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If you begin to imagine evil powers working against you or that there is a jinx following you or that other forces and people are working against you, there will be a response of your deeper mind to correspond with these negative pictures and fears in your mind.
Consequently, you will begin to say that everything is against you or that the stars are opposed to you. Maybe you will blame k...
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Pain is not a punishment; it is the consequence of the misuse ...
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The conscious mind of man is personal and selective.
The subjective or subconscious mind is subject to the conscious mind. It might be called a servant of the conscious mind. The subconscious obeys the order of the conscious mind. Your conscious thought has power. The power you are acquainted with is thought. In the back of your thought is Mind, Spirit or God. Focused, directed thoughts reach the subjective levels; they must be of a certain degree of intensity. Intensity is acquired by concentration.
Focused, steadied attention of your mental images gains a similar intensity; and a deep, lasting impression is made on the sensitive plate of the subconscious mind.
The conscious mind of man is the motor; the subconscious is the engine. You must start the motor. The engine will do the work.
The first step in conveying your clarified desire, idea or image to the deeper mind is to relax, immobilize the attention to get still and quiet.
In the second step, you begin to imagine the reality of that which you desire.
‘My house is free from all debt and wealth flows to me in avalanches of abundance.’
You will do the obvious things necessary, knowing that the subconscious intelligence is directing all your steps, for it knows everything necessary for the fulfillment of your desires.
Know what you want. The subconscious mind will carry out the idea, because you have a definite, clear-cut concept of what you wish to possess.
If a man dwells on the thought, for example, of failure, the thought of failure attracts failure.
‘All I ever do is add. I never subtract.’ He means that success is a plus sign. Add to your growth, wealth and power, knowledge, faith as well as wisdom.
I said to him, ‘Why don’t you own your own store? Get out of this place. Raise your sights! Have a dream for your children. Maybe your son wants to be a doctor or your daughter desires to be a musician.’
The first step toward your goal is the birth of the idea in the mind.
second step is the manifestation of the idea.
Fear is truly a lack of faith in Divine supply.
Fear is a belief in lack or that man’s good is being withheld from him.
Develop your talents; begin to use them; they are God-given.
Fear and worry cause confusion in the conscious mind. This creates confusion in the subconscious mind and nothing happens but confusion in man’s affairs.