Speaker 1: Realization. If you were to stop in the close of
the last chapter, however, you would never become great. You
would be indeed a mere dreamer of dreams, a castle builder.
Too many do stop there. They do not understand the
necessity for present action. In realizing the vision and bringing
the thought form into manifestation. Two things are necessary, firstly
the making of the thought form, and secondly the actual
appropriation to yourself of all that goes into and around
the thought form. We have discussed the first. Now we
will proceed to give directions for the second. When you
have made your thought form, you are already in your
interior what you want to be. Next, you must become
externally what you want to be. You are already great within,
but you are not yet doing the great things. Without
you cannot begin on the instant to do the great things.
You cannot be before the world the great actor or lawyer, musician,
or personality you know yourself to be. No one will
entrust great things to you as yet, for you have
not made yourself known. But you can always begin to
do small things in a great way. Here lies the
whole secret. You can begin to be great to day
in your own home, in your store or office, on
the street, everywhere. You can begin to make yourself known
as great. And you can do this by doing everything
you do in a great way. You must put the
whole power of your great soul into every act, however
small or commonplace, and so revealed to your family, your friends,
and neighbors what you really are. Do not brag or
boast of yourself. Do not go about telling people what
a great personage you are. Simply live in a great way.
No one will believe you if you tell him you
are a great man, but no one can doubt your
greatness if you show it in your actions in your
domestic circle. Be so just, so generous, so courteous, and
kindly that your family, your wife, husband, children, brothers, and
sisters shall know that you are a great and noble soul.
In all your relations with man, be great, just, generous, courteous,
and kindly. The great are never otherwise. This is your attitude. Next,
and most important, you must have absolute faith in your
own perceptions of truth. Never act in haste or hurry.
Be deliberate in everything. Wait until you feel that you
know the true way. And when you do feel that
you know the true way, be guided by your own faith,
though the entire world shall disagree with you. If you
do not believe what God tells you in little things,
you will never draw upon His wisdom and knowledge in
larger things. When you feel deeply that a certain act
is the right act, do it and have perfect faith
that the consequences will be good. When you are deeply
impressed that a certain thing is true, no matter what
the appearances to the contrary may be, except that thing
as true, and act accordingly, the one way to develop
a perception of truth in layers things is to trust
absolutely to your present perception of truth in small things.
Remember that you are seeking to develop this very power
or faculty, the perception of truth. You are learning to
read the thoughts of God. Nothing is great and nothing
is small. In the sight of omnipotence. He holds the
sun in its place. But he also notes as perrow's fall,
and numbers the hairs of your head. God is as
much interested in the little matters of every day life
as he is in the affairs of nations. You can
perceive truth about family and neighborhood affairs, as well as
about matters of state craft and the way to begin
is to have perfect faith in the truth in these
small matters, as it is revealed to you from day
to day. When you feel deeply impelled to take a
course that seems contrary to all reason and worthy judgment,
take that course. Listen to the suggestions and advice of others,
but always do what you feel deeply in the within
to be the true thing to do. Relive it absolute
faith at all times on your own perception of truth.
But be sure that you listen to God, that you
do not act in haste, fear, or anxiety. Rely upon
your perception of truth in all the facts and circumstances
of life. If you feel deeply that a certain man
will be in a certain place on a certain day,
go there with perfect faith to meet him. He will
be there, no matter how unlikely it may seem. If
you feel sure that certain people are making certain combinations
or doing certain things, act in the faith that they
are doing those things. If you feel sure of the
truth of any circumstance or happening near, are distant, past, present,
or to come, trust in your perception. You may make
occasional mistakes at first because of your imperfect understanding of
the within, but you will soon be guided almost invariably right.
Soon your family and friends will begin to differ more
and more to your judgment and to be guided by you.
Soon your neighbors and townsmen will be coming to you
for counsel and advice. Soon you will be recognized as
one who is great in small things, and you will
be called upon more and more to take charge of
larger things. All that is necessary is to be guided
absolutely in all things by your inner light, your perception
of truth. Obey your soul. Have perfect faith in yourself.
Never think of yourself with doubt or distrust, or as
one who makes mistakes. If I judge, my judgment is just,
for I seek not honor from men, but from the
Father only.