Bot-S: Thought Vibration

The Law of Attraction in the
Thought World

WILLIAM WALKER ATKINSON

THE UBRARY SHELF

1299 Farwell Ave.. Chicago

1908

CbZCAOO, iLLINOZt.

All rights reierved.

PREFACE.

In December, 1901, William Walker Atkinson
in assuming the editorship of the popular maga-
zine New Thought^ introduced himself to the
readers of that periodical in a memorable article*
That article contained a clear, ringing, forceful
statement of his individual creed, than which
nothing can afford a deeper insight into the char-
acter and inner self of the man whose name ap-
pears as author of this book. It is the crys-
tallized expression of the world-principles, the
truths, which his writings seek to illuminate^ and
in my opinion should be read by every student
of his works, as the key to the philosophy he
teaches.

For this reason there has been prefixed to this,
his latest book, under the title "My Working
Creed," the most vital of the fundamental oe-
liefs enunciated by Mr* Atkinson in that famous
introductory statement of 1901* None can read
the recurring, ringing "I BELIEVE" of this
author, without feeling an answering thrill of

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exaltation and power. To those who read this
book I would say, imbue yourself thoroughly
with the broad and beautiful spirit of those few
preliminary paragraphs that you may pass on
understanding^ to the perusal of the teachings
which follow.

Those who have an opportunity to refer to the
article from which this Creed is taken, should do
so.* It tells of the work, the material success,
followed by over-strain, physical and mental
breakdown and financial disaster, which marked
the earlier years of William Walker Atkinson.
It shows how he came to know what he now
holds to be the truth, and how, in his own
life, he has demonstrated its value. For from
mental and physical wreck and financial ruin, he
wrought through its principles, perfect health,
mental vigor and material prosperity.

Mr. Atkinson, during the many years of his
connection with the magazine. New Thought,
built for himself an enduring place in the hearts
of its readers. For four years his literary work
was confined to its pages (including in addition,
three books for its publishers), and article after
article of wonderful strength and vital force
flowed from his pen. During this time several

^, ^Included In "New Thought Annual for 1002" published by The
New Thought PubUshlng Co.

PREFACE vii

series of "lessons" appeared, under varying titles,
in regard to the application of the Law of At-
traction in the Thought World, lessons which
created a sensation and exerted a wonderful in-/
fluence upon the lives of those who applied their
principles. They were written in Mr. Atkinson's
own sparkling, intimate style, teeming with
thought, force, energy, fire, but shorn of all at-
mosphere of the study, all attempt at "fine writ-
ing/' polished periods or dignified metaphor, and
all affectation or assumption of superior learning.
One of Mr. Atkinson's cardinal principles is
"Stand on your own feet," and he deprecates
any attempt to read infallibility into his writings.
For this reason we have again prefaced the pres-
ent work with a "Foreword" in which he seeks
to instill into all students of New Thought,
whether as expressed in his writings or in those
of others, — ^the quality of self-dependence. A
reading of this Foreword will give the student
a clear idea of the attitude of mind in which
Mr. Atkinson thinks this and all other individual
interpretr tions of life should be approached.

With "My Working Creed" and the "Fore-
word" as guides, the present reader should enter
upon THOUGHT VIBRATION, the book proper, in

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a spirit calculated to extract the greatest possible
value.

Thought vibration embraces two series of
the vital lessons mentioned above, with some
additional articles by Mr. Atkinson follow-
ing out the same line of teaching. The order
of the lessons has been somewhat changed in the
combination; and for further continuity and
clearness, new lesson titles in the form of chapter
headings have been selected. The publishers have
preferred to retain the familiar unstudied style
of the lessons, as originally written, rather than to
subject the articles to the literary revision by the
author which usually precedes publication in book
form. They contend that Mr. Atkinson's mightiest
influence, his greatest strength and power, lies in
his simple, straightforward, and at times even
colloquial language — ^the kind which "even my
little son can understand," as wrote in gratitude
one earnest student. It is such writing that the
world needs, — ^writing which can be read and
apprehended by the "little sons" of the world,
whether known as children or as men. There
is a great deal of so-called "fine writing^' on
New Thought subjects, beautiful sentences full
of high, though sometimes misty thought; bi:t

PREFACE ix

this world needs common, practical, everyday ap-
plication of this thought. Where there is one
reader for the literary masterpiece, there are a
hundred readers (plus even that other one), for
the book written as a keen, live, human man
talks, and written about the difficulties, the prob-
lems, the possibilities of the average citizen of
the world.

This is a truth Mr. Atkinson has mastered,
and it is with intention he casts from him the
restrictions of an academic style. He speaks, al-
ways, not in dignified tones to "the public," but
in the language of a friend to YOU. It can be
said of him in praise, as of another before him :
''The common people heard 'him gladly!"— the
highest, most enduring tribute that can be paid
to a leader of men.

Recognition is due to Louise Radford Wells
for the revision of the proofs of this book, the
selection of its title and chapter headings, and
the ordered arrangement of the lessons.

Franklin L. Berry^

Editor of New Thought.
June 75, ipo6
Chicago, Illinois,

CONTENTS.

Pbefacb

By Franklin L. Berry.

In which we learn something of the author and how
the book was bom.

FOBEWOBD

In which the author has a word to say about
''teachers" and ''disciples/' himself included.

My Wobkino Creed

The "I believe" of the author.

CHAPTER I
The Law of Attraction in the Thouoht World

One great Law — Thought a manifestation of Energy
— Thought Vibration — ^Vibrations of light and
heat differ solely in rate of vibration — Human
brain only instrument capable of registering
thought-waves — Experiments in telepathy prove
the law of thought-attraction — ^Like attracts like
in the Thought-world — The wireless telegraphy of
the mind — ^A field of energy with established laws.

CHAPTEE II
Thouoht-Waves and Their Power of Bepboduction

How thought-waves traverse the sea of Mind — The
power possessed of reproducing themselves — ^Vi-
brations which affect us — Those which do not —
Whyf — ^We are what we have thought ourselves into
being — The agency of others' thoughts in shaping
our destiny — The working of the Law of Attrac-
tion illustrated by the Marconi wireless instruments
— The Mind has many degrees of pitch — ^Positive
thought — ^Negative thought — ^We are positive to
some, negative to otibers — ^A knowledge of Mental
Law can change us from negative to positive —

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More people on negative plane than on positive
plane--Gon8equentl7 more negative thought-vibra-
tions — ^How to counterbalance them — ^Affirmations
and auto-suggestions, and their uses — Establish-
ing new mental attitudes — Development of the
Will — A high tension not at all times desirable —
Advantage of changing from positive to receptive,
at will

CHAPTER III

A Talk About the Mind

Man has but one Mind — Functions along two lines
of mental effort — ^Passive effort often result of
vibratory impulses imparted in ages long past-
Active effort new-born — Thought impulse and mo-
tion impulse result of Active effort — ^Active func-
tion creates, Passive function obeys orders and
suggestions — ^Active function sends forth vibra-
tions — The force of Habit — Appetency — The im-
pulse of the Primal Cause— ** Life-force " — ^Mental
Culture and Mental Development, two different
things — The amenability of the Mind to the Will
— The Will the outward manifestation of the I
AM— The attraction of THE ABSOLUTE— The
real Man the master — ^Active and Passive functions
but tools.

CHAPTER IV

Mind BuiLDiNa

The Power of Man — ^Unconscious mind-building —
The "I,** the sovereign of the Mind— The Uni-
versal Will — The mastery of the Lower Self — The
mental misgoverned by irresponsible faculties—
The regstabUshment of order in the mental king-
dom — The first battle — The conquest of the Lesser
Self by the Real Self — ^Affirmation and exercise.

CHAPTER V

Thx Secret of the Will

The Will Power and its capability of being de-
veloped, disciplined, controlled and directed—
Every man the possessor, potentially, of a strong
will— The great power-house of the Universal Will
Power — ^Will does not need training, but Mind
does — ^Mind, the instrument — ^Mentally lazy people
— Strong will follows strong desire — ^The price 'of

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atUinment— The real teat— The secret of the de-
velopment of the Will — Auto-suggestion and exer-
cise.

CHAPTER VI

How TO Become Immune to Injurious Thouoht Atteac-

TION

The first thing to do — Fear thought — Strong expect-
ancy a powerful magnet — The man who fears —
How to overcome the habit of Fear — A waste of
time t^ fight negative thought hy denying it —
The right mental attitude— Setting new vibrations
in motion — The conquest of Fear the first im-
portant step — The positive will prevail.

CHAPTEE VII

Thi Transmutation op Negative Thought

Worry the child of Fear^ — The motive underlying
action — The cauaefl that result in Success — How
Desire acts — Worry negative and death-producing
— Desire and Ambition positive and life-producing
— The transmutation of Worry — Getting into har-
mony with the right thou ght-wave&^-Set ting in
motion the Law of Attraction — Fear paralyses
Desire — Once rid of it, difficulty melts away —
The working of a mighty Law — The things we
worry about — Things adjust themselves— The stor*
ing-up of energy — Where are the feared things f—
Better ways of overconung objectionable thoughts
than by fighting them.

CHAPTEE VIII
The Law or Mental Conteol

Thoughts either faithful servants or tyrannical mai-
ters— Some of our best mental work performed
foT us when our conscious mentality is at rest —
The key to the mystery — ^The man who under*
standa how to run hi a mental engine — '^Slowing
down*' the Mind.

CHAPTEE IX

AaSEBTlKQ THE LiFE FORCB

A general awakening needed — Let Life flow through
ue, manifesting in thought, word^ deed — Tha ex-

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pressioA of conscious life — ^Affirmation and Exer-
cise.

CHAPTEB X

Tbaining the "Habit-Mind"

The Bub-conscions mind — ^Importance of transmitting
proper impulses— Automatic habits — ''Which of
these two things shall I dof" — ^Forming a new
habit — ^Breaking an old one — The "just-once''
idea— The Mind a piece of paper — ^Mental creases.

CHAPTEB XI
Thb Psychology or the Emotions

Emotions dependent largely upon habit — ^May be
repressed, increased, developed, changed — ^When to
master an undesirable emotion — ^Jealousy — Its
growth — ^Bage — ^The habit of feeling and acting
"mean'' — ^Worry— Continued thought manifests in
action — ^" Fault-finding" — The chronic "nagger"
— Negative emotions and their recurrence— How
to choke out these habits.

CHAPTEB XII
Dbvelopino New Bbain Cells

Undesirable states of feeling — ^We are not the crea-
tures of our emotions — ^The majority of the race so
governed to a great degree — ^Man the real master
of his emotions — The development of new brain-
cells — The disuse of old brain-cells with undesir-
able manifestations — The brain, the organ and
instrument of the Mind — Our tendencies, tempera-
ments and predispositions — The millions of unused
brain-cells — ^Mental attitudes acquired or dis-
carded at will — The mind clears the way for
thoughts good for the individual, interposes re-
sistance to those which are harmful — One positive
thought will counteract a number of negative
thoughts — ^"Holding the thought" — ^How to cul-
tivate a certain habit of action — ^Bidding oneself
of a mental trait

CHAPTEB Xni
The ATTaA.oTivE Power— Dbsirb Fobge

Mental leaks — ^The man or woman in search of suc-
cess — ^When Mental Force operates best — ^The Mind

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works on the sub-consciouB plane along the line of
the ruling passion or desire — Scattering thought-
force — Getting out of the current of attraction —
My personal experience — ^''Love" at the bottom
of the whole of life — The so-called "chemical
affinities'' — ^Desire a manifestation of this Uni-
versal Life Love.

CHAPTER XIV

The Qseat Dynamic Forces

The difference between the successful strong men
and the unsuccessful weak men — Energy and Li-
Tindble Determination — ^Energy not rare — ^Wasted
nerve-force — The Human Will — ^A great dynamic
force — The people who have ''arrived" — ^Are they
''ordinary," after all t— Made of the stuff of
those about them — ^Wherein does their greatness
lief — ^Belief in themselves — The right use of mate-
rial — The "trick" of greatness — The good things
locked up in your mind — The inexhaustible supply.

CHAPTEB XV

CJlaiming Your Own

Nothing too good for you — ^Your direct inheritance —
Great things lost for want of asking — The Law
takes you in earnest — ^Tou are a man&estation of
the Whole Thing — ^Tou must first awaken to a
realization that you are merely asking for "your
own ' ' — The Law will do its work — The hypnotism of
"humility" — The great things in the Cosmos which
await your coming of age — The playthings of life
— Our game-tasks — The difference between the
Master of Circumstances and the Slave of Circum-
stances.

CHAPTEB XVI

Law, Not Chance

The Attractive Power of Thought — "A matter of
luck" — ^A magnificent illustration of the Law of
Attraction — ^A strong belief as efficacious as a
strong wish — The man who "gets there" — The
man who fails — ^No such thing as Chance — ^Law
everywhere — Plan and purpose; cause and effect—
The right vibrations — Getting into the current.

FOREWORD.

I am in receipt of a letter from an earnest stu^
dent of New Thought, who writes me that he is
endeavoring to put into practice the teachings for
which I stand. That is all right — I think he
will get some good out of the practice (I know
that / do). But here is where the trouble comes
in — he goes on to say that he is "a faithful disci-
ple*' of mine, and is content to '^sit at the feet of
the Teacher." Now, if you will pardon the slang,
I must say that such talk **makes me tired/* I
wish no "disciples*' — disciples are mere parrots
repeating what one says — mere human sheep trot-
ting along after some conceited old bell-wether,
I do not wish to pose as a bell-wether, nor do I
wish a flock of human sheep trotting after me.
I want everyone of my fellow students of Mental
Science to be his own bell-wether, I like com-
radeship and mutual help — the help of interde-
pendence. But I don't like this talk of master and
disciple — of leader and follower — this talk and
idea of dependence.

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As for sittiiig at any one's feet, the idea arouses
all the spirit of independence within me. I don't
want to sit at any one's feet — and I don't want
any one to sit at mine. I am willing, and often
glad, to listen to some teacher and to pick from
his teachings such bits of truth as my mind is
ready to receive- I am willing to say "I don't
know/' and to accept from others that which ap-
peals to me as truth; not because the other says
that it is truth, but because my mind recognizes
it as such. I take my own wherever I find it, be-
cause I recognize it as mine. I know that all
students and teachers get their knowledge from
the only source of supply — they can't get it from
anywhere else. And if some other fellow happens
to see a particular bit of truth before I do, I gladly
accept a portion of it from his hands, be he king
or beggar ; while if I happen to see the thing first,
I wnll gladly share it with all who are ready for
it, and who may ^^'ant it, without feeling that I
am a "leader/' or ^'teacher,'' or that they are "fol-
lowers" or "disciples.*' We are all fellow stu^
dents — ^that's all I recognize no man as my
master— and I spurn the person who would call
me "Master," if there be any so foolish. This
feet-sittmg talk makes me very, very weary.

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I am fully aware that certain teachers convey
the idea that they are chosen mouthpieces of the
Infinite, and that all true teachings must bear
their hall-mark. And I also know the fanatical
devotion and bigotry that many of the followers
of such teachers manifest. But this is all child's
play. The teachers sooner or later will be brought
up against good hard stone walls, and their
heads will be bruised until they realize "just
where they are at." And the "disciples" will
have some individuality knocked into them later
on, and will be made to stand upon their own
feet, by reason of the props being knocked from
under them. The New Thought aims at making
individuals, not at converting people into droves
of sheep, following the tinkle of the bell of some
conceited old bell-wether, who imagines that he
is the Whole Thing.

The growing soul must realize that it has
within itself all that it requires. It may gladly
accept from others suggestions, advice, bits of
knowledge, and the like, as it goes along — ^the
soul itself being the only judge of what it re-
quires at each particular stage. But, in the end,
it must do its own work, and must stand on its
own feet. All the teachings in the world will not

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help you, unless you take hold of the matter your-
self and work out your own salvation. You can-
not get true mental or spiritual teaching by simply
paying so much for a course of lessons, and do-
ing nothing yourself. You must bring some-
thing to the teacher before you can take anything
away. You must work up to an understanding
before the teachings of another will do you any
good.

The teacher may make a suggestion that will
open up a line of thought for you, or he may
point out a way that has proved of value to him ;
and thus save you much time and trouble. But
you must do the real work yourself.

A teacher may be so filled with the truth that
he will overflow, and you will get some of the
overflow. I believe that truth is "catching.*' But
even so, unless you make that truth your own by
living it out, and applying it to your needs, it will
do you no good. And so long as you are content
to "sit at his feet," and do the "disciple" act, you
will not grow one inch. You will be merely a
reflection of the teacher, instead of being an indi-
vidual.

We need a jogging up on this point every once
in a while, "lest we forget." It is so easy to have

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XXI

your thoughts predigested for you by some teacher
or writer — so easy to receive your teaching in
capsules. It is so nice to be able to sit down and
swallow the tabloid that the teacher or writer
kindly has prepared for you, and imagine that
you are getting the real thing. But I tell you,
friends — it won't do the work Imbibe all the
teachings you please, but you have got to get
down to business yourself. You can't give some
one else a power of attorney to do the w^ork in
your place. Life accepts no substitutes — you
must step out yourself. It is mighty easy — this
idea of paying so much, in time or money, to some
teacher or writer, and then sneaking into the
Kingdom of Heaven holding on to his skirts —
but it won't w^ork. You've got to do some
hustling on your own account, and don't you
make any mistake about this fact.

Many of you are running around after teach-
ers, preachers, prophets, seers/'illuminated souls/'
and what not, expecting that your little fee for
courses of lessons, private teachings, and all the
rest, is going to land you right up in the front
rank* Don't you believe a word of it. You've
got to go through the motions yourself, before
you will attain anything. Ytou can't sneak in

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that way — it won't work. I look around me
and see many of these poor creatures "sitting at
the feet" of some one or other, sinking their indi-
viduality in that of the teacher, and not daring to
think an original thought — lest it conflict with
some notion of their "Master." These good souls
are so full of the teaching they are imbibing, they
will repeat it by the yard, phrase after phrase,
like a well-trained parrot. But they don't under-
stand a bit of it. They are like the moon which
shines by reason of the reflection of the sun's
rays, and has no light or heat of its own. The
talk of these "disciples" and "sitters-at-the-feet"
is nothing but moonshine — ^mere reflected light.
Moons are dead, cold things — ^no light — no heat
— ^no fire — no energy. Dead, dead, dead— cold,
barren and "played-out." Stop this moon busi-
ness and build yourself up into a Sun. You have
it in you — ^manifest it. Start yourself in motion,
and manifest Life. Don't suppose that you must
be able to solve all the Riddles of the Universe
before you can do an)rthing. Never mind about
those riddles, just you get down to the task that
lies ahead of you, and throw into it some of that
Great Life Principle that is within you waiting
for a chance to manifest itself. Don't make the

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mistake of supposing that this or that teacher has
solved the Great Riddle. If he says he has, he is
only bluffing and whistling to keep up courage.
He may have found a good-sized chunk of the
truth, and if he is willing to pass you a bit of it,
all right, but he hasn't the Whole Thing, by a
mighty sight. The Whole Thing isn't placing it-
self in the exclusive control of any little bit of
itself. No one has a monopoly of knowing — ^
corner on the Truth. It is yours as much as any-
body's — ^but you must dig for it.

Don't bother about the theories, or the unsolv-
able riddles — ^just get down to business and begin
to Live. Sometimes I amuse myself by reading
some of the theories and "explanations" of those
who think that they have hold of the Whole
Thing. After I get through with the theories of
one "dead-sure" chap, I take up the directly op-
posite theories of another fellow who considers
himself the special mouthpiece of the Absolute.
Whew! it's a great brain-shaker. If you're not
careful you will find yourself being served a nice
dish of scrambled brains. When I get sort of
"stewed-up" over such things I go out into the
sun and fall back on the "Laughing Philosophy,"
which soon brings me around all right. Nothing

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will puncture these bubbles so quickly as a good
dose of Laughter. Laughter is the only thing
that keeps the race from madness. The sense of
humor is God's best gift to Man. Try it the next
time you get "stewed up" with "high statements,"
"basic truths," "axiomatic principles." Beware
of any teachings that will not stand the test of
the sunny out-of-doors, and the application of the
Laughing Philosophy. Shun the teachings that
require a pursed-up mouth, and a strained, pre-
tematurally sober face. Have nothing to do with
teachings that require a dim, dark, sunless room
to be absorbed in — beware of teachings and doc-
trines that bear the musty smell of the cell upon
them. Carry out into the sun the teachings that
are offered you, and see whether or not they
fade — apply the chemical of laughter, and ascer-
tain whether the stuff bleaches. Remember this
test when you are perplexed or worried over some
strange theory or doctrine — ^no matter from
whence it comes. If any one tells you that which
will not bear the test— discard the teaching, for
it is spurious in that event. Try this on my writ-
ings along with the others.

Stop being moons. Stop living by reflected
light. Get into action and convert yourself into

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a living sun. You can do it. It is within your
power. Every human soul contains within it the
elements of the Sun — ^get to work and express
yourself. Stiffen up your backbone and hold
your head erect. Don't be afraid to say "I am
IT."

This is a straight-from-the-shoulder talk. Don't
tell me that you are "disciples" of mine — I dis-
own you; I refuse to have disciples. Don't try
to "sit at my feet" — if you do, I will use my feet
to push you off the platform. I need room to
swing my feet about and don't want people sit-
ting there. But if you wish to call me "Brother,"
or "Fellow Student," or "Schoolmate in the Kin-
dergarten of God," I will be glad to have you do
so. That's all we are, after all — little babes tug-
ging away at the breast of the Absolute.

William Walker Atkinson.

MY WORKING CREED.

/ believe that the mind of Man contains the
greatest of all forces — that Thought is one of
the greatest manifestations of energy,

I believe that the man who understands the
use of Thought-force can make of himself prac-
tically what he will,

I believe that not only is one's body subject to
the control of the mind, but that, also, one may
change environment, ''luck," circumstances, by
positive thought taking the place of negative. I
know that the ''I Can and I Will" attitude will
carry one forward to Success that will seem
miraculous to the man on the '7 Can't" plane.

I believe that ''thoughts are things," and that
the Law of Attraction in the thought world will
draw to one just what he desires or fears,

I believe in the gospel of work — in "hustling."

I believe in the I DO, as well as the I AM. I
know that the man who will take advantage of
the Power of the Mind, and who will manifest
that power in action, will go forward to Success

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xxviii MY WORKING CREED

(IS surely and as steadily as the arrow from the
bow of the skilled archer.

I believe in the Brotherhood of Man.

I believe in being Kind.

I believe in everyone minding his own business
— and allowing everyone else the same privilege.
. I believe that we have no right to condemn —
''let him who is without sin cast the first stone."

I believe that he who Hates is an assassin; that
he who Covets is a thief; that he who Lusts is an
adulterer; that the gist of a crime is in its desire.
Seeing this — looking into our own hearts — how
can we condemn?

I believe that Evil is but Ignorance.

I believe that "to know all is to forgive all."

I believe that there is good in every man; let
us help him to manifest it.

I believe in the absolute equality of the Man
and the Woman — sometimes I think that the odds
are slightly in favor of the Woman.

I believe in the sacredness of Sex — but I
also believe that Sex manifests on the Spiritual
and Mental planes as well as on the Physical.
And I believe that to the pure all things are pure.

I believe that man is immortal — that the Real
Self is Spirit, which uses mind and body as its

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tools, and manifests itself according to the fitness
of the tools,

I believe that Man is rapidly growing into a
new plane of consciousness, in which he will know
himself as he is — will recognize the I AM — the
Something Within.

I believe that there is an Infinite Power in, and
of, all things,

I believe that, although today we have but the
faintest idea of that Power, still we will steadily
grow to comprehend it more fully — will get in
closer touch with it. Even now we have mo-
mentary glimpses of its existence — a momentary
consciousness of Oneness with the Absolute,

I believe that the greatest happiness consists
in maintaining toward the Absolute the attitude
of the trusting child, who, feeling no doubt of
the parent's love — no doubt of his wisdom —
places his little hand in that of the parent, and
says "Lead Thou me on."

I believe that he who feels towards the Abso-
lute, the trustfulness of the babe which places its
little tired head close to the breast of the mother,
will also be conscious of the tender answering
pressure, as the babe is drawn just a little closer
to the mother-heart.

William Walker Atkinson.

THOUGHT VIBRATION

THE LAW OF ATTRACTION IN THE THOUGHT
WORLD.

CHAPTER I.

The Law of Attraction in the Thought
World.

The Universe is governed by Law — one great
Law. Its manifestations are multiform, but
viewed from the Ultimate there is but one Law.
We are familiar with some of its manifestations,
but are almost totally ignorant of certain others.
Still we are learning a little more every day —
the veil is being gradually lifted.

We speak learnedly of the Law of Gravitation,
but ignore that equally wonderful manifestation,
The Law of Attraction in the Thought
World. We are familiar with that wonderful
manifestation of Law which draws and holds
together the atoms of which matter is composed
— we recognize the power of the law that attracts
bodies to the earth, that holds the circling worlds

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in their places, but we close our eyes to the
mighty law that draws to us the things we desire
or fear, that makes or mars our lives.

When we come to see that Thought is a force
— a manifestation of energy — ^having a magnet-
like power of attraction, we will begin to under-
stand the why and wherefore of many things
that have heretofore seemed dark to us. There
is no study that will so well repay the student
for his time and trouble as the study of the work-
ings of this mighty law of the world of Thought
— ^the Law of Attraction.

When we think we send out vibrations of a
fine ethereal substance, which are as real as the
vibrations manifesting light, heat, electricity,
magnetism. That these vibrations are not evident
to our five senses is no proof that they do not
exist. A powerful magnet will send out vibra-
tions and exert a force sufficient to attract to it-
self a piece of steel weighing a htmdred pounds,
but we can neither see, taste, smell, hear nor feel
the mighty force. These thought vibrations,
likewise, cannot be seen, tasted, smelled, heard
nor felt in the ordinary way; although it is true
there are on record cases of persons peculiarly
sensitive to psychic impressions who have per-

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ceived powerful thought-waves, and very many
of us can testify that we have distinctly felt the
thought vibrations of others, both whilst in the
presence of the sender and at a distance. Tele-
pathy and its kindred phenomena are not idle
dreams.

Light and heat are manifested by vibrations of
a far lower intensity than those of Thought, but
the difference is solely in the rate of vibration.
The annals of science throw an interesting light
upon this question. Prof. Elisha Gray, an emi-
nent scientist, says in his little book, "The
Miracles of Nature" :

"There is much food for speculation In the
thought that there exist sound-waves that no
human ear can hear, and color-waves of light
that no eye can see. The long, dark, soundless
space between 40,000 and 400,000,000,000,000
vibrations per second, and the infinity of range
beyond 700,000,000,000,000 vibrations per sec-
ond, where light ceases, in the universe of mo-
tion, makes it possible to indulge in speculation."

M. M. Williams, in his work entitled "Short
Chapters in Science," says :

"There is no gradation between the most rapid
undulations or tremblings that produce our scnsa-

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tion of sound, and the slowest of those which give
rise to our sensations of gentlest warmth. There
IS a huge gap between them, wide enough to in-
clude another world of motion, all lying between
our world of sound and our world of heat and
light; and there is no good reason whatever for
supposing that matter is incapable of such inter-
mediate activity, or that such activity may not
give rise to intermediate sensations, provided
there are organs for taking up and sensifying
their movements."

I cite the above authorities merely to give you
food for thought, not to attempt to demonstrate
to you the fact that thought vibrations exist. The
last-named fact has been fully established to the
satisfaction of numerous investigators of the sub-
ject, and a little reflection will show you that it
coincides with your own experiences.

We often hear repeated the well-known Mental
Science statement, "Thoughts are Things,'* and
we say these words over without consciously real-
izing just what is the meaning of the statement.
If we fully comprehended the truth of the state-
ment and the natural consequences of the truth
back of it, we should understand many things
which have appeared dark to us, and would be

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able to use the wonderful power. Thought Forces
just as we use any other manifestation of Energy.
As I have said, when we think w^e set into
motion vibrations of a very high degree, "but
just as real as the vibrations of light, heat, sound,
electricity/' And when we understand the laws
governing the production and transmission of
these vibrations we will he able to use them in
our daily life, Just as we do the better known
forms of energy. That we cannot see, hear,
weigh or measure these vibrations is no proof
that they do not exist There exist waves of
sound which no human ear can hear, although
some of these are undoubtedly registered by the
ear of some of the insects, and others are caught
by delicate scientific instruments invented by
man ; yet there is a great gap between the sounds
registered by the most delicate instrument and
the limit which man's mind, reasoning by analogy,
knows to be the boundary line between sound-
waves and some other forms of vibration. And
I there are light weaves which the eye of man does

I not register, some of which may be detected by

1 more delicate instruments, and many more so fine

ff that the instrument has not yet been invented

^^^^ which will detect them, although improvements

6 THOUGHT VIBRATION

are being made every year and the unexplored
field gradually lessened.

As new instruments are invented, new vibra-
tions are registered by them — and yet the vibra-
tions were just as real before the invention of the
instrument as afterward. Supposing that we had
no instruments to register magnetism — one might
be justified in denying the existence of that
mighty force, because it could not be tasted, felt,
smelt, heard, seen, weighed or measured. And
yet the mighty magnet would still send out waves
of force sufficient to draw to it pieces of steel
weighing hundreds of pounds.

Each form of vibration requires its own form
of instrument for registration. At present the
human brain seems to be the only instrument
capable of registering thought waves, although
occultists say that in this century scientists will
invent apparatus sufficiently delicate to catch and
register such impressions. And from present in-
dications it looks as if the invention named might
be expected at any time. The demand exists
and undoubtedly will be soon supplied. But to
those who have experimented along the lines of
practical telepathy no further proof is required
than the results of their own experiments.

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We are sending out thoughts of greater or less
intensity all the time, and we are reaping the re-
sults of such thoughts. Not only do our thought-
waves influence ourselves and others, but they
have a drawing power — ^they attract to us the
thoughts of others, things, circumstances, peo-
ple, "luck," in accord with the character of the
thought uppermost in our minds. Thoughts of
Love will attract to us the Love of others; cir-
cumstances and surroundings in accord with the
thought; people who are of like thought.
Thoughts of Anger, Hate, Envy, Malice and
Jealousy will draw to us the foul brood of kin-
dred thoughts emanating from the minds of
others; circumstances in which we will be called
upon to manifest these vile thoughts and will
receive them in turn from others; people who
will manifest inharmony; and so on. A strong
thought, or a thought long continued, will make
us the center of attraction for the corresponding
thought-waves of others. Like attracts like in
the Thought World — ^as ye sow so shall ye reap.
Birds of a feather flock together in the Thought
World — curses like chickens come home to roost,
and bring their friends with them.

The man or woman who is filled with Love sees

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Love on all sides and attracts the Love of others.
The man with Hate in his heart gets all the Hate
he can stand. The man who thinks Fight gen-
erally runs up against all the Fight he wants be-
fore he gets through. And so it goes, each gets
what he calls for over the wireless telegraphy of
the Mind. The man who rises in the morning
feeling "grumpy" usually manages to have the
whole family in the same mood before the break-
fast is over. The "nagging" woman generally
finds enough to gratify her "nagging^' propensity
during the day.

This matter of Thought Attraction is a serious
one. When you stop to think of it you will see
that a man really makes his own surroundings,
although he blames others for it. I have known
people who understood this law to hold a positive,
calm thought and be absolutely unaffected by the
inharmony surrounding them. They were like
the vessel from which the oil had been poured
on the troubled waters — they rested safely and
calmly whilst the tempest raged around them.
One is not at the mercy of the fitful storms of
Thought after he has learned the workings of
the Law.

We have passed through the age of physical

LAW OF ATTRACTION 9

force on to the age of intellectual supremacy,
and are now entering a new and almost unknown
field, that of psychic power. This field of energy
has its established laws, as well as have the others,
and we should acquaint ourselves with them or we
will be crowded to the wall as are the ignorant
on the planes of effort. I will endeavor to make
plain to you the great underl3ring principles of
this new field of energy which is opening up be-
fore us, that you may be able to make use of this
great power and apply it for legitimate and
worthy purposes, just as men are using steam,
electricity and other forms of energy today.

CHAPTER II

Thought- Waves and Their Process of
Reproduction

Like a stone thrown into the water, thought
produces ripples and waves which spread
out over the great ocean of thought. There is
this difference, however : the waves on the water
move only on a level plane in all directions,
whereas thought-waves move in all directions
from a common center, just as do the rays from
the sun.

Just as we here on earth are surrounded by a
great sea of air, so are we surrounded by a great
sea of Mind. Our thought-waves move through
this vast mental ether, extending, however, in all
directions, as I have explained, becoming some-
what lessened in intensity according to the dis-
tance traversed, because of the friction occasioned
by the waves coming in contact with the ^eat
body of Mind surrounding us on all sides.

These thought-waves have other qualities dif-

THOUGHT WAVES ii

fering from the waves on the water. They have
the property of reproducing themselves. In this
respect they resemble sound-waves rather than
waves upon the water. Just as a note of the
violin will cause the thin glass to vibrate and
"sing," so will a strong thought tend to awaken
similar vibrations in minds attuned to receive it.
Many of the "stray thoughts" which come to us
are but reflections or answering vibrations to
some strong thought sent out by another. But
unless our minds are attuned to receive it, the
thought will not likely affect us. If we are
thinking high and great thoughts, our minds ac-
quire a certain keynote corresponding to the char-
acter of the thoughts we have been thinking.
And, this keynote once established, we will be
apt to catch the vibrations of other minds keyed
to the same thought. On the other hand, let us
get into the habit of thinking thoughts of an
opposite character, and we will soon be echoing
the low order of thought emanating from the
minds of the thousands thinking along the same
lines.

We are largely what we have thought our-
selves into being, the balance being represented
by the character of the suggestions and thought

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of others, which have reached us either directly
by verbal suggestions or telepathically by means-
of such thought-waves. Our general mental atti-
tude, however, determines the character of the
thought-waves received from others as well as
the thoughts emanating from ourselves. We re-
ceive only such thoughts as are in harmony with
the general mental attitude held by ourselves;
the thoughts not in harmony affecting us very
little, as they awaken no response in us.

The man who believes thoroughly in himself
and maintains a positive strong mental attitude
of Confidence and Determination is not likely to
be affected by the adverse and negative thoughts
of Discouragement and Failure emanating from
the minds of other persons in whom these last
qualities predominate. At the same time these
negative thoughts, if they reach one whose men-
tal attitude is pitched on a low key, deepen his
negative state and add fuel to the fire which is
consuming his strength, or, if you prefer this
figure, serve to further smother the fire of his
energy and activity.

We attract to us the thoughts of others of the
same order of thought. The man who thinks
success w^ill be apt to get into tune with the minds

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of others thinking likewise, and they will help
him, and he them. The man who allows his mind
to dwell constantly upon thoughts of failure
brings himself into close touch with the minds
of other "failure*' people, and each will tend to
pull the other down still more. The man who
thinks that all is evil is apt to see much evil, and
w^ill be brought into contact with others who will
seem to prove his theory. And the man who
looks for good in everything and everybody will
be likely to attract to himself the things and peo-
ple corresponding to his thought We generally
see that for which we look.

You will be able to carry this idea more clear-
ly if you win think of the Marconi wireless in-
struments, which receive the vibrations only from
the sending instrument which has been attuned
to the same key, while other telegrams are pass-
ing througli the air in near vicinity without affect-
ing the instrument. The same law appHes to the
operations of thought. We receive only that
which corresponds to our mental attunement. If
we have been discouraged, we may rest assured
that we have dropped into a negative key, and
have been affected not only by our own thoughts
but have also received the added depressing

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thoughts of similar character which are constant-
ly being sent out from the minds of other unfor-
tunates who have not yet learned the law of at-
traction in the thought world. And if we occa-
sionally rise to heights of enthusiasm and energy,
how quickly we feel the inflow of the courageous,
daring, energetic, positive thoughts being sent out
by the live men and women of the world. We
recognize this without much trouble when we
come in personal contact with people and feel
their vibrations, depressing or invigorating, as
the case may be. But the same law operates
when we are not in their presence, although less
strongly.

The mind has many degrees of pitch, ranging
from the highest positive note to the lowest nega-
tive note, with many notes in between, varying
in pitch according to their respective distance
from the positive or negative extreme.

When your mind is operating along positive
lines you feel strong, buoyant, bright, cheerful,
happy, confident and courageous, and are enabled
to do your work well, to carry out your inten-
tions, and progress on your road to Success. You
send out strong positive thought, which affects
others and causes them to co-operate with you or

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to follow your lead, according to their own men-
tal ke3mote.

When you are playing on the extreme nega-
tive end of the mental keyboard you feel de-
pressed, weak, passive, dull, fearful, cowardly.
And you find yourself unable to make progress
or to succeed. And your effect upon others is
practically nil. You are led by, rather than lead-
ing others, and are used as a human door-mat
or football by more positive persons.

In some persons the positive element seems to
predominate," and in others the negative quality
seems to be more in evidence. There are, of
course, widely varying degrees of positiveness
and negativeness, and B may be negative to A,
while positive to C. When two people first meet
there is generally a silent mental conflict in which
their respective minds test their quality of posi-
tiveness, and fix their relative position toward
each other. This process may be unconscious in
many cases, but it occurs nevertheless. The ad-
justment is often automatic, but occasionally the
struggle is so sharp — the opponents being so well
matched — that the matter forces itself into the
consciousness of the two people. Sometimes both
parties are so much alike in their degrees of posi-

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tiveness that they practically fail to come to terms,
mentally; they never really are able to get along
with each other, and they are either mutually
repelled and separate or else stay together amid
constant broils and wrangling.

We are positive or negative to every one with
whom we have relations. We may be positive to
our children, our employes and dependents, but
we are at the same time negative to others to
whom we occupy inferior positions, or whom we
have allowed to assert themselves over us.

Of course, something may occur and we will
suddenly become more positive than the man or
woman to whom we have heretofore been nega-
tive. We frequently see cases of this kind. And
as the knowledge of these mental laws becomes
more general we will see many more instances
of persons asserting themselves and making use
of their new-found power.

But remember you possess the power to raise
the keynote of your mind to a positive pitch by
an effort of the will. And, of course, it is equally
true that you may allow yourself to drop into a
low, negative note by carelessness or a weak will.

There are more people on the negative plane
of thought than on the positive plane, and conse-

THOUGHT WAVES

quently there are more negative thought vibra-
tions in operation in our mental atmosphere. But,
happily for us, this is counterbalanced by the fact.
that a positive thought is infinitely more power-
ful than a negative one, and if by force of will
we raise ourselves to a higher mental key we can
shut out the depressing thoughts and may take
up the vibrations corresponding with our changed
mental attitude. This is one of the secrets of the
affirmations and auto-suggestions used by the sev-
eral schools of Mental Science and other New
Thought cults. There is no particular merit in
affirmations of themselves, but they serve a two*
fold purpose: (i) They tend to establish new
mental attitudes within us and act wonderfully
in the direction of character building — the science
of making ourselves over. (2) They tend to
raise the mental keynote so that we may get the
benefit of the positive thought-waves of others
on the same plane of thought.

Whether or not we believe in them, we are
constantly making affirmations. The man who
asserts that he can and will do a thing — and
asserts it earnestly — develops in himself the quali-
ties conducive to the well doing of that thing, and
at the same time places his mind in the proper

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key to receive all the thought-waves likely to help
him in the doing. If, on the other hand, one says
and feels that he is going to fail, he will choke
and smother the thoughts coming from his own
subconscious mentality which are intended to help
him, and at the same time will place himself in
tune with the Failure-thought of the world —
and there is plenty of the latter kind of thought
around, I can tell you.

Do not allow yourselves to be effected by the
adverse and negative thoughts of those around
you. Rise to the upper chambers of your mental
dwelling, and key yourself up to a strong pitch,
away above the vibrations on the lower planes of
thought. Then you will not only be immune to
their negative vibrations but will be in touch with
the great body of strong positive thought coming
from those of your own plane of development.

My aim will be to direct and train you in the
proper use of thought and will, that you may
have yourself well in hand and may be able to
strike the positive key at any moment you may
feel it necessary. It is not necessary to strike the
extreme note on all occasions. The better plan
is to keep yourself in a comfortable key, without
much strain, and to have the means at command

THOUGHT WAVES 19

whereby you can raise the pitch at once when oc-
casion demands. By this knowledge you will not
be at the mercy of the old automatic action of
the mind, but may have it well under your own
control.

Development of the will is very much like the
development of a muscle — b. matter of practice
and gradual improvement. At first it is apt to
be tiresome, but at each trial one grows stronger
until the new strength becomes real and perma-
nent. Many of us have made ourselves positive
under sudden calls or emergencies. We are in
the habit of "bracing up" when occasion de-
mands. But by intelligent practice you will be
so much strengthened that your habitual state will
be equal to your "bracing up" stage now, and
then when you find it necessary to apply the spur
you will be able to reach a stage not dreamed of
at present.

Do not understand me as advocating a high
tension continuously. This is not at all desir-
able, not only because it is apt to be too much of
a strain upon you but also because you will find
it desirable to relieve the tension at times and
become receptive that you may absorb impres-
sions. It is well to be able to relax and assume

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a certain degree of receptiveness, knowing that
you are always able to spring back to the more
positive state at will. The habitually strongly
positive man loses much enjoyment and recre^
ation. Positive, you give out expressions ; recep-
tive, you take in impressions. Positive, you are
a teacher; receptive, a pupil. It is not only a
good thing to be a good teacher, but it is also
veiy important to be a good listener at times.

CHAPTER III
A Talk About the Mind

Man has but one mind, but he has many mental
faculties, each faculty being capable of function-
ing along two different lines of mental effort.
There are no distinct dividing lines separating
the two several functions of a faculty, but they
shade into each other as do the colors of the
spectrum.

An Active effort of any faculty of the mind is
the result of a direct impulse imparted at the
time of the effort, A Passive effort of any fac-
ulty of the mind is the result of either a preced-
ing Active effort of the same mind; an Active
effort of another along the lines of suggestion;
Thought V'^ibrations from the mind of another;
Thought impulses from an ancestor, transmitted
by the laws of heredity (including impulses trans-
mitted from generation to generation from the
time of the original vibratory impulse imparted
by the Prima! Cause — which impulses gradually

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unfold, and unsheath, when the proper state of
evolutionary development is reached).

The Active effort is new-born — fresh from the
mint, whilst the Passive effort is of less recent
creation, and, in fact, is often the result of vibra-
tory impulses imparted in ages long past. The
Active effort makes its own way, brushing aside
the impeding vines and kicking from its path the
obstructing stones. The Passive effort travels
along the beaten path.

A thought-impulse, or motion-impulse, origi-
nally caused by an Active effort of faculty, may
become by continued repetition, or habit, strictly
automatic, the impulse given it by the repeated
Active effort developing a strong momentum,
which carries it on, along Passive lines, until
stopped by another Active effort or its direction
changed by the same cause.

On the other hand, thought-impulses, or mo-
tion-impulses, continued along Passive lines may
be terminated or corrected by an Active effort.
The Active function creates, changes or destroys.
The Passive function carries on the work given
it by the Active function and obeys orders and
suggestions.

The Active function produces the thought-

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habit, or motion-habit, and imparts to it the vibra-
tions which carry it on along the Passive lines
thereafter. The Active function also has the
power to send forth vibrations which neutralize
the momentum of the thought-habit, or motion-
habit; it also is able to launch a new thought-
habit, or motion-habit, with stronger vibrations,
which overcomes and absorbs the first thought,
or motion, and substitutes the new one.

All thought-impulses, or motion-impulses, once
started on their errands, continue to vibrate along
passive lines until corrected or terminated by sub-
sequent impulses imparted by the Active func-
tion, or other controlling power. The continu-
ance of the original impulse adds momentum and
force to it, and renders its correction or termina-
tion more difficult. This explains that which is
called "the force of habit." I think that this will
be readily understood by those who have strug-
gled to overcome a habit which had been easily
acquired. The Law applies to good habits as well
as bad. The moral is obvious.

Several of the faculties of the mind often com-
bine to produce a single manifestation. A task
to be performed may call for the combined exer-

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cise of several faculties, some of which may mani-
fest by Active effort and others by Passive effort.

The meeting of new conditions — new problems
—calls for the exercise of Active effort; whilst
a familiar problem, or task, can be easily handled
by the Passive effort without the assistance of his
more enterprising brother.

There is in Nature an instinctive tendency of
living organisms to perform certain actions, the
tendency of an organized body to seek that which
satisfies the wants of its organism. This tendency
is sometimes called Appetency. It is really a
Passive mental impulse, originating with the im-
petus imparted by the Primal Cause, and trans-
mitted along the lines of evolutionary develop-
ment, gaining strength and power as it pro-
gresses. The impulse of the Primal Cause is as-
sisted by the powerful upward attraction exerted
by The Absolute.

In plant life this tendency is plainly discerni-
ble, ranging from the lesser exhibitions in the
lower types to the greater in the higher types. It
is that which is generally spoken of as the "life
force" in plants. It is, however, a manifestation
of rudimentary mentation, functioning along the
lines of Passive effort. In some of the higher

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^5.

forms of plant life there appears a faint color of
independent "life action" — a faint indication of
choice of volition. Writers on plant life relate
many remarkable instances of this phenomenon.
It is, undoubtedly, an exhibition of rudimentary
Active mentation.

In the lower animal kingdom a very high de-
gree of Passive mental effort is found. And,
varying in degree in the several families and
species, a considerable amount of Active menta-
tion is apparent. The lower animal undoubtedly
possesses Reason only in a lesser degree than
man, and, in fact, the display of volitional menta-
tion exhibited by an intelligent animal is often
nearly as high as tliat shown by the lower types
of man or by a young child.

As a child, before birth, shows in its body the
stages of the physical evolution of man, so does a
child, before and after birth — until maturity^ —
manifest the stages of the mental evolution of
man.

Man, the highest type of life yet produced, at
least upon this planet, shows the highest form of
Passive mentation, and also a much higher de-
velopment of Active mentation than is seen in the
lower animals, and yet the degrees of that power

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vary widely among the different races of men.
Even among men of our race the different de-
grees of Active mentation are plainly noticeable;
these degrees not depending by any means upon
the amount of "culture/' social position or edu-
cational advantages possessed by the individual.
Mental Culture and Mental Development are two
very different things.

You have but to look around you to see the
different stages of the development of Active
mentation in man. The reasoning of many men
is scarcely more than Passive mentation, exhibit-
ing but little of the qualities of volitional thought.
They prefer to let other men think for them. Ac-
tive mentation tires them and they find the in-
stinctive, automatic, Passive mental process much
easier. Their minds work along the lines of least
resistance. They are but little more than human
sheep.

Among the lower animals and the lower types
of men Active mentation is largely confined to
the grosser faculties — the more material plane;
the higher mental faculties working along the in-
stinctive, automatic lines of the Passive function.

As the lower forms of life progressed in the
evolutionary scale, they developed new faculties,

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which were latent within them. These faculties
always manifested in the form of rudimentary
Passive functioning, and afterwards worked up,
through higher Passive forms, until the Active
functions were brought into play. The evolu-
tionary process still continues, the invariable
tendency being toward the goal of highly devel-
oped Active mentation. This evolutionary prog-
ress is caused by the vibratory impulse imparted
by the Primal Cause, aided by the uplifting at-
traction of The Absolute.

This law of evolution is still in progress, and
man is beginning to develop new powers of mind,
which, of course, are first manifesting themselves
along the lines of Passive effort. Some men have
developed these new faculties to a considerable
degree, and it is possible that before long Man
will be able to exercise them along the line of
their Active functions. In fact, this power has
already been attained by a few. This is the secret
of the Oriental occultists, and of some of their
Occidental brethren.

The amenability of the mind to the Will can be
increased by properly directed practice. That
which we are in the habit of referring to as the
"strengthening of the Will" is in reality the train-

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ing of the mind to recognize and absorb the
Power Within. The Will is strong enough; it
does not need strengthening, but the mind needs
to be trained to receive and act upon the sugges-
tions of the Will. The Will is the outward mani-
festation of the I AM. The Will current is flow-
ing in full strength along the spiritual wires ; but
you must learn how to raise the trolley-pole to
touch it before the mental car will move. This
is a somewhat different idea from that which
you have been in the habit of receiving from
writers on the subject of Will Power, but it is
correct, as you will demonstrate to your own
satisfaction if you will follow up the subject by
experiments along the proper lines.

The attraction of The Absolute is drawing
man upward, and the vibratory force of the
Primal Impulse has not yet exhausted itself. The
time of evolutionary development has come when
man can help himself. The man who understands
the Law can accomplish wonders by means of
the development of the powers of the mind ; whilst
the man who turns his back upon the truth will
suffer from his lack of knowledge of the Law.

He who understands the laws of his mental
being, develops his latent powers and uses them

THE MIND 29

intelligently. He does not despise his Passive
mental functions, but makes good use of them
also, charges them with the duties for which they
are best fitted, and is able to obtain wonderful
results from their work, having mastered them
and trained them to do the bidding of the Higher
Self. When they fail to do their work properly
he regulates them, and his knowledge prevents
him from meddling with them unintelligently,
and thereby doing himself harm. He develops
the faculties and powers latent within him and
learns how to manifest them along the line of
Active mentation as well as Passive. He knows
that the real man within him is the master to
whom both Active and Passive functions are but
tools. He has banished Fear, and enjoys Free-
dom. He has found himself. He has learned

THE SECRET OF THE I AM.

CHAPTER IV

Mind Building

Man can build up his mind and make it what
he wills. In fact, we are mind-building every
hour of our lives, either consciously or uncon-
sciously. The majority of us are doing the work
unconsciously, but those who have seen a little
below the surface of things have taken the mat-
ter in hand and have become conscious creators
of their own mentality. They are no longer sub-
ject to the suggestions and influences of others
but have become masters of themselves. They as-
sert the "I," and compel obedience from the sub-
ordinate mental faculties. The "I" is the sover-
eign of the mind, and what we call WILL is the
instrument of the "I." Of course, there is some-
thing back of this, and the Universal Will is
higher than the Will of the Individual, but the
latter is in much closer touch with the Universal
Will than is generally supposed, and when one
conquers the lower self, and asserts the "I/' he

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becomes in close touch with the Universal Will
and partakes largely of its wonderful power.
The moment one asserts the "I," and "finds him-
self," he establishes a close connection between
the Individual Will and the Universal Will. But
before he is able to avail himself of the mighty
power at his command, he must first effect the
Mastery of the lower self.

Think of the absurdity of Man claiming to
manifest powers, when he is the slave of the
lower parts of his mental being, which should be
subordinate. Think of a man being the slave of
his moods, passions, animal appetites and lower
faculties, and at the same time trying to claim the
benefits of the Will. Now, I am not preaching
asceticism, which seems to me to be a confession
of weakness. I am speaking of Self-Mastery —
the assertion of the "I" over the subordinate parts
of oneself. In the higher view of the subject,
this *T* is the only real Self, and the rest is the
non-self; but our space does not permit the dis-
cussion of this point, and we will use the word
"self" as meaning the entire man. Before a man
can assert the 'T' in its full strength he must
obtain the complete mastery of the subordinate
parts of the self. All things are good when we

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learn to master them, but no thing is good when
it masters us. Just so long as we allow the lower
portions of the self to give us orders, we are
slaves. It is only when the "I" mounts his
throne and lifts the sceptre, that order is estab-
lished and things assume their proper relation to
each other.

We are finding no fault with those who are
swayed by their lower selves — they are in a lower
grade of evolution, and will work up in time.
But we are calling the attention of those who are
ready, to the fact that the Sovereign must assert
his will, and that the subjects must obey. Orders
must be given and carried out. Rebellion must
be put down, and the rightful authority insisted
upon. And the time to do it is Now.

You have been allowing your rebellious sub-
jects to keep the King from his throne. You
have been allowing the mental kingdom to be mis-
governed by irresponsible faculties. You have
been the slaves of Appetite, Unworthy Thoughts,
Passion and Negativeness. The Will has been set
aside and Low Desire has usurped the throne. It
is time to re-establish order in the mental king-
dom.

You are able to assert the mastery over any

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emotion, appetite, passion or class of thoughts by
the assertion of the Will. You can order Fear to
go to the rear ; Jealousy to leave your presence ;
Hate to depart from your sight; Anger to hide
itself; Worry to cease troubling you; Uncon-
trolled Appetite and Passion to bow in submis-
sion and to become humble slaves instead of mas-
ters — ^all by the assertion of the *'I." You may
surround yourself with the glorious company of
Couragei Love and Self-Control, by the same
means. You may put down the rebellion and
secure peace and order in your mental kingdom
if you will but utter the mandate and insist upon
its execution. Before you march forth to empire,
you must establish the proper internal conditions
— must show your ability to govern your own
kingdom. The first battle is the conquest of the
lesser self by the Real Self.

Affirmation,

I Am Asserting the Mastery of My Real Self.

Repeat these words earnestly and positively
during the day, at least once an hour, and par-
ticularly when you are confronted with conditions
which tempt you to act on the lines of the lesser
self instead of following the course dictated by

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the Real Self. In the moment of doubt and hesi-
tation, say these words earnestly, and your way
will be made clear to you. Repeat them several
times after you retire and settle yourself to sleep.
But be sure to back up the words with the
thought inspiring them, and do not merely repeat
them parrot-like. Form the mental image of the
Real Self asserting its mastery over the lower
planes of your mind — see the King on his
Throne. You will become conscious of an influx
of new thought, and things which have seemed
hard for you will suddenly become much easier.
You will feel that you have yourself well in
hand, and that YOU are the master and not the
slave. The thought you are holding will mani-
fest itself in action, and you will steadily grow to
become that which you have in mind.

Exercise.

Fix the mind firmly on the higher Self and
draw inspiration from it when you feel led to
yield to the promptings of the lower part of your
nature. When you are tempted to burst into
Anger — assert the "I," and your voice will drop.
Anger is unworthy of the developed Self. When
you feel vexed and cross, remember what you are,

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and rise above your feeling. When you feel
Fearful, remember that the Real Self fears noth-
ing, and assert Courage. When you feel Jealousy
inciting, think of your higher nature, and laugh.
And so on, asserting the Real Self and not allow-
ing the things on the lower plane of mentality to
disturb you. They are unworthy of you, and
must be taught to keep their places. Do not
allow these things to master you — they should be
your subjects, not your masters. You must get
away from this plane, and the only way to do so
is to cut loose from these phases of thought
which have been ''running things'' to suit them-
selves. You may have trouble at the start, but
keep at it and you will have that satisfaction
which comes only from conquering the lower
parts of our nature. You have been a slave long
enough — ^now is the time to free yourselves. If
you will follow these exercises faithfully you
will be a different being by the end of the year,
and will look back with a pitying smile to your
former condition. But it takes work. This is
not child's play, but a task for earnest men and

CHAPTER V
The Secret of the Will

While psychologists may differ in their theories
regarding the nature of the Will, none deny its
existence, nor question its power. All persons
recognize the power of strong Will — all see how
it may be used to overcome the greatest obstacles.
But few realize that the Will may be developed
and strengthened by intelligent practice. They
feel that they could accomplish wonders if they
had a strong Will, but instead of attempting to
develop it, they content themselves with vain
regrets. They sigh, but do nothing.

Those who have investigated the subject closely
know that Will Power, with all its latent possi-
bilities and mighty powers, may be developed,
disciplined, controlled and directed, just as may
be any other of Nature's forces. It does not
matter what theory you may entertain about the
nature of the Will, you will obtain the results if
you practice intelligently.

THE WILL

Personally, I have a somewhat odd theory
about the Will, I believe that every man has,
potentially, a strong Will, and that all he has to
do is to train his mind to make use of it* I think
that in the higher regions of the mind of every
man is a great store of Will Power awaiting bis
use. The Will current is running along the
psychic wires, and all that it is necessary to do is
to raise the mental trolley-pole and bring down
the power for your use. And the supply is
unlimited, for your little storage battery is con-
nected with the great power house of the Uni-
versal Will Power, and the power is inexhaust-
ible. Your Will does not need training — but
your Mind does. The mind is the instrument
and the supply of Will Power is proportionate
to the fineness of the instrument through which
it manifests. But you needn't accept this theory
if you don't like it. This lesson will fit your
theory as well as mine.

He who has developed his mind so that it will
allow the Will Power to manifest through it, has
opened up wonderful possibilities for himself.
Not only has he found a great power at his
command, but he is able to bring into play, and
use, faculties, talents and abilities of whose exist-

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ence he has not dreamed. This secret of the Will
is the magic key which opens all doors.

The late Donald G. Mitchell once wrote:
''Resolve is what makes a man manifest; not
puny resolve, but crude determination ; not errant
purpose — but that strong and indefatigable will
which treads down difficulties and danger, as a
boy treads down the heaving frost-lands of
winter; which kindles his eye and brain with a
proud pulse-beat toward the unattainable. Will
makes men giants."

Many of us feel that if we would but exert
our Will, we might accomplish wonders. But
somehow we do not seem to want to take the
trouble — at any rate, we do not get to the actual
willing point. We put it off from time to time,
and talk vaguely of "some day," but that some
day never comes.

We instinctively feel the power of the Will,
but we haven't enough energy to exercise it, and
so drift along with the tide, unless perhaps some
friendly difficulty arises, some helpful obstacle
appears in our path, or some kindly pain stirs us
into action, in either of which cases we are com-
pelled to assert our Will and thus begin to accom-
plish something.

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The trouble with us is that we do not want to
do the thing enough to make us exert our Will
Power. We don't want to hard enough. We
are mentally lazy and of weak Desire. If you
do not like the word Desire substitute for it the
word "Aspiration." ( Some people call the lower
impulses Desires, and the higher, Aspirations —
it's all a matter of words, take your choice.)
That is the trouble. Let a man be in danger of
losing his life— let a woman be in danger of
losing a great love — ^and you will witness a
startling exhibition of Will Power from an unex-
pected source. Let a woman's child be threatened
with danger, and she will manifest a degree of
Courage and Will that sweeps all before it. And
yet the same woman will quail before a domi-
neering husband, and will lack the Will to per-
form a simple task. A boy will do all sorts of
work if he but considers it play, and yet he can
scarcely force himself to cut a little fire-wood.
Strong Will follows strong Desire. If you really
want to do a thing very much, you can usually
develop the Will Power to accomplish it.

The trouble is that you have not really wanted
to do these things, and yet you blame your Will.
You say that you do want to do it, but if you

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stop to think you will see that you really want
to do something else more than the thing in
question. You are not willing to pay the price
of attainment. Stop a moment and analyze this
statement and apply it to your own case.

You are mentally lazy — ^that's the trouble.
Don't talk to me about not having enough Will.
You have a great storehouse of Will awaiting
your use, but you are too lazy to use it. Now,
if you are really in earnest about this matter, get
to work and first find out what you really want
to do — then start to work and do it. Never
mind about the Will Power — you'll find a full
supply of that whenever you need it. The thing
to do is to get to the point where you will resolve
to Will. That's the real test — the resolving.
Think of these things a little, and make up your
mind whether or not you really want to be a
Wilier sufficiently hard to get to work.

Many excellent essays and books have been
written on this subject, all of which agree regard-
ing the greatness of Will Power, the most en-
thusiastic terms being used; but few have any-
thing to say about how this power may be
acquired by those who have it not, or who pos-
sess it in but a limited degree. Some have given

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exercises designed to "strengthen" the Will,
which exercises really strengthen the Mind so
that it is able to draw upon its store of power.
But they have generally overlooked the fact that
in auto-suggestion is to be found the secret of the
development of the mind so that it may become
the efficient instrument of the Will.

AUTO-SUGGESTION

/ Am Using My Will Power.

Say these words several times earnestly and
positively, immediately after finishing this article.
Then repeat them frequently during the day, at
least once an hour, and particularly when you
meet something that calls for the exercise of Will
Power. Also repeat them several times after
you retire and settle yourself for sleep. Now,
there is nothing in these words unless you back
them up with the thought. In fact, the thought
is "the whole thing,'* and the words only pegs
upon which to hang the thought. So think of
what you are saying, and mean what you say.
You must use Faith at the start, and use the
words with a confident expectation of the result.
Hold the steady thought that you are drawing
on your storehouse of Will Power, and before

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long you will find that thought is taking form
in action, and that your Will Power is manifest-
ing itself. You will feel an influx of strength
with each repetition of the words. You will find
yourself overcoming difficulties and bad habits,
and will be surprised at how things are being
smoothed out for you.

Exercise

Perform at least one disagreeable task each day
during the month. If there is any specially dis-
agreeable task which you would like to shirk,
that is the one for you to perform. This is not
given you in order to make you self-sacrificing
or meek, or anything of that sort — it is given
you to exercise your Will. Anyone can do a
pleasant thing cheerfully, but it takes Will to do
the unpleasant thing cheerfully; and that is how
you must do the work. It will prove a most
valuable discipline to you. Try it for a month
and you will see where it "comes in." If you
shirk this exercise you had better stop right here
and acknowledge that you do not want Will
Power, and are content to stay where you are
and remain a weakling.

CHAPTER VI

How TO Become Immune to Injurious
Thought Attraction

The first thing to do is to begin to "cut out"
Fear and Worry. Fearthought is the cause of
much unhappiness and many failures. You have
been told this thing over and over again, but it
will bear repeating. Fear is a habit of mind
which has been fastened upon us by negative
race-thought, but from which we may free our-
selves by individual eflfort and perseverance.

Strong expectancy is a powerful magnet. He
of the strong, confident desire attracts to him the
things best calculated to aid him — ^persons,
things, circumstances, surroundings ; if he desires
them hopefully, trustfully, confidently, calmly.
And, equally true, he who Fears a thing generally
manages to start into operation forces which will
cause the thing he feared to come upon him.
Don't you see, the man who Fears really expects
the feared thing, and in the eyes of the Law it is

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the same as if he really had wished for or desired
it? The Law is operative in both cases — the
principle is the same.

The best way to overcome the habit of Fear
is to assume the mental attitude of Courage, just
as the best way to get rid of darkness is to let
in the light. It is a waste of time to fight a
negative thought-habit by recognizing its force
and trying to deny it out of existence by mighty
efforts. The best, surest, easiest and quickest
method is to assiune the existence of the positive
thought desired in its place; and by constantly
dwelling upon the positive thought, manifest it
into objective reality.

Therefore, instead of repeating, "I'm not
afraid," say boldly, "I am full of Courage," "I
am Courageous." You must assert, "There's
nothing to fear," which, although in the nature
of a denial, simply denies the reality of the object
causing fear rather than admitting the fear itself
and then denying it.

To overcome Fear, one should hold firmly to
the mental attitude of Courage. He should think
Courage, say Courage, act Courage. He should
keep the mental picture of Courage before him
all the time, until it becomes his normal mental

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attitude. Hold the ideal firmly before you and
you will gradually grow to its attainment — ^the
ideal will become manifest.

Let the word "Courage" sink deeply into your
mind, and then hold it firmly there until the mind
fastens it in place. Think of yourself as being
Courageous — see yourself as acting with Courage
in trying situations. Realize that there is noth-
ing to Fear — that Worry and Fear never helped
anyone, and never will. Realize that Fear par-
alyzes effort, and that Courage promotes activity.

The confident, fearless, expectant, "I Can and
I Will" man is a mighty magnet. He attracts to
himself just what is needed for his success.
Things seem to come his way, and people say he
is "lucky." Nonsense! "Luck" has nothing to do
with it. It's all in the Mental Attitude. And
the Mental Attitude of the "I Can't" or the "Fm
Afraid" man also determines his measure of suc-
cess. There's no mystery whatsoever about it.
You have but to look about you to realize the
truth of what I have said. Did you ever know a
successful man who did not have the "I Can and
I Will" thought strong within him? Why, he
will walk all around the "I Can't" man, who has
perhaps even more ability. The first mental atti-

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tude brought to the surface latent qualities, as
well as attracted help from outside; whilst the
second mental attitude not only attracted *T
Can't" people and things, but also kept the man's
own powers from manifesting themselves. I
have demonstrated the correctness of these views,
and so have many others, and the number of
people who know these things is growing every
day.

Don't waste your Thought-Force, but use it to
advantage. Stop attracting to yourself failure,
unhappiness, inharmony, sorrow — begin now
and send out a current of bright, positive, happy
thought. Let your prevailing thought be "I Can
and I Will;" think "I Can and I Will;" dream
"I Can and I Will;" say "I Can and I Will;" act
"I Can and I Will." Live on the "I Can and I
Will" plane, and before you are aware of it, you
will feel the new vibrations manifesting them-
selves in action ; will see them bring results ; will
be conscious of the new point of view ; will real-
ize that your own is coming to you. You will
feel better, act better, see better, BE better in
every way, after you join the "I Can and I Will"
brigade.

Fear is the parent of Worry, Hate, Jealousy,

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Malice, Anger, Discontent, Failure and all the
rest. The man who rids himself of Fear will
find that the rest of the brood have disappeared.
The only way to be Free is to get rid of Fear.
Tear it out by the roots. I regard the conquest
of Fear as the first important step to be taken by
those who wish to master the application of
Thought Force. So long as Fear masters you,
you are in no condition to make progress in the
realm of Thought, and I must insist that you
start to work at once to get rid of this obstruc-
tion. You CAN do it — if you only go about it
in earnest. And when you have ridded yourself
of the vile thing, life will seem entirely different
to you — ^you will feel happier, freer, stronger,
more positive, and will be more successful in
every undertaking of Life.

Start in today, make up your mind that this
intruder must GO — do not compromise matters
with him, but insist upon an absolute surrender
on his part. You will find the task difficult at
first, but each time you oppose him he will grow
weaker, and you will be stronger. Shut off his
nourishment — starve him to death — he cannot
live in a thought-atmosphere of Fearlessness. So,
start to fill your mind with good, strong, Fear-

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less thoughts — ^keep yourself busy thinking Fear-
lessness, and Fear will die of his own accord.
Fearlessness is positive — Fear is negative, and
you may be sure that the positive will prevail.

So long as Fear is around with his "but," "if,"
"suppose," "Fm afraid," "I can't," "what if,"
and all the rest of his cowardly suggestions, you
will not be able to use your Thought Force to the
best advantage. Once get him out of the way,
you will have clear sailing, and every inch of
thought-sail will catch the wind. He is a Jonah.
Overboard with him ! (The whale who swallows
him will have my sympathy.)

I advise that you start in to do some of the
things which you feel you could do if you were
not afraid to try. Start to work to do these
things, affirming "Courage" all the way through,
and you will be surprised to see how the changed
mental attitude will clear away obstacles from
your path, and will make things very much easier
than you had anticipated. Exercises of this kind
will develop you wonderfully, and you will be
much gratified at the result of a little practice
along these lines.

There are many things before you awaiting
accomplishment, which you can master if you

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will only throw aside the yoke of Fear — if you
will only refuse to accept the race suggestion,
and will boldly assert the "I" and its power.
And the best way to vanquish Fear is to assert
"Courage" and stop thinking of Fear. By this
plan you will train the mind into new habits of
thought, thus eradicating the old negative
thoughts which have been pulling you down, and
holding you back. Take the word "Courage"
with you as your watchword and manifest it in
action.

Remember, the only thing to fear is Fear, and
— well, don't even fear Fear, for he's a cowardly
chap at the best, who will run if you show a brave

CHAPTER VII
The Transmutation of Negative Thought

Worry is the child of Fear — if you kill out
Fear, Worry will die for want of nourishment.
This advice is very old, and yet it is always
worthy of repetition, for it is a lesson of which
we are greatly in need. Some people think that
if we kill out Fear and Worry we will never be
able to accomplish anything. I have read edito-
rials in the great journals in which the writers
held that without Worry one can never accom-
plish any of the great tasks of life, because
Worry is necessary to stimulate interest and
work. This is nonsense, no matter who utters
it. Worry never helped one to accomplish any-
thing; on the contrary, it stands in the way of
accomplishment and attainment.

The motive underlying action and "doing
things" is Desire and Interest. If one earnestly
desires a thing, he naturally becomes very much
interested in its accomplishment, and is quick to

NEGATIVE THOUGHT

seize upon anything likely to help him to gain
the thing he wants. More than that, his mind
starts up a work on the subnconscious plane that
brings into the field of consciousness many ideas
of value and importance. Desire and Interest
are the causes that result in success. Worry is
not Desire. It is true that if one's surroundings
and environments become intolerable, he is
driven in desperation to some efforts that will
result in throwing off the undesirable conditions
and in the acquiring of those more in harmony
with his desire. But this is only another form
of Desire — the man desires something different
from what he has; and when his desire becomes
strong enough his entire interest is given to the
task, he makes a mighty effort^ and the change
is accomplished. But it wasn't Worry that
caused the effort. Worry could content itself
with wringing its hands and moaning "Woe is
me," and wearing its nerves to a frazzle, and
accomplishing nothing. Desire acts differently.
It grows stronger as the man's conditions become
intolerable, and finally when he feels the hurt so
strongly that he can't stand it any longer, he
says, "I won't stand this any longer^ — I will make
a change," and lo! then Desire springs into

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action. The man keeps on "wanting" a change
the worst way (which is the best way) and his
Interest and Attention being given to the task of
deliverance, he begins to make things move.
Worry never accomplished anything. Worry is
negative and death producing. Desire and Ambi-
tion are positive and life producing. A man may
worry himself to death and yet nothing will be
accomplished, but let that man transmute his
worry and discontent into Desire and Interest,
coupled with a belief that he is able to make the
change— the "I Can and I Will'' idea— then
something happens.

Yes, Fear and Worry must go before we can
do much. One must proceed to cast out these
negative intruders, and replace them with Con-
fidence and Hope. Transmute Worry into keen
Desire. Then you will find that Interest is awak-
ened, and you will begin to think things of
interest to you. Thoughts will come to you from
the great reserve stock in your mind and you will
start to manifest them in action. Moreover you
will be placing yourself in harmony with similar
thoughts of others, and will draw to you aid and
assistance from the great volume of thought
waves with which the world is filled. One draws

NEGATIVE THOUGHT

to himself thought waves corresponding in char-
acter with the nature of the prevailing thoughts
in his own mind — his mental attitude. Then
again he begins to set into motion the great Law
of Attraction, whereby he draws to him others
likely to help him, and is, in turn, attracted to
others who can aid him. This Law of Attraction
is no joke, no metaphysical absurdity, but is a
great live working principle of Nature, as anyone
may learn by experimenting and observing.

To succeed in anything you must want it very
much — Desire must be in evidence in order to
attract. The man of weak desires attracts very
little to himself. The stronger the Desire the
greater the force set into motion. You must
want a thing hard enough before you can get
it. You must want it more than you do the
things around you, and you must be prepared to
pay the price for it. The price is the throwing
overboard of certain lesser desires that stand in
the way of the accomplishment of the greater
one. Comfort, ease, leisure, amusements^ and
many other things may have to go (not always,
though). It all depends on what you want. As
a rule, the greater the thing desired, the greater
the price to ba paid for it. Nature believes in

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adequate compensation. But if you really Desire
a thing in earnest, you will pay the price without
question; for the Desire will dwarf the impor-
tance of the other things.

You say that you want a thing very much,
and are doing everything possible toward its
attainment? Pshaw! you are only playing
Desire. Do you want the thing as much as a
prisoner wants freedom — as much as a dying
man wants life? Look at the almost miraculous
things accomplished by prisoners desiring free-
dom. Look how they work through steel plates
and stone walls with a bit of stone. Is your
desire as strong as that? Do you work for the
desired thing as if your life depended upon it?
Nonsense! you don't know what Desire is. I
tell you if a man wants a thing as much as the
prisoner wants freedom, or as much as a strongly
vital man wants life, then that man will be able
to sweep away obstacles and impediments ap-
parently immovable. The key to attainment is
Desire, Confidence, and Will. This key will open
many doors.

Fear paralyzes Desire — it scares the life out of
it. You must get rid of Fear. There have been
times in my life when Fear would get hold of me

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and take a good, firm grip on my vitals, and I
would lose all hope; all interest; all ambition; all
desire. But, thank the Lord, I have always man-
aged to throw off the grip of the monster and
face my difficulty like a man; and lo! things
would seem to be straightened out for me some-
how. Either the difficulty would melt away, or
I would be given means to overcome it, or get
around, or under or over it. It is strange how
this works. No matter how great is the difficulty,
when we finally face it with courage and con-
fidence in ourselves, we seem to pull through
somehow, and then we begin to wonder what we
were scared about. This is not a mere fancy, it
is the working of a mighty law, which we do not
as yet fully understand, but which we may prove
at any time.

People often ask: "It's all very well for you
New Thought people to say 'Don't worry,' but
what's a person to do when he thinks of all the
possible things ahead of him, which might upset
him and his plans?" Well, all that I can say is
that the man is foolish to bother about thinking
of troubles to come at some time in the future.
The majority of things that we worry about
don't come to pass at all; a large proportion of

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the others come in a milder form than we had
anticipated, and there are always other things
which come at the same time which help us to
overcome the trouble. The future holds in store
for us not only difficulties to be overcome, but
also agents to help us in overcoming the difficul-
ties. Things adjust themselves. We are pre-
pared for any trouble which may come upon us,
and when the time comes we somehow find our-
selves able to meet it. God not only tempers the
wind to the shorn lamb, but He also tempers the
shorn lamb to the wind. The wind and the
shearing do not come together; there is usually
enough time for the lamb to get seasoned, and
then he generally grows new wool before the
cold blast comes.

It has been well said that nine-tenths of the
worries are over things which never come to pass,
and that the other tenth is over things of little or
no account. So what's the use in using up all
your reserve force in fretting over future
troubles, if this be so? Better wait until your
troubles really come before you worry. You will
find that by this storing up of energy you will
be able to meet about any sort of trouble that
comes your way.

NEGATIVE THOUGHT

What is it that uses up all the energy in the
average man or woman, anyway? Is it the real
overcoming- of difficulties, or the worrying about
impending- troubles? It's always "Tomorrow,
tomorrow," and yet tomorrow never comes just
as we feared it would. Tomorrow is all right;
it carries in its grip good things as well as
troubles. Bless my soul, when I sit down and
think over the things which I once feared might
possibly descend upon me, I laugh! Where are
those feared things now? I don't know — have
almost forgotten that I ever feared them*

You do not need to fight Worry — that isn't the
way to overcome the habit. Just practice con-
centration, and then learn to concentrate upon
something right before you, and you will find
that the worry thought has vanished, The
mind can think of but one thing at a time, and if
you concentrate upon a bright thing, the other
thing will fade away. There are better ways of
overcoming objectionable thoughts than by fight-
ing them. Learn to concentrate upon thoughts
of an opposite character, and you will have solved
the problem*

When the mind is full of worry thoughts, it
cannot find time to work out plans to benefit you,

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But when you have concentrated upon bright,
helpful thoughts, you will discover that it will
start to work subconsciously; and when the time
comes you will find all sorts of plans and meth-
ods by which you will be able to meet the
demands upon you. Keep your mental attitude
right, and all things will be added unto you.
There's no sense in worrying; nothing has ever
been gained by it, and nothing ever will be. Bright^
cheerful and happy thoughts attract bright,
cheerful and happy things to us — worry drives
them away. Cultivate the right mental attitude.

CHAPTER VIII
The Law of Mental Control

Your thoughts are either faithful servants or
tyrannical masters — ^just as you allow them to
be. You have the say about it ; take your choice.
They will either go about your work under direc-
tion of the firm will, doing it the best they know
how, not only in your waking hours, but when
you are asleep — some of our best mental work
being performed for us when our conscious men-
tality is at rest, as is evidenced by the fact that
when the morning comes we find troublesome
problems have been worked out for us during the
night, after we had dismissed them from our
minds — apparently; or they will ride all over us
and make us their slaves if we are foolish enough
to allow them to do so. More than half the
people of the world are slaves of every vagrant
thought which may see fit to torment them.

Your mind is given you for your good and for
your own use — not to use you. There are very

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few people who seem to realize this and who
understand the art of managing the mind. The
key to the mystery is Concentration. A little
practice will develop withm every man the power
to use the mental machine properly. When you
have some mental work to do concentrate upon
it to the exclusion of everything else, and you
will find that the mind will get right down to
business — ^to the work at hand — and matters will
be cleared up in no time. There is an absence of
friction, and all waste motion or lost power is
obviated. Every pound of energy is put to use,
and every revolution of the mental driving-wheel
counts for something. It pays to be able to be a
competent mental engineer.

And the man who understands how to run his
mental engine knows that one of the important
things is to be able to stop it when the work has
been done. He does not keep putting coal in the
furnace, and maintaining a high pressure after
the work is finished, or when the day's portion
of the work has been done, and the fires should
be banked until the next day. Some people act
as if the engine should be kept running whether
there was any work to be done or not, and then
they complain if it gets worn out and wobbles

MENTAL CONTROL

and needs repairing. These mental engines are
fine machines, and need intelligent care.

To those who are acquainted with tlie laws of
mental control it seems absurd for one to He
awake at night fretting about the problems of the
day, or more often, of the marrow. It is just as
easy to slow down the mind as it is to slow down
an engine, and thousands of people are learning
to do this in these days of New Thought The
best w^ay to do it is to think of something else —
as far different from the obtruding thought as
possible. There is no use fighting an objection-
able thought with the purpose of ''downing" it;
that is a great waste of energy j and the more you
keep on saying, "I won't think of this thing!'*
the more it keeps on coming into your mind, for
you are holding it there for the purpose of hit-
ting it. Let it go; don't give it another thought;
fix the mind on something entirely different, and
keep the attention there by an effort of the will.
A little practice will do much for you in this
direction* There is only room for one thing at a
time in the focus of attention; so put all your
attention upon one thought, and the others will
sneak off. Try it for yourself.

CHAPTER IX
Asserting the Life-Force

I have spoken to you of the advantage of get-
ting rid of Fear. Now I wish to put LIFE into
you. Many of you have been going along as if
you were dead — no ambition — no energy — ^no
vitality — no interest — ^no life. This will never
do. You are stagnating. Wake up and display
a few signs of life! This is not the place in
which you can stalk around like a living corpse —
this is the place for wide-awake, active, live
people, and a good general awakening is what is
needed; although it would take nothing less than
a blast from Gabriel's trumpet to awaken some of
the people who are stalking around thinking that
they are alive, but who are really dead to all that
makes life worth while.

We must let Life flow through us, and allow it
to express itself naturally. Do not let the little
worries of life, or the big ones either, depress
you and cause you to lose your vitality. Assert

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the Life Force within you, and manifest it in
every thought, act and deed, and before long you
will be exhilarated and fairly bubbling over with
vitality and energy.

Put a little life into your work — into your
pleasures — into yourself. Stop doing things in a
half-hearted way, and begin to take an interest
in what you are doing, saying and thinking. It
is astonishing how much interest we may find
in the ordinary things of life, if we will only
wake up. There are interesting things all around
us — interesting events occurring every moment
— ^but we will not be aware of them unless we
assert our life force and begin to actually live
instead of merely existing.

No man or woman ever amounted to anything
unless he or she put life into the tasks of every-
day life — the acts — ^the thoughts. What the
world needs is live men and women. Just look
into the eyes of the people whom you meet, and
see how few of them are really alive. The most
of them lack that expression of conscious life
which distinguishes the man who lives from the
one who simply exists,

I want you to acquire this sense of conscious
life so that you may manifest it in your life and

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show what Mental Science has done for you. I
want you to get to work today and begin to
make yourselves over according to the latest pat-
tern. You can do this if you will only take the
proper interest in the task.

Affirmation and Exercise

^7 Am Alive."

Fix in your mind the thought that the "I"
within you is very much alive and that you
are manifesting life fully, mentally and physically.
And keep this thought there, aiding yourself with
constant repetitions of the watchword. Don't let
the thought escape you, but keep pushing it back
into the mind. Keep it before the mental vision
as much as possible. Repeat the watchword when
you awaken in the morning — say it when you re-
tire at night. And say it at meal times, and
whenever else you can during the day — at least
once an hour. Form the mental picture of your-
self as filled with Life and Energy. Live up to it
as far as possible. When you start in to perform
a task say "I Am AHve" and mix up as much life
as possible in the task. If you find yourself feel-
ing depressed, say "I Am Alive," and then take a
few deep breaths, and with each inhalation let the

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mind hold the thought that you are breathing in
Strength and Life, and as you exhale, hold the
thought that you are breathing out all the old,
dead, negative conditions and are glad to get rid
of them. Then finish up with an earnest, vigorous
affirmation: "I Am Alive,'' and mean it when
you say it, too.

And let your thoughts take form in action.
Don't rest content with merely saying that you
are alive, but prove it with your acts. Take an
interest in doing things, and don't go around
*'mooning" or day-dreaming. Get down to busi-

CHAPTER X
Training the Habit-Mind

Professor William James, the well-known
teacher of, and writer upon Psychology, very
truly says :

"The great thing in all education is to make
our nervous system our ally instead of our
enemy. For this we must make automatic and
habitual, as early as possible, as many useful
actions as we can, and as carefully guard against
growing into ways that are likely to be disad-
vantageous. In the acquisition of a new habit, or
the leaving oflf of an old one, we must take care
to launch ourselves with as strong and decided
initiative as possible. Never suffer an exception
to occur until the new habit is securely rooted in
your life. Seize the very first possible oppor-
tunity to act on every resolution you make and
on every emotional prompting you may expe-
rience, in the direction of the habits you aspire to
gain."

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This advice is along the lines familiar to all
students of Mental Science, but it states the mat-
ter more plainly than the majority of us have
done. It impresses upon us the importance of
passing on to the subconscious mind the proper
impulses, so that they will become automatic and
"second nature." Our subconscious mentality is
a great store house for all sorts of suggestions
from ourselves and others, and, as it is the
"habit-mind," we must be careful to send it the
proper material from which it may make habits.
If we get into the habit of doing certain things,
we may be sure that the subconscious mentality
will make it easier for us to do just the same
thing over and over again, easier each time, until
finally we are firmly bound with the ropes and
chains of the habit, and find it more or less dif-
ficult, sometimes almost impossible, to free our-
selves from the hateful thing.

We should cultivate good habits against the
hour of need. The time will come when we will
be required to put forth our best efforts, and it
rests with us today whether that hour of need
shall find us doing the proper thing automatically
and almost without thought, or struggling to do
it bound down and hindered with the chains of

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things opposed to that which we desire at that
moment.

We must be on guard at all times to prevent
the forming of undesirable habits. There may
be no special harm in doing a certain thing today,
or perhaps again tomorrow, but there may be
much harm in setting up the habit of doing that
particular thing. If you are confronted with the
question: "Which of these two things should I
do ?" the best answer is : "I will do that which I
would like to become a habit with me."

In forming a new habit, or in breaking an old
one, we should throw ourselves into the task with
as much enthusiasm as possible, in order to gain
the most ground before the energy expends itself
when it meets with friction from the opposing
habits already formed. We should start in by
making as strong an impression as possible upon
the subconscious mentality. Then we should be
constantly on guard against temptations to break
the new resolution "just this once." This "just
once" idea kills oflf more good resolutions than
any other one cause. The moment you yield
"just this once," you introduce the thin edge of
the wedge that will, in the end, split your reso-
lution into pieces.

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Equally important is the fact that each time
you resist temptation the stronger does your
resolution become. Act upon your resolution as
early and as often as possible, as with every
manifestation of thought in action, the stronger
does it become. You are adding to the strength
of your original resolution every time you back
it up with action.

The mind has been likened to a piece of paper
that has been folded. Ever afterwards it has a
tendency to fold in the same crease — ^unless we
make a new crease or fold, when it will follow
the last lines. And the creases are habits — every
time we make one it is so much easier for the
mind to fold along the same crease afterward.
Let us make our mental creases in the right
direction.

CHAPTER XI
The Psychology of Emotion

One IS apt to think of the emotions as inde-
pendent from habit. We easily may think of one
acquiring habits of action, and even of thinking,
but we are apt to regard the emotions as some-
thing connected with "feeling" and quite di-
vorced from intellectual effort. Yet, notwith-
standing the distinction between the two, both
are dependent largely upon habit, and one may
repress, increase, develop, and change one's emcH
tions, just as one may regulate habits of action
and lines of thought.

It is an axiom of psychology that "Ehiotions
deepen by repetition.'' If a person allows a state
of feeling to thoroughly take possession of him,
he will find it easier to yield to the same emotion
the second time, and so on, until the particular
emotion or feeling becomes second nature to him.
If an undesirable emotion shows itself inclined to
take up a permanent abode with you, you had

THE EMOTIONS

better start to work to get rrd of it, or at least
to master it. And the best time to do this is at
the start; for each repetition renders the habit
more firmly intrenched, and the task of dislodg-
ing it more difficult.

Were you ever jealous? If so, you will re-
member how insidious was its first approach,
how subtly it whispered hateful suggestions into
your willing ear, and how gradually it followed
up such suggestions, until, finally you began to
see green. (Jealousy has an effect upon the bile,
and causes it to poison the blood. This is why
the idea of green is always associated with it,)
Then you will remember how the thing seemed
to grow, taking possession of you until you
scarcely could shake it off. You found it much
easier to become jealous the next time. It
seemed to bring before you all sorts of objects
apparently justifying your suspicions and feel*
ing. Everything began to look green — the green-
eyed monster waxed fat*

And so it is with every feeling or emotion. If
you give way to a fit of rage, you will find it
easier to become angry the next time, on less
provocation. The habit of feeling and acting
"mean" does not take long to firmly settle itself

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in Its new home if encouraged. Worry is a great
habit for growing and waxing fat. People start
by worrying about big things, and then begin to
worry and fret about some smaller thing. And
then the merest trifle worries and distresses them.
They imagine that all sorts of evil things are
about to befall them. If they start on a journey
they are certain, there is going to be a wreck. If
a telegram comes, it is sure to contain some
dreadful tidings. If a child seems a little quiet,
the worrying mother is positive it is going to fall
ill and die. If the husband seems thoughtful, as
he revolves some business plan in his mind, then
the good wife is convinced that he is begin-
ning to cease to love her, and indulges in a
crying spell. And so it goes — ^worry, worry,
worry— each indulgence making the habit more
at home. After a while the continued thought
shows itself in action. Not only is the mind
poisoned by the blue thoughts, but the forehead
shows deep lines between the eyebrows, and the
voice takes on that whining, rasping tone so com-
mon among worry-burdened people.

The condition of mind known as "fault-find-
ing" is another emotion that grows fat with exer-
cise. First, fault is found with this thing, then

THE EMOTIONS

with that, and finally with everything. The per-
son becomes a chronic "nagger" — a burden to
friends and relatives, and a thing to be avoided
by outsiders. Women make the greatest naggers.
Not because men are any better^ but simply be-
cause a man nagger is apt to have the habit
knocked out of him by other men v\rho v^ill not
stand his nonsense — he finds that he is making
things too hot for himself, and he reforms; while
a woman has more of a chance to indulge in the
habit* But this nagging is all a matter of habit*
It grows from small beginnings, and each time
it is indulged in it throws out another root,
branch, or tendril, and fastens itself the closer to
the one who has given it soil in which to grow.

Envy, uncharitableness, gossip, scandal-mon-
ger ing, are all habits of this kind. The seeds are
in every human breast, and only need good soil
and a little watering to become lusty and strong.

Each time you give way to one of these nega-
tive emotions, the easier do you make it for a
recurrence of the same thing, or similar ones.
Sometimes by encouraging one unworthy emo-
tion, you find that you have given room for the
growth of a whole family of these mental weeds.

Now, this is not a good old orthodox preach-

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ment against the sin of bad thoughts. It is
merely a calling of your attention to the law
underlying the psychology of emotions. Nothing
new about it — old as the hills — so old that many
of us have forgotten all about it.

If you wish to manifest these constantly disa-
greeable and unpleasant traits, and to suffer the
unhappiness that comes from them, by all means
do so— that is your own business, and privilege.
It's none of mine, and I am not preaching at you
— it keeps me busy minding my own business and
keeping an eye on my own undesirable habits
and actions. I am merely telling you the law
regarding the matter, and you may do the rest.
If you wish to choke out these habits, there are
two ways open to you. First, whenever you find
yourself indulging in a negative thought or feel-
ing, take right hold of it and say to it firmly, and
vigorously, "Get out !" It won't like this at first,
and will bridle up, curve its back and snarl like
an offended cat. But never mind — ^just say
"Scat" to it. The next time it will not be so
confident and aggressive — it will have mani-
fested a little of the fear-habit. Each time you
repress and choke out a tendency of this kind, the
weaker it will become, and the stronger will your
will be.

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Professor James says: "Refuse to express a
passion, and it dies. Count ten before venting
your anger, and its occasion seems ridiculous.
Whistling to keep up courage is no mere figure
of speech. On the other hand, sit all day in a
moping posture, sigh, and reply to everything
with a dismal voice, and your melancholy lingers.
There is no more valuable precept in moral edu-
cation than this, as all who have experience
know : if we wish to conquer emotional tenden-
cies in ourselves, we must assiduously, and in
the first instance, cold-bloodedly, go through the
outward movements of those contrary disposi-
tions which we prefer to cultivate. * ♦ *
Smooth the brow, brighten the eye, contract the
dorsal rather than the ventral aspect of the frame,
and speak in a major key, pass the genial com-
pliment, and your heart must be frigid indeed if
it does not gradually thaw.*'

CHAPTER XII
Developing New Brain-Cells

I have spoken of the plan of getting rid of
undesirable states of feeling by driving them out.
But a far better way is to cultivate the feeling or
emotion directly opposed to the one you wish to
eradicate.

We are very apt to regard ourselves as the
ceatures of our emotions and feelings, and to
fancy that these feelings and emotions are "we."
But such is far from being the truth. It is true
that the majority of the race are slaves of their
emotions and feelings, and are governed by them
to a great degree. They think that feelings are
things that rule one and from which one cannot
free himself, and so they cease to rebel. They
yield to the feeling without question, although
they may know that the emotion or mental trait
is calculated to injure them, and to bring unhap-
piness and failure instead of happiness and suc-
cess. They say "we are made that way," and let
it go at that.

BRAIN-CELLS

The new Psychology is teaching the people
better things. It tells them that they are masters
of their emotions and feelings, instead of being
their slaves. It tells them that brain-cells may be
developed that will manifest along desirable lines,
and that the old brain-cells that have been mani-
festing so unpleasantly may be placed on the
retired list, and allowed to atrophy from want of
use. People may make themselves over, and
change their entire natures. This is not mere
idle theory, but is a working fact which has been
demonstrated by thousands of people, and which
is coming more and more before the attention of
the race.

No matter what theory of mind we entertain,
we must admit that the brain is the organ and
instrument of the mind, in our present state of
existence, at least, and that the brain must be
considered in this matter. The brain is like a
wonderful musical instrument, having millions
of keys, upon which we may play innumerable
combinations of sounds. We come into the world
with certain tendencies, temperaments, and pre-
dispositions. We may account for these tenden-
cies by heredity, or we may account for them
upon theories of pre-existence^ but the facts re-

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main the same. Certain keys seem to respond to
our touch more easily than others. Certain notes
seem to sound forth as the current of circum-
stances sweeps over the strings. And certain
other notes are less easily vibrated. But we find
that if we but make an effort of the will to
restrain the utterance of some of these easily
sounded strings, they will grow more difficult to
sound, and less liable to be stirred by the passing
breeze. And if we will pay attention to some of
the other strings that have not been giving forth
a clear tone, we will soon get them in good work-
ig order; their notes will chime forth clear and
vibrant, and will drown the less pleasant sounds.
We have millions of unused brain-cells await-
ing our cultivation. We are using but a few of
them, and some of these we are working to death.
We are able to give some of these cells a rest, by
using other cells. The brain may be trained and
cultivated in a manner incredible to one who has
not looked into the subject. Mental attitudes
may be acquired and cultivated, changed and dis-
carded, at will. There is no longer any excuse
for people manifesting unpleasant and harmful
mental states. We have the remedy in our own
hands.

BRAIN-CELLS

We acquire habits of thought, feeling, and
action, by repeated use. We may be born with a
tendency in a certain direction, or we may ac-
quire tendencies by suggestions from others;
such as the examples of those around us, sugges-
tions from reading, listening to teachers. We
are a bundle of mental habits. Each time we
indulge in an undesirable thought or habit, the
easier does it become to repeat that thought or
action. And the oftener we give forth a certain
desirable thought, or perform a desirable action,
the easier does it become for us to repeat that
thought or action.

Mental scientists are in the habit of speaking
of desirable thoughts or mental attitudes as
"positive," and of the undesirable ones as "nega-
tive." There is a good reason for this. The
mind instinctively recognizes certain things as
good for the individual to which it belongs, and
it clears the path for such thoughts, and inter-
poses the least resistance to them. They have a
much greater effect than an undesirable thought
possesses, and one positive thought will counter'
act a number of negative thoughts. The best
way to overcome undesirable or negative thoughts
and feelings is to cultivate the positive ones. The

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positive thought is the strongest plant, and will
in time starve out the negative one by withdraw-
ing from it the nourishment necessary for its
existence.

Of course the negative thought will set up a
vigorous resistance at first, for it is a fight for
life with it. In the slang words of the time, it
"sees its finish" if the positive thought is allowed
to grow and develop; and, consequently, it
makes things unpleasant for the individual until
he has started well into the work of starving it
out. Brain cells do not like to be laid on the
shelf any more than does any other form of
living energy, and they rebel and struggle until
they become too weak to do so. The best way
is to pay as little attention as possible to these
weeds of the mind, but put in as much time as
possible watering, caring for and attending to
the new and beautiful plants in the garden of the
mind.

For instance, if you are apt to hate people, you
can best overcome the negative thought by culti-
vating Love in its place. Think Love, and act it
out, as often as possible. Cultivate thoughts of
kindness, and act as kindly as you can to every-
one with whom you come in contact. You will

BRAIN-CELLS

have trouble at the start, but gradually Love will
master Hate, and the latter will begin to droop
and wither. If you have a tendency toward the
"blues" cultivate a smile, and a cheerful view of
things. Insist upon your mouth wearing up-
turned corners^ and make an effort of the will to
look upon the bright side of things. The "blue-
devils" will set up a fight, of course, but pay no
attention to them — just go on cultivating optim-
ism and cheerfulness. Let "Bright, Cheerful and
Happy" be your watchword, and try to live it
out

These recipes may seem very old and time-
worn, but they are psychological truths and may
be used by yon to advantage. If you once com-
prehend the nature of the thing, the affirmations
and auto-suggestions of the several schools may
be understood and taken advantage of. You may
make yourself energetic instead of slothful,
active instead of lazy, by this method. It is all a
matter of practice and steady work. New
Thought people often have much to say about
"holding the thought;" and, indeed, it is neces-
sary to "hold the thought'' in order to accom-
plish results. But something more is needed.
You must ''act out" the thought until it becomes

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a fixed habit with you. Thoughts take form in
action ; and in turn actions influence thought. So
by "acting out" certain lines of thought, the
actions react upon the mind, and increase the
development of the part of the mind having close
relation to the act. Each time the mind enter-
tains a thought, the easier becomes the resulting
action — ^and each time an act is performed, the
easier becomes the corresponding thought. So
you see the thing works both ways — action and
reaction. If you feel cheerful and happy, it is
very natural for you to laugh. And if you will
laugh a little, you will begin to feel bright and
cheerful. Do you see what I am trying to get
at? Here it is, in a nutshell: // you wish to
cultivate a certain habit of action, begin by culti-
vating the mental attitude corresponding to it.
And as a means of cultivating that mental atti-
tude, start in to "act-out'' or go through, the
motions of the act corresponding to the thought.
Now, see if you cannot apply this rule. Take up
something that you really feel should be done,
but which you do not feel like doing. Cultivate
the thought leading up to it — ^say to yourself:
"I like to do so and so," and then go through the
motions (cheerfully, remember!) and act out the

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thought that you like to do the thing. Take an
interest in the doing — study out the best way to
do it — ^put brains into it — take a pride in it — ^and
you will find yourself doing the thing with a
considerable amount of pleasure and interest —
you will have cultivated a new habit.

If you prefer trying it on some mental trait
of which you wish to be rid, it will work the
same way. Start in to cultivate the opposite trait,
and think it out and act it out for all you are
worth. Then watch the change that will come
over you. Don't be discouraged at the resist-
ance you will encounter at first, but sing gaily:
"I Can and I Will," and get to work in earnest.
The important thing in this work is to keep cheer-
ful and interested. If you manage to do this, the
rest will be easy.

CHAPTER XIII
The Attractive Power — ^Desire Force.

We have. discussed the necessity of getting rid
of fear, that your desire may have full strength
with which to work. Supposing that you have
mastered this part of the task, or at least started
on the road to mastery, I will now call your
attention to another important branch of the sub-
ject. I allude to the subject of mental leaks.
No, I don't mean the leakage arising from your
failure to keep your own secrets — that is also
important, but forms another story. The leakage
I am now referring to is that occasioned by the
habit of having the attention attracted to and
distracted by every passing fancy.

In order to attain a thing it is necessary that
the mind should fall in love with it, and be con-
scious of its existence, almost to the exclusion of
everything else. You must get in love with the
thing you wish to attain, just as much as you
would if you were to meet the girl or man you
wished to marry. I do not mean that you should

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become a monomaniac upon the subject, and
should lose all interest in everything else in the
world — that won't do, for the mind must have
recreation and change. But, I do mean that you
must be so "set^* upon the desired thing that all
else will seem of secondary importance. A man
in love may be pleasant to every one else, and
may go through the duties and pleasures of life
with good spirit, but underneath it all he is
humming to himself "J"st One Girl ;'* and every
one of his actions is bent toward getting that
girl, and making a comfortable home for her.
Do you see what I mean? You must get in love
with the thing you want, and you must get in
love with it in earnest — none of this latter-day
flirting, "on-today and off-tomorrow" sort of
love, but the good old-fashioned kind, that used
to make it impossible for a young man to get to
sleep unless he took a walk around his best girl's
house, just to be sure it was still there. That's
the real kind!

And the man or woman in search of success
must make of that desired thing his ruling pas-
sion — ^he must keep his mind on the main chance.
Success is jealous — that's why we speak of her as
feminine. She demands a man's whole affection,

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and if he begins flirting with other fair charmers,
she soon turns her back upon him. If a man
allows his strong interest in the main chance to
be sidetracked, he will be the loser. Mental Force
operates best when it is concentrated. You must
give to the desired thing your best and most
earnest thought. Just as the man who is thor-
oughly in love will think out plans and schemes
whereby he may please the fair one, so will the
man who is in love with his w^ork or business
g^ve it his best thought, and the result will be
that a hundred and one plans will come into his
field of consciousness, many of which are very
important. The mind works on the subconscious
plane, remember, and almost always along the
lines of the ruling passion or desire. It will fix
up things, and patch together plans and schemes,
and when you need them the most it will pop
them into your consciousness, and you will feel
like hurrahing, just as if you had received some
valuable aid from outside.

But if you scatter your thought-force, the sub-
conscious mind will not know just how to please
you, and the result is that you are apt to be put
oflf from this source of aid and assistance. Be-
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concentrated thought in the conscious working
out of the details of your plans. And then again
the man whose mind is full of a dozen interests
fails to exert the attracting power that is mani-
fested by the man of the one ruling passion, and
he fails to draw to him persons, things, and re-
sults that will aid in the working out of his plans,
and will also fail to place himself in the current
of attraction whereby he is brought into contact
with those who will be glad to help him because
of harmonious interests.

I have noticed, in my own affairs, that when I
would allow myself to be side-tracked by any-
thing outside of my regular line of work, it
would be only a short time before my receipts
dropped off, and my business showed signs of a
lack of vitality. Now, many may say that this
was because I left undone some things that I
would have done if my mind had been centered
on the business. This is true ; but I have noticed
like results in cases where there was nothing to
be done — cases in which the seed was sown, and
the crop was awaited. And, in just such cases,
as soon as I directed my thought to the matter
the seed beg^n to sprout. I do not mean that I
had to send out great mental waves with the idea

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of affecting people — not a bit of it. I simply be-
gan to realize what a good thing I had, and how
much people wanted it, and how glad they would
be to know of it, and all that sort of thing, and
lo ! my thought seemed to vitalize the work, and
the seed began to sprout. This is no mere fancy,
for I have experienced it on several occasions; I
have spoken to many others on the subject, and I
find that our experiences tally perfectly. So
don't get into the habit of permitting these mental
leaks. Keep your Desire fresh and active, and
let it get in its work without interference from
conflicting desires. Keep in love with the thing
you wish to attain — feed your fancy with it — ^see
it as accomplished already, but don't lose your
interest. Keep your eye on the main chance, and
keep your one ruling passion strong and vigorous.
Don't be a mental polygamist — one mental love is
all that a man needs — that is, one at a time.

Some scientists have claimed that something
that might as well be called "Love" is at the bot-
tom of the whole of life. They claim that the
love of the plant for water causes it to send forth
its roots until the loved thing is found. They
say that the love of the flower for the sun, causes
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it may receive the light. The so-called "chemical
affinities" are really a form of love. And Desire
is a manifestation of this Universal Life Love.
So I am not using a mere figure of speech when
I tell you that you must love the thing you wish
to attain. Nothing but intense love will enable
you to surmount the many obstacles placed in
your path. Nothing but that love will enable
you to bear the burdens of the task. The more
Desire you have for a thing, the more you Love
it; and the more you Love it, the greater will
be the attractive force exerted toward its attain-
ment — both within yourself, and outside of you.
So love but one thing at a time — don't be a
mental Mormon.

CHAPTER XIV
The Great Dynamic Forces

You have noticed the difference between the
successful and strong men in any walk of life,
and the unsuccessful weak men around them.
You are conscious of the widely differing char-
acteristics of the two classes, but somehow find
it difficult to express just in what the difference
lies. Let us take a look at the matter.

Buxton said: "The longer I live, the more
certain I am that the great difference between
men, the feeble and the powerful, the great and
the insignificant, is energy and invincible deter-
mination — a purpose once fixed and then Death
or Victory. That quality will do anything that
can be done in this world — ^and no talents, no^
circumstances, no opportunities will make a two-
legged creature a man without it." I do not see
how the idea could be more clearly expressed
than Buxton has spoken. He has put his finger
right in the center of the subject — ^his eye has
seen into the heart of it.

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Energy and invincible determination — these
two things will sweep away mighty barriers, and
will surmount the greatest obstacles. And yet
they must be used together. Energy without de-
termination will go to waste. Lots of men have
plenty of energy — they are full to overflowing
with it; and yet they lack concentration — ^they
lack the concentrated force that enables them to
bring their power to bear upon the right spot.
Energy is not nearly so rare a thing as many
imagine it to be. I can look around me at any
time, and pick out a number of people I know
who are full of energy — many of them are energy
plus — ^and yet, somehow, they do not seem to
make any headway. They are wasting jtheir
energy all the time. Now they are fooling with
this thing — ^now meddling with that. They will
take up some trifling thing of no real interest or
importance, and waste enough energy and nervous
force to carry them through a hard day's work;
and yet when they are through, nothing has been
accomplished.

Others who have plenty of energy, fail to di-
rect it by the power of the Will toward the de-
sired end. "Invincible determination" — those
are the words. Do they not thrill you with their

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power? If you have something to do, get to
work and do it. Marshal your energy, and then
guide and direct it by your Will — ^bestow upon
it that "invincible determination" and you will
do the thing.

Everyone has within him a giant will, but the
majority of us are too lazy to use it. We can-
not get ourselves nerved up to the point at which
we can say, truthfully: "I Will/' If we can
but screw up our courage to that point, and will
then pin it in place so that it will not slip back,
we will be able to call into play that wonderful
power — ^the Human Will. Man, as a rule, has
but the faintest conception of the power of the
Will, but those who have studied along the occult
teachings, know that the Will is one of the great
dynamic forces of the universe, and if harnessed
and directed properly it is capable of accomplish-
ing almost miraculous things.

"Energy and Invincible Determination" —
aren't they magnificent words? Commit them
to memory — ^press them like a die into the wax
of your mind, and they will be a constant inspira-
tion to you in hours of need. If you can get
these words to vibrating in your being, you will
be a giant among pygmies. Say these words

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over and over again, and see how you are filled
with new life — see how your blood will circulate
— ^how your nerves will tingle. Make these
words a part of yourself, and then go forth anew
to the battle of life, encouraged and strengthened.
Put them into practice. "Energy and Invincible
Determination" — let that be your motto in your
work-a-day life, and you will be one of those
rare men who are able to "do things."

Many persons are deterred from doing their
best by the fact that they underrate themselves
by comparison with the successful ones of life,
or rather, overrate the successful ones by com-
parison with themselves.

One of the curious things noticed by those who
are brought in contact with the people who have
"arrived" is the fact that these successful people
are not extraordinary after all. You meet with
some great writer, and you are disappointed to
find him very ordinary indeed. He does not
converse brilliantly, and, in fact, you know a
score of everyday people who seem far more
brilliant than this man who dazzles you by his
brightness in his books. You meet some great
statesman, and he does not seem nearly so wise
as lots of old fellows in your own village, who

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waste their wisdom upon the desert air. You
meet some great captain of industry, and he
does not give you the impression of the shrewd-
ness so marked in some little bargain-driving
trader in your own town. How is this, any-
way? Are the reputations of these people ficti-
tious, or what is the trouble?

The trouble is this: You have imagined
these people to be made of superior metal, and
are disappointed to find them made of the
same stuff as yourself and those about you. But,
you ask, wherein does their greatness of achieve-
ment He ? Chiefly in this : Belief in themselves
and in their inherent power, in their faculty to
concentrate on the work in hand, when they are
working, and in their ability to prevent leaks of
power when they are not working. They believe
in themselves, and make every effort count.
Your village wiseman spills his wisdom on every
corner, and talks to a lot of fools; when if he
really were wise he would save up his wisdom
and place it where it would do some work. The
brilliant writer does not waste his wit upon every
comer; in fact, he shuts the drawer in which he
contains his wit, and opens it only when he is
ready to concentrate and get down to business.

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The captain of industry has no desire to impress
you with his shrewdness and "smartness." He
never did, even when he was young. While his
companions were talking and boasting, and
"blowing," this future successful financier was
"sawin' wood and sayin' nuthin'."

The great people of the woild — that is, those
who have "arrived" — ^are not very different from
you, or me, or the rest of us — ^all of us are about
the same at the base. You have only to meet
them to see how very "ordinary" they are, after
all. But, don't forget the fact that they know
how to use the material that is in them ; while the
rest of the crowd does not, and, in fact, even
doubts whether the true stuff is there. The man
or woman who "gets there," usually starts out by
realizing that he or she is not so very different,
after all, from the successful people that they
hear so much about. This gives them confidence,
and the result is they find out that they are able
to "do things." Then they learn to keep their
mouths closed, and to avoid wasting and dissi-
pating their energy. They store up energy, and
concentrate it upon the task at hand ; while their
companions are scattering their energies in every
direction, trying to show off and let people

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know how smart they are. The man or woman
who "gets there," prefers to wait for the ap-
plause that follows deeds accomplished, and cares
very little for the praise that attends promises of
what we expect to do "some day," or an exhibi-
tion of "smartness" without works.

One of the reasons that people who are thrown
in with successful men often manifest success
themselves, is that they are able to watch the
successful man and sort of "catch the trick" of his
greatness. They see that he is an everyday sort
of man, but that he thoroughly believes in him-
self, and also that he does not waste energy, but
reserves all his force for the actual tasks before
him. And, profiting by example, they start to
work and put the lesson into practice in their own
lives.

Now what is the moral of this talk? Simply
this: Don't undervalue yourself, or overvalue
others. Realize that you are made of good stuff,
and that locked within your mind are many good
things. Then get to work and unfold those good
things, and make something out of that good
stuff. Do this by attention to the things before
you, and by giving to each the best that is in you,
knowing that plenty of more good things are

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in you ready for the fresh tasks that will come.
Put the best of yourself into the undertaking
on hand, and do not cheat the present task in
favor of some future one. Your supply is inex-
haustible. And don't waste your good stuff on
the crowd of gapers, watchers and critics who are
standing around watching you work. Save your
good stuff for your job, and don't be in too much
of a hurry for applause. Save up your good
thoughts for "copy'' if you are a writer; save
up your bright schemes for actual practice, if
you are a business man ; save up your wisdom for
occasion, if you are a statesman; and, in each
case, avoid the desire to scatter your pearls be-
fore — well, before the gaping crowd that wants
to be entertained by a "free show."

Nothing very "high" about this teaching, per-
haps, but it is what many of you need very much.
Stop fooling, and get down to business. Stop
wasting good raw material, and start to work
making something worth while.

CHAPTER XV
Claiming Your Own

In a recent conversation, I was telling a woman
to pluck up courage and to reach out for a cer-
tain good thing for which she had been longing
for many years, and which, at last, appeared to
be in sight. I told her that it looked as if her
desire was about to be gratified — ^that the Law of
Attraction was bringing it to her. She lacked
faith, and kept on repeating, "Oh! it's too good
to be true — it's too good for me!" She had not
emerged from the worm-of-the-dust stage, and
although she was in sight of the Promised Land
she refused to enter it because it "was too good
for her." I think I succeeded in putting suffi-
cient "ginger" into her to enable her to claim
her own, for the last reports indicate that she is
taking possession.

But that is not what I wish to tell you. I
want to call your attention to the fact that noth-
ing is too good for you — no matter how great the

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thing may be — ^no matter how undeserving you
may seem to be. You are entitled to the best
there is, for it is your direct inheritance. So don't
be afraid to ask — demand — ^and take. The good
things of the world are not the portion of any
favored sons. They belong to all, but they come
only to those who are wise enough to recognize
that the good things are theirs by right, and who
are sufficiently courageous to reach out for them.
Many good things are lost for want of the ask-
ing. Many splendid things are lost to you be-
cause of your feeling that you are unworthy of
them. Many great things are lost to you be-
cause you lack the confidence and courage to
demand and take possession of them.

"None but the brave deserves the fair," says
the old adage, and the rule is true in all lines of
human effort. If you keep on repeating that you
are unworthy of the good thing — ^that it is too
good for you — the Law will be apt to take you
at your word and believe what you say. That's
a peculiar thing about the Law — it believes what
you say — it takes you in earnest. So beware
what you say to it, for it will be apt to give
credence. Say to it that you are worthy of the
best there is, and that there is nothing too good

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for you, and you will be likely to have the Law
take you in earnest, and say, "I guess he is right ;
I'm going to give him the whole bakeshop if he
wants it — ^he knows his rights, and what's the
use of trying to deny it to him ?" But if you say,
"Oh, it's too good for meT the Law will prob-
ably say, "Well, I wouldn't wonder but what that
is so. Surely he ought to know, and it isn't for
me to contradict him." And so it goes.

Why should anything be too good for you?
Did you ever stop to think just what you are?
You are a manifestation of the Whole Thing,
and have a perfect right to all there is. Or, if
you prefer it this way, you are a child of the In-
finite, and are heir to it all. You are telling the
truth in either statement, or both. At any rate,
no matter for what you ask, you are merely de-
manding your own. And the more in earnest
you are about demanding it — ^the more confident
you are of receiving it — the more will you use in
reaching out for it — ^the surer you will be to
obtain it.

Strong desire— confident expectation— courage
in action — ^these things bring to you your own.
But before you put these forces into effect, you
must awaken to a realization that you are merely

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asking for your own, and not for something to
which you have no right or claim. So long as
there exists in your mind the last sneaking bit of
doubt as to your right to the things you want,
you will be setting up a resistance to the opera-
tion of the Law- You may demand as vigor-
ously as you please, hut you will Jack the courage
to act, if you have a lingering doubt of your right
to the thing you want. If you persist in regard-
ing the desired thing as if it belonged to another,
instead of to yourself, you will be placing your-
self in the position of the covetous or envious
man, or even in the position of a tempted thief.
In such a case your mind will revolt at proceed-
ing with the work, for it instinctively will recoil
from the idea of taking what is not your own —
the mind is honest. But when you realize that
the best the Universe holds belongs to you as a
Divine Heir, and that there is enough for all
without your robbing anyone else; then the fric-
tion is removed, and the barrier broken down,
and the Law proceeds to do its work.

I do not believe in this "humble" business.
This meek and lowly attitude does not appeal to
me — there is no sense in it, at all. The idea of
making a virtue of such things, when Man is the

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heir of the Universe, and is entitled to whatever
he needs for his growth, happiness and satisfac-
tion! I do not mean that one should assume a
blustering and domineering attitude of mind —
that is also absurd, for true strength does not so
exhibit itself. The blusterer is a self-confessed
weakling — he blusters to disguise his weakness.
The truly strong man is calm, self-contained,
and carries with him a consciousness of strength
which renders unnecessary the bluster and fuss
of assumed strength. But get away from this
hypnotism of "humility" — ^this "meek and lowly"
attitude of mind. Remember the horrible ex-
ample of Uriah Keep, and beware of imitating
him. Throw back your head, and look the world
square in the face. There's nothing to be afraid
of — ^the world is apt to be as much afraid of you,
as you are of it, anyway. Be a man, or woman,
and not a crawling thing. And this applies to
your mental attitude, as well as to your outward
demeanor. Stop this crawling in your mind.
See yourself as standing erect and facing life
without fear, and you will gradually grow into
your ideal.

There is nothing that is too good for you —
not a thing. The best there is, is not beginning

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to be good enough for you; for there are still
better things ahead. The best gift that the world
has to offer is a mere bauble compared to the
great things in the Cosmos that await your com-
ing of age. So don't be afraid to reach out for
these playthings of life — these baubles of this
plane of consciousness. Reach out for them —
grab a whole fistful — play with them until you
are tired; that's what they are made for, any-
way. They are made for our express use — not
to look at, but to be played with, if you desire.
Help yourself — there's a whole shopful of these
toys awaiting your desire, demand and taking.
Don't be bashful! Don*t let me hear any more
of this silly talk about things being too good
for you. Pshaw I You have been like the Em-
peror's little son thinking that the tin soldiers
and toy drum were far too good for him, and
refusing to reach out for them. But you don't
find this trouble with children as a rule. They
instinctively recognize that nothing is too good
for them. They want all that is in sight to play
with, and they seem to feel that the things are
theirs by right. And that is the condition of
mind that we seekers after the Divine Adventure
must cultivate. Unless we become as little chil-
dren we cannot enter the Kingdom of Heaven,

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The things we see around us are the playthings
of the Kindergarten of God, playthings which
we use in our game-tasks. Help yourself to
them — ^ask for them without bashfulness— de-
mand as many as you can make use of — ^they are
yours. And if you don't see just what you
want, ask for it — ^there's a big reserve stock on
the shelves, and in the closets. Play, play, play,
to your heart's content. Learn to weave mats —
to build houses with the blocks — ^to stitch out-
lines on the squares — ^play the game through, and
play it well. And demand all the proper ma-
terials for the play— don't be bashful — ^there's
enough to go round.

But — ^remember this! While all this be true,
the best things are still only game-things — ^toys,
blocks, mats, cubes, and all the rest. Useful,
most useful for the learning of the lessons —
pleasant, most pleasant with which to play — and
desirable, most desirable, for these purposes. Get
all the fun and profit out of the use of things that
is possible. Throw yourself heartily into the
game, and play it out — it is Good. But, here's
the thing to remember — never lose sight of the
fact that these good things are but pla)rthings —
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willing to lay them aside when the time comes
to pass into the next class, and not cry and mourn
because you must leave your playthings behind
you. Do not allow yourself to become unduly at-
tached to them — they are for your use and pleas-
ure, but are not a part of you — not essential to
your happiness in the next stage. Despise them
not because of their lack of Reality — they are
great things relatively, and you may as well have
all the fun out of them that you can — don't be
a spiritual prig, standing aside and refusing to
join in the game. But do not tie yourself to
them — ^they are good to use and play with, but
not good enough to use you and to make you a
plaything. Don't let the toys turn the tables chi
you.

This is the difference between the Master of
Circumstances and the Slave of Circumstances.
The Slave thinks that these playthings are real,
and that he is not good enough to have them.
He gets only a few toys, because he is afraid to
ask for more, and he misses most of the fun.
And then, considering the toys to be real, and
not realizing that there are plenty more where
these came from, he attaches himself to the little
trinkets that have come his way, and allows him-

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self to be made a slave of them. He is afraid
that they may be taken away from him, and he is
afraid to toddle across the floor and help himself
to the others. The Master knows that all are his
for the asking. He demands that which he needs
from day to day, and does not worry about over-
loading himself; for he knows that there are
"lots more," and that he cannot be cheated out
of them. He plays, and plays well, and has a
good time in the play — ^and he learns his Kinder-
garten lessons in the playing. But he does not
become too much attached to his toys. He is
willing to fling away the worn-out one, and reach
out for a new one. And when he is called into
the next room for promotion, he drops on the
floor the worn-out toys of the day, and with
glistening eyes and confident attitude of mind,
marches into the next room — into the Great Un-
known — with a smile on his face. He is not
afraid, for he hears the voice of the Teacher, and
knows that she is there waiting for him — in that
Great Next Room.

CHAPTER XVI
Law, Not Chance

Some time ago I was talking to a man about
the Attractive Power of Thought. He said that
he did not believe that Thought could attract
anything to him, and that it was all a matter of
luck. He had found, he said, that ill luck relent-
lessly pursued him, and that everything he
touched went wrong. It always had, and al-
ways would, and he had grown to expect it.
When he undertook a new thing he knew be-
forehand that it would go wrong and that no
good would come of it. Oh, no! there wasn't
anything in the theory of Attractive Thought, so
far as he could see; it was all a matter of luck!

This man failed to see that by his own con-
fession he was giving a most convincing argu-
ment in favor of the Law of Attraction. He
was testifying that he was always expecting
things to go wrong, and that they always came
about as he expected. He was a magnificent il-

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lustration of the Law of Attraction — ^but he didn't
know it, and no argument seemed to make the
matter clear to him. He was "up against it/'
and there was no way out of it — ^he always ex-
pected the ill luck, and every occurrence proved
that he was right, and that the Mental Science
position was all nonsense.

There are many people who seem to think that
the only way in which the Law of Attraction
operates is when one wishes hard, strong and
steady. They do not seem to realize that a strong
belief is as efficacious as a strong wish. The suc-
cessful man believes in himself and in his ulti-
mate success, and, paying no attention to little
setbacks, stumbles, tumbles and slips, presses on
eagerly to the goal, believing all the time that
he will get there. His views and aims may alter
as he progresses, and he may change his plans or
have them changed for him, but all the time he
knows in his heart that he will eventually "get
there." He is not steadily wishing he may get
there — ^he simply feels it and believes it, and
thereby sets into operation the strongest forces
known in the world of thought.

The man who just as steadily believes he is
going to fail will invariably fail. How could he

help it? There is no special miracle about it.
Everything he does, thinks and says is tinctured
with the thought of failure. Other people catch
his spirit, and fail to trust him or his ability,
which occurrences he in turn sets down as but
other exhibitions of his ill luck, instead of ascrib-
ing them to his belief and expectation of failure.
He is suggesting failure to himself all the time,
and he invariably takes on the effect of the auto-
suggestion. Then, again, he by his negative
thoughts shuts up that portion of his mind from
which should come the ideas and plans conducive
to success and which do come to the man who is
expecting success because he believes in it. A
state of discouragement is not the one in which
bright ideas come to us. It is only when we
are enthused and hopeful that our minds work
out the bright ideas which we may turn to ac-
count

Men instinctively feel the atmosphere of failure
hovering around certain of their fellows, and on
the other hand recognize something about others
which leads them to say, when they hear of a
temporary mishap befalling such a one: "Oh,
heUl come out all right somehow — ^you can't
down him" It is the atmosphere caused by the

no THOUGHT VIBRATION

prevailing Mental Attitude. Clear up your Men-
tal Atmosphere !

There is no such thing as chance. Law main-
tains everywhere, and all that happens happens
because of the operation of Law. You cannot
name the simplest thing that ever occurred by
chance — ^try it, and then run the thing down to a
final analysis, and you will see it as the result of
Law. It is as plain as mathematics. Plan and
purpose; cause and effect. From the movements
of worlds to the growth of the grain of mustard
seed — ^all the result of Law. The fall of the
stone down the mountain-side is not chance —
forces which had been in operation for centuries
caused it. And back of that cause were other
causes, and so on until the Causeless Cause is
reached.

And Life is not the result of chance — ^the Law
is here, too. The Law is in full operation
whether you know it or not — whether you be-
lieve in it or not. You may be the ignorant ob-
ject upon which the Law operates, and bring
yourself all sorts of trouble because of your ig-
norance of or opposition to the Law. Or you
may fall in with the operations of the Law — ^get
into its current, as it were — and Life will seem

LAW, NOT CHANCE in

a far different thing to you. You cannot get out-
side of the Law, by refusing to have anything
to do with it. You are at liberty to oppose it
and produce all the friction you wish to— it
doesn't hurt the Law, and you may keep it up
until you learn your lesson.

The Law of Thought Attraction is one name
for the Law, or rather for one manifestation of
it. Again I say, your thoughts are real things.
They go forth from you in all directions, com-
bining with thoughts of like kind — opposing
thoughts of a different character — forming com-
binations — agoing where they are attracted — fly-
ing away from thought centers opposing them.
And your mind attracts the thoughts of others,
which have been sent out by them consciously
or unconsciously. But it attracts only those
thoughts which are in harmony with its own.
Like attracts like, and opposites repel opposites,
in the world of thought.

If you set your mind to the keynote of cour-
age, confidence, strength and success, you attract
to yourself thoughts of like nature; people of like
nature; things that fit in the mental tune. Your
prevailing thought or mood determines that
which is to be drawn toward you — spicks out your

112 THOUGHT VIBRATION

mental bedfellow. You are today setting into
motion thought currents which will in time at-
tract toward you thoughts, people and conditions
in harmony with the predominant note of your
thought. Your thought will mingle with that
of others of like nature and mind, and you will be
attracted toward each other, and will surely come
together with a common purpose sooner or later,
unless one or the other of you should change the
current of his thoughts.

Fall in with the operations of the Law. Make
it a part of yourself. Get into its currents.
Maintain your poise. Set your mind to the key-
note of Courage, Confidence and Success. Get
in touch with all the thoughts of that kind that
are emanating every hour from hundreds of
minds. Get the best that is to be had in the
thought world. The best is there, so be satis-
fied with nothing less. Get into partnership with
good minds. Get into the right vibrations. You
must be tired of being tossed about by the opera-
tions of the Law — get into harmony with it.

The Mind Ridlding ^' ChUd

By WILLIAM WALKER ATKINSON

A presentatton of prictkal New Thought for uje in rearing our [itde
oaes. Divided into six parts, as follows:

Part L The Two-Edge Sword of Siiggestioa-

Showing how the child's mind and character are being formed hv
every moment spent in the preaeooe of its parents ^ and how with
children, as with adulta, the Law of Suggestion operates uninte^rUion-
aUy ixa Intentionally, A consider a tion of influence lo be exerted and
influences rrom wmch the child should be protected.

Part IL The CulUvation of Self-Reliance.

How to develop a moral and mental backbone tn the child. A
child a best inheritance — Experience and Sell Help. The develop-
ment of Individuality.

Part III. Practical Education-

CultlvatlnK the powers of observation and memory — Quickening
the powers of perception. Creating lntereJ5t. Following Nature's
plan. Educating the child along the line of its tndividuaJ tendencies.

Part IV. The Religion of Health.

The appUcatlon of the laws nf Bealth-t bought In the regulation of
a. child's every -day life. Acquainting a ehlld with the natniai laws
of Health. The formation of physical habits. Instructing in the art
of breathing. Encouraging physical exercise. Teaching the ideal of
Health, Iiii^tructing iu mental imagery. The real reUgioo of Health,

Part. V. A Working Faith.

What position fihaii parents take who have scruples about teaching
their child dogmas, creeds and theology long since discarded in
their own Jlv&s? No necessity for a New Thought ''creed," hut only
Instruction in certain fundamental truths. The idea of a first Cause.
The Immanence of God. The hit of Spirit within. The un worthi-
ness of Fear, The value of some good otd-fashloned Mental Science
instruction. The encoiu'agement of IndlviduaJ Bxpresaion,

Part VI. Prenatalism and Perfect Parenthood.

The training of the child begins before its birth. Parental thought.
Not more children btU better on^e. The conditions which should
surround the birth of a child, 'Husbands' rights" too often
husbands' wrongs. Higher Ideals of fatherhood and motherhood.
The supreme joy of parenthood. A child not only one^s olt spring
but a fellow soul. The true relationship between parent and child.

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Jf{if» Mil maki &f hXim^^f whai kg wUl—Rggeniraiion no idU dr*ant^A
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Study

«r Fundamtfitil Prln-
id Th«lr Appllflfttioa

By WItSlam Walker Atklneon

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''I consider this book 1b tlie be»t thing t fcftT«
eyer written. Iq It I havt embodied tlie funda-
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stand ttiem, tn a plain, understandable form,
I have endeavored to make tbla a ftracUoal book
and I feel that I hare succeeded. It Is no easj
matter to present ibe highest truths — the fUnda>
mental principles — of The ^ew Tbought la words
that may be understood bj the maoy/*
"Thl> book iftbe^ up the deep queatloos of Man^bls tel&tloa to the
TTolverAe — bis relation to the Bupreme Fower-^b!s spiritual ooioldmcnt
acd growth — his latent powers — bla deatlny^hls poaHlbllltlea. It tells
of man's spiritual, mental and psychic powers and their deTelopment; It
tells of tbe Something Within. It tells of the growtli of couaclouaneii —
from mer« sensation to Cosmic Knowing. It tells of the broader and
greater concept of the Unlrersal Presenco — God, It tells of ths mani-
festation of the Supreme Wisdom^ Power and Fr«aence. It tells of tbe
Oneness of AH— that key to the veied questions of life, Plillosophy and
Religion.

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owtL book^ to my frletida who are Interested In this great subject. This
may seem to Indicate that I am lacking In modesty, but I would use
Just the same words If the book had been written bj another."
The IE ties of tbe chaptera afe as follows -

Whet Is tho New ThoiiKhi?— Thoughts are Things— The Law of At-
traction— Mind Building— Tbe Dweller of The Thrciihold— Mind and Bod?
—Tbe Blind and Its Platies— Tbe Sub-ConsrlouH Plane—The Supei^Con*
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All— The Ira mortal lt> of The Soul— The tJnfoldmeDt— The C^rowtb of
Con!!clousness— The S^ouPs Awakening,

Each ctinpier contains a large niLmber of snb*topl^< Bere are tbe sub-head-
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^—Auto SuggeRtions and ajHrfnationt—lHd thotioht originat* on Ihs eonaciovs ,or tub-^
contcious plan^f MyvUwitonihe tubJtct—yUUng tht tiorthotm with proper maitr-
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Nuggets of the New Thought

Several things that have helped people
by William Walker Atkinson

A collection of aome of th« most famoua writing of thi^ famous ftuthor*
ladudine bis "SECRET OF THE 1 AM/' of wbicb almost 100,000 copies D&Ye been
■old lOngly, hla equally famons *'l CAN AND I WILL/' which b the keynote of
New Thought pbUosophj, and his story of "JERRY AND THE BEAR," perhaps
the most widely popular of all hLs essays, baring beea copied and recopied Id
magazines and publications of every class,

NUQQETS Is perhaps the best '* all-round" New Thought book published,
having something far cirery mood and every stage of growth. It b good for tbo
■coffer, good for the beginner, good for the adept. Men feel Its practical in-
spiration^ wom«D treasure lt& deep and beautiful lessons^

CONTENTS.

I. The Keynote. 2. The Secret of The I Am, 1* "t«« A UtilB Sunshine
In," 4p The Hunger of the Soul* 5, Look Aloft, 6. Tomorrow, 7, In
The Depths of The Sout* S* Forget It, 9. The Kindergarten of God* 10, The
Human Wet Blanket. II. Aim Straight. 13. At Home. IJ. The Solitude
of The SouI« H, Jerry and The Bear* 15, The Unseen Hand. Ifi. How
Success Conies, 17. The Man With The Southern Expoflure. ISi A Forewords
19, Partnership, 30. The Seekers, 31, Mental Plctureji, 33, Don't Retail
Vour Woes, 33, Life. 24, Let Vb Have Faitli. 35, Do It Now, 3«, Get
In Tune. 37* Mental ToxJn and Anti-Toxin,

Each article has from ten to twelve sub-hcadlngs. Here are those of:

h THE KEYNOTE, *'l Can And I Wlir'— The Recognition— Equal to
Any task^ — A filing of catm confidence — An abiding sense of power — reserve
force and security — The Something within — ^The triple key to the door of Attain-
ment^ — The vibrations of Success,

3, THE SECRET OF THE t AM. The Ego^The physical plane— the
mental plane-Hhe new ptane of consciousness — The Real Self — The *'l" — The
Temple of the Living Spirit — Development of the **l Am" consciousness — The
Higher Reason,

36, GET IN TUNE, Marconi'^ wireless messages — Vibrations reach only
the instruments attuned to the sender — ^The same law In operation on the mental
plane — The correct pitch is the thing — -Get In tune with the proper vibratlon^^
Get the messages from the hesl senders.

37, MENTAL TOXIN AND ANTI-TOXIN. A new toxin— The rolcrohca
In the thoughts we think — The new antl-toxln — Thoughts may poison — Fear
causes paraiysls — Hate causes Insanity — Fear and Hate have killed their thousands
—Gates* experiments — How to overcome the poison of bad-tiiinklng*

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By WILLIAM WALKER ATKIII0Oil

A Scries of Lessoiu la Self-Healing: Practical — PJaia — Powerful !

A HINT OF THE CONTENTS!

FlltST LESSON! A considf^ration of the principles underlying heaH/iR by
the power of the mind — The One Great Force back of Suggestive Therapeutics,
Mental Science, Christian Science, Faith Cure, and all the rest— The pauent the
real healer — The innate recuperative power— How Nature workfl through th©
nerve currents — How lost functioning powers are stimulated— The blooil Is the
life — Keeping the circulation normal — The law of reciprocity — The ability to

fenerate and use mental reserve force, never lost — Improper thinking a mental
rake — Mind manifesting on the physical plane — Calling Into play the reserve
stock of nerve power, nerve impulse or " 'Thought- Force"— n,

THIRD LESSOR: Rerrioval of clothing during treatment not abaolutely
necessary — Best time for treatment at night and in morning — The treatment of
Cons tip a lion— The reason for ihig bowel condition — Shutting off the wrong
tiiought current — Necessity of confortning to both mental and physical law —
The re-establishinEnt of normal condltions^The importaitt part of fluids In the
human economy^How the body becomes Uke a dried apple — Forming & habit
for the sphincter-anl muscle^

THIRD SELF-TREATMENT: For Constlpstloit, This treatment to be
taken for e^tablii^^ting normal conditions of the nowels. VCattd by thU methcKti
you will stay cured.**

FOURTH LESSORS The special physical weakness&s of women — the sub-
conscious mental powers — the great healing medium — ^The nerve current sent
out from the great Dynamo, the brain — A run-down state of the system — How-
to overcome 'Temale" conditions — Building up the general health — Increasing
the functioning power of the main organs.

F OU RT H SE L F - T RE A TM E NT : Very comprehensive, corering seTeral
special and aggravating fem^Ue conditions. ExplTclt and practical.

FIFTH LESSON: "The American Disease" — -Nervousnesfl^ — At the bottom of
many disorders— Making use of the force within ua— Getting rid of negative thought
-^Starting the machinery — Attending to the character of your thoughts — Tho
value of the treatment for "equalising the circulation" in all nervous conditions^

FIFTH SELF-TREATMEJnT: For Nervousnesi. Insomnia and Sleeplesfl"
nesa cured. The simplicity of the treatment — The result of j-^ears of thought and
In vest igation— Removing the clause.

SIXTH LESSON: How to start out in eelf^treatments — * Ho mygtery or
magic — Putting thought force hack of everything — The force available to anyone
^Don't attribute your cure to anybody's pet theory — Performing wonderful
cures — Power the growth of eonfidence — The mental attitude of the patient —
Treating a diseased organ as if it possessed intelligence — How to *'get right down
to business"— A rebellious organ gradually correcting itself under treatment.

AN EPILOQUE- A resume of principle^^ — Negative conditions — Attracting
injurious influences — The \dbratlona of tmhealth — Menial microbes — A ^u
Health Thought I

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^^^^B The Science of Obaerrlnff^ B«iiieml>erliig nnd B^calllDf ^^HMl
By WILLIAM WALKER ATKINSON

This work treats ql a mtlonftt, natural, eaHlly acquired sjfiteoa of
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accompanied with e:EQrcls«a calculated to materially strengthen and develop
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Regarding ImpresalonB — The CQmolatlTe Syatem of Memory Culture —
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^Memory of Places — Memory of E^ces — Memory of Names — Artllclal
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THE CHAPTERS OF THE BOOK

The Bnjpreme Force

Man'a DlTlnity

Hyiterlei

Tfaa Science of Breath

Self-Maatery

Btantal Conirt»|

The Law of Suggestion

The Sovereign Will
The Power of Silence
Individual Supremacy
The Spirit of Youth
Mental In flu en tea
Elementa of Succeaa
Demand and Supply

The Higher LUe
Our Destiny

Human Progress

UlTlne Guidance

A Lesson from Nature

Aspiration

The Highest Goal

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wbat ab« tbiMka Is dear, what abe feels Ea plalm/'

Bome of the iubjectg treated In the book are aa foUowai

(1> Let tbe Paat Go. (How to
make a freab atart fn UfeO

<2) Tbe Bowli^ of tbe Seed. (A.

practical word to tbe beglu-

ntt lo New Thought.)

(31 Old Clotbea* (ShoAving bow eTCil

^ amall things m»y malatAlti m

wrong tbouglit-atEaoapbere,)

(4) Oigb NchOn. (Fcr women wbo
taaTe paased thirty — a beait*
to-btart tfllt.)

(0) ObBtat^leB. (How to OTercome.y

(d) Thoagbt FoTCP. (How to uae
the power of tbougbt,)

(T) Opmlemee. (Wbat creates and
what overcoinea Poverty coa-
dltlona.)

(Bl Eternity, ("To be able to en-
joy hefiTi^D, ooe tmiat learn
firat to enjoy earth* "V

(ft) Morning Jnauencrg^ (How to
etrlke tbe right keynote for
the dar» We baye been re-
pea teiily nrged to prlot thia
chapter In pamphlet forin.l

(10) The Phllo^Dpny of Happiness.

(How to acqnlre 'tbe babtt
of happlnesa. ^1

(11) A Worn Oat Creed, (Tbe old

thought ¥s. the new.}

(12) Common Sense. (Flawa In

health, bahrter, temper^ dlapo*

■It Ion, and bow to oTercome

them.}
(IB) Literature. fTbe Talne of eight

reading and thinking,)
(14) Optlmlamp The keynote of

New ThongbtO

(Ifi) Preparation. (How to edtjeate
oneself for a "cbaimlng old

Hyrdei '

(IQ) DlyFdenda. (Thought Inreat*
tnenta and what they pay.)

(IT) Boyalty, (Onr dlTlne inbet-
Its nee.)

(18) Heredity * (A talk on self-creft-

tton.)

(19) iDTlnclhnity. (The Irreatatlble

Dealre- force and Ita nae,)

(20) Tbat Mental ChiseL (A talk

on "face-bnllding."^)
m\ The Object of Life.

(25) Wladona, (How to rfgbtly "de-

mand one 'a own/')

(23) Self-Ccinqueat- (The domination
of physical and material con*
dltlona entirely pDeathlep but
not an Immediate pToccaa,)

(34) Tbe Important Trltlea, (The
am all thlngfl often forgotten
by the beginner In New
Tboogbt.)

(26) Concentration. (Hoir to ac«

quite the power.)
(£e) Deatlny. (How to be maatCF of

your own.)
(2T) Sympathy. {W&e and ititaQ»e.)
<2S) Tbe Breath. (A te&son on deep

bfcfl thing and Ite Talne.)

(29) Generofllty. (The law of glTlng

and Ita returna of proeperlty,)

(30) Woman's Opportunltyi (A talk

on Pre-natallsm.)

(31) Balance. (Common-eense la fietr

Thought.)

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