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
Larsen
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