The Master Key System Flashcards
What is the world without in it’s relation to the world within?
The world without is a reflection of the world within.
Upon what does all possession depend?
All possession is based on consciousness.
How is the individual related to the objective world?
The individual is related to the objective world by the objective mind; the brain is the organ of this mind.
How is he related to the Universal Mind?
He is related to the Universal Mind by the subconscious mind; the Solar Plexus is the organ of this mind.
What is the Universal Mind?
The Universal Mind is the life principle of every atom which is in existence.
How can the individual act on the Universal?
The ability of the individual to think is his ability to act upon the Universal and bring it into manifestation.
What is the result of this action and interaction?
The result of this action and interaction is cause and effect; every thought is a cause, and every condition an effect.
How are harmonious and desirable conditions secured?
Harmonious and desirable conditions are obtained by right thinking.
What is the cause of all discord, inharmony, lack and limitation?
Discord, inharmony, lack and limitation are the result of wrong thinking.
What is the source of all power?
The source of all power is the world within, the Universal Fountain of Supply, the Infinite Energy of which each individual is an outlet.
What are the two modes of mental activity?
Conscious and subconscious.
Upon what do ease and perfection depend?
Ease and perfection depend entirely upon the degree in which we cease to depend on the conscious mind.
What is the value of the subconscious?
It is enormous; it guides us, warns us, it controls the vital processes and is the seat of memory.
What are some of the functions of the conscious mind?
It has the faculty of discrimination; it has the power of reasoning; it is the seat of the will and may impress the subconscious.
How has the distinction between the conscious and subconscious been expressed?
Conscious mind is reasoning will. Subconscious mind is instinctive desire, the result of past reasoning will.
What method is necessary in order to impress the subconscious?
Mentally state what is wanted.
What will be the result of impressing the subconscious?
If the desire is in harmony with the forward movement of the great Whole, forces will be set in motion which will bring about the result.
What is the result of the operation of this law, that to impress the subconscious is the mentally state what is wanted and, if it is in harmony with the forward movement of the great Whole, forces will be set in motion which will bring about the result?
Our environment reflects conditions corresponding to the predominant mental attitude which we entertain.
How is the Law of Attraction stated?
Thought is a creative energy, and will automatically correlate with it’s object and bring it into manifestation.
What system of nerves is the organ of the Conscious Mind?
The Cerebro-Spinal.
What system of nerves if the organ of the subconscious mind?
The sympathetic.
What is the central point of distribution for the energy which the body is constantly generating?
The Solar Plexus.
How may the distribution of bodily energy be disrupted?
By resistant, critical, discordant thoughts, but especially by fear.
What is the result of the interruption of the generation and flow of bodily energy through negative thinking?
Every ill with which the human race is afflicted.
How may this energy be controlled and directed?
By conscious thought.
How may fear be completely eliminated?
By an understanding and recognition of the true source of all power.
What determines the experiences with which we meet in life?
Our predominant mental attitude.
How may we awake the solar plexus?
Mentally concentrate upon the condition which we desire to see manifested in our lives.
What is the creative principle of the universe?
The Universal Mind.
What proportion of our mental life is subconscious?
At least 90%.
Is this vast mental storehouse (the subconscious) generally utilized?
No.
Why is the subconscious not generally utilised?
Few understand or appreciate the fact that it is an activity which they may consciously direct.
Where has the conscious mind received it’s governing tendencies?
From heredity - which means that it is the result of all the environments of all past generations.
What is the law of attraction bringing to us?
Our “Own.”
What is our “Own”?
What we inherently are, and is the result of our past thinking, both conscious and subconscious.
Of what is the material with which we construct our mental home composed?
The thoughts which we entertain.
What is the Secret of Power?
A recognition of the omnipresence of omnipotence.
Where does the Secret of Power originate?
All life and all power is from within.
Upon what is the possession of power contingent?
Upon a proper use of the power already in our possession.
What are some of the effects which can be produced by electricity?
Heat, light, power, music.
Upon what do these various effects of electricity depend?
Upon the mechanism to which the electricity is attached.
What is the result of the action and interaction of the individual mind upon the universal?
The conditions and experiences with which we meet.
How may the conditions and experiences with which we meet be changed?
By changing the mechanism by which the Universal is differentiated from in form.
What is the mechanism by which the Universal is differentiated in form?
The brain.
How may it be changed?
By the process we call thinking. Thoughts produce brain cells, and these cells respond to the corresponding thought in the Universal.
Of what value is the power of concentration?
It is the very highest personal accomplishment which can be acquired, and the distinguishing characteristic of every successful man or woman.
How may the power of concentration be acquired?
Through dedication to Yogic practices.
Why is developing concentration so important
Because it will enable us to control our thoughts, and since thoughts are causes conditions must be effects; if we can control the cause we can also control the effect.
What is changing conditions and multiplying results in the objective world?
Men are learning the basic methods of constructive thinking.
What is visualization?
The process of making mental pictures.
What is the result of visualisation?
By holding the image or picture in mind, we can gradually but surely bring the thing nearer to us, We can be what we will to be.W
What is idealisation?
It is a process of visualising or idealising the plans which will eventually materialise in our objective world.
Why are clearness and accuracy necessary?
Because ‘seeing’ creates ‘feeling’ and ‘feeling’ creates ‘being’. First the mental, then the emotional, then the illimitable possibilities of achievement.
How are clearness and accuracy obtained?
Each repeated action renders the image more accurate than the former one.
How is the material for the construction of your mental image secured?
By millions of mental workers (neurons).
How are the necessary conditions for bringing about the materialization of your ideal in the objective world secured?
By the Law of Attraction. The natural law by which all conditions and experiences are brought about.
What three steps are necessary in order to bring about this law of operation?
Earnest Desire, Confident Expectation, Firm Demand.
Why do many fail to bring the Law of Attraction into operation?
Because they concentrate on loss, disease and disaster. The law if operating perfectly; the things they fear are coming upon them.
What is the alternative to negative result of the Law?
Concentrate on the ideals which you desire to see manifested in your life.
What is the imagination?
A form of constructive thought. The light by which we penetrate new world of thought and experience. The mighty instrument by which every inventor or discoverer opened the way from precedent to experience.
What is the result of imagination?
The cultivation of imagination leads to the development of the ideal out of which your future will emerge.
How may imagination be cultivated?
By exercise; it must be supplied with nourishment or it cannot live.
How does the imagination differ from day dreaming?
Day dreaming is a form of mental dissipation, while imagination is a form of constructive thought which must precede every constructive action.
What are mistakes?
The result of ignorance.W
What is knowledge?
The result of man’s ability to think.
What is the power with which successful men build?
Mind is the ever moving force with which they secure the persons and circumstances necessary to complete their plans.W
What pre-determines the result?
The ideal held steadily in mind attracts the necessary conditions for fulfilment.
What is the result of a keen analytical observation?
The development of imagination, insight, perception and sagacity.
To what do imagination, insight, perspicacity and sagacity lead?
Opulence and harmony.
What is the imperative condition of all well-being?
Well doing.
What is the condition precedent to every right action?
Right thinking.
What is the underlying condition necessary in every business transaction or social relation?
To know the truth.
What is the result of a knowledge of the Truth?
We can readily foretell the result of any action that is based upon a true premise.
What is the result of any action based upon a false premise?
We can form no conception of the results which may ensue.
How may we know the Truth?
By a realization of the fact that Truth is the vital principle of the Universe and is therefor omnipresent.
What is the nature of Truth?
It is spiritual.
What is the secret of the solution to every problem?
To apply Spiritual Truth.
What is the advantage of spiritual methods?
They are always available.
What are the necessary requirements to the use of spiritual methods?
A recognition of the omnipotence of spiritual power and a desire to become the recipient of it’s beneficent effects.