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
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