The Law of Success: Summary (Pt 3 and Final)

11.      Accurate Thought

“Invincible determination- a purpose once fixed, and then death or victory”

Accurate thought involves two fundamentals which all who indulge in it must observe. First, to think accurately you must separate facts from mere information. There is much “information” available to you that is not based upon facts. Second, you must separate facts into two classes; namely, the important and the unimportant, or, the relevant and irrelevant. Only by doing this can you have accurate thought.

To learn how to think accurately one must thoroughly understand.

1^st: That the mind can be controlled, guided and directed to creative, constructive ends.

2^nd: That the mind can be directed to destructive ends.

3^rd: That the mind has power over every cell of the body

4^th: That all achievement of man is the result of thought, the part which his physical body plays being of secondary importance

5^th: That the greatest of all achievements whether in literature, art, finance, industry or otherwise are usually the results of ideas conceived in one man’s brain but ACTUALLY TRANSFORMED INTO REALITY BY OTHER MEN, through the combined use of their minds and bodies.

6^th: The majority of all thoughts conceived in the minds of men are not accurate, being more in the nature of “opinions” or “snap-judgements.”

Any idea or thought which is held in the mind, through repetition, has a tendency to direct the physical body to transform such thought or idea into its material equivalent. Any order that is PROPERLY given to the sub-conscious mind (through the law of auto0suggestion) will be carried out unless it is side tracked or countermanded by another and stronger order. The sub-conscious mind does not question the source from which it receives orders, nor the soundness of those orders, but it will proceed to direct the muscular system of the body to carry out any order it receives. 

From the very day that you reach a definite decision in your own mind as to the precise thing, condition or position in life that you deeply desire, you will observe if you read books, newspapers and magazines, that important news items and other data bearing on the object of your definite chief aim will begin to come to your attention; you will observe, also, that opportunities will begin to come to you that will, if embraced, lead you neater and nearer the coveted goal of your desire.

12.      Concentration

“Concentration is the act of focusing the mind upon a given desire until ways and means for its realization have been worked out and successfully put into operation.”

To have concentration one must remove the bad habits which stray away from concentrating your forces toward your goal in life and replace them with habits of constructive nature that will lead closer to your definite chief aim. The following is the procedure which you may follow to from new habits you desire.

1^st: At the beginning of the formation of the new habit put force and enthusiasm into your expression. Feel what you think.

2^nd: Keep your attention firmly concentrated on the new path-building, and keep your mind away from the old-paths, lest you incline toward them.

3^rd: Travel over your newly made paths as often as possible. The oftener you go over the new paths the sooner will they become well-worn and easily travelled.

4^th:  Resist the temptation to travel over the older, easier paths that you have been using in the past. Every time you resist a temptation, the stronger you become.

5^th: Select your goal, and then make good, deep, wide mental paths leading straight to it.

Take a plain sheet of paper, ordinary letter size, and write on it the following:

I am going to become ______________ because this will enable me to render the world useful service that is needed—and because it will yield me a financial return that will provide me with the necessary material things of life.

I will concentrate my mind upon this desire for 10 minutes daily, just before retiring at night and just after arising in the morning, for the purpose of determining just how I shall proceed to transform it into reality.

I know that I can become a _________________, therefore I will permit nothing to interfere with my doing so.

Signed……………………………………..

Every thought that has ever been released in organized form, from the mind of any human being, is still in existence in the form of a wave in the ether, and is constantly passing around and around in a great endless circle; that the act of concentrating one’s mind upon a given subject with intensity sends out thought waves which reach and blend with those of a related or similar nature, thereby establishing a direct line of communication between the one doing the concentrating and the thoughts of a similar nature which have been previously set into motion.

  

13.      Co-operation

“The man whose philosophy is based upon co-operation instead of competition will not only acquire the necessities and the luxuries of life effort, but he will enjoy an extra reward in happiness such as others will never feel”

There are two forms of co-operation:

1^st: The co-operation between people who group themselves together or form alliances for the purpose of attaining a giving end, under the principles known as the Law of the Master Mind.

2^nd: The co-operation between the conscious and the sub-conscious minds, which forms a reasonable hypothesis of man’s ability to contact, communicate with and draw upon infinite intelligence

The main motives which impel men to action are money, sex and self-preservation.

The extent to which people may be induced to co-operate, in harmony, depends upon the motivating force which impels them to action. Perfect harmony such as is essential for creating a Master Mind can be obtained only when the motivating force of a group is sufficient to cause each member of the group completely to forget his or her own personal interests and work for the good of the group.

Men will not rally to the support of a leader in such a spirit of harmony unless the motive that impels them to do so is one that will induce them to lay aside all thoughts of themselves. The leader who gets all there is to be had from his followers does so because he has setup in the mind of each a sufficiently strong motive to get each to subordinate his own interests and work in a perfect spirit of harmony with all other members of the group.

14.      Failure

“I am reminded O King, and take this lesson to heart, that there is a wheel on which the affairs of men revolve and its mechanism is such that it prevents any man from being always fortunate.”

In lesson 8 of the course you were taught that strength grows out of resistance; and now you will learn that sound character is usually the handiwork of reverses, and setbacks, and temporary defeat, which the uninformed part of the world calls “failure.”

·         Every time you experience a temporary defeat, write a post-mortem and tell what you have learned from the ordeal.

15.      Tolerance

 Intolerance is a form of ignorance which must be mastered before any form of enduring success may be attained. It is the chief cause of all wars. It makes enemies in business and in other professions. It disintegrates the organized forces of society in a thousand forms, and stands, like a mighty giant, as a barrier to the abolition of war. It dethrones reason and substitutes mob psychology in its place.

Intolerance is the chief disintegrating force in the organized religions of the world, where it plays havoc with the greatest power for good there is on this; by breaking up that power into small sects and denominations which spend as much effort opposing each other as they do in destroying the evils of the world.

16.      The Golden Rule

“Do unto others as you would have them do unto you”

Code of Ethics

1.      I believe in the Golden Rule as the basis of all human conduct; therefore, I will never do to another person that which I would not be willing for that person to do me if our positions were reversed.

2.      I will be honest, even to the slightest detail, in all my transactions with others.

3.      I will forgive those who are unjust toward me, with no thoughts of retaliation.

4.      I will be just, generous and fair with others always, even though I know that these acts will go unnoticed and unrewarded.

5.      Whatever time I may have to devote to the discovery and exposure of the weaknesses and faults of others I will devote, more profitably, to the discovery and correction of my own.

6.      I will slander no person, no matter how much I may believe another person may deserve it, because I wish to plant no destructive suggestions in my own sub-conscious mind.

7.      I recognize the power of Thought as being an inlet leading into my brain from the universal ocean of life; therefore, I will set no destructive thoughts afloat upon that ocean lest they populate the minds of others.

8.      I will conquer the common human tendency toward hatred, and envy, and selfishness, and jealousy, and malice, and pessimism and doubt and fear; for I believe these to be the seed from which the world harvests most of its troubles.

9.      When my mind is not occupied with thoughts that tend toward the attainment of my definite chief aim in life, I will voluntarily keep it filled with thoughts of courage and self-confidence and good will; for I believe these to be the seed from which the world reaps its harvest of progressive growth.

10.  I understand that a mere passive belief in the soundness of The Golden Rule philosophy is of no value whatsoever, either to myself or to others; therefore, I will actively put into operation this universal rule for good in all my transactions with others.

11.  I understand the law through the operation of which my own character is developed from my own acts and thoughts; therefore, I will guard with care all that hoes into its development.

12.  Realizing that enduring happiness comes only through helping others find it; that no act of kindness is without its reward, even though it may never be directly repaid, I will do my best to assist others when and where the opportunity appears.