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    Road to Success: The Classic Guide for Prosperity and Happiness
    Road to Success: The Classic Guide for Prosperity and Happiness
    Road to Success: The Classic Guide for Prosperity and Happiness
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    Road to Success: The Classic Guide for Prosperity and Happiness

    By Benjamin Franklin, Florence Scovel Shinn, James Allen and

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    The road to your success is not a highway. You have to create it as you go.

    This collection of 10 classic self-help books was built for people willing to achieve the incredible journey of life with a certain dose of success.

    CONTENTS:

    1. Benjamin Franklin - The Way to Wealth
    2. Florence Scovel Shinn - The Game of Life and How to Play It
    3. James Allen - As A Man Thinketh
    4. James Allen - From Poverty to Power
    5. Joseph Murphy - The Power of your Subconscious Mind
    6. Lao Tzu - Tao Te Ching
    7. Marcus Aurelius - Meditations
    8. Napoleon Hill - Think and Grow Rich
    9. Sun Tzu - The Art of War
    10. Wallace D. Wattles - The Science of Getting Rich
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLMAB
    Release dateJul 19, 2019
    ISBN9782291075455
    Road to Success: The Classic Guide for Prosperity and Happiness
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    Benjamin Franklin

    Benjamin Franklin was a founding father of the United States of America. He was a printer, publisher, author, inventor, scientist, and diplomat. Franklin is known for signing and drafting the Declaration of Independence, representing America during the American Revolution, and making significant contributions to science.

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      Road to Success - Benjamin Franklin

      Road To Success

      Road To Success

      A Classic Self-Help Books Collection

      James Allen Benjamin Franklin Florence Scovel Shinn Joseph Murphy Lao Tzu Sun Tzu Marcus Aurelius Napoleon Hill Wallace D. Wattles

      Oregan Publishing

      Copyright © 2018 by Oregan Publishing

      All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

      Contents

      Benjamin Franklin

      1. THE WAY TO WEALTH

      Introduction

      Chapter 1

      Chapter 2

      Chapter 3

      Chapter 4

      Florence Scovel Shinn

      2. THE GAME OF LIFE AND HOW TO PLAY IT

      1. The Game

      2. The Law of Prosperity

      3. The Power of the Word

      4. The Law of Nonresistance

      5. The Law of Karma and The Law of Forgiveness

      6. Casting the Burden Impressing the Subconscious

      7. Love

      8. Intuition or Guidance

      9. Perfect Self Expression or The Divine Design

      James Allen

      3. AS A MAN THINKETH

      Foreword

      1. Thought and Character

      2. Effect of Thought on Circumstances

      3. Effect of Thought on Health and the Body

      4. Thought and Purpose

      5. The Thought-Factor in Achievement

      6. Visions and Ideals

      7. Serenity

      James Allen

      4. FROM POVERTY TO POWER

      Foreword

      I. The path of prosperity

      1. The lesson of evil

      2. The world a reflex of mental states

      3. The way out of undesirable conditions

      4. The silent power of thought: controlling and directing one’s forces

      5. The secret of health, success and power

      6. The secret of abounding happiness

      7. The realization of prosperity

      II. The way of peace

      8. The power of meditation

      9. The two masters, self and truth

      10. The acquirement of spiritual power

      11. The realization of selfless love

      12. Entering into the infinite

      13. Saints, sages, and saviors: the law of service

      14. The realization of perfect peace

      Joseph Murphy

      5. THE POWER OF YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS MIND

      1. The Treasure House Within You

      2. How Your Own Mind Works

      3. The Miracle-Working Power of Your Subconscious

      4. Mental Healings In Ancient Times

      5. Mental Healings in Modern Times

      6. Practical Techniques In Mental Healing

      7. The Tendency of the Subconscious is Lifeward

      8. How to Get the Results You Want

      9. How to Use the Power of Your Subconscious for Wealth

      10. Your Right To Be Rich

      11. Your Subconscious Mind As A Partner In Success

      12. Scientists Use The Subconscious Mind

      13. Your Subconscious & The Wonders Of Sleep

      14. Your Subconscious Mind & Marital Problems

      15. Your Subconscious Mind & Happiness

      16. Your Subconscious Mind & Harmonious Human Relations

      17. How To Use Your Subconscious For Forgiveness

      18. How Your Subconscious Removes Mental Blocks

      19. How To Use Your Subconscious Mind To Remove Fear

      20. How To Stay Young In Spirit Forever

      Lao Tzu

      6. TAO TE CHING

      Chapter 1

      Chapter 2

      Chapter 3

      Chapter 4

      Chapter 5

      Chapter 6

      Chapter 7

      Chapter 8

      Chapter 9

      Chapter 10

      Chapter 11

      Chapter 12

      Chapter 13

      Chapter 14

      Chapter 15

      Chapter 16

      Chapter 17

      Chapter 18

      Chapter 19

      Chapter 20

      Chapter 21

      Chapter 22

      Chapter 23

      Chapter 24

      Chapter 25

      Chapter 26

      Chapter 27

      Chapter 28

      Chapter 29

      Chapter 30

      Chapter 31

      Chapter 32

      Chapter 33

      Chapter 34

      Chapter 35

      Chapter 36

      Chapter 37

      Chapter 38

      Chapter 39

      Chapter 40

      Chapter 41

      Chapter 42

      Chapter 43

      Chapter 44

      Chapter 45

      Chapter 46

      Chapter 47

      Chapter 48

      Chapter 49

      Chapter 50

      Chapter 51

      Chapter 52

      Chapter 53

      Chapter 54

      Chapter 55

      Chapter 56

      Chapter 57

      Chapter 58

      Chapter 59

      Chapter 60

      Chapter 61

      Chapter 62

      Chapter 63

      Chapter 64

      Chapter 65

      Chapter 66

      Chapter 67

      Chapter 68

      Chapter 69

      Chapter 70

      Chapter 71

      Chapter 72

      Chapter 73

      Chapter 74

      Chapter 75

      Chapter 76

      Chapter 77

      Chapter 78

      Chapter 79

      Chapter 80

      Chapter 81

      Marcus Aurelius

      7. MEDITATIONS

      Introduction

      Chapter 1

      Chapter 2

      Chapter 3

      Chapter 4

      Chapter 5

      Chapter 6

      Chapter 7

      Chapter 8

      Chapter 9

      Chapter 10

      Chapter 11

      Chapter 12

      Napoleon Hill

      8. THINK AND GROW RICH

      Preface

      Introduction

      1. Three Feet From Gold

      2. A Fifty-Cent Lesson In Persistence

      3. Desire - The First Step toward Riches

      4. Desire Outwits Mother Nature

      5. Faith - The Second Step toward Riches

      6. Self-Confidence Formula

      7. The Power of an Idea

      8. Auto-Suggestion - The Third Step toward Riches

      9. Summary of Instructions

      10. Specialized Knowledge - The Fourth Step Toward Riches

      11. Lack of Ambition

      12. Imagination - The Fifth Step toward Riches

      13. How To Make Practical Use Of Imagination

      14. What Would I Do If I Had A Million Dollars

      15. Organized Planning - The Sixth Step Toward Riches

      16. When And How To Apply For A Position

      17. The Capital Value Of Your Services

      18. Take Inventory Of Yourself

      19. The Miracle That Has Provided These Blessings

      20. Decision - The Seventh Step Toward Riches

      21. Power

      22. The Sustained Effort Necessary To Induce Faith

      23. Symptoms Of Lack Of Persistence

      24. How To Develop Persistence

      25. Power - The Ninth Step toward Riches

      26. Transmutation - The Tenth Step Toward Riches

      27. Why Men Seldom Succeed Before Forty

      28. The Subconscious Mind - The Eleventh Step Toward Riches

      29. Emotion

      30. The Brain - The Twelfth Step Toward Riches

      31. The Dramatic Story Of The Brain

      32. The Sixth Sense - The Thirteenth Step Toward Riches

      33. Building Character Through Auto-Suggestion

      34. How To Outwit The Six Ghosts Of Fear

      35. The Fear Of Criticism

      36. Old Man Worry

      37. Self-Analysis Test Questions

      38. Fifty-Seven Famous Alibis

      Sun Tzu

      9. THE ART OF WAR

      Introduction

      1. Laying Plans

      2. Waging War

      3. Attack by Stratagem

      4. Tactical Dispositions

      5. Energy

      6. Weak Points and Strong

      7. Manœuvring

      8. Variation in Tactics

      9. The Army on the March

      10. Terrain

      11. The Nine Situations

      12. The Attack By Fire

      13. The Use of Spies

      Wallace D. Wattles

      10. THE SCIENCE OF GETTING RICH

      Preface

      1. The Right To Be Rich

      2. There is A Science of Getting Rich

      3. Is Opportunity Monopolized?

      4. The First Principle in The Science of Getting Rich

      5. Increasing Life

      6. How Riches Come to You

      7. Gratitude

      8. Thinking in the Certain Way

      9. How to Use the Will

      10. Further Use of the Will

      11. Acting in the Certain Way

      12. Efficient Action

      13. Getting into the Right Business

      14. The Impression of Increase

      15. The Advancing Man

      16. Some Cautions, and Concluding Observations

      17. Summary of The Science of Getting Rich

      1. THE WAY TO WEALTH

      Benjamin Franklin

      Introduction

      Dr. Franklin, wishing to collect into one piece all the sayings upon the following subjects, which he had dropped in the course of publishing the Almanacks called Poor Richard, introduces Father Abraham for this purpose. Hence it is, that Poor Richard is so often quoted, and that, in the present title, he is said to be improved. Notwithstanding the stroke of humour in the concluding paragraph of this address, Poor Richard (Saunders) and Father Abraham have proved, in America, that they are no common preachers. And shall we, brother Englishmen, refuse good sense and saving knowledge, because it comes from the other side of the water?

      Chapter 1

      COURTEOUS READER ,

      I have heard that nothing gives an author so great pleasure, as to find his works respectfully quoted by others. Judge, then, how much I must have been gratified by an incident I am going to relate to you. I stopped my horse, lately, where a great number of people were collected at an auction of merchants' goods. The hour of the sale not being come, they were conversing on the badness of the times; and one of the company called to a plain, clean, old man, with white locks, 'Pray, Father Abraham, what think you of the times? Will not those heavy taxes quite ruin the country! How shall we be ever able to pay them? What would you advise us to?'——Father Abraham stood up, and replied, 'If you would have my advice, I will give it you in short; for a word to the wise is enough, as Poor Richard says.' They joined in desiring him to speak his mind, and, gathering round him, he proceeded as follows:

      'Friends,' says he, 'the taxes are indeed very heavy; and, if those laid on by the government were the only ones we had to pay, we might more easily discharge them; but we have many others, and much more grievous to some of us. We are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three times as much by our pride, and four times as much by our folly; and from these taxes the commissioners cannot ease or deliver us by allowing an abatement. However, let us hearken to good advice, and something may be done for us; God helps them that help themselves, as Poor Richard says.

      I.

      'It would be thought a hard government that should tax its people one-tenth part of their time to be employed in its service: but idleness taxes many of us much more; sloth, by bringing on diseases, absolutely shortens life.

      Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labour wears, while the used key is always bright, as Poor Richard says.—But, dost thou love life? then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of, as Poor Richard says.—How much more than is necessary do we spend in sleep! forgetting that, the sleeping fox catches no poultry, and that there will be sleeping enough in the grave, as Poor Richard says.

      If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be as Poor Richard says, the greatest prodigality; since, as he elsewhere tells us, Lost time is never found again; and what we call time enough, always proves little enough. Let us then up and be doing, and doing to the purpose: so by diligence shall we do more with less perplexity. Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry all easy; and he that riseth late, must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night; while laziness travels so slowly, that poverty soon overtakes him. Drive thy business, let not that drive thee; and early to bed, and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise, as Poor Richard says.

      'So what signifies wishing and hoping for better times? We may make these times better, if we bestir ourselves. Industry need not wish, and he that lives upon hope will die fasting. There are no gains without pains; then help hands, for I have no lands; or if I have, they are smartly taxed. He that hath a trade, hath an estate; and he that hath a calling, hath an office of profit and honour, as Poor Richard says; but then the trade must be worked at, and the calling well followed, or neither the estate nor the office will enable us to pay our taxes.—If we are industrious, we shall never starve; for at the working man's house hunger looks in, but dares not enter. Nor will the bailiff or the constable enter, for industry pays debts, while despair increaseth them. What, though you have found no treasure, nor has any rich relation left you a legacy. Diligence is the mother of good luck, and God gives all things to industry. Then plow deep, while sluggards sleep, and you shall have corn to sell and to keep. Work while it is called to-day, for you know not how much you may be hindered to-morrow. One to-day is worth two to-morrows, as Poor Richard says, and farther, Never leave that till to-morrow, which you can do to-day.—If you were a servant, would you not be ashamed that a good master should catch you idle? Are you then your own master? be ashamed to catch yourself idle, when there is so much to be done for yourself, your family, your country, and your king. Handle your tools without mittens: remember, that The cat in gloves catches no mice, as Poor Richard says. It is true, there is much to be done, and, perhaps, you are weak-handed: but stick to it steadily, and you will see great effects; for Constant dropping wears away stones; and by diligence and patience the mouse ate in two the cable; and little strokes fell great oaks.

      Methinks I hear some of you say, Must a man afford himself no leisure? I will tell thee, my friend, what Poor Richard says, Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure; and, since thou art not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour. Leisure is time for doing something useful; this leisure the diligent man will obtain, but the lazy man never; for A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. Many, without labour, would live by their wits only, but they break for want of stock; whereas industry gives comfort, and plenty, and respect. Fly pleasures and they will follow you. The diligent spinner has a large shift; and now I have a sheep and a cow, every body bids me good-morrow.

      Chapter 2

      II.

      But with our industry we must likewise be steady, settled, and careful, and oversee our own affairs with our own eyes, and not trust too much to others: for, as Poor Richard says ,

      "I never saw an oft-removed tree,

      Nor yet an oft-removed family,

      That throve so well as those that settled be."

      And again, Three removes are as bad as a fire, and again, Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee: and again, If you would have your business done, go; if not, send. And again,

      "He that by the plow would thrive,

      Himself must either hold or drive."

      And again, The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands: and again, Want of care does us more damage than want of knowledge; and again, Not to oversee workmen, is to leave them your purse open.

      'Trusting too much to others' care is the ruin of many; for, In the affairs of this world, men are saved, not by faith, but by the want of it: but a man's own care is profitable; for, If you would have a faithful servant, and one that you like,—serve yourself. A little neglect may breed great mischief; for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost; being overtaken and slain by the enemy; all for want of a little care about a horse-shoe nail.

      Chapter 3

      III.

      So much for industry, my friends, and attention to one's own business; but to these we must add frugality, if we would make our industry more certainly successful. A man may if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep his nose all his life to the grindstone, and die not worth a groat at last. A fat kitchen makes a lean will; and ,

      "Many estates are spent in the getting,

      Since women for tea forsook spinning and knitting,

      And men for punch forsook hewing and splitting."

      If you would be wealthy, think of saving, as well as of getting. The Indies have not made Spain rich, because her out-goes are greater than her incomes.

      'Away, then, with your expensive follies, and you will not then have so much cause to complain of hard times, heavy taxes, and chargeable families; for,

      "Women and wine, game and deceit,

      Make the wealth small, and the want great."

      And farther, What maintains one vice, would bring up two children. You may think perhaps, that a little tea, or a little punch now and then, diet a little more costly, clothes a little finer, and a little entertainment now and then, can be no great matter; but remember, Many a little makes a mickle. Beware of little expences; A small leak will sink a great ship, as Poor Richard says; and again, Who dainties love shall beggars prove; and moreover, Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them. Here you are all got together to this sale of fineries and nick-nacks. You call them goods; but, if you do not take care, they will prove evils to some of you. You expect they will be sold cheap, and, perhaps, they may for less than they cost; but, if you have no occasion for them, they must be dear to you. Remember what poor Richard says, Buy what thou hast no need of, and ere long thou shalt sell thy necessaries. And again, At a great pennyworth pause a while: he means, that perhaps the cheapness is apparent only, and not real; or the bargain, by straitening thee in thy business, may do thee more harm than good. For, in another place, he says, Many have been ruined by buying good pennyworths. Again, It is foolish to lay out money in a purchase of repentance; and yet this folly is practised every day at auctions, for want of minding the Almanack. Many a one, for the sake of finery on the back, have gone with a hungry belly, and half starved their families; Silks and satins, scarlet and velvets, put out the kitchen fire, as Poor Richard says. These are not the necessaries of life; they can scarcely be called the conveniences: and yet only because they look pretty, how many want to have them?—By these, and other extravagancies, the genteel are reduced to poverty, and forced to borrow of those whom they formerly despised, but who, through industry and frugality, have maintained their standing; in which case it appears plainly, that A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees, as Poor Richard says. Perhaps they have had a small estate left them, which they knew not the getting of; they think it is day, and will never be night: that a little to be spent out of so much is not worth minding; but Always taking out of the meal-tub, and never putting in, soon comes to the bottom, as Poor Richard says; and then, When the well is dry, they know the worth of water. But this they might have known before, if they had taken his advice. If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some; for he that goes a borrowing, goes a sorrowing, as Poor Richard says; and, indeed, so does he that lends to such people, when he goes to get it in again. Poor Dick farther advises, and says,

      "Fond pride of dress is sure a very curse,

      Ere fancy you consult, consult your purse."

      'And again, Pride is as loud a beggar as Want, and a great deal more saucy. When you have bought one fine thing, you must buy ten more, that your appearance may be all of a piece; but Poor Dick says, It is easier to suppress the first desire, than to satisfy all that follow it. And it is as truly folly for the poor to ape the rich, as for the frog to swell, in order to equal the ox.

      "Vessels large may venture more,

      But little boats should keep near shore."

      It is, however, a folly soon punished: for, as Poor Richard says, Pride that dines on vanity, sups on contempt;—Pride breakfasted with Plenty, dined with Poverty and supped with Infamy. And, after all, of what use is this pride of appearance, for which so much is risked, so much is suffered? It cannot promote health, nor ease pain; it makes no increase of merit in the person, it creates envy, it hastens misfortune.

      'But what madness it must be to run in debt for these superfluities? We are offered, by the terms of this sale, six months credit; and that, perhaps, has induced some of us to attend it, because we cannot spare the ready money, and hope now to be fine without it. But, ah! think what you do when you run in debt; you give to another power over your liberty, If you cannot pay at the time, you will be ashamed to see your creditor; you will be in fear when you speak to him; you will make poor pitiful sneaking excuses, and, by degrees, come to lose your veracity, and sink into base, downright lying; for, The second vice is lying, the first is running in debt, as Poor Richard says; and again, to the same purpose, Lying rides upon Debt's back: whereas a free-born Englishman ought not to be ashamed nor afraid to see or speak to any man living. But poverty often deprives a man of all spirit and virtue. It is hard for an empty bag to stand upright.—What would you think of that prince, or of that government, who should issue an edict forbidding you to dress like a gentleman or gentlewoman, on pain of imprisonment or servitude? Would you not say that you were free, have a right to dress as you please, and that such an edict would be a breach of your privileges, and such a government tyrannical? And yet you are about to put yourself under that tyranny, when you run in debt for such dress! Your creditor has authority, at his pleasure, to deprive you of your liberty, by confining you in gaol for life, or by selling you for a servant, if you should not be able to pay him. When you have got your bargain, you may, perhaps, think little of payment; but, as Poor Richard says, Creditors have better memories than debtors; creditors are a superstitious sect, great observers of set days and times. The day comes round before you are aware, and the demand is made before you are prepared to satisfy it; or, if you bear your debt in mind, the term, which at first seemed so long, will, as it lessens, appear extremely short: Time will seem to have added wings to his heels as well as his shoulders. Those have a short Lent, who owe money to be paid at Easter. At present, perhaps, you may think yourselves in thriving circumstances, and that you can bear a little extravagance without injury; but

      "For age and want save while you may,

      No morning sun lasts a whole day."

      'Gain may be temporary and uncertain; but ever, while you live, expense is constant and certain; and It is easier to build two chimneys, than to keep one in fuel, as Poor Richard says: so, Rather go to bed supper-less, than rise in debt,

      Get what you can, and what you get hold,

      'Tis the stone that will turn all your lead into gold.

      And when you have got the Philosopher's stone, sure you will no longer complain of bad times, or the difficulty of paying taxes.

      Chapter 4

      IV.

      This doctrine, my friends, is reason and wisdom; but, after all, do not depend too much upon your own industry, and frugality, and prudence, though excellent things; for they may all be blasted without the blessing of Heaven; and therefore, ask that blessing humbly, and be not uncharitable to those that at present seem to want it, but comfort and help them. Remember, Job suffered, and was afterwards prosperous .

      'And now to conclude, Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other, as Poor Richard says, and scarce in that; for it is true, We may give advice, but we cannot give conduct. However, remember this, They that will not be counselled cannot be helped; and farther, that If you will not hear Reason, she will surely rap your knuckles, as Poor Richard says.'

      Thus the old gentleman ended his harangue. The people heard it, and approved the doctrine, and immediately practised the contrary, just as if it had been a common sermon; for the auction opened, and they began to buy extravagantly.—I found the good man had thoroughly studied my Almanacks, and digested all I had dropt on those topics during the course of twenty-five years. The frequent mention he made of me must have tired any one else; but my vanity was wonderfully delighted with it, though I was conscious that not a tenth part of the wisdom was my own, which he ascribed to me; but rather the gleanings that I had made of the sense of all ages and nations. However, I resolved to be the better for the echo of it; and, though I had at first determined to buy stuff for a new coat, I went away, resolved to wear my old one a little longer. Reader, if thou wilt do the same, thy profit will be as great as mine.—I am, as ever, thine to serve thee,

      Richard Saunders. July 7, 1757.

      2. THE GAME OF LIFE AND HOW TO PLAY IT

      Florence Scovel Shinn

      The Game

      Most people consider life a battle, but it is not a battle, it is a game .

      It is a game, however, which cannot be played successfully without the knowledge of spiritual law, and the Old and the New Testaments give the rules of the game with wonderful clearness. Jesus Christ taught that it was a great game of Giving and Receiving.

      Whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap. This means that whatever man sends out in word or deed, will return to him; what he gives, he will receive.

      If he gives hate, he will receive hate; if he gives love, he will receive love; if he gives criticism, he will receive criticism; if he lies he will be lied to; if he cheats he will be cheated. We are taught also, that the imaging faculty plays a leading part in the game of life.

      Keep thy heart (or imagination) with all diligence, for out of it are the issues of life. (Prov. 4:23.)

      This means that what man images, sooner or later externalizes in his affairs, I know of a man who feared a certain disease. It was a very rare disease and difficult to get, but he pictured it continually and read about it until it manifested in his body, and he died, the victim of distorted imagination.

      So we see, to play successfully the game of life, we must train the imaging faculty. A person with an imaging faculty trained to image only good, brings into his life every righteous desire of his heart - health, wealth, love, friends, perfect self-expression, his highest ideals.

      The imagination has been called, The Scissors of The Mind, and it is ever cutting, cutting, day by day, the pictures man sees there, and sooner or later he meets his own creations in his outer world. To train the imagination successfully, man must understand the workings of his mind. The Greeks said: Know Thyself.

      There are three departments of the mind, the subconscious, conscious and superconscious. The subconscious, is simply power, without direction. It is like steam or electricity, and it does what it is directed to do; it has no power of induction.

      Whatever man feels deeply or images clearly, is impressed upon the subconscious mind, and carried out in minutest detail.

      For example: a woman I know, when a child, always made believe she was a widow. She dressed up in black clothes and wore a long black veil, and people thought she was very clever and amusing. She grew up and married a man with whom she was deeply in love. In a short time he died and she wore black and a sweeping veil for many years. The picture of herself as a widow was impressed upon the subconscious mind, and in due time worked itself out, regardless of the havoc created.

      The conscious mind has been called mortal or carnal mind.

      It is the human mind and sees life as it appears to be. It sees death, disaster, sickness, poverty and limitation of every kind, and it impresses the subconscious.

      The superconscious mind is the God Mind within each man, and is the realm of perfect ideas.

      In it, is the perfect pattern spoken of by Plato, The Divine Design; for there is a Divine Design for each person.

      There is a place that you are to fill and no one else can fill, something you are to do, which no one else can do.

      There is a perfect picture of this in the superconscious mind. It usually flashes across the conscious as an unattainable ideal - something too good to be true.

      In reality it is man's true destiny (or destination) flashed to him from the Infinite Intelligence which is within himself.

      Many people, however, are in ignorance of their true destinies and are striving for things and situations which do not belong to them, and would only bring failure and dissatisfaction if attained.

      For example: A woman came to me and asked me to speak the word that she would marry a certain man with whom she was very much in love. (She called him A. B.)

      I replied that this would be a violation of spiritual law, but that I would speak the word for the right man, the divine selection, the man who belonged to her by divine right.

      I added, If A. B. is the right man you can't lose him, and if he isn't, you will receive his equivalent. She saw A. B. frequently but no headway was made in their friendship. One evening she called, and said, Do you know, for the last week, A. B. hasn't seemed so wonderful to me. I replied, Maybe he is not the divine selection - another man my be the right one. Soon after that, she met another man who fell in love with her at once, and who said she was his ideal. In fact, he said all the things that she had always wished A. B. would say to her.

      She remarked, It was quite uncanny.

      She soon returned his love, and lost all interest in A. B.

      This shows the law of substitution. A right idea was substituted for a wrong one, therefore there was no loss or sacrifice involved.

      Jesus Christ said, Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you, and he said the Kingdom was within man.

      The Kingdom is the realm of right ideas, or the divine pattern.

      Jesus Christ taught that man's words played a leading part in the game of life. By your words ye are justified and by your words ye are condemned.

      Many people have brought disaster into their lives through idle words.

      For example: A woman once asked me why her life was now one of poverty of limitation. Formerly she had a home, was surrounded by beautiful things and had often tired of the management of her home, and had said repeatedly, I'm sick and tired of things - I wish I lived in a trunk, and she added: Today I am living in that trunk. She had spoken herself into a trunk. The subconscious mind has no sense of humor and people often joke themselves into unhappy experiences.

      For example: A woman who had a great deal of money, joked continually about getting ready for the poorhouse.

      In a few years she was almost destitute, having impressed the subconscious mind with a picture of lack and limitation.

      Fortunately the law works both ways, and a situation of lack may be changed to one of plenty.

      For example: A woman came to me one hot summer's day for a treatment for prosperity. She was worn out, dejected and discouraged. She said she possessed just eight dollars in the world. I said, Good, we'll bless the eight dollars and multiply them as Jesus Christ multiplied the loaves and fishes, for He taught that every man had the power to bless and to multiply, to heal and to prosper.

      She said, What shall I do next?

      I replied, Follow intuition. Have you a 'hunch' to do anything, or to go anywhere? Intuition means, intuition, or to be taught from within. It is man's unerring guide, and I will deal more fully with its laws in a following chapter.

      The woman replied: I don't know - I seem to have a 'hunch' to go home; I've just enough money for carfare. Her home was in a distant city and was one of lack and limitation, and the reasoning mind (or intellect) would have said: Stay in New York and get work and make some money. I replied, Then go home - never violate a hunch. I spoke the following words for her: Infinite Spirit open the way for great abundance for --. She is an irresistible magnet for all that belongs to her by divine right." I told her to repeat it continually also. She left for home immediately. In calling on a woman one day, she linked up with an old friend of her family.

      Through this friend, she received thousands of dollars in a most miraculous way. She has said to me often, Tell people about the woman who came to you with eight dollars and a hunch.

      There is always plenty on man's pathway; but it can only be brought into manifestation through desire, faith or the spoken word. Jesus Christ brought out clearly that man must make the first move.

      "Ask, and it shall be given you, seek, and ye shall find, knock, and it shall be opened unto you. (Mat. 7:7).

      In the scriptures we read:

      Concerning the works of my hands, command ye me.

      Infinite Intelligence, God, is ever ready to carry out man's smallest or greatest demands.

      Every desire, uttered or unexpressed, is a demand. We are often startled by having a wish suddenly fulfilled.

      For example: One Easter, having seen many beautiful rose- trees in the florists' windows, I wished I would receive one, and for an instant saw it mentally being carried in the door.

      Easter came, and with it a beautiful rose-tree. I thanked my friend the following day, and told her it was just what I had wanted.

      She replied, I didn't send you a rose-tree, I sent you lilies!

      "The man had mixed the order, and sent me a rose-tree simply because I had started the law in action, and I had to have a rose-tree.

      Nothing stands between man and his highest ideals and every desire of his heart, but doubt and fear. When man can wish without worrying, every desire will be instantly fulfilled.

      I will explain more fully in a following chapter the scientific reason for this and fear must be erased from the consciousness. It is man's only enemy - fear of lack, fear of failure, fear of sickness, fear of loss and a feeling of insecurity on some plane. Jesus Christ said: Why are ye fearful, oh ye of little faith? (Mat. 8:26) So we can see we

      must substitute faith for fear, for fear is only inverted faith; it is faith in evil instead of good.

      The object of the game of life is to see clearly one's good and to obliterate all mental pictures of evil. This must be done by impressing the subconscious mind with a realization of good. A very brilliant man, who has attained great success, told me he had suddenly erased all fear from his consciousness by reading a sign which hung in a room. He saw printed, in large letters this statement - Why worry, it will probably never happen." These words were stamped indelibly upon his subconscious mind, and he has now a firm conviction that only good can come into his life, therefore only good can manifest.

      In the following chapter I will deal with the different methods of impressing the subconscious mind. It is man's faithful servant but one must be careful to give it the right orders. Man has ever a silent listener at his side - his subconscious mind.

      Every thought, every word is impressed upon it and carried out in amazing detail. It is like a singer making a record on the sensitive disc of the phonographic plate. Every note and tone of the singer's voice is registered. If he coughs or hesitates, it is registered also. So let us break all the old bad records in the subconscious mind, the records of our lives which we do not wish to keep, and make new and beautiful ones.

      Speak these words aloud, with power and conviction: "I now smash and demolish (by my spoken word) every

      untrue record in my subconscious mind. They shall return to the dust-heap of their native nothingness, for they came from my own vain imaginings. I now make my perfect records through the Christ within - The records of Health, Wealth, Love and perfect self-Expression." This is the square of life, The Game completed.

      In the following chapters, I will show how man can change his conditions by changing his words. Any man who does not know the power of the word, is behind the times.

      Death and Life are in the power of the tongue. (Prov. 18:21.)

      The Law of Prosperity

      One of the greatest messages given to the race through the scriptures is that God is man's supply and that man can release, through his spoken word, all that belongs to him by divine right. He must, however, have perfect faith in his spoken word .

      Isaiah said, My word shall not return unto me void, but shall accomplish that where it is sent. We know now, that words and thoughts are a tremendous vibratory force, ever moulding man's body and affairs.

      A woman came to me in great distress and said she was to be sued on the fifteenth of the month for three thousand dollars. She knew no way of getting the money and was in despair.

      I told her God was her supply, and that there is a supply for every demand.

      So I spoke the word! I gave thanks that the woman would receive three thousand dollars at the right time in the right way. I told her she must have perfect faith, and act her perfect faith. The fifteenth came but no money had materialized.

      She called me on the 'phone and asked what she was to do.

      I replied, "It is Saturday, so they won't sue you today, Your part is to act rich, thereby showing perfect faith that you

      will receive it by Monday. She asked me to lunch with her to keep up her courage. When I joined her at a restaurant, I said, This is no time to economize. Order an expensive luncheon, act as if you have already received the three thousand dollars."

      All things whatsoever ye ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive. You must act as if you had already received. The next morning she called me on the 'phone and asked me to stay with her during the day, I said No, you are divinely protected and God is never too late.

      In the evening she 'phoned again, greatly excited and said, "My dear, a miracle has happened! I was sitting in my room this morning, when the doorbell rang, I said to the maid: 'Don't let anyone in.' The maid however, looked out the window and said, 'It's your cousin with the long white beard.'

      So I said, 'Call him back. I would like to see him.' He was just turning the corner, when he heard the maid's voice, and he came back.

      He talked for about an hour, and just as he was leaving he said, 'Oh, by the way, how are finances?'

      I told him I needed the money, and he said, 'Why, my dear, I will give you three thousand dollars the first of the month.

      I didn't like to tell him I was going to be sued. What shall I do? I won't receive it till the first of the month, and I must have it tomorrow. I said, I'll keep on 'treating.'"

      I said, Spirit is never too late. I give thanks she has received the money on the invisible plane and that it manifests on time. The next morning her cousin called her up and said, Come to my office this morning and I will give you the money. That afternoon, she had three thousand dollars to her credit in the bank, and wrote checks as rapidly as her excitement would permit.

      If one asks for success and prepares for failure, he will get the situation he has prepared for. For example: A man came to me asking me to speak the word that a certain debt would be wiped out.

      I found he spent his time planning what he would say to the man when he did not pay his bill, thereby neutralizing my words. He should have seen himself paying the debt.

      We have a wonderful illustration of this in the bible, relating to the three kings who were in the desert, without water for their men and horses. They consulted the prophet Elisha, who gave them this astonishing message:

      Thus saith the Lord - Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain, yet make this valley full of ditches.

      Man must prepare for the thing he has asked for, when there isn't the slightest sign of it in sight.

      For example: A woman found it necessary to look for an apartment during the year when there was a great shortage of apartments in New York. It was considered almost an impossibility, and her friends were sorry for her and said, "Isn't it too bad, you'll have to store your furniture and live

      in a hotel. She replied, You needn't feel sorry for me, I'm a superman, and I'll get an apartment."

      She spoke the words: Infinite Spirit, open the way for the right apartment. She knew there was a supply for every demand, and that she was unconditioned, working on the spiritual plane, and that one with God is a majority.

      She had contemplated buying new blankets, when the tempter, the adverse thought or reasoning mind, suggested, Don't buy the blankets, perhaps, after all, you won't get an apartment and you will have no use for them. She promptly replied (to herself): I'll dig my ditches by buying the blankets! So she prepared for the apartment acted as though she already had it.

      She found one in a miraculous way, and it was given to her although there were over two hundred other applicants.

      The blankets showed active faith.

      It is needless to say that the ditches dug by the three kings in the desert were filled to over-flowing. (Read, II Kings)

      Getting into the spiritual swing of things is no easy matter for the average person. The adverse thoughts of doubt and fear surge from the subconscious. They are the army of the aliens which must be put to flight. This explains why it is so often, darkest before the dawn.

      A big demonstration is usually preceded by tormenting thoughts.

      Having made a statement of high spiritual truth one challenges the old beliefs in the subconscious, and error is exposed to be put out.

      This is the time when one must make his affirmations of truth repeatedly, and rejoice and give thanks that he has already received, Before ye call I shall answer. This means that every good and perfect gift is already man's awaiting his recognition.

      Man can only receive what he sees himself receiving.

      The children of Israel were told that they could have all the land they could see. This is true of every man. He has only the land within his own mental vision. Every great work, every big accomplishment, has been brought into manifestation through holding to the vision, and often just before the big achievement, comes apparent failure and discouragement.

      The children of Israel when they reached the Promised Land, were afraid to go in, for they said it was filled with giants who made them feel like grasshoppers. And there we saw the giants and we were in our own sight as grass- hoppers. This is almost every man's experience.

      However, the one who knows spiritual law, is undisturbed by appearance, and rejoices while he is yet in captivity. That is, he holds to his vision and gives thanks that the end is accomplished, he has received.

      Jesus Christ gave a wonderful example of this. He said to his disciples: "Say not ye, there are yet four months and

      then cometh the harvest? Behold, I say unto you, lift up your eyes and look on the fields; for they are ripe already to harvest. His clear vision pierced the world of matter" and he saw clearly the fourth dimensional world, things as they really are, perfect and complete in Divine Mind. So man must ever hold the vision of his journey's end and demand the manifestation of that which he has already received. It may be his perfect, health, love, supply, self-expression, home or friends.

      They are all finished and perfect ideas registered in Divine Mind (man's own superconscious mind) and must come through him, not to him.

      For example: A man came to me asking for treatments for success. It was imperative that he raise, within a certain, fifty-thousand dollars for his business. The time limit was almost up, when he came to me in despair. No one wanted to invest in his enterprise, and the bank had flatly refused a loan.

      I replied: I suppose you lost your temper while at the bank, therefore your power. You can control any situation if you first control yourself.

      Go back to the bank, I added, and I will treat. My treatment was: You are identified in love with the spirit of everyone connected with the bank. Let the divine idea come out of this situation.

      He replied, "Woman, you are talking about an impossibility. Tomorrow is Saturday; the bank closes at

      twelve, and my train won't get me there until ten, and the time limit is up tomorrow, and anyway they won't do it. It's too late."

      I replied, God doesn't need any time and is never too late. With Him all things are possible. I added, I don't know anything about business, but I know all about God. He replied: It all sounds fine when I sit here listening to you, but when I go out it's terrible.

      He lived in a distant city, and I did not hear from him for a week, then came a letter. It read: You were right. I raised the money, and will never again doubt the truth of all that you told me.

      I saw him a few weeks later, and I said, what happened? You evidently had plenty of time, after all. He replied, My train was late, and I got there just fifteen minutes to twelve. I walked into the bank quietly and said, 'I have come for the loan,' and they gave it to me without a question.

      It was the last fifteen minutes of the time allotted to him, and Infinite Spirit was not too late. In this instance the man could never have demonstrated alone. He needed someone to help him hold to the vision. This is what one man can do for another.

      Jesus Christ knew the truth of this when he said: "If two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in

      heaven." One gets too close to his own affairs and becomes doubtful and fearful.

      The friend or healer sees clearly the success, health, or prosperity, and never wavers, because he is not close to the situation.

      It is much easier to demonstrate for someone else than for one's self, so a person should not hesitate to ask for help, if he feels himself wavering.

      A keen observer of life once said, no man can fail, if some one person sees him successful. Such is the power of the vision, and many a great man owed his success to a wife, or sister, or a friend who believed in him and held without wavering to the perfect pattern!

      The Power of the Word

      Aperson knowing the power of the word, becomes very careful of his conversation. He has only to watch the reaction of his words to know that they do not return void. Through his spoken word, man is continually making laws for himself .

      I knew a man who said, I always miss a car. It invariably pulls out just as I arrive.

      His daughter said: I always catch a car. It's sure to come just as I get there. This occurred for years. Each had made a separate law for himself, one of failure, one of succes.. This is the psychology of superstitions.

      The horse-shoe or rabbit's foot contains no power, but man's spoken word and belief that it will bring good luck creates expectancy in the subconscious mind, and attracts a lucky situation. I find however, this will not work when man has advanced spiritually and knows a higher law. One cannot turn back, and must put away graven images.

      For example: Two men in my class had had great success in business for several months, when suddenly everything went to smash. We tried to analyze the situation, and I found, instead of making their affirmations and looking to God for success and prosperity, they had each bought a lucky monkey. I said: Oh I see, you have been trusting in the lucky monkeys instead of God. "Put away the lucky

      monkeys and call on the law of forgiveness," for man has power to forgive or neutralize his mistakes.

      They decided to throw the lucky monkeys down a coalhole, and all went well again. This does not mean, however, that one should throw away every lucky ornament or horse- shoe about the house, but he must recognize that the power back of it is the one and only power, God, and that the object simply gives him a feeling of expectancy.

      I was with a friend, one day, who was in deep despair. In crossing the street, she picked up a horse-shoe. Immediately, she was filled with joy and hope. She said God had sent her the horsehoe in order to keep up her courage.

      It was indeed, at that moment, about the only thing that could have registered in her consciousness. Her hope became faith, and she ultimately made a wonderful demonstration. I wish to make the point clear that the men previously mentioned were depending on the monkeys, alone, while this woman recognized the power back of the horseshoe.

      I know, in my own case, it took a long while to get out of a belief that a certain thing brough disappointment. If the thing happened, disappointment invariably followed. I found the only way I could make a change in the subconscious, was by asserting, There are not two powers, there is only one power, God, therefore, there are not disappointments, and this thing means a happy surprise. I

      noticed a change at once, and happy surprises commenced coming my way.

      I have a friend who said nothing could induce her to walk under a ladder. I said, If you are afraid, you are giving in to a belief in two powers, Good and Evil, instead of one. As God is absolute, there can be no opposing power, unless man makes the false of evil for himself. To show you believe in only One Power, God, and that there is no power or reality in evil, walk under the next ladder you see.

      Soon after, she went to her bank. She wished to open her box in the safe-deposit vault, and there stood a ladder on her pathway. It was impossible to reach the box without passing under the ladder. She quailed with fear and turned back. She could not face the lion on her pathway. However, when she reached the street, my words rang in her ears and she decided to return and walk under it. It was a big moment in her life, for ladders had held her in bondage for years. She retraced her steps to the vault, and the ladder was no longer there! This so often happens! If one is willing to do a thing he is afraid to do, he does not have to.

      It is the law of nonresistance, which is so little understood.

      Someone has said that courage contains genius and magic. Face a situation fearlessly, and there is no situation to face; it falls away of its own weight.

      The explanation is, that fear attracted the ladder on the woman's pathway, and fearlessness removed it.

      Thus the invisible forces are ever working for man who is always pulling the strings himself, though he does not know it. Owing to the vibratory power of words, whatever man voices, he begins to attract. People who continually speak of disease, invariably attract it.

      After man knows the truth, he cannot be too careful of his words. For example: I have a friend who often says on the 'phone, Do come to see me and have an old-fashioned chat. This old-fashioned chat means an hour of about five hundred to a thousand destructive words, the principal topics being loss, lack, failure and sickness.

      I reply: No, I thank you. I've had enough old-fashioned chats in my life, they are too expensive, but I will be glad to have a new-fashioned chat, and talk about what we want, not what we don't want. There is an old saying that man only dares use his words for three purposes, to heal, bless or prosper. What man says of others will be said of him, and what he wishes for another, he is wishing for himself.

      Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

      If a man wishes someone bad luck, he is sure to attract bad luck himself. If he wishes to aid someone to success, he is wishing and aiding himself to success.

      The body may be renewed and transformed through the spoken word and clear vision, and disease be completely wiped out of the consciousness. The metaphysician knows that all disease has a mental correspondence, and in order to heal the body one must first heal the soul.

      The soul is the subconscious mind, and it must be saved from wrong thinking.

      In the twenty-third psalm, we read: He restoreth my soul. This means that the subconscious mind or soul, must be restored with the right ideas, and the mystical marriage is the marriage of the soul and the spirit, or the subconscious and superconscious mind. They must be one. When the subconscious is flooded with the perfect ideas of the superconscious, God and man are one, I and the Father are one. That is, he is one with the realm of perfect ideas; he is the man made in God's likeness and image (imagination) and is given power and dominion over all created things, his mind, body and affairs.

      It is safe to say that all sickness and unhappiness come from the violation of the law of love. A new commandment I give unto you, Love one another, and in the Game of Life, love or good-will takes every trick.

      For example: A woman I know, had, for years an appearance of a terrible skin disease. The doctors told her it was incurable, and she was in despair. she was on the stage, and she feared she would soon have to give up her profession, and she had no other means of support. She, however, procured a good engagement, and on the opening night, made a great hit. She received flattering notices from the critics, and was joyful and elated. The next day she received a notice of dismissal. A man in the cast had been jealous of her success and had caused her to be sent away. She felt hatred and resentment taking complete possession of her, and she cried out, "Oh God don't let me

      hate that man. That night she worked for hours in the silence."

      She said, I soon came into a very deep silence. I seemed to be at peace with myself, with the man, and with the whole world. I continued this for two following nights, and on the third day I found I was healed completely of the skin disease! In asking for love, or good will, she had fulfilled the law, (for love is the fulfilling of the law) and the disease (which came from subsconscious resentment) was wiped out.

      Continual criticism produces rheumatism, as critical, inharmonious thoughts cause unnatural deposits in the blood, which settle in the joints.

      False growths are caused by jealousy, hatred unforgiveness, fear, etc. Every disease is caused by a mind not at ease. I said once, in my class, There is no use asking anyone 'What's the matter with you?' we might just as well say, 'Who's the matter with you?' Unforgiveness is the most prolific cause of disease. It will harden arteries or liver, and affect the eye-sight. In its train are endless ills.

      I called on a woman, one day, who said she was ill from having eaten a poisoned oyster. I replied, Oh, no, the oyster was harmless, you poisoned the oyster. What's the matter with you? She answered, Oh about nineteen people. She had quarrelled with nineteen people and had become so inharmonious that she attracted the wrong oyster.

      Any inharmony on the external, indicates there is mental inharmony. As the within, so the without.

      Man's only enemies are within himself. And a man's foes shall be they of his own household. Personality is one of the last enemies to be overcome, as this planet is taking its initiation in love. It was Christ's message - Peace on Earth, good will towards man. The enlightened man, therefore, endeavors to perfect himself upon his neighbor. His work is with himself, to send out goodwill and blessings to every man, and the marvelous thing is, that if one blesses a man he has no power to harm him.

      For example: A man came to me asking to treat for success in business. He was selling machinery, and rival appeared on the scene with what he proclaimed, was a better machine, and my friend feared defeat. I said, First of all, we must wipe out all fear, and know that God protects your interest, and that the divine idea must come out of the situation. That is, the right machine will be sold, by the right man, to the right man. And I added, Don't hold one critical thought towards that man. Bless him all day, and be willing not to sell your machine, if it isn't the divine idea. So he went to the meeting, fearless and nonresistant, and blessing the other man. He said the outcome was very remarkable. the other man's machine refused to work, and he sold his without the slightest difficulty. But I say unto you, love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which spitefully use you and persecute you.

      Good-will produces a great aura of protection about the one who sends it, and No weapon that is formed against him shall prosper." In other words, love and good-will destroy the enemies with one's self, therefore, one has no enemies on the external!

      "There is peace on

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