Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION - LESSON TEN
If you get a thorough understanding or the thought contained in Lesson
Ten, you will have learned that nothing happens without a definite
cause. You will be enabled to formulate your plans in accordance with
exact knowledge. You will know how to control any situation by bringing
adequate causes into play. When you win, as you will, you will know
exactly why.
The ordinary man, who has no definite knowledge of cause and effect, is
governed by his feelings or emotions. He thinks chiefly to justify his
action. If he fails as a businessman, he says that luck is against him.
If he dislikes music, he says that music is an expensive luxury. If he
is a poor office man, he says that he could succeed better at some
outdoor work. If he lacks friends, he says his individuality is too
fine to be appreciated.
He never thinks his problem through to the end. In short, he does not
know that every effect is the result of a certain definite cause, but
he seeks to console himself with explanations and excuses. He thinks
only in self-defense.
On the contrary, the man who understands that there is no effect
without an adequate cause thinks impersonally. He gets down to bed rock
facts regardless of consequences. He is free to follow the trail of
truth wherever it may lead. He sees the issue clear to the end, and he
meets the requirements fully and fairly, and the result is that the
world gives him all that it has to give, in friendship, honor, love and
approval.
LESSON TEN
1. Abundance is a natural law of the Universe. The evidence of this law
is conclusive; we see it on every hand. Everywhere Nature is lavish,
wasteful, extravagant. Nowhere is economy observed in any created
thing. Profusion is manifested in everything. The millions and millions
of trees and flowers and plants and animals and the vast scheme of
reproduction where the process of creating and recreating is forever
going on, all indicates the lavishness with which Nature has made
provision for man. That there is an abundance for everyone is evident,
but that many fail to participate in this abundance is also evident;
they have not yet come into a realization of the Universality of all
substance, and that mind is the active principle whereby we are related
to the things we desire.
2. All wealth is the offspring of power; possessions are of value only
as they confer power. Events are significant only as they affect power;
all things represent certain forms and degrees of power.
3. Knowledge of cause and effect as shown by the laws governing
electricity, chemical affinity and gravitation, enables man to plan
courageously and execute fearlessly. These laws are called Natural
Laws, because they govern in the physical world, but all power is not
physical power; there is also mental power, and there is moral and
spiritual power.
4. Spiritual power is superior because it exists on a higher plane. It
has enabled man to discover the law by which these wonderful forces of
Nature could be harnessed and made to do the work of hundreds and
thousands of men. It has enabled man to discover laws whereby time and
space have been annihilated and the law of gravitation to be overcome.
The operation of this law is dependent upon spiritual contact, as Henry
Drummond well says:
5. "In the physical world as we know it, there exists the organic and
the inorganic. The inorganic of the mineral world is absolutely cut off
from the plant or animal world; the passage is hermetically sealed.
These barriers have never yet been crossed. No change of substance, no
modification of environment, no chemistry, no electricity, no form of
energy, no evolution of any kind can ever endow a single atom of the
mineral world with the attribute of Life.”
6. "Only by the bending down into this dead world of some living form
can those dead atoms be gifted with the properties of vitality; without
this contact with life they remain fixed in the inorganic sphere
forever. Huxley says that the doctrine of Biogenesis (or life only from
life) is victorious all along the line, and Tyndall is compelled to
say: 'I affirm that no shred of trustworthy evidence exists to prove
that life in our day has ever appeared independent of antecedent life.'
7. "Physical laws may explain the inorganic, Biology explains and
accounts for the development of the organic, but of the point of
contact Science is silent. A similar passage exists between the Natural
world and the Spiritual world; this passage is hermetically sealed on
the natural side. The door is closed; no man can open it, no organic
change, no mental energy, no moral effort, no progress of any kind can
enable any human being to enter the spiritual world."
8. But as the plant reaches down into the mineral world and touches it
with the mystery of Life, so the Universal Mind reaches down into the
human mind and endows it with new, strange, wonderful and even
marvelous qualities. All men or women who have every accomplished
anything in the world of industry, commerce or art have accomplished
because of this process.
9. Thought is the connecting link between the Infinite and the finite,
between the Universal and the individual. We have seen that there is an
impassable barrier between the organic and the inorganic, and that the
only way that matter can unfold is to be impregnated with life; as a
seed reaches down into the mineral world and begins to unfold and reach
out, the dead matter begins to live, a thousand invisible fingers begin
to weave a suitable environment for the new arrival, and as the law of
growth begins to take effect, we see the process continue until the
Lily finally appears, and even "Solomon in all his glory was not
arrayed like one of these".
10. Even so, a thought is dropped into the invisible substance of the
Universal Mind, that substance from which all things are created, and
as it takes root, the law of growth begins to take effect and we find
that conditions and environment are but the objective form of our
thought.
11. The law is that Thought is an active vital form of dynamic energy
which has the power to correlate with its object and bring it out of
the invisible substance from which all things are created into the
visible or objective world. This is the law by which, and through which
all things come into manifestation; it is the Master Key by which you
are admitted into the Secret Place of the Most High and are "given
dominion over all things." With an understanding of this law you may
"decree a thing and it shall be established unto thee."
12. It could not be otherwise; if the soul of the Universe as we know
it is the Universal Spirit, then the Universe is simply the condition
which the Universal Spirit has made for itself. We are simply
individualized spirit and are creating the conditions for our growth in
exactly the same way.
13. This creative power depends upon our recognition of the potential
power of spirit or mind and must not be confused with Evolution.
Creation is the calling into existence of that which does not exist in
the objective world. Evolution is simply the unfolding of
potentialities involved in things which already exist.
14. In taking advantage of the wonderful possibilities opened up to us
through the operation of this law, we must remember that we ourselves
contribute nothing to its efficacy as the Great Teacher said: "It is
not I that doeth the works, but the Father that dwelleth in me, He
doeth the work". We must take exactly the same position; we can do
nothing to assist in the manifestation, we simply comply with the law,
and the All-originating Mind will bring about the result.
15. The great error of the present day is the idea that Man has to
originate the intelligence whereby the Infinite can proceed to bring
about a specific purpose or result. Nothing of this kind is necessary;
the Universal Mind can be depended upon to find the ways and means for
bringing about any necessary manifestation. We must, however, create
the ideal, and this ideal should be perfect.
16. We know that the laws governing Electricity have been formulated in
such a way that this invisible power can be controlled and used for our
benefit and comfort in thousands of ways. We know that messages are
carried around the world, that ponderous machinery does its bidding,
that it now illuminates practically the whole world, but we know too
that if we consciously or ignorantly violate its law by touching a live
wire, when it is not properly insulated, the result will be unpleasant
and possibly disastrous. A lack of understanding of the laws governing
in the invisible world has the same result, and many are suffering the
consequences all the time.
17. It has been explained that the law of causation depends upon
polarity, a circuit must be formed; this circuit cannot be formed
unless we operate in harmony with the law. How shall we operate in
harmony with the law unless we know what the law is? How shall we know
what the Law is? By study, by observation.
18. We see the law in operation everywhere; all nature testifies to the
operation of the law by silently, constantly expressing itself in the
law of growth. Where there is growth, there must be life; where there
is life there must be harmony, so that everything that has life is
constantly attracting to itself the conditions and the supply which is
necessary for its most complete expression.
19. If your thought is in harmony with the creative Principle of
Nature, it is in tune with the Infinite Mind, and it will form the
circuit, it will not return to you void; but it is possible for you to
think thoughts that are not in tune with the Infinite, and when there
is no polarity, the circuit is not formed. What, then, is the result?
What is the result when a dynamo is generating electricity, the circuit
is cut off and there is no outlet? The dynamo stops.
20. It will be exactly the same with you, if you entertain thoughts
which are not in accordance with the Infinite and cannot therefore be
polarized; there is no circuit, you are isolated, the thoughts cling to
you, harass you, worry you, and finally bring about disease and
possibly death; the physician may not diagnose the case exactly in this
way, he may give it some fancy name which has been manufactured for the
various ills which are the result of wrong thinking, but the cause is
the same nevertheless.
21. Constructive thought must necessarily be creative, but creative
thought must be harmonious, and this eliminates all destructive or
competitive thought.
22. Wisdom, strength, courage and all harmonious conditions are the
result of power and we have seen that all power is from within;
likewise, every lack, limitation or adverse circumstance is the result
of weakness, and weakness is simply absence of power; it comes from
nowhere, it is nothing -- the remedy then is simply to develop power,
and this is accomplished in exactly the same manner that all power is
developed, by exercise.
23. This exercise consists in making an application of your knowledge.
Knowledge will not apply itself. You must make the application.
Abundance will not come to you out of the sky, neither will it drop
into your lap, but a conscious realization of the law of attraction and
the intention to bring it into operation for a certain, definite and
specific purpose, and the will to carry out this purpose will bring
about the materialization of your desire by a natural law of
transference. If you are in business, it will increase and develop
along regular channels, possibly new or unusual channels of
distribution will be opened and when the law becomes fully operative,
you will find that the things you seek are seeking you.
24. This week select a blank space on the wall, or any other convenient
spot, from where you usually sit, mentally draw a black horizontal line
about six inches long, try to see the line as plainly as though it were
painted on the wall; now mentally draw two vertical lines connecting
with this horizontal line at either end; now draw another horizontal
line connecting with the two vertical lines; now you have a square. Try
to see the square perfectly; when you can do so draw a circle within
the square; now place a point in the center of the circle; now draw the
point toward you about 10 inches; now you have a cone on a square base;
you will remember that your work was all in black; change it to white,
to red, to yellow.
25. If you can do this, you are making excellent progress and will soon
be enabled to concentrate on any problem you may have in mind. "When
any object or purpose is clearly held in thought, its precipitation, in
tangible and visible form, is merely a question of time.
The vision always precedes and itself determines the
realization.” - Lillian Whiting
LESSON TEN - Study Questions with Answers
91. What is Wealth? Wealth is the offspring of power.
92. Of what value are possessions? Possessions are of value only as
they confer power.
93. Of what value is a knowledge of cause and effect? It enables men to
plan courageously and execute fearlessly.
94. How does life originate in the inorganic world? Only by the
introduction of some living form. There is no other way.
95. What is the connecting link between the finite and the Infinite?
Thought is the connecting link.
96. Why is that so? Because the Universal can manifest only through the
individual.
97. Upon what does causation depend? Upon polarity; a circuit must be
formed; the Universal is the positive side of the battery of life, the
individual is the negative, and thought forms the circuit.
98. Why do many fail to secure harmonious conditions? They do not
understand the law; there is no polarity; they have not formed the
circuit.
99. What is the remedy? A conscious recognition of the law of
attraction with the intention of bring it into existence for a definite
purpose.
100. What will be the result? Thought will correlate with its object
and bring it into manifestation, because thought is a product of the
spiritual man, and spirit is the creative Principle of the Universe.
“A vivid thought brings the power to paint it; and in proportion
to the depth of its source is the force of its projection.” -
Emerson
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