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| Writer | James Allen |
| Category | Self Development |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | JAMES ALLEN |
| Publish Date | 1903 |
| Pages | 65 |
| File Size | 1 MB |
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THIS little volume (the result of meditation and experience) is not intended as an exhaustive treatise on the much-written-upon subject of the power of thought. It is suggestive rather than explanatory, its object being to stimulate men and women to the discovery and perception of the truth that “They themselves are makers of themselves” by virtue of the thoughts which they choose and encourage.
As a Man Thinketh PDF – James Allen
That mind is the master-weaver, both of the inner garment of character and the outer garment of circumstance, and that, as they may have hitherto woven in ignorance and pain, they may now weave in enlightenment and happiness.
THE aphorism, “As a man thinketh in his heart so is he,” not only embraces the whole of a man’s being, but is so comprehensive as to reach out to every condition and circumstance of his life. A man is literally what he thinks. His character is the complete sum of all his thoughts.
As the plant springs from, and could not be without, the seed, so every act of a man springs from the hidden seeds of thought, and could not have appeared without them. This applies equally to those acts called “spontaneous” and “unpremeditated” as to those which are delıberately executed. Act is the blossom of thought, and joy and suffering are its fruits. Thus does a man garner in the sweet and bitter fruitage of his own husbandry.
As a Man Thinketh PDF – James Allen
Man is a growth by law, and not a creation by artifice, and cause and effect is as absolute and undeviating in the hidden realm of thought as in the world of visible and material things. A noble and Godlıke character is not a thing of favour or chance, but is the natural result of continued effort in right thinking, the effect of long-cherished association with Godlike thoughts. An ignoble and bestial character, by the same process, is the result of the continued harbouring of grovelling thoughts.
Man is made or unmade by himself. In the armoury of thought, he forges the weapons by which he destroys himself. He also fashions the tools with which he builds for himself heavenly mansions of joy, strength, and peace. By the right choice and true application of thought, man ascends to the Divine Perfection. By the abuse and wrong application of thought, he descends below the level of the beast.
Between these two extremes are all the grades of character, and man is their maker and master. Of all the beautiful truths on the soul which have been restored and brought to light in this age, none is more gladdening or fruitful of divine promise and confidence than thıs–that man is the master of thought, the moulder of character, and the maker and shaper of condition, environment, and destiny.
As a Man Thinketh PDF – James Allen
As a being of Power, Intelligence, and Love, and the lord of his own thoughts, man holds the key to every situation, and contains withın himself that transforming and regenerative agency by which he may make himself what he wills. Man is always the master, even in his weakest and most abandoned state, but in his weakness and degradation, he is the foolish master who misgoverns his “household.”
When he begins to reflect upon his condition. And to search diligently for the Law upon which his being is established. He then becomes the wise master, directing his energies with intelligence, and fashioning his thoughts to fruitful issues. Such is the conscious master, and man can only thus become by discovering within himself the laws of thought, which discovery is totally a matter of application, selfanalysıs, and experience.
As a Man Thinketh PDF