Part Twelve - Page 1

1. All purposes in life can be best accomplished through a scientific understanding of the creative power of thought.
2. This power to think is common to all. People are, because they think. People's power to think is infinite, consequently their creative power is always continuous.
3. We know that thought is building for us the thing we think of and actually bringing it nearer, we find it easy to invite love, calmness and encouragement, all of which are powerful thought forces, and which continually send the things we desire further towards us, so that it is always one step forward at a time.
4. Keep going forward. Eternal vigilance is the price of success. There are three steps, and each one is absolutely essential. You must first have the knowledge of your power; second, the courage to dare; third, the faith to do.
5. With this as a basis you can construct an ideal business, an ideal home, ideal friends, and an ideal environment. You are free as to material and cost. Thought is omnipotent and has the power to draw on the Infinite bank of primary substance for all that it requires. Infinite resources are therefore at your command.
6. But your ideal must be sharp, clear-cut, definite; to have one ideal today, the same tomorrow, and the same next week, means to focus your forces and accomplish your ideal; your result will be a meaningful and ordered combination of fine material.
7. Fortunately this is the result which some are securing, and the cause is self evident. A sculptor starts out with a piece of marble and a chisel and keeps their ideal constant. And so should you in moulding the greatest and most plastic of all substances,the only real substance.
8. The result of this decisive and positive thought is often found in the gain of material wealth. But, the only independence is found to be a practical working knowledge of the creative power of thought.