THE SILENT FORCE THAT PRODUCES RESULTS IN ALL
I want we first to realize how powerful thought is. A thought of fear has turned a person's hair gray in a night. A prisoner condemned to die was told that if he would consent to an experiment and lived through it he would be freed. He consented. They wanted to see how much blood a person could lose and still live. They arranged that blood would apparently drop from a cut made in his leg. The cut made was very slight, from which practically no blood escaped. The room was darkened, and the prisoner thought the dropping he heard was really coming from his leg. The next morning he was dead through mental fear. The two above illustrations will give us a little idea of the power of thought. To thoroughly realize the power of thought is worth a great deal to us.
Through concentrated thought power we can make our self whatever we please. By thought we can greatly increase our efficiency and strength. We are surrounded by all kinds of thoughts, some good, others bad, and we are sure to absorb some of the latter if we do not build up a positive mental attitude. If we will study the needless moods of anxiety, worry, despondency, discouragement and others that are the result of uncontrolled thoughts, we will realize how important the control of our thoughts are. Our thoughts make “you what you are”.
When I walk along the street and study the different people's faces I can tell how they spent their lives. It all shows in their faces, just like a mirror reflects their physical countenances. In looking in those faces I cannot help thinking how most of the people we see have wasted their lives. The understanding of the power of thought will awaken possibilities within us that we never dreamed of.
Never forget that our thoughts are making our environment, our friends, and as our thoughts change these will also. Is this not a practical lesson to learn? Good thoughts are constructive. Evil thoughts are destructive. The desire to do right carries with it a great power. I want us to thoroughly realize the importance of our thoughts, and how to make them valuable, to understand that our thoughts come to us over invisible wires and influence you. If our thoughts are of a high nature, we become connected with people of the same mental caliber and we are able to help our self. If our thoughts are tricky, we will bring tricky people to deal with us, who will try to cheat us. If our thoughts are right kind, we will inspire confidence in those with whom we are dealing. As we gain the good will of others our confidence and strength will increase. We will soon learn the wonderful value of our thoughts and how serene we can become even when circumstances are the most trying. Such thoughts of Right and Good Will bring us into harmony with people that amount to something in the world and that are able to give us help if we should need it, as nearly everyone does at times. We can now see why it is so important to concentrate our thoughts in the proper channels. It is very necessary that people should have confidence in us. When two people meet they have not the time to look each other up. They accept each other according to instinct which can usually be relied on. We meet a person and his attitude creates a suspicion in us. The chances are we cannot tell why, but something tells me, "Have no dealings with him, for if you do, you will be sorry."
Thoughts produce actions. Therefore be careful of our thoughts. Our life will be molded by the thoughts we have. A spiritual power is always available to our thought, and when we are worthy we can attract all the good things without a great effort on your part. The sun's rays shine down on our gardens, but we can plant trees that will interfere with the sun light. There are invisible forces ready to help us if we do not think and act to intercept these. These forces work silently."You reap what you sow."
You have concentrated within powers that if developed will bring our happiness greater than we can even imagine. Most people go rushing through life, literally driving away the very things they seek. By concentration we can revolutionize our life, accomplish infinitely more and without a great effort. Look within our self and we will find the greatest machine ever made.
In order to speak wisely we must secure at least a partial concentration of the faculties and forces upon the subject at hand. Speech interferes with the focusing powers of the mind, as it withdraws the attention to the external and therefore is hardly to be compared with that deep silence of the subconscious mind, where deep thoughts and the silent forces of high potency are evolved. It is necessary to be silent before you can speak wisely. The person that is really alert and well poised and able to speak wisely under trying circumstances, is the person that has practiced in the silence. Most people do not know what the silence is and think it is easy to go into the silence, but this is not so. In the real silence we become attached to that interior law and the forces become silent, because they are in a state of high potency, or beyond the vibratory sounds to which our external ears are attuned. He who desires to become above the ordinary should open up for himself the interior channels which lead to the absolute law of the omnipotent.
We can only do this by persistently and intelligently practicing thought concentration. Hold the thought:
In silence I will allow my higher self to have complete control.
I will be true to my higher self.
I will live true to my conception of what is right.
I realize that it is to my self interest to live up to my best.
I demand wisdom so that I may act wisely for myself and others.
