Published in 1902. "The man is literally what he thinks, his
character is the sum of all his thoughts", James Allen carefully explains
the process behind a sustained positive thinking and the impact it generates in
our circumstances.
The events in our lives do not occur by chance but are the logical
result of a persistent mental process through constant practice and patience that human
being becomes the master of his life.
Certainly man can not directly influence on the conditions of everyday
life, but actually can, through his thinking, influence indirectly and affect his
reality, and thus shape his experiences.
The human being is the master of the world around him, he has the power
to forge the weapons with which conditions his existence, whether happy or not.
He or she must stop blaming others for their failures, since only he himself is
the creator and executor of the decisions he makes; and whether he acts right or
wrong he will endure the circumstances he has caused to himself. His
responsibility then, is to carefully choose the thoughts that will predominate
in his mind to create the conditions he pursues. Man is always the doer of his
circumstances, even in difficult times; he in his ignorance is the naive
teacher who does not notice that the solution is in his hands if only he changed
his mind pattern.
Whoever wants to change their present conditions must train their mind to
only focus on the thoughts that will bring peace, prosperity and love. That is,
he will have to insist on keeping an idea that represents his desire, and patiently wait
for its materialization. Facts will take some time to become apparent on the
outside, while thinking and outside events come into one whole. It is a mistake
to judge the current external circumstances as proof that present thought has
no effect, because visible conditions are the results of a previous mental
process.
"Circumstance does not
make the man; it reveals him to himself"
"The body is
the servant of the mind, watch your mind. If you would renew your body,
beautify your mind"
"A man can only rise,
conquer and achieve by lifting up his thoughts"
Like all human beings, I am in the search of something (who knows what
...), I’ve read several authors in order to find answers, including: Claude
Bristol, Joseph Murphy, Bob Proctor and Tony Robbins; and apparently those
answers are not as hard to find as I had supposed, but difficult to put them
into practice as I have experienced so far. I found The Power of Your
Subconscious Mind written by Joseph Murphy, quite educational and easy to
digest, it offer very simple and practical exercises.
The title of the book As a Man Thinketh was inspired by a Bible proverb
that says: "As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he" The book says
that is not enough to assume a positive attitude at certain times of day: in
the morning just before waking up, or at night right before getting completely
asleep as J. Murphy says in the book The Power of Your Subconscious Mind. It is
essential that positive thoughts will last throughout the day in our minds if
we really want to turn our dreams into reality.
"Raise your standards" says Tony Robbins and create your
R-I-T-U-A-L-S. "Change your paradigms" warns Bob Proctor, until they
become H-A-B-I-T-S.
Consider this phrase for a moment: "A particular train of thought
persisted in, be it good or bad, cannot fail to produce its results on the
character and circumstances", I want to believe that this sentence
explains everything; the good and the evil around us. This is a fascinating and
vast subject that is worth deepening; I suggest reading the authors mentioned
above as a complement, all of them speak essentially about the same thing even though
they use different terms. As for the veracity of this theory I’ll let each
reader make their own decision.
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