Through all the ages man has believed in an invisible power, through
which and by which all things have been created and are continually
being re-created. We may personalize this power and call it God, or
we may think of it as the essence or spirit, which permeates all things,
but in either case the effect is the same.
So far as the individual is concerned, the objective, the physical,
the visible, is the personal, that which can be cognized by the senses.
It consists of body, brain and nerves. The subjective is the spiritual,
the invisible, the impersonal.
The personal is conscious because it is a personal entity. The impersonal,
being the same in kind and quality as all other Being, is not conscious
of itself and has therefore been termed the subconscious.
The personal, or conscious, has the power of will and choice, and
can therefore exercise discrimination in the selection of methods
whereby to bring about the solution of difficulties.
The impersonal, or spiritual, being a part or one with the source,
and origin of all power, can necessarily exercise no such choice,
but, on the contrary, it has Infinite resources at its command. It
can and does bring about results by methods concerning which the human
or individual mind can have no possible conception.
You will therefore see that it is your privilege to depend upon the
human will with all its limitations and misconceptions, or you may
utilize the potentialities of Infinity by making use of the subconscious
mind. Here, then, is the scientific explanation of the wonderful power
which has been put within your control, if you but understand, appreciate
and recognize it.
One method of consciously utilizing this omnipotent power is outlined
in Part Seven.
PART SEVEN
1. Visualization is the process of making mental images, and the
image is the mold or model which will serve as a pattern from which
your future will emerge.
2. Make the pattern clear and make it beautiful; do not be afraid;
make it grand; remember that no limitation can be placed upon you
by any one but yourself; you are not limited as to cost or material;
draw on the Infinite for your supply, construct it in your imagination;
it will have to be there before it will ever appear anywhere else.
3. Make the image clear and clean-cut, hold it firmly in the mind
and you will gradually and constantly bring the thing nearer to you.
You can be what "you will to be."
4. This is another psychological fact which is well known, but unfortunately,
reading about it will not bring about any result which you may have
in mind; it will not even help you to form the mental image, much
less bring it into manifestation. Work is necessary - labor, hard
mental labor, the kind of effort which so few are willing to put forth.
5. The first step is idealization. It is likewise the most important
step, because it is the plan on which you are going to build. It must
be solid; it must be permanent. The architect, when he plans a 30-storey
building, has every line and detail pictured in advance. The engineer,
when he spans a chasm, first ascertains the strength requirements
of a million separate parts.
6. They see the end before a single step is taken; so you are to
picture in your mind what you want; you are sowing the seed, but before
sowing any seed you want to know what the harvest is to be. This is
Idealization. If you are not sure, return to the chair daily until
the picture becomes plain; it will gradually unfold; first the general
plan will be dim, but it will take shape, the outline will take form,
then the details, and you will gradually develop the power by which
you will be enabled to formulate plans which will eventually materialize
in the objective world. You will come to know what the future holds
for you.
7. Then comes the process of visualization. You must see the picture
more and more complete, see the detail, and, as the details begin
to unfold the ways and means for bringing it into manifestation will
develop. One thing will lead to another. Thought will lead to action,
action will develop methods, methods will develop friends, and friends
will bring about circumstances, and, finally, the third step, or Materialization,
will have been accomplished.
8. We all recognize the Universe must have been thought into shape
before it ever could have become a material fact. And if we are willing
to follow along the lines of the Great Architect of the Universe,
we shall find our thoughts taking form, just as the universe took
concrete form. It is the same mind operating through the individual.
There is no difference in kind or quality, the only difference is
one of degree.
9. The architect visualizes his building, he sees it as he wishes
it to be. His thought becomes a plastic mold from which the building
will eventually emerge, a high one or a low one, a beautiful one or
a plain one, his vision takes form on paper and eventually the necessary
material is utilized and the building stands complete.
10. The inventor visualizes his idea in exactly the same manner,
for instance, Nikola Tesla, he with the giant intellect, one of the
greatest inventors of all ages, the man who has brought forth the
most amazing realities, always visualizes his inventions before attempting
to work them out. He did not rush to embody them in form and then
spend his time in correcting defects. Having first built up the idea
in his imagination, he held it there as a mental picture, to be reconstructed
and improved by his thought. "In this way," he writes in
the Electrical Experimenter. "I am enabled to rapidly develop
and perfect a conception without touching anything. When I have gone
so far as to embody in the invention every possible improvement I
can think of, and see no fault anywhere, I put into concrete, the
product of my brain. Invariably my devise works as I conceived it
should; in twenty years there has not been a single exception."
11. If you can conscientiously follow these directions, you will
develop Faith, the kind of Faith that is the "Substance of things
hoped for, the evidence of things not seen"; you will develop
confidence, the kind of confidence that leads to endurance and courage;
you will develop the power of concentration which will enable you
to exclude all thoughts except the ones which are associated with
your purpose.
12. The law is that thought will manifest in form, and only one who
knows how to be the divine thinker of his own thoughts can ever take
a Master's place and speak with authority.
13. Clearness and accuracy are obtained only by repeatedly having
the image in mind. Each repeated action renders the image more clear
and accurate than the preceding, and in proportion to the clearness
and accuracy of the image will the outward manifestation be. You must
build it firmly and securely in your mental world, the world within,
before it can take form in the world without, and you can build nothing
of value, even in the mental world unless you have the proper material.
When you have the material you can build anything you wish, but make
sure of your material. You cannot make broadcloth from shoddy.
14. This material will be brought out by millions of silent mental
workers and fashioned into the form of the image which you have in
mind.
15. Think of it! You have over five million of these mental workers,
ready and in active use; brain cells they are called. Besides this,
there is another reserve force of at least an equal number, ready
to be called into action at the slightest need. Your power to think,
then, is almost unlimited, and this means that your power to create
the kind of material which is necessary to build for yourself any
kind of environment which you desire is practically unlimited.
16. In addition to these millions of mental workers, you have billions
of mental workers in the body, every one of which is endowed with
sufficient intelligence to understand and act upon any message or
suggestion given. These cells are all busy creating and recreating
the body, but, in addition to this, they are endowed with psychic
activity whereby they can attract to themselves the substance necessary
for perfect development.
17. They do this by the same law and in the same manner that every
form of life attracts to itself the necessary material for growth.
The oak, the rose, the lily, all require certain material for their
most perfect expression and they secure it by silent demand, the Law
of Attraction, the most certain way for you to secure what you require
for your most complete development.
18. Make the Mental Image; make it clear, distinct, perfect; hold
it firmly; the ways and means will develop; supply will follow the
demand; you will be led to do the right thing at the right time and
in the right way. Earnest Desire will bring about Confident Expectation,
and this in turn must be reinforced by Firm Demand. These three cannot
fail to bring about Attainment, because the Earnest Desire is the
feeling, the Confident Expectation is the thought, and the Firm Demand
is the will, and, as we have seen, feeling gives vitality to thought
and the will holds it steadily until the law of Growth brings it into
manifestation.
19. Is it not wonderful that man has such tremendous power within
himself, such transcendental faculties concerning which he had no
conception? Is it not strange that we have always been taught to look
for strength and power "without?" We have been taught to
look everywhere but "within" and whenever this power manifested
in our lives we were told that it was something supernatural.
20. There are many who have come to an understanding of this wonderful
power, and who make serious and conscientious efforts to realize health,
power and other conditions, and seem to fail. They do not seem able
to bring the Law into operation. The difficulty in nearly every case
is that they are dealing with externals. They want money, power, health
and abundance, but they fail to realize that these are effects and
can come only when the cause is found.
21. Those who will give no attention to the world without will seek
only to ascertain the truth, will look only for wisdom, will find
that this wisdom will unfold and disclose the source of all power,
that it will manifest in thought and purpose which will create the
external conditions desired. This truth will find expression in noble
purpose and courageous action.
22. Create ideals only, give no thought to external conditions, make
the world within beautiful and opulent and the world without will
express and manifest the condition which you have within. You will
come into a realization of your power to create ideals and these ideals
will be projected into the world of effect.
23. For instance, a man is in debt. He will be continually thinking
about the debt, concentrating on it, and as thoughts are causes the
result is that he not only fastens the debt closer to him, but actually
creates more debt. He is putting the great law of Attraction into
operation with the usual and inevitable result -- Loss leads to greater
"Loss."
24. What, then, is the correct principle? Concentrate on the things
you want, not on the things you do not want. Think of abundance; idealize
the methods and plans for putting the Law of Abundance into operation.
Visualize the condition which the Law of Abundance creates; this will
result in manifestation.
25. If the law operates perfectly to bring about poverty, lack and
every form of limitation for those who are continually entertaining
thoughts of lack and fear, it will operate with the same certainty
to bring about conditions of abundance and opulence for those who
entertain thoughts of courage and power.
26. This is a difficult problem for many; we are too anxious; we
manifest anxiety, fear, distress; we want to do something; we want
to help; we are like a child who has just planted a seed and every
fifteen minutes goes and stirs up the earth to see if it is growing.
Of course, under such circumstances, the seed will never germinate,
and yet this is exactly what many of us do in the mental world.
27. We must plant the seed and leave it undisturbed. This does not
mean that we are to sit down and do nothing, by no means; we will
do more and better work then we have ever done before, new channels
will constantly be provided, new doors will open; all that is necessary
is to have an open mind, be ready to act when the time comes.
28. Thought force is the most powerful means of obtaining knowledge,
and if concentrated on any subject will solve the problem. Nothing
is beyond the power of human comprehension, but in order to harness
thought force and make it do your bidding, work is required.
29. Remember that thought is the fire that creates the steam that
turns the wheel of fortune, upon which your experiences depend.
30. Ask yourself a few questions and then reverently await the response;
do you not now and then feel the self with you? Do you assert this
self or do you follow the majority? Remember that majorities are always
led, they never lead. It was the majority that fought, tooth and nail,
against the steam engine, the power loom and every other advance or
improvement ever suggested.
31. For your exercise this week, visualize your friend, see him exactly
as you last saw him, see the room, the furniture, recall the conversation,
now see his face, see it distinctly, now talk to him about some subject
of mutual interest; see his expression change, watch him smile. Can
you do this? All right, you can; then arouse his interest, tell him
a story of adventure, see his eyes light up with the spirit of fun
or excitement. Can you do all of this? If so, your imagination is
good, you are making excellent progress.
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