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T H E N E W L I TE RATU R E
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ch ange him
himself r e
create himself control his
en vironment and master h is
own destiny i s the c onclu
sion of every mind who i s
wide awake to the power of right th ough t
in c onstructive a ction In fact it i s the
conviction of all suc h minds t h at man
can do pra cti c ally anything with in th e
possibilities of the h uman domain wh e n
he knows h o w to th ink and that h e c an
secure almost any result desired w h en h e
learns how to think for results
Man i s as he th inks h e is and w hat h e
does is t h e result of the sum total of his
though t T h e average person however
thinks at random and therefore lives at
ra nd o m and d o es not know fr o m d ay to
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s c i o u sn ess .
MON G th e right s t at es of
min d the attitude o f p eace
naturally comes rst b e
c ause at the foundation of
all true action we nd a
state of deep calm. No
rowt
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possible
in
confusion
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w e enjoy t h e steps already take n while
strife and disturbance prevail But if we
nd th at we are not in a perfectly peace
ful attitude t h e matter cannot b e reme
died t hrough a strenuous e ffort t o secure
peace 'eace of mind comes most quickly
when we do not try to be peaceful but
simply permit ourselves to be normal
To rela x mind and bo d y at frequent inter
vals will also aid remarkably but the
most important of all is the attainment
of the consciousness of peace
Th ere is a state within us wh ere al l is
still and as nearly all o f us h ave been
conscious of this state at di fferent times
we know that it actually exists T o cul
t ivat e the consciousness of th is state is
the real s ecret of attaining a permanent
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are n o t sufcient t o th e ad
va n c in g soul
G reater things are at h and
and it is our privilege to press on through
the realization of those greater things
We must therefore c onclude that the true
attitude of mind in this connection is to
be content with things as th ey now are
and at the same time rea ch out c onstantly
for greater things
W h en contentment is ab sent th e pres
ent is not fully utilized and we cannot
attain the greater things until we have
fully employed what has already been r e
When aspiration is absent the
c e ive d
present is used ov er and over again lik e
the air in a closed room and the result
must be mental stagnation to be followe d
by failure and nal extinction When we
look at th is subject from another point
of view we nd that the min d that is not
contented cannot be developed ; nor can
such a mind make the best use of the
powers it may now possess Every mo
ment th erefore shoul d be lle d with con
but
t e n t m en t and perfect satisfaction
every moment sh ould also be lle d with
a strong desire for still greater attain
ments and a ch ie v ements In su ch a state
h owe ver
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b e t oo s imp l e to be of valu e b ut th e
simplest methods are usually the best
And anyone can prove through a few
weeks of trial that th is method will pro
du c e the desired results and will through
more continuous practice actually trans
form mind and disposition to such an ex
tent that th e mind will henceforth live in
const ant mental sunshine And there are
few things t hat are more 1 m po rt ant than
this if we wis h t o train the mind to act
and work in th ose attitudes that are nec
e ssary in order th at we may proceed suc
ce ss fu l l y in t h inking f or results
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HE attitude o f k indness is
one of the greatest among
the righ t states of min d
T h erefore to be kind to
and t o feel
everybody
kindly towards th e wh ole
o f c reation th is must be the attitude if
th e righ t use of mind and th ought is to
K indness enlarges the inner
prevai l
co nsciousness th us promoting th e e n
largement and the expressio n of life
And it also c reates th e tendency to give
one s best and there is nothing that
brings forth the greater l i fe and power
with in us s o quickly and s o c ompletely
as th e giving o f o ne s b es t in all things
and at al l times
'o th th e soul and th e mind w ith al l
their p owers and possibilities tend to
unfold th emselv es th rough th e acti o ns of
th e strong wh o l e souled att itude o f kind
ness In fact no one can begi n to u n
fold h is l arger l ife and receive t h e greater
richness from within until h e begins to
gi v e thr o ugh th e att itud e of k indn ess all
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m i n d s to th i nk an d f ee l l ik e th e preva i l
ing thought in their community ? Why
does a mob lose its head s o to speak and
proceed to think feel and act precisely
like the leader ? Why do scores of inci
dents of a similar nature take place in
our midst constantly ? S ympathetic imi
And the
t a t i o n explains such phenomena
law that un d erlies this phenomena is a
law that we must understand thoroughly
if we wish to master our own thinking
an d our actions wherever those actions
may be expressed When you sympa
t h iz e with weak ness you are li able to
become weak
When you sympathize
with disease you are liable to get the
same symptoms an d frequently the very
When you sympathize
disease itself
with the wrong you are liable to think
that same wrong and possibly act it out
in your own life Thes e are facts with
wh ich we are all familiar It is there
fore a subject of extreme importance
T h e l aw that governs sympathy is this
that you enter into mental unity l n a
measure with everything with which you
s ympathize and that whatever you enter
i nto menta l unity w it h y o u tend to imi
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tions
But h ere we s h ould remember
that the mind that is constantly creating
the larger and the bett er will h ardly be
aware of the imperfect in his life be c ause
the imperfect is con stantly passing away
with the ceaseless coming and upbuilding
of the more perfect Our purpose shoul d
be never to resist evil ; though we s h oul d
not on the other hand fold our arms and
let things be as they are While we are
turning away from lesser things we
should concentrate our whole attention
upon the buil d ing up of the greater This
is a method that will give perfect free
dom and continuous advancement to us
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enormous
Aimless th i nking has the
same e ffec t upon your c apacity and abil
ity as pun ch ing h oles in th e b oiler h a s
upon t h e c apacity of th e engin e 'ut
the giving of attention to foreign or tem
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just
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wasteful
When
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you decide upon a plan see it th rough
G ive your whole life to it
Turn th e full
force of your wh ole mind upon it an d
keep at it until you are ready for some
greater plan You will thus build your
self up and prepare yourself for a greater
plan and wh en suc h a plan arrives
whic h it positively will drop everything
else and give this new plan th e ful l force
of your undivided attention
Too many minds are constantly wish
ing th ey were in some other kind of
work t hus diverting their attention
every few moments from t h e work in
wh ich th ey are engaged now T h e result
is not only poor work but th ey place
themselves in a position wh ere they can
never nd opportunity for advancement
If you want something better to do do
your present work so well that it b e
comes a stepping stone to something
better It is the man wh o thoroughly
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AN i s as he th ink s and h is
t h oughts ar e 1 nvar i abl y
c reated in t h e likeness of
h is mental c onceptions of
th ose th ings of whic h h e
th inks about h abitually
Th erefore as man improves h is mental
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all
things
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will
improve
conceptions
himself in the same me asure To i m
prove t h ese menta l conceptions attention
should always be c oncentrated upon th e
ideal o f everything of wh ic h we th ink
That is all thinking s h ould move toward
the greater th e larger and t h e sup erior
Whatever w e think about w e s h ould
always th ink a bout its ideal side its
larger side and its superi o r side E very
thing h as two sides the limited or ob
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tive side W h en we c onsider only the
limited obj e ctive sid e of th ose th ings we
think about o u r mental c onceptions will
be small supercial and materialistic
But wh en we c onsider t h e unlimited sub
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W1 t
t e rea
e 1 tse l an d s h ou l d seek
to form the very highest conceptions
possible of such a life
There is no
greater subject for thought than life
when we look at life as an eternity of
rich and marvelous possibilities And to
view life in this way will not only ele
vate an d enlarge t he mind but will also
give us the conscious realization of a
continuous increase in life And as life
increases everything in mind and per
s o n al ity will increase to correspond
A
great life pro d uces a great mind and a
high soul but to attain the greater life
we must enlarge our view of l ife And
this we do by turning all attention upon
real life itself and the marvelous possi
R ealizing these facts
b i l it i e s of real life
we should never think of that which is
small when we have the capacity to think
of that whic h is great And we all can
think of the great T here is a beautiful
an d a wonderful side to all life and the
possibilities of all life are unbounded
We therefore un d erstand the value of
training ourselves to take the correct
view of life for to think of the larger and
the more beautiful side of all life is to e n
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th e e xperien c e we sh ou l d use it as a
means of nding wh erein we have failed
And having done this we may proceed
once more with t h e positive assurance o f
gaining increased success Misfortunes
may also be employed as builders of
character because there I S nothing that
strengthens the mind and the soul so
much as to pass through reverses with
out b eing mentally o r morally disturbe d
The spiritual giant can pass through
anything and gain good from anything
To h im misfortunes are not disagree
able ; they are 5 1 m pl y opportunities to
bring out greater life an d power to learn
more laws to ga i n a better understand
ing of things and thus achieve still
greater t hings when the next attempt is
made But though we may not have at
t a in e d such a lofty state we can at least
pass through reverses with our minds
xed c onstantly upon the high goal in
view The result will be greater moral
stability greater mental power and the
turning of fate in the direction we our
selves desire to move
T hat knowledge and power is gained
through pal n I S a well known belief a n d
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wrongs or t em pt at l o n s b ecause t h e fa ct
is that a rened desire never desires t o
do wrong On the contrary every desire
that desires higher and higher expres
sions will through su c h a d esire tend t o
enter into the right the more perfect and
the superior
In this connection we
should remember that all ascen d ing
actions are right actions that all d escend
ing actions are wrong actions an d that
this is the only d i fference between right
and wrong
Every mental aim should h ave the
greater in view and every plan that is
forme d should embody the largest possi
Too many minds
b i l i t ies conceivable
fail because their plans are so small and
their aims too low ; but the larger and
the higher i s I nvariably the purpose of
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ways is :
W h at are th e possibilities ;
what can be do n e wit h wh at is in the
thing ; and what results can be gained
from the full use of everything t ha t this
circumstance or that obj ect may con
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And it is highly important to
answer this question as fully and as cor
r ec t l y as possible because we are as we
think and our thoughts are always like
th e things we think about Besi d es we
must be conscious of th e real interior
possibility of those th ings with which we
deal in or d er to secure t h e greatest r e
If we think only of the im perfec
su l ts
tions and the limitations th at appear on
the surface our thinking will be inferior
and we will become ordinary both in
mind and p erso nality. 'ut i f we th ink
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r ior mental worl d a worl d th at we are
d etermined to make larger and larger
every day And as we live think and
work in that ever growing mental world
we i nsist that everything we do shall
with a certainty build for that greater
future we now have in view ; and that
every action of mi nd and body shall be a
positive force moving stea d ily surely and
perpetually towards t h 0 s e sublime
heights of attainment and achievement
that we have longe d for so much while
inspired by the spirit of ambition s lofty
dream
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