Think and Grow Rich!
Faith Is a State of Mind Which May Be
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| Faith Is a State of Mind Which May Be Induced by Autosuggestion All down the ages, the religionists 3 have admonished struggling humanity to have faith in this, that, and the other dogma or creed, but they have failed to tell people HOW to have faith. They have not stated that “faith is a state of mind and that it maybe induced by self-suggestion.” In language which any normal human being can understand, this book will describe all that is known about the principle through which FAITH can be developed where it does not already exist. Have faith in yourself faith in the Infinite. Before we begin, you should be reminded again that FAITH is the “eternal elixir which gives life, power, and action to the impulse of thought! The foregoing sentence is worth reading a second time, and a third, and a fourth. It is worth reading aloud! FAITH is the starting point of all accumulation of riches! FAITH is the basis of all miracles and all mysteries which cannot be analyzed by the rules of science! FAITH is the only known antidote for FAILURE! FAITH is the element, the chemical which when mixed with prayer gives one direct communication with Infinite Intelligence. FAITH is the element which transforms the ordinary vibration of thought created by the finite human mind, into its spiritual equivalent. FAITH is the only agency through which the cosmic force of Infinite Intelligence can be harnessed and used by humanity. EVERY ONE OF THE FOREGOING STATEMENTS IS CAPABLE OF PROOF! The proof is simple and easily demonstrated. It is wrapped up in the principle of autosuggestion. Let us center our attention, therefore, on the subject of self-suggestion and find out what it is and what it is capable of achieving. It is a well-known fact that one comes finally to BELIEVE whatever one repeats to one’s self, whether the statement be true or false. If we repeat a lie over and over, we will eventually accept the lie as truth. Moreover, we will BELIEVE it to be the truth. Each of us is what we are because of the DOMINATING THOUGHTS which we permit to occupy our mind. Thoughts which we deliberately place in our own mind, and encourage with sympathy, and with which we mix anyone or more of the emotions, constitute the motivating forces which direct and control our every movement, act, and deed! Comes, now, a very significant statement of truth: THOUGHTS WHICH ARE MIXED WITH ANY OF THE FEELINGS OF EMOTIONS CONSTITUTE A MAGNETIC FORCE WHICH ATTRACTS OTHER SIMILAR, OR RELATED THOUGHTS. A thought thus magnetized with emotion maybe compared to a seed which, when planted infertile soil, germinates, grows, and multiplies itself over and over again until that which was originally one small seed becomes countless millions of seeds of the SAME KIND! All human experience, and all human thinking, occurs in an environment—in a universe—saturated with radiated energy and “signals.” From gravity to magnetism, from cosmic rays to X-rays, infrared rays, visible light, sound waves, radar, shortwaves, radio and television signals— we live in a world constantly bombarded by vibrations of energy, though we can perceive directly only the tiniest portion of them. Likewise, thought impulses are vibrations of energy transmitted in some deeply mysterious, and as yet uncomprehended, way as electrical and chemical currents among brain cells. While we do not yet understand and cannot describe scientifically the how of the process, it is clear that thought impulses, like electromagnetic radiation, also are out there somehow—as some experiments with extrasensory perception, or ESP, seem clearly to indicate. Human experience, like the cosmos itself, teems with thought vibrations or “influences”—both destructive and constructive. It is characterized, at all times, by vibrations of fear, poverty, disease, failure, misery, and vibrations of prosperity, health, success, and happiness—just as surely as the atmosphere carries the sound of hundreds of orchestrations of music, and hundreds of human voices, all of which maintain their own individuality, and means of identification, through the medium of television or radio. From this great storehouse of experience, the human mind is constantly attracting vibrations which harmonize with that which DOMINATES the mind. Any thought, idea, plan, or purpose which one holds in one’s mind attracts from the thought vibrations of existence a host of its relatives, adds these relatives to its own force, and grows until it becomes the dominating, MOTIVATING MASTER of the individual in whose mind it has been housed. Now, let us go back to the starting point and become informed as to how the original seed of an idea, plan, or purpose maybe planted in the mind. The information is easily conveyed Any idea, plan, or purpose maybe placed in the mind through repetition of thought. This is why you are asked in the next few pages to write out a statement of your major purpose, or Definite Chief Aim, commit it to memory, and repeat it out loud day after day until these vibrations of sound have reached your subconscious mind. We are what we are because of the vibrations of thought which we pickup and register through the stimuli of our daily environment. Resolve to throw off the influences of any unfortunate environment you may have grownup in or now find yourself living in, and to build your own life to ORDER. Taking inventory of mental assets and abilities, you will discover that your greatest weakness is lack of self-confidence. This handicap can be surmounted, and timidity translated into courage, through the aid of the principle of autosuggestion. The application of this principle maybe made through a simple arrangement of positive thought impulses stated in writing, memorized, and repeated until they become apart of the working equipment of your subconscious mind. Download 3.05 Mb. Share with your friends:
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