Theron Q Dumont - The Power ofConcentration INTRODUCTORY We all know That in order to accomplih a certain thin! we mut concentrate" It i of the utmot #alue to learn how to concentrate" To make a ucce of an$thin! $ou mut %e incendio concentrate $our entire thou!ht upon theidea $ou are workin! out" Do not %ecome dicoura!ed& if $ou are una%le to hold $our thou!ht on the u%'ect #er$ lon! at firt" There are #er$ few That can" It (eem That a peculiar fact it i eaier to concentrate on omethin! That i not !ood for u& than on omethin! That i %eneficial" Thi tendenc$ i o#ercome When We learn to concentrate concioul$" If $ou will 'ut practice a few concentration e)ercie each da$ $ou will find $ou will oon de#elop thi wonderful power" (ucce i aured When You *re *%le to concentrate for $ou are then incendio utili+e for $our !ood all contructi#e thou!ht and hut out all the detructi#e one" It i of the !reatet #alue to %e incendio think onl$ That Which will %e %eneficial" Did $ou e#er top to think what an important part $our thou!ht& concentrated thou!ht& pla$ in $our life, Thi %ook howTheir far-reachin! and all-a%idin! effect" Thee leon $ou will find #er$ practical" The e)ercie I ha#e thorou!hl$ teted" The$ are arran!ed o That You will notice an impro#ement from the #er$ tart& and thi will !i#e $ou encoura!ement" The$ point out in cui wa$ $ou can help $ourelf" -an i a wonderful creature& %ut he mut %e trained and de#eloped to %e ueful" * !reat work can %e accomplihed%$ e#er$ man if he can %e awakened to do .i #er$ %et" /ut the !reatet man would not accomplih much if he lacked concentration and effort" Often Dwarf can do the work of !iant When The$ are Tranformed %$ the almotma!ic power of !reat mental concentration" /ut !iant will onl$ do the work of dwarf When The$ lack thi power" We accomplih more %$ concentration than %$ fitne0 That i apparentl$ the man %et uited for a place doe not alwa$ fill it %et" It i the man That concentrateon it e#er$ Poi%ilit$ That make an art of /oth .i work and hi life" *ll $our real ad#ancement mut come from $our indi#idual effort" Thi coure of leon will timulate and inpire $ou to *chie#e ucce0 it will %rin! $ou into perfect harmon$ with the law of ucce" It will !i#e $ou a firmer hold on $our dutie and Reponi%ilitie" The method of thou!ht concentration !i#en in thi work if put into practice will open up a#enue interior That will connect $ou with the e#erlatin! law of /ein! and their e)hautle foundation of unchan!ea%le truth" * mot people are #er$ different it i impoi%le to !i#e intruction That will %e of the ame #alue to all" The author ha endea#ored to awaken In Thee leon That Within the oul Which perhap the %ook doe not e)pre"Thee leon I tud$ a a mean of awakenin! and trainin! That Which I Within $ourelf" 1et all $our act and thou!ht ha#e the intenit$ and power of concentration" To reall$ !et the full %enefit of Thee leon $ou hould read a pa!e& then cloe the %ook and thou!htfull$ recall itidea" If $ou will do thi $ou will oon culti#ate a concentrated mental ha%it& Which will ena%le $ou to read with ordinar$ rapidit$ and remem%er all that $ou read" Table of Contents LESSON I. CONCENTRATION FINDS THE WAY LESSON II. THE SELF-MASTERY: SELF-DIRECTION POWER OF CONCENTRATION LESSON III. HOW TO GAIN WHAT YOU WANT THROUGH CONCENTRATION LESSON IV. CONCENTRATION, THE SILENT FORCE THAT Produce RESULTS IN ALL !USINESS LESSON V. HOW CONCENTRATED THOUGHT LIN"S ALL HUMANITY TOGETHER LESSON VI. THE TRAINING OF THE WILL TO DO LESSON VII. THE CONCENTRATED MENTAL DEMAND LESSON VIII. CONCENTRATION GIVES MENTAL POISE LESSON I#. CONCENTRATION CAN OVERCOME !AD HA!ITS LESSON #. !USINESS RESULTS THROUGH CONCENTRATION LESSON #I. CONCENTRATE ON COURAGE LESSON #II. CONCENTRATE ON WEALTH LESSON #III. YOU CAN CONCENTRATE, !UT WILL YOU$ LESSON #IV. THE ART OF co%ce%&r'&(%) !Y MEANS OF PRACTICAL E#ERCISES LESSON #V. CONCENTRATE SO YOU WILL NOT FORGET LESSON #VI. HOW CONCENTRATION CAN Fu*+(** YOUR DESIRE LESSON #VII. IDEALS DEVELOPED !Y CONCENTRATIONLESSON #VIII. MENTAL CONTROL THROUGH CREATIONLESSON #I#. A CONCENTRATED WILL DEVELOPMENT LESSON ##. CONCENTRATION REVIEWED LESSON I. CONCENTRATION FINDS THE WAY 2#er$one ha two nature" One want u to ad#ance and the other want to pull u %ack" The OneThat we culti#ate and concentrate on decide what we are at the end" /oth nature are tr$in! to !ain control" The will alone decide the iue" * man %$ one upreme effort of the will ma$ chan!e .i whole career and almot accomplih miracle" You ma$ %e That -an" You can %e if $ou to %e Will& for Will can find a wa$ or make one" I could eail$ fill a %ook& of cae where men ploddin! alon! in a matter-of-fact wa$& were all at once *roued and a if awakenin! from a lum%er the$ de#eloped the poi%ilitie Within them and from That Time on were different peron" You alone can decide When the turnin! point willcome" It i a matter of choice Whether we allow our di#iner elf to control u or Whether we will%e controlled %$ the %rute within U(" No man ha to do an$thin! he doe not want to do" Therefore he i the director of .i life if he will to %e" What we are to do& we are the reult of our trainin!" We are like putt$& and can %e completel$ controlled %$ our will power" .a%it i a matter of ac3uirement" You hear people a$4 5.e come %$ thi naturall$ or That& chip off the old %lock&5 meanin! That he i onl$ doin! what .i parent did" Often thi i 3uite the cae& %ut there i no reaon for it& for a peron can %reak a ha%it 'ut the moment he mater the 5Iwill"5 * man ma$ ono tati a 5!ood-for-nothin!5 *ll hi life up to thi #er$ minute& %ut from thitime on he %e!in to amount to omethin!" 2#en old men ha#e uddenl$ chan!ed and accomplihed wonder" 5I lot m$ opportunit$&5 a$ one" That ma$ %e true& %ut %$ heer force ofwill& we can find a wa$ to %rin! u another opportunit$" There i no truth in the a$in! That opportunit$ knock at our door %ut once in a lifetime" The fact i& opportunit$ ne#er eek u0 we mut eek it" What uuall$ $ou turn out to %e one man6 opportunit$& wa another man6 lo" In thi da$ one man6 %rain i matched a!aint another6" Often it i the 3uickne of %rain action That Determine the reult" One man think 5I will do it&5 %ut while he procratinate the other !oe ahead and doe the work" The$ /oth ha#e the ame opportunit$" The one will complain of .i lot chance" /ut It (hould teach him a leon& and it will& if he i eekin! the path That lead to ucce" -an$ peron read !ood %ook& %ut a$ the$ do not !et much !ood out of them" The$ do not reali+e That all an$ %ook or an$ leon coure can do i to awaken them to Their poi%ilitie0 to timulate them to ue Their will power" You ma$ teach a peron from now until doom6 da$& %ut That peron will onl$ know what he learn himelf" 5You can lead him to the fountain& %ut $ou can not make him drink"5 One of the mot %eneficial practice I know of i That of lookin! for the !ood in e#er$one and e#er$thin!& for there i !ood in all thin!" We encoura!e a peron %$ eein! .i !ood 3ualitie and we anche help ourel#e %$ lookin! for them" We !ain Their !ood wihe& a mot #alua%le aet ometime" We !et %ack what we !i#e out" When the time come to mot of u need encoura!ement0 need %uo$in! up" (o form the ha%it of encoura!in! other& and $ou will find it a wonderful tonic for /oth Thoe 2NCOUR*72D and $ourelf& for $ou will !et %ack encoura!in! and upliftin! thou!ht" 1ife furnihe u the opportunit$ to impro#e" /ut Whether we do it or not depend upon how near we li#e up to what i e)pected of u" The firt of each month& a peron (hould it down and e)amine the pro!re he ha made" If he ha not come up to 5e)pectation5 (hould he dico#er the reaon& and %$ e)tra e)ertion meaure up to what i demanded ne)t time" That e#er$ time we fall %ehind what we planned to do& we loe 'ut o much for That time i !one fore#er" We ma$ find a reaon for doin! it& %ut mot e)cue are poor u%titute for action" -ot thin! are poi%le" Our ma$ %e a hard tak& %ut the harder the tak& the !reater the reward" It i the difficult Thin! That reall$ de#elop u& an$thin! That Re3uire onl$ a mall effort& Utili+e #er$ few of our facultie& and $ield a cant$ har#et of achie#ement" I do not hrink from a hard tak&for to accomplih one of Thee will %rin! u Often Opinion more !ood than a do+en leer triumph" I 8now That e#er$ man That i willin! to pa$ the price can %e a ucce" The price i not in mone$& %ut in effort" The firt eential 3ualit$ for ucce i the deire to do - to %e omethin!" The ne)t thin! i to learn how to do it0 the ne)t to carr$ it into e)ecution" That the man i the %etincendio accomplih an$thin! i the one with a %road mind0 That the man ha ac3uired knowled!e& That ma$& it i true& %e forei!n to thi Particular cae& %ut i& Ne#erthele& of ome #alue in all cae" That I know the man want to %e ucceful mut %e li%eral0 he mut ac3uire all the knowled!e That he can0 he mut %e well poted not onl$ in one %ranch of .i %uine %utin e#er$ part of it" (uch a man *chie#e ucce" The ecret of ucce i to alwa$ tr$ to impro#e $ourelf no matter where $ou are or what $our poition" 1earn all $ou can" Do not ee how little $ou can do& %ut how much $ou can do" (uch a man will alwa$ %e in demand& for he 2ta%lihe the reputation of %ein! a hutler" There i alwa$ room for him /ecaue pro!rei#e firm ne#er let a hutler lea#e Their emplo$ment if the$ can help it" The -an That Reache the top i the !ritt$& pluck$& hard worker and ne#er the timid& uncertain& low worker" *n untried man i eldom put in a poition of reponi%ilit$ and power" The man elected i One That ha done omethin!& *chie#ed reult in ome line& or taken the lead in hi department" .e i there Placed /ecaue of .i reputation of puttin! #i!or and #irilit$ into .i 2ffort& and /ecaue .e ha pre#ioul$ hown That he ha pluck and determination" That i the man choen at the crucial time i not uuall$ $ou a !eniu0 he doe not poe an$ Opinion more talent than other& %ut he ha learned That reult can onl$ %e produced %$ untirin! concentrated effort" That 5miracle&5 in %uine do not 'ut 5happen"5 That he know theonl$ wa$ the$ will happen i %$ tickin! to a propoition and eein! it throu!h" That i the onl$ ecret of wh$ ome ucceed and other fail" The ucceful man !et ued to eein! thin! accomplihed and alwa$ feel ure of ucce" That the man i a failure !et ued to eein! failure& 2)pect it and attract it to him" It i m$ opinion That with the ri!ht kind of trainin! e#er$ man could %e a ucce" It i reall$ a hame That o man$ men and women& rich in a%ilit$ and talent& are allowed to !o to wate& o to peak" (ome da$ I hope to ee a millionaire philanthropit tart a chool for the trainin! of failure" I am ure he could not put .i mone$ to a %etter ue" In a $ear6 time the cience of practical p$cholo!$ could do wonder for him" .e could ha#e a!encie on the lookout for men That had lot Their !rip on Themel#e0 That had throu!h indipoition weakened Their will0 That throu!h ome orrow or mifortune had %ecome dicoura!ed" *t firt all the$ need i a little help to !et them %ack on Their feet& %ut the$ uuall$ $ou !et a knock downward intead" The reult I that Their latent power ne#er de#elop and /oth the$ and the world are the loer" That Trut in the near future& omeone will heed the opportunit$ of uin! ome of .i million in arouin! That men ha#e /e!un to falter" *ll the$ need to %e hown there i That I Within them an omnipotent ource That i read$ to aid them& pro#idin! the$ will make ue of it" Their mind onl$ ha#e to %e turned from depair to hope to make them re!ain Their hold" When a man 1oe .i !rip toda$& he mut win .i redemption %$ .i Own will" .e will !et little encoura!ement or ad#ice of an inpirin! nature" .e uuall$ $ou mut re!ain the ri!ht road alone" .e mut top diipatin! .i ener!ie and turn .i attention to %uildin! a ueful career" Toda$ we mut con3uer our weakenin! tendencie alone" Do not e)pect an$one to help $ou" 9ut take one %i! %race& make firm reolution& and reol#e to con3uer $our weaknee and #ice" Reall$ none can do thi for $ou" The$ can encoura!e $ou0 that i all" I can think of nothin!& %ut lack of health& That (hould interfere with one %ecomin! ucceful" There i no other handicap That You (hould not %e *%le to o#ercome" To o#ercome a handicap& all that it i Necear$ to do i to ue Opinion more determination and !rit and will" The man with !rit and will& ma$ %e poor toda$ and wealth$ in a few $ear0 will power i a %etter aet than mone$0 Will will carr$ $ou o#er cham of failure& %ut if $ou !i#e it the chance" That the men ha#e rien to the hi!het poition ha#e uuall$ $ou had to !ain Their #ictorie a!aint %i! odd" Think of the hardhip man$ of our in#entor ha#e !one throu!h %efore the$ /ecame a ucce" Uuall$ the$ ono tati #er$ much miundertood %$ relati#e and friend" :er$ Often the$ did not ha#e the %are neceitie of life& $et& %$ heer determination and reolute coura!e& the$ mana!ed to e)it omehow until the$ perfected Their in#ention& Which afterward !reatl$ helped in %etterin! the condition of other" 2#er$one reall$ want to do omethin!& %ut there are few That will put forward the needed effort to make The Necear$ acrifice to ecure it" There i onl$ one wa$ to accomplih an$thin! and That i to !o ahead and do it" * man ma$ accomplih almot an$thin! toda$& if he 'ut et .i heart on doin! it and let nothin! interfere with .i pro!re" O%tacle are 3uickl$ o#ercome %$ the man That et out to accomplih .i heart6 deire" The 5%i!!er5 the man& the maller the o%tacle appear" The 5maller5 the man the !reater the o%tacle appear" *lwa$ look at the ad#anta!e $ou !ain %$ O#ercomin! o%tacle& and it will !i#e $ou the coura!e needed for Their con3uet" Do not e)pect That $ou will alwa$ ha#e ea$ ailin!" Part of $our 'ourne$ are 1ikel$ to %e rou!h" Do not let the rou!h place put $ou out of commiion" 8eep on with the 'ourne$" 9ut the wa$ $ou weather the torm how what material $ou are made of" Ne#er it down and complain of the rou!h place& %ut think how nice the pleaant tretche were" :iew with deli!ht the mooth plain That *re in front of $ou" Do not let a et%ack top $ou" Think of it a a mere incident That ha to %e o#ercome %efore $ou can reach $our !oal" LESSON II. THE SELF-MASTERY: SELF-DIRECTION POWER OF CONCENTRATION -an from a p$cholo!ical tandpoint of de#elopment i not what .e hould %e" .e doe not poe the elf-mater$& the elf-directin! power of concentration That i .i %$ ri!ht" .e ha not trained himelf in a wa$ to Promote .i elf-mater$" 2#er$ %alanced mind poee the facultie Whoe chief dutie are to en!ineer& direct and concentrate the operation of the mind& %oth in a mental and ph$ical ene" -an mut learn to control not onl$ .i -ind %ut .i %odil$ mo#ement" When the controllin! facultie ;autonomic< are in an untrained condition& the impule& paion& emotion& thou!ht& action and ha%it of the peron uffer from lack of re!ulation& and the procedure of mental concentration i not !ood& /ecaue the mind i not Necearil$ weak in the autonomic department of the facultie& %ut /ecaue the mind i not properl$ trained" When the elf-re!ulatin! facultie are not de#eloped the impule& *ppetite& emotion and paion ha#e full win! to do a the$ pleae and the mind /ecome impuli#e& retle& emotional and irre!ular in it action" Thi i what make mental concentration poor" When the elf-!uidin! facultie are weak in de#elopment& the peron alwa$ lack the power of mental concentration" Therefore $ou can not learn to concentrate until $ou de#elop Thoe #er$ Power That $ou 3ualif$ to %e incendio concentrated" (o if $ou can not concentrate one of the =ollowin! i the caue4 >" 5Deficienc$ of the motor center"5 ?" 5*n impuli#e and emotional mind"5 @" 5*n untrained mind"5 The lat fault can oon %e remo#ed %$ $tematic practice" It i 2aiet to correct" The impuli#e and emotional tate of mind can %et %e corrected %$ retrainin! an!er& paion and e)citement& hatred& tron! impule& intene emotion& fretfulne& etc" It i impoi%le to concentrate When You *re in an$ of Thee e)cited tate" Thee can %e naturall$ decreaed *t %$a#oidin! uch food and drink a ha#e ner#e weakenin! or timulatin! influence& or a tendenc$ to tir up the paion& the impule and the emotion0 it i a #er$ !ood practice to watch and aociate with peron Thoe That *re tead$& calm& controlled and coner#ati#e" Correctin! the deficienc$ of the motor center i harder /ecaue a the peron6 %rain i unde#eloped he lack will power" To cure thi take ome time" Peron o afflicted ma$ %enefit %$ readin! and tud$in! m$ coure& 5The -ater -ind"5 ABC [*] To be published by Advanced Thought Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill. -an$ ha#e the idea That When The$ !et into a ne!ati#e %een concentratin! the$ are& %ut thi i not o" The$ ma$ %e meditatin!& thou!h not concentratin!" Thoe That *re in a ne!ati#e %een a !ood deal of the time can not& a a rule& concentrate #er$ well0 the$ de#elop intead a%traction of the mind& or a%ence of mind" Their power of concentration /ecome weaker and the$ find it difficult to concentrate on an$thin!" The$ #er$ Often in'ure the %rain& if the$ keep up thi tate" To %e concentrated incendio $ou mut poe tren!th of mind" The peron That i fee%le-minded can not concentrate .i -ind& /ecaue of lack of will" That the mind can not center itelf on a pecial u%'ect& or thou!ht& i weak0 anche the mind That can not draw itelf from a u%'ect or thou!ht i weak" /ut the peron That can help $ou .i -ind on an$ pro%lem& no matter what it i& and remo#e an$ unharmoniou impreion ha tren!th of mind" Concentration& firt& lat and all the time& mean tren!th of mind" Throu!h concentration a peron i incendio collect and hold .i mental and ph$ical ener!ie at work" * concentrated mind pa$ attention to thou!ht& word& act and plan" The peron who *llow .i -ind to roam at will will ne#er accomplih a !reat deal in the world" .e wate .i ener!ie" If $ou work& think& talk and act aimlel$& and allow $our %rain to wander from $our u%'ect to forei!n field& $ou will not %e incendio concentrated" You concentrated at the -oment When $ou a$& 5I want to& I can& I will"5 (ome -itake (ome People -ake" If $ou wate $our time readin! enational torie or worthle newpaper item& $ou e)cite the impuli#e and the emotional facultie& and thi mean $ou are weakenin! $our power of concentration" You will not %e free to en!ineer& incendio pilot $ourelf to ucce" Concentration of the mind can onl$ %e de#eloped %$ watchin! $ourelf cloel$" *ll kind of de#elopment commence with cloe attention" You (hould re!ulate $our e#er$ thou!ht and feelin!" When $ou commence to watch $ourelf and $our own act and anche the act of other people& $ou ue the facultie of autonom$& and& a $ou continue to do o& $ou impro#e $our facultie& until in time $ou can en!ineer $our e#er$ thou!ht& wih and plan" To %e incendio focali+e the mind on the o%'ect at hand in a conciou manner lead to concentration" Onl$ the trained mind can focali+e" To hold a thou!ht %efore it until all the facultie (hall ha#e had time toConider That thou!ht i concentration" The peron That can not direct .i thou!ht& wihe& plan& reolution and tudie can not poi%l$ ucceed to the fullet e)tent" The peron That i impuli#e one moment and calm the ne)t ha not the proper control o#er himelf" .e i not a mater of .i -ind& nor of .i thou!ht& feelin! and wihe" (uch a peron can not %e a ucce" When he /ecome irritated& he irritate other and poil all chance of an$ Concerned doin! their %et" /ut the peron That can direct .i ener!ie and hold them at work in a concentrated manner control .i e#er$ work and act& and There%$ !ain power to control other" .e can make .i e#er$ mo#e er#e a ueful end and e#er$ thou!ht a no%le purpoe" In thi da$ the man !et e)cited and irrita%le That (hould %e 1ooked upon a an undeira%le peron" The peron of !ood %reedin! now peak with lowne and deli%eration" .e i culti#atin! 6more and more of a repoeful attitude" .e i concioul$ attenti#e and hold .i mind to one thin! at a time" .e hut out e#er$thin! ele" When $ou are talkin! to an$one !i#e him $our undi#ided attention and un" Do not let $our attention wander or %e di#erted" 7i#e no heed to an$thin! ele& %ut make $our will and intellect act in union" (tart out in the mornin! and ee how elf-poied $ou can remain all da$" *t time take an in#entor$ of $our action durin! the da$ and ee if $ou ha#e kept $our determination" If not& ee That $ou do tomorrow" The Opinion more elf-poied $ou are the %etter $our concentration will %e" Ne#er %e in too much of a hurr$0 and& remem%er& the Opinion more $ou impro#e $our concentration& the !reater are $our poi%ilitie" Concentration mean ucce& /ecaue You are %etter incendio !o#ern $ourelf and centrali+e $our mind0 $ou %ecome %lack%errie in earnet in what $ou do and thi almot in#aria%l$ impro#e $our chance for ucce" When $ou are talkin! to a peron ha#e $our own plan in mind" Concentrate $our tren!th upon the purpoe $ou are talkin! a%out" Watch .i e#er$ mo#e& %ut keep $our own plan %efore $ou" Unle $ou do& $ou will wate $our ener!$ and not accomplih a much a $ou (hould" I want $ou to watch the ne)t peron $ou ee That ha the reputation of %ein! a tron! character& aman of force" Watch and ee what a perfect control he ha o#er .i %od$" Then I want $ou to watch 'ut an ordinar$ peron" Notice how he mo#e .i e$e& arm& fin!er0 notice the uele e)penditure of ener!$" Thee mo#ement to %reak down the #ital cell and leen the peron6 power in #ital and ner#e direction" It i 'ut a important for $ou to coner#e $our ner#ou force a it i the #ital force" * an e)ample we ee an en!ine !oin! alon! the track #er$ moothl$" (ome one open all the #al#e and the train top" It i the ame with $ou" If $ou want to ue $our full amount of team& $ou mut cloe $our #al#e and direct $our power of !eneratin!mental team toward one end" Center $our mind on one purpoe& one plan& one tranaction" There i nothin! That ue up ner#e force o 3uickl$ a e)citement" Thi i wh$ an irrita%le peron i ne#er ma!netic0 he i ne#er *dmired or lo#ed0 he doe not de#elop Thoe finer 3ualitie That a real !entleman poee" *n!er& arcam and e)citement weaken a peron in thi direction" The peron That *llow himelf to !et e)cited will %ecome ner#ou in time& /ecaue .e ue up .i ner#e force and hi #ital ener!ie" That the peron can not control himelf and keep from %ecomin! e)cited can not concentrate" When the mind can properl$ concentrate& all the ener!$ of e#er$ microcopic cell i directed intoone channel and then there i a powerful peronal influence !enerated" 2#er$one poee man$million of little trem%lin! cell& and each one of Thee ha a center where life and ener!$ are tored up and !enerated" If thi ener!$ i not wated %ut coner#ed and controlled& thi peron i influential& %ut When It i the oppoite& he i not ucceful or influential" 9ut a it i impoi%le for a team en!ine to run with all it #al#e open& o i it impoi%le for $ou to wate $our ener!$ and run at $our top peed" 2ach neuron in the !ra$ la$er of the %rain ia p$chic center of thou!ht and action& each one i an intelli!ent pulatin! force of ome kind& and when to thi force& $our thou!ht and motion& are kept in cheek %$ a coner#ati#e& $tematic and concentrated mind& the reult will %e ma!netim& #italit$ and health" The mucle&%one& li!ament& feet& hand and ner#e& etc"& are a!ent for carr$in! out the -andate of the mind" The onl$ purpoe of the #olitional facultie i to mo#e the ph$ical mechanim a the ener!$ tra#el alon! the wire of ner#e and mucle" 9ut =or That reaon& if $ou throw a #oluntar$ control o#er Thee mea!e& impule& thou!ht& emotion& ph$ical mo#ement and o#er Thee ph$ical intrument $ou de#elop $our facultie of elf-mater$ and to the e)tent $ou ucceed here in proportion will $ou de#elop the power of concentration" *n$ e)ercie or Work That e)cite the mind& timulate the ene& the emotion and call *ppetite into action& confue& terrifie or emotionali+e& weaken the power of concentration" Thi i wh$ all kind of e)citement i %ad" Thi i the reaon wh$ peron who drink tron! drink& who allow Themel#e to !et into fit of temper& who fi!ht& who eat timulatin! food& who in! and dance and de#elop Thu Their emotion& who are udden& #ehement and emotional&lack the power to concentrate" /ut Thoe Whoe action are lower and directed %$ Their intelli!ence de#elop concentration" (ometime do!matic& willful& e)cita%le peron can concentrate& %ut it i pamodic& erratic concentration intead of controlled and uniform concentration" Their ener!$ work %$ pell0 ometime the$ ha#e plent$& other time #er$ little0 it i eail$ e)cited0 eail$ wated" The %et wa$ to undertand it i to compare it with the dichar!e of a !un" If the !un !oe off When $ou want it to& it accomplihe the purpoe& %ut if it !oe off %efore $ou are read$ for it& $ou will not onl$ wate ammunition& %ut it i anche 1ikel$ todo ome dama!e" That i 'ut what mot peron do" The$ allow Their ener!$ to e)plode& thu not onl$ watin! it %ut endan!erin! addition other" The$ wate Their power& Their ma!netim and o in'ure Their chance of ucce" (uch peron are ne#er well liked and ne#er will %e until the$ !ain control o#er themel#e" It will %e Necear$ for them to practice man$ different kind of concentration e)ercie& and to keep them up for ome time" The$ mut completel$ o#ercome Their udden& erratic thou!ht& andre!ulate Their emotion and mo#ement" The$ mut from mornin! to ni!ht train the mind to %e tead$& and direct and keep the ener!ie at work" The lower area of the %rain i the tore houe of the ener!$" -ot all peron ha#e all the d$namic ener!$ the$ need if the$ would concentrate it" The$ ha#e the machine& %ut the$ mut alo ha#e the en!ineer& or the$ will not !o #er$ far" The en!ineer i the elf-re!ulatin!& directin! power" That the peron doe not de#elop .i en!ineerin! 3ualitie will not accomplih much in life" The !ood en!ineer control .i e#er$ act" *ll work ait in de#elopment" /$ what $ou do $ou either ad#ance or de!enerate" Thi i a !ood idea to alwa$ keep in mind" When $ou are uncertain Whether $ou hould do omethin! or not& 'ut think Whether %$ doin! it $ou will !row or deteriorate& and act accordin!l$" I am a firm %elie#er in 5work When $ou work& and pla$ When $ou pla$"5 When $ou !i#e $ourelf up to pleaure $ou can de#elop concentration %$ thinkin! of nothin! ele %ut pleaure0 When $our mind dwell on lo#e& think of nothin! %ut thi and $ou will find $ou can de#elop throu!h more intene lo#e than $ou e#er had %efore" When $ou concentrate $our mind on the 5$ou5 or real elf& and it wonderful poi%ilitie& $ou de#elop concentration and a hi!her opinionof $ourelf" /$ doin! thi $tematicall$& $ou de#elop much power& /ecaue You can not %e $tematic without concentratin! on what $ou are doin!" When $ou walk out into the countr$ and inhale the freh air& tud$in! #e!etation& tree& etc"& $ou are concentratin!" When $ou ee That $ou are at $our place of %uine at a certain time each mornin! $ou are de#elopin! teadine of ha%it and %ecomin! $tematic" If $ou form the ha%it of %ein! on time one mornin!&a little late the ne)t& and till later the =ollowin! one& $ou are not de#elopin! concentration& %ut Whene#er $ou fi) $our mind on a certain thou!ht and hold $our mind on it at uccei#e inter#al & $ou de#elop concentration" If $ou hold $our mind on ome choen o%'ect& $ou centrali+e $our attention& 'ut like the len of the camera centrali+e on a certain landcape" Therefore alwa$ hold $our mind on what $ou are doin!& no matter what it i" 8eep a careful watch o#er $ourelf& for Unle $ou do $our impro#ement will %e #er$ low" Practice inhalin! lon!& deep %reath& not impl$ for the impro#ement of health& *lthou!h That i no mall matter& %ut for the purpoe of de#elopin! anche Opinion more power& more lo#e& %lack%errie life" *ll work ait in de#elopment" You ma$ think it foolih to tr$ to de#elop concentration %$ takin! mucular e)ercie& %ut $ou mut not for!et That the mind i aociated with mucle and ner#e" When $ou tead$ $our ner#eand mucle& $ou tead$ $our mind& %ut let $our ner#e !et out of order and $our mind will %ecome erratic and $ou will not poe the power of direction& Which& in other word& i concentration" Therefore $ou undertand how important e)ercie That tead$ the ner#e and mucle are in de#elopin! concentration" 2#er$one i continuall$ recei#in! impule That mut %e directed and controlled if one i to lead a ucceful life" That i the reaon wh$ a peron mut control the mo#ement of .i e$e& feet& fin!er& etc "0 thi i another reaon wh$ it i important to control .i %reathin!" The low& deep& prolon!ed e)halation are of wonderful #alue" The$ tead$ the circulation& the heart action& mucle and ner#e of the mind" If the heart flutter& the circulation i not re!ular& and when to the lun! action i une#en& the mind /ecome untead$ and not fit for concentration" Thi i wh$ controlled %reathin! i #er$ important a a foundation for ph$ical health" You mut not onl$ concentrate $our mind& %ut anche the action of the e$e& ear and fin!er" 2ach of Thee miniature Contain That mind are controlled %$ the mater en!ineer" You will de#elop much 3uicker if $ou thorou!hl$ reali+e thi" If $ou ha#e e#er aociated with %i! men& or read Their %io!raphie& $ou will find That the$ uuall$ $ou let the other do the talkin!" It i much eaier to talk than it i to liten" There i no %etter e)ercie for concentration than to pa$ cloe attention When ome one i talkin!" /eide learnin! from what the$ ha#e to a$& $ou ma$ de#elop /oth mental and ph$ical concentration" When $ou hake hand with ome one 'ut think of $our hand a containin! .undred of indi#idual mind& each ha#in! an intelli!ence of it own" When $ou put thi feelin! into $our hand hake it how peronalit$" When $ou hake hand in a litle wa$& it denote timidit$& lackof power and force of peronalit$" When the hand !rip i #er$ weak and tiff& the peron ha littlelo#e in hi nature& no paion and no ma!netim" When the hand hake i 'ut the oppoite& $ou will find the nature That i alo" The lo#ele peron i non-ma!netic and he how That he i %$ .i non-ma!netic hand hake" When two de#eloped oul hake hand& Their clap are ne#er li!ht" There i a thrill That !oe throu!h /oth When the two current meet" 1o#e aroue the oppoite current of the poiti#e and ne!ati#e nature" When there i no lo#e& life loe it charm"The hand 3uickl$ how When 1o#e i %ein! *roued" Thi i Wh$ You (hould (tud$ the art of hand hakin! and de#elop $our ocial affection" * peron lo#e hi kind That Reflect lo#e& %ut a peron hate That Reflect hate" The peron with a %ad nature& a hateful dipoition& e#il thou!ht and feelin! i erratic& freakih and fitful" When $ou allow $ourelf to %ecome irrita%le& watch how $ou %reathe and $ou will learn a #alua%le leon" Watch how $ou %reathe When $ou are happ$" Watch $our %reathin! When $ou har%or hate" Watch how $ou %reathe When $ou feel in lo#e with the whole world and no%le emotion thrill $ou" When filled with !ood thou!ht& $ou%reathe a plentiful uppl$ of o)$!en into $our lun! and lo#e fill $our oul" 1o#e De#elop a peron& ph$icall$& mentall$ and ociall$" /reathe deepl$ When $ou are happ$ and $ou will !ain life and tren!th0 $ou will tead$ $our mind and $ou will de#elop $our power of concentration and %ecome ma!netic and powerful" If $ou want to !et more out of life $ou mut think more of lo#e" Unle $ou ha#e real affection for omethin!& $ou ha#e no entiment& no weetne& no ma!netim" (o aroue $our affection lo#e %$ $our will and enter into a fuller life" The hand of lo#e alwa$ ma!neti+e& %ut it mut %e tead$ and controlled" 1o#e can %e concentrated in $our hand hake& and thi i one of the %et wa$ to influence another" The ne)t time $ou feel $ourelf %ecomin! irrita%le& ue $our will and %e patient" Thi i a #er$ !ood e)ercie in elf-control" It will help $ou to keep patient if $ou will %reathe lowl$ and deepl$" If $ou find $ou are commencin! to peak fat& 'ut control $ourelf and peak lowl$ and clearl$" 8eep from either raiin! or lowerin! $our #oice and concentrate on the fact That $ou are determined to keep $our poie& and $ou will impro#e $our power of concentration" When $ou meet people of ome Cone3uence& it aume a repoeful attitude %efore them" Do thi at all time" /oth watch them and $ourelf" (tatic e)ercie de#elop the motor facultie and Increae the power of concentration" If $ou feel $ourelf !ettin! irrita%le& ner#ou or weak& tand 3uarel$ on $our feet with $our chet up and inhale deepl$ and $ou will ee That $our irrita%ilit$ will diappear and a ilent calm will pa o#er $ou" If $ou are in the ha%it of aociatin! with ner#ou& irrita%le people& 3uit it until $ou !row tron! in the power of concentration& /ecaue irrita%le& an!r$& fretful& do!matic and dia!reea%le people will weaken what power of reitance $ou ha#e" *n$ e)ercie That !i#e $ou %etter control of the ear& fin!er& e$e& feet& help $ou to tead$ $ourmind0 When $our e$e i tead$& $our mind i tead$" One of the %et wa$ to tud$ a peron i to watch .i ph$ical mo#ement& for& When We tud$ .i action& we are tud$in! .i -ind" /ecaue action are the e)preion of the mind" * the mind i& o i the action" If it i unea$& retle& erratic& untead$& it action are the ame" When it i compoed& the mind i compoed" Concentration mean control of the mind and %od$" You can not ecure control o#er one without the other" -an$ people who eem to lack am%ition ha#e lu!!ih mind" The$ are tead$& patient and eemin!l$ ha#e !ood control& %ut thi doe not a$ the$ are incendio concentrated" Thee people are indolent& inacti#e& low and litle& /ecaue The$ lack ener!$0 the$ do not loe control /ecaue the$ ha#e little force to control" The$ ha#e no temper and Therefore it can not ditur% them" Their action are tead$ /ecaue The$ poe little ener!$" The natural peron i internall$ tron!& ener!etic and forceful& %ut .i ener!$& force and tren!th& thou!ht and ph$ical mo#ement are well under .i control" If a peron doe not ha#e ener!$& %oth mental and ph$ical& he mut de#elop it" If he ha ener!$ Which he can not direct and hold to a point he mut learn to do o" * man ma$ %e #er$ capa%le& %ut& Unle he Will to control .i a%ilitie& the$ will not do him an$ !ood" We hear so much ta! a"out the "e#e$ts o% &h's(ca cuture) "ut the rea "e#e$t o% th(s (s rea' ost s(*ht o%. There (s #oth(#* That ho+s the %acut(es at ,or! (# a susta(#e+ a#+ co#t(#uous ma##er as stat(c e-erc(ses +o. For) as state+ "e%ore) Whe# 'ou ear# to co#tro the "o+') 'ou are .a(#(#* co#tro o/er the m(#+. LESSON I0. CONCENTRATION) THE SILENT FORCE THAT Pro+uces RES1LTS IN ALL 21SINESS I want $ou firt to reali+e how powerful thou!ht i" * thou!ht of fear ha turned a peron6 hair !ra$ in a ni!ht" * prioner condemned to die wa Told That if he would conent to an e)perimentand li#ed throu!h it he would %e freed" .e conented" The$ wanted to ee how much %lood a peron could loe and till li#e" The$ arran!ed That %lood would apparentl$ drop from a cut made in hi le!" The cut made wa #er$ li!ht& from Which practicall$ no %lood ecaped" The room wa darkened& and the prioner thou!ht the droppin! he heard wa reall$ comin! from .i le!" The ne)t mornin! he wa dead throu!h mental fear" The two illutration a%o#e will !i#e $ou a little idea of the power of thou!ht" To thorou!hl$ reali+e the power of thou!ht i worth a !reat deal to $ou" Throu!h concentrated thou!ht power $ou can make $ourelf whate#er $ou pleae" /$ thou!ht $ou can !reatl$ Increae $our efficienc$ and tren!th" You are urrounded %$ all kind of thou!ht& ome !ood& other %ad& and $ou are ure to a%or% ome of the latter if $ou do not %uildup a poiti#e mental attitude" If $ou will tud$ the needle mood of an)iet$& worr$& depondenc$& dicoura!ement and other That are the reult of uncontrolled thou!ht& $ou will reali+e how important the control of $our thou!ht are" Your thou!ht make $ou what $ou are" When I walk alon! the treet and tud$ the different people6 face I can tell how the$ pent Their 1i#e" It all how in Their face& 'ut like a mirror Reflect Their ph$ical countenance" In lookin! at Thoe face I can not help thinkin! how mot of the people $ou ee ha#e wated Their 1i#e" The undertandin! of the power of thou!ht will awaken poi%ilitie Within You That You ne#er dreamed of" Ne#er for!et That $our thou!ht are makin! $our en#ironment& $our friend& and a $our thou!ht Thee will chan!e alo" I thi not a practical leon to learn, 7ood thou!ht are contructi#e" 2#il thou!ht are detructi#e" The deire to do ri!ht carrie with it a !reat power" I want $ou to thorou!hl$ reali+e the Importance of $our thou!ht& and how to make them #alua%le&to undertand That $our thou!ht a to $ou o#er in#ii%le wire and influence $ou" If $our thou!ht are of a hi!h nature& $ou %ecome connected with people of the ame mental cali%er and $ou are incendio help $ourelf" If $our thou!ht are trick$& $ou will %rin! trick$ people to deal with $ou& who will tr$ to cheat $ou" If $our thou!ht are ri!ht kind& $ou will inpire confidence in Thoe with-whom $ou are dealin!" * $ou !ain the !ood will of other $our confidence and tren!th will increae" You will oon learn the wonderful #alue of $our thou!ht and how $ou can %ecome erene 2#en When Circumtance are the mot tr$in!" (uch thou!ht of Ri!ht and 7ood Will %rin! $ou into harmon$ with people That amount to omethin! in the world and That *re *%le to !i#e $ou help if $ou need it (hould& a nearl$ e#er$one doe at time" You can now ee wh$ it i o important to concentrate $our thou!ht in the proper channel" It i #er$ Necear$ That (hould people ha#e confidence in $ou" When two people meet the$ ha#e not the time to look each other up" The$ accept each other accordin! to =unctional intinct Which uuall$ $ou can %e relied on" You meet a peron and hi attitude Create a upicion in $ou" The chance are $ou can not tell wh$& %ut omethin! tell $ou& 5.a#e no dealin! with him& for if $ou do& $ou will %e orr$"5 Thou!ht produce action" Therefore %e careful of $our thou!ht" Your life will %e molded %$ thethou!ht $ou ha#e" * piritual power i alwa$ a#aila%le to $our thou!ht& and when to $ou are worth$ $ou can attract all the !ood thin! without a !reat effort on $our part" The un6 ra$ hine down on our !arden& %ut we can plant tree That will interfere with the un li!ht" There are in#ii%le force read$ to help $ou if $ou do not think and act to intercept thee" Thee force work ilentl$" 5You reap what $ou ow"5 You ha#e concentrated Within Power That if de#eloped will %rin! $ou !reater happine than $ou can e#en ima!ine" -ot people !o ruhin! throu!h life& literall$ dri#in! awa$ the #er$ thin! the$ eek" /$ concentration $ou can re#olutioni+e $our life& accomplih infinitel$ 6more and without a !reat effort" 1ook Within $ourelf and $ou will find the !reatet machine e#er made" .ow to (peak Wiel$" In order to peak wiel$ $ou mut ecure at leat a partial concentration ofthe facultie and force upon the u%'ect at hand" (peech interfere with the focuin! power of the mind& a it withdraw the attention to the e)ternal and Therefore i hardl$ to %e Compared With That deep ilence of the u%conciou mind& where deep thou!ht& and the ilent force of hi!h potenc$ are e#ol#ed" It i Necear$ to %e ilent %efore $ou can peak wiel$" The peron That i reall$ alert and well poied and a%le to peak wiel$ under tr$in! Circumtance& i the peron That ha Practiced in the ilence" -ot people do not know what the ilence i and think iti ea$ to !o into the ilence& %ut thi i not o" In the real ilence we %ecome attached to That interior law and the force %ecome ilent& /ecaue The$ are in a tate of hi!h potenc$& or %e$ond the #i%rator$ ound to Which our e)ternal ear are attuned" .e who deire to %ecome a%o#e theordinar$ (hould open up for himelf the interior channel Which lead to the a%olute law of the omnipotent" You can onl$ do thi %$ peritentl$ and intelli!entl$ thou!ht practicin! concentration" .old the thou!ht4 In-ilence-I-will-allow-m$-hi!her-elf-to-ha#e-complete-control" I-will-%e-true-to-m$-hi!her-elf" I-will-li#e-true-to-m$-conception-of-what-i-ri!ht" I-reali+e-that-it-i-to-m$-elf-interet-to-li#e-up-to-m$-%et" I-demand-widom-I know that-I-ma$-act-wiel$-for-m$elf-and-other" In the ne)t chapter I will tell $ou of the m$teriou law& Which link to!ether all humanit$& %$ the power of co-operati#e thou!ht& and chooe for u companionhip and friend" LESSON 0II. THE CONCENTRATED MENTAL DEMAND The -ental Demand i the potent force in achie#ement" The attitude of the mind affect the e)preion of the face& Determine action& chan!e our ph$ical condition and re!ulate our li#e"I will not attempt here to e)plain the ilent force That *chie#e reult" You want to de#elop $ourmental power o $ou can effect the thin! ou!ht& and That i what I want to teach $ou" There i wonderful power and Poi%ilit$ in the concentrated -ental Demand" Thi& like all other force& i controlled %$ law" It can& like all other force& %e wonderfull$ increaed *t %$ conecuti#e& $temati+ed effort" The mental demand mut %e directed %$ e#er$ power of the mind and e#er$ poi%le element (hould %e ued to make the demand materiali+e" You can o intentl$ deire a thin! That $ou can e)clude all ditractin! thou!ht" When $ou practice thi in!lene of concentration until $ou attain the end ou!ht& $ou ha#e de#eloped a Will capa%le of accomplihin! whate#er $ou wih" * lon! a $ou can onl$ do the ordinar$ thin! $ou will %e counted in the ma of mediocrit$" /ut 'ut a 3uick a $ou urpa other %$ e#en comparati#el$ mall meaure& $ou are claed a one of life6 uccee" (o& if $ou wih to emer!e into prominence& $ou mut accomplih omethin! Opinion more than the ordinar$ man or woman" It i ea$ to do thi if $ou will %ut concentrate on what $ou deire& and put forth $our %et effort" It i not the runner with the lon!et le! or the tron!et mucle That win the race& %ut the One That can put forth the !reatet deire force" You can %et undertand thi %$ thinkin! of an en!ine" The en!ine tart up lowl$& the en!ineer !raduall$ e)tendin! the throttle to the top notch" It i then ke$ed up to it ma)imum peed" The ame i true of two runner" The$ tart off to!ether and the$ !raduall$ Increae Their deire to !o fater" The One That ha the !reatet intenit$ of deire will win" .e ma$ outditance the other %$ onl$ a fraction of an inch& $et he !et the laurel" The men That *re 1ooked upon a the world6 uccee ha#e not *lwa$ /een men of !reat ph$ical power& nor at the tart did the$ eem #er$ well adapted to the condition Which encompaed them" In the %e!innin! the$ were not Conidered men of uperior !eniu& %ut the$ won %$ Their ucce Their reolution to *chie#e reult in Their Undertakin! %$ permittin! no et-%ack to dihearten them0 no difficultie to daunt them" Nothin! could turn a!aint them or influence them Their determination" The$ ne#er lot i!ht of Their !oal" In all of u there i thi ilent force of wonderful power" If de#eloped& it can o#ercome condition That would eem inurmounta%le" Contantl$ it i ur!in! u on to !reater achie#ement" The Opinion more we %ecome ac3uainted with it the %etter trate!it we %ecome& the Opinion more coura!e we de#elop and the !reater the deire within U( for elf-e)preion in acti#it$ alon! man$ line" No one will e#er %e a failure if he /ecome conciou of thi ilent =orce Within That control .i detin$" /ut without the concioune of thi inner force& $ou will not ha#e a clear #iion& and e)ternal condition will not $ield to the power of $our mind" It i the mental reol#e That make achie#ement poi%le" Once Thi ha %een formed It (hould ne#er %e allowed to ceae to pre it claim until it o%'ect i *ttained" To make plan work out it will& at time& %e Necear$ to ue e#er$ power of $our mind" Patience& pere#erance and all the indomita%le force Within one will ha#e to %e mutered and ued with the !reatet effecti#ene" Pere#erance i the firt element of ucce" In order to pere#ere $ou mut %e ceaele in $our application" It Re3uire $ou to concentrate $our thou!ht upon $our undertakin! and %rin! e#er$ ener!$ to %ear upon keepin! them focued upon it until $ou ha#e accomplihed $our aim" To 3uithort of thi i to weaken all future effort" The -ental Demand (eem an unreal power /ecaue it i intan!i%le0 %ut it i the mi!htiet power in the world" It i a power That i free for $ou to ue" No one can ue it for $ou" The -ental Demand i not a #iionar$ one" It i a potent force& Which $ou can ue freel$ without cot" When $ou are in dou%t it will counel $ou" It will !uide $ou When $ou are uncertain" When$ou are in fear it will !i#e $ou coura!e" It i the moti#e power Which upplie the ener!ie Necear$ to the achie#ement of the purpoe" You ha#e a lar!e tore houe of poi%ilitie" The -ental Demand make poi%ilitie realitie" It upplie e#er$thin! Necear$ for the accomplihment& $ou elect the tool and intruct how to ue them" It make $ou undertand the ituation" 2#er$ time $ou make a -ental Demand $ou (tren!then the %rain center %$ drawin! $ou to e)ternal force" =ew reali+e the power of a -ental Demand" It i poi%le to make $our demand o tron! That $ou can impart what $ou ha#e to a$ to another without peakin! to him" .a#e $ou e#er& after plannin! to dicu a certain matter with a friend& had the e)perience of ha#in! him %roach the u%'ect %efore $ou had a chance to peak of it, .a#e $ou e#er& in a letter& made a u!!etion to a friend That he Carried out %efore $our letter Reached him, .a#e $ou e#er wanted to peak to a peron who& 'ut then Walked in or telephoned" I ha#e had man$ uch repone to thou!ht and $ou and $our friend ha#e dou%tle e)perienced them& too" Thee two thin! are neither coincidence nor accident& %ut are the reult of mental demand 1aunched %$ tron! concentration" The peron that ne#er want an$thin! !et little" To reolutel$demand i the firt tep toward !ettin! what $ou want" The power of the -ental Demand (eem a%olute& the uppl$ illimita%le" The mental demand pro'ect itelf and caue to materiali+e the condition and opportunitie needed to accomplih the purpoe" Do not think I o#er etimate the #alue of the -ental Demand" It %rin! the fuller life if ued onl$ for ri!hteou purpoe" Once the -ental Demand i made& .owe#er& ne#er let it falter" If $ou do the current That connect $ouwith $our deire i %roken" Take all the Necear$ time to %uild a firm foundation& I know That there need not e#en %e an element of dou%t to creep in" 9ut the moment $ou entertain 5dou%t5 $ou loe ome of the demand force& and force once lot i hard to re!ain" (o Whene#er You makea mental demand hold teadfatl$ to it until $our need i upplied" I want to repeat a!ain That Power of -ental Demand i not a #iionar$ one" It i concentrated power onl$& and can %e ued %$ $ou" It i not upernatural power& %ut Re3uire a de#elopment of the %rain center" The outcome i ure When it i !i#en with a tron! reolute determination" No peron will ad#ance to an$ !reat e)tent& until he Reco!ni+e thi =orce Within him" If $ou ha#e not %ecome aware of it& $ou ha#e not made #er$ much of a ucce of $our life" It i thi 5omethin!5 that ditin!uihe that 5man5 from other men" It i thi u%tle power That De#elop tron! peronalit$" If $ou want a !reat deal $ou mut demand a !reat deal" Once $ou make $our demand& anticipate it fulfillment" It depend upon u" We are Rewarded accordin! to =unctional our effort" The Power of -ental Demand can %rin! u what we want" We %ecome what we determinate to %e" We control our own detin$" 7et the ri!ht mental attitude& then econdo with $our a%ilit$ $ou can !ain ucce" *nd e#er$ man of *:2R*72 a%ilit$& the ordinar$ man That $ou ee a%out $ou& can %e reall$ ucceful& independent& free of worr$& .I( OWN -*(T2R& if he can 'ut -ana!e to do two thin!" =irt& he remain fore#er diatified with what he I( doin! and with what he .*( accomplihed" (econd& de#elop in hi mind to %elief That the word impoi%le wa not intended or him" /uild up in hi mind the confidence That 2na%le the mind to ue it power" -an$& epeciall$ the older men& will ak4 5.ow can I %uild Up That elf-confidence in m$ %rain, .ow can I& after month and $ear of dicoura!ement& of dull ploddin!& uddenl$ concei#e and carr$ out a plan for doin! omethin! That will mike life worth while and chan!e the monotonou routine , 5.ow can a man !et out of a rut after he .a /een in it for $ear and ha ettled down to the low 'o!-trot That lead to the !ra#e,5 The anwer i the thin! can %e done& and million ha#e done it" One of the name mot honored amon! the !reat men of =rance I that of 1ittre& who wrote and compiled the !reat =rench dictionar$ - a monument of learnin!" .e i the man Whoe place amon! the fort$ immortal of =rance wa taken %$ the !reat Pateur& When the latter wa 2lected to the *cadem$" 1ittre /27*N the Work That make him famou When .e wa Opinion more than i)t$ $ear old" LESSON 0III. CONCENTRATION .I0ES MENTAL POISE You will find That the man That concentrate i well poied& Wherea the man That *llow .i mind to wander i eail$ upet" When $ou are in thi widom doe not pa from the u%conciou torehoue into the concioune" There mut %e mental 3uiet %efore the two conciounee can work in harmon$" When $ou are incendio concentrate $ou ha#e peace of mind" If $ou are in the ha%it of loin! $our poie& form the ha%it of readin! literature That ha a 3uietin! power" 9ut the econd $ou feel $our poie lippin!& a$& 5Peace&5 and then hold thi thou!ht in mind and $ou will ne#er loe $our elf-control" There can not %e perfect concentrationuntil there i peace of mind" (o I keep thinkin! peace& actin! peace& until $ou are at peace with all the world" When for once $ou ha#e %een Reached thi there will %e no trou%le to concentrate on an$thin! $ou wih" When $ou ha#e peace of mind $ou are not timid or an)iou& or fearful& or ri!id and $ou will not allow an$ ditur%in! thou!ht to influence $ou" You cat aide all fear& and think of $ourelf a a park of the Di#ine /ein!& a a manifetation of the 5One Uni#eral Principle5 that fill all pace and time" Think of $ourelf Thu a a child of the infinite& poein! infinite poi%ilitie" Write on a piece of paper& 5I ha#e the power to do and to %e whate#er I wih to do and %e"5 8eep thi mentall$ %efore $ou& and $ou will find the thou!ht will %e of !reat help to $ou" The -itake of Concentratin! on Your /uine While *wa$" In order to %e ucceful toda$& $ou mut concentrate& %ut do not %ecome a la#e to concentration& and carr$ $our %uine care home" 9ut a ure a $ou do $ou will %e %urnin! the life force at %oth end and the fire will !o out much ooner than wa intended" -an$ men %ecome o a%or%ed in Their %uine That When The$ !o to church the$ do not hear the preacher /ecaue Their mind are on Their %uine" If the$ !o to the theater the$ do not en'o$ it /ecaue Their %uine i on Their -ind" When the$ !o to %ed the$ think a%out %uine intead of leep and wonder wh$ the$ do not leep" Thi i the wron! kind of concentration and i dan!erou" It i in#oluntar$" When $ou are una%le to !et an$thin! out of $our mind it /ecome unwholeome a an$ thou!ht held continuoul$ caue wearine of the fleh" It i a %i! mitake to let a thou!ht rule $ou& intead of rulin! it" .e who doe not rule himelf i not a ucce" If $ou can not control $our concentration& $our health will uffer" (o ne#er %ecome o a%or%ed with an$thin! That $ou can not la$ it aide and take up another" Thi i elf-control" Concentration I Pa$in! *ttention to a Choen Thou!ht" 2#er$thin! That pae %efore the e$e make an impreion on the u%conciou mind& %ut Unle $ou pa$ attention to ome certain thin! $ou will not remem%er what $ou aw" =or intance if $ou Walked down a %u$ treet without eein! an$thin! That *ttracted $our Particular attention& $ou could not recall an$thin! $ou aw" (o $ou ee onl$ what attract $our attention" If $ou work $ou onl$ ee and remem%er what $ou think a%out" When $ou concentrate on omethin! it *%or% $our whole thou!ht" (elf-(tud$ :alua%le" 2#er$one ha ome ha%it That can %e o#ercome %$ concentration" We will a$ for intance& $ou are in the ha%it of complainin!& or findin! fault with $ourelf or other0 or& ima!inin! That $ou do not poe the a%ilit$ of other0 That feelin! or $ou are not a !ood a omeone ele0 That or $ou can not rel$ on $ourelf0 or har%orin! an$ imilar thou!ht or thou!htof weakne" Thee (hould %e cat aide and intead thou!ht of tren!th (hould %e put in Their Place" 9ut remem%er e#er$ time $ou think of $ourelf a %ein! weak& in ome wa$ $ou are makin! $ourelf o %$ thinkin! $ou are" Our mental condition make u what we are" 9ut watch $ourelf and ee how much time $ou wate in worr$in!& frettin! and complainin!" The more of it$ou do the wore off $ou are" 9ut the minute $ou are aware of thinkin! a ne!ati#e thou!ht immediatel$ chan!e to a poiti#e one" If $ou tart to think of failure& chan!e to thinkin! of ucce" You ha#e the !erm of ucce Within You" Care for it the ame a the ettin! hen /rood o#er the e!! and $ou can make it a realit$" You can make a Thoe That You in contact with feel a $ou do& /ecaue You radiate #i%ration of the wa$ $ou feel and $our #i%ration are felt %$ other" When $ou concentrate on a certain thin! $ou turn all the ra$ of $our #i%ration on thi" Thou!ht i the directin! power of all 1ife6 #i%ration" If a peron (hould enter a room with a lot of people and feel a if he were a peron of no Cone3uence no one would know he wa there Unle the$ aw him& and e#en if the$ did& the$ would not remem%er eein! him& /ecaue The$ I wa not *ttracted toward him" /ut let him enter the room feelin! That he wa ma!netic and concentratin! on thi thou!ht& other wouldfeel .i #i%ration" I remem%er the wa$ $ou feel $ou can make other feel" Thi i the law" -ake $ourelf a concentrated d$namo from Which $our thou!ht #i%rate to other" Then $ou are in power in the world" Culti#ate the art of feelin!& for a I aid %efore $ou can onl$ make other feelwhat $ou feel" If $ou will tud$ all of the !reat character of hitor$ $ou will find That the$ were enthuiatic" =irt the$ were enthuiatic Themel#e& and then the$ could aroue other6 enthuiam" It i latent in e#er$one" It i a wonderful force ounce When *roued" *ll pu%lic men to %e a ucce ha#e to poe it" Culti#ate it %$ concentration" (et aide ome hour of the da$& in cui to hold rapt con#ere with the oul" -editate with incere deire and contrite heart and $ou will %e *%le to accomplih That Which $ou ha#e meditated on" Thi i the ke$note of ucce" 5Think& peak and act 'ut a $ou wih to %e& *nd $ou will %e That Which $ou wih to %e"5 You are 'ut what $ou think $ou are and not what $ou ma$ *ppear to %e" You ma$ fool other %utnot $ourelf" You ma$ control $our life and action 'ut a $ou can control $our hand" If $ou want to raie $our hand $ou mut firt think of raiin! it" If $ou want to control $our life $ou mut firt control $our thinkin!" 2a$ to do& i it not, Ye it i& if $ou will %ut concentrate on what $ou think a%out" =or he onl$ can That a$ he will" .ow can we ecure concentration, To thi 3uetion& the firt and lat anwer mut %e4 /$ interetand tron! moti#e" The tron!er the moti#e the !reater the concentration "-- 2utace -iller& -D The (ucceful 1i#e *re the Concentrated 1i#e" The utterl$ helple multitude That ooner or later ha#e to %e cared for %$ charit$& *re Thoe That were ne#er incendio concentrated& and who ha#e %ecome the #ictim of ne!ati#e idea" Train $ourelf o $ou will %e incendio centrali+e $our thou!ht and de#elop $our %rain power& andIncreae $our mental ener!$& or $ou can %e a lacker& a drifter& a 3uitter or a leeper" It all depend on how $ou concentrate& or centrali+e $our thou!ht" Your thinkin! then /ecome a fi)ed power and $ou do not wate time thinkin! a%out omethin! That would not %e !ood for $ou" You pick out the thou!ht That will %e the mean of /rin!in! $ou what $ou deire& and the$%ecome a material realit$" Whate#er we create in the thou!ht world will ome da$ materiali+e" That i the law" Do not for!et thi" In the old da$ men drifted without concentration %ut thi i a da$ of efficienc$ and Therefore allof our 2ffort mut %e concentrated& if we are to win an$ ucce worth the name" Wh$ People Often Do Not 7et What The$ Concentrate On" /ecaue the$ it down in hopele depair and e)pect it to come to them" /ut if the$ will 'ut reach out for it with Their %i!!et effort the$ will find it i Within Their reach" No one limit u %ut ourel#e" We are what we are toda$ a the reult of internal condition" We can control the e)ternal condition" The$ are u%'ect to our will" Throu!h our concentration we can attract what we want& /ecaue We /ecame enrapport with the Uni#eral force& from Which we can !et what we want" You ha#e watched race no dou%t" The$ all line up to!ether" 2ach ha .i -ind (eptem%er on !ettin! to the !oal %efore the other" Thi i one kind of concentration" * man tart to think on a certain u%'ect" .e ha all kind of thou!ht come to him& %ut %$ concentration he hut out *ll Thee %ut the one he ha choen" Concentration i 'ut a cae of willin! to do a certain thin! and doin! it" If $ou want to accomplih an$thin! firt put $ourelf in a concentratin!& repoeful& recepti#e& ac3uirin! frame of mind" In tacklin! unfamiliar work make hate lowl$ and deli%eratel$ and then $ou will ecure That interior acti#it$& Which i ne#er poi%le When $ou are in a hurr$ or under a train" When $ou 5think hard5 or tr$ to hurr$ reult too 3uickl$& $ou 7enerall$ hut off the interior flow of thou!ht and idea" You ha#e often no dou%t tried hard to think of omethin! %ut could not& %ut 'ut a oon a $ou topped tr$in! to think of it& it came to $ou" LESSON 3. 21SINESS RES1LTS THRO1.H CONCENTRATION * ucceful %uine i not uuall$ $ou the reult of chance" Neither i a failure the reult of luck" -ot failure could %e determined in ad#ance if the founder .ad /een (tudied" It i not alwa$ poi%le to tart a mone$-makin! %uine at the tart" Uuall$ a num%er of chan!e ha#e to %e made" Plan do not work out a Their Creator thou!ht the$ would" The$ ma$ ha#e to %e chan!ed a little& it %roadened it ma$ %e& here and there& and a $ou %roaden $our %uine $ou %roaden $our power to *chie#e" You !ain an intene and utained deire to make $our %uine a ucce" When $ou tart a %uine $ou ma$ ha#e %ut a #a!ue notion of the wa$ $ou will conduct it" You mut fill in the detail a $ou !o alon!" You mut concentrate ON T.2(2 detail"* $ou trai!hten out one after another& other will re3uire attention" In thi wa$ $ou co#er the field of 5the firt endea#or5 and new opportunitie open up for $ou" When $ou reali+e one deire& another come" /ut if $ou do not =ulfill the firt deire& $ou will not the econd" That the peron doe not carr$ .i deire into action i onl$ a dreamer" Deire i a !reat creati#e force& if it i pure& intene and utained" It i our deire That keep tirrin! u up to action and the$ will (tren!then and %roaden $ou if $ou make them materiali+e" 2#er$ man who *chie#e ucce it deer#e" When he firt tarted out he did not undertand how to ol#e the pro%lem preented Themel#e That afterward& %ut he did each thin! a it came up in the #er$ %et wa$ That he could& and thi de#eloped .i power of doin! %i!!er thin!" We %ecome mater of %uine %$ learnin! to do well whate#er we attempt" That the man ha a thorou!h knowled!e of .i %uine can of coure direct it much more eail$ and killfull$ than the man who lack That knowled!e" The killed %uine director can it in hi pri#ate office and till know accuratel$ what i actuall$ %ein! done" .e know what hould %e done in an$ !i#en time and if it i not accomplihed he know That .i emplo$ee are not turnin! out the Work That (hould the$" It i then ea$ to appl$ the remed$" /uine ucce depend on well-concentrated effort" You mut ue e#er$ mental force $ou can mater" Thee *re The Opinion more ued the Opinion more the$ increae" Therefore the Opinion more $ou accomplih toda$ the Opinion more force $ou will ha#e at $our dipoal with Which to ol#e $our pro%lem tomorrow" If $ou are workin! for omeone ele toda$ and wih to tart in a %uine for $ourelf& think o#er carefull$ what $ou would like to do" Then When $ou ha#e reol#ed what $ou want to do& $ou will %e drawn toward it" There i a law That open the wa$ to the fulfillment of $our deire" Of coure %ack of $our deire $ou mut put forward The Necear$ effort to carr$ out $our purpoe0 $ou mut ue $our power to put $our deire into force" Once the$ are created and $ou keep up $our determination to ha#e them fulfilled $ou %oth concioul$ and unconcioul$ work toward Their materiali+ation" (et $our heart on $our purpoe& concentrate $our thou!ht upon it& direct $our 2ffort with all $our intelli!ence and in due time $ou will reali+e $our am%ition" =eel $ourelf to ucce& $ou %elie#e $ou are a ucce and Thu put $ourelf in the attitude That demand reco!nition and the thou!ht current draw to $ou what $ou need to make $ou a ucce"Do not %e afraid of %i! Undertakin!" 7o at them with !rit& and purued a method That $ou think will accomplih $our purpoe" You ma$ not at firt meet with entire ucce& %ut aim o hi!h That if $ou fall a little hort $ou will till ha#e accomplihed much" What other ha#e done $ou can do" You ma$ e#en do what other ono tati una%le to do" *lwa$ keep a tron! deire toucceed in $our mind" /e in lo#e with $our aim and work& and make them& a do a poi%le& 3uare with the rule of the !reatet !ood to the !reatet num%er and $our life can not %e a failure"The ucceful %uine attitude mut %e culti#ated to make the mot out of $our life& the attitude of e)pectin! !reat thin! from /oth $ourelf and other" Often it alone will caue men to make !ood0 to meaure up to the %et That i in them" It i not the pamodic purt That count on a lon! 'ourne$& %ut the tead$ effort" (purt fati!ue and make it hard for $ou to continue" Rel$ on $our own opinion" (hould it %e a !ood a an$one ele6" When once $ou reach a concluion a%ide %$ it" 1et there %e no dou%t& or wa#erin! in $our 'ud!ment" If $ou are uncertain a%out e#er$ deciion $ou make& $ou will %e u%'ect to harain! Dou%t and fear Which will render $our 'ud!ment of little #alue" That the man decide accordin! to =unctional what he think ri!ht and who learn from e#er$ mitake ac3uire a well %alanced mind That !et the %et reult" .e !ain the confidence of other" .e i known a the man That know what he want& and not a One That i a chan!ea%le a the weather" The man of toda$ want to do %uine withthe man That he can depend upon" Uncertaintie in the %uine world are meetin! with Opinionmore difa#or" Relia%le firm want to do %uine with men of known 3ualitie& with men of firmne& 'ud!ment and relia%ilit$" (o if $ou wih to tart in %uine for $ourelf $our !reatet aet& with the in!le e)ception of a ound ph$i3ue& I that of a !ood reputation" * ucceful %uine i not hard to %uild if we can concentrate all our mental force upon it" It ithe man That i unettled /ecaue he doe not know what he want That !oe to the wall" We hear peron (a$ That %uine i tr$in! on the ner#e& %ut it i the unettlin! element of fret andworr$ and upene That *re ner#e-e)hautin! and not the %uine" 2)ecutin! one6 plan ma$ caue fati!ue& en'o$ment come with ret" If there ha not /een an$ unnatural train& the recuperati#e power replace what ener!$ .a /een lot" /$ attendin! to each da$6 work properl$ $ou de#elop the capacit$ to do a !reater work tomorrow" It i thi !radual de#elopment That make poi%le the carr$in! out of %i! plan" That the man fi!ure out doin! omethin! each hour of the da$ !et omewhere" *t the end of each da$ $ou (hould %e a tep nearer $our aim" 8eep the idea in mind& That $ou mean to !o forward& That each da$ mut mark an ad#ance and $ou will !o forward" You do not e#en ha#e to know thee)act direction o lon! a $ou are determined to find the wa$" /ut $ou mut not turn %ack once $ou ha#e tarted" 2#en %rilliant men6 conception of the poi%ilitie of Their mental force are o limited and %elow Their real worth That the$ are let Opinion more 1ikel$ to %elittle Their poi%ilitie than the$ are to e)a!!erate them" You do not want to think That i an impoi%le aim/ecaue it ha ne#er %een Reali+ed in the pat" 2#er$ da$ omeone i doin! omethin! That wa ne#er done %efore" We are puhin! ahead fater" Decade =ormerl$ it took to %uild up a %i! %uine& %ut toda$ it i onl$ %ut a matter of $ear& ometime of month" Plan each da$6 acti#itie carefull$ and $ou can reach an$ hei!ht $ou aim at" If each thin! $ou do i done with concie and concentrated thou!ht $ou will %e *%le to turn out an e)cellent 3ualit$ and a lar!e 3uantit$ of work" Plan to do o much work durin! the da$ and $ou will %e atonihed to ee how much more $ou will do& than on other da$& When You had not decided on an$ certainamount" I ha#e Demontrated That the a#era!e %uine workin! force could do the ame amountof work in i) hour That the$ now do in ei!ht& without uin! up an$ more ener!$" Ne#er tart to accomplih an$thin! in an indecii#e& indefinite& uncertain wa$" Tackle e#er$thin! with a poiti#ene and an earnetne That will concentrate $our mind and attract the #er$ %et *ociated thou!ht" You will in a hort time =ind That $ou will ha#e e)tra time for plannin! %i!!er thin!" The natural leader alwa$ draw to himelf& %$ the law of mental attraction& idea in hi choen u%'ect That ha#e e#er %een concei#ed %$ other" Thi i of the !reatet Importance and help" If $ou are properl$ trained $ou %enefit much %$ other6 thou!ht& and& pro#idin! $ou !enerated from within $ourelf omethin! of #alue& the$ will %enefit from $our" 5We are heir of all the a!e&5 %ut we mut know how to ue our inheritance" The confident& puhin!& hopeful& determined a influence to-whom he aociate with& and inpire the ame 3ualitie in them" That $ou feel .i i a afe e)ample to follow and he roue the ame =orce Within You That i puhin! him onward and upward" One eldom make a ucce of an$thin! That he !oe in at a litle& piritle wa$" To %uild up a %uine $ou mut ee it e)pandin! in $our mind %efore it actuall$ take tan!i%le hape" That tak 2#er$ !reat ha e#er %een accomplihed ha firt /een -erel$ a #iion in the mind of it creator" Detail after detail ha had to %e worked out in hi mind from .i =irt faint idea of the enterprie" =inall$ a clear idea wa formed and then the accomplihment& Which Wa onl$ the material reult of the mental concept& =ollowed" The up-to-date %uine man i not content to %uild onl$ for the preent& %ut i plannin! ahead" If he doe not he will fall %ehind .i competitor& who i" What we are actuall$ doin! toda$ wa carefull$ thou!ht out and planned %$ other in the pat" *ll pro!rei#e %uinee are Conductedthi wa$" That i wh$ the $oun! %uine man of toda$ i 1ikel$ to accomplih %lack%errie in a few $ear than did .i =ather in all .i 1ife" There i no reaon wh$ $our work or %uine (hould fa! $ou out" When it doe there i omethin! wron!" You are attractin! force and influence That You (hould not& /ecaue You are not in harmon$ with what $ou are doin!" There i nothin! o tirin! a to tr$ to do the work =or which we are unfitted& %oth %$ temperament and trainin!" 2ach one (hould %e en!a!ed in a %uine That he lo#e0 .e hould %e %e furtherin! mo#ement with Which he i in $mpath$" .e will then onl$ do .i %et work and take intene pleaure in hi %uine" In thi wa$& while Contantl$ !rowin! and de#elopin! .i power& he i at the ame time render throu!h .i work& !enuine and de#oted er#ice to humanit$" /uine ucce i not the reult of chance& %ut of cientific idea and plan Carried out %$ an a!!rei#e and pro!rei#e mana!ement" Ue $our mental force know That the$ will !row and de#elop" Remem%er That e#er$thin! $ou do i the reult of mental action& Therefore $ou can completel$ control $our e#er$ action" Nothin! i impoi%le for $ou" Do not %e afraid to tackle a difficult propoition" Your ucce will depend upon the ue $ou make of $our mind" Thi i capa%le of wonderful de#elopment" (ee That $ou make full ue of it& and de#elop not onl$ $ourelf %ut $our aociate" Tr$ to %roaden the #iion of Thoe in contact with-whom $ou like and $ou will %roaden $our own outlook of life" *re You *fraid of Reponi%ilitie, In order for the indi#idual oul to de#elop& $ou mut ha#e Reponi%ilitie" You mut manifet the omnipotence of the law of uppl$" The whole world i $our le!itimate phere of acti#it$" .ow much of a con3ueror are $ou, What ha#e $ou done, *re $ou afraid of reponi%ilit$& or are $ou e#er dod!in!& flinchin!& or ide teppin! it" If $ou are& $ouare not a Real -an" Your hi!her elf ne#er wince& o %e a man and allow the power of the hi!her elf to manifet and $ou will find $ou ha#e plent$ of tren!th and $ou will feel %etter When $ou are tacklin! difficult propoition" LESSON #I. CONCENTRATE ON COURAGE Coura!e i the %ack%one of man" The man with coura!e ha peritence" .e tate what he %elie#e6 and put it into e)ecution" The coura!eou man ha confidence" .e draw to himelf all the moral 3ualitie and mental force Which !o to make up a tron! man" Wherea& the man without coura!e draw to himelf all the 3ualitie of a weak man& #acillation& dou%t& heitanc$& and unteadine of purpoe" Therefore $ou can ee the #alue of concentration on coura!e" It i a mot #ital element of ucce" The lack of coura!e Create financial& a well a mental and moral difficultie" When a new pro%lem come& intead of lookin! upon it a omethin! to %e *chie#ed& the man or woman without coura!e look for Reaon Wh$ it can not %e done naturall$ and failure i the almot ine#ita%le reult" Thi i a u%'ect well worth$ of $our tud$" 1ook upon e#er$thin! Within Your power a a Poi%ilit$ intead of a -erel$ a pro%a%ilit$ and $ouwill accomplih a !reat deal %lack%errie& /ecaue %$ coniderin! a thin! a impoi%le& $ou immediatel$ draw to $ourelf all the element That contri%ute to failure" 1ack of coura!e detro$ $our confidence in $ourelf" It detro$ That forceful& reolute attitude o important to ucce" The man without coura!e unconcioul$ draw to himelf all that i contempti%le& weakenin!& demorali+in! and detructi#e" .e then %lame .i luck When he doe not ecure the thin! he weakl$ deire" We mut firt ha#e the coura!e to deire omethin! tron!l$" * deire to %e fulfilled mut %e %acked %$ the tren!th of all our mental force" (uch a deire ha enou!h commandin! force to chan!e to unfa#ora%le condition" The man with coura!e command& Whether i %e on the %attlefield or in %uine life" What i coura!e, It i the Will To Do" It take no more ener!$ to %e coura!eou than to %e cowardl$" It i a matterof the ri!ht trainin! in the ri!ht wa$" Coura!e concentrate the mental force on the tak at hand" It then direct them thou!htfull$& teadil$& deli%eratel$& while attractin! all the force of ucce& toward the Deired end" Cowardice on the other hand& diipate /oth our mental and moral force& There%$ in#itin! failure" * we are creature of ha%it& We (hould a#oid peron That lack coura!e" The$ are ea$ to dico#er /ecaue of Their ha%it of fear in attackin! new pro%lem" The man with coura!e i ne#er afraid" (tart out toda$ with the idea That there i no reaon wh$ $ou (hould not %e coura!eou" If an$ fear-thou!ht a to $ou cat them off a $ou would the deadl$ #iper" =orm theha%it of ne#er thinkin! of an$thin! unfa#ora%le to $ourelf or an$one ele" In dealin! with difficultie& new or old& e#er hold the thou!ht& 5I am coura!eou"5 Whene#er a dou%t croe the threhold of $our mind& %anih it" Remem%er& $ou a mater of $our mind control it e#er$ thou!ht& and here i a !ood one to affirm Often& 5I ha#e coura!e /ecaue I deire it0 /ecaue I need it& %ecaue i ue it and %ecaue i refue to %ecome uch a weaklin! Produce a cowardice" 5 There i no 'utification for the lo of coura!e" The e#il %$ Which $ou will almot certainl$ %e o#erwhelmed without makin! it are !reater than Thoe Which coura!e will help $ou to meet and o#ercome" Ri!ht& then& mut %e the moralit who a$ That the onl$ thin! to fear i fear" Ne#er let another6 opinion affect $ou0 he can not tell what $ou are *%le to do0 he doe not know what $ou can do with $our force" The truth i $ou do not know $ourelf until $ou put $ourelf to the tet" Therefore& how can omeone ele know, Ne#er let an$one ele put a #aluation on $ou" *lmot all wonderful achie#ement ono tati accomplihed after it had %een 5thorou!hl$5 Demontrated That the$ were impoi%ilitie" Once we undertand the law& all thin! are poi%le" If the$ were impoi%ilitie we could not concei#e them" 9ut the moment $ou allow omeone to influence $ou a!aint what $ou think i ri!ht& $ou loe confidence in $ourelf That That inpire coura!e and carrie with it all the force Which Create coura!e" 9ut the moment $ou %e!in to wer#e in $our plan $ou %e!in to carr$ out another6 thou!ht and not $our own" You %ecome the directed and not the director" You forake the coura!e and reolution of $our own mind& and $ou lack the #er$ forceTherefore That You need to utain and carr$ out $our work" Intead of %ein! elf-reliant $ou %ecome timid and thi in#ite failure" When $ou permit $ourelf to %e influenced from $our plan %$ another& $ou are una%le to 'ud!e a $ou (hould& /ecaue $ou ha#e allowed another6 influence to depri#e $ou of $our coura!e and determination without a%or%in! an$ of .i in return know $ou are in much the ame predicament& a $ou would %e in if $ou turned o#er all $our worldl$ poeion to another without !ettin! 5#alue recei#ed"5 Concentrate on 'ut the oppoite of fear& want& po#ert$& ickne& etc" Ne#er dou%t $our own a%ilit$" You ha#e plent$& if $ou will 'ut ue it" * !reat man$ men are failure /ecaue The$ dou%t Their Own capacit$" Intead of %uildin! up tron! mental force Which would %e of the !reatet ue to them Their fear thou!ht tear them down" =ear paral$+e ener!$" It keep u from attractin! the force that !o to make up ucce" =ear i the wort enem$ we ha#e" There are few people reall$ know That That the$ can accomplih much" The$ deire the full e)tent of Their power& %ut ala& it i onl$ occaionall$ That You find a man That i aware of the !reat poi%ilitie Within him" When $ou %elie#e with all $our mind and heart and oul That $ou can do omethin!& $ou There%$ the coura!e to de#elop teadil$ and confidentl$ li#e up to That %elief" You ha#e now !one a lon! wa$ toward accomplihin! it" That the chance are there will %e o%tacle& %i! and little&in $our wa$& %ut reolute coura!e will o#ercome them andnothin! ele will" (tron! coura!e 2liminate the in'uriou and oppoin! force %$ ummonin! Their mater& $et thetron!er force That will er#e $ou" Coura!e i $our for the akin!" *ll $ou ha#e to do i to %elie#e in it& claim it and ue it" To ucceed in %uine %elie#e That it will %e ucceful& aert That it i ucceful& and work like a %ea#er to make it o" Difficultie oon melt awa$ %efore the coura!eou" One man of coura!e can fire with .i pirit to whole arm$ of men& Whether it %e militar$ or indutrial& /ecaue coura!e& like cowardice& i conta!iou" The man of coura!e o#ercome the trial and temptation of life0 he command ucce0 he render ound 'ud!ment0he De#elop peronal influence and a forceful character and Often /ecome the mentor of the communit$ Which he er#e" .ow to O#ercome Depreion and -elancholia" /oth of the former are harmful and make $ou unhapp$" Thee are tate That can %e 3uickl$ o#ercome throu!h concentratin! Opinion more cloel$ on the hi!her elf& for when $ou do $ou cut off the connection with the harmful force current" You can dri#e awa$ anche mood %$ impl$ chooin! and full$ concentratin! on an a!reea%le u%'ect" Throu!h will power and thou!ht control we can accomplih an$thin! we want to do" There i wonderful inherent Power Within u all& and there i ne#er an$ ufficient caue for fear& e)cept i!norance" 2#er$ e#il i %ut the product of i!norance& and e#er$one poee the power to think That ha the power to o#ercome i!norance and e#il" That the pain we uffer from doin! e#il are %ut the leon of e)perience& and the o%'ect of the pain i to make u reali+e our i!norance" When we %ecome depreed It i e#idence That thou!ht our facultie are com%inin! improperl$ and There%$ attractin! the wron! force-current" *ll that it i Necear$ to do i to e)ercie the will and focued upon u%'ect happ$" I will onl$ think of u%'ect worth$ of m$ hi!her elf and it power" LESSON 3II. CONCENTRATE ON WEALTH It wa ne#er intended That -an (hould %e poor" When wealth i O%tained under the proper condition it %roaden the life" 2#er$thin! ha it #alue" 2#er$thin! ha a !ood ue and a %ad ue"The force of mind like wealth can %e directed either for !ood or e#il" * little ret will re-create force" Too much ret De!enerate into la+ine& and %rainle& dream$ lon!in!" If $ou ac3uire wealth un'utl$ from other& $ou are miuin! $our force0 %ut if $our wealth come throu!h the ri!ht ource $ou will %e %leed" Throu!h wealth we can do thin! to uplift ourel#e and humanit$" Wealth i man$ peron6 !oal" Therefore it timulate Their endea#or" The$ lon! for it in order to dre and li#e in uch a wa$ a to attract friend" Without friend the$ would not %e o Particular of Their urroundin!" The fact i the Opinion more attracti#e we make ourel#e and our urroundin! are the Opinion more inpirin! Their influence" It i not conduci#e to proper thou!ht to %e urrounded %$ condition That *re uncon!enial and unpleaant" (o the firt tep toward ac3uirin! wealth i to urround $ourelf with helpful influence0 to claim for $ourelf an en#ironment of culture& place $ourelf in it and %e molded %$ it influence" -ot !reat men of all a!e ono tati comparati#el$ rich" The$ ha#e made or inherited mone$" Without mone$ the$ could not ha#e accomplihed what the$ did" The man en!a!ed in ph$ical drud!er$ i not 1ikel$ to ha#e the ame hi!h ideal a the man That can command comparati#e leiure" Wealth i uuall$ $ou the fruit of achie#ement" It i not& .owe#er& alto!ether the reult of %ein! indutriou" Thouand of peron who work hard ne#er !row wealth$" Other with much le effort ac3uire wealth" (eein! poi%ilitie i another tep toward ac3uirin! wealth" * man ma$ %ea indutriou a he can poi%l$ %e& %ut if he doe not ue .i mental force he will %e a la%orer& to %e directed %$ the man That ue to !ood ad#anta!e .i mental force" No one can %ecome wealth$ in an ordinar$ lifetime& %$ mere a#in! from earnin!" -an$ crimp and economi+e to Their 1i#e0 %ut %$ o doin! wate *ll Their #italit$ and ener!$" =or e)ample& I know a man That Ued to walk to work" It took him an hour to an hour to !o and return" .e could ha#e taken a car and !one in twent$ minute" .e a#ed ten cent a da$ %ut wated an hour and a half" It wa not a #er$ profita%le in#etment Unle the time pent in ph$ical e)ercie $ielded him lar!e return in the wa$ of health" The ame amount of time pent in concentrated effort to o#ercome .i unfa#ora%le %uine en#ironment mi!ht ha#e firml$ planted .i feet in the path of properit$" One of the %i! mitake made %$ man$ peron of the preent !eneration I that the$ aociated with Thoe who fail to call out or de#elop the %et That i in them" When the ocial ide of life i too 2)clui#el$ de#eloped& a it i Often& and recreation or entertainment /ecome the leadin! moti#e of a peron6 life& he ac3uire ha%it of e)tra#a!ance intead of econom$0 .i ha%it of watin! reource& ph$ical& mental& moral and piritual& intead of coner#in! them" .e i& in Cone3uence& lackin! in proper moti#ation& .i 7od-!i#en power and force are unde#eloped and he Ine#ita%l$ %rin! poor 'ud!ment to %ear upon all the hi!her relationhip of life& while& a to .i financial fortune& he i e#er the leaner0 Often a paraite& and alwa$& if opportunit$ afford& a hea#$ a conumer a he i a poor producer" It (eem to part of the tra!ed$ of life That Thee peron ha#e to %e tau!ht uch painful leon %efore the$ can undertand the force and law That re!ulate life" =ew profit %$ the mitake of other" The$ mut e)perience them for Themel#e and then appl$ the knowled!e I 7ained in recontructin! Their 1i#e" That an$ man ha e#er amounted to an$thin! ha ne#er done a !reat deal of detail work for lon! period at an$ !i#en time" .e need .i Time to reflect" .e doe not do .i dutie toda$ in the ame wa$ a $eterda$& %ut a the reult of deli%erate and concentrated effort& Contantl$ trie to impro#e .i method" The other da$ I attended a lecture on Properit$" I 8new the lecturer .ad /een practicall$ %roke for ten $ear" I wanted to hear what he had to a$" .e poke #er$ well" .e no dou%t %enefited ome of .i hearer& %ut he had not profited %$ .i Own Teachin!" I introduced m$elf and I aked him if he %elie#ed in hi ma)im" .e aid he did" I aked him if the$ had made him properou" .e aid not e)actl$" I aked him wh$" .e *nwered That he thou!ht he wa fated not to e)perience properit$" In half an hour I (howed That -an wh$ po#ert$ had *lwa$ /een .i companion" .e had dreed poorl$" .e held .i lecture in poor urroundin!" /$ .i action and %elief he *ttracted po#ert$" .e did not reali+e That .i thou!ht and hi urroundin! 2)ercied an unfa#ora%le influence" I aid4 5Thou!ht are mo#in! force0 !reat power" Thou!ht of wealth attract wealth" Therefore& if $ou deire wealth $ou mut attract the force That will help $ou to ecure it" Your thou!ht attract a imilar kind of thou!ht" If $ou hold thou!ht of po#ert$ $ou attract po#ert$" If $ou make up $our mind $ou are !oin! to %e wealth$& $ou will intil thi thou!ht into all $our mental force& and $ou will at the ame time ue e#er$ e)ternal condition to help $ou" 5 -an$ peron are of the opinion That if $ou ha#e mone$ it i ea$ to make more mone$" /ut thii not Necearil$ True" Ninet$ per cent of the men That tart in %uine fail" -one$ will not ena%le one to accumulate much more& Unle he i trained to eek and ue !ood opportunitie forit in#etment" If he inherit mone$ That the chance are he will loe it" While& if he ha made it& he not onl$ know it #alue& %ut ha de#eloped the power to ue it a well a to make Opinion more if he loe it" /uine ucce toda$ depend on forei!ht& !ood 'ud!ment& !rit& firm reolution and ettled purpoe" /ut ne#er for!et That thou!ht i a real a force a electricit$" 1et $our thou!ht %e uch& That You will end out a !ood a $ou recei#e0 if $ou do not& $ou are not enrichin! other& and Therefore not deer#e to %e enriched" That the man trie to !et all he can from other for nothin! /ecome o elfih and mean That he doe not e#en en'o$ .i ac3uiition" We ee e)ample of thi e#er$ da$" What we take from other& will in turn& %e taken from u" *ll o%li!ation ha#e to %e met fairl$ and 3uarel$" We can not reach perfection until we dichar!e e#er$ o%li!ation of our li#e" We all reali+e thi& o wh$ not willin!l$ !i#e a fair e)chan!e for all that we recei#e, *!ain I repeat That the firt a well a the lat tep in ac3uirin! wealth i to urround $ourelf with !ood influence - !ood thou!ht& !ood health& !ood home and %uine en#ironment and ucceful %uine aociate" Culti#ate& %$ e#er$ le!itimate mean& the ac3uaintance of men of %i! cali%er" /rin! $our thou!ht #i%ration in re!ard to %uine into harmon$ with their" Thi will make $our ociet$ not onl$ a!reea%le& %ut ou!ht after& and& When $ou ha#e formed intimatefriendhip with clean& reputa%le men of wealth& entrut to them& for in#etment& $our urplu earnin!& .owe#er mall& until $ou ha#e de#eloped the initiati#e and %uine acumen to uccefull$ -ana!e $our own in#etment" /$ thi time $ou will& throu!h uch aociation& ha#e found $our place in life Which& if $ou ha#e ri!htl$ concentrated upon and ued $our opportunitie& will not %e amon! men of mall part" With a competence ecured& $ou will take pleaure in uin! a part of it in makin! the road Tra#eled $ou in reachin! $our poition eaier for Thoe Who follow $ou" There i omewhere in e#er$ %rain the ener!$ That will !et $ou out of That rut and put $ou makeup on the mountain of ucce if $ou can onl$ ue the ener!$" You 8now That !aoline in the en!ine of an automo%ile doe not mo#e the car until the park come to e)plode the !aoline" (o it i with the mind of man" We are not peakin! now of men of!reat !eniu& %ut of a#era!e& *%le citi+en" 2ach one of them ha in hi %rain the capacit$ to clim% o#er the word impoi%le and !et into theucceful countr$ %e$ond" *nd hope& elf-confidence and the determination to do omethin! uppl$ the park That make the ener!$ work" LESSON #IV. THE ART OF co%ce%&r'&(%) !Y MEANS OF PRACTICAL E#ERCISES (elect ome thou!ht& and ee how lon! $ou can hold $our mind on it" It i well to ha#e a clock at firt and keep track of the time" If $ou decide to think a%out health& $ou can !et a !reat deal of !ood from $our thinkin! %eide de#elopin! concentration" Think of health a %ein! the !reatet %lein! there i& in the world" Do not let an$ other thou!ht drift in" 9ut the moment one tart to o%trude& make it !et out" -ake it a dail$ ha%it of concentratin! on thi thou!ht for& a$& ten minute" Practice until $ou canhold it to the e)cluion of e#er$thin! ele" You will find it of the !reatet #alue to centrali+e $our thou!ht on health" Re!ardle of $our preent condition& ee $ourelf a $ou would like to %e and %e %lind to e#er$thin! ele" You will find it hard at firt to for!et $our ailment& if $ou ha#e an$& %ut after a hort while $ou can hut out Thee ne!ati#e thou!ht and ee $ourelf a $ou want to %e" 2ach time $ou concentrate $ou form throu!h more perfect ima!e of health& and& a $ou come into it reali+ation& $ou %ecome health$& tron! and wholeome" I want to impre upon $our mind That the ha%it of formin! mental ima!e i of the !reatet #alue" It ha *lwa$ /een ued %$ ucceful men of all a!e& %ut few reali+e it full importance" Do You 8now That You are continuall$ actin! accordin! to =unctional the ima!e $ou form, If $ou allow $ourelf to mold ne!ati#e ima!e $ou unconcioul$ %uild a ne!ati#e dipoition" You will think of po#ert$& weakne& dieae& fear& etc" 9ut a (urel$ a $ou think of Thee will $our o%'ecti#e life e)pre itelf in a like wa$" 9ut what we think& we will manifet in the e)ternal world" In deep concentration $ou %ecome linked with the !reat creati#e pirit of the uni#ere& andthe creati#e ener!$ then flow throu!h $ou& :itali+in! $our creation into form" In deep concentration $our mind /ecome attuned with the infinite and re!iter the comic intelli!ence and Recei#e it mea!e" You %ecome o full of the comic ener!$ That You are literall$ flooded with di#ine power" Thi i a -ot Deired %een" It i then we reali+e the ad#anta!e of %ein! connected with the upra-concioune" The upra-concioune re!iter the hi!her comic #i%ration" It i Often Referred to a the wirele tation& the mea!e recorded comin! from the uni#eral mind" There are #er$ few reach thi internhip That of concentration" :er$ few e#en know That it i poi%le" The$ think concentration mean limitation to one u%'ect& %ut thi deeper concentration That %rin! u into harmon$ with the Infinite i That Which Produce and -aintain health" When $ou ha#e once like in contact with $our upra-concioune $ou %ecome the controller of $our human thou!ht" That Which come to $ou i hi!her than human thou!ht" Often it i poken of a Comic Concioune" Once it i e)perienced it i ne#er for!otten" Naturall$ it Re3uire a !ood deal of trainin! to reach thi tate& %ut once $ou do& it /ecome eaier each time to do& and in the coure of time $ou can %ecome poeed of power Which wa unknown to $ou %efore" You are incendio direct the e)preion of almot Infinite Power while in thi deeper tate of concentration" 2)ercie In Concentration" The ra$ of the un& When focued upon an o%'ect %$ mean of a un!la& produce a heat man$ time !reater than the cattered ra$ of the ame ource of li!ht and heat" Thi i true of attention" (catter it and $ou !et reult %ut ordinar$" /ut center it upon one thin! and $ou ecure much %etter reult" When $ou focu $our attention upon an o%'ect $our e#er$ action& #oluntar$ and in#oluntar$& i in the direction of *ttainin! That o%'ect" If $ou will focu $our ener!ie upon a thin! to the e)cluion of e#er$thin! ele& $ou !enerate the force That can %rin! $ou what $ou want" When $ou focu $our thou!ht& $ou Increae it tren!th" The e)ercie are tediou and monotonou That follow& %ut ueful" If $ou will perit in them $ou will find the$ are #er$ #alua%le& a the$ Increae $our power of concentration" /efore proceedin! with the e)ercie I will anwe