LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. PART TEN.
If you get a through understanding or the
thought contained in Part Ten, you will have learned
that nothing happens without a definite cause. You
will be enabled to formulate your plans in accord-
ance with exact knowledge. You will know how to
control any situation by bringing adequate causes
into play. When you win, as you will, you will know
exactly why.
The ordinary man, who has no definite knowledge
of cause and effect, is governed by his feelings or
emotions. He thinks chiefly to justify his action.
If he fails as a business man, he says that luck is
against him. If he dislikes music, he says that music
is an expensive luxury. If he is a poor office man, he
says that he could succeed better at some outdoor
work. If he lacks friends, he says his individuality
is too fine to be appreciated.
He never thinks his problem through to the end.
In short, he does not know that every effect is the
result of a certain definite cause, but he seeks to
console himself with explanations and excuses. He
thinks only in self-defense.
On the contrary, the man who understands that
there is no effect without an adequate cause thinks
impersonally. He gets down to bed rock facts re-
gardless of consequences. He is free to follow the
trail of truth wherever it may lead. He sees the
issue clear to the end, and he meets the require-
ments fully and fairly, and the result is that the
world gives him all that it has to give, in friendship,
honor, love and approval.
PART TEN.
1. Abundance is a natural law of the
Universe. The evidence of this law is con-
clusive; we see it on every hand. Every-
where Nature is lavish, wasteful, extrava-
gant. Nowhere is economy observed in
any created thing. Profusion is manifest-
ed in everything. The millions and mil-
lions of trees and flowers and plants and
animals and the vast scheme of reproduc-
tion where the process of creating and re-
creating is forever going on, all indicates
the lavishness with which Nature has made
provision for man. That there is an abun-
dance for everyone is evident, but that
many fail to participate in this abundance
is also evident; they have not yet come into
a realization of the Universality of all sub-
stance, and that mind is the active principle
whereby we are related to the things we
desire.
2. All wealth is the offspring of power;
possessions are of value only as they con-
fer power. Events are significant only as
they affect power; all things represent cer-
tain forms and degrees of power.
3. Knowledge of cause and effect as
shown by the laws governing electricity,
chemical affinity and gravitation, enables
man to plan courageously and execute fear-
lessly. These laws are called Natural Laws,
because they govern in the physical world,
but all power is not physical power; there
is also mental power, and there is moral
and spiritual power.
4. Spiritual power is superior because
it exists on a higher plane. It has enabled
man to discover the law by which these
wonderful forces of Nature could be har-
nessed and made to do the work of hun-
dreds and thousands of men. It has en-
abled man to discover laws whereby time
and space have been annihilated and now
apparently the law of gravitation is to be
overcome.
5. In the physical world as we know it,
there exist the organic and the inorganic.
The inorganic or the mineral world is ab-
solutely cut off from the plant or animal
world; the passage is hermetically sealed.
These barriers have never yet been crossed.
No change of substance, no modification of
environment, no chemistry, no electricity,
no form of energy, no evolution of any
kind can ever endow a single atom of the
mineral world with the attribute of Life.
6. Only by the bending down into this
dead world of some living form can those
dead atoms be gifted with the properties of
vitality; without this contact with life they
remain fixed in the inorganic sphere for-
ever. Huxley says that the doctrine of
Biogenesis or life only from life, is vic-
torious all along the line, and Tyndall is
compelled to say: "I affirm that no shred
of trustworthy evidence exists to prove
that life in our day has ever appeared in-
dependent of antecedent life."
7. Physical laws may explain the in-
organic, Biology explain and account for
the development of the organic, but of the
point of contact Science is silent. A simi-
lar passage exists between the Natural
world and the Spiritual world; this pass-
age is hermetically sealed on the natural
side. The door is closed; no man can open
it, no organic change, no mental energy, no
moral effort, no progress of any kind can
enable any human being to enter the spir-
itual world.
8. But as the plant stretches down into
the mineral world beneath and touches its
mineral with the mystery of Life and
transforms them into a living sphere, so
the Universal Mind reaches down into the
human mind and endows it with its own
high qualities, develops new, strange and
wonderful and even marvelous qualities.
All men or women who have ever accom-
plished anything in the world of industry,
commerce or art have accomplished be-
cause of this process.
9. Thought is the connecting link be-
tween the Infinite and the finite, between
the Universal and the individual. We
have seen that there is an impassible bar-
rier between the organic and the inorganic,
and that the only way that matter can
unfold is to be impregnated with life; as
a seed reaches down into the mineral world
and begins to unfold and reach out, the
dead matter begins to live, a thousand in-
visible fingers begin to weave a suitable
environment for the new arrival, and as the
law of growth begins to take effect, we see
the process continue until the Lily finally
appears, and even "Solomon in all his
glory was not arrayed like one of these."
10. Even so, a thought is dropped into
the invisible substance of the Universal
Mind, that substance from which all things
are created, and as it takes root, the law of
growth begins to take effect and we find
that conditions and environment are but
the objective form of our thought.
11. The law is that Thought is an active
vital form of dynamic energy which has
the power to correlate with its object and
bring it out of the invisible substance from
which all things are created into the vis-
ible or objective world. This is the law by
which, and through which all things come
into manifestation; it is the Master Key
by which you are admitted into the Secret
Place of the Most High and are "given
dominion over all things." With an un-
derstanding of this law you may "decree a
thing and it shall be established unto thee."
12. It could not be otherwise; if the
soul of the Universe as we know it, is the
Universal Spirit, then the Universe is sim-
ply the condition which the Universal
Spirit has made for itself. We are simply
individualized spirit and are creating the
conditions for our growth in exactly the
same way.
13. This creative power depends upon
our recognition of the potential power of
spirit or mind and must not be confused
with Evolution. Creation is the calling into
existence of that which does not exist in the
objective world. Evolution is simply the
unfolding of potentialities involved in
things which already exist.
14. In taking advantage of the wonder-
ful possibilities opened up to us through
the operation of this law, we must remem-
ber that we ourselves contribute nothing to
its efficacy as the Great Teacher said: "It
is not I that doeth the works, but the
Father that dwelleth in me, He doeth the
work." We must take exactly the same
position; we can do nothing to assist in the
manifestation, we simply comply with the
law, and the All-originating Mind will
bring about the result.
15. The great error of the present day
is the idea that Man has to originate the
intelligence whereby the Infinite can pro-
ceed to bring about a specific purpose or
result. Nothing of this kind is necessary;
the Universal Mind can be depended upon
to find the ways and means for bringing
about any necessary manifestation. We
must, however, create the ideal, and this
ideal should be perfect.
16. We know that the laws governing
Electricity have been formulated in such
a way that this invisible power can be con-
trolled and used for our benefit and com-
fort in thousands of ways. We know that
messages are carried around the world,
that ponderous machinery does its bidding,
that it now illuminates practically the
whole world, but we know too that if we
consciously or ignorantly violate its law by
touching a live wire, when it is not proper-
ly insulated, the result will be unpleasant
and possibly disastrous. A lack of under-
standing of the laws governing the invis-
ible world has the same result, and many
are suffering the consequences all the time.
17. It has been explained that the law
of causation depends upon polarity, a cir-
cuit must be formed; this circuit cannot be
formed unless we operate in harmony with
the law. How shall we operate in harmony
with the law unless we know what the law
is? How shall we know what the Law is?
By study, by observation.
18. We see the law in operation every-
where; all nature testifies to the operation
of the law by silently, constantly express-
ing itself in the law of growth. Where
there is growth, there must be life; where
there is life there must be harmony,
so that everything that has life is con-
stantly attracting to itself the conditions
and the supply which is necessary for its
most complete expression.
19. If your thought is in harmony with
the creative Principle of nature, it is in
tune with the Infinite Mind, and it will
form the circuit, it will not return to you
void; but it is possible for you to think
thoughts that are not in tune with the In-
finite, and there is no polarity, the circuit
is not formed. What, then, is the result?
What is the result when a dynamo is gen-
erating electricity, the circuit is cut off and
there is no outlet? The dynamo stops.
20. It will be exactly the same with you,
if you entertain thoughts which are not in
accordance with the Infinite and cannot
therefore be polarized; there is no circuit,
you are isolated, the thoughts cling to you,
harass you, worry you, and finally bring
about disease and possible death; the phy-
sician may not diagnose the case exactly in
this way, he may give it some fancy name
which has been manufactured for the vari-
ous ills which are the result of wrong
thinking, but the cause is the same never-
theless.
21. Constructive thought must neces-
sarily be creative, but creative thought
must be harmonious, and this eliminates
all destructive or competitive thought.
22. Wisdom, strength, courage and all
harmonious conditions are the result of
power and we have seen that all power is
from within; likewise, every lack, limita-
tion or adverse circumstance is the result
of weakness, and weakness is simply ab-
sence of power; it comes from nowhere, it
is nothing-the remedy then is simply to
develop power, and this is accomplished in
exactly the same manner that all power is
developed, by exercise.
23. This exercise consists in making an
application of your knowledge. Knowl-
edge will not apply itself. You must
make the application. Abundance
will not come to you out of the sky, neither
will it drop into your lap, but a conscious
realization of the law of attraction and the
intention to bring it into operations for a
certain, definite and specific purpose, and
the will to carry out this purpose will bring
about the materialization of your desire by
a natural law of transference. If you are
in business, it will increase and develop
along regular channels, possible new or un-
usual channels of distribution will be
opened and when the law becomes fully
operative you will find that the things you
seek are seeking you.
24. This week select a blank space on
the wall, or any other convenient spot,
from where you usually sit, mentally draw
a black horizontal line about six inches
long, try to see the line as plainly as through
it were painted on the wall; now mentally
draw two vertical lines connecting with this
horizontal line at either end; now draw an-
other horizontal line connecting with the
two vertical lines; now you have a square.
Try to see the square perfectly; when you
can do so draw a circle within the square;
now place a point in the center of the cir-
cle; now draw the point toward you about
10 inches; now you have a cone on a square
base; you will remember that your work
was all in black; change it to white, to red,
to yellow.
25. If you can do this, you are making
excellent progress and will soon be enabled
to concentrate on any problem you may
have in mind.
When any object or purpose is clear-
ly held in thought, its precipitation in
tangible and visible form, is merely a
question of time. The vision always
precedes and itself determines the reali-
zation. -- Lillian Whiting.
PART TEN.
91. What is Wealth?
Wealth is the offspring of power.
92. Of what value are possessions?
Possessions are of value only as they
confer power.
93. Of what value is a knowledge of
cause and effect?
It enables men to plan courageously
and execute fearlessly.
94. How does life originate in the inor-
ganic world?
Only by the introduction of some liv-
ing form. There is no other way.
95. What is the connecting link between
the finite and the Infinite?
Thought is the connecting link.
96. Why is that so?
Because the Universal can manifest
only through the individual.
97. Upon what does causation depend?
Upon polarity; a circuit must be
formed; the Universal is the positive
side of the battery of life, the in-
dividual is the negative, and thought
forms the circuit.
98. Why do many fail to secure harmo-
nious conditions?
They do not understand the law;
there is no polarity; they have not
formed the circuit.
99. What is the remedy?
A conscious recognition of the law
of attraction with the intention of
bringing it into existence for a def-
inite purpose.
100. What will be the result?
Thought will correlate with its object
and bring it into manifestation, be-
cause thought is a product of the
spiritual man, and spirit is the
creative Principle of the Universe.
A vivid thought brings the power to
paint it; and in proportion to the depth
of its source is the force of its projec-
tion. -- Emerson.