“With You Is The Power” was the first book written by Henry Thomas Hamblin back in the early 1920′s. This Personal Development classic was so popular that it went on to sell well over 200,000 copies.

The essence of Hamblin’s premier work was his belief that there is a source of abundance within each and every one of us and when you connect with this power, your life will be changed forever. As long as you keep blaming your fate on circumstances and playing the role of a victim, you won’t ever be able to tap into the Power that lies within. Throughout “Within You Is The Power” Henry Thomas Hamblin teaches that once you become “one” with your Higher Self, Health, Wealth and Abundance will be  yours forever.

The opening paragraphs of Within You Is The Power sets the stage for the entire work and will send chills down your spine…

“There is a power lying hidden in man, by the use of which he can rise to higher and better things. There is in man a greater Self that transcends the finite self of the sense-man, even as the mountain towers above the plain.

The object of this little book is to help men and women to bring their inward powers of mind and spirit into expression, wisely and in harmony with universal law; to build up character, and to find within themselves that wondrous Self, which is their real self, and which, when found, reveals to them that they are literally and truly sons of God and daughters of the Most High.”

Within You Is The Power Table of Contents:

Within You Is The Power: Preface

Part 1: Infinite Life and Power

Part 2: The Overcoming of Life’s Difficulties

Part 3: Fate or Free Will?

Part 4: Cause and Effect

Part 5: Success

Part 6: Health

Part 7: The Secret of Abundant Supply

Part 8: The Powers and Limitations of the Subconscious Mind

Part 9: The Use of the Spiritual or Super-conscious Mind

Part 10: Character Building and the Overcoming of Habit

Part 11: Happiness and Joy

Part 12: The Use and Misuse of Mental and Spiritual Powers

Part 13: Overcoming Limitations and Awakening Inward Powers

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“The Law of Attraction will certainly and unerringly bring to you the conditions, environment, and experiences in life, corresponding with your habitual, characteristic, predominant mental attitude.” Charles F Haanel

“A man is literally what he thinks.” James Allen

“A man is not rightly conditioned until he is a happy, healthy, and prosperous being; and happiness, health, and prosperity are the result of a harmonious adjustment of the inner with the outer of the man with his surroundings.” James Allen

“What we think, we become.” Buddha

“A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life.”  James Allen

“All that you accomplish or fail to accomplish with your life is the direct result of your thoughts.” James Allen

“Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so you shall become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil.” James Allen

“Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bear bad fruit.” James Allen

“Let nothing undermine your faith in your ultimate triumph. Hold this tenaciously, vigorously, intensely, and after awhile you will see things coming your way.” Orison Swett Marden

“We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.” Buddha

“Happiness is mental harmony; unhappiness is mental inharmony.” James Allen

“If your real desire is to be good, there is no need to wait for the money before you do it; you can do it now, this very moment, and just where you are.” James Allen

“In all human affairs there are efforts, and there are results, and the strength of the effort is the measure of the result.” James Allen

“It is always the men and the women with a stupendous faith, a colossal self-confidence, that do the great deeds, accomplish the “impossible.”’ Orison Swett Marden

“Create ideals only, give no thought to external conditions, make the world within beautiful and opulent and the world without will express and manifest the condition which you have within.” Charles F Haanel

“Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.” James Allen

“Hold in mind the condition desired; affirm it as an already existing fact. This indicates the value of a powerful affirmation. By constant repetition it becomes a part of ourselves. We are actually changing ourselves; are making ourselves what we want to be.” Charles F Haanel

“No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.” James Allen

“Our life is what our thoughts make it. A man will find that as he alters his thoughts toward things and other people, things and other people will alter towards him.” James Allen

“All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him. If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him.” Buddha

“A negative, doubting mind, a mind saturated with fear of failure can no more accomplish, create, or produce, anything of value than a stone can violate the law of gravitation by flying up in the air.” Orison Swett Marden

“Every discovery, every invention, every improvement, every facility, every home, every building, every city, every railroad, every ship, everything that man has created for our use and benefit he has fashioned out of this vast invisible cosmic ocean of intelligence by thought force.” Orison Swett Marden

“It is one of the most marvelous things, in this wonderful plan of creation, that we actually live, move and have our being in this invisible ocean of limitless creative material, and that all we have to do to attract what we want is to hold the right mental attitude toward it and do our best on the physical plane to match it with its reality.” Orison Swett Marden

“Our thoughts not only attract people to us after their kind, but they also attract other thoughts after their kind, and also opportunities and circumstances.” Henry Thomas Hamblin

“Thought results in action, if your thought is constructive and harmonious, the result will be good; if your thought is destructive or inharmonious, the result will be evil.” Charles F Haanel

“In order to create or develop an attractive atmosphere we must feel goodwill towards those whom we meet, we must be anxious to serve and help, and we must think the right thoughts.” Henry Thomas Hamblin

“Whatever we think becomes sooner or later translated into action; and as upon our actions our life depends, it will be seen that it is possible by thought control to govern our life. For by controlling our thoughts we govern our actions; by governing our actions we mould our life and circumstances, thus shaping our fate.” Henry Thomas Hamblin

“The power within you which enables you to form a thought picture is the starting point of all there is.” Thomas Troward

“The law of attraction works unceasingly throughout the universe, and the one great and never changing fact in connection with it is, as we have found, that like attracts like.” Ralph Waldo Trine

“We all recognize the Universe must have been thought into shape before it ever could have become a material fact. And if we are willing to follow along the lines of the Great Architect of the Universe, we shall find our thoughts taking form, just as the universe took concrete form.” Charles F Haanel

“The oak, the rose, the lily, all require certain material for their most perfect expression and they secure it by silent demand, the Law of Attraction, the most certain way for you to secure what you require for your most complete development.”  Charles F Haanel

“Make the Mental Image; make it clear, distinct, perfect; hold it firmly; the ways and means will develop; supply will follow the demand; you will be led to do the right thing at the right time and in the right way.” Charles F Haanel

“Life is not a matter of chance or luck; it is not something out of our control; it is largely the result or effect of our thoughts.” Henry Thomas Hamblin

“Remember that thought is the fire that creates the steam that turns the wheel of fortune, upon which your experiences depend.”  Charles F Haanel

“The greatest achievement was at first and for a time a dream. The oak sleeps in the acorn, the bird waits in the egg, and in the highest vision of the soul a waking angel stirs. Dreams are the seedlings of realities.” James Allen

“It is impossible to think evil thoughts and bring forth good actions.” Henry Thomas Hamblin

“I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.” Buddha

“The law of harvest is to reap more than you sow. Sow an act, and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and you reap a destiny.” James Allen

“The man who sows wrong thoughts and deeds and prays that God will bless him is in the position of a farmer who, having sown tares, asks God to bring forth for him a harvest of wheat.” James Allen

“Nothing can attract prosperity but that which has an affinity for it, the prosperous thought, the prosperous conviction, the prosperity faith, the prosperity ambition.”  Orison Swett Marden

“The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.” James Allen

“Create ideals only, give no thought to external conditions, make the world within beautiful and opulent and the world without will express and manifest the condition which you have within.” Charles F Haanel

“Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts inevitably bring about right results.” James Allen

“The stream of plenty flows toward the open mind, the expectant mind. It flows toward faith and confidence and away from doubt.” Orison Swett Marden

“You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.” James Allen

“You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as you dominant aspiration.” James Allen

Be Unstoppable!
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Quote of the Day: “Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.” Hebrews 11:1

Do you really want to know how to achieve your dreams?

One word: Faith.

The problem is that most people don’t really have a clue as to what this word means. I find the passage from the Bible in Hebrews 11:1 to give the best and most powerful definition of the word:

“Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.”

When you come to know the true meaning of the word Faith, you will start to see the miracles come into your life. You will begin to see your greatest hopes and dreams come true and start living the life that you have always wanted but didn’t know how to get.

Being Sure of What We Hope For

How sure are you that you will achieve your dreams?

Beyond a shadow of a doubt?

If there is an ounce of doubt in your mind then it will not happen. Why do you think some people are miraculously cured of disease and some are not?

The answer is that they are 100% sure that they will be cured.

They actually KNOW that they are already cured.

That is true Faith.

The same is with people who achieve their dreams and those who do not. The people who are living the life of their dreams were so sure that they would get there and that’s why they are.

There has to be an absence of any doubt in your mind. If there is even one iota of doubt then there will be resistance to manifesting anything into your life. This is one of the major blocks when using the Law of Attraction.

Most people fail at attracting the good that they want into their lives because they are not 100% sure that those things would come to them.

They don’t have true Faith.

To Be Certain of What We Do Not See

The second part of the passage on Faith in Hebrews 11:1 is the other part of the success equation: to be certain of the things that we do not see.

Let me ask you this: can you actually see electricity?

I didn’t think so.

But you believe in it; you know it’s there.

This is the same type of certainty that you need to have in order to achieve your dreams in life.

You must be so sure of something even though you do not actually see it in the physical plane yet. You must know it is there though, waiting to come into fruition through your Faith.

You must know that it is happening right now. Know that you will be in the right place at the right time. Believe that it is all working out perfectly and in the right order and in the right time.

When you start to practice true Faith you will then begin to see the miracles happen in your life. Believe in what you do not see and you will know how to achieve your greatest dreams!

Be Unstoppable!
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Have you ever used subliminal audios to attract money into your life?

Are you a little confused about how a subliminal audio album might help to attract cash to you?

Let me enlighten you: Subliminal Audio Won’t Do This.

Like many other areas of development, when using subliminals it is important to note that you will probably not wake up with a mysterious check in the mail for $1,000 the morning after using a money attraction subliminal.

There are a lot of stories about people receiving mysterious checks through the mail or coming into massive sums of money out of the blue – either when listening to subliminals, or when using some kind of tool to help them with the law of attraction . This sadly is rare, and is the exception, as opposed to the conventional result.

In reality money attraction is more of a gradual process, and works better over the course of days or a few weeks than just the instant you start listening.

How Subliminal Money Attraction Actually Works

Again it is a gradual process and is designed to change your thoughts and beliefs about money and align your subconscious mind to focus on bringing money to you.

This takes place naturally and can’t be forced. For this reason it requires different amounts of time for everyone – some individuals have far more doubts and mental blockages about money and this accordingly takes longer for them to really shed them and focus on money in a constructive way.

It works by principles of the law of attraction in three basic ways:

1. To make you 100x’s more motivated and driven than ever before to take real physical action to save money and bring much more money to you.
2. Rather than being just your conscious thoughts trying to attract money, your subconscious mind will now be aligned too – this means your entire body and mind are all centered on the same goal, thus rendering it 10x’s more prone to come true.
3. To ultimately make you believe more than ever in the law of attraction. Not only that, but to make you fully believe both consciously and subconsciously that you can attract money to you – that you can make the law of attraction, and money attraction work for you.

I have been using subliminal audios for years with great results to attract money and wealth into my life. It doesn’t happen overnight but with persistence and discipline you can dramatically improve your financial situation with money attraction subliminals.

Be Unstoppable!
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It’s not as easy as it is made out to be but lets take a scenario and see how this applies.

So you have your sights set on that amazing dream home that you saw in a magazine. Or maybe you’ve been thinking about that luxury automobile you’ve always dreamed of having.

Hmmmm…

What about finding that dream job or the means to create that six figure income while working from home?

Is it really all possible?

But how will you create these things?

The answer is by using the Law of Attraction, of course.

The steps are actually quite simple but the process isn’t always easy. Here are 5 steps to create your own reality and make certain the Law of Attraction works in your favor.

1. State your intention

The first step in the manifestation process is to state exactly what it is that you want. Make sure you are very “clear” about what you want; that is, make sure you know exactly what you desire in great detail. The more details that you can focus on, the better the outcome you will receive.

Specificity is the key here.

How big is that dream house that you have always wanted? What type of house is it; a ranch or a colonial? What does the kitchen look like? Does it have a basement? What color are the bedrooms? How many baths does it have? Does it have a garage and if so is it a 2 car or 4 car garage? How many acres of land do you live on? Is there a pool outside?

You get the picture.

Remember, the more specific your intention is, the better your outcome is going to be.

2. Write down your intention

Writing down your intention is probably one of the most important steps in the manifestation process.

Putting your goal or intention down on paper is the first step of actually bringing it into the physical plane. This is a very powerful process and has worked wonders for those who have done it on a regular basis.

Make this act of writing out your intention a daily ritual. It will be ingrained into your subconscious mind by the process and you will bring your dreams into reality.

3. Create your reality in your mind

Visualization is the next step and is another very important part of the Law of Attraction process.

When you visualize, you must “think from the end”. This is when you see yourself as having already accomplished what it is that you have set out to do.

Remember, the body cannot distinguish what is really happening from what is just a fantasy in your mind.

That’s why you will experience different emotions while watching a movie.

Ever watch a real “tear jerker” that made you cry?

Or maybe you were scared to death by a suspense thriller that you watched.

Why did a movie that isn’t even real cause you to have these emotions?

The answer is simple.

Your nervous system cannot tell whether it is a movie or it is actually happening to you in real life.

That is why it is so important to create movies in your mind of what and who you want to be.

When you visualize this new reality you will experience the emotions that go along with it. These emotions will produce certain vibrations and through the Law of Attraction you will magnetize everything needed to create your new reality to you.

An extremely important note to make here is to be sure to use all of your 5 senses when you visualize: sight, sound, smell, touch and taste.

This makes your visualization as real as possible to your nervous system.

Let’s take that new house as an example.

Visualize walking through your new home room by room.

Notice I said “walking through”. This means that you should see through your own eyes. Always visualize in the first person as though you were having that experience right now.

Feel the hard wood floors beneath your feet as you enter the living room and make your way toward the kitchen.

Hear every step you take and notice the beautiful marble countertops as you pass the kitchen. Feel how smooth they are as you run your hand across them.

Smell the freshly painted walls and the scent of new carpet as you walk down the hallway. Feel your hand run along the smooth wood railing as you climb the stairs to the second floor.

Get the picture? Good.

Now here’s the most important part. How do you feel? That’s the real key to making the Law of Attraction work for you. Keep that good feeling inside of you as if you already have the thing you want.

4. Act as if it has already happened

Act as if your desire is already yours. It is not a question of if you will have it; it is a question of when you will have it.

“Acting as if” is a very important step. This creates a powerful belief inside you that is unstoppable.

Acting “as if” is true faith.

True faith is an act of “knowing”.

When you are in a state of knowing, that then becomes your reality.

After experiencing an unpleasant situation, have you ever said to yourself “I just knew that was going to happen”?

This is exactly my point. Now use that kind of faith for something good in your life.

The stronger your belief that this intention is already your reality, the quicker it will actually manifest into existence.

Your reality right now is actually a culmination of your beliefs up until this point in your life.

Beliefs are the most powerful states that you can be in so use this to your advantage.

Start creating new beliefs about yourself and what you are capable of accomplishing in Life.

5. Now take some action!

Napoleon Hill once said “faith without deeds is dead”. He was talking about taking action when he made that statement about faith.

Wishing for something and then not doing anything to make this your reality will only leave you frustrated and wanting to quit.

This is the biggest misconception about the Law of Attraction that so many people ended up believing when they read the book or watched the movie “The Secret”.

The part about receiving “checks in the mail” still makes me shake my head.

People wish for things and then sit around and do absolutely nothing thinking the Law of Attraction will magically send them free money in the mail.

Then when they don’t get what they wanted they claim that the Law of Attraction is a scam and doesn’t work.

C’mon, get real folks.

You must actually do something to get something for you will never receive more than you give. That is the Law of Compensation and cannot be avoided. It is a law just like any other law in the scientific community such as the law of gravity.

Once you start taking action, you will begin to notice how you attract people and situations that bring you closer to your desired goal.

Believe me; the money isn’t going to just show up in your mailbox. There has to be a vehicle in which this money is delivered to you. There also be a “fair trade of value” involved.

So you may find that you attract a certain business opportunity to you or you may talk to someone who “knows someone” who needs a position filled in their company.

The money will flow through a network and then make its way to you in that way.

The key here is to keep your radar up for these people and situations and take action immediately when opportunity knocks.

To sum it up…

The Law of Attraction will work in our favor only when you take the proper steps to make it so. Follow all of the above instructions and what was once only a desire will now become your reality.

Master the Law of Attraction and you will be able to create your reality and live the life you have always desired today!

Be Unstoppable!
Yours in Success,

P.S. If you are still not manifesting the things you want in life then check out The Quantum Cookbook and learn the 2 secret manifestation techniques that The Secret didn’t tell you!

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But how do you apply it on a short term day-to-day basis to attract only the good things you want into your everyday life?

This is such a crucial question to ask since small steps will eventually add up into miles before you know it.

Lao Tzu put it best when he said “the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step”.

One step.

That’s all it takes and you’re well on your way.

So, with keeping the Law of Attraction in mind when you take your small daily steps, do the following to attract only the good in to your life:

Begin your day with the best

Every morning when you wake up, repeat this affirmation:

“Today is all I have. I will make it the best day of my life!”

Repeat this affirmation and really feel it throughout your whole being. Tell yourself over and over again that today is going to be the greatest day ever.

Stay focused on the right here, right now. Today is truly all you have control over so why worry about the future.

Create the future that you want by making the absolute most of today!

Always practice Gratitude

Gratitude is one of the most important ingredients to the manifestation recipe.

Each day, write down at least ten things that you are grateful for. It doesn’t need to be something big; it could be the sun shining bright in the clear blue sky, the time you spent with a close family member or friend you haven’t seen in a while or anything else that really makes you feel good.

As you write, immerse yourself in the feeling of appreciation for the good things that you have in Life.

Through the Law of Attraction, this will in turn attract more good into your life.

Change the negative into positive

When something bad happens and you start to feel the negativity slowly creeping in, focus your attention on something positive.

Take yourself to that special place in your mind where you find peace and comfort.

Do not allow for these negative thoughts to consume your mind. Just think of something positive and happy but also powerful enough to replace the negative in your mind.

You can reflect on the memory of a loved one or think about a vacation that you had, walking on the beach with the bright sun shining in your face and the warm sand beneath your feet.

Get the picture?

Another powerful thing to do to drive these negative thoughts out, and one of my favorites, is through music. Play one of your favorite songs and watch as your mindset changes and you start to vibrate positivity throughout your whole body.

You can also read an inspirational book such as 365 Prescriptions for the Soul: Daily Messages of Inspiration, Hope, and Love to give yourself that positive boost.

Literally you could anything else that puts you in a positive frame of mind.

Surround yourself with positive people

You will always adapt to your environment and being around positive people will be sure to keep you in a positive state of mind.

Avoid contact with toxic people at all costs. These positivity sucking vampires will drain you of energy and take the life out of you.

Take a moment to reflect in silence

“Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves.” Thomas Carlyle

Meditation is a one of the best ways to reduce stress and to infuse yourself with vitality and well being especially after a stressful day.

This doesn’t need to be anything too complicated.

Just kick back, relax, take a few deep breaths and don’t think about anything for about 10 minutes. Clearing the mind will do wonders for you if you do it on a regular basis

To sum it up, the key on how to use the law of attraction to make the most every day by attracting good things is to have good thoughts and to stay positive. A positive mental attitude goes a long way. Stay positive!

Be Unstoppable!
Yours in Success,

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I’m sure that you have probably heard the phrase if you are familiar with the Law of Attraction and perhaps you may even know how much applying it can change your life.

But what exactly it means and how it pertains to using the Law of Attraction?

Let’s take a closer look at this profound magnetic law that governs the Universe.

Like Attracts Like

The most fundamental principle behind the Law of Attraction is that like attracts like. You can easily compare it to a magnet, whose opposing poles attract. The only difference is, unlike the opposite attraction of magnetic poles, like attracts like in the case of the LOA.

Let’s put this in the real world.

You attract like people, situations and everything else that surrounds you in your world right now.

If your thoughts are predominantly negative, then in turn you attract negative people and negative situations into your life.

If, on the other hand, you think predominantly positive thoughts, you will in turn attract positive people, places and things in all areas of your life.

Remember the saying “birds of feather flock together”? This is a perfect example of the Law of Attraction in action. Like people will tend to attract like people and so on.

Watch What You Think

Now, just the same as like people attracting like people holds true, your thoughts will tend to follow this law also. When you start to think negative thoughts in your head then this will in turn attract more negative thoughts and then the cycle continues.

Have you ever noticed how if you start ruminating about something bad that has happened you start feeling bad feelings also? Then thoughts supporting those bad thoughts and feelings suddenly start to flood your mind?

This in turn leads to more negative thoughts regarding your current and possible future situations in your life.

Based on the Law of Attraction, these negative thoughts can then manifest into reality not because of fate, but because you actually attracted them.

This is why I say “watch what you think because you just might get it”.

Watch closely to that you think, as your thoughts are very likely to manifest into reality through the Law of Attraction.

And, remember this: the Law of Attraction does not discriminate; no one is free from this law. It is just like Law of Gravity.

Emotional Intensity is the Key

Of course you need to remember that there is also the level of intensity of emotion here in the equation – the more intense the emotions behind your thoughts and feelings, the more powerful the manifestations you attract.

Take, for example, a scale from 1 to 10. Let’s say that your negative thoughts score around 3 as far as intensity goes. You will then start attracting similar thoughts and situations congruent to that specific intensity.

So if your thoughts are full of intense emotion, let’s say on a level 10, you better watch out! This could be good or bad depending on whether you are thinking positive or negative thoughts.

To sum this up, the Law of Attraction proves that like attracts like. You can literally attract like thoughts and like situations based on what you are thinking and at what intensity level of emotion you are having at that particular time. So be sure to “watch what you think because you just might get it”.

Be Unstoppable!
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All use of the mind to coerce other people or to influence them by means of suggestion, not for their benefit, but for your advantage, is highly destructive, not to them actually, but to you. On the face of it, it looks an easy road to success and prosperity, but, actually, it leads to failure and poverty. The misuse of the mental powers in this way is really a form of black magic, and the fate of all black magicians is very terrible. Even the use of the mind to coerce other people for their good is not desirable. It never does any real good, although it may seem beneficial for a time, and its use, therefore, is to be deprecated. Healing, so-called, by hetero-suggestion, is not permanent, for as soon as the healer ceases to “pump” suggestion into the patient the latter begins to relapse into his former state. Far better results accrue if the patient is taught to use auto or self-suggestion for himself. It is seen, then, that the use of the mind to influence others is distinctly harmful if it is used selfishly, and of no real use if used unselfishly. Hypnotism is harmful, no matter which way it is used, and is also detrimental to the patient. Because of this some of our more thoughtful neurologists have given up its use.

We have no right to endeavor to influence other people by the use of our inner forces, even if our object is their good. Each soul has the right to live its life in its own way, and choose for itself either good or evil. That is the object of life, so that each evolving soul should learn wisdom through the lessons learnt as a result of its own mistakes. Far worse is it if others are coerced, not in order to help them, but to defraud them or to make them buy goods they do not require, or sign agreements they would not otherwise put their name to.

One who misuses his mental and spiritual powers literally smashes his life up. He works against the laws of life and the universe, and encompasses his own ruin.

There is, however, a far more subtle way of misusing the mental and spiritual forces than by coercion, mind domination and hetero-suggestion. This method is equally destructive, and if persisted in builds up a painful future. With this method other people are not influenced or dominated, but the finer forces of Nature are coerced by the human will. Mental demands are made on the invisible substance from which, we are told, all things are made, and wealth is compelled to appear. In addition to this, sickness, so it is claimed, is banished, and the invisible forces of life are compelled to operate in such a way as to make life’s pathway a bed of roses, without thorns, so that life becomes shorn of all its discipline and experience.

Its devotees “enter the Silence,” and there visualize exactly what they think they want, and compel it to appear, in material form, by the strength of their desire or through the exercise of their will.

Some followers of this cult may be able to make an apparent success of it, but I have never yet met any. If they do, however, they will live to regret it, for they are merely practitioners of black magic. Their efforts are of the same nature as sorcery. All such methods build up a heavy debt of future suffering, and seriously hinder the soul in its evolutionary journey.

Entering the Silence is a good thing: it is really entering the inner silence of the soul, the inner sanctuary where the Divine Spirit abides in fullness. To misuse this inward power for selfish and material ends, and for forcing our human will upon life, so as to make it conform to what we think it ought to be is a crime of the first magnitude, which can result only in ultimate failure and disaster.

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Character building is the greatest object in life. It has been said that character is the only thing we can take with us when we depart this life. This is perfectly true; therefore the object of all religion (not religiousness), mental training and development should be the building of character. A religion that does not build up character is worthless. Those who think that they can “flop” through life, avoid, as far as possible, its discipline, make no effort to improve their character, and through believing in a certain creed can miraculously become perfect, simply by dying, are deceiving themselves. We do not become “perfect,” i.e., of a strong and perfect character, either by believing in a creed or through dying, but by attainment. God helps those who help themselves, and those people who will not strive after better things cut themselves off from all the glorious and wonderful possibilities of attainment.

Before, however, thinking about such lofty things as entering the Path of Attainment, and becoming changed into, and modeled after the Divine Image, the average person may wish to know how to overcome bad habits and weaknesses of character which are keeping him down in life, and, possibly, undermining his health. Most people are conscious of some wrong habits that ought to be overcome, and weaknesses of character which should be eradicated. Possibly they have fought against their habits or weaknesses for years, prayed until they are tired of praying, made innumerable attempts at turning over a new leaf, yet all in vain, for they are as firmly in the toils as ever. Many people give up the struggle and endeavor to lead a sort of Jekyll and Hyde existence, being outwardly a Christian or righteous person, but inwardly something quite different. Yet they find no satisfaction in this dual life, for they know that they are drifting towards an abyss.

Yet there is a way of escape that is open to all. The Infinite One has provided man with powers that are apparently unlimited: powers which can be used either to build up the life and character or to destroy them. These powers are those of the subconscious mind. This mind is a reservoir of unlimited, tireless forces, and becomes, if we use it aright, our best friend, or, if we misuse it, our worst enemy.

Every time a bad action is indulged in, wonderful changes take place in the nervous system, and energy becomes stored up in certain cells, so as to make it easier to do the wrong act on a future occasion. It is equally true that every time a good action is done, similar changes, but in a reverse direction, take place, that make the doing of the same action easier in the future. This explains the tremendous power of habit. Our body, brain and nervous system become changed, either for the worse or the better, according to the type of action indulged in.

We do not yet fully realize what a wonderful adventure life is. We are entrusted with tremendous powers, and by their use or misuse we can either destroy ourselves or build up our character in every possible direction. What a responsibility, yet what a glorious opportunity!

In order, however, to find a way of escape from evil habit and weaknesses of character, we must go deeper than actual deeds, for actions are effects of hidden causes. The cause of all action is thought. A thought, someone has said, is an action in the process of being born. It is true that we possess primitive desires and impulses, but these can be transmuted into noble actions and high achievement simply by directing the thoughts and attention to higher and better things. For instance, the powers of sex become transmuted into brain power if the thoughts and attention are completely transferred from sex to intellectual pursuits. If, however, the thoughts are allowed to dwell upon sex or passion, then the kingdom becomes divided against itself, and man begins to drift towards the abyss. The strain of modern life is filling our asylums, yet there are those who can work fifteen or even eighteen hours a day and thrive on it, although engaged in severely-trying brain work. These have learnt to transmute their lower powers into higher. This is not done by means of esoteric or occult practices, but by obeying the Divine Injunction to set our affections on things above. In other words, to keep our thoughts and attention fixed upon higher and better aims, ambitions and pursuits.

It is impossible to overcome bad habits by fighting them, for the more we fight them the stronger they become. The injunction to “resist not evil” is very applicable to habit. The way of escape is not by fighting evil or wrong habit, no matter what its character may be, but by concentrating upon building a good habit that shall cut the ground from under the feet of the bad one, or by turning the attention to higher and better things.

Whatever we fix our attention upon, or whatever it is that we idealize, our subconscious mind endeavors to actualize and make real in our life. By fighting a habit we direct subconscious attention to it, and this is fatal. If, however, we turn our whole attention to something entirely different and which is higher and better, all the powers of the subconscious are directed towards the production, in the life and body, of the new object of attention.

We see, therefore, that we do not have to overcome habit. If we did our task would be hopeless, for the human will is helpless before the power of the subconscious mind. The subconscious powers can be led by the imagination, but they cannot be coerced by the will. The will must be used not to fight the habit, but in raising and directing the attention to something higher and better. By this means a new habit is formed. The attention of the subconscious mind is taken away from the bad habit, and all its powers directed towards the creation of a new and better one. The subconscious does not care what the habit is. It is indifferent as to whether it is good or bad. It is just as willing to produce a good habit as a bad one. We, each of us, therefore, hold our fate in our own hands. We can, by controlling our thoughts and imagination and by directing our attention to better things, focus all the powers of the subconscious on the building up of good habits, or, on the other hand, we can, by allowing our thoughts and mental pictures to dwell upon undesirable things and our attention to be directed to low or weak ideals, fall into undesirable habits. The power that produces the habits is the same in each case; it is the way in which this power is directed that is the vital and essential thing.

It is very necessary to point out that right thinking and correct use of the imagination must be accompanied by corresponding right action. Many people make use of auto-suggestion and expect it to destroy their bad habits and build up better ones, but it never will, or can do so, unaided. Auto-suggestion is useless if it is not followed by constructive action. Young people should expend their energies in physical culture and games. Older people should interest themselves in hobbies and intellectual pursuits. It is only advanced students who can control their thoughts so that they can govern their life forces by mental means. Those less advanced, when attacked by evil or weak thoughts, must get up and do something quite different, and thus get their minds off the forbidden subject and interested in the new object of attention. It is a case of directing the desires and life forces into different channels, by controlling the thoughts and attention. Here is seen the value of true religion, for it brings fresh ideals into the life and directs the attention to higher and better things. The writer realizes that a change must take place in the heart of the individual before he can desire these better things. When, however, this change has taken place, the battle has only just begun, for each one has to work out his own salvation.

At first, then, most people will find it necessary to do something in order to attract their attention and guide their thoughts to something quite different from the forbidden subject. Later on, however, when they become more advanced in the science of right thinking, they will be able to direct their thoughts into any desired direction. This necessitates constant vigilance. Each thought has to be carefully scrutinized before being allowed to pass the threshold of the mind. By reversing every negative or unworthy or ignoble thought into its opposite, a change is wrought in the brain and nervous system. The cells formerly used for wrong thinking and for the production of wrong action go out of use as new cells are brought into use for the production of right action.

This stage leads to one higher still, when it becomes a settled habit to reverse bad thoughts into good ones and perform right actions instead of bad or weak ones. The power of the subconscious mind, which at one time seemed so evil, produces right action more or less automatically. When once the habit of cleaning the teeth is established there is experienced an uncomfortable feeling until they have been attended to. When once a dirty person has learnt to wash himself thoroughly and keep himself decent, he will feel uncomfortable if he gets dirty. The same rule applies in the more important things and habits of life. If those who are in the bondage of habit will only direct their thoughts and attention to the building up of good habits, their old weaknesses will die a natural death.

It must not be thought that the victory over life-long habits is easy. It may seem so at first, but sooner or later temptation will come with added force, which may result in a sad fall. If this should happen it is most important that too much attention should not be paid to the incident. Instead, the beginner should pick himself up, and, making a mental note of the immediate cause of his downfall, thus benefiting by the experience, press on again towards freedom. It is most helpful to realize that not only is the subconscious mind willing to be guided aright, if we will only persevere long enough (until persevering itself becomes a habit), but that we also have behind us all the Spiritual powers of God. The Infinite One sees to it that the odds are not overwhelmingly against us. Our difficulties are not insuperable, although they may appear to be so. We can always win through if we faint not. Heaven looks on with sympathetic interest and rejoices with the struggler when he succeeds, and mourns with him when he fails. The struggle is a stiff one, for it is only by this that the seeker after God can become strong in character, but the victory can always be won. When the situation appears hopeless, let the struggling one remember that there is a way of escape somewhere, and that God, who is his freedom and deliverer, will reveal it to him if he faints not. If all who seek deliverance will realize that the Power of the Infinite is on their side, and that they are bound to become victors if they will only keep on, they must succeed. And what a joy is theirs! There is no happiness quite like that which comes to one who has fought the good fight and overcome habit and weaknesses of character.

May every reader experience this supreme joy of overcoming.

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The subconscious mind is the mind of Nature. It possesses extraordinary powers and intelligence, but no inspiration. It is instinctive: it is animal: it is natural: but there is nothing god-like about it–it is of the earth and the physical plane. It can be described as the inner forces of Nature resident within our body. Having said this we have said nearly all there is to be said about the subconscious, yet this is the mind of which some people have made a veritable god.

The subconscious mind, if led aright, is a very good friend, reducing all repeated thoughts and actions into habit, which, in time, become settled and part of the very life itself. Thus, by conscious right thinking and conscious right action, a good habit is formed, which becomes, in course of time, practically automatic. This, of course, builds up the character, which, in turn, affects the life. It will be seen then, how important is the right use of this willing and faithful servant. It is no god, it has no inspiration, but it is a very useful servant, as we shall see.

Most of our actions or movements are done or made subconsciously. The reason that “practice makes perfect” is that the subconscious mind learns to do the task, and, by so doing, takes it off our hands. How difficult it is to learn to drive a motor-car. How carefully, at first, we have to double de-clutch and obtain the right engine speed for a noiseless “change,” yet, after a time, the whole action is performed subconsciously. It is the same with pianoforte playing. Many players, some better than others, can play the most difficult classical music without consciously recalling it to mind. As soon as they try to remember the whole “piece” leaves them, but as long as they leave the whole matter to the subconscious (which never forgets) they can keep on playing. I and my conscious mind are not doing much of the actual writing of this book. We think the thoughts and have something to do with the formation of the sentences, but the subconscious mind writes them down. If I had to think of each word and letter, my task would be hopeless, and I should become half dead with fatigue.

The subconscious mind, however, is even more helpful, for it does the bulk of our thinking, and can be taught to do a great deal more. If we had to think everything out laboriously, according to the laws of logic, life would be unbearable. Instead of this our subconscious mind does the bulk or our thinking, and, if we give it a chance, will do it in an extremely accurate manner, strictly according to the laws of logic and without the slightest fatigue. The more that we train the subconscious to do our ordinary thinking for us, the less we suffer from fatigue. Fatigue is unknown to the subconscious mind; therefore we can never tire it or overwork it.

The subconscious mind can be made to do more and more work for us if we will delegate definite work for it to deal with. One who has learnt thought control, who can take up a matter, consider it in all its bearings, and then dismiss the subject from his conscious thought, is able to increase his efficiency a hundred per cent., and reduce his mental fatigue almost to vanishing point. Instead of laboriously working out his problems and worrying and scheming over them, he simply dismisses them to his subconscious mind to be dealt with by a master mind which works unceasingly, with great rapidity, extreme accuracy and entirely without effort. It is necessary, however, to give the subconscious every available information, for it possesses no inspiration or super-human wisdom, but works out logically, according to the facts supplied to it.

This great, natural, untiring “mind downstairs,” as it has been called, is also capable of doing even more useful work still. A writer or speaker, or preacher can collect notes and ideas for his article, book, speech or sermon, and pass them down to his subconscious mind with orders that they be arranged in suitable order, division, subdivision and so on. When he comes either to write or prepare the notes of his speech or sermon, he will find all the work done for him, and all that he has to do is to write it down, entirely without effort or fatigue.

Again, a business man who has learnt to make use of his subconscious mind in this way need not juggle or worry or fatigue himself by planning and scheming for the future. All that he need do is to submit the facts to the “greater mind downstairs,” and all the planning will be done for him, entirely without effort, and far more efficiently than he would have done it through laborious conscious thinking.

The following, which has just been brought to my notice, is a striking confirmation of the teaching of this chapter.

In a recent issue of Collier’s Magazine, an interview with Henry Ford appeared. He spoke of the way with which big business men deal with problems, and pointed out that they did not spend a lot of time pondering and puzzling over plans or ideas. He said: “An idea comes to us: we think of it for a little while, and then we put it in the pot to boil. We let it simmer for a time, and then take it out.” What Henry Ford means, of course, is precisely what we have been saying, viz., that the idea or problem is dismissed to the subconscious mind, which works it out, and presents it to the conscious mind for judgment.

Yet again, an inventor or one who is constructing something mechanical, can make use of the subconscious mind in precisely the same way. Let him sum up the whole problem, arrange all his facts and available information, and pass them all to his subconscious mind, when, if a successful result is within the range of possibility, an answer or idea will be forthcoming. All this being done, mark you, without any effort whatever.

All this may seem, especially to some readers, rather wonderful and far-fetched, yet there is nothing occult or mysterious about it. I am perfectly sure that there is no great writer, politician or business man who does not make use of his subconscious mind in this way. He probably does so unconsciously, but his procedure is the same. Some employ the whole of their mind naturally. These become men of achievement, who occupy responsible positions, and who bear immense burdens without strain, worry or care. Responsibility sits lightly upon them, and they are serene and untroubled when in positions, and when confronted by tasks and difficulties, such as would drive an ordinary individual out of his mind. Such men develop their powers of attention and concentration (anyone who is in earnest can do this) to a very high degree. They are at great pains to get to the root of a problem, and obtain all the available data possible, but, after that, it is their subconscious mind that does all the work, and which arrives at a decision.

While it comes natural to a few to use their subconscious mind in the correct way, the majority of people find themselves unable to do so. Such, however, can acquire the art by training. First, it is necessary to learn thought-control, so as to be able to take up a problem or dismiss it entirely from the mind _at will_. When a problem is passed on to the subconscious to be worked out, the subject must be dismissed entirely from the conscious mind. The problem must not be worried over, nor the thoughts allowed to dwell upon it; it must be left entirely to the subconscious. Second, every possible detail and information connected with the problem must be grasped by the conscious mind, and the whole matter, pro and con, visualized before being passed to the subconscious. It will be seen, then, that thought-control of a high order is necessary, also powers of attention and concentration. These can all be developed by anyone who is really in earnest.

A good way of starting the use of the subconscious mind is to hold the problem in the mind just as one is going to sleep. There must not, upon any account, be any attempt made to solve the problem or to worry over it. Instead, the main facts of the case, on both sides, must be marshaled, and the case presented to the subconscious mind in much the same way as you would place it before your lawyer. Having done this, dismiss the whole matter to your subconscious mind, and in most cases you will find in the morning that a solution has been arrived at without any effort or fatigue on your part.

This, of course, is only one of the many ways in which the subconscious mind can, and does, serve its master, or the one who should be master. This great invisible force of Nature is forever working. Whatever ideal is held in the mind becomes woven into the life through the tireless working of the subconscious mind. Only set your attention upon high and lofty achievement, and you will focus all the invisible inward forces of Nature upon its accomplishment. In course of time you will reap as you sow. If you will direct your attention into the right channel, backing it up with energetic, conscious action, your subconscious will help you day and night, thus making success and achievement possible.

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