Changing Reality With Your Mind

"The Kingdom will not come by waiting for it. It will not be a matter of saying 'Here it is' or 'There it is'. Rather, the Kingdom of the Father is spread
out upon earth, and men do not see it. . . . et him who see!s continue see!ing until he "nds. #hen he "nds, he will become troubled. #hen he
becomes troubled, he will be astonished, and he will rule o$er all things." % &esus 'from the gnostic (ospel of Thomas)
The frst phase of Man's Evolution has been to
do with creating free thinking beings capable
of controlling their surroundings by purely
physical means.
The next great step in Man's Evolution is
concerned with enabling these free thinking
beings to control their surroundings and
experiences by mental methods as well as
physical.
This website is devoted to teaching the True
Art of iving! and is for the interested but non"
scientifc.
#f you are in a position to help with the Mental
$cience global outreach and are interested in
doing so! please read our mission statement
at the foot of this webpage.
The Conditions
The Substance
%&AT do we mean by the $pirit of a thing'
(ne fre)uently hears the expression *&e
enters into the spirit of a thing* and it will be
of value to us to examine the phrase carefully
and try to arrive at its exact meaning. The
simplest way to achieve our ob+ect is to take a
hypothetical case.
et us suppose that some man realises that
there is an immense need for supplying the
unemployed with free meals! and proceeds to
organise a movement to achieve this ob+ect.
,nable to do the whole +ob single handed! he
enlists the aid of other people and asks them
*to enter into the spirit* of the thing. #n actual
fact! he asks them to share his attitude of
mind towards the ob+ect he has in view. #n
other words he endeavours to reproduce in
them that )uality of life which inspired him to
bring his movement and organi-ation into
existence.
That is precisely the ob+ect in introducing to
you very brie.y the whole fascinating sub+ect
of Mental $cience. #t is intended that you
should share the creative attitude of mind!
which originated the ,niverse and its
inhabitants.
There are certain ,niversal aws in constant
and evident operation all around us! and! by
attaining some grasp of their principles! we
may use the power inherent in them to help
ourselves through our daily troubles and
perplexities. %e can! metaphorically speaking!
bring our water wheel into appropriate contact
with the main stream and cause it to turn our
particular mill.
#f then! we examine the course of the world
around us! we fnd that continuous /rogress or
Movement is being manifested! and we must
try to trace to its source that /ower which
causes the evolution that is so obviously
inherent in everything.
$cientists have made it very clear to us that it
is no use to look for that /ower in the physical
world! for they have reduced all material
things to nothing more or less than *changed
space.*
And here! # expect! you pull up with a +erk and
say *# don't )uite understand that last
sentence!* 0ight! let us re"state it.
$cientists have proved to us that there must
have been! at the beginning of all creation! a
,niversal $ubstance which! by the action of
some (utside 1orce 2the identity of which we
will examine later3! set in motion a process of
change. This process consisted of the gradual
building up of the universe and its inhabitants
by successive stages of evolution. #n other
words! the universe and its beings are nothing
more than ,niversal $ubstance which has
undergone transformation. There! therefore!
remains that essential basic factor to be
remembered that! )uite literally! *4e are all
(ne.*
$o much for the /hysical and Material
$ubstance.
The Spirit
#5 the last section we were brought face to
face with the realisation that there was a
Motive /ower which acted on the ,niversal
$ubstance to produce the chain of change
which is known to us as Evolution.
et us examine this /ower or ife /rinciple in
action on our own bodies and in the natural
world around us.
$o long as a .ower is animated by the ife
1orce! or! as we say! as long as it is alive!
there is growth and increase. As soon as the
ife 1orce commences a self"withdrawal! then
disintegration sets in and the .ower decays
and dies. (ur own bodies are reducible to a
chemical formula and! without the ife 1orce!
they also proceed with change and decay. #n
fact! we fnd that all *things* are in a process
of disintegration unless the ife 1orce is
present. The ife 1orce therefore can be
summed up as a Power which
organises matter and arrests the natural
process of matter which is 6isorgani-ation and
6isintegration.
7ut ife is an (rgani-ing 1orce su8ciently
selective and discriminating in its action to
originate and maintain a recogni-able 9osmic
/lan. #n other words it is a $pirit"#ntelligence of
limitless capacity.
The ob+ect of our study must therefore be to
realise that we ourselves and all things around
us are merely the expressions or
manifestations on the material plane of the All
(riginating $pirit. (r to put it more simply! we
are all formed from the same original
,niversal $ubstance by the action of the $ame
#ntelligence upon that $ubstance.
%e can at once decide that the characteristic
of $pirit"#ntelligence is Thought! so let us see!
by means of a simple illustration! where we
are now heading.
# am typing these words at a desk on which
there is a bowl of .owers. #n examining these
.owers # fnd that my knowledge of them is
limited! entirely! to my own physical capacity
for perception. # know their form only through
my eyesight. # know their colour by the same
means. # know their scent by my sense of
smell! and therefore # am entirely dependent
on my physical ftness and completeness for
my appreciation of their 7eauty. 7ut if # am to
fnd the everlasting all"7eautiful! all"/erfect!
and all":ood! it is to the infnite capacity of my
Mind and Thought that # am compelled to turn.
Exactly the same principle is found in the work
of any creative artist. #f we examine the case
of a painter of a picture! we fnd that his
fnished work may fall far short of its original
mental image which he frst conceived in his
imagination. 7ut if that picture stirs up in the
beholder a realisation of that primal mental
picture! then it has reproduced in him the
spirit that was the essence of causation of the
picture.
Take the instance of our own bodies. #f there is
the perfect 7ody on the psychic plane whilst
the physical 7ody is diseased! the reason for
that disease lies in the mind which is the only
conceivable channel between the psychic and
the physical planes. (n this fact the whole
principle of mental healing is built up and the
complete success in dealing with widely
diversifed diseases of many spiritual and
mental healers is a fully ade)uate proof of the
correctness of the principle.
&ere is a rough summary of the facts at which
we have arrived at so far! and which! if you
wish! you may accept without worrying
yourself unduly in an e;ort to completely
understand all that # have found it necessary
to say to arrive at them.
The ,niverse and its inhabitants can be
treated as a single entity made from the same
special ether by a /rocess of 9hange as the
result of a defnite 9osmic aw of Evolution.
The physical world as we know it is not the
,ltimate 0eality! but is a materialisation of
what frst exists on the psychic plane! i.e. in
the immaterial realm of thought.
5othing can exist on the physical plane that is
not frst conceived on the psychic plane.
Evolution and change is controlled by $pirit
which is all"/ervading.
$pirit acts through individualised man and
through all life forms by the /rinciple or aw of
Attraction which will explained in detail further
on.
The Machine
The Mind
E<E04(5E has heard of the conscious mind
and the subconscious mind! and there is a
tendency to regard them as two completely
separate units. This is an entirely misleading
view. They are no more separate than two
di;erent parts of the same room. #n fact! that
is an analogy which we can pursue rather
further! and liken the mind to a huge room
with a light in only one end of it! so that only a
small portion is illuminated with any degree of
brightness! and beyond its immediate rays
there is a space of shadows and twilight! and
further still we fnd absolute darkness.
%e may imagine a steady progression of
people into the brightly"lighted area. $ome
come from the dark shadows of the room!
whilst others come in from outside! but they
all go the same way in the end=into the
shadows and into the darkness.
&ere is the key to the analogy. The brightly"
lighted area is the conscious mind and
contains those thoughts 2people3 which we are
at this moment thinking. They may be new
thoughts and impressions which have come in
from outside or they may be old thoughts
which have been stored up in the darkness but
which we have recalled to the light.
%here the light is not good! but vision is still
possible! we fnd those thoughts which are
within immediate recall! i.e.! memory> or
thoughts in some way related to those in full
light.
%hat is in the darkness or subconscious mind
we will deal with in a moment.
et me! with another illustration! try to make
the matter clearer to you.
$upposing you were in a hall listening to a
lecture. The speaker and his matter would be
in your conscious mind. ?ust beyond its range
you would fnd other matters of which you
might be partially conscious. 1or instance! that
the seats were hard or that the hall was too
cold. And a little further still from the centre of
complete consciousness! we would fnd those
thoughts which might! at an instant! be called
to the centre by some remark of the speaker's
which! momentarily! made you think of
something else. 1or instance! the mention of
food might conceivably bring to the centre of
consciousness the thought that you were
going to be late for your dinner.
1inally! we fnd the complete darkness or
subconscious mind with which this section is
primarily designed to deal.
A man lives in accordance with his beliefs! and
his beliefs are the result of the credit or debit
balance of the contents of his subconscious
mind.
As it is so much simpler to drive home a point
by means of an illustration! let us continue the
analogy of the dark part of the room and its
inhabitants.
#f we penetrate the darkness we fnd that the
room is large enough to accommodate every
person 2thought3 that comes in. There is
ample space for all and not a single one gets
su;ocated. 7ut on closer examination we fnd
that they are not pushed in anyhow! but are
carefully grouped according to the interest
they may have in common! and are labelled
with the name of that interest! and even if
their views on their common interest are
totally opposed to each other, they
nevertheless join the group.
5ow let us take a hypothetical case and see
the subconscious mind at work.
$uppose you! reader! have never in your life
seen a dog. Then in your subconscious mind
there will be a label with the word *6og* on it
but with! so far! no group of thoughts to which
to attach it. Then one day you hear a noise
and someone says that it is a dog barking.
#mmediately the thought that a dog is
something that barks goes down and takes its
place under the label *6og.* And so on as your
information about dogs grows! so the group of
thoughts under that label gradually increases.
Then perhaps someone says that a dog has
fve legs. 6own goes that thought and takes
its place in the group even though you may
have seen a dog and so know that the though
is a false one.
5o thought or impression entering the mind is
ever lost. Every thought or impression you
have ever received! even from pre"natal
existence! right through your life! is stored
under its appropriate label in your
subconscious mind until your death=and
after.
#n the frst section above! we decided that the
/sychic ife":iving ,rge is an organising force
when brought into association with matter!
and! as scientists have shown us! we fnd
therein the greatest proof of survival after
death! because it is surely common sense to
state that that 1orce which organises and
controls the indestructible! is itself Eternal.
%hen 6eath takes place! therefore! the mind
shakes itself free of all that is physical and
limited! and the 0eal 4ou! which is the sum
total! on balance! of your subconscious mind!
emerges! untrammelled any longer by a
consciousness of physical conditions and
surroundings! to complete freedom of action
for further experience on other less material
planes.
To return to our illustration of the *6og":roup*
of thoughts as given above. #f you are asked
whether a dog has four legs or fve! your
answer is the result of a balance of the
thoughts contained in that group. $o are your
actions all through your life. $o the health of
your subconscious mind is of primary
importance to you and is certainly worthy of
still further consideration.
A great truth lies in the analogy of the mind as
a room of 6arkness and ight! for the
subconscious mind works completely *in the
dark!* whilst the conscious mind works
completely *in the light.*
The conscious mind! because it works in the
light! is able to check up or reason about any
information given to it! and need not react to
that information! but the subconscious mind
accepts as literal and complete truth every
statement made to it and immediately sets to
work to act upon it.
1or instance! if a man is seated in a chair and
hypnotised=by which we mean that his
conscious mind is temporarily put to sleep=
and then he is told that he is swimming in a
rough sea! the subconscious mind will proceed
to make the man go through all the motions of
swimming or even of exhaustion. 7ut an un"
hypnotised man! in full possession of his
conscious faculties! will immediately re+ect the
suggestion that he is in the sea=he knows
that he is safely in a chair and that is all there
is to it as far as he is concerned.
The habitual liar does actually begin to believe
his or her own lies! because he or she has told
them so often and lived them so consistently
that on balance in their subconscious
mind they are the Realities.
To cure him or her and straighten them out!
therefore! there must be given them an
ade)uate number of truth"thoughts to ensure
the balance working out on the right side.
%hat else does the subconscious mind do
beside contain our beliefs'
#t also directly controls all those actions of the
body which we regard as automatic whether
they be glandular! muscular or nervous. All
our functional activities are guided by the
subconscious mind.
Creative Power
This section is of great importance and # ask
you to realise it to the full! as it is on these
foundations that the whole structure of the
/ractice of Mental $cience is built.
%e have seen that the only conceivable
/rimary $ource of the 9reation lies in Thought
and that everything created is therefore a
manifestation of the (riginating Thought. 5ow
we go a step further! in linking ourselves to
the /owers that 7e! when we realise that our
own mind is therefore the manifestation of the
originating Thought. #n other words! our mind
is a distributing centre for the entire /ower"in"
Action of the originating Thought.
7ut we have the :od"given iberty of <olition!
and we can therefore sum up our discovery by
saying that! through our mind! we have at our
disposal all the /ower and 0esource of the
originating $pirit! which created all things
seen and unseen.
&erein! students of the 7ible will fnd the real
meaning of the statement that we are created
in the image and likeness of :od.
#mmediately following the appreciation of the
foregoing sentences it becomes reasonable to
ask *why then! with all this /ower at our
disposal! do we remain hindered and
repressed by antagonistic environment' (r
why! indeed! does antagonistic environment
exist'*
To answer these )uestions e;ectively we must
consider carefully what is known as
*suggestion.*
#n dealing with the subconscious mind we saw
that the habitual liar comes to believe in their
own lies. %e decided that this was so because
he or she had told the lie so often that it
became a reality to them. This is what is
meant by suggestion. A *suggestion* is a
statement so repeated and enforced that it
becomes for the subconscious mind a truth.
5ow we can see the vicious circle in which we
are. %e look at the adverse conditions around
us and give our subconscious mind a strong
suggestion of limitation. /eople around us are
su;ering from poverty and disease and our
subconscious mind assimilates the suggestion
that such conditions constitute reality! and
proceeds to evolve those conditions for us!
unless we are strong enough to counter the
negative suggestion with a su8ciently strong
a8rmative suggestion.
7y ade)uate a8rmative suggestion! we can
alter our surroundings and a realisation of this
fact is summed up in the phrase ''5othing
succeeds like success.'' This simply means
that the frst small success acted as an
a8rmative suggestion which led to the next
and perhaps slightly larger success. And so
on! ad infnitum.
&aving read all that has gone before we
should be in possession of all those facts
which will provide the means to an e;ective
practice of Mental $cience on our own lives.
An Interpolation
MA54 books on /sychology are written in
terms that savour of religion. The phraseology
is ecclesiastical in tone and the words *:od*
*9hrist!* *&eaven!* appear regularly and as an
integral part of the teaching expounded.
Those are the books that are right.
$o far! on this website! # have purposely
avoided all direct reference to the 6eity! but it
could not be completed satisfactorily on those
lines. The greatest handbook on Mental
$cience is the 7ible and the :rand Master of
Mental $cience is ?esus 9hrist.
Any books that are written on /sychology or
Mental $cience are! of necessity! plagiarisms.
The whole /rinciple and /ractice is given in
detail right throughout the 7ible and it
remains the only su8cient guide to the Art of
iving. %hen this fact is internationally
recogni-ed! evolution will speed to /erfection
and the 5ew &eaven and the 5ew Earth will
come.
Man is a ,nity with three modes of life=
$piritual! /sychic and 9orporeal. The )uality
and e8cacy of all our actions is the result of
the interaction of 7ody! $oul and $pirit! and
we must get very clearly set in front of us that
all three modes of being are necessary. (ver"
emphasis on any one or two of these is sin.
This is very easily seen if we ade)uately
consider the matter.
To live only in the /hysical aspect of our being
is to become materialistic. %e become limited
to what can be realised by our physical senses
alone. %e should then be concentrating
exclusively on that which is but a
correspondence of the /erfect instead of on
the /erfect itself.
An illustration such as we have used before
will clarify the matter. et us think of an artist
who! in his imagination! conceives a perfect
picture! but whose completed work falls far
short of what he intended. &e decides to make
alterations. To do so successfully he must not
simply regard the picture and say *what can #
do to it'* &e must recreate in his imagination
the original intention and then compare. 5o
constructive evolution! can be accomplished
through materialism alone.
$econdly! let us suppose that! after studying
Mental $cience! you come to a genuine
understanding of the 9osmic ,niversal aws
by obedience to which you can accomplish all
things! and you ignore the Spiritual and
Christian intention behind them. %hat is your
position'
4ou are a magician and no more. 4ou are a
man of infnite power but fnite wisdom.
Thirdly! concentration on the $piritual aspect
does! at frst! look harmless enough! but its
end is idolatry. %orship without $ervice is but
vain idolatry.
#n the practice of Mental $cience as given
below! keep before you the three modes of
being and see to it that all three combine in all
your thoughts and actions.
%ithin you is infnite /ower and infnite
0esource. $pace or time or limitation need not
exist for you. ,se these gifts. 4ou are intended
to do so and are playing your part in the vast
scheme of evolution by doing so! but use them
for the highest good of humanity and for your
own most perfect development.
How to rive The Machine
Mental Attitude
10(M now onwards # am writing for two
distinct classes of reader. 1or those who have
carefully read and pondered upon all that has
gone before! and! secondly! for those who
have skipped through the above and
commenced reading here! and who do not
intend to concern themselves with what has
preceded it.
Therefore! there will! inevitably! be a certain
amount of repetition of what has already been
argued out and adopted. 7ut this may not be a
bad thing! as the reiteration will help to
impress the facts clearly on the mind.
1rom now onwards! # am endeavouring to
make all statements in a positive and defnite
fashion! so that there may be no ambiguity
whatsoever.
#t has been decided! in previous sections! that
each and every human being on this earth has
at their immediate disposal ,nlimited /ower
capable of achieving any and every desire!
provided certain clearly stated rules are
implicitly obeyed.
/lease realise what #nfnite /ower means.
#nfnite /ower created the stars and maintains
them in their courses. 6oes that give you
some conception of #nfnite /ower' Think it
well over! and try to realise it.
&aving realised it! you will realise also that it
must! of necessity! be more than ade)uate to
deal with your petty troubles and obstacles. #f
you are honest with yourself! you must
recognise that a power that can control
millions of planets will not be ba@ed! let alone
beaten! by such conditions as surround you.
$o the frst thing to do is to get a clear
conception of the absolute fact that there is an
#nfnity of /ower available.
5ow try! for the sake of practicability! to
endow that #nfnite /ower with a /ersonality.
%hat is the result' 4ou will at once agree that!
if you are going to make use of the /ower of
this :reat /erson! you must ask #t to do those
things which #t is disposed to do. #n other
words! what you ask #t to do must coincide
with #ts own plans.
#t would obviously be useless to ask #t to do
something directly contrary or harmful to #ts
own work. $o the lesson to be learned is
summed up in *Thy will! not mine.*
(r if you prefer it another way *My %ill in so
far as it coincides with Thy will.*
5ow that statement! you may say! has limited
the /ower. 5ot a bit of it. As far as you are
concerned! the /ower desires nothing but your
9omplete and ,nending &appiness. %ell!
surely your desires do not exceed that
$tatement. 4ou are not such a fool as to desire
unhappiness for yourself. $o anything that is
for your own development and contentment is
available.
To proceed to the next pointA :et out of your
mind once and for all that you are embarking
on a la-y life! in which you sit back and
everything is brought to you with no e;ort on
your part. 1ar from it! you have got to work
hard and incessantly. Even! when you rest
your physical body! devote yourself to that
one ob+ect. #n other words! work at the +ob of
recreation.
$omeone may ask *%hy must # work' #f this
/ower is #nfnite! surely it can do its +ob
without me'* 4ou are )uite right. #t can do its
+ob without you. 7ut it has certain defnite
channels for its operations and you are one of
them. 4ou cannot expect the /ower to
do for you what can only be done through you.
#n previous sections we have shown that your
mind is a part of the great ,niversal Mind or
/ower! and as far as you and your world are
concerned! you and your personality are the
head)uarters and distributing centre of the
/ower.
6o you understand that' #f you are not
prepared to co"operate! the /ower will turn to
those who will. 7ut the /ower is so infnite that
there is amply enough for us all to make full
use of it by co"operation=that! in fact! is what
the /ower itself desires. #t wants to recogni-e
itself at work in and through everyone.
$o you must be the agent for the /ower in
your particular sphere.
An !"cient Agent
&ow can you be an e8cient agent' That is the
next )uestion.
#t is simply answered in three words. 9orrect
Mental Attitude. And it is to this sub+ect that
we must most seriously address ourselves
from now until the end of this fnal and main
section of the web page.
4our thoughts must all be 9onstructive.
5ow think that out carefully and try to realise
its full meaning. (n re.ection you will fnd that
to have consistently constructive thoughts
means cutting out completely all evil
thoughts. Envy! hatred and fear are
immediately ruled out! and these are but three
destructive thoughts on which to commence
war.
:uard against Envy.
%hatever anyone else has! you can have! if it
really is for your ultimate happiness. The world
is full to over.owing with good things. There is
plenty for everyone! if you go the right way
about it. $o! you see! Envy is mere foolishness
and small"mindedness. 7roaden your mind!
and raise your ideals! and other peoples'
possessions will cease to trouble you. #f you
live a full and healthy mental life! your wants
will be supplied and you will be happy and
contented.
:uard against &atred.
#t is a valueless thing. #f you hate a person! are
you made happier by that hate' (f course not.
Then why on earth waste valuable time and
energy on such fruitless e;ort'
:uard against 1ear.
%hat are you afraid of'
%hat is your fear' To be afraid is to be
mentally and emotionally disturbed in
advance of an incident. %hat is the result of
this state of mind' 1rom a study of Mental
$cience above we have learned that to fear a
thing is defnitely to assist its coming to pass!
which you must admit is an action of ama-ing
stupidity. Another result of this state of mind is
that you have decidedly reduced your powers
of resistance.
#f # am to have a tough fght tomorrow
morning! shall # sit up all night in fear and
trembling and greet my adversary with hollow
eyes and a wobbly fst' (r shall # sleep
soundly and well! and arise in the pink of
condition and ready to take on anything ' The
reply is obvious.
$o! apply to your thoughts this test. #s my
thought on this sub+ect constructive or
destructive' #f it is constructive! take heart
and go forward with renewed vigour! knowing
positively that Almighty /ower is with you. #f it
is destructive! take yourself in hand severely
and change your thoughts. #t will be di8cult at
frst and you will be clumsy at it! but
eventually constructive thought will become!
in an everyday phrase! second nature to you.
5ow! when a problem is presented to you!
bring your imagination into play at once. #n
your imagination see the +ob completed and
the problem solved. That is the frst thing to
do. %hy' 7ecause by doing so you present to
your subconscious mind a complete and
detailed picture of what is wanted! and
,niversal Mind! the all"/owerful! will know
exactly what is re)uired and what must be
done to bring that mental picture to
materialisation.
&aving arrived at your complete! imagined
picture! concentrate on it. 6o not lose sight of
it. Beep on recalling it before your mind's eye.
%hat is your will for! but to help you do that'
Beep saying mentallyA *This perfect thing is
the +ob fnished! and # am on my way to it.*
Allow no doubt or hesitation to creep into your
mental attitude. %hy should it! when you have
#nfnite /ower at your disposal' 6o not be
afraid of adopting a direct tone towards your
subconscious mind. Avoid mere spineless
*wishing!* and vague day"dreaming. The
/ower is there to serve you and loves to do it
because! in serving you! #t is hastening on to
#ts own ob+ective.
And what is #ts ob+ective' 5othing less than
complete and unending happiness for yourself
and the entire human family. And what is #ts
motivation' ove. 1or this all"pervading $pirit
of ife is Love tself.
&ave you ever sat down to a +ob and found
your mind wandering' (f course you have! but
you need be like that no longer if you deal
with the tendency promptly and e8ciently. 6o
not sit back wearily and say *# have no powers
of concentration.* (f course you have powers
of concentration if you control them. %hen
you see your +ob before you! prompt your
subconscious mind with the mental statement
*This one +ob # do!* knowing at the same time
that #nfnite /ower is at your disposal and your
mental picture is already complete and the +ob
will be done. (utside events and
circumstances will come to your aid in a way
that will at frst ama-e and then delight you.
1or some reason! as # am writing these lines #
can almost hear someone say *# have much to
worry me! and # do worry.* # sympathise. et us
see what can be done.
#t is little use me saying *6on't worry* because
that is not a constructive! positive statement.
7ut # 9an say *&ave faith. There is an infnite
/ower at your disposal which can and will deal
with your trouble for you whether it be
through you or through someone else!* &ave
faith.
#f you ring up on the telephone for a taxi to
come to your door in an hour's time to take
you to the station! you would not spend that
hour in an agony of worry and suspense!
wondering if the taxi will come. #f you were
doubtful about it! you would start to walk. 7ut
it is inconceivably stupid to rely on your own
legs and powers of endurance when the taxi is
coming. 0ing up and the taxi will come. That
has been very defnitely put once and for all.
*Ask and you shall receive.* 9an any promise
be clearer or less ambiguous'
7y *ask* it means defne your needs. $pend
some little time doing that. $elect a time in
the morning and +ust before you go to sleep at
night for this defnite purpose. 6uring that
period call up! in perfect imagery! before your
mind's eye! the ideal that is yours. $ee it
actually accomplished. $ee it perfect. $ee it
complete in every detail. &aving secured the
vision and dwelt on it! say over to yourself *7y
the /ower which is in me! this thing is actually
brought to pass.* 0ealise the full meaning of
the sentence and all that it implies. Appreciate
that! as soon as a thing is complete on the
mental plane! #nfnite /ower is instantly at
work bringing it about on the physical plane.
Service and #eneralisation
T&E0E are two other aspects of Mental
Attitude either of which re)uires a small book
devoted entirely to it! but we will endeavour to
give them in rough here.
The frst is summed up in the word *$ervice.*
%e have already regarded each one of us as
an agent for the #nfnite /ower of $upply! and!
if we continue that view of the position! we will
realise that the successful agent is the one
who concentrates all their energies on
*passing on* the goods for which they are
agent. &e or she does not waste their time
endeavouring to store up the goods but tries
to keep them moving as fast and as freely as
they can.
#f you are a garage proprietor! and have been
appointed district agent for a leading make of
motor car! you would naturally do everything
in your power to ensure a big outlet for the
models as they come through to you from the
supplier. #f you simply stored them in your
garage! and made no e;ort of any kind to pass
them on to others! all your available space
would be very soon flled! and your supplier
would seek another and more progressive
agent.
The same thing exactly applies in your mental
attitude towards your own supplies as they
come from the #nfnite $upplier.
/resumably you are going to use Mental
$cience to ensure for you an ade)uate supply
of happiness! service! peace and love.
Therefore you must act as agent for these
things and pass them on freely to any and
everyone with whom you come into contact!
otherwise the stream will be dammed and the
.ow of #nfnite supply will ceaseas far as you
are concerned and will fnd other and freer
channels through which to progress. :et it into
your head that to have fresh supplies you
must make room by passing on what you
already have.
The other aspect is summed up in the word
*:eneralisation.* #n your asking for supply!
concentrate on the end! not on the means to
the end. et me illustrate that statement as
clearly as # can. $uppose you want money with
which to purchase a home of your own for
your wife and children. 6o not concentrate
your mental powers on the money but upon
the happiness! peace! and contentment which
such a home will bring.
The reason for this becomes obvious if you
re.ect for a moment. /eace! &appiness and
9ontentment are your aims! but there may be
)uite one hundred ways by which they may
come to you. All of them are known to the All"
$eeing %isdom of the #nfnite /ower! and for
you to particularise one special way is
automatically to close the other CC=any one
of which may be! and probably is! much better
and more suitable than your way.
4our way has only been chosen according to
your very limited powers of perception.
9oncentrate on the end you desire to achieve!
and have complete faith that a means to that
end will be chosen which will be the best
possible for you.
&ow can # make this next proviso su8ciently
clear to you'
0ealise throughout your whole being that your
physical and material self is helpless without
the /ower. 4ou! as you are> the you that is
fnite and earthly is completely inade)uate
and incapable without the aid of the /ower.
The /ower is yours! but you are not the Power.
0ealise the humility inherent in that sentence.
%ithout the /ower you are nothing. %ith the
/ower you are all"powerful.
6o not lose your sense of perspective. Beep
your place in the scheme of things. 4ou are the
agent for the 1orce! not the 1orce itself.
# cannot urge you too strongly to read over
that last paragraph again and again. Therein is
the fatal pitfall clearly placed before you. 7e
warned! and avoid it.
%hen you secure this sense of humility! you
can maintain it by continually giving thanks
mentally for the gifts that come to you.
D D D D D
0egard your thoughts as boomerangs. #f you
think an evil thought of any person or
anything! you will be the loser. #t is your
mental attitude that is disturbed and there is
no one but yourself to blame. All thoughts are
boomerangs. They come back to the thinker.
%hatever you think! will happen to you.
Therefore think well. Think good. Think (rder!
&armony and /eace. Then shall these things
be added unto you.
(ne fnal matter must be dealt with. This
study would not be complete without it. # want
to deal with 1ailure.
$o far # have not admitted the possibility of
failure and do not do so now. #f you fail! you
have not obeyed the rules which # have
endeavoured to put before you. And so! here
is your mental attitude towards failure. #f
something that you wanted has not come to
pass! the fault is yours.
The /ower is there. The /ower wants you to
have your desire. #f you have not received it!
do not blame the /ower! blame yourself.
#f there is failure! and you examine the Mental
Attitude you held prior to the event! you will
inevitably fnd one of these things.
E. 4our desire was not constructive.
F. 4ou doubted the /ower's ability to give you
your desire.
G. 4ou have particularised or! in other words!
you have wanted things exactly your way
instead of the way of #nfnite %isdom.
!pilogue
The world around us is visibly in a bad way.
There is poverty! neglect and unhappiness.
There are wars and rumours of war. This
condition of things has been brought about by
collective wrong thinking throughout the
centuries! and nothing can change it but
collective right thinking.
$ervice and ove must reign! if Evolution is to
proceed swiftly and surely. /acts and Treaties
alone will not do it. Tari;s or 1ree Trade alone
will not do it. &ope lies only in the practical
expression of the 7rotherhood of Man and the
1atherhood of :od. The 7ible is the only
practical text book of economics! and 9hrist
the only perfect example by %hose Teaching
the nations may come to live in /eace and
$ecurity.
Those of mankind whose mentalities are in a
su8cient state of enlightenment can learn
consciously the principles of Mental $cience.
All must live out the :rand 9reed of
9hristianity.
The crying need of the world today is for
leaders of faith and vision! leaders who realise
that 9hrist is the /erfect $tatesman.
%ar and 6epression came to teach us the
lessons which we must all learn. &ave the
nations of Europe and America learned the
lessons' At one time it appeared that they
had! but now it is di8cult to tell. #f the lessons
have not been learned! greater troubles still
are to come.=$ome prophets say they are
coming now=within the lifetime of most of us.
A terrible thought! which in itself should speed
the learning of the lessons.
6o not try to thrust 9hristian principles down
other peoples throats! they are not digested
that way. /ractise them yourself! and so
supply leadership.
6o not fear. The essons will be learned. There
have been four kingdoms already. The Mineral
Bingdom! the <egetable Bingdom! the Animal
Bingdom and the Bingdom of Man. (nly one
more Bingdom remains un"demonstrated T&E
B#5:6(M (1 T&E $/#0#T in which all things
shall be made perfect.
$!phesians %&'()%%* $o then you are no
longer strangers and aliens! but you are
citi-ens with the saints and also members of
the household of :od! built upon the
foundation of the apostles and prophets! with
9hrist ?esus himself as the cornerstone. #n him
the whole structure is +oined together and
grows into a holy temple in the ord> in whom
you also are built together spiritually into a
dwelling place for :od.
$The %'st H9enturyI Revelation ')+* Then # saw
a new heaven and a new earth! for the frst
heaven and the frst earth had passed away!
and there was no longer any divide. # saw the
&oly 9ity! the new ?erusalem! coming down
out of heaven from :od! prepared as a bride
beautifully dressed for her husband. And #
heard a loud voice from the throne saying!
*5ow the dwelling of :od is with men! and he
will live with them. They will be his people!
and :od himself will be with them and be their
:od. &e will wipe every tear from their eyes.
There will be no more death or mourning or
crying or pain! for the old order of things has
passed away.* &e who was seated on the
throne said! *# am making everything
newJ* Then he said! *%rite this down! for
these words are trustworthy and true.* &e said
to meA *#t is done. # am the Alpha and the
(mega! the 7eginning and the End. To him
who is thirsty # will give to drink without cost
from the spring of the water of life. &e who
overcomes will inherit all this! and # will be his
:od and he will be my son.*
$The %nd #enesis '),* Thus the heavens
and the earth were completed in all their vast
array. 7y the seventh day :od had fnished the
work he had been doing> so on the seventh
day he ceased from all his work. And :od
blessed the seventh day and made it holy!
because on it he rested from all the work of
creating that he had done.
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