THE POWER OF CONCENTRATION /PART 16
LESSON XVI. HOW
CONCENTRATION CAN FULFILL YOUR DESIRE
"It
is a spiritual law that the desire to do necessarily implies the ability to
do."
You
have all read of "Aladdin's Lamp," which accomplished such wonderful
things. This, of course, is only a fairy story, but it illustrates the fact
that man has within him the power, if he is able to use it, to gratify his
every wish.
If
you are unable to satisfy your deepest longings it is time you learned how to
use your God-given powers. You will soon be conscious that you have latent
powers within capable when once developed of revealing to you priceless
knowledge and unlimited possibilities of success.
Man
should have plenty of everything and not merely substance to live on as so many
have. All natural desires can be realized. It would be wrong for the Infinite
to create wants that could not be supplied. Man's very soul is in his power to
think, and it, therefore, is the essence of all created things. Every instinct
of man leads to thought, and in every thought there is great possibility
because true thought development, when allied to those mysterious powers which
perhaps transcend it, has been the cause of all the world's true progress.
In
the silence we become conscious of "that something" which transcends
thought and which uses thought as a medium for expression. Many have glimpses
of "that something," but few ever reach the state where the mind is
steady enough to fathom these depths. Silent, concentrated thought is more
potent than spoken words, for speech distracts from the focusing power of the
mind by drawing more and more attention to the without.
Man
must learn more and more to depend on himself; to seek more for the Infinite
within. It is from this source alone that he ever gains the power to solve his
practical difficulties. No one should give up when there is always the
resources of Infinity. The cause of failure is that men search in the wrong
direction for success, because they are not conscious of their real powers that
when used are capable of guiding them.
The
Infinite within is foreign to those persons who go through life without
developing their spiritual powers. But the Infinite helps only he who helps
himself. There is no such thing as a Special "Providence." Man will
not receive help from the Infinite except to the extent that he believes and
hopes and prays for help from this great source.
Concentrate
on What You Want and Get It. The weakling is controlled by conditions. The
strong man controls conditions. You can be either the conqueror or the
conquered. By the law of concentration you can achieve your heart's desire.
This law is so powerful that that which at first seems impossible becomes attainable.
By
this law what you at first see as a dream becomes a reality.
Remember
that the first step in concentration is to form a Mental Image of what you wish
to accomplish. This image becomes a thought-seed that attracts thoughts of a
similar nature. Around this thought, when it is once planted in the imagination
or creative region of the mind, you group or build associated thoughts which
continue to grow as long as your desire is keen enough to compel close
concentration.
Form
the habit of thinking of something you wish to accomplish for five minutes each
day. Shut every other thought out of consciousness. Be confident that you will
succeed; make up your mind that all obstacles that are in your way will be
overcome and you can rise above any environment.
You
do this by utilizing the natural laws of the thought world which are all
powerful.
A
great aid in the development of concentration is to write out your thoughts on
that which lies nearest your heart and to continue, little by little, to add to
it until you have as nearly as possible exhausted the subject.
You
will find that each day as you focus your forces on this thought at the center
of the stream of consciousness, new plans, ideas and methods will flash into
your mind. There is a law of attraction that will help you accomplish your
purpose. An advertiser, for instance, gets to thinking along a certain line. He
has formed his own ideas, but he wants to know what others think. He starts out
to seek ideas and he soon finds plenty of books, plans, designs, etc., on the
subject, although when he started he was not aware of their existence.
The
same thing is true in all lines. We can attract those things that will help us.
Very often we seem to receive help in a miraculous way. It may be slow in coming,
but once the silent unseen forces are put into operation, they will bring
results so long as we do our part. They are ever present and ready to aid those
who care to use them. By forming a strong mental image of your desire, you
plant the thought-seed which begins working in your interest and, in time, that
desire, if in harmony with your higher nature, will materialize.
It
may seem that it would be unnecessary to caution you to concentrate only upon
achievement that will be good for you and work no harm to another, but there
are many who forget others and their rights, in their anxiety to achieve
success. All good things are possible for you to have, but only as you bring
your forces into harmony with that law that requires that we mete out justice to
fellow travelers as we journey along life's road. So first think over the thing
wanted and if it would be good for you to have; say, "I want to do this; I
am going to work to secure it. The way will be open for me."
If
you fully grasp mentally the thought of success and hold it in mind each day,
you gradually make a pattern or mold which in time will materialize. But by all
means keep free from doubt and fear, the destructive forces. Never allow these
to become associated with your thoughts.
At
last you will create the desired conditions and receive help in many
unlooked-for ways that will lift you out of the undesired environment. Life
will then seem very different to you, for you will have found happiness through
awakening within yourself the power to become the master of circumstances
instead of their slave.
To
the beginner in this line of thought some of the things stated in this book may
sound strange, even absurd, but, instead of condemning them, give them a trial.
You will find they will work out.
The
inventor has to work out his idea mentally before he produces it materially.
The architect first sees the mental picture of the house he is to plan and from
this works out the one we see. Every object, every enterprise, must first be
mentally created.
I
know a man that started in business with thirteen cents and not a dollar's
worth of credit. In ten years he has built up a large and profitable business.
He attributes his success to two things—belief that he would succeed and hard
work. There were times when it did not look like he could weather the storm. He
was being pressed by his creditors who considered him bankrupt. They would have
taken fifty cents on the dollar for his notes and considered themselves lucky.
But by keeping up a bold front he got an extension of time when needed. When
absolutely necessary for him to raise a certain sum at a certain time he always
did it. When he had heavy bills to meet he would make up his mind that certain
people that owed him would pay by a certain date and they always did. Sometimes
he would not receive their check until the last mail of the day of the
extension, and I have known him to send out a check with the prospect of
receiving a check from one of his customers the following day. He would have no
reason other than his belief in the power of affecting the mind of another by
concentration of thought for expecting that check, but rarely has he been
disappointed.
Just
put forth the necessary concentrated effort and you will be wonderfully helped
from sources unknown to you.
Remember
the mystical words of Jesus, the Master: "Whatsoever thing ye desire when
ye pray, pray as if ye had already received and ye shall have."
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