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Speaker 1: Idealization. You are a thinking center in original substance, and

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the thoughts of original substance have creative power. Whatever is

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formed in its thought and held as a thought form

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must come into existence as a visible and so called

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material form. And a thought form held in thinking substance

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is a reality. It is a real thing, whether it

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has yet become visible to mortal lize or not. This

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is a fact that you should impress upon your understanding,

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that a thought held in thinking substance is a real thing,

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a form, and has actual existence, although it is not

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visible to you. You internally take the form in which

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you think of yourself, and you surround yourself with the

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invisible forms of those things with which you associate in

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your thoughts. If you desire a thing, picture it clearly,

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and hold the picture steadily in mind until it becomes

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a definite thought form. And if your practices are not

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such as to separate you from God, the thing you

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want will come to you in material form. It must

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do so in obedience to the law by which the

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universe was created. Make no thought form of yourself in

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connection with disease or sickness, but form a conception of health.

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Make a thought form of yourself as strong and hearty

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and perfectly well. Impress this thought form on creative intelligence,

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and if your practices are not in violation of the

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laws by which the physical body is built, your thought

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form will become manifest in your flesh. This also is certain.

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It comes by obedience to law. Make a thought form

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of yourself as your desire to be, and set your

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ideal as near to perfection as your imagination is capable

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of forming the conception. Let me illustrate if a young

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law student wishes to become great. Let him picture himself,

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while attending to the viewpoint consecration and identification, as previously directed,

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as a great lawyer, pleading his case with mtchless eloquence

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and power before the judge and jury, as having an

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unlimited command of truth, of knowledge, and of wisdom. Lets

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him picture himself as the great lawyer in every possible

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situation and contingency, while he is still only the student

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in all circumstances. Let him never forget or fail to

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be the great lawyer in his thought form of himself.

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As the thought form grows more definite and habitual in

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his mind, the creative energies both within and without are

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set at work. He begins to manifest the form from within,

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and all the essentials without which go into the picture

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begin to be impelled toward him. He makes himself into

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the image, and God works with him. Nothing can prevent

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him from becoming what he wishes to be. In the

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same general way, the musical student pictures himself as performing

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perfect harmonies, and as the lighting vast audiences. The actor

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forms the highest conception he is capable of in regard

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to his art, and applies this casception to himself. The

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farmer and the mechanic do exactly the same thing. Fix

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upon your ideal of what you wish to make of yourself,

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Consider well, and be sure that you make the right choice,

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that is the one that will be the most satisfactory

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to you. In a general way, do not pay too

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much attention to the advice and suggestions of those around you.

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Do not believe that any one can know better than

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yourself what is right for you. Listen to what others

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have to say, but always form your own conclusions. Do

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not let other people decide what you are to be.

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Be what you feel that you want to be. Do

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not be misled by a false notion of obligation or duty.

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You can owe no possible obligation or duty to others

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that should prevent you from making the most of yourself.

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Be true to yourself, and you cannot then be false

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to any man. When you have fully decided what thing

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you want to be, form the highest conception of that

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thing that you are capable of imagining, and make that

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conception a thought form. Hold that thought form as a fact,

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as the real truth about yourself, and believe in it.

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Close your ears to all adverse suggestions. Never mind if

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people call you a fool or a dreamer. Dream on.

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Remember that Bonaparte, the half starred lieutenant, always saw himself

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as the general of armies and the master of France,

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and he became in out or realization what he held

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himself to be in mind. So likewise will you attend

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carefully to all that has been said in the preceding chapters,

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and act as directed in the following ones, and you

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will become what you want to be,