The Master Key System

The Master Key System is a personal development book by Charles F. Haanel

(1866-1949) that was originally published as a 24-week correspondence
course in 1912, and then in book form in 1916.[1] The ideas it describes
and explains come mostly from New Thought philosophy. It was one of the
main sources of inspiration for Rhonda Byrne's film and book The Secret
(2006).
General Description
The Master Key System is a book which describes many New Thought beliefs
such as the Law of attraction,[2] creative visualization and man's unity
with God, and teaches the importance of truth, harmonious thinking and
the ability to concentrate.[3][4] Each of the 24 chapters contains an
introduction, followed by a sequentially numbered section which includes
an exercise towards the end, followed by a section with questions and
answers. At the very beginning of the book there is a Psychological Chart
which readers are encouraged to complete. It is a self-evaluation of the
reader's creative power, time efficiency, health, mental ability and
capacity to concentrate.[5] The book ends with a glossary and a general
question and answers section. Every chapter has a quotation at the end of
the numbered section. These come from eminent people such as Jonathan
Edwards, Lilian Whiting and Amos Bronson Alcott.
Exercises
Every chapter ends with an exercise which the reader is encouraged to
undertake every day for the following 4 7 days. Each is a meditation that
requires the person to first sit comfortably in a chair. The sequence of
exercises in each chapter is as follows:
1.Sitting still
2.Inhibiting all thought combined with previous exercise
3.Releasing physical tension combined with previous exercises
4.Letting go of all negative emotions combined with previous exercises
5.Visualising a pleasant place
6.Remembering details from a photo of someone
7.Visualising positive facial expressions on the face of a friend
8.Visualising everything that leads to the construction of a battleship
9.Visualising a flower growing from seed
10.Visualising certain geometric forms
11.Concentrating on a quote from the Bible; Mark 11:24
12.Contemplating your unity with Omnipotence
13.Contemplating being part of the Whole
14.Focusing on harmony
15.Contemplating the fact that knowledge needs to be applied to be useful
16.Contemplating that happiness and harmony are states of consciousness
17.Focusing on the object of your desire
18.Focusing on your power to create
create a logical basis for your faith
19.Total concentration on what you want
20.Focusing on "In Him we live and move and have our being"
21.Focusing on truth
22.Concentration on a Tennyson quote: "Speak to Him, thou, for He hears,
and spirit with spirit can meet, Closer is He than breathing, and nearer
than hands and feet."
23. Contemplating the fact that man is a spirit with a body
24. Realising that this is a wonderful world