The Master Key System - Part 8
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In this Part you will find that you
may freely choose what you think but the result of your thought is governed by
an immutable law! Is not this a wonderful thought? Is it not wonderful to know
that our lives are not subject to caprice or variability of any kind? That they
are governed by law. This stability is our opportunity, because by complying
with the law we can secure the desired effect with invariable precision.
It is the Law which makes the
Universe one grand paean of Harmony. If it were not for law, the Universe would
be a Chaos instead of a Cosmos.
Here, then, is the secret of the
origin of both good and evil, this is all the good and evil there ever was or
ever will be.
Let me illustrate. Thought results
in action, if your thought is constructive and harmonious, the result will be
good; if your thought is destructive or inharmonious, the result will be
evil.
There is therefore but one law, one
principle, one cause, one Source of Power, and good and evil are simply words
which have been coined to indicate the result of our action, or our compliance
or non-compliance with this law.
The importance of this is well
illustrated in the lives of Emerson and Carlyle. Emerson loved the good and his
life was a symphony of peace and harmony, Carlyle hated the bad, and his life
was a record of perpetual discord and inharmony.
Here we have two grand men, each
intent upon achieving the same ideal, but one makes use of constructive thought
and is therefore in harmony with Natural Law, the other makes use of
destructive thought and therefore brings upon himself discord of every kind and
character.
It is evident therefore that we are
to hate nothing, not even the "bad," because hatred is destructive,
and we shall soon find that by entertaining destructive thought we are sowing
the "wind" and in turn shall reap the "whirlwind."
PART EIGHT
1. Thought contains a vital principle, because it is the
creative principle of the Universe and by its nature will combine with other similar
thoughts.
2. As the one purpose of life is growth, all principles
underlying existence must contribute to give it effect. Thought, therefore,
takes form and the law of growth eventually brings it into manifestation.
3. You may freely choose what you think, but the result of
your thought is governed by an immutable law. Any line of thought persisted in
cannot fail to produce its result in the character, health and circumstances of
the individual. Methods whereby we can substitute habits of constructive
thinking for those which we have found produce only undesirable effects are
therefore of primary importance.
4. We all know that this is by no means easy. Mental habits
are difficult to control, but it can be done and the way to do it is to begin
at once to substitute constructive thought for destructive thought. Form the
habit of analyzing every thought. If it is necessary, if its manifestation in
the objective will be a benefit, not only to yourself, but to all whom it may
affect in any way, keep it; treasure it; it is of value; it is in tune with the
Infinite; it will grow and develop and produce fruit an hundred fold. On the
other hand, it will be well for you to keep this quotation from George Matthews
Adams, in mind, "Learn
to keep the door shut, keep out of your mind, out of your office, and out of
your world, every element that seeks admittance with no definite helpful end in
view."
5. If your thought has been critical or destructive, and has
resulted in any condition of discord or inharmony in your environment, it may
be necessary for you to cultivate a mental attitude which will be conducive to
constructive thought.
6. The imagination will be found to be a great assistance in
this direction; the cultivation of the imagination leads to the development of
the ideal out of which your future will emerge.
7. The imagination gathers up the material by which the Mind
weaves the fabric in which your future is to be clothed.
8. Imagination is the light by which we can penetrate new
worlds of thought and experience.
9. Imagination is the mighty instrument by which every
discoverer, every inventor, opened the way from precedent to experience.
Precedent said, "It cannot be done;" experience said, "It is
done."
10. Imagination is a plastic power, molding the things of
sense into new forms and ideals.
11. Imagination is the constructive form of thought which
must precede every constructive form of action.
12. A builder cannot build a structure of any kind until he
has first received the plans from the architect, and the architect must get
them from his imagination.
13. The Captain of Industry cannot build a giant corporation
which may coordinate hundreds of smaller corporations and thousands of
employees, and utilize millions of dollars of capital until he has first
created the entire work in his imagination. Objects in the material world are
as clay in the potter's hand; it is in the Master Mind that the real things are
created, and it is by the use of the imagination that the work is done. In
order to cultivate the imagination it must be exercised. Exercise is necessary
to cultivate mental muscle as well as physical muscle. It must be supplied with
nourishment or it cannot grow.
14. Do not confuse Imagination with Fancy, or that form of
daydreaming in which some people like to indulge. Daydreaming is a form of
mental dissipation which may lead to mental disaster.
15. Constructive imagination means mental labor, by some
considered to be the hardest kind of labor, but, if so, it yields the greatest
returns, for all the great things in life have come to men and women who had
the capacity to think, to imagine, and to make their dreams come true.
16. When you have become thoroughly conscious of the fact
that Mind is the only creative principle, that it is Omnipotent, Omniscient and
Omnipresent, and that you can consciously come into harmony with this
Omnipotence through your power of thought, you will have taken a long step in
the right direction.
17. The next step is to place yourself in position to
receive this power. As it is Omnipresent, it must be within you. We know that
this is so because we know that all power is from within, but it must be developed,
unfolded, cultivated; in order to do this we must be receptive, and this
receptivity is acquired just as physical strength is gained, by exercise.
18. The law of attraction will certainly and unerringly
bring to you the conditions, environment, and experiences in life,
corresponding with your habitual, characteristic, predominant mental attitude.
Not what you think once in a while when you are in church, or have just read a
good book, BUT your predominant mental attitude is what counts.
19. You cannot entertain weak, harmful, negative thoughts
ten hours a day and expect to bring about beautiful, strong and harmonious
conditions by ten minutes of strong, positive, creative thought.
20. Real power comes from within. All power that anybody can
possibly use is within man, only waiting to be brought into visibility by his
first recognizing it, and then affirming it as his, working it into his
consciousness until he becomes one with it.
21. People say that they desire abundant life, and so they
do, but so many interpret this to mean that if they will exercise their muscles
or breathe scientifically, eat certain foods in certain ways, drink so many
glasses of water every day of just a certain temperature, keep out of drafts,
they will attain the abundant life they seek. The result of such methods is but
indifferent. However, when man awakens to the truth, and affirms his oneness
with all Life, he finds that he takes on the clear eye, the elastic step, the
vigor of youth; he finds that he has discovered the source of all power.
22. All mistakes are but the mistakes of ignorance.
Knowledge-gaining and consequent power is what determines growth and evolution.
The recognition and demonstration of knowledge is what constitutes power, and
this power is spiritual power, and this spiritual power is the power which lies
at the heart of all things; it is the soul of the universe.
23. This knowledge is the result of man's ability to think;
thought is therefore the germ of man's conscious evolution. When man ceases to
advance in his thoughts and ideals, his forces immediately begin to
disintegrate and his countenance gradually registers these changing
conditions.
24. Successful men make it their business to hold ideals of
the conditions which they wish to realize. They constantly hold in mind the
next step necessary to the ideal for which they are striving. Thoughts are the
materials with which they build, and the imagination is their mental workshop.
Mind is the ever-moving force with which they secure the persons and
circumstance necessary to build their success structure, and imagination is the
matrix in which all great things are fashioned.
25. If you have been faithful to your ideal, you will hear
the call when circumstances are ready to materialize your plans and results
will correspond in the exact ratio of your fidelity to your ideal. The ideal
steadily held is what pre-determines and attracts the necessary conditions for
its fulfillment.
26. It is thus that you may weave a garment of spirit and
power into the web of your entire existence; it is thus that you may lead a
charmed life and be forever protected from all harm; it is thus that you may
become a positive force whereby conditions of opulence and harmony may be
attracted to you.
27. This is the leaven which is gradually permeating the
general consciousness and is largely responsible for the conditions of unrest
which are everywhere evident.
28. In the last Part you created a mental image, you brought
it from the invisible into the visible; this week I want you to take an object
and follow it back to its origination, see of what it really consists. If you
do this you will develop imagination, insight, perception, and sagacity. These
come not by the superficial observation of the multitude, but by a keen
analytical observation which sees below the surface.
29. It is the few who know that the things which they see
are only effects, and understand the causes by which these effects were brought
into existence.
30. Take the same position as heretofore and visualize a
Battleship; see the grim monster floating on the surface of the water; there
appears to be no life anywhere about; all is silence; you know that by far the
largest part of the vessel is under water; out of sight; you know that the ship
is as large and as heavy as a twenty-story skyscraper; you know that there are
hundreds of men ready to spring to their appointed task instantly; you know
that every department is in charge of able, trained, skilled officials who have
proven themselves competent to take charge of this marvelous piece of
mechanism; you know that although it lies apparently oblivious to everything
else, it has eyes which see everything for miles around, and nothing is
permitted to escape its watchful vision; you know that while it appears quiet,
submissive and innocent, it is prepared to hurl a steel projectile weighing
thousands of pounds at an enemy many miles away; this and much more you can
bring to mind with comparatively no effort whatever. But how did the battleship
come to be where it is; how did it come into existence in the first place? All
of this you want to know if you are a careful observer.
31. Follow the great steel plates through the foundries, see
the thousands of men employed in their production; go still further back, and
see the ore as it comes from the mine, see it loaded on barges or cars, see it
melted and properly treated; go back still further and see the architect and
engineers who planned the vessel; let the thought carry you back still further
in order to determine why they planned the vessel; you will see that you are
now so far back that the vessel is something intangible, it no longer exists,
it is now only a thought existing in the brain of the architect; but from where
did the order come to plan the vessel? Probably from the Secretary of Defense;
but probably this vessel was planned long before the war was thought of, and
that Congress had to pass a bill appropriating the money; possibly there was
opposition, and speeches for or against the bill. Whom do these Congressmen
represent? They represent you and me, so that our line of thought begins with
the Battleship and ends with ourselves, and we find in the last analysis that
our own thought is responsible for this and many other things, of which we
seldom think, and a little further reflection will develop the most important
fact of all and that is, if someone had not discovered the law by which this
tremendous mass of steel and iron could be made to float upon the water,
instead of immediately going to the bottom, the battleship could not have come
into existence at all.
32. This law is that, "the
specific gravity of any substance is the weight of any volume of it, compared
with an equal volume of water." The discovery of this law
revolutionized every kind of ocean travel, commerce and warfare, and made the
existence of the battleship, aircraft carriers, and cruise ships
possible.
33. You will find exercises of this kind invaluable. When
the thought has been trained to look below the surface everything takes on a
different appearance, the insignificant becomes significant, the uninteresting
interesting; the things which we supposed to be of no importance are seen to be
the only really vital things in existence.
"Look To This Day For it is
Life, the very Life of Life. In Its brief course lie all the Verities and
Realities of your existence; The Bliss of Growth; The Glory of Action; The
Splendor of Beauty; For Yesterday is but a Dream, And tomorrow is only a
Vision: But Today well lived makes every Yesterday a Dream of Happiness, and
Every Tomorrow a Vision of Hope. Look well, therefore, to This Day!"
From the Sanskrit
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