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.
1st: That the mind can be
controlled, guided and directed to creative, constructive ends.
2nd: That the mind can be
directed to destructive ends.
3rd: That the mind has
power over every cell of the body
4th: That all achievement
of man is the result of thought, the part which his physical body plays being
of secondary importance
5th: 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.
6th: 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.
1st: At the beginning of
the formation of the new habit put force and enthusiasm into your expression.
Feel what you think.
2nd: Keep your attention
firmly concentrated on the new path-building, and keep your mind away from the
old-paths, lest you incline toward them.
3rd: 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.
4th: 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.
5th: 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:
1st: 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.
2nd: 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.
