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7. We are all using this power every minute. The good thing is some of us are using it consciously and thus producing desirable results. The solution is to use it intelligently and produce only desirable results. This should be easy, because we all have had sufficient experience to know what produces pleasant vibration in the body.
8. All that is necessary is to consult our own experience. When our thought has been uplifted, progressive, constructive, courageous, noble, kind or in any other way desirable, we have set in motion vibrations which brought about certain results. When our thought has been filled with generosity, love, understanding, praise or any of the other thousand and one forms of harmony, certain vibrations were set in motion which brought about certain more results of a beneficial nature, and each of these rates of vibration, if kept up,crystallized in form. In the first case the result was mental, moral and physical health, and in the second case peace, harmony and joy.
9. We can understand, then, something of the power which the mind possesses over the body.
10. The objective mind has certain effects on the body which are readily recognized. Someone says something to you which strikes you as ludicrous and you laugh, possibly until your whole body shakes, which shows that thought has control over the muscles of your body; or someone says something which excites your joy and your eyes fill with tears, which shows that thought controls the glands of your body; or someone says something which makes you aroused and the blood mounts to your cheek, which shows that thought controls the circulation of your blood. But as these experiences are all the results of the action of your objective mind over the body, the results are of a temporary nature; they soon pass away and leave the situation as it was before.

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20. We are thus thinking on the plane of the absolute and creating with total freedom and are planting a seed which, if left alone, will finally germinate into external fruition.
21. To review: Inductive reasoning is the process of the objective mind, by which we compare a number of separate instances with one another until we see the common factor that gives rise to them all. We see people in some civilized countries on the globe, securing results by some process which they do seem to understand themselves, and to which they usually attach some degree of understanding. Our reason is given to us for the purpose of ascertaining the law by which these results are accomplished.
22. The operation of this thought process is seen in those fortunate natures that possess everything easily, who have an easy conscience because they always act correctly, and can always conduct themselves with tact, learn everything easily, complete everything they begin with a happy knack, live in eternal harmony with themselves, commending what they do, and ever experiencing ease and relaxation.
23. The fruit of this thought is, as it were, a gift of the universe, but a gift which some realize, appreciate, and understand. The recognition of the marvelous power which is possessed by the mind under proper conditions and the fact that this power can be utilized, directed, and made available for the solution of every human situation is of transcendental importance.
24. All truth is the same, whether stated in modern scientific terms or in the language of ancient times. There are bold souls who realize that the very completeness of truth requires various statement --that only multiple human formula will show every side of it.
25. Changing emphasis, new language, novel interpretations, exceptional perspectives, are evidence that the truth is being apprehended in new relations to human needs, and is becoming more generally understood.

Part Seven - Introduction

Through all the ages people have believed in an invisible power, through which and by which all things have been created and are continually being re-created.

We may personalize this power and call it God, or we may think of it as the essence or spirit, which permeates all things, but in either case the effect is the same.

So far as the individual is concerned, the objective, the physical, the visible, is the personal, that which can be cognized by the senses. It consists of body, brain and nerves. The subjective is the spiritual, the invisible, the impersonal.

The personal is conscious because it is a personal entity. The impersonal, being the same in kind and quality as all other Being, is not conscious of itself and has therefore been termed the subconscious. The personal, or conscious, has the power of will and choice, and can therefore exercise discrimination in the selection of methods whereby to bring about the solution of difficulties. The impersonal, or spiritual, being a part or one with the source, and origin of all power, can necessarily exercise no such choice, but, on the contrary, it has Infinite resources at its command. It can and does bring about results by methods concerning which the human or individual mind can have no possible conception.

You will therefore see that it is your privilege to utilize the potentialities of Infinity by making use of the subconscious mind. Here, then, is the scientific explanation of the wonderful power which has been put within your control, if you but understand, appreciate and recognize it.

One method of consciously utilizing this omnipotent power is outlined in Part Seven.

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1. At least ninety per cent of our mental life is subconscious, so that those who succeed to make use of this mental power live with very wide freedom.
2. The subconscious can and will solve any problem for us if we know how to direct it. The subconscious processes are always at work; the only question is, are we to consciously direct the work? Shall we have a vision of the destination to be reached, the benefits to be had?
3. We have found that mind pervades every part of the physical body and is always capable of being directed or impressed by authority coming from the objective or the more dominant portion of the mind.
4. The mind, which pervades the body, is largely the result of heredity, which, in turn, is simply the result of all the environments of all past generations on the responsive and ever-moving life forces. An understanding of this fact will enable us to use our gratitude when we find some desirable trait of character manifesting.
5. We can consciously use all the desirable characteristics with which we have been provided, and we can encourage the acceptance and allowance of new desirable ones to manifest.
6. Again, this mind which pervades our physical body is the result of hereditary tendencies, and the result of home, business and social environment, where countless thousands of impressions, ideas, prejudices and similar thoughts have been received.
7. Much of this has been received from others, the result of opinions, suggestions or statements; much of it is the result of our own thinking, and some of it has been accepted only after much examination and consideration.
8. The idea seemed plausible, the conscious received it, passed it on to the subconscious, where it was taken up by the Sympathetic System and passed on to be built into our physical body.

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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.