CHAPTER 1

Question 1

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Answer 1

That much gathers more is true on every plane of existence and that loss leads to greater loss is equally true.

Question 2

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Answer 2

Mind is creative, and conditions, environment and all experiences in life are the result of our habitual or predominant mental attitude.

Question 3

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Answer 3

The attitude of mind necessarily depends upon what we think. Therefore, the secret of all power, all achievement and all possession depends upon our method of thinking.

Question 4

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Answer 4

This is true because we must “be” before we can “do,” and we can “do” only to the extent which we “are,” and what we “are” depends upon what we “think.”

Question 5

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Answer 5

We cannot express powers that we do not possess. The only way by which we may secure possession of power is to become conscious of power, and we can never become conscious of power until we learn that all power is from within.

Question 6

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Answer 6

There is a world within – a world of thought and feeling and power; of light and life and beauty and, although invisible, its forces are mighty.

Question 7

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Answer 7

The world within is governed by mind. When we discover this world we shall find the solution for every problem, the cause for every effect; and, since the world within is subject to our control, all laws of power and possession are also within our control.

Question 8

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Answer 8

The world without is a reflection of the world within. What appears without is what has been found within. In the world within may be found infinite Wisdom, infinite Power, and an infinite Supply of all that is necessary, waiting for unfoldment, development and expression. If we recognize these potentialities in the world within, they will take form in the world without.

Question 9

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Answer 9

Harmony in the world within will be reflected in the world without by harmonious conditions, agreeable surroundings, the best of everything. It is the foundation of health and a necessary essential to all greatness, all power, all attainment, all achievement and all success.

Question 10

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Answer 10

Harmony in the world within means the ability to control our thoughts, and to determine for ourselves how any experience is to affect us.

Question 11

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Answer 11

Harmony in the world within results in optimism and affluence; affluence within results in affluence without.

Question 12

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Answer 12

The world without reflects the circumstances and the conditions of the consciousness within.

Question 13

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Answer 13

If we find wisdom in the world within, we shall have the understanding to discern the marvelous possibilities that are latent in this world within, and we shall be given the power to make these possibilities manifest in the world without.

Question 14

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Answer 14

As we become conscious of the wisdom in the world within, we mentally take possession of this wisdom, and by taking mental possession we come into actual possession of the power and wisdom necessary to bring into manifestation the essentials necessary for our most complete and harmonious development.

Question 15

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Answer 15

The world within is the practical world in which the men and women of power generate courage, hope, enthusiasm, confidence, trust and faith, by which they are given the fine intelligence to see the vision and the practical skill to make the vision real.

Question 16

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Answer 16

Life is an unfoldment, not accretion. What comes to us in the world without is what we already possess in the world within.

Question 17

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Answer 17

All possession is based on consciousness. All gain is the result of an accumulative consciousness. All loss is the result of a scattering consciousness.

Question 18

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Answer 18

Mental efficiency is contingent upon harmony; discord means confusion; therefore, he who would acquire power must be in harmony with Natural Law.

Question 19

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Answer 19

We are related to the world without by the objective mind. The brain is the organ of this mind and the cerebro-spinal system of nerves puts us in conscious communication with every part of the body. This system of nerves responds to every sensation of light, heat, odor, sound, and taste.

Question 20

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Answer 20

When this mind thinks correctly, when it understands the truth, when the thoughts sent through the cerebro-spinal nervous system to the body are constructive, these sensations are pleasant, harmonious.

Question 21

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Answer 21

The result is that we build strength, vitality and all constructive forces into our body, but it is through this same objective mind that all distress, sickness, lack, limitation, and every form of discord and in harmony is admitted to our lives. It is therefore through the objective mind, by wrong thinking, that we are related to all destructive forces.

Question 22

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Answer 22

We are related to the world within by the subconscious mind. The solar plexus is the organ of this mind; the sympathetic system of nerves presides over all subjective sensations, such as joy, fear, love, emotion, respiration, imagination, and all other subconscious phenomena. It is through the subconscious that we are connected with the Universal Mind and brought into relation with the Infinite constructive forces of the Universe.

Question 23

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Answer 23

It is the coordination of these two centers of our being, and the understanding of their functions, which is the great secret of life. With this knowledge we can bring the objective and subjective minds into conscious cooperation and thus coordinate the finite and the infinite. Our future is entirely within our own control. It is not at the mercy of any capricious or uncertain external power.

Question 24

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Answer 24

All agree that there is one Principle or Consciousness pervading the entire Universe, occupying all space, and being essentially the same in kind at every point of its presence. It is all powerful, all wisdom, and always present. All thoughts and things are within Itself. It is all in all.

Question 25

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Answer 25

There is but one consciousness in the Universe able to think; and when it thinks, its thoughts become objective things to it. As this Consciousness is omnipresent, it must be present within every individual; each individual must be a manifestation of that Omnipotent, Omniscient and Omnipresent Consciousness.

Question 26

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Answer 26

As there is only one Consciousness in the Universe that is able to think it necessarily follows that your consciousness is identical with the Universal Consciousness, or, in other words, all mind is one mind. There is no dodging this conclusion

Question 27

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The consciousness that focuses in your brain cells is the same consciousness which focuses in the brain cells of every other individual. Each individual is but the individualization of the Universal, the Cosmic Mind.

Question 28

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Answer 28

The Universal Mind is static or potential energy; it simply is; it can manifest only through the individual, and the individual can manifest only through the Universal. They are one.

Question 29

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Answer 29

The ability of the individual to think is his ability to act on the Universal and bring it into manifestation. Human consciousness consists only in the ability of man to think. Mind in itself is believed to be a subtle form of static energy, from which arises the activities called ‘thought,’ which is the dynamic phase of mind. Mind is static energy, thought is dynamic energy – the two phases of the same thing. Thought is therefore the vibratory force formed by converting static mind into dynamic mind.

Question 30

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Answer 30

As the sum of all attributes are contained in the Universal Mind, which is Omnipotent, Omniscient and Omnipresent, these attributes must be present at all times in their potential form in every individual. Therefore, when the individual thinks, the thought is compelled by its nature to embody itself in an objectivity or condition which will correspond with its origin.

Question 31

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Answer 31

Every thought therefore is a cause and every condition an effect; for this reason it is absolutely essential that you control your thoughts so as to bring forth only desirable conditions.

Question 32

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Answer 32

All power is from within, and is absolutely under your control; it comes through exact knowledge and by the voluntary exercises of exact principles.

Question 33

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Answer 33

It should be plain that when you acquire a thorough understanding of this law, and are able to control your thought processes, you can apply it to any condition; in other words, you will have come into conscious cooperation with Omnipotent law, which is the fundamental basis of all things.

Question 34

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Answer 34

The Universal Mind is the life principle of every atom which is in existence; every atom is continually striving to manifest more life; all are intelligent, and all are seeking to carry out the purpose for which they were created.

Question 35

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Answer 35

A majority of mankind lives in the world without; few have found the world within, and yet it is the world within that makes the world without; it is therefore creative and everything which you find in your world without has been created by you in the world within.

Question 36

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Answer 36

This system will bring you into a realization of power which will be yours when you understand this relation between the world without and the world within. The world within is the cause, the world without the effect; to change the effect you must change the cause.

Question 37

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Answer 37

You will at once see that this is a radically new and different idea; most men try to change effects by working with effects. They fail to see that this is simply changing one form of distress for another. To remove discord, we must remove the cause, and this cause can be found only in the world within.

Question 38

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Answer 38

All growth is from within. This is evident in all nature. Every plant, every animal, every human is a living testimony to this great law, and the error of the ages is in looking for strength or power from without.

Question 39

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Answer 39

The world within is the Universal fountain of supply, and the world without is the outlet to the stream. Our ability to receive depends upon our recognition of this Universal Fountain, this Infinite Energy of which each individual is an outlet, and so is one with every other individual.

Question 40

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Answer 40

Recognition is a mental process, mental action is therefore the interaction of the individual upon the Universal Mind, and as the Universal Mind is the intelligence which pervades all space and animates all living things, this mental action and reaction is the law of causation, but the principle of causation does not obtain in the individual but in the Universal Mind. It is not an objective faculty but a subjective process, and the results are seen in an infinite variety of conditions and experiences.

Question 41

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Answer 41

In order to express life there must be mind; nothing can exist without mind. Everything which exists is some manifestation of this one basic substance from which and by which all things have been created and are continually being recreated.

Question 42

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Answer 42

We live in a fathomless sea of plastic mind substance. This substance is ever alive and active. It is sensitive to the highest degree. It takes form according to the mental demand. Thought forms the mold or matrix from which the substance expresses.

Question 43

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Answer 43

Remember that it is in the application alone that the value consists, and that a practical understanding of this law will substitute abundance for poverty, wisdom for ignorance, harmony for discord and freedom for tyranny, and certainly there can be no greater blessing than these from a material and social standpoint.

Question 44

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Answer 44

Now make the application: Select a room where you can be alone and undisturbed. Sit erect, comfortably, but do not lounge. Let your thoughts roam where they will but be perfectly still for from fifteen minutes to half an hour. Continue this for three or four days or for a week until you secure full control of your physical being.

Question 45

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Answer 45

Many will find this extremely difficult; others will conquer with ease, but it is absolutely essential to secure complete control of the body before you are ready to progress. Next week you will receive instructions for the next step; in the meantime, you must have mastered this one.

Question 46

What is the world without in its relation to the world within?

Answer 46

The world without is a reflection of the world within.

Question 47

Upon what does all possession depend?

Answer 47

All possession is based on consciousness.

Question 48

How is the individual related to the objective world?

Answer 48

The individual is related to the objective world by the objective mind; the brain is the organ of this mind.

Question 49

How is he related to the Universal Mind?

Answer 49

He is related to the Universal Mind by the subconscious mind; the Solar Plexus is the organ of this mind.

Question 50

What is the Universal Mind?

Answer 50

The Universal Mind is the life principle of every atom which is in existence.

Question 51

How can the Individual act on the Universal?

Answer 51

The ability of the individual to think is his ability to act upon the Universal and bring it into manifestation.

Question 52

What is the result of this action and interaction?

Answer 52

The result of this action and interaction is cause and effect; every thought is a cause and every condition an effect.

Question 53

How are harmonious and desirable conditions secured?

Answer 53

Harmonious and desirable conditions are obtained by right thinking.

Question 54

What is the cause of all discord, inharmony, lack and limitation?

Answer 54

Discord, inharmony, lack and limitation are the result of wrong thinking.

Question 55

What is the source of all powers?

Answer 55

The source of all power is the world within, the Universal Fountain of Supply, the Infinite Energy of which each individual is an outlet.