- 太陽神經叢是潛意識的器官
在人的神經係統中，大腦—脊椎係統是顯意識發生的器官，太陽神經叢（交感神經係統）是潛意識發生的器官。
- 顯意識與潛意識之間相互聯接
- 迷走神經是顯意識與潛意識相互連接的通道
- 潛意識的運行是自動自發的
一種想法一旦到達潛意識，它就變成一台“自動機”，不再受顯意識當中的判斷、推理的影響。潛意識不能進行判斷或者推理，它隻是執行，它會導致完全自動自發的行為。
- 像太陽一樣的太陽神經叢
太陽神經叢這所以被稱為太陽神經叢，是因為它像太陽一樣是分發能量的中樞機構，把全身產生的能量不斷地傳遞出去。
- 有活力的人，亦是太陽叢發達的人
一個人的太陽叢越是強大，他就會變得越來越有吸引力，充滿人格魅力。這樣的人會向周圍的人群揮發良好的能量。他的出現，不僅自己顯得精神百倍，也會給周圍的人帶來龍去脈溫暖，就像太陽照耀大地一樣。
- 缺乏活力的人，也是太陽叢不發達的人
當太陽叢係統失靈、功能紊亂時，我們就會處於情緒低迷的狀態，對一切都提不起興趣，像天空的陰雲遮住了陽光一樣，通往身體各個部位的能量運輸不再通暢。我們就會受到精神、肉體上的種種折磨，前途也會變得一片暗淡。
- 大腦做出最佳的判斷
大腦—脊椎係統的使命是接受各種外界的信息，然後做出最佳的判斷，這一判斷在顯意識裏完成，然後它將判斷的結果交付給潛意識執行。
- 太陽叢是生命活力的中樞
在我們的生命中，太陽叢處於十分重要的位置，就像一個樞紐，是各種能量、力量的交匯點。在這裏，宇宙轉化為個體，無形轉化為可見，有限轉化為無限，寂滅轉化為創造。
- 太陽叢裏蘊藏著我們全部的潛能
- 潛意識必須接受顯意識的引導
- 顯意識的質量決定著我們生命的質量
顯意識的質量決定著我們思維的質量，顯意識的品格決定著我們在生活中的品格，從而最終決定著我們在人生中的種種際遇。我們能夠輻射出的能量越多，我們就會以越快的速度把令人不快的境遇改造成令人快樂的、受益無窮的坦途。因此我們所要做的一切，就是發現我們的潛能，讓我們內心的光芒照亮四麵八方。
- 用積極的信念引導太陽叢
煩惡的念頭就像是寒流，會削減太陽叢的光芒，使這顆太陽黯然失色；而愉悅的念頭就像春風，能使太陽叢升溫，使太陽叢的活動更加活躍。才能、信心、勇氣、希望，積極的信念，就是太陽叢的春風；而太陽叢最主要的敵人就是恐懼，所以要徹底打垮、消滅這個敵人，把它驅逐出我們的身體，這樣就會使身體中的太陽永遠燦爛，不再被烏雲遮蔽光芒。
- 恐懼會吞噬太陽叢的光芒
隻有把恐懼清除出你的內心，你的太陽叢才會重現光芒，陰霾將會消散，你會再次找到活力與能量的源泉，找到久違的快樂。
- 恐懼源於憂慮
產生恐懼是因為我們擔心自己不夠強大，對自己缺乏信心。隻有當你發現自己真的擁有了幾近無限的潛能時，當你通過實踐證明了自己可以憑借思想的力量戰勝任何困難，從而自覺地認識到這種力量的時候，你就沒什麽可恐懼的了，因為你知道，你遠比恐懼更強壯有力。
- 有期望的人會得到的更多
正是因為我們不敢夢想，世界才會變得苛刻。擔心自己的弱小，使我們的許多思想深埋於陰暗之中，不見天日。有期望才能有所得。如果我們一無所望，我們就將一無所有；如果我們冀望頗多，我們將得到更多。
- 太陽的能量來自於自己
擁有太陽的人，他們就像太陽一樣輻射自己的勇氣、信心和力量；他們的心態向往著成功，他們的能量把障礙砸得粉碎，他們的勇氣把前進道路上的懷疑、猶豫一掃而空，沒有什麽能阻擋他們成功。
- 你就是太陽
當你意識到自己擁有太陽時，你就不會再畏懼黑暗。一旦認識到自己完全有能力自覺地向外界輻射勇氣、力量與和和諧，我們也就認識到了其實沒有什麽可以畏懼，因為我們力量無窮。
- 開始行動
運動員必須通過艱苦的鍛煉才能變得強壯有力，我們也必須通過“做”來學習。隻有把知識付諸實踐，才能獲得更深刻的認識。
- 每個人都可以讓自己的太陽發光
每個人都有不同的人生使命，科學家喚醒自己的太陽叢，激發他的研究熱情；藝術家喚醒自己的太陽叢，激發他的創作靈感。
- 潛意識是顯意識的鏡子
潛意識如同顯意識的鏡子，會準確地對顯意識的意願作出有力的回應。那麽，要想讓潛意識發揮你想要的功效，最簡單的方法又是什麽呢？那就是在內心專注所向往的目標；當你專注於此時，潛意識就已經開始為你服務了。
- 太陽叢的激發會帶來無盡的創造力
- 天人合一
宇宙之間自有規律運行。潛意識和宇宙精神的規律是相合、統一的。借助於顯意識的中間作用，無限的宇宙精神匯聚在我們每一個人的潛意識當中，被我們所掌握。
- 駕馭無限的潛能
萬流奔騰，隻歸東海。你隻需要簡簡單單地告訴潛意識你所想要的，而不必說出你想去如何實現它，它就會自己開始行動。
- 你的心中即有宇宙
容納宇宙於你心中。潛意識是宇宙精神的一部分，混沌一片的宇宙因為你的領悟而得以分化。
- 有張有弛
弓拉得太滿則易斷，一張一弛才是文武之道。放鬆絕對是必要的，可以使你駕馭潛意識的過程更加遊刃有餘。
本課重點
１、什麽是顯意識的器官？
——是大腦—脊椎神經係統。
２、什麽是潛意識的器官？
——是太陽神經叢（交感神經係統）。
３、身體的潛能、力量來源於哪一個器官？
——是太陽神經叢。
４、哪些不利因素會影響太陽叢發揮功能？
——緊張、焦慮、不安的情緒狀態會削弱太陽叢的功能，其中影響最嚴重的是恐懼感。
５、太陽叢被幹擾以後的後果是什麽？
——我們將會失去勇氣、信心，失去能量之源，就像陽光被烏雲遮蔽一樣。
６、我們的潛能發生在哪裏？又是如何被引導的？
——潛能產生於潛意識，但要被顯意識所引導。
７、如何才能消滅恐懼感？
——隻要我們認識到我們的潛能足以應對一切，就不再會感到恐懼。
８、太陽叢如何被激活？
——集中精神，專注於你希望在生活中出現的境遇，就不再會感到恐懼。
９、為什麽潛意識中的能量是無限的？
——因為它與宇宙精神聯為一體，故而無窮無盡。
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Part Six
It is my privilege to enclose Part Six. This part will give you an excellent understanding of the most wonderful piece of mechanism which has ever been created. A mechanism whereby you may create for yourself Health, Strength, Success, Prosperity or any other condition which you desire.
Necessities are demands, and demands create action, and actions bring about results. The process of evolution is constantly building our tomorrows out of our todays. Individual development, like Universal development, must be gradual with an ever-increasing capacity and volume.
The knowledge that if we infringe upon the rights of others, we become moral thorns and find ourselves entangled at every turn of the road, should be an indication that success is contingent upon the highest moral ideal, which is "The greatest good to the greatest number." Aspiration, desire and harmonious relations constantly and persistently maintained will accomplish results. The greatest hindrance is erroneous and fixed ideas.
To be in tune with eternal truth we must possess poise and harmony within. In order to receive intelligence the receiver must be in tune with the transmitter.
Thought is a product of Mind and Mind is creative, but this does not mean that the Universal will change its modus operandi to suit us or our ideas, but it does mean that we can come into harmonious relationship with the Universal, and when we have accomplished this we may ask anything to which we are entitled, and the way will be made plain.
PART SIX
1. The Universal Mind is so wonderful that it is difficult to understand its utilitarian powers and possibilities and its unlimited producing effects.
2. We have found that this Mind is not only all intelligence but all substance. How, then, is it to be differentiated in form? How are we to secure the effect which we desire?
3. Ask any electrician what the effect of electricity will be and he will reply that "Electricity is a form of motion and its effect will depend upon the mechanism to which it is attached." Upon this mechanism will depend whether we shall have heat, light, power, music or any of the other marvelous demonstration of power to which this vital energy has been harnessed.
4. What effect can be produced by thought? The reply is that thought is mind in motion (just as wind is air in motion), and its effect will depend entirely on the "mechanism to which it is attached."
5. Here, then, is the secret of all mental power; it depends entirely on the mechanism which we attach.
6. What is this mechanism? You know something of the mechanism which has been invented by Edison, Bell, Marconi and other electrical wizards, by which place and space and time have become only figures of speech, but did you ever stop to think that the mechanism which has been given you for transforming the Universal, Omnipresent Potential Power was invented by a greater inventor than Edison?
7. We are accustomed to examining the mechanism of the implements which we use for tilling the soil, and we try to get an understanding of the mechanism of the automobile which we drive, but most of us are content to remain in absolute ignorance of the greatest piece of mechanism which as ever come into existence, the brain of man.
8. Let us examine the wonders of this mechanism; perhaps we shall thereby get a better understanding of the various effects of which it is the cause.
9. In the first place, there is the great mental world in which we live and move and have our being; this world is omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent; it will respond to our desire in direct ratio to our purpose and faith; the purpose must be in accordance with the law of our being, that is, it must be creative or constructive; our faith must be strong enough to generate a current of sufficient strength to bring our purpose into manifestation. "As thy faith is, so be it unto thee," bears the stamp of scientific test.
10. The effects which are produced in the world without are the result of the action and reaction of the individual upon the universal; that is the process which we call thinking; the brain is the organ through which this process is accomplished; think of the wonder of it all! Do you love music, flowers, literature, or are you inspired by the thought of ancient or modern genius? Remember, every beauty to which you respond must have its corresponding outline in your brain before you can appreciate it.
11. There is not a single virtue or principle in the storehouse of nature which the brain cannot express. The brain is an embryonic world, ready to develop at any time as necessity may arise. If you can comprehend that this is a scientific truth and one of the wonderful laws of nature, it will be easier for you to get an understanding of the mechanism by which these extraordinary results are being accomplished.
12. The nervous system has been compared to an electric circuit with its battery of cells in which force is originated, and its white matter to insulated wires by which the current is conveyed; it is through these channels that every impulse or desire is carried through the mechanism.
13. The spinal cord is the great motor and sensory pathway by which messages are conveyed to and from the brain; then, there is the blood supply plunging through the veins and arteries, renewing our energy and strength, the perfectly arranged structure upon which the entire physical body rests, and, finally, the delicate and beautiful skin, clothing the entire mechanism is a mantle of beauty.
14. This then is the "Temple of the living God" and the individual "I" is given control and upon his understanding of the mechanism which is within his control will the result depend.
15. Every thought sets the brain cells in action; at first the substance upon which the thought is directed fails to respond, but if the thought is sufficiently refined and concentrated, the substance finally yields and expresses perfectly.
16. This influence of the mind can be exerted upon any part of the body, causing the elimination of any undesirable effect.
17. A perfect conception and understanding of the laws governing in the mental world cannot fail to be of inestimable value in the transaction of business, as it develops the power of discernment and gives a clearer understanding and appreciation of facts.
18. The man who looks within instead of without cannot fail to make use of the mighty forces which will eventually determine his course in life and so bring him into vibration with all that is best, strongest and most desirable.
19. Attention or concentration is probably; the most important essential in the development of mind culture. The possibilities of attention when properly directed are so startling that they would hardly appear credible to the uninitiated. The cultivation of attention is the distinguishing characteristic of every successful man or woman, and is the very highest personal accomplishment which can be acquired.
20. The power of attention can be more readily understood by comparing it with a magnifying glass in which the rays of sunlight are focused; they possess no particular strength as long as the glass is moved about and the rays directed from one place to another; but let the glass be held perfectly still and let the rays be focused on one spot for any length of time, the effect will become immediately apparent.
21. So with the power of thought; let power be dissipated by scattering the thought from one object to another, and no result is apparent; but focus this power through attention or concentration on any single purpose for any length of time and nothing becomes impossible.
22. A very simple remedy for a very complex situation, some will say. All right, try it, you who have had no experience in concentrating the thought on a definite purpose or object. Choose any single object and concentrate your attention on it for a definite purpose for even ten minutes; you cannot do it; the mind will wander a dozen times and it will be necessary to bring it back to the original purpose, and each time the effect will have been lost and at the end of the ten minutes nothing will have been gained, because you have not been able to hold your thought steadily to the purpose.
23. It is, however, through attention that you will finally be able to overcome obstacles of any kind that appear in your path onward and upward, and the only way to acquire this wonderful power is by practice -- practice makes perfect, in this as in anything else.
24. In order to cultivate the power of attention, bring a photograph with you to the same seat in the same room in the same position as heretofore. Examine it closely at least ten minutes, note the expression of the eyes, the form of the features, the clothing, the way the hair is arranged; in fact, note every detail shown on the photograph carefully. Now cover it and close your eyes and try to see it mentally; if you can see every detail perfectly and can form a good mental image of the photograph, you are to be congratulated; if not, repeat the process until you can.
25. This step is simply for the purpose of preparing the soil; next week we shall be ready to sow the seed.
26. It is by such exercises as these that you will finally be able to control your mental moods, your attitude, your consciousness.
27. Great financiers are learning to withdraw from the multitude more and more, that they may have more time for planning, thinking and generating the right mental moods.
28. Successful businessmen are constantly demonstrating the fact that it pays to keep in touch with the thought of other successful businessmen.
29. A single idea may be worth millions of dollars, and these ideas can only come to those who are receptive, who are prepared to receive them, who are in successful frame of mind.
30. Men are learning to place themselves in harmony with the Universal Mind; they are learning the unity of all things; they are learning the basic methods and principles of thinking, and this is changing conditions and multiplying results.
31. They are finding that circumstances and environment follow the trend of mental and spiritual progress; they find that growth follows knowledge; action follows inspiration; opportunity follows perception; always the spiritual first, then the transformation into the infinite and illimitable possibilities of achievement.
32. As the individual is but the channel for the differentiation of the Universal, these possibilities are necessarily inexhaustible.
33. Thought is the process by which we may absorb the Spirit of Power, and hold the result in our inner consciousness until it becomes a part of our ordinary consciousness. The method of accomplishing this result by the persistent practice of a few fundamental principles, as explained in this System, is the master key which unlocks the storehouse of Universal Truth.
34. The two great sources of human suffering at present are bodily disease and mental anxiety. These may be readily traced to the infringement of some Natural Law. This is, no doubt, owing to the fact that so far knowledge has largely remained partial, but the clouds of darkness which have accumulated through long ages are beginning to roll away and with them many of the miseries that attend imperfect information.
That a man can change himself, improve himself, re-create himself, control his environment, and master his own destiny is the conclusion of every mind who is wide-awake to the power of right thought in constructive action
Larsen
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Study Questions with Answers
51. What are some of the effects which can be produced by electricity?
Heat, light, power, music.
52. Upon what do these various effects depend?
Upon the mechanism to which electricity is attached.
53. What is the result of the action and interaction of the individual mind upon the Universal?
The conditions and experiences with which we meet.
54. How may these conditions be changed?
By changing the mechanism by which the Universal is differentiated in form.
55. What is this mechanism?
The brain.
56. How may it be changed?
By the process we call thinking. Thoughts produce brain cells, and these cells respond to the corresponding thought in the Universal.
57. Of what value is the power of concentration?
It is the very highest personal accomplishment which can be acquired, and the distinguishing characteristic of every successful man or woman.
58. How may it be acquired?
By faithfully practicing the exercises in this System.
59. Why is this so important?
Because it will enable us to control our thoughts, and since thoughts are causes conditions must be effects; if we can control the cause we can also control the effect.
60. What is changing conditions and multiplying results in the objective world?
Men are learning the basic methods of constructive thinking.
