Part Twenty-Two - Study Questions with Answers

211. How may health be maintained?
     By placing ourselves in harmony with Natural Law which is Omnipotent.
212. What is the process?
     A realization that you are a spiritual being and that this spirit must necessarily be perfect.
213. What is the result?
     A conscious recognition of this perfection - first intellectually, then emotionally - brings about a manifestation of this perfection.
214. Why is this so?
     Because thought is spiritual and therefore creative and correlates with its object and brings it into manifestation.
215. What Natural Law is brought into operation?
     The Law of Vibration.
216. Why does this govern?
     Because a higher rate of vibration governs, modifies, controls, changes, or destroys a lower rate of vibration.
217. Is this system of mental therapeutics generally recognized?
     Yes, there are literally millions of people in this world who make use of it in one form or another.
218. What is the result of this system of thought?
     For the first time in the world's history everyone's highest reasoning faculty can be satisfied by a demonstrable truth which is now fast flooding the world.
219. Is this system applicable to other forms of supply?
     It will meet every human requirement or necessity.
220. Is this system scientific?
     Yes. Any system that, over time, evolves closer to the truth is scientific.

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15. Every cell in your body is intelligent and will respond to your direction. The cells are all creators and will create the exact pattern which you give them.
16. Therefore, when perfect images are placed before the subjective, the creative energies will build a perfect body.
17. Brain cells are constructed in the same way. The quality of the brain is governed by the state of mind, or mental attitude, so that if desirable mental attitudes are conveyed to the subjective they will in turn be transferred to the body; we can therefore readily see that if we wish the body to manifest health, strength and vitality this must be the predominant thought.
18. We know then that every element of the human body is the result of a rate of vibration.
19. We know that mental action is a rate of vibration.
20. We know that a higher rate of vibration governs, modifies, controls, changes, or destroys a lower rate of vibration.
21. We know that the rate of vibration is governed by the character of brain cells, and finally,
22. We know how to create these brain cells; therefore,
23. We know how to make any physical change in the body we desire, and having secured a working knowledge of the power of mind to this extent, we have come to know that we are practically totally free in our ability to place ourselves in harmony with natural law, which is omnipotent.

Part Twenty - Study Questions with Answers

191. Upon what condition does power depend?
     Upon recognition and use.
192. What is recognition?
     Consciousness.
193. How do we become conscious of power?
     By thinking.
194. What then is the true business of life?
     Correct scientific thinking.
195. What is correct scientific thinking?
     The ability to adjust our thought processes to the will of the Universal. In other words, to cooperate with Natural laws.
196. How is this accomplished?
     By securing a perfect understanding of the principles, forces, methods and combinations of mind.
197. What is this Universal Mind?
     The basic fact of all existence.
198. What is the cause of all abundance, freedom, health and harmony?
     It is due to the operation of exactly the same law, the law operates relentlessly and is continually bringing about conditions in correspondence with the thought which originated or created them.
199. What is inspiration?
     The art of realizing the omnipresence of Omniscience.
200. Upon what does the conditions with which we meet depend?
     Upon the quality of our thought. Because what we do depends upon what we are and what we are depends upon what we think.

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19. A knowledge of cause and effect as shown by the laws governing steam, electricity, chemical affinity and gravitation enables people to plan courageously and to execute confidently. These laws are called Natural Laws, because they govern the physical world, but all power is not physical power; there is also mental power, and there is moral and spiritual power.
20. What are our schools, our universities, but mental powerhouses, places where mental power is being developed?
21. As there are many mighty powerhouses for the application of power to ponderous machinery, whereby raw material is collected and converted into the necessities and comforts of life, so the mental powerhouses collect the raw material and cultivate and develop it into a power which is infinitely superior to all the forces of nature, marvelous though they may be.
22. What is this raw material which is being collected in these thousands of mental powerhouses all over the world and developed into a power which is evidently controlling every other power? In its static form it is Mind - in its dynamic form, it is Thought.
23. This power is superior because it exists on a higher plane, because it has enabled us to discover the law by which these wonderful forces of Nature could be harnessed and made to do the work of hundreds and thousands of people. It has enabled us to discover laws whereby time and space have been annihilated, and the law of gravitation overcome.
24. Thought is the vital force or energy which is being developed and which has produced such startling results in the last half century as to bring about a world which would be absolutely inconceivable to a person existing only 50 or 25 years ago. If such results have been secured by organizing these mental powerhouses in 50 years, what may not be expected in another 50 years?

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9. It is this adjustment that occupies the attention of the greatest minds, and this adjustment consists in nothing else than the recognition of an existing order in the universal mind, for it is well known that this mind will obey us precisely in proportion as we first obey it.
10. It is the recognition of Natural Laws that has enabled us to annihilate time and space, to soar in the air and to make iron float, and the greater the degree of intelligence the greater will be our recognition of these Natural Laws and the greater will be the power we can possess.
11. It is the recognition of the self as an individualization of this Universal Intelligence that enables the individual to control those forms of intelligence which have not yet reached this level of self-recognition; they do not know that this Universal Intelligence permeates all things ready to be called into action; they do not know that it is responsive to every demand, and they are therefore not free of the law of their own being.
12. Thought is creative and the principle on which the law is based is sound and legitimate and is inherent in the nature of things; but this creative power originates in the universal, which is the source and foundation of all energy and substance; the individual is simply the channel for the distribution of this energy.
13. The individual is simply the means by which the universal produces the various combinations which result in the formation of phenomena, which depends upon the law of vibration, whereby various rates of rapidity of motion in the primary substance form new substances only in certain exact numerical ratios.
14. Thought is the invisible link by which the individual comes into communication with the Universal, the finite with the Infinite, the seen with the Unseen. Thought is the magic by which the human is transformed into a being who thinks and knows and feels and acts.

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.

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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.

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31. It will thus be seen that Natural laws work in a perfectly natural and harmonious manner; everything seems to just happen. If you want any evidence of this fact simply compare results of your efforts in your own life, when your actions were prompted by high ideals and when they were not. You will be convinced by the evidence. If you wish to bring about the realization of any desire, form a mental picture of success in your mind, by consciously visualizing your desire; in this way you will be compelling success, you will be externalizing it in your life by scientific methods.
32. We can only see what already exists in the objective world, but what we visualize, already exists in the spiritual world, and this visualization is a substantial token of what will one day appear in the objective world, if we are faithful to our ideal. The reason for this is simple; visualization is a form of imagination; this process of thinking forms impressions on the mind, and these impressions in turn form concepts and ideals, and they in turn are the plans from which the Master architect will weave the future.
33. The psychologists have come to the conclusion that there is but one sense, the sense of feeling, and that all other senses are but modifications of this one sense; this being true, we know why feeling is the very fountain head of power, why we must put feeling into our thought, if we wish results. Thought and feeling is the irresistible combination.
34. Visualization must, of course, be directed by the will; we are to visualize exactly what we want; we must be careful to focus the imagination. Imagination is a good servant, and when it is controlled we may narrow our speculations and conclusions to only those whose basis or foundation consist of fact. Only definite facts are accepted after analytical examination and the inevitable result is mental clarity.

Part Fifteen - Study Questions with Answers

141. What determines the degree of harmony which we attain?
     Our ability to appropriate what we require for our growth from each experience.
142. What do easiness and bonuses indicate?
     That we have gained wisdom and spiritual growth.
143. How may easiness be achieved?
     By a conscious understanding of and cooperation with Natural laws.
144. What is the principle by which thought manifests itself in form?
     The Law of Attraction.
145. How is the necessary material secured by which the growth, development and maturity of the idea take form?
     The law of love, which is the creative principle of the Universe, imparts vitality to the thought, and the law of attraction brings the necessary substance by the law of growth.
146. How are desirable conditions secured?
     By only entertaining desirable thoughts.
147. How are desirable conditions brought about?
     By thinking, discussing and visualizing conditions of abundance, freedom, health, harmony and accord of every kind. This mental photography of correct conceptions is taken up by the subconscious and the law of attraction will inevitably crystallize it into objective form. That we reap what we sow is scientifically exact.
148. How can we achieve every kind of love, abundance, freedom, wealth and harmony?
     By instituting principle.
149. How may we recognize principle?
     By a conscious realization of the fact that Truth invariably conquers all. All that is necessary is to turn on the light. The same principle applies to every form of non positive thought.
150. What is the value of Insight?
     It enables us to understand the value of making application of the knowledge which we gain. Some think that knowledge needs application, which is by all means true.

To every person there openeth a way,

And the high soul climbs the high way,

To every person there openeth

A high way

And every person decideth

The way their soul shall go.

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9. The inexorable requirements of growth demand that we exert the greatest degree of attraction for what is perfectly in accord with us. Our highest happiness will be best attained through our understanding of, and conscious cooperation with natural laws.
10. In order to possess vitality thought must be impregnated with love. Love is a product of the emotions. It is therefore essential that the emotions be controlled and guided by the intellect and reason.
11. It is love which imparts vitality to thought and thus enables it to germinate. The law of attraction, or the law of love, for they are one and the same, will bring to it the necessary material for its growth and maturity.
12. The first form which thought will find is language, or words; this determines the importance of words; they are the first manifestation of thought -- the vessels in which thought is carried. They take hold of the ether and by setting it in motion reproduce the thought to others in the form of sound.
13. Thought may lead to action of any kind, but whatever the action, it is simply the thought attempting to express itself in visible form. It is evident, therefore, that if we wish desirable conditions, we can afford to entertain only desirable thoughts.
14. This leads to the inevitable conclusion that if we wish to express abundance in our lives, we can afford to think abundance only, and as words are only thoughts taking form, we must be especially careful to use only constructive and harmonious language, which when finally crystallized into objective forms, will prove to our advantage.
15. We are the pictures we incessantly photograph on the mind, and the photography of accurate conceptions is exactly what is being done by the use of words, when we use any form of language which is identified with our welfare.

Part Fifteen - Introduction

Experiments with parasites found on plants indicate that even the lowest order of life is enabled to take advantage of natural law. This experiment was made by Jacques Loch, M.D., Ph.D., a member of the Rockefeller Institute.

In order to obtain the material, potted rose bushes are brought into a room and placed in front of a closed window. If the plants are allowed to dry out, the aphids (parasites), previously wingless, change to winged insects. After the metamorphosis, the animals leave the plants, fly to the window and then creep upward on the glass.

It is evident that these tiny insects found that the plants on which they had been thriving were dead, and that they could therefore secure nothing more to eat and drink from this source. The only method by which they could save themselves from starvation was to grow temporary wings and fly, which they did.

Experiments such as these indicate that Omniscience as well as Omnipotence is omnipresent and that the tiniest living thing can take advantage of it in an emergency.

Part Fifteen will tell you more about the law under which we live. It will explain that these laws operate to our advantage; that all conditions and experiences that come to us are for our benefit; that we gain strength in proportion to the effort expended, and that our happiness is best attained through a conscious cooperation with natural laws.

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10. In short, by the value we set upon truth, by our hope in a steady and universal progress, to permit a democratic impartiality to take heed of and preserve welcome facts, and to rear the superstructure of science upon the broad and constant basis, of full attention paid to the most isolated as well as the most frequent phenomena.
11. An ever-increasing material may be collected by observation, but the accumulated facts are of very different value for the explanation of nature, and as we esteem most highly those useful qualities of people which are of the purest quality, so does natural philosophy sift the facts and attach a pre-eminent importance to that striking class which cannot be accounted for by the usual and daily observation of life.
12. If then, we find that certain persons seem to possess unusual power, what are we to conclude? First,we may say, it is so, which is an acknowledgment of our possession of sufficient information because every honest investigator admits that there are many strange and previously unaccountable phenomena constantly taking place. Those, who become acquainted with the creative power of thought, will consider them accountable.
13. Second, we may say that they are the result of natural processes, and a scientific understanding of Natural Laws will convince us that everything is natural. Every phenomenon is the result of an accurate definite cause, and the cause is an immutable law or principle, which operates with invariable precision, whether the law is put into operation consciously or unconsciously.
14. Third, we may say that we are on home ground, that there are some things which we should know. This encouragement was used for every advance in human knowledge. Every individual who ever advanced a new idea, whether a Columbus, a Darwin, a Galileo, a Fulton or an Emerson, was subjected to praise and honor; so that this encouragement should receive serious consideration; and, so we should carefully consider every fact which is brought to our attention; by doing this we will more readily ascertain the law upon which it is based.

Part Twelve - Study Questions with Answers

111. How may any purpose in life be best accomplished?
     Through a scientific understanding of the spiritual nature of thought.
112. What three steps are absolutely essential?
     The knowledge of our power, the courage to dare, the faith to do.
113. How is the practical working knowledge secured?
     By an understanding of Natural laws.
114. What is the reward of an understanding of these laws?
     A conscious realization of our ability to adjust ourselves to Divine and constant principle.
115. What will indicate the degree of success with which we meet?
     The degree in which we realize that we must cooperate with the Infinite.
116. What is the principle which gives thought its dynamic power?
     The Law of Attraction which rests on vibration, which in turn rests upon the law of love. Thought impregnated with love becomes invincible.
117. Why is this law always in effect?
     Because it is a Natural law. All Natural laws are always in effect, constant and act with mathematical exactitude. There is only the same effect everytime.
118. Why then is it easy for some to find the solution to their situations in life?
     For the same reason that it is easy for some to find the correct solution to a difficult mathematical problem. The operator is informed and experienced.
119. Why is it possible for the mind to grasp an entirely new idea?
     We have corresponding vibratory brain cells capable of receiving the idea.
120. How is wisdom secured?
     By concentration; it is an unfoldment; it comes from within.

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9. This practical working method can come to you when you learn that the only real power which you can have is the power to adjust yourself to Divine and permanent principles. The Infinite is permanent and perfect, and you can come into an understanding of Natural laws. The reward of this understanding is a conscious realization of your ability to adjust your thought faculties with the Universal Thought which is Omnipresent. Your ability to cooperate with this Omnipotence will indicate the degree of success with which you meet.
10. The power of thought has some truths which are fascinating, and when followed the results are helpful.
11. Of course, peace, love, and all positive thoughts produce a crop after their kind; those who harbor thoughts of this kind must inevitably reap what they have sown.
12. Again, there are the Truth seekers who nibble on the proofs and demonstration obtained from focusing on an ideal. They close their mental doors and soak themselves in the most rejuvenating currents which can be found in the world within. They understand that it is the ability to become positive, receptive and active, and thus charge themselves full of all vital force, which enables them to bring about these vibratory thought forms.
13. In some instances, hypnotism is positively helpful to the subject as well as the operator. One familiar with the laws governing in the mental world would respect the will of another, for by so doing, they will gradually (but surely) invest themselves with more power.
14. There is great fascination in a true understanding of the world of power within, a power which increases with use; is permanent; which not only is potent as an agency to bring about the cause for future accuracy and results of right thinking, but is an agency keeping us safe and secure, and finally is an actual creative force with which we can build new conditions and new environment.

Part Eleven - Study Question with Answers

101. What is inductive reasoning?
     The process of the objective mind by which we compare a number of separate instances with each other until we see the common factor which gives rise to them all.
102. What has this method of studying accomplished?
     It has resulted in the discovery of a reign of law which has marked an epoch in human progress.
103. What is it that guides and determines action?
     It is need, want and desire which in the largest sense induce, guide and determine action.
104. What is the formula for the perfect solution of every individual situation?
     We are to believe that our desire has already been fulfilled; its accomplishment will then follow.
105. What great Teachers advocated it?
     Plato, Esther Hicks.
106. What is the result of this thought process?
     We are thinking on the plane of the absolute and planting a seed, which if left alone will germinate into fruition.
107. Why is it scientifically exact?
     Because it is Natural Law.
108. What is Faith?
     Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things unseen.
109. What is the Law of Attraction?
     The Law by which Faith is brought into manifestation.
110. What importance do you attach to an understanding of this law?
     It has created the elements of law, reason, certitude and truth.

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1. Abundance is a natural law of the Universe. The evidence of this law is conclusive; we see it on every hand. Everywhere Nature is lavish, bountiful, extravagant. Nowhere is economy observed in any created thing. Profusion is manifested in everything. The millions and millions of trees and flowers and plants and animals and the vast scheme of reproduction where the process of creating and recreating is forever going on, all indicates the lavishness with which Nature has made provision for humanity. That there is an abundance for everyone is evident, and that some succeed to participate in this abundance is also evident; they have come into a realization of the Universality of all substance, and that mind is the active principle whereby we are related to the things we desire.
2. All wealth is the offspring of power; possessions are of value only as they confer power. Events are significant only as they affect power; all things represent certain forms and degrees of power.
3. Knowledge of cause and effect as shown by the laws governing electricity, chemical affinity and gravitation, enables people to plan courageously and execute bravely. These laws are called Natural Laws, because they govern in the physical world, but all power is not physical power; there is also mental power, and there is moral and spiritual power.
4. Spiritual power is superior because it exists on a higher plane. It has enabled people to discover the law by which these wonderful forces of Nature could be harnessed and made to do the work of hundreds and thousands of people. It has enabled people to discover laws whereby time and space have been annihilated and the law of gravitation to be overcome. The operation of this law is dependent upon spiritual contact, as Henry Drummond well says:

Part Eight - Introduction

In this Part you will find that you may freely choose what you think but the result of your thought is governed by an immutable law! Is not this a wonderful thought? Is it not wonderful to know that our lives are subject to truth and consistency? That they are governed by law. This stability is our opportunity, because by complying with the law we can secure the desired effect with constant precision. It is the Law which makes the Universe one grand paean of Harmony. It is because of law, the Universe is.

Here, then, is the secret of the origin of good, this is all the good there ever was or ever will be.

Let me illustrate. Thought results in action, if your thought is constructive and harmonious, the result will be good.

There is therefore but one law, one principle, one cause, one Source of Power, and good is simply a word which has been coined to indicate the result of our action, or our compliance with this law.

The importance of this is well illustrated in the life of Emerson. Emerson loved the good and his life was a symphony of peace and harmony.

Here we have one grand man, intent upon achieving an ideal, he makes use of constructive thought and is therefore in harmony with Natural Law.

It is evident therefore that we are to love only the good, because love is constructive, and we shall soon find that by entertaining constructive thought we are sowing the seed and in turn shall reap the harvest.

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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.

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.

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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.