Part Twenty-Four - Study Questions with Answers

231. Upon what principle does the theory and practice of every system of Metaphysics in existence depend?
     Upon a knowledge of the Truth concerning yourself and the world in which you live.
232. What is the Truth concerning yourself?
     The real I or ego is spiritual and is therefore always perfect.
233. What is the method of creating any form of Truth?
     To absolutely convince yourself of the Truth concerning the condition which you wish to see manifested.
234. Can we do this for others?
     The Universal Mind in which we live and move and have our being is one and indivisible, it is therefore just as possible to help others as to help ourselves.
235. What is the Universal Mind?
     The totality of all mind in existence.
236. Where is the Universal Mind?
     The Universal Mind is omnipresent, it exists everywhere. There is no place where it is not. It is therefore within us. It is The World within. It is our spirit, our life.
237. What is the nature of the Universal Mind?
     It is spiritual and consequently creative. It seeks to express itself in form.
238. How may we act on the Universal Mind?
     Our ability to think is our ability to act on the Universal Mind and bring it into manifestation for the benefit of ourselves or others.
239. What is meant by thinking?
     Clear, decisive, calm, deliberate, sustained thought with a definite end in view.
240. What will be the result?
     You will also be able to say, It is the ‘Universal’ that dwells within me that does the work. You will come to know that the Universal Mind does really and truly dwell within you, in other words, you will come to know that the wonderful promises made here are fact, and can be demonstrated by anyone having sufficient understanding.

The ideas and images in our minds are the invisible powers that constantly govern them; and to these they all pay universally a ready submission.
- Inspired by Jonathan Edwards

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30. When the truth of this statement is realized, understood, and appreciated, you will have come into possession of the Master-Key, but remember that only those who are wise enough to understand, broad enough to weigh the evidence, firm enough to follow their own judgment, and strong enough to make the sacrifice exacted, may enter and partake.
31. This week, try to realize that this is truly a wonderful world in which we live, that you are a wonderful being, that many are awakening to a knowledge of the Truth, and as fast as they awake and come into a knowledge of the things which have been prepared for them they, too, realize that the splendors which exist for those who find themselves in the land that is only good is beyond sight, beyond hearing, beyond feeling. They have crossed the river of judgment and have arrived at the point of discrimination between the true and the not true, and have found that all they ever willed or dreamed, was but a faint concept of the dazzling reality.

Though an inheritance of acres may be bequeathed, knowledge and wisdom are earned. The wealthy person may pay others for doing their work for them, but they do their own thinking and have their own self-culture.
- Inspired by S. Smiles

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23. The conditions with which you meet in the world without are invariably the result of the conditions obtaining in the world within, therefore it follows with scientific accuracy that by holding the perfect ideal in mind you can bring about ideal conditions in your environment.
24. If you see only the complete, the perfect, the absolute, the free, these conditions will manifest in your life; and if you train your mind to see and realize the spiritual ego, the I which is forever perfect and complete, harmonious; wholesome, and healthful conditions only will be manifested.
25. As thought is creative, and the truth is the highest and most perfect thought which anyone can think, it is self-evident that to think the truth is to create that which is true and it is again evident that when truth comes into being that which is not true must cease to be.
26. The Universal Mind is the totality of all mind which is in existence. Spirit is Mind, because spirit is intelligent. The words are, therefore, synonymous.
27. Realize that mind is universal. It is omnipresent. It exists everywhere. In other words, there is no place where it is not. It is, therefore, Universal.
28. People are, now, generally using the word Universal to indicate this Universal, creative principle; and the word Universal does convey the right meaning. Most people understand this word to mean something inside of themselves; this is exactly the case. It is our very life. With it we are alive. We come to exist. The minute the spirit enters the body, we are as the Universal. Therefore, spirit is really, all there is of us.
29. Now, the only activity which the spirit possesses is the power to think. Therefore, thought must be creative, because spirit is creative. This creative power is impersonal and your ability to think is your ability to control it and make use of it for the benefit of yourself and others.

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17. To train the mind to see Truth only is to express true conditions only, our ability to do this will be an indication as to the progress we are making.
18. The absolute truth is that the I is perfect and complete; the real I is spiritual and is therefore always perfect; it is always abundant, free, and healthy. The flash of genius does have origin in the spiritual; it is inspired by the ego, the spiritual I which is one with the Universal Mind, and it is our ability to recognize this Unity which is the cause of all inspiration, all genius. These results are far reaching and have effect upon generations yet to come; they are the pillars of fire which mark the path that millions follow.
19. Truth is not the result of logical training or of experimentation, or even of observation; it is the product of a developed consciousness. Truth within a Caesar, manifests in a Caesar's deportment, in Caesar's life and Caesar's action; Caesar's influence upon social forms and progress. Your life and your actions and your influence in the world will depend upon the degree of truth which you are enabled to perceive, for truth will manifest in conduct only.
20. Truth manifests in character, and the character of a person, should be the interpretation of what to them is truth, and this will in turn be evidenced in the character of their possession. If a person is grateful for the drift of their fortune they are just as just to themselves as if they should allow rational truth, when it stands patent and irrefutable.
21. Our environment and the innumerable circumstances and accidents of our lives already exist in the subconscious personality which attracts to itself the mental and physical material which is congenial to its nature. Thus our future being determined from our present, and if there should be justice in any feature or phase of our personal life, we must look within for the cause, try to discover the mental fact which is responsible for the outward manifestation.
22. It is this truth which makes you free and it is the conscious knowledge of this truth which will enable you to achieve every blessing.

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10. Remember, and this is one of the most wonderful statements to grasp.... remember that no matter what the situation is, no matter where it is, no matter who is affected, you have no patient but yourself; you have nothing to do but to convince yourself of the truth which you desire to see manifested.
11. This is an exact scientific statement in accordance with every system of Metaphysics in existence, and no permanent results are ever secured in any other way.
12. Every form of concentration, forming Mental Images, Argument, and Auto-Suggestion are all simply methods by which you are enabled to realize the Truth.
13. If you desire to help someone, to create some form of abundance, freedom or success, the correct method is to intend to help the person; the intention to help them is entirely sufficient, as this puts you in mental touch with the person. Then bring into your own mind any belief of abundance, freedom, health, well-being, success and whatever the need might be. As soon as you have succeeded in doing this the result will have been accomplished, and the person will be free.
14. But remember that thought is creative and consequently every time you allow your thought to rest on any harmonious condition, you must realize that such conditions are real, they have a reality, that spirit is the only reality and it is always perfect.
15. All thought is a form of energy, a rate of vibration, but a thought of the Truth is the highest rate of vibration known and consequently destroys every form of non truth in exactly the same way that light destroys darkness; no form of non truth can exist when the Truth appears, so that your entire mental work consists in coming into an understanding of the Truth. This will enable you to create every form of abundance, freedom and health of any kind.
16. We can get an understanding of the truth only from the world within; the world within is absolute; Truth is absolute. We must therefore find it in the world within.

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4. The whole range then of the theory and practice of any system of metaphysics consists in knowing the Truth concerning yourself and the world in which you live; in knowing that in order to express harmony, you must think harmony; in order to express health you must think health; and in order to express abundance you must think abundance; to do this you must analyse the evidence of the senses.
5. When you come to know that every form of health, well being, abundance and freedom is simply the result of right thinking, you will have come to know the Truth which shall make you free. You will see how mountains may be climbed. If these mountains consist only of certainty, love, trust or other forms of encouragement, they are none the less real, and they need only to be climbed.
6. Your real work consists in convincing yourself of the truth of these statements. When you have succeeded in doing this you will easily be able to think the truth, and as has been shown, the truth contains a vital principle and will manifest itself.
7. Those who heal by mental methods have come to know this truth, they demonstrate it in their lives and the lives of others daily. They know that life, health and abundance are Omnipresent, filling all space, and they know that those who allow health and abundance of any kind to manifest, have come into an understanding of this great law.
8. As all conditions are thought creations and therefore entirely mental, health or abundance are simply mental conditions in which the person perceives the truth; as soon as the truth is seen, the condition is manifested.
9. The method for seeing the Truth is to go into the Silence and know the Truth; as all mind is one mind, you can do this for yourself or anyone else. If you have learned to form mental images of the conditions desired, this will be the easiest and quickest way to secure results; if not, results can be accomplished by argument, by the process of convincing yourself absolutely of the truth of your statement.

Part Twenty-Four - Introduction

Enclosed you will find Part Twenty-four, your final lesson of this course.

If you have practiced each of the exercises a few minutes every day, as suggested, you will have found that you can get out of life exactly what you wish by first putting into life that which you wish, and you will probably agree with the student who said: The thought is almost overwhelming, so vast, so available, so definite, so reasonable and so usable.

The fruit of this knowledge is, as it were, a gift of the Universal; it is the truth that makes people free, abundant, joyful, serene and peaceful, and, is it not wonderful to realize that this law works for all people, that it works for all habits of thought, the way has been prepared.

If you are inclined to be contemplative, the greatest contemplative teacher the world has ever known made the way so plain that all may follow. If your mental bias is toward physical science, the law will operate with mathematical certainty. If you are inclined to be philosophical, Plato or Emerson may be your teacher, but in either case, you may reach degrees of power to which it is impossible to assign any limit.

An understanding of this principle, I believe, is the secret for which the ancient Alchemists sought, because it explains how gold in the mind may be transmuted into gold in the heart and in the hand.

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27. For your exercise this week, concentrate on the Truth. Try to realize that the Truth shall make you free, that is, you can have perfect success when you learn to apply the scientifically correct thought methods and principles. Realize that you are externalizing in your environment your inherent soul potencies. Realize that the Silence offers an ever available and almost unlimited opportunity for awakening the highest conception of Truth. Try to comprehend that Omnipotence itself is absolute silence, all else is change, activity, limitation. Silent thought concentration is therefore the true method of reaching, awakening, and then expressing the wonderful potential power of the world within.

The possibilities of thought training are infinite, its consequence eternal, and some take the pains to direct their thinking into channels that will do them good. - Inspired by Marden

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25. The substance from which all things are created is infinite in quantity; we know that light travels at the rate of 186,000 miles per second, and we know that there are stars so remote that it takes light 2,000 years to reach us, and we know that such stars exist in all parts of the universe; we know, too, that this light comes in waves, so that if the space through which these waves travel was not continuous the light would fail to reach us; we can then only come to the conclusion that this substance, or space, or raw material, is universally present.
26. How, then, does it manifest in form? In electrical science a battery is formed by connecting the opposite poles of zinc and copper, which causes a current to flow from one to the other and so provides energy. This same process is repeated in respect to every polarity, and as all form simply depends upon the rate of vibration and consequent relations of atoms to each other, if we wish to change the form of manifestation we must change the polarity. This is the principle of causation.
27. For your exercise this week, concentrate, and when I use the word concentrate, I mean all that the word implies; become so absorbed in the object of your thought that you are conscious only of the object, and do this a few minutes every day. You take the necessary time to eat in order that the body may be nourished, take the time to assimilate your mental food.
28. Let the thought rest on the fact that the truth can be found. The earth is round, it is moving; the sky is infinite, the earth moves around the sun, the stars are massive balls of energy, and matter is in a state of perpetual flux.
29. Try to realize that the day is fast approaching -- its dawn is now at hand -- when modes of thought and action must be adjusted to rapidly increasing knowledge of the operation of eternal principles.

Silent thought, is, after all, the mightiest agent in human affairs. - Channing

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1. The search for truth is now a systematic process, and is logical in its operation. Every kind of experience is given a voice in shaping its decision.
2. In seeking the truth we are seeking ultimate cause; we know that every human experience is an effect; then if we may ascertain the cause, and if we shall find that this cause is one which we can consciously control, the effect or the experience will be within our control also.
3. Human experience will then be controlled; a person will be the child of destiny. Fate and fortune will be controlled as readily as a captain controls their ship, or an engineer their train.
4. All things are finally resolvable into the same element and as they are thus translatable, one into the other, they must ever be in relation and may always be in agreement to one another.
5. In the physical world there are innumerable contrasts, and these may for convenience sake, be designated by distinctive names. There are sizes, colors, shades or ends to all things. There is a North Pole, and a South Pole, an inside and an outside, a seen and an unseen, but these expressions merely serve to place extremes in contrast.
6. They are names given to two different parts of one quantity. The two extremes are relative; they are the same entity, and are two parts or aspects of the whole.
7. In the mental world we find the same law; we speak of knowledge and a single word that means a lack of knowledge, but this single word is but a lack of knowledge and is therefore found to be simply a word to express the absence of knowledge; it has no principle in itself.

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15. As the proper apparatus has enabled the eye to discover worlds without number millions of miles away, so, with the proper understanding, people have been enabled to communicate with the Universal Mind, the source of all power.
16. The Understanding which is developed is very valuable; in fact, it is an understanding of the true nature of things that enables accurate predictions from cause to effect.
17. The only belief which is of any value to anyone is a belief that has been put to a test and demonstrated to be a fact; it is then no longer a belief, but has become a living Faith or Truth.
18. And this Truth has been put to the test by hundreds of thousands of people and has been found to be the Truth exactly in proportion to the usefulness of the apparatus which they used.
19. A person would not expect to locate stars hundreds of millions of miles away without a sufficiently strong telescope, and for this reason Science is continually engaged in building larger and more powerful telescopes and is continually rewarded by additional knowledge of the heavenly bodies.
20. So with understanding; people are continually making progress in the methods which they use to come into communication with the Universal Mind and its infinite possibilities.
21. The Universal Mind manifests itself in the objective, through the principle of attraction that each atom has for every other atom, in infinite degrees of intensity.
22. It is by this principle of combining and attracting that things are brought together. This principle is of universal application and is the sole means whereby the purpose of existence is carried into effect.

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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 Ten - Introduction

If you get a thorough understanding of the thought contained in Part Ten, you will have learned that everything happens due to a definite cause. You will be enabled to formulate your plans in accordance with exact knowledge. You will know how to control any situation by bringing adequate causes into play. When you win, as you will, you will know exactly why.

The exceptional person, who has definite knowledge of cause and effect, is governed by their intellect. They think chiefly to clarify their thought. If they succeed as a business person, they say that the conditions were right. If they like music, they say that music is a cultural necessity. If they are a wealthy office person, they say that the company is the best. If they have friends, they say people are wonderful to know.

They always think their situation through to the end. In short, they do know that every effect is the result of a certain definite cause, and they seek to congratulate others with praise and accolades. They think always.

The person who understands that there is an effect only with an adequate cause thinks universally. They get down to bedrock facts regardless of consequences. They are free to follow the trail of truth wherever it may lead. They see the issue clear to the end, and they meet the requirements fully and fairly, and the result is that the world gives them all that it has to give, in friendship, honor, love and approval.

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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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.

Part Six - Introduction

It is my privilege to enclose Part Six. This part will give you an excellent understanding of the most wonderful piece of mechanism which has ever been created. A mechanism whereby you may create for yourself Health, Strength, Success, Prosperity or any other condition which you desire. Necessities are demands, and demands create action, and actions bring about results. The process of evolution is constantly building our tomorrows out of our todays. Individual development, like Universal development, must be gradual with an ever increasing capacity and volume.

The knowledge that if we respect the rights of others, we become moral roses and find ourselves free at every turn of the road, should be an indication that success is contingent upon the highest moral ideal, which is The greatest good to the greatest number.

Aspiration, desire and harmonious relations constantly and persistently maintained will accomplish results. The greatest assistance is correct and flexible ideas.

To be in tune with eternal truth we must possess poise and harmony within. In order to receive intelligence the receiver must be in tune with the transmitter.

Thought is a product of Mind and Mind is creative, we can come into harmonious relationship with the Universal, and when we have accomplished this we may ask anything to which we are entitled, and the way will be made plain.