- 宇宙精神
奇妙的宇宙精神深不可测，蕴含着无穷的力量，能生发无限可能。
- 伟大的生命机制
我们在使用任何一种器械的时候，都习惯性地查看相关的机械原理，便于操作；可是，我们中间没有多少人，真正了解自己伟大的生命机制，说到底，这种机制就是人的大脑。
- 领悟你生命的机制
在这种机制下所创造的奇迹遍地开花，因此，对它的领悟是一种必然。
- 要拥有一种信念
我们拥有一个宏大的精神世界。它包容了这个世界所具有的无穷无尽的能量，能随时对我们的渴望做出回应。每个人都依托着一定的信念而生存，成功者的信念是富于建设性、创造性的，它会产生一股无坚不摧的力量驱使我们去实现自己的目标。有句话说得恰到好处：“你的信念如何，你的力量也必将如何。”
- 奇妙的大脑
思想是个人与宇宙两者之间互动的结果，而大脑是完成这一互动的器官。你的大脑可以让你领悟所有的美。
- 大脑是一个宝库
大脑无疑相当于一个宝库，能释放世界当中任何一种美德或原则。
- 永生之神的宫殿
我们可以将它称之为“永生之神的宫殿”，我们每一个人都能在领悟这种伟大机制之后掌管这座殿堂，掌管的好坏，取决于你对它的机制认识程度的深浅。
- 掌握，然后拥有
一旦你用心领悟并掌握了精神世界的法则，你对事物的洞察力将得以提高，对问题的理解更加全面，做出的判断更加客观，把它运用在商业行为和学习生活中，必将产生难以估量的巨大价值。
- 专注于内心
在对这种巨大能量的使用上，那些专注于内心的人，无疑更拥有战胜一切的优势，不会被轻易绊倒，这将使他的生命旅程显得通畅、美好、一片光明。
- 专注者成功
集中意念、全神贯注，在精神文明的发展过程中，可以称得上是至关重要的一个环节了。当你越是专注地对待一件事情，结果就越会超乎你的想像。因此，对于那些希望获得成功的人而言，培养专注力是他首要的功课，也是他通往幸福未来的必要条件。
- 放大镜的专注
这就好比放大镜，我们知道，放大镜可以聚焦太阳的光线，但是如果把放大镜晃来晃去，光的焦点不断转移，这时的放大镜就不会起到任何作用，只有当它专注于一点，才能够看到它神奇的效果。
- 思想的放大镜
思想的能量与此异曲同工：一旦你的思维游离、飘移，就会导致能量无法集中，当然也就难以成就任何事情；只要你全神贯注，对准一个目标笃定不移，你的成就就会指日可待。
- 不要嗤之以鼻
说到这，也许会引来一些人的轻蔑：只要集中精神就好了——你的理论就这么简单吗？是的，这简单，但至关重要。现在随便让你把意念集中在一件事物上，你肯定很难办到，会不停地走神，思维会不断的游移，每一次游移都会导致前功尽弃，到最后毫无所获。但一旦你学会了专注，就会避免失败的厄运。
- 专注，然后成功
的确，通过集中意念，全神贯注，我们就能克服前进路途中遇到的种种困难和挫折，然而，要想获取这种奇妙能力，就只有一种途径，那就是训练。是熟能生巧，任何事情都逃不过这惟一的途径。
- 智者静
像那些成功者们，常常都会远离人群的喧嚣，在沉静中思考，其目的无非也就是为了在安静的生活中用心思考自己的计划，同时也给自己一个明净平和的心态。
- 向精英借鉴
大量的精英已经在这方面为我们做出榜样，如果我们借鉴他们的思考方式，相信也会取得成功。
- 机会只留给有准备的人
为自己营造一个良好的心灵模式，机会到来之时，你才能够将它把握。在这种随时随地做好准备的心灵中，说不定就会产生价值连城的金点子。
- 与宇宙精神保持一致
我们要学习与庞大的宇宙精神保持和谐，与万物保持一致，尽可能准确地掌握思维的法则，然后我们就可以有效地改变世界，成就人生。
- 在认识中长大
你会发现，周围的环境和我们的人生际遇会随着我们认识的进步而发生变化。我们在认识中成长，在行动中焕发激情，生活的经历会让我们洞察一切。只要心灵相通，人生的进步就会永无止境。
- 无限的潜能
个人虽然渺小，但他却是巨大的宇宙能量的分化渠道，宇宙赋予我们无限的能量，因此只要努力，我们前进的脚步就不会停歇。
- 铭记一点
切记一点：思想是精神能量的源泉，在任何时候都不要忘记。
- 学会思想，然后拥有快乐与财富
人生所有的苦难无非是两种：肉体上的病痛和精神上的痛苦。追要溯源，这都是由于违反自然的法则所致。这种违背，又是由于我们认识的不足而造成。当我们摒弃过去一些不完备的认识，全方位地获取正确的信息与思想，一切悲苦的境遇就会随之消失。
本课重点
１、人的精神和宇宙精神互动的结果是什么？
——产生我们人生各种各样的际遇。
２、如何改变这些际遇？
——拥有一个信念，并付诸于行动。
３、伟大的生命机制蕴涵在哪里？——人的大脑。
４、大脑如何改变际遇？
——通过“思维”的过程，作用于大脑从而指导我们的行动，最终使我们改变现状。
５、集中意念、全神贯注会有怎样的结果？
——使我们成功。它能帮助人类实现任何一项伟大的成就。
６、如何能做到这一点呢？
——这需要切实地进行本课程体系中的每一项训练。
７、为什么专注是如此的重要？
——因为这将使我们能够掌握自己的思想，思想是因，境遇是果，如果我们能够控制原因，自然就能够把握结果。
８、为什么世界会表现发展进化的特性？
——因为人们不断地发现、学习有建设性的思考方法。
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Part Two
Our difficulties are largely due to confused ideas and ignorance of our true interests. The great task is to discover the laws of nature to which we are to adjust ourselves. Clear thinking and moral insight are, therefore, of incalculable value. All processes, even those of thought, rest on solid foundations.
The keener the sensibilities, the more acute the judgment, the more delicate the taste, the more refined the moral feelings, the more subtle the intelligence, the loftier the aspiration -- the purer and more intense are the gratifications which existence yields. Hence it is that the study of the best that has been thought in the world gives supreme pleasure.
The powers, uses and possibilities of the mind under the new interpretations are incomparably more wonderful that the most extravagant accomplishment, or even dreams of material progress.
Thought is energy. Active thought is active energy; concentrated thought is a concentrated energy. Thought concentrated on a definite purpose becomes power. This is the power which is being used by those who do not believe in the virtue of poverty, or the beauty of self-denial. They perceive that this is the talk of weaklings.
The ability to receive and manifest this power depends upon the ability to recognize the Infinite Energy ever dwelling in man, constantly creating and recreating his body and mind, and ready at any moment to manifest through him in any needful manner. In exact proportion to the recognition of this truth will be the manifestation in the outer life of the individual.
Part Two explains the method by which this is accomplished.
PART TWO
1. The operations of the mind are produced by two parallel modes of activity, the one conscious, and the other subconscious. Professor Davidson says: "He who thinks to illuminate the whole range of mental action by the light of his own consciousness is not unlike the one who should go about to illuminate the universe with a rushlight."
2. The subconscious’ logical processes are carried on with a certainty and regularity which would be impossible if there existed the possibility of error. Our mind is so designed that it prepares for us the most important foundations of cognition, whilst we have not the slightest apprehension of the modus operandi.
3. The subconscious soul, like a benevolent stranger, works and makes provision for our benefit, pouring only the mature fruit into our lap; thus ultimate analysis of thought processes shows that the subconscious is the theatre of the most important mental phenomena.
4. It is through the subconscious that Shakespeare must have perceived, without effort, great truths which are hidden from the conscious mind of the student; that Phidias fashioned marble and bronze; that Raphael painted Madonnas and Beethoven composed symphonies.
5. Ease and perfection depend entirely upon the degree in which we cease to depend upon the consciousness; playing the piano, skating, operating the typewriter, the skilled trades, depend for their perfect execution on the process of the sub-conscious mind. The marvel of playing a brilliant piece on the piano, while at the same time conducting a vigorous conversation, shows the greatness of our subconscious powers.
6. We are all aware how dependent we are upon the subconscious, and the greater, the nobler, the more brilliant our thoughts are, the more it is obvious to ourselves that the origin lies beyond our ken. We find ourselves endowed with tact, instinct, sense of the beautiful in art, music, etc., or whose origin or dwelling place we are wholly unconscious.
7. The value of the subconscious is enormous; it inspires us; it warns us; it furnishes us with names, facts and scenes from the storehouse of memory. It directs our thoughts, tastes, and accomplishes tasks so intricate that no conscious mind, even if it had the power, has the capacity for.
8. We can walk at will; we can raise the arm whenever we choose to do so; we can give our attention through eye or ear to any subject at pleasure. On the other hand, we cannot stop our heartbeats nor the circulation of the blood, nor the growth of stature, nor the formation of nerve and muscle tissue, nor the building of the bones, nor many other important vital processes.
9. If we compare these two sets of action, the one decreed by the will of the moment, and the other proceeding in majestic, rhythmic course, subject to no vascillation, but constant at every moment, we stand in awe of the latter, and ask to have the mystery explained. We see at once that these are the vital processes of our physical life, and we can not avoid the inference that these all-important functions are designedly withdrawn from the domain of our outward will with its variations and transitions, and placed under the direction of a permanent and dependable power within us.
10. Of these two powers, the outward and changeable has been termed the "Conscious Mind," or the "Objective Mind" (dealing with outward objects). The interior power is called the "Subconscious Mind," or the "Subjective Mind," and besides its work on the mental plane it controls the regular functions which make physical life possible.
11. It is necessary to have a clear understanding of their respective functions on the mental plane, as well as of certain other basic principles. Perceiving and operating through the five physical senses, the conscious mind deals with the impressions and objects of the outward life.
12. It has the faculty of discrimination, carrying with it the responsibility of choice. It has the power of reasoning - whether inductive, deductive, analytical or syllogistic - and this power may be developed to a high degree. It is the seat of the will with all the energies that flow therefrom.
13. Not only can it impress other minds, but it can direct the subconscious mind. In this way the conscious mind becomes the responsible ruler and guardian of the subconscious mind. It is this high function which can completely reverse conditions in your life.
14. It is often true that conditions of fear, worry, poverty, disease, inharmony and evils of all kinds dominate us by reason of false suggestions accepted by the unguarded subconscious mind. All this the trained conscious mind can entirely prevent by its vigilant protective action. It may properly be called "the watchman at the gate" of the great subconscious domain.
15. One writer has expressed the chief distinction between the two phases of mind thus: "Conscious mind is reasoning will. Subconscious mind is instinctive desire, the result of past reasoning will."
16. The subconscious mind draws just and accurate inferences from premises furnished from outside sources. Where the premise is true, the subconscious mind reaches a faultless conclusion, but, where the premise or suggestion is an error, the whole structure falls. The subconscious mind does not engage in the process of proving. It relies upon the conscious mind, "the watchman at the gate," to guard it from mistaken impressions.
17. Receiving any suggestions as true, the subconscious mind at once proceeds to act thereon in the whole domain of its tremendous field of work. The conscious mind can suggest either truth or error. If the latter, it is at the cost of wide-reaching peril to the whole being.
18. The conscious mind ought to be on duty during every waking hour. When the "watchman" is "off guard," or when its calm judgment is suspended, under a variety of circumstances, then the subconscious mind is unguarded and left open to suggestion from all sources. During the wild excitement of panic, or during the height of anger, or the impulses of the irresponsible mob, or at any other time of unrestrained passion, the conditions are most dangerous. The subconscious mind is then open to the suggestion of fear, hatred, selfishness, greed, self-depreciation and other negative forces, derived from surrounding persons or circumstances. The result is usually unwholesome in the extreme, with effects that may endure to distress it for a long time. Hence, the great importance of guarding the subconscious mind from false impressions.
19. The subconscious mind perceives by intuition. Hence, its processes are rapid. It does not wait for the slow methods of conscious reasoning. In fact, it can not employ them.
20. The subconscious mind never sleeps, never rests, any more than does your heart, or your blood. It has been found that by plainly stating to the subconscious mind certain specific things to be accomplished, forces are set in operation that lead to the result desired. Here, then, is a source of power which places us in touch with Omnipotence. Here in is a deep principle which is well worth our most earnest study.
21. The operation of this law is interesting. Those who put it into operation find that when they go out to meet the person with whom they anticipate a difficult interview, something has been there before them and dissolved the supposed differences; everything is changed; all is harmonious; they find that when some difficult business problem presents itself they can afford to make delay and something suggests the proper solution; everything is properly arranged; in fact, those who have learned to trust the subconscious find that they have infinite resources at their command.
22. The subconscious mind is the seat of our principles and our aspirations. It is the fount of our artistic and altruistic ideals. These instincts can only be overthrown by an elaborate and gradual process of undermining the innate principles.
23. The subconscious mind cannot argue controversially. Hence, if it has accepted wrong suggestions, the sure method of overcoming them is by the use of a strong counter suggestion, frequently repeated, which the mind must accept, thus eventually forming new and healthy habits of thought and life, for the subconscious mind is the seat of Habit. That which we do over and over becomes mechanical; it is no longer an act of judgment, but has worn its deep grooves in the subconscious mind. This is favorable for us if the habit be wholesome and right. If it be harmful, and wrong, the remedy is to recognize the omnipotence of the subconscious mind and suggest present actual freedom. The subconscious being creative and one with our divine source will at once create the freedom suggested.
24. To sum up: The normal functions of the subconscious on the physical side have to do with the regular and vital processes, with the preservation of life and the restoration of health; with the care of offspring, which includes an instinctive desire to preserve all life and improve conditions generally.
25. On the mental side, it is the storehouse of memory; it harbors the wonderful thought messengers, who work, unhampered by time or space; it is the fountain of the practical initiative and constructive forces of life: It is the seat of habit.
26. On the spiritual side, it is the source of ideals, of aspiration, of the imagination, and is the channel through which we recognize our Divine Source, and in proportion as we recognize this divinity do we come into an understanding of the source of power.
27. Some one may ask: "How can the subconscious change conditions?" The reply is, because the subconscious is a part of the Universal Mind and a part must be the same in kind and quality as the whole; the only difference is one of degree. The whole, as we know, is creative, in fact, it is the only creator there is, consequently, we find that mind is creative, and as thought is the only activity which the mind possesses, thought must necessarily be creative also.
28. But we shall find that there is a vast difference between simply thinking, and directing our thought consciously, systematically and constructively; when we do this we place our mind in harmony with the Universal Mind, we come in tune with the Infinite, we set in operation the mightiest force in existence, the creative power of the Universal Mind. This, as everything else, is governed by natural law, and this law is the "Law of Attraction," which is that Mind is creative, and will automatically correlate with its object and bring it into manifestation.
29. Last week I gave you an exercise for the purpose of securing control of the physical body; if you have accomplished this you are ready to advance. This time you will begin to control your thought. Always take the same room, the same chair, and the same position, if possible. In some cases it is not convenient to take the same room, in this case simply make the best use of such conditions as may be available. Now be perfectly still as before, but inhibit all thought; this will give you control over all thoughts of care, worry and fear, and will enable you to entertain only the kind of thoughts you desire. Continue this exercise until you gain complete mastery.
30. You will not be able to do this for more than a few moments at a time, but the exercise is valuable, because it will be a very practical demonstration of the great number of thoughts which are constantly trying to gain access to your mental world.
31. Next week you will receive instructions for an exercise which may be a little more interesting, but it is necessary that you master this one first.
Cause and effect is as absolute and undeviating in the hidden realm of thought as in the world of visible and material things. Mind is the master weaver, both of the interior garment of character and the outer garment of circumstance
James Allen
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Study Questions with Answers
11. What are the two modes of mental activity?
Conscious and subconscious.
12. Upon what do ease and perfection depend?
Ease and perfection depend entirely upon the degree in which we cease to depend upon the conscious mind.
13. What is the value of the subconscious?
It is enormous; it guides us, warns us, it controls the vital processes and is the seat of memory.
14. What are some of the functions of the conscious mind?
It has the faculty of discrimination; it has the power of reasoning; it is the seat of the will and may impress the subconscious.
15. How has the distinction between the conscious and subconscious been expressed?
"Conscious mind is reasoning will. Subconscious mind is instinctive desire, the result of past reasoning will."
16. What method is necessary in order to impress the subconscious?
Mentally state what is wanted.
17. What will be the result?
If the desire is in harmony with the forward movement of the great Whole, forces will be set in motion which will bring about the result.
18. What is the result of the operation of this law?
Our environment reflects conditions corresponding to the predominant mental attitude which we entertain.
19. What name has been given to this law?
The Law of Attraction.
20. How is the law stated?
Thought is a creative energy, and will automatically correlate with its object and bring it into manifestation.
