Speaker 1: How success comes. Seeking success through mental powers. Holding the
thought alone not sufficient. How to get the real benefit
of thought force, fall in with the workings of the law.
Stand on your own feet, one step at a time.
I do as well as I am. Many of the
men and women who have been seeking prosperity by means
of the powers of the mind have done so by
holding the thought and then folding their hands and calmly
waiting for some lucky event to happen, or, in other words,
for the long sought for prize to drop down into
the lapse from out of the nowhere. Now I have
heard of a number of cases in which things apparently
came about in this way, although I have always felt
that a little investigation would have shown some good and
natural cause behind it all. But as a rule, the
law does not work in this way. It does not
leave the old beaten road of cause and effect. It
is no Aladdin's lamp, which is merely to be rubbed
in order that glittering gems and showers of gold be
poured out into the lap of the owner as he
lies back on his cushions, lazily rubbing the lamp with
the tip of his little finger. The Law expects from
the man who would invoke its mighty aid a little
honest work on his part. I think that the majority
of those who have met with a greater share of
success by means of the wonderful power of thought, have
met with such success not by having it fall from
the skies, but by following out the ideas impulses, yes, inspiration,
if you will, that have come to them. The man
who has turned his back upon the old negative mental attitude,
who has turned his face toward the rising sun, who
has allowed the voice of faith again to be heard,
who knows that the law, which rules the motions of
the world's and still takes note of the sparrow's fall,
has his interest at heart, and asks but for faith,
that man, I say, finds that from time to time
ideas will come into his mind just when they are needed.
Will find that the Law takes cognizance of all human
needs and has prepared a way to satisfy them. He
finds that new ways are pointed out to him, avenues
of escape from unbearable conditions, signboards pointing out the right road.
But he must have faith in these little hints from
the infinite, and must follow them. The law will open
the door to you, but will not push you in.
And when it finds that you refuse to see the
open door, it softly closes it. And not until many
weary years have passed do you recognize what you have missed.
And the law insists upon doing its work in its
own good way, not in your way. You may know
what you want, but you may not know just the
right way to get it, although you think you do.
The Law will give you many a hint and many
a gentle push in the proper direction, but it always
leaves you the liberty of choice, the right to refuse.
It does not insist upon your love your faith. That is,
it does not make you love and have faith. But
until you do love and have faith, you are not
conscious of the promptings of the spirit, or at most
dismiss them as beneath your notice, Oh ye of little faith,
when will ye learn? The man who understands the workings
of the law acts upon the tender impulses imparted to
him without resistance. He does not ask to see the
end of the journey, but he sees the step just
ahead of him very plainly, and he hesitates not about
taking it. He does not expect the law to bring
results and place them in his hand. All he asks
and desires is that the way be pointed out to him,
and he is willing and ready to do the rest himself.
The true man or woman does not wish to be
fed with a spoon. All they ask is that they
may have a fair chance to reach the source of supply,
and they can manage to handle the spoon themselves. If
any man think that the law is an incubator of parasites,
of leeches, of vampires, he is greatly mistaken. The lesson
of the law is to teach every man to stand
upon his own feet, to lean not upon another, but
at the same time to feel that he is guided
by the great Law of which he himself is a part,
which manifests within him as well as without him, And that, consequently,
while play his trust in the Law, he trusts in himself.
Not paradoxical at all when you have the key. Yes, Yes,
the Law expects every man to do well the work
that lies to his hand, and to do it well,
whether it is irksome or distasteful or otherwise. And as
soon as he ceases to rebel and beat his wings
against the bars of the cage. The way is opened
for the next step. And if he does not take
that step, he must work away until he learns to
take it, and so on and on, the lesson of
each task to be learned before the next is presented. Work, Why,
certainly you must work. Everything in the universe works unceasingly.
When you learn to look upon work as a joy
and not a curse, then you are beginning to see
your way out of the grinding process. Then you are
getting a glimpse of the promised land. Why, bless your hearts.
Work is the best friend you have. The only trouble
is that you have treated it as an enemy, and
it has paid you back in your own coin. When
you learn to treat it as a friend, it will
be only too glad to make up, and you will
get along like two old cronies. Now, you people who
have been sitting with folded hands and calmly waiting and
complaining that your own has not come to you, listen,
you are mistaken. Your own has come to you. That's
just the trouble. Your own is the thing you attract,
and you have been attracting. Just what has come to
you start in to day determined to fall in with
the workings of the law, and pay attention to the
I do side of things as well as the I am,
and you will receive new light. Great things are just
ahead of you, but you must reach out for them.
They're not going to drop into folded hands. This is
the law.