- “自我”是一切的中心
“自我”既不是我們的血肉之軀，也不是我們的心智。身體隻是“自我”用來執行任務的工具，而心智是“自我”用來思考、推理、謀劃的工具。
- 意識到“自我的存在”
如果你認識了“自我”的真實存在，你就會體驗到一種以前從來沒有體驗到的力量，因為“自我”能夠控製並引導身體與心智，讓他們以最好的狀態、最佳的方式選擇如何去做、怎樣去做。
- 你有“選擇”自己的權利
你可以成為任何你想成為的人，因為所有的個人特征、習慣、癖好等性格特點都潛藏在你的潛意識當中，但它們和你現在的“自我”並沒有真正地關聯起來。
- 成熟的人會懂得選擇恰當的思維方式
思考是“自我”被賦予的最偉大、最神奇的力量，然而不幸的是，隻有極少數人懂得選擇以建設性的、積極正確的方式思考，而人與人之間就這樣產生了差別。而大多數人選擇的是不恰當的、不合適的思考方式，這樣他們難免會顯得自私而又幼稚，阻礙了他們的發展。而成熟的人會懂得選擇恰當的思維方式，這導致了他們的成功。
- 與別人共贏
認為別人比自己愚蠢的人才是最蠢的人。做任何一件事情，都必須讓每一個參與這件事情的人從中獲益，任何一種利用他人的軟弱、無知而使自己受益的舉動，隻會得到雙倍的懲罰。
- 合力產生動力
世界是由無數的個體組成，個體是世界的一部分，每一個人的利益是與他人相關聯的，每一個人的幸福都與其他人的幸福有關，團結才能產生合力。
- 專心致誌
當你決定做一件事情的時候，就要最大程度地把自己的注意力集中到它上麵，消除那些遊移不定的想法，專用設備，不在無益的目標上浪費時間，這才是最明智的做法。
- 敢於夢想，才會有收獲
春天播種，秋天收獲。記住這樣一句話：“我要成為怎樣的人，我就能成為怎樣的人。”這就是夢想的力量。
- 去理解“自我”的內涵
盡最大的努力去理解“自我”的真正內涵。如果你能做到，如果你能夠把“自我”的目標與社會的目標和諧統一起來，那麽你將無往而不勝。在奔向成功的道路上，你跑在最前麵，別人隻能看到你的背影。
- 把對“自我”的追求定為人生的目標
不論在什麽時候，不管在什麽地方，隻要你想起“我要成為怎樣的人，就能成為怎樣的人”，就重複一遍，堅持下去，直到它成為一種習慣，成為你生命的一部分，成為你人生的目標。
- 堅持，再堅持
如果你不打算做一件事情，那就別開始；如果你開始了，即使天塌下來也要把它做成，要堅持到底，絕不能半途而廢。當我們開始做某事但不把它完成，或是作了某項決定卻並不堅守，失敗就會成為一種習慣——像幽靈一樣的習慣，纏繞著我們。一旦做出決定，就不要受任何人、任何事的幹擾。骰子已經擲出去了，沒有討價還價的餘地，隻有堅持下去，完成它。
- 從小事做起
滴水也能折射太陽的光輝。從最小的事情做起，從那些你能夠掌控、能夠做成的小事做起，經小的成功換取大的成功，你將發現你最終能夠戰勝自己。戰勝自己絕非易事，無數的經驗表明，戰勝自己，並不比戰勝一個國家更容易，小事中也藏著大玄機。
- 戰勝自己，將贏得一切
最強大的敵人往往是自己，當你學會戰勝自己，你就會發現你擁有無盡的力量之源，你將攻無不克、戰無不勝；你的每一個願望都會順理成章地變成現實，在那時，成功對於你來說，就如探囊取物一樣。
- “自我”是宇宙精神中的一部分
“無限之我”即為宇宙精神或宇宙能量，人們通常把它們叫做“上帝”。內心世界是由“自我”掌控的，而這個“自我”正是那個“無限之我”的一部分。
- 我們從來都不缺乏能量
哲學家赫伯特·斯彭德說過：“在我們身邊的所有奇跡中，最令人確信的是：我們一直身處在萬物或由此產生的無限而永恒的能量之中。
- 科學與宗教的解釋
科學和宗教有不同的分工，科學發現了宇宙國永恒的真理，然而宗教卻發現了潛藏在這些真理背後的力量，並把它樹立在人們的內心之中。
- 首先要發現自己的潛能
你不能給予別人你沒有的東西。如果我們自己軟弱無力，也就無法幫助他人，如果我們希望對他人有所幫助，我們首先自己要擁有能量，要想幫助別人，首先就要發現自己的潛能。
- 取之不盡的寶藏
人的潛力是永遠挖掘不盡的，如同神話中那眼永不幹涸的泉水。作為無限潛能的代言人，我們必須認識到自己的這股巨大的能量。開發自己的潛能吧，這會讓你受用不盡！
- 掌握對“自我”的控製力
戰勝一切卻不目中無物，謹慎謙虛卻不妄自尊菲薄。這就是力量的奧秘所在，也是對“自我”的控製力的奧秘所在。
- 做活力的“傳遞者”
我們必須對他人有所幫助，我們施予的越多，所得的回報就越多。宇宙間充滿能量，但必須借助我們的幫助才能夠相互溝通。我們應當成為宇宙傳遞活力的渠道。
- 高瞻遠矚
眼光要放長一些，不要隻拘泥於眼前的安樂，讓自己處於平靜當中，然後內心的渴望就會自發地湧現出來，關注你的內心世界，你將會變得耳聰目明，你將會發現數不清的機遇，平常的生活將變得豐富多彩。
- 精神是生命的靈魂
萬物的精華，不在於它現在是什麽，也不在於它如何孔武有力，而在於它生生不息的精神，精神是真實的存在，是生命的核心；當精神離去的時候，生命也就消逝了，熄滅了，不複存在了，精神就是生命的靈魂。
- 精神創造一切
精神活動是在頭腦和心靈中完成的，是屬於內在世界的，屬於“因”；而一切現實的世界，都是我們的精神動力的作用下創造出來的，它們是“果”。正因為如此，你就是創造者。精神勞作是最重要的勞作，比其他任何事情都理重要。
- 讓精神得到休息
精神和肉體一樣，在我們操勞過度的時候，就會感覺倦怠，就會影響我們的創造力，所以我們需要適時返回到“寂靜”的狀態之中。“寂靜”並不是靜止，相反，我們的精神得以休息，積澱，還有升華。升華的思想，正是一切成就的奧秘。所以不要忘記讓自己的精神休息一下。
- 運動的思考
思考不是靜止的，而是在不停地運動。愛賦予它活力，時時賦予它深度與厚度。思考是“自我”的產物，是一種神聖的、有創造性的運動。
- 喚醒激情
為了進行有創造力的思考，首先必須喚醒心中的激情，激情則可以讓思考心潮澎湃，靈光四射。
- 思考會轉變習慣，轉變潛意識
你會發現，當我們持續思考同一件事情，到最後這種思考就變成自發性的了，我們會情不自禁地思考這件事情；精神力量的獲得與身體力量的獲得一樣，是通過鍛煉達到的。在我們思考一件事情的時候，可能在頭一次非常困難，當我們第二次思考同樣的問題時，就變得容易多了；當我反反複複一遍又一遍地思考的時候，就形成了一種精神習慣，成為我們自動自發的潛意識。
- 放鬆，然後掌握你自己
還不能做到有意識迅速放鬆下來的人，就不能夠進到自己的意識深處，不能夠進行有創造性的思考。可以說，尚未獲得自由，還不能算是自己的主人，仍然受到外在條件的奴役。
本課重點
１、什麽是思想？
——思想就是精神的能量。
２、思想的作用是什麽？
——我們所見到的一切文明的成果，皆由思想而來。
３、思想如何獲取活力？
——它遵循愛的定律，激情賦予它活力。
４、思想如何壯大？
——思想通過沉澱、累積而壯大。
５、如何解釋創造性能力？
——創造性能力是積極的思想的產物。
６、如何開發勇氣、信念和激情？
——它本來就在我們意識深處，認識到這一點即可獲得。
７、宇宙之間的能量是怎樣傳遞的？
——通過人與人之間的相互幫助。
８、為什麽要幫助他人？
——因為能量會在彼此間相互轉移，使我們變得更強大。
９、什麽是“寂靜”？
——“寂靜”是身體的安寧。
10、安寧的價值何在？
——安寧是控製自我、主宰自我的第一步。
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Part Three
You have found that the Individual may act on the Universal, and that the result of this action and interaction is cause and effect. Thought, therefore, is the cause, and the experiences with which you meet in life are the effect.
Eliminate, therefore, any possible tendency to complain of conditions as they have been, or as they are, because it rests with you to change them and make them what you would like them to be.
Direct your effort to a realization of the mental resources, always at your command, from which all real and lasting power comes.
Persist in this practice until you come to a realization of the fact that there can be no failure in the accomplishment of any proper object in life if you but understand your power and persist in your object, because the mind-forces are ever ready to lend themselves to a purposeful will, in the effort to crystallize thought and desire into actions, events and conditions.
Whereas in the beginning of each function of life and each action is the result of conscious thought, the habitual actions become automatic and the thought that controls them passes into the realm of the subconscious; yet it is just as intelligent as before. It is necessary that it become automatic, or subconscious, in order that the self-conscious mind may attend to other things. The new actions will, however, in their turn, be come habitual, then automatic, then subconscious in order that the mind again may be freed from this detail and advanced to still other activities.
When you realize this, you will have found a source of power which will enable you to take care of any situation in life which may develop.
PART THREE
1. The necessary interaction of the conscious and subconscious mind requires a similar interaction between the corresponding systems of nerves. Judge Troward indicates the very beautiful method in which this interaction is effected. He says: The cerebro-spinal system is the organ of the conscious mind and the sympathetic is the organ of the subconscious. The cerebro-spinal is the channel through which we receive conscious perception from the physical senses and exercise control over the movements of the body. This system of nerves has its centre in the brain.
2. The Sympathetic System has its centre in a ganglionic mass at the back of the stomach known as the Solar Plexus, and is the channel of that mental action which unconsciously supports the vital functions of the body.
3. The connection between the two systems is made by the vagus nerve which passes out of the cerebral region as a portion of the voluntary system to the thorax, sending out branches to the heart and lungs, and finally passing through the diaphragm, it loses its outer coating and becomes identified with the nerves of the Sympathetic System, so forming a connecting link between the two and making man physically a "single entity".
4. We have seen that every thought is received by the brain, which is the organ of the conscious; it is here subjected to our power of reasoning. When the objective mind has been satisfied that the thought is true it is sent to the Solar Plexus, or the brain of the subjective mind, to be made into our flesh, to be brought forth into the world as reality. It is then no longer susceptible to any argument whatever. The subconscious mind cannot argue; it only acts. It accepts the conclusions of the objective mind as final.
5. The Solar Plexus has been likened to the sun of the body, because it is a central point of distribution for the energy which the body is constantly generating. This energy is very real energy, and this sun is a very real sun, and the energy is being distributed by very real nerves to all parts of the body, and is thrown off in an atmosphere which envelopes the body.
6. If this radiation is sufficiently strong the person is called magnetic; he is said to be filled with personal magnetism. Such a person may wield an immense power for good. His presence alone will often bring comfort to the troubled minds with which he comes in contact.
7. When the Solar Plexus is in active operation and is radiating life, energy and vitality to every part of the body, and to every one whom he meets, the sensations are pleasant, the body is filled with health and all with whom he comes in contact experience a pleasant sensation.
8. If there is any interruption of this radiation the sensations are unpleasant, the flow of life and energy to some part of the body is stopped, and this is the cause of every ill to the human race, physical, mental or environmental.
9. Physical because the sun of the body is no longer generating sufficient energy to vitalize some part of the body; mental because the conscious mind is dependent upon the subconscious mind for the vitality necessary to support its thought, and environmental, because the connection between the subconscious mind and the Universal mind, is being interrupted.
10. The Solar Plexus is the point at which the part meets with the whole, where the finite becomes Infinite, where the Uncreate becomes create, the Universal becomes individualized, the Invisible becomes visible. It is the point at which life appears and there is no limit to the amount of life an individual may generate from this Solar centre.
11. This centre of energy is Omnipotent because it is the point of contact with all life and all intelligence. It can therefore accomplish whatever it is directed to accomplish, and herein lies the power of the conscious mind; the subconscious can and will carry out such plans and ideas as may be suggested to it by the conscious mind.
12. Conscious thought, then, is master of this sun centre from which the life and energy of the entire body flows and the quality of the thought which we entertain determines the quality of the thought which this sun will radiate, and the character of the thought which our conscious mind entertains will determine the character of the thought which this sun will radiate, and the nature of the thought which our conscious mind entertains will determine the nature of thought which this sun will radiate, and consequently will determine the nature of the experience which will result.
13. It is evident, therefore, that all we have to do is let our light shine; the more energy we can radiate, the more rapidly shall we be enabled to transmute undesirable conditions into sources of pleasure and profit. The important question, then, is how to let this light shine; how to generate this energy.
14. Non-resistant thought expands the Solar Plexus; resistant thought contracts it. Pleasant thought expands it; unpleasant thought contracts it. Thoughts of courage, power, confidence and hope all produce a corresponding state, but the one arch enemy of the Solar Plexus which must be absolutely destroyed before there is any possibility of letting any light shine is fear. This enemy must be completely destroyed; he must be eliminated; he must be expelled forever; he is the cloud which hides the sun; which causes a perpetual gloom.
15. It is this personal devil which makes men fear the past, the present and the future; fear themselves, their friends and their enemies; fear everything and everybody. When fear is effectually and completely destroyed, your light will shine, the clouds will disperse and you will have found the source of power, energy and life.
16. When you find that you are really one with the Infinite power, and when you can consciously realize this power by a practical demonstration of your ability to overcome any adverse condition by the power of your thought, you will have nothing to fear; fear will have been destroyed and you will have come into possession of your birthright.
17. It is our attitude of mind toward life which determines the experiences with which we are to meet; if we expect nothing, we shall have nothing; if we demand much, we shall receive the greater portion. The world is harsh only as we fail to assert ourselves. The criticism of the world is bitter only to those who cannot compel room for their ideas. It is fear of this criticism that causes many ideas to fail to see the light of day.
18. But the man who knows that he has a Solar Plexus will not fear criticism or anything else; he will be too busy radiating courage, confidence, and power; he will anticipate success by his mental attitude; he will pound barriers to pieces, and leap over the chasm of doubt and hesitation which fear places in his path.
19. A knowledge of our ability to consciously radiate health, strength and harmony will bring us into a realization that there is nothing to fear because we are in touch with Infinite Strength.
20. This knowledge can be gained only by making practical application of this information. We learn by doing; through practice the athlete comes powerful.
21. As the following statement is of considerable importance, I will put it in several ways, so that you cannot fail to get the full significance of it. If you are religiously inclined, I would say, you can let your light shine. If your mind has a bias toward physical science, I would say you can wake the Solar Plexus; or, if you prefer the strictly scientific interpretation, I will say that you can impress your subconscious mind.
22. I have already told you what the result of this impression will be. It is the method in which you are now interested. You have already learned that the subconscious is intelligent and that it is creative, and responsive to the will of the conscious mind. What, then, is the most natural way of making the desired impression? Mentally concentrate on the object of your desire; when you are concentrating you are impressing the subconscious.
23. This is not the only way, but it is a simple and effective way, and the most direct way, and consequently the way in which the best results are secured. It is the method which is producing such extraordinary results that many think that miracles are being accomplished.
24. It is the method by which every great inventor, every great financier, every great statesman has been enabled to convert the subtle and invisible force of desire, faith and confidence into actual, tangible, concrete facts in the objective world.
25. The subconscious mind is a part of the Universal mind. The Universal is the creative principle of the Universe, a part must be the same in kind and quality as the whole. This means that this creative power is absolutely unlimited; it is not bound by precedent of any kind, and consequently has no prior existing pattern by which to apply its constructive principle.
26. We have found that the subconscious mind is responsive to our conscious will, which means that the unlimited creative power of the Universal Mind is within control of the conscious mind of the individual.
27. When making a practical application of this principle, in accordance with the exercises given in the subsequent lessons, it is well to remember that it is not necessary to outline the method by which the subconscious will produce the results you desire. The finite cannot inform the Infinite. You are simply to say what you desire, not how you are to obtain it.
28. You are the channel by which the undifferentiated is being differentiated, and this differentiation is being accomplished by appropriation. It only requires recognition to set causes in motion which will bring about results in accordance with your desire, and this is accomplished because the Universal can act only through the individual, and the individual can act only through the Universal; they are one.
29. For your exercise this week, I will ask you to go one step further. I want you to not only be perfectly still, and inhibit all thought as far as possible, but relax, let go, let the muscles take their normal condition; this will remove all pressure from the nerves, and eliminate that tension which so frequently produces physical exhaustion.
30. Physical relaxation is a voluntary exercise of the will and the exercise will be found to be of great value, as it enables the blood to circulate freely to and from the brain and body.
31. Tensions leads to mental unrest and abnormal mental activity of the mind; it produces worry, care, fear and anxiety. Relaxation is therefore an absolute necessity in order to allow the mental faculties to exercise the greatest freedom.
32. Make this exercise as thorough and complete as possible, mentally determine that you will relax every muscle and nerve, until you feel quiet and restful and at peace with yourself and the world.
33. The Solar Plexus will then be ready to function and you will be surprised at the result.
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Study Questions with Answers
21. What system of nerves is the organ of the Conscious Mind?
The Cerebro-spinal.
22. What system of nerves is the organ of the subconscious mind?
The sympathetic.
23. What is the central point of distribution for energy which the body is constantly generating?
The solar plexus.
24. How may this distribution be interrupted?
By resistant, critical, discordant thoughts, but especially fear.
25. What is the result of such interruption?
Every ill with which the human race is afflicted.
26. How may this energy be controlled and directed?
By conscious thought.
27. How may fear be completely eliminated?
By an understanding and recognition of the true source of all power.
28. What determines the experiences with which we meet in life?
Our predominant mental attitude.
29. How may we awake the solar plexus?
Mentally concentrate upon the condition which we desire to see manifested in our lives.
30. What is the creative principle of the Universe?
The Universal Mind.
