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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 does not depend upon experience or
memory and frequently brings about the solution to our problems by methods concerning
which we are in entire ignorance.
170. What is the result of pursuing the symbol of the reality? They frequently turn to ashes
just as we overtake them, because the symbol is only the outward form of the spiritual activity
within, therefore unless we can possess the spiritual reality, the form disappears.


INTRODUCTION - PART EIGHTEEN

In order to grow we must obtain what is necessary for our growth. This is brought about
through the law of attraction. This principle is the sole means by which the individual is
differentiated from the Universal.
Think for a moment, what would a man be if he were not a husband, father, or brother, if he
were not interested in the social, economical, political or religious world. He would be nothing
but an abstract theoretical ego. He exists, therefore, only in his relation to the whole, in his
relation to other men, in his relation to society. This relation constitutes his environment and
in no other way.
It is evident, therefore, that the individual is simply the differentiation of the one Universal
Mind "which lighteth every man that cometh into the world," and his so-called individuality or
personality consists of nothing but the manner in which he relates with the whole.
This we call his environment and is brought about by the law of attraction. Part Eighteen,
which follows, has something more to say concerning this important law.
PART EIGHTEEN
1. There is a change in the thought of the world. This change is silently transpiring in our
midst, and is more important than any which the world has undergone since the downfall of
Paganism.
2. These present revolution in the opinions of all classes of men, the highest and most
cultured of men as well as those of the laboring class, stands unparalleled in the history of
the world.
3. Science has of late made such vast discoveries, has revealed such an infinity of
resources, has unveiled such enormous possibilities and such unsuspected forces, that
scientific men more and more hesitate to affirm certain theories as established and beyond
doubt or to deny other theories as absurd or impossible.
4. A new civilization is being born; customs, creeds, and precedent are passing; vision, faith
and service are taking their place. The fetters of tradition are being melted off from humanity,
and as the impurities of materialism are being consumed, thought is being liberated and truth
is rising full robed before an astonished multitude.
5. The whole world is on the eve of a new consciousness, a new power, and a new
realization within the self.
6. Physical Science has resolved matter into molecules, molecules into atoms, atoms into
energy, and it has remained for Mr. J. A. Fleming, in an address before the Royal Institution,
to resolve this energy into mind. He says, "In its ultimate essence, energy may be
incomprehensible by us except as an exhibition of the direct operation of that which we call
Mind or Will."
7. And this mind is the indwelling and ultimate. It is imminent in matter as in spirit. It is the
sustaining, energizing, all pervading Spirit of the universe.
8. Every living thing must be sustained by this omnipotent Intelligence, and we find the
difference in individual lives to be largely measured by the degree of this intelligence, which
they manifest. It is greater intelligence that places the animal in a higher scale of being than
the plant, the man higher than the animal, and we find that this increased intelligence is again
indicated by the power of the individual to control modes of action and thus to consciously
adjust himself to his environment.
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 in bondage to 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 does not originate in the
individual, but 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.
15. As the proper apparatus has enabled the eye to discover worlds without number millions
of miles away, so, with the proper understanding, man has been enabled to communicate
with the Universal Mind, the source of all power.
16. The Understanding which is usually developed is about as valuable as a VCR without a
videotape; in fact, it is usually nothing more than a "belief", which means nothing at all. The
savages of the Cannibal Islands believe something; but that proves nothing.
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 man 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; men 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.
23. The expression of growth is met in a most beautiful manner through the instrumentality of
this Universal Principle.
24. In order to grow we must obtain what is essential for our growth, but as we are at all
times a complete thought entity, this completeness makes it possible for us to receive only as
we give; growth is therefore conditioned on reciprocal action, and we find that on the mental
plane like attracts like, that mental vibrations respond only to the extent of their vibratory
harmony.
25. It is clear, therefore, that thoughts of abundance will respond only to similar thoughts; the
wealth of the individual is seen to be what he inherently is. Affluence within is found to be the
secret of attraction for affluence without. The ability to produce is found to be the real source
of wealth of the individual. It is for this reason that he who has his heart in his work is certain
to meet with unbounded success. He will give and continually give; and the more he gives,
the more he will receive.
26. What do the great financiers of Wall Street, the captains of industry, the statesmen, the
great corporation attorneys, the inventors, the physicians, the authors -- what do each of
these contribute to the sum of human happiness but the power of their thought?
27. Thought is the energy which the law of attraction is brought into operation, which
eventually manifests in abundance.
28. The Universal Mind is static Mind or Substance in equilibrium. It is differentiated into form
by our power to think. Thought is the dynamic phase of mind.
29. Power depends upon consciousness of power; unless we use it, we shall lose it, and
unless we are conscious of it, we cannot use it.
30. The use of this power depends upon attention; the degree of attention determines our
capacity for the acquirement of knowledge which is another name for power.
31. Attention has been held to be the distinguishing mark of genius. The cultivation of
attention depends upon practice.
32. The incentive of attention is interest; the greater the interest, the greater the attention; the
greater the attention, the greater the interest, action and reaction; begin by paying attention; before long you will have aroused interest; this interest will attract more attention, and this
attention will produce more interest, and so on. This practice will enable you to cultivate the
power of attention.
33. This week concentrate upon your power to create; seek insight, perception; try to find a
logical basis for the faith which is in you. Let the thought dwell on the fact that the physical
man lives and moves and has his being in the sustainer of all organic life air, that he must
breathe to live. Then let the thought rest on the fact that the spiritual man also lives and
moves and has his being in a similar but subtler energy upon which he must depend for life,
and that as in the physical world no life assumes form until after a seed is sown, and no
higher fruit than that of the parent stock can be produced; so in the spiritual world no effect
can be produced until the seed is sown and the fruit will depend upon the nature of the seed,
so that the results which you secure depend upon your perception of law in the mighty
domain of causation, the highest evolution of human consciousness.
"There is no thought in my mind but it quickly tends to convert itself into a power and
organizes a huge instrumentality of means." - Emerson


PART EIGHTEEN Study Questions with Answers

171. How is the difference in individual lives measured? By the degree of intelligence which
they manifest.
172. What is the law by which the individual may control