Habits make or break us to a far greater extent than we like to admit. Habit is both a powerful enemy and wonderful ally of concentration. You must learn to overcome habits which a...
He who knows (the Tao) does not (care to) speak (about it); he who is (ever ready to) speak about it does not know it
FIRST LAW: Relation of Power to "Tone" The effectiveness of magnetism in action depends upon harmony of "tone" between its possessor and any other person, and in securing such "ton...
It ofttimes requires heroic courage to face fruitless effort, to take up the broken strands of a life-work, to look bravely toward the future, and proceed undaunted on our way. But...
The twelve great constellations of the zodiacal belt which forms the Earth's orbit and the Sun's shining pathway around the celestial universe have been considered as mere imaginar...
Fear of Self: timidity, lack of confidence, possible unaccountable states Fear for Self: weakness, anticipated failure, imagined disgrace Fear of Things: animals, inanimate objects...
FIRST LAW: The warnings of reason are based in the nature of things within us, and are universal benefactors SECOND LAW: Fear is contrary to the ground-plan of life It is no primar...
The first duty of man is practical sanity AVOID mere OCCULTISM It is possible that you have now discovered in yourself certain occult talents, such as telepathy, hypnotism, mediums...
The Astro-Mythological system of the ancients, though forming the last section, so to say, of the mysteries of the Divine Urania, is, perhaps, the most beautiful of its general fea...
Calmness is the rarest quality in human life. It is the poise of a great nature, in harmony with itself and its ideals. It is the moral atmosphere of a life self-centred, self-reli...
This crystal of Quartz,--the queen of its tribe, Amethyst, Onyx, Chalcedony, Heliotrope, Agate,-- Some toiler of old Japan, the Artist fantastic, Has polished to likeness of ice, R...
It was never intended that man should be poor. When wealth is obtained under the proper conditions it broadens the life. Everything has its value. Everything has a good use and a b...
All have the ability to concentrate, but will you? You can, but whether you will or not depends on you. It is one thing to be able to do something, and another thing to do it. Ther...
What is meant by speaking thus of favour and disgrace? Disgrace is being in a low position (after the enjoyment of favour) The getting that (favour) leads to the apprehension (of l...
IN ALL BUSINESS I want you first to realize how powerful thought is. A thought of fear has turned a person's hair gray in a night. A prisoner condemned to die was told that if he w...
A successful business is not usually the result of chance. Neither is a failure the result of luck. Most failures could be determined in advance if the founders had been studied. I...
So it is that existence and non-existence give birth the one to (the idea of) the other; that difficulty and ease produce the one (the idea of) the other; that length and shortness...
CONCENTRATION Man from a psychological standpoint of development is not what he should be. He does not possess the self-mastery, the self-directing power of concentration that is h...
You will find that the man that concentrates is well poised, whereas the man that allows his mind to wander is easily upset. When in this state wisdom does not pass from the subcon...
The Tao that can be trodden is not the enduring and unchanging Tao The name that can be named is not the enduring and unchanging name
EXERCISES Select some thought, and see how long you can hold your mind on it. It is well to have a clock at first and keep track of the time. If you decide to think about health, y...
The route by which we approach the pinnacle of MASTERY OF SELF now takes a new turn It is neither that of Business and Financial achievement, as we studied in the First Division of...
What a weird yet strangely pleasing name the term Alchemy is. It is simple, yet so infilled and intermixed with the possible verities of exact science and the philosophical specula...
constantly maintained, ultimately instructs in all the arts of magnetic self-handling through the law of auto-suggestion, and realizes in practical form its own ideals TWENTY-SECON...
I affirm truth to be my desire and possession I affirm health to be my rightful claim I affirm fearlessness of that which I have feared I affirm cause and reason only for courage I...
Harmony-- Exercise--Recreation --Air--Sleep--Water --Food--Regularity--Digestion --Cleanliness--Economy-- Scientific Body-Building and Using I Pyramid of Physical Health II Will--M...
Physical Health--[Physical Magnetism + Psychic Magnetism + Moral Health] Physical Health + Physical Magnetism--[Psychic Magnetism + Moral Health] Physical Health + Physical Magneti...
0 When we renounce learning we have no troubles The (ready) 'yes,' and (flattering) 'yea;'-- Small is the difference they display But mark their issues, good and ill;-- What space...
Magnetism entertains no unnecessary thought of evil concerning others It is altogether superior to low-minded revenge It never reveals personal embarrassment It permits no show of...
New Method. You will find in this chapter a most effective and most practical method of developing the will. You can develop a strong one if you want to. You can make your Will a d...