That much gathers more is true on every plane of
existence and that loss leads to greater loss is
equally true.
Mind is creative, and conditions, environment and
all experiences in life are the result of our habitual
or predominant mental attitude.
The attitude of mind necessarily depends upon what
we think. Therefore, the secret of all power, all
achievement and all possession depends upon our method
of thinking.
This is true because we must "be" before we can
"do," and we can "do" only to the extent which we
"are," and what we "are" depends upon what we "think."
We cannot express powers that we do not possess.
The only way by which we may secure possession of
power is to become conscious of power, and we can
never become conscious of power until we learn that
all power is from within.
There is a world within – a world of thought and
feeling and power; of light and life and beauty and,
although invisible, its forces are mighty.
The world within is governed by mind. When we
discover this world we shall find the solution for
every problem, the cause for every effect; and since
the world within is subject to our control, all laws
of power and possession are also within our control.
The world without is a reflection of the world
within. What appears without is what has been found
within. In the world within may be found infinite
Wisdom, infinite Power, infinite Supply of all that
is necessary, waiting for unfoldment, development
and expression. If we recognize these potentialities
in the world within they will take form in the world
without.
Harmony in the world within will be reflected in
the world without by harmonious conditions, agreeable
surroundings, the best of everything. It is the
foundation of health and a necessary essential to all
greatness, all power, all attainment, all achievement
and all success.
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Harmony in the world within means the ability to
control our thoughts, and to determine for ourselves
how any experience is to affect us.
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Harmony in the world within results in optimism and
affluence; affluence within results in affluence without.
The world without reflects the circumstances and the
conditions of the consciousness within.
If we find wisdom in the world within, we shall
have the understanding to discern the marvelous
possibilities that are latent in this world within,
and we shall be given the power to make these
possibilities manifest in the world without.
As we become conscious of the wisdom in the
world within, we mentally take possession of this
wisdom, and by taking mental possession we come
into actual possession of the power and wisdom
necessary to bring into manifestation the essentials
necessary for our most complete and harmonious
development.
The world within is the practical world in which
the men and women of power generate courage, hope,
enthusiasm, confidence, trust and faith, by which
they are given the fine intelligence to see the vision
and the practical skill to make the vision real.
Life is an unfoldment, not accretion. What comes
to us in the world without is what we already possess
in the world within.
All possession is based on consciousness. All gain
is the result of an accumulative consciousness. All
loss is the result of a scattering consciousness.
Mental efficiency is contingent upon harmony;
discord means confusion; therefore, he who would
acquire power must be in harmony with Natural Law.
We are related to the world without by the
objective mind. The brain is the organ of this mind
and the cerebro-spinal system of nerves puts us in
conscious communication with every part of the body.
This system of nerves responds to every sensation of
light, heat, odor, sound and taste.
When this mind thinks correctly, when it understands
the truth, when the thoughts sent through the cerebro-spinal
nervous system to the body are constructive, these sensations
are pleasant, harmonious.
The result is that we build strength, vitality and all
constructive forces into our body, but it is through this
same objective mind that all distress, sickness, lack,
limitation and every form of discord and inharmony is
admitted to our lives. It is therefore through the
objective mind, by wrong thinking, that we are related to
all destructive forces.
We are related to the world within by the subconscious
mind. The solar plexus is the organ of this mind; the
sympathetic system of nerves presides over all subjective
sensations, such as joy, fear, love, emotion, respiration,
imagination and all other subconscious phenomena. It is
through the subconscious that we are connected with the
Universal Mind and brought into relation with the Infinite
constructive forces of the Universe.
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It is the coordination of these two centers of our
being, and the understanding of their functions, which
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With this knowledge we can bring the objective and
subjective minds into conscious cooperation and thus
coordinate the finite and the infinite. Our future is
entirely within our own control. It is not at the mercy
of any capricious or uncertain external power.
All agree that there is but one Principle or
Consciousness pervading the entire Universe, occupying
all space, and being essentially the same in kind at
every point of its presence. It is all powerful, all
wisdom and always present. All thoughts and things are
within Itself. It is all in all.
There is but one consciousness in the universe able
to think; and when it thinks, its thoughts become
objective things to it. As this Consciousness is
omnipresent, it must be present within every individual;
each individual must be a manifestation of that Omnipotent,
Omniscient and Omnipresent Consciousness.
As there is only one Consciousness in the Universe
that is able to think it necessarily follows that your
consciousness is identical with the Universal
Consciousness, or, in other words, all mind is one mind.
There is no dodging this conclusion.
The consciousness that focuses in your brain cells
is the same consciousness which focuses in the brain
cells of every other individual. Each individual is
but the individualization of the Universal, the Cosmic
Mind.
The Universal Mind is static or potential energy;
it simply is; it can manifest only through the individual,
and the individual can manifest only through the Universal.
They are one.
The ability of the individual to think is his ability
to act on the Universal and bring it into manifestation.
Human consciousness consists only in the ability of man
to think. Mind in itself is believed to be a subtle form
of static energy, from which arises the activities called
‘thought,’ which is the dynamic phase of mind. Mind is
static energy, thought is dynamic energy - the two phases
of the same thing. Thought is therefore the vibratory
force formed by converting static mind into dynamic mind.
As the sum of all attributes are contained in the
Universal Mind, which is Omnipotent, Omniscient and
Omnipresent, these attributes must be present at all
times in their potential form in every individual.
Therefore, when the individual thinks, the thought is
compelled by its nature to embody itself in an
objectivity or condition which will correspond with
its origin.
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Every thought therefore is a cause and every
condition an effect; for this reason it is absolutely
essential that you control your thoughts so as to
bring forth only desirable conditions.
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All power is from within, and is absolutely under
your control; it comes through exact knowledge and
by the voluntary exercises of exact principles.
It should be plain that when you acquire a thorough
understanding of this law, and are able to control you
thought processes, you can apply it to any condition;
in other words, you will have come into conscious
cooperation with Omnipotent law which is the fundamental
basis of all things.
The Universal Mind is the life principle of every
atom which is in existence; every atom is continually
striving to manifest more life; all are intelligent,
and all are seeking to carry out the purpose for which
they were created.
A majority of mankind lives in the world without;
few have found the world within, and yet it is the
world within that makes the world without; it is
therefore creative and everything which you find in
your world without has been created by you in the
world within.
This system will bring you into a realization of
power which will be yours when you understand this
relation between the world without and the world
within. The world within is the cause, the world
without the effect; to change the effect you must
change the cause.
You will at once see that this is a radically
new and different idea; most men try to change
effects by working with effects. They fail to see
that this is simply changing one form of distress
for another. To remove discord, we must remove the
cause, and this cause can be found only in the
world within.
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All growth is from within. This is evident in
all nature. Every plant, every animal, every human
is a living testimony to this great law, and the
error of the ages is in looking for strength or
power from without.
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The world within is the Universal fountain of
supply, and the world without is the outlet to the
stream. Our ability to receive depends upon our
recognition of this Universal Fountain, this
Infinite Energy of which each individual is an
outlet, and so is one with every other individual.
Recognition is a mental process, mental action
is therefore the interaction of the individual upon
the Universal Mind, and as the Universal Mind is
the intelligence which pervades all space and
animates all living things, this mental action
and reaction is the law of causation, but the
principle of causation does not obtain in the
individual but in the Universal Mind. It is not
an objective faculty but a subjective process,
and the results are seen in an infinite variety
of conditions and experiences.
In order to express life there must be mind;
nothing can exist without mind. Everything which
exists is some manifestation of this one basic
substance from which and by which all things have
been created and are continually being recreated.
We live in a fathomless sea of plastic mind
substance. This substance is ever alive and active.
It is sensitive to the highest degree. It takes
form according to the mental demand. Thought forms
the mold or matrix from which the substance expresses.
Remember that it is in the application alone
that the value consists, and that a practical
understanding of this law will substitute abundance
for poverty, wisdom for ignorance, harmony for
discord and freedom for tyranny, and certainly
there can be no greater blessing than these from
a material and social standpoint.
Now make the application: Select a room where
you can be alone and undisturbed; sit erect,
comfortably, but do not lounge; let your thoughts
roam where they will but be perfectly still for
from fifteen minutes to half an hour; continue this
for three or four days or for a week until you
secure full control of your physical being.
Many will find this extremely difficult; others
will conquer with ease, but it is absolutely essential
to secure complete control of the body before you
are ready to progress. Next week you will receive
instructions for the next step; in the meantime you
must have mastered this one.
