Part Three
You have found that the Individual may act on the Universal,
and that the result of this action and interaction is cause and
effect. Thought, therefore, is the cause, and the experiences with
which you meet in life are the effect.
Eliminate, therefore, any possible tendency to complain of
conditions as they have been, or as they are, because it rests with
you to change them and make them what you would like them to be.
Direct your effort to a realization of the mental resources,
always at your command, from which all real and lasting power comes.
Persist in this practice until you come to a realization of the
fact that there can be no failure in the accomplishment of any
proper object in life if you but understand your power and persist
in your object, because the mind-forces are ever ready to lend
themselves to a purposeful will, in the effort to crystallize
thought and desire into actions, events and conditions.
Whereas in the beginning of each function of life and each action
is the result of conscious thought, the habitual actions become
automatic and the thought that controls them passes into the realm
of the subconscious; yet it is just as intelligent as before. It is
necessary that it become automatic, or subconscious, in order that
the self-conscious mind may attend to other things. The new actions
will, however, in their turn, be come habitual, then automatic, then
subconscious in order that the mind again may be freed from this
detail and advanced to still other activities.
When you realize this, you will have found a source of power
which will enable you to take care of any situation in life which
may develop.
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