Part Nine - Study Questions with Answers

81. What is the imperative condition of all well-being?
    Well doing.
82. What is the condition precedent to every right action?
    Right thinking.
83. What is the underlying condition necessary in every business transaction or social relation?
    To know the Truth.
84. What is the result of a knowledge of the Truth?
    We can readily predict the result of any action that is based upon a true premise.
85. What is the result of any action based upon a true premise?
    We can form a clear conception of the results which may ensue.
86. How may we know the Truth?
    By a realization of the fact that Truth is the vital principle of the Universe and is therefore omnipresent.
87. What is the nature of Truth?
    It is spiritual.
88. What is the secret of the solution to every problem?
    To apply spiritual Truth.
89. What is the advantage of spiritual methods?
    They are always available.
90. What are the necessary requirements?
    A recognition of the omnipotence of spiritual power and a desire to become the recipient of its beneficent effects.

Thought means life, since only those who think live in a high and real sense. Thinking makes the person.

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33. When you are enabled to make your vision clear and complete you will be enabled to enter into the spirit of a thing; it will become very real to you; you will be learning to concentrate and the process is the same, whether you are concentrating on health, a favorite flower, an ideal, a complicated business proposition or any other condition of life.
34. Every success has been accomplished by persistent concentration upon the object in view.

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30. If our predominant mental attitude is one of power, courage, kindliness and sympathy, we shall find that our environment will accept conditions in correspondence with these thoughts; if it is strong, approving, generous and constructive, we shall find our environment reflecting conditions corresponding to these thoughts.
31. Thoughts are causes and conditions are effects. Herein is the explanation of the origin of good. Thought is creative and will automatically correlate with its object. This is a Cosmological law (a universal law), the law of Attraction, the law of Cause and Effect; the recognition and application of this law will determine both beginning and end; it is the law by which in all ages and in all times the people were led to believe in the power of prayer. As thy faith is, so be it unto thee, is simply another, shorter and a better way of stating it.
32. This week visualize a plant; take a flower, the one you most admire, bring it from the unseen into the seen, plant the tiny seed, water it, care for it, place it where it will get the direct rays of the morning sun, see the seed burst; it is now a living thing, something which is alive and beginning to search for the means of subsistence. See the roots penetrating the earth, watch them shoot out in all directions and remember that they are living cells dividing and subdividing, and that they will soon number millions, that each cell is intelligent, that it knows what is wants and knows how to get it. See the stem shoot forward and upward, watch it burst through the surface of the earth, see it divide and form branches, see how perfect and symmetrical each branch is formed, see the leaves begin to form, and then the tiny stems, each one holding aloft a bud, and as you watch you see the bud begin to unfold and your favorite flower comes to view; and now if you will concentrate intently you will become conscious of a fragrance; it is the fragrance of the flower as the breeze gently sways the beautiful creation which you have visualized.

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25. Not only did I affirm it for myself, but for others that I knew needed it. I want to emphasize this point. Whatever you desire for yourself, affirm it for others, and it will help you both. We reap what we sow. If we send out thoughts of love and health, they return to us like bread cast upon the waters; if we send out thoughts of love, serenity, generosity, happiness, joy, etc., we will reap the results in our own lives.
26. It used to be said that people are completely built over every seven years, but some scientists now declare that we build ourselves over entirely every eleven months; so we are really only eleven months old. We can build the perfection back into our bodies year after year, we have no one to reward but ourselves.
27. People are the sum total of their own thoughts; so the question is, how are we going to entertain only the good thoughts? We can keep the good thoughts coming, we can keep entertaining them. The only way to do this is to remember them -- which means, get something for them. This is where the ready-made affirmation comes into play.
28. When a non positive thought creeps in, just start your affirmation going. The way to fight darkness is with light -- the way to fight cold is with heat -- the way to overcome not good is with good. For myself, I could find help only in affirming. Affirm the good, and the not good will vanish.
29. If there is anything you require, it will be well for you to make use of this affirmation; it is perfect. Use it just as it is; take it into the silence with you, until it sinks into your subconsciousness, so that you can use it anywhere, in your car, in the office, at home; this is the advantage of spiritual methods; they are always available. Spirit is omnipresent, every ready; all that is required is a proper recognition of its omnipotence, and a willingness or desire to become the recipient of its beneficent effects.

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18. It is sometimes an inspiration to hear from someone who has actually put these principles to the test, someone who has demonstrated them in their own life. A letter from Frederick Andrews offers the following insight:
19. I was about thirteen years old when Dr. T. W. Marsee, since passed over, said to my mother: There is no possible chance, Mrs. Andrews. I lost my little boy the same way, after doing everything for him that it was possible to do. I have made a special study of these cases, and I know there is no possible chance for him to get well.
20. She turned to him and said: Doctor, what would you do if he were your boy? and he answered, I would fight, fight, as long as there is a breath of life to fight for.
21. That was the beginning of a long drawn-out battle, with many ups and downs, the doctors all agreeing that there was no chance for a cure, though they encouraged and cheered us the best they could.
22. But at last the victory came, and I have grown from a little, crooked, twisted, cripple, going about on my hands and knees, to a strong, straight, well formed man.
23. Now, I know you want the formula, and I will give it to you as briefly and quickly as I can.
24. I built up an affirmation for myself, taking the qualities I most needed, and affirming for myself over and over again, I am truly grateful to be whole, perfect, strong, powerful, loving, harmonious and happy. I kept up this affirmation, always the same, constant, till I could wake up in the night and find myself repeating, I am truly grateful to be whole, perfect, strong, powerful, loving, harmonious and happy. It was the last thing on my lips at night and the first thing in the morning.

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12. You have found that the I is spiritual, it must necessarily then always be perfect, the affirmation. I am truly grateful to be whole, perfect, strong, powerful, loving, harmonious and happy is therefore an exact scientific statement.
13. Thought is a spiritual activity and spirit is creative, therefore the result of holding this thought in mind, must necessarily bring about conditions in harmony with the thought.
14. If you require Wealth a realization of the fact that the I in you is one with the Universal mind which is all substance, and is Omnipotent, will assist you in bringing into operation the law of attraction which will bring you into vibration with those forces which make for success and bring about conditions of power and affluence in direct proportion with the character and purpose of your affirmation.
15. Visualization is the mechanism of the attachment which you require. Visualization is a product of the imagination, and is therefore a product of the subjective mind, the world within. It therefore possesses vitality; it will grow. The thing visualized will manifest itself in form. The mechanism is perfect; it was created by the Master Architect who doeth all things well, many operators, through practice and determination have developed this power and are experienced and efficient at it.
16. If you require Love try to realize that the only way to get love is by giving it, that the more you give the more you will get, and the only way in which you can give it, is to fill yourself with it, until you become a magnet. The method was explained in another lesson.
17. Those who have learned to bring the greatest spiritual truths into touch with the so-called lesser things of life have discovered the secret of the solution of their situation. One is always quickened, made more thoughtful, by their nearness of approach to great ideas, great events, great natural objects, and great people. Lincoln is said to have begotten in all who came near him the feeling awakened when one approaches a mountain, and this sense asserts itself most keenly when one comes to realize that they have laid hold upon things that are eternal, the power of Truth.

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6. To think correctly, accurately, we must know the Truth. The truth then is the underlying principle in every business or social relation. It is a condition precedent to every right action. To know the truth, to be sure, to be confident, affords a satisfaction which is absolutely unique; it is the solid ground of certainty, agreement and safety.
7. To know the Truth is to be in harmony with the Infinite and Omnipotent power. To know the truth is, therefore, to connect yourself with a power which is irresistible and which will attract every kind of accord, harmony, certainty and correctness of any kind, because the Truth is mighty and will prevail.
8. The humblest intellect can readily foretell the result of any action when they know that it is based on truth, and so the mightiest intellect, the most profound and penetrating mind will only find its way correctly and can only form a clear conception of the results which may ensue when their hopes are based on a premise which they know to be true.
9. Every action which is in harmony with Truth, through intelligence and design, will result in accord, and eventual gain in proportion to its extent and character.
10. How then are we to know the truth in order to attach this mechanism which will relate us to the Infinite?
11. We can be accurate about this if we realize that truth is the vital principle of the Universal Mind and is Omnipresent. For instance, if you require health, a realization of the fact that the I in you is spiritual and that all spirit is one; that wherever a part is the whole must be, will bring about a condition of health, because every cell in the body must manifest the truth as you see it. If you see health; they will manifest health; if you see perfection they must manifest perfection. The affirmation, I am truly grateful to be whole, perfect, strong, powerful, loving, harmonious and happy, will bring about harmonious conditions. The reason for this is because the affirmation is in strict accordance with the Truth, and when truth appears every form of correctness and accord must necessarily appear.

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1. There are only three things which can possibly be desired in the world without and each of them can be found in the world within. The secret of finding them is simply to apply the proper mechanism of attachment to the omnipotent power to which each individual has access.
2. The three things which all humankind desires and which are necessary for their highest expression and complete development are Health, Wealth and Love. All will admit that Health is absolutely essential; no one can be happy if the physical body is not healthy. All will not so readily admit that Wealth is necessary, but all must admit that a sufficient supply at least is necessary, and what would be considered sufficient for one, would be considered absolutely not enough for another; and as Nature provides abundantly, resourcefully, lavishly, we realize that any abundance or freedom is only the freedom which has been made by a genuine method of distribution.
3. All will probably admit that Love is the third, or maybe some will say the first essential necessary to the happiness of humankind; at any rate, those who possess all three, Health, Wealth, and Love, find nothing else which can be added to their cup of happiness.
4. We have found that the Universal substance is All Health, All Substance and All Love and that the mechanism of attachment whereby we can consciously connect with this Infinite supply is in our method of thinking. To think correctly is therefore to enter into the Secret Place of the Most High.
5. What shall we think? If we know this we shall have found the proper mechanism of attachment which will relate us to Whatsoever things we desire. This mechanism may seem very simple when I give it to you, but read on; you will find that it is in reality the Master-Key, the Alladin's lamp, if you please; you will find that it is the foundation, the imperative condition, the absolute law of well-doing, which means, well-being.

Part Nine - Introduction

In this Part you may learn to fashion the tools by which you may build for yourself any condition you desire. If you wish to change conditions you must change yourself. Your inmost thoughts will find expression just as certainly as the plant springs from the seed.

Suppose, then, we desire to change conditions, how are we to bring this about? The reply is simple: By the law of growth. Cause and effect are as absolute and consistent in the hidden realm of thought as in the world of material things.

Hold in mind the condition desired; affirm it as an already existing fact by giving thanks for it happening. 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.

Character is the result of continued effort. If you are bold, assertive, self-confident, and if you are calm and visited by thoughts of love or continued safety remember that is axiomatic that only one thing can exist in the same place at the same time. Exactly the same thing is true in the mental and spiritual world; so that your remedy is plainly to institute thoughts of courage, power, self-reliance and confidence.

The easiest and most natural way to do this is to select an affirmation which seems to fit your particular case. The positive thought will destroy the non positive as certainly as light will destroy darkness, and the results will be just as effectual.

Action is the blossom of thought, and conditions are the result of action, so that you constantly have in your possession the tools by which you will certainly and inevitably make yourself, and joy will be the reward.