LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. PART NINE.

   Part Nine is enclosed herewith.  In this part you
may learn to fashion the tools by which you may
build for yourself any condition you desire.

   If you wish to change conditions you must change
yourself.  Your whims, your wishes, your fancies,
your ambitions may be thwarted at every step, but
your inmost thoughts will find expression just as
certainly as the plant springs from the seed.

   Suppose, then, we desire to change conditions,
how are we to bring this about?  The reply is simple:
By the law of growth.  Cause and effect are as abso-
lute and undeviating in the hidden realm of thought
as in the world of material things.

   Hold in mind the condition desired; affirm it as
an already existing fact.  This indicates the value of
a powerful affirmation.  By constant repetition it
becomes a part of ourselves.  We are actually
changing ourselves; are are making ourselves what
we want to be.

   Character is not a thing of chance, but it is the
result of continued effort.  If you are timid, vascil-
ating, self-conscious, or if you are over-anxious or
harrassed by thoughts of fear or impending dan-
ger, remember that it is axiomatic that "two things
cannot exist in the same place at the same time."
Exactly the same thing is true in the mental and
spiritual world; so that your remedy is plainly to
substitute thoughts of courage, power, self-reliance
and confidence, for those of fear, lack and limitation.

   The easiest and most natural way to do this is to
select an affirmation which seems to fit your partic-
ular case.  The positive thought will destroy the
negative as certainly as light destroys darkness, and
the results will be just as effectual.

   Act is the blossom of thought, and conditions are
the result of action, so that you constantly have in
your possession the tools by which you will cer-
tainly and inevitably make or unmake yourself, and
joy or suffering will be the reward.


                    PART NINE.

   1.  There are only three things which
can possibly be desired in the "world with-
out" and each of them can be found in the
"world within."  The secret of finding
them is simply to apply the proper "mech-
anism" of attachment to the omnipotent
power to which each individual has access.

   2.  The three things which all mankind
desires and which are necessary for his
highest expression and complete develop-
ment are Health, Wealth and Love.  All
will admit that Health is absolutely essen-
tial; no one can be happy if the physical
body is in pain.  All will not so readily ad-
mit that Wealth is necessary, but all must
admit that a sufficient supply at least is
necessary, and what would be considered
sufficient for one, would be considered ab-
solute and painful lack for another; and
as Nature provides not only enough but
abundantly, wastefully, lavishly, we rea-
lize that any lack or limitation is only the
limitation which has been made by an ar-
tificial method of distribution.

   3.  All will probably admit that Love is
the third, or maybe some will say the first
essential necessary to the happiness of
mankind; at any rate, those who possess all
three, Health, Wealth and Love, find noth-
ing else which can be added to their cup of
happiness.

   4.  We have found that the Universal
substance is "All Health," "All sub-
stance" and "All Love" and that the mech-
anism of attachment whereby we can
consciously connect with this Infinite sup-
ply is in our method of thinking.  To think
correctly is therefore to enter into the
"Secret Place of the Most High."

   5.  What shall we think?  If we know
this we shall have found the proper mech-
anism of attachment which will relate us
to "Whatsoever things we desire."  This
mechanism may seem very simple when I
give it to you, but read on; you will find
that it is in reality the "Master-Key," the
"Alladin's lamp," if you please; you will
find that it is the foundation, the imperative
condition, the absolute law of well-doing,
which means, well-being.

   6.  To think correctly, accurately, we
must know the "Truth."  The truth then
is the underlying principle in every busi-
ness or social relation.  It is a condition
precedent to every right action.  To know
the truth, to be sure, to be confident, af-
fords a satisfaction beside which no other
is at all comparable; it is the only solid
ground in a world of doubt, conflict and
danger.

   7.  To know the Truth is to be in har-
mony with the Infinite and Omnipotent
power.  To know the truth is, therefore, to
connect yourself with a power which is ir-
resistible and which will sweep away every
kind of discord, inharmony, doubt or error
of any kind, because the "Truth is mighty
and will prevail."

   8.  The humblest intellect can readily
foretell the result of any action when he
knows that it is based on truth, but the
mightiest intellect, the most profound and
penetrating mind loses its way hopelessly
and can form no conception of the results
which may ensue when his hopes are based
on a premise which he knows to be false.

   9.  Every action which is not in harmony
with Truth, whether through ignorance or
design, will result in discord, and eventual
loss in proportion to its extent and charac-
ter.

   10.  How then are we to know the truth
in order to attach this mechanism which
will relate us to the Infinite?

   11.  We can make no mistake about this
if we realize that Truth is the vital prin-
ciple of the Universal Mind and is Omni-
present.  For instance, if you require
health, a realization of the fact that the
"I" in you is spiritual and that all spirit
is one; that wherever a part is the whole
must be, will bring about a condition of
health, because every cell in the body must
manifest the truth as you see it.  If you
see sickness they will manifest sickness; if
you see perfection they must manifest per-
fection, The affirmation, "I am whole,
perfect, strong, powerful, loving, harmo-
nious and happy," will bring about harmo-
nious conditions.  The reason for this is
because the affirmation is in strict accord-
ance with the Truth, and when truth ap-
pears every form of error or discord must
necessarily disappear.

   12.  You have found that the "I" is
spiritual, it must necessarily then always
be no less than perfect, the affirmation. "I
am whole, perfect, strong, powerful, loving,
harmonious and happy" is therefore an ex-
act scientific statement.

   13.  Thought is a spiritual activity and
spirit is creative, therefore the result of
holding this thought in mind, must neces-
sarily bring about conditions in harmony
with the thought.

   14.  If you require Wealth a realization
of the fact that the "I" in you is one with
the Universal mind which is all substance,
and is Omnipotent, will assist you in bring-
ing into operation the law of attraction
which will bring you into vibration with
those forces which make for success and
bring about conditions of power and af-
fulence in direct proportion with the char-
acter and purpose of your affirmation.

   15.  Visualization is the mechanism of
the attachment which you require.  Visua-
lization is a very different process from
seeing; seeing is physical, and is therefore
related to the objective world, the "world
without," but Visualization is a product of
the imagination, and is therefore a product
of the subjective mind, the "world within."
It therefore possesses vitality; it will grow.
The thing visualized will manifest itself in
form.  The mechanism is perfect; it was
created by the Master Architect who "do-
eth all things well," but unfortunately
sometimes the operator is inexperienced or
inefficient, but practice and determination
will overcome this defect.

   16.  If you require Love try to realize
that the only way to get love is by giving it,
that the more you give the more you will
get, and the only way in which you can give
it, is to fill yourself with it, until you be
come a magnet.  The method was ex-
plained in another lesson.

   17.  He who has learned to bring the
greatest spiritual truths into touch with
the so-called lesser things of life has dis-
covered the secret of the solution of his
problem.  One is always quickened, made
more thoughtful, by his nearness of ap-
proach to great ideas, great events, great
natural objects, and great men.  Lincoln
is said to have begotten in all who came
near him the feeling awakened when one
approaches a mountain, and this sense as-
serts itself most keenly when one comes to
realize that he has laid hold upon things
that are eternal, the power of Truth.

   18.  It is sometimes an inspiration to
hear from some one who has actually put
these principles to the test, some one who
has demonstrated them in his own life.  I
am to-day in receipt of a letter from Mr.
Andrews; he says:

"Dear Friend;
   You will find my experience published in
March Nautilus, and you are at liberty to
make any extracts from or reference to it,
that may suit your purpose.
                  Sincerely yours,
                  Frederick Elias Andrews
                       512 Odd Fellows Bldg.,
   March 7, 1917.        Indianapolis, Ind."

   19.  I was about thirteen years old when
Dr. T.W. Marsee, since passed over, said
to my mother: "There is no possible
chance, Mrs. Andrews.  I lost my little boy
the same way, after doing everything for
him that it was possible to do.  I have
made a special study of these cases, and I
know there is no possible chance for him
to get well."

   20.  She turned to him and said: "Doc-
tor, what would you do if he were your
boy?" and he answered, "I would fight,
fight, as long as there is a breath of life to
fight for."

   21.  That was the beginning of a long
drawn-out battle, with many ups and
down, the doctors all agreeing that there
was no chance for a cure, though they en-
couraged and cheered us the best they
could..

   22.  But at last the victory came, and I
have grown from a little, crooked, twisted,
cripple, going about on my hands and
knees, to a strong, straight, well formed
man.

   23.  Now, I know you want the formula,
and I will give it to you as briefly and
quickly as I can.

   24.  I built up an affirmation for my-
self, taking the qualities I most needed, and
affirming for myself over and over again,
"I am whole, perfect, strong, powerful,
loving, harmonious and happy."  I kept
up this affirmation, always the same, never
varying, till I could wake up in the night
and find myself repeating, "I am whole,
perfect, strong, powerful, loving, harmoni-
ous and happy."  It was the last thing on
my lips at night and the first thing in the
morning.

   25.  Not only did I affirm it for myself,
but for others that I knew needed it.  I
want to emphasize this point.  Whatever
you desire for yourself, affirm it for others,
and it will help you both.  We reap what
we sow.  If we send out thoughts of love
and health, they return to us like bread
cast upon the waters; but if we send out
thoughts of fear, worry, jealousy, anger,
hate, etc., we will reap the results in our
own lives.

   26.  It used to be said that man is com-
pletely built over every seven years, but
some scientists now declare that we build
ourselves over entirely every eleven
months; so we are really only eleven
months old.  If we build the defects back
into our bodies year after year, we have no
one to blame but ourselves.

   27.  Man is the sum total of his own
thoughts; so the question is, how are we go-
ing to entertain only the good thoughts
and reject the evil ones?  At first we can't
keep the evil thoughts from coming, but we
can keep from entertaining them.  The
only way to do this is to forget them --
which means, get something for them.
This is where the ready-made affirmation
comes in.

   28.  When a thought of anger, jealousy,
fear or worry creeps in, just start your af-
firmation going.  The way to fight dark-
ness is with light-the way to fight cold is
with heat-the way to overcome evil is wtih
good.  For myself, I never could find any
help in denials.  Affirm the good, and the
bad will vanish.
                    Frederick Elias Andrews.

   29.  If there is anything you require, it
will be well for you to make use of this
affirmation; it cannot be improved upon.
Use it just as it is; take it into the silence
with you, until it sinks into your sub-con-
sciousness, so that you can use it anywhere,
on the street cars, in the office, at home;
this is the advantage of spiritual methods;
they are always available.  Spirit is omni-
present, ever ready; all that is required is
a proper recognition of its omnipotence,
and a willingness or desire to become the
recipient of its beneficient effects.

   30.  If our predominant mental attitude
is one of power, courage, kindliness and
sympathy, we shall find that our environ-
ment will reflect conditions in correspond-
ence with these thoughts; if it is weak,
critical, envious and destructive, we shall
find our environment reflecting conditions
corresponding to these thoughts.

   31.  Thoughts are causes and conditions
are effects Herein is the explanation of
the origin of both good and evil.  Thought
is creative and will automatically correl-
late with its object.  This is a Cosmologi-
cal law, the law of Attraction, the law of
Cause and Effect; the recognition and ap-
plication of this law will determine both
beginning and end; it is the law by which
in all ages and in all times the people were
lead to believe in the power of prayer.
"As thy faith is, so be it unto thee," is
simply another, a shorter and a better way
of stating it.

   32.  This week visualize a plant; take a
flower, the one you most admire, bring it
from the unseen into the seen, plant the
tiny seed, water it, care for it, place it
where it will get the direct rays of the
morning sun, see the seed burst; it is now
a living thing, something which is alive
and beginning to search for the means of
subsistance.  See the roots penetrating the
earth, watch them shoot out in all direc-
tions and remember that they are living
cells dividing and subdividing, and that
they will soon number millions, that each
cell is intelligent, that it knows what it
wants and knows how to get it.  See the
stem shoot forward and upward, watch it
burst through the surface of the earth, see
it divide and form branches, see how per-
fect and symmetrical each branch is
formed, see the leaves begin to form, and
then the tiny stems, each one holding aloft
a bud, and as you watch you see the bud
begin to unfold and your favorite flower
comes to view; and now if you will concen-
trate intently you will become conscious of
a fragrance; it is the fragrance of the
flower as the breeze gently sways the beau-
tiful creation which you have visualized.

   33.  When you are enabled to make your
vision clear and complete you will be en-
abled to enter into the spirit of a thing; it
will become very real to you; you will be
learning to concentrate and the process is
the same, whether you are concentrating
on health, a favorite flower, an ideal, a
complicated business proposition or any
other problem in life.

   34.  Every success has been accom-
plished by persistent concentration upon
the object in view.


                    PART NINE.

81.  What is the imperative condition of
        all well-being?

        Well doing.

82.  What is the condition precedent to
        every right action?

        Right thinking.

83.  What is the underlying condition
        necessary in every business transac-
        tion or social relation?

        To know the Truth.

84.  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.

85.  What is the result of any action
        based upon a false premise?

        We can form no conception of the re-
        sults which may ensue.

86.  How may we know the Truth?

        By a realization of the fact that
        Truth is the vital principle of the
        Universe and is therefore ominpres-
        ent.

87.  What is the nature of Truth?

        It is spiritual.

88.  What is the secret of the solution to
        every problem?

        To apply spiritual Truth.

89.  What is the advantage of spiritual
        methods?

        They are always available.

90.  What are the necessary require-
        ments?

        A recognition of the omnipotence of
        spiritual power and a desire to be-
        come the recipient of its beneficent
        effects.

        Thought means life, since those who
     do not think do not live in any high or
     real sense.  Thinking makes the man.
                                    --A.B. Alcott.