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Speaker 1: Lessons fifteen and sixteen of the power of concentration. A

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man forgets because he does not concentrate his mind on

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his purpose, especially at the moment he conceives it. We

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remember only that which makes a deep impression. Hence we

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must first deepen our impressions by associating in our minds

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certain ideas that are related to them. We will say

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a wife gives her husband a letter to mail. He

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does not think about it, but automatically puts it in

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his pocket and forgets all about it when the letter

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was given to him. Had he said to himself, I

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will mail this letter. The box is at the next corner,

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and when I pass it, I must drop this letter,

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it would have enabled him to recall the letter the

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instant he reached the mailbox. The same rule holds good

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in regard to more important things. For example, if you

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are instructed to drop in and see mister Smith while

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out to luncheon to day, you will not forget it

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if at the same moment the instruction is given, you

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say to yourself something similar to the following. When I

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get to the corner of blank Street on my way

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to luncheon, I shall turn to the right and call

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on mister Smith. In this way, the impression is made,

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the connection established, and the sight of the associated object

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recalls the errand the important thing to do is to

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deepen the impression at the very moment it enters your mind.

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This is made possible not only by concentrating the mind

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upon the idea itself, but by surrounding it with all

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possible association of ideas, so that each one will reinforce

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the others. The mind is governed by laws of association.

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Such is the law that ideas which enter the mind

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at the same time emerge at the same time, one

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assisting in recalling the others. The reason why people cannot

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remember what they want to is that they have not

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concentrated their minds sufficiently on their purpose at the moment

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when it was formed. You can train yourself to remember

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in this way by the concentration of the attention on

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your purpose in accordance with the laws of association. When

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once you form this habit, the attention is easily centered

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and the memory easily trained, then your memory, instead of

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failing you at crucial moments, becomes a valuable asset in

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your everyday work. Exercise in memory concentration. Select some picture,

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put it on a table, and then look at it

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for two minutes. Concentrate your attention on this picture. Observe

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every detail. Then shut your eyes and see how much

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you can recall about it. Think of what the picture represents,

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whether it is a good subject, whether it looks natural,

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Think of objects in ground, middle ground, background, of details

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of color and form. Now open your eyes and hold

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yourself rigidly to the correction of each and every mistake.

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Close your eyes again, and notice how much more accurate

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your picture is. Practice until your mental image corresponds in

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every particular to the original. Nature is a wonderful instructor.

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But there are very few who realize that when we

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get in touch with nature, we discover ourselves. That by

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listening to her voice, with that curious inner sense of ours,

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we learn the oneness of life and wake up to

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our own latent powers. Few realize that the simple act

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of listening and concentrating is our best interior power, for

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it brings us into close contact with the highest, just

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as our other senses bring us into touch with the

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coarser side of human nature. The closer we live to nature,

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the more developed is this sense. So called civilization, has

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over developed our other senses at the expense of this one.

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Children unconsciously realize the value of concentration. For instance, when

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a child has a difficult problem to solve and gets

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to some knotty point which he finds himself mentally unable

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to do, though he tries his hardest, he will pause

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and keep quite still, leaning on his elbow, apparently listening.

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Then you will see, if you are watching, sudden illumination come,

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and he goes on happily and accomplishes his task. A

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child instinctively but unconsciously knows when he needs help, he

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must be quiet and concentrate. All great people concentrate and

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owe their success to it. A doctor thinks over the

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symptoms of his patient, waits listens for the inspiration, though

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quite unconscious perhaps of doing so. The one who diagnoses

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in this way seldom makes mistakes. An author thinks his plot,

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holds it in his mind, and then waits and illumination comes.

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If you want to be able to solve difficult problems,

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you must learn to do the same. Lesson sixteen. How

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concentrating can fulfill your desire. It is a spiritual law

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that the desire to do necessarily implies the ability to do.

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You have all read of Aladdin's Lamp, which accomplished such

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wonderful things. This, of course, is only a fairy story,

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but it illustrates the fact that man has within him

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the power if he is able to use it to

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gratify his every wish. If you are unable to satisfy

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your deepest longings, it is time you learn how to

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use your God given powers. You will soon be conscious

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that you have latent powers within capable, when once developed,

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of revealing to you priceless knowledge and unlimited possibilities of success.

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Man should have plenty of everything, and not merely substance

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to live on, as so many have. All natural disease

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can be realized. It would be wrong for the infinite

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to create wants that could not be supplied. Man's very

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soul is in his power to think, and it therefore

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is the essence of all created things. Every instinct of

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man leads to thought, and in every thought there is

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great possibility, because true thought development, when ally to those

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mysterious powers that perhaps transcended, has been the cause of

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all the world's true progress. In the silence, we become

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conscious of that something which transcends thought, and which uses

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thought as a medium for expression. Many have glimpses of

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that something, but few ever reach the state where the

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mind is steady enough to fathom these depths. Silent concentrated

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thought is more potent than spoken words, for speech distracts

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from the focusing power of the mind. By drawing more

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and more attention to the without. Man must learn more

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and more to depend on himself to seek more for

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the infinite within. It is from this source alone that

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he ever gains the power to solve his practical difficulties.

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No one should give up when there is always the

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resources of infinity. The cause of failure is that men

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search in the wrong direction for success, because they are

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not conscious of their real powers, that, when used, are

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capable of guiding them. The infinite within is foreign to

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those persons who go through life without developing their spiritual powers.

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But the infinite helps only he who helps himself. There

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is no such thing as a special providence. Man will

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not receive help from the infinite except to the extent

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that he he believes and hopes and prays for help

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from this great source. Concentrate on what you want and

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get it. The weakling is controlled by conditions. The strong

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man controls his conditions. You can be either the conqueror

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or the conquered. By the law of concentration, you can

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achieve your heart's desire. This law is so powerful that

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that which at first seems impossible becomes attainable. By this law,

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what you at first see as a dream becomes a reality.

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Remember that the first step in concentration is to form

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a mental image of what you wish to accomplish. This

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image becomes a thought seed that attracts thoughts of a

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similar nature around this thought. When it is once planted

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in the imagination or creative region of the mind, you

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group or build associated thoughts which continue to grow as

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long as your desire is keen enough to compare close concentration,

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form the habit of thinking of something you wish to

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accomplish for five minutes each day. Shut every other thought

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out of consciousness. Be confident that you will succeed. Make

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up your mind that all obstacles that are in your

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way will be overcome, and you can rise above any environment.

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You do this by utilizing the natural laws of the

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thought world, which are all powerful. A great aid in

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the development of concentration is to write out your thoughts

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on that which lies nearest your heart, and to continue,

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little by little to add to it until you have

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as nearly as possible exhausted the subject. You will find

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that each day, as you focus your forces on this

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thought at the center of the stream of consciousness, new plans, ideas,

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and methods will flash into your mind. There is a

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law of attraction that will help you accomplish your purpose.

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An advertiser, for instance, gets to thinking along a certain line.

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He has formed his own ideas, but he wants to

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know what others think. He starts out to seek ideas,

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and he soon finds plenty of books, plans, designs, et

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cetera on the subject, although when he started he was

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not aware of their existence. The same thing is true

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in all lines. We can attract those things that will

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help us. Very often we seem to receive help in

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a miraculous way. It may be slow in coming, but

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once the silent, unseen forces are put into operation, they

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will bring results. So long as we do our part.

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They are ever present and ready to aid those who

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care to use them. By forming a strong mental image

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of your desire, you plant the thought seed which begins

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working in your interest, and in time that desire, if

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in harmony with your higher nature, will materialize. It may

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seem that it would be unnecessary to caution you to

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concentrate only upon achievement that will be good for you

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and work no harm to another. But there are many

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who forget others and their rights and their anxiety to

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achieve success. All good things are possible for you to have,

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but only as you bring out your forces into harmony

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with that law that requires that we met out justice

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to fellow travelers as we journey along life's road. So

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first think over the thing wanted, and if it would

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be good for you to have. Say I want to

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do this. I am going to work to secure it.

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The way will be open for me if you fully

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grasp the mental thought of success and hold it in

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the mind. Each day, you gradually make a pattern or mold,

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which in time will materialize. But by all means keep

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free from doubt and fear the destructive forces. Never allow

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these to become associated with your thoughts. At last, you

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will create the desired conditions and receive help in many

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unlooked for ways that will lift you out of the

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undesired environment. Life will then seem very different to you,

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for you will have found happiness through awakening within yourself

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the power to become the master of circumstances instead of

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their slave. To the beginner. In this line of thought,

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some of the things stated in this book may sound strange,

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even absurd, But instead of condemning them, give them a trial.

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You will find they work out. The inventor has to

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work out his idea mentally before he produces it materially.

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The architect first sees the mental picture of the house

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he is to plan, and from this works out the

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one we see. Every object, every enterprise must first be

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mentally created. I know a man that started in business

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with thirteen cents and not a dollar's worth of c

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In ten years, he has built up a large and

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profitable business. He attributes his success to two things, belief

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that he would succeed and hard work. There were times

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when it did not look like he could weather the storm.

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He was being pressed by his creditors, who considered him bankrupt.

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They would have taken fifty cents on the dollar for

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his notes and considered themselves lucky. But by keeping up

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a bold front he got an extension of time when needed.

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at a certain time, he always did it. When he

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had heavy bills to meet, he would make up his

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mind that certain people that owed him would pay by

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a certain date, and they always did. Sometimes he would

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not receive their check until the last mail of the

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day of the extension. And I have known him to

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send out a check with the prospect of receiving a

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check from one of his customers the following day. He

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would have no reason other than his belief in the

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power of affecting the mind of another by concentration of

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thought for expecting that check. But rarely has he been disappointed.

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Just put forth the necessary concentrated effort, and you will

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be wonderfully helped from sources unknown to you. Remember the

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mystical words of Jesus the Master. Whatsoever thing ye desire,

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when ye pray, pray as if ye had already received,

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and ye shall have