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
