- 学会准备
大量的实践证明，准备得越充分，成功的可能性就越大；缺乏准备的人，虽然渴望成功却求之不得。
- 思维是最活跃的力量
每个人的客观环境和一切生活经历，都是他的主观思维在客观世界中的反映。人的思维是世界上最为活跃的能量，它创造了一切，生活、世界，还有他自己。
- 过去影响将来
我们对将来的每一次选择都不是偶然的，而是取决于我们以往的思维定式、生活经历。我们的现在与将来深深地受到过去经历的影响，而不是与此完全隔绝。
- 我们的思想主导着我们的行动
我们通过积极而努力的思考，来创造生活，改变自己，从某种程度上说，每个人的思想以及思维方式都决定着他的现状和未来。
- 潜意识是能量的积聚地
在每个人的潜意识中都蕴藏着几乎是无穷的能量，但这股能量却总是被我们忽略。要想改变自己，就要首先意识到在我们内心深处这种力量的存在。
- 潜意识的能量是无穷的
内在的世界是不可触摸，但的确存在，而且它的强大远远超过你的想象。这是一个由思想、感觉、力量等要素构成的能动的世界，其能量是无穷尽的。
- 认识自己才可以发掘潜意识的能量
当我们能够了解、认识自己的内心世界的时候，就可以解决使我们困惑的所有问题，找到解决所有问题的方案。一旦掌握了这个内在世界的规律，一切力量、成功与财富的规律也同时在我们的掌握之中了。
- 把潜意识的能量释放出来
每个人的内心世界都拥有惊人的潜能，蕴含着无尽的能量、无尽的智慧，可以满足现实中的一切需求。
- 获得最佳的生活氛围
内心世界的和谐映射到外在世界，就会表现为良好的人际关系，和谐的生活氛围，最佳的精神状态和处理问题时的高效率，而这些，又是心灵健康、克服困难、美满人生、成就事业的前提和必要条件。
- 获得掌控自己的能力
内心世界的和谐，也表现为我们能够控制自己的思想与行为，在面对困难时，采取更加主动的态度来应对，而不是怨天尤人，消极对待。
- 获得最大的幸福感
内心世界的和谐，使我们变得乐观并不断进取，在这种良好的精神状态的驱动下，我们会获得最大的幸福感。
- 与外界同步
内心世界与外在世界同步，反映出外在世界的变化和发展。
- 必须认识自己
只有当我们意识到自己内心深处所蕴含的智慧与能量时，我们才能打开那扇屏蔽能量之源的门，使自己的巨大潜能得以投射到外在世界当中。
- 思想将会从潜意识中获得补充
我们一旦意识到内心世界所蕴含的智慧，并能够运用它，我们就会在思想中也拥有这种智慧，通过控制我们的行为而拥有实际的行动，从而转化为生活中的力量和创造力。
- 从潜意识中获得激情与良好的品德
每一个渴望进步的人，无论年长还是年幼，都会在内心里产生希望、热情等激情，也会获得自信、坚强、勇气、友善、坚持等良好的品质，这些激情与良好的品质一起完善我们的精神世界，使我们获得非凡的精神品质，让梦想成真。
- 学会发现已有
现在我们并不是一无所有，相反，我们已经积淀了许多人生财富，只要你不断的体验、不断升华，就可以达到更高的人生境界。所有在外在世界可以获得的东西，都是我们在内心世界已然拥有的东西。
- 学会认知
所有的成就和财富，都是建立在认知的基础上。所有的收获都是认知不断积累的结果，一旦开始认知，就要坚持下去，认知的中断或意识的分散会使你虚度时间，事倍功半。
- 内外协调统一
内心世界与外在世界和谐统一才能发挥你最大的潜能，不和谐的内心世界也会导致混乱的外在世界。
- 潜意识通过大脑与外界相通
- 大脑会告诉我们它的感受
- 错误的思维方式会让我们感到挫折与沮丧
凭借着正确的思想和认识，我们将会获得信心、热情、希望、勇气、活力。当然，错误的思想也会给我们带来挫折、失败、倦怠、失望、悲伤、沮丧等不良的感受。因些，我们应当尽量避免错误认知，一旦犯错，就要努力改正。
- 太阳神经丛是潜意识的器官
太阳神经丛控制着各种主观体验，如愉快、渴望、想象、喜好、爱等各种潜意识现象。
- 学会调动积极的情绪
- 要相信有永恒的理念存在
我们都有这样的体会，总有一些普通的法则在支配着这个世界，在任何场合、任何角落它们都适用，它们是如此的强大、充满了智慧，乃至它们永远都不会过时。所有正确思想都被它们所涵盖。我们可以通过获得发现这些永恒的理念而获得行动的智慧。
- 要去发现普遍的理念
普遍适用的理念能够指导实践。在这种理念的指导下会有助于我们把想象转变成现实。
- 耐心寻找
能够普遍适用的理念在本质上都是相同的，所以，所有的理念归根结底就是一条理念，我们要认真体会和领悟事物的规律才会找到这条理念，为此，必须保持足够的耐心。
- 每个人都有获得普遍理念的能力
- 要学会与他人交流、分享普遍的理念
普遍适用于的理念总是通过每一个个体的思考得以彰显，却又通过所有个体间的相互交流、共享得以丰富和完整，所以，在你寻找普遍理念的过程中，必须学会与他人交流、学会分享，这样会大大加快你认知世界的速度。
- 理念转化为思维，再转化为行动
理念是一种静态能量的微妙形式，当这种能量开始运作时，就会使我们产生各种各样的想法。想法是理念的动态阶段，理念是想法的静态阶段。我们的潜能正是首先从理念开始，转化为思维，最终再转化为行动的力量。
- 我们的思想也遵从普遍的规则
- 预知自己的后果
我们做出的行为，以及由此产生的结果归根到底都是思考的产物，所以，要想获得一个好的将来，就必须掌控自己的思想，规划好自己的行为，这是根本所在。
- 正确认知自己，才能把握世界
虽然内心世界是一切力量的源泉所在，但只有正确认知自己，才能够掌控它、引导它。认知自己，才能够把握世界。
- 发挥自己的潜能，是每一个人成功的基础。
一旦你懂得对自己的潜意识加以控制和运用，你就可以获得最大的行动力量。这条法则是每一个人发展的基础。
- 即使是原子世界也遵从普遍的法则
- 只有努力思考的人才能够认知自己
虽然内心世界是如此丰富而有创造力，但并不是所有人都能够意识到自己的内心世界，只有那些善于思考者才能够掌握它。
- 从内部发掘自己
大多数人只是试图从外在世界本身寻找解决问题的答案，其结果却往往是徒劳无功的，或者说只是解决了表面的问题，而忽略了问题的实质所在。真正的答案必须要到内在世界中去寻找，这样才能从根本上解决，从而调动你的潜能。作为一种全新的理念，大多数人并没有认识到这一点。
- 把内心世界与外在世界协调起来
内心世界和外在世界是相辅相成、共同存在的。内在世界是源泉，外在世界是水流。我们在外在世界所体现的能力，取决于我们对内心世界的能量源泉的认知。每一个个体都是这种无限能量的出口。
- 认知自己也会给社会带来财富
认知自己不仅是一种个体的行为，也是一种群体行为，它是建立在人类共同的理念基础之上。其结果不仅会为我们个人带来精神上的财富，也会给人类带来宝贵的精神财富。
- 潜能的世界深不可测
- 认识你的潜能，将会发挥你的最大价值
一旦了解、认识你的潜能，并且能够把规律运用自如的时候，你就会发生彻底的变化，无论是在物质层面还是精神层面，你都会有一个全新的面貌出现：富足将会替代贫困，睿智将会替代迷茫，快乐将会替代沮丧，成功将会取代挫折与失败。
本课重点
１、所有成就和财富是基础是什么？
——所有成就和财富的基础都是基于了解自己，充分发挥自己的潜能。
２、我们是怎样与客观世界连结在一起的？
——每一个人都是通过思维与客观世界连结在一起的；大脑是思维的器官。
３、我们是如何同内心世界相连结的？
——生命个体通过潜意识与内在世界相连结。太阳神经丛是潜意识的器官。
４、哪一条是生命中普遍适用的法则 ？
——发挥自己的潜能。
５、我们是如何作用于外在世界的？
——每一个人都是通过他的积极思考，获得行动的力量与创造力，这种力量会驱使他用自己的努力去创造世界。
６、如何达到最和谐、最完美的境界？
——认识自己的潜能，最大限度地发挥自己的潜能。
７、什么导致了混乱、矛盾、匮乏等各种局限的东西？
——在我们不能正确认识自己的潜能，导致错误的思维方式时，就会带来混乱、矛盾、匮乏等各种局限。
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Part Four
Enclosed herewith I hand you Part Four. This part will show you why what you think, or do, or feel, is an indication of what you are.
Thought is energy and energy is power, and it is because all the religions, sciences and philosophies with which the world has heretofore been familiar have been based upon the manifestation of this energy instead of the energy itself, that the world has been limited to effects, while causes have been ignored or misunderstood.
For this reason we have God and the Devil in religion, positive and negative in science, and good and bad in philosophy.
The Master Key reverses the process; it is interested only in cause, and the letters received from students tell a marvelous story; they indicate conclusively that students are finding the cause whereby they may secure for themselves health, harmony, abundance, and whatever else may be necessary for their welfare and happiness.
Life is expressive and it is our business to express ourselves harmoniously and constructively. Sorrow, misery, unhappiness, disease and poverty are not necessities and we are constantly eliminating them.
But this process of eliminating consists in rising above and beyond limitation of any kind. He who has strengthened and purified his thought need not concern himself about microbes, and he who has come into an understanding of the law of abundance will go at once to the source of supply.
It is thus that fate, fortune, and destiny will be controlled as readily as a captain controls his ship, or an engineer, his train.
PART FOUR
1. The "I" of you is not the physical body; that is simply an instrument which the "I" uses to carry out its purposes; the "I" cannot be the Mind, for the mind is simply another instrument which the "I" uses with which to think, reason, and plan.
2. The "I" must be something which controls and directs both the body and the mind; something which determines what they shall do and how they shall act. When you come into a realization of the true nature of this "I", you will enjoy a sense of power which you have never before known.
3. Your personality is made up of countless individual characteristics, peculiarities, habits, and traits of character; these are the result of your former method of thinking, but they have nothing to do with the real "I."
4. When you say "I think" the "I" tells the mind what it shall think; when you say "I go" the "I" tells the physical body where it shall go; the real nature of this "I" is spiritual, and is the source of the real power which comes to men and women when they come into a realization of their true nature.
5. The greatest and most marvelous power which this "I" has been given is the power to think, but few people know how to think constructively, or correctly, consequently they achieve only indifferent results. Most people allow their thoughts to dwell on selfish purposes, the inevitable result of an infantile mind. When a mind becomes mature, it understands that the germ of defeat is in every selfish thought.
6. The trained mind knows that every transaction must benefit every person who is in any way connected with the transaction, and any attempt to profit by the weakness, ignorance or necessity of another will inevitably operate to his disadvantage.
7. This is because the individual is a part of the Universal. A part cannot antagonize any other part, but, on the contrary, the welfare of each part depends upon a recognition of the interest of the whole.
8. Those who recognize this principle have a great advantage in the affairs of life. They do not wear themselves out. They can eliminate vagrant thoughts with facility. They can readily concentrate to the highest possible degree on any subject. They do not waste time or money upon objects which can be of no possible benefit to them.
9. If you cannot do these things it is because you have thus far not made the necessary effort. Now is the time to make the effort. The result will be exactly in proportion to the effort expended. One of the strongest affirmations which you can use for the purpose of strengthening the will and realizing your power to accomplish, is, "I can be what I will to be."
10. Every time you repeat it realize who and what this "I" is; try to come into a thorough understanding of the true nature of the "I"; if you do, you will become invincible; that is, provided that your objects and purposes are constructive and are therefore in harmony with the creative principle of the Universe.
11. If you make use of this affirmation, use it continuously, night and morning, and as often during the day as you think of it, and continue to do so until it becomes a part of you; form the habit.
12. Unless you do this, you had better not start at all, because modern psychology tells us that when we start something and do not complete it, or make a resolution and do not keep it, we are forming the habit of failure; absolute, ignominious failure. If you do not intend to do a thing, do not start; if you do start, see it through even if the heavens fall; if you make up your mind to do something, do it; let nothing, no one, interfere; the "I" in you has determined, the thing is settled; the die is cast, there is no longer any argument.
13. If you carry out this idea, beginning with small things which you know you can control and gradually increase the effort, but never under any circumstances allowing your "I" to be overruled, you will find that you can eventually control yourself, and many men and women have found to their sorrow that it is easier to control a kingdom than to control themselves.
14. But when you have learned to control yourself you will have found the "World Within" which controls the world without; you will have become irresistible; men and things will respond to your every wish without any apparent effort on your part.
15. This is not so strange or impossible as it may appear when you remember that the "World Within" is controlled by the "I" and that this "I" is a part or one with the Infinite "I" which is the Universal Energy or Spirit, usually called God.
16. This is not a mere statement or theory made for the purpose of confirming or establishing an idea, but it is a fact which has been accepted by the best religious thought as well as the best scientific thought.
17. Herbert Spender said: "Amid all the mysteries by which we are surrounded, nothing is more certain than that we are ever in the presence of an Infinite and Eternal Energy from which all things proceed."
18. Lyman Abbott, in an address delivered before the Alumni of Bangor Theological Seminary, said: "We are coming to think of God as dwelling in man rather than as operating on men from without."
19. Science goes a little way in its search and stops. Science finds the ever-present Eternal Energy, but Religion finds the Power behind this energy and locates it within man. But this is by no means a new discovery; the Bible says exactly the same thing, and the language is just as plain and convincing: "Know ye not that ye are the temple of the living God?" Here, then, is the secret of the wonderful creative power of the "World Within."
20. Here is the secret of power, of mastery. To overcome does not mean to go without things. Self-denial is not success. We cannot give unless we get; we cannot be helpful unless we are strong. The Infinite is not a bankrupt and we who are the representatives of Infinite power should not be bankrupts either, and if we wish to be of service to others we must have power and more power, but to get it we must give it; we must be of service.
21. The more we give the more we shall get; we must become a channel whereby the Universal can express activity. The Universal is constantly seeking to express itself, to be of service, and it seeks the channel whereby it can find the greatest activity, where it can do the most good, where it can be of greatest service to mankind.
22. The Universal cannot express through you as long as you are busy with your plans, your own purposes; quiet the senses, seek inspiration, focus the mental activity on the within, dwell in the consciousness of your unity with Omnipotence. "Still water runs deep;" contemplate the multitudinous opportunities to which you have spiritual access by the Omnipresence of power.
23. Visualize the events, circumstances and conditions which these spiritual connections may assist in manifesting. Realize the fact that the essence and soul of all things is spiritual and that the spiritual is the real, because it is the life of all there is; when the spirit is gone, the life is gone; it is dead; it has ceased to exist.
24. These mental activities pertain to the world within, to the world of cause; and conditions and circumstances which result are the effect. It is thus that you become a creator. This is important work, and the higher, loftier, grander and more noble ideals which you can conceive, the more important the work will become.
25. Over-work or over-play or over-bodily activity of any kind produces conditions of mental apathy and stagnation which makes it impossible to do the more important work which results in a realization of conscious power. We should, therefore, seek the Silence frequently. Power comes through repose; it is in the Silence that we can be still, and when we are still, we can think, and thought is the secret of all attainment.
26. Thought is a mode of motion and is carried by the law of vibration the same as light or electricity. It is given vitality by the emotions through the law of love; it takes form and expression by the law of growth; it is a product of the spiritual "I", hence its Divine, spiritual, and creative nature.
27. From this it is evident that in order to express power, abundance or any other constructive purpose, the emotions must be called upon to give feeling to the thought so that it will take form. How may this purpose be accomplished? This is the vital point; how may we develop the faith, the courage, the feeling, which will result in accomplishment?
28. The reply is, by exercise; mental strength is secured in exactly the same way that physical strength is secured, by exercise. We think something, perhaps with difficulty the first time; we think the same thing again, and it becomes easier this time; we think it again and again; it then becomes a mental habit. We continue to think the same thing; finally it becomes automatic; we can no longer help thinking this thing; we are now positive of what we think; there is no longer any doubt about it. We are sure; we know.
29. Last week I asked you to relax, to let go physically. This week, I am going to ask you to let go mentally. If you practiced the exercise given you last week fifteen or twenty minutes a day in accordance with the instructions, you can no doubt relax physically; and anyone who cannot consciously do this quickly and completely is not a master of himself. He has not obtained freedom; he is still a slave to conditions. But I shall assume that you have mastered the exercise and are ready to take the next step, which is mental freedom.
30. This week, after taking your usual position, remove all tension by completely relaxing, then mentally let go of all adverse conditions, such as hatred, anger, worry, jealousy, envy, sorrow, trouble or disappointment of any kind.
31. You may say that you cannot "let go" of these things, but you can; you can do so by mentally determining to do so, by voluntary intention and persistence.
32. The reason that some cannot do this is because they allow themselves to be controlled by the emotions instead of by their intellect. But those who will be guided by the intellect will gain the victory. You will not succeed the first time you try, but practice makes perfect, in this as in everything else, and you must succeed in dismissing, eliminating and completely destroying these negative and destructive thoughts; because they are the seed which is constantly germinating into discordant conditions of every conceivable kind and description.
There is nothing truer than that the quality of thought which we entertain correlates certain externals in the outside world. This is the Law from which there is no escape. And it is this Law, this correlative of the thought with its object, that from time immemorial has led the people to believe in special providence
Wilmans
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Study Questions with Answers
31. What is thought?
Thought is spiritual energy.
32. How is it carried?
By the law of vibration.
33. How is it given vitality?
By the law of love.
34. How does it take form?
By the law of growth.
35. What is the secret of its creative power?
It is a spiritual activity.
36. How may we develop the faith, courage, and enthusiasm which will result in accomplishment?
By a recognition of our spiritual nature.
37. What is the secret of Power?
Service.
38. Why is this so?
Because we get what we give.
39. What is the Silence?
A physical stillness.
40. Of what value is it?
It is the first step to self-control, self-mastery.
