Preface
NEVER
before in the history of mankind has there been such an awakening to
the great possibilities of the power of right thinking as we are now
witnessing in all civilized countries.
Metaphysical
schools are springing up under different names in all parts of the
enlightened world. People are getting hold of little bits of one
great divine truth, a new gospel of optimism and love, a philosophy
of sweetness and light, which seems destined to furnish a universal
principle upon which people of all nations, of varying philosophies
and creeds, can unite for the betterment of the race.
The
basic principle of this great metaphysical movement has opened up
many possibilities of mind building, character building, body
building and success building which are destined to bring untold
blessings to the world.
We
are all conscious that there is something in us which is never sick,
never sins and never dies, a power back of the flesh but not of it,
which connects us with Divinity, makes us one with Infinite Life.
We
are beginning to discover something of the nature of this tremendous
force back of the flesh, this power which heals, regenerates,
rejuvenates, harmonizes and upbuilds, and which will ultimately bring
us into that state of blessedness which we instinctively feel is the
birthright of every human being.
To
present in clear, simple language, shorn of all technicalities, the
principles of the new philosophy which promise to lift life out of
commonness and discord and make it worthwhile; to show how these
principles may be grasped and applied in a practical way in every-day
living to each person's own individual case is the object of this
volume.
There
is a growing belief that "God never made His work for man to
mend." We are just beginning to discover that the same Principle
which created us, repairs, restores, renews, heals us; that the
remedies for all our ills are inside of us, in Divine Principle,
which is the truth of our being. We are learning that there is an
immortal principle of health in every individual, which if we could
utilize would heal all wounds and furnish a balm for all the hurts of
mankind.
The
author attempts to show that the body is but the mind externalized,
the habitual mental state out pictured; that the bodily condition
follows the thoughts, and that we are sick or well, happy or
miserable, young or old, lovable or unlovable, according to the
degree in which we control our mental processes. He shows how man can
renew his body by renewing his thought, or change his character by
changing his thought.
This
book teaches that man need not be the victim of his environment, but
can be the master of it: that there is no one outside of him which
determines his life, his aims, that the person can shape his or her
own environment, create their own opinion, that the cure for poverty,
ill health and unhappiness is bringing one's self through scientific
thinking into the conscious union with the great source of infinite
Life, of opulence, of health and harmony, thus getting in tune with
the infinite secret of all peace, power and prosperity.
It
emphasizes man's oneness with Infinite Life, and the truth that when
he comes into the full realization of his inseparable connection with
the creative energy of the universe, he shall never know lack or want
again.
This
volume shows how man can stand porter at the door of his mind,
admitting only his friend thoughts, only those suggestions that will
produce joy, prosperity; and excluding all his enemy thoughts which
would bring discord, suffering or failure.
It
teaches that "your ideal is a prophecy of what you shall at last
unveil", that "thought is another name for fate", that
we can think ourselves out of discord into harmony, out of disease
into health, out of darkness into light, out of hatred into love, out
or poverty and failure into prosperity and success.
Before
an individual can lift themselves, they must lift their thought. When
we shall have learned to master our thought habits, to keep our minds
open to the great divine inflow of life force, we shall have learned
the secret of human blessedness. Then a new era will dawn for the
race. O.S.M. - January 1901
