!go Thunk Yourself

Use the
Go Thunk Yourself
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Discover Your Path to Personal Freedom.
Dr. Robert C. orstell
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Table of Contents
Book One: Ageless Secrets that made Bestselling Authors.............. 1
6art 7 8 9o! to 2.hun-5 /ourself....................................................... 2
6art 77 8 .he :riginal #tudy.............................................................. $0%
Book Two: Thinking at Internet Speed........................................ 133
7ntroduction......................................................................................... $;<
6art 7 8 9o! to 2.hun-5................................................................... $;%
6art 77 8 ="plaining the >our?Way 2.hun-s5................................ $6<
6art 777 8 What Can We +o With All .his@.................................... 20$
Book Three: Change your ind! Change your "i#e..................... $1$
7ntroduction......................................................................................... 2$;
6art 7 8 Commitment and 21urning +esire5 to 7mprove ............ 2$6
6art 77 8 9o! the Aind Wor-s ........................................................ 22B
6art 777 ? 9o! to Re?program /ourself........................................... 2<;
6art 7C 8 6rayer * Aeditation .......................................................... 2<'
6art C7 8 .o Aa-e your +reams into Reality................................. 2B'
6art C77 8 6utting it All .ogether..................................................... 266
Book %our: &our 'oute to (ersonal %reedom.............................. $)*
7ntroduction......................................................................................... 2%$
.he 1ell Curve and Real )ife............................................................. 2%;
>our #teps to Create /our World..................................................... 2%%
)ife is =DAC.)/ What /ou 7magine it to 1e............................... 2&%
>eelings +reams and 6atterns......................................................... 2';
9o! to Avoid .!o Culture >iends.................................................. 2'6
=ating your o!n +og >ood............................................................... ;02
Why these three authors@................................................................... ;06
Where 9una ta-es off......................................................................... ;$0
Addendum: A Commentary on +aanel,s aster -ey System...... 31)
Bi.liography.................................................................................. /*0
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A.out the Author........................................................................... /13
Additional Books %rom this Author:............................................. /1/
ore 'esources %rom this Author:............................................... /11
Books in the 2o Thunk &oursel# 'e#erence "i.rary:.................... /13
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"ook #ne$ %&eless 'ecrets that made
"estsellin& %uthors
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Part ( ) *o+ to ,Thunk- Yourself...
(ntroduction
God helps them who help themselves.
Benjamin Franklin The Way to Wealth
)earning ho! to 2thun-5 is 0uite simple. 7n fact you do it all the
time 8 itEs a native function. What 7 cover here is the -ey secrets of self?
help that all bestselling authors agree on. :nce youEve studied this boo-
youEll see ho! all the rest of the bestselling self?help boo-s simply tell
you different parts of the same scene. 7n other !ords they are selling you
Fust a fe! points of 2thun-ing5 !hich people do natively any!ay.
.hrough this boo- 7Ell give you the -ey $< points of self?help 2thun-ing5
so that you can use these age?old techni0ues and improve your life.
#o !hy did 7 need to !rite a boo- and !hy do you need to read
it@ 1ecause all these guys tell you bits and pieces of the same current of
thought. .hey all have the same system but no one has put it into one
single place before. Aost of this is common sense but unless you -no!
the !hole scene you donEt get the complete result.
1ut your result is up to you. Nothing is achieved !ithout
investmentG there are no free rides free lunches or lottery !innings
!ithout something being done or given in advance or in return. Another
phrase time?!orn, /ou get out !hat you put into it. #o this boo-
guarantees nothing. Results !ill vary from person to person Fust as hair
eye and s-in color arenEt perfectly identical in any t!o people even t!ins.
.his boo- only gives you an option to do something about anything you
!ould li-e to improve in your life from an e"treme of getting
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outrageously !ealthy to simply getting along better !ith a loved one or
an enemy.
6eople !ho !ant to change something in their lives !ill find
some !ay to do it. .his boo- is nothing but an introduction into the vast
field of self?help or self?improvement. 7t became necessary to !rite this
boo- after a study !as underta-en of several successful self?help boo-s
!ritten as far as 6 centuries apart. All of them !ere successful !hen first
published and are being reprinted and sold today some of them
hundreds of years after their authors died. .hat !as the criterion, they
had to be still in circulation or best sellers long after their authors died 8
sho!ing that people generally still found them useful and !or-able not
dependent on the personal magnetism of the author. .hen some best?
selling modern self?help boo-s !ere revie!ed as a cross?chec- of the
accuracy of these points. .he common points that each had !ere
summariHed and included in this te"t moderniHed and made simpler to
remember and use. .he boo- !as !ritten in a modern style to ma-e it
simpler to read and understand.
7 donEt have to tell you these !ill give you success. .hat the
maFority of these boo-s have been continual best?sellers for as many as
'0 years or more proves people have found them useful and applicable.
.here are hundreds of thousands if not untold millions of people !ho
have improved their lives or gotten prosperous from using these
principles many even before you or 7 !ere born. 7 really bring nothing
ne! to this !orld !ith this !riting only putting it all in one spot and
giving you a simple system to apply these to your lives. .his boo-Es
system of distilled principles !ill !or- as much as you put yourself
behind them and you !ill get out only in proportion to !hat you put in
to your study your application and your doggedness in seeing this
through.
As 7Eve said before this boo- is Fust a mere introduction to the
common system of self?help subFect as described by the referenced
authors. All the references 7Eve used to boil do!n these basic points to
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their system are listed in the appendi" at the bac- of this boo-. /ou can
and should read these yourself to further your o!n understanding and
ability in the areaIsJ youEve chosen to improve. All are available on the
7nternet in one form or another and many are still being actively
published today.
*o+ to &et the most out of this book.
.here are three commonly -no!n approaches to study,
$. #tudy !ith a purpose in mind 8 !hat are you
trying to get out of this boo-@ Why are you reading this
instead of !atching .C listening to music or doing your
home!or-@
2. +onEt go past anything that doesnEt ma-e sense.
While some things you have to accept on faith for the
moment !hile the author then gets on !ith e"plaining it
or giving e"amples !atch out for things li-e oddball
nomenclature or technical terms !hich loo- and sound
!eird to begin !ith. 1ut donEt let that thro! you off. /ou
can al!ays loo- up !hat the author said through a
dictionary and maybe a thesaurus and*or small
encyclopedia. .he important point is to understand !hat
the person is trying to say. 1ut if that author is simply
illogical or inane then do your o!n research. Aaybe
some points have some sense to them but the !riter
came up !ith an nonsense conclusion. As !ell a reader
or author can !ords in the !rong usage or describe
something inaccurately. )oo- youEre the reader 8 in the
final analysis it has to ma-e sense to you. .hat applies to
this boo- or any other.
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;. Aa-e sure you can apply it as you go. While some
te"tboo-s Iand professorsJ ma-e their readers s!allo! a
huge amount of theory before they get to Iif they ever doJ
some real use you can put this stuff to itEs often best to
!or- out e"amples for yourself as you read. .his -eeps it
in the real category not the 27Ell probably never use this
any!ay5 bac-?burner section of your mind. #o if you get
to a point !here you canEt actually put it to any use go
bac- over the earlier sections to see !here it 0uit ma-ing
sense sort that out and then come for!ard. /ou might
have to s-etch it out or ma-e some notes for yourself to
do this sorting. As has been noted by various education
and self?help professionals doing is the best !ay to learn
8 in addition to reading or studying.
+ale Carnegie also boiled it do!n 0uite simply at the beginning
of one of his 6ublic #pea-ing boo-s,
In order to get the most out o this !ook and to get it with rapidity
and dispat"h# do these our things$
a. %tart with a strong and persistent desire. . . .
!. &repare. . . .
". '"t "onident. (To eel !rave#( advises &roessor William )ames#
(a"t as i we were !rave# use all o our will to that end# and a "ourage it will
very likely repla"e the it o ear. (
d. &ra"ti"e.
.hese apply to learning about self?help in more !ays than you
can imagine. A great deal of these applications !ill be e"plained or
pointed out as !e go through this boo-. 1ut the above advice also
applies to many different in?life situations such as learning to drive a car
or ta-ing a college course.
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.he other point is that this boo- is not Fust read it and stash it.
.he best use for this boo- is to,
1. Read one chapter a day plus any relevant section of the
referenced authors for that day
$. +o the e"ercises each day
3. >inish the boo- by reading each chapter and summary
/. #tart over repeating $?;.
.he reason for this is that repetition enables you to be more sure
of being able to apply !hat youEve studied and also to see the results as
you go along. .he e"ercises are !ritten on a gradual slope of increasing
difficulty and improved ability. When you finish off the boo- and start
doing the first e"ercises again you no! !ill get much more out of the
e"ercises since you are coming bac- to them at a ne! higher level of
understanding and ability.
/ou can get also more out of this boo- by reading the other
authors listed !hile or after you read this boo-. 7Em not published by
these boo- publishers and most of the referenced authors have been
dead for some time Ie"cepting only oneJ so 7 donEt get a dime from
sending anyone their !ay. #imply this is an introductory boo- a
summation of !hat these other authors researched. 7tEs usually best to get
the original data from the original sources. .his boo- is Fust to tell you
!ho to loo- up on !hat subFect so you donEt have to burn needless
months and years of your o!n life !inding your !ay on false leads trying
to get out of the labyrinth.
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#elf?help is an evolving subFect. .here have been many changes
over the years and more !ill be coming. 9ere 7 hope you get a thorough
introduction to the heavy?!eights in the field and get !ell?started on
your o!n Fourney of self?improvement.
#o, 3ood luc-.
As the 7rish saying goes
*ay the road rise up to meet you on your journey.
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% reason to chan&e! somethin& to shoot for! &oal.
There are three types o people in this world$
those who make things happen#
those who wat"h things happen
and those who wonder what happened.
*ary +ay 'sh
1efore anything can change there needs to be a reason for
change. Nothing in this universe is unmotivated if only by the need for
entertainment or distraction from boredom.
7 ta-e it that you pic-ed up this boo- to get something out of it.
.here must then be something in your life that you !ould li-e to
improve upon.
+o you al!ays have enough spending money@ Are you successful
in life in every direction you attempt@ Are you happy constantly ma-ing
friends easily and forming many deep trusting relationships as a result@
Aaybe youEd simply li-e to -ic- a bad habit or get over a loss or
lose a fe! pounds.
All these things are possible to you providing you !ant to
change.
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Right no! !rite do!n in the margin of this boo- 8 or one of the
bac- pages or a separate page 8 e"actly !hat it is that you !ant to
change. /ou can al!ays modify this later or change it to something
entirely different if you !ant to. .hat is the premise of self?help, you can
change something about your life if you !ant to.
Aaybe as a result of this boo- youEll have such success !ith
improving that item that you !ant to go ahead and change something
else. With this boo- or the boo-s referenced in the bac- youEll certainly
be able to.
1ut it starts !ith deciding that something needs to be improved
and e"actly !hat that is. No! if you havenEt !ritten that something
do!n some!here do it no!.
.hereEs one caveat to -no! before starting this Fourney of self?
improvement,
&ou can,t get without gi4ing.
Kust as there is truly no free lunch or free beer so any idea that
Fust by reading a boo- you are going to get better !ithout doing
something yourself is a false one. )ife itself has the lesson that you get
out !hat you put in. .he more you !ant to !or- at something the better
you !ill get at it. Ausicians practice daily. #port stars practice daily.
Actors rehearse over and over even after they have memoriHed their
lines to perfection even though theyEve given the sho! time after time
for !ee-s. 6ractice ma-es perfect.
And so it is !ith any self?help or self?improvement activity. :ne
must ta-e personal responsibility for oneEs condition. .hrough this boo-
!eEll go over the theory and reality of !hy this is so. :ne could al!ays
sue a fast?food chain for oneEs condition but practically that !ill only get
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you money not any improved condition. 7f you !ant to lose !eight go
on a diet and stic- to a sensible plan of meals once you are do!n to the
!eight you !ant. 7f you !ant to gain !eight there are many programs
!hich !ill tell you to go to a gym and e"ercise plus eat more protein. 1ut
these changes only start !ith you ma-ing a conscious decision to do
something about your o!n condition.
/ou donEt have to have a dire condition or ta-e drastic
emergency actions to change it. 1ut you do have to realiHe that in order
to improve a condition you are personally going to have to ta-e
responsibility for handling it regardless of ho! you got that !ay. .hat is
al!ays the first step !hich follo!s from noticing that you have a
condition youEd li-e to change.
.hrough this boo- !eEll cover various e"ercises and techni0ues
you can use to do something about your chosen area to improve. While it
!ill be up to you to ma-e the changes !e !ill have already done the
home!or- to ma-e sure that the techni0ues have been uncovered and
point out additional resources you can study to find out more if you feel
you need to.
1ut youEll get out !hat you put into it. .hat is the only guarantee
!e can ma-e.
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Da. / ) 13ercises
.ry this 8
1. .a-e !hat you !rote do!n and put it on a card. No!
turn that card over and !rite that same phrase in the past tense,
instead of 27Ed li-e to have a ne! car5 !rite 27 have a ne! car. 5
6ut that card on your nightstand so you see it last thing at night
and first thing in the morning. 7f you can !rite another card and
ta-e it to !here you !or- so you can -eep this in mind in spare
moments during the day. IWeEll cover !hy youEre doing this later.
>or no! !e need to get the obFect you are trying to improve out
there in front of you so you can study the rest of this boo-.
$. #elect a room !here you can be alone and undisturbed.
#it in a comfortable chair erect 8 do not lounge. )et your
thoughts roam as they !ill but be perfectly still from $B minutes
to a half?hour. 6ractice in this daily !ill enable you to start
controlling your body its physical area.
3. Ne"t in the same chair be perfectly still but allo! the
muscles in the body to rela" along !ith every nerve until you feel
more 0uiet and restful. Aastering this !ill become easier as you
practice it enabling you to apply it !hile at !or- or at home
ma-ing life easier to appreciate and enFoy.
.hese e"ercises form the basis of a regular regimen !hich can
bring about much improved conditions in your life based entirely on
ho! much youEd li-e to change your life around. WeEll be adding to these
drills as !e go so realiHe that you have plenty of chance to practice at
them and get better 8 you donEt have to be perfect the first day.
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Aany of these e"ercises come from Charles >. 9aanelEs !or-
.he Aaster Ley #ystem. #ee the appendi" for this and other boo-s
!hich can help you !ith the self improvement you are loo-ing for. .his
boo- is the merest introduction to a very !ide and broad topic. .hese
e"ercises are culled from many sources 9aanel being a -ey one.
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You can think for .ourself.
*inds are like para"hutes,
they work !est when open.
- Thomas .ewar
9ereEs the choice in your life, thin- for yourself or thin- the !ay
someone else !ants you to. Ne!s media advertisers salespeople 8 these
all !ant to have you thin- their !ay or no !ay or at least thatEs the !ay
they sound and loo-. .his doesnEt mean theyEre right far from it. 1y
survey most people donEt really trust these people to do their thin-ing
for them.
1ut !ho is telling people to thin- for themselves or teach them
ho! to do it@ Certainly not the public schools and colleges !hich have
their o!n agenda through the boo-s teachers and administration. .hese
are far from impartial.
/et there comes a time in almost everyoneEs life !here a personal
situation sho!s up and some original thin-ing is re0uired. :r even in
retrospect one finds out Ior has is pointed out to him*herJ that a better
decision could have been made.
.he tric- here is to figure out !hen you are thin-ing and !hen
you are being made to thin-. .ry this,
.ry not to thin- of a pin- elephant.
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No! most people immediately have a pin- elephant sho! up or
some faint impression of one. .his is a ploy of advertising and ne!s
media schooling etc. through their 2subliminal advertising5 and
psychological study groups. =ven churches through their hired 6R firms
are advertising this !ay. .hey give you opinions and reactions !hich you
are supposed to spout bac- on cue. 7f they say buy a ne! car you go out
and mortgage the house or ma" out a credit card. 7f they say vote a
certain !ay or that certain social programs are good or bad then that is
supposed to be your opinion or reaction.
1ut this isnEt any!here near the truth. Closer to truth is that
many many people give up their po!er of decision to these sources out
of convenience safety loyalty even friendship. 6eople can still be loyal
safe and friends but retain their o!n po!er of decision and thought.
/ou can try this if you !ant,
Can you get an idea of a cat@
No! !ho thought of that cat@ .hatEs right 8 you. /ou can have
your o!n thoughts on Fust about anything. 6robably you can thin- your
o!n thoughts on anything. 7f not practice !ill ma-e it possible for you
to thin- about anything that you !ant to.
As !eEll cover later doing your o!n thin-ing is directly related to
changing your mind !hich can help you improve that condition you
!rote do!n on +ay $. 7Eve mean!hile included some e"ercises in todayEs
lesson !hich !ill help you improve your ability to thin- for yourself.
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Da. 4 ) 13ercises
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1. 3et five pieces of paper.
Write numbers or letters on each one Iyour choiceJ.
No! turn them all face do!n.
+ecide !hich one to turn up and turn that one up.
.hen decide !hich one is ne"t and turn that one up.
+o this for all the rest of them.
9ereEs the punchline, Who decided !hich one to turn up@
I/ou can do this as many times as you feel li-e it. J
$. =arlier !e had you practice sitting still and rela"ing.
No! !hile sitting rela"ed in a 0uiet room Fust loo- over the
thoughts that are coming through your mind. /ou donEt have to
do anything !ith them Fust see the variety of thoughts that are
happening.
3. Ne"t try thin-ing no thoughts. .his seems impossible
at first 8 you !ill only get better !ith practice at this. 6erhaps at
first youEll only be able to go seconds !ithout some other thought
cro!ding inG practice !ill lengthen this. .he reason for this is to
demonstrate to you that thoughts are controllable as !ell as to
practice getting them under control. 7Eve found that simply
listening to your o!n breathing or pulse or the sounds in the
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room 8 not thin-ing anything Fust listening 8 can help you
control these thoughts.
+o these for $B minutes or a half?hour preferably at the same
time and place daily. 7n our ne"t dayEs lesson and e"ercises !eEll add to
the s-ills youEve already started developing.
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% person can chan&e his o+n attitudes
*en a"/uire a parti"ular /uality !y "onstantly a"ting a parti"ular way. . .
you !e"ome just !y perorming just a"tions#
temperate !y perorming temperate a"tions#
!rave !y perorming !rave a"tions.
- 'ristotle
.his idea Aristotle refers to sho!s up preeminently in +ale
CarnegieEs boo- 9o! to +evelop #elf?Confidence and 7nfluence 6eople
by 6ublic #pea-ing. 9e mentions here that confidence as a spea-er can
be achieved by simply changing the actions one does and the emotion
!ill follo!. 9e 0uotes William Kames Ifrom his !or- .he 3ospel of
Rela"ationJ,
Action seems to follow feeling, but really action and
feeling go together; and by regulating the action, which
is under the more direct control of the will, we can
indirectly regulate the feeling, which is not.
Thus the soereign oluntary path to cheerfulness, if
our spontaneous cheerfulness be lost, is to sit up
cheerfully and to act and spea! as if cheerfulness were
already there. "f such conduct does not ma!e you feel
cheerful, nothing else on that occasion can.
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So, to feel brae, act as if we were brae, use all of our
will to that end, and a courage fit will ery li!ely replace
the fit of fear #.
Kames himself refers to contemporary scientists !ho had studied
this phenomenon. Aore recently many studies have been reported;
!hich have verified this to be correct in clinical studies and applied uses.
6eople !ho before !ere not even able to e"perience many emotions
!ere able to start rela"ing once they practiced smiling.
Norman Cousins in his boo- Anatomy of an 7llness describes
using humor as a means to overcome a degenerative disease !hich had
left him all but paralyHed and !ith only a fe! months to live. Not only
did he live but recovered full use of his body and returned to !or- for a
maFor Ne! /or- magaHine.
Ay o!n e"perience !ith this !as in using this datum of smiling
daily !hether 7 felt li-e it or not for over a year. .his !as as part of a
test of this datum as !ell as finding out that it !as a great deal more fun
at my Fob !hen 7 smiled and tried to cheer people up regardless of ho! 7
or they felt that day or at the time. At the end of that year 7 compared
notes and found that 7 !as more routinely cheerful and optimistic than 7
had felt the year before. 7t had become a habit of mine to be cheerful
optimistic and more outgoing. Where before this test started7 !as still a
bit shy reserved and sometimes moody. 7 had participated in no training
or counseling during that period so the results !ere simply as a result of
my self?enforced and practiced 2smiling routine. 5
.his single point is one of the fe! -ey building bloc-s of any self?
help. 7t is a method !here you can prove to yourself that any emotion
you are e"periencing can be brought under control and changed at !ill.
WeEll try it as part of our e"ercises today later so you can prove this to
yourself.
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.he mental state of a person !ill affect the decisions he*she
ma-es in life. >eelings of hopelessness !ill result in apathetic decisions to
do nothing about it and be a victim. >ear !ill prompt a person to simply
retreat from doing anything or ta-e the easiest less painful !ay out.
Anger might ma-e a person decide to attac- or criticiHe saying things
one might regret later on. .he interested even enthusiastic person !ill
decide in terms of the best solution that benefits the maFority concerned
8 he*she might even !or- out ho! to ma-e a profit off the deal4
Aany people have regretted some maFor decision in life and have
had this !orry them from that point on. Norman Cincent 6eale in his
best seller .he 6o!er of 6ositive .hin-ing has many chapters on ho! to
improve oneEs outloo- on life. 7n his chapter called 29o! to 1rea- the
Worry 9abit5 he suggests Fust before going to sleep at night to envision
the mind as a basin and draining all !orries by removing the stopper. 9e
recommends going through this process five times at night to improve
sleep.
As !ell he says to do this several times in the middle of the day.
9is boo- is an e"cellent one in this particular area of positive thin-ing
and 7 recommend it highly.
Another boo- !hich has been found by many to be very
effective in this area is by +ale Carnegie 9o! to Win >riends and
7nfluence 6eople. While he has many many points to cover he begins
the boo- by telling his readers that one of the most effective !ay to study
is by doing not simply being taught or reading. +oing is the !ay to really
learn something !ell. 7n one of his chapters he relates the value of a
smile,
$harles Schwab told me his smile had been worth a
million dollars. And he was probably understating the
truth. %or Schwab&s personality, his charm, his ability to
ma!e people li!e him, were almost wholly responsible
for his e'traordinary success; and one of the most
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delightful factors in his personality was his captiating
smile. #
WouldnEt you li-e to have such a financially re!arding smile@
6eople that are friendly to!ard you certainly are more favorable in
signing business deals.
1ut life in general can be much more delightful if it is actively
lead into a pleasant routine of smiling cheerfulness and delight in life
itself.
7f you find that you can change your attitude you !ill see that
you can change your o!n mind !hichever !ay you !ant to. .his !ill
become more important later on !hen !e bring in more advanced drills
and techni0ues.
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Da. 6 ) 13ercises
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1. #mile. Wal- around your home and simply smile at
everything. 7t !onEt be long before you start noticing nice things
about everything and everyone you smile at. 6robably youEll
0uic-ly find yourself having a more cheerful attitude to!ards
everything around you that the problems you may have donEt
seem so pressing. 6erhaps you might find better solutions than
those you have thought up so far. 6ractice smiling first thing in
the morning and after every meal. #ee ho! it ma-es you feel.
$. 7n your that room !ith the chair youEve been using sit
and rela" physically as you did in +ay one. No! Fust as you let go
physically let go mentally of adverse mental conditions such as
hatred anger !orry Fealousy envy sorro! trouble or
disappointment. /ou can use 6ealeEs solution above. 7magine that
your mind is a big basin !ith a rubber stopper at the bottom. 7n
your imagination remove the stopper and see the thoughts
!orries and troubles drain do!n until the basin is empty. .hen
start is all over and repeat this four more times.
3. +uring the follo!ing day find a 0uiet moment at !or-
or during the lunch hour !here you can do the above e"ercise.
6ractice !ill ma-e this easier and 0uic-er to do. .ry to do this
several times each day until it becomes a simple habit of choice
to rid troublesome thoughts from your attitudes and to control
your attitude to a more positive outloo-.
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The surroundin& environment is a result
of the mental environment.
0In the provin"e o the mind# what one !elieves to !e true
either is true or !e"omes true.0 )ohn 1illy
)etEs recap !hat !eEve covered in the last three days,
.hereEs a reason youEre studying this boo-.
/ou can thin- for yourself.
/ou can change your o!n attitude on your o!n.
7f youEve tried these out for yourself by doing the e"ercises and
found them to be true then the ne"t datum 7Em about to tell you should
seem logical,
.he physical environment around you can be changed by
changing your mental environment.
.o bac-trac- a bit Fust suppose !hen you !erenEt feeling very
good someone came up !ith a problem that demanded an immediate
solution. .he solution you came up !ith !asnEt the best and perhaps it
had dra!bac-s but !as the best you could come up !ith on short notice
under the circumstances. No! you have to e"plain that decision to your
boss or to the 1oard.
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No! suppose you !ere feeling great that day ready to ta-e on
the !orld at your physical and mental best. .his same someone came up
!ith the same problem still demanding a solution. .he solution could be
thought out faster more details could be included a more optimal result
!as produced. 1etter for the company and better for your Fob. /ou get
-udos for this and perhaps even a raise for saving the company money.
.he difference in these t!o scenarios !as your attitude not the
problem. No! you -no! that !ith practice you could adopt any attitude
at all to!ards that problem to!ard your Fob to!ard the company. No!
every day can be a great day. =very solution can be optimal for all
concerned. .his logical argument above is Fust the tip of the iceberg as
far as your mental condition affecting your environmental scene.
.he precise details of ho! this is accomplished is best covered by
Charles >. 9aanel in his boo- .he Aaster Ley #ystem . As !ell a more
succinct version is found in Kames AllenEs As a Aan .hin-eth. 1oth of
these boo-s cover the technical and philosophic details behind self?
improvement and outline the e"act !ays that the !ay you set your mind
predicts the outcome of your personal environment.
.his might fly in the face of some modern thought about minds
genetics fate destiny and various other subFects. 1ut you are here to
change somethings about your life not get into the scientific and
philosophical bac-ground arguments. I>ran-ly if you !anted to you can
find scientific studies !hich e"actly support each point that 9aanel or
any of these other referenced self?help authors stated. 1ut unless you
have the time to verify these boo-sE premise by finding these supportive
studies or to repeating these authorsE research and readings Fust for no!
accept that the technology of this is very precise and has been noted by
scientists bac- as early as $'0' and philosophers in the $<th century and
before bac- to 6lato and Aristotle at least. J
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What and ho! one thin-s changes and even forms the
environment around one.
/ouEve already seen this in your o!n attitudes. .he tric- on this
is to ta-e it further and !or- out !hat else you !ould li-e to change in
the !orld around you. (sing the tools you already have read and
practiced try ta-ing responsibility for and changing your attitude to!ard
something youEd li-e to improve in your life. While this may or may not
ma-e for immediate changes you may find some different !ays of
dealing !ith some person or problem in your life.
Kames Allen covers this idea simply,
(an is buffeted by circumstances so long as he
beliees himself to be the creature of outside conditions,
but when he reali)es that he is a creatie power, and
that he may command the hidden soil and seeds of his
being out of which circumstances grow; he then
becomes the rightful master of himself. #
.hat is the core and substance before you. /our attitudes and
collective understandings about the !orld around you are !hat factually
determine !hat and ho! things happen around you. WeEve already seen
ho! you can change your o!n attitude and ho! such a changed attitude
might change the outcome of your decisions. .he further step to ta-e
logically is that the combined e"periences from your learning education
parental e"amples .C ne!s social groups 8 all these give you basic
ideas that you can either use or discard as you see fit. 1ut the ones you
decided !ere !orth -eeping are the ones !hich no! tell you ho! to act
!hat to do !hat emotions are 2correct5 or 2appropriate5 for any given
situation etc. because you -eep them there and -eep using them.
7f you are serious about self?improvement or self?help ta-e this
piece of advice, change your mind. #tart thin-ing about ho! you
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currently react to things and sort these out against !hether you thin-
these reactions are sensible or based on common sense. 7f some sort of
action is illogical try simply !or-ing out !hat a more positive more
constructive reaction !ould be. 6ractice saying or doing that in your
mind and even practice out loud if you !ish. .he ne"t time such a
situation could occur youEll be ready.
#teven Covey in his bestselling .he % 9abits of 9ighly =ffective
6eople covers it simply,
The ability to subordinate an impulse to a alue is the
essence of the proactie person. *eactie people are
drien by feelings, by circumstances, by conditions, by
their enironment. +roactie people are drien by alues
, carefully thought about, selected and internali)ed
alues.
+roactie people are still influenced by e'ternal stimuli,
whether physical, social, or psychological. -ut their
response to the stimuli, conscious or unconscious, is a
alue-based choice or response. #
Again !e come to the notice 7 made in the introduction, .his
boo- is an introduction to a common system of self?help. Not in one day
!as the universe created or Rome built. We are going to cover a great
deal more tools !hich !ill enable you to ma-e these choices. Covey has
himself developed very good adviceG if you dropped this boo- no! and
pic-ed his up youEd be no !orse off. As !ell you could study Carnegie
or 9ill or 9aanel and probably come up !ith similar results.
What 7 am doing !ith this boo- is to sho! you a brief
introduction to these authors and the common principles of self?help. 7
am laying out here the -ey points and substance of their -no!ledge in a
logical pattern. .rying to change your !hole life overnight probably
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!ouldnEt be the easiest thing youEve ever tried 8 it could be done but not
easily. .his boo- lays out simple e"planations and e0ually simple but
po!erful drills in a se0uence !here results can be achieved through
repetitive and cyclical use.
7n this dayEs study !e are covering the mindEs effect on the
environment. #o letEs do some e"ercises to see if !e canEt get more
causative over them by changing our mind.
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WeEve no! learned to rela" physically and mentally and to empty
our minds of destructive thoughts. No! !e need to start placing positive
thoughts and attitudes there.
1. 7n the same room and chair as before thin- of a place
!hich has pleasant associations. .ry to form a complete mental
image picture of it. .his !onEt necessarily be easy at first but
practice !ill bring about more and more complete and vivid
versions of that scene for you.
$. Ne"t try concentrating on a single thought for $o
minutes. 1ring a photograph !ith you and study the face
carefully. Note the e"pression the shape of the nose position of
the eyebro!s the clothing and hair arrangement 8 all the details
of it. No! close your eyes and try to see it mentally for yourself.
Again this is a s-ill to ac0uire and the more you do it the easier it
!ill become. #ee if you can hold the thought for $0 minutes.
Aore than li-ely your mind !ill !ander at first but -eep at it for
$0 minutes.
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Personal control is possible over
bein&! doin&! achievin& and ac;uirin&.
Whether you !elieve you "an do a thing or not# you(re right.
- 2enry Ford.
:L so no! !e -no! and have e"perienced being able to change
our attitudes and control !hat goes on in our o!n mind. What 7 tell you
ne"t has been in every self?help boo- 7Eve opened and is applicable to
every person on this planet regardless of religious beliefs se" or
philosophy,
&ou can achie4e anything you want to5 the only limits are
what you,4e set #or yoursel#.
.rue. #tart pic-ing up the boo-s 7Eve already mentioned or as
noted in the appendi" and youEll see it for yourself. :r start roaming
through biographies of people !ho have achieved great things made a
fortune Ior severalJ or !ere famous for one or more other reasons.
1efore they started their climb youEll find some attitude they had !hich
enabled them to overcome any challenge or adversity. Aany blind
musicians have overcame discrimination and disabilities to become
successful and !ealthy. College drop?outs currently operate some of the
biggest and most financially successful corporations in this county.
America is built on the dream of any immigrant or native?born person
being able to achieve !hatever they !anted and then actually doing it.
Aodern entertainers are nearly all of this cut ma-ing their !ay from
obscurity to fame and fortuneG very fe! !ere already rich and famous
before they started singing or acting.
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/ou can change anything in your life that you !ant to. 7tEs all in
your o!n state of mind.
)etEs loo- a bit more in detail ho! this is accomplished,
Aore opportunity does or doesnEt present itself and is
ta-en advantage of or passed by.
A person thin-s 8 in oneEs o!n control or not
.hat personEs mind is 2made up5 it becomes fi"ed in a
series of attitudes as solutions for various situations he*she faces.
.he behavior and personality of that person is then
determined and becomes practiced 2set in their !ays. 5
:pportunities then come about Ior notJ because that
person see-s them or lets them go. 2)uc-5 is good or bad or
indifferent in this same scheme.
.he person has or doesnEt have the perseverance and
attention to detail*professional attitude to perform e"ceptionally
!ell at !hat he*she does.
All of this is dependent on the original thin-ing done to begin
!ith. 9o!ever you also see by this point that nothing is 2cast in stone5
as regards mental state or condition. 6eople maintain improve or
degrade their image of themselves continually during their lives. What !e
thin- determines our personality our achievements and our future or
lac- of it. .odayEs failure can become tomorro!Es success and vice?versa.
Kames Allen points this out elo0uently in his short te"t from
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A man&s mind may be li!ened to a garden, which may
be intelligently cultiated or allowed to run wild; but
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whether cultiated or neglected, it must, and will bring
forth. "f no useful seeds are put into it, then an
abundance of useless weed-seeds will fall therein, and
will continue to produce their !ind. .ust as a gardener
cultiates his plot, !eeping it free from weeds, and
growing the flowers and fruits which he requires so may
a man tend the garden of his mind, weeding out all the
wrong, useless and impure thoughts, and cultiating
toward perfection the flowers and fruits of right, useful
and pure thoughts. -y pursuing this process, a man
sooner or later discoers that he is the master-gardener
of his soul, the director of his life. /e also reeals,
within himself, the flaws of thought, and understands,
with eer-increasing accuracy, how the thought-forces
and mind elements operate in the shaping of character,
circumstances, and destiny. #
All great corporations !ere built on the leadership and inspiration
of single persons !ho had confidence in themselves and their actions.
.his confidence !as self?created and self?recogniHed. 7n any such
successful company you never see a 2puppet5 in some C=: or 1oard
Chairman position !ho is told by some other person ho! to act and
!hat decision to ma-e. C=:Es got there because they thin- they can do
something and do.
.hat is the -ey 8 their o!n thoughts.
And any such success can be yours. /ou Fust have to be !illing to
change your thoughts and then do it.
.here are a fe! more details to it more tools that !e !ill be
bringing to you to study in succeeding chapters but the steps to study
here are these,
.hought creates the state of mind.
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Aind monitors personality.
6ersonality affords personal success or lac- of it.
:r in other !ords
A person can control his o!n thoughts.
#o one can improve his attitudes and so his personality.
And so attain success from the same available factors in
his*her life or ne! factors !hich then accrue.
#teven Covey covers this in some detail in his % 9abits boo-
giving very thorough theory and practical e"amples of ho! and !hy this
occurs. Aore e"amples can be found in +r. 6ealeEs boo-.
Napoleon 9ill precedes both of these !ith his .hin- and 3ro!
Rich. 9ill !as !or-ing as a reporter and !as assigned to do a series of
articles on successful people. 9e first intervie!ed Andre! Carnegie. .his
intervie! !hich normally !ould have ta-en only a fe! hours too- three
days. At the end of that time Ar. Carnegie commissioned 9ill to
intervie! over B00 millionaires to find a success formula that could be
used by the average person. #ome of these included .homas =dison
Ale"ander 3raham 1ell 9enry >ord Charles A. #ch!ab .heodore
Roosevelt William Wrigley Kr 3eorge =astman Woodro! Wilson
William 9. .aft Kohn +. Roc-efeller >. W. Wool!orth. .he result !as a
boo- !hich too- 9ill over 20 years to research and !rite but has gone
on to sell over % million copies.
9ill gives this advice in improving persistence a useful
personality attribute,
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/ou can see using !hat !e have already covered these steps are
pretty simply achieved by anyone !ho !ants to improve their life and
develop persistence much less be successful happy and*or !ealthy in
doing so.
/ou Fust have to 2ma-e up your mind5 to do so and then do so.
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1. .a-e that original idea !hich you !rote do!n on day
one. .his is something you !anted to accomplish or achieve or
have.
a. No! figure out !hat you !ould have to do to
get this. .his can be general terms right no! 8 Fust an idea
of the actions you are going to have to ta-e to ma-e this
happen.
.. .hen once this list of things to do is complete
figure out !hat personality you !ould have to create or
develop in order to do those actions.
c. )astly loo- around mentally and see if there are
some thoughts or mental habits that might need to be
changed in order for that personality to surface.
$. 7n +ay < !e visualiHed a photo of a friend or
ac0uaintance. #itting in that same chair visualiHe this person
completely including the last conversation you had !hat he
loo-ed li-e ho! he dressed his mannerisms. No! in your mind
tal- to him about some subFect you are interested in and elicit his
response. Can you get him e"cited about !hat you are tal-ing
about 8 do you see his eyes light up as he leans for!ard to find
out all you have to say on the subFect@ .his is the ne"t step to
improve on. /ouEll be achieving control over !hat you are
thin-ing and creating in your o!n mind. .his is an important s-ill
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!hich youEll develop more in the succeeding days of material
coming up.
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1mphasis on positive outlook on life )
eliminatin& critical thou&ht and behavior.
%mile and the world smiles with you#
rown and the world rowns upon you.
3nknown
.his ne"t set of actions to learn is no Muantum )eap of logic.
/ou can change your attitudes change your thought change your mind
and so your personality actions and accomplishment level. /ou no!
-no! the basics of ho! to achieve or ac0uire anything you !ant 8 or
could probably !or- out the rest.
What the rest of this boo- !ill tell you then are some pratfalls to
avoid.
Creation is a positive action. +estruction !hile considered
negative action is arguably lac- of any positive action. #o !ith this logic
there is really only a brilliant !hite version of creative thought or action
along !ith varying shades of gray do!n to a completely blac- absence of
creating in anyoneEs life or any area of it. As !ell non?positive thoughts
!ould then be based on solutions for !hich a truly creative optimal
solution hasnEt been found. Non?positive thought is Fust inefficient
carrying around old Fun- one has collected instead of ma-ing your o!n
shiny ne! solutions and ideas. #ome of this thin-ing can be attributed to
simple lac- of practice in thin-ing things through to their best solution
not uncommon in our .C?raised generations.
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#uch inefficient thought sho!s up as apparent stupidity dullness
or 2bloc-headedness5. 7tEs not that a person canEt thin- his*her mental
efforts are slo!ed by having to thin- through solutions others have
already achieved for themselves. .his is !hy successful firefighters
soldiers paramedics and other professionals can 0uic-ly solve any
emergency situation in split?seconds 8 they have a massed storage of
ready solutions available for instantaneous e"ecution.
Aore commonly the current culture tolerates critical remar-s and
snide comments as !ays to confront something. Ne!scasting no! deals
!ith heightening the controversial rather than simply finding applicable
facts. 3ood ne!s Ipositively solved situations !ith optimal outcomesJ
are the rare gems on .C and radio these days. 6ractically they have lost
credibility and have become mere entertainment sources 8 Fust another
stop on the hundred?channel sets so common today. #ince they are so
filled !ith non?positive slant it is hard to !or- out a solution from the
available dataG itEs no !onder that these ne!s sources arenEt 2trusted5
these days by any more than one?third of their o!n vie!ing public 8 and
more often people are s!itching to the 7nternet.
WeEve covered earlier the point of getting out of anything !hat
you put into it. .his applies to your attitude to!ard life as !ell. 3o
around being critical of others at your !or- place and you !ill 0uic-ly
find out that they start being critical of you 8 if not to your face then
behind your bac-. Any cooperation you !ould li-e to have from them
Fust vanished. Negative actions give you negative feedbac- and results.
.he same thing happens in your mind. 6eople or areas you are
critical of are not easily solved mentally as problems. #tephen Covey
refers in his !or-s to !hat he calls the 2spiritual and emotional cancers5
of criticiHing complaining comparing and contending. When you
compete !ith someone more often than not that person becomes your
enemy. /ou are more interested in !inning against him*her than in
constructively finding !ays !here you can both !in in the same field. 7f
you fill your mind !ith enemies that you are constantly critical of find
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fault !ith or compete !ith then mentally you are constantly on the
loo-out to dodge potential attac-s coming your !ay. #o you can see ho!
this could mire your mind do!n in a great deal or all your mental
energies being used in fending off attac-s from potential enemies.
#ales forces suffer from this. (n-no!ing managers pit them
against each other for top sales priHes instead of getting them to
cooperate !ith each other such as trading tips or team!or- on a difficult
prospect.
7 -ne! a man !ho used his mind to build a multinational
organiHation and become very rich. 9o!ever he al!ays considered that
he had to be the best at everything repeating this statement to himself
daily to ma-e it become true. While a fine idea in itself he also couldnEt
allo! anyone to become better than he !as so mentally thought that
people !ould attac- him and try to bring him do!n as he !as so
2po!erful5. 9e started attac-s against these potential 2enemies5 so that
they couldnEt get 2po!er5 over him using his corporationEs legal and 6R
resources. 1ecause some of these actions themselves !ere illegal
harassment and slander la! suits started mounting up. 9is solution !as
to go into seclusion buying a remote ranch and allo!ing only a fe!
people to attend to him staying separate from his !ife children and
long?time friends communicating mostly by letter. While his corporation
is still settling his*their suits at great e"pense to the corporation he died
alone !ith only a careta-er present 8 his !hereabouts secret from anyone
!ho truly loved him.
.his is one of the pratfalls to avoid. While you can have all the
money in the !orld as the old saying goes 2you canEt buy happiness. 5
.rue !ealth and prosperity is built on giving as !ell as receiving on
ma-ing sure that you are positively contributing to everyone around you.
.!o of the richest men on earth forming a couple of the largest
corporations that still e"ist !ere Ray Lroc IAc+onaldEsJ and #am
Walton IWal?AartJ. 1oth made more millionaires than they could -eep
trac- of. Walton even gave most of his !ealth to his children on a
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routine basis 8 a fact that -ept him off the 2richest man on earth5 list.
1oth decided early on to ma-e a great product that !as a bargain for the
consumer. While there is al!ays 2trash?tal-ing5 going on about them and
their companies 7 invite you to read up on them read their biographies
and decide for yourself.
.he richest do not hold !ealth in stasis they are Fust channels for
it as 9aanel points out.
7n order to truly succeed at improving you !ant to improve you
are going to have to eliminate any non?positive attitude non?constructive
attitude in the area you are trying to improve. Negative Ior actually non?
positiveJ thought is Fust a lot of e"cess baggage you are carrying around
!hich is -eeping you from really ta-ing off. #uccess !onEt let you chec-
those bags in 8 thereEs too many they !onEt fit in the overhead or under
the seat. .he maFority of leading self?help boo-s cover this point most of
them over and over that you are going to have to ta-e responsibility for
!hat you are thin-ing and actively change those thoughts. 7f you
continue thin-ing the same !ay you have been all this time then youEll be
no closer to accomplishing !hatever you !rote do!n in +ay $ than $0
years ago.
.his boo- isnEt brea-ing any ne! groundG 7Em only reporting !hat
others have already covered. .hese authors have done their o!n research
and concluded this same point. +r. Covey covers this in his boo- as
29abit B 8 .hin- Win?Win. 5 Ar. Carnegie covers this point in his boo-
in the Chapter entitled 2A #ure Way of Aa-ing =nemies 8 and 9o! to
Avoid 7t5 !hich deals !ith the art of constructive criticism.
As far as a positive mindset as a means for getting !ealthy
Wallace +. Wattles described it this !ay in his $'$0 classic .he #cience
of 3etting Rich,
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(oral and spiritual greatness is possible only to those
who are aboe the competitie battle for e'istence; and
only those who are becoming rich on the plane of
creatie thought are free from the degrading influences
of competition. "f your heart is set on domestic
happiness, remember that loe flourishes best where
there is refinement, a high leel of thought, and
freedom from corrupting influences; and these are to be
found only where riches are attained by the e'ercise of
creatie thought, without strife or rialry. #
.his can simply be done by those e"ercises youEve already
practiced so far namely draining off all thoughts and replacing them !ith
positive ones. WeEll cover a fe! more e"ercises today !hich !ill augment
these and help you improve your mind even more.
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1y this time youEve started having much more control over !hat
goes through your mind. .he ne"t point to cover is to !or- on creative
thought.
1. >rom +r. 6ealeEs boo-, 2At intervals during the day
practice thin-ing a carefully selected series of peaceful thoughts.
)et mental pictures of the most peaceful scenes you have ever
!itnessed pass across your mind as for e"ample some beautiful
valley filled !ith the hush of evening time as the shado!s
lengthen and sun sin-s to rest. :r recall the silvery light of the
moon falling across rippling !aters or remember the sea !ashing
gently upon soft shores of sand. #uch peaceful thought images
!ill !or- upon your mind as a healing medicine. #o no! and
then during every day allo! motion pictures of peace slo!ly to
cross your mind.
$. 26ractice the techni0ue of suggestive articulation that
is repeat audibly some peaceful !ords. Words have profound
suggestive po!er and there is healing in the very saying of them.
(tter a series of panic-y !ords and your mind !ill immediately
go into a mild state of nervousness. /ou !ill perhaps feel a
sin-ing feeling in the pit of your stomach that !ill affect your
entire physical mechanism. 7f on the contrary you spea-
peaceful 0uieting !ords you mind !ill react in a peaceful
manner. (se such a !ord as tran0uility. Repeat that !ord slo!ly
several times. .ran0uility is one of the most beautiful and
melodic of all =nglish !ords and the mere saying of it tend to
induce a tran0uil state. 5
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?nderl.in& moral@ethical understandin&
is the base for self0help
'lways treat others as you would like them to treat you.
- )esus o 4a5areth 6*atthew 7$89:
As !eEve found that positive creative thought is more vital more
effective than non?positive non?creative thought 8 this leads logically to
the ne"t step, in order to ma-e the best decisions the most profitable
ones !e have to treat others li-e !e !ould li-e to be treated.
WouldnEt you li-e to be surrounded by cheerful people !ho are
encouraging and creatively solving the problems life hands them@
Remember that old adages !e stated in an earlier section of this boo-,
&ou can,t get without gi4ing5
&ou,ll only get out what you put in.
.his culture your mind the environment surrounding you
ine"orably turns around according to this 3olden Rule. .his has been so
long observed as true throughout history that nearly every religion has
some version of it in their scriptures.
/ou can al!ays try it for yourself. 3o around and treat people
!ith fairness honesty trust 8 all the virtues. .ry this for a !ee- and note
the changes you ma-e in your life. 7f this doesnEt give you some
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significant changes you can al!ays try the reverse Ibut donEt say 7 didnEt
!arn you that this is a very effective !ay to ruin your life by cheating
lying deceiving and generally mistreating your former friendsJ. :ne more
effective e"ample is to ta-e someone !ho is some 2enemy5 of yours and
start treating him !ith respect courtesy and fairness. 7t might ta-e a
!hile to get it through his head but youEll see some amaHing reactions
from him. I:ne idea of !hat heEs thin-ing is captured in the old phrase
2#mile. 7t ma-es them !onder !hat youEve been up to. 5J
Again the maFority of these boo-s cover this simple point,
/ou have to have an ethical base to your actions in order to
maintain any for!ard progress.
.here !as an underlying reason to this boo-Es research, to see if
there !ere common system of proved self?help techni0ues. 7 started !ith
only highly successful boo-s that are even today being distributed long
after the authorEs death. .hese boo-s all had common points. +istilled
into a fourteen point series they !ere then compared !ith more recent
!or-s such as +r. CoveyEs. :nly his !or- made the 2short list. 5 :ut of
the fourteen points 7 distilled one significant one !as the mandatory use
of such a character ethic or ethical*moral code in dealing !ith life.
+r. Covey relates ho! he came to find this in the opening
chapter of his boo-. 9e !as researching 200 years of success literature in
the (nited #tates resolving !hat a democratic society considered to be
-eys to successful living. While his study covered literally hundreds of
boo-s articles and essays on the subFect he found that there !as a
dividing line about B0 years ago. While the first $B0 years !as based on
!hat he calls the Character =thic the last B0 years shifted over to !hat
he calls the 6ersonality =thic.
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.he 6ersonality =thic !as erected on image behavior and human
public relations and tended to culminate in shallo! trite aphorisms such
as 2/our attitude determines your altitude5 and 2#miling !ins more
friends than fro!ning. 5 .hese self?help boo-s tapes and pamphlets only
!or-ed to a certain degree and are !idely lampooned because of their
lac- of underlying principles.
.his !as even -no!n to the philosopher Al 3haHHali in 2.he
Alchemy of 9appiness5 probably the first -no!n self?help !or- !ritten
around the $<th century. 3haHHali mentions here ho! people he had
observed !ould simply mouth the !ords of the Loran and other
religious !or-s as some sort of semi?automatic circuit !hich enabled
them to live their lives and so obtain their success. 1ut !ithout
understanding and utiliHing the meaning behind the !ords you might as
!ell hire a Larao-e singer for your ne"t big concert at Aadison #0uare
3ardens. .hereEs a !ide difference bet!een a trite phrase and the actual.
+r. Covey describes the Character =thic in his boo-,
The $haracter 3thic taught that there are basic
principles of effectie liing, and that people can only
e'perience true success and enduring happiness as they
learn and integrate these principles into their basic
character. #
We are not interested in !hat is referred to in the music industry
as 2one shot !onders. 5 Kust as a simple coat of paint !ill not repair
rotted siding on a building this boo- covers not Fust ho! to be
successful get !ealthy or happy but the reasons behind !hy you do
!hat you need to so you can ma-e this a perpetual ongoing habit in your
life. .he reason for this is logical and follo!s !hat !e have covered so
far. )etEs chase this do!n,
/ou have something you !ant to improve in your life.
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#o you have to change your mind in order to ma-e that
happen.
.he most successful !ay to do this is a positive creative one.
.o maintain a positive creative approach to life there must
be an ethical rational basis for ma-ing future
decisions and thoughts. :ther!ise you !ould simply
drop bac- into old habits !hich created the scene you
are no! see-ing to improve.
+r. CoveyEs boo- is highly recommended in this particular vein.
9e covers simple habits that can be ac0uired through practice !hich in
turn !ill start changing around your life and ma-e such changes into an
evolution of improvement for you. 1ut he also gives the rational
e"planations of !hy his seven habits !or- so you can continue to
develop them in your o!n life and in your business or group.
7f you already have a set moral or ethical base that is proving
successful 7Em not telling you to abandon it in the ne"t ditch you come
to. 9o!ever character training in America has been !ea- and getting
!ea-er for years. We no! have e"perienced elected political leaders and
church officials !ho have lied deceived and acted in immoral !ays
becoming top ne!s ma-ers in the media.
Without an ethical base one is li-e a boat in a storm !ith no
anchor rudder or oars. 7f that boat is to ma-e it through the storm
!ithout s!amping it !ould re0uire a miracle. #o it is in trying to ma-e it
through life !ith no basis for ma-ing decisions.
Aany have !or-ed out their ethical and moral system entirely
based on the 3olden Rule. #ince this gives you a comparison you can
evaluate ho! you act against ho! you !ould li-e others to act around
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you. /ou donEt li-e people !ho are inconsiderate of you so try to be
considerate of others. Aanners evolved much in this fashion and
continue to evolve. Aa-ing unusual noises at meal time yelling or
thro!ing tantrums 8 no one li-es these. #o people evolve eti0uette in
order to get along !ith each other.
6eople can also use this 3olden Rule at !or- !here cooperation
!ill get more !or- done than competition. .his then gives you a !or-ing
version that you can develop to !or- out ho! to treat people in positive
creative fashions. .hese actions !ill then return positive re?actions
to!ard you.
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Da. = ) 13ercise$
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7n your usual chair and room try this e"ercise from 9aanelEs
boo-,
2CisualiHe a plantG ta-e a flo!er the one you most
admire bring it from the unseen into the seen plant the tiny seed
!ater it care for it place it !here it !ill get the direct rays of the
morning sun see the seed burstG it is no! a living thing
something !hich is alive and beginning to search for the means
of subsistence. #ee the roots penetrating the earth !atch them
shoot out in all directions and remember that they are living cells
dividing and subdividing and that they !ill soon number
millions that each cell is intelligent that it -no!s !hat it !ants
and -no!s ho! to get it. #ee the stem shoot for!ard and up!ard
!atch it burst through the surface of the earth see it divide and
form branches see ho! perfect and symmetrical each branch is
formed see the leaves begin to form and then the tiny stems
each one holding aloft a bud and as you !atch you see the bud
begin to unfold and your favorite flo!er comes to vie!G and no!
if you !ill concentrate intently you !ill become conscious of a
fragranceG it is the fragrance of the flo!er as the breeHe gently
s!ays the beautiful creation !hich you have visualiHed. 5
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:isions are composed of hopes and dreamsB
the. create realit..
;!sta"les are things a person sees
when he takes his eyes o his goal.
- <. )oseph =ossman
Creating a vision a goal to achieve is common to all these !or-sG
they sometimes differ in their terminology for them. Napoleon 9ill
mentions in the first paragraph of his boo-,
T*U5:, &thoughts are things,& and powerful things at
that, when they are mi'ed with definiteness of purpose,
persistence, and a -U*6"6; 23S"*3 for their translation
into riches, or other material ob@ects. #
/ou have no! been !or-ing for % days at the various e"ercises
and ideas of this boo- 8 and perhaps have pic-ed up and started reading
some of the others 7Eve referenced along the !ay. 1y no! you have some
idea of !hat you !ant to accomplish ho! to change your thoughts and
attitudes to positive ones in order to start achieving !hat you !ant out of
life. As !ell !e have seen that an ethical basis !ill enable you to -eep
going on this route of self?improvement.
)etEs no! loo- at !here you are going. .a-ing that one thing you
!ant to achieve you might be satisfied !ith this one improvement in
your life. :n the other hand this might be the tip of a !hole iceberg
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!hich is hidden unseen beneath the surface of the deep ocean of your
mind.
6ractically the only limits in your mind are those youEve accepted.
Aost consider that imagination can be boundless capable of inventing or
bringing anything into e"istence. #o one can imagine boundaries and
barriers !hich are impossible to overcome. 1y the same mental creativity
one could create the universal solvent !hich nothing can hold as it
dissolves everything it touches.
WeEve covered that as the mind is set so the universe tends to
respond. .he difference !ith ho! !ell the universe responds is due to a
fe! factors. .oday !e !ill cover vision 8 or lac- of it 8 as a -ey factor.
Cision is simply more mental creation. 1ut the scope of it is
!hat !e are discussing here. :ne can imagine simply receiving a hundred
dollar bill. No! letEs ta-e this further, !hat are you going to do to receive
that@ I/ou canEt get !ithout giving. J What are the conditions of this@ +o
you get a chec- and cash it@ +oes this sho! up as a bonus in your pay
chec-@ +oes one of your creditors simply sho! up !ith a payment@ :r is
this simply a gift from being nice to a loved one@
.he vision is the most complete vie! of the !hole scenario you
are trying to achieve. 7t becomes a complete creation by building as you
go. 7f you consider that youEd li-e to get your house refurbished then
!or- out all the details of e"actly !hat type of carpet paint furniture
etc. youEd li-e to ac0uire. Wor- out the budget in your mind considering
all the tools and other hard!are !hich !ill be necessary to install it !ith.
Will you do it all yourself@ .hen you !ill have to consider having time to
do it on !ee-ends or other odd times. 7f you are going to get these
professionally installed then e"pand the budget to accommodate this. As
you !or- over this vision more and more details !ill be added as you go.
.he thing to do is to not hold bac- but envision it as completely as
possible.
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:nce you have it pretty much the !ay you !ant it then consider
it done. .hat is the -ey point. 7f you consider that you are going to get a
hundred dollars it !ill be true 8 you are al!ays going to be 2getting a
hundred dollars5 but that cash !onEt sho! up in front of you. .he tric-
is to consider it already accomplished and in your possession. .he more
you creatively envision it the more the environment !ill begin to
comply.
/ou may thin- this is off?the?deep?end thin-ing. 1ut carefully
revie! the above, you have to give in order to getG you canEt get
something for nothing. 9o! you consider you !ill be getting this also
has to be part of the creative vision. +o you need to get a better?paying
Fob@ +o you need to !or- more efficiently at the one you have@ +oes
this mean you !ill have to adopt an efficient productive personality@
/ou could !in it at the lottery. .his !ill re0uire buying tic-ets Iat
least oneJ and being very luc-y. What are the personality attitudes and
attributes of a luc-y person@ What do you plan to do !ith the money@
Are you prepared for the ta"es and other responsibilities@ +o you
consider that a lot of people !ill !ant to 2hit you up5 for contributions
and donations to their cause Ior poc-etJ@ .hin- the thought through.
:nce you do you can !in all the money you !ant at any game you
!ant. 1ut the vision has to be there and has to be complete.
:nce you start building your vision simply -eep at it refining it
e"panding its scope !or-ing out ho! and !ho it !ill benefit ho! to
ta-e care and maintain it etc. Create a!ay4 Remember 8 there are no real
limits e"cept those you have accepted for yourself.
/ouEre already !ell on your !ay to achieving anything you !ant
in life !ith !hat !eEve already covered. .odayEs e"ercise !ill bring you
closer giving you some e"perience !ith creating a complete vision of
!hat you !ant to achieve ac0uire or have.
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.his is again from 9aanelEs boo-. While he uses a battleship as an
e"ample you could repeat the e"ercise !ith various other articles such as
a s-yscraper space roc-et video game or any thing that meets your
fancy,
1. 2.a-e the same position as heretofore and visualiHe a
1attleshipG see the grim monster floating on the surface of the
!aterG there appears to be no life any!here aboutG all is silenceG
you -no! that by far the largest part of the vessel is under !aterG
out of sightG you -no! that the ship is as large and as heavy as a
t!enty?story s-yscraperG you -no! that there are hundreds of
men ready to spring to their appointed tas- instantlyG you -no!
that every department is in charge of able trained s-illed officials
!ho have proven themselves competent to ta-e charge of this
marvelous piece of mechanismG you -no! that although it lies
apparently oblivious to everything else it has eyes !hich see
everything for miles around and nothing is permitted to escape
its !atchful visionG you -no! that !hile it appears 0uiet
submissive and innocent it is prepared to hurl a steel proFectile
!eighing thousands of pounds at an enemy many miles a!ayG this
and much more you can bring to mind !ith comparatively no
effort !hatever. 1ut ho! did the battleship come to be !here it
isG ho! did it come into e"istence in the first place@ All of this
you !ant to -no! if you are a careful observer.
$. 2>ollo! the great steel plates bac- through the
foundries see the thousands of men employed in their
productionG go still further bac- and see the ore as it comes from
the mine see it loaded on barges or cars see it melted and
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properly treatedG go bac- still further and see the architect and
engineers !ho planned the vesselG let the thought carry you bac-
still further in order to determine !hy they planned the vesselG
you !ill see that you are no! so far bac- that the vessel is
something intangible it no longer e"ists it is no! only a thought
e"isting in the brain of the architectG but from !here did the
order come to plan the vessel@ 6robably from the #ecretary of
+efenseG but probably this vessel !as planned long before the
!are !as thought of and that Congress had to pass a bill
appropriating the moneyG possibly there !as opposition and the
speeches for or against the bill. Whom do these Congressmen
represent@ .hey represent you and me so that our line of
thought begins !ith the 1attleship and ends !ith ourselves and
!e find in the last analysis that our o!n thought is responsible
for this and many other things of !hich !e seldom thin- and a
little further reflection !ill develop the most important fact of all
and that is if someone had not discovered the la! by !hich this
tremendous mass of steel and iron could be made to float upon
the !ater instead of immediately going to the bottom the
battleship could not have come into e"istence at all.
3. 2.he la! is that Ethe specific gravity of any substance is
the !eight of any volume of it compared !ith an e0ual volume
of !ater. E .he discovery of this la! revolutioniHed every -ind of
ocean travel commerce and !arfare and made the e"istence of
the battleship aircraft carriers and cruise ships possible. 5
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Puttin& plans into effect +ill achieve oneDs vision.
0The sel is not something ready-made#
!ut something in "ontinuous ormation
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- )ohn .ewey
Why daydreams are so disregarded is the simple fact that they are
usually never planned out for actualiHation no action is ta-en on them.
/ou have no! learned to thin- positively and creatively to
e"pand your vision. .he ne"t step is to !or- out ho! to achieve it !hat
steps you !ant to ta-e to bring this about and start doing something in
that direction. A person can dream about becoming a famous artist all
she !ants 8 but until she puts a pencil pen or brush to paper and starts
cran-ing out some art!or- that can be sold she !ill never be able to
have any famous !or-s hung in rich patronsE homes. 2A long Fourney is
finally accomplished by first ta-ing a single step. 5
.his might be too simple even common sense but 7Eve never
said that these -eys to success !ere anything other than la!s or rules
!hich already e"isted. What has been presented here is hopefully a
common sense e"planation and a logical process of thought !hich
outline a !or-able system of self?help !hich anyone can apply and use
to improve their lives. .hese la!s have e"isted so long their source canEt
even be pointed out in time. 6lato and Aristotle have run into theseG
religious scriptures of all types cover these points. .his boo- translates
and compiles these into simple modern Western vie!s so you can ta-e
advantage of them.
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#o in order to achieve anything you have to do something about
it 8 not Fust thin- good thoughts. Nothing ne! here or is there@ .his is
as 7Eve said the difference bet!een having dreams and accomplishing
them the difference bet!een architectural dra!ings and the physical
buildings e"isting as a result. :ne has to act to ac0uire achieve or have
anything. /ou can again see the logic sho!ing up here, to have you must
doG to do you must beG to effectively be you must thin-. 1ut if thin-ing
doesnEt result in doing something then nothing !ill ever be achieved.
Napoleon 9ill covered this in some detail in his boo-,
The eent chosen for this illustration dates bac! to
8ABB, when the United States Steel $orporation was
being formed. As you read the story, !eep in mind these
fundamental facts and you will understand how "23AS
hae been conerted into huge fortunes.
%irst, the huge United States Steel $orporation was
born in the mind of $harles (. Schwab, in the form of
an "23A he created through his "(A;"6AT"06C
Second, he mi'ed %A"T/ with his "23A.
Third, he formulated a +5A6 for the transformation of
his "23A into physical and financial reality.
%ourth, he put his plan into action with DaE speech at
the Uniersity $lub.
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%ifth, he applied, and followed-through on his +5A6
with +3*S"STA6$3, and bac!ed it with firm 23$"S"06
until it had been fully carried out.
Si'th, he prepared his way for success by a -U*6"6;
23S"*3 for success.
T/3*3 A*3 60 5"("TAT"06S T0 T/3 ("62 3=$3+T
T/0S3 13 A$960153;3.
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T/0U;/T#.
6lanning is a -ey point one that follo!s your vision. .hereEs an
old adage a version of !hich is attributed to Western author )ouis
)amour 26lan your !or- !or- your plan 8 and al!ays carry a spare5.
6art of action is to be personally efficient in !hat you are doing.
#everal authors ICovey 9ill WattlesJ mention this point specifically. /ou
can also see that this !ould be an outgro!th or logical procession from
both a positive outloo- and application of the 3olden Rule. :ne !ould
!ant to achieve the highest potential possible personally and as !ell
!ould !ant others around him to be efficient and productive !hen they
!or-ed.
Another part of action is to !or- !ithin your physical limits.
While you can e"ercise to increase your stamina and energy level donEt
over?!or-. .his has negative effects mentally and so can slo! you do!n.
6ace yourself and !or- !ithin !hat you can physically do. .his !ill pay
off. +r. 6eale relates one a!ard?!inning ro!ing team !as created by
being told the secret of !inning !as to 2ro! slo!ly. 5 1y -eeping to the
rhythm of the pace they could pass other an"ious over?energetic teams
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!hich had to stop ro!ing during the race to get everyone bac- together
and in sync. Aany activities at !or- and play have their rhythm. 1y
learning to !or- !ithin this rhythm much more !or- can be achieved
for longer periods than 2thro!ing yourself at it. 5
6art of the plan might be achieving an education or training in a
ne! area !hich you need to master. Reading this boo- or any of the
others listed is a form of education. Aodern schooling has this common
complaint 27 studied their boo-s and too- their tests passed them all
but didnEt learn anything. 5 .his problem is because schools have long
had the habit of being a brain?dump !here facts and agendas are
s!allo!ed !holesale by students to be regurgitated at !ill ho!ever the
students !ere never enabled !ith the understanding and practical
discipline of being able to organiHe this data and use that -no!ledge after
they ac0uire it. /ou may need to attend school or college to get some of
the data you need but 9ill e"plained it this !ay defining the !ord
2educate5,
That word is deried from the 5atin word &educo,&
meaning to educe, to draw out, to 234350+ %*0(
1"T/"6. An educated man is not, necessarily, one who
has an abundance of general or speciali)ed !nowledge.
An educated man is one who has so deeloped the
faculties of his mind that he may acquire anything he
wants, or its equialent, without iolating the rights of
others. #
1ut the -ey is action. #et your vision !or- out the plan that
!ould achieve it and then implement this plan 8 starting !ith something
today right no! 8 that you can do !hich !ould start achieving that
vision. +onEt procrastinate. .a-e your plan and !or- out !hen you !ant
to achieve it !or- out then by time period Iyears months or even
!ee-lyJ !hat has to be achieved by !hen. .hen !or- from this master
list of !hat you need to accomplish today and by !hat hour you !ant to
get each sub?step done. =ven if you simply say that you are going to have
to buy that lottery tic-et on the !ay home from !or-.
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1ut if you never buy that tic-et you canEt !in that lottery. #o if
that is your vision plan it out and do it.
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.his e"ercise is from Chapter t!o of Napoleon 9illEs boo-.
While it has to do !ith achieving !ealth it could as easily be applied to
regaining health achieving happiness or any other possible self?
improvement Iagain there is far more detail in his boo- !hich is -ey to
achieving financial !ealthJ,
2.he method by !hich +=#7R= for riches can be
transmuted into its financial e0uivalent consists of si" definite
practical steps vis,
2%irst >i" in your mind the e"act amount of money you
desire. 7t is not sufficient merely to say E7 !ant plenty of money. E
2Second. +etermine e"actly !hat you intend to give in
return for the money you desire. I.here is no such reality as
Esomething for nothingE. J
2Third. =stablish a definite date !hen you intend to
possess the money you desire.
2%ourth. Create a definite plan for carrying out your
desire and begin at once !hether you are ready or not to put
this plan into action.
2%i#th. Write out a clear concise statement of the amount
of money you intend to ac0uire name the time limit for its
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ac0uisition state !hat you intend to give in return for the money
and describe clearly the plan through !hich you intend to
accumulate it.
2Si6th. Read your !ritten statement aloud t!ice daily
once Fust before retiring at night and once after arising in the
morning. A# /:( R=A+ 8 #== AN+ >==) AN+ 1=)7=C=
/:(R#=)> A# A)R=A+/ 7N 6:##=##7:N :> .9=
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Faith is self0&enerated! self0created.
0>uestion$ Why are we *asters o our Fate#
the "aptains o our souls?
Be"ause we have the power to "ontrol
our thoughts# our attitudes.
That is why many people live in the withering negative world.
That is why many people live in the &ositive Faith world.
'nd you don(t have to !e a poet or a philosopher
to know whi"h is !est.0
- 'lred '. *ontapert
0<very tomorrow has two handles.
We "an take hold o it !y the handle o an@iety#
or !y the handle o aith.0
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=verything in this universe is based on faith. =ven scientists !ho
are strictly trained in observing things only as they e"ist depend upon
their faith that the la!s and facts that they find today !ill be there
tomorro! and forever after that something !hich cannot be proved by
any test and must be ta-en on faith. .here is some assumption that such
observed phenomenon are true or factual 8 this assumption is faith.
>aith is self?generated. 7t isnEt a 0uantity that you can pour out of
a container or measure !ith a spoon. 7t is completely variable from
person to person from subFect to subFect !ithin each person. >aith
depends on creating a belief in something. While a -ey point in religion
it isnEt only relegated to that use. #elf?confidence is faith in oneself. .rust
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is a form of faith in another. 1ut Fust as someone else canEt change your
mind for you so you canEt give your faith to someone else. .hey must
generate it for themselves.
What does this have to do !ith self?help self?improvement@ 7n
Ar. 9illEs e"ample of Charles #ch!ab and (# #teel from +ay ' he
mentioned the mi"ture of faith !ith his idea in order to generate the plan
!hich he then e"ecuted. >aith !as a second factor to the idea itself. 6art
of creating a ne! environment around you !ill depend on ho! much
self?confidence you have ho! much you can trust yourself. .his is not a
chic-en?and?egg conundrum. >aith is simply generated much li-e
electrical generators create electricity. 7f you need more faith to ma-e
your dreams come to fruition then simply create more.
While this seems more comple" or more difficult +r. 6eale
covers many e"amples of utiliHing religious faith to handle !orry
barriers lac- of energy lac- of happiness and many other common
ailments to this society. 9e has chapters devoted to e"amples and
methods for handling each of the above ailments and more. 9is boo- is a
good read on this subFect.
9o! to create faith is simple. +r. 6eale 0uotes William Kames
!ho said
The greatest discoery of my generation is that human
beings can alter their lies by altering their attitudes of
mind. #
.his relates, if you need more faith simply consider that you have
more. >ind something about !hatever bothers you that you can have
faith in, the obFect is the same color from day to dayG 2you can al!ays
count on him to . . . . 5 Kust start thin-ing do!n the line of having more
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faith and more sho!s up. Consider that you have faith act li-e you do
and you soon !ill be overflo!ing !ith it.
All that !e have studied through this boo- brings you up against
this ne"t point, 1y changing your thoughts to creative positive ones and
by changing your attitudes by creating a vision of !hat you !ant to
accomplish 8 youEve been creating faith all along even if starting only
!ith the idea from starting this boo- that something could be improved
8 that alone too- a great deal of self?generated faith.
>or faith is an idea. 7t isnEt tangible it canEt be spent. 1ut it can be
invested and get a substantial return. 7nvest your faith in your vision. .he
more you put in the stronger your vision !ill seem the more real and
the faster it !ill accrue for you.
.he point of positive thought is that is only !or-s to the e"act
degree a person commits himself to it. .he point of any failure of self?
help or self?improvement is the failure to commit. .hose !ho are bad?
mouthing some of these boo-s are the oneEs !ho !ill never profit from
them since they cannot invest anything of themselves into it. #ome !onEt
even go so far as to read a boo- on the subFect. 7tEs long been said that
you canEt change anyone elseEs mind for them. /ou can ho!ever set a
personal e"ample !hich others can evaluate their o!n life against. .hey
can then generate their o!n faith in the possibility of improving
something in their o!n life.
Kames Allen put it simply 2.he higher he lifts his thoughts the
greater !ill be his success the more blessed and enduring !ill be his
achievements. 5
Charles >. 9aanel said it this !ay 27n order to secure the larger
supply your demand must be increased and as you consciously increase
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the demand the supply !ill follo! you !ill find yourself coming into a
larger and larger supply of life energy and vitality. 5
9ill points out in some detail that oneEs faith is a habit. Changing
the amount of faith one has is determined by auto?suggestion !hat one
constantly tells oneself. #imply practicing affirming the vision and result
as having already occurred brings for!ard a strength of faith possibly
never seen before. .here is a simple mental discipline to building faith.
Create the attitude practice it ? and then it becomes part of you.
>aith follo!s the la!s of thought Fust li-e any attitude 8 if you
need it create it. 6ut some faith in your vision your plan yourself. And
then put on some more for good measure. .he more you put in the
more youEll get out.
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1. #itting in your chair consider some times !hen your
trust !as betrayed. 7n each time go through the se0uence of
events and determine !hat action too- place !hich you used to
change your trust value. No! go through a number of people or
groups in !hich you have trust currently. Revie! your association
!ith them and see if you can find the events !hich increased your
trust !ith them. With these t!o sets of events see if you can spot
!here you changed your level of faith in these individuals or
groups and the point that you made that decision.
$. >rom 9aanel, 2. . . Concentrate upon your po!er to
createG see- insight perceptionG try to find a logical basis for the
faith !hich is in you. )et the thought d!ell on the fact that the
physical man lives and moves and has his being in the sustainer of
all organic life air and that he must breathe to live. .hen let the
thought rest on the fact that the spiritual man also lives and
moves and has his being in a similar by subtler energy upon
!hich he must depend for life and that as in the physical !orld
no life assumes form until after a seed is so!n and no higher
fruit than that of parent stoc- can be producedG so in the spiritual
!orld no effect can be produced until the seed is so!n and the
fruit !ill depend upon the nature of the seed so that the results
!hich you secure depend upon your perception of la! in the
mighty domain of causation the highest level of human
consciousness. 5
3. .a-e your vision and !or- it over !ith faith. )oo- it
over carefully and get the end product in mind. Create the idea
and hold it firmly that this has already happened. Consider the
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specific color height consistency te"ture fragrance 8 all the
specifics of the actual thing you !ant to change. CisualiHe these in
front of you as solid as you can. Leep at it for $0 or $B minutes.
Again you can come bac- and do this later to get better at it.
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%ffirmations can be used to stren&then faith
and achieve .our vision.
'irmations are like pres"riptions or
"ertain aspe"ts o yoursel you want to "hange.
- )erry Frankhauser
Words can be po!erful tools. .his has been recogniHed and
repeated throughout history.
+r. 6eale tells it this !ay in his boo-,
The words we spea! hae a direct and definite effect
upon our thoughts. Thoughts create words, for words
are the ehicles of ideas. -ut words also effect thoughts
and help to condition if not to create attitudes. "n fact,
what often passes for thin!ing starts with tal!.
Therefore if the aerage conersation is scrutini)ed and
disciplined to be sure that it contains peaceful
e'pressions, the result will be peaceful ideas and
ultimately, therefore, a peaceful mind. #
Affirmations are short?hand statements of your vision. .hey
contain the -ey point or points that remind you of your !hole mental
picture you are striving to achieve. .hese have been given some rough
treatment lately as !e !ent over in +ay % some have been trying to sing
the !ords !ithout -no!ing the tune. 6eople canEt Fust idly say they are
rich famous or 2improving day after day in every !ay5 unless they have a
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specific vision faith and action to bac- it up. As !ell affirmations seem
to fail because they are too general. 7f you are going to -eep an
appointment at ;,00pm then you -no! !here and !hen you have to be
there. 6eople tend to use affirmations to each other daily even as simple
as the office assistant telling you 2/ouEve got a ; oEcloc- meeting
today5 or your spouse reminding you to bring a pound of hamburger
bac- on your !ay home.
Affirmations can be far more po!erful than the shopping list
though. 7f you plan out e"actly !hat you have to do to get your vision
accomplished having a short version of that vision can Fump?start your
attitude at the beginning of the day and -eep it in front of you the !hole
day. .his is Napoleon 9illEs advice to !rite that statement out and read it
to yourself at least t!o times a day. 1ut note ho! he said to do it, 2A#
/:( R=A+ 8 #== AN+ >==) AN+ 1=)7=C= /:(R#=)> A#
A)R=A+/ 7N 6:##=##7:N :> .9= A:N=/. 5
.hat is the -ey point. (nless you commit something to that piece
of paper it !ill be li-e all the old ne!spapers that are s!ept up in cities
across this planet each night by sanitation departments and Fanitors only
to be dumped in refuse bins. .hese papers have many more !ords
printed on them far more artfully and professionally than your little
piece of paper. /et they achieve nothing in and of themselves. .a-e out a
business card. 7t too has !ords on it. +oes it do anything@ 7f you lost it
today !ould it matter 8 Fust get another eh@ 1ut that business card could
be read as an affirmation of your current Fob something that you are
actively creating and achieving. Read !ith feeling and belief you can get
0uite a surge if you do it in a positive attitude.
Affirmations are a short?hand statement of your vision. /our
vision is nothing but a daydream unless you are !illing to go full?tilt at it
2firing on all eight cylinders5 and ready to set the !orld on fire to get it.
.hat is the po!er behind those !ords. .hat is all the po!er behind these
!ords. Kust !hat you put into them nothing more.
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9ill sold over % million copies of his boo- and put this above
datum in the second chapter of his boo- repeating it several times
throughout. 9e considered it that vital.
9aanel covered it this !ay,
1ords are thoughts and are therefore an inisible and
inincible power which will finally ob@ectify themseles in
the form they are gien.
1ords may become mental places what will lie
foreer, of they may become shac!s which the first
bree)e will carry away. They may delight the eye as well
as the ear, they may contain all !nowledge; in them we
find the history of the past as well as the hope of the
future; they are liing messengers from which eery
human and superhuman actiity is born.
The beauty of the word consists in the beauty of the
thought; the power of the word consists in the power of
the thought, and the power of the thought consists in its
itality. #
+r. Covey has more insight into this matter,
"n effectie personal leadership, isuali)ation and
affirmation techniques emerge naturally out of a
foundation of well thought through purposes and
principles that become the center of a person&s life.
They are e'tremely powerful in re-scripting and re-
programming, into writing deeply committed-to
purposes and principles into one&s heart and mind. #
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Not all of our self?help authors re0uired affirmations as part of
achieving self?improvement. 7 include it here as an e"planation and
additional tool !hich can help you achieve your o!n improvement in
your o!n life.
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While Napoleon 9illEs boo- and principles are devoted to
achieving prosperity these can readily be converted to improving any
area of your life,
2%irst. 3o into some 0uiet spot Ipreferably in bed at
nightJ !here you !ill not be disturbed or interrupted close your
eyes and repeat aloud Iso you may hear your o!n !ordsJ the
!ritten statement of the amount of money you intend to
accumulate the time limit for its accumulation and a description
of the service or merchandise you intend to give in return for the
money. As you carry out these instructions #== /:(R#=)>
A)R=A+/ 7N 6:##=##7:N :> .9= A:N=/.
2Second. Repeat this program night and morning until
you can see Iin your imaginationJ the money you intend to
accumulate.
2Third. 6lace a !ritten copy of your statement !here you
can see it night and morning and read it Fust before retiring and
upon arising until it has been memoriHed. 5
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"elief in a 'upreme "ein& or *i&her Po+er ) tappin& into oneDs
relationship +ith the 'upreme "ein& increases oneDs o+n
abilities and po+er.
0*y religion "onsists o a hum!le admiration
o the illimita!le superior spirit who reveals himsel
in the slight details we are a!le to per"eive
with our rail and ee!le mind.0
- 'l!ert <instein
.he vast maFority of humans on this planet Ione recent survey
has it as high as '6N in AmericaJ recogniHe some sort of higher po!er.
>actually atheists are a very small minority. And many of these are
agnostics meaning that for them the Fury is still out on the matter.
.he connection bet!een self?help and this higher po!er is
insisted upon in most self?help boo-s and merely recogniHed as a given in
the rest. 9aanel and Wattles call this po!er by different names and give
other technical details about the connection. +r. 6eale is very direct in
connecting the benefits of self?help directly !ith 3od giving many many
e"amples and techni0ues directly associated !ith Ne! and :ld
.estament #criptures. Al 3haHHali also directly lin-s self?improvement
!ith Allah 0uoting different parts of the Loran in doing so. I+uring this
search 7 did not find any 1uddhist or other religionEs bestselling self?
improvement boo-s that met the re0uisites for this studyG principally this
boo- !as !ritten !ith Western thought on the matterG in the Appendi"
there is a short summary and conclusion about the boo-s used in the
original study. J
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(ndeniably then if a person is to get the most out of his o!n
course in self?improvement one must ta-e 3od or the (niversal Aind
or any other phrasing into account. IWhile there might be a
commonality bet!een religions this is another study and beyond the
scope of this boo-. >or our arguments here and due to the almost
identical approach that the authors mentioned have used !eEll consider
that they are all tal-ing about the same =ntity. J 6robably the most
interesting point in !riting this chapter is that there are so many different
opinions about 3od 8 probably as many as there are grains of sand or
pebbles on the beach 8 every person has a slightly different one. Without
purposely stepping on anyoneEs toes on this subFect letEs boil do!n !hat
these various authors hold in common in relation to 3od and self?help,
.his 6o!er is every!here omnipresent permeating all
forms and matterG all parts of Creation are a part of the !hole !e
are all part of this 6o!er
As such the 6o!er cannot be subFugated or tric-ed etc.
.his 6o!er plays no favorites ma-es no e"ceptions is not
subFect to petition or sympathy ploys.
.his 6o!er has a continuing purpose of creating forms
and is the source of all supply.
.his 6o!er deals in abundance through all its formsG this
concept enables all such creations to have abundance in their
o!n lives.
7t is through creative imagination that one is lin-ed to this
6o!er !hich is the source of intuition hunches genius and
inspiration.
A personEs cooperation !ith this 6o!er determines oneEs
success.
:nly through a feeling of gratitude !ill such a
cooperative connection be possible.
.apping into this po!er is only possible through a
creative harmonious non?competitive basis. :ne !ill receive
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only as one givesG !hat one receives !ill ma-e it more possible to
give.
.he various religious te"ts and scriptures contain !ords !hich
describe the above relationships and rules regarding our relationship !ith
3od by any name. +r. 6eale !hose boo- is !ritten entirely from a
religious vie! of self?help gives innumerable e"amples of people being
able to use the 1ible to improve their lives. And innumerable is no
understatement. >or every story in his boo- 7Em sure there are a hundred
or a thousand more.
+r. 6eale also relates,
+rayer power is a manifestation of energy. .ust as
there e'ist scientific techniques for the release of atomic
energy, so there are scientific procedures for the release
of spiritual energy through the mechanism of prayer. #
Consider this logically, !e can approach contact and receive gifts
from an omnipresent omnipotent source. We only have to do this in a
specific manner to achieve consistent results. .his seems more science
than religion.
7ndeed +r. 6eale relates a story !here t!o industrialists
perple"ed by a problem decided to pray for a solution given the
formula 2Where t!o or three are gathered together in my name there
am 7 in the midst of them. 5 IAatthe! $&,20J. #ince this didnEt get the
e"pected results they consulted a local preacher !ho pointed out
additional formulaic phrases namely 2According to your faith be it unto
you. 5 IAatthe! ',2'J and 2What things soever ye desire !hen ye pray
believe that ye receive them and ye shall have them. 5 IAar- $$,2<J.
.hese three prayed accordingly. After several such thorough sessions of
prayer these three all affirmed that their prayers had been ans!ered.
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7nvestigation of the results sho!ed that the results !ere satisfactory and
according to their prayers.
We have then a precise scientific approach to improving any
aspect of oneEs life. 6art of this approach is the recognition of this 6o!er
according to the observed and tested rules these various authors have
researched and !ritten do!n for us.
A part of this procedure is prayer as mentioned above. No! all
these authors do not agree upon any set formula or procedure for prayer.
+r. 6eale covers a !ide variety of forms that he and others use. What is
common bet!een them is that there is an open communication bet!een
the person and this 6o!er. 9aanel suggests sitting 0uietly rela"ed and
simply opening oneEs thoughts to this 6o!er sending oneEs visualiHation
and desire. Wattles adds that one must be then than-ful for having
received that gift continuing along the line that one al!ays ac-no!ledges
the receipt of anything re0uested in the past tense. =ven the !ord
2Amen5 according to the 7nternational #tandard 1ible =ncyclopedia 2is
generally used as an adverb of assent or confirmation??fiat Eso let it be. E5
:ne of the more interesting points regarding prayer aligns !ith
earlier points !eEve covered. Were one to completely eradicate non?
positive thoughts from oneEs mind and as !ell adopt an ethical*moral
code to -eep this in place constantly in life one could fall under the
description of 2living your prayer. 5 Actually this is a phrase in the Ne!
.estament 21e al!ays FoyfulG pray continuallyG give than-s !hatever
happensG for this is !hat 3od in Christ !ills for you. 5 I$ .hessalonians
B,$6?$&J. Were a person to achieve this level of thought and action
according to the principles !e have covered so far in this boo- nothing
!ould be impossible to achieve or ac0uireG all of his*her relationships
!ould be as re!arding as he*she !ished.
While this is a boo- of Western ideas of self?help and so any
discussion of 3od !ould bring references to the Kudeo?Christian
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approaches study of Al 3haHHaliEs .he Alchemy of 9appiness sho!s
definite parallels. .hough beyond the scope of this boo- but given that
such !ritings have continued through the thousands of years the 1ible
!as !ritten and into our current times it is probable that the principles
outlined here are universal in application regardless of form of religion.
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>rom +r. 6ealeEs boo-,
1. 2.he formula is I$J 6RA/=R7O= I2J67C.(R7O=
I;JAC.(A)7O=. 5 . . .
$. 2.o assure something !orth !hile happening first
pray about it and test it according to 3odEs !illG then print a
picture of it on your mind as happening holding the picture
firmly in consciousness. Continue to surrender the picture to
3odEs !ill 8 that is to say put the matter in 3odEs hands 8 and
follo! 3odEs guidance. Wor- hard and intelligently thus doing
your part to hold the picturiHation firmly in your thoughts. +o
this and you !ill be astonished at the strange !ays in !hich the
picturiHation comes to pass. 7n this manner the picture
2actualiHes. 5 .hat !hich you have 2prayeriHed5 and 2picturiHed5
2actualiHes5 according to the pattern of your basic realiHable !ish
!hen conditioned by invo-ing 3odEs po!er upon it and if
moreover you give fully of yourself to its realiHation. 5
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Peace of 8ind is attainable throu&h self0control.
02e who is o "alm and happy nature will hardly eel the pressure o age#
!ut to him who is o an opposite disposition
youth and age are e/ually a !urden.0
- &lato
6eace of Aind is available to anyone at any time.
6ractically !eEve already gone over ho! to achieve this. 6er
9aanel this is simply regaining control over oneEs o!n thoughts as !e
covered in the beginning chapters of this boo-. .hese !ere the beginning
e"ercises of sitting in a 0uiet space and rela"ing gaining control over
your thoughts. Any s-ill must be e"ercised in order to become reasonably
adept at it and so the reason to invo-e the no! familiar 26ractice ma-es
perfect. 5 Rela"ing oneEs physical state and being able to rid all possible
accessible non?positive thoughts is a re0uired step as !ell as filling it
!ith positive thoughts.
Aore vital in all these is the ability to simply reach a 2silence5 or
20uietude5 internally so that intuition and insight are more readily
accessible. 7t is through these creative thoughts and connections and
interchange that all sort of possible improvements can be achieved for
our human race.
Kames Allen put it most elo0uently,
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$almness of mind is one of the beautiful @ewels of
wisdom. "t is the result of long and patient effort in self-
control. "ts presence is an indication of ripened
e'perience, and of a more than ordinary !nowledge of
the laws and operations of thought.
A man becomes calm in the measure that he
understands himself as a thought-eoled being. %or
such !nowledge necessitates the understanding of
others as the result of thought, and as he deelops a
right understanding, and sees eer more clearly the
internal relations of things by the action of cause and
effect, he ceases to fuss, fume, worry, and griee. /e
remains poised, steadfast, serene.
The calm man, haing learned how to goern himself,
!nows how to adapt himself to others. And they, in turn
reerence his physical strength. They feel that they can
learn from him and rely upon him. The more tranquil a
man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence,
his power for good. 3en the ordinary trader will find his
business prosperity increase as he deelops a greater
self-control and equanimity, for people will always prefer
to deal with a man whose demeanor is equitable. . . .
/ow many people do we !now who sour their lies,
who ruin all that is sweet and beautiful by e'plosie
tempers, who destroy their poise of character and ma!e
bad bloodC 0nly the wise man, only he whose thoughts
are controlled and purified, ma!es the winds and the
storms of the soul obey him.
Tempest-tossed souls, whereer you may be, under
whateer conditions you may lie, !now this7 "n the
ocean of life the isles of blessedness are smiling and the
sunny shore of your ideal awaits your coming. 9eep
your hands firmly upon the helm of thought. "n the core
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of your soul reclines the commanding (aster; /e does
but sleep; wa!e /im. Self-control is strength. *ight
thought is mastery. $almness is power. Say unto your
hear, &+eace. -e Still.& #
And that is the simplicity of peace of mind. Achieve a mental
0uiet through practice. .hen all measure of things are possible per these
te"ts. .hose !ho cast about for amusement !ho plug their ears !ith
loud music !ho play the .C incessantly !hen alone or !ith family 8
these are see-ing to avoid something to not face or confront some idea
or thought or mental noise that constantly distracts depresses angers or
intimidates them.
/et all thought is created. 9uman-ind has simply not been able
to routinely enable people to learn to sit 0uietly and sort these thoughts
out to bring them under control. Rural societies have the advantage of
large spaces bet!een themselves and other areas even other families. #o
there are long spaces of 0uiet !hich must be endured. While no! !e can
fill this void !ith satellite radio +C+ players and !hatnot perhaps !e
shouldnEt. :ne friend of mind a full generation younger !as aghast that
7 !ould simply turn off the radio !hen there !as nothing valuable to
listen to that 7 !ould use the time driving bet!een rural to!ns simply
completing thoughts to logical conclusions. 1ut he !as raised on video
games 8 7 gre! up in an age !here the early computers ran on tape and
punch cards.
Ay parents can remember plo!ing and cultivating behind mules
the times !hen tractors first became popular in farming. .hose !ere
truly 0uiet days for thoughtful people. /et the trade?off is in these days
of high percentage disposable income. We no! have the time to thin- to
philosophiHe 8 !hich for the >ounders of this country and historically
before that !as the sovereign territory of the rich. 1enFamin >ran-lin
for one retired at age <0. With fe! e"ceptions those !ho could put their
thoughts in order and ta-e the time to !rite them do!n for others had
already made their success.
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.hese days ho!ever one can ta-e a period of time loo- up the
great masters on the 7nternet as public domain or order printed boo-s
and get them delivered in days from boo-sellers on this same 7nternet
system. 7f one can afford the time Iand paper to print them off or hard?
drive space to store them onJ he can have any amount of classic !or-s at
his fingertips or as digital recordings.
#o it is up to us to do the research and publish our conclusions.
7t is up to us to find those !ho have been do!n these roads before to
stand on the shoulders of these giants to see further per 7saac Ne!ton
and describe !hat !e see.
.he steps 7Eve compiled in this short boo- sho! simple steps that
anyone can ta-e an introduction to a very potent subFect.
.his boo- ma-es it possible for anyone to achieve peace of mind
and a peaceful e"istence. :ne need only read and try then through
demonstrating its usefulness and application for oneself create the faith
needed to practice and continue improving oneEs o!n conditions.
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+r. 6eale received these instructions from the ace pilot =ddie
Ric-enbac-er !ho developed an unflappable calm !hich served him
!ell in life in all sorts of circumstances,
1. 2>irst collapse physically. 6ractice this several times a
day. )et go every muscle in the body. Conceive of yourself as a
Fellyfish getting your body into complete looseness. >orm a
mental picture of a huge burlap bag of potatoes. .hen mentally
cut the bag allo!ing the potatoes to roll out. What is more
rela"ed than a burlap bag@
$. 2.he second element in the formula is to 2drain the
mind. 5 #everal times each day drain the mind of all irritation all
resentment disappointment frustration and annoyance. (nless
you drain the mind fre0uently and regularly these unhappy
thoughts !ill accumulate until a maFor blasting?out process !ill
be necessary. Leep the mind drained of all factors !hich !ould
impede the flo! of rela"ed po!er.
3. 2.hird thin- spiritually. .o thin- spiritually means to
turn the mind at regular intervals to 3od. At least three times a
day Elift up your eyes unto the hills. E .his -eeps you in tune !ith
3odEs harmony. 7t refills you !ith peace. 5
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'urround .ourself +ith people around .ou
+ho think as .ou do.
The composite mind +ill achieve
the composite vision shared.
04ever dou!t that a small group o thoughtul "ommitted people
"an "hange the world$ indeed it(s the only thing that ever hasA0
-*argaret *eade
.he 2Aaster Aind5 is having a group of people that you support
and o!e your support to. 7t is also your use of the earlier principles listed
in order to create that support both to and from you.
.his concept is the reason for churches and their purpose. .he
faith you create if shared can accomplish far more !ith a group pushing
it than the same number of persons pushing that purpose individually.
.he same principle !or-s for corporations. +r. Covey goes over
this in his analysis of getting companies to do realistic mission
statements. .hese are realistic in that they involve everyone from the top
manager to the 2lo!liest5 employee Iif there is such a thing in actuality. J
9e describes a hotel chain he visited to train their employees. .hrough
various incidents he observed personally he sa! that they had a uni0ue
and personal vie! of service to their customers. =mployees !ould drop
!hatever they !ere doing and help the person in front of them ma-ing
sure that the customer had !hatever he !anted. .his !asnEt Fust the bell
boy or the ste!ard but he mentions seeing a !indo! !asher come do!n
from his high vantage to help a !oman !ith a !al-er get into the lobby
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safely and easily then return to his !indo! !ashing. When he as-ed the
manager !hat his secret !as he pulled out the mission statement. Not
Fust the organiHationEs mission statement but also then pulled out that
particular hotelEs mission statement a version of the first but developed
for that particular hotel. 9e e"plained that the hotel staff as a !hole had
developed it. >urther he pulled out several mission statements !hich
!ould go do!n into departments and sub?departments 8 each developed
by the persons in that area in their o!n !ords each a specialiHed version
of the overall statement. .his hotel team built itself and had
e"traordinarily valuable service as a result an asset !hich cannot be
bought and installed or repaired but !hich must be gro!n. IAgain get
his boo-. 7t is e"tremely !ell !ritten and sensible. J
A group doesnEt Fust have a purpose but lives it gro!s it. When
you see some small country church !hich is losing its membership you
can see that they could improve on their faith and their vision to attract
more parishioners. #imilarly companies that have high turnover
problems have probably never truly built a team and do not share a
common purpose nor do they truly agree about ho! to go about getting
it.
.his applies to self?help in that a person !onEt get as far on his
o!n as one can !ith another or several persons having the same dream
or vision. Aany artists li-e .homas 9art 1enton and Charley Russell had
!ives !ho !ere the actual behind?the?scene business partner ma-ing
sure they got top dollar for their art managing the household economics
and also the social event calendar to ensure the mar-eting sales delivery
and 6R functions !ere covered. A t!o?person team !ith one vision.
)arger than that corporations have been formed based entirely
on a single vision. Napoleon 9ill tells in his boo- that Carnegie didnEt
have to -no! all there !as about steel?ma-ing he had fifty people he
trusted to ma-e those day?to?day decisions in running his business. Ray
Lroc counted on his managers and franchise o!ners to deliver superior
service to their customers 8 after he trained them in his 29amburger (5
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in the basement of one of his Aid!estern franchises. Ar. Lroc made
millionaires out of bun pac-aging and condiment suppliers because he
trusted them to supply his business and -ept sending them orders due to
that trustG as his business gre! so did theirs. Ar. Lroc supplied the
vision they got on board and pushed this vision. .hey shared LrocEs
faith and became millionaires as a result.
>ully half of +r. CoveyEs boo- covers the finer points of building
an effective team. .he reasons for doing so are also covered in 9illEs
boo- in addition to 9aanelEs. :ne can have a personal vision. 1ut
sharing this vision giving others something to have faith in and push
!ith their o!n coordinated actions can ma-e the dream far bigger far
more e"pansive than a single individual could ever attempt on his o!n.
.he physical universe reality follo!s the vision. When the vision is
e"panded by additional people adding to it the resulting reality is larger
by multiples as the po!er increases by factors not Fust addition.

Conversely !here a company isnEt e"panding or running into
repeated difficulties it has gone off purpose Iif it ever had truly defined it
originallyJ and the vision shared by the founder is not being participated
in by the lo!er echelon managers and staff. .his single datum is covered
over and over in various business te"ts far beyond the scope of this
single boo-. 9ere !e Fust see that the principles described in this boo-
are basic fundamental la!s of operation for an individual and e"tend up
to the largest corporations and governments.
#o build your team share your vision generate trust in each
otherG there are no limits to e"pansion providing you follo! these
fundamental la!s !eEve laid out here.
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Da. /7 ) 13ercises$
.ry this 8
1. .a-e your vision statement and !or- out ho! big it
factually needs to be to accomplish !hat you !ant to achieve.
$. >rom this list out the general functions you !ill need
in se0uence to achieve this vision.
3. Wor-ing bac-!ard from ho! many products you
intend to produce sell and deliver figure out ho! many people
you might need to help you based on ho! many of these
functions can be handled by a single person or ho! many
persons might be needed for each function Ili-e !arehousing and
distribution for instance. J .he follo!ing steps ma-e this simpler,
/. .a-e a big piece of paper. Write the vision*mission
statement at the top.
1. Write out the functions to achieve this vision in a
se0uence each function having a separate spot starting from one
side and going to the other.
3. 6ut a name for each Fob depending on ho! many
functions each Fob holds or vice?versa.
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). No! !rite a short mission statement for each post of
ho! this Fob*function relates to the overall vision*mission
statement and helps accomplish it
7. Revie! the !hole thing and adFust it until you are
happy !ith it.
0. No! you are ready to form your 2Aaster Aind5 by
finding people Ior they !ill find youJ to help you attain this
vision.
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'ummar.$
h. this stuff is important.
.his boo- concerns everyone. =ssentially it says that there is a
!or-able system for self?improvement !hich has been tested and proved
through popular subscription 8 people li-e it and buy its authorsE !or-s.
7f one believes the data from these boo-s to be true then all manner of
improvement in life is open to that person.
1ut let me 0uote this value as seen by the authors themselves,
The operation of this thought process is seen in those
fortunate natures that possess eerything that others
must acquire by toil, who neer hae a struggle with
conscience because they always act correctly, can neer
conduct themseles otherwise than with tact, learn
eerything easily, complete eerything they begin with a
happy !nac!, lie in eternal harmony with themseles,
without eery reflecting much what they do, or eer
e'periencing difficulty or toil.
The fruit of this thought is, as it were, a gift of the
gods, but a gift which few as yet reali)e, appreciate, or
understand. The recognition of the marelous power
which is possessed by the mind under proper conditions
and the fact that this power can be utili)ed, directed,
and made aailable for the solution of eery human
problem is of transcendental importance. #
.homas >. 9aanel .he Aaster Ley #ystem
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and,
The real battle of life is one of ideas; it is being fought
out by the few against the many; on the one side is the
constructie and creatie thought, on the other side the
destructie or negatie thought; the creatie thought is
dominated by an ideal, the passie thought is dominated
by appearances. 0n both sides are men of science, men
of letters, and men of affairs.#
Iibid. J
All that a man achiees and all that he fails to achiee
is the direct result of his own thoughts. "n a @ustly
ordered unierse, where loss of equipoise would mean
total destruction, indiidual responsibility must be
absolute. A man&s wea!ness and strength, purity and
impurity, are his own and not another man&s. They are
brought about by himself and not by another; and they
can only be altered by himself, neer by another. /is
condition is also his own, and not another man&s. /is
sufferings and his happiness are eoled from within. As
he thin!s, so is he; as he continues to thin!, so he
remains.
A strong man cannot help a wea!er unless that wea!er
is willing to be helped. And een then the wea! man
must become strong of himself. /e must, by his own
efforts, deelop the strength which he admires in
another. 6one but himself can alter his condition.#
Kames Allen As A Aan .hin-eth.
and,
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The dreamers are the saiors of the world. As the
isible world is sustained by the inisible, so men,
through all their trials and sins and sordid ocations, are
nourished by the beautiful isions of their solitary
dreamers. /umanity cannot forget its dreamers; it
cannot let their ideals fade and die; it lies in them; it
!nows them as the realities which it shall one day see
and !now. $omposer, sculptor, painter, poet, prophet,
sage--these are the ma!ers of the after-world, the
architects of heaen. The world is beautiful because
they hae lied. 1ithout them, laboring humanity would
perish. /e who cherishes a beautiful ision, a lofty ideal
in his heart, will one day reali)e it. $olumbus cherished
a ision of another world and he discoered it.
$opernicus fostered the ision of a multiplicity of worlds
and a wider unierse, and he reealed it. -uddha beheld
the ision of a spiritual world of stainless beauty and
perfect peace, and he entered into it.
$herish your isions; cherish your ideals. $herish the
music that stirs in your heart, the beauty that forms in
your mind, the loeliness that drapes your purest
thoughts. %or out of them will grow all delightful
conditions, all heaenly enironment; of these, if you
but remain true to them, your world will at last be built.
To desire is to obtain; to aspire is to achiee. Shall
man&s basest desires receie the fullest measure of
gratification, and his purest aspirations stare for lac! of
sustenanceF Such is not the 5aw. Such a condition can
neer obtain7 &As! and receie.&
2ream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you
become. :our ision is the promise of what you shall
one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall
at last uneil.
&&
The greatest achieement was at first and for a time a
dream. The oa! sleeps in the acorn; the bird waits in
the egg. And in the highest ision of a soul a wa!ing
angel stirs. 2reams are the seedlings of realities.#
Iibid. J
The world in which you lie is not primarily determined
by outward conditions and circumstances but by
thoughts that habitually occupy your mind. *emember
the wise words of (arcus Aurelius, one of the great
thin!ers of antiquity, who said, &A man&s life is what his
thoughts ma!e of it.&
"t has been said that the wisest man who eer lied in
America was *alph 1aldo 3merson, the Sage of
$oncord. 3merson declared, &A man is what he thin!s
about all day long.&
A famous psychologist says, &There is a deep tendency
in human nature to become precisely li!e that which you
habitually imagine yourself to be.&
"t has been said that thoughts are things, that they
actually possess dynamic power. .udged by the power
they e'ercise one can readily accept such an appraisal.
:ou can actually thin! yourself into or out of situations.
:ou can ma!e yourself ill with your thoughts and by the
same to!en you can ma!e yourself well by the use of a
different and healing type of thought. Thin! one way
and you attract the conditions which that type of
thin!ing indicates. Thin! another way and you can
create an entirely different set of conditions. $onditions
are created by thoughts far more powerfully than
conditions create thoughts.#
? Norman Cincent 6eale .he 6o!er of 6ositive .hin-ing.
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7 give you here concrete principles !hich you can use to improve
your life in any aspect or on the !hole. /ou can test these as much as
you !ant they belong to no author as his sacrosanct copyrightG they !ere
observed by 6lato and Aristotle and many thin-ers since. .hat this
Western !orld has isolated a fe! of these as important enough to re?
publish re?sell and re?distribute long after their authors have returned to
dust is the highest validation of them as basic and true useful principles
for self?improvement.
.here are perhaps no factual limits to !hat can be accomplished
in using these principles. )ogically one could see that there are no real
barriers to thought and imagination so conceivably no limit to !hat
could be accomplished in the physical universe.
=ven !hile 9aanel above points out that one cannot change
another for him !hile Wattles !arns not to get into occult practices in
an effort to change another against their !ill 6eale also tells us a story
!here a !oman restored her marriage and avoided divorce through the
above principles Covey tells of deciding to handle a disruptive conflict
he !as having for months !ith an associate 8 only to find that the
associate !anted to handle it as !ell. :ne doesnEt -no! !hat another
!ants particularly but by the tools above 8 visualiHation faith prayer
action 8 many many intersocial and intercultural affairs can be resolved.
:ne doesnEt -no! that the other doesnEt !ant to change or improve 8
your !or- !ould minimally give them that chance.
#everal of the authors I9aanel 6eale WattlesJ say to thin- and
visualiHe as big as you can that these ma-e the smaller problems fall a!ay
as insignificant. With the application of the principle involved in the
2Aaster Aind5 a !ide association of individuals !ith the common ideal
!ill achieve many !idespread 8 even global effects. :ne such e"ample is
the vie! of 9uman Rights !hich started !ith )oc-e Kefferson and the
>ounding >athers then !as spread through the globe due to the efforts
of the (nited #tates (N delegate =leanor Roosevelt !ho drafted and
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got agreement from other delegates enough to sign it into a (N
resolution 8 all from her Ne! /or- apartment. No! this is a held
standard across the globe defended and advanced !ith economic
sanctions to those spineless dicto?crats !ho insist on violating it. :ne by
one these countries are being forced to accede to this thought this
vision !hich is shared no! by so many internationally.
7t is my personal hope that !ithin our o!n lifetimes !e might see
!orld peace. Certainly if the principles that these authors and their
reading public found so useful !ere spread across this globe the planet
and its culture !ould be a more positive less strife?driven place. 6eace
!ould then be possible !ith a decent standard of living and defended
liberties for every single member of human-ind. 1ut it is up to you and 7
to carry this torch and to for!ard these ideals and bring them to real
substance.
.hat is !hy this stuff is important.
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%ppendi3 %$
The books that made up this stud.
and +h. .ou should read them.
:ne might thin- it odd that an author !ould suggest that
someone to stop reading his boo- and go out to buy and read another
instead. 1ut that is the e"act premise of this boo-. Aany philosophers
have covered these points throughout history. Auch of this data has
been lost and then recovered and republished in different form even
different languages. .he authors 7Eve 0uoted in this boo- are far more
e"perienced than 7 more !idely read and these boo-s often represent the
acme of their success as an author.
.his study !as initially made up of best selling self?help classics
!ho continued to sell and be distributed !idelyIfor free in many casesJ
after the authorEs death. .his gave us three -ey acid?tests,
1. .he te"t !as found appealing to its audience and
purchased !idely.
$. .he te"t is continuing to be found as useful regardless
of grammar language or style changes.
3. .he sales of the boo- didnEt depend on the personal
charisma of the author or social fads and !hims.
.hese re0uisites produced boo-s !hich gave a body of data
consistently found useful and !or-able by their readers. .hat !as the
premise of the study, there !ere possibly common datums in use
throughout self?help te"ts that could lead to a single common philosophy
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or even science of self?improvement 8 something that anyone could
apply and use since these !ere then probably based on naturally
occurring phenomenon or la!s.
:nce the bul- of the research !as done more recent boo-s !ere
compared to see if these data !ere being used in present time !hich
!ould e"plain current best?seller status since they used !or-able
principles. :ne !as selected based on its all?time record?setting tape sales
and continuing high sales years after it !as originally published. 7t !as
found to have the same data as the older te"ts and so contributed proof
to the studyEs premise.
.his is not an e"haustive study of all possible self?help boo-s or
tapes. .he subFect of !eight?loss !as left alone as !ell as many religious
tracts and 2occult5 publications. 9o!ever the principles uncovered
actually started e"plaining ho! some boo-s !ere continuing best?sellers
and others hit discount bins and clearance rac-s almost immediately after
publication. As !ell it e"plained ho! some !or-s continued to be
passed around on the 7nternet and republished even a century or more
after the author died.
.his particular boo- !as !ritten in the style and method of many
modern computer boo-s, 2)earn PPPPP in D days*hours. 5 While this
isnEt particularly true Iit factually ta-es years to get really professional at
somethingJ it does place introductory data into the hands of people !ho
are currently pushed for time. .his format doesnEt give a person other
than that introduction to the subFect so that he*she can then continue
study on their o!n.
.his is !hy 7 tell people to read the other boo-s. .hey are the
best !or- to study for that part of the !hole body of self?improvement
principles.
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>or instance
7f you !ant to get !ealthy study 9ill or Wattles.
7f your self?improvement is of a religious bent study
6eale.
.he best boo- to build a personal and business ethic is
Covey.
>or the scientific technical details of ho! self?help
!or-s study 9aanel.
An overvie! and -ey e"planation is found in Allen.
7n getting along !ith people Carnegie is the best overall.
>or improving your outloo- in life and general happiness
consult Carnegie and 6eale.
.hese boo-s overlap and cover different points in their o!n
styles. .hat is the use of this boo- 8 to sho! you !hen and !here to
bridge off !hen certain personal points need attention. 1ut 7 !ould
recommend you study all these boo-s in order to get a real conceptual
understanding of all the principles outlined here.
.his boo- 7Eve !ritten doesnEt cover every single detail or the
scientific theory and proved facts behind these $< points. 7Eve only ta-en
the most common points and presented them in a style !hich is readable
and easily digestible for our modern hectically?paced e"istence.
And 7 am not saying at any point that 7 am any past master of
these points presentedG 7 have my o!n ro! to hoe. .his boo- is no
perfect e"ample of anything. At points 7Eve been perhaps too critical of
certain institutions in society !ho could stand a great deal of
improvement. 7 only point out in this boo- !hat 7 have found in a simple
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style !hich can be easily digested and hopefully used as a springboard for
other study and self?improvement by the reader.
.hat is !hy 7 tell you, 1uy and read the other boo-s 8 ma-e this
a professional study. 6rove these points to yourself donEt Fust accept my
study as )a!. 1etter yet !rite your o!n boo- using these principles
applied to your o!n area of e"pertise.
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"rief histor. and apparent ori&in of %merican self0help
.hese boo-s have common threads. .he latest CoveyEs % 9abits
I$'&'J !as based on study of 200 years of self?help te"ts in America. 7n
the 20th century !e have 6ealeEs 6ositive .hin-ing I$'B2J preceded by
9illEs .hin- and 3ro! Rich I$';%J and +ale CarnegieEs 9o! to Win
>riends I$';%J. .en years earlier is Kames AllenEs As A Aan .hin eth
I$'2;J. Another decade prior !ere Charles >. 9aanelEs Aaster Ley
#ystem I$'$2J and Wallace +. WattlesE #cience of 3etting Rich I$'$0J.
6ossible influences on these !or-s can be attributed to the
environmental influences of their times. 6ealeEs influence might have
been the Cold War mentality of the late <0Es and early B0Es. 9ill !hile
starting his research t!enty years earlier published during the depression
for the stated purpose of getting enabling people to start ma-ing money
again. As !ell this !as the publishing time of +ale Carnegie. Allen
published after World War 7 !hile 9aanel and Wattles published prior
during AmericaEs affluence period. While the later !or-s all might be
touted as responses to !ar and recovery this theory doesnEt hold for the
earliest !or-s !hose authors had never seen a !hole !orld at !ar.
A more interesting line of approach is the common principles
!hich have surfaced in the different boo-s. Aany of these authors are
-no!n to be included under the umbrella of 2Ne! .hought. 5
According to a pamphlet put out by the Calgary Ne! .hought Center
6eale is also included as being heavily influenced by Ne! .hought
authors. 9aanel himself references Kudge I.homasJ .ro!ard !ho
lectured and !rote !idely on the subFect of 2Aental #cience5 from $'02
to his death in $'$6. .he Calgary pamphlet credits .ro!ard !ith being
one of the t!o 2taproots5 of the Ne! .hought movement. :ther
sources such as the #anta Rosa Church of Religious #cience traces the
history bac- through .ro!ard to =merson and .ranscendentalism to
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Lant and then originally to 6lato !ho first coined the term
2transcendent. 5
.he other taproot !as 6hineas 6. Muimby !ho cured and
trained many healers !ho in turn !ere able to train others forming
organiHations and churches as they spread. :f interest to this study is
that the current form of spiritual treatment for one the Ne! .hought
Church of Religious #cienceEs that of giving than-s after prayer !hich is
done in the past tense that of having already received the obFect*re0uest
prayed for.
Ne! .hought is itself inclusive of a !ide?ranging span of
thoughts and ideas ranging from mystic to biblical to scientific and
everything in bet!een. 7t currently has perhaps the greatest collection of
modern thin-ers and philosophers !illing to tac-le the subFect of the
3od directly.
7tEs not surprising particularly that Ne! .hought ideas !ould
then influence self?help so !idely. What is surprising is that this one
philosophic school !ould sprout continuing best sellers and*or be the
source for underlying principles of self?improvement.
.he conclusion of this study regardless of the sources of the
material is that there is a simple system of self?improvement*self?help
based on principles !hich are native to nature and can be proved
scientifically to be effective !here applied e"actly.
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*o+ to ,de0dupe- someone.
A dupe is a person !ho has been operating on 0uestionable data
as gospel truth. 6erhaps you -no! one !ho has 2sold himself upriver5 to
some 2cult5 or oddball 0uasi?religious sect. :ther!ise the person seems
sensible enough and in good health. 7f you !anted to get him*her out of
that scene it could be tric-y. 2+e?programming5 !as a practice !hich
!as based on illegally grabbing and holding someone against their !ill
!hile someone forcibly re?indoctrinated them.
.his didnEt !or- because of the phrase 2against their !ill. 5 .he
only person !ho can change a person is the person him*herself.
When a personEs beliefs are challenged he*she sets up all sorts of
defenses in action against the attac-er. #o it is no solution to simply
deride or be critical of the person you !ould li-e to change. #nide
comments only alienate them from you such that anything you say is
considered suspect.
/our tools in this case are application of the principles above,
6rayer CisualiHation Action. .reat the person as you !ould !ant to be
treated 8 friendliness honesty understanding. (nderstand !here the
person is coming from understand the basis of his beliefs. :nly then can
you spot !here that person is accepting illogical data on the basis of
faith only then can you understand ho! the person is using this belief to
prop up his*her life beliefs.
.hat person has probably a complete set of data and patterned
solutions !hich he*she has been given to deride or de?po!er the outside
!orld. Auch of this data is probably untrue. As-ed !hat these data
'&
consist of !ith a true aspect of understanding they !ill tell you. 1ut
!hen confronted !ith factual data of ho! the actual !orld !or-s 8 that
it isnEt really as evil as one !as led to believe 8 such vie!s !ill shift.
Cie!s are only as solid as the faith behind them. 6eople are
constantly re?evaluating data in their lives by comparing e"isting scenes
to those they previously -ne!*!itnessed*read about. 6eople are re?
programming themselves all the time 8 itEs called gro!ing older. 6eople
learn as they go on living. Non?positive thought can be considered
thought !hich is incomplete in the thought process. 3iven enough time
one can !or- out more positive solutions to any problem. And so old
2hatreds5 tend to resolve over time as people find ne! and better
solutions to cope !ith the problems they confront.
.he short?hand of de?duping someone,
$. 26rayeriHe CisualiHe ActualiHe5
2. .reat them as you !ould li-e to be treated.
;. (nderstand !here they are coming from.
<. 3ive them your data and help them understand it.
=ventually given enough time a person !ho moves out of such
a 2cult5 environment !ill adFust and 2blend in5 !ith the ne!
environment. 7f they -no! the above data and do their o!n research
they !ill eventually 0uit hating that group !hich they left despite all the
inFustices !hich may have been committed on them Ibaring actual illegal
activities !hich have their o!n recourse. J
:ne -ey point is that the person must ta-e responsibility for
his*her o!n actions visualiHations and thoughts !hich led him*her to
chose that 2cult5 to live their life !ith. With this and active pursuit of real
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understanding these people can then start living their lives. 7t !ill ta-e
some re?education but !ill eventually happen regardless.
7 give the above steps so that some might ma-e the transition
more easily more 0uic-ly. 7tEs been said that it ta-es some t!elve years
for a person to transition bac- to normal life after being in a 2cult5
particularly if -ic-ed out or forced to leave in self?defense. 1y doing the
above actions such a time period could be considerably shortened in
duration.
Amicable education is the -ey.
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%ddendum
.here are certain observations and remar-s that can be and
should be made regarding self?help and the system discovered as a !hole
as !ell as potential applications of it to broader areas such as society and
government.
>irst logic says that practically there are no limits to !hat one can
achieve !ith this system. >or as one continues to !or- that person !ill
find that there are fe!er and fe!er limits as he goes perhaps finding that
more of these are grounded in the physical plane than spiritual.
.he nature of this system demands one evolve a synergy bet!een
the subconscious Iper 9aanel and othersJ the conscious spirit*soul
!hich inhabits the body and the +ivine. Covey devotes an entire chapter
to this concept. 2Creative cooperation5 he also calls it.
:ther studies either tend to confuse the body and the spirit or try
to ignore the +ivine influence by being 2scientific5 about it. 6ractically
more and more scientific studies are beginning to recogniHe the limits of
pure materialistic research i. e. denying any causation that cannot occur
outside of strictly physical limits. 1ut as !ell the role of intuition has
been determined to be integral to scienceEs brea-throughs. 7ntuition
re0uires all three factors of the subconscious conscious and +ivine
minds to operate in cooperation. I1ody Aind #piritJ
.he fourth factor in such a synergy !ould be purpose. >or !hat
reason is the action occurring@ What are you trying to accomplish@ We
deal still !ith the obFective part of this 8 that of the conscious mind 8 to
determine this purpose in alignment !ith the +ivine and the limits to
the facilities of the subconscious.
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:ne can have all sorts of different purposes either constructive
or non?constructive IdestructiveJ positive or non?positive InegativeJ. 7
describe these in these terms to sho! the practical applications.
Construct means literally to build together and destruct means to build
apart. 1oth are based on the point of create one creating cooperatively
and the other creating divisively. =arlier in this boo- 7 mentioned that
there !as only positive and non?positive that thin-ing !as done based
on solutions !hich !ere either not thought through or incompletely
solved. Non?positive solutions !ere those !hich !ere using partial or
incomplete solutions !hich did not result in optimal results for all
concerned. .he indicators of these are the negative or 2mis?5 emotions
of antagonism anger grief covert hostility apathy and so on. 6ositive
emotions include conservative support enthusiasm e"hilaration and
serenity. .hese last are those !hich !ill get the most constructive !or-
done.
6urposes can therefore be determined to be constructive or
destructive by !hat emotions they generate and ho! much they benefit
current societal elements and future ones. .he optimal solution !ould
generate tremendous support and solve various problems both in the
present and in the future.
.he point 7 am leading up to is that people have this choice, they
can use this data to create immensely useful corporate governmental and
religious organiHations. 7mmense talent can be released and employed to
create our ne"t masterpieces. :r conversely this could be used to create
terrible criminal organiHations and !eapons that can destroy this planet
or render it unlivable.
.he interesting observed safeguard is that those !ho are creating
positive !or-s are dealing !ith more thought?out more optimal
solutions and so !ill continue to succeed. .hose !ho are dealing in
destructive efforts have built in failures since their solutions are fla!ed
and incompletely thought out. As !ell these organiHations do not
factually engender the intimate support of their associates. Kealousy fear
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and greed are common emotions and attitudes. #o such groups are then
self?destructive.
.his is the point of building non?competitively cooperative
organiHations. .his attitude must be e"ternal as !ell as internal. Any
company must realiHe that this universe !e occupy revolves around
abundance of supply. Any lac- of sufficient food housing clothing or
any other basic !ant have all been solvable since at least $'B0 for the
entire planet. We have collectively had problems in distribution bloc-ed
by political and ideological fi"ed ideas. Any lac- of supply is simply a lac-
of creative solution.
2=nemies5 to organiHations do not factually e"ist. Where any
organiHation uses such attitudes to!ard others it factually is !or-ing to
destroy that same organiHation. Competition inFures both competitors
and their shared public. Aonopolistic ideas also simply hurt that very
public the company is supposed to be servicing and selling to. Where
companies are trying to 2ma-e money5 or 2stoc-pile assets5 it is !ay off
the mar-.
.hose !ho gain greater mar-et share greater public to consume
its product simply provide greater more complete solution than others.
:ften this means inclusion of other firms as by merger. 9o!ever much
time can be !asted in simply trying to defend or attac- these solutions
and their companies or individuals. 6ractically the only real defense is to
come up !ith a better solution. 9o!ever competition 8 maligned into
the sole definition of survival of the fittest 8 has been misinterpreted.
Ai"ing hatred or antagonism into the fray simply slo!s greater solution
to any given problem any given situation. #o models !hich base
economics on !ar or violent behavior of any type Isuch as animal
behavior in the !ildJ are simply delusions spread by destructive
individuals.
.here are t!o simple datums !hich describe economics,
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$. .he purpose of any company is to deliver a service to
individuals directly or indirectly in a remunerative fashion so
that it can continue to deliver a service.
2. .hese individuals !or- out and produce an e"change
for these services so as to improve their 0uality of life.
>rom violations and alterations of these t!o statements one can
derive all the faults of modern economic and political thought. As !ell
one can streamline e"isting businesses to improve their delivery. 6olitics
could learn these datums since Western governments often violate the
rights of the individual to produce that e"change 8 anything given a!ay
for free isnEt valuable to the individualG as !ell ta"es on companies in
e"cess of !hat is needed to preserve public common goodsE value only
limit the businesses ability to deliver their chosen service. After all
businesses are Fust organiHed groups of individuals I!ho each !or- their
for their e"change to improve their 0uality of life etc. J ="cessive ta"es
create overhead costs !hich cause the company to ta-e action to reduce
these costs to ensure their survival. :ften these solutions in our modern
footloose societies mean moving to another state or another country.
.his harms the survival of the individuals !ho directly participate in that
company to aid their o!n survival. Aost of these solutions depend on
passing on these increased costs to their buyers and*or their !or-ers.
.he balance is the maintenance of the public goods against the survival
of the company. 7n our present 7nformation Age solutions are being
found !ith more and more rapidity re0uiring similar evolving rapidity
!ithin the individuals connected to these companies. And so these test
our basic social bedroc- and re0uire these to evolve more rapidly than
ever before.
3overnments and businesses could be more creative and more
responsible in resolving their solutions. 1ut they as !ell must !or- to be
less competitive and more pro?active.
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.a"ing the rich to pay the poor only ensures the poor stay that
!ay. .he rich arenEt made any less rich through ta"es alone. .a"ing the
rich to provide effective training that the poor can afford in order to
learn ho! to become rich might be a better solution. 1ut handouts donEt
!or- and never have. =0uitable loans honestly repaid have. .eaching
people to fish has -ept people fed over the eons.
.he idea of the 3olden Rule is then a !or-able economic one. 7t
is not perhaps the best solution possible but it !or-s historically and
has !ide support. Anyone can prove that it !or-s for themselves. A
model of e"ecuting this might be found in the :pen #ource movement
!hich is consistently gaining ground on the status 0uo. 7magine a group
of people !ho almost completely !or- for free and !ho constantly have
the challenge of simply improving the 0uality of their application 8 and
these better solutions gain greater public use Imar-et shareJ. 1ut those
!ho champion other solutions limit their o!n survival to the degree they
incorporate these into their mission statement*vision.
#o basing business and personal solutions on this one datum is a
safe Iand profitableJ one. 3overnmental employees particularly
appointed and elected ones should ta-e this to heart as !ell as labor
unions. All should !or- to see others around them as associates and
partners in building creative cooperation to solve the various difficulties
they encounter. .his !ould build a true 3olden Age.
.his boo- hopefully lays the ground!or- to ma-e this possible.
7 include these brief notes as additional thoughts on this subFect.
Certainly this boo- is no last !or- nothing more than an introduction to
a very !ide subFect. Aore boo-s are needed on this subFect. 1ut 7 hope
to have contributed to opening some doors of thought for others that !e
all might lead more successful lives.
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Robert C. Worstell
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Part (( ) The #ri&inal 'tud.
7 include here a description of the study done in order to distill
these $< points. 7 submitted this as part of the re0uirements for a
AasterEs +egree. 7 did the study !rote the boo- as part of testing that
data and then after some years of additional research used that study to
base this thesis. 7 include it for those !ho li-e to dig deeper and !ho
!ould li-e to see more of the original research.
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The 'earch for an ?nderl.in& Core '.stem
"ehind 'elf0*elp "estsellers
by Robert C. Worstell
IAasterEs .hesis
Approved Kuly $6 2006J
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(ntroduction
God helps them who help themselves.
Benjamin Franklin The Way to Wealth
2#elf?help5 is a modern phrase venue !here people in our
modern age can popularly immerse themselves in successful metaphysical
formulas and disciplines !ithout having to confront the stigma of
=stablished Religion or Academia both of !hich have thoroughly
inoculated their participants narro!ly into their o!n 2vertical silos5 of
dogmatic thought. .hese modern boo-s are phrased in popular
vernacular to appeal to an audience !hich has been steeped in Western
:bFective #cience not necessarily =astern Aysticism.
7 undertoo- a study of popular and effective self?help boo-s to
determine if there !ere a single common system of self?help !hich ran
throughout bestselling self?improvement boo-s. While any of us
undoubtedly have our o!n system of beliefs !hich serves us in this area
7 sought to determine if any common system !ere popularly supported
at least in our Western culture. #uch understanding !ould be of valuable
use since any such underlying system !ould sho! both the efficacy of
such a system and also ho! our culture is currently treating and is being
introduced to the self?help field.
All of the candidate boo-s !ere successful long after their first
edition and most are being reprinted and sold even today some of them
hundreds of years after their authors died. .hat !as the criterion, they
had to be still in circulation or best sellers long after their authors died 8
sho!ing that people generally still found them useful and !or-able not
dependent on the personal magnetism of the author.
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7n this paper 7 distill each of these boo-s to their various -ey
basics. 7 then see if there !ere enough common principles in use that an
obvious system underlay them. .hese system basics are revie!ed to see if
they do compose an underlying system. .hen the bac-ground sources of
the authors are investigated to see if these !ere stemming from a
common philosophical school. A tertiary cross?chec- is then done !ith
current best?selling self?help boo-s I!hose author is livingJ to see if the
commonalities held. .he possible applications of this system and its
points are then investigated.
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Revie+ of >iterature
(. The "asis of This 'tud.
.his study !as initially made up of best selling self?help classics
!ho continued to sell and be distributed !idely Ifor free in many casesJ
after the authorEs death. .his gave us three -ey criteria,
$. .he te"t !as found appealing to its audience and
purchased !idely.
2. .he te"t is continuing to be found as useful regardless
of grammar language or style changes.
;. .he sales of the boo- didnEt depend on the personal
charisma of the author or social fads and !hims.
.hese re0uisites produced a list of boo-s !hich gave a body of
data consistently found useful and !or-able by their readers. .heir
immense and continuing popular support sho!ed that they had each a
very !or-able and priHed philosophy. .hat !as the premise of the study,
there !ere possibly common datums in use throughout self?help te"ts
that could lead to a single common philosophy or even a science of self?
improvement 8 something that anyone could and !ould apply and use
since these !ere probably based on naturally occurring la!s.
.his list !as derived from searches for self?help and finding
through AmaHon and other large boo-sellers !hat is currently best
selling loo-ing for !or-s continuing to be republished after their
authorsE death. #earches !ere also done for historical bestsellers Inot
necessarily currently on bestseller lists but having set sales*distribution
recordsJ as a cross?chec-. All boo-s on this list at one time !ere
bestsellers !hich sales records e"tended !ell beyond their authorEs
death.
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.he !or-s !hich did ma-e the short list !ere !idely applicable
encompassing not only !ealth but success in life in general. #everal
addressed personal health prosperity and other 0uality of life issues
!hich have been common to man-ind through the eons not Fust a single
generation. 1ut they are simple to understand and use simple do!n?to?
earth e"amples. #o there is the commonality of universal application in
addition to a simply read and understood !or-.
7 ignored current bestselling fads in self?improvement such as
the entire genre of diet boo-s and any fictional !or-s.
.he boo-s !hich made this list,
Allen Kames. As A Aan .hin-eth. +eCorss Q Co. :ct
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Carnegie +ale. 9o! to Win >riends and 7nfluence
6eople. 6oc-et 1oo-s. Aay $''0.
Clason 3eorge #. .he Richest Aan in 1abylon. 6enguin
1oo-s #ignet. >eb $'&&
3haHHali Al. .he Alchemy of 9appiness Inot currently
publishedG available online through the 3utenberg
6roFect.J
9aanel Charles >. Aaster Ley #ystem. Lallisti 6ublishing.
Kan 2000.
9ill Napoleon. .hin- and 3ro! Rich. >a!cett 1oo-s.
November $''0.
6eale Norman Cincent. .he 6o!er of 6ositive .hin-ing.
Ballentine, Fawcett, Del Ray, Ivy. June 1982
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Wattles Wallace +. .he #cience of 3etting Rich. 7ceni
1oo-s. Jan 2002.
#tudying these boo-s sho!ed recurring points !hich !ere noted.
While there !ere over a doHen -ey points not all points sho!ed up in all
boo-s. Any system !ould have a maFority of the pointsG a fe! of these
boo-s did. :n completing all these studies 7 then loo-ed up current
bestsellers to see if 7 had any comparative !or- s !hich !ere similar in
sales magnitude. :nly one had a sales record outstanding enough to
compare to these historical bestsellers and so 0ualify as a cross?reference,
Covey #tephen. .he % 9abits of 9ighly =ffective 6eople.
>ree 6ress #imon and #chuster. $'&'.
9is te"t !as found to have the same data as the older te"ts and
so contributed proof to the studyEs premise.
9ere is the list of $< points derived from the studied !or-s.
.hey !ere given a single !ord descriptive and short definition to aid in
study.
.he points,
$. R=A#:N, A reason to change something to shoot for
goal.
2. .97NL, :ne has the capability of independent thought.
;. C9AN3=, A person can change his o!n attitudes.
<. A7N+, .he surrounding environment is resultant from
the mental environment.
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B. 6:#7.7C=, =mphasis on positive outloo- on life 8
eliminating critical thought and behavior.
6. AC97=C=, :ne can accomplish personal control over
being doing achieving and ac0uiring.
%. 3:)+=N R()=, (nderlying moral*ethical
understanding 8 operating in a non?competitive
manner.
&. C7#7:N, 1eing able to envision personal goals and
outcomes to achieve.
'. AC.7:N, +eveloping and putting plans into effect to
achieve oneEs vision.
$0. >A7.9, An internally created energy !hich supports a
personal belief system.
$$. A>>7RAA.7:N, (se of affirmations to strengthen faith.
$2. 6:W=R .9R:(39 6RA/=R, 1elief in a #upreme
1eing or 9igher 6o!erG 6rayer*meditation as a
method of increasing oneEs personal effectiveness.
$;. 6=AC=, 6eace of Aind through self?control.
$<. AA#.=R A7N+, #urround yourself !ith people around
you !ho thin- as you do. Composite mind !ill
achieve the composite vision shared.
7 created a chart to study these points. 7 !as then able to pic- the
most representative !or-s for more in?depth study and also verify the
fre0uency of ho! these points sho!ed up across these !or-s.
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*$ The %lche-y o1 *a33iness, (y %l 'ha77ali
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/lason
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:ne can see that three of these stand out, C, #cience of 3etting
Rich >, Aaster Ley #ystem and K, % 9abits of 9ighly =ffective 6eople.
After this come 3, .hin- and 3ro! Rich =, As a Aan .hin-eth L,
6o!er of 6ositive .hin-ing 9, .he Alchemy of 9appiness 1, .he Way
to Wealth and +, 9o! to Win >riends and 7nfluence 6eople then finally
A, )etter to 3arcia.
.he -ey recurring points $ IReasonJ < IAindJ and % I3olden
RuleJ. .hree others follo! 6 IAchieveJ & ICisionJ and $2 I6rayerJ. >ive
others are over fifty percent 2 I.hin-J ; IChangeJ ' IActionJ $;
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IAffirmationJ. .hat some boo-s held more in common doesnEt reflect
particularly on the importance of any given point. .hose three boo-s
!ho do touch all points have a po!er in their !or-s not approached in
the others.
.he -ey summary point is that three boo-s !ritten at different
times by different authors !ho did not -no! each other came up !ith
the same -ey principles Iho!ever Covey mentioned in his boo- that he
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studied some 200 years of self?help literature in preparation for !riting
his boo- and so !ould probably have studied most all of theseJ. .hat si"
points are common to over t!o?thirds of these boo-s points to some
underlying system of self?help e"ists through popular literature.
#uch individual standings do not tell the relative effectiveness of
the boo-s. Aost of these are about ma-ing !ealth !hich is a much?
mar-eted factor in Western CiviliHation in the supposed creating of
happiness. :thers such as 3haHHaliEs !or- and 6ealeEs are more along a
religious bent. Where one !ants to get data on ho! to become !ealthy
or ho! to improve oneEs character or get more faith into oneEs life the
above boo-s have individual approaches to these specific points.
#everal of these are distinguished by sales in their o!n right.
>ran-lin !as probably the first best?selling self?help author on this
continent over 200000 copies !hen printing itself !as in its infancy in
the American colonies. 3haHHali sho!ed up during a search for
historically popular self?help !or-sG his !or- is perhaps the first !or-
-no!n as in this genre historically. 9ubbardEs short !or- sold over <0
million copies as many many copies !ere purchased and given a!ay by
plant o!ners to their employees.
Certainly there is some personal decision factor in my analysis of
these boo-s. 1ut 7Eve ta-en the -ey points and tried not to run in some
interpretation Isuch as faith and planning !ould be re0uired to achieve
the team!or- result in )etter to 3arcia 8 in this boo- the emphasis !as
entirely on populariHing the action of being a team memberJ.
.hese boo-s simply have a common message through them. 7Eve
been able to ta-e historical and current day bestselling self?help te"ts and
derive -ey points !hich sho! an apparent underlying set of commonly
used elements for a possible self?help system.
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((. "rief *istor. and %pparent #ri&in
of %merican 'elf0*elp Classics
While these boo-s differ in location !ritten and time period they
do have a similar philosophic influence.
.hese boo-s cover over %0 years bet!een the earliest and latest.
.he latest CoveyEs % 9abits I$'&'J !as based on his study of 200 years
of self?help te"ts in America. 7n the 20th century !e have 6ealeEs 6ositive
.hin-ing I$'B2J preceded by 9illEs .hin- and 3ro! Rich I$';%J and
+ale CarnegieEs 9o! to Win >riends I$';%J. .en years earlier is Kames
AllenEs As A Aan .hin-eth I$'2;J. Another decade prior !ere Charles >.
9aanelEs Aaster Ley #ystem I$'$2J and Wallace +. WattlesE #cience of
3etting Rich I$'$0J.
6ossible influences on these !or-s canEt be attributed directly to
the environmental influences of their times. 6ealeEs influence might have
been the Cold War mentality of the late <0Es and early B0Es. 9ill !hile
starting his research t!enty years earlier published during the depression
for the stated purpose of getting enabling people to start ma-ing money
again. As !ell this !as the publishing time of +ale Carnegie. Allen
published after World War 7 !hile 9aanel and Wattles published prior
during AmericaEs affluence period. While the latter !or-s all might be
touted as responses to !ar and recovery this theory doesnEt hold for the
earliest !or-s !hose authors had never seen a !hole !orld at !ar.
A more interesting line of approach to determine commonalities
is the principles !hich have surfaced in the different boo-s. Aost of
these authors are -no!n to be included as classics under the umbrella of
2Ne! .hought.5 According to a pamphlet put out by the Calgary Ne!
.hought Center
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6eale is also included as being heavily influenced by
Ne! .hought authors. 9aanel himself references Kudge I.homasJ
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.ro!ard !ho lectured and !rote !idely on the subFect of 2Aental
#cience5 from $'02 to his death in $'$6. .he Calgary pamphlet credits
.ro!ard !ith being one of the t!o 2taproots5 of the Ne! .hought
movement. CalgaryEs other taproot !as 6hineas 6. Muimby !ho cured
and trained many healers !ho in turn !ere able to train others forming
organiHations and churches as they spread forming the current churches
of Ne! .hought lineage.
>ran-lin 3haHHali and Clason are not connected !ith Ne!
.hought by any record. 9ubbard may have had some connection !ith
=merson or Alcott !ho !ere on the history?line of Ne! .hought via
the .ranscendentalists.
Ne! .hought is itself inclusive of a !ide?ranging span of
thoughts and ideas ranging from mystic to biblical to scientific and
everything in bet!een. 7t currently has perhaps the greatest collection of
modern thin-ers and philosophers under its broad umbrella these
!or-ing as !ell to moderniHe concepts found in ancient =astern te"ts for
a modern Western audience. 7tEs not surprising particularly that Ne!
.hought ideas !ould then influence self?help so !idely. What is
surprising is that this one philosophic school !ould sprout continuing
best sellers and*or be the source for underlying principles of self?
improvement. #ince Ne! .hought is inclusive of modern analysis and
ancient !or-s beyond 3ree- and also historyEs oldest !ritten !or-s this
says much about its openness and the !or-ability of the included
theories and practices. Narro!ly dogmatic philosophic schools !hich
tend to e"clude !ould not be broadly applicable outside its narro! belief?
system and follo!ers.
We no! have a set of recurring self?help principles !hich are
popularly supported and an underlying philosophic school on !hich
these elements are based. .he ne"t point of in0uiry is ho! these are
possibly a system. .hat one philosophic school is capable of being a base
for all the historical self?help bestsellers predisposes us to believe that
these elements are part of an underlying system of self?help.
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.he tric- to this is that Ne! .hought not being a centrally?
organiHed operation isnEt popularly publiciHed or advertised as a -ey
philosophic source in modern society. Certain Ne! .hought churches
are able to publiciHe themselves locally but nothing on a scale !hich
!ould support or effect nation!ide boo- sales of even a single boo- over
several decades. What is interesting is !here certain popular boo-s are
able to distill the body of Ne! .hought beliefs do!n to a simple set of
elements !hich are readily communicated and assimilated by the reading
public. 7t is also interesting that these are repetitively e"ecuted by
different authors in different ages under different socio?economic
conditions. .his predicts that a possible underlying popular system has
been selected by the reading public. .he elements 7Eve described above
might be part or all of such a popular system.
Ne"t 7Ell e"amine ho! these elements may !or- !ith each other
to develop such a system.
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Findin&s
Aentioned earlier 7 !as in search of a possible underlying
system. .hat 7 found a small handful of common points didnEt mean
anything unless they !ere proved useful. .a-ing into mind the vie!s of
these authors 7 !or-ed to arrange these items in a logical fashion so that
simpler and basic ideas !ould then set the foundation for later ideas.
.hat these individual pieces then hold together coherently tends to sho!
the e"istence of an underlying system.
.hese points in order,
$. R=A#:N, A reason to change something to shoot for goal.
1efore anything can change there needs to be a reason for
change. Nothing in this universe is unmotivated if only by the need for
entertainment or distraction from boredom. .he reader !ould have to
decide to ta-e responsibility for his*her o!n situation and decide to to
something about it.
2. .97NL, /ou can thin- for yourself.
Ne"t !ould be re0uiring*inviting the person to start thin-ing for
him*herself to decide on the basis of personal e"perience !hat they
!anted to do !ith their life. While most modern readers have been
deluged !ith mind?numbing advertisements from their first .C sho! it
is essential that any reader be able to -no! that they could thin- on their
o!n in order to decide to change their mind.
;. C9AN3=, A person can change his o!n attitudes
.his point !hich goes bac- at least to Aristotle and populariHed
by Carnegie and others is a -ey point. A person has a reason for change
-no!s he*she can change his o!n thoughts and no! finds that his*her
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emotions and attitudes can be altered at !ill simply by practicing facial
e"pressions to do so. 9ere the reader is being made again more self?
sufficient and independent of the !orld around him*her.
.he mental state of a person !ill affect the decisions he*she
ma-es in life. >eelings of hopelessness !ill result in apathetic decisions to
do nothing about it and be a victim. >ear !ill prompt a person to simply
retreat from doing anything or ta-e the easiest less painful !ay out.
Anger might ma-e a person decide to attac- or criticiHe saying things
one might regret later on. .he interested even enthusiastic person !ill
decide in terms of the best solution that benefits the maFority concerned
and perhaps even !or- out ho! to ma-e a profit from that situation.
9ere also the reader is introduced to not hanging on to negative
emotions !hich have nagged that person their entire life. .here are many
e"ercises in these boo-s !hich enable a person to get over such
emotional problems simply by changing their minds by decision.
<. A7N+, .he surrounding environment is a result of the mental
environment.
No! the reader can be introduced to a -ey concept because of
the logic of the preceding three points. Allen and others had this as
basically the -ey and only point !hich their boo- !as based on, the
physical environment around a person can be changed by changing that
personEs mental environment.
While this point is familiar to any reader of self?help or
metaphysical te"ts here !e see that this can be logically introduced once
one -no!s that his o!n thoughts can be brought under his control. .his
can be illustrated by sho!ing ho! his*her mental attitudes created
emotional scenes in his*her life !hich could have been avoided entirely.
Allen and 9aanel have more specific e"amples of the technical reasons
this is a roc-?solid datum verifiable through the most obFective scientific
e"periments.
>or our use it is -ey only that the reader is able inductively to
agree !ith the concept and start using it in his*her life.
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B. AC97=C=, 6ersonal control is possible over being doing
achieving and ac0uiring.
#ince thought is under control and creates the e"ternal universe
if only through the action of creating oneEs o!n attitudes then personal
achievement is basically limitless providing no physical handicap is
present. Again a logical step.
6. 6:#7.7C=, =mphasis on positive outloo- on life 8 eliminating
critical thought and behavior.
While this seems a needless comment it actually isnEt. Aost of
the modern society is filled !ith criticisms and needling. Advertising is
built on people having lo! self?esteem and self?confidence and staying
that !ay. Were people to ma-e up their o!n mind and decide to act
positively at all times in all manners they !ould need far fe!er pills and
!eight?loss guides.
.his is another logical step since people !ho can thin- and
decide for themselves !ho have something they !ant to achieve 8 these
can no! step up to the plate and decide to act only or mostly positively
in improving their lives.
%. 3:)+=N R()=, (nderlying moral*ethical understanding is
the base for self?help
As !eEve found that positive creative thought is more vital more
effective than non?positive non?creative thought 8 this leads logically to
the ne"t step, in order to ma-e the best decisions the most profitable
ones !e have to treat others li-e !e !ould li-e to be treated.
Again !hile the vast maFority of religions have this datum
enshrined in their scriptures it isnEt a common operating basis in this
planet. 7t again is built on the prior points but is re0uired to be decidedly
stated so that people can have an ethical base to choose ho! to create
their attitudes and !here to ta-e their lives.
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&. C7#7:N, Cisions are composed of hopes and dreamsG they
create reality.
9ere the reader is no! introduced to the stuff !hich apparently
drives this universe. .he personal vision !hich people hold in front of
them is !hat they mirror their universe to be. 9aving a complete vision
supplements your chosen goal and is actually a broader statement of it.
#eeing this goal in all its details ma-es it much easier to achieve and ma-e
manifest in the !orld around one.
Again !e are continuing to increase the ability of the reader by
giving him more bite?siHed chun-s !hich logically ensue from the earlier
steps.
'. AC.7:N, 6utting plans into effect !ill achieve oneEs vision.
Why daydreams are so disregarded is the simple fact that they are
usually never planned out for actualiHation no action is ta-en on them. 7f
a long Fourney is planned out but that first step is never ta-en it is only a
nicely laid out plan.
.his follo!s vision as a vital e"planation as to !hy affirmations
often get a bad name, you canEt simply mouth the !ords for
improvement and then do nothing to actually achieve !hat you really
!ant. #o the reader is no! told he has to get off his chair and do
something !ith his life.
$0. >A7.9, >aith is self?generated self?created.
>aith is self?generated. 6art of creating a ne! environment
around the reader depends on ho! much self?confidence or self?trust can
be created. 7f the person distrusts his o!n plan or his abilities to carry it
out then no positive change !ill be accomplished. .he reader at this
point is reminded again that this is #=)>?help and so one has to have
faith in one?#=)> to get the vision e"ecuted for real.
$$. A>>7RAA.7:N, Affirmations can be used to strengthen
faith and achieve your vision.
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:nly no! can the reader effectively start to use affirmations. .he
need for change is evident the reader -no!s he*she can do it if change is
really !anted. .here is a vision and plan in place to achieve it. .he reader
no! can generate his o!n self?confidence and self?trust. 1y no! !riting
out and*or spea-ing -ey points to that vision it is easier to manifest that
vision in the here and no!.
$2. 6:W=R .9R:(39 6RA/=R, 1elief in a #upreme 1eing
or 9igher 6o!er 8 tapping into oneEs relationship !ith the #upreme
1eing increases oneEs o!n abilities and po!er.
.his point is an empirical one. All my studies here and later have
consistently run into this e"act point in self?help studies. None failed to
mention this as a -ey element !hile they might have different names
I9igher 7ntelligence (niversal Aind et al.J. +r. 6eale gives many useful
e"ercises do!n this line although all the boo-s tie the effectiveness of
self?help to this directly or indirectly.
#etting this point here simply builds on the ideas of vision and
faith above. 7ntroducing it as a prior point !ould only possibly alienate
some readers !ho have had dogmatic e"periences !ith particular
religions. Aost people agree there is some sort of #upreme 1eing or
9igher 7ntelligence at !or-. Aentioning this at this point should only get
agreement minimally but can increase the effects of the planning and
actions in manifesting the vision of the individual mar-edly.
$;. 6=AC=, 6eace of Aind is attainable through self?control.
.his follo!s logically from understanding the connection of self?
improvement !ith a #upreme 1eing but isnEt necessarily dependent on
such. )ater studies give a far greater detailed understanding of !hy this
!or-s this !ay. >or our purposes !e !ould sho! the reader !hat
he*she should be e"pecting and ho! to fine tune his*her vision
planning and action to get the ma"imal personal gain out of these.
Additionally !or-ing from a stably peaceful mind !ill be far more
efficient in manifesting his*her goal.
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$<. AA#.=R A7N+, #urround yourself !ith people around you
!ho thin- as you do. .he composite mind !ill achieve the composite
vision shared.
No! the reader can include others in on the plan to ma-e it
happen on a broader scale than that single individual could achieve by
himself. 1ut until one is roc-?solid !ith the vision planning and
underlying self?confident attitude only then should one start to bring
others on board.
.his then presents a system of self?help on a logical gradient. 7Em
sure that a simple system could be built !ith fe!er elements. 1ut on
revie! one can see that !hile several could be included under a single
heading having specific emphasis on every point here ma-es the entire
system more !or-able and easier to train through gradient study.
I9aanel of note had 2< gradient lessons in his Aaster Ley #ystem
course of study.J
While no system is infallible that one could cross?compare
various other bestselling authors and find the bul- or all the above
elements present points to a probable underlying system used by these
authors. #imilarly !here you e"amine the cheap rip?off editions of self?
help they lac- a real understanding of the basics outlined above.
Certainly one could bridge from these !or-able basics into more
specialiHed and e"tensive training into meditation for e"ample or the
specifics of financing as gone over by Clason.
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Discussion
.here are certain observations and remar-s that can be and
should be made regarding self?help and the system discovered as a !hole
as !ell as potential applications of it to broader areas such as society and
government.
$. .his study brings about an understanding of ho! to reach the
reading public. Aany have been inured to anything but the purest
obFective science. .hey have similarly been !arned about studying
anything but their o!n churchEs belief system. Academic !ritings
generally are too erudite and professorial in approach to be readily
understood or appreciated by a general public.
#o the language has to be neutral simple and effective. .he most
consistent bestsellers manage to -eep the sentences direct and simple and
so have managed to ma-e the $00?year shift in culture and language.
.he point of religion has been approached my several of these
authors in a circumspect manner. ="ceptions are Covey and particularly
6eale. 1ut 6eale doesnEt for!ard a particular dogma !hile he obviously is
approaching from a 6rotestant vie!point his very practical e"ercises and
e"amples enable anyone to achieve their self?help goals through prayer
and religious e"perience 8 all !ithout 1ible?thumping or dogmatic
preaching.
7n short the language of these successful authors is very much
man on the street and clear. Aost people believe in 3od and pray as part
of that belief. #o mentioning 3od a #upreme 1eing or +ivine Will isnEt a
death -nell to boo- sales. .he point is to !rite in a very real manner and
ma-e logical sense plus for!ard simple and useful practices !hich can be
readily applied.
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2. )ogic says that practically there are no limits to !hat one can
achieve !ith this system. >or as one continues to !or- that person !ill
find that there are fe!er and fe!er limits as he goes perhaps finding that
more of these are grounded in the physical plane than spiritual. As
human thought as assisted by the (niversal Aind is practically limitless
so the potential human ability level !hich can be achieved is li-e!ise
unlimited. While more can be said about this it is !ell understood by any
regular practitioner in the subFect and is better used in forming the
support for the ne"t argument.
Aa-ing these boo-s !idely available could increase the amount
of highly able people on this planet bringing more artists and s-illed
counselor?types to vie! and to !or- on the problems this society faces
every minute of our 2<?hour days.
;. .he nature of the system described in these boo-s demands
one evolve a synergy bet!een the subconscious Iper 9aanel and othersJ
the conscious spirit*soul !hich inhabits the body and the +ivine. Covey
devotes an entire chapter to this concept. 2Creative cooperation5 he also
calls it. :ther studies either tend to confuse the body and the spirit or try
to ignore the +ivine influence by being 2scientific5 about it. 6ractically
more and more scientific studies are beginning to recogniHe the limits of
pure materialistic research i.e. denying any causation that cannot occur
outside of strictly physical limits. 1ut as !ell the role of intuition has
been determined to be integral to scienceEs brea-throughs. 7ntuition
re0uires all three factors of the subconscious conscious and +ivine
minds to operate in cooperation. #tudies in 9una Ithe 6olynesian religio?
social philosophic system !hich predates =astern sources to Ne!
.houghtJ confirm the interrelationship of these three points.
Another factor in such a synergy !ould be purpose. >or !hat
reason is the action occurring@ What are you trying to accomplish@ We
deal still !ith the obFective part of this 8 that of the conscious mind 8 to
determine this purpose in alignment !ith the +ivine and the limits to
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the facilities of the subconscious. :ne can have all sorts of different
purposes either constructive or non?constructive IdestructiveJ positive
or non?positive InegativeJ. 7 describe these in these terms to sho! the
practical applications. Construct means literally to build together and
destruct means to build apart. 1oth are based on the point of create one
creating cooperatively and the other creating divisively. .he optimal
purpose and resultant solution !ould generate tremendous support and
solve various problems both in the present and in the future.
<. .he final point 7 am leading up to is that readers of these
boo-s have this advantage, they can use this data to create immensely
useful corporate governmental and religious organiHations 0uite in
addition to personal gain. Were Fust the five boo-s containing the bul- of
the elements gotten into continuous consumption by people on this
planet not Fust this Western culture many admirable and positive effects
could be created. Where the original authors are referenced a greater
veracity could be achieved for such a self?help system as it isnEt a single
author !ho is the source of this data but a systemic body of !or- !hich
cross?references itself.
:nce a body of practicing public !ere achieved many
international problems !ould disappear or be greatly alleviated. War
starvation and many political*governmental ills could be reduce if not
erased as people !ere able to implement the above system or some
version of it. 6opular opinion !ould force governmental revision to!ard
more accountability and effective action based on moral not political
gain. 7ndependent financial donations !ould ease natural disasters
through popularly?supported relief. #everal of these boo-s mention the
idea of !hat !ould happen if the maFority of the populace started
treating each other !ith mutual respect and honesty. We !ould have a
very peaceful cultural revolution all !ithout firing a shot or any re0uired
government action.
3overnments and businesses could be more creative and more
responsible in resolving their solutions. 1ut they as !ell must !or- to be
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less competitive and more pro?active. .he shareholders in both need to
e"ercise their o!n understanding of ho! to achieve more through
cooperation than competition. 3etting such bestsellers in use by leaders
of these groups !ould ma-e the businesses more profitable and the
governments more honest and accountable. 3overnmental employees
particularly appointed and elected ones should ta-e this to heart as !ell
as corporate e"ecutives. All should !or- to see others around them as
associates and partners in building creative cooperation to solve the
various difficulties they encounter. .his could build a true 3olden Age.
Wor-ing !ithin a self?help system as outlined above has far more
reaching effects than Fust personal gain. #o 7 included these brief
sociological observations as additional thoughts on this subFect.
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'ummar. and Conclusions
7n this paper 7Eve e"amined the bestselling self?help authors of
this century and derived both a popular system of self?improvement
elements. 7Eve traced these authors influences to Ne! .hought
philosophies. .he elements themselves !ere sho!n to be logically
inductive to the formation of a personal effective belief?system. Along
!ith the popular vernacular used by these authors their inherent
effective value gives ample reason for their record sales.
.here are perhaps no factual limits to !hat can be accomplished
in using these principles this system these boo-s. )ogically one could
see that there are no real barriers to an individualEs thoughts and
imagination so conceivably no limit to !hat could be accomplished in
the physical universe.
=ven !hile 9aanel above points out that one cannot change
another for him !hile Wattles !arns not to get into occult practices in
an effort to change another against their !ill 6eale also tells us a story
!here a !oman restored her marriage and avoided divorce through the
above principles Covey tells of deciding to handle a disruptive conflict
he !as having for months !ith an associate 8 only to find that the
associate !anted to handle it as !ell. :ne doesnEt -no! !hat another
!ants particularly through using the tools above 8 visualiHation faith
prayer action 8 many many inter?social and inter?cultural affairs can be
resolved. :ne doesnEt -no! that the other doesnEt !ant to change or
improve 8 your !or- !ould minimally give them that chance.
#everal of the authors I9aanel 6eale WattlesJ say to thin- and
visualiHe as big as you can that these ma-e the smaller problems fall a!ay
as insignificant. With the application of the principle involved in the
2Aaster Aind5 a !ide association of individuals !ith the common ideal
!ill achieve many !idespread 8 even global effects. :ne such e"ample is
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the vie! of 9uman Rights !hich started !ith )oc-e Kefferson and the
>ounding >athers then !as spread through the globe due to the efforts
of the (nited #tates (N delegate =leanor Roosevelt !ho drafted and
got agreement from other delegates enough to sign it into a (N
resolution 8 all from her Ne! /or- apartment. No! this is a held
standard across the globe. :ne by one countries are being persuaded to
accede to this thought this vision !hich is shared no! by so many
internationally. 3lobal human rights !ould be achieved far more 0uic-ly
!ere the principles in the above boo-s commonly understood and
applied across this planet.
Certainly this paper is no final approach to the subFect self?help
or the boo-s referencedG this paper is nothing more than an introductory
loo- at a very !ide subFect. =ach of these boo-s can be studied time and
time again to gain more application and results. Aore papers and boo-s
are ever !elcome on this subFect. We already have a start !ith the above
best?selling self?help boo-s !hich have already been !ritten. 7t can be
seen that dissemination of any such basic self?help is vital to this age for
survival of both our personal selves and our international organiHations.
Robert C. Worstell
Kan. $< 2006
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"ook T+o$ Thinkin& at (nternet 'peed
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(ntroduction
/ou have !ithin you all the capability for happiness po!er
success becoming rich and famous. .he only true limits to your
achievements is !ithin you.
.he tric- is figuring out ho! to release these capabilities and
ma-e it all happen.
7n 3o .hun- /ourself4 7 laid out the discovery of basic
principles all self?help bestsellers used to help people improve their o!n
lives. 7n this boo- 7Ell build on that foundation.
We are on a road to regaining control of the programming you
get during your lifetime as !ell as any habits youEve pic-ed up through
simply living life in the cultures youEve e"perienced.
.he problem is to !ade through this tremendous amount of data.
7magine having to e"amine every data you have ever accepted and all
those habits youEve created or adopted. .hat !as the situation 7 faced.
After ;0 years of living 7 started to 0uestion my o!n habits and data
e"amining core values 7 held as !ell as those 7 had trained in 8 both in
philosophy religionIsJ and my o!n family values from the culture 7 had
lived as a child.
Added to this data !as the immense pile of data !hich !as no!
available over the 7nternet. :nce 7 started e"amining data 7 !as flooded
!ith ne! material. All the philosophic masters could be accessed
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do!nloaded and made to fill up many hard drives and C+Es. 1ut that
!as Fust it 8 it !as a massive pile of data. 7 needed a !ay to evaluate that
data and distill it into something useful.
7 had run across various evaluation systems such as #cientific
Aethodology but !ho is to say !hich of these actually !or-ed@ >or all
the #cience in the !orld their o!n studies say that around B0 percent of
the studies contradict the other half. 3reat.
An obvious tool to revie! these evaluation systems !ould be
)ogic. 1ut 8 have you loo-ed into some of these modern )ogic te"ts
lately@ 9oly moley !hat a confused mess. .hese re0uire some graduate
studies in mathematics Fust to get started.
Ay solution !as to get to the basics of this particular subFect. A
first premise !as that earlier studies !ere simpler than later comple"ities.
Another premise !as that there !as an underlying system of thought
!hich !or-ed. #omeho! man-ind !as improving its lot. #o underneath
something !as ma-ing all the ingenious thin-ing !e do as a species !or-.
7n this boo- 7 really get into this !hole scene of logical thought
evaluation systems and building some sort of 2philosophic analytic
engine5 to sort through massive amounts of data. IAeaning ho! anyone
could boil any amount of data do!n 0uic-ly all in their o!n head.J As a
matter of fact !hile 7 submitted this study as my 6h+ thesis it gets
pretty thic- real 0uic-. #o in this boo- 7Eve ta-en phrases such as
2polyhedral tetradic analytic engine5 and condensed that into a simpler
2four?!ay thun-5. .hereEs other e"amples in here 8 but the point is to
get the data across not have you stumble across the nomenclature. 7Eve
!or-ed to -eep the terms 7 use here simple as !ell as the grammar. 1ut
occasionally a difficult concept re0uires a difficultly?turned phrase 8
though 7Eve !or-ed to -eep these to a minimum. 7n those cases you
could Fust s-ip a paragraph of so and then come bac- if it still didnEt
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ma-e sense. 7 !ouldnEt even try to get all the concepts on the first
reading 8 Fust too much here to get right off.
7f you !ant to s-ip this first part on )ogical Analysis then go
ahead. 3o bac- to the .able of Contents and pic- out something more
interesting. .he conclusions are probably more important to some
people than ho! 7 got there. 1ut on the other hand maybe youEd li-e to
really speed up your thin-ing and improve your ability to 2thin- outside
your bo"es5. .hatEs !hat all this !or- helps you do. 1ut bac-?to?front or
front?to?bac- you only get out !hat you put into it. .here are tons of
lessons here to be learned far beyond anything 7 !rote into it or even
intended.
.he toughest part of this boo- has been turning these high and
flighty te"ts Iincluding my o!nJ bac- into the vernacular so anybody
could understand and apply all this stuff. 7 did it because there are some
real gems in here !hich anyone !ould !ant to -no! in order to get
through their life in one piece 8 or ma-e an unruly life a bit more orderly.
)et alone this data points to things li-e ma-ing anyone Iand so
everyoneJ into a success. 1elieve it or not thereEs even a recipe for !orld
peace in here as !ell...
>or no! letEs get bac- to simplicities.
7Ell start !ith sorting out ho! people thin- and figure things out..
)etEs get going.
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Part ( ) *o+ to ,Thunk-
h. +e tr. to fi&ure thin&s out...
Why do !e analyHe@ What product are !e loo-ing for@
While pure research has its o!n use the maFority application of
analysis is anchored in the real !orld. .here are broad goals and
purposes for any person area or entity. 3iven a problem of business a
person needs to be able to determine a solution rapidly and accurately.
Why@ )etEs ta-e a simple ans!er, =very life form is trying to survive
Iachieve gro!thJ as its o!n basic purpose. .his ho!ever is limited.
What is survival for the cat is not necessarily survival for the canary. 7f
any analysis is to be universally applicable and basic it has to have
broader reach. Aan is re0uired to live in symbiotic relations !ith the
other inhabitants on this planet overall.
#o any broadly applicable purpose of analysis !ould have to ta-e
into account the overall scene. 1ut such a datum !ould need to apply to
the smallest analysis of say fi"ing a childEs bro-en toy. As !ell the
largest analysis might attempt to resolve global problems.
Aost of the research done today is to get real products. While
pure research has its o!n use the maFority application of analysis is
anchored in the real !orld. 3iven a problem of business a person needs
to be able to determine a solution rapidly and accurately. Why@ )etEs
ta-e a simple ans!er, =very life form is trying to survive as its o!n basic
purpose. .his is limited. What is survival for the cat is not necessarily
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survival for the canary. 7f any analysis is to be applied universally it has
to have a broad reach and application.
Aan has chosen to live in symbiotic relations !ith the other
inhabitants on this planet overall. WeEve chosen to go along to get along
8 as it !ere. :ur thin-ing and 2thun-ing5 has to ta-e into account ho!
!e are going to solve the big picture as !ell as our o!n little scene.
#o any broadly applicable purpose of analysis !ould have to ta-e
into account the overall scene. 1ut such a datum !ould need to apply to
the smallest analysis of say fi"ing a childEs bro-en toy. As !ell the
largest analysis might attempt to resolve global problems. What !e thin-
has to !or- in the big and small.
)ogic and #cientific Aethod and +ata Analysis have a purpose
to find more optimal solutions. 7tEs obvious that if a guy is !or-ing to
ma-e things !orse heEll do himself in as !ell. =volution?!ise species
that didnEt !or- to improve their lot arenEt around anymore.
.his purpose tests out both on the childEs bro-en !agon and the
resolution to the volume of ocean pollutants found internationally. 7f you
are going to fi" problems big and small you are going to !or- to find
better solutions than the ones youEve been given.
*o+ the ,'cientific 8ethod- +orks
.hrough comparing the above methods of analysis and cross?
chec-ing !ith a plethora of boo-s and papers on analysis that 7 could
find 7 concluded that the vast maFority use #cientific Aethod or some
version of it. 7n this the apparent action steps of analysis are,
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$. 9ave a goal*purpose to for!ard.
2. #elect a problem being confronted !hich could have or
re0uires a better*more optimal solution 8 such solution
moves the goal for!ard.
;. 7dentify the data !ithin that problem you feel might be
subFect to improvement.
<. +evelop a hypothesisG something you thin- could result if
t!o Isets ofJ data are compared.
B. Compare t!o Isets ofJ data in that problem area.
6. .his comparison brings a result to vie!.
%. Compare the result against the purpose or initial
hypothesis.
&. #tart over !ith a ne! hypothesis if the more optimal
solution isnEt achieved.
7 further simplified this to four simple steps,
0. Notice something in need of improvement
$. Wor- up a hypothesis for situation area
2. Comparing data in that situation area produces result
;. .hen you compare result to the original hypothesis
<. >inally ? upgrade or revise original hypothesis and then
loo- for ne! data to compare etc.
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/ou might note the first step above is to have a goal something
to improve. .his is as 7 sa! it as a commonly non?confronted step. .his
can lead to analysis !hich has no real use !hen completed. 7f you are
going to build something then your !or-outs have to align !ith !hat
you are going to build 8 figuring out ho! the roof fits onto the side!alls
better result in a !ell?fitting roof !hich doesnEt lea-. 1y sorting out !hy
the analysis !as needed !e determine !hat product it is supposed to
achieve. 1ut this also leads me to find some interesting basics along the
!ay.
(s all data evaluation the sameF
With this 7 then chec-ed this pattern by e"amining a couple of
different types of data evaluation.
7 too- t!o decidedly different analysis forms, statistical analysis
Ias used broadly in university studiesJ and se0uential analysis Iused
successfully by some businesses to analyHe their production linesJ.
#tatistical analysis gathers the results from repeating e"periments done
under varying conditions graphs these and loo-s for an e0uation that
e"plains the results. #e0uential analysis loo-s at the results from a
production line and then e"amines the se0uence of production to find
!hat changed so it can be remedied.
A common action !as found bet!een the t!o,
Analysis compares t!o patterns
and this res ult predicts a third.
.his tests out in both our e"amples, statistical analysis e"amines
the results and compares them against an e0uation. #e0uential analysis
compares ho! the line ran earlier based on its results against ho! it is
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running no!. We then have a simple statement of the #cientific Aethod
se0uences above.
All the variant forms of Analysis use this base, have a situation
compare at least t!o datums to test it then ta-e the result and see if it
resolves the situation.
.he ne"t step is to ta-e a loo- at )ogic !hich is used at the base
of #cientific Aethod and so all analysis.
>o&ic and (llo&ic
Writing about )ogic is something li-e trying to corral 0uic-silver
!ith a -itchen -nife or hold !ater in a paper bag. )ogic in its basics isnEt
defined or described !ith any tools other than logic. 7tEs purity is such
that !hen correctly isolated it becomes a sort of universal solvent
dissolving anything it touches. #etting lengthy e"amples to describe it is
touchy at best since these inherently contain fla!s !hich logic !ould
e"pose.
)etEs go bac- to basics.
6eople thin-. And most do so successfully.
)ogic is an effort to e"plain ho! people thin- effectively. When
people donEt come up !ith useful results their thin-ing is described as
2illogical5. :f course that doesnEt get us much. .here are classes and
types of people !ho have been described as 2irrational5 or 2e"tremist5.
7n these cases the describers are usually themselves living some illogical
or e"treme life*!orld?vie! and are simply saying that these other people
are !ay outside the 2norm5 !hich is !hat the general consensus has to
say about things. 1ut go ahead try to live your life by polls and public
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opinion. /ouEll find that it gets pretty illogical rather early on. Kust
because everyone thin-s it 2stylish5 or 2modern5 or 2progressive5 to do
something doesnEt mean itEs !orth a lic- to you or your friends. What is
good for the goose doesnEt necessarily satisfy the gander.
Aost advances in our sciences and cultures !ere made by people
!ho thought and lived !ay outside anyoneEs bo". .hen their ideas !ere
eventually adopted by the maFority and became 2normal5.
The real bottom line of >o&ic.
1ut the bottom line in )ogic is that people have been analyHing
and re?analyHing things for centuries trying to get to the bottom of !hat
truly !or-able logic is. 7 figured that the 3ree-s pretty much had it
sorted out by their time. 1ut li-e the old adage 2.rust but verify5. .he
ne"t step !as to get a clear concept of !hat they !ere tal-ing about.
7 studied a large number of te"ts on )ogic by #ocrates and others
in his peer group and later. 7 !or-ed simply 8 thro!ing a!ay
comple"ities and loo-ing for the most simple and !or-able e"planations
of logic. .hese datums had to be !idely accepted and used.
3oing through these te"ts found various problems and
2conundrums5. =ssentially these !ere blind alleys !ith no solution.
.hro!ing a!ay philosophical conundrums narro!s do!n the field
considerably. .a-ing the most basic !idely accepted and used datums
leaves us only a fe! datums that are !idely applicable. 1oiling these
do!n in turn gives us this simple observation,
)ogical thought is apparently based on the comparison of
t!o datums !hich predicts a third datum.
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.his tests out since the various arguments and logical
combinations IAN+ :R N:. D:RJ can be built from this.
#o letEs go up our chain of thought. .he reason !e started !ith
)ogic !as because it !as the basis for #cientific Aethod. .his
methodology is used at the core of all scientific and academic data
evaluation. 7t could be argued that all +ata =valuation is based on the
#cientific Aethod !hich is based on )ogic.
Facts! #pinions! Truth! Faith.
Anything that can be verified as actually having occurred is a fact.
=verything else is an opinion. .ruth is opinion vie!ed as fact 8 !hich is
!hy no t!o people share identical truths and !hy some truths can be
2shattered5 !hen confronted !ith facts that donEt support them.
Conclusions or results are very close to truths but limited. When
you conclude a principle based on a series of observed facts or
e"perimental results you hold that principle to be true !ith in the limits
of !hat you observed for yourself Ior the e"periments and*or
observations of someone you trustJ.
7n thin-ing !hat do either one of these t!o compared datums
consist of@
A datum could be a fact. >acts might be defined as an observed
occurrence. :ops. )oo- out, t!o individuals donEt see the same
occurrence identically e"cept in the broadest terms. >or one they arenEt
sitting or standing in the identically same location and that precise
instant. =ven if you use an indirect observation ie. a camera or other
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recorder is limited in accuracy to the lenses and programming used
much as the individuals vie!ing this occurrence are limited by their o!n
acuity of senses. No t!o people have the same collection of facts to
thin- from.
>urther truth has similar limitations since no t!o persons can
agreed on precisely and e"actly all truths they hold. .hat last argument
you had 8 !hat !as it about@ I1ut then it !ould be pretty boring if !e
agreed on everything eh@J
>or the purposes of reasoning !e must introduce a non?e"act
mutually agreeable datum. 9ere !e rely on 2fuHHy datums.5 #uch fuHHy
datums define things as perhaps either hot nor !arm but definitely not
cold. .he racer definitely crossed the finish line ahead of the others but
!e cannot say !hether every time cloc- used at the race agreed on the
e"act instant of time much less the accuracy of the thumbs punching the
buttons on the stop?cloc-s or !ho !as paid to align the laser sensors.
#o the accuracy of the conclusion !ould be subFect to the
accuracy of the facts*datums used. A '0N agreed?upon datum
compared to a separate '0N agreed?upon datum e0uals !hat@ .his is the
core of human logic. (se of patterns of various datums in comparison
gets even !ilder and more variable results.
1ut !e arenEt no! lost in a fog. At this point !e can see if !e
have a usable conclusion if the result does or doesnEt result in a more
optimal solution. =asy to see if you pic-ed the right !ay to install a ne!
head?gas-et. 7t either !or-s or it doesnEt. 1ut you can have it slightly one
!ay or the other and it !ill still perform o-ay. #ame for ba-ing a ca-e 8
you can put slightly more or less sugar in and most people !onEt notice.
#o fuHHy datums are used all over the place in real life.
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Another factor enters in ho!ever, faith. .here is a certain
amount of belief in any datum that pushes it over the edge into fact. .he
smallest most finite datum re0uires faith of the observer that it is correct
and*or correctly observed. :ne must trust the instruments or his vision
or even his o!n sanity and acuity. 9e must have faith that he observed
!hat !as in front of him. Aost people have faith in gravity 8 things fall
donEt they@ When you build a paper airplane youEre considering that
ultimately it !ill !ind up on the ground. #ame for other 2natural la!s5.
We all believe that they !or- all the time.
#o faith is an element in all logic all comparisons.
A caveat here, faith is not religion. A religion could be defined as
the organiHation to support those !ho !ould ma-e a living from
for!arding a common set of beliefs. A church might be vie!ed as a
body of people !ho share and co?support common beliefs. While some
religious beliefs are called and re0uire 2faith5 on the part of their
follo!ers this is a distinct difference to the use of faith as an observed
element of logical thought Ithough they may rub shoulders and predict
ne! uses of analysis ? as covered briefly later in this boo-.J
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Rules for %nal.sis.
.here are fe! rules to this. 2.he greater comple"ity the greater
chance for failure5 goes the one adage 2Leep 7t #imple 8 #cholar5
another. 9o!ever some basic fe! rules did surface,
1. Anything can .e compared to anything.
6retty logical. ="plains this fascination !ith people !ho can
2thin- outside the bo"5. As !ell this enables different patterns to be
compared !hich normally !ould not be. Not Fust datums but differing
patterns and even different systems can be compared. .here are no
boundaries that cannot be crossed.
:f course this gets into some pretty !ild comparisons but 7Ell
get into that in a little bit.
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Aany failures in comparison are due to holding strictly to one
pattern !hile you are e"amining a completely disrelated pattern.
.hin-ing outside the bo" Iand even assuming that there is a bo" to thin-
outside ofJ precludes such. 7ntuition especially in humanities !ill
resolve situations faster than science even though you might be doing a
display for a science proFect. .he rules of good design and presentation
ta-e precedence over science in ho! to most effectively present. .hese
rules do not ho!ever change the accuracy or method or se0uences used
in the science proFect. Comparing the outcome of this science*design
comparison against the purpose of !ell?delivered proFect results !ill tell
you pretty 0uic-ly if you !ill !in the a!ard for best proFect. =ach has its
part to play and the rules are a combination of the t!o areas. #heer
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science isnSt all that elegant and glossy graphics arenSt necessarily
accurate. 7t ta-es t!o to tango.
>rom this rule a corollary can be seen,
$a. An analysis using one comparison doesn8t necessarily
get accepted in another #ield.
.he prophet isnEt necessarily recogniHed in his o!n hometo!n.
.his can clearly be seen !hen #cience is trying to e"plain some of
the more metaphysical mystical or religious aspects of various studies.
#ome things do not have simple 2scientific5 e"planations. .his might
mean that the !rong rules !ere applied to the analysis. Aetaphysical
areas might be best analyHed !ith metaphysical tools. +id the process
result in more effective or pronounced metaphysical occurances@ Not
!hether there !as more pronounces =L3 readings of the participants or
not. +id the >aith 9ealer get a cure or not@ 6artial cure@ #ome relief@
A mystical fantasy !riter might start a religion and have a
scientifically failed basis for his claims. 7t might even be horrible
mysticism and poor fantasy. 1ut you can be sure that there !ill be
fascinating religious and philosophical discussions that ensue. >or only
those t!o bodies could effectively have say over !hether this occult hac-
made his purpose stic-. #cientific e"amination !onSt be able to prove
anything particularly since he isnSt dealing in the pure realm of science.
7f this religion !ere an economic success for the author such
!ould only be arguable and verifiable in economic terms Icorporate and
personal ban- accounts etc.J as something ma-ing money is more
mar-eting than effective production and delivery 8 those these last t!o
have to be in line in order for the mar-eting to !or-. Again production
and delivery are arguments do!n the line of organiHation not !hether
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his mystical fantasy practically produced observable results 8 a lot of
people believing they feel better doesnEt mean heEs made any scientific or
metaphysical brea-through. Constantly shouting that you o!n the !orld
of the mind doesnEt ma-e it so ho!ever many people can be persuaded
to believe you. ICompare LuhnEs !or- on scientific paradigms for the
reverse scenario.J
2e+ 1valuation '.stems Found
)oo-ing around !e see that simple action of analysis can be
applied to other forms of analysis. 6sychoanalysis compares patterns of
TnormalcyT !ith observed actions of the patient. Ailitary analysis
compares successful and unsuccessful campaigns to determine ne!
methods of !arfare. 9istorians compares recorded data for a time
period against current norms of action and society filling in the gaps.
What do these discovered datums predict@ >ar more studies and
T?ologiesT utiliHe the basics of analysis than !ere seen before. .his
simple action of comparing patterns then includes other areas not
formerly included.
#peculative analysis, #cience >iction is -no!n to e"tend e"isting
patterns of human cultural e"istence into e"trapolated situations. 9.3.
Wells predicted submarines and space flight years prior. 3eorge :r!ell
analyHed totalitarian governments and subse0uently may have prevented
many from forming in Western societies through his !or-. 6opular
>iction has e"plored moral dilemmas !ithout having to set up actual
utopias to test theories. .he .C sho! 2#tar .re-5 had the first interracial
-iss. Aodern military action novels can predict e0uipment and
government policy so accurately their authors are sometimes investigated
as spies.
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Common #ense, Lno!ing the pattern of gravity enables one to
understand that leaving a hammer on top of a ladder is dangerous.
Common sense is apparently composed of simple understandings as the
result of analysis in operating through life. .he lac- of common sense
might be e"plained by the failure of a person to observe and analyHe the
universe around him for common patterns. As !ell this e"plains the
terms Thic-T and Tcity slic-erT due to these persons not having basic
-no!ledge of the ne! environment they !ere thrust into. 1ut
application of analysis basics above solves these deficiencies in short
order.
Art, 7f defined as the T0uality of lifeT then art in its various forms
is an analysis of human e"istence. Culture Thigh pointsT are noted as
having a !ealth of art in many forms, paintings dance theater etc.
3reece and Rome !ere -no!n for their sculptures. .he Renaissance
survives via its paintings sculpture and architecture as !ell. =liHabethan
=ngland sho!ed us the genius of #ha-espeare and other dramatists.
Aore recently motion pictures have been added to the list of TClassicsT
as !ell as recordings of music !hich !ere not possible to preserve before
this time. =ach attempts to resolve in various forms the riddle of human
or universal e"istence.
%dditional %pplications
6R * 6olitics, .o detect 2spin5 or 2pitch5 or 2slant5 of any so?
called modern ne!s or other input simply see !hat purpose they have.
What understanding to you get out of it@ +oes it compare !ith !hat you
already have concluded is sensible@ 7f not do you really need to listen to
these guys ? ho! about a good #cience >iction novel instead@ Americans
in particular are so surrounded by 6R pitches that they are a bit Faded
about them affecting 2focus groups5 by the audience no! giving advice
on ho! to improve the commercial they vie!ed. .his ma-es polls in the
(# very very suspect 8 the sample has to be huge in order to be
any!here near accurate. #ince politics are fre0uently chumming !ith the
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press in order to get 6R coverage this can be a disaster in the ma-ing as
covered belo!.
2Ne!s5 med ia, 7n our day of 2<*%*2B6 cable ne!s Fust because
something is stated t!o or three hundred times a day doesnEt ma-e it
true. Cideos and photos can be fa-ed or e"aggerate conditions beyond
!hat actually occurred. 7f you al!ays presented video of a Aid!estern
state as being a large co! pasture many people !ould assume that only
co!s live there. A flat froHen s!amp?area of Alas-a !as al!ays
represented on net!or- ne!s and in magaHines !ith these beautiful
videos and*or stills of mountain bac-drops !ith moose and el-
proceeding stately in front. No !onder people didnEt !ant to drill for oil
there 8 the 2Ne!s5 editors !ere proclaiming it as a lush paradise. War
Hones are currently portrayed as outrageously dangerous. 7n the recent
7ra0 !ar the correspondents rarely left the main compound and the
insurgent factors centered their bombings around this compound so that
they !ould have something to report. 7t didnEt matter that '0N of the
remainder of the country !as peacefully rebuilding and even had started
attracting tourism4 No !onder people trust ne!s media less than car
salesman and la!yers. )et thin-ers be!are 8 !hat you see is not
necessarily !hat happened. 7tEs hard to compare data unless you have
facts to begin !ith. +onEt start !ith conclusions from the press !ho are
there to sell advertising.
Artificial 7ntelligence, .his field might benefit from the above
mar-edly. +efinitions of analysis might describe learning !hich in turn
could open doors to patterned responses by TA.7.Es.T .he analysis of
patterns might lead to database? or DA)?driven engines !hich compare
given inputs against patterns stored in memory. (pdateable patterns
based on fuHHy logic algorithms may reproduce Tlearning.T
=ducation, 7snSt the study of boo-s Fust the comparison of !hat
you -no! to !hat others have -no!n@ +o !e simply learn the
successful comparisons of our predecessors so that !e donSt have to
ma-e the same analyses over and over@ .hen perhaps there are more
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effective means to reach this goal. =ducators might be in the position of
age?old farmers !ho can lead a horse to !ater but canSt ma-e them
drin-. Analysis might serve to increase the efficiency of students in
material retention and real application not Fust test results. )earning
might be sheer analysis after all. 7f so then ma-ing games out of learning
could improve the abilities of students to thin-. I.here has been some
success in training via video gaming...J
#piritual * Religious, Current religions are pretty limited in their
operations. 7f !e consider that idea that all religions might be a mode of
analysis to enable their practitioners to evolve to a higher state the idea
that there is only one religion !hich !ill guarantee passage into a more
optimal afterlife is limiting. 7t may be Fust as there are millions of
opinions any particular religion only has value as long as that religious
system continues to be found useful in evolving the individual. 9uman
emotion might be related to the accuracy of analysis. Religions might also
learn through comparing their beliefs !ith other churches to find
common ground and also to see- more effective spiritual enlightenment.
#ilos are reno!n in mar-eting and grain storage. 6robably the latter is the
only practical use for them. (p?selling your parishioners into only your
particular religion !hile shunning all others is a pat policy of cults.
#piritual comparisons may have solutions to problems that have
haunted human-ind for eons. 6ersonal upsets might be due to
insufficient or incorrect data or conclusions. 6erhaps !e are using the
!rong comparative for assisting our fello! man. Religion and spiritual
studies might be closer in being able to resolve human conflicts 8
perhaps comparisons of various spiritual techni0ues might be more
effective than studies of animal behaviors and genetics Ias has
dominated modern psychology and psychotherapyJ to predict human
response.
)uc- )ongevity (ntapped Abilities, .he human limit in
capability is unmeasured. >or all !e -no! about humanity !e continue
to fall short in e"plaining ho! one person may have various abilities
!hile another nearby even in the same family doesnSt. .!o people
completely disrelated by genetic or cultural similarity and geographically
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separated can yet get in complete almost telepathic rapport. All !e truly
-no! is that !e donSt -no!. 7f !e started using the simple rules above
!e might !ell sort out some of these metaphysical and mysteries !hich
still float in our cultures.
.his !or- of continuing to e"amine life and various actions of
human sphere of e"istence Iand as !ell perhaps other life formsJ is
e"citing. 6erhaps !e have a clue here to understanding much broader
areas of life living and humanity than !ere priorly admissible if only due
to self?imposed blinders from inaccurate or limited analysis.
#urviving and e"tending oneEs viable e"istence depends on the
ability to use analysis not only for oneself but for the rest of this
symbiotic planet !e call home.
7tEs over to us.
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The ,Four0a. Thunk-
7 based this !or- on original logical thought se0uence to develop
a base analytic engine !hich is capable of evaluation of any bul- of data
or particular problem*situation human-ind is confronting through living
on this planet at this time.
Wooof. 9eady !ords but it !asnEt !hat 7 actually started out to
do. 7 had been in search of ans!ers to 0uestions my entire life searching
through various 2systems5 of thought in an effort to find ans!ers. 7 had
studied the Ne! .estament !hen a youth and found my learning
bloc-ed by the varying interpretations and associated dogma all separate
from the original te"ts 8 !hich themselves had been translated into
nearly contradictory versions. #ome years later 7 started a 2B?plus year
study of a modern West Coast religion only to find that !hen 7 started
studying its philosophic roots that its many interpretations had altered
the basic truths of those bac-ground philosophies. .hese guys had gone
far astray from !here they started. .hat 2religion5 also turned out to be a
bro-en philosophic study professing to be a 2!or-able system5. .hey
!erenEt alone in their delusions. Recent studies through conventional
college courses and popular literature particularly in the computer
information services arena sho!ed more failed systems being touted as
real solutions.
7 !as in search of a complete system. 7 had gro!n up on a
Aid!estern farm observed Nature firsthand and !as educated during
and after the 2#ilent #pring5 era of environmental activism. 7 -ne! that
!hile any of human-indEs tools !ould stay bro-en and any fool could
poison a stream or land temporarily Nature as a system !ould heal itself
on its o!n accord over time. .he same should be true of any philosophic
system.
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.he search for an actual system meant fitting a fe! criteria,
$. #ystems !or- the same in microcosm as in
macrocosm. .he principles apply for both
large and small arguments.
2. #ystems have to be !hole bullet?proof.
;. Anyone !ho accurately applied such a system
should get e"pected results routinely.
6ractically this rolls right bac- into the search and evidence for
an underlying system !hich has sho!n up in pieces through different
belief?systems. Ne! .hought has tended to develop the discovery of the
maFority of these recurring points. .his is 7 believe due to its
decentraliHed nature much as ho! :pen #ource is ma-ing far more
contributions to the advances in computer science due to the idea that
2given enough eyeballs all bugs are shallo!5 IRaymondJ for any given
problem.
+ogmatic hierarchal organiHation has lost many source references
from the Christian religion for e"ample through the Council of Nicea
under Constantine. :nly !ith the advent of Ne! .hought and improved
tolerance of Ne! Age open religion models plus the current 7nternet?
driven 7nformation Age has Religion been able to confront its o!n
beliefs and ma-e use of recently discovered older te"ts such as the +ead
#ea #crolls and Nag 9ammadi )ibrary. .his starts to restore ancient
-no!ledge to our use in developing or uncovering an underlying or base
philosophic system.
What is e"citing is that !ith the above discoveries !e can start
going through all this ne! data to uncover the natural systems of this
universe. 1ut !hile 7 !as forced to ree"amine analysis and produce a
streamlined scientific method to process data this didnEt shrin- the vast
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amount of data !hich needed evaluation. =ssentially 7 needed to 0uic-ly
sort through data and either find that the data led to!ard a system or !as
able to be discarded. As !ell 7 needed some !ay to re?include data if 7
later found that 7 actually did need it. #o some trac-ing system !as
re0uired.
Compounding this !as that 7 needed this to operate simply !ith
principals !hich could be held in the mind. 7t !ould do no one any good
if they couldnEt digest data rapidly !ithout having to have a computer on
their lap or in hand !hich could spit data bac- to them. 7 needed to be
able to analyHe data !hile 7 !as riding in a car or Fogging in the !oods.
/ou canEt ta-e the lightest computer every!here 8 e"cept the one
bet!een your ears.
.he odd thing !as is that 7 couldnEt find any sort of analytic
engine that e"isted purely in thought. 7 found one study of 2Analytic
6hilosophy5 also called 26hilosophical Analysis5. 9o!ever this Fust
made philosophy itself very complicated since it brought in the
arguments of academic logic into philosophy stating that the !ay to
analyHe philosophy !as to revie! the logic content of its language via
comple" mathematical formulas. With my practical Aid!est bac-ground
7 !asnEt impressed by anything that !asnEt immediately applicable by the
man on the street.
While 7 studied computer programming as part of my studies
!hen returning to college late in life in order to get a sheeps-in 7 sa!
that the analytic engines going by this name !ere complicated computer
programs running specific analysis algorithms 8 mainly meaning that
they !ere Fust having computers to crunch this data using the same
complicated mathematical analysis models that !ere developed over the
ages. .hese !erenEt doing anything original or refining e"isting analysis
models. Computers only enabled these calculations to be done more
0uic-ly 8 or made far more complicated. .his !as another dead end
since it lead to more Academic 2inbreeding5 rather than direct ans!ers
and solutions. .he man on the street !as disconnected from these elite
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mathematicians and scientists. Ay idea of philosophy !as to ma-e it
something anyone could study and use as a tool to evolve up!ard to a
higher state. 7vory to!ers are profitable only to the professors !ho live
in them and the painters they pay to -eep them !hite.
hen .our pet theor. is dumped on...
ReFection of mystical or metaphysical even modern scientific
theories !as outlined by .homas Luhn in his .he #tructure of #cientific
Revolutions !here he coined the term paradigm shift. 9istorically some
scientists burned as heretics !hen they presented ne! paradigm?models
!hich !ere in violent conflict !ith e"isting paradigm?models.
I>ortunately !e currently live in a more moderate age !here people are
only burned 2virtually5 by 2flaming5.J .his is an understood
phenomenon of confronting a datum or series of thoughts !hich doesnEt
align !ith an e"isting belief?system.
7Eve observed that most people tend to chase data !hich only
support their e"isting belief?systems. When a consistently recurring series
of data start sho!ing up !hich disprove an e"isting system of beliefs a
person has the choices of
aJ Re?evaluate the belief?system
bJ Continue to search for data !hich actually do support that
system
cJ #elect an alternate reality !here only their belief?system is
supported ImadnessJ.
.his is covered here in order that you can see !here your o!n
belief?system or !orld?vie! is being violated someho!. As mentioned
above getting alarmed or perturbed !hen vie!ing ne! data is pretty
normal especially in this current culture. .he point here is that you can
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either evolve your !orld?vie! or reFect the data. Ne! data either
validates or e"pands your personal hypothesis of ho! things run or
ma-es things less !or-able. .he best ne! data helps the individual
evolve and live an easier more productive less stressful life.
*o+ to "uild a ,Thunkin&- 8achine
)etEs revie! !hat the goal is here, to create a mental system
Ianalytical engineJ !hich can be used to process any amount of data
distill it into useful pieces then blend this into your e"isting !orld?vie!
so that you can improve your life.
.he -ey is that you have to be able to do it all in your head or
-eeping minimal notes on some scratch paper. What !e are trying to do
is to improve your native ability to figure things out rapidly.
.he ne"t point is to establish comparatives to !or- from. >or
!idest application these comparatives !ould be fle"ible yet substantial
in bringing the result to vie!. Aere stable data in any particular field
!ouldnEt be useful since disproving the veracity of a single datum could
crash the entire paradigm or model. .he !or-ing design for my
comparatives is based on apparent thought patterns themselves.
.he earliest history of this came from an anomaly 7 found in an
interrelated triangle of Affinity Reality and Communication IC#7J. When
one point of the triangle is increased the other t!o increase as !ell. .his
triangle is then said to e0uate to (nderstanding I#ee Wi-ipedia entry
2ARC .riangle5 on this.J. #ome recent !or-s do!n this line sho!ed that
understanding itself could be increased directly ma-ing increases in the
other three points. .his gave a four?sided figure !hich !as
philosophically stable and predictable.
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=arlier studies of 1uc-minster >uller brought up the point of the
tetrahedron being the smallest indivisible platonic solid in the universe
IAar-sJ. While space is commonly defined through three dimensions it
actually ta-es four points or faces to ma-e a physical universe obFect. .he
hydrogen atom has a tetrahedral shape and is the smallest element
-no!n. .his tetrahedron lent itself to enable a graphic shape of ho!
such a four?sided figure !ould loo-. >uller used this data to discover the
geodesic dome and other architectural advances.
Ay leap !as to consider that the tetrahedron Ior other polyhedral
modelsJ could be used as a base for philosophic models. .his then
immediately led to another hypothesis, if there is one such philosophic?
tetrahedral obFect IARCU( aboveJ then there might be more.
Revie! of the counseling material 7 had covered didnEt produce
any similar philosophic figures directlyG ho!ever revie! of my later
studies into this !ider field of improving Ability sho!ed that
Responsibility Confront (nderstanding and 6urpose did interrelate
directly to form such a tetrahedral philosophic model Ifour?!ayJ. =ach
of these principal points !as re0uired to achieve a stable improvement in
personal ability.
7Eve included several essays !hich go do!n this line and e"pand
on my use of this 2Ability >ormula5. 1y !or-ing on these four points
several advances in counseling can be achieved. #imple self?analysis te"ts
can be designed along these points so that a person could e"amine
his*her o!n beliefs and !or- them around to achieve an improved
!orld?vie!.
While 7 initially called these 2tetrads5 this is a bit professorially
elite so letEs call them a 2>our?Way .hun-5 !hich is easier to remember
and use Ione purpose of mar-etingJ. 7Ell use 2>our?Way5 for short and
specific.
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7 had found one four?!ay so loo-ed around to see if these !ere
still all that rare.
.hrough my college studies 7 found that the various specialist
courses tended to ans!er the problems found in other fields. Algebra
started ans!ering 0uestions in 9umanities. 3eography and =conomics
both studied the problems of human culture not Fust maps and number
theories. 6ublic #pea-ing started e"plaining 1usiness =nglish. 7 sa! that
!hile Academia had carefully separated these various areas into specialist
studies the 2!ell?rounded5 effect !as being missed by most students
since they !ere not trying to find a !hole system but Fust trying to suffer
through getting a degree. .hese different courses contributed in their
cross?connection to finding these additional four?!ays.
7n studying =conomics cross?connecting this !ith Computer
Courses as !ell as Aodern )iterature in both fields 7 found that #ervice
and 7nformation !ere -ey elements to e"plaining ho! the =conomics in
general and the :pen #ource soft!are economic model specifically
!or-ed. While these t!o points !ere initially thought to replace #upply
and +emand in this 7nformation Age 7 later sa! this !asnEt correct but
that these t!o ne! points actually tended to complement the original t!o
points. #o a four?!ay !as formed of #upply +emand #ervice and
7nformation. .his formulation gave simpler e"planations for many
phenomenons !hich occurred in !or-ing out economic theories and
basics. .he original dichotomy !asnEt as efficient or effective in
e"plaining ne! economic operating modes.
7 no! had a second four?!ay in a completely unrelated field to
personal counseling.
#ince 7 had t!o such four?!ays 7 loo-ed for a third. 7n the
course of my studies 7 !as loo-ing over several modern religions. .he
value of religion in a personSs life 8 an organiHed cultural phenomenon
regardless of particular dogma 8 had proved itself a valid point in living
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life across the globe. 7 had run across the Ne! .hought #piritual
.reatment and had read up on many of the early authors such as
Wattles 9aanel and Allen. >our points came up in this, Cision Action
3ratitude and finally >aith 8 since a certain amount of personal belief
!as necessary to develop vision or generate action. 7ncreasing any of
these points increased the other three so !e had a third four?!ay.
7 had three four?!ays !hich !as 0uite enough to !or- on in
addition to full?time college and part?time !or-. 9o!ever !or-ing in
four?values prompted an idea that there !ould be a fourth set. #ince a
person IAbilityJ had to !or- I=conomicsJ some!here it !as intuitively
obvious that Nature !ould be the four?!ay to find. Nature !as
composed of )ife. I+eath can be defined as only the absence of life
much as dar-ness only e"ists in the absence of light.J 7ntegrity appeared
as the second item since unless properly constituted one could attempt
to put life into a bunch of chemicals but !ould only end up !ith an
elemental mess unless it !as integrally organiHed and -ept that !ay.
(niverse !as filled in by intuitive deduction and this !or-ed particularly
as it might be defined as #ystem by synonym. )ife had to operate
some!here and increasing 7ntegrity made the (niverse stronger. What
!ould be the fourth element@ 7ntuition again supplied, 3ift. While this is
again derived from Ne! .hought roots and studies it seems to fit in
place. :ur lives in these bodies can certainly be thought of as a gift from
some 9igher 7ntelligence or 3reat Creator. And !e certainly ma-e more
of the gift if !e live our lives !ith integrity in this universe. 7tEs also
pointed out by several modern finance authors that you have to give first
in order to receive.
Certainly !e had four points !hich can be used to analyHe any
given situation, Ability =conomics Religion and Nature. Within each of
these four?!ays !e have four elements to analyHe that particular point.
.here are or can be alternate !ordings for each of these points
since the concept is important not the form. =conomics could also be
called Wor- and could also be defined as ="change. Religion might be
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#ociety or 9ealth*9ealing. Nature might be 3od or 9igher 7ntelligence
though =nvironment certainly serves. =ach of these four?!aysE elements
also could be !or-ed by their synonyms.
1y any name !e have a !ay to brea-do!n any presented
situation into smaller parts and then sort these out. 3iven that these
various combinations of points cover any -no!n situation or !orld
problem 7 got busy !or-ing this ne! analytic engine to see if 7 could
find some problem !hich !ould brea- it.
#o far it has solved anything 7Eve thro!n at it.
%dditional points to four0+a.s and anal.sis
#ome additional points are !orth discussing here before !e move
on.
>uHHy )ogic is a -ey point in ma-ing any conclusion. Where a
result is only &0 percent of !hat you !anted this is probably better than
a <0 or 60 percent solution. #o !hile it isnEt perfect it is still a more
optimal solution so it 0ualifies. 6erfection is rarely possible by
human-ind efforts so letEs not -ill ourselves over it. 7f you shaved an
hour off your time getting there but didnEt achieve your goal of t!o
hours faster it is still progress to!ard that goal. Refine your hypothesis
and !or- the problem again.
:ther platonic solids e"ist. 7 donEt pretend that one couldnEt
ma-e philosophic systems out of octahedronEs or icosahedronEs. .here
are some useful interrelationships !hich have five si" and seven points.
Ay !or- so far has only been on tetrahedral formats four?!ays. .he
more elements you have to -eep trac- of the seeming more difficult it
!ould be to find instances !hich !or- as simply as four?!ays thought 7
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donEt say it is impossible. Certainly t!o four?!ays might be interlin-ed to
build a stable integrated format. 7 Fust havenEt tried it as !hat 7Eve
covered before has opened up so much to investigate that 7 havenEt
revisited the scene. IWere one to approach this system from a geodesic
vie! it !ould interloc- various three four five ?? up to t!elve?pointed
figures in order to cover a volume 8 but this is completely beyond the
scope of this boo-.J
.here is also the recurring use of seven in various ancient te"ts.
Again this is !ay beyond the scope of this boo- but is its o!n
fascinating study.
.here are also other four?!ays !hich have been uncovered as
other authors use them. 6hysicists map out four forces !hich compose
this material universe, gravity electromagnetic strong nuclear and !ea-
nuclear forces. Another four forces -eep an aircraft in flight, lift gravity
thrust and drag. 9o!ever simply being composed of four parts Isuch as
the four factors used to determine fair use of copyrighted materialJ
doesnEt include them into a four?!ay. .he four points have to be in
constant interaction. >or my use 7 selected those four?!ays rooted in the
philosophic. >our?!ays limited to specific physical applications as those
above limit their ability to be useful in broad analysis. Again the
immediate applicability of the above overall four?!ay system IAbility
=conomics Nature ReligionJ has me too busy evaluating results to
revie! for more interactive four?!ays.
Advanced analysis along this line actually points that any four of
the $6 elements can be used to analyHe a particular situation. .hat !ould
be the subFect of another complete boo- beyond the scope of this one.
.hat is provable since if you improved any of the $6 points of the four
four?!ays you actually improve all the other points to some degree. As
!ell it does re0uire mentioning in passing that the he"adecimal basis of
this philosophic concept actually lends this engine to computer
programming at some time in the future since he"adecimal is a machine?
level language format and the basis for net!or-ing addresses etc.
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7f you !ant to develop this into a computer program please let
me -no! about it. 1ut go right ahead and !or- it up regardless of
hearing from me or not. .he idea deserves such attention.
)etEs dissect each of these four?!ays and see !hat !e can figure
out by using these...
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Part (( ) 13plainin& the Four0a. ,Thunks-.
)etEs go through each of these 2four?!ay thun-s5 and see ho!
they !or- and !hat !e can learn from them.
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7 uncovered Ability as a four?!ay in 200$. .he original studies on
this !ere !hile 7 !as e"amining 6urpose as a subFect. #cientology held
oneEs purpose to be a -ey datum in ho! one treated life. 7t had
everything to do !ith stored and determined patterns one used to analyHe
life !ith*through. 7 originally defined purpose as being composed of the
elements 1e +o and 9ave. IWhile 7 had originally contacted this idea
through #cientology it may actually stem from /oga disciplines or the
.ao but at any rate has !ell permeated our culture according to a recent
3oogle search for the term.J
7n this 7 then sa! that purpose only guided a 1e?+o?9ave sceneG
purpose !asnEt composed of these per se. Auch li-e ARCU( 1e?+0?
9aveU6urpose. 7ncreasing the purpose increased the other elements.
1e?+o?9ave doesnEt Fust have a current use of re0uiring the
individual to sort out his attitudes IbeingnessJ and adFusting his actions
IdoingnessJ in order to achieve the desired results IhavingnessJ. 7 sa! that
through aligning this to personal ability didnSt necessarily re0uire this
se0uence of manifestation. >or ability outside of re0uisite practice in the
physical universe a person manifested ability through all these three
points at once. :ne only needed a purpose to sho! any ability since
Ioutside of any personal physical handicapJ any individual could have any
amount of abilityG his only limits !ere his o!n internal ones.
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.he personal version of this involved observation IbeJ as a
person had to confront the environment around one for !hat it !as his
on abilities !ere !hat he currently !as manifesting but he had to loo- to
see !here he !as and !hat he !as at that moment. .he person also had
to understand the !orld around and !ithin him IdoJ. 9e has to !or- out
conceptually !hat the patterns are and ho! he can best align himself to
those patterns or those patterns to him. 7n this that person has to ta-e
responsibility for !hat he is*has been*!ill be creating or re?creating
IhaveJ. 9e has to be responsible for creating the operating patterns !hich
he had and !hat effects these might !or- on others. Were a person to
suddenly start e"hibiting e"treme musical talents 8 this !ould affect
those around him in different manners. .he person has to ta-e
responsibility for his creations.
All of this is according to the personEs o!n purpose. Why a
person does !hat he does and manifests any particular ability is
dependent on his o!n reasons for doing or not doing being or not
being creating or not creating. A person has various purposes in life and
probably an overall purpose for that life. Confronting this
(nderstanding it fully and ta-ing Responsibility for it !ould enable that
6urpose to manifest.
.his acts as an interacting four?!ay. 7ncreasing oneEs confront
and observation of the scene !ould enable ta-ing more responsibility
more understanding and enhance the original or underlying purpose.
#eeing a broader purpose !ould enable a higher confront increased
responsibility due to an enriched understanding and so on. 1y enabling
be?do?have under the Ability heading !e then brea- free of the
necessary se0uence !hich is used in mechanical manifesting.
As !e !ill see later Iin the Nature four?!ay as !ell as
=conomicsJ oneEs purpose and ability is very much tied to others. What
one decides to become to do or to achieve affects more than himself or
even his immediate relatives or friends. .he decision is a point of ability
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since no one else can ma-e these decisions for him. 9o!ever one can
improve the 0uality of his decisions through application of the four
points to this four?!ay.
We see also here as a subset of the Responsibility element that a
person is very much un?limited by othersE concerns and established
patterns e"cept as that person accepts othersE limits. #peculative analysis
above points out that imagination is particularly liberatingG it really has no
measured bounds or limits. #o a person is free to create at least in his
mind any amount or magnitude of ne! patterns to operate from. Really
that personEs limits are entirely his concepts of his o!n confront
understanding and purpose. .he ability to bring his imagined creations
to fruition is measured not by the muses or any e"ternal source but only
his !illingness to manifest. Again this is a limit of his o!n concept and
internal action of confronting being responsible for the effects of that
creation understanding all the details and ensuing results plus aligning
!ith or altering his o!n basic purpose to encompass that creation.
7n various studies 9una and #ilva (ltramind among them many
advanced s-ills are possible to the individual. Remote Cie!ing +istance
9ealing and #leep .herapy 8 all these things are no! the subFect of
scientific study and proved observation Iif not scientific understandingJ.
>urther mystic and shaman abilities can no! be ac0uired by practically
any individual given that personEs !illingness to suspend disbelief and
compares his o!n belief?system against other core studies for
commonalities. #ome of these commonalities have been outlined here. 7f
!e can achieve a common base then !e can e"tract the truly !or-able
data in order to cross?compare and condense into an effective system.
7n the Ability four?!ay are contained the limits to manifesting in
the physical universe I!hich sho!s up under the Nature four?!ayJ.
:neEs ability to improve the surrounding environment is completely
under oneEs o!n control. With this four?!ay !e can brea- do!n that
ability into four parts in order to see !hat is holding bac- the
manifestation. We can see that if one !ants to become a top?flight
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musician artist construction !or-er craftsman or parent 8 one only has
to increase his*her observation and confront or align his purposeIsJ or
gain more understanding or ta-e on more responsibility in the area
!here improvement is !anted. IAnd one must practice 0uite a lot 8 very
very fe! advances are instantaneous in this universe although this might
be e"amined through the subFect of 2miracles5 under the Religion four?
!ay.J
7n this four?!ay !e see that since a person can improve his
ability !e also then foray into the fields of the arts. .he bul- of an
artistEs s-ill is in his*her training and practice oneEs perseverance in the
physical training to apply the internal spar- much at .homas =dison
said 23enius is $ percent inspiration and '' percent perspiration.5 .his
four?!ay does then build the ladder and road map for the artist step by
step under his*her feet. 1y continuing to confront*observe and to be
responsibly honest about !hat level of s-ill has been achieved compared
to !hat is !anted the artist can improve s-ill levels and see !hat is
needed to get to the ne"t level in any given art format or genre. 7ntuition
plays a -ey point in that $ percent inspiration 7Ell address that under
Nature belo!.
7n discussing the Ability four?!ay !e need to ta-e up the subFect
of >ree Will. A person is an individual because of >ree Will. .his same
0uality enables a person to not utiliHe any self?help methods in his*her
life to live a criminal and practically evil e"istence full of disease and
difficulties. 1ecause of >ree Will meditation or prayer is re0uired.
6rayer*Aeditation reconnects the person !ith 9igher 7ntelligence and
enables various natural la!s to become effective for him personally.
Aa-e no mista-e the person is manifesting any!ay but believes that it is
all >ate or Larma or )uc- !hich rules his life. :nce one starts to
discipline his o!n thought and attitudes*emotions he*she !ill start to
gain control over manifesting as that person sheds self?limiting doubts.
.hat is the core to the success of any self?help system. .hey are all based
on the same underlying concepts !hich are universal and found in so
many religions psychotherapies and esoteric literature to almost defy
counting.
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.he tric- is simple per many authors but +eepa- Chopra Iin his
#even #piritual )a!s of #uccessJ seemed to outline it best !here he lays
out the se0uence of doing this as
$. #lip into the gap the silent space bet!een the thoughts. 7n
#ilva this is getting into the alpha state or 23oing to
)evel5. INote here that the deep breathing e"ercises of
9una are used to attain this rela"ed stateG #ilva also uses
several deep breaths to accomplish this.J
2. Release your intentions and desires into this gap. I#ilva has
several techni0ues for this as does 9una.J
;. Aaintain your o!n counsel. ILeep your desires to yourself
8 this seemed initially uni0ue to Chopra and +yer but
later sho!ed up in other self?help studies 9ill and Allen.
7t has some relevancy in that one tends to agree !ith
those around you and so accept their o!n limits and
cross?survival patterns.J
<. +rop your e"pectations for e"act result. .he (niverse !ill
present it to you in its o!n time and in its o!n !ay.
9aving to have it a specific !ay and time actually hampers
the manifestation. /ou have to trust the (niverse !ith
the details. I.his is common to nearly all the above
sources.J VNote, through this boo- 7 have many many
terms for this universal force and presence. .his is as it is
called many things by many authors, 3od Allah Ama-ua
+ivine Will 9igher 7ntelligence Muantum 9ologram
9olographic (niverse (niversal Aind etc. .hrough this
boo- 7 vary my use of terms to describe this in order to
-eep from stic-ing the reader into one or a fe! restrictive
dogmas on the subFect.W
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Koe Citale in #pi ritual Aar-eting echoes these same sentiments
through his boo- !ith many illustrations throughout. .he more one
loo-s through self?help boo-s the more one finds these same points
over and over.
:thers such as =c-hart .olle I.he 6o!er of No!J agree
some!hat saying that one must attain a Foyful bliss in the No!. 3regg
1raden I#pea-ing the )ost )anguage of 3odJ says that such prayer needs
to be accompanied by heart?based feeling. A some!hat different
approach but similar is Norman Cincent 6eale I.he 6o!er of 6ositive
.hin-ingJ !ho tells his readers to have only positive thoughts derived
from 3odEs love. All of these hit around the same mar-, one tunes into
the 9igher Aind*(niversal 7ntelligence achieving a mental calm even a
particular bliss and peace. 6raying*Aeditating !ith than-sgiving that the
idea you !ant to achieve is already manifest 8 along !ith giving the
!hole concept over to that 9igher 7ntelligence to sort out 8 !ill then
bring it into your life to the degree you have faith and trust in yourself
and 3od simultaneously. An optimistic and heart?based feeling is
achieved as part of the prayer. All of these agree that you must re0uest in
the past tense for anything you desire to manifest.
+r. #erge Lahili Ling in Aas tering /our 9idden #elf goes a
step further in his discussion of meditation in that there is another form
of mediation !hich is passive Isimilar to !hat is referred to as =astern
meditationJ. :ne simply meditates on achieving a higher state and then
trust in the 9igher 7ntelligence to manifest !ithout imagining a certain
result. :ne simply concentrates on the concept of !hat is !anted.
#olving any problem !ith money !ould be to concentrate on 6rosperity
or Abundance. #olving marital or partner problems could use
concentration on )ove. .rust is imperative. Aeditation of this type !ill
bring up the doubts and fears !hich are simply turning your attention
a!ay from there and focusing on the concept until you are filled
completely !ith that concept.
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Ability is a -ey four?!ay to solve in any approach to counseling
metaphysics or simple living. 1y brea-ing it do!n into four elements !e
can more easily analyHe any individualEs ability?level and then program
improvement for that s-ill or talent even !here little ability in a given
area is originally present. 7n theory this !ould outline a method for
handling dis?ability as !ell 8 but that !ould be another study.
)etEs see !hat the individual has to do to survive in our culture 8
Wor- 8 or under the polite term, =conomics.
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1conomics 0 13chan&e
As covered briefly above the =conomics four?!ay !as
developed !hen 7 !as struggling through a course in Aacroeconomics in
college. 7 had been ma-ing my o!n living out in the !orld for some 2B
years at that point and after returning to Aissouri reading !idely !ith
my broadband 7nternet connection. What stuc- in my cra! repeatedly
!as the basic premise of =conomics 8 that manEs !ants perpetually
e"ceed his ability to supply them.
.his is patently false. While in Ne! .hought one sees Ithrough
Wattles 9aanel and othersJ that thought effectively creates all it needs
and anything it !ants supplied through the (niversal Aind * >ormless
#ubstance. 1ut 7 !as also bothered as 7 had gotten other data prior to
finding Ne! .hought basics.
1uc-minster >uller Iin his #paceship =arthJ had pointed out that
us as a nation had been producing and e"porting for many years far
beyond our o!n uses. 7n researching this 7 found that this datum !as
true. >actually !e had been e"porting surplus grain and other food
internationally since before !e !ere a nation. .he Roaring .!enties and
our o!n Aanifest +estiny of e"pansion I!ith our o!n agricultural
sociological and ecological naivetXJ through this great land of resources
resulted in a temporary glut of cheap resources !hich !e promptly
shared !ith the rest of the !orld 8 for a price.
While !e reaped the !hirl!ind of the 3reat +epression and
+ustbo!l Agriculture results as a nation !e fed our starving and clothed
our poor !hile !e regrouped and re?patterned our socio?political
structures. 1y the $'B0Es !e had introduced the 3reen Revolution
through re?purposing chemical agricultural technology !e had possessed
since at least the $&&0Es. We began to feed the !orld !ho couldnEt feed
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themselves. Aodernly !e have gotten so good at this !e have shrun-en
our agricultural population do!n to less than 2 percent of the total
American population !hile increasing the that total many times over.
Aalthus the first 6rofessor of =conomics turned out to have
also been one of the first to use 0uestionable science to prove his
hypothesis as 2scientifically5 supported fact. 7t !as he !ho came up !ith
the point that the geometric progression in population !asnEt going to be
met by the arithmetic increase in agricultural output. #imilarly scientists
of his day 2proved5 that heavier?than?air flight !as impossible as the
engines of the time couldnEt lift the materials re0uired to carry man aloft.
7n both agricultural economics and airplane flight they had ignored the
underlying re?purposing of technology !hich made the !hole system
efficient for any e"pansion. Aalthus !as also una!are Ior ignoredJ the
fact that as personal standards of living !ere raised as disposable income
became greater and spread throughout a burgeoning middle class people
actually 0uit having large families in favor of enFoying life more I and
incorporating the technologies of birth controlJ. V.his is a bit short?
handedG if youEd li-e to dispute or comment on this and other points
please go to the blog of this name 8 gothun-yourselfagain.blogspot.comW
7 had also been studying the subFect of Computer 7nformation
#ystems from the heady days of the birth of the 7nternet through the
NA#+AM bubble burst and into the reality of broadband paucity in the
rural Aid!est. A series of papers for!arded my research into the reality
that increasing broadband capacity through the rural areas !ould enable
economic independence !hile preserving 0uality of life issues. 6eople
could operate their businesses virtually any!here creating niche?mar-et
items and having substantial e"change for their services. .he lo!?paying
factory agricultural and !arehouse Fobs no longer !ould re0uire under?
trained rural citiHens to provide a living !age for these people.
At this point 7 thought that the t!o principals of =conomics
#upply and +emand !ere no! replaced by 7nformation and #ervice.
Wor-ing !ith this hypothesis still came up short. .he various theories of
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economics could not al!ays be e"plained by substituting these terms for
them. 9o!ever #upply and +emand didnEt e"plain the :pen #ource
=conomic Aodel Isee RaymondEs .he Cathedral and the 1aHaarJ !hich
had cooperation and 0uality of service*product as the highest goals.
:pen #ource businesses didnEt al!ays become viable either.
Recalling my !or- in the Ability four?!ay 7 tested the idea that
#upply +emand 7nformation and #ervice !or-ed interconnected. .his
!or-ed. 7 had at this point a second four?!ay !hich needed
e"ploration.
'ervice
1asic =conomic la!s had to be e"amined as part of this research.
.he stated basic la! of the inherent failure to supply needed demand had
already been disproved by >uller. )oo-ing into the overall scene 7 could
see that the basic action !as in barter. :ne e"changed some service of
oneEs o!n I!hich includes manufactured products as !ell as physical
actionJ for another valuable 8 some service of another often represented
in government?bac-ed paper issue. A service can be a finite product
!hich decays 0uic-ly Ifood productsJ or slo!ly Ifine Fe!elryJ over time
needing eventual replacement or increasing value Ireal estateJ for later re?
barter*e"change. A service can be a completely transient product such as
getting oneEs car !ashed or shoeEs shined or valet car par-ing or
hat*coat chec-ing access to trading on stoc- mar-ets etc.
What ma-es any service valuable is that it increases the 0uality of
life or the capacity for gro!th. 1usinesses are formed to organiHe a
production line around creating and supplying a service or group of
related services. 7ndividuals e"change their !or- talents and time as a
service in order to obtain pieces of paper !hich !ould increase their
0uality of life. Cars sold by manufacturers buy a better 0uality of life for
various reasons. .hey are designed to last only so long and then be
replaced. 6ractically this is usually only so long as it ta-es to pay such
off. 9ouses are today built on this model only lasting slightly longer than
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the life of the first o!ner Fust past the point !here the mortgage is paid
off. >ood is only valuable if it pleasures the buyer Iand doesnEt poison
himJ.
(nformation
7nformation facilitates e"change. .he more data one has about a
service the more one can ma-e up his*her individual mind about it and
ma-e an informed choice. As !ell selected information is !here sales
and 6R personnel live. Currently in our age of increasingly transparent
media !e can see !hat -ind of slant people put into their te"t much
earlier. 1logs sho! this in their increasing influence on political races
e"tending into policy choices in off?election?year party operations.
With information one can !or- out !hether buying an item or
supporting a political party is !orth the value of e"change. As !ell our
7nternet?enabled 7nformation Age also forces companies to have an
increased communication !ith their buying*supporting public. :ne
company sa! its stoc- fall almost overnight !hen an online discussion
forum pointed out that their loc- could be opened !ith a pen cap. .hey
didnEt respond and people !ere able to independently verify the fault of
this product. :ther stories abound !here e"ecutives got onto public
forums and or started blogs !here they addressed posted concerns and
told all reading public !hat they !ere doing to handle the problem. #ale
increased even though the fault !asnEt yet fi"ed.
.his fast information interchange has also started cluing in the
public to the 6R stunts and routines of traditional Aadison Avenue
mar-eting. While not cynical certainly the public has been Faded !ith
their no! 2<?%?;B6 media access. #o they can smell an insincere pitch a
mile a!ay. 1usinesses have to !a-e up and have real conversations !ith
their buying public. >alse information is uncovered more rapidly so 6R
firms have to really have integrity in dealing !ith the public to avoid
irreparably damaging their clientEs reputation.
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'uppl. @ Demand
.his covers production and distribution as !ell as pricing.
6robably the greatest model do!n this line is Wal?Aart !hich brings
products from across the globe into its hub?and?spo-e !arehouse?to?
store system. Computers monitor purchases and automatically order
replacement stoc- !hich is automatically loaded on a truc- shipped the
ne"t day. .his merchandising data is then also provided to Wal?AartEs
o!n suppliers so that their o!n !arehouses Iconveniently located near
Wal?Aart !arehousesJ can then re?stoc- Wal?AartEs.
.he general theory is that the less supply the higher the price
IdemandJ. .his !or-s in general terms but not !holly. 7nformation can
sho! that there is actually a larger supply or a substitute good is more
readily available. As !ell if you canEt buy it locally Ipoor serviceJ it
doesnEt matter ho! much the price is. As the old Aid!estern saying goes
2Aa-e do do over or do !ithout.5 7f service is poor Isuch as
presentation or overall 0ualityJ this sets up local niche mar-ets to provide
the same good for less. Again Wal?AartEs #am Walton sho!ed the clue 8
sell a lot more for slightly less. While others are trying to monopoliHe the
mar-et or organiHe an oligopoly to control prices the independent can
ta-e any commodity good and out sell them.
#imilarly any commodity good can be increased in 0uality on a
custom basis and sell for 0uite a bit higher price. Calue?added farm
products sell for more than the generic pre?pac-aged goods stoc-ed on
shelves by the mega?mar-ets. Currently there is a rising trend of farmerEs
mar-ets not being able to supply all the possible demand locally even
though anyone could get cheaper goods imported from another country.
Convenience stores get around this by selling commonly vital
goods Imil- bread hot coffeeJ on a 2<?hour basis for slightly more
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charging for the service. 2#uper Wal?Aarts5 IWal?Aart stores above a
certain siHeJ have started entering this field by staying open 2< hours a
day and having self?chec- out possible again providing more service.
As covered above there is practically no !ay modernly to create
an artificial shortage of any essential Iand fe! lu"uriesJ. #omeone can
al!ays brea- the impasse through a different supply line or substitute
good or simply supplying the !ithheld information.
#ervice is directly related to supply and demand as noted in the
e"amples above.
Add in the 6R and sales brochures as !ell as !ord?of?mouth and
you have 0uite an influence on the traditional mar-et models.
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Politics! ar! et al.
3overnments primarily e"ist to preserve commerce. .o do this
they guarantee the rule of la! locally and internationally. 6olitics are a
subset of government and very much deals in the commodities of la!s
and regulations !ith 6R persuasion. .here are personal rights !hich they
do protect among these property rights and the right of commerce as
guaranteed by the Aagna Carta and even the (# #upreme Court. .hese
rights add into and re0uire commerce. .he shorthand for this is that
governmentsE main purpose is to protect and sponsor commerce 8
locally interstate nationally and internationally.
War is only a tool of a government to use !hen it canEt appeal to
the common sense of other rulers. 6retty outmoded these days it has
become anti0uated per .homas >riedman in .he World 7s >lat. 9ere he
describes t!o theories of conflict prevention. Where any t!o countries
had Ac+onaldEs in them they didnEt go to !ar Ie"cepting civil
disturbancesJ. At the time he pointed out that this !as as the nations had
come up to the point of having a sufficiently large middle class to
support such trade.
9e further e"panded this !ith his 2+ell .heory of Conflict
6reventions5 !here he detailed the cross?involved economies of various
countries in manufacturing computers. =ach country !as involved in an
system !hich !as updated almost instantaneously through computer
interfaces and loc-ed millions of Fobs hundreds of factories and billions
of dollars in trade based on supplying a 2Fust?in?time5 production system.
7f any country failed to -eep the !ars suppressed and the trade lines
open they !ould immediately 8 near instantaneously ? suffer an
economic do!nturn. .he redundancies in these production lines ensured
the production line stayed open !hile the individual participating nation
sorted out its problems. Aere local disasters doesnEt stop the
manufacturing and delivery of computers !orld?!ide.
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7t is the fact of America and the rest of the modern !orldEs
economic interaction and interdependency !hich no! loc-s us all into a
tense peace !hile !e !or- out the details of including other countries in
this global commerce net!or-. .homas 1arnett in .he 6entagonEs Ne!
Aap analyHes the !orld in terms of those !ho are on board !ith
globaliHation and those !ho arenSt !hich he called the 2Non?7ntegrating
3ap5. 1arnett chased all current military problem areas such as
terrorism to these countries that havenEt been included. .his is to sho!
that !hile philosophic*religious differences are said to be the problems
in our modern society both historic and current one can see that
economics has probably the greater inclusive hand.
.he broader point goes again to any element of this analytic
system being inter?related to other points. While War seems comple" and
chaotic the given reason isnEt al!ays a point !hich !ill lead to
resolution. 7 could continue along as >uller points out !here nations
both victors and villains !ere better off economically after the t!o
World Wars than before in terms of increased production capacity. War
is a tool of politics !hich is a mode of government operation in order to
achieve and preserve international trade.
:f note here are the probable solutions readily evident. 7ran
North Lorea and other despotic governments cannot effectively control
their populace !ith 7nternet connection and satellite cable ne!s !hich
broadcasts a predominantly American*Western vie!. As !ell the
ubi0uitous American commercials mar-et Western styles to the planet
using the latest mar-eting technology. When 7ra0 !as liberated one of
the biggest demands reported !as for satellite .C dishes.
A popular culture is being spread through our multi?national
corporations as !ell. :ne company reported in the ne!s !hich
operated even under 9ussein !as a 6epsi?Cola bottling plant relieved to
be able to get supplies after so many years having to substitute
ingredients to -eep up !ith demand inside the country.
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7tEs argued that the Al?Muaeda 9eHbollah and other terrorist
groups are using American ne!s media as a !eapon and*or recruitment
tool simply by releasing their videos in a format !hich can be easily
pic-ed up and re?broadcast. IAs !ell as creating their terror attac-s !here
the press !ill pic- them up readilyJ. (se of 6R is obviously a t!o?edged
s!ord. 9o!ever the recent recovery of ra! video footage sho!ed that
one Isince -illedJ terrorist?leader couldnEt even coc- his o!n automatic
!eapon !hile his assistant burned his hand on a hot barrel. What can be
done !ith 6R can be undone !ith documented fact.
.here are no truly closed borders any more no truly sovereign
nations. .he 2+ell >actor5 above lin-s nations by supply chains !hich
pay at every echelon providing Fobs that lin- these nations into one
interconnected unit. :nly those in 1arnettEs 23ap5 are trying to ma-e
their o!n !ay. 9o!ever global satellite net!or-s 8 filling the human
demand for entertainment 8 are filling this 3ap and !or-ing to create
demand for the freedoms only our Fean?and?tennis?shoe?!earing Western
public has. .his is bringing our terrorist sponsors to an insecure ne!
!orld regardless of the despots !ho have ta-en control of those people
and their countries.
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Reli&ion ) "elief '.stems
7 initially !ent into this area to resolve !hat 7 had run into in
terms of organiHations representing themselves as religions versus
established dogmatic religious bodies plus comparing these against
independent and de?centraliHed informal groups !hich effected true
spiritual help to individuals. What 7 have uncovered as a central idea is
that any comprehensive belief?system particularly !here it affects the
spiritual thought?base of the individual can be considered under this
heading. .his is ho! an agnostic could analyHe his*her system of beliefs
as !ell as a someone practicing !itchcraft or even professional
politicians.
What is of primary interest is the belief?system itself. 1elief
systems are personal built of patterns both biological and cultural. While
some psychologists say everything is genetic and some mysticists say
everything is spiritual the apparent truth lies some!here in bet!een.
.here is a recurring system !hich finds its !ay through self?help
psychology and also the ancient socio?religious 9una belief?system
!hich predates Iand may have influenced or even foundedJ =astern
religions. .hese share the idea Ithough not synchronous definitionsJ of a
super?conscious mind I3od or (niversal Aind or Ama-ua in 9unaJ a
conscious mind I)ana in 9unaJ and a subconscious mind ILu in 9unaJ.
9aanel covers this as !ell as Wayne +yer Ling .olle .albot and many
others !ho didnEt ma-e this 1ibliography. #uch commonalities are made
possible through the use of this engine so far. 1elo! is a summation of
!hat has been derived from many different sources 7Eve e"amined to
date.
6eople build their belief?system patterns on a genetic level a
subconscious level and a conscious level !ith spiritual or
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superconscious influenceIsJ. .he +NA gives some patterns on a genetic
level I!hile some evidence e"ists that this is being re?!ritten constantly
and isnEt Fust !hat your parentEs gave youJ. .he subconscious is a
continually operating rational part of the mind !hich is constantly
recording and learning from all inputs. As the subconscious is
responsible for all autonomic responses as !ell as recording all
memories this particular part of the mind is both shoc-?proof and
eidetic in all senses and emotions. .he subconscious is constantly
learning and protecting the conscious from overloading and
over!helming content the physical universe is constantly generating. .he
conscious is the higher?reasoning part of the mind. .he conscious gets its
data via the subconscious !hich controls the senses and filters data from
them. While the subconscious can only do 2straight?ahead5 reasoning
the conscious is capable of true rational thought being able to compare
and contrast and imagine. Where the conscious depends on the emotive
content of the subconscious the results can be erratic and even insane.
Where the conscious shuts do!n the input from the subconscious that
individual can appear stupid or insensible dull. .he superconscious or
9igher 7ntelligence*Ama-ua gives inspiration intuition and the
occasional visionary glimpse. .hese po!ers are pretty far above the
average Iand most better?than?averageJ abilities. .here is a very good
discussion of the four pattern sources in above paragraph in LingEs
Aastering /our 9idden #elf.
Culturally one is constantly involved in various actions and
reactions in the !orld surrounding us. #ociety demands certain modes of
response to the demands our 2civiliHed5 society brings. 7nfluences such
as the 7nternet and our broader access to data bring ne! patterns to
confront both from history and from other cultures a !orld a!ay from
ours.
Aa-ing sense out of all this is our constant challenge. We develop
our belief?system to ma-e all these patterns interloc- !ith each other. .o
the degree one succeeds in correlating all these disrelated patterns is the
degree of sanity a person attains. .he points of unresolved patterns that
!e operate from sho! !here one has 2irrational5 responses to various
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input. 6sychotherapy N)6 practitioners and many self?help therapies
!or- entirely to remove the 2insane5 emotional content or to help the
individual confront these various incidents in their entirety so that they
can be analytically studied and the pattern adFusted or resolved.
6eople are constantly revie!ing and evolving their personal
thought patterns. Kust as the cells in the body are being constantly
replaced !ith slightly different versions so are both the subconscious
and conscious !or-ing to update their patterns and so evolve !ith their
ever?changing !orld. .he subconscious is constantly recording the
environment around it. .he conscious is al!ays evaluating data and
!or-ing to ma-e sense of it. .he conscious is -no!ingly or un-no!ingly
assisted by the subconscious as the latter brings up suitable patterns for
the conscious to use as a solution. I=ver !onder !hy certain actions
consistently 2tic- you off5@J .hese patterns have emotional content and
are deemed survival by the subconscious as they are al!ays acted on and
used to ensure survival. .he conscious can revie! these patterns and
adFust them to ma-e them more accurate or eliminate them entirely.
6rayer and*or Aeditation can bring further insights into these patterns
from the (niversal Aind*Allah*3od. #uch insights enable the person to
change these patterns or reinforce them.
1elief systems are built on habit. 9abits are behavior patterns
!hich are ingrained in the daily or regular actions of the individual. #ome
habits are useful such as driving a car or eating a meal using the proper
utensils. :ther habits can be socially unacceptable or possibly
destructive such as smo-ing or any other addiction. 9o!ever the
subconscious can be trained to not use these patterns by simply
consciously doing another pattern in that situation for bet!een three to
four !ee-s. #mo-ing for instance can be changed into drin-ing !ater
!henever that certain urge sho!s up. 7t does ta-e discipline and the
unconscious !or-s to reinforce these original habitual patterns but
nevertheless it is simply a trained?in pattern and can be changed through
conscious action and discipline. 9ill has a great deal to say about
changing habits in .hin- and 3ro! Rich as !ell as later boo-s.
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.he four?!ay for this is >aith Cision 3ratitude and Action.
.hese are principally derived from Ne! .hought !or-s.
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:ision
Cision is simply the ability and practice of developing a
representational idea of !hat one !ants and needs manifested. As one
practices this and develops oneEs s-ills in this area. Almost everyone
does this even if they thin- they canEt 2see5 things !ell 2in their head5.
CisualiHation isnEt the only !ay to ma-e a vision. Aany people 2feel5
things are right or !rong. 7f you can get an idea about the !ay you !ant
something to turn out a concept !ith or !ithout visual accompaniment
you are on your !ay to achieving that result.
Cision is al!ays !hat you !ant it to turn out. .hin- small and
thatEs !hat you get. +ream big and ta-e the actions to achieve it then
this is !hat is going to turn out. Napoleon 9ill in .hin- and 3ro! Rich
covers this in some detail. .he !hole of his approach is to have you
!or- out your plan and get a burning desire to have this manifest 8 and
then it does.
Aost all the boo-s 7Eve covered on self?help mention this in some
!ay. .his is the point Ne! .hought authors ma-e !hen they say
.hought creates >orm. .he more complete the thought the more
complete the manifestation. As !ell complete faith in the (niversal
Aind Ias covered belo! under the Nature four?!ayJ can trust that the
universe !ill create for you !hat you need most. .his isnEt blind faith
but a thorough trust in a concept and then !or-ing daily to ma-e that
happen.
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.he difference bet!een daydreaming and effective visualiHation is
ho! detailed the plan and ho! it is put into effect. When you daydream
you ma-e no real connection to ho! to achieve this in the physical
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universe. .he architect starts every building he plans !ith a concept
much as the daydreamer. .he difference is his precision planning of ho!
thic- the !alls are and !hat material they are constructed !ith. 9e plans
out the electrical the plumbing and the foundation as !ell as the roof.
9e gets detail?intensive and is able to hand these plans over to a
contractor to build.
/our vision has to have the same detail and planning in it. /ou
have to ta-e action on your vision and do !hat you can in the real !orld
to ma-e it happen. .here has to be a positive attitude for!arding that
vision bac-ed up by action. Ling points out that if you spend B percent
meditating on !hat you !ant and then 'B percent doing something else
or opposite to it then you havenEt a chance of getting it 8 because you
are !or-ing against yourself.
.his is ho! affirmations fail. .hey arenEt bac-ed up by action.
7ncreasing action in alignment !ith vision re0uires an increase in faith
and gratitude.
Gratitude
Aany different authors recogniHe giving than-s or having
gratitude for the manifestations in oneEs life. Ling has this feeling used
to end off passive meditation*prayer. 1raden says that gratitude and
appreciation are -ey feelings !hich translate through our body to create
changes in the 0uantum hologram. .olle covers that point that only by
honoring ac-no!ledging and fully accepting the reality around you !ill
you be grateful for the reality around you. :nly in this !ay !ill you then
be able to have increased the 0uality of reality around you.
As a side note 1raden feels that our bodies are the via to
communicate !ith the 0uantum hologram much as an antenna
broadcasts our needs and reality to the larger universal intelligence. .his
seems to deal !ith the situation Icovered in the section on
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prayer*meditation aboveJ of attuning the body to an alpha brain!ave
state or one of rela"ation in order to transmit to the 0uantum hologram.
I9ill also stated in his boo- that the brain is simply an antenna used to
send and receive thoughts.J
9aving gratitude in a rela"ed mode brings you into better
confront of the !orld you have created. 7t is an ac-no!ledgment of !hat
is. .olle covers this in various parts of his boo- 8 it is re0uisite to
achieving enlightenment and a state of personal peace*bliss that a person
simply accepts !hat is and then peace !ill come. Another salient point is
that this acceptance implies no resistance to !hat is. 1oth .olle and Ling
mention that !hen encountering problematic thought?patterns during
meditation ones containing doubt or other negative emotions
acceptance is a simple method of handling these if they cannot be pushed
a!ay or 2shrugged off5.
.he concept of No! as covered by .olle seems -ey to the point
of meditation and prayer. When a person truly discovers his base in the
No! then the future and past are merely tools !hich can be used to
enhance the 0uality of life in the No!. 1oth future and past become
changeable. :ne can remove or de?energiHe negative emotional charge in
the past by various therapies. :ne can postulate or create or simply
e"amine and choose ne! alternate realities before they happen and so
manifest that universe you truly !ant.
+avid #teindl?Rast in 3ratefulness .he 9eart of 6rayer points
out that gratefulness re0uires intellect !ill and emotions to coordinate to
achieve real than-sgiving. 9e points out that gratitude actually
ac-no!ledges the gift and completes the action. 9e agrees !ith 1raden
that there is a heartfelt action of feeling !hich is necessary to any prayer.
.his then brings it full circle to sho! that there is a positive emotive
content to prayer !hich aligns to the (niversal Aind and assists in co?
creating manifestations.
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Note, there is a distinction bet!een 3ratitude and 3ift. Again
!e have synonymic differences possible as gratitude is an action of
completion and can be considered as gratefulness or ac-no!ledgment.
3ift is more conceived to be a state encompassing the totality of the
action. 3ift might also be a talent not Fust a static present. .here is more
e"ploration to do in this areaG this analytic engine isnEt itself a set?in?stone
method but is designed to be fle"ible.
Faith
All of !hat you believe is !hat you see around you. 7t isnEt as the
aphorism goes 2Well 7Em from Aissouri and youEre Fust going to have to
sho! me.5 >irst you believe and then you see it.
>aith is a generated energy. .here is no limit to it. 7t is a self?
fulfilling prophecy. 9ave faith and it occurs. +onEt and it !onEt. 3et rid
of any self?doubt and see things occur in your life in volume. Consider
Aatthe! ',2' 2According to your faith it !ill be done to you5 and
Aar- ',2; 2=verything is possible for him !ho believes.5
:ne of the nine points Wayne +yer tal-s about in Aanifest /our
+estiny, .he Nine #piritual 6rinciples for 3etting =verything /ou Want
is to honor your o!n !orthiness to receive !hat you pray for. /ou must
have faith in yourself and trust in the inherent rightness of your decisions
in order to be effective in life.
/our vision !ill never achieve actuality in the physical universe if
you continue to harbor self?doubt and uncertainty about yourself. .his
one point is the first ta-en up in by 6eale. 9e points out that the greatest
secret to eliminating self?doubt is to 2fill your mind to over!helming
!ith faith5. 9e goes on to say that this is accomplished by prayer. At
another point he tells one to read the four 3ospels and highlight all the
positive statements in it. .he -ey as covered belo! in the ne"t four?!ay
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is to have a personal belief?system you can put faith into one !hich
supports you in your every action in living life. /ou have a vision for
yourselfG you must also bac- it up !ith personal faith.
Aoreover faith is personal trust in self. 7t too is a habit. :ne
considers certain observed relations to be true. IAs above opinions held
as fact are truth to the individual.J 1y constantly reinforcing these faith
in something being true or becoming true becomes a habit.
9ill tells his readers from his first chapter to set out !hat they
!ant to accomplish then read it morning noon and night until it is
memoriHed 8 and then continue reading it aloud several times each day
!ith complete assurance and full emotive realiHation that these goals
have in fact been achieved.
/ou can see from Fust the description above that one is building
a very strong habit in oneEs life. As you do !or- to achieve these -no!n
goals Ia vital daily action per all self?help authors not Fust Ling and
WattlesJ they become your reality and so manifest. .he more you !or- at
these the more you devote your full resources to them the faster and
more fully they manifest.
.his isnEt Fust my opinion read the boo-s in the bibliography and
youEll find many personal e"amples !here people have found this
particular approach highly !or-able in their o!n life.
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2ature ) '.stem
While this subFect could be readily assumed to approach the
subFect of 3od !e !ill find that through out this four?!ay system of
analysis 9e*#he isnEt addressed per se. .he reason is that !e factually are
missing so very much data about this 9igher 7ntelligence that forming
comparatives is actually impossible not Fust improbable. What 7 have
covered from 9artshorne and others !here they have attempted to
discuss*describe 3od is only in relation to ho! they themselves consider
human-ind has represented and benefited from 9is*9er !or-s. .here
are no -no!n boo-s !hich practically and effectively describe the e"act
po!ers and effects such an =ntity has or can create. Certainly all the
science on this planet hasnEt been able to do so 8 but by design science
canEt.
As covered in the above section on Religion human-ind isnEt
perfect and !as never created as such. #o any human prophet is not a
perfect translator of +ivine 7nspiration Will or .hought. Auch less the
problem !e have historically !here the bul- of those people !ho have
acted as channels for this influence !ere not themselves !riting or
recording all that !as said and intended. Kesus spo-e in parables for most
of his sayings. .he Apostles got special translations from him of the true
meaning. 1ut most of them didnEt !rite do!n these secrets or clarify
them. 7nstead !e got mostly third?hand transcriptions of the verbal
traditions several generations after the fact. While !e have a fe!
e"ceptions such as Aohammad and possibly Aoses both of !hom
reportedly !rote their o!n !or-s again 7 cannot hold that !hat any
human prophet related is a perfect rendition of !hat !as originally
+ivinely intended or said.
.ruth is a personal belief one !hich is proved !or-able and
effective for that individual. .he reason !e do not have Absolute .ruths
is because of our o!n inherited >ree Will. 1ecause !e can ma-e our o!n
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mind up about things no t!o people share the same concept on
anything and so there are no truly Absolute .ruths. At least !e here
e"plain ho! #cience has become the modern?day .o!er of 1abel. .he
more scientists specialiHe the more they disagree. As !ell !e have the
observer?e"pectancy effect !here the act of observing changes the
outcome of the e"periment. No !onder that science studies are li-e polls
the result changes depending on !ho you as- and ho!.
.he closest ideals !e can reach are having )a!s !hich are
consistently found to have the same effect regardless of !ho applies
them. .he )a! of 3ravity has very fe! e"ceptions all such apparent
e"ceptions found under e"treme conditions usually in laboratories non
!hich can be created by the average individual !al-ing do!n the street.
.here is the )a! of Cause and =ffect variously stated and applied but
covers the fact that every effect has a cause.
.his point of recurring observable natural la!s e"plains ho! the
self?help boo-s have become modernly successful. .here are enough
versions of the same data around that people are able to choose one
!hich aligns to and supports their e"isting belief?system. Readers do not
have to be defensive and so can absorb !or-able truths more readily.
.he traditional Lahunas in 9a!aii trained their students only by
ans!ering the studentEs originated 0uestions not through a set lecture
outline te"tboo- assignment or 6o!er 6oint presentation. 7t !as up to
the student to originate. Ling covers a similar study philosophy
happening !hen he !as studying under an African shaman. 9e !as given
a stone as a gift but not told !hat to do !ith it. :nly !hen he thought
about it later !as he able to find out the use and purpose for that gift.
.his also follo!s the 9indu Iamong othersJ saying 2When the student is
ready the teacher !ill appear.5
7n this Nature four?!ay section !e get into the meat of many
core Ne! .hought beliefs !hich enter the public sphere through popular
self?help boo-s. .o summariHe some of the basic )a!s of this per
9aanel .ro!ard and others,
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$..hought creates >orm. 9igher intelligence and individual
intelligence re0uire each other to produce form into matter. 9igher
intelligence pervades all forms and is available to all thought.
2.1y the )a! of Attraction thought attracts similar thought and
so form is manifested.
;.#imilarly the )a! of Correspondence says that the e"actly as
the internal thought e"ists so !ill the e"ternal universe correspond.
<.1y the )a! of Cause and =ffect every cause creates an effectG
each effect is traceable to a cause. .his also means that each effect in turn
becomes cause of a ne! effect.
B..he )a! of 3ro!th states that once a thought is committed
the accompanying factors to bring this into manifestation !ill then
accumulate until the form sho!s up. As !ell !e then have the
continuing postulate !here the form continues to gro! unless counter?
acted upon.
.his is no final list of la!s. :ne under investigation deals !ith
)ove !hich is arguably prior to each of the above and deals !ith the
inherent good and ability to create in all of us and this universe. 7 have
listed here the five la!s common to all Ne! .hought and self?help
references 7Eve covered as part of this boo-Es research.
.his is no abbreviated study or shorthand study of Ne!
.hought !hich itself has been changing !ith varying philosophic
advances and no! covers probably the !idest variety of solutions to any
of human-indEs problems. .rying to narro!ly define this subFect is li-e
trying your hand at herding cats or corralling mercury. 7 can only describe
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for you !hat points 7 utiliHe in this study as helpful*effective for my uses
as !ell as those other have found useful. 7 go into other e"planations
belo! !here 7 tie in various Ne! .hought traditional understandings to
modern scientific studies !here the modern no! comes bac- to ancient
=astern traditions as an e"planation for !hat they are no! finding by
their e"periments to be true and useful.
?niverse
(niverse contains the most interesting scene of Ne! .hought
and perhaps the more controversial points. (niverse covers oneEs
concept of ho! the universe is set up the belief?system one holds and
!or-s from. With any other part of Ne! .hought this only !or-s
e"actly the !ay one thin-s it does. Aost Ne! .hought self?help authors
have brought for!ard this point Kames Allen noted that 2As a man
thin-eth in his heart so is he.5 I#ee 6roverbs 2;,%.J .hought tells the
universe ho! to act and !hat to produce. .his is clarified in both
.ro!ard and 9aanel as to e"actly ho! this occurs. >urther a personEs
thoughts or belief?system may bloc- possible utiliHation of the universal
forces due to limiting personal thought.
6ersonally destructive habits can then result in an inability to
perceive !hich ties in above under the Ability four?!ay.
.ro!ard in his =dinburgh )ectures ma-es an interesting point
that our relation and concept of 3od actually affects !hat !e !ill receive
in terms of our manifestations on !hat !e thin- 3od is !hat 9is
po!ers consist of and ho! far they e"tend. 9ere is the e"planation of
ho! the different concepts of 3od produce different effects !here all
religions are self?fulfilling prophecies. 1ecause the :ld .estament 3od is
one of Kustice this is the e"act effects loo-ed for and noted by the
individual !ho adheres strictly to this one volume. 7slamEs Allah allo!s
holy !ar against non?believers. +eities under Wicca are more supportive
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and ecological as !ell as those in the Amerindian traditions. #o cultures
!ho in the maFority follo! these religious beliefs have more supportive
and ecologically oriented cultures overall.
.his actually gives the mechanics behind ho! the 3olden Rule
!or-s since one is creating thoughts under the ideal that people should
treat him that !ay. And so since reciprocity is part of the thought this is
!hat is attracted. 1ut practically this is the )a! of Attraction at !or-
regardless of !hether one thin-s is !or-s or not.
7n 9una !e see that this concept of oneEs thoughts creating
oneEs universe is reflected in LingEs !or- as the interaction via the Lu
Isubconscious*lo! selfJ to the Ama-ua Isuper?conscious*high selfJ. .he
more one meditates and coordinates !ith the 9igh #elf the more the
manifestations !ill occur. Kames points out in his tape series 7nitiation
7nto 9una that in the bul- of modern cultures people are trained to not
have a connection to the 9igh #elf*3od from the beginning of their
lives and have to be introduced to this force via religious baptism or
some ceremony. .hrough the ceremony people are then agreeing that
this individual is no! connected to 9igher .hought*(niversal
Aind*3od and then this became so. Regardless of the cultureEs training
system it has al!ays been up to the individual to put such connection to
use.
9una !as the brea-through in my research !hich started tying
modern science to our most ancient beliefs. .he Ama-ua higher self or
super?conscious has properties !hich are no! being understood in
obFective science through Muantum 6hysics. 7 stated earlier that the
individual is connected to this 0uantum universe regardless of his o!n
decisions under >ree Will. All his choice leaves him is to ta-e advantage
of these connections or let them have their !ay !ith his life. .he
universe e"ists tied together on the sub?particle level independent of
!hat !e -no! as time and space. .he Ama-ua is also the traditional
storage place for all memory. Recent 0uantum physics theories of
memory as Kames 0uotes some studies are that the memory is held in
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the bodiesE cells on a holographic basis. Aichael .albot e"tends this
concept through his 9olographic (niverse !here he cites various
studies that support the idea of memories Ifactually all dataJ being stored
throughout this 0uantum field.
7n 9una accessing this area is through contacting the Ama-ua
!hich is not traditionally composed of a single entity or deity but
actually several sub?structures !ith various entities !ho can be contacted
to for!ard and fill re0uests according to their specialty and the ability of
the petitioner. Carious 6si talents as !ell as #!edenborgEs interesting life
can therefore be e"plained as such. While angels have fallen out of favor
in our last half?century Idespite the movie 2Airacle on <;rd #treet5
playing annually at ChristmasJ their presence !ould be supported
through such a theory. .elepathy clairvoyance all these and other =#6
talents are then e"plained under this model 8 !hich again comes from
several sources not Fust a single conFecture. >urther as all data is
available through this field this also e"plains such phenomenon as
2channeling5 and other psychic !or-.
.albot points out that many traditional sources such as #ufi
mystics have understood this !orld of the internal universe far more
than !e Westerners !ith our obFective science have even begun to
scratch the surface. As covered above !hat you believe is !hat you
chose to believe. 9e describes the #ufiEs !ho have e"plored 9eaven as
!ithin the individual e"isting simultaneously !hile !e live our lives 2out
here5. :f course this then brings ne! meaning to the phrase 2.he
-ingdom of heaven is !ithin you.5 I#ee .homas ; )u-e $%,20?2$.J
ICompare also the movie and boo- What +reams Aay Come for a
graphic e"ample of this concept of 9eaven and its eastern philosophic
roots.J .he universe then manifests according to your beliefs and ho!
much you agree !ith the beliefs of those around you. .o this point you
can literally change your !orld and universe completely through thought.
.hose !ho doubt donEt*canEt. 7t is Fust that simple. .his is covered
under the >aith element above.
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.o go into the various and multitude of studies and literature
about this 0uantum hologram parallel to the super?
conscious*Ama-ua*9igher 7ntelligence is beyond the scope of this
boo-. 7 only point this out as an illustration of !hat can be analyHed
through this particular four?!ay.
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Gift
(nder 3ift !e have a point of inspiration sho!ing up although
it is per many authors due to the individualEs participation and
connection !ith the universe 8 that is the 0uantum hologram or Ama-ua
under 9una. 6er .ro!ard 2the universal mind is the creative po!er
throughout Nature5 and so through accessing this higher intelligence
inspiration and intuition appear in proportion to the amount of thought
by the individual. 7n Ne! .hought this gives the necessity for gratitude.
1eing truly grateful for all manifestations !hich come your !ay enhances
your and the 9igher 7ntelligenceEs ability to manifest.
3ift is also defined as a talent or s-ill. Certainly this then lin-s to
Ability !hich has 3ratitude as a sub?element.
As covered above gift is a t!o?!ay street. :ne must give to
others and to the universe itself in order to have any flo! or e"pansion
or increase of life?0uality. .his is the structure !hich sho!s its value. 3ift
can be increased through giving as !ell as grateful receiving. 1oth flo!s
!ould have to be increased to increase the element of 3ift. Any gift
!ould be more appreciated !hen it has higher integrity and contains or
contributes to a higher 0uality of life.
As !ell one should constantly give to others !ithout e"pecting
any return. .his gives the greatest results and pleasant surprises in your
life. #imply !or-ing to cheer everyone up around you does !onders
even perfect strangers by offering them an honest smile. +oing any
assigned Fob !ith vim and vigor al!ays !or-ing out ho! to improve the
efficiency of the place !ill bring about trust and improved relations in
that organiHation. .his is an e"planation for KesusE offering the 2other
chee-5 to his enemy. .he parable is not Fust the obvious passivity but
also ho! to consciously give love in return for any anger !hich defuses
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it and ends the vicious cycle of giving fear bac- to the fear !hich caused
that anger.
Note !ell, the universe you live in is a gift to you.
(nte&rit.
.his is a -ey point to any self?help !or- and to any belief?system
itself. 7f )ife didnEt have a complete plan !hen it invested itself into that
combination of elements !e call a body it !ould 0uic-ly dissipate into so
many disparate chemicals on the floor. >or the individual one must
constantly revie! his*her o!n belief?system to ma-e it complete and
!hole interloc-ing and bullet?proof. As !ell your little system has to
integrate !ith the other systems around you and the universe as a !hole.
.he !hole discussion of meditation above has that little caveat 8
if you donEt !or- at !hat you !ant to manifest !ith a completely
positive affirmative attitude then you !ill get e"actly !hat you are
thin-ing or affirming !hich is self?doubt and fear. All of the authors
7Eve noted on this subFect agree e6actly on this point. /ou get e"actly
!hat you thin-. .hin- big thin- positive 8 you get big positive effects in
your life. .hin- bad about someone around you and you !ill attract bad
thoughts about you Iand bad effects to!ard youJ coming in.
.here is built in reciprocity to this universe. .his is described in
detail throughout the Ne! .estament particularly at Aatthe! %, $?$2.
Within here is KesusE version of the 3olden Rule !hich he says sums up
the entire )a! and the 6rophets of the 9ebre!s. 6o!erful stuff but true
as any truth can be -no!n. As 7 said above anyone can ma-e empirical
tests of this 8 the 3olden Rule !ill give volumes of data to support itself.
#o the person !ho treats others poorly !ill be treated poorly. 7f a person
!ants Foy in his life he should start by cheering others up. 7f he is lac-ing
something he should start giving things a!ay. .hatEs Fust the !ay this
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universe is set up ho! the good continue to !in and the evil continue to
get sic- and die off. /ou only get bac- !hat you give 8 all the maFor
religions in the !orld say so not Fust the Christians.
7t has been said that one could develop all the virtues of the
saints bac-!ards from this one datum. )ogically this is correct providing
one built up the self?discipline to maintain that 0uest. .he !hole subFect
of the 3nostic approach to religion is to attain 2gnosis5 !hich is the
point of being able to achieve the oneness !ith 3od Iliterally
2-no!ledge5J that Kesus did in his life Ias !ell as various other saints and
prophets in this and other religious faithsJ. While 7 have a great deal
more studies to do do!n this line it seems that this is possible !ithin Fust
the data 7Eve gone over above. Certainly the panentheistic point of 3od
being !ithin all things Ias the 0uantum hologram argument aboveJ leads
to this being a matter of loo-ing !ithin yourself for reasons you arenEt
already accepting this as so. Certainly every cell in your body already has
the road map to accomplish your o!n enlightenment if you only care to
drop your doubts and increase your faith and trust in that 9igher
7ntelligence !ithin.
/our 7ntegrity your morals your ethics 8 all these can and
should be !or-ed bac-!ards from ho! you are currently thin-ing.
Anyone you mistreat per +yer you are training ho! to treat you.
Respond !ith charity !ith respect 8 and that is the response you receive.
Argue !ith someone and get an argument bac-. Any bitterness you
encounter can be countered !ith compassion as Kesus recommended
and turn that personEs life around. 1ut it is up to your idea of your o!n
integrity plus ho! your actions reflect these !hich determines ho! your
life operates and the 0uality of it.
>ife
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Above this see ho! life is represented through the various other
elements. :ne can imbue people and obFects !ith life. As one recogniHes
the life !ithin them and ac-no!ledges this more life manifests. Aa-ing
more life isnEt Fust more procreation. 7f you grant beingness to those
around you even the inanimate obFects and machinery these things tend
to run better and live longer healthier lives. .his is simpler to do than it
sounds. :ne only need e"tend his*her o!n beingness into that around
one and participate causatively in their e"istence. .his creates or co?
creates more life in them. 7f you donEt understand it at this point it is
really something that you simply have to try. #ome people beat their
horses into submission and obedience. 9o!ever the horse !hisperer is
able to train !ild horses !ithout even raising his voice. Routinely petting
dogs re!ards all the guarding !or- they do for you and assist their
training to do even better..
)ife is an action as !ell as a state of beingness. :ne can spread
oneEs beingness along to others and to obFects in ones environment. .his
is logical as the 0uantum hologram e"ists apparently in every structure of
every element in this planet.
#poiling pets or children is simply the action of not -eeping the
rules straight on !ho is controlling things !ho pays the bills and !hat
the e"change agreements are. 1ut even spoiled animals and -ids can be
straightened up by using good control on them to change their bad habits
and behavior patterns. .he -ey point is to al!ays use good control and
help the others around you to live good positive lives by being good to
them and treating them as you !ould li-e to be treated certainly better
than you e"pect to be treated.
.here is far more to be !ritten about )ife in general. :ther
authors have included a host of factors under this name. 7Eve sought to
simplify this topic by including it last after all the other elements and
four?!ay thun-s above.
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A person can ma-e far more sense out of life if he*she -no!s its
basics.
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Part ((( ) hat Can e Do ith %ll ThisF
.he use of this 2thun-ing5 system is to give comparatives not in
terms of fi"ed data or standards but rather systemic thought patterns
!hich themselves can be improved or made more optimal through use.
7Eve gone above on ho! the terms themselves are not senior to the
concepts involved. Aost of these terms have varying synonyms in
=nglish !hich give shades and nuances as !ell as further description to
these elements. 7n other languages perhaps not so metaphysically limited
as =nglish I!hich has gro!n up as a language of commerce not
philosophyJ these concepts could have greater depth. .he ancient
language of 9una Ithe more ancient languages have much more meaning
available to the individual !ord than our modern onesJ might give more
levels to such an analytic engine.
.he use of such a 2thun-ing5 system is to e"plore metaphors and
e"isting paradigms to enable improvement in the 0uality of life to
ac0uire or develop more optimal solutions to lifeEs problems and
situations. #o one must approach this !ith an attitude described as
2suspended disbelief5. No paradigm is necessarily bullet?proof or perfect.
No metaphor is necessarily applicable to every situation. :ne must be
prepared for one or more paradigm shifts as one ma-es !ay along a
given path of analytic reasoning.
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(nterlockin& Four0a. ,Thunkin&-
While the above analytic engine is based on four?!ays other
nested polyhedral systems are possible. As Ability * =conomics *
Religion * Nature all themselves are four?!ays it can get pretty
complicated fast by trying to describe all these interrelationships.
.he main point that there are four -ey points !hich can e"plain
ho! things !or- in this universe. .hese themselves can be e"plained by
four inter?related elements.
WhatEs interesting is that this is not a system of a mere four
points but the system actually increases all $6 elements. :r another
interesting point is that oneEs o!n concept of a situation might have
different points as being vital to analyHing that particular situation. .a-e
the entire list of $6 points and you may find that different points from
each four?!ay ma-e more sense to you in that particular situation. While
this could ta-e some practice to get really good at it such a 2shopping
list5 approach tends to free the mind patterns even more to create better
solutions !ithin our lives. #uch analysis is beyond the scope of this
current boo- but some e"perimentation do!n this line sho!s that the
action of analysis mar-edly speeds up !hen such a 2four?!ay*four?
s0uared5E I$6?basedJ system is utiliHed.
2on0linear! conceptual thou&ht
With this four?!ay 2thun-ing5 system one begins to thin- in
non?linear !ays. No longer is a person having to thin- strictly in a given
se0uence but can achieve a viable result through a conceptual process
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!hich tests the result against four inputs instead of a logical progression.
)ogic no! becomes many?valued and very fuHHy. .he resolution is in
terms of the optimal solution !ithin the core values selected. .he
solution is in terms of the best solution possible !ithin the input data for
each value. .here is no finite right?!rong blac-?!hite solution. .he
brightest !hite possible is found Fust as !hite light is actually composed
of three other colors 8 the purity of that !hite light depends on the
brilliance and amount of color for each of the individual sources. I.his
could be seen as a form of four?!ay logic in and of itself.J
With non?linear thought possible !e have a stronger influence of
intuition. .his leads into a stronger connection !ith the 9igher
Aind*9igher 7ntelligence in addition to utiliHing the e"periential trac-
and -no!ledge*understanding of the person. .rust in intuition Ias in
2.rust but verify5 for novices to any subFectJ brings faster and higher
0uality results. .hat !ould seem obvious as one is beginning to dra! on
9igher 6o!er to resolve problems and situations.
+eveloping intuition also depends on the suspending disbelief in
your 2thun-ing5. .he more trust you can e"tend ho!ever tentatively
!ill speed up your ability to evaluate those masses of data flooding your
life daily.
7n this manner one of the goals of Ne! .hought is for!arded
the evolution of the individual. With better faster solutions no!
possible the individual can improve not only the !orld around him but
his*her o!n thought processes 8 and so achieve a higher plane. :neSs
o!n !orld vie! IReligion?#ystem four?!ay aboveJ changes and so one
changes the !orld around one. .his four?!ay 2thun-ing5 system might
then enable a vast betterment and resolution to various mental and
physical ills !hich plague human-ind presently. We could on a broad
basis enable people to change their environment simply by changing
their thoughts and thought processes.
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Changing thought processes on a non?linear conceptual basis
speeds up the process on a 0uantum basis. A true golden age then
becomes theoretically possible !ithin our current lifetimes.
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13trapolations from (llustrations
.here is a point of usage !hich comes up in the content of the
illustrative data 7Eve used above. As the subconscious is al!ays on and so
is the physical universe it behooves us !ith our Isometimes sleepingJ
conscious minds to e"pand our use of prayer and*or meditation to
improve our lives.
.he advice of 6aul in .hessalonians 7 has its practical application,
21e Foyful al!ays pray continually and give than-s in all circumstances
for this is 3odEs !ill for you in Christ Kesus. +o not scoff at prophesies
but test everything that is said. 9old on to !hat is good.5 I$.h B,$B?2$J.
I:r simply, )ive your prayer and trust but verify.J
.hrough .olle and 6eale and others developing a constant
optimistic attitude creates changes in peopleEs lives. 7t !as noted by #ilva
(ltramind lecturers that some people actually continually operated at the
alpha level in other !ords they !ere able to achieve a constant
connection !ith the (niversal Aind or 9igher 7ntelligence. Aichael
Wic-ett one of these lecturers ma-es the statement 2=very thought is a
prayer ... and all of these are ans!ered.5 #o in !or-ing up these concepts
one finds that the !orld vie! one has the belief?system so constructed
leads one to use or neglect the native abilities of thought. 1y !or-ing as
.olle points out in the level of constant bliss of the No! one is able to
then achieve a !al-ing living prayer state.
>urther testing all theories and loo-ing for !idespread
applicability is a good approach to all ne! data do!n this line. While in
this boo- 7Eve covered multiple instances of various principles none of
these are useful unless they !or- for you personally. .his doesnEt absolve
you of initially approaching these !ith 2suspended disbelief5 since
merely a tinge of self?doubt banishes all results !ith many of these
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principles. .he -ey seems to be in e"amining your o!n belief?system and
remove your o!n bloc-s and illogical data.
What one could do !ith this prayer?state really has no limits.
.here are many miracles on record both in the Ne! .estament and more
modernly !ith Christian #cience and churches. 7 donEt cover this angle of
Ne! .hought application although the above 2thun-ing5 system could
certainly be used to address these points.
A -ey point in Ne! .hought is 6anentheism meaning the belief
of 3od being !ithin all things as !ell as !ithout. As 7Eve covered above
!ith the 0uantum hologram being available to any individual for his*her
use and improving his*her o!n life. 2.he Lingdom of 3od is !ithin
you.5 )u-e $%,2$. Where such holographic universe is considered
possible and applied as universally applicable !e can then understand
ho! prayer*meditation could address this field from any individual and
e"plain many things in the psychic arena !hich could not be e"plained
before. As 9una has all -no!ledge accessible through the Ama-ua the
idea of a 0uantum hologram enables the physical science e"planation of
this concept. Where #ilva +yer Chopra and others all say you can access
this field through simple meditation as !ell it no! becomes possible to
e"plain ho! data from this field could be accessed by anyone.
Accessing this 0uantum hologram then gives a plausible
e"planation for #!edenborgEs visions as !ell as 2#eth5 and other
channeled beings. 6ractically !e also have realistic e"planation for
visions of 9eaven such as found in What +reams Aay Come. .elepathy
precognition clairvoyance and other 6ara?psychological talents can
possibly be e"plained through comparative studies of 0uantum physics.
:ther abilities !hich are currently only available to a fe! psychics on a
scattered basis might be able to be developed into a technology !hich
could be trained to nearly anyone. #uch development !ould also re0uire
a cross?over bet!een science and religion probably in some neutral
ground such as metaphysics.
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%ccess to the Guantum Field
and (ts %pplications
Access to this 0uantum field !ould also enable recovery of data
and enable cross?chec-ing of data to bring proof to some theories Iin
both science and theologyJ !hile upsetting the apple cart in other areas.
#ome theories of the data available in this area donEt only resolve the
past but also enable our access to the future. 7n the documentary 2What
the I1leepJ do We Lno!@5 the application of 0uantum physics is applied
to real?!orld e"amples in attempting to ans!er the titled 0uestion.
6ractically many of the Ne!tonian?!orld basics do not hold consistently
in 0uantum physics e"periments and results. As covered in the 7nstitute
of Noetic #ciencesE W.1 #tudy 3uide for that film scientists Radin and
1raud separately came up !ith theories based on e"perimental results
!hich sho!ed that time sometimes flo!ed bac-!ards that perhaps the
individual !as !arning him*herself about some distressing incident
!hich !as about to happen.
.here are details and arguments about 0uantum physics !hich
are far beyond the scope of this boo-. 9ere 7 bring some of these
e"planations in as other authors mention them. #ince the 0uantum
physics theories neatly align !ith traditional 9una and other ancient
teachings 7 conFecture that !e are starting to reach a point !here science
and theology !ill merge at least in part in order to achieve a !or-able
perception and understanding of our universe. While the arguments and
paradigm !arfare over 0uantum mechanics are far from over !e can
start seeing that a merging bet!een religious psychic and scientific
thought is necessary if !e are to sort out an underlying system of thought
!hich is universally applicable.
9una has several methods to metaphorically approach this
subFect. :ne is creating a garden !hich represents the physical !orld
around you. /ou simply as- to see a representation of !hat is troubling
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you and then handle it !ithin this garden metaphor. /ou can also as- to
tal- to someone for advice !ho !ill appear in your garden.
Napoleon 9ill had a different approach one of attending a
meeting in his mind !ith several select historic and then current
individuals. As he continued these nightly meetings the individuals began
ta-ing on a life of their o!n giving him advice he hadnEt as-ed for. #ome
!ould stay later or come early to the meeting to tal- !ith him alone. 9ill
began to profit immensely by this advice and later e"panded this board
meeting to include several doHen individuals. Ay ta-e on this is that this
!as a metaphoric means of contacting the 0uantum hologram and
filtering the data there through representatives.
Another approach !ould be to have an endless video library
!here you could pull any given video do!n and Fust put it in to play it.
:ne could also consider that one had a Fu-ebo" of such !hich !ould
play in random 8 giving the universe a chance to deliver !hat you !anted
to see Ias prompted by the unconsciousJ.
Fail0safe Protections to 8ental %ccess
#uch access loo-s to have a good set of fail?safe protections on
them. >e! have been able to receive this data. .hose that have
apparently currently fall under the auspices of 2native talent.5 9o!ever
!ith the above data this might be able to be developed into a !or-ing
techni0ue. Remote Cie!ing has been developed into such a techni0ue
and has been used as recently as the first 3ulf War if not since. :ne of
the -ey fail?safes is discussed by #ilva and Ling is that one cannot directly
or indirectly influence the life or decisions of someone else. /ou can
offer your choice to them ma-e your sales pitch and thatEs it. .he
person can accept your offer or not. >ree Will meaning the freedom of
personal choice and decision canEt be altered.
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Cults may be able to have influence on their devotees as they
have !al-ed them up a narro! gradient path of choices. .hey are called
cults because they limit the information flo! to their clients*devotees.
:nce a person is able to reason !ith additional data the !hole facade
crac-s and the person departs the cult and gets a ne! life. While some
say that it can ta-e as long as t!elve years for a person to recover from
such as cult involvement application of the four?!ays laid out above may
give that person additional tools to sort out his*her beliefs more 0uic-ly.
.he reason is that no! the person has a set of comparatives !hich is
independent of the earlier accepted emotionally?limiting cult data as !ell
as those of society. ICertain cultures by definition are sociological cults
both historically and modernly.J :ne can see that our 7nformation Age
!ith its access to the 7nternet has the inherent means of !ea-ening cult
influences and po!er 8 as !ell as those dictocrats !ho operate them.
'ome (nterestin& Conclusions
6ractically my development of this four?!ay 2thun-ing5 system
is to compare these traditionally separate paradigms is a !ay to start to
ma-e sense of information !hich has had no real !ay to evaluate it.
While 7 have covered a great deal of !or-s and material in this
boo- by the !ay of illustration this has been only as means of e"plaining
the relations of this analytic engine. +ifferent data input !ould give
different output. .he -ey here is that there is the possibility of a !or-ing
system !hich functions independent of the data entered. Were this
proved through several bodies of data entered then the theory of a
practical analytic engine Isuch as my four?!ay 2thun-ing5 systemJ could
be proved. Were one to enter data in other physical sciences such as
e"treme electro?magnetic spectra !hich !ere studied by .esla or the
orgone e"periments of Wilhelm Reich other results could be interpreted.
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7n this section 7Eve e"plored logical e"trapolation of data 7Eve
used in the e"amples might lead to practical brea-throughs in applied
metaphysics as !ell as various science fields. Certainly this gives some
e"ercise in sho!ing the use of this analytic engine.
7Ed earlier tal-ed about creating something !hich !as a universal
solvent. .he ans!er to holding a universal solvent is to create the vessel
from that same solvent. 1y holding evaluated data in thought principles
rather than static data analysis becomes more fluid and stronger since
the use of four?!ays then forces comparison against more than one data
simultaneously.
Ay use of this as you can see by the data has been to attempt to
reconcile data 7Ed uncovered along the lines determining if there !ere
factually evidence of an underlying system to my studies as a counselor
in religion in computers in the arts and in agriculture. A summary of my
research to this point is that 7 have found one system of thought as
outlined above. .his analytical engine Ithe four?!ay 2thun-ing5J is a
system in itself. (se of this system allo!s one to e"amine other data to
find prove and utiliHe other !hole systems. :ne can see by the various
points !hich are stated as beyond the scope of this boo- that there is a
lot of !or- lined up for further research.
What has been accomplished in this boo- is to give a general
introduction to this analytic engine and to four?!ay 2thun-ings5. #ome
!or- has been done in tying varied lines of research and thought
together in order to e"plain !hat individual authors havenEt covered.
Aetaphysics for instance has in the sources above the possibility of
becoming as very much a 2hard5 science of !idely applicable techni0ues.
Were some of the cross?connected data pursued metaphysics may very
!ell be able to produce some brea-through techni0ues to release abilities
hitherto un-no!n and unsuspected.
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Regardless application of this above system might result in some
very rapid paradigm shifts !hich might ma-e such an engine unpopular
in more than one camp. .hat is not my particular concern. .he point of
this boo- is to publish the last fe! yearsE of !or- so that others can ma-e
use of this data.
(se of such an engine loo-s to possibly provide many innovative
brea-throughs in a !ide range of fields. 7tEs my hope that such !or- can
be e"tended and developed to solve some of the many problems and
situations !hich face human-ind in our era.
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"ook Three$ Chan&e .our 8ind! Chan&e
.our >ife.
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(ntroduction
hat this book is &oin& to cover )
and +hat .ou C%2 &et out of this book.
.he !orld around you is e"actly !hat you thin- it is. Another
!ay to put this, you have thought everything around you into its current
e"istence. And hello to you too4
.he first step to improving your lot in life is to confront it and
ta-e responsibility for creating it.
.hatEs 0uite a slap in the face isnEt it.
1ut that is Fust the !ay it is.
9opefully youEve covered my earlier t!o boo-s in this series 3o
.hun- /ourself4 and 3o .hun- /ourself Again. 7n these boo-s 7
outlined the e"act !ays and operations of this universe !hich surrounds
us. .he first gave you $< rules !hich could improve your life. .he second
gave you a four?!ay 2thun-5 !hich told you any increase in personal
ability re0uired confront responsibility understanding and purpose.
Clarity on all four !as re0uired but improving any of these !ould
improve the !hole.
7Eve given you in those boo-s all you need to !or- out !hat 7 am
going to tell you in this one. 1ut 7Em saving you the trouble of !or-ing it
out for yourself.
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Why 7Em doing this is part of my o!n purpose. 7 started do!n
this road some ;B years ago or more. 7Eve studied various religions
psychologies counseling techni0ues and ancient te"ts of different
cultures. What came to me !as a single underlying system !hich -ept
being tal-ed about over and over in different phrases and different
languages and grammars. Aerely !or-ing this all out for my o!n use
!ould have been a horrible end for me. 7magine having -eys to solving
any or all of manEs problems and then sitting on it. .hat !ould put a
damper on things to be sure.
=ssentially this is a self?analysis boo- and a self?counseling boo-
all rolled into one. 7 donEt thin- that it !ill be easy but itEs not impossible
to achieve.
7n this boo- 7Em going to help you figure out ho! to change
your !orld vie! and essentially reprogram yourself at the deepest levels
you !ant to confront. /ou can change all of it or very little. 1ut by
reading this boo- Ior even part of itJ you are changing something in your
life. As you change your thoughts the !orld around you !ill change.
.hatEs Fust the !ay it is. /ouEve seen some of this and heard others !ho
have e"perienced this.
At this point you can simply say that 7Em off my roc-er and send
for a refund.
1ut on the other hand there is a reason this boo- has come into
your hands. .here is some lesson you !ant to learn something youEve
been searching for. As the ancient 9induEs and others have said, 2When
the student is ready the teacher appears.5 Another ancient philosophy
holds that there are no accidents that everything happens for a purpose.
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#o if you do set this boo- do!n it might be preferable that you
put it some!here you can 2happen upon5 it again. :ther!ise 8 read this
through to the end and then start over. /ou may !ant to pic- up some
of the boo-s in the bibliography 8 or my earlier boo-s in this series or
boo-s in those bibliographies.
.he point of this boo- is to enable you to live a simpler more
purposeful life. 7Eve done all this !or- to distill these volumes of data
do!n to the essential la!s and rules for you plus give you some simple
e"ercises to help you on your !ay. 9opefully it !ill be speedier and
simpler for you than myself or those !ho have gone before us.
As in the other boo-s 7Ell simply !rite !hat you need to -no! to
get this stuff applied. .here are tons of boo-s out there !hich have
covered these principles in far more detail. Ay Fob is to get all this to you
in some simple form you can understand readily and immediately apply.
.hen 7 give you some tools at the end to build on my short descriptions
.he goal !e share is improving our personal lives living at a
better pace and evolving to a higher state of operation. 7n this boo- 7
hope to give you the basic tools to enable us both to achieve that goal.
.o all of us 7 then !ish,
3ood 9unting4
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Part ( ) Commitment and ,"urnin& Desire- to
(mprove
.here is nothing stronger than a single?minded approach to any
subFect. A group or individual having a single goal to accomplish and
devoting all their resources to achieve it is unstoppable.
.his is the secret to 9illEs approach. /ou have to name !hat you
are going to do and then align everything you can to achieve it. .hatEs the
simplicity of it all. 1ut getting from !here you are currently to that
single?minded approach is !hy this boo- is !ritten.
7Em assuming that you have read 9illEs .hin- and 3ro! Rich. I7f
not 7Eve supplied an edited version from the public domain version in
the appendi"J. 9ill is a classic because he !rote it to bring people out of
the +epression by helping them eliminate their fears of poverty and
concentrate on becoming rich. 9e gave them the tools to do so and as
such became one of the first Ifollo!ing 9aanel his mentorJ to enable
people to reprogram themselves.
)etEs dissect 9illEs second chapter 0uoting liberally as !e analyHe
!hy this is so,
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The startin& point of all achievement
3ery person who wins in any underta!ing must be
willing to burn his ships and cut all sources of retreat.
0nly by so doing can one be sure of maintaining that
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state of mind !nown as a -U*6"6; 23S"*3 T0 1"6,
essential to success.#
9ill starts out by telling you to put everything on the line. /ou
must dedicate yourself completely to accomplishing this one goal. /ou
must change your life to follo! this one single light in front of you your
o!n personal 21(RN7N3 +=#7R=5.
3ery human being who reaches the age of
understanding of the purpose of money, wishes for it.
1ishing will not bring riches. -ut desiring riches with a
state of mind that becomes an obsession, then planning
definite ways and means to acquire riches, and bac!ing
those plans with persistence which does not recogni)e
failure, will bring riches.#
Ley points here,
#tate of mind U obsession.
6lanning
6ersistence
Non?recognition of >ailure
The method by which 23S"*3 for riches can be
transmuted into its financial equialent, consists of si'
definite, practical steps, i)7
,First. %i' in your mind the e'act amount of money you
desire. "t is not sufficient merely to say " want plenty of
money.# -e definite as to the amount.
,'econd. 2etermine e'actly what you intend to gie in
return for the money you desire. DThere is no such
reality as something for nothing.E
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,Third. 3stablish a definite date when you intend to
possess the money you desire.
,Fourth. $reate a definite plan for carrying out your
desire, and begin at once, whether you are ready or not,
to put this plan into action.
,Fifth. 1rite out a clear, concise statement of the
amount of money you intend to acquire, name the time
limit for its acquisition, state what you intend to gie in
return for the money, and describe clearly the plan
through which you intend to accumulate it.
,'i3th. *ead your written statement aloud, twice daily,
once @ust before retiring at night, and once after arising
in the morning. AS :0U *3A2GS33 A62 %335 A62
-35"343 :0U*S35% A5*3A2: "6 +0SS3SS"06 0% T/3
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9ere you have the !hole boo- in si" steps. 6lan your !or- !or-
your plan. .he tric- is in the last step 8 al!ays 2thun-5 your ideas in the
past tense and add in plenty of emotive content to ensure it !or-s. .his
is !here the 1(RN7N3 +=#7R= comes in ?
0nly those who become money conscious# eer
accumulate great riches. (oney consciousness# means
that the mind has become so thoroughly saturated with
the 23S"*3 for money, that one can see oneHs self
already in possession of it.#
)etEs no! loo- into ho! you 2plan your !or-5,
The steps call for no hard labor.# They call for no
sacrifice. They do not require one to become ridiculous,
or credulous. To apply them calls for no great amount of
education. -ut the successful application of these si'
steps does call for sufficient imagination to enable one
to see, and to understand, that accumulation of money
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cannot be left to chance, good fortune, and luc!. 0ne
must reali)e that all who hae accumulated great
fortunes, first did a certain amount of dreaming, hoping,
wishing, 23S"*"6;, and +5A66"6; before they
acquired money.
:ou may as well !now, right here, that you can neer
hae riches in great quantities, U653SS you can wor!
yourself into a white heat of 23S"*3 for money, and
actually -35"343 you will possess it.#
.here you have it, 2cannot be left to chance good fortune and
luc-5. Aost of the habits !e have gotten into revolve around building
our !orlds are based on accepted norms. We have accepted behavioral
patterns customs and social responses as 2automatic5 never revie!ed
or adFusted. 1elo! 7 e"plain ho! these have created a 2Hero?sum5 society
!here no?one truly !ins.
"f you do not see great riches in your imagination, you
will neer see them in your ban! balance.
6eer, in the history of America has there been so
great an opportunity for practical dreamers as now
e'ists. The si' year economic collapse has reduced all
men, substantially, to the same leel. A new race is
about to be run. The sta!es represent huge fortunes
which will be accumulated within the ne't ten years.
The rules of the race hae changed, because we now
lie in a $/A6;32 10*52 that definitely faors the
masses, those who had but little or no opportunity to
win under the conditions e'isting during the 2epression,
when fear paraly)ed growth and deelopment.#
9ere !e have the purpose for this boo-. 9ill had already !ritten
a voluminous !or- called the )a! of #uccess. 9ere he laid out in
e"tensive detail the $6 steps to achieve any amount of riches or success.
.hin- and 3ro! Rich !as specifically !ritten to address this particular
situation !here the playing field !as truly leveled. Almost the entire
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country !as in the same situation 8 nearly flat bro-e because the
economic Iban-ingJ system had been collapsed. 6eople could !or-
people could invent people still had their ability to create. What people
didnEt have !as readily available money 8 but did have their fear of dying
poor.
7n todayEs !orld the 7nternet has again leveled the playing field.
Aany many thousands of people have gotten rich through simply
arranging the sales of their items internationally over this medium.
Aillionaires have been created in months simply because they applied
themselves. What they applied is still !ithin these same principles 9ill
outlined 8 !hich he learned from the hundreds of successes he studied
as !ell as other authors such as Kudge .homas .ro!ard and Charles >.
9aanel.
1e who are in this race for riches, should be
encouraged to !now that this changed world in which
we lie is demanding new ideas, new ways of doing
things, new leaders, new inentions, new methods of
teaching, new methods of mar!eting, new boo!s, new
literature, new features for the radio, new ideas for
moing pictures. -ac! of all this demand for new and
better things, there is one quality which one must
possess to win, and that is 23%"6"T363SS 0% +U*+0S3,
the !nowledge of what one wants, and a burning
23S"*3 to possess it.#
9ereEs the rise of 1ill 3ates #am Walton Aichael +ell Ray
Lroc and numerous others. .he principles these successful people used
are basic to this !orld and our operation in it. Anyone !ho finds and
applies these data as 9ill lays it out !ill undoubtedly become a success.
Any success you read about or !itness has used these principles
!ittingly or un!ittingly. 7f they continue as a success Inot the flash?in?
the?pan lottery !innersJ they are continuing to apply these principles.
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Tolerance, and an open mind are practical necessities
of the dreamer of today. Those who are afraid of new
ideas are doomed before they start. ...
"n planning to acquire your share of the riches, let no
one influence you to scorn the dreamer. ...
"f the thing you wish to do is right, and you beliee in
it, go ahead and do itC +ut your dream across, and
neer mind what they# say if you meet with temporary
defeat, for they,# perhaps, do not !now that 343*:
%A"5U*3 -*"6;S 1"T/ "T T/3 S332 0% A6
3IU"4A536T SU$$3SS.#
.!o -ey points here,
#uspend disbelief
+isregard those !ho donEt.

)ive your dreams live them large. Never mind if people donEt
believe in you. Kust go ahead and get it done anyho!. 1e very
independent in your thin-ing doing and achieving. 1e !illing to e"amine
things about you !ith a clear and open mind. (se !hat can be used to
improve your solutions and operations. 1ut donEt !orry about !hat
people thin- or say about you.
A -U*6"6; 23S"*3 T0 -3, A62 T0 20 is the starting
point from which the dreamer must ta!e off. 2reams are
not born of indifference, la)iness, or lac! of ambition.#
Again 8 live your dreams.
*emember, too, that all who succeed in life get off to a
bad start, and pass through many heartbrea!ing
struggles before they &arrie.& The turning point in the
lies of those who succeed, usually comes at the
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moment of some crisis, through which they are
introduced to their &other seles.&
9ere you can see your earlier patterns holding you bac- 8 all the
failures you may encounter are laid in through other belief?systems and
habits youEve accepted through your life to this point. A point here is to
treat every 2failure5 for the lesson !ithin it. .here is some non?optimal
solution at the base !hich needs re?e"amination and sort?out.
There is a difference between 1"S/"6; for a thing and
being *3A2: to receie it. 6o one is ready for a thing,
until he beliees he can acquire it. The state of mind
must be -35"3%, not mere hope or wish. 0pen-
mindedness is essential for belief. $losed minds do not
inspire faith, courage, and belief.#
Another -ey point is belief 8 also -no!n as faith. /ou have to
have confidence in yourself !hich comes bac- to your o!n personal
1(RN7N3 +=#7R=. 3et ready Ecause here it comes ready or not...
" beliee in the power of 23S"*3 bac!ed by %A"T/,
because " hae seen this power lift men from lowly
beginnings to places of power and wealth; " hae seen it
rob the grae of its ictims; " hae seen it sere as the
medium by which men staged a comebac! after haing
been defeated in a hundred different ways... " wish to
coney the thought that all achieement, no matter
what may be its nature, or its purpose, must begin with
an intense, -U*6"6; 23S"*3 for something definite.
9ere in the !rap?up of this chapter he concludes that your
desire bac-ed up by faith brings anything to fruition. /ou must first
have an 2intense 1(RN7N3 +=#7R= for something definite.
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5e. Points to Desire
.o recap the -ey points here,
#tate of mind U obsession.
6lanning 8 plan your !or- !or- your plan.
6ersistence
Non?recognition of >ailure
)ive your dreams
#uspend disbelief
+isregard those !ho donEt.
/our desire bac-ed up by faith brings anything to fruition. /ou
must first have an 2intense 1(RN7N3 +=#7R= for something definite.
No! letEs see ho! you get your mind to cooperate !ith your
dreams...
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Part (( ) *o+ the 8ind orks
and 8akin& (t ork for You.
(tDs an ,al+a.s on- +orld and +orld0vie+
/our thin-ing is hard?!ired and is al!ays on. #leeping or !a-ing
on drugs or sober 8 you are al!ays thin-ing al!ays comparing data
al!ays analyHing the results. .he bottom line is that your subconscious is
al!ays on and functioning -eeping your heart breathing and other vital
functions continuing regardless.
1elo! this all the atoms in the elements !hich ma-e up your
body continue to spin and gyrate regardless of your o!n life. 7Eve covered
this 0uite summarily in 3o .hun- /ourself Again. We are all lin-ed
directly through the 0uantum field !hich continues in operation even
!here no member of human-ind is present.
.his is the state of human-ind and has apparently al!ays been
that !ay. While you and 7 live in a very interesting modern !orld the
vie! ancients had !as of a very primitive !orld !ith no modern
cushions to fall bac- on. .here !as no !elfare no !or-manEs comp no
crop insurance 8 if the crops failed if you got hurt if you lost your Fob...
the !orld vie! these people had !as of a very cut?and?dried !orld. 7f
you failed you died. 7n rare moments certain people !ound up in very
singular instances and !ere able to logically investigate their !orld and
reflect on it. (p until this century these rare circumstances usually
re0uired someone ma-ing their fortune early in life 8 as 1enFamin
>ran-lin did retiring !hen only <0 8 leaving them free to use the
remainder of that life to sort out !hat they !ere thin-ing and ho!.
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7n these days !e have more buffers against lifeEs ravages to
revie! our lives. We modernly have the 7nternet and high?speed
connections to do!nload any number of ancient and modern te"ts
recordings and video enough to fill several hard drives.
Along !ith the free time and 7nternet !e also have intense
competition from .C cable satellites video games +C+Es and videos
to -eep our spare time filled. Countless hobbies ta" our higher disposable
income as !ell.
6eople might not have time or money to investigate ho! they
thin- or to add to the vast stores of philosophy already present. Auch
less they have little time to figure out ho! they got the !ay they are.
6roblems confusions chronic upsets 8 all these have no solution or
some pat solution !hich doesnEt !or- perfectly. 1ut hey that the !ay
(ncle 3eorge handled it.
Which leads us to our problem. We thin- in odd !ays at times.
Where did all this come from@ 3ood solutions and bad ho! come 7 had
to say that to her then@ /ouEd really li-e to ta-e that foot out of your
mouth but ho! did it get there to begin !ith@
6art of it not as most psychology students learn it came from
genetics. #ome li-e our pets is hard?!ired. .hey can !al- and scratch
and find their motherEs mil- in hours. 9umans ta-e days to learn all this
stuff if not years. 1ut to say that all comes from genetics is also faulty.
Why do humans ta-e days and years to learn survival patterns@ .he -ey is
in the term learn. 9umans learn.
)earning is not Fust robotically follo!ing hard?!ired patterns li-e
breathing blood?circulation digestion and other autonomic responses.
=verything a person says and does isnEt autonomic. Animals particularly
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pets learn 8 and they also teach. .hey teach each other and also their
human handlers. .here are volumes !ritten about animal behavior and
ho! they adapt to their environment as !ell as evolve. .hose are the
reasons for learning to adapt and to evolve.
)earning is based on earlier patterns both hard?!ired and
adopted by e"ample or through trial?and?error. .he -ey part here is to
ta-e this !ord pattern and e"amine the concept behind it.
6atterns are survival mechanisms. 6atterns are based on optimal
solutions not perfect solutions but more optimal solutions than had
gone before. #omeone learns a pattern li-e drin-ing directly from a
stream. When another person teases him by coming up from behind
0uietly and then 0uic-ly pushing his head under he might change that
pattern by cupping his hand to drin- from it. 7n this !ay he is able to
-eep his eyes and ears more alert to pran-sters 8 or real dangers. .hat
same person might have learned this from getting tired of rushing !ater
going up his nose or falling in to many times !hen the !ater level is far
belo! the stream?ban-.
While he could also learn this pattern by !atching someone else
!ho had figured this out I!hich is ho! teaching is doneJ it still his his
ability or !illingness to change his pattern !hen he sees a better !ay of
doing things.
)earning involves comparing a given pattern against another
pattern and then ta-ing the best result as your o!n. Not stated in this is
that a person is striving constantly to improve his 0uality of life and is
interested in more optimal solutions. Also not stated here is that !e have
developed at this point into being 2al!ays on5 ourselves. We are al!ays
learning al!ays thin-ing al!ays comparing our efforts against other
possible solutions or against earlier times !e did the same thing. 7f
anything of our ma-eup is hard?!ired it is learning.
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.his is !here 2conditioning5 comes in. When you have had some
20 years of learning !ith those around you doing the teaching 8 added
into by .C movies radio and other popular media 8 you can say youEve
been 2conditioned5.
What you are actually saying is that for better or !orse youEve
learned by your o!n practice your o!n trial?and?error fumbling and the
mannerisms and practices of those around you. /ouEve adopted the
ethnic traits of your family the socio?economic patterns of your social
class Ifamily Y neighborhood Y Fob cultureJ and the larger patterns
!hich outside information sources Iboo-s as !ell as 2ne!s5 media and
the 7nternetJ have brought your !ay.
.hese larger patterns have to 2ma-e sense5. .hey have to fall in
line !ith each other and support each other. .he reason you go to
church is partially because your family al!ays !ent to church but also
because there is a use for spirituality in your life. 3oing to church
regularly aligns !ith and supports an optimal solution you use to ma-e
the progress that you do. 9ere !e have )ife 3oals. 9o! you are going to
accomplish !hat you have set out to do is very much set up in the
patterns you have learned tested and adopted as your o!n. And you
constantly test these patterns and refine them against !hether they are
currently and effectively for!arding you to!ard your adopted life goals.
6atterns that routinely test out become habits. 6atterns that arenEt
!or-ing Ior habits !hich are getting you in trouble such as addictionsJ
cause stress. #tress is the collision of t!o patterns or a pattern you have
to refine in order to achieve one or more of your goals. =ither !ay it is a
learning situation it is a thin-ing situation. =motion can be regarded as
indicating that t!o or more of your patterns are in conflict and you
simply need time to 2get the lesson5 of that situation 8 or Fust finish
thin-ing through * refining your patterns.
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/ou may be running into a habit. 9abits li-e 7M are not fi"ed
and immovable. .hey both change constantly depending on the
environment around you and your reaction to it Ias !ell as !hether
youEre tired hungry or illJ. 9abits can be changed by practicing a ne!
and*or revised habit in place of the original one for about t!o to three
!ee-s. I7Ell cover a bit more on ho! to do this later in this boo-.J
.he point is that any 2limits5 you have only reside !ithin
yourself. Nothing in this universe is static and set in stone. =verything is
in constant motion and change. =ven the chair you are sitting in or floor
you are standing on 8 at a sub?molecular level that substance is !hirling
around in a mad frenHied dance. And the solidity of that substance is
actually in 0uestion since there is more space than particles at that level.
What is holding that stuff together are several forces !hich themselves
are not particles are not solid and can only be measured by their effect.
.hese forces cannot be sensed !ith our normal sight taste smell
hearing feeling senses. 1ut !e donEt have to -no! that they are there or
ho! they !or- to sit in a chair or stand on a platform reading a boo-.
=verything is in motion but for our practical use !e call the boo- chair
and platform all 2solid5. Kust as !e accept that a plane can fly through the
air or a boat can sail !hile pushed by the pressure of air 8 a substance !e
can only feel !hen it is moving or see !hen it becomes too heavy !ith
moisture to hold the !ater up any longer Ialso -no!n as rainJ.
:ut of this constant change !e adopt certain ideas Ialso things
!hich cannot be sensedJ to align our !or- to!ard. .hese are 2goals5.
3oals are simply decisions to attain something to have something to
create a result or product. /our choice in this decision may have been
influenced by your culture * environment. As !ell you may have had
intuitive or spiritual input in that choice. 3oals also are constantly
modified and*or reinforced due to this regular thin-ing process !hich is
ongoing.
.he firmness !ith !hich one holds a goal Ia characteristic of
faithJ determines ho! easily it !ill be attained. 1ig goals and small it
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depends on the individual to hold these truths to be self?evident. No one
else is going to dissuade you from your goal !ithout your personal
agreement and co?action.
.his brings up another interesting point. All your thin-ing is your
o!n. While others can attempt to persuade you your >ree Will can never
be trumped. .here is no slavery !ithout the cooperation of the slave.
:ne can -ill another true. And one might decide to go along !ith certain
actions to forestall that finality. 1ecause of the above fact anything one
agrees !ith can be later disagreed !ith. /ears of someone groveling in a
cult can be reversed. #ome studies have this at $2 years before one
returns to 2normal5 after leaving a cult. 6ractically one is normal at all
times since a person creates their o!n norm. Cults only give some
varying datums !hich tend to 2blinder5 the person to other points of
vie!. :nce one starts to decide for oneself he * she can drop any
particular set of blinders. Aost cults are more sociological than religious.
Cults can hide behind a religious facade but their !or- is to shelter the
individual from receiving or accepting data !hich is contrary to that of
the cultEs basic tenets. .hose in charge of the cults have their o!n reason
for continuing this facade. (sually it is economic in basis 8 -eeping
people !or-ing for you for minimal pay and donating their life earnings
to the cult -eeps that organiHation operating. 7f that cult ran out of
money the cult leader !ould be out of a very cushy Fob and probably
pursued. When people find out !hat they have been missing they can
get a bit irritated for a time. And the la!suits can start flying at that point.
)etEs revie! at this point,
6eople are al!ays thin-ing.
.heir patterns are the result of lessons learned.
No one can persuade you to change your mind e"cept
!ith your permission.
.his leads to some very interesting results. .he !orld around you
is determined a great deal 8 in fact completely 8 by your attitude to!ard
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it. /our attitude is built on your patterns. /our reactions are influenced
heavily through your pre?built patterns learned from your environment
and education.
And !hat of the person !ho lives at effect of this 2al!ays on5
environment !e live in@ 9e * she is 2sold5 constantly through the
massive barrage of advertising. .he personal !ill is submerged !ith
various 2Fingles5 and slogans !hich give that person the patterns to
operate !ith in life. :n top of this cultural norms are put in place !hich
continue to re0uire the person not do any thin-ing. 7f you get sic- go see
a professional and pay for this !ith insurance. .he government is
supposed to pay for your education and everything else. .a"es to pay for
the government are ta-en out so you donEt have to !orry about covering
it at the end of the year. /ou are supposed to simply !or- at a factory
Fob or in a cubicle as a faceless number <0 hours a !ee-. /our house is
being paid for your entire life and your car is al!ays traded in on the
latest ne! model meaning you are paying for this your entire life as !ell.
#ince you are al!ays in debt having to have a 2steady Fob5 is a constant
re0uirement of life.
And those !ho try to brea- out of this mold 8 you are probably
labeled craHy IarenEt all artists 2craHy5J and constantly pressured into this
other mold. After all this is all you see on .C so it must be 2right5. .his
is modern Western conditioning.
(nfortunately or fortunately those !ho are actually running
things and for!arding our culture economically have already -ic-ed over
these traces. .hree of the top five !ealthiest individuals are college
dropouts. .hese each run corporations !ho are multi?national in scope
and each generate more income than most of the 2sovereign nations5 on
this planet. .heir companies !ere created from scratch 8 all !ithin this
generation. And ta-e both Ac+onaldEs and Wal?Aart 8 each truly
revolutionary in operation and scope having international impact.
Neither of their founders graduated from some 27vy )eague5 university.
.here are many more e"amples. 3oogle is one. AmaHon is another.
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.otally revolutionary in scope and effect. Not your typical sitcom
scenario. CraHy@ .hey are probably laughing all the !ay to the ban-.
.he Western culture is typically Hero?sum. Aeaning no one really
!ins. 9o! can you !hen your highest goal is to pay off your house by
the time you retire and hope that the government -eeps paying for your
medical and those increasingly more e"pensive prescriptions. /our
retirement is no! based usually on the stoc- mar-et and not a
retirement fund 8 if the latter is the case you are probably dependent on
the government supporting this through some interesting financial
arrangements. 1ut you have to pay ta"es to support this your entire life
and ma-e sure your -ids do to. :ne of the biggest arguments behind
ma-ing all these illegal immigrants legal is so they !ill start paying to
support our government so they can support our retired and retiring
1aby?boom generations.
/ou arenEt supposed to get upset. /ou are supposed to drin- beer
and !atch sports on the !ee-end !hen youEre not at the la-e in your
ne! #(C. /ou are supposed to have several marriages and several Fobs.
/ou are supposed to live in suburbia in an over?priced home. /ou are
supposed to have the biggest .C you canEt afford and your -ids having
all the latest video games. Women are supposed to be shopping all the
time. /ou are supposed to be constantly -eeping your doctor pestered
!ith these re0uests for various drugs regardless of !hether you have the
illness. And if anything goes !rong call the $?&00 number on the screen
and an over?friendly la!yer !ill sue their pants off ta-e over half the
settlement and let you ruin your life !ith the rest. :h yes 8 you are also
supposed to be eating out particularly at fast food Foints all the time 8
and then of course sue these restaurants for ma-ing you fat.
Oero?sum. No one really !ins.
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What is missing is responsibility for your o!n actions and
results. 7f you donEt li-e your life you can change it. 1ut then you -no!
this since you are reading this boo-.
No! part of this conditioning is not according to the 3olden
Rule. /ou -no! the one !hich says something about treating people the
!ay you !ould li-e to be treated 8 the one !hich is in every maFor
religion and philosophy in the !orld@ What isnEt stated but Wayne +yer
mentions is that ho! you treat people is your !ay of training people
ho! to treat you. 7f you are constantly demanding youEll get this bac- at
you. )ose your temper consistently and youEll be surrounded by people
!ho lose their temper 8 youEll thin- they are completely Fustified. :f
course this is contrary to these maFor philosophies and religions above 8
!hich say that tolerance and internal peace are the routes to personal
evolution. Not to mention ending familial strife and !or-place stress.
1ut applying the 3olden Rule means confronting your
environment and ta-ing responsibility for your o!n actions. #orry not in
our current culture. .a-e t!o aspirin and get an appointment for another
e"am !ith overpriced tests 8 hey !e have to pay for this e"orbitant
la!suit insurance some!ay...
7Em going to cover this later but letEs ta-e up habits briefly. /our
smo-ing your drug habits your under and over eating 8 all of these are
due to habits. All habits are learned through a series of personal choices.
:n top of this the body conforms to your dietary commands. 7f you
routinely ta-e a certain substance the body !ill adFust so that its
metabolism e"pects this substance constantly. #o trying to 0uit one of
your habits then has immediate bac-lash and personal conse0uences.
1ut that habit !as something you created. No! you have to sleep
in the bed you made. .ough love. 1ut anything you create you can un?
create 8 or better, re?create.
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WeEll see more of ho! to handle this scene belo!. 7tEs not all that
impossible to fi". 1ut itEs still tough love.
Three parts of the mind
While 7Eve covered this in earlier boo-s it bears repeating here
particularly in light of !hat !e have already revie!ed.
.here is a recurring system !hich finds its !ay through self?help
psychology and also the ancient socio?religious 9una belief?system
!hich predates Iand may have influenced or even foundedJ =astern
religions. .hese share the idea Ithough not synchronous definitionsJ of a
super?conscious mind I3od or (niversal Aind or Ama-ua in 9unaJ a
conscious mind I)ana in 9unaJ and a subconscious mind ILu in 9unaJ.
9aanel covers this as !ell as Wayne +yer Ling .olle .albot and many
others !ho didnEt ma-e this 1ibliography. #uch commonalities are made
possible through the use of this engine so far. 1elo! is a summation of
!hat has been derived from many different sources 7Eve e"amined to
date.
6eople build their belief?system patterns on a genetic level a
subconscious level and a conscious level !ith spiritual or
superconscious influenceIsJ. .he +NA gives some patterns on a genetic
level I!hile some evidence e"ists that this is being re?!ritten constantly
and isnEt Fust !hat your parentEs gave youJ. .he subconscious is a
continually operating rational part of the mind !hich is constantly
recording and learning from all inputs. As the subconscious is
responsible for all autonomic responses as !ell as recording all
memories this particular part of the mind is both shoc-?proof and
eidetic in all senses and emotions. .he subconscious is constantly
learning and protecting the conscious from all the overloading and
over!helming content the physical universe is constantly generating. .he
conscious is the higher?reasoning part of the mind. .he conscious gets its
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data via the subconscious !hich controls the senses and filters data from
them. While the subconscious can only do 2straight?ahead5 reasoning
the conscious is capable of true rational thought being able to compare
and contrast and imagine. Where the conscious depends on the emotive
content of the subconscious the results can be erratic and even insane.
Where the conscious shuts do!n the input from the subconscious that
individual can appear stupid or insensible dull. .he superconscious or
9igher 7ntelligence*Ama-ua gives inspiration intuition and the
occasional visionary glimpse. .hese po!ers are pretty far above the
average Iand most better?than?averageJ abilities. .here is a very good
discussion of the four pattern sources from the above paragraph in
LingEs Aastering /our 9idden #elf.
6eople are constantly revie!ing and evolving their personal
thought patterns. Kust as the cells in the body are being constantly
replaced !ith slightly different versions so are both the subconscious
and conscious !or-ing to update their patterns and so evolve !ith their
ever?changing !orld. .he subconscious is constantly recording the
environment around it. .he conscious is al!ays evaluating data and
!or-ing to ma-e sense of it. .he conscious is -no!ingly or un-no!ingly
assisted by the subconscious as the latter brings up suitable patterns for
the conscious to use as a solution. I=ver !onder !hy certain actions
consistently 2tic- you off5@J .hese patterns have emotional content and
are deemed survival by the subconscious as they are al!ays acted on and
used to ensure survival. .he conscious can revie! these patterns and
adFust them to ma-e them more accurate or eliminate them entirely.
6rayer and*or Aeditation can bring further insights into these patterns
from the (niversal Aind*Allah*3od. #uch insights enable the person to
change these patterns or reinforce them.
Fail0safe Protections to 8ental %ccess
8indDs protection
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We !ere created Ior evolvedJ !ith certain protections against
scre!ing ourselves up beyond repair. Not that suicide is impossible. 1ut
for the average Koe !ithout such tendencies !e can rule this out of the
e0uation. 7 mentioned destruction vs. creation above that those !ho are
creating improved lives for themselves cannot effectively harm
themselves. 7tEs li-e trying to suffocate yourself by holding your breath 8
the body ta-es over at the last minute and pulls you out of it. /es you
might lose consciousness but practically you are still alive and the same
person as you started out.
=ssentially this traces bac- to the subconscious !hich is running
all your autonomic systems and ma-ing sure everything !or-s. :nly a
multitude of compound failures can result in death as long as the
subconscious is around. And since you canEt get rid of your subconscious
in any simple manner !hile alive youEre stuc- !ith your little buddy.
As far as affecting others it is similarly impossible. :ne of the
-ey fail?safes is discussed by #ilva and Ling is that one cannot directly or
indirectly influence the life or decisions of someone else. /ou can offer
your choice to them ma-e your sales pitch and thatEs it. .he person can
accept your offer or not. >ree Will meaning the freedom of personal
choice and decision canEt be altered.
Cults may be able to have influence on their devotees as they
have !al-ed them up a narro! gradient path of choices. .hey are called
cults because they limit the information flo! to their clients*devotees.
:nce a person is able to reason !ith additional data the !hole facade
crac-s and the person departs the cult and gets a ne! life. While some
say that it can ta-e as long as t!elve years for a person to recover from
such as cult involvement application of simple analysis in conFunction
!ith any therapy may give that person additional tools to sort out his*her
beliefs more 0uic-ly. .he reason is that no! the person has a set of
comparatives !hich is independent of the earlier accepted emotionally?
limiting cult data as !ell as those of society. ICertain cultures by
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definition are sociological cults both historically and modernly.J :ne can
see that our 7nformation Age !ith its access to the 7nternet has the
inherent means of !ea-ening cult influences and po!er 8 as !ell as those
dictocrats !ho operate them.
,Cosmic habitforce-
.he cosmic habitforce is the universeEs la! of e0uilibrium the
one natural la! into !hich all other natural la!s resolve themselves.
9ill added the principle of the Cosmic 9abitforce much later
than .hin- and 3ro! Rich. As a principle it simply builds on the above
la!s as !ell as his )a! of #uccess.
When !e create a habit !e consign it to the Muantum 9ologram
* 9igher 7ntelligence as !ell. All the data of our lives is recorded there.
As !ell !e dra! energy from this source for those habits. 9ill names
this the )a! of Cosmic 9abitforce. =ssentially this is covered in part in
3o .hun- /ourself Again. Reading 1radenEs and 1ohmEs boo-s !ill
give you a broader base. 1ut the principles they no! e"plain get
substantial support in other te"ts both ancient and modern. +yer covers
this but also Wattles 9aanel .ro!ard 0uite in addition to 9ill in his
boo-s.
When you create a pattern itEs recorded and strengthened
through your connection to the universe. According to one interpretation
of 9ill compared to other reverences above all our patterns and habits
are stored there. 9ill says they are reinforced through this. As !ell in
theory any habit stored there could be accessed by anyone. .his !ould
ma-e revising your personal habits even easier 8 given a strong personal
connection to that field.
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7Ell cover this a bit more belo! in the section on 6rayer *
Aeditation.
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%bilit. formula
As 7 covered in 3o .hun- /ourself Again Iand 7 repeat
some!hat belo!J Ability can be simply bro-en do!n to a four?!ay
relationship bet!een Responsibility Confront (nderstanding and
6urpose. .he relationship !or-s integrally 8 increasing any one of the
four increases the other three. 7t is related to 1e?+o?9ave !hich has
some mentions in very ancient literature. IConfront as 1e (nderstanding
as +o and Responsibility as 9ave.J
1e?+o?9ave doesnEt Fust have a current use of re0uiring the
individual to sort out his attitudes IbeingnessJ and adFusting his actions
IdoingnessJ in order to achieve the desired results IhavingnessJ. 7 sa! that
!hen you aligned this to personal ability it didnSt necessarily re0uire this
se0uence of manifestation. >or a person manifested ability through all
these three points at once. :ne only needed a purpose to sho! any
ability since any individual could have any amount of abilityG his only
limits !ere his o!n internal ones. =ven in the case of personal physical
handicap there are no real limits to being doing or having anything you
!ant in life.
.he personal version of this involved observation IbeJ as a
person had to confront the environment around one for !hat it !as his
on abilities !ere !hat he currently !as manifesting but he had to loo- to
see !here he !as and !hat he !as at that moment. .he person also had
to understand the !orld around and !ithin him IdoJ. 9e has to !or- out
conceptually !hat the patterns are and ho! he can best align himself to
those patterns or those patterns to him. 7n this that person has to ta-e
responsibility for !hat he is*has been*!ill be creating or re?creating
IhaveJ. 9e has to be responsible for creating the operating patterns !hich
he had and !hat effects these might !or- on others. Were a person to
suddenly start e"hibiting e"treme musical talents 8 this !ould affect
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those around him in different manners. .he person has to ta-e
responsibility for his creations.
All of this is according to the personEs o!n purpose. Why a
person does !hat he does and manifests any particular ability is
dependent on his o!n reasons for doing or not doing being or not
being creating or not creating. A person has various purposes in life and
probably an overall purpose for that life. Confronting this
(nderstanding it fully and ta-ing Responsibility for it !ould enable that
6urpose to manifest.
.his acts as an interacting four?!ay inter?relationship. 7ncreasing
oneEs confront and observation of the scene !ould enable ta-ing more
responsibility more understanding and enhance the original or
underlying purpose. #eeing a broader purpose !ould enable a higher
confront increased responsibility due to an enriched understanding and
so on. 1y enabling be?do?have under the Ability heading !e then brea-
free of that above 2necessary5 se0uence !hich is used in mechanical
manifesting.
:neEs purpose and ability is very much tied to others. What one
decides to become to do or to achieve affects more than himself or even
his immediate relatives or friends. .he decision is a point of ability since
no one else can ma-e these decisions for him. 9o!ever one can
improve the 0uality of his decisions through application of the four
points to his life.
We see also here as a subset of the Responsibility element that a
person is very much un?limited by othersE concerns and established
patterns e"cept as that person accepts others, limits. A person is free
to create at least in his mind any amount or magnitude of ne! patterns
to operate from. Really that personEs limits are entirely his concepts of
his o!n confront understanding and purpose. .he ability to bring his
imagined creations to fruition is measured not by the muses or any
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e"ternal source but only his !illingness to manifest. Again this is a limit
of his o!n concept and internal action of confronting being responsible
for the effects of that creation understanding all the details and ensuing
results plus aligning !ith or altering his o!n basic purpose to encompass
that creation.
7n various studies 9una and #ilva (ltramind among them many
advanced s-ills are possible to the individual. Remote Cie!ing +istance
9ealing and #leep .herapy 8 all these things are no! the subFect of
scientific study and proved observation Iif not scientific understandingJ.
>urther mystic and shaman abilities can no! be ac0uired by practically
any individual given that personEs !illingness to suspend disbelief and
compares his o!n belief?system against other core studies for
commonalities. #ome of these commonalities have been outlined here. 7f
!e can achieve a common base then !e can e"tract the truly !or-able
data in order to cross?compare and condense into an effective system.
.hrough use of this four?!ay interrelationship as a formula oneEs
ability to improve the surrounding environment is completely under
oneEs o!n control. We can brea- do!n any desired ability into four parts
in order to see !hat is holding bac- the manifestation. We can see that if
one !ants to become a top?flight musician artist construction !or-er
craftsman or parent 8 one only has to increase his*her observation and
confront or align his purposeIsJ or gain more understanding or ta-e on
more responsibility in the area !here improvement is !anted. IAnd one
must practice 0uite a lot 8 very very fe! advances are instantaneous in
this universe although this might be e"amined through the subFect of
2miracles5.J
7n this formula !e see that since a person can improve his
ability !e also then foray into the fields of the arts. .he bul- of an
artistEs s-ill is in his*her training and practice oneEs perseverance in the
physical training to apply the internal spar- much as .homas =dison
said 23enius is $ percent inspiration and '' percent perspiration.5 .his
formula does then build the ladder and road map for the artist step by
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step under his*her feet. 1y continuing to confront*observe and to be
responsibly honest about !hat level of s-ill has been achieved compared
to !hat is !anted the artist can improve s-ill levels and see !hat is
needed to get to the ne"t level in any given art format or genre. 7ntuition
plays a -ey point in that $ percent inspiration.
Ability is -ey to solve in any approach to counseling metaphysics
or simple living. 1y brea-ing it do!n into four elements !e can more
easily analyHe any individualEs ability?level and then program
improvement for that s-ill or talent even !here little ability in a given
area is originally present. 7n theory this !ould outline a method for
handling dis?ability as !ell 8 but that !ould be another study.
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Part ((( 0 *o+ to Re0pro&ram Yourself.
(tDs .our +orld to create... or re0create.
*o+ habits become so
9abits are another name for mental patterns. 6eople adopt and
reFect patterns constantly in their long lives. .raining family bac-ground
television and other media influences 8 all these give us patterns !hich
!e can use to for!ard our o!n purpose or goals in life. :nce a pattern is
adopted it is practiced over a period of time and then becomes
2chronic5.
Addictions are simply habits. .he body through the cooperative
!or- of the subconscious learns along !ith you and e"pects certain
chemical substances or emotional states and !or-s up endocrinal
responses to any given situation. .hese glands can create an imbalance
!hich then results in a physical 2craving5 for !hatever substance is being
2abused5. >or some people a day !ithout coffee !ill result in headaches.
7n other e"treme cases one can induce physical sha-ing fevers and
various other ills !hen a drug is !ithdra!n suddenly. 7n all cases the
body has been trained into re0uiring that substance along !ith the
subconscious. 7n all cases its the conscious mind !hich provides the
cure.
*o+ to replace a habit
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Any habit can be replaced in about three !ee-s of consistent
effort. #evere drug problems !ill re0uire substantial nutritional
supplements to offset !ithdra!al symptoms. 1ut for the rest of us the
odd tic or gesture can be overcome by simply creating another pattern
!hich replaces the earlier one.
:ne author suggests going for a drin- of !ater every time the
craving for a cigarette sho!s up. After bet!een t!o and three !ee-s of
daily reinforcing this pattern the other pattern is replaced. INo! you Fust
have to !orry about getting !aterlogged 8 Fo-e.J .he situation to !atch
for is that !ithin the first three days or so more or less that habit you
are trying to change !ill -ic- in much harder than you usually e"perience.
/our cravings !ill pea- and subside usually in about a !ee- and then
taper off as the ne! habit ta-es over.
.hatEs the simplicity of it. Any pattern can be replaced 8 any
pattern. 1ut as noted above only the person himself can change his
pattern. 6eople can be duped Ibrain!ashedJ temporarily into acting a
certain !ay. 9ypnosis can install certain patterns !hich can be activated
!ith certain e"ternal stimuli. 9o!ever anything done can be un?done.
:nce some pattern comes into your a!areness you can ma-e the
decision to improve it retain it or replace it. Comfortable familial
surroundings !ill usually help !ar?!eary veterans to put old survival
patterns behind them.
.he reason 7 say patterns are replaced is due to the factor that the
mind is constantly thin-ing constantly revie!ing and comparing data.
.here !as a reason for the original pattern. #implest handling for
changing any habit is to create a ne! replacement rather than simply
trying to bloc- or ignore the earlier one.
1thical habits
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.he interesting point about doing anything in this universe is that
it comes bac- to you often more than !hat you as-ed for. 7Eve often
repeated 2/ou canEt give !ithout givingG you get out !hat you put in.5
.his point of Reciprocity Isome metaphysical authors have elevated this
to a )a!J is a provable truth. Aost religions have stated this some!here
in their scriptures 8 commonly called the 23olden Rule5 among other
things.
Whatever you do !hatever you !or- at 8 this !ill come bac- to
you on the terms you dish it out. #imply that. #o if you ta-e these
2seduction5 boo-s seriously you had better be prepared for someone
2seducing5 you in the same !ay. 7f you donEt account for their >ree Will
then you may be 2coerced5 into doing something you donEt !ant to do.
1ut practically you really canEt be forced into doing anything. #o this
2coercion5 is simply your ma-ing the agreement that you can be. 7n this
case !hat is good for the 3ander to do to the 3oose is also e"actly !hat
the 3ander !ill be receiving from the 3oose or a similar source.
#o !hat you decide to re?program yourself to do must be ethical.
:ne can act in a destructive manner but !ill then attract destructive
input. (ltimately the course of destruction is death 8 there are far too
many e"amples of this.
.he one escape from this is Creative 7magination. .his !or-s as
creation is built on improving the good that is already present. IAlso
-no!n as )ove.J #o !hen one !or-s to ma-e something better that
person !ill then pull good !or-s to!ard themselves. .he universe !ill
deliver good !or-s to those !ho create such for others around them.
.his is a short e"planation of !hy the 3olden Rule !or-s. .hat the
3olden Rule !or-s isnEt in 0uestion 8 a person can test both sides of this
e0uation and empirically prove it on a personal basis. Why it !or-s is in
the )a!s outlined ne"t.
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*o+ this universe apparentl. +orks
+istilling various and varied te"ts comes up !ith a fe! central
points !hich line up in a logical se0uence. 7 list them here in order to
provide a base for discussion and logical thought,
0. )ove e"ists as a pri mal force . #ome have relegated this as a la!
to e"plain it more easily. )ove is a part of creation and all construction
and gro!th. )ac- of love or its denial sponsors hate fear and anger in
their various forms. =ach of these attitudes are dissolved once love is
supplied in sufficient 0uantity to overcome its lac-.
$..hought creates >orm. 9igher intelligence and individual
intelligence re0uire each other to produce form from matter. 9igher
intelligence pervades all forms and is available to all thought.
2. .hrough the )a! of 3ro!th once a thought is committed the
universe goes into action along the lines of that thought. .here are three
la!s !hich illuminate this concept further.
2a. 1y the )a! of Attraction thought attracts similar thought and
so form is manifested.
2b. #imilarly the )a! of Correspondence says that the e"actly as
the internal thought e"ists so !ill the e"ternal universe correspond.
2c. .1y the )a! of Cause and =ffect every cause creates an
effectG each effect is traceable to a cause. .his also means that each effect
in turn becomes cause of a ne! effect.
.hrough these B la!s and one primal force all of human-indEs
ethics can be derived. All of our natural sciences can be evolved and
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e"plained through these as !ell. .here are undoubtedly senior datums to
this and many subse0uent la!s and corollaries !hich have other
relevance and other applications. >or our use the above e"plains
everything !e need to start or continue re?programming ourselves.
Pra.eriHe! PicturiHe! %ctualiHe
Norman Cincent 6eale from .he 6o!er of 6ositive .hin-ing
recounts the theory and many practical e"amples of using 2 6rayeriHe
6icturiHe ActualiHe5 in order to manifest Ior re?manifestJ a product in
this universe. 9is e"ample !as one !here a !ife !hen confronted by a
divorce by her husband as-ed for three months and mean!hile used this
techni0ue to re?create their earlier bliss.
.he techni0ue is a simple one. :ne prays simply to 3od ma-ing
oneEs !ishes -no!n and as-ing for guidance in achieving it. .he person
releases the re0uest over to 3od to fulfill. .he ne"t step is to hold a
picture of the accomplished action in oneEs mind. .he person ma-es this
a part of his life holding a picture of the accomplished action as being
present. .he concept is entrusted to 3od follo!ing the intuitive
suggestions !hich come from that #ource. .hen the re0uest is granted 8
the state desired actualiHes in fact. 6rayeriHe 6icturiHe and then
ActualiHe.
.he theory behind this is covered in some detail in 3o .hun-
/ourself Again. =ssentially you and 7 are connected through a universal
substance !hich used to be called the Aether and is no! more
scientifically labeled the Muantum >ield. #ome call it the (niversal Aind
Muantum 9ologram 9igher 7ntelligence and other various names. 1y
connecting to this substance and communicating oneEs !ishes into it
anything can be accomplished. 7 go into the methods for this later.
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What !e are interested here is in ho! to change habitual patterns
that you have in order to create a better life for yourself and those
around you.
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Part (: ) Pra.er @ 8editation
*o+ pra.er and meditation is a metaph.sical metaphor
No! for the nitty?gritty of ho! to get this actually applied.
6rayer and Aeditation have an e"tremely long tradition in their
various cultures. .here is no denying that each of them has results and
are able to improve conditions around them. +r. 6ealeEs bestseller has
many e"amples of ho! this !or-s. +eepa- Chopra and Wayne +yer
recount others in meditation. :thers such as #ilva ta-e a secular
approach to this. .hey also have a long history of success.
What 7 say here is that they share the same underlying principles.
6rayer*Aeditation connects the person !ith 9igher 7ntelligence
directly and enables various natural la!s to become effective for him
personally. Aa-e no mista-e the person is manifesting any!ay but the
average person believes that it is all >ate or Larma or )uc- !hich rules
his life. :nce one starts to discipline his o!n thought and
attitudes*emotions he*she !ill start to gain control over manifesting as
that person sheds self?limiting doubts. .hat is the core to the success of
any self?help system. .hey are all based on the same underlying concepts
!hich are universal and found in so many religions psychotherapies and
esoteric literature to almost defy counting.
.he tric- is simple per many authors but +eepa- Chopra Iin his
#even #piritual )a!s of #uccessJ seemed to outline it best !here he lays
out the se0uence of doing this as,
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$. #lip into the gap the silent space bet!een the thoughts.
7n #ilva this is getting into the alpha state or 23oing to )evel5.
INote here that the deep breathing e"ercises of 9una are used to
attain this rela"ed stateG #ilva also uses several deep breaths to
accomplish this.J
2. Release your intentions and desires into this gap. I#ilva
has several techni0ues for this as does 9una.J
;. Aaintain your o!n counsel. ILeep your desires to
yourself 8 this seemed initially uni0ue to Chopra and +yer but
later sho!ed up in other self?help studies 9ill and Allen. 7t has
some relevancy in that one tends to agree !ith those around you
and so accept their o!n limits and cross?survival patterns.J
<. +rop your e"pectations for e"act result. .he (niverse
!ill present it to you in its o!n time and in its o!n !ay. 9aving
to have it a specific !ay and time actually hampers the
manifestation. /ou have to trust the (niverse !ith the details.
I.his is common to nearly all the above sources.J
Koe Citale in #pi ritual Aar-eting echoes these same sentiments
through his boo- !ith many illustrations throughout.
"n short, the secret to increasing your business or
manifesting whateer you want is7
8. 9now what you donHt want.
<. Select what you do want.
>. $lear all negatie or limiting beliefs.
?. %eel what it would be li!e to hae, do, or be what you
want.
J. 5et go. Act on your intuitie impulses and allow the
results to manifest.#
.he more one loo-s through self?help boo-s the more one finds
these same points over and over.
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+r. 6eale covers !hat he terms 26rayer 6o!er5 as a !hole
chapter in his 6o!er of 6ositive .hin-ing. 9e mentions that prayer is a
manifestation of energy and follo!s e"act la!s in this regard. While he
says that prayer is successful !hen informal treating 3od as a business
partner and present in the room or car this isnEt different !ith other
beliefs along this line.
While all these have differing approaches they share
commonalities,
$. Contacting the 9igher 7ntelligence * (niversal Aind.
2. ="pressing a !ish or desire.
;. )eaving it over to 3od to deal as 9e sees fit.
No! the differences is !here !e can see ho! to ma-e this most
effective. #ilva in his research into !hat became #ilva (ltramind #ystem
found that the common factor in genius and creative inspiration !as the
alpha brain!ave state. #ilvaEs techni0ue for entering this state is 0uite
simple and is very similar to 6ealeEs techni0ues from his chapter. While
there are other brain!ave activities of note #ilvaEs techni0ues stayed !ith
alphaEs. #ome other research has stated that .heta and +elta !aves have
even greater ability to contact and communicate !ith 9igher 7ntelligence.
(nfortunately their methods are not substantiated.
What is interesting is the approach of possibly the oldest religio?
social philosophy -no!n 8 9una. .here is an approach !hich uses a
garden metaphor to access this 6o!er. =arly steps are deep breathing and
rela"ation common to #ilva. .hen the person considers himself being
transported to his o!n personal garden either by boat !al-ing opening
a door or some other approach. :nce in the garden one simply as-s to
see !hat needs correction or handling 8 any problem one has in life. A
symbol appears !hich you can use various resources !ithin the garden to
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handle. 1oth Ling and Kames cover this in great detail as do other 9una
authors.
.he interesting brea-through this brings up is the possibility of
using a metaphorical approach to accessing the tremendous amount of
data stored in the Muantum 9ologram*(niversal Aind. 9ere is !here
more research is needed. 7Eve discussed so far ho! this is already done
!ithin e"isting practices. .heta and +elta !aves are usually associated
!ith deep sleep and dreams !hich arenEt usually recalled on !a-ing. :ne
researcher gives a radical use of Cha-ras in order to utiliHe this field.
Ling ho!ever mentions that dreams are a common occurrence in our
lives. Actually he says that !e are dreaming even during !a-ing hours.
LingEs chapter on dreaming is very specific and helpful in utiliHing this as
a tool to solve problems in life as !ell as deeper comple"es. 9e also
ma-es the statement,
3ery human being dreams eery night. There is much
eidence to indicate that animals do, too, but we are
concerned now with humans. 3en if you cannot recall a
single dream that you hae eer had, this does not
mean that you do not dream. "t only means you do not
remember dreaming. ...
The most common word for dream is moe &uhane,
which literally means Kspirit sleep.K A code meaning is
Kthe spirit brea!s away and goes elsewhere.K
Specifically, it refers to the dreams you hae during a
deep, sound sleep.#
7n other !ords through training yourself to recall dreams you
can access the deep connection through the subconscious into the
(niversal Aind.
.ie these together. .he better connection !ith this #ource the
more improvement one could ma-e in oneEs o!n life. Access to that
huge body of data !ould ma-e oneEs o!n analytic process more e"act
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given that one !ere able to process that bul- of data. 3iven the idea of
the 9una garden as !ell as the #ilva method of as-ing to be !o-en up
!hen ideal conditions appeared 8 one could train oneself to be able to
recall and process the data relevant to the ans!ers one is see-ing.
Another method !hich Ling addresses simply is recounting
=disonEs habit of napping as many as seventeen brief naps a day and so
only re0uired three hours of sleep each night. .his light sleep enabled
him to access the 9igher Aind * (niversal 7ntelligence through and
recall these simply speeding his !or- through such inspiration.
9ill recounts the story of a +r. =. R. 3ates !ho !as able to
contact this >ield directly,
"n his laboratory, he had what he called his personal
communication room.# "t was practically sound proof,
and so arranged that all light could be shut out. "t was
equipped with a small table, on which he !ept a pad of
writing paper. "n front of the table, on the wall, was an
electric pushbutton, which controlled the lights. 1hen
2r. ;ates desired to draw upon the forces aailable to
him through his $reatie "magination, he would go into
this room, seat himself at the table, shut off the lights,
and $06$36T*AT3 upon the 96016 factors of the
inention on which he was wor!ing, remaining in that
position until ideas began to flash# into his mind in
connection with the U696016 factors of the inention.
0n one occasion, ideas came through so fast that he
was forced to write for almost three hours. 1hen the
thoughts stopped flowing, and he e'amined his notes,
he found they contained a minute description of
principles which had not a parallel among the !nown
data of the scientific world.
(oreoer, the answer to his problem was intelligently
presented in those notes. "n this manner 2r. ;ates
completed oer <BB patents, which had been begun, but
not completed, by half-ba!ed# brains.#
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#uch methods above using metaphor or short naps or shutting
out e"ternal stimuli 8 all seem to enable the individual to develop the
ability to access the (niversal Aind. An obFective scientific vie! !ould
say that all these enable a person to recall communication !hich occurred
during theta or delta brain!ave activities. What !e cover here is
something !hich medicine men and shaman have developed into a bit of
an art 8 slipping off into another !orld and communicating !ith the
2spirits5 one finds there to resolve the problems of the present. At any
rate ho!ever one !ants to describe it there are methods !hich enable a
person to directly receive inspiration from a 9igher 6o!er and so
improve ones live mar-edly.
.his boo- in no !ay describes any polished system of accessing
this >ield. 7t is tentative results in the search for underlying systemIsJ on
!hich this universe is built. 7f you have a system of meditation or prayer
!hich !or-s for you then 7Em not one to as- you to change it. Nor is
this section any criti0ue of e"isting methods. 7 simply !ould point out
the commonalities of these differing methods !hich point to highly
effective underlying principles ho!ever they are applied.
Another interesting approach !as used by 9ill and described in
his chapter on the 2#i"th #ense5. 9e used an 2imaginary5 board
composed of -ey individuals he !ished initially to improve his personal
habits and attitudes. As he continued this board he found that these
tended to ta-e on a 2life of their o!n5 meaning they started to interact
!ith him during this meetings in !ays !hich !ere not predicted. .hese
individuals !ould on occasion come early or stay late in order to give a
personal message to 9ill. :nce one initiated a toast for 9ill in
celebration of one of his accomplishments.
:ur interest in this is that it another approach to accessing the
(niversal Aind. .he metaphor here is a meeting. .he odd point is that
much as the 9una 3arden the environment of the meeting responded to
the needs and unstated re0uests of the individual !ho called the meeting.
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What is common bet!een the t!o is the suspension of disbelief and the
action of the individual to initiate and participate in building the
environment. After that the interaction increases in tune !ith the efforts
of the individual to resolve his problems * situations.
Another approach might be to access the (niversal Aind as a
large video library. :ne !ould rela" and then re0uest the librarian for a
video !hich contained instructions or helpful data needed to resolve a
problem. .his !ould !or- as an interface through the subconscious into
the superconscious. Continued !or- !ould speed the process and
mights as in 9illEs board meeting prompt originations from the librarian
or others in that library.
Aany other possible metaphorical constructions could be
invented * discovered. /our imagination should be able to create many
scenarios !hich are comfortable for you. 7Ed suggest you get LingEs boo-
and do research on the 3arden as !ell as revie!ing 9illEs boo- chapter
before creating your o!n scenario.
%ctive and Passive
While 6ositive .hin-ing and Western prayer utiliHes a very direct
approach in !or-ing for specific manifestations =astern approaches
include an indirect or passive approach.
6assive meditation Iand e"amples of this also e"ist in prayerJ
entails
$. Contacting the 9igher 7ntelligence * (niversal Aind
2. =nvisioning the ideal you !ould li-e to achieve. I7f you
!ant more !ealth you concentrate on 6rosperityG if you !ant
improved familial relations concentrate on )oveG etc.J
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;. 3ive gratitude and trust that #ource !ith the result.
While active prayer*meditation hinges on both emotive content
and re0uesting in the past tense the passive form concentrates on the
ideal being present 8 again e"perience the full emotive content of having
the state in present time. .rust is imperative. Aeditation of this type !ill
bring up the doubts and fears !hich are simply turning your attention
a!ay from there and focusing on the concept until you are filled
completely !ith that concept.
Common to both passive and active is the high emotive content
and realiHation that the result is already present. 3regg 1raden I#pea-ing
the )ost )anguage of 3odJ tal-s about 2praying rain5 in one of his
e"amples. 9e !ent !ith a friend to a specific spot !here the friend
prayed by simply recalling the positive feelings of reactions to rain 8 and
then e"perienced torrents !ithin that !ee-.
:thers such as =c-hart .olle I.he 6o!er of No!J agree
some!hat saying that one must attain a Foyful bliss in the No!. 1raden
says that such prayer needs to be accompanied by heart?based feeling.
6eale has a some!hat different approach but similar !ho tells his
readers to have only positive thoughts derived from 3odEs love. All of
these hit around the same mar-, one tunes into the 9igher
Aind*(niversal 7ntelligence achieving a mental calm even a particular
bliss and peace. 6raying*Aeditating !ith than-sgiving that the idea you
!ant to achieve is already manifest 8 along !ith giving the !hole concept
over to that 9igher 7ntelligence to sort out 8 !ill then bring it into your
life to the degree you have faith and trust in yourself and 3od
simultaneously. An optimistic and heart?based feeling is achieved as part
of the prayer. All of these agree that you must re0uest in the past tense
for anything you desire to manifest.
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.his then brings it full circle to sho! that there need be a
positive emotive content to prayer !hich aligns to the (niversal Aind
and assists in co?creating manifestations.
=motive content is the point. #o often in our culture one puts
emotional content on hold often habitually. 9o!ever 9ill points out in
)a! of #uccess and later !ritings that an essential point of success is
controlling oneEs o!n enthusiasm. Not that you !ould dampen it but
!ould be able to produce it !hen appropriate and develop it as a habit.
1ac-ing this !ith faith is another step to develop a 2burning desire5.
7 covered in 3o .hun- /ourself ho! one can change his outloo-
by simply assuming the emotional attitude one !ants. 7 found this as
early as Aristotle,
(en acquire a particular quality by constantly acting a
particular way. . . you become @ust by performing @ust
actions, temperate by performing temperate actions,
brae by performing brae actions.#
.his idea Aristotle refers to sho!s up preeminently in +ale
CarnegieEs boo- 9o! to +evelop #elf?Confidence and 7nfluence 6eople
by 6ublic #pea-ing. 9e mentions here that confidence as a spea-er can
be achieved by simply changing the actions one does and the emotion
!ill follo!. 9e 0uotes William Kames Ifrom his !or- .he 3ospel of
Rela"ationJ,
Action seems to follow feeling, but really action and
feeling go together; and by regulating the action, which
is under the more direct control of the will, we can
indirectly regulate the feeling, which is not.
Thus the soereign oluntary path to cheerfulness, if
our spontaneous cheerfulness be lost, is to sit up
cheerfully and to act and spea! as if cheerfulness were
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already there. "f such conduct does not ma!e you feel
cheerful, nothing else on that occasion can.
So, to feel brae, act as if we were brae, use all of our
will to that end, and a courage fit will ery li!ely replace
the fit of fear #.
Kames himself refers to contemporary scientists !ho had studied
this phenomenon. Aore recently many studies have been reported !hich
have verified this to be correct in clinical studies and applied uses. 6eople
!ho before !ere not even able to e"perience many emotions !ere able
to start rela"ing once they practiced smiling.
:ur !or- in this line not only achieves greater success in our
manifesting but also enables us to eliminate our !orse habits of
uncontrolled outrage or critical comments at inappropriate moments.
1eing able to generate appropriate enthusiasm and confidence
during prayer assists mar-edly in the resultant manifestations. 6ray *
meditate !ith heartfelt emotion that is the lesson here.
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Part :( ) To 8ake .our Dreams into Realit.
Purpose
No! youEve reached the point perhaps !here you see that
anything is possible that you can create your !orld e"actly the !ay you
!ant it to be. Anything you !ant to achieve or o!n is possible. 9o! you
act and !hy are completely up to you. #o, !hat are you going to do !ith
your life@
.his is !here your o!n purpose for living comes in. 6urpose is
Why you are here What you have come here to accomplish in this life
.he Reason for e"istence. Aany people have never !or-ed out their o!n
purpose.
Wayne +yer has done some incredible research do!n this line.
9e boils it do!n to a simple 0uestion, +oes !hat your doing bring you
peace@ 7f you are on that line of thought action and accomplishment
!hich ma-es you consistently happy consistently challenged and thrilled
!ith your every action in life then you are on your purpose line. As +r.
+yer points out anything you are doing or re0uired to do should pass
the little test of bringing peace to your internal !orld.
While some can get into some intense personal soul?searching
for the 173 6urpose they !ere sent here to achieve in this life the
system for finding your purpose in life is very simple,
"et it #ind you.
All you have to do is to start to !eed out of your life all the
things !hich are irritating. 7f you donEt feel peaceful after reading the
ne!spaper then find a simpler source of data 8 or s-ip the front page
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and read the comics or sports first. Aost .C net!or- and cable ne!s is
designed around the idea that controversy -eeps people tuning in and so
sells the advertising they need to -eep afloat. #o limit your time
!atching. .a-e up a hobby or spend more time playing !ith your
children reading good boo-s or e"ercising at the gym etc.
.he tric- is to gradually get the things you donEt li-e out of your
life and spend more time doing the things you do li-e. .his doesnEt mean
0uitting your Fob !ithout having another lined up and ready to ta-e up
the bills you have. 7t may mean ta-ing on a second Fob in order to pay off
those irritating credit card bills in a year or t!o and then start paying by
cash or chec- for everything you need Ior using only one card and paying
that balance off immediately !hen that bill comes in 8 they ma-e record
-eeping very simpleJ.
Kust -eep !eeding your life garden and youEll find room to plant
ne! activities that you actually love to do and those that bring you peace.
3radually your life becomes more peaceful. 1egin listening to that 0uiet
internal voice !hich gives you advice from time to time. .his is called
intuition Iamong other thingsJ. And the more you use your intuition the
more accurate and reliable it becomes. =ventually you !ill hear
something that ma-es perfect sense about !hat you are here for and
!hat you should be doing !ith your life.
#nce .our purpose has found .ou.
:nce you have your purpose then you can use the tools above to
!or- out ho! to achieve it. 9illEs 6 points Icovered in 6art 7 aboveJ are
the simple steps necessary to go from having a purpose to achieving it.
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Goals
3oals are smaller steps !hich can be achieved enroute to your
lifeEs purpose. A purpose might be so large that it is bigger than any one
life and might be a continuing effort involving not Fust your life but able
to be e"panded to involve hundreds thousands or even hundred?
thousands of others. 1y setting large and small goals one can ma-e
progress to!ard any purpose.
While there are many good boo-s on organiHing and proFect
management the simple procedure is to,
$. 9ave a !orthy purpose.
2. >ind a !ay this could be accomplished in a large or small
!ay.
;. Wor- bac-!ards from that end and figure out !hat you
!ould have to do to achieve that 8 in big and smaller steps.
>or e"ample 8 ta-ing a trip,
.here is a destination and !hat you !ant to do there.
/ou !ill need to decide on !here to stay !hile there.
/ou have to have transportation there and bac-.
/ou !ill need to eat enroute there and bac- and also
!hile you are there.
/ou !ill need finances to pay for your trip.
/ou !ill need time to ta-e the trip. 7f this isnEt done as
part of your Fob you !ill need to arrange this.
/ou !ill need clothes appropriate for the trip and
suitcases to carry them in 8 or finances to buy these.
/ou !ill have to decide to ta-e the trip !hich includes
being responsible for all the decisions above.
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While getting something done by ta-ing a trip !ould be a maFor
goal all the others are minor goals 8 sometimes called targets or steps.
Writing the !hole thing do!n could be called a proFect. 3etting this list
done !ould be proFect management. =ach step could be alloted a specific
time or amount of time to get that goal or step done.
Anything in your life can be accomplished by brea-ing the goal
do!n into sub?goals or steps and then e"ecuting each step. .he old
phrase goes, A Fourney of a thousand miles is completed by ta-ing single
steps.
Peace of mind
6eace of mind is a self?generated state. 7t doesnEt depend on the
e"ternal !orld for you to have it. /ou find your peace of mind first then
create your !orld to align !ith it. #imple statement but most people
have never achieved the first step so canEt get to the ne"t.
Ay o!n encounter !ith this datum !as in a vacation 7 too- from
!or- bac- to the family farm. 7 li-ed ta-ing long !al-s in the !oods
accompanied only by one of the family dogs or both of them. .hat day
7 stopped to rest in a shady grove of some truly huge old magnificent
oa- trees. 3narled and massive these creatures to!ered several stories in
the air and !ere older than all the man?made obFects around me. As 7
simply stood 0uietly and started listening to the sounds of the !ind and
the birds and simple sounds from these !oods 7 became impressed !ith
a very different force than 7 had been used to. 7 became peaceful a sort
of internal 0uietude overcame me. Ay body rela"ed and 7 began to smile.

.his is !hat 7 had been loo-ing for in my 20 some years of
!or-ing in counseling and personal !or- across the (.#. Ay hard and
frantic !or- at achieving various production targets and sorting out
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peoplesE problems tragedies and messes 8 all this had been very
involving but never brought me personal peace.
A simple !al- in the !oods had brought me to realiHe a goal 7
had been see-ing my entire life. >or all that time in learning training and
counseling 7 had been see-ing my o!n personal peace of mind and
hadnEt found it 8 until no!.
7 found 7 could !al- in the !oods to get peace. An e"periment in
my room determined that 7 could achieve that peace any!here on the
farm. :n returning to ).A. again 7 !as besieged by the mundane and
hectic pace of my chosen profession and living in an uncaring
megalopolis. 1y choice 7 then sought out this peace and found it again.
.his sho!ed that it !asnEt location !hich determined internal peace but
a personal choice or decision. 7n other !ords 7 could have peace of
mind !here ever 7 !ent. 7 only had to decide to have it.
Needless to say this thre! all the data 7 had been training
studying and !or-ing !ith into a coc-ed hat. .his is truly !here 7 started
re?evaluating all 7 had learned to that point. .his also forced a !ider
research into the actual sources of !hat 7 had trained in. .he result is this
series of boo-s to date.
6eace of mind seems to be a generated 0uality. :ne simply see-s
peace and it arrives. :thers have also given some gradient steps to this
such as,
$. sitting in a 0uiet room
2. rela"ing completely
;. imagining your mind a basin !ith a stopper covering the
drain. =mpty this basin by pulling the stopper. +o this three
times or more until you have 2drained off5 all your turbulent
and noisome thoughts.
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<. .hen fill your mind !ith peaceful thoughts as through
repeating soothing positive phrases or !ords 8 such as
2tran0uility5.

Repeated use of this method on retiring nightly or !hen alone in
your office over lunch develops the mental habit of -eeping a peaceful
mind at all times.
The onl. limits are those .ou set for .ourself.
As you revie! all thatEs covered above youEll see that as the !orld
is literally !hat you thin- it is there are no limits to !hat you can
manifest I2thun-5J for yourself.
What you 2thun-5 into e"istence is up to you. 7Eve covered your
habits !hich have limited you before this. Also covered is tapping into
universal 2habits5 !hich e"ist in the 2cosmic habitforce5 9ill describes.
7Eve stated that the same universal la!s !hich enable you to
thun- something into e"istence also reciprocate so !hat you thun- must
be ethical. 7f you create a harmful environment for someone else you
!ill also in?flo! a similar effect. .here are also no limits as to ho!
destructive you can be. 1ut all that you create you !ill similarly receive.
1est is to !or- out the optimal solution for all involved in a given
situation and then create this outcome. /ou can al!ays come bac- on a
revie! and create a better solution. .he point is that your intention
should not be destructive.
.here are emotions !hich are negative. 9ate Anger Kealousy
>ear 8 all these can motivate action. 9o!ever they also then re0uire
2payment in -ind5. As you thin- and act from a negative emotional state
you !ill continue the e"istence of that state in your o!n life. 2As you
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so! you shall reap5. All of these negative Ior mis?J emotions are
generated because of the lac- of )ove.
)ove can be defined as 2finding the good !ithin5. 9una holds
this as one of seven -ey principles ? 2.o love is to be happy !ith5. 9ate
cannot continue in the presence of love. 6erhaps this is an e"planation
for KesusE saying 2)ove your neighbor as yourself5. +efined in this !ay
in light of !hat has been covered above !e see that this is a po!erful
action statement not some idle philosophy. =ssentially !ere everyone to
continually !or- on improving their co?e"istence !ith those around
them and in their sphere of influence through continually finding and
reinforcing the good !ithin those around them !e !ould in short order
find a !orld at peace and in good living conditions.
Aany authors cover this concept of !or-ing in cooperation !ith
those around us and not in competition. :ne can see ho! this !or-s in
alignment !ith the 3olden Rule. As !ell if everyone can create anything
in their !orld there is no reason ho! one should receive less than
another or be unable to purchase some good. 6ractically anyone can
have any amount of anything they !ant in life. .hey Fust have to 2thun-5
it.
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Part :(( ) Puttin& it %ll To&ether
No! you can reprogram yourself simply and safely 8 you have all
the tools to do so if only a s-imming of the potential data out there.
)et me put it all into a simple form.
/ou are already reprogramming yourself daily by reading this
boo- you have the tools to start ta-ing control over the process.
/our thin-ing is al!ays on.
6eople are learning constantly.
6eople store this learning in patterns a-a habits.
.hese habits !hile perhaps chronic are not permanent.
9abits replace other habits. Repeat a ne! habit for about
three !ee-s and it !ill replace the earlier version.
.he universe has certain la!s !hich you can use or abuse.
)ove is part of creation. +estruction is an absence of
love.
/our thoughts create your !orld.
What you thin- is !hat you !ill attract and manifest.
/ou attract e"actly !hat you thin-.
/ou can choose ethical creative thought and improve
your life.
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/ou can choose to destroy your !orld !ith negative
thoughts.
/our mind has three parts 8 the conscious subconscious and
superconscious.
.he conscious is responsible for creative thought and
coordinations.
.he subconscious filters data and runs your autonomic
systems. 7t also controls your access to the superconscious.
.he superconscious is part of the (niversal Aind !hich
stores all data patterns.
Accessing the superconscious enables you to change your habits
more rapidly and achieve a more optimal operating basis.
Clarify !hat you really !ant !hat you donEt !ant and
clear any discord or counter?beliefs in the !ay of getting this.
.o access 9igher 7ntelligence first go to a 0uiet place
then rela" completely breath deeply and slip into the gap
bet!een thoughts.
Release your re0uest stated in the past tense into that
gap along !ith honest emotive content of complete gratitude as
!ell as your enthusiasm for the result 8 as if that result is present
right no!.
.urn the !hole thing over to 9igher 7ntelligence trusting
the (niverse !ith the details.
.o improve any ability 8 to find those things you !ould !ish to
improve there are four interloc-ed principles. 7ncreasing the value or
po!er of any one increases the other four.
Confront 8 actually loo- at the !orld around you and
your part in it.
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(nderstand 8 really comprehend ho! and !hy you are
here !hat you are doing !hy you have achieved or possess !hat
you do.
Responsibility ? be responsible for all your thoughts
actions and deeds.
6urpose 8 -no! !hy you are here !hat you are here to
do !hat brings you peace.
Clarify your !orld vie! !or- constantly to achieve your purpose.
+istill your purpose into a burning desire.
6lan your !or- to achieve this !or- this plan.
1ac- this plan up !ith indomitable persistence.
Aa-e your dreams come alive.
#uspend disbelief. 1elieve in yourself and your thoughts.
+isregard those !ho donEt believe in you.
A final note, be your o!n best supporter. .a-e 9illEs si" steps
and do them. +aily 8 Fust li-e he says. +o not scrimp on these. 1ut
around you fill your life !ith agreeable and supportive material. Kust as
you can get rid of habits in your life !hich donEt for!ard your o!n
purpose you should also ta-e some time to ensure the !orld around you
8 your personal space 8 is filled !ith items that for!ard this purpose as
!ell.
+onEt listen to disruptive ne!s programs more than you have to.
Replace the time you !ere spending on these !ith recorded lectures on
self?help and self?improvement. #pend all your 2spare time5 !ith great
ideas 8 such as in travel and commuting !hile e"ercising etc. Collect
read and re?read great authors !ho inspire you. Constantly research and
revie! methods to improve yourself and the !orld around you.
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3et into a line of !or- eventually !hich aligns to your o!n
purpose. Aany of us have debt !hich loc-s us into our Fobs. >igure out
ho! to get out from under this debt. Aany authors such as Clason I.he
Richest Aan in 1abylonJ have !ritten on this topic. 3et your spending
habits under your o!n control. Aean!hile go ahead in manifesting the
dream Fob. /ou !ill eventually surround yourself !ith similar !or-ers
!ho are also in their dream Fob. .his is one aspect of 9illEs Aaster Aind
and !ill multiply the effectiveness of your efforts beyond your dreams.
.rust yourself implicitly. .his is a -ey point. Any self?doubt is a
bad habit. #tart loo-ing at all the things you do that are right and correct.
#ee !here you have gotten good intuition and follo!ed it 8 the more
your trust your intuition the more effective it gets. +evelop an
unsha-able self?confidence. Control your o!n emotions and mis?
emotions. .hin- and act positively at all times. /our !orld is !hat you
create through your thoughts. 6ositive thin-ing 8 positive !orld.
Remember also to pray * meditate for !orld peace. 3reg 1raden
related several e"amples of national and international proFects !here
groups of organiHed people simply 2prayed peace5 in a certain location
and the crime rate !ent do!n. Careful records !ere -ept of the location
and times of this to verify the results. .hese results !ere repeated in
different locations al!ays improving the situation !here such meditation
!as concentrated. Where people !or-ed in positive peaceful !ays at all
times !here people !or- to manifest their !orld peace is inevitable.
.he more !ho !or- at this the faster it !ill arrive. .hose !ho are hell?
bent on destruction !ill either change their !orld?vie! or find
themselves 0uic-ly isolated.
7t is your choice and your choice alone to improve your life.
3ood luc- to us all4
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"ook Four$ Your Route to Personal
Freedom
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(ntroduction
.his boo- brings the series to completion. While there might be
more to !rite on thFis subFect 7Em leaving it to you to ma-e your o!n
path to >reedom. 1ecause !hat !e have !ith this route is an unlimited
vista full of your o!n choices and results. 7Eve told you ho! Ability
consists of Responsibility and Confront as !ell as 6urpose and
(nderstanding. All these boo-s attempt to provide is springboard to a
ne! understanding. Any improvement you !ant to ma-e in your life !ill
re0uire your supplying the rest.
7Em going to lead you through !hat 7Eve personally found and
e"perienced in using this data so far. While some historically have held
that 3nosis and 9eaven are finite accomplishments. 6ractically 7Eve
ta-en the approach that fuHHy logic is Ling and that as the imagination is
limitless so are improving human abilities 8 and evolution doesnEt have
an end state.
#o !ith these last pages 7Em completing this cycle. As far as 7
no! consider there is nothing else for me to !rite. #tudying these other
authors 7Eve mentioned sho! that !hile they are all !riting the same
story over and over they are also doing it far better than 7 need to reach
for.
:ne illustration of this is the movie 2.he #ecret5
Ihttp,**thesecret.tv J a brainchild of Rhonda 1yrne. 7n this amaHing film
she assembled a collection of some fifty?t!o fascinating teachers and
intervie!ed them for film and posterity. .his movie ta-es up !here the
film 2What the I1leepJ to We Lno!@5 left off. .he latter started to
e"plain ho! !e !ere all connected spiritually on a 0uantum level. .he
former tells ho! one principle 8 the )a! of Attraction 8 actually gives
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you a tool you can use to create the !orld of your dreams. IWhile you
factually create the !orld around you from your dreamsJ.
With this many teachers available you only need select the one
!hich best fits your o!n !orld?vie!. >or the American 6rotestant
Religious try Norman Cincent 6eale. >or the studious chec- out
=merson .ro!ard or 9aanel. Aany =astern Religious 6hilosophies
have one approach Ne! Age another. As one ancient Kapanese is
credited to say 2.here are many paths up the mountain.5
.he caution here is a principle from 9una 2=ffectiveness is the
measure of truth.5 .he point to any search is personal progress. What
7Eve outlined in this series of boo-s and this one in particular is a method
!here one can discover the fe! -ey principles !hich are constantly
recurring in any search through self?improvement te"ts. What 7 and
many others have found is that these !or- !here applied. I.he movies
above cover this even better than any !ord in te"t could.J
Ay approach has been to simplify the e"treme volume of
literature do!n to a fe! la!s and principles !hich anyone can use. Ay
personal opinions have been laid out in these boo-s. /ou can accept
them and use them as you !ish. .he la!s and principles !ill still be
there regardless of !hat 7 or you say or do. And that is the point here 8
try them out for yourself.
What immediately follo!s is ho! 7Eve !or-ed to apply these
same datums to my o!n life. 7 hope they communicate as illustrations to
the te"t not as any e"emplary approach to life.
Again 7 !ish you 3ood )uc- and 3ood 9unting4
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The "ell Curve and Real >ife
h. a&ree +ith an.one
about .our o+n self0improvementF
.he scene !ith life is that there are 2statistical probabilities5
!hich influence every step you ta-e.
What 7 !ould address is the problem that the maFority of the
people on this planet are as one tal- sho! host says 2mall Hombies5.
.hey donEt thin- for themselves and ma-e no decision !hich !ill re0uire
2undue stress5 in their lives.
1ut thatEs :L. >actually a minority brought about the American
Revolution !hile the bul- stood by in tacit consent Ior une"pressed
resentmentJ. =ither !ay a fe! gifted people pulled off the basis for this
amaHing e"periment in a social democratic republic.
.hat is the same situation !e face today. 7t is up to a fe! of us to
lead the bul- onto a path !hich is Fust as safe but more productive than
the one they are currently on. .his is the realm of leaders of eccentrics
of the genius fe!.
At the other end of the scale are the criminally destructive. .his is
all predicted !ithin the realms of funny logic as !ell as the 2long tail5 of
economics. .hose dedicated and disciplined enough to use this material
to change their lives can be aligned to the positive or the negative. .he
positive fe! become rich beyond their dreams. .he negative fe! become
intensely criminal and ruin their lives and negatively influence everyone
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!ithin their reach. .he rest simply never develop the discipline to change
their lives.
#o a best seller in self?help !ill never achieve the status !hich
something li-e 2.he Calley of the +olls5 did. 7t has too small a
follo!ing. 9o!ever a popular group li-e the 1eatles can churn out
consistent popular hits once a large segment of society has been cultured
into holding their !or- as -ey to their !orldvie!. Currently some rap
2stars5 are doing this !ith segments of the youth !hile country?music
stars are creating that effect !ith many more. Certain actors li-e Kac-
Nicholson have been able to create such an effect on Academy voters
such that he has set a record for Academy !ins. 9o!ever those same
Academy voters no longer represent the bul- of American movie?goersG
the result is that the 0uality of movies has been steadily degrading and
bo"?office hits no longer occur !ith any regularity or volume. Aost of
the e"treme hits have been created beyond the 9olly!ood corridor by
maveric- outsiders. 9olly!ood has violated the system !hich -ept it
programming the bul- of that bell curve and has slipped off to one of its
edges.
Aodern .C also has lost that pea- and slipped !ay off into
remar-ably inane programming recently. 3one are long?running classic
family fare such as 2)assie5 23unsmo-e5 and 21onanHa5. :ne could
see this in their efforts to 0uash !idely popular series such as 23illiganEs
7sland5 and 2#tar .re-5. #tatistics have proved that appealing to family
values and cultural ethnicities ma-e better bo"?office sense. As anyone
can appreciate a film !ith plot good acting and lac- of obFectionable
content more people !ill buy tic-ets to ta-e their !hole family. 7f you
constantly degrade the rating system so that a 63 today is the same as R
a generation ago you are turning a!ay your public and thro!ing a!ay
your money. #uch is the plight of .C and movie producers in the (#.
Aodern Academics have the same problem as the politicians.
.hey no longer control the center population of the country but have
slipped off to e"tremes. Aainstream media as it is mostly aligned !ith
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the left and far?left have also been dropping their readers in droves. No
!onder that the 7nternet along !ith bro!sers !hich have built?in
content filters is ta-ing over the ne!s and entertainment fields. +emand
is up for broadband not Fust because the porn industry is ma-ing addicts.
(niversities are either increasingly moving to providing online*virtual
services or becoming dependent on government handouts and sports
programs to ma-e their money. .hey too are deriding their public and
thro!ing a!ay the money such public bring !ith them.
#o this is the !orld !e live in. Aost people are not clueless but
actively see- to structure their lives so that they arenEt constantly having
to ma-e difficult decisions. (ltimately they are sold on !or-ing in
cubicles and dreaming of a retirement program !here all their health care
and finances are ta-en care of either by their investments into #ocial
#ecurity or a phantom stoc-?mar-et investment program someone else
has been managing for them. I1oth dreams are useless and lead to a very
poor final e"istence.J
6ractically the !orld is !hat you thin- it to be. /ou are !hat you
thin- about all the time. .he possessions around you reflect !hat you
have been thin-ing. Any structure in your life is dependent on your o!n
vision of !hat you consider the 0uality of life you should be living. All
Wattles 9ill and 9aanel Iand othersJ have ever said is that if you !ant
to become rich you can. .hey told you that if you !ant a very happy and
successful life you can achieve it. .hey reminded us that the only real
limits in our lives have been created by ourselves.
#o if you !ant the mundane status 0uo e"istence 8 go right
ahead !ith your video games your sports sho!s all !ee-end your porn
addictions your !hatever... /ou !ill get e"actly !hat you thin- about all
the time. 7tEs one of those natural la!s.
1ut for the fe! of us !ho !ant to get better and live more active
!ho !ant to achieve more satisfying lives !e have those authors above
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!ho have laid out complete systems !ith all the needed principles to
improve our individual lives. And you can retire rich happy and a
complete success 8 but it is only !ith your o!n discipline and dedication
to your o!n vision.
:ne of the first steps is to ignore !hat is going on around you
and start thin-ing for yourself. 1e one of the fe! not one of the herd.
Aa-e your o!n luc-4
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Four 'teps to Create Your orld
>our simple interloc-ing steps can be the start to creating the
!orld you al!ays have !anted.
19 2et rid o# the things that are holding you .ack.
$9 2et onto a real schedule and keep on it.
39 :at right and get some e6ercise.
/9 (ray;editate;'e4iew daily.
)etEs ta-e these one at a time,
/I Get rid of the thin&s that are holdin& .ou back.
Turn o## the T< and gain 3=/ hours a day.
>igure that the bul- of your lifetime is spent !or-ing to ma-e
income and spending your hard?!on income for someone else. /ou
spend <0 hours !or-ing and some $0 hours or more commuting each
!ee- to that Fob. Aany especially in the Aid!est !ith our lo!er income
Fob scenarios !ill !or- three Fobs bet!een one couple as they raise their
-ids. .a-e out the %*& hours sleep !e get a night ? B6 or so hours a !ee-.
No! if all your spare time I62 hours not including mealsJ is spent in
front of the boob tube then you are giving up the maFority of your
Tthun-ingT time to someone else.
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7f you arenEt moving for!ard by improving something in your
life are you moving bac-!ards or !hat@ 7f you are thin-ing for someone
else all the time !hat are you accomplishing in your o!n life@
/ou routinely !or- at solving someone elseEs problems at !or-.
Commuting is spent listening to popular radio sho!s ? you are trying to
Tta-e your mind offT the stresses of the Fob or the commute or !hatever.
)unch is hobnobbing or gossiping and is another escape from !or-
stress. When you then get home your B hours each night !atching a
movie or syndicated .C sho! Ileaving you one hour to get ready for
!or- in the morningJ.
9elluva life huh@ /ou have the !ee-end only to get any thin-ing
done for yourself. .!o days of relative peace and 0uiet. +o you spend
these days recovering after the late?night parties on >riday and #aturday
night@ Again ? !ho are you !or-ing for@ What is all your precious spare
time being spent on@
7f you really !ant to improve yourself the 0uestion becomes,
9o! do you invest the time you spend on this planet daily and !ee-ly@
7f you are spending your time thin-ing for someone else then
using the money you gain in all sorts of TentertainmentT devices and
rentals and e"penses ? you are spending your time for someone else.
.here is no personal gain in !atching .C reading ne!spapers or
popular novels ? if the reason you are doing this is as a distraction to the
real !orld.
7f there is something in your life you !ould li-e to improve then
you obviously have to start re?investing the available !a-ing hours you
have to better use. #omethingEs gotta give.
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At !or- your best use is not daydreaming but getting your Fob
done and getting more efficient at !hat you do so that you are -ept on
and -eep getting valuable raises each year let alone promotions.
+uring commutes you might use that C+ player most cars to
play inspirational or self?help A6?;Es ? or learn another language or listen
to audio versions of boo-s you need for your Fob or your spare time
hobbies.
When you get home donEt turn on the .C. Kust say no for a
couple of !ee-s. +onEt read the ne!spaper. >ire up the computer and
get some ne!s and sports summaries instead. :nly read the online
articles !hich you are really interested in and feel !ill do you some good
or improve your life in some fashion. .his doesnEt mean you drop out of
touch ? it Fust means that you can use the computer to selectively -eep
only those top stories you really need to -no! about. Aeans the net!or-
and cable ne!s programs canEt Fust distract you anytime and in any
se0uence they !ant to. 3et your ne!s and then get off the computer.
+onEt sit there and fire up a video game.
No! you have all this free time every day ? about ;?< hours ?
!here you can do !hat you !ant.
7f you are interested in self?improvement here is !here you plug
in your o!n schedule or program to accomplish !hat you !ant. ="ercise
do yoga pray*meditate start studying to train up on !hat you !ant.
1ut the first point is clearing out your life of unnecessary control.
7magine all the commercials you donEt have to listen to anymore.
I=specially during political season ? you already pic- !ho you !ant based
on !ord?of?mouth and ho! your parents voted so letEs be real about
these guys and their hatchet?Fob negative ads on each other.J 7gnore the
mainstream press and also the cable guys. 7gnore popular .C Ie"cept
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those sho!s !hich for!ard your o!n personal improvement program
li-e educational channelsJ.
.urn off the .C only bro!se the 7nternet selectively. #tart ta-ing
charge of your o!n !orld and those fe! hours you have !hich you can
call your o!n.
Clean your room.
No! thatEs something you can do. 3et a thorough house?
cleaning done and !or- in a schedule to -eep it clean through !ee-ly
action. 3et those old files organiHed or thro!n out. /es you should -eep
your old financial records for some years but bo" them up and put them
into a nice dry space suitably labeled. :ther!ise do you really need all
those old ne!spapers and magaHines@ 7f they really are collectors items
then get them into plastic protectors and store them !here they canEt get
damaged. 1ut if they stay around the house they get damaged and dusty
and lose value .
Re?organiHe your stuff so that you can find it !hen you need it.
Closets get this !ay ? clutter clutter clutter. 9oriHontal surfaces li-e tool
benches can get li-e this. 1ut this isnEt to say you have to become a
Tclean?frea-T or get obsessive on this subFect. Kust get some tool bo"es
for the tools you have or a pegboard !here they can go bac- !hen you
are through using them. )eave your proFects out !here you are !or-ing
on them but -eep the parts in containers so they donEt get lost if you
have to move the proFect before you are done. Kust -eep trac- of things.
#et up your life so that you can 0uic-ly put things a!ay !hen you
get them out and donEt Fust lay things around or stac- them on various
surfaces. 3o over those shelves and figure if you are -eeping stuff you
donEt need anymore. /ou should have some references to loo- up facts
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and so on. #ome magaHines are great in a collection ? so these get file
bo"es or binders !ith labels so you can find things !hen you need them.
/ou have to organiHe things according to !hat product you are
supposed to be producing. 7tEs really that simple. 7f you donEt really -no!
!hat you are trying to accomplish in life then that is an underlying
0uestion to ans!er.
7Eve heard of organiHations !hich have ta-en this to e"tremes. A
carpentry section !as made to clean up every mote of sa!dust after every
single piece of !ood !as cut. .hey !erenEt allo!ed to clean up at the end
of the day or before a meal brea- or at a logical point li-e at the end of a
proFect or before they started painting or finishing. I1ut this e"ample !as
from a control?frea- organiHation !hich has been in the middle of
imploding for some time.J
Aaintenance is another point. >orest fire fighters clean and
sharpen their e0uipment !hen they finish a Fob no matter ho! tired they
are. .he tools are ready instantly !hen they need them. 7 -no! of
farmers !ho donEt clean their e0uipment or maintain it until they need it
? and then !aste valuable good?!eather days getting something ready
!hen they could be planting. :ther farmers had shops !here they pulled
each piece of e0uipment they o!ned right in sometime during the !inter
and got them all prepped for spring. 7tEs a matter of !hat lifestyle you
!ant to lead.
Kust organiHe and clean so you can find stuff !hen you !ant to
get something done.
Throw the >unk out.
When you are cleaning along you !ill probably find stuff that is
hard to find a place for. .his may be because it doesnEt really have a use
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any more. +o you really need that pile of adult?themed magaHines@
Aaybe you can sell them online but maybe !eEd all be better off if you
Fust Fun-ed the lot.
Computers can get pretty filled up !ith nonsense. 1ut perhaps
you only need a search program so you can find stuff by -ey!ord even
on your o!n machine. 1ut programs you donEt need Fust slo! your
computer do!n. :ne graphic artist 7 -ne! -ept the basic la! of
constantly bac-ing up her files so that a minimum of B0 percent of her
computer hard?drive !as free at any given time. 7n these days of
massively cheap storage this might not ma-e as much sense. 7 personally
use a !ebsite mirroring program to capture good sites !hich are full of
reference materials so that 7 can then search 0uic-ly on my o!n
computer for specific files !hen 7 am researching a particular subFect.
1ut the massive sites !hich host innumerable cheeseca-e photos have no
place on my computers since 7 get no personal gain out of the titillation.
#o computers have to be cleaned and organiHed as !ell. 1ut donEt
ma-e a life out of it. >igure !hat you are trying to accomplish and ho!
your computer assists in that.
9o! you clean up your life goes big and small. /ou may !ant to
clean up a section of your room at a single sitting or over a !ee-end. 1ut
!hen you turn the .C off you suddenly have a great deal more time to
invest in such proFects. When you do get your personal spaces under
control and organiHed you !ill find that you are ma-ing far more
progress to!ard your goals. /ouEll be more personally efficient as you
can find things you need faster.
(urpose and goals
7Eve covered some of this point of your life purpose and goals
earlier. 7Em not going to revie! it here other than the point that you have
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to organiHe your life so that you can accomplish your goals !hich then
enable you to achieve your lifeEs purpose or ma-e considerable progress
to!ard it. /our purpose finds you as covered earlier in this boo-. 3oals
you create in order to achieve your purpose. .he tric- is to be true to
yourself and align your goals to your purpose. 7f your purpose is to be a
movie star then donEt !or- at mastering the s-ills of finish carpentry 8
other than !hat is needed for your day Fob bet!een auditions.
7n order to accomplish your goals and achieve your purpose you
have to organiHe for it. 3et your spaces in order both personal and !or-
spaces. 7nsist those around you also -eep good order so that they can
achieve their goals and*or at least donEt hold you bac-.
.he ne"t step is to organiHe your time ? !hich has to do !ith
schedules.
4I Get onto a real schedule and keep on it.
A schedule has to include everything you are doing Ior having to
doJ daily !ee-ly monthly etc. :ther!ise you forget things and life can
become 0uite chaotic.
7n your life you do many things and have certain rituals !hich
are survival. .a-ing out the trash pic-ing up groceries daily sleep 8 all
these things are necessary for sane survival. As !ell you have to earn a
living !hich re0uires some sort of !or- schedule on a !ee-ly basis.
7f you are doing things !hich do not for!ard your purpose or
achieve one or some of your goals then drop these out. .he tric- is to
get single?minded about !hat you are going to do and then do it.
Anything that doesnEt contribute must be cast aside. Kust li-e cleaning
your room 8 get rid of unnecessary actions in your life.
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.he remaining actions must be time?tabled out so that these get
done as needed and in their necessary se0uence. .a-ing out the trash
before you clean up after eating !ould leave your table scraps to get
smelly before the ne"t time you ta-e out the trash. /ou do some things
daily some !ee-ly some once a month and so on. )ist all these actions
out and lay out a tentative schedule to follo! in order to get them all
done.
#ome organiHe their lives by 2hats5 ? !hich 7Em told comes from
railroad terminology. .he conductor has certain duties and !ears a
certain hat. .he engineer has other duties and !ears a completely
different hat. 7n your life you probably have many 2hats5 to !ear. 7f you
list out all these hats and then schedule time to !ear them you can get
them all done after a fashion. #ome people use bas-ets to separate the
dispatches and traffic for the separate hats. 7n this case one can organiHe
the bas-ets in a logical se0uence so that you can do any paper!or- in a
given order daily. 7f you have to !rite articles to promote boo-s !hile
mean!hile spending some time mar-eting !hile you also have to be a
+ad or Aom then !or- out ho! to !ear these hats and !hen. 1ut donEt
try to mar-et boo-s !hile you are !riting articles 8 neither !ill get done.
.his applies to cell?phone usage more than !e li-e. #omeone is
tal-ing to you and then ends up tal-ing to someone else. .ry turning off
the phone !hile you are spending time !ith -ids or other loved ones.
Aa-es for more family peace.
6I 1at ri&ht and &et some e3ercise.
While perhaps this is logical to some it is a necessary point to
bring up as !e are no! not eating as !ell as 2!e5 used to Fust B0 years
ago. .he rise of processed food and fast food has resulted in an increase
in various medical ills. =ventually one can see that through continued
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self?improvement you !ould evolve personally so that even outright
poisonous food !ouldnEt affect you 8 for no! eat as much fresh
vegetables grain and meat as you can get. 9ome coo-ing is usually
al!ays better than the corner hamburger Foint. .he bottom line is to not
eat food !hich disagrees !ith you or simply tastes bad. /our body has
some idea of !hat it needs and !ants.
>or e"ercise again moderation is the -ey. /ou need to get up
daily and do something even if itEs only !al-ing in some circles around
your o!n living room. 7f you sit in your easy chair and only !atch the
boob tube after sitting in your cubicle all day and sitting in your car to
and from !or- 8 youEll only get the e"ercise !al-ing to and from your
various chairs. And one might !onder !hy certain parts of your body are
collecting fat.
Weight loss is as simple as, =at less ="ercise more. .his is
brought up here as it is a simple fact that the body can be a distraction to
your o!n personal for!ard progress 8 unless you -eep it under control
li-e the rest of your life. Aove your body around a bit daily and gradually
increase the e"ercise unless you really start feeling better on a regular
basis. .his !ill give you more energy to get your improvement program
accomplished.
Aa-e your e"ercise a part of your schedule obviously.
7I Pra.@8editate@Revie+ dail..
Another part of this is to spend some time daily for yourself. /ou
spend most of your day !or-ing for someone else. /ou spend a great
deal of the remaining time !ith your family and your spouse. No! !or-
out ho! you can spend a fe! minutes daily for your o!n self. /ou have
to do this in order to get any improvement program done.
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/our program !ill have certain steps in it. /ou have to
concentrate on these steps daily in order to complete or for!ard that
program.
6rayer Aeditation or simple personal revie!*reflection 8 these
are some!hat interchangeable. 7n every case there is something you are
trying to improve or something you !ant help !ith. #pend some time
daily addressing these needs and see-ing peace in your personal life. 7t is
time !ell spent.
9ill 9aanel 6eale and others prescribe daily time spent in this
fashion. Aost effective self?help programs do so. .he one?shot !onder
programs never have !or-ed. /ou are going to be spending some time at
improving yourself on a regular basis in order to ma-e any progress. Why
not give yourself at least $B minutes or more a day out of that 2<?hour
period@ /ou can only get out !hat you put in so give yourself some time
in your schedule to put some in.
'ummar.
19 2et rid o# the things that are holding you .ack.
$9 2et onto a real schedule and keep on it.
39 :at right and get some e6ercise.
/9 (ray;editate;'e4iew daily.
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>ife is 1J%CT>Y hat You (ma&ine it to "e.
Aeans all this around us is e"actly !hat !e thin- it to be. .his
gives our reason for !hy things tend to be so bad around us 8 !e allo!
the ne!s to treat it that !ay and believe it. .his e"plains !hy !e are
having a rise in pornography addiction and pedophilia 8 people are able
to surround themselves !ith deviant material and so become that !orld,
they are filling their minds !ith se"ually?related materials and their !orld
then reinforces their bad habits !ith that same material.
Find the 'ilence
7solated communities donEt have these problems. .he Amish for
e"ample are living lives mostly unchanged since the $&00Es. Aurders
rapes incest all these problems are relatively un-no!n. .hey donEt have
the child?star murders and the publicity?see-ing pedophile. .hey donEt
have the teen disappearances !hich glut the ne!s for !ee-s. .hey do
have occasional farming accidents on par !ith our corporate farm safety
records. 1ut their lives are simpler.
#everal authors tell one to 2see- the silence5. 9aanel describes
this simply as sitting still and learning to control oneEs o!n thoughts.
=ntire =astern disciplines have evolved around this one point. 7n our
Western culture !e marvel at people !ho can meditate for days and
!ee-s in a single sitting. /et this is a s-ill people are not taught
modernly.
=merson and .horeau !rote about ta-ing !al-s in the !oods in
solitude and letting themselves become immersed in the simple activities
of the !ildlife around them. And people of our age used to appreciate
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being able to Fog on 0uiet lanes 8 though more modernly they are ta-ing
i6ods and other distractions !ith them.
7tEs been noted that our society doesnEt li-e silences canEt stand
the pauses in conversation and impulsively see- to fill them. 7n older
days people trained their young to thin- before they spo-e 8 children
!ere best 2seen and not heard.5 .he reason the !hite immigrants to
9a!aii !ere -no!n as 9aole Ithose !ho do not breatheJ is because the
traditions of 6olynesia included ta-ing a breath before one spo-e.
As a culture !e have gro!n a!ay from the discipline of listening
and thin-ing of pausing before spea-ing of gathering your thoughts
before acting. /et this is a simple s-ill to master.
7 am told that in the (-raine today they have a similar custom.
1efore ta-ing a trip they get everything ready and then go sit in the
house and thin-. 7n this !ay the could revie! their plans and
preparations 8 and then discover anything they had failed to include or
hadnEt prepared for.
Conversely 7 recently !ent !ith a friend to build some !ooden
platforms for a remote training program. .he truc- had been pac-ed
!ith all sorts of tools generator po!er cord !ood scre!s bolts drill
etc. We !ere only $0 minutes a!ay but there !as no po!er available and
every thing had to be truc-ed in. When !e got there measured and
mar-ed everything out 8 !e found that the circular sa! had the !rong
blade in it one for cutting tile not !ood. #o !e had to go bac- for
another sa!. When !e returned and cut the first pieces !e found that
!e didnEt have a drill bit the right siHe to bolt them together. 1y no!
!ith all our incomplete preparations it !as nearly time for lunch. .hose
platforms did get built in the afternoon but !e !asted most of a
morning by not simply double?chec-ing before !e started off. We could
have ta-en a 2breather5 Fust before starting but didnEt.
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"ut +hatDs this &ot to do +ith ima&inationF
6lenty.
.he person !ho cannot control !hat he thin-s about gives over
much of his choices to the environment. .hat person cannot master his
environment as he*she says that !hat the media the 7nternet the .C
says is more important than his*her o!n choices in life than his*her
o!n beliefs.
.his is !hy people get 2addicted5 to porn 2become5 pedophiles
become addicts to any drug or political party or any habit. .hose people
have simply given up their po!er of choice over to something else. .hey
have simply 0uit thin-ing for themselves 8 for the most part. All
addictions are from giving your po!er of choice Iand your responsibility
for your o!n actionsJ over to some physical universe substance.
.his flies in the face of all the successful self?help authors not to
mention many many historical and religious figures !ho realiHed said
and acted on the e"act opposite.
.he bul- of self?help revolves around the single fact Iproved
empirically by multiple thousands of people Fust in this century aloneJ
that !hatever you thin- you become. Another phrasing is that !hatever
you thin- about comes to pass. :r the reverse 8 your environment
sho!s !hat you have been thin-ing about. While based on =astern and
even older philosophies*religious beliefs the fact of this principle isnEt
easily denied 8 and never effectively.

Napoleon 9ill based a boo- on this one factG that boo- has been
estimated by one publisher to have sold over ;0 million copies. 9is
.hin- and 3ro! Rich !as based on his cumulative conclusions after
intervie!ing over B00 successful people in t!enty years. Norman
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Cincent 6eale based his successful boo- on the same premise, if you
thin- positive thoughts you get positive resultsG if you thin- negative
thoughts you get negative results. =arl Nightingale in his landmar-
classic recording 2.he #trangest #ecret5 lists a panoply of authors !ho
have concluded the same thing 8 earlier than 6lato and Aristotle up
through Kesus #ha-espeare =merson and William Kames right on up to
the present authors of that date, 3eorge 1ernard #ha! =instein and
more. 9is conclusion, We !e"ome what we think a!out.
Kames Allen put it this !ay,
' man(s mind may !e likened to a garden# whi"h may !e
intelligently "ultivated or allowed to run wild, !ut whether
"ultivated or negle"ted# it must# and will# !ring orth. I no
useul seeds are put into it# then an a!undan"e o useless weed
seeds will all therein# and will "ontinue to produ"e their kind.
7 could go on !ith other authors !ho have intensively
investigated this very subFect but the fact is observable by anyone. 7f you
simply -eep your mind on a single goal you !ill inevitably achieve that
goal providing you consider that you thin- about that goal in an easy and
rela"ed state of mind that you consider the goal already achieved that
you al!ays thin- about that goal only in order to perfect the details and
completeness of it.
Addiction is simply filling your mind !ith the drug or porn or
habit until you feel you can thin- of nothing but that substance or act.
Why is Alcoholics Anonymous so successful@ 1ecause it brings people
into a group so that they can interrupt those habits !hich have become
so destructive and get them bac- under control. Any successful drug
program is Fust so because it enables the person to utiliHe group support
and also helps the person to re?educate oneself.
Whatever you thin- determines !hat has happened to you !hat
is happening to you and any future you are going to have. /our
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environment reflects your o!n thoughts and attitudes. 9opeless people
live in relative s0ualor. .hose !ho have 2given up5 live in the poorest of
surroundings. .hose !ho have confidence build their o!n rich lifestyles
on this planet. IAs !ell those children of these rich people !ho !ere
not taught the secret of thin-ing !ill s0uander all those inherited riches
in a single lifetime leaving nothing for their o!n children e"cept debt.J
/our life becomes !hat you have thought about 8 not !hat your
parents did or didnEt do for you not !hat your teachers taught you or
failed to teach you nothing happens in your life based on ho! rich or
poor or mistreated your distant forbears !ere !henever and ho!ever
they first stepped on this continent. /our life on this planet depends on
!hat you have thought and are currently thin-ing. 7tEs really that simple.
There are no victims! onl. laH. thinkers.
/ou canEt sue anyone to get you a better life. 7f you consider you
are fat you 0uic-ly become that !ay. 1ut suing hamburger Foints !onEt
ma-e you thin 8 you have to get a vision of yourself at a certain !eight
and then get in your o!n discipline to eat and e"ercise better. +rop your
caloric inta-e and start ta-ing energetic !al-s and you !ill lose pounds by
the doHen 8 and this !ill only !or- to the degree you -eep your vision in
front of you all the time.
#ame for getting rich. 1oth 9ill and Wattles say the same point in
their boo-s on getting rich, you have to consider that you are rich and
!or- effectively to!ard that vision. Winning the lottery is very possible
but it doesnEt happen for those !ho harbor more doubt than faith that it
is possible.
.he la! behind this is no real secret 8 it never has been. 1ut
unless you discover and utiliHe this la! for yourself it might as !ell be
secret.
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Conceive! "elieve! %chieve.
3et 9illEs boo- and follo! his si" steps. 3et WattleEs boo- and
follo! his summary to the letter. >or more !or- get 9aanelEs boo- and
do all the 2< lessons to personal result. And there are many many other
authors !ho have !ritten about this la! and they !ill all tell you the
same thing, /ou become !hat you thin- about.
#o it is really up to you. What has happened to you in the past
doesnEt have to -eep recurring. All you have to do is change your mind.
)oo- around you and see !hat could be improved. 1uild a picture in
your mind a vision of the ideal solution for that scene. >igure out !hat
steps you need to ta-e to start achieving that goal and start getting these
steps done. =ventually youEll arrive right !here you !ant to !ind up
providing you -eep faith in your o!n dreams and visions and constantly
!or- to!ard them.
7f you dither about and lie on the couch to Fust channel?surf 8
then you are going to accomplish only !hat the advertisers put into your
mind. #o 8 your life is up to you.
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Feelin&s! Dreams! and Patterns
/our feelings and dreams have a great deal to do !ith your self?
improvement. What you are trying to change is your o!n patterns and
habits.
7t is -ey !hen you !or- to re?program yourself that you have
faith in the process and allo! enough time for the process to !or-. /ou
have been filled !ith innumerable patterns originally of your choice but
long forgotten. .he process of revie!ing and adFusting these particularly
those !hich have been elevated to the level of 9abit can ta-e a long
time. Compare your situation !ith that of an aircraft carrier or large
ocean freighter. 7f you get up any speed at all it !ill ta-e considerable
time and space to get turned around and going in another direction. =ven
if sitting still no tan-er or carrier can turn 2on a dime5 !ithout lengthy
preparations and effort in the process Iand a lot of room and tugboatsJ.
.his universe is devoted to the concept of denying instantaneousness.
Not that something canEt be changed in an instant but the odds are
against it 8 still !e are heading that direction.
7n your night?time dreams and in !a-ing the subconscious is
constantly presenting you !ith 2gifts5 that re0uire your reaction and
analysis. .his is the norm. 1ad dreams and good they are all a product of
current data input and your earlier patterns being combined and
presented for your revie!. .his is a reason to -eep a pad and pen ne"t to
your bed so that on !a-ing you can !rite do!n something about your
dreams and so develop a pattern of recalling your dreams. 7f you sit still
and revie! that dream youEve had there is some sort of lesson to be
distilled from it. As the !a-ing consciousness you prefer things to be
logical or align to some familiar pattern. +reams are presented !ithin
those patterns but having an odd t!ist !hich needs your decision. 1y
either solving this problem in your dream or !a-ing to revie! it you are
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!or-ing in coordination !ith your subconscious to reprogram yourself.
.he subconscious ta-es those solutions and files them a!ay for later use.
/our Fob in conFunction !ith the subconscious and
superconscious is to coordinate this !orld around you and to evolve.
=volution is by learning !hich is by ma-ing decisions from a given set
of choices and then saving that solution for later use.
.he subconscious has the Fob of storing all the data not Fust
current inputs around you but also every decision and thought you
ma-e. .here is an apparency that it has priorities to its storing methods
one being that anything you say out loud or !rite do!n has more priority
than a brief fleeting thought. 9o!ever anything repeated forms a
pattern. Anything uttered or thought !ith passion or great feeling has
even more priority. #o passionate prayer repeated out loud Isuch as some
gospel musicJ has a great impact on your o!n patterns.
.his is ho! arts are valued. .hey communicate on levels !hich
are intrinsically understood though perhaps not analytically. .he artist
!ho 2pours his soul5 into a painting or his music or dance is creating a
!or- !hich resonates. .he vibration he stirs are not Fust !ithin himself
but also stri-e chords !ith any vie!er. .a-e the 2Aona )isa5. >or some
as yet unnamed reason this one small picture having colors !hich have
dar-ened !ith time still commands a follo!ing hundreds of years after
she !as painted. .he +eclaration of 7ndependence is another such !or-
of art 8 instilling hope in peoples across this planet that they can ta-e
their needed steps to!ard freedom.
:n the contrary ne!spapers are filled !ith articles !hich donEt
hardly get read before they line the bottom of a petEs cage or a refuse bin.
While some 1road!ay sho!s are constantly in a ne! rendition after years
of production others donEt ma-e it a !ee-. #ome authors !riting about
some human condition are constantly in demand. I#ome ancient 3ree-
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authors 8 and bards li-e #ha-espeare 8 are in constant reprinting even
though they have to be translated into modern =nglish.J
.he difference is in the value of the !or-. 9o! much of the soul
of the artist is poured into that !or-@ 9o! much of the human
condition has the artist studied and transmitted through his paint stro-es
or crafted phrases@ 9o! much value can a vie!er receive or ac0uire from
that artistEs !or-@ .he technical rendition is secondary to the emotive
content but necessary to its transmission.
7t is this simple principle !hich governs effective your self?
improvement program is going to be. /ou put the pattern in your
subconscious through repetitively thin-ing that same thought. 7f you
envision a ne! life a ne! !ay of thin-ing of living 8 the easiest !ay to
get this to replace an old pattern is to sit and thin- about it and get all the
details Fust the !ay you !ant them. >eel the feelings and emotions that
go along !ith that success that !ealth that health that happiness. Really
let them loose and pour them on. .his is !hat ma-es a thought into a
pattern 8 and allo!s you to replace the most chronic of habits.
>eel your ne! life 8 and it !ill arrive around you.
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*o+ to %void T+o Culture Fiends.
Aost cults and corporations Iand some modern 2religions5J are
based on t!o principles,
$. #eduction
2. Addiction.
#eduction isnEt Fust limited to se"ual attraction and domination. 7t
occurs anytime a person is persuaded to !illingly give over his*her o!n
self?control to another.
Addiction isnEt limited to drugs. Addiction is a later stage of
seduction !here the 2victim5 becomes completely dependent on a
substance or person or thought?system to run his*her life.
.he cycle of most modern advertising and all cults is Fust that
one?t!o punch. .he reason it apparently !or-s is that most people have
esteem problems and so can be readily persuaded to do almost anything
in an effort to solve those problems.
/ou see this in all the advertisements for cars. .C ads sho! some
hun- or doll driving a ne! car. 1ecause they are in possession of that car
they are able to ma-e the 2bold moves5 !hich are re0uired to get ahead
in this !orld. #o the vie!er buys into 2needing5 a ne! car of that
particular type in order to be able to ma-e the bold moves he*she has
al!ays !anted to but never had the guts to try. When they buy that ne!
car they are saddled !ith payments on a vehicle !hich !ill last longer
than the car itself meaning they have to -eep !or-ing at that Fob they
donEt li-e and mean!hile continuing to suc-?up to those idiot managers
they !or- for in order to ma-e those payments. When the car finally
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brea-s do!n they 2re?finance5 for another ne! car !hich then -eeps
them stuc- into ma-ing payments all their lives. .he car doesnEt enable
them to ma-e bold moves because such decisions come from your o!n
mind not the t!o?ton steel glass and plastic behemoth you are sitting
in.
>ast food of any type also has these points of seduction?
addiction. /ou see the ads for really gorgeous food all printed in reds
and oranges !hich ma-e a person hungry and !ant to buy
simultaneously Iall mapped out !ith current psycho?babble studies 8
!hich are limited in !or-abilityJ. :nce you get this stuff you !ill find
that it contains t!o or more addicting ingredients, fats sugars salt. .hese
big Fuicy Ac?hamburgers have all three. >ast food Foints seduce you on
lo! introductory prices and speed of service and then addict you
physically !ith food that may taste great in the short?term but actually
!ill ma-e you fat and clog your arteries !ith cholesterol. .he best diet is
eating a home?coo-ed meal !ith literally garden?fresh fruits and
vegetablesG any meat is gotten from a naturally?raised animal !ith little
fat ground up int the mi".
Aodern 2religious5 cults are of the same cut. .he person comes
in !ith some sort of problem they havenEt been able to solve on their
o!n Ili-e anyone doesnEt have problemsJ. .hrough cheap or free
introductory lectures or treatments the person is sho!n that !hile this
problem is usually insurmountable their particular form of treatment !ill
enable a person to overcome those problems and get to the root cause 8
eradicating them forever. 7t Fust costs you a fe! buc-s 8 but thatEs :L
because youEll start ma-ing more buc-s as you continue getting the
treatments. And after a!hile the person finds heEs rac-ed up some
incredible bills on his credit cards and is still needing some very pricey
2higher level5 treatments from that cult.
Cults Ireligious or sociologicalJ are named that because they limit
the personEs input from other sources. Cult leaders donEt !ant you
studying materials other than !hat they give you. #ome limit your actual
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e"posure to the outside !orld. Certainly they donEt !ant you to have free
7nternet access so you can do your o!n research. Cults first seduce you
and then addict you to their private belief?system !hich is carefully
crafted to have all the solutions to anything thro!n at you. Aost !ill
actually drill you on ho! to handle the press or outside people !ho are
s-eptical of your beliefs. .his further !alls you off from the rest of
humanity. And cults donEt allo! you to change your mind 8 you are in
for the long termG once you leave you are on the outs forever.
>ortunately there are many many natural solutions to this
seduction*addiction one?t!o punch. .hey have been discussed in many
different professional Fournals have been observed since time
immemorial.
>irst people are constantly learning and evolving. )earning is
through comparing the e"isting data and theories you have about life
!ith !hat actually occurs. =volving is coming up !ith optimal solutions
through your learning !hich actually improve your 0uality of life 8 you
then adopt these as habitual patterns.
#econdly there are physical cycles !hich !e all go through
-no!n in various terms such as 2mid?life crisis5 and others. >actually
these happen every %?20 years depending on !hat author you read.
Aeaning that people !ill re?e"amine their belief systems and their lives at
various points and !ill be !illing and able to completely chuc- their
!hole lifestyle if it isnEt !or-ing for them. .he most studied of these
seem to be the changes !hich happen around*bet!een age ;0 and <0.
Aen and !omen both seem to be !illing to ma-e maFor changes in their
lives right at that point. 9o!ever other authors Ibasing their studies on
earlier historic and traditional referencesJ find that there are recurring
cycles every % years each preparing you for the ne"t cycle of % and so on.
6eople change constantly Fust li-e the environment around them.
#o they arenEt stuc- into having to have a certain set of beliefs practices
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or habits for their entire life. .he -ey 0uestion is !hether those beliefs
continue to be !or-able for you personally. .ruth is only as valuable as it
is !or-able. =ffectiveness is the measure of truth. .hose last t!o
sentences come from some very old traditions not modern mar-eting
Fingles.
#o no matter ho! 2duped5 a person is by a certain mar-eting
campaign or cult belief?system they can change their mind anytime they
!ant to. 6ractically this give the solution to such 8 present them !ith
conflicting data in a pleasant manner. 7f you combat and refute their
closely held data they !ill simply go into carefully practiced 2hereEs my
!all5 mode 8 and youEll get no !here. 1ut a pleasant discussion !ith
give and ta-e on the issues in a constructive manner !ill enable you to
po-e holes in their 2air?tight5 theories. 1ut your success !ill depend on
their being !illing to loo- and their having seen some things !hich their
belief?system doesnEt e"plain.
6oliticians get this !rong right left and center. I7 !rite this Fust
before a very noisy bi?annual election process concludes.J .he negative
ads tend to -eep undecided people from voting since both sides 2prove5
that the other is an unethical liar. All negative ads use negative motivation
to get their o!n base out to vote. .he funny part is that they depend on
polls to get their data. 6olls are heavily Iif not entirelyJ influenced by the
mainstream media. As !ell there are seldom enough people sampled to
get a truly reflective sample. :ther problems e"ist in !hat type of
0uestions are ans!ered in !hat order. A poll can lead a person to give
certain ans!ers by inductive reasoning. #o polls are completely faulty and
the people !ho use them are simply gambling. .he only really accurate
poll is the actual vote count 8 minus the fraudulent votes and padded
tallies.
7ncidentally this seduction*addiction cycle is !hy large city
ne!spapers and magaHines are losing money. .hey thin- that controversy
I2.he 6eople 9ave a Right to Lno!45J -eeps their circulation high and
so sells advertising. 6ractically they are Fust !ishing that !ere so. 1ecause
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the !orld is created to be a very fearsome place you have to -eep
reading their ne!spapers in the vain hope of finding solutions.
Aean!hile buy from our advertisers to assuage your pain... Nope
doesnEt !or-. No!adays people are increasingly getting their
information from the 7nternet. As broadband e"pands the number of
channels for ne!s and entertainment have increased. Ne!spapers !hich
give local good ne!s and solutions Iespecially in small to!nsJ have been
able to survive. )arger papers !here one?siHe?fits?all no longer serve our
custom?driven lives. #o their readership declines.
Radio is more locally driven due to the physical limits of their
reach. .hey have to be responsible to their listeners 8 or they canEt sell
enough advertising to -eep on the air. And so the rise of tal-?radio.
6eople can call in and sound off to that so?and?so they Fust heard on the
air. .hey have a voice and so contribute to the ne!s they hear. .his is
one media outlet !hich is more or less out of the seduction?addiction
cycle. .his also e"plains the rise of certain tal-?sho! hosts 8 they are
simply echoing and reinforcing a broad belief?system !hich is already in
place and proving !or-able to their listeners. A recent failure of a much
balley?hooed tal-?format radio net!or- !as due to their apparent
constant and only reciting of hateful comments. 7t !as more rants than
interaction and so !ent ban-rupt.
7nteraction is !hat brea-s the seduction?addiction cycle. 6eople
!ill stic- !ith !hat improves their 0uality of life and !ill resist all efforts
to be persuaded other!ise once theyEve 2made up their mind.5 :f
course this is !ritten from Aissouri !hich is the #ho!?Ae state 8 from
an old phrase 2heEs from Aissouri and so youEre going to have to sho!
him.5 6rove it to me but mean!hile 7Em staying put.
When you have honest dialog you can enable a person to change
his*her mind. .his is the strength of the American political e"periment.
1ecause people are guaranteed certain rights in !riting they are able to
discuss !ith each other and nothing can shut them do!n. 1ecause this
!or-s very !ell in preserving economic competition 8 anyone can
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become an entrepreneur !hile the mar-et !ill choose !ho has the better
product 8 this nation is envied for its high productivity and mar-et share.
Nations !ho do not share this e"periment or !ho have implemented it
only partially succeed or fail to that degree their people have the
freedoms !e have enFoyed for a couple centuries no!. .hose people !ho
came to America sought freedom from repressionG this forced them to
!rite a set of la!s they could e"ist under !hich preserved that freedom.
And this social e"periment isnEt over by a long !ays.
We have then the -ey to solving our personal !orlds, be !illing
to recogniHe the seductions and addictions in your life and solve these by
encouraging additional data input. Leep your lines !ide open for data
but test each of these datums against !hether it improves your 0uality of
life. 1e !ary of anyone or anything !hich says that if you buy a certain
thing or believe or vote a certain !ay all your problems !ill be
eradicated. 6roblems are learning situations and human-ind lives to learn.
/ou !ill probably al!ays have problems of one -ind or another great or
small. .his -eeps your mind active in finding solutions.
And the best anyone could !ish for another is a long and active
life spent pursuing their dreams.
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1atin& .our o+n Do& Food
7n the arena of self?help one has the peculiar choice of selecting
people by the results of their !or-s. Are they themselves successful and
happy throughout their o!n lives@ 7n computer Fargon the phrase
2eating oneEs o!n dog food5 means to use your o!n programs in your
day?to?day !or-ing basis. )inu" programmers do this consistently !hile
an unproved rumor has it that Aicrosoft tried to use their advanced
servers for number crunching finding they had to revert to the 71A
mainframes they had initially.
7 !or-ed to avoid this in my initial study of self?help authors.
.hrough study and personal e"perience !ith cults 7 -ne! full !ell ho!
certain charismatic leaders can lead people to do and say about anything.
A cult is a cult because it cuts off information to people thus altering
their ability to logically analyHe and improve their personal condition.
I6eople can even feel they have certain personal gains !hich 2evaporate5
once they leave that cult 8 these are Fust delusions from controlled data
input. >actually cults mostly -eep people from improving as much as
they actually could if left to find their o!n !ay.J Anyone can rip off a
large audience through guile deception and !orse then buy a nice
lifestyle for themselves to prove their point about ho! 2great5 their
system is. )oo- for a leader !ho lives rich !hile the people !ho buy into
his scheme are destitute. Any corporation can build nice buildings 8
many aid programs and health societies spend a large amount of their
income on maintaining corporate offices !ith large salaries. .his doesnEt
mean they are effective at improving conditions.
#o my study purposely chose authors !ho had died yet their
boo-s remained bestsellers after their death. Aost organiHations !onEt
stay effective once their >ounder leaves the reins to someone else. 1ut a
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classic !or- !hich honestly proves its !orth !ill have endless !ord of
mouth !hich finds ne! readers. 7 loo-ed also for boo-s !hich !ere
popular do!nloads and sought after. Ac0uiring these boo-s and
comparing them distilled a small set of principles. Revie!ing current
bestsellers proved that these principles still !or-ed as the biggest self?
help bestseller on record ICoveyEs % 9abitsJ utiliHes these same principles
8 not too surprising since he studied 200 years of American self?help
literature as the bac-ground research for his boo-.J
7n my o!n case one friend of mine as-ed early on 2+o you use
these principles in your o!n life@5 Ay 0uiet pause ans!ered it all. Ay
o!n reason !as to give this boo- a fe! years so that 7 could get bac- to
it and see if 7 still thought the same after continued research. And 7 !ent
bac- to apply it to myself after some years had intervened 8 it !as still
valid as the principles are -no!n from time immemorial.
All this continued research did !as to confirm both the scientific
and spiritual basis of these principles. And li-e 2.he #ecret5 movie
mentioned above more and more and more sources turned up that -ept
saying the same thing. Wayne +yer tapes said the same thing as 0uantum
physicists as !ell as 6lato Aristotle =instein Kung =dison Carnegie
=merson .ro!ard and other individuals no! dead for decades if not
centuries. :thers li-e +r. Covey and the producers of 2What the I1leepJ
do We Lno!@5 conducted their o!n research adding numerous other
authors and sources to this mi".
)ater studies then narro!ed do!n to the three most complete
te"ts of all boo-s 7Eve yet come across. 7t !as these three !hich 7 chose
to be the program to follo!.
Ne"t 7 ran into e"actly the scene 7 outlined Fust above. .hose
four steps 7Eve used in counseling hundreds of people to improve their
lives. /et after shoving myself through college late in life to ac0uire
some sheeps-ins my o!n room and schedule !as a mess. 7 had to ta-e
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some time to clean up and organiHe so that 7 could have some time to
spend on personal improvements. 7nsight is one thing having real
personal certitude about those principles is another. 7 -ne! 7 !as on the
right trac- but had to reorganiHe my o!n life in order to test my theories
and research.
.hrough )ulu.com 7 !as able to edit and publish the needed
handboo-s in order to personally tac-le this mountain of data. 7 started
the tas- of memoriHing -ey data from Wattles. 7 !or-ed out my goals per
9ill. .hen 7 started studying 9aanel paragraph by paragraph. I>ollo!ing
at the end of this boo- youEll find my o!n commentary on 9aanel
!hich 7 hope you !ill find useful.J
Research into 9aanel uncovered 2.he #ecret5 movie above
!hich uses the rumors about his Aaster Ley #ystem as one of the trailers
for that movie. 1ut that movie underscored the basic premise of 3o
.hun- /ourself 8 that all these self?help !riters philosophers and
advisors are saying the same thing singing the same tune !ith the same
lyrics. /our choice is to simply choose the one !hich sounds best to you.
.his movie isnEt really simplistic the principles themselves are Fust that
simple.
Ay program is to provide you !ith differing accounts of the
same complete system of self?improvement so that you have a !ell?
rounded guide to the rest of your life. .hat is !hy you have 9ill 9aanel
and WattlesE !or-s to cross?compare and study. .his is !hy 7Eve made
these available by republishing them through )ulu.com.
Ay o!n reason for starting this research initially !as to get
closure from a cult 7 had left after many years involvement. .o achieve
that 7 had to understand !hat 7 had been through. .here !as a reason 7
could be duped. .here seemed to be some !or-ability to this system at
the beginning !hich turned un!or-able later at their 2higher levels.5
+oing a study to find out if there !as a natural underlying system of self?
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improvement lead me to several authors !ho used similar if not identical
belief?systems in order to improve their lives and mean!hile becoming
rich famous and successful themselves. Revie!ing a !ide number of
disparate !riters and bac-grounds only came up !ith constantly
recurring data. 7 !rote three boo-s to provide these summaries and the
-ey data !hich supported those summaries.
.hen 7 found a publisher Iand then another publisher found meJ
to get them to you and so here !e are. .hat is my dog?food route for
!hat it is !orth.
As many many philosophers and te"ts say 2When the student is
ready the teacher !ill appear.5 .here is a reason youEve chosen this
boo- Fust as there is a reason 7 !rote it and my publisher produced it out
of a stac- of possible submissions.
/ou can put this on your shelf or give it to a friend or do
!hatever you !ant !ith it. 1ut you can read it prove its efficacy for
yourself and so change your life for the better. Aany hundreds of
thousands before you have done Fust that. /ou are in some great
company.
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h. these three authorsF
The Triumvirate of %merican 'elf0*elp
?allace ?attles! The Science o# 2etting 'ich5
@apoleon +ill! Think and 2row 'ich5
Charles %. +aanel! The aster -ey System.
Why are these three authors lauded beyond measure !hen you
mention self?help@ 9o! is is that one or more of these boo-s is -no!n
by virtually every successful entrepreneur in America today@
=ach of these authors laid out a complete system !hich can be
simply applied by anyone to change their lives. =ssentially they gave us a
set of ne! soft!are !e could do!nload and install 8 !hich !ould
over!rite that system !e had been !riting for ourselves since birth.
And that is the point of self?help and self?improvement after all
8 to enable us to reprogram our o!n life and to start creating our o!n
!orld. 7n a !ord 3ro!th. .he action is to =volve.
As you study all three of these you become a!are that they
repeat each other. .hey each bring up points covered by the other. While
9ill the most modern of the three brings up specific points !hich are
more relevant to the modern day and age his basic principles are still
based on the same system !hich each of these have found.
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.he method of studying these three is usually in order of
simplicity not according to the date order in !hich they !ere !ritten.
9aanel !rote his Aaster Ley #ystem as a course in $'0' then published
it as a boo- in $'$2. Wattles !rote .he #cience of 3etting Rich in $'$0.
9ill !rote his .hin- and 3ro! Rich in $';%. .he simplest of the three is
Wattles follo!ed by 9ill and then 9aanel. 9o! someone is introduced
to any of these three depends on the issues one is facing and !hether one
is ready to learn Ias many te"ts say 2!hen the student is ready the
teacher appears5J.
Comparing the three lives of these authors comes up !ith
numerous parallels and relations. What is interesting is their
interconnections. Wattles is the most mysterious of all three in that little
is -no!n about WattlesE life. 9e !as born in the (#A shortly before the
civil !ar and e"perienced much failure in his earlier years. After he
discovered the truth of Ne! .hought principles and put them into
practice in his o!n life he began to !rite boo-s as he practiced the
techni0ues from these principles. 9e then became !ealthy and
successful.
Aore is -no! about the other t!o. 9ill is the more e"tensively
-no!n of the three. While 9ill came from humble bac-grounds and
!ent on to !rite his ;0?million?copy bestseller the bul- of his !or-
came after accepting CarnegieEs commission to research B00 millionaires
to find a success formula that could be used by the common person.
After 20 years I$'2&J he released his $6?volume !or- .he )a! of
#uccess. 7n $';% 9ill condensed it to a single volume to sha-e people
out of their financial fears from the +epression.
What is interesting is the connection bet!een 9ill and 9aanel. 7n
a letter !ritten in $'$' 9ill than-ed 9aanel for his boo- and !rote 2my
present success and the success !hich has follo!ed my !or- as 6resident
of the Napoleon 9ill 7nstitute is due largely to the principles laid do!n in
.he Aaster?Ley #ystem.5
Charles >. 9aanel found his fame in #t. )ouis and !as -no!n as a
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brilliant entrepreneur !ho !as responsible for many successful
businesses during his life. 9aanelEs sources are similar to those of
Wattles. What you find in comparing 9aanelEs !ritings !ith the WattlesE
sources above is their Ne! .hought roots.
.he central study then is Ne! .hought and its myriad authors.
.he success of Ne! .hought is due to its inclusive attitude to!ards
authors. Anything !hich for!ards the effectiveness of the subFect has
been included no dogma or fi"ed idea has been held as more important
than the truth.
.he core to my o!n studies has been bac-!ards from the
bestsellers these authors have created. =ach !rote te"ts that continue as
bestselling Iand best do!nloadedJ nearly a century after they !ere
!ritten. While 7 initially limited my studies to eleven authors !hich met
this criterion my subse0uent studies have narro!ed to these three
authors. .he reason for this is found in a -ey sentence above,
:ach o# these authors laid out a complete system
which can .e simply applied .y anyone to change their li4es.
When you read these different authors !ith their similar !or-s
the similarities nearly leap out at you. .hey each tal- about a complete
system of thought cause and effect. .hey all tell about re?!or-ing your
o!n attitudes and thereby re?creating your !orld around you.
When you go to the !eb sites !hich sponsor forums for these
authors you !ill find seemingly endless volumes of personal success
stories from reading Fust one of these authors.
And that is the amaHing recurring point !hich prompted this
volume. .hese three authors are singing the same tune and very
successfully even !hile theyEve been gone from the scene for many
many years. What this means is that if you learn the tune and learn the
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score you can have any sort of success in your life that you !ant. 7tEs Fust
that simple.
.he truly -iller point of this is
(eople #ind that this stu## works!
o4er and o4er! person a#ter person.
No!here in your public schooling has any of this surfaced. .hey
have taught you about the mechanics of ho! to manage the physical
characteristics of your life. .hese schools teachers boo-s 8 they tell you
nothing about ho! to really pull it all off. .hey donEt teach you ho! to
become an indomitable success in your o!n life. .hey canEt tell you ho!
or !hy some people became rich from the same neighborhoods as others
!ho became poor even after inheriting !ealth.
1ut these three authors do.
#o 7 tell people to read all three of them. And reread them. And
start all over again. >igure out ho! to instill these principles into your
o!n life. #et yourself on the inevitable path to all the !ealth fame and
happiness youEve ever !anted. Leep revie!ing these references until the
solution to any problem immediately leaps into mind from these authors
or their influence. .hatEs your -ey to a completely ne! !orld.
1ut as they say over and over you canEt get out !hat you donEt
put in. #o start todayG let this day be the first day of a very bright ne!
!orld for you.
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here *una takes off.
.he interesting thing about 9una is that it encapsulates
everything that is !ritten in Ne! .hought boo-s and articles !hile also
ans!ering tric-y conundrums in psychology and other humanist studies.
7tEs origins are before recorded history !hile it has been
suppressed in 9a!aii until the mid $'%0Es 8 so only starts sho!ing up in
our !ritten literature Fust recently.
According to +r. #erge Lahili Ling,
/una is incredibly old, probably as old as the creation
of man himself. 5egend traces /una bac! to (u and
later Atlantis, but the first historical indication we hae
of its presence is in ancient 3gypt. According to the
!ahunas, sometime in the millennia before $hrist a
group of initiates got together and created an artificial
language by means of which the !nowledge of /una
could be communicated from generation to generation.
This secret language formed the roots of another
language which could be used openly, so that no matter
how the outer language was used and what beliefs were
constructed with it, the root !nowledge would remain
li!e a well-presered secret. (any symbolic meanings
were added to the basic secret meanings, and meanings
were often duplicated in seeral roots to further ensure
the surial of the !nowledge. There is some
anthropological eidence to support the !ahuna belief
that this language and the !nowledge it contained
spread from the +acific throughout the rest of the world,
and traces of it still e'ist in many ancient place names.
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6ow all of this might sound as fanciful as the claims of
certain secret societies which pretend to an unbro!en
line of !nowledge, tracing their origin to ancient times,
were it not for the fact that the code to the secret
language of /una has been rediscoeredC The eidence
is aailable to anyone who cares to read it. After years
of studying the sources, " am coninced that /una did
indeed spread out from +olynesia.#
7t !as Aa" >reedom )ong !ho uncovered this hidden
-no!ledge in the language itself !hich lead to its rediscovery and
restoration to the 9a!aiian culture. +r. Ling continues,
The man who first reealed the /una code to the 1est
was (a' %reedom 5ong, a student of psychology,
teacher for many years in /awaii, and a one-time
member of the Theosophy moement. %rom the
beginning of his stay in the islands, 5ong was fascinated
with the powers of the !ahunas, who were the natie
medicine men and shamans of +olynesia. They had
techniques of healing people and controlling the
enironment that actually wor!ed, but they weren&t
about to reeal their methods to a non-!ahuna. 2uring
his many years of residence there 5ong tried to discoer
the secret but in spite of the fact that he was witness to
many seeming miracles performed by the !ahunas and
was een benefited by some, he was unable to discoer
the secret on /awaiian soil. "t was fie years after he
had left /awaii that 5ong wo!e up in the middle of the
night with a possible answer to the riddle. The !ahunas
had to hae some way of transmitting their lore to their
successors. +erhaps the secret could be found within
the language itself.
The inspiration paid off, but not without more years of
hard wor!. -y correlating the !nown /awaiian traditions
about magic and psychological therapy used by the
!ahunas on their patients; the 1estern science of
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psychology; occult lore; and the root meanings of
certain !ey /awaiian words. 5ong was at last able to
piece together the main elements of a scientific, psycho-
religious system which he called /una D!a-huna means
Kthe secretKE. 5ong formed an organi)ation called /una
*esearch Associates to study the system, and seeral
boo!s were published which detailed the results of the
inestigation. (ost significantly, it was found that the
principles of /una not only proided a logical and
consistent e'planation of human psychology, but when
applied they produced solid results. -eyond that, the
principles proided the same consistent and logical basis
for what many hae termed magic, and which today
falls under the rubric of para-psychology. +sychic
abilities such as telepathy, clairoyance and mind oer
matter were no longer the Special proince of a few
people with natural talent. They could be deeloped by
anyone willing to accept /una, at least as a wor!ing
hypothesis.#
+r. Ling himself has studied in the fields of parapsychology
paraphysics bio?energetics and social technology for more than t!enty
years. 9is studies have ta-en him to many parts of the !orld including
most of North and #outh America =urope and Africa. 9e also studied
under some of the most e"perienced and practiced -ahunas in 9a!aii
starting !hile a teenager there.
Claims of e"plaining and facilitating parapsychological and
magical abilities through a simple and ancient religio?social philosophy
have some basis through modern subFective studies. .ad Kames noted
psychologist and N)6 lecturer has embraced 9una thoroughly as one
system !hich ans!ered previously unsolved problem areas in the psycho?
sciences.
>or our use 7 simply suggest 9una as a follo!?up study after you
e"haust all 9ill 9aanel and Wattles have to offer 8 or as an aid in
studying their !or-s. )etEs revie! 9unaEs seven principles,
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$. I-: ? our ideas create our reality.
2. -A"A ? there are no limits.
;. A-IA ? energy flo!s !here attention goes.
<. A@A?A ? no! is the moment of po!er.
B. A"O+A ? to love is to be happy !ith.
6. A@A ? all po!er comes from !ithin.
%. (O@O ? effectiveness is the measure of truth.
>rom my limited understanding of this subFect 7 !ould compare
here the Ne! .hought principles these support.
Our ideas create our reality. Also this is said as 8 the !orld is
!hat you thin- it is. 6retty simple since the )a! of Attraction covers this
point that your environment is only a reflection of your o!n thoughts
and concepts our beliefs and our most strongly?held visions.
There are no limits. As !e are connected through the 9igher
7ntelligence*Muantum 9ologram !e are not in any !ay separated from
each other. .his gives a scientific e"planation for the effectiveness of the
3olden Rule. What 7 do to you 7 also do to myself. Another
interpretation of this !ould say that there are no limits to personal
achievement or imagination. .his phrase also !ould say that as the
#upreme is unlimited in capabilities the )a! of Attraction is able to
bring all things to all people. .hat last statement means that there is really
no need for !ar or even political parties. =veryone on this planet can
have more than enough of everything 8 there is no reason to compete Ias
WattleEs tells us to succeed !e must live on the creative not competitive
planeJG this is really Fust trying to be separate from those around us.
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:nergy #lows where attention goes. .his follo!s on the first
point. Whatever you thin- about that is !hat occurs. .he more you
create your vision the more fully it appears 8 due to the energy you are
focusing on that vision. 7f you are constantly !orrying and critical only
!orrisome and ir-some situations !ill continually happen to you. As you
concentrate on creating peaceful solutions around you as you maintain
happy and upbeat attitudes in your o!n life you !ill see these echoed
bac- at you. 7tEs your life 8 live it as you choose.
@ow is the moment o# power. =-hardt .olle has several boo-s
on this particular point !hich aligns !ith 9aanelEs point of accessing the
#ilence. +yer goes do!n this road as !ell. .he tric- here is that the past
and the future have no hold on you. :nly !hat you create in the No! is
able to change things. .he interesting part to manifestation is the
recurring admonition to consider it in the past tense to see it as having
already been created. 7f you are constantly !orrying about the past you
canEt change the present. .here is an old time!orn phrase 2.omorro!
never comes.5 )ogically this is true. 7f you are considering that you !ill
someday !in the lottery 8 itEs true but only in that future time. .o !in
the lottery per the )a! of Attraction you have to consider that it is
possible for you to !in the lottery and consider yourself already having
done so. .hose !ho donEt live in the present are living in another
universe. )ive in the No! and succeed.
To lo4e is to .e happy with. (nderlying the )a! of Attraction
is )ove defined as affinity 8 !hich is part of a common e"planation for
magnetism gravity molecular forces of attraction among many others.
.hat is a simplification !hich many !ill ta-e e"ception !ith. 9o!ever
)ove is a primal force and is related directly !ith creation 8 the native
po!er of 9igher 7ntelligence modernly and traditionally. Why li-e
attracts li-e is Fust this principle. What 9una tells us here is that !e can
find the good in all around us and in order to be happy !e must do so
continually. 9ate is the absence of love and is solved through finding the
good !ithin and promoting love !ithin yourself and !ithout 8 to others
around you. .his then e"plains positive thoughtEs effectiveness. .his is
!hy human-ind is constantly !or-ing to achieve more optimal solutions.
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NatureEs punchline is that all these are !ithin their reach 8 they only have
to conceive the thought believe it to be true and then act in tune !ith
that thought to manifest such a ne! reality. 7t starts !ith finding the
good !ithin.
All power comes #rom within. Nothing truer. 1ut it is not Fust
the individual himself !ho has this po!er. .his is the panentheism of
Ne! .hought 8 this 9igher 6o!er is !ithin all of us and everything.
9aanel says !e are all connected through this po!er as do the 0uantum
physicists no! nearly a century later. 9una has various metaphors to
access this field one called the garden 8 !here you consider moving to a
spiritual garden in your mind !hich represents all that occurs in the
universe around you. 1y tending your garden and solving the problems
you may find there you are able to ma-e a change in your o!n !orld.
9ill had a similar boardroom metaphor !here he met !ith several -ey
millionaires and famous historical figures 8 !here such then started
originating to him and giving him unas-ed?for advice. .hose !ho have
studied the Muantum 9ologram say all the data in the universe 8 all that
has ever been -no!n 8 is available there. Kesus of NaHareth stated that
2the Lingdom of 9eaven is !ithin.5 7t is this !or- of doing the
2>atherEs5 !or- !here !e find our true inner po!er.
:##ecti4eness is the measure o# truth. Really this is the point
of saying that if something doesnEt !or- for you it Fust doesnEt !or-.
.his brings you to the cru" of fuHHy logic 8 at !hat point does your
process get the product@ Can you live !ith that 0uality@ 7t also says that
there is not Fust one approach to something. As there are several styles of
running and Fumping !hich have set :lympic records that is the e"act
point of this. No approach to the mountain is any more valid than
another unless they donEt reach the top. As !ell any plan youEve created
isnEt sacred and need be follo!ed to itEs loc-?step end. 7ntuition !ill often
give you another approach. )isten and learn.
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9una can be used to e"plore those advanced abilities such as
remote vie!ing Ias #ilva researched successfullyJ and physical healing Ias
the Christian #cientists among others still practice successfullyJ 8 even
fire?!al-ing if you dare.
7Eve covered else!here about ho! human ability is unlimited as is
imagination. /ou can achieve anything anything you !ant on a personal
and interpersonal basis. Any ability is yours 8 you only have to thin- it
through to a result.
.his far e"tends beyond the discussion in this simple te"t. 1ut
these paths are open for you to proceed as you !ish. /ou can achieve
any heights you !ish. .hat is !here 7 !ould leave my !or- here 8 such
personal abilities are your choice.
What you do !ith your life and your !orld is no! entirely in your
o!n hands. 7Eve studied all this stuff and researched for years Fust in
order to !rite a fe! boo-s !hich you ran across and read to this point.
.here are far more boo-s to read if you !ant or you can buy personal
tutoring by any number of 0ualified counselors or consultants.
1ut your life and your !orld is no! officially over to you.
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%ddendum$ % Commentar. on *aanelDs
8aster 5e. '.stem
7 started studying 9aanelEs Aaster Ley #ystem in earnest after 7
had already read through it once. .hat is the same advice 7 have for you.
9aanel !rote this originally as a 2<?part course in $'0'
publishing it as a single?volume boo- in $'$2. #o the language is
sometimes a bit involved. 7t isnEt the simple sentences !e are used to
these days. When you study 9aanel you really have to simply ta-e it one
paragraph at a time ensuring that you really understand !hat he is trying
to get across !ith that paragraph before you move onto the ne"t.
#uch an approach allo!s you to savor each bit and fully
understand the interconnections each paragraph has !ith the preceding
ones !hich allo!s his arguments to gain more head!ay in your mind. As
!ell if you donEt get !here he is heading you can simply bac-trac- to
one or t!o paragraphs before that Ior moreJ to see !here you lost the
trail of !here he !as heading. .he tric- is to ensure you really
understand each paragraph before you go onto the ne"t.
.his is different from the introductory s-im?type reading 7 advise
!hen you first get your boo-. IAnd do buy a hardcopy boo- or print out
the !hole chapter before you start 8 it is too easy to lose yourself and
s-ip around !hen you are reading it off the screen as !ell as being far
more comfortable on the eyes.J 7 tell people to read it once through first
then settle do!n to really study it after that. /ou get the overvie! right
off the bat and then get the details and precise logic on the ne"t go
Eround.
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7Em going to revie! each chapter belo! based on the notes 7
made as 7 !ent through it. 7Ell cover these by reproducing a 0uote and
then giving you my ta-e of this and the cross?connection !ith other
studies boo-s tapes et al.
RealiHe that my vie! of this is Fust that. /ou read 9aanel and you
form your o!n conclusions. What 7 say should help but it isnEt any
replacement for your o!n studies. .his is !hy 7Eve been careful to 0uote
the e"act phrase 7 comment on. 1ut you need study this boo- yourself
and glean !hat you can from it. .hen start over from the beginning and
study it again. =ach time you !ill gain another level of understanding.
/ou may find ultimately that you no longer need to study this boo- 8 or
that you simply have to e"perience some more life and come bac- for
another go?round.
1ut as the 9una principle goes 2=ffectiveness is the measure of
truth5 my !ords here are useful only if they help you. 7 say that any
reader should study and understand the original boo-s. No author has
any say over your life or your o!n understanding this universe 8 other
than you let that author influence you.
With that 7Ell get out of your !ay and let you read !hat 7Eve
come up !ith to date.
(ntroduction and For+ard
.hese sections are best revie!ed after you study through the
!hole thing. .hey act li-e a condensed summary as !ell as an
introduction. /ou do get an entire overvie! of !hat you are going to
study although he doesnEt give a!ay the horse in this section he does tell
you ho! it rides and handles.
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The student who learns that power comes from within,
that he is wea! only because he has depended on help
from outside, and who unhesitatingly throws himself on
his own thought, instantly rights himself, stands erect,
assumes a dominant attitude, and wor!s miracles.
.his of course is the premise for this study and the bottom?line.
/ou can see that this connects !ith the second principle of 9una 8
2.here are no limits.5 6eople are !ea- only because they assume or thin-
that they are disconnected from those around him and dependent on
them 8 as opposed to the confidence and trust?building actions of
becoming dependent only on oneEs o!n thought !or-ing in harmony
!ith those around him and not re0uiring these others to do oneEs
thin-ing for you. Above 7 tal-ed about turning off the .C and gaining ;?
B hours a day. /ou also regain your o!n certitude in living life !hen you
do so 8 as you are forced to start confronting your o!n thoughts instead
of pushing them out of the !ay !ith banal advertisements and !orse .C
reality sho!s and sitcoms.
There is no more 3lectricity in the world today than
there was fifty years ago, but until someone recogni)ed
the law by which it could be made of serice, we
receied no benefit; now that the law is understood,
practically the whole world is lit by it. so with the law of
Abundance; it is only those who recogni)e the law and
place themseles in harmony with it, who share in its
benefits.
.his is covered by 1ob 6roctor in 2.he #ecret5 movie. 6eople
donEt really understand ho! electricity !or-s. 7Eve heard many differing
theories in the last thirty years. /et they have uncovered the la! that
energy cannot be created or destroyed only changed in form. Aean!hile
you can see the lights !e put on our streets from space. 9aanel mentions
that there are natural la!s of Abundance !hich govern any abundance
!e see- regardless of !hether !e -no! about these la!s or not.
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The (aster 9ey is based on absolute scientific truth and
will unfold the possibilities that lie dormant in the
indiidual, and teach how they may be brought into
powerful action, to increase the person&s effectie
capacity, bringing added energy, discernment, igor and
mental elasticity. The student who gains an
understanding of the mental laws which re unfolded will
come into the possession of an ability to secure results
hitherto undreamed of, and which has rewards hardly to
be e'pressed in words.
Again see 2.he #ecret5 or 2What the I1leepJ do !e Lno!@5
movies. =ach tell about the precise mental la!s !hich govern our
e"istence minutely 8 and ho! to put them to use for yourself. Napoleon
9ill goes into this as does +r. Norman Cincent 6eale 8 each says ho!
scientifically e"act these la!s of the mind are.
The (aster 9ey teaches the use of (ind +ower, true
(ind +ower, not any of the substitutes and perersions;
it has nothing to do with /ypnotism, (agic or any of the
more or less fascinating deceptions by which many are
led to thin! that something can be had for nothing.
.his is also !arned in WattlesE boo-. .he above gives a better
e"planation though. .he lie that 2something can be had for nothing5 is
e"actly !hat the problem !ith the occult and attempted perversions of
N)6 data to 2seduce5 people. What you give is !hat you get. /ou canEt
get !ithout giving. .he 3olden Rule is ine"orable in results 8 treat
people li-e chattel and you !ill find yourself being treated that !ay. .ry
to get something for nothing and you !ill personally get ripped off.
I.here is a fuller logical e"planation of this later in this boo-.J >or no! 8
Fust stic- to !hat you are studying until you master this course. /ouEll
-no! more about these 2fascinating deceptions5 as you get through it.
The (aster 9ey deelops (ental +ower which means ...
that you attract men and things to you; that you are
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what some people call Kluc!yK, that KthingsK come you
way& that you hae come into an understanding of the
fundamental laws of 6ature, and ... the +sychological
laws on which all adantages in the the social and
business world rest.
.his is much as Wattles points out 8 that once you understand
the la!s and develop your abilities you !ill be able to attract !hat you
!ant as 2!hat he !ants !ill come to him through the !ays of established
trade and commerce.5
There is a change in the thought of the world. This
change is silently transpiring in our midst, and is more
important than any which the world has undergone
since the downfall of +aganism.
.his is the 2Ne! =ra in Aan-ind5 promoted on 2.he #ecret5
movieEs !ebsite. =ssentially this is a program !hich anyone can apply to
their lives 8 and so there are no limits to anyone gaining all the resources
Ifood clothing housing happiness !ealth successJ they need to
accomplish their purpose in life. And is something that !e need to do for
the good of this planet !e live on.
3ery thought brings into action certain physical tissue,
parts of the brain, nere or muscle. This produces an
actual physical change in the construction of the tissue.
therefore it is only necessary to hae a certain number
of thoughts on a gien sub@ect in order to bring about a
complete change in the physical organi)ation of a man.
While the concept above is covered in an entire chapter later it is
!orth bringing up here. Any mental technology !orth its salt is also able
to bring about improvements in the body and general health. :f course
you might see the )a! of Attraction at !or- here. /ou can ma-e yourself
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sic- or !ell depending on !hat and ho! you thin- about your life. Aore
on this later.
Any man with a !nowledge of the possibilities contained
in the (aster 9ey has an inconceiable adantage oer
the multitude.
.ruer !ords never spo-en. As covered in the section on the 1ell
Curve above you can see that as 1ob 6roctor says the reason there are a
minority of rich on this planet and a multitude of poor is that these fe!
understand the )a! of Attraction and have developed their mental
discipline to put it to !or- in their o!n life. .hose multitudes donEt and
!onEt. /ou canEt ma-e the rich better off by handouts 8 unless they are
handing out boo-s !ith this data contained in it in a manner !hich is
easily understandable and applicable to their particular situation.
>esson #ne
>. The attitude of mind necessarily depends upon
what we thin!. Therefore, the secret of all
power, all achieement and all possession
depends upon our method of thin!ing.
.his is the cru" of the boo- the entire e"planation for everything
!ith occurs !ith us. 2.he World is !hat !e thin- it is5 per 9una
principles.
...we can neer become conscious of power until we
learn that all power is from within.
2All po!er comes from !ithin5 is the second 9una principle.
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A. /armony in the world within will be reflected in
the world without by harmonious conditions,
agreeable surroundings, the best of eerything.
"t is the foundation of health and a necessary
essential to all greatness, all power, all
attainment, all achieement and all success.
Wayne +yer covers this in some detail over a fe! of his tapes. As
!ell =arl NightingaleEs 2.he #trangest #ecret5 also said this same thing.
8<. The world without reflects the circumstances
and the conditions of the consciousness within.
A person creates his !orld through his thoughts and the
surrounding environment of a person reflects his inner thoughts. #o you
may Fudge a personEs earlier thoughts by the 0uality of life he is living
today as reflected by his immediate living space possessions and
interpersonal*familial relations.
8L. 5ife is an unfoldment, not accretion. 1hat
comes to us in the world without is what we
already possess in the world within.
9aanel covers finances later but it is based on this simple point 8
!e are only manifesting e"ternally that !hich !e have already thought
internally. /ou are rich in your ban- account and your belongings only
!here you are rich in your mind.
<?. All agree that there is but one +rinciple or
$onsciousness perading the entire Unierse,
occupying all space, and being essentially the
same in !ind at eery point of its presence. "t is
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all powerful, all wisdom and always present. All
thoughts and things are within "tself. "t is all in
all.
1y recent survey some '0?'B percent of human-ind believes in
some sort of #upreme 1eing or 9igher 7ntelligence. .he rest agnostics
and atheists Iof !hatever title you !ould useJ can agree on 0uantum
physicist studies !hich prove there is one common field !hich envelopes
and is found in all atomic structures in this universe. .he commonality of
this field or Consciousness or 7ntelligence in all modern science and
ancient traditions proves the above statement and enables us to build
upon it as a 6rime datum.
<M. The Uniersal (ind is static or potential energy;
it simply is; it can manifest only through the
indiidual, and the indiidual can manifest only
through the Uniersal. They are one.
.his above statement can be accepted on face value at this point
but is !orth pointing out as -ey. .his may conflict !ith other teachings
you have accepted over your life. 9aanel gives a very detailed e"planation
for this later in his boo-.
<A. The ability of the indiidual to thin! is his ability
to act on the Uniersal and bring it into
manifestation.
9ereEs the bottom line. 7f you !ant to manifest something in
your life you have to be able to thin- 8 and so act on the (niversal. Cars
Fobs money happiness 8 all depend on your ability to thin- Ior in our
case 2thun-5J.
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>8. 3ery thought therefore is a cause and eery
condition an effect; for this reason it is
absolutely essential that you control your
thoughts so as to bring forth only desirable
conditions.
.he relationship bet!een Cause and =ffect is profound. /ou
control your thoughts and act as Cause. .he (niversal cooperates and
produces the effect. Note !ell that the original concept is that each effect
then becomes cause of another effect and then so on. .his isnEt that
much of a conundrum as much as e"plained through the e"ample of your
ma-ing yourself rich then sets an e"ample to yourself and others. 7n your
o!n e"ample you gain more personal trust and then !or- to create
bigger effects in your o!n life. >or others you set an e"ample of !hat
can be achieved 8 you can use this to disseminate the tools others can
use to improve their o!n lives as !ell as those around them. 7n this !ay
the !orld you live in is constantly improved and made better. We could
actually generate !orld?!ide peace and prosperity !ere these principles
used by everyone globally. +enied by economists but possible through
logical e"tension of the )a! of Attraction.
>?. The Uniersal (ind is the life principle of eery
atom which is in e'istence; eery atom is
continually striing to manifest more life; all are
intelligent, and all are see!ing to carry out the
purpose for which they were created.
Wayne +yer has the marvelous statement of 2letting your
purpose find you.5 +onEt confuse the purpose of the (niversal Aind
!ith your o!n purpose. .here is a separation bet!een the static
(niversal and the dynamic individual !ith >ree Will. 1oth are needed to
manifest. Creation is the bottom line purpose for all. Above that
human-ind has uni0ue possibilities. 7t is up to you to find your o!n
purpose and manifest that 8 no one can do it for you the +ivine !onEt
act unless you do.
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>M. All growth is from within. This is eident in all
nature. 3ery plant, eery animal, eery human
is a liing testimony to this great law, and the
error of the ages is in loo!ing for strength or
power from without.
An interesting vie! of this is in the phrase 2.he Lingdom of
9eaven is !ithin you.5 Aany e"planations of the NaHareneEs sayings can
be found through the )a! of Attraction and various Ne! .hought
principles. Considering that the (niversal is !ithin all and everything
your o!n po!er truly comes from !ithin. +iscipline your thought and
master it.
>A. The world within is the Uniersal fountain of
supply, and the world without is the outlet to
the stream. 0ur ability to receie depends upon
our recognition of this Uniersal %ountain, this
"nfinite 3nergy of which each indiidual is an
outlet, and so is one with eery other indiidual.
7Eve covered else!here ho! the basic premise of modern
=conomics 8 that demand cannot inherently be supplied 8 can be
disproved even !ithout the metaphysical argument of a 2(niversal
fountain of supply5 e"isting. What this gives us is the scientific
bac-ground !hich can be proved empirically that anyone can have as
much as they !ant 8 the (niversal !ill provide it all simply through
reorganiHing e"isting energy structures. .his is further described by
9aanel,
?<. 1e lie in a fathomless sea of plastic mind
substance. This substance is eer alie and
actie. "t is sensitie to the highest degree. "t
ta!es form according to the mental demand.
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Thought forms the mold or matri' from which
the substance e'presses.
>esson T+o
Thought is energy. Actie thought is actie energy;
concentrated thought is a concentrated energy. Thought
concentrated on a definite purpose becomes power.
.his e"plains the po!er of individuals and of groups. Where a
person concentrates his thoughts he !ill have personal po!er. Where a
group is lead by a thoughtful person and agrees !ith common thought
patterns po!er is generated and a composite manifestation is created.
1oth good and bad po!er can e"ist 8 this is the reason for ethical
thought.
"n e'act proportion to the recognition of this truth will
be the manifestation in the outer life of the indiidual.
.his is -no!n as the )a! of Correspondence through other
authors. 2As ye so! so shall ye reap5 goes the ancient 1iblical 0uote. 7f
you thin- big you manifest big. Wattles told the story of an individual
!ho grasped this concept and !as living in a rented home !ho first
sought for a ne! rug 8 and having got that then thought larger and
eventually o!ned the house he lived in and !as still thin-ing bigger. .his
is also the genre of many boo-s on real estate investing 8 leveraging the
purchase of single homes into apartment comple"es and commercial
buildings. All dependent on the siHe of original thoughts.
8. The operations of the mind are produced by two
parallel modes of actiity, the one conscious, and the
other subconscious. +rofessor 2aidson says7 K/e who
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thin!s to illuminate the whole range of mental action by
the light of his own consciousness is not unli!e the one
who should go about to illuminate the unierse with a
rushlight.K
<. The subconscious& logical processes are carried on
with a certainty and regularity which would be
impossible if there e'isted the possibility of error. 0ur
mind is so designed that it prepares for us the most
important foundations of cognition, whilst we hae not
the slightest apprehension of the modus operandi.
>. The subconscious soul, li!e a beneolent stranger,
wor!s and ma!es proision for our benefit, pouring only
the mature fruit into our lap; thus ultimate analysis of
thought processes shows that the subconscious is the
theater of the most important mental phenomena.
+r. #erge Lahili Ling has devoted a !hole chapter of his boo-
Aastering the 9idden #elf to descriptions of the subconscious Icalled
2Lu5 in 9unaJ the conscious I2)ana5J and the superconcious
I2Ama-ua5J. 9is descriptions along !ith their comparison !ith the
psychological descriptions and limitations e"pand !hat 9aanel describes
here. 9aanel doesnEt touch the subconscious much during the rest of this
boo-. 1ut he describes the same principles as Ling !here the conscious
is dependent on the subconscious to maintain and improve any
connection !ith the superconscious Icalled the (niversal Aind by
9aanelJ.
8>. 6ot only can it Dthe conscious mindE impress other
minds, but it can direct the subconscious mind. "n this
way the conscious mind becomes the responsible ruler
and guardian of the subconscious mind. "t is this high
function which can completely reerse conditions in your
life.
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8?. "t is often true that conditions of fear, worry,
poerty, disease, inharmony and eils of all !inds
dominate us by reason of false suggestions accepted by
the unguarded subconscious mind. All this the trained
conscious mind can entirely preent by its igilant
protectie action. "t may properly be called Kthe
watchman at the gateK of the great subconscious
domain.

7f you read or listen to .ad Kames on 9una he tells the
relationship and responsibilities of the conscious mind to!ard the
subconscious. 9e describes the relationship as t!o brothers one
thoughtful and the other loving devoted and some!hat clueless. .he
elder brother protects the younger !ho serves his elder and gets any
re0uest. 7t is the domain of the conscious to sort through the thoughts
of the subconscious and select*reinforce the positive thoughts to
produce positive results.
8J. 0ne writer has e'pressed the chief distinction
between the two phases of mind thus7
K$onscious mind is reasoning will. Subconscious
mind is instinctie desire, the result of past
reasoning will.K
/our 2bad5 habits are Fust that 8 erroneous reinforcement of past
destructive decisions. Addictions are Fust bad habits 8 !hile drugs and
alcohol might produce a temporary 2high5 they produce long?term
destructive effects !hen continued as habits. 9abits !ere started from
thoughts and so can be changed by thoughts. Anything you have in your
life can be changed.
8M. ...2uring the wild e'citement of panic, or during the
height of anger, or the impulses of the irresponsible
mob, or at any other time of unrestrained passion, the
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conditions are most dangerous. The subconscious
mind is then open to the suggestion of fear, hatred,
selfishness, greed, self-depreciation and other negatie
forces, deried from surrounding persons or
circumstances. The result is usually unwholesome in the
e'treme, with effects that may endure to distress it for a
long time. /ence, the great importance of guarding the
subconscious mind from false impressions.
#tay a!ay from !ild parties !ith mind?altering substances. 1ut
the above statement e"plains !hy riots brea- out as !ell as !hy one
doesnEt thin- as clearly !hen tired. .he subconscious is al!ays on
running the autonomic functions of the body. #o !hen you drive
yourself past e"haustion and 2lose your temper5 this is then reinforced
on the subconscious. .he tric- is to maintain control of your attitude as
you ma-e your !ay through life. 7n this fashion you 2train5 the
subconscious to bring you balanced thoughts and positive attitudes 8 but
regardless of !hat it brings you you can confront and evaluate these
evenly and in a positive manner creating a ne! positive environment
around you.
8A. The subconscious mind perceies by intuition.
/ence, its processes are rapid. "t does not wait
for the slow methods of conscious reasoning. "n
fact, it can not employ them.
.his e"plains my !or- in 1oo- .!o about 2intuitive analysis5.
What you are developing is a direct connection bet!een the
subconscious and the (niversal !hich is ho! you get a fast data flo!
and instant ans!ers to your 0uestions and needs. .his is the result of
internal trust and a disciplined thought process. .he more you use
intuition the more it sho!s up to serve you. /our subconscious is
reinforced every time you use intuition. .he more you trust it the more
accurate it becomes. 6ractice ma-es 6erfect.
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<B. The subconscious mind neer sleeps, neer
rests, any more than does your heart, or your
blood. "t has been found that by plainly stating
to the subconscious mind certain specific things
to be accomplished, forces are set in operation
that lead to the result desired. /ere, then, is a
source of power which places us in touch with
0mnipotence. /ere in is a deep principle which
is well worth our most earnest study.
9aanel says here that !e can study more in this area. 7Ed suggest
you ta-e up these boo-s and tapes on 9una since theirs is the more
accurate as it is based on thousands of years of observation not a fe!
decades of psychological theories and e"periments.
<8. The operation of this law is interesting. Those
who put it into operation find that when they go
out to meet the person with whom they
anticipate a difficult interiew, something has
been there before them and dissoled the
supposed differences; eerything is changed; all
is harmonious; they find that when some
difficult business problem presents itself they
can afford to ma!e delay and something
suggests the proper solution; eerything is
properly arranged; in fact, those who hae
learned to trust the subconscious find that they
hae infinite resources at their command.
)oo- for and trust your intuitive Fudgment on situations 8 then
act on it. Again the subconscious dra!s from the infinite data of the
(niversal. 9o! you train the subconscious through your
thin-ing*thun-ing reflects on the results you !ill get. .he -ey is your
ability to 2suspend disbelief5 and tentatively prove this data to yourself.
.he more you use this internal po!er the better it !ill get the more
accurate and profitable !ill be the ans!ers given.
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<<. The subconscious mind is the seat of our
principles and our aspirations. "t is the fount of
our artistic and altruistic ideals. These instincts
can only be oerthrown by an elaborate and
gradual process of undermining the innate
principles.
Conversely as you consistently undermine the subconscious Ias
found in cultsJ you !ill limit y our o!n abilities. /ou must maintain
!ide?open data flo! and evaluate everything you receive. Reinforce the
positive apply the datum 2=ffectiveness is the measure of .ruth5 and
youEll do alright.
<>. The subconscious mind can not argue
controersially. /ence, if it has accepted wrong
suggestions, the sure method of oercoming
them is by the use of a strong counter
suggestion, frequently repeated, which the mind
must accept, thus eentually forming new and
healthy habits of thought and life, for the
subconscious mind is the seat of /abit. That
which we do oer and oer becomes
mechanical; it is no longer an act of @udgment,
but has worn its deep grooes in the
subconscious mind.
9ereEs the dissection of 9abit. Re?thin- any habit substitute
another activity and you can re?train any grooved?in habit in the
subconscious. /ou have complete po!er over your life including the
most deeply?ingrained habits.
3ase and perfection depend entirely upon the degree in
which we cease to depend upon the conscious mind.
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(se all three minds to achieve !hat you really !ant in life. +onEt
Fust depend on the conscious mind.
"f the desire is in harmony with the forward moement
of the great 1hole, forces will be set in motion which
will bring about the result.
.his brings up the need for =thics in your life. =thics is defined
as the harmonious thought and resultant action 8 harmonious !ith the
(niversal harmonious !ith the possible endless supply for all.
>esson Three
1hereas in the beginning of each function of life and
each action is the result of conscious thought, the
habitual actions become automatic and the thought that
controls them passes into the realm of the
subconscious; yet it is @ust as intelligent as before. "t is
necessary that it become automatic, or subconscious, in
order that the self-conscious mind may attend to other
things. The new actions will, howeer, in their turn, be
come habitual, then automatic, then subconscious in
order that the mind again may be freed from this detail
and adanced to still other actiities.
9ere is the -ey to automatic !ealth success and happiness. As
you decide and act according to your thoughts you groove in these ne!
patterns as habits. .he subconscious acts on these patterns as they
supplant earlier ones. No! you are freed up to ma-e ne! thoughts
bigger and better ones. +evelop a constantly optimistic attitude and
eventually this becomes a chronic vie! and approach to all lifeEs
situations. +evelop an attitude of being consistently healthy and !ell the
body responds and gives you a healthy body on a regular basis. With this
constant optimism and healthy body you are free to !or- on any ne!
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target or ac0uisition. .his is built?in efficiency 8 should you ta-e
advantage of this feature.
The subconscious mind cannot argue; it only acts. "t
accepts the conclusions of the ob@ectie mind as final.
Conclude !ell then.
J. The Solar +le'us has been li!ened to the sum of
the body, because it is a central point of
distribution for the energy which the body is
constantly generating. This energy is ery real
energy, and this sun is a ery real sun, and the
energy is being distributed by ery real neres
to all parts of the body, and is thrown off in an
atmosphere which enelopes the body.
L. "f this radiation is sufficiently strong the person
is called magnetic; he is said to be filled with
personal magnetism. Such a person may wield
an immense power for good. /is presence alone
will often bring comfort to the troubled minds
with which he comes in contact.
Napoleon 9ill devotes an entire chapter of his .hin- and 3ro!
Rich to this single concept !hich he called 2.he Aystery of #e"
.ransmutation5. Regardless of his nomenclature there is a definite
biochemical relation here of the subconscious to charisma. 7f you read
his chapter you !ill get some fascinating insight and e"amples of !here
9ill !itnessed and studied this phenomenon.
8<. $onscious thought, then, is master of this sun
center from which the life and energy of the
entire body flows and the quality of the thought
which we entertain determines the quality of the
thought which this sun will radiate, and the
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character of the thought which our conscious
mind entertains will determine the character of
the thought which this sun will radiate, and the
nature of the thought which our conscious mind
entertains will determine the nature of thought
which this sun will radiate, and consequently will
determine the nature of the e'perience which
will result.
.his brings up the responsibility of the individual for his o!n
thoughts. .hin- destructively and you !ill get destructive results and
e"periences around you. .hin- creatively*constructively and your life !ill
be filled !ith that type of e"perience. /our life and the !orld around you
is entirely up to your controlling your thoughts.
8?. 6on-resistant thought e'pands the Solar +le'us;
resistant thought contracts it. +leasant thought
e'pands it; unpleasant thought contracts it.
Thoughts of courage, power, confidence and
hope all produce a corresponding state, but the
one arch enemy of the Solar +le'us which must
be absolutely destroyed before there is any
possibility of letting any light shine is fear. This
enemy must be completely destroyed; he must
be eliminated; he must be e'pelled foreer; he
is the cloud which hides the sun; which causes a
perpetual gloom.
7f you compare this !ith A Course in Airacles you can see a
strong parallel here. .his boo- ma-es the argument Iamong othersJ that
the (niverse is built entirely on the dichotomy of )ove and >ear.
8L. 1hen you find that you are really one with the
"nfinite power, and when you can consciously
reali)e this power by a practical demonstration
of your ability to oercome any aderse
condition by the power of your thought, you will
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hae nothing to fear; fear will hae been
destroyed and you will hae come into
possession of your birthright.
.his is 9aanelEs solution to that dichotomy 8 let your light shine.
7 cover in 1oo- :ne ho! attitudes are under your o!n control. As you
gain more and more e"perience in utiliHing this data to improve your life
one can truly become fearless and courageous in confronting any of lifeEs
situations.
...1hat, then, is the most natural way of ma!ing the
desired impressionF (entally concentrate on the ob@ect
of your desire; when you are concentrating you are
impressing the subconscious.
..."t is the method which is producing such e'traordinary
results that many thin! that miracles are being
accomplished.
... "t is the method by which eery great inentor, eery
great financier, eery great statesman has been enabled
to conert the subtle and inisible force of desire, faith
and confidence into actual, tangible, concrete facts in
the ob@ectie world.
9ere is ho! you manifest. Concentrate mentally on the obFect
you desire. Watch 2.he #ecret5 movie for many many e"amples and
methods on ho! to do this. 1ut manifesting is really that simple. Wattles
says The person who wishes to get ri"h must spend his leisure hours in
"ontemplating his vision# and in earnest thanksgiving that the reality is !eing given to
him. Too mu"h stress "annot !e laid on the importan"e o re/uent "ontemplation o the
mental image# "oupled with unwavering aith and devout gratitude. This is the pro"ess
!y whi"h the impression is given to the ormless and the "reative or"es set in motion.
<N. 1hen ma!ing a practical application of this
principle, in accordance with the e'ercises gien
in the subsequent lessons, it is well to
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remember that it is not necessary to outline the
method by which the subconscious will produce
the results you desire. The finite can not inform
the "nfinite. :ou are simply to say what you
desire, not how you are to obtain it.
.his is a point !orth emphasis. While 9ill tal-s of ma-ing and
revising plans and involving your Aaster Aind group teachers in 2.he
#ecret5 say it is more important to hold the completed concept in
thought not !orry about ho! you are going to achieve it. #imply hold
the thought as completed and !ith a devout feeling of gratitude for
receiving it. Wattles covers this The "reative energy works through the
esta!lished "hannels o natural growth# and o the industrial and so"ial order. 'll that
is in"luded in his mental image will surely !e !rought to the person who ollows the
instru"tions given a!ove# and whose aith does not waver. What he wants will "ome to
him through the ways o esta!lished trade and "ommer"e.
Worry is uncertainty !hich !ill produce uncertainty as a
manifestation. .rust in the (niversal to create the circumstances !here
your manifestation appears. As the old popular song goes 2+onEt Worry
1e 9appy.5
>B. +hysical rela'ation is a oluntary e'ercise of the
will and the e'ercise will be found to be of great
alue, as it enables the blood to circulate freely
to and from the brain and body.
>8. Tensions leads to mental unrest and abnormal
mental actiity of the mind; it produces worry,
care, fear and an'iety. *ela'ation is therefore
an absolute necessity in order to allow the
mental faculties to e'ercise the greatest
freedom.
><. (a!e this e'ercise as thorough and complete as
possible, mentally determine that you will rela'
eery muscle and nere, until you feel quiet and
restful and at peace with yourself and the world.
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9ere is the approach that 9una and #ilva share. Completely rela"
your body in order to contact the (niversal*9igher 7ntelligence. 6eale
discusses this in his boo- Ias 7 covered in 1oo- :neJ of considering the
mind a big sin- !ith a stopper 8 pull the stopper and let all the
!orrisome thoughts drain out !hile you are physically rela"ed. #ilva says
!hen this occurs you can enter an alpha brain!ave state !hich is the
method for contacting 9igher 7ntelligence. 9una has various treatments
you can do for yourself and your !orld by being rela"ed first !hich is
usually accomplished though deep breaths Isomething #ilva also includes
as part of their techni0uesJ.
>esson Four
Thought is energy and energy is power, and it is
because all the religions, sciences and philosophies with
which the world has heretofore been familiar hae been
based upon the manifestation of this energy instead of
the energy itself, that the world has been limited to
effects, while causes hae been ignored or
misunderstood.
:ur religions sciences and philosophies have been concentrating
on the obFective the !orld !ithout. .his is simply 2a day late and a
dollar short.5 Consider that you are ma-ing your o!n universe through
your thoughts that changing your thoughts recreate your !orld and you
come up !ith some very different conclusions.
5ife is e'pressie and it is our business to e'press
ourseles harmoniously and constructiely. Sorrow,
misery, unhappiness, disease and poerty are not
necessities and we are constantly eliminating them.
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-ut this process of eliminating consists in rising aboe
and beyond limitation of any !ind. /e who has
strengthened and purified his thought need not concern
himself about microbes, and he who has come into an
understanding of the law of abundance will go at once
to the source of supply. "t is thus that fate, fortune, and
destiny will be controlled as readily as a captain controls
his ship, or an engineer, his train.
And so you have the unlimited approach any follo!er of these
ideas inherits. .o paraphrase W. Clement #tone anything a person can
conceive that person can achieve.
L. The trained mind !nows that eery transaction
must benefit eery person who is in any way
connected with the transaction, and any
attempt to profit by the wea!ness, ignorance or
necessity of another will ineitably operate to
his disadantage.
N. This is because the indiidual is a part of the
Uniersal. A part cannot antagoni)e any other
part, but, on the contrary, the welfare of each
part depends upon a recognition of the interest
of the whole.
.his is the e"planation of =thics and the efficacy of the 3olden
Rule. We are all connected through the (niversal through the 0uantum
field. 9o! !e affect ourselves affects everyone. /ou cannot !or- at
competitive efforts !hich damage others as a result !ithout damaging
yourself as !ell. I1ut !hy compete !hen anyone can have all that
he*she !ants@J +estructive actions such as terrorists are continually
plotting only destroy that individual as !ell. Constructive policies to
provide freedom and liberty for everyone !ill come bac- to you as a
positive flo!.
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Wattles covers this and prescribes 6' person: must give to every
person a use value in e@"ess o the "ash value he re"eives# so that ea"h transa"tion
makes or more lie# and he must hold the advan"ing thought so that the impression o
in"rease will !e "ommuni"ated to all with whom he "omes into "onta"t. #uch an
approach gives the !hole !orld the idea of doing more for others and
getting them to do the same.
9ill carried this further in his multi?volume )a! of #uccess. 9e
has in )esson Nine the concept of doing more than paid for. 7f you thin-
this through logically you !ill find that this is an e"cellent approach to
living. 7f everything you do comes bac- to you then !or- at al!ays
giving more than is as-ed for !ithout e"pecting any return. Where you
create this as a habit in your life then you !ill be constantly receiving a
flo! of une"pected returns 8 that you !ill al!ays get far more than you
as- for. /our !ould receive results literally beyond your !ildest dreams.
And that !ould be the result of a truly ethical lifestyle.
The result will be e'actly in proportion to the effort
e'pended.
<J. 0er-wor! or oer-play or oer-bodily actiity of
any !ind produces conditions of mental apathy
and stagnation which ma!es it impossible to do
the more important wor! which results in a
reali)ation of conscious power. 1e should,
therefore, see! the Silence frequently. +ower
comes through repose; it is in the Silence that
we can be still, and when we are still, we can
thin!, and thought is the secret of all
attainment.
9ill tal-s about =dison ta-ing fre0uent short naps during the day
as a method of see-ing inspiration for the problems he !as resolving
through his e"perimentation. 7n this =dison only re0uired about four
hours actual sleep each day.
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<L. Thought is a mode of motion and is carried by
the law of ibration the same as light or
electricity. "t is gien itality by the emotions
through the law of loe; it ta!es form and
e'pression by the law of growth; it is a product
of the spiritual "#, hence its 2iine, spiritual,
and creatie nature.
While 9aanel gives a short mention of getting the vitality of
emotions into the mental vision Wattles goes farther into the feeling of
gratitude accompanying any vision ' person must orm a "lear and deinite
mental image o the things he wishes to have# to do# or to !e"ome# and he must hold
this mental image in his thoughts# while !eing deeply grateul to the supreme that all
his desires are granted to him. The person who wishes to get ri"h must spend his leisure
hours in "ontemplating his vision# and in earnest thanksgiving that the reality is !eing
given to him. Too mu"h stress "annot !e laid on the importan"e o re/uent
"ontemplation o the mental image# "oupled with unwavering aith and devout
gratitude. This is the pro"ess !y whi"h the impression is given to the ormless and the
"reative or"es set in motion.
.he teachers of 2.he #ecret5 cover this !ith far more e"amples
holding the emotive content of the vision to be as important as the vision
itself. Ay o!n comments in 1oo- .!o ta-e this up as !ell referencing
+avid #teindl?Rast !ith his 3ratefulness .he 9eart of 6rayer.
<M. ...mental strength is secured in e'actly the same
way that physical strength is secured, by
e'ercise. 1e thin! something, perhaps with
difficulty the first time; we thin! the same thing
again, and it becomes easier this time; we thin!
it again and again; it then becomes a mental
habit. 1e continue to thin! the same thing;
finally it becomes automatic; we can no longer
help thin!ing this thing; we are now positie of
what we thin!; there is no longer any doubt
about it. 1e are sure; we !now.
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.his is covered in 9illEs boo-s of creating the habits you need in
your life simply through the discipline of thought. 9old your vision in
front of you contemplate it fre0uently and let it become automatic in
your life.
><. ...-ut those who will be guided by the intellect
will gain the ictory. :ou will not succeed the
first time you try, but practice ma!es perfect, in
this as in eerything else, and you must succeed
in dismissing, eliminating and completely
destroying these negatie and destructie
thoughts; because they are the seed which is
constantly germinating into discordant
conditions of eery conceiable !ind and
description.
.his describes the obverse of !hat !e have Fust covered. As you
pray and*or meditate !ith positive thoughts your !orld !ill then
manifest positively. 9o!ever as you !orry or strive to stri-e 2hard
bargains5 you !ill receive that manifestation around you. What you feel
as you thin- and concentrate on your vision is !hat !ill occur in your
!orld.
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(ind in action is thought, and thought is creatie. (en
are thin!ing now as they neer thought before.
Therefore, this is a creatie age, and the world is
awarding its richest pri)es to the thin!ers.
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:ou can originate thought, and, since thoughts are
creatie, you can create for yourself the things you
desire.
Consider that thin-ers are getting the best end of any deal. Wor-s
out as simpler than the idea that 2certain people are born rich5 or )uc-
or >ate or Larma. :ur American e"periment !ith the concept of a >ree
Aar-et has created more millionaires and billionaires than any other
nation. 6eople even became millionaires during our 3reat +epression 8
loo- up the guy !ho invented 2elevator music5 Isee #tuds .er-elEs 9ard
.imesJ. 1ut this is because they had the #reedom to think and act.
M. This, then, is the way we are consistently
creating and recreating ourseles; we are today
the result of our past thin!ing, and we shall be
what we are thin!ing today, the 5aw of
Attraction is bringing to us, not the things we
should li!e, or the things we wish for, or the
things some one else has, but it brings us Kour
own,K the things which we hae created by our
thought processes, whether consciously or
unconsciously.
We have covered this before 8 everything you thin- is coming
true around you. What you have around you is the result of your earlier
thin-ing. Want to change your !orld@ Change your thoughts 8 create a
ne! vision and consider this !ith the positive and full feelings this
re0uires. 3et rid of critical thought habits. 6ut yourself into a positive
vie! on everything loo-ing only for the optimal solutions to every
presented problem.
88. -ut if we hae stored away nothing but
courageous thought, if we hae been optimistic,
positie, and hae immediately thrown any !ind
of negatie thought on the scrap pile, hae
refused to hae anything to do with it, hae
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refused to associate with it or become identified
with it in any way, what then is the resultF 0ur
mental material is now of the best !ind; we can
weae any !ind of material we want; we can
use any color we wish; we !now that the
te'ture is firm, that the material is solid, that it
will not fade, and we hae no fear, no an'iety
concerning the future; there is nothing to coer,
there are no patches to hide.
<J. This power is from within, but we cannot
receie it unless we gie it. Use is the condition
upon which we hold this inheritance. 1e are
each of us but the channel through which the
0mnipotent power is being differentiated into
form; unless we gie, the channel is obstructed
and we can receie no more. This is true on
eery plane of e'istence and in eery field of
endeaor and all wal!s of life. The more we
gie, the more we get. The athlete who wishes
to get strong must ma!e use of the strength he
has, and the more he gies the more he will
get. The financier who wishes to ma!e money
must ma!e use of the money he has, for only by
using it can he get more.
.here is the rub. .he more !e give the more !e get. 7f you !ant
to receive big give big. #everal authors say to tithe first and al!ays. 7f
you !ant to get give first. While 9aanel goes into this in greater detail
later it all revolves around the principle that you can,t get without
gi4ing. #o you give first. 7f you !ant to get paid for a service you have
to provide the service first. #ome contract for a service and receive partial
payment in advance but the !hole is usually refundable if the service is
not as contracted. :ur business la!s only reflect !hat !e have carefully
thought.
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A. ... there is the great mental world in which we
lie and moe and hae our being; this world is
omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent; it will
respond to our desire in direct ratio to our
purpose and faith; the purpose must be in
accordance with the law of our being, that is, it
must be creatie or constructie; our faith must
be strong enough to generate a current of
sufficient strength to bring our purpose into
manifestation. KAs thy faith is, so be it unto
thee,K bears the stamp of scientific test.
>aith is a tic-ler. While these authors have different approaches
to e"plaining ho! you improve your faith 9ill perhaps boils it do!n to
the simpler methods in his boo-. =ssentially >aith improves !ith
practice. .he stronger you create your vision the more feeling you put
into it 8 this is the essential manner of manifesting. :ne canEt say that
you !ill manifest faster or easier depending on your faith. .his depends
on the scale of !hat you are attempting in your thought among other
factors. 1ut !e can recall the NaHarene !as reported as saying that
having the faith of a mustard seed could move mountains into the sea.
What mountain you !ant to move is up to you. 1ut it begins !ith trust
in yourself and your thoughts 8 !hich is faith.
8A. Attention or concentration is probably the most
important essential in the deelopment of mind
culture. The possibilities of attention when
properly directed are so startling that they
would hardly appear credible to the uninitiated.
The cultiation of attention is the distinguishing
characteristic of eery successful man or
woman, and is the ery highest personal
accomplishment which can be acquired.
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.rue. And this is !hat our schools and colleges should be helping
our -ids achieve not filling their heads !ith near?useless pablum to
regurgitate on cue. .hose people !ho accomplish this s-ill command
different !orlds than those !ho donEt. /ou can see this in the rare fe!
!ho attain becoming C=: of the maFor corporations !ith the multitudes
!ho labor on the assembly lines or in cubicles under their leadership. A
handful have developed s-ills in concentrating their thought. .he
multitudes must have a structured environment do this for them.
<>. "t is, howeer, through attention that you will
finally be able to oercome obstacles of any
!ind that appear in your path onward and
upward, and the only way to acquire this
wonderful power is by practice -- practice ma!es
perfect, in this as in anything else.
26ractice ma-es perfect in this as in anything else.5
<L. "t is by such e'ercises as these that you will
finally be able to control your mental moods,
your attitude, your consciousness.
9aanel different from most gave daily e"ercises to practice !ith
his !ee-ly lessons. 6racticing daily time of rela"ation and controlling
your thoughts ma-es it easier to create this ne! !orld you see-.
>B. (en are learning to place themseles in
harmony with the Uniersal (ind; they are
learning the unity of all things; they are learning
the basic methods and principles of thin!ing,
and this is changing conditions and multiplying
results.
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1y regular practice of these principles 8 as 7 have recommended
to pray*meditate*revie! daily 8 you can achieve this harmonious
relationship in your o!n life. As you do as you find the balance you need
to move through life those things you most !ant to achieve or to obtain
!ill start appearing in your life as if by magic. 1ut !e both -no! that
this follo!s absolute natural )a!s 8 and that the more you do it the
better you get at it.
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<. (a!e the pattern clear and ma!e it beautiful; do
not be afraid; ma!e it grand; remember that no
limitation can be placed upon you by any one
but yourself; you are not limited as to cost or
material; draw on the "nfinite for your supply,
construct it in your imagination; it will hae to
be there before it will eer appear anywhere
else.
Consider this, only you can establish your limits. No one can do
it for you. /our vision is only limited by your o!n consideration of your
abilities. 1ut you can improve any ability to any height. (se your
imagination and create your ne! !orld.
L. They see the end before a single step is ta!en;
so you are to picture in your mind what you
want; you are sowing the seed, but before
sowing any seed you want to !now what the
harest is to be. This is "deali)ation. "f you are
not sure, return to the chair daily until the
picture becomes plain; it will gradually unfold;
first the general plan will be dim, but it will ta!e
shape, the outline will ta!e form, then the
details, and you will gradually deelop the
power by which you will be enabled to
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formulate plans which will eentually materiali)e
in the ob@ectie world. :ou will come to !now
what the future holds for you.
N. Then comes the process of isuali)ation. :ou
must see the picture more and more complete,
see the detail, and, as the details begin to
unfold the ways and means for bringing it into
manifestation will deelop. 0ne thing will lead to
another. Thought will lead to action, action will
deelop methods, methods will deelop friends,
and friends will bring about circumstances, and,
finally, the third step, or (ateriali)ation, will
hae been accomplished.
.a-e these steps,
#ee the picture more and more complete in greater detail.
.hought !ill lead to action.
Action !ill develop methods
Aethods !ill develop friends.
>riends !ill bring about circumstances.
AaterialiHation !ill have been accomplished.
9ereEs the se0uence. .his sets 9illEs 2Aaster Aind5 into
perspective.
CisualiHe .a-e action +evelop your plans*methods >ind
associates .a-e advantage of circumstances and Aanifest.
88. "f you can conscientiously follow these
directions, you will deelop %aith, the !ind of
%aith that is the KSubstance of things hoped for,
the eidence of things not seenK; you will
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deelop confidence, the !ind of confidence that
leads to endurance and courage; you will
deelop the power of concentration which will
enable you to e'clude all thoughts e'cept the
ones which are associated with your purpose.
9ere 9aanel 0uotes 6aul as an e"planation of >aith. As you fi"
your vision and fill it !ith the feeling of gratitude from having already
received it your personal confidence courage and endurance !ill soar.
/ou !ill be more able to concentrate on your goals. Compare this to
9illEs re0uisite 2burning desire5 he mentions in throughout his .hin- and
3ro! Rich. All these authors are saying the same thing using different
!ords but to the same result.
8J. ... :our power to thin!, then, is almost
unlimited, and this means that your power to
create the !ind of material which is necessary to
build for yourself any !ind of enironment which
you desire is practically unlimited.
.here you have it 8 thin- a!ay4 /ou canEt burn out your brain by
using it...
8M. (a!e the (ental "mage; ma!e it clear, distinct,
perfect; hold it firmly; the ways and means will
deelop; supply will follow the demand; you will
be led to do the right thing at the right time and
in the right way. 3arnest 2esire will bring about
$onfident 3'pectation, and this in turn must be
reinforced by %irm 2emand. These three cannot
fail to bring about Attainment, because the
3arnest 2esire is the feeling, the $onfident
3'pectation is the thought, and the %irm
2emand is the will, and, as we hae seen,
feeling gies itality to thought and the will
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holds it steadily until the law of ;rowth brings it
into manifestation.
9ereEs the formula for creating your vision and manifesting,
=arnest +esire Confident ="pectation >irm +emand. >eeling gives
vitality to thought and !ill holds that thought steady until it manifests.
<<. $reate ideals only, gie no thought to e'ternal
conditions, ma!e the world within beautiful and
opulent and the world without will e'press and
manifest the condition which you hae within.
:ou will come into a reali)ation of your power to
create ideals and these ideals will be pro@ected
into the world of effect.
And !hy shouldnEt !e have the best possible !orld to live in@
#hould !e Fust give it over to the never 2fair and balanced5 press !hich
al!ays slants it to!ard controversy cacophony and chaos@ /ou deserve
the !orld you live in because thatEs the !ay you thought it to be.
9o!ever thin- it different and create a better !orld for you. .here are
no limits. Muit listening to the ne!s 8 get any facts you need off the
7nternet. As you need entertainment get videos and +C+s !hich are
uplifting and enlightening. Read some good boo-s or listen to 0uality
music not grunge rap or inane rantings. Create some art in your life that
you li-e.
7tEs your !orld. Aa-e it !hat you !ant it to be.
<L. This is a difficult problem for many; we are too
an'ious; we manifest an'iety, fear, distress; we
want to do something; we want to help; we are
li!e a child who has @ust planted a seed and
eery fifteen minutes goes and stirs up the
earth to see if it is growing. 0f course, under
such circumstances, the seed will neer
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germinate, and yet this is e'actly what many of
us do in the mental world.
<N. 1e must plant the seed and leae it
undisturbed. This does not mean that we are to
sit down and do nothing, by no means; we will
do more and better wor! then we hae eer
done before, new channels will constantly be
proided, new doors will open; all that is
necessary is to hae an open mind, be ready to
act when the time comes.
.hin- your thought continue to thin- y our thought and
mean!hile be ready to act. .hose teachers of 2.he #ecret5 have many
more e"amples and advice on ho! to e"actly manifest using this )a! of
Attraction. 1ut they tell the same tale, .hin- your thought continue to
thin- y our thought and mean!hile be ready to act. Conceive 1elieve
Achieve.
>B. As! yourself a few questions and then
reerently await the response; do you not now
and then feel the self with youF 2o you assert
this self or do you follow the ma@orityF
*emember that ma@orities are always led, they
neer lead. "t was the ma@ority that fought,
tooth and nail, against the steam engine, the
power loom and eery other adance or
improement eer suggested.
/ou can find that 2self5 !ithin you and listen to it. .he maFority
do not 8 they donEt even -no! that such e"ist. .his is that 21ell Curve5
effect 7 !rite about. /ou can follo! the herd or listen to that internal
voice and ma-e yourself rich famous and*or a success 8 everything you
!ant.
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Aany authors Wayne +yer and +eepa- Chopra among them say
to -eep your dreams to yourself. 9ill says to trust your o!n counsel and
ma-e your o!n decisions. /ou donEt need othersE agreement to ma-e
your dream come to life. (sually people !ill give various non?supportive
reactions to your plans !hich then prompt you into self?doubt 8 neatly
destroying your dreams. .he plans you have !ith your 2Aaster Aind5
group are of a different nature. .hese are the obFective steps you need to
ta-e in order to achieve commonly?held goals. 1ut your personal dreams
and visions should be -ept personal.
>esson 1i&ht
There is therefore but one law, one principle, on cause,
one Source of +ower, and good and eil are simply
words which hae been coined to indicate the result of
our action, or our compliance or non-compliance with
this law.
The importance of this is well illustrated in the lies of
3merson and $arlyle. 3merson loed the good and his
life was a symphony of peace and harmony, $arlyle
hated the bad, and his life was a record of perpetual
discord and inharmony.
/ere we hae two grand men, each intent upon
achieing the same ideal, but one ma!es use of
constructie thought and is therefore in harmony with
6atural 5aw, the other ma!es use of destructie thought
and therefore brings upon himself discord of eery !ind
and character.
"t is eident therefore that we are to hate nothing, not
een the Kbad,K because hatred is destructie, and we
shall soon find that by entertaining destructie thought
we are sowing the KwindK and in turn shall reap the
Kwhirlwind.K
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Again -eep your visions and thoughts positive. /ou get !hat you
thin- about. 2>ighting evil5 only gets you more evil to fight.
<?. Successful men ma!e it their business to hold
ideals of the conditions which they wish to
reali)e. They constantly hold in mind the ne't
step necessary to the ideal for which they are
striing. Thoughts are the materials with which
they build, and the imagination is their mental
wor!-shop. (ind is the eer moing force with
which they secure the persons and circumstance
necessary to build their success structure, and
imagination is the matri' in which all great
things are fashioned.
<J. "f you hae been faithful to your ideal, you will
hear the call when circumstances are ready to
materiali)e your plans and results will
correspond in the e'act ratio of your fidelity to
your ideal. The ideal steadily held is what pre-
determines and attracts the necessary
conditions for its fulfillment.
<L. "t is thus that you may weae a garment of
spirit and power into the web of your entire
e'istence; it is thus that you may lead a
charmed life and be foreer protected from all
harm; it is thus that you may become a positie
force whereby conditions of opulence and
harmony may be attracted to you.
And there you have it. +ream your dreams listen to your
intuition act according to !hat you feel you need to do 8 a 2charmed
life5 is yours.
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<. The three things which all man!ind desires and
which are necessary for his highest e'pression
and complete deelopment are /ealth, 1ealth
and 5oe. All will admit that /ealth is absolutely
essential; no one can be happy if the physical
body is in pain. All will not so readily admit that
1ealth is necessary, but all must admit that a
sufficient supply at least is necessary, and what
would be considered sufficient for one, would be
considered absolute and painful lac! for
another; and as 6ature proides not only
enough but abundantly, wastefully, laishly, we
reali)e that any lac! or limitation is only the
limitation which has been made by an artificial
method of distribution.
Wealth 9ealth and )ove still top the self?help lists.
88. 1e can ma!e no mista!e about this if we reali)e
that truth is the ital principle of the Uniersal
(ind and is 0mnipresent. %or instance, if you
require health, a reali)ation of the fact that the
K"K in you is spiritual and that all spirit is one;
that whereer a part is the whole must be, will
bring about a condition of health, because eery
cell in the body must manifest the truth as you
see it. "f you see sic!ness; they will manifest
sic!ness; if you see perfection they must
manifest perfection. The affirmation, K" am
whole, perfect, strong, powerful, loing,
harmonious and happy#, will bring about
harmonious conditions. The reason for this is
because the affirmation is in strict accordance
with the Truth, and when truth appears eery
form of error or discord must necessarily
disappear.
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8?. "f you require ealth a reali)ation of the fact
that the K"K in you is one with the Uniersal
mind which is all substance, and is 0mnipotent,
will assist you in bringing into operation the law
of attraction which will bring you into ibration
with those forces which ma!e for success and
bring about conditions of power and affluence in
direct proportion with the character and purpose
of your affirmation.
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8L. "f you require >ove try to reali)e that the only
way to get loe is by giing it, that the more
you gie the more you will get, and the only
way in which you can gie it, is to fill yourself
with it, until you become a magnet.
.his seems simple by no! doesnEt it@
<L. "t used to be said that man is completely built
oer eery seen years, but some scientists now
declare that we build ourseles oer entirely
eery eleen months; so we are really only
eleen months old. "f we build the defects bac!
into our bodies year after year, we hae no one
to blame but ourseles.
.heoretically then there is a -ey to a very very long and healthy
life in here.
>B. "f our predominant mental attitude is one of
power, courage, !indliness and sympathy, we
shall find that our enironment will re@ect
conditions in correspondence with these
thoughts; if it is wea!, critical, enious and
destructie, we shall find our enironment
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reflecting conditions corresponding to these
thoughts.
>8. Thoughts are causes and conditions are effects.
/erein is the e'planation of the origin of both
good and eil. Thought is creatie and will
automatically correlate with its ob@ect. This is a
$osmological law Da uniersal lawE, the law of
Attraction, the law of $ause and 3ffect; the
recognition and application of this law will
determine both beginning and end; it is the law
by which in all ages and in all times the people
were led to beliee in the power of prayer. KAs
thy faith is, so be it unto thee,K is simply
another, shorter and a better way of stating it.

We then come full circle yet again. 9ave faith in your thoughts
and create the environment !hich corresponds to the heights you see-.
.he )a!s of the universe can be put to use for your benefit 8 instead of
against you. /ou only have to -no! they e"ist and build your internal
confidence that they can and do !or- for you.
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8B. 3en so, a thought is dropped into the inisible
substance of the Uniersal (ind, that substance
from which all things are created, and as it
ta!es root, the law of growth begins to ta!e
effect and we find that conditions and
enironment are but the ob@ectie form of our
thought.
9ere is the logical description of ho! our intangible thoughts
create the obFective !orld around us.
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8?. "n ta!ing adantage of the wonderful
possibilities opened up to us through the
operation of this law, we must remember that
we ourseles contribute nothing to its efficacy
as the ;reat Teacher said7 K"t is not " that doeth
the wor!s, but the %ather that dwelleth in me,
/e doeth the wor!K. 1e must ta!e e'actly the
same position; we can do nothing to assist in
the manifestation, we simply comply with the
law, and the All-originating (ind will bring about
the result.
An e"planation as Kesus revealed one of many parables !hich
have survived through the ages. What !e create is only through our
cooperation !ith the (niversal Aind.
<8. $onstructie thought must necessarily be
creatie, but creatie thought must be
harmonious, and this eliminates all destructie
or competitie thought.
<<. 1isdom, strength, courage and all harmonious
conditions are the result of power and we hae
seen that all power is from within; li!ewise,
eery lac!, limitation or aderse circumstance is
the result of wea!ness, and wea!ness is simply
absence of power; it comes from nowhere, it is
nothing -- the remedy then is simply to deelop
power, and this is accomplished in e'actly the
same manner that all power is deeloped, by
e'ercise.
Where !e create our thoughts !e must -eep them harmonious
to gain the greatest effect from our cause. .hrough harmonious thought
!e then create the po!er through e"ercise 8 and the !orld around us
complies through these three la!s, Attraction 3ro!th Cause and =ffect.
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>esson 1leven
<J. The truth must be told to each generation and
to eery people in new and different terms, so
that when the ;reat Teacher said --K-eliee that
ye receie and ye shall receieK or, when +aul
said -- K%aith is the substance of things hoped
for, the eidence of things not seenK or, when
modern science says -- KThe law of attraction is
the law by which thought correlates with its
ob@ectK, each statement when sub@ected to
analysis, is found to contain e'actly the same
truth. The only difference being in the form of
presentation.
We see here that many logical statements are compounding into a
greater head of steam. We no! have a better recognition of >aith !hich
is then piling into our use of the )a! of Attraction into forming a truth
8 !hich proves very effective in creating this ne! !orld !e desire.
<L. 1e are standing on the threshold of a new era.
The time has arried when man has learned the
secrets of mastery and the way is being
prepared for a new social order, more wonderful
than anything eery heretofore dreamed of. The
conflict of modern science with theology, the
study of comparatie religions, the tremendous
power of new social moements, all of these are
but clearing the way for the new order. They
may hae destroyed traditional forms which
hae become antiquated and impotent, but
nothing of alue has been lost.
Nearly one hundred years later !e no! see !ith our 7nternet
access the possibility of a ne! and modern era built on the vast amount
of information readily available to any !ith the discipline to uncover and
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distill this data. :lder forms have !asted a!ay older political systems
proving their frailties. Any and all !ho ta-e 9aanel and these other
authors to heart are crossing that threshold.
>esson T+elve
The time and thought which most persons waste in
aimless effort would accomplish wonders if properly
directed with some special ob@ect in iew. "n order to do
this, it is necessary to center your mental force upon a
specific thought and hold it there, to the e'clusion of all
other thoughts.
.his is 9illEs point in Chapter .!o !hich is to create a
21(RN7N3 +=#7R=5 to carry out a 2C:N#(A7N3 :1#=##7:N5.
While the terms may be different the point is that as one should align
oneEs thin-ing to a specific thought e"cluding all other thoughts. Call this
an obsession if you !ant but !e are in either case tal-ing about
dedicating your mental processes to attaining a certain goal.
8. There is no purpose in life that cannot be best
accomplished through a scientific understanding
of the creatie power of thought.
<. This power to thin! is common to all. (an is,
because he thin!s. (an&s power to thin! is
infinite, consequently his creatie power is
unlimited.
While !e have indirectly covered this earlier here are the e"act
points stated succinctly. Anyone can achieve anything. /our po!er to
thin- and your ability to create are unlimited. Reason given by 9aanel is
that you !hat bac-s your creative thought is the unlimited po!er of the
(niversal. .his is found true through modern studies of 0uantum physics
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as !ell 8 it is stated in 2.he #ecret5 that the energy that can be measured
in a single human body is enough to po!er any city on this planet for
!ee-s.
?. The only way to !eep from going bac!ward is to
!eep going forward. 3ternal igilance is the
price of success. There are three steps, and
each one is absolutely essential. :ou must first
hae the !nowledge of your power; second, the
courage to dare; third, the faith to do.
.he reverse of evolution is devolution. 7f you arenEt getting
healthier you are getting sic-er. .hese three steps !ill -eep you from
losing your abilities and po!er,
Lno!ledge of your po!er
Courage to dare
>aith to do.
1y reading 9aanel and these other authors you begin to ac0uire
-no!ledge. 9o!ever unless you try out the )a! of Attraction for
yourself and practice visualiHing on a regular basis you !onEt actually
-no! if !or-s for sure. /ou !onEt have that certainty of -no!ledge.
Courage comes from lac- of fear !hich comes from use of your
-no!ledge in applying love to those things you fear in life.
>aith as !e also have covered earlier gets better !ith practice 8
such that you could move mountains if you !anted.
N. Unfortunately this is the result which many are
securing, and the cause is self eident. "f a
sculptor started out with a piece of marble and
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a chisel and changed his ideal eery fifteen
minutes, what result could he e'pectF And why
should you e'pect any different result in
molding the greatest and most plastic of all
substances, the only real substanceF
M. The result of this indecision and negatie
thought is often found in the loss of material
wealth. Supposed independence which required
many years of toil and effort suddenly
disappears. "t is often found then that money
and property are not independence at all. 0n
the contrary, the only independence is found to
be a practical wor!ing !nowledge of the creatie
power of thought.
9ereEs an interesting punchline, nothing in this universe is
permanent. /ou have to -eep at it 8 constantly. #o your daily prayers
and*or mediations must then see- ne! goals and higher purposes. /ou
have a duty to evolve not sin- bac- into the morass of the un-no!n.
/ou !ill al!ays have this -no!ledge. 1ut !hether you apply it to your
life and continue to do so is a decision you must constantly reaffirm for
yourself. Aany authors have told the analogy of planting a seed !hich the
universe !ill sprout. .hey donEt continue to tell the farmerEs story that
you must plant a crop every single year planning to save bac- a certain
amount of your harvest to re?invest as seed for the ne"t year. 7f you donEt
plant your seed you canEt raise and harvest a crop. :h the land !ill
gro! something 8 youEll have a great crop of !eeds. 1ut this is leaving
the choice of !hat you plant to others.
88. 0f course, worry, fear, and all negatie
thoughts produce a crop after their !ind; those
who harbor thoughts of this !ind must ineitably
reap what they hae sown.
Where you donEt practice at disciplining your thoughts other
habitual fears and negative thoughts !ill intrude. 7f you only !atch .C
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all the negative ideas from the controversy?filled ne!scasts and violent
2entertainment5 sho!s as !ell as seedy daytime dramas !ill fill that
vacuum. Acting on these uncontrolled thoughts !ould give you a life
filled !ith violence controversy and histrionic drama as !ell as e"tra?
marital indiscretions and stress. I#ounds a lot li-e modern American
society@J
Concentrate on your purpose your goals and plant the mental
seeds to manifest according to your creative thought. (se your
-no!ledge of po!er develop the courage to dare achieve the faith to do.
:nly in this fashion !ill you then achieve true independence and
personal freedom. 2...the only independence is found to be a !or-ing
practical -no!ledge of the creative po!er of thought.5
8M. The principle which gies the thought the
dynamic power to correlate with its ob@ect, and
therefore to master eery aderse human
e'perience, is the law of attraction, which is
another name for loe. This is an eternal and
fundamental principle, inherent in all things, in
eery system of +hilosophy, in eery *eligion,
and in eery Science. There is no getting away
from the law of loe. "t is feeling that imparts
itality to thought. %eeling is desire, and desire
is loe. Thought impregnated with loe becomes
inincible.
9ereEs the bottom line to effectiveness of all self?help all
religions all philosophies all science. )ove gives all thought its po!er.
<8. "t is the combination of Thought and 5oe which
forms the irresistible force, called the law of
attraction.
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No! !e see ho! your feelings must be imbued !ith your
thoughts to create your manifestations. 6ositive feelings combined !ith
creative vision fuel the )a! of Attraction to bring the result into your
life.
<J. The intention goerns the attention. +ower
comes through repose. "t is by concentration
that deep thoughts, wise speech, and all forces
of high potentiality are accomplished.
/ou get !hat you thin- about.
>esson Thirteen
<8. 6ow admitting that his is all true in theory, and
it has been taught for two thousand years, and
is the essence of eery system of +hilosophy or
*eligion, how are we to ma!e it practical in our
liesF /ow are we to get the actual, tangible
results here and nowF
<<. "n the first place, we must put our !nowledge
into practice. 6othing can be accomplished in
any other way. The athlete may read boo!s and
lessons on physical training all his life, but
unless he begins to gie out strength by actual
wor! he will neer receie any strength; he will
eentually get e'actly what he gies; but he will
hae to gie it first. "t is e'actly the same with
us; we will get e'actly what we gie, but we
shall hae to gie it first. "t will then return to us
many fold, and the giing is simply a mental
process, because thoughts are causes and
conditions are effects; therefore in giing
thoughts of courage, inspiration, health or help
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of any !ind we are setting causes in motion
which will bring about their effect.
7f you donEt ta-e that first step you can never complete that
Fourney. Wayne +yer tells about the 2professional self?help student5 in
his lectures. 9e says there are people out there !ho constantly buy this
that and the other boo- or tape on self?improvement but donEt really
apply any of them to their lives 8 and so are constantly loo-ing for self?
improvement.
.he serious student !ill pic- something and apply it then loo-
for additional data !hich further amplifies his results. /ou have to put
your o!n -no!ledge into practice. /ou have to give first. .he -ic-er is
that 2it !ill then return to us many fold5.
<>. Thought is a spiritual actiity and is therefore
creatie, but ma!e no mista!e, thought will
create nothing unless it is consciously,
systematically, and constructiely directed; and
herein is the difference between idle thin!ing,
which is simply a dissipation of effort, and
constructie thin!ing, which means practically
unlimited achieement.
/ou canEt Fust idly day dream and e"pect that anything you thin-
about is going to happen. /ou have to discipline your thought processes
embue the thought !ith love and honest feelings plus consider the
mental creation in the past tense as something that already happened.
.here are e"act steps to ta-e in programming your mind. /ou have to
focus almost e"clusively on !hat you !ant then be prepared to pic- up
on the intuitive hints you get and be !illing to act. .hen the
manifestation !ill appear.
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+aydreams unless focused simply !aste your time. 6urposefully
contemplating and refining your vision creates ne! !orlds.
>esson Fourteen
*emember that the law of growth necessarily goerns
eery manifestation in the ob@ectie, so that a denial of
unsatisfactory conditions will not bring about instant
change. A plant will remain isible for some time after
its roots hae been cut, but it will gradually fade away
and eentually disappear, so the withdrawal of your
thought from the contemplation of unsatisfactory
conditions will gradually, but surely, terminate these
conditions.
:ou will see that this is an e'actly opposite course from
the one which we would naturally be inclined to adopt.
"t will therefore hae an e'actly opposite effect to the
one usually secured. (ost persons concentrate intently
upon unsatisfactory conditions, thereby giing the
condition that measure of energy and itality which is
necessary in order to supply a igorous growth.
Again 8 get out of your life all .C sho!s and nonsense !hich
only -eeps you thin-ing in the negative. #urround yourself !ith only
creative constructive videos art!or- C+Es etc. .his is the constant
reminder by all self?help authors to revie! their tapes and boo-s
fre0uently. Wattles even tells you to memoriHe his. .hey say to -eep
tapes in your car to listen to on your commute such that you -eep these
postive thoughts constantly in your mind.
.he !orld around you is filled !ith chaos from people letting
the !orld simply run as it !ill letting their negative emotions as much
play as their positive ones. .here are people and cultures !ho are raised
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!ith hate as much as love. .his spills over into !hat manifests around
you.
7f you cut off the supply these bad effects !ill eventually 0uit
happening to you. /ou can live a life of prosperity and peace. /ou can
have anything you desire in life. 1ut you are going to have to get some
discipline over your thoughts. /ou !ill need to figure out your purpose
your goals your schedule. 1ut you can eradicate the bad by simply
!ithdra!ing your attention from them. .hey only leech your love 8 this
is their source of po!er.
8L. All things hae their origin in mind, and
appearances are the result of thought. So that
we see that things in themseles hae no origin,
permanency, or reality. Since they are produced
by thought, they can be erased by thought.
1ut negative manifestations around you have no po!er. Consider
the analogy of an argument. When one of the t!o starts smiling or
laughing that argument is over. As it ta-es t!o to tango your thoughts
interact !ith the #upreme to create the !orld around you. .urn your
thoughts positive and the (niversal responds !ith positive
manifestations around you. We no! have the mechanical e"planation to
!hy 2positive thin-ing5 !or-s 8 and !here it and some affirmations do
not.
<<. 2o you, can you, appreciate the alue of this
all-important fact; do you reali)e that a
recognition of this tremendous fact places you
in touch with 0mnipotenceF The subconscious
mind being the connecting lin! between the
Uniersal (ind and the conscious mind, is it not
eident that the conscious mind can consciously
suggest thoughts which the subconscious mind
will put into action, and as the subconscious is
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one with the Uniersal, is it not eident that no
limit can be placed upon its actiitiesF
And no! you have the !hole set up. .his is !hy you must
groom your subconscious and confront your old patterns it holds. 9ereEs
the reason to change those bad habits. /ou are connected !ith infinite
po!er. All you have to do is to plug into it. No you !onEt get shoc-ed.
1ut you may s-in your -nee a fe! times as you learn to ride this bicycle.
Anything is possible to create into your o!n life. Anything.
<>. A scientific understanding of this principle will
e'plain the wonderful results which are secured
through the power of prayer. The results which
are secured in this way are not brought about
by any special dispensations of proidence, but
on the contrary, they are the result of the
operation of a perfectly natural law. There is,
therefore, nothing either religious or mysterious
about it.
#o, pray daily. (se !hat you have learned here and in other
authors to ma-e your prayers effective. Aa-e your life a living prayerG as
6aul says 26ray !ithout ceasing.5 Wattles says to use every spare
moment to contemplate your vision. .he more you !or- !ith these
natural la!s the better !ill be the results in your life.
<J. Thought is the only reality; conditions are but
the outward manifestations; as the thought
changes, all outward or material conditions
must change in order to be in harmony with
their creator, which is thought.
<L. -ut the thought must be clear cut, steady, fi'ed,
definite, unchangeable; you cannot ta!e one
step forward and two steps bac!ward, neither
can you spend twenty or thirty years of your life
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building up negatie conditions as the result of
negatie thoughts, and then e'pect to see them
all melt away as the result of fifteen or twenty
minutes of right thin!ing.
<N. "f you enter into the discipline necessary to
bring about a radical change in your life, you
must do so deliberately, after giing the matter
careful thought and full consideration, and then
you must allow nothing to interfere with your
decision.
)i-e the old saying you canEt go to church only one day a !ee-
for a couple of hours and then e"pect 3od to do anything for you the
rest of the time. .his is the point of holding your thought putting all
your feelings into it 8 and then -eep at it !ith all the actions you need to
ta-e to for!ard that thought into physical manifestation. /ou must
become nearly obsessed Iala 9illJ !ith the thought you !ant to ma-e
manifest.
<A. "f you wish harmonious conditions in your life,
you must deelop an harmonious mental
attitude.
>B. :our world without will be a reflection of your
world within.
As !eEve covered loo- around you. .he !orld you have
presently is the one you have been thin-ing about up to this point. No!
itEs time to thin- ne! thoughts bigger ones grander and more
harmonious ones. 9old these thoughts plug in your feelings and then
!atch them appear in your life.
>esson Fifteen
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<. All the great eternal forces act in solemn
silence, but it is in our power to place ourseles
in harmony with them and thus e'press a life of
comparatie peace and happiness.
>. 2ifficulties, inharmonies, and obstacles, indicate
that we are either refusing to gie out what we
no longer need, or refusing to accept what we
require.
6eace internal and e"ternal is therefore the default condition for
any person. Any difficulties one is observing or participating in is solely
self?generated. No! thatEs one fascinating concept. All you have to do to
live a peaceful life is to either give up things you are desperately holding
onto or accept !hat !e are lac-ing.
N. All conditions and e'periences that come to us
do so for our benefit. 2ifficulties and obstacles
will continue to come until we absorb their
wisdom and gather from them the essentials of
further growth.
Wayne +yer and .ad Kames tal- about this from t!o different
frames of reference but !ith the same underlying premise. All our
difficulties have a lesson behind them. :nce !e learn that lesson !e can
move on !ithout having to e"perience that difficulty any further. .here
are reasons behind nightmares behind any dream. /our subconscious is
!or-ing !ith you to get something resolved. Accidents problems stress
8 these things occur in your life to give you pause so you can ta-e stoc-
of !here you are !here you are headed and !hat changes you need to
ma-e in your life. )earn the lesson then move on.
M. That we reap what we sow is mathematically
e'act. 1e gain permanent strength e'actly to
the e'tent of the effort required to oercome
difficulties.
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A. The ine'orable requirements of growth demand
that we e'ert the greatest degree of attraction
for what is perfectly in accord with us. 0ur
highest happiness will be best attained through
our understanding of, and conscious
cooperation with natural laws.
.he more you -no! and move in coordination !ith natural la!s
the more you obtain !hat you !ant and need. 3ravity builds your bones
and muscles. 1ut if you fight it or ignore itEs la! you are going to have a
collision !ith the ground. Normally ho!ever the t!o of you get along
Fust fine.
8B. "n order to possess itality thought must be
impregnated with loe. 5oe is a product of the
emotions. "t is therefore essential that the
emotions be controlled and guided by the
intellect and reason.
88. "t is loe which imparts itality to thought and
thus enables it to germinate. The law of
attraction, or the law of loe, for they are one
and the same, will bring to it the necessary
material for its growth and maturity.
What you most !ant !ill be attracted to you and it is to this you
!ill e"ert your greatest amount of love so that the attraction !ill be
strongest. 7mbue your vision !ith positive emotions. Wor- each day to
control your emotions and dissolve the negative ones through the
addition of love to them.
Ling teaches the 9una principle of 2.o love is to be happy !ith5
by telling people to find the good !ithin. We e"ist because !e have the
integrity of our purpose 8 other!ise !e !ould simply be a sodden pile of
chemicals on the floor. 7t is love !hich holds us together. )ove is the
core of the )a! of Attraction and is also behind all creation. /ou and 7
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are literally loved into e"istence. 9ate never created anything 8 it is a
relatively !ea- force and only destroys things.
.he ne"t time someone really tic-s you off 8 find out !hat good
they are and !hy you li-e to hang around them I!hen you doJ.
#omething attracts you to them.
8>. Thought may lead to action of any !ind, but
whateer the action, it is simply the thought
attempting to e'press itself in isible form. "t is
eident, therefore, that if we wish desirable
conditions, we can afford to entertain only
desirable thoughts.
8?. This leads to the ineitable conclusion that if we
wish to e'press abundance in our lies, we can
afford to thin! abundance only, and as words
are only thoughts ta!ing form, we must be
especially careful to use nothing but
constructie and harmonious language, which
when finally crystalli)ed into ob@ectie forms,
will proe to our adantage.
3regg 1raden tells of going !ith a person to a remote desert spot
to 2pray rain5 in the middle of a drought. .hat person stood in an
ancient ceremonial circle and simply sent his feelings of ho! great rain
!as ho! children enFoyed dancing in it ho! people loved to see their
gardens and flo!ers bloom as the rain !as absorbed. Within a couple of
days the Fet stream made a uni0ue u?turn Fust over that area and dumped
several inches.
1raden goes onto e"plain that the emotive content of prayer is
!hat adds the volume to the increase. :ther authors 7Eve revie!ed in
1oo- .!o mention this as !ell. .he emotion is part of the concept you
are sending to the (niversal in order to manifest !hat you !ant. /ou
have to create and communicate a complete concept one !hich is
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harmonious !ith the (niversal and achieves the optimal solution for
your life and that of others.
<B. 1e !now that the Uniersal Thought has for its
goal the creation of form, and we !now that the
indiidual thought is li!ewise foreer attempting
to e'press itself in form...
.hereEs the rub 8 !e are all trying to create our life in forms 8 li-e
>ather li-e sonG the acorn doesnEt fall too far from the treeG chips off the
old bloc-.
<L. These are self-eident facts, but the all-
important truth that a thought containing
principle is ital and therefore contains life and
consequently ta!es root, and eentually but
surely and certainly displaces the negatie
thoughts, which by their ery nature can contain
no itality, is one which seems to hae been
oerloo!ed.
)ove is more po!erful and replaces all hateful thoughts. .he
NaHarene spo-e sooth those t!enty centuries ago. :ther philosophers
also came to similar conclusions independent of his !or-. )isten and
learn.
<M. There can be no question but that he who Kis
wise enough to understandK will readily
recogni)e that the creatie power of thought
places an inincible weapon in his hands and
ma!es him a master of destiny.
)ogical isnEt it@ 7f youEve follo!ed to this point then this is
completely sensible. 9aanel !rote this boo- much as .ro!ard !rote his.
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/ou are lead inductively to larger and larger conclusions starting from
simple facts and moving up!ard.
/our destiny is no! in your hands. And !e are barely over half?
!ay through studying 9aanel...
<A. "n the physical world there is a law of
compensation which is that Kthe appearance of
a gien amount of energy anywhere means the
disappearance of the same amount somewhere
else,K and so we find that we can get only what
we gie; if we pledge ourseles to a certain
action we must be prepared to assume the
responsibility for the deelopment of that action.
The subconscious cannot reason. "t ta!es us at
our word; we hae as!ed for something; we are
now to receie it; we hae made our bed, we
are now to lie in it; the die has been cast; the
threads will carry out the pattern we hae
made.
>B. %or this reason "nsight must be e'ercised so
that the thought which we entertain contains no
mental, moral or physical germ which we do not
wish ob@ectified in our lies.
=thics again sho!s its fair face to you. /ou can Iand shouldJ
reprogram your life your subconscious. When you do you have to
accept responsibility for !hat you create for the ramifications of your
decisions. While the subconscious is po!erful it is literal in its e"ecution.
#o you must craft your patterns carefully and use insight also -no!n as
7ntuition.
>esson 'i3teen
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The ibratory actiities of the planetary Unierse are
goerned by a law of periodicity. 3erything that lies
has periods of birth, growth, fruitage, and decline.
These periods are goerned by the Septimal 5aw.
The 5aw of Seens goerns the days of the wee!, the
phases of the moon, the harmonies of sound, light,
heat, electricity, magnetism, atomic structure. "t
goerns the life of indiiduals and of nations, and it
dominates the actiities of the commercial world.
5ife is growth, and growth is change, each seen years
period ta!es us into a new cycle. The first seen years is
the period of infancy. The ne't seen the period of
childhood, representing the beginning of indiidual
responsibility. The ne't seen represents the period of
adolescence. The fourth period mar!s the attainment of
full growth. The fifth period is the constructie period,
when men begin to acquire property, possessions, a
home and family. The ne't from >J to ?<, is a period of
reactions and changes, and this in turn is followed by a
period of reconstruction, ad@ustment and recuperation,
so as to be ready for a new cycle of seens, beginning
with the fiftieth year.
.here is much more to study on this area. 9aanel brings up some
interesting points !hich modern psychologists have described variously
8 such as male and female 2change of life5 scenarios !hich time out as
above. 9aanelEs description is more detailed undoubtedly dra!n from
te"ts !e no longer hold as valid references in our universities 8 or these
psychologists !ouldnEt have to constantly run their e"periments to find
out stuff the ancients already -ne! as fact.
7n this chapter 9aanel starts covering the topic of !ealth and
business.
There are many who thin! that the world is @ust bout to
pass out of the si'th period; that it will soon enter into
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the seenth period, the period of read@ustment,
reconstruction and harmony; the period which is
frequently referred to as the (illennium.
.his is comforting to us !ho no! live in a !orld of terrorism
genocide and burgeoning nuclear arms races.
8. 1ealth is a product of labor. $apital is an effect,
not a cause; a serant, not a master; a means,
not an end.
<. The most commonly accepted definition of
wealth is that it consists of all useful and
agreeable things which possess e'change alue.
"t is this e'change alue which is the
predominant characteristic of wealth.
Wealth is only comprised of those things !hich have e"change
value.
J. 1ealth should then neer be desired as an end,
but simply as a means of accomplishing an end.
Success is contingent upon a higher ideal than
the mere accumulation of riches, and he who
aspires to such success must formulate an ideal
for which he is willing to strie.
And
M. The power to create depends entirely upon
spiritual power; there are three steps,
ideali)ation, isuali)ation and materiali)ation.
3ery captain of industry depends upon this
power e'clusiely.
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.he bigger you visualiHe the more !ealth you can command.
)oo- over 9illEs studies of over B00 millionaires and compare this to his
conclusions.
9ereEs a long section so hang onto your hat,
8L. "t is by the e'ercise of this power that we ta!e
our fate out of the hands of chance, and
consciously ma!e for ourseles the e'periences
which we desire, because when we consciously
reali)e a condition, that condition will eentually
manifest in our lies; it is therefore eident that
in the last analysis thin!ing is the one great
cause in life.
8N. Therefore, to control thought is to control
circumstances, conditions, enironment, and
destiny.
8M. /ow then are we to control thought; what is the
processF To thin! is to create a thought, but the
result of the thought will depend upon its form,
its quality and its itality.
8A. The form will depend upon the mental images
from which it emanates; this will depend upon
the depth of the impression, the predominance
of the idea, the clarity of the ision, the
boldness of the image.
<B. The quality depends upon its substance, and
this depends upon the material of which the
mind is composed; if this material has been
woen from thoughts of igor, strength,
courage, determination, the thought will
possess these qualities.
<8. And finally, the itality depends upon the feeling
with which the thought is impregnated. "f the
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thought is constructie, it will possess itality; it
will hae life, it will grow, deelop, e'pand, it
will be creatie; it will attract to itself eerything
necessary for its complete deelopment.
.his is a concise repetition of principles !e have already covered.
9o!ever stay tuned it gets more interesting,
<<. "f the thought is destructie, it will hae within
itself the germ of its own dissolution; it will die,
but in the process of dying, it will bring
sic!ness, disease, and eery other form of
discord.
<>. This we call eil, and when we bring it upon
ourseles, some of us are disposed to attribute
our difficulties to a Supreme -eing, but this
supreme being is simply (ind in equilibrium.
<?. "t is neither good nor bad, it simply is.
<J. 0ur ability to differentiate it into form is our
ability to manifest good or eil.
<L. ;ood and eil therefore are not entities, they
are simply words which we use to indicate the
result of our actions, and these actions are in
turn predetermined by the character of our
thought.
<N. "f our thought is constructie and harmonious
we manifest good; if it is destructie and
discordant we manifest eil.
<M. "f you desire to isuali)e a different
enironment, the process is simply to hold the
ideal in mind, until your ision has been made
real; gie no thought to persons, places or
things; these hae no place in the absolute; the
enironment you desire will contain eerything
necessary; the right persons, and the right
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things will come at the right time and in the
right place.
Any idea any concept only has the vitality or gravity !hich you
lend to it. /ou push your feelings your emotions into a pattern that
comes up on the .C in a movie in the ne!spaper into a conversation
you are having. .he !ords mean nothing until you give them conte"t 8
!hich is dependent on the patterns you have pre?conceived in your mind
before you ever received those !ords. 7f you change your o!n pre?
patterned concepts the meaning of !hat you are e"periencing changes.
/ou donEt have to be upset anytime 6olitician 2D5 says
something. /ou donEt even have to listen to him or her. 7f something is
causing you stress find the lesson behind it 8 or simply change the
channel or turn off the .C. 6ut in a video or turn on a song !hich you
already -no! causes you peace. +onEt try to change the !orld all at
once. 1ut recogniHe that there is nothing !hich can be done to you
!hich you donEt have a say in 8 those things irritate you only because
you are putting irritation into them. /ea 7 -no! sounds a!ful 2Oen5
and stuff doesnEt it@ Well is that truth useful to you@
>8. "t will thus be seen that 6atural laws wor! in a
perfectly natural and harmonious manner;
eerything seems to K@ust happen.K "f you want
any eidence of this fact simply compare results
of your efforts in your own life, when your
actions were prompted by high ideals and when
you had selfish or ulterior moties in mind. :ou
will need no further eidence.
)oo- over your o!n life and you !ill find instances and e"amples
of good and bad things happening to you. .hese can all be traced bac- to
your o!n thought patterns !hich you created priorly. ="amine your life
and see for yourself.
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>N. %or your e'ercise this wee!, try to bring yourself
to a reali)ation of the important fact that
harmony and happiness are states of
consciousness and do not depend upon the
possession of things. That things are effects and
come as a consequence of correct mental
states. So that if we desire material possession
of any !ind our chief concern should be to
acquire the mental attitude which will bring
about the result desired. This mental attitude is
brought about by a reali)ation of our spiritual
nature and our unity with the Uniersal (ind
which is the substance of all things. This
reali)ation will bring about eerything which is
necessary for our complete en@oyment. This is
scientific or correct thin!ing. 1hen we succeed
in bringing about this mental attitude it is
comparatiely easy to reali)e our desire as an
already accomplished fact; when we can do this
we shall hae found the KTruthK which ma!es us
KfreeK from eery lac! or limitation of any !ind.
9ereEs the tic-et to everything in your life. 6ossessions are neither
good nor bad. /ou are happy or pleasured because you create it that
!ay. .hings happen to you because you visualiHe them that !ay. 7f you
get in tune !ith the (niversal you can have anything you desire. As long
as you are creative are ethical in your thin-ing 8 any number or amount
of good things can happen in your life. .his goes beyond mere positive
thin-ing 8 and puts you on the road to and incredible lifestyle.
>esson 'eventeen
>. 1e are accustomed to loo! upon the Unierse
with a lens of fie senses, and from these
e'periences our anthropomorphic conceptions
originate, but true conceptions are only secured
by spiritual insight. This insight requires a
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quic!ening of the ibrations of the (ind, and is
only secured when the mind is continuously
concentrated in a gien direction.
?. $ontinuous concentration means an een,
unbro!en flow of thought and is the result of
patient, persistent, perseering and well-
regulated system.
9ereEs your route to improving your intuition. Kust as in
developing your faith you have to practice at this. 9old your thought
your vision constantly in front of you. Wattles says to use every spare
moment to revie! your vision. 9aanel no! adds that by doing this you
tune your thoughts to those of the (niversal and so you are able to
receive the messages and coincidences !hich tell you !hat to do. .rust in
these act on them and free yourself to receive all the good things you
!ant in your life.
M. 2esire is largely subconscious; conscious desire
rarely reali)es its ob@ect when the latter is out of
immediate reach. Subconscious desire arouses
the latent faculties of the mind, and difficult
problems seem to sole themseles.
A. The subconscious mind may be aroused and
brought into action in any direction and made to
sere us for any purpose, by concentration. The
practice of concentration requires the control of
the physical, mental, and physical being; all
modes of consciousness whether physical,
mental, or physical, must be under control.
9ere is the mechanical reason for the effectiveness of 9illEs
second chapter from .hin- and 3ro! Rich. 9is 2burning desire5 is
developed through holding a constant vision of !hat you !ant then the
subconscious starts moving 9eaven and =arth to bring it to you.
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>urther,
8J. All mental discoery and attainment are the
result of desire plus concentration; desire is the
strongest mode of action; the more persistent
the desire, the more authoritatie the
reelation. 2esire added to concentration will
wrench any secret from nature.
9ere !e are again 8 pray !ith all the emotive content you can
muster. Aeditate on this and put these emotions to !or- for you. .he
more persistent the desire you generate !ill guarantee you get your
!ishes.
A man in Australia named Aorris =. 3oodman 2.he Airacle
Aan5 crashed his plane !rec-ed his spine and !asnEt able to breathe or
even s!allo! on his o!n. All he had to !or- !ith !as his mind. 1y
holding onto and building the single concept of !al-ing out of that
hospital by Christmas he !as able to change his physical condition and
return to a normal life. I/ou can see his story on 2.he #ecret5.J
8M. The spirit of initiatie and originality is
deeloped through persistence and continuity of
mental effort. -usiness teaches the alue of
concentration and encourages decision of
character; it deelops practical insight and
quic!ness of conclusion. The mental element in
eery commercial pursuit is dominant as the
controlling factor, and desire is the
predominating force; all commercial relations
are the e'ternali)ation of desire.
6ersistence is a -ey element to success according to 9ill. 9is
Chapter ' of .hin- and 3ro! Rich is dedicated to this one 0uality.
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8A. (any of the sturdy and substantial irtues are
deeloped in commercial employment; the mind
is steadied and directed; it becomes efficient.
The principal necessity is the strengthening of
the mind so that it rises superior to the
distractions and wayward impulses of instinctie
life and thus successfully oercomes in the
conflict between the higher and lower self.
.here is personal discipline to be learned in doing a Fob for
someone else and holding onto it despite all reasons to 0uit. 7Eve often
recommended that students out of American high school go !or- for B
years before they start college. .he thorough grounding this gives this
education in the 2school of hard -noc-s5 allo!s the person to
strengthen his*her mind and learn the persistence necessary to overcome
any internal conflicts. And so a person can devote his ne! harmonious
mental state to achieving and manifesting the life he*she !ants.
<<. "f you concentrate on some matter of
importance, the intuitie power will be set in
operation, and help will come in the nature of
information which will lead to success.
<>. "ntuition arries at conclusions without the aid
of e'perience or memory. "ntuition often soles
problems that are beyond the grasp of the
reasoning power. "ntuition often comes with a
suddenness that is startling; it reeals the truth
for which we are searching, so directly that it
seems to come from a higher power. "ntuition
can be cultiated and deeloped; in order to do
this it must be recogni)ed and appreciated; if
the intuitie isitor is gien a royal welcome
when he comes, he will come again; the more
cordial the welcome the more frequent his isits
will become, but if he is ignored or neglected he
will ma!e his isits few and far apart.
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<?. "ntuition usually comes in the Silence; great
minds see! solitude frequently; it is here that all
the larger problems of life are wor!ed out. %or
this reason eery businessman who can afford it
has a priate office, where he will not be
disturbed; if you cannot afford a priate office
you can at least find somewhere, where you can
be alone a few minutes each day, to train the
thought along lines which will enable you to
deelop that inincible power which is necessary
to achiee.
7Eve covered 7ntuition earlier in various parts. .here are boo-s
!ritten on this subFect. )aura +ay among others has spent a great deal
of time researching and !riting about this subFect. .he underlying basic is
that 7ntuition can be developed and improved li-e any s-ill. 7t is native
to all people all human-ind. 7t is not genetic but a spiritual s-ill you can
master.
>B. The race has usually been for money and other
mere symbols of power, but with an
understanding of the true source of power, we
can afford to ignore the symbols. The man with
a large ban! account finds it unnecessary to
load his poc!ets down with gold; so with the
man who has found the true source of power;
he is no longer interested in its shams or
pretentions.
And so most millionaires have spent the rest of their life once
they obtained their goals in giving their money a!ay through
philanthropic !or-s. )oo- and see W9/ you !ant to become rich
famous or surrounded by lu"ury goods. 1e sure that you are not simply
pursuing empty symbols. .here is no rich man !ho becomes !ealthy in
his ban- accounts !ho is not !ealthy in his o!n life as !ell. +rug dealers
can tell you that money from unethical commerce doesnEt last that the
people around them pay a high price for that lifestyle 8 as do they.
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>8. Thought ordinarily leads outwardly in
eolutionary directions, but it can be turned
within where it will ta!e hold of the basic
principles of things, the heart of things, the
spirit of things. 1hen you get to the heart of
things it is comparatiely easy to understand
and command them.
><. This is because the Spirit of a thing is the thing
itself, the ital part of it, the real substance. The
form is simply the outward manifestation of the
spiritual actiity within.
And so let your life be a rich one.
>?. "f you wish to eliminate fear, concentrate on
courage.
>J. "f you wish to eliminate lac!, concentrate on
abundance.
>L. "f you wish to eliminate disease, concentrate on
health.
>N. Always concentrate on the ideal as an already
e'isting fact; this is the germ cell, the life
principle which goes forth and sets in motion
those causes which guide, direct and bring
about the necessary relation, which eentually
manifest in form.
.he positive al!ays !ins out over the negative. .he negative
depends on the absence of the positive and cannot stand alone as
9aanel has already covered in this commentary.
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>esson 1i&hteen
?. A new ciili)ation is being born; customs,
creeds, and precedent are passing; ision, faith
and serice are ta!ing their place. The fetters of
tradition are being melted off from humanity,
and as the impurities of materialism are being
consumed, thought is being liberated and truth
is rising full robed before an astonished
multitude.
Cision >aith #ervice. .hese fe! terms control all commerce all
activities of man all discoveries of #cience. WeEve covered >aith and
Cision above as !ell as their references !ithin 9ill Wattles and others.
7Eve mentioned #ervice as the -ey point of =conomics earlier in 1oo-
.!o. .his also sho!s up later in )esson .!enty?.hree.
88. "t is the recognition of the self as an
indiiduali)ation of this Uniersal "ntelligence
that enables the indiidual to control those
forms of intelligence which hae not yet reached
this leel of self-recognition; they do not !now
that this Uniersal "ntelligence permeates all
things ready to be called into action; they do
not !now that it is responsie to eery demand,
and they are therefore in bondage to the law of
their own being.
7 al!ays too- umbrage at being told 7 2had to recogniHe 7 !as
part of a 3reater Whole5 or some such. #omeho! this didnEt seem right.
All 7 had been steeped in through my Western schooling said 7 had
inalienable rights and the freedom to ma-e choices for myself. >ree Will
is the mantra !hich for!arded our democratic republic espoused by the
philosophic sources our founders studied and emulated. .he tric- is to
figure out ho! this ma-es sense. While !e are 2individualiHations5 of the
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(niversal 7ntelligence this doesnEt negate our >ree WillG !e do not
become Hombies or robots !hen !e recogniHe our connection to it.
6ractically !e are entering this logic through a bac- door. 1y
seeing that there is a )a! of Attraction that it !or-s according to
specific rules !hich anyone can use that !e can and have built our
!orlds through use of it 8 !e then can accept the other premise that !e
are part of a greater !hole but still remain an individualiHed part of it.
And if !e decide to eat our cheese?dogs and piHHa it is our choice not
any +ivine Will or >ate at !or-.
8?. Thought is the inisible lin! by which the
indiidual comes into communication with the
Uniersal, the finite with the "nfinite, the seen
with the Unseen. Thought is the magic by which
the human is transformed into a being who
thin!s and !nows and feels and acts.
.hereEs your Aaster Ley. (se your thoughts.
8N. The only belief which is of any alue to anyone
is a belief that has been put to a test and
demonstrated to be a fact; it is then no longer a
belief, but has become a liing %aith or Truth.
No! you have a !or-ing definition for both >aith and .ruth 8
they are those beliefs !hich have been put to the test and demonstrated
to be a fact. 2=ffectiveness is the measure of truth.5 1ut test it for
yourself.
<B. So with understanding; men are continually
ma!ing progress in the methods which they use
to come into communication with the Uniersal
(ind and its infinite possibilities.
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7f you read up on the latest studies by 1raden and others into
0uantum physics you !ill find many incredible !or-s and conclusions in
this most modern of our sciences. .his is the science !hich then lead us
right bac- to the beginning again. 27nfinite possibilities5 might Fust be an
understatement limited by the language !e use.
<?. "n order to grow we must obtain what is
essential for our growth, but as we are at all
times a complete thought entity, this
completeness ma!es it possible for us to receie
only as we gie; growth is therefore conditioned
on reciprocal action, and we find that on the
mental plane li!e attracts li!e, that mental
ibrations respond only to the e'tent of their
ibratory harmony.
<J. "t is clear, therefore, that thoughts of
abundance will respond only to similar thoughts;
the wealth of the indiidual is seen to be what
he inherently is. Affluence within is found to be
the secret of attraction for affluence without.
The ability to produce is found to be the real
source of wealth of the indiidual. "t is for this
reason that he who has his heart in his wor! is
certain to meet with unbounded success. /e will
gie and continually gie; and the more he
gies, the more he will receie.
As you receive only as you give and as you attract !hat you
thin- any affluence in your life is only possible if you have an affluence
!ithin. /ou have to maintain a constant affluence attitude a harmonious
cooperation !ith the (niversal and its constant creative drive. /ou have
to realiHe that you are constantly creating your o!n !orld around you.
.his boo- my efforts are only in this one line 8 to encourage you to ta-e
control of your o!n creative processes and start creating the !orld you
really !ant not the one you thin- you 2inherited5 or !as 2forced5 on
you.
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.here are no victims in this universe ho!ever la!yers and
insurance companies may argue about it regardless of ho! the media
portrays it. =veryone is responsible for his o!n !orld and !hat appears
in it. 7tEs that simple. Change your thoughts change your life. 7f you donEt
li-e !hat is happening to you change your mind 8 donEt hire a la!yer.
>8. Attention has been held to be the distinguishing
mar! of genius. The cultiation of attention
depends upon practice.
><. The incentie of attention is interest; the
greater the interest, the greater the attention;
the greater the attention, the greater the
interest, action and reaction; begin by paying
attention; before long you will hae aroused
interest; this interest will attract more attention,
and this attention will produce more interest,
and so on. This practice will enable you to
cultiate the power of attention.
6ractice practice practice. When you start directing your o!n
attention you increase interest !hich re!ards paying more attention 8
you then have a positive feedbac- loop to improve your o!n po!er. As
you can control this po!er you enter the field of genius the realms of
=dison Aarconi .esla =instein 8 all -no!n for their personal ability to
direct their attention and come up !ith amaHing results.
.ie this practice in directing attention to improving your intuition
and you can see that unless you directly force yourself to stop you can
do nothing but improve your ability to focus attention and succeed in
life. What you can do is to practice daily using 9aanelEs e"ercises or
simply meditating or prayer and so accelerate your o!n progress and
evolution.
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>esson 2ineteen
<. "n see!ing the truth we are see!ing ultimate
cause; we !now that eery human e'perience is
an effect; then if we may ascertain the cause,
and if we shall find that this cause is one which
we can consciously control, the effect or the
e'perience will be within our control also.
>. /uman e'perience will then no longer be the
football of fate; a man will not be the child of
fortune, but destiny. %ate and fortune will be
controlled as readily as a captain controls his
ship, or an engineer his train.
7Eve not seen another author !ho has a 0uest for truth based on
scientific and logical principles. /et this ma-es sense. Any truth is only as
valuable as it is proved effective. :nce you distill any truthEs effectiveness
do!n to its core principle you can use this principle over and over to
create improvement in your life 8 and continue to improve your life from
there on out.
>ate >ortune Lismet 8 all these cease to e"ist once you ta-e the
)a! of Attraction and the other la!s 9aanel covers fully to heart. (se
these in your life prove them for yourself 8 and may you never be the
same.
M. "n the (oral 1orld we again find the same law;
we spea! of good and eil, but ;ood is a reality,
something tangible, while 3il is found to be
simply a negatie condition, the absence of
;ood. 3il is sometimes thought to be a ery
real condition, but it has no principle, no itality,
no life; we !now this because it can always be
destroyed by ;ood; @ust as Truth destroys 3rror
and light destroys dar!ness, so 3il anishes
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when ;ood appears; there is therefore but one
principle in the (oral 1orld.
Regardless of ho! this may fly in the face of certain religious
authors you can see ho! this is a !or-able truth. As you study religious
te"ts over and over you !ill see 3ood constantly triumphing over =vil.
.he analogy is that of dar-ness and light dar-ness only e"ists because of
an absence of light. +ar-ness !ill not e"tinguish a light by itself 8 but
light !ill van0uish the dar-. 9ate disappears in the presence of )ove.
.his as other datums must be proved by you to yourself before it !ill
become a truth for you. 7 could tal- all day but only you can change your
mind.
8N. :ou may !now that thought constantly,
eternally is ta!ing form, is foreer see!ing
e'pression, or you may not, but the fact
remains that if your thought is powerful,
constructie, and positie, this will be plainly
eident in the state of your health, your
business and your enironment; if your thought
is wea!, critical, destructie and negatie
generally, it will manifest in your body as fear,
worry and nerousness, in your finance as lac!
and limitation, and in discordant conditions in
your enironment.
7f you donEt li-e the !orld around you the negativity in it 8
change your mind about it. #tart creating better thoughts and your life
!ill change for the better. .here is no evil source affecting your life 8
only your o!n lac- of supporting your o!n basic goodness.
>esson T+ent.
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1hen the creatie power of thought is manifested for
the benefit of humanity, we call the result good.
1hen the creatie power of thought is manifested in a
destructie or eil manner, we call the result eil.
This indicates the origin of booth good and eil; they are
simply words which hae been coined in order to
indicate the nature of the result of the thin!ing or
creatie process.
9ere are simple definitions for good and evil. 7 believe that
human-ind e"ists to discover and implement optimal solutions to the
problems they encounter Ias covered in 1oo- :neJ. With these
definitions one can no! dispassionately dissect any problem analytically
and get to the bottom?line conclusion. .he solutions must implement
envisioning !ith full emotive content thoughts !ith lots of feelings as
!eEve gone over above. While analysis might be dispassionate the
solutions are implemented full of passion.
J. So long as you do this you limit yourself to
superficial conditions, and ma!e of yourself a
beast of burden for those who thin!; those who
recogni)e their power; those who !now that
unless we are willing to thin! we shall hae to
wor!, and the less we thin! the more we shall
hae to wor!, and the less we shall get for our
wor!.
.his is the classic controversy bet!een Aanagement and )abor.
.he rub is that C=:Es thin- and assembly?line !or-ers do not. .he latter
trust someone else !ith all their thin-ing. :nce someone in a factory or
!arehouse starts thin-ing they either find themselves promoted or start
!or-ing at a better Fob !hich re!ards their thin-ing. IAnd their former
Fob continues to founder along barring any necessary management
change.J
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/our pay scale and annual income are directly tied to ho! much
you thin- and the 0uality of that thought. .hin- and 3ro! Rich is aptly
named as !ell as .he #cience of 3etting Rich .
M. 1hen you begin to perceie that the essence of
the Uniersal is within yourself -- is you -- you
begin to do things; you begin to feel your
power; it is the fuel which fires the imagination;
which lights the torch of inspiration; which gies
itality to thought; which enables you to
connect with all the inisible forces of the
Unierse. "t is this power which will enable you
to plan fearlessly, to e'ecute masterfully.
As you thin- as you see your manifestations appear your self?
confidence improves and your faith in yourself and your ability to attract
!hat you !ant into your life. And that is true po!er.
8?. To become inspired means to get out of the
beaten path, out of the rut, because
e'traordinary results require e'traordinary
means. 1hen we come into a recognition of the
Unity of all things and that the source of all
power is within, we tap the source of
inspiration.
#tart recogniHing your intuitive inspirations as they enter your
life and you !ill get more of them. Muit listening to the bul- of humanity
and their problems. 6ic- out the really interesting problems to solve Ili-e
ho! do 7 get insanely rich famous successful@J and then go !or- at
these !ith a Heal. /ouEll move out of that rat race those ruts others have
!orn into the bedroc- of human e"istence. /ou can al!ays blaHe your
o!n trail through this !ilderness. And get re!arded intensely as you
ma-e your progress.
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8A. ... "nspiration is the art of receiing and ma!es
for all that is best in life; your business in life is
to understand and command these inisible
forces instead of letting them command and
rule you. +ower implies serice; inspiration
implies power; to understand and apply the
method of inspiration is to become a superman.
1ecome that superman youEve al!ays felt you could be. Why stic-
to the mundane@ Why continue the life of the lemmings !ho thro!
themselves over cliffs day after day as they commute to their !or- and
bac-. >or them their <0?hour day is their sole and only life. >or you 8
change your car your drive your Fob 8 or Fust retire as a multi?millionaire
!ith a lu"ury yacht on your o!n e"otic island. 7tEs up to you.
<8. "n order to secure the larger supply your
demand must be increased, and as you
consciously increase the demand the supply will
follow, you will find yourself coming into a larger
and larger supply of life, energy and itality.
Kust arbitrarily increase your demand. .eachers from 2.he
#ecret5 say that you should start going shopping in the rich stores in
to!n in order to heighten your demand for the good life. 7f you !ant a
ne! car or other possession start loo-ing through catalogs and promo to
decide on the one you !ant. +ream big and your life !ill follo!.
<N. Thought is creatie ibration and the quality of
the conditions created will depend upon the
quality of our thought, because we cannot
e'press powers which we do not possess. 1e
must KbeK before we can KdoK and we can KdoK
only to the e'tent to which we Kare,K and so
what we do will necessarily coincide with what
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we KareK and what we are depends upon what
we Kthin!.K
.hin- yourself any !ay you !ant. .he se0uence !ill be there as
every life follo!s natural la!s. #o many people have be do have as their
se0uence for creating something in the physical universe. 1ut you can see
above that 2thin-5 comes !ell before you attempt any action in the
2real5 !orld.
>esson T+ent.0#ne
...Unfortunately, there are comparatiely few persons
who !now how to pray. They understand that there are
laws goerning electricity, mathematics, and chemistry,
but, for some ine'plicable reason, it neer seems to
occur to them that there are also spiritual laws, and that
these laws are also definite, scientific, e'act, and
operate with immutable precision.
6eale approaches this in his 6o!er of 6ositive .hin-ing. 9e
limits himself to 1iblical scriptures and finds there are e"act la!s to
prayer.
N. This is one of the secrets of success, one of the
methods of organi)ing ictory, one of the
accomplishments of the (aster-mind. /e thin!s
big thoughts. The creatie energies of mind find
no more difficulty in handling large situations,
than small ones. (ind is @ust as much present in
the "nfinitely large as in the "nfinitely small.
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.hin- 1ig or your brain shrin-s 8 goes the old saying. 6ractically
this has its basis in truth. 7f you thin- smaller than !hat you currently
have you !ill get less. .hin- more and get more.
M. 1hen we reali)e these facts concerning mind
we understand how we may bring ourseles any
condition by creating the corresponding
conditions in our consciousness, because
eerything which is held for any length of time
in the consciousness, eentually becomes
impressed upon the subconscious and thus
becomes a pattern which the creatie energy
will wae into the life and enironment of the
indiidual.
9ere is the e"planation of ho! you put patterns into the
subconscious and develop your habits. 6ut prosperity health happiness
patterns into your subconscious !ill ingrain these as habits for your
living.
8B. %rom this science we learn that eery thought
creates an impression on the brain, that these
impressions create mental tendencies, and
these tendencies create character, ability and
purpose, and that the combined action of
character, ability and purpose determines the
e'periences with which we shall meet in life.
9ereEs your habits 8 and ho! they then predict the e"periences
you are going to have in your life. Recall the earlier point 9aanel
mentions, 2.hought !ill lead to action action !ill develop methods
methods !ill develop friends and friends !ill bring about circumstances
and finally the third step or AaterialiHation !ill have been
accomplished.5
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6utting all these into habits starts guaranteeing that your
manifestations !ill continue to appear for you for the rest of your life.
Nice huh@
8N. 2o not hesitate to aspire to the highest possible
attainments in anything you may underta!e, for
the mind forces are eer ready to lend
themseles to a purposeful will in the effort to
crystalli)e its highest aspirations into acts,
accomplishments, and eents.
8M. An illustration of how these mind forces operate
is suggested by the method in which all our
habits are formed. 1e do a thing, then do it
again, and again, and again, until it becomes
easy and perhaps almost automatic; and the
same rule applies in brea!ing any and all bad
habits; we stop doing a thing, and then aoid it
again, and again until we are entirely free from
it; and if we do fail now and then, we should by
no means lose hope, for the law is absolute and
inincible and gies us credit for eery effort
and eery success, een though our efforts and
successes are perhaps intermittent.
8A. There is no limit to what this law can do for
you; dare to beliee in your own idea;
remember that 6ature is plastic to the ideal;
thin! of the ideal as an already accomplished
fact.
.here is the dissection of habits one you can use to change your
habits. .here are studies !hich sho! you !ill replace any old habit in as
little as a !ee- to ten days 8 but might ta-e as long as three months to
get really established. .he thing is to set your success as a habitual
pattern and ma-e that success as big as you can possibly imagine. /es
that big.
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<J. The issue between the old regime and the new,
the cru' of the social problem, is entirely a
question of coniction in the minds of the
people as to the nature of the Unierse. 1hen
they reali)e that the transcendent force of spirit
or mind of the $osmos is within each indiidual,
it will be possible to frame laws that shall
consider the liberties and rights of the many
instead of the priileges of the few.
+onEt !orry about the politics around you. 3o positive !ith
your thoughts. Cote for the person !ho is the most positive and
for!ard?thin-ing. =ventually as more and more people get this idea and
realiHe the efficacy of these principles their ine"orable results 8 !e !ill
get that 3olden Age !here individual freedoms and liberties are
guaranteed by our la!s. And this !ill be true for all people and all
nations. /et it !ill also re0uire no enforcement since those !ho are
poor feel disenfranchised are only thin-ing themselves into their o!n
hole. .he bul- of humanity !ill live very rich lives indeed. And you canEt
legislate success.
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?. "f there is any physical condition which it is
necessary to change, the law goerning
isuali)ation will be found effectie. (a!e a
mental image of physical perfection, hold it in
the mind until it is absorbed by the
consciousness. (any hae eliminated chronic
ailments in a few wee!s by this method, and
thousands hae oercome and destroyed all
manner of ordinary physical disturbances by this
method in a few days, sometimes in a few
minutes.
J. "t is through the law of ibration that the mind
e'ercises this control oer the body. 1e !now
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that eery mental action is a ibration, and we
!now that all form is simply a mode of motion, a
rate of ibration. Therefore, any gien ibration
immediately modifies eery atom in the body,
eery life cell is affected and an entire chemical
change is made in eery group of life cells.
.his lesson gets into ho! the conscious imbues thought into the
subconscious 8 via vibrations our modern scientists might call these
!ave fre0uency.
/our health is then both formed and changed by your mental
attitude. 6sychosomatic illnesses have long been found to be caused by
long?held and obscured incidents from the mind. .hey thought
themselves sic-. CisualiHation Ias e"emplified by 2Airacle Aan5 Aorris
3oodman aboveJ can sort out incredibly dire situations. Whole schools
of li-e thought such as Christian #cience and others have thousands
e"amples of using the mind and faith to heal and give relief.
M. All that is necessary is to consult our own
e'perience. 1hen our thought has been
uplifted, progressie, constructie, courageous,
noble, !ind or in any other way desirable, we
hae set in motion ibrations which brought
about certain results. 1hen our thought has
been filled with eny, hatred, @ealousy, criticism
or any of the other thousand and one forms of
discord, certain ibrations were set in motion
which brought about certain other results of a
different nature, and each of these rates of
ibration, if !ept up, crystalli)ed in form. "n the
first case the result was mental, moral and
physical health, and in the second case discord,
inharmony and disease.
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Aental stress holding negative emotional thought content
IgarbageJ in your mind !ill create negative vibrations through your cells
and so illness. As the computer programmers say 23arbage in garbage
out.5 When you -eep yourself thin-ing positively creatively 8 you then
inherit long and healthy lives as the !orld around you including your
body is !hat you thin- it is. .here is more to this given the
subconsciousE ability to mend the body and heal infections etc. .he -ey
point here is that the conscious mind sets the tune !hich plays out in the
body.
8>. The way to health is founded on the law of
ibration, which is the basis of all science, and
this law is brought into operation by the mind,
the Kworld within.K "t is a matter of indiidual
effort and practice. 0ur world of power is
within; if we are wise we shall not waste time
and effort in trying to deal with effects as we
find them in the Kworld without,K which is only
an e'ternal, a reflection.
=veryone should be !or-ing to pursue !hat brings them peace
shutting out all negativity around them !hich is destructive to both
themselves and the person they received it from. 7n this !ay !e !ould
be less !orried about providing the ever?more?e"pensive health care to
those !ho can ill?afford it. We !ould then be more concerned about
educational programs !hich tell people ho! fresh air good food and
regular e"ercise Iand not listening to cacophonous evening ne!sJ !ill
-eep you healthy so you can spend your money on other things.

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"t is ineitable that the entertainment of positie,
constructie and unselfish thoughts should hae a far-
reaching effect for good. $ompensation is the !ey-note
of the unierse. 6ature is constantly see!ing to stri!e an
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equilibrium. 1here something is sent out something
must be receied; else there should be a acuum
formed. -y obserance of this rule you cannot fail to
profit in such measure as to amply @ustify your effort
along this line.
What do 2positive constructive and unselfish thoughts5 possibly
have to do !ith modern commerce@ 7snEt the Fob of big business to
e"tract the ma"imal profit for the fe!est@ No 8 all profit is made from
the fulfillment of natural la!s. .he universe around you is constantly
!or-ing to compensate you for your efforts.
>. 1e ma!e money by ma!ing friends, and we
enlarge our circle of friends by ma!ing money
for them, by helping them, by being of serice
to them. The first law of success then is serice,
and this in turn is built on integrity and @ustice.
The man who at least is not fair in his intention
is simply ignorant; he has missed the
fundamental law of all e'change; he is
impossible; he will lose surely and certainly; he
may not !now it; he may thin! he is winning,
but he is doomed to certain defeat. /e cannot
cheat the "nfinite. The law of compensation will
demand of him an eye for an eye and a tooth
for a tooth.
#ervice is the -eynote of ma-ing money. 7ntegrity and Kustice are
the cornerstones of good business. #ound anti0uated@ No youEve Fust
been listening to the hype around you. Actual fortunes are built on Fust
this. Read the biographies of #am Walton IWal?AartJ Ray Lroc
IAc+onaldEsJ and others. When you give great service !ith integrity
you really o!n the mar-et. .he deal is that you give the service and then
you get compensated for it 8 remember you canEt give !ithout giving.
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J. :ou can ma!e a money magnet of yourself, but
to do so you must first consider how you can
ma!e money for other people. "f you hae the
necessary insight to perceie and utili)e
opportunities and faorable conditions and
recogni)e alues, you can put yourself in
position to ta!e adantage of them, but your
greatest success will come as you are enabled
to assist others. 1hat benefits one must benefit
all.
Wal?Aart gre! because it made its goods available in volume at
slightly lo!er prices than anyone around them. .he principle !as that
you can sell a great deal more for a little less. 7n doing so it made money
for its suppliers. Ray Lroc said that he made millionaires out of every
supplier he had 8 Fust in his effort to produce a uniform fast?food
product on a nation?!ide basis. 7f you produce great value for people
and figure out ho! those around you can ma-e money at it you !ill pull
in money 2hand over fist.5
L. A generous thought is filled with strength and
itality, a selfish thought contains the germs of
dissolution; it will disintegrate and pass away.
;reat financiers are simply channels for the
distribution of wealth; enormous amounts come
and go, but it would be as dangerous to stop
the outgo as the income; both ends must
remain open; and so our greatest success will
come as we recogni)e that it is @ust as essential
to gie as to get.
1ut you arenEt there simply to get money. Aoney is simply 2an
idea bac-ed by confidence.5 =very dollar bill every pound every penny
is simply a symbol for the e"change that too- place. Aoney Fust
represents the interchange that made it. /ou donEt Fust provide service
once you provide constant service. /ou donEt Fust stac- up money in the
bac- li-e the character =beneHer #crooge 8 you plan for its outflo! as
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!ell as accumulating it. 7f you stic- the flo! you no longer have a flo! 8
and pools dry up li-e desert mirages. >igure out !hat you are going to do
!ith the money and -eep the thought going. /our thoughts on money
must be continuous in nature. 7tEs great to plan on having !ealth but
ho! do you help the people around you to become !ealthy@ +o you give
some of it to education@ +o you help people !ith grants and lo!?interest
loans so that they can ma-e their o!n dream come true@
N. "f we recogni)e the 0mnipotent power that is
the source of all supply we will ad@ust our
consciousness to this supply in such a way that
it will constantly attract all that is necessary to
itself and we shall find that the more we gie
the more we get. ;iing in this sense implies
serice. The ban!er gies his money, the
merchant gies his goods, the author gies his
thought, the wor!man gies his s!ill; all hae
something to gie, but the more they can gie,
the more they get, and the more they get the
more they are enabled to gie.
7nterestingly most of the modern boo-s 7Eve read Iparticularly on
real?estate investingJ say to tithe fre0uently. :ne author says to ta-e the
money in your poc-et and save one dollar invest one dollar and tithe
one dollar. 7f you give first and carefully save or invest the rest then
your success is inevitable 8 even though it may seem slo! at first. A
dollar a day !ith compound interest comes up to !ell over a million in a
couple of decades. 7f you invested that dollar so that you received at least
$0 percent return you !ill more 0uic-ly ma-e your million. No one has
figured ho! giving a!ay a dollar a day !ill ma-e you millions 8 but it
puts you on the right step by training you the discipline of giving first
and foremost.
M. The financier gets much because he gies
much; he thin!s; he is seldom a man that lets
anyone else do his thin!ing for him; he wants to
!now how results are to be secured; you must
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show him; when you can do this he will furnish
the means by which hundreds or thousands may
profit, and in proportion as they are successful
will he be successful. (organ, *oc!efeller,
$arnegie and others did not get rich because
they lost money for other people; on the
contrary, it is because they made money for
other people that they became the wealthiest
men in the wealthiest country on the globe.
/ou get !ealthy by thin-ing more than those around you per
9aanel. /ou ma-e money by figuring out ho! to ma-e a lot of other
people rich. And hereEs ho! to do it,
+irect your attention into creative thin-ing.
A. The aerage person is entirely innocent of any
deep thin!ing; he accepts the ideas of others,
and repeats them, in ery much the same way
as a parrot; this is readily seen when we
understand the method which is used to form
public opinion, and this docile attitude on the
part of a large ma@ority who seem perfectly
willing to let a few persons do all their thin!ing
for them is what enables a few men in a great
many countries to usurp all the aenues of
power and hold the millions in sub@ection.
$reatie thin!ing requires attention.
8B. The power of attention is called concentration;
this power is directed by the will; for this reason
we must refuse to concentrate or thin! of
anything e'cept the things we desire. (any are
constantly concentrating upon sorrow, loss and
discord of eery !ind; as thought is creatie it
necessarily follows that this concentration
ineitable leads to more loss, more sorrow and
more discord. /ow could it be otherwiseF 0n
the other hand, when we meet with success,
gain, or any other desirable condition, we
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naturally concentrate upon the effects of these
things and thereby create more, and so it
follows that much leads to more.
.hin- only of ma-ing yourself and those around you rich. >igure
out ho! you can ma-e so much money you can put all of your relativesE
children through college 8 or at least ma-e it possible. >igure out ho!
you can invest in a business college for your hometo!n so that they can
train entrepreneurs in creative thin-ing and financial basics. >igure out
!hat philanthropic !or- you are going to be doing after youEve made all
these millions and billions 8 and ho! all these people around you are
going to be outrageously rich as they follo! and contribute to your lead.
.hin- 1ig .hin- :ften.
<B. Those who may shrin! from this idea of
employing the "nfinite +ower to aid one in his
wor! in the material world, should remember
that if the "nfinite ob@ected in the least to such a
procedure the thing could neer happen. The
"nfinite is quite able to ta!e care of "tself.
.he (niversal is present in anything and everything around you
including your body. 7s it right that others should get rich and not you@
#ome have channeled this (niversal #ource into the financial !orld
!here they have achieved their riches far beyond !hat they !ould need
to spend. After the government got their due they still had plenty to go
around. /ou can too. All you have to do is to harness this 7nfinite by
thin-ing creatively and often. /our riches are !aiting to come to you.
(oney is therefore of no alue e'cept to bring about the
conditions which we desire, and these conditions are
necessarily harmonious. /armonious conditions
necessitate sufficient supply, so that if there appears to
be any lac!, we should reali)e that the idea or soul of
money is serice, and as this thought ta!es form,
channels of supply will be opened, and you will hae the
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satisfaction of !nowing that spiritual methods are
entirely practical.
.oo bad they donEt teach this in our government?run schools and
colleges 8 but !ho said they had any mar-et cornered on real -no!ledge
practical or other!ise@ )etEs !ise them up.
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1y no! you are familiar !ith 9aanelEs !riting style and his basic
tenets. 7 leave you no! !ith these fe! 0uotes for a form of summary.
"f you hae practiced each of the e'ercises a few
minutes eery day, as suggested, you will hae found
that you can get out of life e'actly what you wish by
first putting into life that which you wish, and you will
probably agree with the student who said7 KThe thought
is almost oerwhelming, so ast, so aailable, so
definite, so reasonable and so usable.K
...
An understanding of this principle, " beliee, is the
secret for which the ancient Alchemists ainly sought,
because it e'plains how gold in the mind may be
transmuted into gold in the heart and in the hand.
...
L. :our real wor! consists in conincing yourself of
the truth of these statements. 1hen you hae
succeeded in doing this you will hae no
difficulty in thin!ing the truth, and as has been
shown, the truth contains a ital principle and
will manifest itself.
...
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M. As all conditions are thought creations and
therefore entirely mental, disease and lac! are
simply mental conditions in which the person
fails to perceie the truth; as soon as the error
is remoed, the condition is remoed.
A. The method for remoing this error is to go into
the Silence and !now the Truth; as all mind is
one mind, you can do this for yourself or
anyone else. "f you hae learned to form mental
images of the conditions desired, this will be the
easiest and quic!est way to secure results; if
not, results can be accomplished by argument,
by the process of conincing yourself absolutely
of the truth of your statement.
...
8>. "f you desire to help someone, to destroy some
form of lac!, limitation or error, the correct
method is not to thin! of the person whom you
wish to help; the intention to help them is
entirely sufficient, as this puts you in mental
touch with the person. Then drie out of your
own mind any belief of lac!, limitation, disease,
danger, difficulty or whateer the trouble might
be. As soon as you hae succeeded is doing this
the result will hae been accomplished, and the
person will be free.
8?. -ut remember that thought is creatie and
consequently eery time you allow your thought
to rest on any inharmonious condition, you must
reali)e that such conditions are apparent only,
they hae no reality, that spirit is the only reality
and it can neer be less than perfect.
...
<8. 0ur enironment and the innumerable
circumstances and accidents of our lies already
e'ist in the subconscious personality which
attracts to itself the mental and physical
material which is congenial to its nature. Thus
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our future being determined from our present,
and if there should be apparent in@ustice in any
feature or phase of our personal life, we must
loo! within for the cause, try to discoer the
mental fact which is responsible for the outward
manifestation.
<<. "t is this truth which ma!es you KfreeK and it is
the conscious !nowledge of this truth which will
enable you to oercome eery difficulty.
...
<A. 6ow, the only actiity which the spirit possesses
is the power to thin!. Therefore, thought must
be creatie, because spirit is creatie. This
creatie power is impersonal and your ability to
thin! is your ability to control it and ma!e use of
it for the benefit of yourself and others.
>B. 1hen the truth of this statement is reali)ed,
understood, and appreciated, you will hae
come into possession of the (aster-9ey, but
remember that only those who are wise enough
to understand, broad enough to weigh the
eidence, firm enough to follow their own
@udgment, and strong enough to ma!e the
sacrifice e'acted, may enter and parta!e.
'ummar. of *aanelDs 8aster 5e. '.stem
.his is again my o!n personal commentary on 9aanel. 7t !as
!ritten !ith the idea that you might gain from my o!n e"perience and
research 8 to sho! the cross?connections bet!een this nearly century?old
classic and other te"ts even our modern?age 0uantum physics. 7t is
limited by that same basis. What you get out of this is up to you.
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What 7 !ill al!ays say is, read 9aanel and these other authors for
yourself. .hen read them again. /our !orld is your o!n to create. /ou
found this boo- and read it to this point as there is some lesson to be
learned. 7 have my o!n lessons coming to me my o!n teachers
appearing. What 7 have !ritten here is the best 7 have been able to do for
you at this point. .he rest is over to you.
.hat being said the most difficult point is to summariHe 9aanel.
7n some of my other boo-s 7Eve included a compilation of his 20uestions
and ans!ers5 sections !hich follo! each chapter. .hese are great for
reading and revie!ing the -ey parts of his te"t !ithout having to !ade
through each chapter to find the e"act datum you are loo-ing for.
Really the summary of this is,
The "aw o# Attraction works. &ou >ust ha4e to use it.
No! 7 leave you to do Fust that.
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