NUGGETS OF THE NEW THOUGHT /COMPLETE
NUGGETS
OF
THE
NEW THOUGHT
Several
Things That Have Helped People
BY
WILLIAM
WALKER ATKINSON
ASSOCIATE
EDITOR OF "NEW THOUGHT," CHICAGO; AUTHOR OF
"THOUGHT FORCE," "THE LAW OF THE
NEW THOUGHT," ETC.
PREFACE.
I
do not like writing a preface—it seems too much like an apology. I have no
special apology to tender for offering this collection of New Thought nuggets.
They may possess no literary merit, but they have helped men
and women. With the exception of "The Secret of the I Am," these
essays appeared from month to month in "New Thought," of which
magazine I am associate editor. They were written hastily, principally upon the
demand of the printer for "copy," and, for the most part, were
printed just as they were written, there being no time for revision or
polishing up. You may pick up any one of them and find many sentences needing
straightening out—many thoughts which could be better expressed by the change
of a few words. Knowing these things, I first thought that I would go over each
essay and add a little here, and take away a little there, polishing up and
burnishing as I went along. But when I looked over them, my heart failed me.
There they were just as they were written—just as they were dug out of my
mind—and I hadn't the heart to change them. I remembered the circumstances
surrounding the writing of every one of them, and I let them alone. A
"nugget" polished up would be no longer a nugget. And these thoughts
are nuggets—I dug them myself. I will not say much regarding the quality of the
metal—that is for you—but you see them just as they came from the mine—rough,
unpolished, mixed with the rock, queerly shaped. If you think that they contain
metal of sufficiently good quality, refine them, melt them and fashion them
into something useful or ornamental. For myself, I like things with the bark
on—with the marks of the hammer—with the original quartz adhering to the metal.
But others are of different taste—they like everything to feel smooth to the
touch. They will not like these nuggets. Alas, I cannot help it—I cannot
produce the beautifully finished article—I have nothing to offer other than the
crude product of the mine. Here they are, polish them up yourself if you prefer
them in that shape—I will not touch them.
W.W. A.
Chicago,
October 2, 1902.
CONTENTS.
I Can and I Will"—The recognition—Equal to any task—A feeling
of calm confidence—An abiding sense of power, reserve force and security—The
Something within—The triple key to the door of attainment—The vibrations of
Success
The Ego—The physical plane—the mental plane—the new plane of
consciousness—The Real Self—The "I"—The Temple of the Living Spirit—Development
of the "I Am" consciousness.—The Higher Reason
The young people's song—Good "New Thought"
doctrine—Plenty of sunshine in life, if you look for it—Don't make a dark
dungeon of your mind—Throw open the windows of your soul—How to let a little
sunshine in
The soul, as well as the body and mind, requires nourishment —The
want, a promise of the fulfillment—The law of unfoldment —Nourishment provided
when it is needed—Provided for in the Divine Plan—The feast of good things
The old sailor's advice—The warning cry—Peace and content— Mental
balance recovered—The glory of the Universe—All governed by Law—The Law
manifests everywhere—A reverent feeling of calm, peaceful faith—Look aloft
The work and cares of to-day easy if we do not worry about those
of To-morrow—The mysterious To-morrow and its terrors—The way to meet the cares
of To-morrow—To-morrow's opportunities will come as surely as To-morrow's
cares—Law supreme—No need to be afraid—The real To-morrow
Stores of information; rich mines of knowledge; uncut gems and
precious metal awaiting the discoverer—Psychic and spiritual faculties—Strange
attraction of soul to soul—The Rock of Ages—The Voice of the Soul
Why worry about the past—Hugging old sorrows to your Bosom— What
to do with them—Don't Poison your life—Pain brings experience—Learning your
lesson—How to get rid of a gloomy thought—Throw it away—Forget it
Life a great school—Man a child learning his lesson—Preparing for
higher grades—The game-task—What it all means—Things as they are—The rules wise
and good—Each task means something— Greeting the Kindergartner
Sees no good in anything—Expects the bad and gets it—Attracts it
to him—Depresses everything and everyone—Carries an aura of negative depressing
thought—Clammy—Puts out the fire of energy —Take Warning
Fear attracts as well as Desire—Learn to aim straight and aim at
the right thing—Examples—The bowler—The bicyclist and the car—The bicyclist and
the post—The boy and the marbles—Wisdom from the babe—Look straight; Think
straight; Shoot Straight
Don't be afraid—You are at home—Not here by chance—You belong
here—YOU are the soul—YOU cannot be hurt—YOU cannot be banished—YOU are right
in the universe, and there is no outside—Great things are before you—Make
yourself at home
Lorado Taft's group—Description—Each stands alone—Each is in touch
with every other—Soul communion in silence—Silence is the sanctuary of the
soul—The oneness of life and its apparent separateness—The message
The Law's plan of developing an individual—Folly of clinging to
old worn out sheaths—The story of Jerry and the Bear—Who Jerry was—He meets the
Bear—The fight—The result—The consequences —The change in Jerry—The moral
The consciousness of the hand—When it first was felt—Always
there—Now as the hand of a father—Now as that of a mother—A lover—A
brother—Always guiding—Always leading—A mystery— Some day we will know the
owner of the hand
Seeking success through mental powers—Holding the thought alone
not sufficient—How to get the real benefit of thought-force— Fall in with the
workings of the Law—Stand on your own feet— One step at a time—"I Do"
as well as "I Am"
THE MAN WITH THE SOUTHERN EXPOSURE.
Southern exposure as good a thing in a man as in a room—The man
who faces the sun—Lives one day at a time and does the best he knows how, and
is kind—Finds Joy and carries it to others— Simple, loving, kind—Open yourself
to the sun
An individualist—Wearing no ticket or label—No one has a corner on
Truth—Enough to go around—The Infinite Power back of all things—The Real Self
is Spirit—The Law of Attraction —Fearthought—The Brotherhood of Man
Next to marriage, partnership is the most important association
—Mental partnerships—Be careful whom you choose as your mental partners—Get
into partnership with the best thoughts—Dissolve partnership with the other
kind—"I Can, I Will; I Do, I Dare."
The secret of life—the riddle of existence—Sought now as ever —The
whyness of things—Attempts to answer the riddle—The Seekers—Fantastic creeds
and queer philosophies—Revamping old ideas—The story of the man and the
stars—The answer to be found within the soul
"I hang bright pictures in my mind"—Bright pictures
encourage one; gloomy ones depress—Get rid of your old, gloomy mental
pictures—Make a bonfire of them—Get rid of the particularly miserable one,
first of all—Then put bright ones in their places
A miserable habit—It grows as it is fed—A nuisance to friends and
neighbors—It brings to you more of the same kind—You will get what you look
for—Looking for trouble brings it—Don't imagine that you are being "put
upon"— Don't retail your woes
There is in each of us a potential Something seeking for
expression—The Something Within—The plant of life—No use trying to repress it,
for develop it must—Life has a meaning —Growth, development and unfoldment—The
lesson of life
Faith necessary in every human undertaking—You have faith in man,
but are afraid to trust GOD—The Universe if governed by Law—The Law is in
operation everywhere—Don't be afraid—You are a part of the plan—Fall in with
the Law—Have faith, have faith
Do to-day's tasks now—Don't try to do to-morrow's work to-day, but
be sure and do the day's work Now—The baneful effects of procrastination—Not
fair to yourself—Demoralization attendant upon putting off things—The world
looking for people who can do things Now
Marconi's wireless messages—Vibrations reach only the instruments
attuned to the sender—The same law in operation on the mental plane—The correct
pitch is the thing—Get in tune with the proper vibrations—Get the messages from
the best senders
A new toxin—The microbes in the thoughts we think—The new
anti-toxin—Thoughts may poison—Fear causes paralysis—Hate causes insanity—Fear
and Hate have killed their thousands— Gates' experiments—How to overcome the
poison of bad-thinking
"From the first chapter: "I Can and I Will" —The recognition— Equal to any task —A feeling of calm confidence— An abiding sense of power, reserve force and security —The Something within— The triple key to the door of attainment —The vibrations of Success. "I Can and I Will!!!" Have you ever said these words to yourself with a firm conviction that you were speaking the truth —with the strong feeling that needed no other proof. If so, you then felt within you a thrill which seemed to cause every atom of your being to vibrate in harmony with some note in the grand scale of Life, sounded by the Real Self.
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