Part Three - Study Questions with Answers

21. What system of nerves is the organ of the Conscious Mind?
    The Cerebro-spinal.
22. What system of nerves is the organ of the subconscious mind?
    The sympathetic.
23. What is the central point of distribution for energy which the body is constantly generating?
    The solar plexus.
24. How may this distribution be maintained?
    By approving, grateful, peaceful thoughts, and especially love.
25. What is the result of such maintenance?
    Every good thing with which the human race has obtained.
26. How may this energy be controlled and directed?
    By conscious thought.
27. How may love be completely embraced?
    By an understanding and recognition of the true source of all power.
28. What determines the experiences with which we meet in life?
    Our predominant mental attitude.
29. How may we awake the solar plexus?
    Mentally concentrate upon the condition which we desire to see manifested in our lives.
30. What is the creative principle of the Universe?
    The Universal Mind.

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30. Physical relaxation is a voluntary exercise of the will and the exercise will be found to be of great value, as it enables the blood to circulate freely to and from the brain and body.
31. Relaxation leads to mental rest and normal mental activity of the mind; it produces peace, serenity, love and calmness. Relaxation is therefore an absolute necessity in order to allow the mental faculties to exercise the greatest freedom.
32. Make this exercise as thorough and complete as possible, mentally determine that you will relax every muscle and nerve, until you feel quiet and restful and at peace with yourself and the world.
33. The Solar Plexus will then be ready to function and you will be surprised at the result.

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23. This is one way of many, but it is a simple and effective way, and the most direct way, and consequently the way in which the best results are secured. It is the method which is producing such extraordinary results that many think that miracles are being accomplished.
24. It is the method by which every great inventor, every great financier, every great statesperson has been enabled to convert the subtle and invisible force of desire, faith and confidence into actual, tangible, concrete facts in the objective world.
25. The subconscious mind is a part of the Universal mind. The Universal is the creative principle of the Universe, a part must be the same in kind and quality as the whole. This means that this creative power is absolutely allowed; it is free, and consequently can achieve anything.
26. We have found that the subconscious mind is responsive to our conscious will, which means that the creative power of the Universal Mind is within control of the conscious mind of the individual.
27. When making a practical application of this principle, in accordance with the exercises given in the subsequent lessons, it is well to remember that it is necessary to only focus on the results you desire. The Infinite can figure out how to get the results. You are simply to say what you desire.
28. You are the channel by which the undifferentiated is being differentiated, and this differentiation is being accomplished by appropriation. It only requires recognition to set causes in motion which will bring about results in accordance with your desire, and this is accomplished because the Universal can act only through the individual, and the individual can act only through the Universal; they are one.
29. For your exercise this week, I will ask you to go one step further. I want you to not only be perfectly still, and think of empty space as far as possible, but relax, let go, let the muscles take their normal condition; this will free the nerves, and create relaxation which so frequently produces physical rejuvenation.

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17. It is our attitude of mind toward life which determines the experiences with which we are to meet; if we demand much, we shall receive the greater portion. The world is kind only as we succeed to assert ourselves. The praise of the world is sweet only to those who can compel room for their ideas. It is love of this praise that causes many ideas to succeed in seeing the light of day.
18. But the person who knows that they have a Solar Plexus will love praise; they will radiate courage, confidence, and power; they will anticipate success by their mental attitude; they will break free and walk through the land of certainty and enthusiasm which love places in their path.
19. A knowledge of our ability to consciously radiate health, strength and harmony will bring us into a realization that there is everything to love because we are in touch with Infinite Strength.
20. This knowledge can be gained only by making practical application of this information. We learn by doing; through practice the athlete comes powerful.
21. As the following statement is of considerable importance, I will put it in several ways, so that you can get the full significance of it. If you are spiritually inclined, I would say, you can let your light shine. If your mind has a bias toward physical science, I would say you can wake the Solar Plexus; or, if you prefer the strictly scientific interpretation, I will say that you can impress your subconscious mind.
22. I have already told you what the result of this impression will be. It is the method in which you are now interested. You have already learned that the subconscious is intelligent and that it is creative, and responsive to the will of the conscious mind. What, then, is the most natural way of making the desired impression? Mentally concentrate on the object of your desire; when you are concentrating you are impressing the subconscious.

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12. Conscious thought, then, is master of this sun centre from which the life and energy of the entire body flows and the quality of the thought which we entertain determines the quality of the thought which this sun will radiate, and the character of the thought which our conscious mind entertains will determine the character of the thought which this sun will radiate, and the nature of the thought which our conscious mind entertains will determine the nature of thought which this sun will radiate, and consequently will determine the nature of the experience which will result.
13. It is evident, therefore, that all we have to do is let our light shine; the more energy we can radiate, the more rapidly shall we be enabled to transmute undesirable conditions into sources of pleasure and profit. The important question, then, is how to let this light shine; how to generate this energy.
14. Thoughts of acceptance expands the Solar Plexus. Pleasant thought expands it. Thoughts of courage, power, confidence and hope all produce a corresponding state, but the one best friend of the Solar Plexus which must be absolutely embraced before there is any possibility of letting any light shine is love. This friend must be completely embraced; must be invited; must be welcomed forever; love is the sky which reveals the sun; which causes a perpetual joy.
15. It is this personal angel which makes people embrace the past, the present and the future; embrace themselves, their friends; embrace everything and everybody. When love is effectually and completely embraced, your light will shine in a clear sky and you will have found the source of power, energy and life.
16. When you find that you are really one with the Infinite power, and when you can consciously realize this power by a practical demonstration of your ability to overcome any condition by the power of your thought, you will have absolute courage; love will have been embraced and you will have come into possession of your birthright.

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6. If this radiation is sufficiently strong the person is called magnetic; they are said to be filled with personal magnetism. Such a person may wield an immense power for good. Their presence alone will often bring comfort to the minds with which they come in contact.
7. When the Solar Plexus is in active operation and is radiating life, energy and vitality to every part of the body, and to every one whom they meet, the sensations are pleasant, the body is filled with health and all with whom they come in contact experience a pleasant sensation.
8. If this radiation is free flowing the sensations are pleasant, the flow of life and energy to the body is constant, and this is the cause of every good to the human race, physical, mental or environmental.
9. Physical because the sun of the body is generating sufficient energy to vitalize the body; mental because the conscious mind is dependent upon the subconscious mind for the vitality necessary to support its thought, and environmental, because the connection between the subconscious mind and the Universal mind, is being maintained.
10. The Solar Plexus is the point at which the part meets with the whole, where the finite becomes Infinite, where the Uncreate becomes create, the Universal becomes individualized, the Invisible becomes visible. It is the point at which life appears and there is a vast amount of life an individual may generate from this Solar centre.
11. This centre of energy is Omnipotent because it is the point of contact with all life and all intelligence. It can therefore accomplish whatever it is directed to accomplish, and herein lies the power of the conscious mind; the subconscious can and will carry out such plans and ideas as may be suggested to it by the conscious mind.

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1. The necessary interaction of the conscious and subconscious mind requires a similar interaction between the corresponding systems of nerves. Judge Troward indicates the very beautiful method in which this interaction is effected. He says: The cerebro-spinal system is the organ of the conscious mind and the sympathetic is the organ of the subconscious. The cerebro-spinal is the channel through which we receive conscious perception from the physical senses and exercise control over the movements of the body. This system of nerves has its centre in the brain.
2. The Sympathetic System has its centre in a ganglionic mass at the back of the stomach known as the Solar Plexus, and is the channel of that mental action which unconsciously supports the vital functions of the body.
3. The connection between the two systems is made by the vagus nerve which passes out of the cerebral region as a portion of the voluntary system to the thorax, sending out branches to the heart and lungs, and finally passing through the diaphragm, it loses its outer coating and becomes identified with the nerves of the Sympathetic System, so forming a connecting link between the two and making the person physically a single entity.
4. We have seen that every thought is received by the brain, which is the organ of the conscious; it is here subjected to our power of reasoning. When the objective mind has been satisfied that the thought is true it is sent to the Solar Plexus, or the brain of the subjective mind, to be made into our flesh, to be brought forth into the world as reality. It is then accepted. The subconscious mind can only accept. It accepts the conclusions of the objective mind as final.
5. The Solar Plexus has been likened to the sum of the body, because it is a central point of distribution for the energy which the body is constantly generating. This energy is very real energy, and this sun is a very real sun, and the energy is being distributed by very real nerves to all parts of the body, and is thrown off in an atmosphere which envelopes the body.

Part Three - Introduction

You have found that the Individual may act on the Universal, and that the result of this action and interaction is cause and effect. Thought, therefore, is the cause, and the experiences with which you meet in life are the effect.

It rests with you to change conditions and make them what you would like them to be. Direct your effort to a realization of the mental resources, always at your command, from which all real and lasting power comes.

Persist in this practice until you come to a realization of the fact that there can be only be success in the accomplishment of any proper object in life if you but understand your power and persist in your object, because the mind-forces are ever ready to lend themselves to a purposeful will, in the effort to crystallize thought and desire into actions, events and conditions.

Whereas in the beginning of each function of life and each action is the result of conscious thought, the habitual actions become automatic and the thought that controls them passes into the realm of the subconscious; yet it is just as intelligent as before. It is necessary that it become automatic, or subconscious, in order that the self-conscious mind may attend to other things. The new actions will, however, in their turn, become habitual, then automatic, then subconscious in order that the mind again may be freed from this detail and advanced to still other activities.

When you realize this, you will have found a source of power which will enable you to take care of any situation in life which may develop.

Part Two - Study Questions with Answers

11. What are the two modes of mental activity?
    Conscious and subconscious.
12. Upon what do ease and perfection depend?
    Ease and perfection depend entirely upon the degree in which we depend upon the subconscious mind.
13. What is the value of the subconscious?
    It is enormous; it guides us, warns us, it controls the vital processes and is the seat of memory.
14. What are some of the functions of the conscious mind?
    It has the faculty of discrimination; it has the power of reasoning; it is the seat of the will and may impress the subconscious.
15. How has the distinction between the conscious and subconscious been expressed?
    Conscious mind is reasoning will. Subconscious mind is instinctive desire, the result of past reasoning will.
16. What method is necessary in order to impress the subconscious?
    Mentally state what is wanted.
17. What will be the result?
    If the desire is in harmony with the forward movement of the great Whole, forces will be set in motion which will bring about the result.
18. What is the result of the operation of this law?
    Our environment reflects conditions corresponding to the predominant mental attitude which we entertain.
19. What names has been given to this law?
    The Law of Attraction.
20. How is the law stated?
    Thought is a creative energy, and will automatically correlate with its object and bring it into manifestation.

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29. Last week I gave you an exercise for the purpose of securing control of the physical body; if you have accomplished this you are ready to advance. This time you will begin to control your thought. Always take the same room, the same chair, and the same position, if possible. In some cases it is not convenient to take the same room, in this case simply make the best use of such conditions as may be available. Now be perfectly still as before, but think only of empty space; this will enable you to entertain only the kind of thoughts you desire. Continue this exercise until you gain complete mastery.
30. The exercise is valuable no matter how long you are able to do it, because it will be a very practical demonstration of the great number of thoughts which are constantly trying to gain access to your mental world.
31. Next week you will receive instructions for an exercise which may be a little more interesting, but it is necessary that you master this one first.

    Cause and effect is as absolute and undeviating in the hidden realm of thought as in the world of visible and material things. Mind is the master weaver, both of the interior garment of character and the outer garment of circumstance. -- James Allen

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24. To sum up: The normal functions of the subconscious on the physical side have to do with the regular and vital processes, with the preservation of life and the restoration of health; with the care of offspring, which includes an instinctive desire to preserve all life and improve conditions generally.
25. On the mental side, it is the storehouse of memory; it harbors the wonderful thought messengers, who work, free of time or space; it is the fountain of the practical initiative and constructive forces of life: It is the seat of habit.
26. On the spiritual side, it is the source of ideals, of aspiration, of the imagination, and is the channel through which we recognize our Divine Source, and in proportion as we recognize this divinity do we come into an understanding of the source of power.
27. Some one may ask: How can the subconscious change conditions? The reply is, because the subconscious is a part of the Universal Mind and a part must be the same in kind and quality as the whole; the only difference is one of degree. The whole, as we know, is creative, in fact, it is the only creator there is, consequently, we find that mind is creative, and as thought is the only activity which the mind possesses thought must necessarily be creative also.
28. But we shall find that there is a vast difference between simply thinking, and directing our thought consciously, systematically and constructively; when we do this we place our mind in harmony with the Universal Mind, we come in tune with the Infinite, we set in operation the mightiest force in existence, the creative power of the Universal Mind. This, as everything else, is governed by natural law, and this law is the Law of attraction, which is that Mind is creative, and will automatically correlate with its object and bring it into manifestation.

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20. The subconscious mind is always awake, always active, like your heart, or your blood. It has been found that by plainly stating to the subconscious mind certain specific things to be accomplished, forces are set in operation that lead to the result desired. Here, then, is a source of power which places us in touch with Omnipotence. Here in is a deep principle which is well worth our most earnest study.
21. The operation of this law is interesting. Those who put it into operation find that when they go out to meet the person with whom they anticipate an uneasy interview, something has been there before them and dissolved the supposed uneasiness; everything is changed; all is harmonious; they find that when some business situation presents itself they can afford to make delay and something suggests the proper solution; everything is properly arranged; in fact, those who have learned to trust the subconscious find that they have infinite resources at their command.
22. The subconscious mind is the seat of our principles and our aspirations. It is the fount of our artistic and altruistic ideals. These instincts can only be upheld by a simple and swift process of reinforcing the innate principles.
23. The subconscious mind can only accept what it is given. Hence, if it has accepted incorrect suggestions, the sure method of overcoming them is by the use of a strong counter suggestion, frequently repeated, which the mind must accept, thus eventually forming new and healthy habits of thought and life, for the subconscious mind is the seat of Habit. That which we do over and over becomes mechanical; it is no longer an act of judgment, but has worn its deep grooves in the subconscious mind. This is favorable for us if the habit be wholesome and right. If it be not wholesome, and not right, the remedy is to recognize the omnipotence of the subconscious mind and suggest present actual freedom. The subconscious being creative and one with our divine source will at once create the freedom suggested.

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14. It is often true that conditions of love, serenity, abundance, health, harmony and blessings of all kinds dominate us by reason of true suggestions accepted by the guarded subconscious mind. All this the trained conscious mind can entirely create by its vigilant protective action. It may properly be called the watcher at the gate of the great subconscious domain.
15. One writer has expressed the chief distinction between the two phases of mind thus: Conscious mind is reasoning will. Subconscious mind is instinctive desire, the result of past reasoning will.
16. The subconscious mind draws just and accurate inferences from premises furnished from outside sources. Where the premise is true, the subconscious mind reaches a true conclusion. But the subconscious mind accepts all impressions. It relies upon the conscious mind, the watcher at the gate, to guard it from untrue impressions.
17. Receiving any suggestions as true, the subconscious mind at once proceeds to act thereon in the whole domain of its tremendous field of work. The conscious mind can suggest either truth or not. If the former, it is at the profit of wide-reaching benefit to the whole being.
18. The conscious mind ought to be on duty during every waking hour. When the watcher is on guard, or when its calm judgment is active, under a variety of circumstances, then the subconscious mind is guarded and left open only to positive suggestion from any and all sources. During the calm quiet of serenity, or during the levelness of peace, or the considered action of a responsible person, or at any other time of restrained passion, the conditions are most beneficial. The sub-conscious mind is then open to the suggestion of love, friendship, generosity, altruism, self-appreciation and other positive forces, derived from surrounding persons or circumstances. The result is usually wholesome in the extreme, with effects that may endure for a long time. Hence, the great importance of guarding the subconscious mind to allow only true impressions.
19. The subconscious mind perceives by intuition. Hence, its processes are rapid. It is quicker than the slow methods of conscious reasoning. In fact, it cannot employ them.

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8. We can walk at will; we can raise the arm whenever we choose to do so; we can give our attention through eye or ear to any subject at pleasure. On the other hand, without the will our hearts beat and our blood circulates, we grow tall, nerve and muscle tissues form, bones build, and many other important vital processes carry on.
9. If we compare these two sets of action, the one decreed by the will of the moment, and the other proceeding in majestic, rhythmic course, constant at every moment, we stand in awe of the latter, and ask to have the mystery explained. We see at once that these are the vital processes of our physical life, and we face the inference that these all-important functions are designedly withdrawn from the domain of our outward will with its variations and transitions, and placed under the direction of a permanent and dependable power within us.
10. Of these two powers, the outward and changeable has been termed the Conscious Mind, or the Objective Mind (dealing with outward objects). The interior power is called the Subconscious Mind, or the Subjective Mind, and besides its work on the mental plane it controls the regular functions which make physical life possible.
11. It is necessary to have a clear understanding of their respective functions on the mental plane, as well as of certain other basic principles. Perceiving and operating through the five physical senses, the conscious mind deals with the impressions and objects of the outward life.
12. It has the faculty of discrimination, carrying with it the responsibility of choice. It has the power of reasoning--whether inductive, deductive, analytical or syllogistic--and this power may be developed to a high degree. It is the seat of the will with all the energies that flow therefrom.
13. It can impress other minds, as well as it can direct the subconscious mind. In this way the conscious mind becomes the responsible ruler and guardian of the subconscious mind. It is this high function which can completely improve conditions in your life.

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1. The operations of the mind are produced by two parallel modes of activity, the one conscious, and the other subconscious.
2. The subconscious' logical processes are carried on with an absolute certainty and regularity. Our mind is so designed that it prepares for us the most important foundations of cognition.
3. The subconscious soul, like a benevolent stranger, works and makes provision for our benefit, pouring only the mature fruit into our lap; thus ultimate analysis of thought processes shows that the subconscious is the theatre of the most important mental phenomena.
4. It is through the subconscious that Shakespeare must have perceived, without effort, great truths; that Phidias fashioned marble and bronze; that Raphael painted Madonnas and Beethoven composed symphonies.
5. Ease and perfection depend entirely upon the degree in which we depend upon the subconsciousness; playing the piano, skating, operating the typewriter, the skilled trades, depend for their perfect execution on the process of the sub-conscious mind. The marvel of playing a brilliant piece on the piano, while at the same time conducting a vigorous conversation, shows the greatness of our subconscious powers.
6. We are all aware how dependent we are upon the subconscious, and the greater, the nobler, the more brilliant our thoughts are, the more it is obvious to ourselves that the origin lies beyond our ken. We find ourselves endowed with tact, instinct, sense of the beautiful in art, music, etc., whose origin or dwelling place we are wholly unconscious.
7. The value of the subconscious is enormous; it inspires us; it warns us; it furnishes us with names, facts and scenes from the storehouse of memory. It directs our thoughts, tastes, and accomplishes tasks so intricate that no conscious mind, even if it had the power, has the capacity for.

Part Two - Introduction

Our blessings are largely due to accurate ideas and understandings of our true interests. The great task is to discover the laws of nature to which we are to adjust ourselves. Clear thinking and moral insight are, therefore, of incalculable value. All processes, even those of thought, rest on solid foundations.

The keener the sensibilities, the more acute the judgment, the more delicate the taste, the more refined the moral feelings, the more subtle the intelligence, the loftier the aspiration--the purer and more intense are the gratifications which existence yields. Hence it is that the study of the best that has been thought in the world gives supreme pleasure.

The powers, uses and possibilities of the mind under the new interpretations are incomparably more wonderful than the most extravagant accomplishment, or even dreams of material progress. Thought is energy. Active thought is active energy; concentrated thought is a concentrated energy. Thought concentrated on a definite purpose becomes power. This is the power which is being used by those who do believe in the virtue of wealth, and the beauty of self-affirmation.

The ability to receive and manifest this power depends upon the ability to recognize the Infinite Energy ever dwelling in people, constantly creating and recreating their bodies and minds, and ready at any moment to manifest through them in any needful manner. In exact proportion to the recognition of this truth will be the manifestation in the outer life of the individual.

Part two explains the method by which this is accomplished.

Part One - Study Questions with Answers

1. What is the world without in its relation to the world within?
   The world without is a reflection of the world within.
2. Upon what does all possession depend?
   All possession is based on consciousness.
3. How is the individual related to the objective world?
   The individual is related to the objective world by the objective mind; the brain is the organ of this mind.
4. How are they related to the Universal Mind?
   They are related to the Universal Mind by the subconscious mind; the Solar Plexus is the organ of this mind.
5. What is the Universal Mind?
   The Universal Mind is the life principle of every atom which is in existence.
6. How can the Individual act on the Universal?
   The ability of the individual to think is their ability to act upon the Universal and bring it into manifestation.
7. What is the result of this action and interaction?
   The result of this action and interaction is cause and effect; every thought is a cause and every condition an effect.
8. How are harmonious and desirable conditions secured?
   Harmonious and desirable conditions are obtained by right thinking.
9. What is the cause of all accord, harmony, abundance and freedom?
   Accord, harmony, abundance and freedom are the result of right thinking.
10. What is the source of all powers?
    The source of all power is the world within, the Universal Fountain of Supply, the Infinite Energy of which each individual is an outlet.

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42. We live in a fathomless sea of plastic mind substance. This substance is ever alive and active. It is sensitive to the highest degree. It takes form according to the mental demand. Thought forms the mould or matrix from which the substance expresses.
43. Remember that it is in the application alone that the value consists, and that a practical understanding of this law will create abundance, wisdom, harmony and freedom, and certainly this is the greatest blessing from a material and social standpoint.
44. Now make the application: Select a room where you can be alone and peaceful; sit erect comfortably; let your thoughts roam where they will but be perfectly still for from fifteen minutes to half an hour; continue this for three or four days or for a week until you secure full control of your physical being.
45. Many will find this extremely easy; but it is absolutely essential to secure complete control of the body before you are ready to progress. Next week you will receive instructions for the next step; in the meantime you must have mastered this one.

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35. It is the world within that makes the world without; it is therefore creative and everything which you find in your world without has been created by you in the world within.
36. This system will bring you into a realization of power which will be yours when you understand this relation between the world without and the world within. The world within is the cause, the world without the effect; to change the effect you must change the cause.
37. You will at once see that this is a radically new and different idea; change effects by working with the cause. To have harmony, we must create the cause, and this cause can be found only in the world within.
38. All growth is from within. This is evident in all nature. Every plant, every animal, every human is a living testimony to this great law, and the answer of the ages is in looking for strength and power from within.
39. The world within is the Universal fountain of supply, and the world without is the outlet to the stream. Our ability to receive depends upon our recognition of this Universal Fountain, this Infinite Energy of which each individual is an outlet, and so is one with every other individual.
40. Recognition is a mental process, mental action is therefore the interaction of the individual upon the Universal Mind, and as the Universal Mind is the intelligence which pervades all space and animates all living things, this mental action and reaction is the law of causation, and the principle of causation obtains only in the Universal Mind. It is a subjective process, and the results are seen in an infinite variety of conditions and experiences.
41. In order to express life there must be mind; everything exists only because of mind. Everything which exists is some manifestation of this one basic substance from which and by which all things have been created and are continually being recreated.

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28. The Universal Mind is static or potential energy; it simply is; it can manifest only through the individual, and the individual can manifest only through the Universal. They are one.
29. The ability of the individual to think is their ability to act on the Universal and bring it into manifestation. Human consciousness consists only in the ability to think. Mind in itself is believed to be a subtle form of static energy, from which arises the activities called thought, which is the dynamic phase of mind. Mind is static energy, thought is dynamic energy -the two phases of the same thing. Thought is therefore the vibratory force formed by converting static mind into dynamic mind.
30. As the sum of all attributes are contained in the Universal Mind, which is Omnipotent, Omniscient and Omnipresent, these attributes must be present at all times in their potential form in every individual. Therefore, when the individual thinks, the thought is compelled by its nature to embody itself in an objectivity or condition which will correspond with its origin.

31. Every thought therefore is a cause and every condition an effect; for this reason it is absolutely essential that you control your thoughts so as to bring forth only desirable conditions.
32. All power is from within, and is absolutely under your control; it comes through exact knowledge and by the voluntary exercises of exact principles.
33. It should be plain that when you acquire a thorough understanding of this law, and are able to control your thought processes, you can apply it to any condition; in other words, you will have come into conscious cooperation with Omnipotent law which is the fundamental basis of all things.
34. The Universal Mind is the life principle of every atom which is in existence; every atom is continually striving to manifest more life; all are intelligent, and all are seeking to carry out the purpose for which they were created.

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21. The result is that we build strength, vitality and all constructive forces into our body, and it is through this same objective mind that all peace, health, gain, facilitation and every form of accord and harmony is admitted to our lives. It is therefore through the objective mind, by right thinking, that we are related to all constructive forces.
22. We are related to the world within by the subconscious mind. The solar plexus is the organ of this mind; the sympathetic system of nerves presides over all subjective sensations, such as joy, love, emotion, respiration, imagination and all other subconscious phenomena. It is through the subconscious that we are connected with the Universal Mind and brought into relation with the Infinite constructive forces of the Universe.

23. It is the coordination of these two centers of our being, and the understanding of their functions, which is the great secret of life. With this knowledge we can bring the objective and subjective minds into conscious cooperation and thus coordinate the finite and the infinite. Our future is entirely within our own control.
24. All agree that there is but one Principle or Consciousness pervading the entire Universe, occupying all space, and being essentially the same in kind at every point of its presence. It is all powerful, all wisdom and always present. All thoughts and things are within Itself. It is all in all.
25. There is but one consciousness in the universe able to think; and when it thinks, its thoughts become objective things to it. As this Consciousness is omnipresent, it must be present within every individual; each individual must be a manifestation of that Omnipotent, Omniscient and Omnipresent Consciousness.
26. As there is only one Consciousness in the Universe that is able to think it necessarily follows that your consciousness is identical with the Universal Consciousness, or, in other words, all mind is one mind.
27. The consciousness that focuses in your brain cells is the same consciousness which focuses in the brain cells of every other individual. Each individual is but the individualization of the Universal, the Cosmic Mind.

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11. Harmony in the world within results in optimism and affluence; affluence within results in affluence without.
12. The world without reflects the circumstances and the conditions of the consciousness within.
13. When we find wisdom in the world within, we shall have the understanding to discern the marvelous possibilities in this world within, and we shall be given the power to make these possibilities manifest in the world without.
14. As we become conscious of the wisdom in the world within, we mentally take possession of this wisdom, and by taking mental possession we come into actual possession of the power and wisdom necessary to bring into manifestation the essentials necessary for our most complete and harmonious development.
15. The world within is the practical world in which the people of power generate courage, hope, enthusiasm, confidence, trust and faith, by which they are given the fine intelligence to see the vision and the practical skill to make the vision real.
16. Life is an unfoldment. What comes to us in the world without is what we already possess in the world within.
17. All possession is based on consciousness. All gain is the result of an accumulative consciousness.

18. Mental efficiency is contingent upon harmony; accord means clarity; therefore, those who would acquire power must be in harmony with Natural Law.
19. We are related to the world without by the objective mind. The brain is the organ of this mind and the cerebro-spinal system of nerves puts us in conscious communication with every part of the body. This system of nerves responds to every sensation of light, heat, odor, sound and taste.
20. When this mind thinks correctly, when it understands the truth, when the thoughts sent through the cerebro-spinal nervous system to the body are constructive, these sensations are pleasant, harmonious.

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1. That much gathers more is true on every plane of existence.
2. Mind is creative, and conditions, environment and all experiences in life are the result of our habitual or predominant mental attitude.
3. The attitude of mind necessarily depends upon what we think. Therefore, the secret of all power, all achievement and all possession depends upon our method of thinking.
4. This is true because we must be before we can do, and we can do only to the extent which we are, and what we are depends upon what we think.
5. We can only express powers that we possess. The only way by which we may secure possession of power is to become conscious of power, and we can become conscious of power by learning that all power is from within.
6. There is a world within – a world of thought and feeling and power; of light and life and beauty and, although invisible, its forces are mighty.

7. The world within is governed by mind. When we discover this world we shall find the solution for every thing, the cause for every effect; and since the world within is subject to our control, all laws of power and possession are also within our control.
8. The world without is a reflection of the world within. What appears without is what has been found within. In the world within may be found infinite Wisdom, infinite Power, infinite Supply of all that is necessary, waiting for unfoldment, development and expression. If we recognize these potentialities in the world within they will take form in the world without.
9. Harmony in the world within will be reflected in the world without by harmonious conditions, agreeable surroundings, the best of everything. It is the foundation of health and a necessary essential to all greatness, all power, all attainment, all achievement and all success.
10. Harmony in the world within means the ability to control our thoughts, and to determine for ourselves how any experience is to affect us.

Part One - Introduction

It is my privilege to enclose herewith Part One of The Master Key System. Would you bring into your life more power, get the power consciousness, more health, get the health consciousness, more happiness, get the happiness consciousness. Live the spirit of these things until they become yours by right. It will then become possible to keep them forever. The things of the world will be fluid to a power within you by which you will rule them.

You already have this power. But you want to understand it; you want to use it; you want to control it; you want to impregnate yourself with it, so that you can go forward and carry the world before you.

Day by day as you go on and on, as you gain momentum, as your inspiration deepens, as your plans crystallize, as you gain understanding, you will come to realize that this world is a living thing! It is made up of the beating hearts of humanity. It is a thing of life and beauty.

It is evident that it requires understanding to work with material of this description, but those who come into this understanding, are inspired by a new light, a new force, they gain confidence and greater power each day, they realize their hopes and their dreams come true, life has a deeper, fuller, clearer meaning than before.

And, now, Part One....

Foreword - Page 7

Addition and subtraction are therefore spiritual transactions; reasoning is a spiritual process; ideas are spiritual conceptions; questions are spiritual searchlights and logic, argument and philosophy is spiritual machinery.

Every thought brings into action certain physical tissue, parts of the brain, nerve or muscle. This produces an actual physical change in the construction of the tissue. Therefore it is only necessary to have a certain number of thoughts on a given subject in order to bring about a complete change in the physical organization of a person.

This is the process by which non success is changed to success. Thoughts of courage, power, inspiration, harmony, are substituted for non positive thoughts, and as these thoughts take root, the physical tissue is changed and the individual sees life in a new light, old things have actually passed away, all things have become new, they are born again, this time born of the spirit, life has a new meaning for them, they are reconstructed and filled with joy, confidence, hope, and energy. They see opportunities for success. They recognize possibilities which before had no meaning for them. The thoughts of success with which they have been impregnated are radiated to those around them, and those thoughts in turn help them onward and upward; they attract to themselves new and successful associates, and this in turn changes their environment; so that by this simple exercise of thought, a person changes themselves, their environment, circumstances and conditions.

You will see, you must see, that we are at the dawn of a new day; that the possibilities are so wonderful, so fascinating, so abundant as to be almost bewildering. Any person with a knowledge of the possibilities contained in the Master Key has an inconceivable advantage over the multitude.

Foreword - Page 6

Science has of late made such vast discoveries, has revealed such an infinity of resources, has unveiled such enormous possibilities and such unsuspected forces, that scientific professionals more and more hesitate to affirm certain theories as established and indubitable or to deny certain other theories, and so a new civilization is being born. Vision, faith and service are being promoted. Thought is being liberated and truth is rising full orbed before an astonished multitude.

The whole world is on the eve of a new consciousness, a new power and a new realization of the resources within the self. The last century saw the most magnificent material progress in history. The present century will produce the greatest progress in mental and spiritual power.

Physical Science has resolved matter into molecules, molecules into atoms, atoms into energy, and it has remained for Sir Ambrose Fleming, in an address before the Royal Institution, to resolve this energy into mind. He says:

"In its ultimate essence, energy may be incomprehensible by us except as an exhibition of the direct operation of that which we call Mind or Will."

Let us see what are the most powerful forces in Nature. In the mineral world everything is solid and fixed. In the animal and vegetable kingdom it is in a state of flux, forever changing, always being created and recreated. In the atmosphere we find heat, light and energy. Each realm becomes finer and more spiritual as we pass from the visible to the invisible, from the coarse to the fine, from the low potentiality to high potentiality. When we reach the invisible we find energy in its purest and most volatile state.

And as the most powerful forces of Nature are the invisible forces, so we find that the most powerful forces of people are their invisible forces, their spiritual force, and the only way in which the spiritual force can manifest is through the process of thinking. Thinking is the only activity which the spirit possesses, and thought is the only product of thinking.

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The Master Key develops insight and sagacity, increased independence, the ability and disposition to be helpful, it creates trust, joy, love, serenity, and every form of abundance and strength, including comfort and health; it awakens talents, supplies initiative, force, energy, vitality - it awakens an appreciation of the beautiful in Art, Literature and Science.

It has changed the lives of thousands of people, by instituting definite principles of certain and clear methods - and principles for the foundation upon which every system of efficiency must rest.

Elbert Gary, the chairman of the United States Steel Corporation, said

The services of advisors, instructors, efficiency experts in successful management are necessary to most business enterprises of magnitude, but I deem the recognition and adoption of right principles vastly more important.

The Master Key teaches right principles, and suggests methods for making a practical application of the principles; in that it differs from every other course of study. It teaches that the only possible value which can attach to any principle is in its application. The Master Key suggests methods by which the value of the principles taught may be demonstrated and put in actual practice in the daily experience.

There is a change in the thought of the world. This change is silently transpiring in our midst, and is more important than any which the world has undergone before.

The present revolution in the opinions of all classes of people, the highest and most cultured of people as well as those of the laboring class, stands unique in the history of the world.

Foreword - Page 4

It explains the correct use of both the receptive and active elements of the mental nature, and instructs the student in the recognition of opportunity; it strengthens the will and reasoning powers, and teaches the cultivation and best uses of imagination, desire, the emotions and the intuitional faculty. It gives initiative, tenacity of purpose, wisdom of choice, intelligent sympathy and a thorough enjoyment of life on its higher planes.

The Master Key teaches the use of Mind Power, true Mind Power, that enables something to be had for those who do the work.

The Master Key cultivates and develops the understanding which will enable you to control the body and thereby the health. It improves and strengthens the Memory. It develops Insight, the kind of Insight which is the distinguishing characteristic of every successful business person, the kind which enables people to see the possibilities in every situation, the kind which enables people to discern opportunity close at hand.

The Master Key develops Mental Power which means that others instinctively recognize that you are a person of force, of character - that they want to do what you want them to do; it means that you attract people and things to you; that you are what some people call "lucky", that "things" come your way that you have come into an understanding of the fundamental laws of Nature, and have put yourself in harmony with them; that you are in tune with Infinite; that you understand the law of attraction, the Natural laws of growth, and the Psychological laws on which all advantages in the social and business world rest.

Mental Power is creative power, it gives you the ability to create for yourself; this means the ability to provide something of value to some one else. Nature makes two blades of grass grow where one grew before, and Mind Power enables people to do the same thing.

Foreword - Page 3

It is this method of study to which the civilized nations owe the greater part of their prosperity and the more valuable part of their knowledge; it has lengthened life, it has provided relief, it has spanned rivers, it has brightened the night with the splendor of day, extended the range of vision, accelerated motion, brought us closer faster, facilitated intercourse, and enabled people to descend into the sea, and into the air, what wonder then that people soon endeavored to extend the blessings of this system of study to their method of thinking, so that when it became plainly evident that certain results followed a particular method of thinking it only remained to classify these results.

This method is scientific, and it is the only method by which we shall be permitted to retain that degree of liberty and freedom which we have been accustomed to look upon as an inalienable right, because a people are safe at home and in the world only if national preparedness mean such things as growing surplus of health, accumulated efficiency in public and private business of whatever sort, continuous advance in the science and art of acting together, and the increasingly dominant endeavor to make all of these and all other aspects of national development center and revolve about ascending life, single and collective, for which science, art and ethics furnish guidance and controlling motives.

The Master Key is based on absolute scientific truth and will unfold the possibilities that lie in the individual, and teach how they may be brought into powerful action, to increase the person's effective capacity, bringing added energy, discernment, vigor and mental elasticity. The student who gains an understanding of the mental laws which are here unfolded will come into the possession of an ability to secure results hitherto undreamed of, and which has rewards hardly to be expressed in words.

Foreword - Page 2

This law as well as every other law is the same for all persons, it is in constant operation and is relentlessly bringing to each individual exactly what they have created; in other words, Whatsoever a person soweth that shall they also reap.

Abundance, therefore, depends upon a recognition of the laws of Abundance, and the fact that Mind is the only creator of all there is. Certainly something can be created, only when we know that it can be created and then make the proper effort.

There is the same amount of Electricity in the world today as there was one hundred and fifty years ago, but until someone recognized the law by which it could be made of service, it just sat there; now that the law is understood, practically the whole world is lit by it. so with the law of Abundance; it is only those who recognize the law and place themselves in harmony with it, who share in its benefits.

The scientific spirit now dominates every field of effort, relations of cause and effect are investigated.

The discovery of a region of law marked an epoch in human progress. It created an element of certainty and consistency in peoples lives, with law, reason and certitude.

People now understand that for every result there is an adequate and definite cause, so that when a given result is desired, they seek the condition by which alone this result may be attained.

The basis upon which all law rests was discovered by inductive reasoning which consists of comparing a number of separate instances with one another until the common factor which gives rise to them all is seen.

Foreword - Page 1

Some people seem to attract success, power, wealth, attainment, with very little conscious effort;  others succeed altogether to reach their ambitions, desires and ideals. Why is this so: Why should some people realize their ambitions easily? The cause cannot be physical, else the most perfect person, physically, would be the most successful. The difference, therefore, must be mental - must be in the mind; hence mind must be the creative force, must constitute the sole difference between people. It is mind, therefore, which changes environment and forms a path for people.

When the creative power of thought is fully understood, its effect will be seen to be marvelous. Such results can be secured with proper application, diligence, and concentration. The student will find that the laws governing in the mental and spiritual world are as fixed and constant as in the material world. To secure the desired results, then, it is necessary to know the law and to comply with it. A proper compliance with the law will be found to produce the desired result with consistent exactitude. The student who learns that power comes from within, that they are strong only because they have depended on help from inside, and who decisively throw themselves on their own thought, instantly rights themselves, stands erect, assumes a dominant attitude, and works miracles.

It is evident, therefore, that those who succeed to fully investigate and take advantage of the wonderful progress which is being made in this last and greatest science, are as far ahead as the person who would acknowledge and accept the benefits which have accrued to people through an understanding of the laws of electricity.

Of course, mind creates non positive conditions just as readily as favorable conditions, and when we consciously or unconsciously visualize every kind of abundance, freedom and accord, we create these conditions; this is what many are unconsciously doing all the time.

Introduction

Nature compels us all to move through life. We are always changing. Every right-thinking person wants to develop – to improve – and to continue the development mentally to the close of physical life.

This development can occur only through the improvement of the quality of individual thought and the ideals, actions and conditions that arise as a consequence. Hence a study of the creative processes of thought and how to apply them is of supreme importance to each one of us. This knowledge is the means whereby the evolution of human life on earth may be hastened and uplifted in the process.

Humanity ardently seeks “The Truth” and explores every avenue to it. In this process it has produced a special literature, which ranges the whole gamut of thought – up from Divination, through all the Philosophies, to the final lofty Truth of “The Master Key”.

The “Master Key” is here given to the world as a means of tapping the great cosmic intelligence and attracting from it that which corresponds to the ambitions, and aspirations of each reader.

Every thing and institution we see around us, created by human agency, had first to exist as a thought in some human mind. Thought therefore is constructive. Human thought is the spiritual power of the cosmos operating through us. “The Master Key” instructs the reader how to use that power, and use it both constructively and creatively. The things and conditions we desire to become realities we must first create in thought. “The Master Key” explains and guides the process………

“The Master Key” teaching has hitherto been published in the form of a Correspondence Course of 24 lessons, delivered to students one per week for 24 weeks. The reader, who now receives the whole 24 parts at one time, is encouraged to treat it as a course of study and conscientiously to imbibe the meaning of each part – reading and re-reading one part only per week before proceeding to the next. This way the later parts will tend to be understood and the reader’s time and money will be well spent.

Used as thus instructed “The Master Key” will make of the reader a greater, better personality, and equipped with a new power to achieve any worthy personal purpose and a new ability to enjoy life’s beauty and wonder.



F.H. BURGESS and DARREN J. MCLEOD

2013 Introduction

I wanted to read a book that was 100% positive so I decided to take books that are in the public domain and revise them to be thoroughly positive.  The Master Key System is a personal development book by Charles F. Haanel (1866-1949) that was originally published as a 24-week correspondence course in 1912. It was later published in book form in 1916 by Psychology Publishing, St. Louis and The Master Key Institute, New York.


Darren J. McLeod

Table of Contents Introduction Foreword Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four Part Five Part Six Part Seven Part Eight Part Nine Part Ten Part Eleven Part Twelve Part Thirteen Part Fourteen Part Fifteen Part Sixteen Part Seventeen Part Eighteen Part Nineteen Part Twenty Part Twenty-One Part Twenty-Two Part Twenty-Three Part Twenty-Four