1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:06,000 Speaker 1: Chapter thirteen, The attractive power desire force. We have discussed 2 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:09,039 the necessity of getting rid of fear that your desire 3 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:12,439 may have full strength with which to work. Supposing that 4 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:15,119 you have mastered this part of the task, or at 5 00:00:15,199 --> 00:00:18,160 least started on the road to mastery, I will now 6 00:00:18,239 --> 00:00:21,399 call your attention to another important branch of the subject. 7 00:00:21,960 --> 00:00:26,000 I allude to the subject of mental leaks. No, I 8 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:28,679 don't mean the leakage arising from your failure to keep 9 00:00:28,719 --> 00:00:33,479 your own secrets. That is also important, but forms another story. 10 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:37,520 The leakage I am now referring to is in that occasion, 11 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:41,320 by the habit of having attention attracted to and distracted 12 00:00:41,479 --> 00:00:45,359 by every passing fancy. In order to attain a thing, 13 00:00:45,719 --> 00:00:48,159 it is necessary that the mind should fall in love 14 00:00:48,240 --> 00:00:51,960 with it and be conscious of its existence almost to 15 00:00:52,079 --> 00:00:55,320 the exclusion of everything else. You must get in love 16 00:00:55,399 --> 00:00:58,119 with the thing you wish to attain, just as much 17 00:00:58,159 --> 00:01:00,240 as you would if you were to meet the girl, girl, 18 00:01:00,359 --> 00:01:03,320 or man you wished to marry. I do not mean 19 00:01:03,320 --> 00:01:06,280 that you should become a monomaniac upon the subject and 20 00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:09,159 should lose all interest in everything else in the world. 21 00:01:09,319 --> 00:01:13,400 That won't do, for the mind must have recreation and change. 22 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:16,480 But I do mean that you must be so set 23 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:19,640 upon the desired thing that all else will seem of 24 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:23,159 secondary importance. A man in love may be pleasant to 25 00:01:23,239 --> 00:01:26,319 everyone else, and may go through the duties and pleasures 26 00:01:26,359 --> 00:01:29,920 of life with good spirit, but underneath it all he 27 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:33,640 is humming to himself just one girl, and every one 28 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:36,760 of his actions is bent toward getting that girl and 29 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:39,799 making a comfortable home for her. Do you see what 30 00:01:39,879 --> 00:01:42,239 I mean? You must get in love with the thing 31 00:01:42,319 --> 00:01:44,439 you want, and you must get in love with it 32 00:01:44,599 --> 00:01:48,239 in earnest. None of this latter day flirting on to 33 00:01:48,359 --> 00:01:51,599 day and off tomorrow sort of love. But the good 34 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:54,760 old fashioned kind that used to make it impossible for 35 00:01:54,799 --> 00:01:57,120 a young man to get to sleep unless he took 36 00:01:57,120 --> 00:02:00,959 a walk around his best girl's house. Sure it was 37 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:05,519 still there. That's the real kind. And the man or 38 00:02:05,560 --> 00:02:08,479 woman in search of success must make of that desired 39 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:12,000 thing his ruling passion. He must keep his mind on 40 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:16,319 the main chance success is jealous. That's why we speak 41 00:02:16,319 --> 00:02:19,960 of her as feminine. She demands a man's whole affection, 42 00:02:20,439 --> 00:02:23,639 and if he begins flirting with other fair charmers, she 43 00:02:23,759 --> 00:02:26,639 soon turns her back upon him. If a man allows 44 00:02:26,680 --> 00:02:29,639 his strong interest in the main chance to be sidetracked, 45 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:33,560 he will be the loser. Mental force operates best when 46 00:02:33,599 --> 00:02:36,919 it is concentrated. He must give to the desired thing 47 00:02:37,080 --> 00:02:40,639 your best and most earnest thought. Just as the man 48 00:02:40,719 --> 00:02:44,120 who is thoroughly in love will think out plans and schemes, 49 00:02:44,319 --> 00:02:47,360 whereby he may please the fair one, so will a 50 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:49,680 man who is in love with his work or business 51 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:52,840 give it his best thought, and the result will be 52 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:55,319 that one hundred and one plans will come into his 53 00:02:55,319 --> 00:03:00,479 field of consciousness, many of which are very important works 54 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:05,000 on the subconscious plane, remember, and almost always along the 55 00:03:05,039 --> 00:03:08,360 lines of the ruling passion or desire. It will fix 56 00:03:08,439 --> 00:03:12,159 up things and patch together plans and schemes, and when 57 00:03:12,159 --> 00:03:14,560 you need them the most, it will pop them into 58 00:03:14,599 --> 00:03:18,080 your consciousness, and you'll feel like hurrahing, just as if 59 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:22,080 you had received some valuable aid from outside. But if 60 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:25,479 you scatter your thought force, the subconscious mind will not 61 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:28,560 know just how to please you, and the result is 62 00:03:28,599 --> 00:03:30,240 that you are apt to be put off from this 63 00:03:30,319 --> 00:03:34,360 source of aid and assistance. Beside this, you will miss 64 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:38,039 the powerful result of concentrated thought in the conscious working 65 00:03:38,080 --> 00:03:41,800 out of the details of your plans. And then again, 66 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:44,680 the man whose mind is full of a dozen interests 67 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:48,680 fails to exert the attracting power that is manifested by 68 00:03:48,719 --> 00:03:51,759 the man of one ruling passion, and he fails to 69 00:03:51,840 --> 00:03:55,479 draw to him persons, things, and results that will aid 70 00:03:55,560 --> 00:03:58,360 in the working out of his plans, and will also 71 00:03:58,479 --> 00:04:01,719 fail to place himself in the current of attraction, whereby 72 00:04:01,719 --> 00:04:04,360 he is brought into contact with those who will be 73 00:04:04,360 --> 00:04:08,560 glad to help him because of harmonious interests. I have 74 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:11,639 noticed in my own affairs that when I would allow 75 00:04:11,719 --> 00:04:15,120 myself to be sidetracked by anything outside of my regular 76 00:04:15,199 --> 00:04:17,720 line of work, it would only be a short time 77 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:21,240 before my receipts dropped off and my business showed signs 78 00:04:21,240 --> 00:04:24,279 of a lack of vitality. Now, many say that this 79 00:04:24,439 --> 00:04:27,240 was because I had left undone some things that I 80 00:04:27,279 --> 00:04:29,800 would have done if my mind had been centered on 81 00:04:29,879 --> 00:04:33,519 the business. This is true. But I have noticed like 82 00:04:33,639 --> 00:04:36,600 results in cases where there was nothing to be done, 83 00:04:37,319 --> 00:04:40,240 cases in which the seed was sown and the crop 84 00:04:40,439 --> 00:04:44,160 was awaited, And in just such cases, as soon as 85 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:46,839 I directed my thought to the matter, the seed began 86 00:04:46,959 --> 00:04:49,680 to sprout. I do not mean that I had to 87 00:04:49,720 --> 00:04:53,360 send out great mental waves with the idea of affecting people, 88 00:04:53,839 --> 00:04:56,439 not a bit of it. I simply began to realize 89 00:04:56,480 --> 00:04:59,040 what a good thing I had, and how much people 90 00:04:59,079 --> 00:05:01,600 wanted it, and how glad they would be to know 91 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:04,279 of it, and all that sort of thing. And lo, 92 00:05:04,959 --> 00:05:07,839 my thoughts seemed to vitalize the work, and the seed 93 00:05:07,879 --> 00:05:11,360 began to sprout. This is no mere fancy, for I 94 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:14,839 have experienced it on several occasions. I have spoken to 95 00:05:14,920 --> 00:05:17,519 many others on the subject, and I find that our 96 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:21,360 experiences tally perfectly. So don't get into the habit of 97 00:05:21,399 --> 00:05:25,560 permitting these mental leaks. Keep your desire fresh and active, 98 00:05:25,879 --> 00:05:28,600 and let it get in its work without interference from 99 00:05:28,680 --> 00:05:32,040 conflicting desires. Keep in love with the thing you wish 100 00:05:32,079 --> 00:05:35,319 to attain, feed your fancy with it. See it as 101 00:05:35,319 --> 00:05:39,720 accomplished already, But don't lose your interest. Keep your eye 102 00:05:39,759 --> 00:05:42,839 on the main chance, and keep your one ruling passion 103 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:47,199 strong and vigorous. Don't be a mental polygamist. One mental 104 00:05:47,240 --> 00:05:50,560 love is all that a man needs, that is, one 105 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:54,839 at a time. Some scientists have claimed that something that 106 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:57,680 might as well be called love is at the bottom 107 00:05:57,720 --> 00:06:00,720 of the whole of life. They claim that love of 108 00:06:00,759 --> 00:06:03,720 the plant for water causes it to send forth its 109 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:07,399 roots until the loved thing is found. They say that 110 00:06:07,439 --> 00:06:10,000 the love of the flower for the sun causes it 111 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:12,959 to grow away from the dark places so that it 112 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:17,160 may receive the light. The so called chemical affinities are 113 00:06:17,199 --> 00:06:20,800 really a form of love, and desire is a manifestation 114 00:06:20,959 --> 00:06:24,519 of this universal life love. So I am not using 115 00:06:24,560 --> 00:06:26,800 a mere figure of speech when I tell you that 116 00:06:26,920 --> 00:06:30,199 you must love the thing you wish to attain. Nothing 117 00:06:30,319 --> 00:06:33,360 but intense love will enable you to surmount the many 118 00:06:33,399 --> 00:06:37,399 obstacles placed in your path. Nothing but that love will 119 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:40,519 enable you to bear the burdens of the task. The 120 00:06:40,519 --> 00:06:43,040 more desire you have for a thing, the more you 121 00:06:43,079 --> 00:06:45,720 love it, and the more you love it, the greater 122 00:06:45,839 --> 00:06:49,759 will be the attractive force exerted towards its attainment, both 123 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:54,160 within yourself and outside of you. So, love but one 124 00:06:54,199 --> 00:06:59,879 thing at a time. Don't be a mental Mormon. Chapter fourteen, 125 00:07:00,839 --> 00:07:05,079 The great dynamic forces. You have noticed the difference between 126 00:07:05,079 --> 00:07:08,079 the successful and strong men in any walk of life 127 00:07:08,519 --> 00:07:12,360 and the unsuccessful weak men around them. You are conscious 128 00:07:12,399 --> 00:07:16,240 of the widely differing characteristics of the two classes, but 129 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:19,759 somehow find it difficult to express just in what the 130 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:22,879 difference lies. Let us take a look at the matter. 131 00:07:23,920 --> 00:07:27,319 Burton said, the longer I live, the more certain I 132 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:30,639 am that the great difference between men, the feeble and 133 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:34,720 the powerful, the great and the insignificant, is energy and 134 00:07:34,839 --> 00:07:40,160 invincible determination, a purpose, once fixed and then death or victory. 135 00:07:40,639 --> 00:07:43,040 That quality will do anything that can be done in 136 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:48,319 this world. And no talents, no circumstances, no opportunities, will 137 00:07:48,319 --> 00:07:51,680 make a two legged creature a man without it. I 138 00:07:51,759 --> 00:07:54,360 do not see how the idea could be more clearly 139 00:07:54,439 --> 00:07:57,680 expressed than Burton has spoken. He has put his finger 140 00:07:57,839 --> 00:08:00,759 right in the center of the subject, his eyes seen 141 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:05,639 into the heart of it. Energy an invincible determination. These 142 00:08:05,680 --> 00:08:09,040 two things will sweep away mighty barriers, and will surmount 143 00:08:09,079 --> 00:08:12,920 the greatest obstacles. And yet they must be used together. 144 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:17,160 Energy without determination will go to waste. Lots of men 145 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:20,160 have plenty of energy, they are full to or overflowing 146 00:08:20,199 --> 00:08:23,879 with it, and yet they lack concentration. They lack the 147 00:08:23,920 --> 00:08:27,279 concentrated force that enables them to bring their power to 148 00:08:27,319 --> 00:08:30,920 bear upon the right spot. Energy is not nearly so 149 00:08:31,160 --> 00:08:33,960 rare a thing as many imagine it to be. I 150 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:36,799 can look around me at any time and pick out 151 00:08:36,840 --> 00:08:39,639 a number of people I know who are full of energy. 152 00:08:40,200 --> 00:08:44,000 Many of them are energy plus, and yet somehow they 153 00:08:44,039 --> 00:08:46,799 do not seem to make any headway. They are wasting 154 00:08:46,840 --> 00:08:50,000 their energy all the time. Now they are filling with 155 00:08:50,039 --> 00:08:53,279 this thing, now, meddling with that. They will take up 156 00:08:53,279 --> 00:08:56,360 some trifling thing of no real interest or importance, and 157 00:08:56,440 --> 00:08:59,519 waste enough energy and nervous force to carry them through 158 00:08:59,559 --> 00:09:02,519 a hard day's work. And yet when they are through, 159 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:07,080 nothing has been accomplished. Others who have plenty of energy 160 00:09:07,279 --> 00:09:09,519 fail to direct it, by the power of the will, 161 00:09:09,600 --> 00:09:14,840 toward the desired end. Invincible determination. Those are the words. 162 00:09:15,080 --> 00:09:17,840 Do they not thrill you with their power? If you 163 00:09:17,919 --> 00:09:20,320 have something to do, get to work and do it. 164 00:09:20,840 --> 00:09:23,960 Marshal your energy, and then guide and direct it by 165 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:28,159 your will. Bestow upon it that invincible determination, and you 166 00:09:28,159 --> 00:09:32,600 will do the thing. Everyone has within him a giant will, 167 00:09:32,960 --> 00:09:35,399 But the majority of us are too lazy to use it. 168 00:09:35,919 --> 00:09:38,360 We cannot get ourselves nerved up to the point at 169 00:09:38,399 --> 00:09:42,600 which we can say, truthfully, I will if we can 170 00:09:42,639 --> 00:09:45,879 but pluck up our courage to that point, and will 171 00:09:45,919 --> 00:09:48,519 then pin it in place so that it will not 172 00:09:48,639 --> 00:09:51,639 slip back. We will be able to call into play 173 00:09:51,720 --> 00:09:56,320 that wonderful power the human will. Man as a rule 174 00:09:56,679 --> 00:09:59,919 has but the faintest conception of the power of the will. 175 00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:04,000 But those who have studied along the occult teachings know 176 00:10:04,279 --> 00:10:06,879 that the will is one of the great dynamic forces 177 00:10:06,960 --> 00:10:11,519 of the universe, and if harnessed and directed properly, it 178 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:18,240 is capable of accomplishing almost miraculous things. Energy and invincible determination. 179 00:10:18,879 --> 00:10:23,080 Aren't they magnificent words. Commit them to memory, Press them 180 00:10:23,159 --> 00:10:25,759 like a die into the wax of your mind, and 181 00:10:25,799 --> 00:10:28,279 they will be a constant inspiration to you in hours 182 00:10:28,360 --> 00:10:31,720 of need. If you can get these words to vibrating 183 00:10:31,879 --> 00:10:35,080 in your being, you will be a giant among pigmies. 184 00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:38,720 Say these words over and over again, and see how 185 00:10:38,720 --> 00:10:41,399 you are filled with new life. See how your blood 186 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:45,440 will circulate, how your nerves will tingle. Make these words 187 00:10:45,440 --> 00:10:48,519 a part of yourself, and then go forth anew into 188 00:10:48,559 --> 00:10:53,399 the battle of life, encouraged and strengthened. Put them into practice, 189 00:10:53,919 --> 00:10:57,720 energy an invincible determination. Let that be your motto in 190 00:10:57,759 --> 00:11:00,200 your worker day life, and you will be one of 191 00:11:00,240 --> 00:11:04,240 those rare men who are able to do things many 192 00:11:04,320 --> 00:11:07,159 persons are deterred from doing their best by the fact 193 00:11:07,240 --> 00:11:10,639 that they underrate themselves by comparison with the successful ones 194 00:11:10,639 --> 00:11:15,320 of life, or rather overrate the successful ones by comparison 195 00:11:15,360 --> 00:11:19,279 with themselves. One of the curious things noticed by those 196 00:11:19,320 --> 00:11:21,600 who are brought into contact with the people who have 197 00:11:21,840 --> 00:11:26,600 arrived is the fact that these successful people are not extraordinary. 198 00:11:26,799 --> 00:11:29,840 After all. You meet with some great writer, and you 199 00:11:29,879 --> 00:11:33,600 are disappointed to find him very ordinary. Indeed, he does 200 00:11:33,639 --> 00:11:37,279 not converse brilliantly, And in fact, you know a score 201 00:11:37,320 --> 00:11:40,159 of everyday people who seem far more brilliant than this 202 00:11:40,279 --> 00:11:43,639 man who dazzles you by his brightness in his books. 203 00:11:44,279 --> 00:11:47,000 You meet some great statesmen, and he does not seem 204 00:11:47,039 --> 00:11:49,639 nearly so wise as lots of old fellows in your 205 00:11:49,679 --> 00:11:53,000 own village who waste their wisdom upon the desert air. 206 00:11:53,840 --> 00:11:56,639 You meet some great captain of industry, and he does 207 00:11:56,679 --> 00:11:59,399 not give you the impression of the shrewdness so marked 208 00:11:59,799 --> 00:12:03,080 in some little bargain driving trader in your own town. 209 00:12:03,799 --> 00:12:07,320 How is this anyway? Are the reputations of these people 210 00:12:07,360 --> 00:12:11,279 fictitious or what is the trouble? The trouble is this, 211 00:12:11,799 --> 00:12:14,480 you have imagined these people to be made of superior metal, 212 00:12:14,799 --> 00:12:17,159 and are disappointed to find them made of the same 213 00:12:17,240 --> 00:12:21,200 stuff as yourself and those about you. But you ask 214 00:12:21,600 --> 00:12:25,559 wherein does their greatness of achievement lie? Chiefly in this 215 00:12:26,399 --> 00:12:30,279 belief in themselves, and in their inherent power, in their 216 00:12:30,320 --> 00:12:33,399 faculty to concentrate on the work in hand when they 217 00:12:33,440 --> 00:12:36,480 are working, and in their ability to prevent leaks of 218 00:12:36,600 --> 00:12:40,039 power when they are not working. They believe in themselves 219 00:12:40,360 --> 00:12:43,960 and make every effort count your village. Wise man spills 220 00:12:43,960 --> 00:12:46,759 his wisdom on every corner and talks to a lot 221 00:12:46,799 --> 00:12:49,840 of fools, when if he really were wise, he would 222 00:12:49,840 --> 00:12:52,080 save up his wisdom and place it where it would 223 00:12:52,120 --> 00:12:55,200 do some work. The brilliant writer does not waste his 224 00:12:55,279 --> 00:12:58,639 wit upon every corner. In fact, he shuts the drawer 225 00:12:58,679 --> 00:13:01,480 in which he contains his wis and opens it only 226 00:13:01,559 --> 00:13:04,360 when he is ready to concentrate and get down to business. 227 00:13:04,919 --> 00:13:07,519 The captain of industry has no desire to impress you 228 00:13:07,600 --> 00:13:11,639 with his shrewdness and smartness. He never did even when 229 00:13:11,639 --> 00:13:15,000 he was young, while his companions were talking and boasting 230 00:13:15,039 --> 00:13:19,320 and blowing. This future successful financier was sore and would 231 00:13:19,440 --> 00:13:22,519 and say on nothing. The great people of the world. 232 00:13:22,840 --> 00:13:26,240 That is, those who have arrived are not very different 233 00:13:26,240 --> 00:13:29,120 from you, or me or the rest of us. All 234 00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:31,799 of us are about the same at the base. You 235 00:13:31,879 --> 00:13:34,480 have only to meet them to see how very ordinary 236 00:13:34,559 --> 00:13:37,679 they are after all. But don't forget the fact that 237 00:13:37,720 --> 00:13:40,360 they know how to use the material that is in them, 238 00:13:40,879 --> 00:13:43,399 while the rest of the crowd does not, and in 239 00:13:43,440 --> 00:13:47,360 fact even doubts whether the true stuff is there. The 240 00:13:47,399 --> 00:13:50,879 man or woman who gets there usually starts out by 241 00:13:50,919 --> 00:13:53,759 realizing that he or she is not so very different 242 00:13:53,919 --> 00:13:56,919 after all from the successful people that they hear so 243 00:13:57,000 --> 00:14:00,799 much about. This gives them confidence, and the result is 244 00:14:00,919 --> 00:14:04,000 they find out they are able to do things. Then 245 00:14:04,039 --> 00:14:06,879 they learn to keep their mouths closed and to avoid 246 00:14:06,919 --> 00:14:10,919 wasting and dissipating their energy. They store up energy and 247 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:14,799 concentrated upon the task at hand, while their companions are 248 00:14:14,840 --> 00:14:18,279 scattering their energies in every direction, trying to show off 249 00:14:18,600 --> 00:14:21,559 and let people know how smart they are. The man 250 00:14:21,679 --> 00:14:24,399 or woman who gets there prefers to wait for the 251 00:14:24,440 --> 00:14:28,279 applause that follows deed accomplished, and cares very little for 252 00:14:28,320 --> 00:14:31,559 the praise that attends promises of what we expect to 253 00:14:31,639 --> 00:14:37,320 do someday or an exhibition of smartness without works. One 254 00:14:37,360 --> 00:14:39,360 of the reasons that people who are thrown in with 255 00:14:39,440 --> 00:14:44,000 successful men often manifest success themselves is that they are 256 00:14:44,039 --> 00:14:47,639 able to watch the successful man and sort of catch 257 00:14:47,720 --> 00:14:50,759 the trick of his greatness. They see that he is 258 00:14:50,799 --> 00:14:54,080 an everyday sort of man, but that he thoroughly believes 259 00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:57,399 in himself, and also that he does not waste energy, 260 00:14:57,759 --> 00:15:00,559 but reserves all his force for the actual time tasks 261 00:15:00,639 --> 00:15:05,120 before him. And profiting by example, they start to work 262 00:15:05,440 --> 00:15:09,559 and put the lesson into practice in their own lives. Now, 263 00:15:09,559 --> 00:15:13,200 what is the moral of this talk? Simply this, don't 264 00:15:13,279 --> 00:15:18,000 undervalue yourself or overvalue others. Realize that you are made 265 00:15:18,039 --> 00:15:21,080 of good stuff, and that locked within your mind are 266 00:15:21,120 --> 00:15:24,600 many good things. Then get to work and unfold those 267 00:15:24,600 --> 00:15:27,759 good things and make something out of that good stuff. 268 00:15:28,360 --> 00:15:31,120 Do this by attention to the things before you, and 269 00:15:31,120 --> 00:15:33,639 by giving to each the best that is in you, 270 00:15:33,679 --> 00:15:36,480 knowing that plenty of more good things are in you, 271 00:15:36,840 --> 00:15:40,120 ready for the fresh tasks that will come. Put the 272 00:15:40,120 --> 00:15:43,200 best of yourself into the undertaking on hand, and do 273 00:15:43,279 --> 00:15:46,360 not cheat the present task in favor of some future one. 274 00:15:46,919 --> 00:15:50,960 Your supply is inexhaustible, And don't waste your good stuff 275 00:15:51,039 --> 00:15:54,600 on the crowd of gapers, watchers, and critics who are 276 00:15:54,639 --> 00:15:58,080 standing around watching you work. Save your good stuff for 277 00:15:58,159 --> 00:16:00,320 your job, and don't be in timid much of a 278 00:16:00,399 --> 00:16:04,080 hurry for applause. Save up your good thoughts for copy 279 00:16:04,320 --> 00:16:07,240 if you are a writer, save up your bright schemes 280 00:16:07,279 --> 00:16:10,799 for actual practice, if you are a businessman, save up 281 00:16:10,840 --> 00:16:14,080 your wisdom for occasion, if you are a statesman. And 282 00:16:14,240 --> 00:16:18,000 in each case, avoid the desire to scatter your pearls before, 283 00:16:18,840 --> 00:16:22,080 well before the gaping crowd that wants to be entertained 284 00:16:22,399 --> 00:16:27,080 by a free show. Nothing very high about this teaching, perhaps, 285 00:16:27,360 --> 00:16:29,960 but it is what many of you need very much. 286 00:16:30,480 --> 00:16:34,200 Stop fooling and get down to business. Stop wasting good 287 00:16:34,320 --> 00:16:40,879 raw material, and start to work making something worthwhile. Chapter fifteen, 288 00:16:41,519 --> 00:16:45,679 Claiming your Own. In a recent conversation, I was telling 289 00:16:45,679 --> 00:16:48,039 a woman to pluck up courage and to reach out 290 00:16:48,039 --> 00:16:50,120 for a certain good thing for which she had been 291 00:16:50,159 --> 00:16:53,480 longing for many years, and which at last appeared to 292 00:16:53,480 --> 00:16:56,320 be in sight. I told her that it looked as 293 00:16:56,360 --> 00:16:59,120 if her desire was about to be gratified, that the 294 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:02,559 law of attraction was bringing it to her. She lacked 295 00:17:02,600 --> 00:17:05,920 faith and kept on repeating, Oh, it's too good to 296 00:17:05,920 --> 00:17:09,119 be true, It's too good for me. She had not 297 00:17:09,200 --> 00:17:12,480 emerged from the worm of the dust stage, and although 298 00:17:12,519 --> 00:17:15,279 she was in sight of the promised land, she refused 299 00:17:15,319 --> 00:17:18,000 to enter it because it was too good for her. 300 00:17:18,839 --> 00:17:22,039 I think I succeeded in putting sufficient ginger into her 301 00:17:22,400 --> 00:17:25,119 to enable her to claim her own. For the last 302 00:17:25,160 --> 00:17:29,160 reports indicate that she is taking possession. But that is 303 00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:31,319 not what I wish to tell you. I want to 304 00:17:31,319 --> 00:17:33,640 call your attention to the fact that nothing is too 305 00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:36,799 good for you, no matter how great the thing may be, 306 00:17:37,160 --> 00:17:40,400 no matter how undeserving you may seem to be, you 307 00:17:40,480 --> 00:17:43,200 are entitled to the best there is, for it is 308 00:17:43,240 --> 00:17:47,640 your direct inheritance. So don't be afraid to ask, demand, 309 00:17:48,119 --> 00:17:50,759 and take. The good things of the world are not 310 00:17:50,839 --> 00:17:54,240 the portion of any favored sons. They belong to all, 311 00:17:54,640 --> 00:17:56,720 but they come only to those who are wise enough 312 00:17:56,720 --> 00:17:59,680 to recognize that the good things are theirs by right, 313 00:18:00,160 --> 00:18:02,799 and who are sufficiently courageous to reach out for them. 314 00:18:03,240 --> 00:18:05,680 Many good things are lost for want of the asking. 315 00:18:06,240 --> 00:18:08,559 Many splendid things are lost to you because of your 316 00:18:08,640 --> 00:18:12,240 feeling that you are unworthy of them. Many great things 317 00:18:12,279 --> 00:18:14,640 are lost to you because you lack the confidence and 318 00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:18,960 courage to demand and take possession of them. None but 319 00:18:19,039 --> 00:18:22,519 the brave deserves the fair, says the old adage, and 320 00:18:22,559 --> 00:18:25,200 the ryal is true in all lines of human effort. 321 00:18:25,720 --> 00:18:28,039 If you keep on repeating that you are unworthy of 322 00:18:28,079 --> 00:18:30,680 the good thing, that it is too good for you, 323 00:18:31,279 --> 00:18:33,079 the law will be apt to take you at your 324 00:18:33,119 --> 00:18:36,680 word and believe what you say. That's the peculiar thing 325 00:18:36,720 --> 00:18:40,640 about the law. It believes what you say. It takes 326 00:18:40,680 --> 00:18:43,680 you in earnest. So beware what you say to it, 327 00:18:43,960 --> 00:18:46,720 for it will be apt to give credence. Say to 328 00:18:46,759 --> 00:18:48,799 it that you are worthy of the best there is, 329 00:18:49,119 --> 00:18:51,480 and there is nothing too good for you, and you 330 00:18:51,480 --> 00:18:53,319 will be likely to have the law take you in 331 00:18:53,400 --> 00:18:56,960 earnest and say, I guess he is right. I'm going 332 00:18:57,039 --> 00:18:59,200 to give him the whole bake shop if he wants it, 333 00:19:00,200 --> 00:19:02,920 his rights, and what's the use of trying to deny 334 00:19:02,960 --> 00:19:06,079 it to him. But if you say, oh, it's too 335 00:19:06,079 --> 00:19:09,440 good for me, the law will probably say, well, I 336 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:12,759 shouldn't wonder, but that that is so. Surely he ought 337 00:19:12,839 --> 00:19:16,079 to know, and isn't for me to contradict him. And 338 00:19:16,200 --> 00:19:20,279 so it goes, Why should anything be too good for you? 339 00:19:20,880 --> 00:19:23,079 Did you ever stop to think just what you are? 340 00:19:23,880 --> 00:19:26,559 You are a manifestation of the whole thing, and have 341 00:19:26,599 --> 00:19:29,720 a perfect right to all there is, Or, if you 342 00:19:29,759 --> 00:19:32,200 prefer it this way, you are a child of the 343 00:19:32,279 --> 00:19:35,640 infinite and are heir to it all. You are telling 344 00:19:35,680 --> 00:19:39,160 the truth in either statement or both. At any rate, 345 00:19:39,440 --> 00:19:42,680 no matter what you ask, you are merely demanding your own, 346 00:19:43,240 --> 00:19:45,559 And the more in earnest you are about demanding it, 347 00:19:45,920 --> 00:19:48,920 the more confident you are of receiving it. The more 348 00:19:49,039 --> 00:19:51,960 will you use in reaching out for it, the surer 349 00:19:52,079 --> 00:19:57,400 you will be to obtain it. Strong desire, confident, expectation, 350 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:01,599 courage in action, these things bring to you your own. 351 00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:05,240 But before you put these forces into effect, you must 352 00:20:05,279 --> 00:20:08,640 awaken to a realization that you are merely asking for 353 00:20:08,680 --> 00:20:11,559 your own, and not for something to which you have 354 00:20:11,640 --> 00:20:14,839 no right or claim. So long as there exists in 355 00:20:14,880 --> 00:20:18,319 your mind the last sneaking bit of doubt as to 356 00:20:18,359 --> 00:20:21,000 your right to the things you want, you'll be setting 357 00:20:21,039 --> 00:20:24,000 up a resistance to the operation of the law. You 358 00:20:24,079 --> 00:20:26,839 may demand as vigorously as you please, but if you 359 00:20:26,880 --> 00:20:29,200 will lack the courage to act, if you have a 360 00:20:29,279 --> 00:20:31,519 lingering doubt of your right to the thing you want. 361 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:34,480 If you persist in regarding the desired thing as if 362 00:20:34,519 --> 00:20:37,319 it belonged to another instead of to yourself, you will 363 00:20:37,359 --> 00:20:40,039 be placing yourself in the position of the covetous or 364 00:20:40,200 --> 00:20:43,839 envious man, or even in the position of the tempted thief. 365 00:20:44,359 --> 00:20:46,880 In such a case, your mind will revolt at proceeding 366 00:20:46,920 --> 00:20:49,920 with the work, for it instinctively will recoil from the 367 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:53,640 idea of taking what is not your own. The mind 368 00:20:53,799 --> 00:20:57,200 is honest. But when you realize that the best the 369 00:20:57,279 --> 00:21:01,240 universe holds belongs to you as a divine air, and 370 00:21:01,279 --> 00:21:04,880 that there is enough for all without your robbing anyone else, 371 00:21:05,599 --> 00:21:09,039 then the friction is removed and the barrier broken down, 372 00:21:09,519 --> 00:21:13,440 and the law proceeds to do its work. I do 373 00:21:13,480 --> 00:21:17,519 not believe in this humble business. This meek and lowly attitude, 374 00:21:17,599 --> 00:21:19,960 does not appeal to me. There is no sense in 375 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:23,240 it at all, the idea of making a virtue of 376 00:21:23,279 --> 00:21:26,160 such things, when man is the heir of the universe 377 00:21:26,440 --> 00:21:29,400 and is entitled to whatever he needs for his growth, 378 00:21:29,440 --> 00:21:32,839 happiness and satisfaction. I do not mean that one should 379 00:21:32,839 --> 00:21:36,480 assume a blustering and domineering attitude of mind that is 380 00:21:36,599 --> 00:21:40,599 also absurd, for true strength does not so exhibit itself. 381 00:21:41,119 --> 00:21:44,680 The blusterer is a self confessed weakling. He blusters to 382 00:21:44,720 --> 00:21:49,519 disguise his weakness. The truly strong man is calm, self contained, 383 00:21:49,880 --> 00:21:52,880 and carries with him a consciousness of strength, which renders 384 00:21:52,960 --> 00:21:57,200 unnecessary the bluster and fuss of assumed strength. But get 385 00:21:57,240 --> 00:22:01,519 away from this hypnotism of humility is meek and lowly attitude. 386 00:22:02,079 --> 00:22:05,079 Remember the horrible example of you ry a Heap, and 387 00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:09,039 beware of imitating him. Throw back your head and look 388 00:22:09,079 --> 00:22:11,680 the world square in the face. There's nothing to be 389 00:22:11,720 --> 00:22:14,319 afraid of. The world is apt to be as much 390 00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:18,200 afraid of you as you are of it. Anyway, be 391 00:22:18,319 --> 00:22:21,759 a man or woman and not a crawling thing. And 392 00:22:21,799 --> 00:22:24,279 this applies to your mental attitude as well as to 393 00:22:24,279 --> 00:22:28,559 your outward demeanor. Stop this crawling in your mind. See 394 00:22:28,599 --> 00:22:32,279 yourself as standing erect and facing life without fear, and 395 00:22:32,400 --> 00:22:36,759 you will gradually grow into your ideal. There is nothing 396 00:22:36,839 --> 00:22:39,880 that is too good for you, not a thing. The 397 00:22:39,920 --> 00:22:42,440 best there is is not beginning to be good enough 398 00:22:42,480 --> 00:22:46,000 for you, for there are still better things ahead. The 399 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:48,160 best gift that the world has to offer is a 400 00:22:48,240 --> 00:22:51,039 mere bauble compared to the great things in the cosmos 401 00:22:51,119 --> 00:22:54,200 that await your coming of age. So don't be afraid 402 00:22:54,240 --> 00:22:57,400 to reach out for these playthings of life. These baubles 403 00:22:57,400 --> 00:23:01,119 are this plane of consciousness. Reach out for them, grab 404 00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:04,720 a whole fistful, play with them until you are tired. 405 00:23:05,119 --> 00:23:07,880 That's what they are made for anyway. They are made 406 00:23:07,920 --> 00:23:10,759 for our expressed use, not to look at, but to 407 00:23:10,799 --> 00:23:14,400 be played with. If you desire help yourself, there's a 408 00:23:14,440 --> 00:23:18,599 whole shopful of these toys awaiting or desire, demand and taking. 409 00:23:19,200 --> 00:23:22,319 Don't be bashful. Don't let me hear any more of 410 00:23:22,359 --> 00:23:25,279 this silly talk about things being too good for you. 411 00:23:25,880 --> 00:23:29,319 Sure you have been like the Emperor's little son, thinking 412 00:23:29,359 --> 00:23:31,920 that the tin soldiers and the toy drum were far 413 00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:34,799 too good for him, and refusing to reach out for them. 414 00:23:35,319 --> 00:23:38,000 But you don't find this trouble with children. As a rule, 415 00:23:38,480 --> 00:23:41,279 they instinctively recognize that nothing is too good for them. 416 00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:43,680 They want all that is in sight to play with, 417 00:23:43,920 --> 00:23:45,960 and they seem to feel that the things are theirs 418 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:48,839 by right. And that is the condition of mind that 419 00:23:48,880 --> 00:23:52,680 we seek as after the divine adventure must cultivate unless 420 00:23:52,680 --> 00:23:56,039 we become as little children, we cannot enter the Kingdom 421 00:23:56,039 --> 00:23:59,920 of heaven. The things we see around us are the playthings, 422 00:24:00,079 --> 00:24:03,559 the kindergarten of God. Play things which we use in 423 00:24:03,599 --> 00:24:07,359 our game tasks. Help yourself to them, ask for them 424 00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:11,119 without bashfulness. Demand as many as you can make use of. 425 00:24:11,640 --> 00:24:14,599 They are yours. And if you don't see just what 426 00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:18,240 you want, ask for it. There's a big reserved stock 427 00:24:18,319 --> 00:24:23,000 on the shelves and in the closets. Play play, play 428 00:24:23,279 --> 00:24:27,079 to your heart's content. Learn to weave mats, to build 429 00:24:27,079 --> 00:24:30,400 houses with the blocks, to stitch outlines on the squares, 430 00:24:30,599 --> 00:24:33,640 to play the game through and play it well, and 431 00:24:33,680 --> 00:24:37,279 demand all the proper materials for the play. Don't be bashful. 432 00:24:37,440 --> 00:24:42,000 There's enough to go round. But remember this. While all 433 00:24:42,039 --> 00:24:48,599 this be true, the best things are still only game things. Toys, blocks, mats, cubes, 434 00:24:48,839 --> 00:24:52,599 and all the rest. Useful, most useful for the learning 435 00:24:52,599 --> 00:24:56,359 of the lessons, pleasant, most pleasant with which to play, 436 00:24:56,839 --> 00:25:01,119 and desirable, most desirable for these purposes. Get all the 437 00:25:01,160 --> 00:25:03,200 fun and profit out of the use of things that 438 00:25:03,319 --> 00:25:06,759 is possible. Throw yourself heartily into the game and play 439 00:25:06,799 --> 00:25:10,559 it out. It is good. But here's the thing to remember. 440 00:25:11,039 --> 00:25:13,319 Never lose sight of the fact that these good things 441 00:25:13,359 --> 00:25:16,960 are but playthings, part of the game. For you must 442 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:19,480 be perfectly willing to lay them aside when the time 443 00:25:19,519 --> 00:25:22,799 comes to pass into the next class, and not cry 444 00:25:22,839 --> 00:25:25,960 and mourn because you must leave your playthings behind you. 445 00:25:26,680 --> 00:25:29,480 Do not allow yourself to become unduly attached to them. 446 00:25:29,920 --> 00:25:32,440 They are for your use and pleasure, but are not 447 00:25:32,519 --> 00:25:35,279 a part of you, not essential to your happiness in 448 00:25:35,319 --> 00:25:38,920 the next stage. Despise them not because of their lack 449 00:25:38,960 --> 00:25:42,920 of reality. They are great things relatively, and you may 450 00:25:42,960 --> 00:25:45,160 as well have all the fun out of them that 451 00:25:45,240 --> 00:25:49,160 you can. Don't be a spiritual prig, standing aside and 452 00:25:49,200 --> 00:25:52,079 refusing to join in the game. But do not tie 453 00:25:52,119 --> 00:25:55,160 yourself to them. They are good to use and play with, 454 00:25:55,599 --> 00:25:58,400 but not good enough to use you and to make 455 00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:02,079 you a plaything. Don't let the toys turn the tables 456 00:26:02,079 --> 00:26:05,519 on you. This is the difference between the master of 457 00:26:05,599 --> 00:26:10,480 circumstances and the slave of circumstances. The slave thinks that 458 00:26:10,519 --> 00:26:13,160 these playthings are real and that he is not good 459 00:26:13,240 --> 00:26:16,160 enough to have them. He gets only a few toys 460 00:26:16,359 --> 00:26:19,039 because he is afraid to ask for more, and he 461 00:26:19,079 --> 00:26:22,880 misses most of the fun and then, considering the toys 462 00:26:22,880 --> 00:26:25,920 to be real, and not realizing that there are plenty 463 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:29,119 more where these came from. He attaches himself to the 464 00:26:29,160 --> 00:26:32,279 little trinkets that have come his way and allows himself 465 00:26:32,279 --> 00:26:34,920 to be made a slave of them. He is afraid 466 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:37,599 that they may be taken away from him, and he 467 00:26:37,680 --> 00:26:40,640 is afraid to toddle across the floor and help himself 468 00:26:40,680 --> 00:26:44,200 to the others. The Master knows that all are his 469 00:26:44,440 --> 00:26:47,880 for the asking. He demands that which he needs from 470 00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:51,599 day to day, and does not worry about overloading himself, 471 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:54,720 for he knows that there are lots more and that 472 00:26:54,799 --> 00:26:58,000 he cannot be cheated out of them. He plays and 473 00:26:58,079 --> 00:27:00,799 plays well and has a good time. I'm in the play, 474 00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:04,839 and he learns his kindergarten lessons in the playing. But 475 00:27:04,920 --> 00:27:07,880 he does not become too attached to his toys. He 476 00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:10,680 is willing to fling away the worn out toys and 477 00:27:10,759 --> 00:27:13,000 reach out for a new one. And when he is 478 00:27:13,079 --> 00:27:15,960 called into the next room for promotion, he drops on 479 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:18,519 the floor the worn out toys of the day, and 480 00:27:18,599 --> 00:27:22,720 with glistening eyes and confident attitude of mind, marches into 481 00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:26,319 the next room, into the great unknown, with a smile 482 00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:29,599 on his face. He is not afraid, for he hears 483 00:27:29,680 --> 00:27:32,279 the voice of the teacher and knows that she is 484 00:27:32,359 --> 00:27:38,640 there waiting for him in that next great room. Chapter sixteen, 485 00:27:39,400 --> 00:27:43,440 Law not chance. Some time ago I was talking to 486 00:27:43,480 --> 00:27:46,559 a man about the attractive power of thought. He said 487 00:27:46,559 --> 00:27:49,200 that he did not believe that thought could attract anything 488 00:27:49,279 --> 00:27:51,880 to him, and that it was all a matter of luck. 489 00:27:52,359 --> 00:27:56,279 He had found. He said that ill luck relentlessly pursued him, 490 00:27:56,640 --> 00:27:59,680 and that everything he touched went wrong. Who had always 491 00:27:59,799 --> 00:28:03,000 had and always would, and he had grown to expect it. 492 00:28:03,480 --> 00:28:06,400 When he undertook a new thing, he knew beforehand that 493 00:28:06,480 --> 00:28:08,920 it would go wrong, and that no good would come 494 00:28:08,920 --> 00:28:12,519 of it. Oh, no, there wasn't anything in the theory 495 00:28:12,559 --> 00:28:15,559 of attractive thought. So far as he could see. It 496 00:28:15,599 --> 00:28:18,960 was all a matter of luck. This man failed to 497 00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:21,799 see that by his own confession he was giving a 498 00:28:21,839 --> 00:28:24,759 most convincing argument in favor of the law of attraction. 499 00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:28,279 He was testifying that he was always expecting things to 500 00:28:28,359 --> 00:28:31,680 go wrong, and that they always came about as he expected. 501 00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:35,160 He was a magnificent illustration of the law of attraction. 502 00:28:35,599 --> 00:28:38,240 But he didn't know it, and no argument seemed to 503 00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:41,079 make the matter clear to him he was up against 504 00:28:41,160 --> 00:28:43,759 it and was no way out of it. He always 505 00:28:43,759 --> 00:28:46,960 expected the ill luck, and every occurrence proved that he 506 00:28:47,119 --> 00:28:50,799 was right, and that the mental science position was all nonsense. 507 00:28:51,759 --> 00:28:53,799 There are many people who seemed to think that the 508 00:28:53,799 --> 00:28:56,680 only way in which the law of attraction operates is 509 00:28:56,720 --> 00:29:00,480 when one wishes hard, strong, and steady. They do not 510 00:29:00,519 --> 00:29:04,759 seem to realize that a strong belief is as efficacious 511 00:29:05,079 --> 00:29:08,880 as a strong wish. The successful man believes in himself 512 00:29:09,079 --> 00:29:14,519 and his ultimate success, and paying no attention to little setbacks, stumbles, 513 00:29:14,640 --> 00:29:18,680 tumbles and slips, presses on eagerly to the goal, believing 514 00:29:18,720 --> 00:29:21,839 all the time that he will get there. His views 515 00:29:21,839 --> 00:29:24,640 and aims may alter as he progresses, and he may 516 00:29:24,720 --> 00:29:27,920 change his plans or have them changed for him, but 517 00:29:28,039 --> 00:29:30,440 all the time he knows in his heart that he 518 00:29:30,480 --> 00:29:34,480 will eventually get there. He is not steadily wishing he 519 00:29:34,519 --> 00:29:37,839 may get there. He simply feels and believes it, and 520 00:29:37,920 --> 00:29:41,279 thereby sets to operation the strongest forces known in the 521 00:29:41,319 --> 00:29:45,000 world of thought. The man who just as steadily believes 522 00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:48,960 he is going to fail, will invariably fail. How could 523 00:29:48,960 --> 00:29:51,839 he help it? There is no special miracle about it. 524 00:29:52,240 --> 00:29:55,880 Everything he does thinks and says, is tinctured with the 525 00:29:55,920 --> 00:29:59,400 thought of failure. Other people catch his spirit and fail 526 00:29:59,440 --> 00:30:02,759 to trust him him or his ability, which encourages he 527 00:30:02,839 --> 00:30:06,319 in turn sets down as but other exhibitions of his 528 00:30:06,400 --> 00:30:09,599 ill luck, instead of ascribing them to his belief and 529 00:30:09,680 --> 00:30:13,920 expectation of failure. He is suggesting failure to himself all 530 00:30:13,960 --> 00:30:17,039 the time, and he invariably takes on the effect of 531 00:30:17,039 --> 00:30:21,480 the auto suggestion. Then again, he, by his negative thoughts, 532 00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:24,440 shuts up that portion of the mind from which should 533 00:30:24,519 --> 00:30:28,160 come the ideas and plans conducive to success, and which 534 00:30:28,240 --> 00:30:31,640 do come to the man who is expecting success because 535 00:30:31,640 --> 00:30:35,119 he believes in it. A state of discouragement is not 536 00:30:35,160 --> 00:30:38,160 the one in which bright ideas come to us. It 537 00:30:38,240 --> 00:30:41,440 is only when we are enthused and hopeful that our 538 00:30:41,480 --> 00:30:44,599 minds work out the bright ideas which we may turn 539 00:30:44,720 --> 00:30:50,160 to account. Men instinctively feel the atmosphere of failure hovering 540 00:30:50,200 --> 00:30:53,279 around certain of their fellows, and on the other hand, 541 00:30:53,559 --> 00:30:57,519 recognize something about others which leads them to say, when 542 00:30:57,559 --> 00:31:00,799 they hear of a temporary mishap befalling such a one, Oh, 543 00:31:01,079 --> 00:31:04,599 he'll come out all right. Somehow, You can't down him. 544 00:31:04,920 --> 00:31:08,160 It is the atmosphere caused by the prevailing mental attitude. 545 00:31:08,599 --> 00:31:12,359 Clear up your mental atmosphere. There is no such thing 546 00:31:12,440 --> 00:31:17,119 as chance. Law maintains everywhere, and all that happens happens 547 00:31:17,160 --> 00:31:20,160 because of the operation of law. You cannot name the 548 00:31:20,160 --> 00:31:24,079 simplest thing that ever occurred by chance. Try it, and 549 00:31:24,119 --> 00:31:26,759 then run the thing down to a final analysis, and 550 00:31:26,799 --> 00:31:29,240 you will see it as the result of law. It 551 00:31:29,319 --> 00:31:33,880 is as plain as mathematics, plan and purpose, cause and effect. 552 00:31:34,480 --> 00:31:36,920 From the movements of worlds to the growth of the 553 00:31:36,960 --> 00:31:40,599 grain of mustard seed, all the result of law. The 554 00:31:40,640 --> 00:31:42,839 fall of the stone down the mountain side is not 555 00:31:42,960 --> 00:31:46,440 a chance. Forces which had been in operation for centuries 556 00:31:46,480 --> 00:31:50,079 caused it, and back of that cause or other causes, 557 00:31:50,319 --> 00:31:54,279 and so on, until the causeless cause is reached and 558 00:31:54,400 --> 00:31:57,200 life is not the result of chance. The law is 559 00:31:57,240 --> 00:32:00,559 here too. The law is in full operation, whether you 560 00:32:00,640 --> 00:32:03,400 know it or not, whether you believe in it or not. 561 00:32:04,160 --> 00:32:06,599 You may be the ignorant object upon which the law 562 00:32:06,640 --> 00:32:09,480 operates and bring yourself all sorts of trouble because of 563 00:32:09,519 --> 00:32:12,799 your ignorance of or opposition to the law. Or you 564 00:32:12,839 --> 00:32:15,559 may fall in with the operation to the law, get 565 00:32:15,599 --> 00:32:18,599 into its current as it were, and life will seem 566 00:32:18,640 --> 00:32:22,039 a far different thing to you. You cannot get outside 567 00:32:22,160 --> 00:32:24,480 of the law by refusing to have anything to do 568 00:32:24,559 --> 00:32:27,279 with it. You are at liberty to oppose it and 569 00:32:27,319 --> 00:32:30,200 produce all the friction you wish to. It doesn't hurt 570 00:32:30,279 --> 00:32:32,680 the law, and you may keep it up until you 571 00:32:32,759 --> 00:32:36,359 learn your lesson the law of thought. Attraction is one 572 00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:40,599 name for the law, or rather for one manifestation of it. Again, 573 00:32:40,720 --> 00:32:44,480 I say your thoughts are real things. They go forth 574 00:32:44,519 --> 00:32:48,359 from you in all directions, combining with thoughts of like kind, 575 00:32:48,880 --> 00:32:53,440 opposing thoughts of a different character, forming combinations, going where 576 00:32:53,440 --> 00:32:57,079 they are attracted, flying away from thought centers, opposing them. 577 00:32:57,559 --> 00:33:00,519 And your mind attracts the thought of others which have 578 00:33:00,599 --> 00:33:04,640 been sent out by them, consciously or unconsciously. But it 579 00:33:04,720 --> 00:33:07,680 attracts only those thoughts which are in harmony with its own. 580 00:33:08,480 --> 00:33:12,480 Like attracts like, and opposites repel opposites. In a world 581 00:33:12,480 --> 00:33:15,960 of thought, if you set your mind to the keynote 582 00:33:15,960 --> 00:33:20,480 of courage, confidence, strength, and success, you attract yourself thoughts 583 00:33:20,519 --> 00:33:24,200 of like nature, people of like nature, things that fit 584 00:33:24,279 --> 00:33:28,200 in the mental tune. Your prevailing thought or mood determines 585 00:33:28,279 --> 00:33:31,400 that which is to be drawn toward you. Picks out 586 00:33:31,440 --> 00:33:34,960 your mental bedfellow. You are today setting into motion thought 587 00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:38,960 currents which will in time attract toward you thoughts, people, 588 00:33:39,200 --> 00:33:42,000 and conditions in harmony with the predominant note of your thought. 589 00:33:42,559 --> 00:33:45,880 Your thought will mingle with that of others of like nature. 590 00:33:46,119 --> 00:33:49,119 Un mind, and you will be attracted toward each other, 591 00:33:49,440 --> 00:33:52,240 and will surely come together with a common purpose sooner 592 00:33:52,400 --> 00:33:55,279 or later, unless one or the other of you should 593 00:33:55,359 --> 00:33:58,359 change the current of his thoughts. Fall in with the 594 00:33:58,400 --> 00:34:01,680 operations of the law, make it a part of yourself. 595 00:34:02,079 --> 00:34:05,799 Get into its currents. Maintain your poise. Set your mind 596 00:34:05,799 --> 00:34:09,440 to the keynote of courage, confidence, and success. Get in 597 00:34:09,519 --> 00:34:12,400 touch with all the thoughts of that kind that are 598 00:34:12,440 --> 00:34:16,280 emanating every hour from hundreds of minds. Get the best 599 00:34:16,320 --> 00:34:18,719 that is to be had in the thought world. The 600 00:34:18,800 --> 00:34:22,719 best is there, so be satisfied with nothing less. Get 601 00:34:22,719 --> 00:34:26,719 into partnership with good minds. Get into the right vibrations. 602 00:34:27,159 --> 00:34:29,239 You must be tired of being tossed about by the 603 00:34:29,280 --> 00:34:32,280 operations of the law. Get into harmony with it.