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"It is a spiritual law that the desire to do necessarily impliesthe ability to do."

You have all read of "Aladdin's Lamp," which accomplished suchwonderful things. This, of course, is only a fairy story, but itillustrates the fact that man has within him the power, if he isable to use it, to gratify his every wish.

If you are unable to satisfy your deepest longings it is time youlearned how to use your God-given powers. You will soon beconscious that you have latent powers within capable when oncedeveloped of revealing to you priceless knowledge and unlimitedpossibilities of success.

Man should have plenty of everything and not merely substance tolive on as so many have. All natural desires can be realized. Itwould be wrong for the Infinite to create wants that could not besupplied. Man's very soul is in his power to think, and it,therefore, is the essence of all created things. Every instinctof man leads to thought, and in every thought there is greatpossibility because true thought development, when allied tothose mysterious powers which perhaps transcend it, has been thecause of all the world's true progress.

In the silence we become conscious of "that something" whichtranscends thought and which uses thought as a medium forexpression. Many have glimpses of "that something," but few everreach the state where the mind is steady enough to fathom thesedepths. Silent, concentrated thought is more potent than spokenwords, for speech distracts from the focusing power of the mindby drawing more and more attention to the without.

Man must learn more and more to depend on himself; to seek morefor the Infinite within. It is from this source alone that heever gains the power to solve his practical difficulties. No oneshould give up when there is always the resources of Infinity.The cause of failure is that men search in the wrong directionfor success, because they are not conscious of their real powersthat when used are capable of guiding them.

The Infinite within is foreign to those persons who go throughlife without developing their spiritual powers. But the Infinitehelps only he who helps himself. There is no such thing as aSpecial "Providence." Man will not receive help from the Infiniteexcept to the extent that he believes and hopes and prays forhelp from this great source.

Concentrate on What You Want and Get It. The weakling iscontrolled by conditions. The strong man controls conditions. Youcan be either the conqueror or the conquered. By the law ofPsychic - Concentration you can achieve your heart's desire. This law is sopowerful that that which at first seems impossible becomesattainable.

By this law what you at first see as a dream becomes a reality.

Remember that the first step in Psychic - Concentration is to form a MentalImage of what you wish to accomplish. This image becomes athought-seed that attracts thoughts of a similar nature. Aroundthis thought, when it is once planted in the imagination orcreative region of the mind, you group or build associatedthoughts which continue to grow as long as your desire is keenenough to compel close Psychic - Concentration.

Form the habit of thinking of something you wish to accomplishfor five minutes each day. Shut every other thought out ofconsciousness. Be confident that you will succeed; make up yourmind that all obstacles that are in your way will be overcome andyou can rise above any environment.

You do this by utilizing the natural laws of the thought worldwhich are all powerful.

A great aid in the development of Psychic - Concentration is to write outyour thoughts on that which lies nearest your heart and tocontinue, little by little, to add to it until you have as nearlyas possible exhausted the subject.

You will find that each day as you focus your forces on thisthought at the center of the stream of consciousness, new plans,ideas and methods will flash into your mind. There is a law ofattraction that will help you accomplish your purpose. Anadvertiser, for instance, gets to thinking along a certain line.He has formed his own ideas, but he wants to know what othersthink. He starts out to seek ideas and he soon finds plenty ofbooks, plans, designs, etc., on the subject, although when hestarted he was not aware of their existence.

The same thing is true in all lines. We can attract those thingsthat will help us. Very often we seem to receive help in amiraculous way. It may be slow in coming, but once the silentunseen forces are put into operation, they will bring results solong as we do our part. They are ever present and ready to aidthose who care to use them. By forming a strong mental image ofyour desire, you plant the thought-seed which begins working inyour interest and, in time, that desire, if in harmony with yourhigher nature, will materialize.

It may seem that it would be unnecessary to caution you toconcentrate only upon achievement that will be good for you andwork no harm to another, but there are many who forget others andtheir rights, in their anxiety to achieve success. All goodthings are possible for you to have, but only as you bring yourforces into harmony with that law that requires that we mete outjustice to fellow travelers as we journey along life's road. Sofirst think over the thing wanted and if it would be good for youto have; say, "I want to do this; I am going to work to secureit. The way will be open for me."

If you fully grasp mentally the thought of success and hold it inmind each day, you gradually make a pattern or mold which in timewill materialize. But by all means keep free from doubt and fear,the destructive forces. Never allow these to become associatedwith your thoughts.

At last you will create the desired conditions and receive helpin many unlooked-for ways that will lift you out of the undesiredenvironment. Life will then seem very different to you, for youwill have found happiness through awakening within yourself thepower to become the master of circumstances instead of theirslave.

To the beginner in this line of thought some of the things statedin this book may sound strange, even absurd, but, instead ofcondemning them, give them a trial. You will find they will workout.

The inventor has to work out his idea mentally before he producesit materially. The architect first sees the mental picture of thehouse he is to plan and from this works out the one we see. Everyobject, every enterprise, must first be mentally created.

I know a man that started in business with thirteen cents and nota dollar's worth of credit. In ten years he has built up a largeand profitable business. He attributes his success to twothings--belief that he would succeed and hard work. There weretimes when it did not look like he could weather the storm. Hewas being pressed by his creditors who considered him bankrupt.They would have taken fifty cents on the dollar for his notes andconsidered themselves lucky. But by keeping up a bold front hegot an extension of time when needed. When absolutely necessaryfor him to raise a certain sum at a certain time he always didit. When he had heavy bills to meet he would make up his mindthat certain people that owed him would pay by a certain date andthey always did. Sometimes he would not receive their check untilthe last mail of the day of the extension, and I have known himto send out a check with the prospect of receiving a check fromone of his customers the following day. He would have no reasonother than his belief in the power of affecting the mind ofanother by Psychic - Concentration of thought for expecting that check, butrarely has he been disappointed.

Just put forth the necessary concentrated effort and you will bewonderfully helped from sources unknown to you.

Remember the mystical words of Jesus, the Master: "Whatsoeverthing ye desire when ye pray, pray as if ye had already receivedand ye shall have."