CREATIVE MIND AND SUCCESS

Ernest Holmes

PART I AN INQUIRY INTO THE TRUTH AN inquiry into Truth is an inquiry into the cause of things as the human race sees and ex eriences them! The starting oint of our thought must a"#ays $eing #ith our ex eriences! %e a"" &no# that "ife is' e"se #e cou"d not e(en thin& that #e are! since #e can thin&' say and fee"' #e must $e! %e "i(e' #e are conscious of "ife) therefore #e must $e and "ife must $e! If #e are "ife and consciousness *se"f+&no#ing, then it fo""o#s that #e must ha(e come from "ife and consciousness! -et us start' then' #ith this sim "e fact. -ife is and "ife is conscious! /ut #hat is the nature of this "ife) is it hysica"' menta"' materia" or s iritua"0 A "itt"e carefu" thin&ing $ased u on "ogic' more than any mere"y ersona" o inion' #i"" do much in c"earing u some of these questions that at first seem to stagger us #ith their $igness! Ho# much of that #hich is may #e ca"" "ife0 The ans#er #ou"d ha(e to $e. -ife is a"" that there is) it is the reason for a"" that #e see' hear' fee" ++ for a"" that #e ex erience in any #ay! No# nothing from nothing "ea(es nothing' and it is im ossi$"e for something to roceed from nothing! 1ince something is' that from #hich it came must $e a"" that is! -ife' then' is a"" that there is! E(erything comes from it' ourse"(es inc"uded! The next questions is' ho# do things come from "ife0 Ho# do the things that #e see come from the things that #e do not see0 Thae things that #e see must $e rea" $ecause #e see them! To say they are not rea" #i"" ne(er ex "ain them nor ans#er any question a$out them! 2od3s #or& is not a #or"d of i""usion $ut one of di(ine rea"ities! The truth must not ex "ain a#ay things that #e see! It must ex "ain #hat they are! %e are "i(ing and ex eriencing (arying degrees of consciousness and conditions! On"y #hen the #hy of "i(ing and of our ex eriences is understood #i"" #e &no# the "east thing a$out the truth! 4esus did not say that things are i""usions! He said that #e must not 5udge from the stand oint of the seen $ut must 5udge righteous"y or #ith right 5udgment) and He meant that #e must get $ehind the a earances and find out #hat caused it! 1o "et us not in any #ay foo" ourse"(es nor a""o# ourse"(es to $e"ie(e #e ha(e a"#ays $een foo"ed! %e are "i(ing in a #or"d of rea"ities! %hate(er #e ha(e ex erienced is a rea"ity as far as that ex erience is concerned'

a"though if #e had had a higher understanding of "ife' the un "easant ex erience might ha(e $een a(oided! %HAT -I6E I1 IN the first "ace' #hat do #e mean $y "ife0 %e mean that #hich #e see' fee"' hear' touch or taste' and the reason for it! %e must ha(e come into contact a"" #e &no# of "ife! %e ha(e a"ready found #hat "ife is or #e cou"d not ha(e had any of these ex eriences! 7In the $eginning #as 2od7 or "ife! Out of this "ife#hich is' e(erything #hich is is made! 1o "ife must f"o# through a"" things! There is no such thing as dead matter! 8oreo(er' "ife is one' and it cannot $e changed exce t into itse"f! All forms are forms of this unity and must come and go through some inner activity This inner activity of life or nature must !e some some form of se"f+consciousness or se"f+ &no#ing! In our human understanding #e #ou"d ca"" this inner &no#ing' or consciouness 7thought!7 The 1 irit or -ife' or 2od' must ma&e things out of Himse"f' through se"f+recognition' or se"f+&no#ing or' as #e #ou"d ca"" it thin&ing! 1ince 2od is a""' there is nothing to hinder Him from doung #hat He #ishes' and the question' 7Ho# do things come into $eing07 is ans#ered. 2od ma&es them out of Himse"f! 2od thin&s' or &no#s' and that thing #hich He thin&s or &no#s a ears from Himse"f' and is made out of Himse"f! There is no other ossi$"e ex "anation for #hat #e see! Un"ess eo "e are #i""ing to $egin here' they #i"" ne(er understand ho# it is that things are not materia" $ut s iritua"! 8AN31 P-A9E IN 9REATION! /UT #here does man come in0 He is! Therefore it fo""o#s that he! too' is made out of 2od' since 2od' or 1 irit' is a""! /eing made out of 2od' he must arta&e of His nature' for #e are 7made in His image!7 8an is the center of 2od in 2od! %hate(er 2od is in the Uni(ersa"' man must $e in the indi(idua" #or"d! The difference $et#een 2od and man is one of degree and not of qua"ity! 8an is not se"f+made) he is made out of 2od! The question might arise' #hy did 2od do this0 No "i(ing erson can ans#er this question! This is something that is &no#n on"y of the 6ather! %e might su ose that 2od made man to "i(e #ith Him and to en5oy #ith Him' to $e one #ith the 6ather! It is true' indeed' that those #ho ha(e fe"t this most dee "y ha(e had a corres onding s iritua" o#er that "eads us to su ose that 2od rea""y did ma&e man as a com anion! 8an is the indi(idua" and 2od is the Uni(ersa"! 7As the 6ather hath "ife #ithin himse"f!7 8an3s mind is made out of 2od3s mind' and a"" that man is or e(er #i"" $e' a"" that he has or e(er #i"" ha(e' must arta&e of the :i(ine nature! 8an did not ma&e it so' $ut it is so' and he must acce t that face and see #hat he can do #ith it! If he has the same o#er in his indi(idua" "ife that 2od has in the Uni(ersa"' then this disco(ery #i"" mean freedom from a"" $ondage #hen he "earns ho# to use his o#er! As 2od go(erns His Uni(ersa" #or"d so #i"" man go(ern his indi(idua" #or"d' a"#ays su$5ect to the greater "a# and "ife! This cou"d not $e other#ise if #e rea"i;e #hat fo""o#s from it'for so rea"i;ing #e find ourse"(es "i(ing in a (ery different #or"d from the one in #hich #e thought #e #ere "i(ing! 2od go(erns not through hysica" "a# as reu"t' $ut first $y inner &no#ing ++ then the hysica" fo""o#s! In the same #ay' man go(erns his #or"d $y the rocess #hich #e #i"" ca""' for #ant of a $etter name' the o#er of his thought!

8an3s inner "ife is one #ith the 6ather! There can $e no se aration' for the se"f+e(ident reason that there is nothing to se arate him from 2od' $ecause there is nothing $ut "ife! The se aration of t#o things im "ies utting a different e"ement $et#een them) $ut as there is nothing different from 2od! the unity of 2od and man is firm"y exta$"ished fore(er! 78y father and I are One7 is a sim "e statement of a great sou" #ho ercei(ed "ife as it rea""y is and not from the mere stand oint of outer conditions! Ta&ing as the starting oint that man has the same "ife as 2od' it fo""o#s that he used the same creati(e rocess! E(erything is one' comes from the same source and returns again to it! 7The things #hich are seen are not made of the things #hich do a ear!7 %hat #e see comes from #hat #e do not see! This is the ex "anation of the #ho"e (isi$"e uni(erse' and is the on"y ossi$"e ex "anation! As 2od3s thought ma&es #or"ds and eo "es them #ith a"" "i(ing things' so does our thought ma&e our #or"d and eo "es it #ith a"" the ex eriences #e ha(e had! /y the acti(ity of our thought things come into our "ife' and #e are "imited $ecause #e ha(e not &no#n the truth) #e ha(e thought that outside things contro""ed us' #hen a"" the time #e ha(e had that #ithin #hich cou"d ha(e changed e(erything and gi(en us freedom from $ondage! The question' then' natura""y arises. %hy did 2od create man and ma&e him a free agent0 If 2od had created us in such a #ay as to com e" us to do or to $e anything that #as not of our choosing' #e shou"d not ha(e $een indi(idua"s at a""' #e shou"d $e automatons! 1ince #e &no# that #e are indi(idua"s' #e &no# that 2od made us thus) and #e are 5ust disco(ering the reason #hy! -et any man #a&e u to this' the greatest truth in a"" ages' and he #i"" find it #i"" ans#er a"" questions! He #i"" $e satisfied that things are #hat they are! "e #ill $erceive that he may use his %od&given $o#er to #or' so( to thin' and to live that he #ill in no #ay hinder the greater from o$erating through him According to the c"earness of his erce tion and greatness of his rea"i;ation of this o#er #i"" he ro(ide #ithin himse"f! There #i"" no "onger $e a sense of se aration' $ut in its "ace #i"" come that di(ine assurance that he is one #ith 2od' and thus #i"" he find his freedom from a"" suffering' #hether it $e of $ody' mind or estate! Ele perceber que pode fazer uso de seu poder divino de modo a agir e pensar THE /E2INNIN2 O6 UN:ER1TAN:IN2 8AN is $eginning to rea"i;e that he has "ife #ithin himse"f as the great gift of 2od to him! If he rea""y has "ife ' if it is the same nature as the "ife of 2od' if he is an indi(idua" and has the right of se"f+choice #hich constitutes indi(idua"ity) then it fo""o#s that he can do #ith his "ife #hat he #ants to do. he can ma&e out of himse"f that #hich he #ishes! 6reedom is his' $ut this freedom is #ith "a# and ne(er outside it! 8an must o$ey "a#! If he diso$eys it' it has to act as "a#' and so acting has to unish him! This he cannot change $ut must su$mit to! 6reedom comes to the indi(idua" from understanding the "a#s of his o#n "ife' and conforming to them' there$y su$5ecting them to his use' to the end of hea"th' ha iness and success! -a# o$tains throughout a"" nature' go(erning a"" things' $oth the seen and the unseen! -a# is not hysica" or materia" $ut menta" and s iritua"! -a# is 2od3s method of

o eration! %e shou"d thin& of 2od as the great 1 irit #hose so"e im u"se is "o(e' free"y gi(ing of Him+se"f to a"" #ho as& and refusing none! 2od is our 6ather in e(ery sense of the term' #atching o(er' caring for and "o(ing a"" a"i&e! %hi"e a"" is "o(e' yet' in order that things may not $e chaotic' a"" is go(erned $y "a#! And as far as you and I are concerned' this "a# is a"#ays menta"! OUR 9ON:ITION1 2O<ERNE: /Y OUR THIN=IN2 IT is easy for the a(erage erson to see ho# it is that mind can contro"' and to a certain extent go(ern' the functions of the $ody! 1ome can go e(en further than this and see that the $ody is go(erned entire"y $y consciousness! This they can see #ithout much difficu"ty' $ut it is not so easy for them to see ho# it is that thought go(erns their conditions and decides #hether they are to $e successes or fai"ures! Here #e #i"" sto to as& the question. If our conditions are not contro""ed $y thought' $y #hat' then' are they contro""ed0 1ome #i"" say that conditions are contro""ed $y circumstances! /ut #hat are circumstances0 Are they cause or are they effect0 Of course they are a"#ays effect) e(erything that #e see is an effect! An effect is something that fo""o#s cause' and #e are dea"ing #ith causation on"y) effects do not ma&e themse"(es' $ut they are he"d in "ace $y mind' not $y causation! If this does not ans#er your thought' $egin o(er again and rea"i;e that $ehind e(erything that is seen is the si"ent cause! In your "ife you are that cause! There is nothing $ut mind' and nothing mo(es exce t as mind mo(es it! %e ha(e agreed that #hi"e 2od is "o(e' yet your "ife is go(erned a$so"ute"y $y mind' or "a#! In our "i(es of conditions #e are the cause' and nothing mo(es exce t as our mind mo(es it! The acti(ity of our mind is thought! %e are a"#ays acting $ecause #e are a"#ays thin&ing! At a"" times #e are either dra#ing things to us or #e are ushing them a#ay from us! In the ordinary indi(idua" this rocess goes on #ithout his e(er &no#ing it conscious"y' $ut ignorance of the "a# #i"" excuse no one from its effects! 7%hat'7 someone #i"" say' 7do you thin& that I thought fai"ure or #anted to fai"07 Of course not! You #ou"d $e foo"ish to thin& that) $ut according to the "a# #hich #e cannot deny' you must ha(e thought that fai"ure might come' or in some #ay you ga(e ga(e it entrance to your mind! Thin&ing $ac& o(er the reason for things' you #i"" find that you are surrounded $y a mind' or "a#' that casts $ac& at the thin&er' manifested' e(erything he thin&s! If this #ere not true' man #ou"d not $e an indi(idua"! Indi(idua"ity can mean on"y the a$i"ity to thin& #hat #e #ant to thin&! If that thought is to ha(e o#er in our "i(es then there has to $e something that #i"" manifest it! 1ome are "imited and $ound $y "a# through ignorance! This "a# is sometimes ca""ed 7=arma'7 it is the "a# that $inds the ignorant and gi(es freedom to the #ise! %e "i(e in mind) and it can return to us on"y #hat #e thin& into it! No matter #hat #e may do' "a# #i"" a"#ays o$tain! If #e are thin&ing of ourse"(es as oor and needy' then mind has not choice $ut to return #hat #e ha(e thought into it! At first this may $e hard to rea"i;e' $ut the truth #i"" re(ea" to the see&er that "a# cou"d act in no other #ay! %hate(er #e thin& is the attern' and mind is the $ui"der! 4esus' rea""i;"ing this "a#' said' 7It is done unto you e(en as you ha(e $e"ie(ed!7 1ha"" #e dou$t $ut that this great %ay 1ho#er &ne# #hat he #as ta"&ing a$out0 :id He not say' 7It is done unto you!7 Nothing to #orry a$out! 7It is done unto you!7 %ith a tremendous gras of true s iritua" thought'

4esus e(en ca""ed forth $read from the ethers of "ife' and at no time did he He e(er fai" to demonstrate that #hen one &no#s the truth he is freed $y that &no#"edge! UN9ON19IOU1 9REATION THE author once attended a atient #ho #as suffering from a "arge gro#th! 1he #as o erated on and a$out fifty ounds of #ater #ere remo(ed! In a fe# days the gro#th had returned! %here did it come from0 Not from eating or drin&ing! Neither did it mo(e from one art of the $ody to another art' as that #ou"d not ha(e increased her #eight! It must ha(e $een created from e"ements #hich she too& in from the air! It had to come from something not hysica""y seen' something a earing from nothing that #e see! %hat #e ca"" 7creation7 is the same thing ++ the (isi$"e a earing from the in(isi$"e! %as not this henomenon a creation0 9ases as remar&a$"e as this are occuring e(ery day! %e shou"d not deny this fact $ut try to ex "ain it! In the case of this #oman there must ha(e $een an acti(ity of thought mo"ded into form' e"se ho# cou"d this gro#th ha(e a eared0 There is nothing manifest $ut that there is a cause for the manifestation! In(estigation ro(es that $ehind e(ery condition' #hether of $ody or en(ironment' there has $een some thought' conscious or unconscious' #hich roduced that condition! In the case of this #oman the thought #as not conscious! /ut creation is going on a"" the time) #e shou"d rea"i;e this and "earn ho# to contro" it so that there may $e created for us the things that #e desire and not those that #e do not #ant! Is it any #onder that the /i$"e says' 7%ith a"" thy getting get understanding70 4esus understood a"" this' and so it #as no more effort for Him to do #hat He did than it is for us to $reathe or to digest our food! He understood' that is a""! /ecause 4esus did understand and did use these great "a#s #ith o$5ecti(e consciousness' eo "e thought He must $e 2od! And #hen to+day something unusua" occurs' eo "e thin& that a mirac"e has $een erformed! 4esus #as not 2od! He #as a manifestation of 2od) and so are a"" eo "e! 7I say ye are gods' and e(ery one of you sons of the 8ost High!7 A thin&ing erson #i"" $e com e""ed to admit' in (ie# of a"" this' that creation is first s iritua"' through menta" "a#' and then hysica" in manifestation! 8an does not rea""y create! He uses creati(e o#er that a"ready is! Re"ati(e"y s ea&ing' he is the creati(e o#er in his o#n "ife) and so far as his thought goes' there is something that goes #ith it that has the o#er to $ring forth into manifestation that thing thought of! Hitherto men ha(e used this creati(e o#er in ignornance and so ha(e $rought u on themse"(es a"" &inds of conditions' $ut today hundreds of thousands are $eginning to use these great "a#s of their $eing in a conscious' constructi(e #ay! Herein "ies the great secret of the Ne# Thought mo(ements under their (arious names and cu"ts and orders! A"" are using the same "a# e(en though some deny to the others rea" re(e"ation! %e shou"d get into an attitude of mind #herein #e shou"d recongni;e the truth #here(er #e may find it! The trou$"e #ith most of us is that un"ess #e see sugar in a sugar $o#" #e thin& it must $e something e"se' and so #e stic& to our ettty re5udices instead of "oo&ing after rinci "es! 6IR1T 1TEP1

THE first thing to rea"i;e is that since any thought manifests it necessari"y fo""o#s that a"" thought does the same' e"se ho# shou"d #e &no# that the articu"ar thought #e are thin&ing #ou"d $e the one that #ou"d create0 8ind must not cast $ac& a"" or none! 4ust as the creati(e o#er of the soi" recei(es a"" seeds ut into it' and at once $egins to #or& u on them' so mind must recei(e a"" thought and at once $egin to o erate u on it! Thus #e find that a"" thought has some o#er in our "i(es and o(er our conditions! %e are ma&ing our en(ironments $y the creati(e o#er of our thought! 2od has created us thus and #e cannot esca e it! /y con+ forming our "i(es and thought to a greater understanding of "a# #e sha"" $e a$"e to $ring into our ex erience 5ust #hat #e #ish' "etting go of a"" that #e do not #ant to ex erience and ta&ing in the things #e desire! E(ery erson is surrounded $y a thought atmos here This menta" atmos here is the direct resu"t of thought #hich in its turn $ecomes the direct reason for the cause of that #hich comes into our "i(es! Through this o#er #e are either attracting or re e""ing! -i&e attract "i&e and #e attract to us 5ust #hat #e are in mind! It is a"so true that #e $ecome attracted to something that is greater than our re(ious ex erience $y first em$odying the atmos here of our desire! E(ery $usiness' e(ery "ace' e(ery erson' e(erything has a certain menta" atmos here of its o#n! This atmos here decides #hat is to $e dra#n to it! 6or instance' you ne(er sa# a successfu" man #ho #ent around #ith an atmos here of fai"ure! 1uccessfu" eo "e thin& a$out success! A successfu" man is fi""ed #ith that su$t"e something #hich ermeates e(erything that he does #ith an atmos here of confidence and strength! In the resence of some eo "e #e fee" as though nothing #ere too great to underta&e) #e are u "ifted) #e are ins ired to do great things' to accom "ish) #e fee" strong' steady' sure! %hat a o#er #e fee" in the resence of $ig sou"s' strong men' no$"e #omen> :id you e(er sto to inquire #hy it is that such ersons ha(e this &ind of effect o(er you #hi"e others seem to de ress' to drag you do#n' and in their resence you fee" as though "ife #ere a "oad to carry0 One ty e is ositi(e' the other negati(e! In e(ery hysica" res ect they are 5ust a"i&e' $ut one has a menta" and s iritua" o#er #hich the other does not ha(e' and #ithout that o#er the indi(idua" can ho e to do $ut "itt"e! %hich of these t#o do #e "i&e the $etter0 %ith #hich do #e #ant to associate0 9ertain"y not the one that de resses us) #e ha(e enough of that a"ready! /ut #hat a$out the man #ho ins ires us #ith our o#n #orth0 Ah' he is the man #e #i"" turn to e(ery time! /efore e(er #e reach him' in our haste to $e near' e(en to hear his (oice' do #e not fee" a strength coming to meet us0 :o you thin& that this man #ho has such a #onderfu" o#er of attraction #i"" e(er #ant for friends0 %i"" he e(er ha(e to "oo& u a osition0 A"ready so many ositions are o en to him that he is #eighing in his mind #hich one to ta&e! He does not ha(e to $ecome a success) he a"ready is a success! Thoughts of fai"ure' "imitation or o(erty are negati(e and must $e countred out of our "i(es for a"" time! 1ome$ody #i"" say' 7/ut #hat of the oor) #hat are you going to do #ith them) are they to $e "eft #ithout he" 07 No) a thousand times no! The same o#er is in them that is in a"" men! They #i"" a"#ays $e oor unti" they a#a&e and rea"i;e #hat "ife is! A"" the charity on earth has ne(er done a#ay #ith o(erty' and ne(er #i"") if it cou"d ha(e done so it #ou"d ha(e done so) it cou"d not' therefore it has not! It #i"" do a man a thousand times more good to sho# him ho# to succeed than it #i"" to te"" him he needs charity! %e need not "isten to a"" the ca"amity ho#"ers! -et them ho#" if it does them any

good! 2od has gi(en us a o#er and #e must use it! %e can do more to#ard sa(ing the #or"d $y ro(ing this "a# than a"" that charity has e(er gi(en it! Right here' in the manifo"d #or"d to+day' there is more money and ro(ision than the #or"d can use! Not e(en a fraction of the #ea"th of the #or"d is used! In(entors and disco(erers are adding to this #ea"th e(ery day) they are the rea" eo "e! /ut in the midst of "enty' surrounded $y a"" the gifts of hea(en' man sits and $egs for his dai"y $read! He shou"d $e taught to rea"i;e that he has $rought these conditions u on himse"f) that instead of $"aming 2od' man or the de(i" for the circumstances $y #hich he is surrounded' he shou"d "earn to see& the truth' to "et the dead $ury their dead! %e shou"d te"" e(ery man #ho #i"" $e"ie(e #hat his rea" nature is) sho# him ho# to o(ercome a"" "imitations) gi(e him courage) sho# him the #ay! If he #i"" not $e"ie(e' if he #i"" not #a"& in the #ay' it is not our fau"t' and ha(e done a"" #e can' #e must go our #ay! %e may sym athi;e #ith eo "e $ut ne(er #ith trou$"e' "imitation or misery! If eo "e sti"" insist on hugging their trou$"es to themse"(es' a"" the charity in the #or"d #i"" not he" them! Remem$er that 2od is that si"ent o#er $ehind a"" things' a"#ays ready to s ring into ex ression #hen #e ha(e ro(ided the ro er channe"s' #hich are rece ti(e and ositi(e faith in the e(idence of things not seen #ith the hysica" eye $ut eterna" in the hea(ens! A"" is mind' and #e must ro(ide a rece ti(e a(enue as it asses out throught us into the outer ex ression of our affairs! If #e a""o# the #or"d3s o inion to contro" our thin&ing' then that #i"" $e our demonstration! If' on the other hand' #e rise su erior to the #or"d' #e sha"" do a ne# thing! Remem$er that a"" eo "e are ma&ing demonstrations' on"y most of them are ma&ing the ones thy can ma&e #ith thier resent o#ers of erce tion! ")* T) ATTAIN STREN%T" +ET us see that #e use the right attitude of mind in all that #e do( filling ourselves #ith such courage and $o#er of strength that all thoughts of #ea'ness flees !efore us If any thoughts of #ea&ness shou"d come' as& this question. Is "ife #ea&0 If "ife is not #ea& and if 2od is not discouraged' then you are not' ne(er #ere'and ne(er #i"" $e! I shou"d "i&e to see the sic&"y' discouraged thought that cou"d #ithstand this attitude of mind! No> -ife is strong and you are strong #ith the strength of the Infinite) forget a"" e"se as you re(e" in this strength! You are strong and can say I A8! You ha(e $een "a$oring under an i""usion) no# you are not disi""usioned! No# you &no#' and &no#ing is using the "a# in a constructi(e #ay! 7I and the 6ather are One)7 this is strength for the #ea&' and "ife for a"" #ho $e"ie(e! %e can so fi"" ourse"(es #ith the dra#ing o#er of attraction that it #i"" $ecome irresisti$"e! Nothing can hinder things from coming to the man #ho &no#s that he is dea"ing #ith the same o#er that creates a"" from itse"f' mo(es a"" #ithin itse"f' and yet ho"ds a"" things in their "aces! I am one #ith the Infinite 8ind! -et this ring through you many times each day unti" you rise to that height' "oo&ing' sees! In order to $e sure that #e are creating the right &ind of menta" atmos here and so attracting #hat #e #ant' #e must at first #atch our thin&ing' "est #e create that #hich #e shou"d not "i&e to see minifest! In other #ords' #e must thon& on"y #hat #e #ish to ex erience! A"" is and' and mind casts $ac& at the thin&er that on"y #hich he thin&s!

Nothing e(er ha ens $y chance! -a# go(erns a"" "ife' and a"" eo "e come under that "a#! /ut that "a#' so far' as #e are concerned' #e ourse"(es set in motion' and #e do this through the o#er of our thought! Each erson is "i(ing in a #or"d of his o#n ma&ing' and he shou"d s ea& on"y such #ords and thin& on"y such thoughts as he #ishes to see manifested in his "ife! %e must not hear' thin&' s ea&' read or "isten to "imitations of any &ind! There is no #ay under hea(en #here$y #e can thin& t#o &inds of thought and get on"y one resu"t) it is im ossi$"e' and the sooner #e rea"i;e it the sooner #e sha"" arri(e! This does not mean that #e must $e afraid to thin& "est #e create the #rong image' $ut it does mean that the #ay most eo "e thin& can roduce nothing $ut fai"ure) that is #hy so fe# succeed! The erson #ho is to succeed #i"" ne(er "et his mind d#e"" on ast mista&es! He #i"" forgi(e the ast in his "ife and in the "i(es of other eo "e! If he ma&es a mista&e he #i"" at once forgi(e it! He #i"" &no# that so "ong as he desires any good' there is no#here in the uni(erse anything that o oses him! 2od does not damn anyone or anything) man damns e(eryone and e(erything! 2od does not ma&e things $y com aring His o#er #ith some other o#er! 2od &no#s #hen He s ea&s it is done) and if #e arta&e of the di(ine nature #e must &no# the same thing in our "i(es that 2od &no#s in His! 7I am the master of my fate' 7I am the ca tain of my sou"!7 %HAT %E %I-- ATTRA9T %E #i"" a"#ays attract to us' in our "i(es and conditions' according to our thought! Things are $ut outer manifestations of inner menta" conce ts! Thought is not on"y o#er) it is a"so the form of a"" things! The conditions that #e attract #i"" corres ond exact"y to our menta" ictures! It is qute necessary' then' that the successfu" $usiness man shou"d &ee his mind on thoughts of ha iness' #hich shou"d roduce cheerfu"nees instead of de ression) he shou"d radiate 5oy' and shou"d $e fi""ed #ith faith' ho e and ex ectancy! These cheerfu"' ho efu" attitudes of mind are indis ensa$"e to the one #ho rea""y #ants to do things in "ife! Put e(ery negati(e thought out of your mind once and for a""! :ec"are your freedom! =no# no matter #hat others may say' thin& or do' you are a success' no#' and nothing can hinder you from accom "ishing your good! A"" the o#er of the uni(erse #ith #ith you) fee" it' &no# it' and then act as though it #ere true! This menta" attitude a"one #i"" dra# eo "e and things to you! /egin to $"ot out' one $y one' a"" fa"se $e"iefs' a"" ideas that man is "imited or oor or misera$"e! Use that #onderfu" o#er of #i"" that 2od has gi(en you! Refuse to thin& fai"ure or to dou$t your o#n o#er! 1ee on"y #hat you #ish to ex erience' and "oo& at nothing e"se! No matter ho# many times the o"d thought returns' destroy it $y &no#ing that it has no o#er o(er you) "oo& it square"y in the face and te"" it to go) it does not $e"ong to you' and you must &no# ++ and stic& to it ++ that you are no# free! Rise u in a"" the faith of one #ho &no#s #hat he is dea"ing #ith' and dec"are that you are one #ith Infinite 8ind! =no# you cannot get a#ay from this 8ind) that #here(er you may go' there' right $eside you' #aiting to $e used' is a"" the o#er there is in the

uni(erse! %hen you rea"i;e this you #i"" &no# that in union #ith this' the on"y o#er' you are more than a"" e"se' you are more than anything that can e(er ha en to you! 8ORE A/OUT THE PO%ER O6 ATTRA9TION A-%AY1 remem$er that 1 irit ma&es things out of itse"f) it manifests in the (isi$"e #or"d $y $ecoming the thing that it #i""s to $ecome! In the #or"d of the indi(idua" the same rocess ta&es "ace! It is gi(en to man to use creati(e o#er' $ut #ith the using of this o#er comes thenecessity of using it as it is made to $e used! If 2od ma&es things out of His thought $efore they come into manifestation' then #e must use the same method! You can attract on"y that #hich you first menta""y $ecome and fee" yourse"f to $e in rea"ity' #ithout any dou$ting! A steady stream of consciousness going out into creati(e mind #i"" attract a steady manifestation of conditions) a f"uctuating stream of consciousness #i"" attract the corres onding manifestation or condition in your "ife! %e must $e consistent in our attitude of mind' ne(er #a(ering! 4ames says' 7As& in faith' nothing dou$ting' for he that dou$teth is "i&e a surge of the sea dri(en $y the #ind and tossed! 6or "et not that man thin& that he sha"" recei(e anything of the -ord!7 %e are a"" immersed in an aura of our thin&ing! This aura is the direct resu"t of a"" that #e ha(e e(er said' thought or done) it decides #hat is to ta&e "ace in our "ife) it attracts #hat is "i&e itse"f and re e"s #hat is un"i&e itse"f! %e are dra#n to#ards those things that #e menta""y em$ody! 8ost of the inner rocesses of thought ha(e $een unconscious) $ut #hen #e understand the "a# a"" that #e ha(e to do is to em$ody conscious"y #hat #e #ish' and thin& of that on"y' and then #e sha"" $e dra#n si"ent"y to#ard it! %e ha(e this "a# in our hands to do #ith as #e #i""! %e can dra# #hat #e #ant on"y as #e "et go of the o"d order and ta&e u the ne#) and this #e must do to the exc"usion of a"" e"se! This is no #ea& man3s 5o$ $ut an underta&ing for the strong' se"f re"iant sou") and the end is #orth the effort! The erson #ho can ho"d his thought one+ ointed is the one #ho #i"" o$tain the $est resu"ts! /ut this does not im "y the necessity of strain or anything of a strenuous nature) on the contrary' strain is 5ust #hat #e must a(oid! %hen #e &no# that there is $ut one o#er #e sha"" not strugg"e' #e sha"" &no#' and in ca"mness #e sha"" see on"y #hat #e &no# must $e the Truth! This means a ersistent' firm determination to thin& #hat #e #ant to thin&' regard"ess of a"" outer e(idence to the contrary! %e "oo& not to the seen $ut the unseen! The =ing of Israe" understood this #hen' "oo&ing u on the ad(ancing host of the enemy' he said' 7%e ha(e no might against this great com any' $ut our eyes are u on Thee7++ u on the One Po#er! HO% TO ATTRA9T 6RIEN:1 THE man #ho has "earned to "o(e a"" eo "e' no matter #ho they may $e' #i"" find "enty of eo "e #ho #i"" return that "o(e to him! This not mere sentiment' and it is more than a re"igious attitude of mind) it is a dee scientific fact' and one to #hich #e shou"d ay attention! The reason is this. As a"" is mind' and as #e attract to us #hat #e first $ecome' unti" #e "earn to "o(e #e are not sending out "o(e (i$rations' and not unti" #e send out "o(e (i$rations can #e recei(e "o(e in return!

One of the first things to do is to "earn to "o(e e(ery$ody! If you ha(e not done this' $egin to do so at once! There is a"#ays more good than $ad in eo "e' and seeing the good tends to $ring it forth! -o(e is the greatest hea"ing and dra#ing o#er on earth! It is the (ery reason for our $eing' and that ex "ains #hy it is that eo "e shou"d ha(e something or some$ody to "o(e! The "ife that has not "o(ed has not "i(ed) it is sti"" dead! -o(e is the so"e im u"se for creation) and the man #ho does not ha(e the greatest incenti(e in his "ife has ne(er de(e"o ed the rea" creati(e instinct! No one can s#ing into the Uni(ersa" #ithout "o(e' for the #ho"e uni(erse is $ased u on it! %hen #e find that #e are #ithout friends' the thing to do is at once send our thought out to the #ho"e #or"d ++ send it fu"" of "o(e and affection! =no# that this thought #i"" meet the desires of some other erson #ho is #anting the same thing' and in some #ay the t#o #i"" $e dra#n together! 2et o(er thin&ing that eo "e are queer! That &ind of thought #i"" on"y roduce misunder+standing and cause us to "ose the friends that #e no# ha(e! Thin& of the #ho"e #or"d as your friend) $ut you must a"so $e the friend of the #ho"e #or"d! In this #ay and #ith this sim "e ractice you #i"" dra# to you so many friends that the time #i"" $e too short to en5oy them a""! Refuse to see the negati(e side of anyone! Refuse to "et yourse"f misunderstand or $e misunder+stood! :o not $e mor$id! =no# that e(eryone #ants you to ha(e the $est) affirm this #here(er you go and then you #i"" find things 5ust as you #ish them to $e! The atmos here created $y a rea" "o(er of the race is so o#erfu" that a"though his other short+comings may $e many' sti"" the #or"d #i"" "o(e him in return! 7To him #ho "o(eth much' much #i"" $e forgi(en!7 Peo "e are dying for rea" human interest' for someone to te"" them that they are a"" right! %hich erson do #e "i&e the $etter. the one #ho is a"#ays fu"" of trou$"e and fau"tfinding' or the one #ho "oo&s at the #or"d as his friend and "o(es it0 The question does not need to $e as&ed) #e &no# that #e #ant the com any of the erson #ho "o(es and "o(ing' forgets a"" e"se! Um ?nica ra;@o que nAs ensamos que outras essoas s@o 7 esquisitas 7 que B orque e"es n@o acontecem ara ensar como fa;emos nAs! %e must get o(er this "itt"e' etty attitude and see things in the "arge! The erson #ho sees #hat he #ants to see' regard"ess of #hat a ears' #i"" some day ex erience in the outer #hat he has so faithfu""y seen #ithin! 6rom se"fish moti(es a"one' if from no "oftier reason' #e cannot afford to find fau"t or to hate or e(en to ho"d in mind anything against any "i(ing sou"! The 2od #ho is "o(e cannot hear the rayer of the man #ho is not "o(e! -o(e and co+o eration #i"" yet $e found to $e the greatest $usiness rinci "e on earth! 72od is -o(e!7 %e #i"" ma&e our unity #ith a"" eo "e' #ith a"" "ife! %e #i"" affirm 2od in us is unified #ith 2od in a""! This One is no# dra#ing into our "ife a"" "o(e and fe""o#shi ! I am one #ith a"" eo "e' #ith a"" things' #ith a"" "ife! As I "isten in the si"ence the (oice of a"" humanity s ea&s to me and ans#ers the "o(e that I ho"d out to it! This great "o(e that I no# fee" for the #or"d is the "o(e of 2od' and it is fe"t $y a"" and returned from a""! Nothing comes in $et#een $ecause there is nothing $ut "o(e to in $et#een! I under+stnd a"" eo "e and that understanding is ref"ected $ac& to me from a"" eo "e! I he" ' therefore I am he" ed! I u "ift' therefore I am u "ifted! Nothing can mar this erfect icture of myse"f and my re"ations #ith the #or"d) it is truth! I am no# surrounded $y a"" "o(e' a"" friendshi ' a"" com anionshi ' a"" hea"th' a"" ha iness' a""

success! I am one #ith "ife! I #ait in si"ence #hi"e the 2reat 1 irit $ears this message to the #ho"e #or"d! THE 9ONTRO- O6 THOU2HT THE man #ho can contro" his thought can ha(e and do #hat he #ishes to ha(e and to do) e(ery+thing is his for the as&ing! He must remem$er that #hate(er he gets is his to use $ut not to ho"d! 9reation is a"#ays f"o#ing $y and #e ha(e as much of it as #e can ta&e and use) more #ou"d cause stagnation! %e are re"ie(ed of a"" thought of c"inging to any$ody or anything! 9annot the 2reat Princi "e of -ife create for us faster than #e can s end and use0 The uni(erse is inexhausti$"e) it is "imit"ess) it &no#s no $ounds and has no confines! %e are not de ending on a reed sha&en $y the #ind' $ut on the rinci "e of "ife itse"f' for a"" that #e #ant' ha(e or e(er sha"" ha(e! It is not some o#er' or a great o#er' #e affirm again) it is A-- PO%ER! A"" that #e ha(e to do is to $e"ie(e this and act as though it #ere so' ne(er #a(ering' not e(en once' no matter #hat ha ens! As #e do this #e sha"" find that things are steadi"y coming our #ay' and that they are coming #ithout that a#fu" effort that destroys the eace fo the ma5ority of the race! %e &no# that there can $e no fai"ure in the :i(ine 8ind' and this 8ind is the Po#er on #e are de ending! No# 5ust $ecause #e are de ending u on :i(ine 8ind #e must not thin& that #e do no ha(e to do our share! 2od #i"" #or& through us if #e "et Him' $ut #e must act in the outer as though #e #ere sure of ourse"(es! Our art is to $e"ie(e' and then act in faith! 4esus #ent to the tom$ of -a;arus $e"ie(ing and &no#ing that 2od #as #or&ing through Him! Often #e ha(e to go some#here or do something and #e must &no# #ith dee con(iction that there #i"" $e a o#er going #ith us that none can gainsay! %hen #e fee" this secure "ace in our thought' a"" that #e ha(e to do is to act! There is no dou$t that the creati(e o#er of the uni(erse #i"" ans#er) it a"#ays does! And so #e need not ta&e the #orry u on ours"e(es' $ut rather #e #i"" 78a&e &no#n our requests #ith than&sgi(ing!7 %hen 4esus said' 7A"" things #hatsoe(er ye ray and as& for' $e"ie(e that ye recei(e them and ye sha"" ha(e them'7 he #as uttering one of those many dee truths that #ere so c"ear to Him and that #e are 5ust $eginning to see! He &ne# that e(erything is made out of mind! and that #ithout that ositi(e acce tance on the art of the indi(idua" there is no mo"d into #hich mind can our itse"f forth into form! In the mind of 2od there is the correct mo"d' the true &no#ing' $ut in the mind of man there is not a"#ays true &no#ing! 1ince 2od can do for us on"y $y doing through us' nothing can $e done for us un"ess #e are ositi(e"y rece ti(e' $ut #hen #e rea"i;e the "a# and ho# it #or&s' then #e #i"" ro(ide that com "ete inner acce tance! /y so doing #e ermit the 1 irit to do the #or&' to ma&e the gift! The reason #e can ma&e our requests &no#n #ith than&sgi(ing is $ecause #e &no# from the $eginning that #e are to recei(e and therefore #e cannot he" $eing than&fu"! This gratefu" attitude to the 1 irit uts us in (ery c"ose touch #ith o#er and adds much to the rea"ity of the thing #e are dea"ing #ith! %ithout it #e can do $ut "itt"e! 1o "et us cu"ti(ate a"" the gratitude that #e can! In gratitude #e #i"" send our thoughts out into the #or"d' and as it comes $ac& it #i"" come "aden #ith the fruits of the 1 irit! 9REATIN2 AT8O1PHERE

TO the student #ho has rea"i;ed that a"" is mind and that e(erything is go(erned $y "a#' there comes another thought. it is that he can create' or ha(e created for him from his o#n thin&ing! He can create such a strong menta" atmos here of success that its o#er of attraction #i"" $e irresti$"e! He can send his thought throughout the #or"d and ha(e it $ring $ac& to him #hate(er he #ants! He can so fi"" his "ace of $usiness #ith the o#er of success that it #i"" dra# from far and near! Thought #i"" a"#ays $ring $ac& to us #hat #e send out! 6irst #e must c"ear our thought of a"" un$e"ief! This $oo& is #ritten for those #ho $e"ie(e) and to those #ho do $e"ie(e it #i"" come true in their "i(es! %ithout menta" c"earness on the art of the thin&er there can $e no rea" creati(e #or& done! As #ater #i"" reach its o#n "e(e"' so mind #i"" return to us on"y #hat #e first $e"ie(e! %e are a"#ays getting #hat #e $e"ie(e $ut not a"#ays #hat #e #ant! Our thought has the o#er to reach' in the outer form of conditions' an exact corres ondence to our inner conditions! /y thin&ing' you set in motion a o#er that creates! It #i"" $e exact"y as you thin&! You thro# out into mind an idea' and mind creates it for you and sets it on the ath of your "ife! Thin& of it' then' as your greatest friend! It is a"#ays #ith you #here(er you may $e! It ne(er deserts you! You are ne(er a"one! There is no dou$t' no fear' no #ondering) you &no#! You are going to use the on"y o#er that there is in the uni(erse! You are going to use it for a definite ur ose! You ha(e a"ready fixed this ur ose in your thought!) no# you are going to s ea& it forth! You are s ea&ing it for your o#n good! You desire on"y the good and you &no# that on"y the good can come to you! You ha(e made your unity #ith "ife' and no# "ife is going to he" you in your affairs! You are going to esta$"ish in your rooms such an atmos here of success that it #i"" $ecome an irresisti$"e o#er) it #i"" s#ee e(erything $efore it as it rea"i;es the greatness and A""+8ightiness of the One! You are so sure' that you #i"" not e(en "oo& to see if it is going to ha en) you =NO%! And no# the #ord' #hich is one #ith the Infinite -ife' is to $e s o&en in ca"m' erfect trust! It is to $e ta&en u ' and at once it is to $e o erated on! Perfect is the attern and erfect #i"" $e the resu"t! You see yourse"f surrounded $y the thing that you desire! Your #ord is no# esta$"ishing it $y erfect "ife' $y infinite acti(ity' $y a"" o#er' $y a"" guidance! The o#er of the 1 irit is dra#ing to you a"" eo "e) it is su "ying you #ith a"" good) it is fi""ing you #i"" a"" "ife' truth and "o(e! %ait in erfect si"ence #hi"e the inner o#er ta&es it u ! And then &no# that it is done unto you! There goes forth from this #ord the o#er of the Infinite! 7The #ords #hich I s ea&' they are s irit and they are "ife!7 T"E ,)*ER )- *)RDS 8AN31 #ord' s o&en forth into creati(e mind' is endo#ed #ith o#er of ex ression! 7/y our #ords #e are 5ustified and $y our #ords #e are condemned!7 Our #ord has the exact amount of o#er that #e ut into it! This does not mean o#er through effort or strain $ut o#er through a$so"ute con(iction' or faith! It is "i&e a "itt"e messenger #ho &no#s #hat he is doing and &no#s 5ust ho# to do it! %e s ea& into our #ords the inte""igence

#hich #e are' and $ac&ed $y that greater inte""igence of the Uni(ersa" 8ind our #ord $ecomes "a# unto the thing for #hich it is s o&en! 4esus understood this far $etter than #e do! Indeed' He a$so"ute"y $e"ie(ed it' for He said' 7Hea(en and earth sha"" ass a#ay $ut my #ords sha"" not ass a#ay ta"" $a"" $e fu"fi""ed!7 This ma&es our #ord inse ara$"e from A$so"ute Inte""igence and Po#er! No# if any #ord has o#er it must fo""o# that a"" #ords ha(e o#er! 1ome #ords may ha(e a greater o#er than others' according to our con(iction' $ut a"" #ords ha(e some o#er! Ho# carefu"' then' #e shou"d $e #hat &ind of #ords #e are s ea&ing! A"" this goes to ro(e that #e rea""y are one #ith the Infinite 8ind' and that our #ords ha(e the o#er of "ife #ithin them) that the #ord is a"#ays #ith us and ne(er far off! The #ord is #ithin our o#n mouth! E(ery time #e s ea& #e are using o#er! %e are one in mind #ith the #ho"e uni(erse) #e are all eternally united in this mind #ith real $o#er It is our o#n fault if #e do not use this truth after #e see it %e shou"d fee" ourse"(es surrounded $y this mind' this great u"sating "ife' this a""+ &no#ing rea"ity! %hen #e do fee" this near resence' this great o#er and "ife' then a"" #e ha(e to do is to s ea& forth into it' s ea& #ith a"" the ositi(e con(iction of the sou" that has found its source' and a$o(e a"" e"se ne(er fear $ut that it #i"" $e done unto us e(en as #e ha(e $e"ie(ed! %hat #onderfu" o#er' #hat a ne#ness of "ife and of o#er of ex ression' is #aiting for those #ho rea""y $e"ie(e! %hat may the race not attain to #hen men #a&e u to the rea" facts of $eing0 As yet the race has not $egun to "i(e' $ut the time is dra#ing near! A"ready thousands are using this great o#er' and thousands are eager"y #atching and #aiting for the ne# day! %HY /E-IE6 I1 NE9E11ARY A-%AY1 #hen #e ray #e must $e"ie(e! Our idea of rayer is not so much as&ing 2od for things that #e need! As #e ha(e said $efore' this a"ready+$e"ie(ing is necessary $ecause a"" is mind' and unti" #e ha(e ro(ided that fu"" acce tance #e ha(e not made a mo"d into #hich mind cou"d our itse"f and through #hich it cou"d manifest! This ositi(e $e"ief is a$so"ute"y essentia" to rea" creati(e #or&) and if #e do not at resent ha(e it' then #e must de(e"o it! A"" is "a#' and cause and effect o$rain through a"" "ife! 8ind is cause' and #hat #e term matter' or the (isi$"e' is effect! As #ater #i"" free;e into the form that it is oured' so mind #i"" so"dify on"y into the forms that our thought ta&es! Thought is form! The indi(idua" ro(ides the form) he ne(er creates or e(en manifests' ++ this is' of himse"f) there is something that does a"" this for him! His so"e acti(itiy is the use of this o#er! This o#er is a"#ays at hand ready to $e s o&en into and at once ready to for the #ords into (isi$"e ex ression! /ut the mo"d that most of us ro(ide is a (ery oor one' and #e change it so quic&"y that it is more "i&e a motion icture than anything e"se! A"ready #e ha(e the o#er) it is the gift of the 8ost High in its 6inite Ex ression! /ut our ignorance of its use has caused us to create the #rong form' #hich in its turn has caused mind to roduce the form #hich ha(e thought into it! 6rom this "a# of cause and effect #e may ne(er ho e to esca e) and #hi"e #e may thin& of it as a hard thing' at first' yet' #hen #e understand' #e sha"" see it as a$so"ute 5ustice #ithout #hich there cou"d $e

no rea" se"f+acting' indi(idua" "ife at a""! /ecause of our di(ine indi(idua"ity' e(en 2od may ha(e to #ait our recognition of Him and His "a#s! Peo "e in $usiness #i"" do #e"" to remem$er this and so to form their thought that they #i"" $e #i""ing to recei(e #hat they send out! No thought of discouragement or disorder shou"d e(er $e created' $ut on"y ositi(e assurance' strong thoughts of success' of :i(ine acti(ity' the fee"ing that #ith 2od a"" things are ossi$"e' the $e"ief that #e are One #ith that 2reat 8ind! These are the thoughts that ma&e for success! The rea"i;ation that #e are dea"ing #ith one and not t#o o#ers ena$"es us to thin& #ith c"earness! %e are not trou$"ed a$out com etition or o osition or fai"ure $ecause there is nothing $ut "ife' and this "ife is constant"y gi(ing to us a"" that #e cou"d as& for' #ish' or thin& into it! %e can no# see ho# essentia" it is that thought shou"d $e he"d one+ ointed) that #e shou"d thin& a"#ays and on"y u on #hat #e #ant' ne(er "etting our mind d#e"" on anything e"se! In this #ay the 1 irit #or&s through us %HERE 1O 8ANY 6AITHE ordinary indi(idua"' sitting do#n to gi(e a treatment to his $usiness' unconscious"y does 5ust the thing that he shou"d ha(e a(oided) and then he #onders #hy he did not get the desired resu"ts! 8ost eo "e sim "y sit and #ish for' or "ong for' something! They may e(en ha(e a great desire or ho e! They may e(en go so far as $e"ie(e that their desire is going to ha en! A"" this is good as far as it goes' $ut it does not go far enough! %hat #e must do is to ro(ide that a"ready+ha(ing+recei(ed attitude! This may seem hard at first $ut #e can easi"y see that it is necessary) and as it is the on"y #ay that mind #or&s' this is #hat #e must do! Po#er is' and mind is' and "ife is' $ut they ha(e to f"o# through us in order to ex ress in our "i(es! %e are dea"ing #ith "a#) and nature must $e o$eyed $efore it #i"" #or& for us! 4ust rea"i;e that htis "a# is as natura" a "a# as any other of 2od3s "a#s' and use it #ith the same inte""igence that you #ou"d use the "a# of e"ectricity) then you #i"" get the desired resu"ts! %e ro(ide the thought form around #hich the di(ine energies "ay and to #hich they attract the conditions necessary for the fu"fi""ment of the thought! *hen #e give a treatment this all that #e have to do( !ut !efore #e can even this #e have to clear our minds of all fear( of every sense of se$aration from the Divine Mind +a# is. !ut #e must enforce it( or use it( in our o#n lives Nothing can ha$$en to us that is not first an acce$ted !elief in our o#n consciousness *e may not al#ays !e a#are of #hat is going on #ithin( !ut $ractice #ill ena!le us to control our thought more and more so that #e sha"" $e a$"e to thin& #hat #e #ant to thin&' regard"ess of #hat may seem to $e the case! Each erson has #ithin himse"f the ca acity of &no#ing and ma&ing use of the "a# $ut it must $e conscious"y de(e"o ed! This is done $y ractice' and $y #i""ingness to "earn and to uti"i;e #hate(er #e &no# so far as #e ha(e gone! The indi(idua" #ho has the most o#er is the one #ho has the greatest rea"i;ation of the :i(ine Presence' and to #hom this means the most as an acti(e rinci "e of his "ife! %e a"" need more $ac&$one and "ess #ish$one! There is something #hich #aits on"y our recognition to s ring into $eing' $ringing #ith it a"" the o#er in the uni(erse!

U1IN2 THE I8A2INATION 4U1T imagine yourse"f surrounded $y mind' so "astic' so rece ti(e' that it recei(es the s"ightest im ression of your thought! %hate(er you thin& it ta&es u and executes for you! E(ery thought is recei(ed and acted u on! Not some $ut a"" thoughts! %hate(er the attern #e ro(ide' that #i"" $e our demonstration! If #e cannot get o(er thin&ing that #e are oor then #e #i"" sti"" remain oor! As soon as #e $ecome rich in our thought then #e #i"" $e rich in our ex ression! These are not mere #ords' $ut the dee est truth that has e(er come to the human race! Hundreds of thousands of the most inte""igent thin&ers and the most s iritua" eo "e of our day are ro(ing this truth! %e are not dea"ing #ith i""usions $ut #ith rea"ities) ay no more attention to the one #ho ridicu"es these ideas than you #ou"d to the $"o#ing of the #ind! In the center of your o#n sou" choose #hat you #ant to $ecome' to accom "ish) &ee it to your+se"f! E(ery day in the si"ence of a$so"ute con(ict+ion &no# that it is no# done! It is 5ust as much done' as far you are concerned' as it #i"" $e #hen you ex erience it in the outer! Imagine yourse"f to $e #hat you #ant to $e! 1ee on"y that #hich you desire' refuse e(en to thin& of the other! 1tic& to it' ne(er dou$t! 1ay many times a day' 7I am that thing'7 rea"i;e #hat this means! It means that the great Uni(ersa" o#er of 8ind is that' and it cannot fai"! 8AN31 RI2HT O6 9HOI9E 8AN is created an indi(idua" and as such he has the o#er of choice! 8any eo "e seem to thin& that man shou"d not choose' that since he has as&ed the 1 irit to "ead him' he need no "onger act' or choose! This is taught $y many teachers $ut is not consistent #ith our indi(idua"ity! Un"ess #e had this ri(i"ege' this o#er of choice' #e #ou"d not $e indi(idua"s! %hat #e do need to "earn is that 1 irit can choose through us! /ut #hen this ha ens it is an act on our art! E(en though #e say' 7I #i"" not choose'7 #e are sti"" choosing' $ecause #e are choosing not to choose! %e cannot esca e the fact that #e are made in such a #ay that at e(ery ste "ife is a constant choice! %hat #e do need to do it to se"ect #hat #e fee" to $e right and &no# that the uni(erse #i"" ne(er deny us anything! %e choose and 8ind creates! %e shou"d endea(or to choose that #hich #i"" ex ress a"#ays a greater "ife and #e must remem$er that the 1 irit is a"#ays see&ing to ex ress "o(e and $eauty through us! If #e are attuned to these' and are #or&ing in harmony #ith the great creati(e o#er' #e need ha(e no dou$t a$out its #i""ingness to #or& for us! %e must &no# exact"y #hat it is that #e #ish get the erfect menta" icture of it! %e must $e"ie(e a$so"ute"y that #e no# ha(e it and ne(er do or say anything that denies it! O-: A2E AN: OPPORTUNITY ONE of the $esetting errors of eo "e is a $e"ief that they are too o"d do to things! This comes from a "ac& of understanding #hat "ife rea""y is! -ife is consciousness and not years! The man or #oman #ho is se(enty years o"d shou"d $e $etter a$"e to demonstrate than the man #ho is on"y t#enty! He shou"d ha(e e(o"(ed a higher thought' and it is thought and not conditions that #e are dea"ing #ith!

Ame"ia /arr #as fifty+three $efore she #rote a $oo&! After that she #rote o(er eigthy' a"" of #hich had a "arge circu"ation! 8ary /a&er Eddy #as sixty $efore she $egan her #or&' and she attended to a"" of her great acti(ities unti" she assed a#ay from this "ane to a higher one! The author of this $oo& once too& a man #ho #as o(er sixty' one #ho thought his chance for success had gone' and through teaching him these rinci "es in a year3s time made him a $ros$erous !usiness man "e is no#

doing #ell and #as never !efore in his life so ha$$y! The "ast time he
#as inter(ie#ed he said that $usiness #as increasing e(ery day and that he had not $egun yet! E(ery day he stands in his store and c"aims more acti(ity! He s ea&s the #ord and rea"i;es increase a"" the time! If this #ere not true then "ife #ou"d not $e #orth "i(ing! %hat is a fe# years in eternity0 %e must get o(er these fa"se notions a$out age and com etition! In the truth the #ord com etition is ne(er mentioned! The eo "e #ho thin& a$out it ha(e ne(er &no#n the truth! -ife is #hat #e ma&e it from #ithin and ne(er from #ithout! %e are 5ust as o"d as #e thin& #e are' no matter #hat the num$er of years may ha(e $een that #e ha(e "i(ed on this "anet! :E8ON1TRATIN2 1U99E11 IN /U1INE11 A-- demonstrations ta&e "ace #ithin ourse"(es! 9reation is eterna""y f"o#ing through a"" things! The "a# is a"#ays #or&ing from that inner attern! %e do not strugg"e #ith conditions' #e use rinci "es #hich create conditions! %hat #e can menta""y encom ass #e can accom "ish' no matter ho# hard it may seem from the outside! A"" externa" things are $ut the outer rim of inner thought acti(ity! You can easi"y ro(e this for yourse"f! If you are in $usiness' say' running an ice cream stand or counter' and are not doing good $usiness' "oo& carefu""y into your o#n thought and see #hat you #i"" find! You #i"" find that it is an esta$"ished $e"ief there that $usiness is not good! Your are not fee"ing a sense of acti(ity! You #i"" not find #ithin your thought any fee"ing of success! You are not ex ecting many customers! No# su ose someone comes a"ong and says to you. 7%hat is the matter0 %hy are you not doing more $usiness07 This is a$out #hat the ans#er #ou"d $e. 7Peo "e don3t seem to #ant #hat I ha(e to se""!7 Or erha s something "i&e this. 7I am too o"d to com ete #ith modern methods'7 Or e(en. 7%e"" times are hard!7 A"" this is negati(e thought! No# this man to #hom you are ta"&ing does not $e"ie(e a #ord you ha(e said! He &no#s that causation is in mind and not in matter' and he says. 7The #ho"e thing is in your o#n mind) the trou$"e #ith you is that you don3t fee" that you are a success!7 Perha s you ha(e heard of something of this $efore) if so you #i"" as& him #hat he means' or erha s you thing he is ta"&ing a$out something ecu"iar) $ut #e are ta&ing it for granted that you are so anxious to do something to ma&e your $usiness a success that you #i"" $e #i""ing to try anything' so you as& him to ex "ain! He $egins $y te""ing you a"" is 8ind) nothing mo(es $ut 8ind mo(es it and that you are a center in this 8ind! You do not understand ho# this re"ates in any #ay to your $usiness' $ut he goes on to say that your thought decides #hether your $usiness sha"" $e a success or a fai"ure! Here you $ecome indignant' and as& if he means to te"" you that you #ant to fai"! Of course he &no#s that you do not' and he ex "ains that #hi"e you #ish success' you are thin&ing fai"ure' fearing it' and that there is a "a# that ma&es your thought' ne(er as&ing questions

$ut at once sets a$out its fu"fi""ment! You $ecome interested and as& ho# this can $e) in return you are as&ed this question. 7Ho# did anything come into $eing07 This sets you to thin&ing and of course you rea"i;e that there #as a time #hen nothing existed $ut "ife) so #hate(er has come into $eing must ha(e come from that "ife' for #ha #e see must come from that #hich #e do not see! You ha(e to admit that! Then #hat you do not see must $e the 9ause of e(erything) and you must a"so admit that) and that 9ause #or&s $y -a#' $eing e(ery#here' must $e in you) this is harder for you to see) $ut after much thought you $egin to rea"i;e that it is so! Then you' #ithout &no#ing #here your thought rocesses #ere "eading you' ha(e conceded that you' yourse"f' are the reason for #hat ha ens in your "ife' $e it success or fai"ure! 2od cou"dn3t ma&e you any other #ay and at the same time ma&e you a se"f+choosing indi(idua"! This is "ain! No# #hat are you going to do a$out it0 This is #hat you must do! 6or e(ery time that you ha(e thought fai"ure you are going to re "ace it #ith strong radiant thoughts of success! You are going to s ea& acti(ity into your $usiness! You are going dai"y to see nothing $ut acti(ity and to &no# that it is -a# that you are using' Uni(ersa" -a#' and as such your thought is as sure as the thought of 2od! :ai"y you are going to gi(e to the 2reat 9reati(e 8ind exact"y #hat you #ant to ha en! You #i"" see on"y #hat you desire and in the si"ence of your sou" you #i"" s ea& and it #i"" $e done unto you! You #i"" come to $e"ie(e that a great :i(ine -o(e f"o#s through you and your affairs! You #i"" $e gratefu" for this -o(e! It fi""s your "ife! It satisfies your sou"! You are a different man! You are so fi""ed #ith acti(ity and courage that #hen meet eo "e they #i"" #onder at your energy! They #i"" $egin to #ish sim "y to come in contact #ith you! They #i"" fee" u "ifted! In the course of a fe# months you #i"" $e a success! Peo "e #i"" come to you and say. 7Ho# do you do it07 The ans#er #i"" $e the same that #as gi(en to you a fe# months ago! -et the man #ho is s ea&ing to the u$"ic do the same thing! -et him dai"y see throngs of eo "e coming to hear him! -et him see nothing e"se! He #i"" ex erience #hat he fee"s and sees! A"#ays remem$er this! -ife is from #ithin out#ard and ne(er from #ithout in#ard! You are the center of o#er in your "ife! /e sure and not ta&e on fa"se suggestion! The #or"d is fu"" of ca"amity ho#"ers) turn form them' e(ery one' no matter ho# great you thin& they may $e) you ha(en3t the time to #aste o(er anything that is negati(e! You are a success' and you are gi(ing to the -a#' e(ery day' 5ust #hat you #ant done! And the -a# is a"#ays #or&ing for you! A"" fear has gone and you &no# that there is $ut One Po#er in a"" the Uni(erse! Ha y is the man #ho &no#s this' the greatest of a"" Truths! The #ho"e thing reso"(es itse"f into our menta" a$i"ity to contro" our thought! The man #ho can do this' can ha(e #hat he #ants' can do #hat he #ishes' and $ecomes #hat he #i""s! -ife' 2od' the Uni(erse' is his! 8ONEY A 1PIRITUA- I:EA

8ANY eo "e seem to thin& that money must $e e(i"' a"though I ha(e ne(er as yet seen any #ho did not #ant a "ot of this e(i" in their "i(es! If a"" in an ex ression of "ife' then money is an ex ression of "ife' and as such' must $e good! %ithout a certain amount of it in this "ife' #e #ou"d ha(e a hard time! /ut ho# to get it) that is the race ro$"em! Ho# sha"" #e acquire #ea"th0 8oney didn3t ma&e itse"f' and not $eing se"f+creati(e it must $e an effect! /ehind it must $e the cause that ro5ects it! That cause is ne(er seen) no cause is e(er seen! 9onsciousness is cause and eo "e #ho ha(e a money conscious+ness ha(e the out#ard ex ression of it! Peo "e #ho don3t ha(e this menta" "i&eness dont3t ha(e money in their oc&ets! %hat #e need to is to acquire a money consciousness! This may seem (ery materia"' $ut the true idea of money is not materia" ++ it is s iritua"! %e need to ma&e our unity #ith it! %e can ne(er do this #hi"e #e ho"d it a#ay from us $y thin&ing that #e ha(en3t it! -et us change the method and $egin to ma&e our unity #ith su "y $y dai"y dec"aring that a"" the Po#er in the Uni(erse is dai"y $ringing to us a"" that #e can use! 6ee" the resence of su "y! =no# that it is yours no#! 8a&e yourse"f fee" that you no# ha(e' and to you sha"" $e gi(en! %or& #ith yourse"f unti" there is nothing in you that dou$ts! 8oney can not $e &e t a#ay from the man #ho understands that a"" is 8ind' and that :i(ine -a# go(erns his "ife! :ai"y gi(e than&s for erfect su "y! 6ee" it to $e yours' that you ha(e entered into the fu"" ossession of it no#! Refuse to ta"& o(erty or "imitation! 1tic& to it that you are rich' 2et the mi""ion do""ar consciousness! There is no other #ay' and this #i"" react into e(erything that you do! 1ee money coming to you from e(ery source and from e(ery direction! =no# that e(erything is #or&ing for your good! Rea"i;e in your "ife the resence of the Omni otent Po#er! 1 ea& forth into It' and fee" that It res onds to your a roach! %hene(er you see anything or any$ody #hom you thin& has more than you' at once affirm that you ha(e the same thing! This doesn3t mean that you ha(e #hat is his' $ut that you ha(e as much! It means that a"" you need is yours! %hene(er you thin& a$out anything $ig' at once say' 7That means me!7 In this #ay you "earn to unify yourse"f' in the -a#' #ith "arge conce ts' and according to the #ay that -a# #or&s' it #i"" tend to roduce that thing for you! Ne(er "et yourse"f dou$t for e(en a minute! A"#ays $e ositi(e a$out yourse"f! =ee #atch o(er the inner #or&ings of your thought' and the -a# #i"" do the rest! A9TION THE uni(erse is teeming #ith acti(ity! There is motion e(ery#here! Nothing e(er stands sti""! A"" acti(ity comes from mind! If #e #ant to $e in "ine #ith things #e must mo(e! This doesn3t mean that #e must strain or strugg"e' $ut #e must $e #i""ing to do our art $y "etting the -a# #or& through us! 2od can do for us on"y as #e #i"" a""o# Him to do through us! Inte""igence gi(es us some ideas and in our turn #e #or& on them! /ut our #or& is no "onger done in sense of dou$t or fear' for #e &no# that #e are dea"ing #ith something that ne(er ma&es a mista&e! %e roceed #ith a ca"m confidence $orn of the inner trust in a Po#er that is Infinite! /ehind a"" our mo(ements' then' is a great ur ose' to "et the -a# #or& through us!

The -a# of Acti(ity must $e com "ied #ith) #e must $e #i""ing to ta&e the #ay of outer acti(ity! 4esus #ent to the tom$ of -a;arus! %e may ha(e to go $ut there #i"" accom any us something that ne(er fai"s! This "a# of acti(ity #e must use in our $usiness! 1o many $usiness "aces that #e go into ha(e such an atmos here of inacti(ity' roduce such a dro#sy fee"ing' that #e at once "ose a"" in interest in #hat is going on! %e don3t fee" "i&e $uying! %e "ea(e that "ace #ithout any a arent reason and go into another! Here #e fee" that a"" is "ife and motion' a"" is acti(ity! %e fee" confident that this is the "ace #e #ere "oo&ing for! %e #i"" $uy here) #e find 5ust #hat #e #ant) #e are satisfied #ith our urchase and go a#ay cheerfu"! No# to create this acti(ity something more than thought is essentia"! Not that it does not come first' $ut the one #ho has this thought of acti(ity #i"" natura""y manifest it in (igorous' energetic mo(ement #hich he" s to roduce a s irit of acti(ity in his $usiness and in e(erything he underta&es! %here(er you see a man #ho does not mo(e' then you #i"" find one #hose thought is inacti(e) the t#o a"#ays go together! A man in a store or "ace of $usiness shou"d a"#ays $e mo(ing his goods! He shou"d a"#ays $e doing something! Peo "e #i"" see this and getting the thought of acti(ity $ehind it #i"" #ant to trade there! %e are not attracted to a store that a"#ays has the same thing on the same she"f! The #or"d "i&es action' change! Action is -ife! -et a c"er& in a store thin& acti(ity and $egin to manifest it' e(en though he may not $e #aiting on customers' and in a short time he #i"" $e #aiting on them! A"ertness is the #ord! A"#ays $e a"ert! There must $e menta" a"ertness $efore there can $e any hysica" acti(ity! Act as though things #ere ha ening e(en though they may not a ear to $e! =ee things mo(ing and soon you #i"" ha(e to a(oid the rush! Acti(ity is genius! Ha"f the stores that you go into ma&e you s"ee y $efore you get out' and you fee" as though you can3t get out fast enough! The other ha"f are a"i(e and those are the ones #ho are doing the $usiness of the #or"d! The man #ho is acti(e in his thought doesn3t ha(e to sit $y himse"f to thin&) he #or&s #hi"e he thin&s and so com "ies #ith the -a#' #hich has to #or& through him! The thought of acti(ity ma&es him mo(e' and the thought of confidence ma&es his mo(ements sure' and the thought of 1u reme 2uidance ma&es his #or& inte""igent! %e must $e carefu" and not get into ruts) a"#ays $e doing something ne# and different' and you #i"" find "ife $ecomes a great game in #hich you are ta&ing the "eading art! -ife #i"" ne(er $ecome tiresome to the acti(e mind and $ody! It is so interesting that #e #onder if #e #i"" e(er get enough of it! 1ome eo "e get into such "a;y menta" ha$its that a ne# idea cannot find entrance! 2reat things are done $y eo "e #ho thin& great thoughts and then go out into the #or"d to ma&e their dreams come true! If you can3t find anything ne# to do' go home and change the $ed around' or the iano) ut the coo& sto(e in the ar"or and eat on the $ac& ste for a time! It #i"" start something mo(ing and changing in you that #i"" ne(er sto ! The #ide a#a&e erson can find so many things to do that hasn3t time e(en to $egin in this "ife and &no#s that Eternity is necessary to carry out the idea"s that he a"ready has e(o"(ed! E(erything comes from 8ind' $ut 8ind acts on itse"f and #e must act on ourse"(es and on conditions) not as a s"a(e $ut as a master! /e interested in "ife' if you #ant "ife to $e

interested in you! Act in -ife and -ife #i"" act through you! 1o #i"" you a"so $ecome one of the great eo "e on earth! I:EA1 O6 THE IN6INITE 1UPPO1E that #e #ish to dra# from the Uni(ersa" 8ind some definite idea' some guidance' some information' some "eading! Ho# are #e going to do this0 6irst #e must $ecome con(inced that #e can do it! %here do a"" the in(entions come from0 %here does Edison get his information a$out e"ectricity0 %here' if not driect from the 8ind of the Uni(erse0 E(erything that has e(er come into the race comes direct from 8ind! There is nothing e"se it cou"d come from! E(ery in(ention is $ut a disco(ery of something that a"ready is' a"though #e may not ha(e seen it! %here does the harmony of music come from0 %here cou"d it originate exce t in 8ind0 :oes not a great musician "isten and hear something that #e do not hear0 His ear is attuned to Harmony and he catches it straight from -ife itse"f and inter rets it to the #or"d! %e are surrounded $y the music of the s heres $ut fe# of us catch the sound! %e are so fi""ed #ith trou$"e that the :i(ine 8e"ody is ne(er heard! If #e cou"d see' if #e cou"d hear' if #e cou"d understand' if #e on"y rea"i;ed the resence of the A""' #hat cou"d #e not do0 %hen a great thought s rings u in the mind of an indi(idua"' #hen a great oem is #ritten' #hen a great #or& of art is #rought $y some rece ti(e artist' it is sim "y a sign that the (ei" is thin $et#een) he has caught a g"im se of rea"ity! /ut for most of us Ins iration is not to $e de ended on' and #e must ta&e the s"o#er $ut none the "ess sure method of recei(ing straight from the Infinite! The method sim "e one and (ery effecti(e! %hen you #ant to &no# a certain thing' or ho# to $egin a certain "ine of action. 6irst' you must $e quiet #ithin yourse"f! YHou must $e confused $y any out#ard a earance! Ne(er $ecome distru$ed $y effects! They didn3t ma&e themse"(es and ha(e no inte""igence to contradict you! /e quiet unti" you rea"i;e the resence of a$so"ute Inte""igence a"" around you' of the

Mind that 'no#s No# get a $erfect $icture of /ust #hat you desire 0ou cannot get a $icture unless you 'no# #hat it is you #ant ,ut your mind in touch #ith Universal 8ind' saying 5ust #hat
you are #aiting for! As& for it' $e"ie(e that you are recei(ing it' and #ait! After a fe# minutes dec"are that you no# &no#' e(en though you may not seem to &no#' yet in the de ths of consciousness you ha(e recei(ed the im ression! 2i(e than&s that you no# recei(e! :o this e(eryday unti" you get some direction! It is sometimes a good thing to do this 5ust $efore going to s"ee ! Ne(er' after you ha(e done this' deny the &no#"edge that has $een gi(en you! The time #i"" come #hen some idea #i"" $egin to ta&e form! %ait for it and' #hen it does a ear' act u on it #ith a"" the con(iction of one #ho is erfect"y sure of himse"f! You ha(e gotten understanding straight from the source of a"" understanding' &no#"edge from the source of &no#"edge! A"" can do this if they #i"" $e ersistent! It is a sure direction and guidance and #i"" ne(er fai" us! /ut #e must $e sure that #e are not

denying in other moments #hat #e affirm in the moments of 6aith! In this #ay #e #i"" ma&e fe#er mista&es and in time our "i(es #i"" $e contro""ed $y su reme #isdom and understanding! :ON3T /E A -EANER NE<ER "ean on other eo "e! You ha(e strength of your o#n that is great enough to do a"" that is necessary! The A"mighty has im "anted genuis #ithin the sou" of e(eryone and #hat #e need to do is to unearth that inner genious and cause it to shine forth! %e #i"" ne(er do this #hi"e #e "o& to others for guidance! 7To thine o#n se"f re air' #ait thou #ithin the si"ence dim' and thou sha"t find Him there!7 A"" the o#er and inte""igence of the Uni(erse is a"ready #ithin' #aiting to $e uti"i;ed! The :i(ine 1 ar& must $e fanned into a $"a;e of the "i(ing 6ire of your o#n di(inity! 1e"f+re"iance is the #ord to d#e"" on! -isten to your o#n (oice) it #i"" s ea& in terms that are unmista&a$"e! Trust in your o#n se"f more than in a"" e"se! A"" great men ha(e "earned to do this! E(ery erson' #ithin his o#n sou"' is in direct communication #ith the Infinite Understanding! %hen #e de end on other eo "e #e are sim "y ta&ing their "ight and trying to "ight our ath #ith it! %hen #e de end on ourse"(es #e are de ending on that inner (oice that is 2od' s ea&ing in and through man! 78an is the in"et and the out"et to a"" there is in 2od!7 2od has made us and $rought us u to #here #e recogni;e our o#n indi(idua"ity) from no# on #e #i"" ha(e to "et Him ex ress through us! If #e #ere different #e shou"d not $e indi(idua"s! 7/eho"d I stand at the door and #ait!7 This is a statement of the near resence of o#er) $ut #e' the Indi(idua"' must o en the door! This door is our thought and #e are the guardian of it' and #hen #e do o en the door #e #i"" find that the :i(ine Presence is right at hand' #aiting' ready and #i""ing to do for us a"" that #e can $e"ie(e! %e are strong #ith the strength of the Infinite! %e are not #ea&! %e are great and not mean! %e are one #ith the Infinite 8ind! %hen you ha(e a rea" thing to do' &ee it to yourse"f! :on3t ta"& a$out it! 4ust &no# in your o#n mind #hat it is you #ant and &ee sti"" a$out it! Often #hen #e thin& that #e #i"" do some $ig thing #e $egin to ta"& a$out it and the first thing #e &no# a"" the o#er seems to $e gone! This is #hat ha ens! %e are a"" sending out into 8ind a constant stream of thought) the c"earer it is' the $etter it #i"" manifest) if it $ecomes dou$tfu" it #i"" not ha(e a c"ear manifestation! If it is confused it #i"" manifest on"y confusion! A"" this is according to the -a# of 9ause and Effect' and #e cannot change that -a#! Too often' #hen #e te"" our friends #hat #e are going to do' they confuse our thoughts $y "aughing a$out it' or $y dou$ting our ca acity to do so "arge a thing! Of course this #ou"d not ha en if #e #ere a"#ays ositi(e' $ut #hen #e $ecome the "east $it negati(e it #i"" react and #e #i"" "ose that o#er of c"earness #hich is a$so"ute"y necessary to good creati(e #or&! %hen you #ant to do a $ig thing' get the menta" attern' ma&e it erfect' &no# 5ust #hat it means' en"arge your thought' &ee it to yourse"f' ass it o(er to the creati(e o#er $ehind a"" things' #ait and "isten' and #hen the im ression comes' fo""o# it #ith assurance! :on3t ta"& to anyone a$out it and you #i"" succeed #here a"" others fai"! 9AU1E1 AN: 9ON:ITION1

%HEN #e rea"i;e that "ife is not fundamenta""y hysica"' $ut menta" and s iritua"' it #i"" not $e hard for us to see that $y a certain menta" and s iritua" rocess #e can demonstrate #hat #e #ant! %e are not dea"ing #ith conditions $ut #ith causes! 9auses originate on"y from the unseen side of "ife! This is not strange as the same might $e said of e"ectricity' or e(en of "ife itse"f! %e do not see "ife' #e on"y see #hat it does! This #e ca"" a condition! Of itse"f it is sim "y an effect! %e are "i(ing in the outer #or"d of effects and the inner #or"d of causes! These causes #e set in motion $y our thought' and' through the o#er inherent #ithin the cause' ex resses the thought as a condition! It fo""o#s that the cause must $e equa" to the effect and that effect a"#ays e(a"uates #ith the cause he"d in mind! E(erything comes from One 1u$stance' and our thought qua"ifies that 1u$stance and determines #hat is to ta&e "ace in our "ife! The #ho"e teaching of the /haga(ad 2ita is that there is $ut One and that $ecomes to us 5ust #hat #e first $e"ie(e into it! In other #ords #e manifest the unmanifested! This in no #ay ta&es a#ay from the omni otence of 2od' $ut adds to it' for He has created something that is a$"e to do this! 2od sti"" ru"es the Uni(erse' $ut #e are gi(en the o#er to ru"e our "i(es! %e must rea"i;e' then' a$so"ute"y that #e are dea"ing #ith a 1u$stance that #e ha(e a right to dea" #ith' and $y "earning its "a#s #e #i"" $e a$"e to su$5ect them to our use' 5ust as Eddison does #ith e"ectricity! -a# is $ut #e must use it! The su$stance that #e dea" #ith' in itse"f' is ne(er "imited' $ut #e often are' $ecause #e dra# on"y #hat #e $e"ie(e! /ecause #e are "imited is no reason #hy the Uni(erse shou"d ha(e "imitation! Our "imitation is on"y our un$e"ief) "ife can gi(e us a $ig thing or a "itt"e thing! %hen it gu(es us a "itt"e thing' it is not "imited' any more that "ife is "imited #hen it ma&es a grain of sand' $ecause it cou"d 5ust as #e"" ha(e made a "anet! /ut in the great scheme of things a"" &inds of forms' sma"" and "arge' are necessary' #hich' com$ined' ma&e the com "ete #ho"e! The o#er and su$stance $ehind e(ery+thing remain Infinite! No# this "ife can $ecome to us on"y through us' and that $ecoming is the assing of 1 irit into ex ression in our "i(es through the form of the thought that #e gi(e to it! In itse"f "ife is ne(er "imited) an ant has 5ust as much "ife as an e"e hant though sma""er in si;e! The question is not one of si;e $ut of consciousness! %e are not "imited $y actua" $oundaries' $ut $y fa"se ideas a$out "ife and $y a fai"ure to recogni;e that #e are dea"ing #ith the Infinite! -imitation is an ex erience of the race' $ut it is not the fau"t of 2od' it is the fau"t of man3s erce tion! And to ro(e that this is so' "et any man $rea& the $onds of the fa"se sense of "ife and he at once $egins to ex ress "ess and "ess "imitation! It is a matter of the gro#th of the inner idea! Peo "e often say that #hen they are to"d this' 7:o you thin& that I decided to $e oor and misera$"e) do you ta&e me for a foo"07 No' you are not a foo"' $ut it is quite ossi$"e that you ha(e $een foo"ed' and most of us ha(e $een! I &no# of no one #ho has esca ed $eing foo"ed a$out "ife) you may not ha(e had thoughts of o(erty $ut at the same time you may ha(e had thoughts that roduced it! 4ust #atch the rocess of your thin&ing and see ho# many times a day you thin& something you #ou"d not #ant to ha en! This #i"" satisfy you that you need to $e #atchfu"' that your thought needs to $e contro""ed! %hat #e need to do is to re(erse the rocess of our thin&ing and see to it that #e thin& on"y ositi(e' constructi(e thoughts! A ca"m determination to thin& 5ust #hat #e #ant to thin&

regard"ess of conditions #i"" do much to ut us on the hight#ay to a greater rea"i;ation of "ife! Of course #e #i"" fa""' of course the road is not easy' $ut #e #i"" $e gro#ing! :ai"y #e #i"" $e gi(ing to the 9reati(e 8ind a ne#er and greater conce t to $e #or&ed out into the "ife around us! :ai"y #e #i"" $e o(ercoming some negati(e tendency! %e must stic& to it unti" #e gain the mastery of a"" our thought and in that day #e #i"" rise ne(er to fa"" again! %e must $e good+natured #ith ourse"(es' ne(er $ecoming discouraged or gi(ing u unti" #e o(er+come! 6ee" that you are a"#ays $ac&ed $y an Omni otent o#er and a &ind 6ather of =o(e and the #ay #i"" $e $ecome easier! MENTA+ E1UIVA+ENTS One of the most necessary things to remem$er is that #e cannot demonstrate "ife $eyond our menta" a$i"ity to em$ody! %e gi(e $irth to an idea on"y from #ithin ours"e(es! %hat #e are #e ut into our thin&ing! %hat #e are not' #e cannot ut into it! If #e are to dra# from -ife #hat #e #ant' #e must first thin& into -ife! It a"#ays roduces #hat #e thin&! In order to ha(e success' #e must first concei(e it in our thought! This is not $ecause' #e are creators' $ut $ecause the f"o# of -ife into manifestation' through us' must ta&e the form #e gi(e to it' and if #e #ant a thing #e must ha(e #ithin ourse"(es the menta" equi(a"ent $efore #e get it! This is #hat 4esus meant #hen he said that #e must $e"ie(e #hen #e ray! This $e"ief is ro(iding #ithin us that something #hich &no#s $efore it sees #hat it as&s for! 6or instance' su ose a man is raying for acti(ity *our idea of rayer is the acce ting of a thing $efore #e get it, in his affairs! 6irst' $efore this acti(ity can come' he must ha(e it #ithin himse"f) he must come to see acti(ity in e(erything) there must $e something that corres onds to the thing that he #ants) he must ha(e a menta" equi(a"ent! %e find that #e attract to ourse"(es as much of anything #e em$ody #ithin! As #ater #i"" reach on"y its o#n "e(e"' so our out#ard conditions #i"" re+ roduce on"y our inner rea"i;ations! A man #i"" a"#ays dra# to him 5ust #hat he is! /ut #e can "earn to ro(ide #ithin the image of #hat #e desire and so in a definite #ay use the "a# to get 5ust #hat #e need! If at first #e do not ha(e a great rea"i;ation of acti(ity #e #i"" ha(e to #or& on #hat #e do ha(e' and as our outer conditions come u to meet the inner cause' #e #i"" find that it #i"" $e much easier to en"arge the inner rece ti(ity for something greater and more #orth #hi"e! Of one thing #e may $e assured + + #e must a"" start some#here' and that some#here is #ithin ourse"(es! In this #ithin #e must ma&e the affirmation' and there' too' #e must do the rea" #or& of rea"i;ation! At first the #ay may seem hard' for #e are constant"y confronted #ith that #hich seems to $e' and #e are not a"#ays sure of ourse"(es nor strong enought ot o(ercome' $ut #e may rest content in the assurance that #e are gro#ing! E(ery day #e #i"" $e ro(iding a $igger conce t of "ife' and #ith the inner gro#th #e #i"" ha(e an en"arged o#er to s ea& forth into the 9reati(e 8ind' #ith the resu"t that #e sha"" get a fresh im u"se and $e doing a $igger thing for ourse"(es! 2ro#th and rea"i;ation are a"#ays from #ithin and ne(er from #ithout! The o"d race suggestion of fear and o(erty and "imitation must $e done a#ay #ith and dai"y #e must c"ear our thought from a"" that "imits the One from sho#ing forth in our "ife! Remem$er that you are dea"ing #ith One o#er' and not #ith t#o! This #i"" ma&e it easier' for you do not ha(e to o(ercome any condition' $ecause conditions f"o# from #ithout' and not from #ithout in!

A man going to a ne# to#n #i"" at once $egin to attract to him 5ust #hat he $rings to his thought! He shou"d $e (ery carefu" #hat he thin&s! He shou"d &no# 5ust #hat he #ants and dai"y gi(e it o(er to the 1u reme 8ind' &no#ing that It #i"" #or& for him! O"d thoughts must $e destroyed' and ne# must ta&e their "aces! E(ery time the o"d thought comes "oo& it square"y in the face and dec"are that it has no art in your mind! It has no o#er o(er you! You state the "a# and re"y on it to the exc"usion of a"" e"se! :ai"y try to see and to understand more' fee" e(ery day that you are $eing es ecia""y "oo&ed after' There is no s ecia" creation for any indi(idua"' $ut #e a"" s ecia"i;e the "a# e(ery time #e thin& into it! 6or a"" our thought is ta&en u and something is a"#ays done #ith it! A good ractice is to sit and rea"i;e that you are a center of :i(ine attraction' that a"" things are coming to you' that the o#er #ithin is going out and dra#ing $ac& a"" that you #i"" e(er need! :on3t argue #ith it' 5ust do it' and #hen you ha(e finished "ea(e it a"" to the -a#' &no#ing that it #i"" $e done! :ec"are that a"" "ife' a"" "o(e and o#er are no# in your "ife! :ec"are that you are no# in the midst of "enty! 1tic& to it e(en though you may not as yet see the resu"t! It #i"" #or& and those #ho $e"ie(e the most a"#ays get the most! Thin& of the -a# as your friend' a"#ays "oo&ing out for your interest! Trust com "ete"y in it and it #i"" $ring your good to you! )NE +A* AND )NE MANI-ESTATI)N PEOP-E often as& if the -a# #i"" not $ring harm as #e"" as good! This question #ou"d ne(er $e as&ed if eo "e understood #hat Uni(ersa" -a# rea""y means! Of course it #i"" $ring us #hat #e thin&! A"" "a# #i"" do the same thing! The "a# of e"ectricity #i"" either "ight our house or $urn it do#n! %e decide #hat #e are to do #ith the -a#! -a# is a"#ays im ersona"! There is no "i&e"ihood of using the -a# for harmfu" ur oses if #e a"#ays use it for the more com "ete ex ression of "ife! %e must not use it for any ur ose that #e #ou"d not "i&e to ex erience ourse"(es! This shou"d ans#er a"" our questions of that nature! :o I rea""y #ant the thing I as& for0 Am I #i""ing to ta&e for myse"f #hat I as& for other eo "e0 Ho# can #e use the -a# for e(i" if #e desire on"y the good0 %e cannot and #e shou"d not $other a$out it! %e #ant on"y the good for ourse"(es and for the #ho"e #or"d) #hen #e ha(e started causation' at once the -a# #i"" set to #or& carrying out our "ans! Ne(er distrust the -a# and $ecome afraid "est you might misuse it! This is a great mista&e' a"" -a# is im ersona" and cares not #ho uses it! It #i"" $ring to a"" 5ust #hat is a"ready in their thought! No erson can "ong use it in a destructi(e #ay' for it #i"" destroy himse"f if he ersists in doing #rong' %e ha(e no res onsi$i"ity for anyone exce t ourse"(es! 2et o(er a"" idea that you must sa(e the #or"d) #e ha(e a"" tried that and fai"ed! %e may' $y demonstrating in our o#n "i(es' ro(e that the -a# rea""y exists as the great o#er $ehind a"" things! This is a"" that #e can do! E(ery one must do the same thing for himse"f! -et the dead $ury their dead' and see that you "i(e! In this you are not se"fish $ut are sim "y ro(ing that "a# go(erns your "ife! A"" can do the same #hen they come to $e"ie(e' and none unti" they $e"ie(e!

TRANSCENDIN% ,REVI)US C)NDITI)NS

%HAT if at times #e attract something that #e do not #ant0 %hat a$out a"" the things that #e ha(e a"ready attracted into our "i(es0 8ust #e sti"" suffer unti" the "ast farthing $e aid0 Are #e $ound $y =arma0 Yes' in a certain degree #e are $ound $y #hat #e ha(e done) it is im ossi$"e to set "a# in motion and not ha(e it roduce! %hat #e so# #e must a"so rea ' of that there is no dou$t) $ut here is something to thin& a$out) the /i$"e a"so says that if a man re ents his 7sins are $"otted out' and remem$ered no more fore(er!7 Here #e ha(e t#o statements #hich at first seem not to agree! The first says that #e must suffer from #hat #e ha(e done' and the second that under certain conditions #e #i"" not ha(e to suffer! %hat are those conditions0 A changed attitude to#ard the -a#! It means that #e must sto thin&ing and acting in the #rong #ay! %hen #e do this #e are ta&en out of the o"d order and esta$"ished in the ne#! 1omeone #i"" say. If that is true #hat a$out the "a# of cause and effect0 Is that $ro&en0 No' it is this #ay. The -a# is not $ro&en' it #ou"d sti"" #or& out if #e continued to use it the #rong #ay) $ut #hen #e re(erese the cause' that is' thin& and act in a different #ay' then #e ha(e changed the f"o# of the -a#! It is sti"" the same -a# $ut #e ha(e changed its f"o#' so that' instead of "imiting us and unishing us' it frees and $"esses! It is sti"" the "a# $ut #e ha(e changed our attitude to#ard it! %e might thro# a $a"" at the #indo#' and if nothing sto ed it' it #ou"d $rea& the g"ass! Here is "a# in motion! /ut if someone catches the $a"" $efore it reaches the #indo#' the g"ass #i"" not $e $ro&en! The f"o# of "a# #i"" $e changed' that is a""! 1o can #e' no matter #hat has ha ened in the ast' so transcend the o"d ex erience' that it #i"" no "onger ha(e any effect u on us! 1o if #e ha(e attracted something that is not $est to &ee ' #e #i"" remem$er that that #e do not ha(e to &ee it! It #as the $est that #e &ne# at the time' and so #as good as far as it #ent' $ut no# #e &no# more and can do $etter! As "a# #or&s #ithout (ariation' so does the "a# of attraction #or& the same #ay! A"" that #e ha(e to do is to dro the undesired thing from our thought' forgi(e ourse"(es and start ane#! %e must ne(er e(en thin& of it again! -et go of it once and for a""! Our (arious ex eriences #i"" teach us more and more to try to mo"d a"" of our thoughts and desires' so that they #i" $e in "ine #ith the fundamenta" ur ose of the 2reat 8ind' the ex ression that #hich is erfect! To fear to ma&e conscious use of the -a# #ou"d $e to ara"y;e a"" efforts of rogress! 8ore and more #i"" #e come to see that a great cosmic "an is $eing #or&ed out' and that a"" #e ha(e to do is to "end ourse"(es to it' in order that #e may attain unto a rea" degree of "ife! As #e do su$5ect our thought to the greater ur oses #e are corres onding"y $"est' $ecause #e are #or&ing more in "ine #ith the 6ather' #ho from the $eginning &ne# the end! %e shou"d ne(er "ose sight of the fact that #e are each gi(en the indi(idua" right to use the "a#' and #e cannot esca e from using it! -et us' then' go for#ard #ith the $e"ief that a greater o#er is #or&ing through us) that a"" "a# is a "a# of good) that #e ha(e "anted our seed of thought in the 8ind of the A$so"ute) and that #e can go our #ay re5oicing in the :i(ine ri(i"ege of #or&ing #ith the Infinite! UN:ER1TAN:IN2 AN: 8I1UN:ER1TAN:IN2

THERE are many ersons #ho are constant"y unha y $ecause they seem a"#ays to $e misunderstood! They find it hard to use the "a# of attraction in an affirmati(e #ay' and &ee on dra#ing to themse"(es ex eriences #hich they cou"d ha(e a(oided! The trou$"e #ith them is that there is a"#ays an undercurrent of thought #hich neutra"i;es or destroys #hate(er he" fu" thoughts they ha(e set in motion in their moments of greater strength! 1uch ersons are usua""y (ery sensiti(e' and #hi"e this is a qua"ity #hich is most creati(e #hen under contro"' it is most destructi(e #hen uncontro""ed' $ecause it is chaotic! They shou"d first come to &no# the "a# and see ho# it #or&s' and then treat themse"(es to o(ercome a"" sensiti(eness! They shou"d rea"i;e that e(eryone in the #or"d is a friend' and ro(e this $y ne(er saying anything un&ind to any one or a$out any one! They must #ithin themse"(es see a"" eo "e as erfect $eings made in the :i(ine Image) and' see nothing e"se' they #i"" in time $e a$"e to say that this is a"so the #ay that a"" eo "e see them! Ho"ding this as the "a# of their "i(es they #i"" destroy a"" negati(e thought) and then' #ith that o#er #hich is a"#ays in a sensiti(e erson' $ut #hich is no# under contro"' they #i"" find that "ife is theirs to do #ith as they "ease' the on"y requirement $eing that as they so# so must they a"so rea ! %e a"" &no# that anything that is un"i&e good is of short duration' $ut anything that em$odies the good is "i&e 2od' e(er resent and Eterna"! %e free ourse"(es through the same "a# under #hich #e first $ound ourse"(es! The ordinary indi(idua" un&no#ing"y does something that destroys any ossi$i"ity of getting good resu"ts in the demonstration of ros erity! He affirms his good and ma&es his unity #ith it' and this is right' $ut he does not sto "oo&ing at it in others' #hich is #rong and is the cause of confusion! %e cannot affirm a rinci "e and deny it in the same $reath! %e must $ecome #hat #e #ant and #e #i"" ne(er $e a$"e to do that #hi"e #e sti"" ersist in seeing #hat #e do not #ant' no matter #here #e see it' %e cannot $e"ie(e that something is ossi$"e for us #ithout $e"ie(ing the same for e(ery indi(idua"! One of the #ays of attainment is' of necessity' the #ay of uni(ersa" "o(e. coming to see a"" as the true sons of 2od' one #ith the Infinite 8ind! This is no mere sentiment $ut the c"ear statement of a fundamenta" "a# and that man #ho does not o$ey it' is o osing the (ery thing that $rought him into ex ression! It is true that through menta" means a"one he may $ring himse"f things and he may ho"d them as "ong as the #i"" "asts! This is the ordinary #ay' $ut #e #ant more com e""ing things to a ear! %hat #e #ant is that things shou"d gra(itate to us $ecause #e are em "oying the same "a# that 2od uses! %hen #e attain this attitude of mind then that #hich is $rought into manifestation #i"" ne(er $e "ost' for it #i"" $e as eterna" as the "a# of 2od and cannot $e destroyed fore(er! It is a comfort to &no# that #e do not ha(e to ma&e things ha en' $ut that the "a# of :i(ine "o(e is a"" that #e e(er need) it #i"" re"ie(e the o(er#or&ed $rain and the fagged musc"e 5ust to $e sti"" and &no# #e are One #ith A-- in A--! "o# can #e enter in( if at one and the same time #e are !elieving for ourselves and !eholding the !eam in our !rother2s eye3 Does that not distract the vie# and $ervert our o#n natures3 *e must see only the good and let nothing else enter into our minds Uni(ersa" "o(e to a"" eo "e and to a"" things is $ut returning "o(e to the source of a"" "o(e' to Him #ho creates a"" in "o(e and ho"ds a"" in di(ine care! The sun shines on a"" a"i&e! 1ha"" #e se arate and di(ide #here 2od has so carefu""y united0 %e are di(iding our o#n things #hen #e do this' and sooner or "ater the -a# of A$so"ute

4ustice that #eighs out to each one his 5ust measure #i"" $a"ance the account' and then #e sha"" $e o$"iged to suffer for the mista&es #e ha(e made! 2od does not $ring this agony on us $ut #e ha(e im osed it on ourse"(es! If from se"fish moti(es a"one' #e must "o(e a"" things and "oo& u on a"" things as good' made from the su$stance of the 6ather! %e can on"y ho e to $ring to ourse"(es that #hich #e dra# through the a(enue of "o(e! %e must #atch our thin&ing and if #e ha(e aught against any sou"' get rid of it as soon as ossi$"e! This is the on"y safe and sure #ay! :id not 4esus at the su reme moment of sacrifice as& that the 6ather forgi(e a"" the #rong that #as $eing done to Him0 1ha"" #e su ose that #e can do it in a $etter #ay0 If #e do not at the resent time "o(e a"" eo "e then #e must "earn ho# to do it' and the #ay #i"" $ecome easier' #hen a"" condemnation is gone fore(er and #e $eho"d on"y good! 2od is good and 2od is -o(e) more than this #e cannot as& or concei(e! Another thing that #e must e"iminate is ta"&ing a$out "imitation) #e must not e(en thin& of it or read a$out it' or ha(e any connection #ith it in any of our thin&ing' for #e get on"y that #hich #e thin&' no more and no "ess! This #i"" $e a hard thing to do! /ut if #e remem$er that #e are #or&ing out the science of our $eing' though it may seem "ong and hard at times #e sooner or "ater do it' and once done it is done fore(er! E(ery ste in ad(ance is an Eterna" ste ' and #i"" ne(er ha(e to $e ta&en again! %e are not $ui"ding for a day or a year' $ut #e are $ui"ding for a"" time and for Eternity! 1o #e #i"" $ui"d the more state"y mansion under the 1u reme #isdom and the unfai"ing guidance of the 1 irit' and #e #i"" do unto a""' e(en as #e #ou"d ha(e them do unto us) there is no other #ay! The #ise #i"" "isten' "oo& and "earn' then fo""o# #hat they &no# to $e the on"y #ay that is in "ine #ith the :i(ine #i"" and ur oses! 1o sha"" a"" see that 2od is good and in him is no e(i"!

N) UNUSUA+ E4,ERIENCE
IN demonstrating the truth of su "y #e do not ha(e to ex erience any ecu"iar emotion or sychic ex erience! %e do not to fee" any thri""s or anything of that sort! %hi"e it is true that some of these things may come' yet #e shou"d remem$er that #hat #e are doing is dea"ing #ith "a#' and that as "a# it #i"" o$ey us' #hen #e com "y #ith its nature and contact it in the right #ay! %hat #e are doing is stating something into 8ind' and if the im ression is c"ear in our o#n minds that it is and that it is done #e ha(e ut a"" the acti(ity #e can ut into it' unti" such a time as something ha ens in the externa" for us to #or& u on! 1o many eo "e say' 7I do #ish that I cou"d fee" something' #hen I gi(e a treatment!7 A"" this is a mista&e and is an attem t to gi(e a hysica" reason for "ife! %hat #e do need to fee" is that' since 2od is a"" and is good' he #ants us to ha(e on"y the good) and fee"ing this #e shou"d ta&e #hat is a"ready made for us! Our attitude to#ards such a good 6ather shou"d constant"y $e of than&sgi(ing! %hen #e $egin to ro(e the o#er of the truth #e #i"" a"#ays maintain this attitude! =no# that you are dea"ing #ith a sure thing and that a"" you ha(e to do is to &no# ositi(e"y into it and #ait for the resu"ts to come in the outer! Then do #hat your o#n good sense te""s you to do' for this is the thought of 2od through you! 8ore and more you #i"" find that you are $eing "ed out of difficu"ty into that freedom #hich is the :i(ine $irthright of e(ery "i(ing sou"! 2od ahead' then' "oo&ing on"y at the things desired and ne(er at the things not #anted! <ictory

#i"" a"#ays $e on the side that the ma5ority of your thoughts rest on in a$so"ute acce tance! <I1UA-ICIN2! 1O8E eo "e (isua"i;e e(erything that they thin& of and many thin& that it is im ossi$"e to ma&e a demonstration un"ess they ossess the o#er to (isua"i;e! This is not the case! %hi"e a certain amount of (ision is necessary' on the other hand it must $e remem$ered that #e are dea"ing #ith a o#er that is "i&e the soi" of the ground' #hich #i"" roduce the "ant #hen #e "ant the seed! It does not matter if #e ha(e ne(er $efore seen a "ant "i&e the one that is to $e made for us! Our thought is the seed and mind is the soi"! %e are a"#ays "anting and har(esting! A"" that #e need to do is to "ant on"y that #hich #e #ant to har(est! This is not difficu"t to understand! %e cannot thin& o(erty and at the same time demonstrate "enty! If a erson #ants to (isua"ise "et him do so' and if he sees himse"f in fu"" ossession of his desire and &no#s that he is recei(ing' he #i"" ma&e his demonstration! If' on the other hand' he does not (isua"ise' then "et him sim "y state #hat he #ants and a$so"ute"y $e"ie(e that he has it and the resu"t #i"" a"#ays $e the same! Remem$er that you are a"#ays dea"ing #ith "a# and that this is the on"y #ay that anything cou"d come into existence! :on3t argue o(er it! That means that you ha(e not as yet $ecome con(inced of the truth or you #ou"d not argue! /e con(inced and rest in eace! %HERE :E8ON1TRATION TA=E1 P-A9E! :OE1 demonstration ta&e "ace in the atient' the ractitioner or in the mind of 2od0 -et us see) %e are in the mind of 2od and so it must ta&e "ace there! /ut the atient is a"so in the mind of 2od or there #ou"d $e t#o minds' and so it must ta&e "ace in the mind of the atient a"so! /ut that is the mind of 2od' so #hat does it matter #here it ta&es "ace0 %e do not ha(e to ro5ect our thought' $ecause 8ind is right at hand and ne(er "ea(es us at any time! A"" that #e ha(e to to do is to &no# #ithin ourse"(es' and' #hen #e are a$so"ute"y con(inced' #e #i"" ha(e made the demonstration! As far as the ractitioner is concerned' a"" that he has to do is to con(ince himse"f! Here his #or& $egins and ends! There is a o#er that #i"" "oo& after the rest! Is this not the su reme attitude of faith in higher o#er0 Of course it is' and the more faith that #e ha(e' the easier it #i"" $e for us and the quic&er #e #i"" recei(e an ans#er to our rayer! If you ha(e a sim "e' chi"d"i&e faith it #i"" roduce) $ut it shou"d gi(e us a greater faith #hen #e &no# something of the #ay that the "a# o erates! It fo""o#s' then' that #e shou"d' $y understanding' ha(e so great a faith that #e sha"" ne(er fai" to get the affirmati(e ans#er to a"" our thoughts! Each (ictory #i"" strengthen us unti" the time #i"" come #hen #e #i"" no "onger ha(e to say I ho e or $e"ie(e' $ut I &no# PART II TREAT8ENT1

THE #ay to gi(e a treatment is first of a"" to a$so"ute"y $e"ie(e that you can) $e"ie(e that your #ord goes forth into a rea" creati(e o#er' #hich at once ta&es it u ' and $egins to o erate u on it) fee" that to this o#er a"" things are ossi$"e! It &no#s nothing $ut its o#n o#er to do that #hich it #ishes to do! It recei(es the im ress of your thought and acts u on it! It is ne(er safe to treat for anything that you do not #ish to ha en! This means that #hat you #ou"d #ant for another' you must $e at first #i""ing to recei(e it yourse"f! /e"ie(e that your #ord is to $e acted u on $y an A"mighty Po#er) fee" its great rea"ity' in and through a"" things you s ea& into it) and dec"are 5ust #hat you #ish it to do for you' ne(er dou$ting in your o#n mind $ut that it #i"" do 5ust as you ha(e directed! A"" that a ractitioner has to do is to con(ince himse"f' to &no#' to $e"ie(e' and that thing #i"" ha en to him #hich he states! One of the first things' then' is to $e definite) to ha(e a menta" "i&eness of the thing that you desire) to &no# exact"y #hat you #ant! This menta" "i&eness' this a$so"ute acce tance of the fact that it no# is' must ne(er $e o(er"oo&ed) #ithout it you #i"" not accom "ish! %e sit do#n of our o#n sou"s' at eace #ith the #or"d' at eace #ith ourse"(es) #e rea"i;e that #e are dea"ing #ith something that is a rea"ity' something that cannot fai"! %e try to get a c"ear conce t of the thing) #e rest in that rea"i;ation' #hi"e the Uni(ersa" 9reati(e Po#er ta&es it u and acts u on it! %e ha(e 5ust stated 5ust #hat #e #anted done unto us) #e ha(e $e"ie(ed) #e ha(e $e"ie(ed that #e ha(e recei(ed) ne(er again #i"" #e contradict the fact that #e ha(e stated! The erson #ho can do this is sure of getting resu"ts! UN:ER1TAN:IN2 AN: 2UI:AN9E THE inner man is a"#ays in immediate connection #ith the Infinite of understanding! %e are immersed in a "i(ing inte""igence) #e are surrounded $y a Po#er that &no#s' for 7In Him #e "i(e and mo(e and ha(e our $eing!7 If our outer thought #ere ne(er confused' #e shou"d at a"" times dra# from this Infinite source of &no#"edge) #e shou"d $e guided $y It and ne(er ma&e mista&es) our minds #ou"d $e "i&e the smooth surface of a "a&e' unruff"ed $y #ind and storm! /ut #ith most of us this is not the case) #e $ecome confused in the outer so that the surface of the mind is in turmoi"' no "onger c"ear and trans arent' and #e cannot get the c"ear (ision' the rea" guidance' and #e get things #rong $ecause #e do not see c"ear"y! The de(e"o ment of the understanding is "earning to dra# from the Infinite understanding) #e can ne(er do this #hi"e #e are confused in our thin&ing! The first thing to do #hen #e #ish a greater understanding is to $e sti"" and "isten to the inner (oice' to #ithdra# for a fe# moments into the si"ence of the sou" ta&ing here #hat #e a"ready &no#' and rea"i;ing that a greater inte""igence is en"arging it! Here #e indefinite"y ta&e the attern of our thought' the thing that #e are #or&ing on' and as& for' and recei(e' ne# "ight) #e ho"d this u in the :i(ine -ight and try to $e"ie(e that #e are $eing guided) #e state that 1u reme Inte""igence and A$so"ute Po#er are acting u on our thought and $ringing it to ass) it is no# guiding us and #e sha"" ma&e no mista&e) #e ho"d ourse"(es in the 1ecret P"ace of the 8ost High' and a$ide under the shado# of the A"mighty!

HO% TO =NO% 4U1T %HAT TO :O O6TEN #e find ourse"(es confronted $y the ro$"em of ho# to $egin! %ea re not sure #hat #e #ant to do) #e see no #ay to $egin anything) see nothing to $egin on) #hen #e find ourse"(es in thise osition' human"y s ea&ing' not &no#ing #here to turn' then of a"" times #e must $e quiet and "isten) then of a"" times #e must truth that the same o#er that started a"" things #i"" a"so start us in the right road' for #ithout some su erior o#er #e sha"" sure"y fai"! Ho# often do eo "e in the $usiness #or"d find themse"(es in this osition! They rea"i;e that something must $e done' $ut #hat0 Ho# *to, get the idea to #or& out! Here #e must #ait and &no# that the same o#er that first thought a uni(erse into $eing can a"so thin& our #or"d and #or& into $eing! It &no#s a"" things' it &no#s ho# to $egin and it cannot fai") #e #ish in some #ay to connect #ith this o#er that #i"" ne(er fai" us' so that #e may dra# from it some idea to $egin #ith! %e must rea"i;e that there is something that to res ond' to ma&e manifest and in this rea"i;ation #ait for the idea) it may not come at first' $ut #e must $e atient' ne(er dou$ting' and #aiting thus in faith' it #i"" come! I once &ne# a $usiness man #ho #as connected #ith a firm that had a"#ays $een (ery successfu"' $ut at that time something had ocurred that #as causing to them to "ose out! This had gone on for a year and things #ere going from $ad to #orse! 6ai"ure seemed ine(ita$"e! He $ecame interested in Ne# Thought! He #as to"d he cou"d dra# an idea from the Infinite and #or& it out on the "ane of the (isi$"e! He to"d his artners that he #ished to go home for a fe# days and that #hen he came $ac& he #ou"d ha(e #or&ed out an idea #hich #ou"d ut the $usiness on a successfu" $asis! They "aughed at him' as eo "e genera""y "augh at something they do not understand' $ut ha(ing no other "an they ga(e their consent! He #ent home and for three days sat in dee thought' c"aiming 1u reme guidance and a$so"ute "eading of the 1 irit! :uring this time a com "ete "an formu"ated in his mind as to the exact method to ursue in the $usiness! He returned and to"d his "an to his artners! Again they "aughed' saying it cou"d not $e done in $usiness) cou"d not $e done any #ay) it #ou"d not #or&! /ut again they consented' &no#ing it #as this or fai"ure! He then #ent to #or& carrying out a"" the detai"s of his thought' fo""o#ing each "eading that had come to him during those three days' and #ithin a year he $rought the fai"ing $usiness to a standard that transcended anything they had e(er ex erienced! He ro(ed the "a# $ecame such an ex ert' that he ga(e u his $usines and de(oted his entire time to he" ing other eo "e to do the same for themse"(es as he had done! %hat this man did any one can do if he #i"" fo""o# the same course and refuse to $ecome discouraged! There is a o#er that sim "y a#aits our recognition of it' to s ring into our thought as an unfai"ing "eading' an unerring guidance! To those #ho "ean on the e(er outstretched arm of the Infinite' "ife is $ig #ith "imit"ess ossi$i"ities! %e must #ait and "isten' then go a$out our outer $usiness #ith an inner con(iction that #e are $eing "ed into a more erfect ex ression of "ife! A"" can do this! 6O--O%IN2 UP A THOU2HT %HEN #e fee" that #e do ha(e the right "eading) #hen that something inside us te""s us that #e are "ed) then' no matter #hat it a ears "i&e' #e must fo""o# it u ! 1omething

$eyond our inte""igence is doing the thing through us and #e must do nothing to contradict it! Perha s it #i"" cause us to do something that seems to go contrary to the ex erience of the race! This ma&es no difference! A"" ad(ance in in(ention and a"" ad(ance a"ong any "ine has a"#ays gone ahead of #hat the ex erience of the race thin&s is ossi$"e! 2reat men are ones #ho get a (ision and then go to #or& to ma&e it come true' ne(er "oo&ing to one side $ut #ith one+ ointedness and ca"m determination' to the thing unti" it is accom "ished! It may ta&e much atience and a great dea" of faith' $ut the end is as sure as is the rea"ity of a 1u reme /eing itse"f! Ne(er hesitate to trust in that inner understand+ing' ne(er fear $ut it #i"" $e right! %e are a"" in the midst of 1u reme Inte""igence) It resses against the doors of our thought' #aiting to $e &no#n! %e must $e o en to It at a"" times' ready to recei(e direction and to $e guided into greater truths! THE 1IN2-E 1TREA8 O6 THOU2HT %E are a"" in 8ind and #hat #e thin& into it is ta&en u and done unto us! This means that as #e thin& it #i"" $e done! %e cannot thin& one #ay one day and change our thought the next and ho e to get the desired resu"ts! %e must $e (ery c"ear in our thought' sending out on"y such thoughts as #e #ish to see manifested in our condition! Here is something #orth remem$ering! Un"ess #e are #or&ing #ith eo "e #ho thin& as #e do' #e had $etter $e #or&ing a"one! One stream of thought' e(en though it may not $e o#erfu"' #i"" do more for us than many o#erfu" streams that are at (ariance #ith each other! This means' that' un"ess #e are sure that #e are #or&ing #ith eo "e #ho harmoni;e' #e #ou"d $etter #or& a"one! Of course #e cannot retire from $usiness sim "y $ecause eo "e do not agree #ith us' $ut #hat #e can do is &ee our thoughts to ourse"(es! %e do not ha(e to "ea(e the #or"d in order to contro" our thought) $ut #e do ha(e to "earn that #e can stay right in the #or"d and sti"" thin& 5ust #hat #e #ant to thin&' regard"ess of #hat others are thin&ing! One sing"e stream of thought' dai"y sent into 9reati(e 8ind #i"" do #onders! %ithin a year the erson #ho #i"" ractice this #i"" ha(e com "ete"y changed his conditions of "ife! The #ay to ractice this is dai"y to s end some time in thin&ing and in menta""y seeing 5ust #hat is #anted) see the thing 5ust as it #ished and then affirm that this is no# done! Try to fee" that #hat has $een stated is the truth! %ords and affirmations sim "y gi(e sha e to thought) they are not creati(e! 6ee"ing is creati(e and the more fee"ing that is ut into the #ord the greater the o#er it #i"" ha(e o(er conditions! In doing this #e thin& of the condition on"y as an effect' something that fo""o#s #hat #e thin&! It cannot he" fo""o#ing our thought! This is the #ay that a"" creation comes into ex ression! It is a great he" to rea"i;e menta""y that at a"" times a great stream of thought and o#er is o erating through us) it is constant"y going out into 8ind' #here it is ta&en u and acted u on! Our $usiness is to &ee that stream of thought 5ust #here #e #ant it to $e!) to $e ready at any time to act #hen the im u"se comes into action! Our action must ne(er $e negati(e' it must a"#ays $e affirmati(e' for #e are dea"ing #ith something that cannot fai"! %e may fai" to rea"i;e' $ut the o#er in itse"f is Infinite and cannot fai"! %e are setting in motion in the A$so"ute a stream of thought that #i"" ne(er cease unti" it accom "ishes its ur ose!

Try to fee" this' $e fi""ed #ith a great 5oy as you fee" that it is gi(en to you to use this great and on"y o#er! =ee the thought c"ear and ne(er #orry a$out the #ay that things seem to $e going! -et go of a"" outer conditions #hen #or&ing in 8ind' for there is #here things are made' there creation is going on' and it is no# ma&ing something for us! This must $e $e"ie(ed as ne(er $e"ie(ed $efore) it must $e &no#n as the great rea"ity) it must $e fe"t as the on"y Presence! There is no other #ay to o$tain! Though a"" the Infinite may #ant to gi(e' yet #e must ta&e' and' as far as #e are concerned' that ta&ing is menta"! Though eo "e may "augh at this' e(en' that does not matter' 7He "aughs $est #ho "aughs "ast!7 %e &no# in 7%hat #e $e"ie(e'7 and that #i"" $e sufficient! EN-AR2IN2 OUR THOU2HT! %E can ne(er stand sti"" in our thought! Either #e #i"" $e gro#ing or e"se #e #i"" $e going $ac&! As #e can attract to ourse"(es on"y #hat #e first ha(e a menta" "i&eness of' it fo""o#s that if #e #ish to attract "arger things #e ro(ide "arger thoughts! This en"arging of consciousness is so necessary that too much cannot $e said a$out it! 8ost eo "e get on"y a short #ay and then sto ) they cannot seem to get $eyond a certain oint) they can do so much and no more! %hy is that a erson in $usiness does 5ust a$out so much each year0 %e see eo "e in a"" #a"&s of "ife' getting so far' ne(er going $eyond a certain oint! There must $e a reason for e(erything) nothing ha ens' if a"" is go(erned $y "a#' and #e can come to no other conc"usion! %hen #e "oo& into the menta" reason for things #e find out #hy things ha en! The man #ho gets so far and ne(er seems to go $eyond that oint is sti"" go(erned $y "a#' #hen he a""o#s his thoughts to ta&e out into "arger fie"ds of action' his conditions come u to his thought) #hen he sto s en"arging his thought he sto s gro#ing! If he #ou"d &ee on in thought' rea"i;ing more and sti"" more' he #ou"d find that in the outer form of things he #ou"d $e doing greater things! There are many reasons #hy a man sto s thin&ing "arger things! One of them is "ac& of imagination! He cannot concei(e of anything more to fo""o# that that #hich has a"ready ha ened! Another thought #or&s "i&e this. 7This is as far as any one can go in my $usiness!7 right here he signs his o#n death #arrant! Often a erson #i"" say' 7I am too o"d to do $igger things!7 There he sto s! 1ome one e"se #i"" say' 79om etition is too great7) and here is #here this man sto s) he can go no further than his thought #i"" carry him! A"" this is unnecessary #hen #e rea"i;e that "ife is first of a"" 9onsciousness' and then conditions fo""o#! %e see no reason #hy a man shou"d not go on and on and ne(er sto gro#ing! No matter #hat age or #hat circumstance' if "ife is thought' #e can &ee thin&ing $igger things! There is no reason #hy a man #ho is a"ready doing #e"" shou"d not $e a$"e menta""y to concei(e of a $etter condition! %hat if #e are acti(e0 There is a"#ays a greater acti(ity ossi$"e! %e can sti"" see a "itt"e $eyond #hat has come $efore! This is 5ust #hat #e shou"d do' see' e(en though it $e $ut a "itt"e $eyond our former thought! If #e a"#ays ractice this' #e #i"" find that e(ery year #e sha"" $e gro#ing' e(ery month #e sha"" $e ad(ancing) and as time goes on #e sha"" $ecome rea""y great! As there is no sto ing in that o#er #hich is Infinite' as the -imit"ess is #ithout $ounds' so shou"d #e &ee on trying to see more and greater ossi$i"ities in "ife!

%e shou"d definite"y #or& e(ery day for the ex ansion of thought! If #e ha(e fifty customers a day #e shou"d endea(or to $e"ie(e that #e ha(e sixty! %hen #e ha(e sixty #e shou"d menta""y see se(enty! This shou"d ne(er sto ) there is no sto ing "ace in mind! -et go of e(erything e"se' dro e(erything e"se from your thought' and menta""y see more coming to you than has e(er come $efore) $e"ie(e that 8ind is esta$"ishing this unto you' and then go a$out your $usiness in the regu"ar #ay! Ne(er see the "imitation) ne(er d#e"" u on it' and a$o(e a"" things e"se ne(er ta"& "imitation to any one) this is the on"y #ay' and there is no other #ay to gro# a "arger thought! The man #ith the $ig thought is a"#ays the man #ho does $ig things in "ife! 2et ho"d of the $iggest thing that you can thin& of and c"aim it for your o#n) menta""y see it and ho"d it as a thing a"ready done' and you #i"" ro(e to yourse"f that "ife is #ithout $ounds! A-%AY1 /E 2ATHERIN2! THERE is no reason #hy a erson shou"d e(er sto ! This does not mean that #e shou"d $e miser"y' trying to accumu"ate more and more to ho"d' $ut that our thought shou"d so en"arge that it can not he" gathering more and more' e(en though' on the other hand' or #ith the other hand' #e are distri$uting that #hich #e gather! Indeed' the on"y reason for ha(ing is that #e may gi(e out of that #hich #e ha(e! No matter #hat $ig thing ha ens to us #e shou"d sti"" $e ex ecting more and more! E(en #hen #e thin& that #e ha(e at "ast arri(ed) right at the moment #hen it seems as though "ife had gi(en us a"" that #e cou"d stand) right here "et it $e $ut a $eginning for sti"" greater things! No matter ho# "arge the icture that you ho"d in mind' ma&e it "arger! The reason #hy so many eo "e come to the oint #here they sto is that they come to a oint #here they sto gro#ing in their o#n minds! They come to a oint #here they can see no more' thin&ing that $ecause they rea""y done a $ig thing they shou"d sto there! %e must #atch our thought for signs of inacti(ity! Nothing in the uni(erse e(er sto s! E(erything is $ui"t on a $ound"ess $asis' dra#n from a "imit"ess source' come forth from an Infinite sea of unmanifest "ife! %e s ea& forth into this "ife and dra# $ac& from it a"" that #e first thin& into it! -ife is a"#ays "imit"ess' and the on"y thing that "imits us is our ina$i"ity to concei(e menta""y' and #e shou"d dra# more and more from that "imit"ess source! 8ENTA- -I=ENE11 %E can dra# from the Infinite on"y as much as #e first thin& into it! It is at this oint that so many fai"' thin&ing that a"" they need to do is to affirm #hat they #ant and it #i"" fo""o#! %hi"e it is true that affirmations ha(e rea" o#er' it is a"so true that they ha(e on"y that #hich #e s ea& into them! As #e cannot s ea& a #ord that #e do not &no#' so #e cannot ma&e an affirmation that #e do not understand! %e rea""y affirm on"y that #hich #e &no# to $e true) #e &no# that to $e true #hich #e ha(e ex erienced #ithin ourse"(es' A"though #e may ha(e heard or read that this or that thing is true' it is on"y #here there is something #ithin our o#n sou"s that corres onds or recogni;es its truth' that it is true to us! This ought ne(er to $e "ost sight of. #e can effecti(e"y affirm on"y that #hich #e &no#' and #e &no# on"y that #hich #e are! It is herein that #e see the necessity of ro(iding #ithin a greater conce t of "ife) a $igger idea of ourse"(es and a

more ex anded conce t of the Uni(erse in #hich #e "i(e' mo(e and ha(e our $eing! This is a matter of inner gro#th together #ith the en"arging of a"" "ines of thought and acti(ity! If #e #ant to do a thing that is rea""y #orth doing' #e must menta""y gro# unti" #e are that thing' #hich #e #ant to see made f"esh! This may ta&e time' $ut #e shou"d $e g"ad to use a"" the time necessary to our o#n de(e"o ment! /ut fe# eo "e in "imitation ha(e a menta" "i&eness of "enty! This "i&eness must $e ro(ided! The thought must $e "arge enough to co(er the #ho"e of the thing desired) a sma"" thought #i"" roduce on"y a sma"" thing! The (ery fact that a"" is mind ro(es this to $e true! A"" is mind and' $ecause it is' #e can dra# from that mind on"y that #hich #e first thin& into it as a rea"ity! %e must $ecome the thing that #e #ant! %e must see it' thin& it rea"i;e it' $efore the creati(e o#er of 8ind can #or& it out for us! this is an inner rocess of the ex ansion of consciousness! It is a thought' gro#ing and rea"i;ing #ithin! A"" can do this #ho #ish and #ho #i"" ta&e the time and trou$"e' $ut it #i"" mean #or&! The ma5ority of eo "e are too "a;y to ma&e the effort! :ai"y #e must train our thought to see that on"y #hich #e #ish to ex erience' and since #e are gro#ing into #hat #e are menta""y d#e""ing u on' #e shou"d ut a"" sma"" and insignificant thoughts and idea"s out of our thin&ing and see things in a "arger #ay! %e must cu"ti(ate the ha$it of an en"arged menta" hori;on' dai"y seeing farther and farther ahead' and so ex eriencing "arger and greater things in our dai"y "ife! A good ractice for the en"argement of thought is dai"y to see ourse"(es in a "itt"e $igger "ace' fi""ed #ith more of acti(ity' surrounded #ith increased inf"uence and o#er) fee" more and more that things are coming to us) see that much more is 5ust ahead' and so far as ossi$"e' &no# that #e no# ha(e a"" that #e see and that #e fee"! Affirm that you are that "arger thing) that you are no# entered into that "arger "ife) fee" that something #ithin is dra#ing more and to you) "i(e #ith the idea and "et the conce t gro#' ex ecting on"y the $iggest and the $est to ha en! Ne(er "et sma"" thoughts come into your mind' and you #i"" soon find that a "arger and greater ex erience has come into your "ife! =EEPIN2 THE THIN2 IN 8IN: NE<ER "et go of the menta" image unti" it $ecomes manifested! :ai"y $ring u the c"ear icture of #hat is #anted and im ress it on the mind as an accom "ished fact! This im ressing on our minds the thought of #hat #ish to rea"i;e #i"" cause our o#n minds to im ress the same thought on Uni(ersa" 8ind! In this #ay #e sha"" $e raying #ithout ceasing! %e do not ha(e to ho"d continua""y the thought of something #e #ant in order to get it' $ut the thought that #e may in#ard"y $ecome the thing #e #ant! 6ifteen minutes' t#ice a day' is time enough to s end in order to demonstrate anything' $ut the rest of the time ought a"so to $e s ent constructi(e"y! That is' #e must sto a"" negati(e thin&ing and gi(e o(er a"" #rong thought' ho"ding fast to the rea"i;ation that it is no# done unto us! %e must &no# that #e are dea"ing #ith the on"y o#er there is in the Uni(erse) that there is none other $eside it' and that #e in arta&ing of its nature and its "a#s! A"#ays' $ehind the #ord that #e send forth' must $e the ca"m confidence in our a$i"ity to s ea& into the o#er' and the #i""ingness of 8ind to execute for us! %e must gradua""y gro# in confidence and in trust in the unseen #or"d of s iritua" acti(ity! This is not hard' if #e remem$er that the 1 irit ma&es things out of Itse"f $y sim "y $ecoming the thing that it

ma&es' and since there is no other o#er to o ose it' it #i"" a"#ays #or&! The 1 irit #i"" ne(er fai" us if #e ne(er fai" to $e"ie(e in its goodness and its res onsi(eness! -ife #i"" $ecome one grand song' #hen #e rea"i;e that since 2od is for us' none can $e against us! %e sha"" cease mere"y to exist) #e sha"" "i(e! :E1TROY A-- THOU2HT1 THAT %E :O NOT %I1H TO EDPERIEN9E %E must reso"ute"y set our faces to the rising consciousness of the 1on of Truth) seeing on"y the One Po#er #e must destroy the ad(ersary and "ea(e the fie"d to 2od or 2ood! A"" that is in any #ay negati(e must $e #i ed off the s"ate and #e must dai"y come into the higher thought' to $e #ashed c"ean of the dust and chaos of the o$5ecti(e "ife! In the si"ence of the sou"3s communion #ith the 2reat 1ource of A"" /eing' into the sti""ness of the A$so"ute' into the secret "ace of the 8ost High' $ac& of the din and cease"ess roar of "ife' #e sha"" find a resting "ace and a "ace of rea" s iritua" o#er! 1 ea& in this inner si"ence and say' 7I am one #ith A"mighty) I am one #ith a"" "ife' #ith a"" o#er' and #ith a"" resence! I A8' I A8' I A8!7 -isten to the si"ence! 6rom out of the seeming (oid the (oice of eace #i"" ans#er the #aiting sou"' 7A"" is #e""!7 Here #e ma&e &no#n a"" our needs and #ants' and here #e recei(e first hand from the Infinite a"" that #e sha"" e(er need to ma&e "ife hea"thy' ha y and harmonious! 6e# enter here' $ecause of the $e"ief that conditions and circumstances contro"! =no# that there is no "a# $ut 2od3s "a#) that the sou" sets its o#n "a# in the Infinite and that our s"ightest #ish is honored of the 6ather 8ind! :ai"y ractice of the truth and dai"y die to a"" error+thought! 1 end more time recei(ing and rea"i;ing the resence of the 8ost High and "ess time #orrying! %onderfu" o#er #i"" come to the one #ho $e"ie(es and trusts in that Po#er in #hich has come to $e"ie(e! =no# that a"" good and a"" 2od is #ith you) A"" -ife and A"" Po#er) and ne(er again say' 7I fear'7 $ut a"#ays' 7I trust' $ecause 3I &no# in #hom I ha(e $e"ie(ed'3 7 :IRE9T PRA9TI9E 6OR PRO1PERITY! 1UPPO1E that you are doing a mai" order $usiness and sending out cards to the #ho"e country! Ta&e the cards into your hands' or sim "y thin& of them and dec"are into the on"y 8ind that they #i"" accom "ish that for #hich they are sent out) &no# that e(ery #ord #ritten on them is truth and carries its o#n con(iction #ith it) see them each reaching that "ace #here it #i"" $e recei(ed #ith g"adness and read #ith interest) dec"are this to $e so no#) fee" it to $e the truth) menta""y assert that each card #i"" find its #ay to the exact "ace #here it #i"" $e #anted and #here it #i"" $enefit the recei(er) fee" that each card is cared for $y the 1 irit) that it is a messenger of truth and o#er and that it #i"" carry con(iction and rea"i;ation #ith it! %hen the #ord is s o&en a"#ays fee" that 8ind at once ta&es it u and ne(er fai"s to act u on it! Our "ace in the creati(e order is to &no# this and to $e #i""ing to do a"" that #e can #ithout hurry or #orry' and' a$o(e a"" e"se' to trust a$so"ute"y in the 1 irit to do the rest! He #ho sees most c"ear"y and $e"ie(es most im "icit"y #i"" ma&e the greatest demonstration! This one shou"d $e you' and #i"" $e you as soon as the fa"se thought is gone and the rea"i;ation that there is one o#er and the one resence comes! %e are #ra ed in Infinite -o(e and Inte""igence and #e shou"d co(er ourse"(es #ith it and c"aim its rotection from a"" e(i"! :ec"are that your #ord is the

resence and the acti(ity of the Po#er of a"" that is and #ait for the erfect conce t to unfo"d! RA9E 9ON19IOU1NE11 ONE of the things #hich great"y hinders us from demonstrating a greater degree of ros erity #e may ca"" race thought or race consciousness! This is the resu"t of a"" that the race has thought or $e"ie(ed! %e are immersed in it' and those #ho are rece ti(e to it are contro""ed $y it! A"" thought see&s ex ression a"ong the "ines of "east resistance! %hen #e $ecome negati(e or fearfu" #e attract that &ind of thought and condition! %e must $e sure ourse"(es) #e must $e ositi(e) #e must not $e aggressi(e' $ut a$so"ute"y sure and oised #ithin! Negati(e eo "e are a"#ays ic&ing u negati(e conditions) they get into trou$"e easi"y! Persons #ho are ositi(e dra# ositi(e things) they are a"#ays successfu"! 6e# eo "e rea"i;e that the "a# of thought is the great rea"ity) that thoughts roduce things! %hen #e come to understand this o#er of thought' #e #i"" carefu""y #atch our thin&ing to see that no thought enters that #e shou"d not #ant made into a thing! %e can guard our minds $y &no#ing that no negati(e thought can enter) #e can dai"y ractice $y saying that no race thought of "imitation can enter the mind) that 1 irit forms itse"f around us and rotects us from a"" fear and from a"" "imitation! -et us c"othe ourse"(es in the great rea"i;ation that a"" o#er is ours and that nothing e"se can enter) "et us fi"" the atmos here of our homes and "ace of $usiness #ith streams of ositi(e thought! Other eo "e #i"" fee" this and #i"" "i&e to $e near us and enter into the things that #e enter into ! In this #ay #e sha"" $e continua""y dra#ing the $est! :E<E-OPIN2 INTUITION I6 a erson a"#ays "i(ed near to mind he #ou"d ne(er ma&e any great mista&es! some seem to ha(e the facu"ty of a"#ays &no#ing 5ust #hat is $est to do) they a"#ays succeed $ecause they a(oid ma&ing errors! %e can a"" so train ourse"(es that #e #i"" $e guided $y the 1u reme 8ind of the Uni(erse) $ut #e can ne(er do this unti" #e $e"ie(e that #e can recei(e direct from the source of a"" &no#"edge! This is done $y sitting in the si"ence and &no#ing that 1 irit is in#ard"y directing us! %e shou"d try to fee" that our thought is $eing ermeated $y the thought of the 1 irit! %e shou"d ex ect it to direct $ut shou"d ne(er $ecome discouraged if at once a direct im ression is not recei(ed! The #or& is going on e(en if it is not seen or e(en fe"t! Thought is forming in our mind and in time #i"" come forth as an idea! %he the idea does come a"#ays trust in it e(en though it may not seem to $e quite as #e had ex ected! The first im ressions are usua""y the most direct and the c"earest) they are genera""y direct from the 8ind of the Uni(erse and shou"d $e carefu""y #or&ed out into ex ression! %e dec"are as #e sit in the si"ence that 1 irit of &no#"edge is ma&ing &no#n #ithin us 5ust #hat #e shou"d do) that it is te""ing us 5ust #hat to say or #here to go! Ha(e a$so"ute re"iance on this as it is one of the most im ortant things to do! %e shou"d a"#ays get that inner assurance $efore underta&ing any ne# enter rise) $eing sure that #e ha(e rea""y ut the #ho"e thing into the hands of "ife and that a"" that #e ha(e to do is to #or& it out in the outer! %e sha"" "earn to a(oid mista&es #hen #e "earn to $e directed $y that inner

(oice that ne(er ma&es mista&es! %e shou"d dec"are in the si"ence that inte""igence is guiding us and it #i"" do so! PRE1EN9E O6 A9TI<ITY! 1UPPO1E that your "ace of $usiness does not seem to manifest any acti(ity) that is su ose that customers do not come! To the erson in the $usiness #or"d the resence of customers genera""y means acti(ity! 1u ose that you ha(e come to $e"ie(e that the rinci "e #i"" #or& in the sma""est as #e"" as in the greatest things! %hat you #ant no# is a greater acti(ity! Ho# are you going to see acti(ity #hen there is none0 Here is a great question in Truth! 8ust #e o(er"oo& that #hich #e see' and that #hich #e ha(e ex erienced0 Yes' a$so"ute"y) there is no other #ay! If #e &ee on seeing the thing as it a ears #e #i"" ne(er $e a$"e to change its a earance! %hat #e must do' then' in s ite of the seeming inacti(ity' is sti"" to &no# and menta""y to see and dec"are that #e are in the midst of acti(ity! 6ee" this to $e true) menta""y see the "ace cro#ded) &no# that it is ac&ed fu"" of customers a"" the time) dec"are that your #ord dra#s them in) ha(e no sense of strain a$out it #hate(er) sim "y &no# #hat you are dea"ing #ith the on"y o#er that there is) it #i"" #or&) it must #or&! Rea"i;e #hen you ha(e s o&en the #ord that a greater o#er has ta&en it u and that it is $eing esta$"ished unto you! Ha(e no idea of "imitation) s ea& forth into mind #ith erfect trust! If you ha(e the a$i"ity menta""y to see the "ace fu""' com$ine this #ith the #ord' and dai"y (isua"i;e it as $eing fi""ed! A"#ays com$ine faith in the higher o#er #ith a"" that you do) fee" that you are $eing es ecia""y "oo&ed after! This is true! %hen a sou" turns to the Uni(erse of unmanifest "ife' at the same time It turns to#ard him! 4esus to"d this in the story of the Prodiga" 1on) the 6ather sa# him afar off! A"#ays there is that in#ard turning to us of the Parent 8ind #hen to It and "ace ourse"(es in c"oser contact #ith -ife! %e must &ee our mind c"ear so that #hen the 1 irit $rings the gift #e #i"" $e o en to recei(e it! E(en 2od cannot force things u on us! %e must recei(e e(en $efore #e see! "For the feeble hands and helpless Groping blindly in the darkness Touch God s right hand in that darkness! "nd are lifted up and strengthened!" A"#ays #hen #e $e"ie(e' #e #i"" ha(e that $e"ief honored of the 1 irit of -ife! 8enta""y seein 5ust #hat #e #ant) sti"" seeing e(en though the hea(ens fa""' #e sha"" succeed in ro(ing that the "a# of "ife is the "a# of "i$erty! 2od made man to ha(e a"" that the Uni(erse contained and then "eft him a"one to disco(er his o#n nature! 1to a"" stri(ing and a"" strugg"e and #ithin your o#n sou" &no# the truth and trust a$so"ute"y in it! :ai"y dec"are that you are $eing guided and rotected and that the o#er of the 1 irit is $ringing it to ass' and #ait in erfect eace and confidence! 1uch an attitude of mind #i"" o(er+ come anything and #i"" ro(e that s iritua" thought force is the on"y rea" o#er in the Uni(erse! :RA%IN2 YOUR O%N TO YOU

1UPPO1E that you #ish to dra# friends and com anions to you) that you #ish to en"arge your circ"e of friendshi s! This' too can a"" $e #or&ed out $y "a#' for e(ery thing can $e #or&ed out $y the same "a#' the reason $eing that a"" is One and that the One $ecomes the many in ex ression! There are too many eo "e in the #or"d #ho are "onesome $ecause they ha(e a sense of se aration from eo "e! The thing to do is not to try to unify #ith eo "e $ut #ith the Princi "e of -ife $ehind a"" eo "e and things! This is #or&ing from the center and not the circumference) in this One 8ind are the minds of a"" eo "e ! %hen you unite your thought #ith the #ho"e you #i"" $e united #ith the arts of the #ho"e! The first thing to do' then' is to rea"i;e that -ife is your friend and com anion) fee" the di(ine com anionshi ) fee" that you are one #ith a"" "ife) dec"are that' as this thought a#a&ens #ithin your mind' so does it a#a&en #ithin the mind of the #ho"e race) fee" that the #or"d is $eing dra#n to you) "o(e the #or"d and e(eryone #ho is in it) inc"ude a""' if you #ou"d $e inc"uded in a""! The #or"d see&s strength) $e strong! The #or"d "o(es "o(e) em$ody it) see the good in a"" eo "e) "et go of a"" e"se! Peo "e #i"" fee" your "o(e and #i"" $e dra#n to it! -o(e is the greatest o#er in the Uni(erse) it is at the $ase of a"" e"se) it is the cause of that is! 6ee" your "o(e to $e "i&e a great "ight "ighting the ath#ay of the #ho"e #or"d) it #i"" come $ac& to you $ringing so many friends that there #i"" not $e enough time to en5oy them a""! /ecome a rea" friend and you #i"" ha(e many friends! /e sufficent unto yourse"f and at the same time inc"ude a"" e"se' and eo "e #i"" fee" your strength and #i"" ha(e a desire to come into the radiance of it! Ne(er $ecome unha y or mor$id) a"#ays $e cheerfu" and radiate good nature and ha iness) ne(er "oo& de ressed or do#n in the mouth the #or"d is attracted to the strongest center of cheer and good fe""o#shi ! Ne(er a""o# your fee"ings to $e hurt! No one #ants to hurt you' and none cou"d' e(en though they did #ant to) you are a$o(e a"" that! %here(er you go &no# that the 1 irit of Truth goes $efore and re ares the #ay' $ringing to you e(ery friend and inf"uence that #i"" $e necessary for your comfort and #e"" $eing! this is no se"fishness $ut good sense and #i"" sure"y $ring to you a har(est of friends and com anions! :ec"are unto 8ind that you are no# "in&ed #ith a"" eo "e and a"" eo "e are "in&ed #ith you) see yourse"f surrounded #ith hosts of friends) menta""y fee" their resence and re5oice that a"" good is yours no#! :o this no matter #hat seems to ha en' and it #i"" not $e "ong $efore you meet #onderfu" friends and #i"" $rought into touch #ith the great of the #or"d! THE 6INA- %OR:! IN the "ast anya"ysis' man is 5ust #hat he thin&s himse"f to $e) he is $ig in ca acity if he thin&s $ig thoughts) he is sma"" if he thin&s sma"" thoughts! He #i"" attract to himse"f #hat he thin&s most a$out! He can go(ern his o#n destiny #hen he "earns to contro" his thoughts! In order to do this he must first rea"i;e that e(erything in the manifest uni(erse is the resu"t of some inner acti(ity of 8ind! This 8ind is 2od' roducing a uni(erse $y the acti(ity of His o#n di(ine thoughts) man is in this 8ind as a thin&ing center' and #hat he thin&s go(erns his "ife' e(en as 2od3s thoughts go(ern the Uni(erse' $y setting in motion a"" the cosmic acti(ities! This is so easy to understand' and so "ain as to use that #e often #onder #hy #e ha(e $een so "ong in finding out this' the greatest of a"" truths of a"" the ages! /e"ie(ing) thin&ing #hat is $e"ie(ed to $e true) thin&ing into 8ind each day that #hich is #ished to $e returned) e"iminating negati(e thoughts) ho"ding a"" ositi(e

thoughts) gi(ing than&s to the 1 irit of -ife that it is so trusting a"#ays in the higher "a#) ne(er arguing #ith one3s se"f or #ith others) using) these are the ste s #hich' #hen fo""o#ed' #i"" $ring us to #here #e sha"" not ha(e to as& if it $e true' for' ha(ing demonstrated' #e sha"" &no#! The seed that fa""s into the ground sha"" $ear fruit of its o#n &ind) and nothing sha"" hinder it! 7He that hath ears to hear' "et him hear!7 THE EN: