Part Twenty - Page 2

8. When you begin to perceive that the essence of the Universal is within yourself -- is you -- you begin to do things; you begin to feel your power; it is the fuel which fires the imagination; which lights the torch of inspiration; which gives vitality to thought; which enables you to connect with all the invisible forces of the Universe. It is this power which will enable you to plan courageously, to execute masterfully.
9. But perception will come only in the Silence; this seems to be the condition required for all great purposes. You are a visualizing entity. Imagination is your workshop. It is here that your ideal is to be visualized.
10. As a perfect understanding of the nature of this power is a primary condition for its manifestation, visualize the entire method over and over again, so that you may use it whenever occasion requires. The infinity of wisdom is to follow the method whereby we may have the inspiration of the omnipotent Universal Mind on demand at any time.
11. We can recognize this world within, and so include it in our consciousness, and it will be the basic fact of all existence; and when we learn to recognize it in ourselves, and in all persons, events, things and circumstances we shall have found the place of all good which we are told is within us.
12. Our successes are a result of the operation of exactly the same principle; the principle is perfect and permanent; its operation is exact, it is the same always; if we think abundance, freedom, harmony, we shall find their fruits on every hand; if we think wealth, happiness or health, the thought messengers will carry the summons as readily as any other kind of thought and the result will be just as certain. If we joyfully anticipate a coming reward, we shall be able to say, the thing I wanted has come upon me; if we think kindly or intelligently we shall thus attract to ourselves the results of our intelligence.