self has conquered the universe.
resides in your perpetual postponement,
He who sets his foot firmly upon
and, having the power to postpone, you
also have the power to accomplish-to
the path of self-conquest, who walks,
aided by the staff of faith, the highway of
perpetually accomplish: realize this truth,
self-sacrifice, will assuredly achieve the
and you shall be to-day, and every day,
highest prosperity, and will reap abounding
the ideal being of whom you dreamed.
and enduring joy and bliss.
Say to yourself, ?I will live in my Ideal
now; I will manifest my ideal now; I will
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be my Ideal now; and all that tempts me
away from my Ideal I will not listen to;
It is the silent and conquering thought-
I will listen only to the voice of my Ideal.?
forces which bring all things into
manifestation. The universe grew
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out of thought.
To adjust all your thoughts to a perfect
Be as a flower; content to be, to grow
and unswerving faith in the omnipotence
in sweetness day by day.
and supremacy of Good, is to co-operate
If thou would?st perfect thyself in
with that Good, and to realize within
knowledge, perfect thyself in Love.
yourself the solution and destruction
If thou would?st reach the Highest,
of all evil.
ceaselessly cultivate a loving and
To mentally deny evil is not sufficient;
compassionate heart.
it must, by daily practice, be risen above
To him who chooses Goodness,
and understood. To affirm the Good
sacrificing all, is given that which
mentally is inadequate; it must, by
is more than, and includes, all.
unswerving endeavor, be entered into
and comprehended.
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The Great Law never cheats any man of
Tenth Morning
his just due.
Every thought you think is a force sent out.
Human life, when rightly lived,
Whatever your position in life may
is simple with a beautiful simplicity.
be, before you can hope to enter into any
measure of success, usefulness, and power,
He who comprehends the utter
you must learn how to focus your thought-
simplicity of life, who obeys its laws,
forces by cultivating calmness and repose.
and does not step aside into the dark
paths and complex mazes of selfish desire,
There is no difficulty, however great,
stands where no harm can reach him.
but will yield before a calm and purposeful
concentration of thought, and no
Then there is fullness of joy,
legitimate object but may be speedily
abounding plenty, and rich and
actualized by the intelligent use and
complete blessedness.
direction of one?s soul forces.
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remains some chaff of self which needs to
be removed. The tribulum, or threshing
Every man reaps the results of his own
machine, ceases to work when all the
thoughts and deeds, and suffers for his
grain is separated from the chaff;
own wrong.
and when the last impurities are
