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"The Optimist Creed," is quoted from Science of Mind 71 (June 1998):

Christian D. Larson

Promise Yourself

To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.

To talk health, happiness, and prosperity to every person you meet.

To make all your friends feel that there is something worthwhile in them.

To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true.

To think only of the best, to work only for the best and to expect only the best.

To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own.

To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the
future.

To wear a cheerful expression at all times and give a smile to every living creature
you meet.

To give so much time to improving yourself that you have no time to criticize others.

To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy to
permit the presence of trouble.

To think well of yourself and to proclaim this fact to the world, not in loud word, but
in great deeds.
To live in the faith that the whole world is on your side, so long as you are true to the
best that is in you.

Christian D. Larson was an important New Thought leader in his own

right and in influencing the founder of one of the major branches of
New Thought, Religious Science, which also is known as Science of
Mind. New Thought has influenced many, such as Norman Vincent
Peale and numerous other inspirational, self-help writers far beyond
the bounds of New Thought in its organizational forms.

"Follow the light of the spirit in all things and depend upon God in all things, choose
the living Christ as the pattern in all things and depend upon God in all things Do not
seek the truth; seek the spirit of truth The spirit leads into all truth. To know the truth
is to know the way.To be guided by the spirit into all truth is to walk in the light of the
spirit all the way and the way of light leads into the kingdom of eternal life. Follow
the words of the Christ until the spirit is found; then follow the spirit into the greater
life of the Christ. Keep the eye single upon that light that is revealed through the
spiritual vision of the soul. Where that light is shining there is the gate; beyond is the
way that leads unto life, and all who are in the spirit shall find it even now" -- Christian
D. Larson, THE PATHWAY OF ROSES

CREDO DEL OPTIMISTA

Este credo ha sido publicado por primera vez en 1912 por Christian D. Larson, por ello lo
comparto por ser de muy buena vibra, ademas cuando tengas una ideas inspirada siguela, eso es
lo que he ido aprendiendo en este corto tiempo por ello lo trasmito, se que les gustara.

Promtete a ti mismo
Ser tan fuerte que nada pueda
perturbar tu paz interior

Hablar de salud, felicidad y prosperidad

con cada persona con la que conozcas

Lograr que todos tus amigos sientan que hay algo valioso en ellos.

Mirar el lado luminoso de todas las cosas y hacer

que tu optimismo se convierta en realidad.
Pensar slo sobre lo mejor, trabajar
slo para lo mejor y esperar slo lo mejor.

Ser tan entusiasta acerca del triunfo de otros

como el del propio.

Olvidar los errores del pasado

y concentrarte en
los grandes logros del futuro.

Tener siempre un semblante alegre

y dar una sonrisa a cada criatura viviente
con la que te encuentres.

Invertir tanto tiempo en tu mejoramiento

que no tengas tiempo para criticar a los dems.

Ser muy grande para lamentarte,

Muy noble para enojarte y muy feliz para preocuparte

Pensar bien de ti mismo proclamarlo al mundo, no en voz alta pero s con hechos concretos.

Vivir en la fe de que todo el mundo est de tu lado mientras seas fiel a lo mejor que hay en ti
mismo

~ El Credo para Optimistas ~

1. Prometo que me volver tan fuerte que nada podr alterar mi calma
interior. Pondr mi fe en una gran altura y depender de mis propias
habilidades internas para superar cualquier montaa.

2. Prometo que hablar sobre buena salud, felicidad y prosperidad con

toda persona que conozca, evitando los comentarios negativos y slo ver
el lado positivo de cualquier asunto, no chismorrear y hablar slo de los
aspectos felices de las noticias de cada da.

3. Prometo hacer que todos mis amigos sientan que hay algo
importante y reconfortante dentro de ellos. Les dar valor y coraje,
permitindoles compartir mi nuevo optimismo.

4. Ver el lado brillante de todo lo que mire y escuche. Evaluar toda

situacin desde el punto de vista de lo bueno, no de lo malo. Me alejar de
 los que predicen el mal y los derrotistas. Me voltear ante la nube negra y
encontrar la lnea de oro.

5. Prometo que pensar slo en lo mejor, trabajar para cumplir slo lo

mejor y esperar slo lo mejor, porque yo me merezco slo lo mejor.

6. Prometo ser tan entusiasta ante el xito de los dems como lo soy
con el mo propio. Celebrar las alegras de mis amigos con el mismo fervor
que pongo para confortarlos en sus penas.

7. Prometo que olvidar los errores del pasado y presionar en los

grandes logros del futuro, cerrar la puerta del ayer, trabajar
positivamente a travs del ahora y me anticipar con entusiasmo a las
alegras del maana.

8. Prometo que tratar de mirar siempre amistosamente, dedicando

una sonrisa a cualquier criatura viviente que encuentre. Pronto tendr
un gran cmulo de sonrisas detrs de m.

9. Prometo que pasar tanto tiempo mejorndome a mi mismo que no

tendr tiempo para criticar a los dems.

10.Prometo que ser demasiado grande para preocuparme, demasiado

noble para enojarme, demasiado fuerte para temer y demasiado feliz
para permitir la presencia de problemas. Decidir brillar de ahora en
adelante con un nuevo optimismo y espritu positivo. No importa lo difcil que
algo sea, s que puedo hacerlo, nada es imposible para m!

"Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for
granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider.
Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few
to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only
in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be
read wholly, and with diligence and attention."
~ Francis Bacon
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7 Steps to Think Like a Genius

At this very moment, you are holding unbound potential. You hold within
your possession the most powerful learning and creative problem-solving
system known to man, far superior to any supercomputer ever invented.
It is your brain.

There are 100 billion neurons in your 3-pound brain.

By its very design, the human brain stores vast potential for memory,
learning, and creativity. However, your capacity for learning and
achievement must be unlocked. Although everyone holds this incredible
power, the brain does not give of its powers away freely.

Geniuses of this world have successfully tapped into this unlimited

power, including Einstein, Galileo, Newton, and Mozart.

Within the rest of this article, we will turn to these same revolutionary
minds in order to unlock the genius that is hiding in the tapestry of our
own minds.

God didnt give us formal instruction manuals for our brain. Therefore,
we must explore the power of thought on our own. Let this article be
your guide.

1. The first step is to expand your consciousness as

well as your perspectives.

The genius mind will look at a problem from many different perspectives.
They are literally able to place themselves completely in someone elses
shoes in order to experience a new way of looking at things. By doing
this, they expand their knowledge and consciousness of the world
around them.

Look at problems from a variety of different perspectives. Most people only rely on their
own perspective, and therefore always have a very narrow view of the world.

Leonardo da Vinci believed that, to gain knowledge about the form of a problem, you must
begin by learning how to restructure it in many different ways. He believed that the first
way you look at a problem is entirely too biased. You are only seeing the problem from one
perspective: yours.

You can find new solutions to the problem by looking at it from a variety of different
perspectives. According to Einstein, You cannot solve a problem with the same type of
thinking that is creating it.

Einstein insisted that the secret of his genius was his ability to look at problems in a
childlike, imaginative way.

To expand his view of the world, Einstein developed a mastermind group that he called the
Olympiad. This group held intensive discussions on topics ranging from mathematics and
physics to philosophy and literature.
These forums provided the stimulus needed for higher-level thinking and were often
combine with camping trips involving hiking, swimming, and a good dose of humor.

The genius lives at a high level of consciousness about the world around them. They are
receptive to new ideas, which provide them with even greater opportunity. The person who
clings to their comfort zone is living in a low level of consciousness. Their experiences each
day are often a repetition of the previous day.

You reach a higher level of consciousness when you reach new levels of understanding,
experience a major growth experience, or embrace new ways of thinking.

When you were eight years old, you had a different view of the world than you do today.
This is because you are now living in a higher consciousness/awareness of the world around
you. You must constantly seek to expand your awareness if you want to grow.

Your consciousness determines how you experience life.

To expand your awareness, you must consistently seek opportunities for growth. Look for
new relationships. Expand your knowledge. Step out of your comfort zone. Experience life to
the fullest.

2. Once you have begun seeking your greatest aims in life, you must
also persist

The most successful people in life are the ones who are the most persistent. Interestingly,
enough the most successful people in life are also the ones who have experienced the most
failure.

The rest are too afraid to try and therefore never experience success or failure.

In fact, I would argue that failure is the quickest path to success. The greatest success is
always preceded by a long list of failures.

Think of Thomas Edison, who after 10,000 attempts at creating the electric lightbulb, said,
I have not failed. Ive just found 10,000 ways that wont work.

Failure is a prerequisite for success; embrace it as a learning experience that brings you one
step closer to your ultimate goal.

To truly be great, you must not be afraid of failing.

The leaders in life dont fear failure. Like most, you probably learned in elementary school
about the accomplishments of Christopher Columbus. However, you probably dont know
that the likely result of his journey was humiliation, financial ruin, or even death. He was
making a journey, which most people believed would cause him to fall off the edge of the
Earth.

All previous efforts to cross the Atlantic had been made by sailors who clung to the
European coast in order to ensure a means of return. Columbus, however, sailed
perpendicular to the shoreline. He was venturing into the unknown, without knowing what,
if anything, lay ahead.

In the end, it turned out that Columbus, was, in fact, a visionary genius.

Even after six weeks at sea with no sight of land, he maintained unwavering belief in his
goal. Most people would have given up at this point, but Columbus kept going. This was one
of the most important factors in determining his success.

Most of what people refer to as failure is simply a lack of persistence.

How many times do we hug the coastline in our own lives, latching onto the familiar?
Growth is always preceded by change. For us to improve and grow, we must embrace
change and constantly step out of our old familiar comfort zones. When we do, we will find
that we begin to live a life full of adventure and increased opportunity.

3. The third step to thinking like a genius is to Visualize!

Albert Einstein, Leonardo da Vinci, Walt Disney, Nikola Tesla, and even Mozart all ascribed
their creative genius to their ability to visualize.

Einstein said that all of his most important and productive thinking was done by
combinatory play with images in his mind. Einstein used images, visual patterns and
associations to discover more about the world around him.

Einstein believed that the spirit of learning and creative thought were lost in strict rote
learning. Instead, he turned to his own imagination and visualization.

Visualization is an incredibly powerful tool in solving problems. Often times much more
powerful that simply using words or numbers.

Visual thinking is done in the right side of the brain, presenting new problem solving and
big-picture thinking. Visualization goes hand in hand with our next genius principle

4. Imagination

Einstein was well acquainted with the childlike sense of play, possibility, and humor. His
ability to remain in a childlike state of wonder and curiosity is the essence of his genius.

Dr. Jacques Hadmard spent much of his life studying the thought processes of great
scientists and mathematicians. He found that their thinking process was characterized not
by words or standard mathematical symbols, but instead by visual imagery.

The same was true for Einstein, who said, The words of the language, as they are written
or spoken, do not seem to play any role in my mechanisms of thought.

He also wrote that his thought processes instead rely, more or less, on clear images of a
visual and some of a muscular type.
These few sentences give us a rare insight into one of the greatest minds. Einstein teaches
us the importance of thinking visually.

Dr. Marian Diamond and her colleagues at the University of California at Berkeley published
a paper entitled On the Brain of a Scientist: Albert Einstein. Their research showed that
Einsteins brain contained 400 percent more glial cells per neuron than average. They also
found that his brain was especially well developed in the area of the brain used for
association.

However, we will never know whether Einsteins brain was highly developed as a result of his
thought processes and stimulating environment or from an extraordinary neuro-anatomical
gift?

Much of our brainpower is due to the interconnection between brain cells. We know now that
these interconnections - glial cells, dendrites, axons, and synapses - can continue to
increase in number throughout the course of an individuals life.

Dr. Diamonds research suggests that combinatory play and a stimulus-rich environment are
two of the keys to increasing the minds to make these internal connections within the mind
from which genius is born.

Much of Einsteins creativity was found in his ability to make unfamiliar and unexpected
relationships.

Einstein coined the term, combinatory play. Although it had always existed, Einstein used
this powerful way of thinking in his daily thought processes.

According to Einstein, combinatory play is sifting through data, perceptions, and materials
to come up with combinations that are new and useful.

Einstein himself believed that you could stimulate ingenious thought by allowing the
imagination to run freely, forming associations at will.

Einstein also performed whats referred to as thought experiments.

As a young man, Einstein imagined himself running alongside a beam of light. He then
asked himself what it would look like. This was one of his first thought experiments.

A thought experiment is carried out in the mind. It requires you to ask yourself a question.
You then visualize a situation and perform some kind of experimental action and see what
happens. These types of thought experiments provide a method for understanding nature
without performing a direct experiment on it.

Try this out in your own life by asking yourself the following questions:

What would happen if we found a way to use 100% of our brain potential?

What are the possible solutions to world hunger?

How would Albert Einstein, Leonardo da Vinci, or Newton approach this problem?
 What if I could hold infinity in the palm of my hand? (This has
been a popular thought question among poets as well as
quantum physicists.)

5. The next key, and one of the most important

elements, to genius thinking is that of curiosity: the
courage to ask questions.

Why do kids ask so many questions? They are naturally curious about
the world around them. They discover the world through questioning
others as well as themselves. In the process, they are creating neuro-
associations that will guide their futures.

As we grow older, however, we become passive to the world around us.

We stop asking questions, lose our much of our curiosity, and the
learning comes to a screeching halt.

Without questions, we cannot grow.

Albert Einstein once said,

The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own
reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he
contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous
structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a
little of the mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity.

Socrates, Aristotle and Plato were some of the first great minds to
develop the importance of questions. The entire Socratic method, which
is a way of teaching that dates back to the Ancient Greeks, is based
upon the teacher asking nothing but questions. These questions direct the students focus,
enabling them to discover their own answers to lifes questions.

Successful people are simply those who have asked better questions. Instead of asking,
How will I ever get out of debt? They asked themselves, How can I learn from this
experience?

When computers were still taking up entire rooms, Bill Gates asked himself, How can I get
a computer in every household?

When the automobile first emerged on the scene, hundreds of people started to build them,
but Henry Ford asked, How can I mass-produce them?

As a young boy, Albert Einstein asked himself, What would it be like to run beside a light
beam at the speed of light?

Plato believed that skilled questions could lead not only to the discovery of geometry,
science, and philosophy, but also to the realization of virtue, justice, beauty and truth.
Start to ask yourself and others empowering questions. Develop an unbound curiosity.
Practice wonder.

6. You become what you think about.

Pay close attention now as we come upon the sixth principle that leads to genius. It is the
Law of Attraction, which says you become what you think about.

The Law of Attraction says that what you think about, you bring about. Therefore, you
become what you think about most. In addition, you also attract what you think about most.

In other words, Thoughts Become Things.

Your life is a physical manifestation of the thoughts that go on in your head.

Michael Jordan focused on perfecting every aspect of his game. This definite desire turned
his weaknesses into strengths and made him one of the greatest leaders in basketball.

Wrigley concentrated his mind on the production and sale of a five-cent package of chewing
gum and turned this one idea in to millions of dollars.

Edwin C. Barnes had a burning desire to go into business with Thomas Edison. He focused
himself completely on this desire until it finally came to fruiting and he retired, while still a
young man, with more money than he needs.

Lincoln concentrated his mind on freeing the slaves and became our greatest American
President while doing it. Gillette concentrated on a safety razor, gave the entire world a
close shave and made himself a multimillionaire.

George Eastman concentrated on the Kodak and made the idea yield him a fortune while
bringing much pleasure to millions of people.

The Wright Brothers concentrated on the airplane and mastered the air.

Bill Gates concentrated on the personal computer, now a PC is found in nearly every home
to help educate, entertain and enrich peoples lives.

All of these people were well adept in the Law of Attraction.

There is evidence that the law of attraction was also used by Einstein, Beethoven, and even
Jesus. This same power is available to you. In fact, you are experiencing the Law of
Attraction at this very moment whether you know it or not. This is because the law of
attraction is always at work. Your life experience is in line with the thoughts that reside in
your mind.

You create your own reality. What you think about, you bring about. What you emotionalize
in thought, you bring about in reality.
Recent research is in support of this law. For example, research on optimism has shown that
optimists enjoy better health, greater happiness, more success in life, and a longer life. The
optimist focuses on success and minimizes their failures.

Pessimists, on the other hand, experience far more disease, depression, and a shorter life
span.

What you focus on with thought and feeling is what you attract into your life.

The genius exercises this same law in their everyday life. The genius expects success and
puts complete faith in their goal. They expect more out of life and therefore, they receive it.

You can do the same. Expect success and persist until you have found it.

7. The last and final step in thinking like a genius is to Have Fun!

No person has achieved massive success by doing what they hate. Pablo Picasso once said,
When I work I relax; doing nothing or entertaining visitors makes me tired.

In addition, Dale Carnegie said, People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they
are doing.

The most successful people in life find work that inspires and excites them.

Ill leave you with a fitting poem Christain D. Larson:

When you work simply for yourself or for your own personal gain your mind will seldom rise
above the limitations of the undeveloped personal life; but when you are inspired by some
great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break bounds; your mind
transcends limitations; your consciousness expands in every direction; and you find yourself
in a new world, a great world, a wonderful world; dormant powers, faculties and talents
become alive, and you discover yourself to be a larger man by far than you ever dreamed
yourself to be. -- Christian D. Larson, Business Psychology, 1912

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