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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.

Part Eight - Study Questions with Answers

71. What is the imagination?
    A form of constructive thought. The light by which we penetrate new worlds of thought and experience. The mighty instrument by which every inventor or discoverer opened the way from precedent to experience.
72. What is the result of imagination?
    The cultivation of the imagination leads to the development of the ideal out of which your future will emerge.
73. How may it be cultivated?
    By exercise; it must be supplied with nourishment for it to live.
74. What is imagination?
    Imagination is a form of mental concentration, it is a form of constructive thought which must precede every constructive action.
75. What are successes?
    The result of intelligence.
76. What is knowledge?
    The result of people's ability to think.
77. What is the power with which successful people build?
    Mind is the very moving force with which they secure the persons and circumstances necessary to complete their plans.
78. What pre-determines the result?
    The ideal held steadily in mind attracts the necessary conditions for its fulfillment.
79. What is the result of a keen analytical observation?
    The development of imagination, insight, perception and sagacity.
80. To what do these lead?
    Opulence and harmony.

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24. Successful people make it their business to hold ideals of the conditions which they wish to realize. They constantly hold in mind the ideal for which they are striving. Thoughts are the materials with which they build, and the imagination is their mental work-shop. Mind is the ever moving force with which they secure the persons and circumstance necessary to build their success structure, and imagination is the matrix in which all great things are fashioned.
25. If you have been faithful to your ideal, you will hear the call when circumstances are ready to materialize your plans and results will correspond in the exact ratio of your fidelity to your ideal. The ideal steadily held is what pre-determines and attracts the necessary conditions for its fulfillment.
26. It is thus that you may weave a garment of spirit and power into the web of your entire existence; it is thus that you may lead a charmed life and be forever protected; it is thus that you may become a positive force whereby conditions of opulence and harmony may be attracted to you.
27. This is the effect which is gradually permeating the general consciousness and is largely responsible for the conditions of peace which are everywhere evident.
28. In the last Part you created a mental image, you brought it from the invisible into the visible; this week I want you to take an object and follow it back to its origination, see of what it really consists. If you do this you will develop imagination, insight, perception, and sagacity. These come by a keen analytical observation which sees below the surface.
29. It is the few who know that the things which they see are only effects, and understand the causes by which these effects were brought into existence.

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9. Imagination is the mighty instrument by which every discoverer, every inventor, opened the way from precedent to experience. Precedent said, It cannot be done; experience said, It is done.
10. Imagination is a plastic power, moulding the things of sense into new forms and ideals.
11. Imagination is the constructive form of thought which must precede every constructive form of action.
12. A builder can build a structure only when they have first received the plans from the architect, and the architect must get them from their imagination.
13. The Captain of Industry can build a giant corporation which may coordinate hundreds of smaller corporations and thousands of employees, and utilize millions of dollars of capital only when they have first created the entire work in their imagination. Objects in the material world are as clay in the potter's hand; it is in the Master Mind that the real things are created, and it is by the use of the imagination that the work is done. In order to cultivate the imagination it must be exercised. Exercise is necessary to cultivate mental muscle as well as physical muscle. It must be supplied with nourishment to grow.
14. To clarify, Imagination is about things that are truly possible. Imagination is a form of mental concentration which may lead to mental success.
15. Constructive imagination means mental labor, by some considered to be the easiest kind of labor, but, if so, it yields the greatest returns, for all the great things in life have come to people who had the capacity to think, to imagine, and to make their dreams come true.
16. When you have become thoroughly conscious of the fact that Mind is the only creative principle, that it is Omnipotent, Omniscient and Omnipresent, and that you can consciously come into harmony with this Omnipotence through your power of thought, you will have taken a long step in the right direction.

Part Eight - Page 1

1. Thought contains a vital principle, because it is the creative principle of the Universe and by its nature will combine with other similar thoughts.
2. As the one purpose of life is growth, all principles underlying existence must contribute to give it effect. Thought, therefore, takes form and the law of growth eventually brings it into manifestation.
3. You may freely choose what you think, but the result of your thought is governed by an immutable law. Any line of thought persisted in will succeed in producing its result in the character, health and circumstances of the individual. Methods whereby we can institute habits of constructive thinking for those which we have found produce only desirable effects are therefore of primary importance.
4. We all know that this can be done. Mental habits can be controlled, and the way to do it is to begin at once to only think constructive thoughts. Form the habit of analyzing every thought. If it is necessary, if its manifestation in the objective will be a benefit, to yourself, and to all whom it may affect in any way, keep it; treasure it; it is of value; it is in tune with the Infinite; it will grow and develop and produce fruit a hundred fold. Learn to keep the door open, keep in your mind, in your office, and in your world, every element that seeks admittance with a definite helpful end in view.
5. If your thought has been favourable and constructive, and has resulted in any condition of accord or harmony in your environment, continue to cultivate a mental attitude which will be conducive to constructive thought.
6. The imagination will be found to be a great assistance in this direction; the cultivation of the imagination leads to the development of the ideal out of which your future will emerge.
7. The imagination gathers up the material by which the Mind weaves the fabric in which your future is to be clothed.
8. Imagination is the light by which we can penetrate new worlds of thought and experience.