James Allen—Man: King of mind, body, and circumstance --Episode 1
(This is an excellent and illuminating book by James Allen. Here, for your information, wherever he mentioned “He” denotes both men and women. In the olden days, most of the literature were addressed towards the readers using “He” which means not only men but also women.)
We have all taught how to drive a car or how to eat or how to talk but most of us have never been taught how to LIVE which is the vital, crucial and the cornerstone of all the good things that we could enjoy during our lifetime on this planet.
Most of the problems spring from the fact that men and women aren’t really taught this pivotal element of living.
Learning to live, in essence, is nothing but learning to direct our forces, using all the potential we were born with toward a meaningful end.
What’s inside of you?
Whether one is happy or in misery it is him/her who is responsible for his/her position.
So, what could be the cause?
It’s neither God nor the devil!
It’s not your external condition but it is… it is always your THOUGHTS.
Everything springs from ones own thoughts whether he/she believes it or not.
For instance, think about any incident in your life where you took action. Say you went for a movie with one of your friends. Your called your friend and asked whether he or she was interested in going to a movie with you.
Wait… but what would have happened before that!?
You definitely must have had a lot of thoughts flooding over your mind about on which day to go to a movie, what time, with whom, which movie theatre, etc. You may have got a spark of thought which would have triggered all the good feelings in you and hence the subsequent ideas.
Every action is preceded by THOUGHTS.
James Allen asserted,
“They (thoughts) are the effects of deeds”
But it’s a sad truth that people overlook this truth and don’t give any serious consideration to this marvelous yet eye-opening insight!
So, the cause being the thought and the effect being the deeds, just imagine how wonderful life would be if one could control and direct the thoughts and thereby the deeds!
That’s what the leaders in every walk of life have been, and are doing!!
Your attitude, the way you think and behave are not fixed. They could be changed. All one got to do is to change his or her thought process and the way he or she perceives the world.
This is self-conquest or self-mastery and the joy that you would get from liberating yourself from these old patterns of thinking is indescribable in words and has to be experienced individually.
Everything is a choice:
When one decides to eliminate the disempowering thoughts and wants to reach the next higher plane by thinking pure thoughts or thoughts that would strengthen him or her, he or she can always do so, and remember it is not an innate gift but a choice… which is under that person’s control.
Your thoughts make your world a dark dungeon or a well-lit, bright Heaven depending upon the how you discern the world around you.
The question is: “Through which lens are you viewing the world?”
Your thoughts give color to your life and it’s up to you to choose the colors—dim or bright!!
All the changes on the outside starts from the changes form the inside!!!
Wish you all the riches to come with God’s blessings
Success Messenger