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Speaker 1: Lessons three and four of the power of concentration. Lesson three,

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How to gain what you want through concentration. The ignorant

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person may say, how can you get anything merely by

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wanting it? I say that through concentration you can get

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anything you want. Every desire can be gratified, but whether

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it is will depend upon you concentrating to have that

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desire fulfilled. Merely wishing for something will not bring it.

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Wishing you had something shows a weakness and not a

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belief that you will really get it. So never merely wish.

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As we are not living in a fairy age. You

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use up just as much brain force in vain imaginings

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as you do when you think of something worthwhile. Be

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careful of your desires. Make a mental picture of what

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you want, and set your will to this until it materializes.

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Never allow yourself to drift without helm or rudder. Know

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what you want to do, and strive with all your

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might to do it, and you will succeed. Feel that

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you can accomplish anything you undertake. Many undertake to do things,

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but feel when they start they are going to fail,

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and they usually do. I will give an illustration. A

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man goes to a store for an article. The clerk says,

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I'm sorry, we do not have it. But the man

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that is determined to get that thing inquires if he

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does not know where he can get it. Again, receiving

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an unsatisfactory answer, the determined buyer consults the manager and

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finally he finds where the article can be bought. That

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is the whole secret of concentrating on getting what you want.

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And remember your soul is a center of all power,

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and you can accomplish what you will to. I'll find

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a way or make one. Is the spirit that wins.

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I know a man that is now head of a

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large bank. He started there as a messenger boy. His

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father had a button made for him with a pea

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on it, and put it on his coat. He said, son,

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that pea is a reminder that some day you are

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to be the president of your bank. I want you

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to keep this thought in your mind. Every day, do

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something that will put you nearer your goal. Each night,

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after supper he would say, son, what did you do today.

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In this way, the thought was always kept in mind.

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He concentrated on becoming president of that bank, and he did.

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His father told him never to tell anyone what the

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peace stood for a good deal of fun was made

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of it by his associates, and they tried to find

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out what it stood for, but they never did until

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he was made president. And then he told the secret.

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Don't waste your mental powers and wishes. Don't dissipate your

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energies by trying to satisfy every whim. Concentrate on doing

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something really worth while. The man that sticks to some

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thing is not the man that fails. Power to him

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who power exerts Emerson success today depends largely on concentrating

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on the interior law of force. For when you do this,

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you wi awaken those thought powers or forces, which, when

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used in business, ensures permanent results. Until you are able

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to do this, you have not reached your limit in

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the use of your forces. This great universe is interwoven

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with myriads of forces. You make your own place, and

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whether it is important depends upon you. Through the indestructible

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and unconquerable law, you can in time accomplish all right things.

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And therefore do not be afraid to undertake whatever you

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really desire to accomplish and are willing to pay for

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in effort. Anything that is right is possible. That which

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is necessary will inevitably take place. If something is right,

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it is your duty to do it, though the whole

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world thinks it to be wrong. God and One are

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always a majority, or in plain words, that omnipodent interior law,

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which is God and the organism that represents you, is

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able to conquer the whole world. If your cause is

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absolutely just don't say I wish I was a great man.

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You can do anything that is proper and you want

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to do, just say you can, you will. You must

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just realize this, and the rest is easy. You have

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the latent faculties and forces to subdue anything that tries

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to interfere with your plans. Let the troubles and responsibilities

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of life come thick and fast. I am ready for them.

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My soul is unconquerable. I represent the infinite law of

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force or of all power. This God within is my

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all sufficient strength and ever present help in time of trouble.

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The more difficulties, the greater its triumphs through me, The

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harder my trials, the faster I go in the development

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of my inherent strength. Let all else fail me. This

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interior reliance is all sufficient. The right must prevail. I

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demand wisdom and power to know and follow the right.

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My higher self is all wise. I now draw nearer

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to it. Lessen four. Concentration, the silent force that produces

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results in all business. I want you first to realize

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how powerful thought is. A thought of fear has turned

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a person's hair gray. In a night. A prisoner condemned

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to die was told that if he would consent to

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an experiment and live through it, he would be freed.

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He consented. They wanted to see how much blood a

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person could lose and still live. They arranged that blood

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would apparently drop from a cut made in his leg.

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The cut made was very slight, from which practically no

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blood escaped. The room was darkened, and the prisoner thought

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the dropping he heard was really coming from his leg.

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The next morning he was dead through mental fear. The

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two above illustrations will give you a little idea of

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the power of thought. To thoroughly realize the power of

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thought is worth a great deal to you. Through concentrated

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thought power, you can make yourself whatever you please. By thought,

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you can greatly increase your efficiency and strength. You are

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surrounded by all kinds of thoughts, some good, others bad,

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and you are sure to absorb some of the latter

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if you do not build up a positive mental attitude.

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If you will study the needless moods of anxiety, worry, despondency, discouragement,

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and others that are the result of uncontrolled thoughts, you

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will realize how important the control of your thoughts are.

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Your thoughts make you what you are. When I walk

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along the street and study the different people's faces, I

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can tell how they spent their life. It all shows

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in their faces, just like a mirror reflects their physical countenances.

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In looking in those faces, I cannot help thinking how

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most of the people you see have wasted their lives.

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The understanding of the power of thought will awaken possibilities

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within you that you never dreamed of. Never forget that

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your thoughts are making your environment, your friends, and as

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your thoughts change, these will also. Is this not a

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practical lesson to learn? Good thoughts are constructive, Evil thoughts

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are destructive. The desire to do right carries with it

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a great power. I want you to thoroughly realize the

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importance of your thoughts and how to make them valuable.

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To understand that your thoughts come to you over invisible

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wires and influence you. If your thoughts are of a

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high nature, you become connected with people of the same

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mental caliber, and you are able to help yourself. If

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your thoughts are tricky, you will bring tricky people to

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deal with you, who will try to cheat you. If

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your thoughts are right kind, you will inspire confidence in

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those with whom you are dealing. As you gain the

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good will of others, your confidence and strength will increase.

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You will soon learn the wonderful value of your thoughts

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and how serene you can become even when circumstances are

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the most trying. Such thoughts of right and good will

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bring you into harmony with people that amount to something

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in the world, and that are able to give you

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help if you should need it, as nearly every one

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does at times. You can now see why it is

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so important to concentrate your thoughts in the proper channels.

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It is very necessary that people should have confidence in you.

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When two people meet, they have not the time to

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look each other up. They accept each other according to instinct,

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which can usually be relied on. You meet a person

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in his attitude creates a suspicion in you, the chances

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are you cannot tell why, but something tells you have

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no dealings with him, for if you do, you will

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be sorry. Thoughts produce actions. Therefore, be careful of your thoughts.

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Your life will be molded by the thoughts you have.

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A spiritual power is always available to your thought, and

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when you are worthy, you can attract all the good

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things without a great effort on your part. The sun's

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rays shine down on our gardens, but we can plant

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trees that will interfere with the sunlight. There are invisible

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forces ready to help you. If you do not think

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and act to intercept these, these forces work silently. You

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reap what you sow. You have concentrated within powers that,

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if developed, will bring you happiness greater than you can

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even imagine. Most people go rushing through life, literally driving

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away the very things they seek. By concentration, you can

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revolutionize your life, accomplish infinitely more and without a great

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effort within yourself, and you will find the greatest machine

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ever made how to speak wisely. In order to speak wisely,

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you must secure at least a partial concentration of the

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faculties and forces upon the subject at hand. Speech interferes

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with the focusing powers of the mind as it withdraws

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the attention to the external, and therefore is hardly to

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be compared with the deep silence of the subconscious mind,

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where deep thoughts and the silent forces of high potency

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are evolved. It is necessary to be silent before you

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can speak wisely. The person that is really alert and

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well poised, and able to speak wisely under trying circumstances

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is the person that has practiced in the silence. Most

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people do not know what the silence is and think

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it is easy to go into the silence, but this

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is not so. In the real silence, we become attached

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to that interior law, and the forces become silent because

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they are in a state of high potency, or beyond

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the vibratory sounds to which our external ears are attuned.

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He who desires to become above the ordinary should open

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up for himself the interior channels which lead to the

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absolute law of the omnipotent. You can only do this

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by persistently and intelligently practicing thought concentration. Hold the thought

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in silence. I will allow my higher self to have

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complete control. I will be true to my higher self.

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I will live true to my conception of what is right.

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I realize that it is to my self interest to

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live up to my best I demand wisdom so that

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I may act wisely for myself and others. In the

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next chapter, I will tell you of the mysterious law

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which links all humanity together by the powers of co

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operative thought, and chooses for us companionship and friendsh