cut, steady, fixed, definite,
unchangeable; you cannot take one step forward and two steps
backward, neither can you spend twenty or thirty years of your life
building up negative conditions as the result of negative thoughts,
and then expect to see them all melt away as the result of fifteen
or twenty minutes of right thinking.
27. If you enter into the discipline necessary to bring about a
radical change in your life, you must do so deliberately, after
giving the matter careful thought and full consideration, and then
you must allow nothing to interfere with your decision.
28. This discipline, this change of thought, this mental attitude
will not only bring you the material things which are necessary for
your highest and best welfare, but will bring health and harmonious
conditions generally.
29. If you wish harmonious conditions in your life, you must
develop an harmonious mental attitude.
30. Your world without will be a reflection of your world within.
31. For your exercise this week, concentrate on Harmony, and when
I say concentrate, I mean all that the word implies; concentrate so
deeply, so earnestly, that you will be conscious of nothing but
harmony. Remember, we learn by doing. Reading these lessons will get
you nowhere. It is in the practical application that the value
consists.
Learn to keep the door shut, keep out of your mind
and out of your world, every element that seeks admittance with no
definite helpful end in view.
George Mathew Adams |