Part Seventeen - Study Questions with Answers

161. What is the true method of concentration?
     To become so identified with the object of your thought that you are conscious of only it.
162. What is the result of this method of concentration?
     Invisible forces are set in motion which irresistibly bring about conditions in correspondence with your thought.
163. What is the controlling factor in this method of thought?
     Spiritual Truth.
164. Why is this so?
     Because the nature of our desire must be in harmony with Natural Law.
165. What is the practical value of this method of concentration?
     Thought is transmuted into character, and character is the magnet which creates the environment of the individual.
166. What is the controlling factor in every commercial pursuit?
     The mental element.
167. Why is this so?
     Because Mind is the ruler and creator of all form and all events occurring in form.
168. How does concentration operate?
     By the development of the powers of perception, wisdom, intuition, and sagacity.
169. Why is intuition superior to reason?
     Because it frequently brings about the solution to our situations by methods concerning which we are in entire ignorance.
170. What is the result of pursuing the reality?
     They frequently turn to gold just as we overtake them, because the reality is the inward form of the spiritual activity, therefore when we possess the spiritual reality, the form appears.

Part Seventeen - Page 4

20. Vibration is the action of thought; it is vibration which reaches out and attracts the material necessary to construct and build. The the power of thought is natural; concentration simply implies that consciousness can be focalized to the point where it becomes identified with the object of its attention. As food absorbed is the essence of the body, so the mind absorbs the object of its attention, gives it life and being.
21. If you concentrate on some matter of importance, the intuitive power will be set in operation, and help will come in the nature of information which will lead to success.
22. Intuition arrives at conclusions beyond the aid of experience or memory. Intuition often solves problems that are beyond the grasp of the reasoning power. Intuition often comes with a suddenness that is startling; it reveals the truth for which we are searching, so directly that it seems to come from a higher power. Intuition can be cultivated and developed; in order to do this it must be recognized and appreciated; if the intuitive visitor is given a royal welcome when they come, they will come again; the more cordial the welcome the more frequent their visits will become, and if they are given attention and nourished they will make their visits many and close together.
23. Intuition usually comes in the Silence; great minds seek solitude frequently; it is here that all the larger situations of life are worked out. For this reason every business person who can afford it has a private office, where they will be alone and quiet; if you cannot afford a private office you can at least find somewhere, where you can be alone a few minutes each day, to train the thought along lines which will enable you to develop that invincible power which is necessary to achieve.
24. Remember that fundamentally the subconscious is omnipotent; anything can be done when it is given the power to act. Your degree of success is determined by the nature of your desire. If the nature of your desire is in harmony with Natural Law or the Universal Mind, it will gradually emancipate the mind and give you invincible courage.