The Master Key System Flashcards
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What is the world without in it’s relation to the world within?
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The world without is a reflection of the world within.
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Upon what does all possession depend?
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All possession is based on consciousness.
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How is the individual related to the objective world?
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The individual is related to the objective world by the objective mind; the brain is the organ of this mind.
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How is he related to the Universal Mind?
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He is related to the Universal Mind by the subconscious mind; the Solar Plexus is the organ of this mind.
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What is the Universal Mind?
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The Universal Mind is the life principle of every atom which is in existence.
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How can the individual act on the Universal?
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The ability of the individual to think is his ability to act upon the Universal and bring it into manifestation.
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What is the result of this action and interaction?
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The result of this action and interaction is cause and effect; every thought is a cause, and every condition an effect.
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How are harmonious and desirable conditions secured?
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Harmonious and desirable conditions are obtained by right thinking.
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What is the cause of all discord, inharmony, lack and limitation?
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Discord, inharmony, lack and limitation are the result of wrong thinking.
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What is the source of all power?
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The source of all power is the world within, the Universal Fountain of Supply, the Infinite Energy of which each individual is an outlet.
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What are the two modes of mental activity?
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Conscious and subconscious.
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Upon what do ease and perfection depend?
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Ease and perfection depend entirely upon the degree in which we cease to depend on the conscious mind.
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What is the value of the subconscious?
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It is enormous; it guides us, warns us, it controls the vital processes and is the seat of memory.
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What are some of the functions of the conscious mind?
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It has the faculty of discrimination; it has the power of reasoning; it is the seat of the will and may impress the subconscious.
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How has the distinction between the conscious and subconscious been expressed?
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Conscious mind is reasoning will. Subconscious mind is instinctive desire, the result of past reasoning will.
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What method is necessary in order to impress the subconscious?
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Mentally state what is wanted.
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What will be the result of impressing the subconscious?
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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.
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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?
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Our environment reflects conditions corresponding to the predominant mental attitude which we entertain.
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How is the Law of Attraction stated?
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Thought is a creative energy, and will automatically correlate with it’s object and bring it into manifestation.
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What system of nerves is the organ of the Conscious Mind?
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The Cerebro-Spinal.
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What system of nerves if the organ of the subconscious mind?
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The sympathetic.
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What is the central point of distribution for the energy which the body is constantly generating?
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The Solar Plexus.
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How may the distribution of bodily energy be disrupted?
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By resistant, critical, discordant thoughts, but especially by fear.
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What is the result of the interruption of the generation and flow of bodily energy through negative thinking?
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Every ill with which the human race is afflicted.
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How may this energy be controlled and directed?
By conscious thought.
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How may fear be completely eliminated?
By an understanding and recognition of the true source of all power.
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What determines the experiences with which we meet in life?
Our predominant mental attitude.
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How may we awake the solar plexus?
Mentally concentrate upon the condition which we desire to see manifested in our lives.
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What is the creative principle of the universe?
The Universal Mind.
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What proportion of our mental life is subconscious?
At least 90%.
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Is this vast mental storehouse (the subconscious) generally utilized?
No.
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Why is the subconscious not generally utilised?
Few understand or appreciate the fact that it is an activity which they may consciously direct.
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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.
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What is the law of attraction bringing to us?
Our "Own."
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What is our "Own"?
What we inherently are, and is the result of our past thinking, both conscious and subconscious.
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Of what is the material with which we construct our mental home composed?
The thoughts which we entertain.
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What is the Secret of Power?
A recognition of the omnipresence of omnipotence.
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Where does the Secret of Power originate?
All life and all power is from within.
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Upon what is the possession of power contingent?
Upon a proper use of the power already in our possession.
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What are some of the effects which can be produced by electricity?
Heat, light, power, music.
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Upon what do these various effects of electricity depend?
Upon the mechanism to which the electricity is attached.
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What is the result of the action and interaction of the individual mind upon the universal?
The conditions and experiences with which we meet.
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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.
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What is the mechanism by which the Universal is differentiated in form?
The brain.
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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.
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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.
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How may the power of concentration be acquired?
Through dedication to Yogic practices.
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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.
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What is changing conditions and multiplying results in the objective world?
Men are learning the basic methods of constructive thinking.
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What is visualization?
The process of making mental pictures.
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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
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What is idealisation?
It is a process of visualising or idealising the plans which will eventually materialise in our objective world.
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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.
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How are clearness and accuracy obtained?
Each repeated action renders the image more accurate than the former one.
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How is the material for the construction of your mental image secured?
By millions of mental workers (neurons).
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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.
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What three steps are necessary in order to bring about this law of operation?
Earnest Desire, Confident Expectation, Firm Demand.
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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.
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What is the alternative to negative result of the Law?
Concentrate on the ideals which you desire to see manifested in your life.
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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.
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What is the result of imagination?
The cultivation of imagination leads to the development of the ideal out of which your future will emerge.
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How may imagination be cultivated?
By exercise; it must be supplied with nourishment or it cannot live.
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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.
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What are mistakes?
The result of ignorance.W
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What is knowledge?
The result of man's ability to think.
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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
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What pre-determines the result?
The ideal held steadily in mind attracts the necessary conditions for fulfilment.
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What is the result of a keen analytical observation?
The development of imagination, insight, perception and sagacity.
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To what do imagination, insight, perspicacity and sagacity lead?
Opulence and harmony.
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What is the imperative condition of all well-being?
Well doing.
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What is the condition precedent to every right action?
Right thinking.
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What is the underlying condition necessary in every business transaction or social relation?
To know the truth.
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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.
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What is the result of any action based upon a false premise?
We can form no conception of the results which may ensue.
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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.
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What is the nature of Truth?
It is spiritual.
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What is the secret of the solution to every problem?
To apply Spiritual Truth.
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What is the advantage of spiritual methods?
They are always available.
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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.
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What is wealth?
Wealth is the offspring of power.
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Of what value are possessions?
Possessions are of value only as they confer power.
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Of what value is a knowledge of cause and effect?
It enables men to plan courageously and execute fearlessly.
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How does life originate in the inorganic world?
Only by the introduction of some living form. There is no other way.
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What is connecting link between finite and the Infinite?
Thought is the connecting link.
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Why is thought the connecting link between the finite and the infinite?
Because the Universal can manifest only though the individual.
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Upon what does causation depend?
Upon polarity; a circuit must be formed; the Universal is the positive side of the battery of life, the individual is the negative, and thought forms the circuit.
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Why do many fail to secure harmonious conditions?
They do not understand the Law; there is no polarity; they have not formed the circuit.
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What is the remedy to the inability to secure harmonious conditions?
A conscious recognition of the law of attraction with the intention of bringing it into existence for a definite purpose.
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What will be the result of recognition of the Law and forming the circuit?
Thought will correlate with it's object and bring it into manifestation, because thought is the product of the spiritual man, and spirit is the creative Principle of the Universe.
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What is inductive reasoning?
It is the process of the objective mind by which we compare a number of separate instances with each other until wee see the common factor which gives rise to them all.
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What has the method of inductive reasoning accomplished?
It has resulted in the discovery of a reign of law which has marked an epoch in human progress.
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What is it that guides and determines action?
It is need, want and desire which in the largest sense induce, guide and determine action.
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What is the formula for the unerring solution of every individual problem?
We are to believe that our desire has already been fulfilled; it's accomplishment will then follow.
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What great teachers advocated it?
Jesus, Plato, Swedenborg.
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What is the result of the operation of this thought process? (Believing that the desire has already been fulfilled)
We are thinking on the plane of the absolute and planting a seed, which if left undisturbed will germinate into fruition.
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Why is this thought process scientifically exact? (Believing that the desire has already been fulfilled)
Because it is Natural Law.
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What is Faith?
Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things unseen.
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What is the Law of Attraction?
The Law by which faith is brought into manifestation.
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What importance do you attach to an understanding of the Law?
It has eliminated the elements of uncertainty and caprice from men's lives and substituted law, reason and certitude.
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How may any purpose in life be best accomplished?
Through a scientific understanding of the spiritual nature of thought.
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What three steps are absolutely essential?
The knowledge of our power, the courage to dare, the faith to do.
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How is the practical working knowledge secured?
By an understanding of Natural Laws.
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What is the reward for an understanding of Natural Laws?
A conscious realization of our ability to adjust ourselves to Divine and unchanging principle.
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What will indicate the degree of success with which we meet?
The degree in which we realize that we cannot change the infinite but must co-operate with it.
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What is the principle which gives thought it's dynamic power?
The Law of Attraction which rests on vibration, which in turn rests upon the Law of Love. Thought impregnated with love becomes invincible.
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Why is this law irresistible?
Because it is a Natural Law. All Natural Laws are irresistible and unchangeable and act with mathematical exactitude. There is no deviation or variation.
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Why then does it sometimes seem to be difficult to find the solution to our problems in life?
For the same reason that it is sometimes difficult to find the correct solution to a difficult mathematical problem. The operator is uninformed or inexperienced.
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Why is it impossible for the mind to grasp an entirely new idea?
We have no corresponding vibratory brain cell capable of receiving the idea.
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How is wisdom secured?
By concentration; it is unfoldment; it comes from within.
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What is the method by which natural philosophers obtain and apply their knowledge?
To observe individual facts carefully, patiently, accurately, with all the instruments and resources at their command, before venturing upon a statement of general laws.
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How may we be certain that this philosophical method of inductive reasoning is correct?
By not permitting a tyrannical prejudice to neglect or mutilate unwelcome facts.
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What class of acts are esteemed most highly?
Those which cannot be accounted for by the usual daily observations of life.
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What is the source of all Wisdom, Power and Intelligence?
The Universal Mind.
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Where do all motion, light, heat and colour have their origin?
In the Universal Energy, which is one manifestation of the Universal Mind.here d
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Where does the creative power of thought originate?
In the Universal Mind.
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What is thought?
Mind in motion.
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How is the Universal differentiated in form?
The individual is the means by which the Universal produces the various combination which result in the formation of phenomena.
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How is this accomplished?
The power of the individual to think is his ability to act upon the Universal and bring it into manifestation.
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How is differentiation through the individual accomplished?
The power of the individual to think is his ability to act upon the Universal and bring it into manifestation.
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Where do all things have their origin?
In mind.
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What is the result of a change of though?
A change in conditions.
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What is the result of a harmonious mental attitude?
Harmonious conditions in life.
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What determines the degree of harmony which we attain?
Our ability to appropriate what we require for our growth from each experience.
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What do difficulties and obstacles indicate?
That they are necessary for our wisdom and spiritual growth.
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How may these difficulties be avoided?
By a conscious understanding of and co-operation with Natural Laws.
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What is the principle by which thought manifests itself in form?
The Law of Attraction.
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How is the necessary material secured by which the growth, development and maturity of the idea take form?
The law of love, which is the creative principle of the Universe, imparts vitality to thought, and the law of attraction brings the necessary substance by the law of growth.
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How are desirable conditions secured?
By entertaining desirable thoughts only.
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How are undesirable conditions brought about?
By thinking, discussing and visualizing conditions of lack, limitation, disease, inharmony and discord of every kind. This mental photography of erroneous conceptions is taken up by the subconscious and the law of attraction will inevitably crystallize it into objective form. That we reap what we sow is mathematically exact
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How can we overcome every kind of fear, lack, limitation, poverty and discord?
By substituting principle for error.
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How may we recognize principle?
By a conscious realization of the fact that Truth invariably destroys error. We do not have to laboriously shovel the darkness out; all that is necessary is to turn on the light. The same principle applies to every form of negative thought.
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What is the value of insight?
It enables us to understand the value of making application of the knowledge which we gain. Many seem to think that knowledge will automatically apply itself, which is by no means true.
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Upon what does wealth depend?
Upon an understanding of the creative nature of thought.U
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Upon what does wealth's true value consist?
Upon it's exchange value.
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Upon what does success depend?
Upon spiritual power.
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Upon what does spiritual power depend?
Upon use; use determines it's existence.
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How may we take our fate out of the hands of chance?
By consciously realizing the conditions which we desire to see manifested in our lives.
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What then is the great business of life?
Thinking.
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Why is thinking the great business of life?
Because thought is spiritual and therefore creative. To consciously control thought is therefore to control circumstances, conditions, environment and destiny.
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What is the source of all evil?
Destructive thinking.
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What is the source of all good?
Scientific correct thinking.
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What is scientific thinking?
A recognition of the creative nature of spiritual energy and our ability to control it.
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What is the true method of concentration?
To become so identified with the object of your thought that you are conscious of nothing else.
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What is the result of this method of concentration? (becoming so identified with the object of your thought that you are conscious of nothing else)
Invisible forces are set in motion which irresistibly bring about conditions in correspondence with your thought.
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What is the controlling factor in this method of thought? (becoming so identified with the object of your thought that you are conscious of nothing else)
Spiritual Truth.
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What is Spiritual Truth the controlling factor in this method of thought? (becoming so identified with the object of your thought that you are conscious of nothing else)
Because the nature of our desire must be in harmony with Natural Law.
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What is the practical value of this method of concentration? (becoming so identified with the object of your thought that you are conscious of nothing else)
Thought is transmuted into character, and character is the magnet which creates the environment of the individual.
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What is the controlling factor of every commercial pursuit?
The mental element.
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Why is the mental element the controlling factor in every commercial pursuit?
Because Mind is the ruler and creator of all form and all events occurring in form.
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How does concentration operate?
By the development of the powers of perception, wisdom, intuition and sagacity.
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Why is intuition superior to reason?
Because it does not depend upon experience or memory and frequently brings about the solution of our problem by methods concerning which we are in entire ignorance.
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What is the result of pursuing the symbol of reality?
Symbols frequently turn to ashes just as we overtake them, because the symbol is only the outward form of the spiritual activity within; therefore, unless we can possess the spiritual reality the form disappears.
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How is the difference in individual lives measured?
By the degree of intelligence which they manifest.
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What is the law by which the individual may control other forms of intelligence?
A recognition of the self as an individualization of the Universal Intelligence.
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Where does the creative power originate?
In the Universal Mind.
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How does the Universal Mind create form?
By means of the individual.
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What is the connecting link between the individual and the Universal?
Thought.
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What is the principle by which the means of existence is carried into effect?
The Law of Love.
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How is the Law of Love brought into expression?
By the law of growth.
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Upon what condition does the law of growth depend?
Upon reciprocal action. The individual is complete at all times and this makes it possible to receive only as we give.
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What is that the individual gives based on the principle of reciprocal action?
Thought.
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What does the individual receive based on the principle of reciprocal action?
Thought, which is substance in equilibrium and which is constantly being differentiated in form by what we think.
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How are extremes placed in contrast?
They are designated by distinctive names, such as inside and outside, top and bottom, light and dark, good and bad.
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Are distinctions truly separate entities?
No, they are parts or aspects of one Whole. Gradations and degrees along ONE spectrum.
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What is the one creative Principle in the physical, mental and spiritual world?
The Universal Mind, or the Eternal Energy from which all things proceed.
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How are we related to the Creative Principle, Eternal Energy, or Universal Mind?
By our ability to think.
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How does this creative principle become operative?
Thought is the seed which results in action, and action results in form.
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Upon what does form depend?
Upon the rate of vibration.
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How may the rate of vibration be changed?
By mental action.
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Upon what does mental action depend?
Upon polarity, action and reaction, between the individual and the Universal.
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Does the creative energy originate in the individual or the Universal?
In the Universal, but the universal can manifest only through the individual.
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Why is the individual necessary?
Because the Universal is static, and requires energy to start it in motion. This is furnished by food which is converted into energy, which in turn enables the individual to think. When the individual stops eating he stops thinking; then he no longer acts upon the Universal; there is consequently no longer any action or reaction; the Universal is then only pure mind in static form—mind at rest.
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Upon what condition does power depend?
Upon recognition and use.
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What is recognition?
Consciousness.
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How do we become conscious of power?
By thinking.
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What then is the true business of life?
Correct scientific thinking.
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How is correct scientific thinking accomplished?
By securing a perfect understanding of the principles, forces, methods, and combinations of mind.
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What is this Universal Mind?
The basic fact of all existence.
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What is inspiration?
The art of realizing the omnipresence of Omniscience.
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Upon what does the conditions with which we meet depend?
Upon the quality of our thought. Because what we do depends upon what we are and what we are depends upon what we think.
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What is the real secret of power?
The consciousness of power, because whatever we become conscious of, is invariably manifested in the objective world, is brought forth into tangible expression.
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What is the one distinctive characteristic of the Master Mind?
He thinks big thoughts, he holds ideas large enough to counteract and destroy all petty and annoying obstacles.
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How is the law of attraction brought into operation?
By our predominant mental attitude.
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Why does the Law of Vibration govern?
Because a higher rate of vibration governs, modifies, controls, changes and destroys a lower rate of vibration.
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What is the first law of success?
Service.
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How may we be of most service?
By having an open mind. By being interested in the race rather than the goal, in the pursuit rather than possession.
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What is the result of a selfish thought?
It contains the germs of dissolution.
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How will our greatest success be achieved?
By a recognition of the fact that it is just as essential to give as to receive.
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Why do the great majority in every country remain the docile and apparently willing tools of the few?
Because they let the few do all their thinking for them.
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What is the effect of concentrating upon sorrow and loss?
More sorrow and more loss.
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What is the effect of concentrating upon gain?
More gain.
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What is the practical result of the principle of 'what you focus on, grows'?
Success which is an effect, not a cause. If we wish to secure any effect we must ascertain the cause, or idea or thought by which the effect is created.
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What is the 'Truth' concerning yourself?
The real "I" or ego is spiritual and can therefore never be less than perfect.
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What is the method of destroying any form of error?
To absolutely convince yourself of the "Truth" concerning the condition which you wish to see manifested.
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Where is the Universal Mind?
The Universal Mind is omnipresent, it exists everywhere. There is no place where it is not. It is therefore within us. It is "The World Within." It is our spirit, our life.
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What is the nature of the Universal Mind?
It is spiritual and consequently creative. It seeks to express itself in form.
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How may we act on the Universal Mind?
Our ability to think is our ability to act on the Universal Mind and bring it into manifestation for the benefit of ourselves or others.
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What is meant by thinking?
Clear, decisive, calm, deliberate, sustained thought with a definite end in view.
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What will be the result of thinking?
You will also be able to say, “It is not I that doeth the works, but the ‘Father’ that dwelleth within me, He doeth the works.” You will come to know that the “Father” is the Universal Mind and that He does really and truly dwell within you, in other words, you will come to know that the wonderful promises made in the Bible are fact, not fiction, and can be demonstrated by anyone having sufficient understanding.
