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W H A T T H IS B O O K T E A C H E S
A bou t three years ago w e had occasion to visit the

private office ofa young business m an,w ho had been
steadily forging ahead as a su ccessfu low ner an d
m an ager of h is bu siness. H e w as w orth , ,at thattim e,
upw ards of$100,000,w hich he had accum u lated in rapid
action in a few years. H e has a. clean,w orth-w hile,
hum anity-helping proposition.
C onspicuous in a gold fram e,placed on the w allju st

above his m ahogany desk,w as a sim ple, bold-typed
phrase reading:
I D E M A N D $ 2 5 0 ,0 0 0 .
Tw o m onth s ago (a lapse of abou t three years since

w e had been there)w e w ere again called to his office on a
personalm atter.O ne ofthe firstthings noticed w as that
the phrase in the gold fram e had changed to A
I D E M A N D $1,000,000.
O ur curiosity w as aroused to the point ofasking the

explanation, both as to the idea ofthe sign, as w ell as
to the ch an ge that had taken place in the am ou n t.
H is explan ation w as to th is effect: "I have learned to
u se Psychic D em and'to m ake m y fu tu re ready for m e
as I catch u p to it. Psych ic D em and enables m e to have
ready on the road ahead ofm e,the things Iw ant as I
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As the years rollby,Isim ply reach dow n and pick up w hat

Ihave m entally dem anded m onths and years before.People
laugh atthe idea,Isuppose.Allright,that's their affair.
You saw m e w hen Ipossessed $100,000.B ut m y dem and
then,in the depths ofm y m ind—and constantly visualized
before m e by the sign—w as for $250,000.
"You see m e to-day,w hen m y psychic dem and has handed

over to m e the $250,000 Icalled for a few years ago.To-day
in m y sub-conscious m ind there lives the dem and for
$1,000,000.The current ofevents—the law ofattraction—
the very w ealth-forces ofnature are being com m anded by
m y subconscious selfto m ake R EAL thatpicture,thatde-
m and for one m illion dollars.The law w orked from $100,000
to $250,000.It w illw ork just as surely up to the next
level."
W e believe that if"Psychic D em and" can w in w ealth,as

show n in the case cited •as w ellas any other life values)
then it is decidedly w orth understanding.In the follow ing
lesson D r.H addock goes into explanations ofw hatthis
dem and is,and how you can use itto m ake the future yield
w hat you w ill-m oney,courage,pow er,health,self-
unfoldm ent,etc.
The finallesson ofthis book—"PerpetualTonic"—brings

to a close the long series oflessons in brings to a close the
long series oflessons in M ASTE R Y O F SE LF. If you have
been in earnest in this study,then you can w ellsay- "Iam
richer,stronger,bigger,better,happier;Iam on the high road
to thatgreatestofalllife ideals—The M ASTERY O F M Y
SELF."

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STU D Y Q U E STIO N S
The follow ing questions, purposely given in advance
ofthe text, are designed to open your m ind to expect
certain values from th e pages. Th ey sharpen your
observation and study-pow ers to search for the places
w here the answ ers and corresponding instru ction
appears. They sh ow you , briefly, the "m eat" you m ay
expect in each lesson.

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Lesson Thirteen.
1. In w h at w ay can w e in flu en ce th e fu tu re
through thought and action?
2. W hat are seven Propositions covering the use of

Psychic D em and upon the future?
3. In u sing Psychic D em and do you concentrate upon

one thing w ith the entire pow er ofyourself?
4. W ho are som e ofthe w orld's m aster m en w ho have

passed beyond com m on hum an experience in getting
m ajestic results from Psychic dem and?
5. W hatare the only lim its to your health,prosperity,

unfoldm entand psychic pow er?
6. H ow did C hrist state the law ofPsychic D em and
7. D oes a clear understanding ofPsychic dem and develop

deep and brilliantcourage to cope w ith the present and face
the future?
8. D o you live under the w eight ofpossible accidentor

illness ?
9. C an you im m ediately adoptthe m ethods thatcure this

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fear?
10.W hy does foreboding on possible illness often actually

bring iton?
II.W hy is the doctor valuable from a psychological

standpoint? D o you carry in m ind the confidentidea ofa
good old age,hale,hearty and happy? Is poverty a crim e,
and unnecessary ?
12.W hy do people perm itand stand for poverty in

them selves?
13.Ifyou are haunted w ith the fear ofpoverty,w hat is the

explanation?
14.Is "luck"real?
15.D oes every m an and w om an in this w orld,in the long

run,get about w hat he or she deserves?
16.W hy is great individualw ealth never really desirable?
17.D oes the U niverse provide for alla career of

happiness and fulldevelopm ent?
19.Ifyou can create a w ealthy Selfto-day,could old age

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ever rob you ofit?
20.In w hattw o m isconceptions,lies the fear offailure?
21.W hat is the only legitim ate standard ofindividual

success?
22.W hat is the infallible m ethod for w inning friends?
23.Should any hum an being ever perm ithim selfto depend

upon any other hum an being for happiness?

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FE A R .N O T E V E N TS
Fear notevents:
Contingencies these,controlled in partby W ill;
Necessities these,allsigns ofthe hum an tangle;
Allopportunities these,w hich a M AN can sw ing
Forbetterm ent— one w ay,otherw ay,som e w ay.
See how the w restlerw rithes,tw ists,lunges,stands!
H e m odifies the opponent's every act.
Thus far he w ins.
The other in turn gives him a hard battle.
B ut m y m an stoops,erects,dodges
Tactics transform ed by contingency and W ill.
N ow every feint and thrust and lightning shift
H e m akes a new advantage,seized w ith w itand pow er.
Is he defensive? D efense is w ily w ar,
W aiting to turn the airy chances.
The enem y laughs — and,sw iftand sudden sequence!
O n the flash ofdeific thought,
G oes dow n!
In allevents is m erely a question ofability
To hold the soulready
For opportunity born ofthe heat ofcontest,
W hether you throw or be throw n.
Events are sim ple circum stances:
They ring m y soulin?
Ishift the centre w ithout.
To circum stances Iadjust — alert and elusive,
And ultim ately sw ing them — one w ay,otherw ay,som e w ay.
It is even so,Isay.
W ith poverty?
Farm ofthe stalw art soul!
W ith friends fled?
The m an standing clear by him self!

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W ith position lost?

C hance for a better place!
W ith reputation assailed?
O pportunity forsure vindication!
W ith sickness?
Tim e forrest—tim e to discoverunknow n forces—
Tim e to gear in w ith the System
Tim e to forge faith and the lastarm orofC ourage!W ith death?
W hen the Courage-M an dies,he w ins!
— The A uthor
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C O U R A G E FO R FU TU R E E V E N TS
"I am discoursing am ong philosophers K eep yourself
strong and fit for the uses oflife and initiated by being
exercised in action.— Epictetus.
AN 'S ability to influence m atter and m ind inthe present
guarantees pow er over the so-called future,since the future
is butthe logicalsequence ofthe present.
This seem ing com m on-place is like the sea fordepth and
vastness ofsuggestion.
In projecting influence upon objects and persons,both in the

presentand in the future,w e pursue tw o m ethods:
The directm ethod ofordinary conduct,fam iliarto all;
The indirectm ethod affecting som e universalm edium so

thatitshallcontinue to w ork outnaturalsequences beyond
the present.Letus exam ine these m ethods in theirorder.
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D IR E C T A N D IN D IR E C T A C TIO N O N TH E FU TU R E .
The directm ethod involves physicalcontact,the operation of

conduct,the use oflanguage,and so on.This m ethod by
m anipulation ofpresentrealities—persons,objects,actions—
m odifies the relations ofsuch realities and the reactions ofthe
outcom es upon the person em ploying it.The sentence m erely
indicates the m ethod ofeveryday life.W e m ay com pare the
m ethod to the com plex activity involved in m anipulating various
objects and vessels floating on a sheetofw ater,w here the now -
effects w ould be due to presentaction on the Partofthe
m anipulator,and the latereffects to m om entum and consequent
interaction taking place am ong the objects,and finaloutcom e-
reaction upon the person doing the w ork suggested.O n the "sea
oflife,"ofcourse,these "objects"and "vessels"are m aterial
things and hum an beings.
The indirectm ethod involves allthe elem ents ofthe direct,

butis indirectbecause itm odifies,through this fam iliar
influence,som e universalm edium underlying alllife,or
pervading alllife,w hich m edium alw ays m aintains its integrity
and unity,yetis capable ofm odifications in the presentthatshall
continue and develop character and com plexity because ofthe
nature ofthe m edium and the naturalinteraction ofthe m ove-
m ents secured w ithin itby such m odifications.W e are
thinking now ,notalone ofthe surface ofthe hum an sea,but of
the w hole depth and body ofit w hich is m ore or less
influenced by any m ovem enttaking place w ithin orupon it.
Allthatoccurs on the surface influences in som e w ay every part
ofits vastness,and the finaleffects are due notonly to the
directaction ofpersons and objects on ourhum an surface,but
also to ultim ate sequences ofinteraction ofallthe effects and
effects ofeffects throughoutthe illim itable m ass — so long as the
originalm odifications identically continue.
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Tw o such universal,perm anentand unitary existences are

presentto ourthought:the UniversalEther,and the Infinite
Life or Reality.W e proceed now to consideration ofthese
m edia through w hich w e m ay influence the future.
T H E E TH E R A S M E D IU M FO R PSYC H IC D E M A N D .
The etherofspace m ay be regarded as the m atrix ofall

m aterialand living form s."The assum ption is that m atter
is com posed,in som e w ay,ofelectrons ;w hich again m ust
be considered to be essentially peculiarities,or
singularities,or definite structures,in the ether itself."
"The ether ofspace is a continuous,incom pressible,

stationary (relatively to the earth),fundam entalsu bstan ce
or perfect flu id; m atter is com posed ofm odified and
electrified specks,or m inute structures ofether,w hich are
am enable to m echanicalas w ellas electricalforce."
The etherialm atrix also bears relation to the psychic

factor in living form s." W e know that m atter has a
psychicalsignificance,since it can constitute brain,w hich
links together the physicaland the psychicalw orlds.
Ifany one thinks thatthe ether,w ith allits m assiveness

and energy,has probably no psychicalsignificance,Ifind
m yselfunable to agree w ith h im " (Lodge). "It is as tru e
as any physicalfactcan be thatevery m ovem entofan
individual— change ofattitude,gesture,or expression of
countenance — m ust produce a corresponding change in
his field (the surrounding ether),and tend to bring about
in others sim ilar m ovem ents."
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"So far as m entalaction depends upon brain structure,

any changes in the latter m ust produce corresponding
changes in the brain field,and there m ust be a brain field."
Every activity ofand am ong the living and psychic form s of
existence affects the boundless etheric ocean,and affects its
shifting present state not only directly,but also indirectly
through the sequences ofthe directinfluence.
W hen you strike a blow ,have a thought,utter a w ord,

put forth a volition,you set in m otion the universalether,
thatis,induce som e sortofchange therein,w hich change
can be no other than a m ode ofm otion,and the final
outcom es of su ch m ovem ents depend,in the m atter of
reach and character,upon the degree and quality ofthe
originalforce em ployed.
Since w e,the actors,rem ain,year afteryear,and continue

on the changing scene (both ofm atter,m ind and ether),w e see
thatthe subsequentetheric m ovem ents m ustin tim e react
upon ourselves.
This statem entis evidently true on the surface ofthings in

everyday life.W e influence objects and persons,and are,
therefore,correspondingly influenced ourselves by ultim ate
outcom es ofthe activities thus induced.Such a thoughtis
perfectly fam iliar.B utthe ongoing and interacting
m ovem ents,com ing aboutby our ow n action and thatof
others,reactupon us w hen w e arrive into theirm idst,forgood or
for 01,in a sim ilar w ay.
Allinfluences w hich w e inaugurate and the outcom es of

w hich reactupon us,have their origin in the present.
Speaking generally,future etheric reaction upon us is w hat
presentetheric action determ ines.
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This proposition is so true thatw e m ay form ulate practical

dem ands on the future,in rationalconfidence,by so thinking
now and so acting now as to insure logicalcom ing sequences
w hich shallreactupon us in a generalw ay very m uch as w e
desire — and m ore and m ore,ifw e develop ability,as w e
particularly desire.W e proceed,then,to an analysis ofpsychic
dem and.
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FIR ST A N A LYSIS O F PSYC H IC D E M A N D :
G eneralFactors.
Psychic dem and m ay be analyzed into the factors of

thoughtand action.In otherw ords,itis ours to influence the
future forgood and w elfare as follow s:
(a)By dem and-thoughtw hich claim s now -w elfare m ore and

m ore to realize in the future;
(b)B y such appropriate presentactivity,incessantly held,
incessantly im proving,as shallcontinuously create "channels"or
"w ires"along w hich the etheric outcom es m ay realize in the
desired responses to dem ands.
Observe!This realization or fulfillm ent ofdem and is

m ore than outcom e ofpracticalability or activity.The
practicalactivity is indispensable,but the psychic dem and
is itselfa com pelling force w hich m ultiplies the efficiency
of activity m any fold. N evertheless,the dem and-
responses can only com e to you as you create "channels,"
or erect "w ires," for their arrival,by activity ofthe best
and com pletest character possible in your case.
You cannot sit atease and indolently w ish good fortune

w ith any assurance ofinfluencing the universalm edium of
stellar spaces.O n the other hand,scattering and non-
energetic activity has no pow er to stir the depths ofthe
ether-w orld-sea and institute m ovem ents therein thatshall
hold on through the years and react in due tim e upon you
according to your w ish.The thoughtm ustbe intelligent
and concentrated,and the activity m ustbe consistent,
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unw earied and confident.B ut ifyour thinking and your

acting harm onize and represent intelligence and
concentration,consistency and unw earied confidence,itis
law thatyou m ay expectfulfillm entin w elfare and goods of
this tw o-fold dem and w hich you thus set up and m aintain
— according to the influencing pow er ofyour personality
at any stage ofyour life.
You cannot get out,ofa m achine m ore than its nature

m akes possible,though you can alw ays getoutofany
m achine less than its nature m akes possible. You have
probably been getting out of yourself,the greatest
m achine,as m an,less than your personality provides
for. M oreover, you are a m achine oflife and psychic
factor,capable ofdevelopm entindefinitely.
H ence the encouragem entthatthe lim its ofyour ability

to influence the future by psychic dem and have probably
never been reached,and that you m ay so im prove the
psychic and physicalelem ents ofyour personality now ,
alw ays now ,thatthese lim its m ay extend,m ore and m ore,
through allthe years ofyour career.
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SE C O N D A N A LYSIS O F PSYC H IC D E M AN D :
Particular Q ualities.
Psychic dem and requires further definition by w ay both

ofinclusion and ofexclusion.Let us observe:
1. Psychicdem and m ust notbe vague and indefinite.In

fact,there is no true dem and ifthe objects ofdem and are
unclear,kaleidoscopic and confused in thought.
(z)Psychic dem and m ust be clear and definite.Your

thoughtshould em brace precisely w hatyou w antand w hy
and (approxim ately)w hen you w ant it.
Substitute (z)for 1.
2. Psychic demand m ustnotbe negative:doubtful,

associated w ith uncertainty ofdesire,m odified by ques-
tions,such as," Is it best?"" Is itright?"and the like.
(y)Psychic dem and m ust be positive:em phatic,

believing,self-satisfying,self-filling,unm odified by any
consideration w hatever.
Substitute (y)for 2.
3. Psychicdem and m ust notbe alternative:carrying the

double intention ofa first choice "ifpossible," bu t a
second choice "if the first fails." The idea offailure is
foreign to psychic dem and.Such a dem and'violates (y)and
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is a m ere w ish.
(x)Psychic dem and m ust be exclusive,atthe tim e, of

every alternative. M oreover, the dem and should never
be,"This or nothing,"because "nothing" needs no
dem andin g. Let the dem and alw ays be, " This definite
thing!"
Substitute (x)for 3.
4. Psychic dem and m ust notbe com posed ofvariables

and m ixtures.O ne can dem and one thing to-day,forget it
to-m orrow ,and another thing then.This sortofthinking
m erely constructs a chain ofw ishes,the chain being no
stronger than its w eakestelem ent.And one can w ish m any
things allat once,and thus construct a m ere fagotofm ind-
stuff,lacking in continuity,self-convincing pow er,and so
"pulsating" allsorts ofim pulses into the ether,none of
w hich is effective.
(w )Psychic dem and should refer to one definite thing at

once a tim e,and should callfor that w ith the entire pow er
ofthe self.D o not perm it your dem ands to "cross" one
another,nor to coalesce,nor to becom e "tangled up."O f
course one m ay dem and m any things,taking the m atter by
and large,butthis should m ean sim ply that you
concentrate on one ofthe desires at a tim e w hile
dem anding that,then passing on to another,and so on.
Substitute (w )for 4.
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5. Psychic dem and m ust notbe unreasonable.W hatthe

unreasonable is w ith any person m ust be intuited by that
person in the process ofpsychic grow th and practical
experience interpreted by good sense.As the selfunfolds,
and as practicalaffairs bring com m on sense to bear upon
the desires,the reasonable dem and w illappear as a
conviction,'this is for m e to claim ."
(v)Psychic dem and m ust be courageous in interpreting the

reasonable.The reasonable is notm erely your present
notion ofunfitness or inability to bring the desire to
pass.H ere is the point w here courage m u st be assu m ed
and m aintained. It w illbe w ell,w hen a desire seem s
unreasonable for your life,to look arou nd you and ask
the questions:"O ther people seem to possess goods and
w elfare ofcertain kinds and degrees;w hy should not I? W hy
are such benefits unreasonable for m e w hen others have
them ?" There is su rely ,enou gh for all;therefore,these
things are perfectly reason able as objects of you r
dem and.
Substitute (v)for 5.
6. Psychic dem and m ustnotbe irrationalin the nature of

things.You cannotrationally dem and w hat your condu ct
naturally m akes im possible.You cannotrationally
dem and,say,all-round business ability in ten days. A nd
so on . It w ill not do to im agine that w e can do anything
w e like w ith the law s ofthe U niverse,as itdoes notdo to
reduce life to m ere m aterialgrind in harm ony w ith m an-
m ade law s.Yourselfis pow er,butallpow er m anifests
through harm ony w ith the nature ofthings.
(u)Psychic dem and m ust be rationally based on the
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elem ents,Nature,tim e,space,grow th,pow erofself,and hum an

relation.Psychic dem and properly relates you to the
U niversalSystem and its contents and law s.True dem and
w illnotseek to violate realnaturallaw ,to ignore tim e,to act
regardless ofspace,to expectresults independently of
personalgrow th,nor to leap beyond the present pow er of
self(nor deny future pow er as possible m erely because of
lack ofpresent pow er),nor to contradictrelations w hich
necessarily obtain am ong hum an beings.
Substitute (u)for 6.
Psychic dem and m ust notbe m ade in m ere m ental

statem ents — m ustnotbe confined to propositions ofthe
intellect.People often assum e that ifthey m entally speak a
dem and,in the top ofthe head,as it w ere, they h ave
m ade a psychic dem an d. A n d because results do not
follow as w ished,efforts are discontinued in disbelief.W e
have here a case ofm anipulation oftelegraphic keys w ith
no electric current in connection.There is really no pow er
in such m entalpropositions.It is at this point,for one
thing,that,the w hole subject ofdem and is
m isunderstood.O ne interprets w ords in term s of one's
ow n thou ght; ifthat thought has no room for the very
idea ofpsychic dem and,the statem ents m ade in relation to
it are conceived in term s ofthe person's present
understanding:.that is,m isconceived.It is com m on
experience that w e live w ith propositions for years,putting
our ow n,interpretation upon them ,and finally,in som e
m om entofinspiration,suddenly discover a new m eaning
w hich now seem s as plain as anything could possibly be —
that is,discover thatw hat w e have supposed w e under-
stood w e did notunderstand at all.Precisely so w ith
psychic dem and.The pow er is one w hich m ust be acquired
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through psychic understanding ofthe law -and reality of

dem and itself.W hen such understanding com es about,
you w illsee thatthere is no dem and-pow er in m ere m ental
propositions concerning goode or w elfare.
(t)Psychic dem and is a subconscious affair:begun in

the ordinary conscious thinking,putthere into w ords,but
then projected into the deeper "w ithin" by an effort to
feelthe thought no less than to think it,and to believe for
results,so thatin tim e the dem and becom es an assured
conviction influencing allthe personalcontem poraneous
life.
Substitute (t)for 7.
To sum m arize the analysis,w e see that psychic dem and is

(w ith consistent,unw earied and confidentaction)intelligent
and concentrated thought-claim (for goods and w elfare)
w hich is clear,definite,positive,exclusive,single,
reasonable,courageous,rational,a m atter of conviction,
and subconsciously m aintained.Su ch a dem an d m ight
be form u lated, for exam ple, as follow s:
"Idem and (nam e the thing desired clearly and dis-

tinctly),singly,exclusively,w ithout alternative or doubt,
and Iem phatically expectthe fulfilm entofthis dem and
w ithin such a tim e because Iam living for it,because itis
surely form e,and because m y bestlife requires precisely
that."
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II.TH E IN FIN ITE R E A LITY A S M E D IU M FO R PSYC H IC

D EM AND .
Science assum es the existence ofthe universalether as

a ground for the explanation ofm atter and variou s
n atu ral forces. The doctrines of the conservation of
energy and the correlation offorce involve su ch a
m ediu m . There is a su m -totalof physicalenergy in our
U niverse w hich holds on,under innum erable form s or
m anifestations,from eon to eon ofits history, and the
"deepest" m ediu m in w hich su ch energy "abides" is the
ether thatreveals in heat,light,electricity,and so on.
This energy reveals in force,and hence exhibition of
force is result oftransform ation m erely,never is a new -
creation,in the form ofenergy's expression.E very display
ofphysicalforce is but a m anifestation ofetheric
conditions.
Sim ilarly,seeking a ground for explanation ofether,

m atter,force,life,m ind,w e assum e the existence ofone
Infinite and EternalReality.This is the C entralEnergy,the
U niversalSource offorce,w hose Thoughts are U niverses
and their contents,N ature,the hum an self,and other
supposable beings."In H im w e live and m ove and have
our being."
In practicallife w e alw ays appealto — m ake dem ands

on — this Infinite Reality:in farm ing,by sow ing,planting,
cultivating;in invention,by investigating,m olding m atter,
com bining parts,adjusting form s,observing law s;and so
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on.H ere w e see thatthought and action constitute the

com m on phases ofpsychic dem and on the Infinite Reality.
N ow and then an individualhas arisen w ho has passed

beyond com m on hum an venture and m ade the m ost
extraordinary dem ands on this august U niversalM edium .
B y psychic dem and Joseph frustrated his brothers and
becam e lord of E gypt.
B y psychic dem and Abram acquired greatness ofsoul

and founded a deathless race.B y psychic dem and M oses
received the great fu ndam entals of religion. B y psychic
dem and Plato uncovered the divine "Ideas" and Jesus
deified the hum an as the goalofevolution.
B y psychic dem and Phidias coerced the beauty of

V enus to live in m arble and R aphaelfixed upon canvas the
w orld's idealofM otherhood.B y psychic dem and
Shakespeare achieved the im possible in the m ind ofa
poacher and held the m irror ofN ature up to the astonished
soulofm an.
B y psychic dem and w as Art created,M usic discovered,

Industry fashioned,G overnm ent builded,R eligion brought
forth,W ealth accum ulated,Progress conceived,Pow er
seized,C ivilization unfolded.
B y psychic dem and the anim alcam e to be m an,and

m an follow ed on to conscious self,and conscious self
realized in m ind,and m ind arrived at lordship over all.
The Infinite has forced nothing upon m an,yet all

that m an has achieved has the Infinite vouchsafed to
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hum an dem and — to com m on toiland to psychic faith.

This is not because the Infinite has arbitrarily given or
w ithholden.
It is because the In finite R eality is the Infinite

M edium for hum an expression,and is in such relation to
the hum an,as underlying G round ofallexistences,thatthe
right psychic dem and ofm an as truly calls to his aid the
Infinite R eality itselfas the,right psychic dem and calls
to his aid the universalether.
W e do not assum e that science utilizes the etheric

m edium by guessw ork,nor that,w hen its adjustm ents are
m ade,the outcom es depend upon arbitrary caprice lurking
som ew here in the U niverse.
The outcom es are m atters oflaw .S im ilarly,utiliza-

tion ofthe Infinite Reality,because ofits established
relation to m an as G round and Source ofallthings,need
be no affair of gu essin g on ou r part. W hen right
adjustm ents are m ade,the outcom es here also are surely
subjects ofim m utable law .
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A D JU STM E N T TO TH E IN FIN ITE R E A LIT Y R E Q U IR E D

IN PSYC H IC D E M A N D .
The right adju stm ents of physical science are

fam iliar to all. The right adju stm ent w h ich m an m u st
m ake to the Infin ite R eality is H arm on y of thou ght
and action w ith the R eality conceived as Source ofall
values — w hich is equivalentto H arm ony w ith the best
possibilities ofthe selfand others w ho are also in su ch
harm ony. This is the ideal. A nd the instrum ent by
w hich that harm ony is law fully m ade effective in hum an
life — your life — is psychic dem and.
For,observe!The infinite m eans to and for you :

health,prosperity,unfoldm ent,psychic pow er.The only
lim its to these outcom es in your case are your sanity and
your ability to establish the harm ony indicated and to
develop and m aintain all-conquering dem and — ofcourse,
w ithin the law s ofthe nature ofthings.
The Founder ofthe C hristian religion said:"W hatsoever

things yedesirew hen ye pray,believe thatye receive them ,and ye
shallhave them ."This states the law ofpsychic dem and.
"W hatsoever things ye desire"—desire clearly,definitely,
positively,singly,exclusively —"w hen ye pray,"— w hen ye
intelligently,concentratedly,reasonably and rationally
dem and or claim ,— " believe"— dem and feelingly and
confidently —"that ye receive them ,"— notm ay,m ight,could,
shall,receive in som e uncertain future,but,— "receive
them ,"— are even now entering upon the realization,—"and
ye shallreceive them "— shallthen,during adjustm ent,
during dem and,during the assurance,have them .
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This is a stupendous proposition.In the realm of

religion, it has a personalgu aranty. B u t in the realm
ofhum an and Infinite inter-relations,it has the guaranty
ofthe law -nature ofthe U niverse.
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A PPLIC A TIO N O F PSYC H IC D E M A N D

So far as the ultim ate progress ofm an is concerned,the
application ofpsychic dem and needs in our thoughtno
m odification.U ltim ately,m an w illreceive w hatever his
rightly-unfolded nature claim s ofthe Infinite Reality.
So far as any individuallife is concerned,the out-

w orking ofthe law is lim ited by three factors:the
individual's practicalsanity or com m on sense,his ability to
m ake his dem ands intelligently,reasonably,
concentratedly,and so on as stated in our analysis,and his
ability to believe,thatis,feel,the dem and as assured — and
so to actually draw to his aid Infinite Reality.
W hile no m an can achieve the im possible,and each ofus

w illalw ays have m uch to learn and m ore and m ore ofthe
selfto unfold,yet w e m ay rest assured ofthe truth as
follow s:
1.You can discover your psychic pow er only through a

lifetim e ofeffort;
2.The m ore you strive to utilize the Infinite R eality,the

m ore w illthe pow er develop through response realized;
3.The m ore experience instructs,the m ore w illyour life

infallibly exhibitthe effectiveness ofpsychic dem and.
The im portance ofthese considerations induces

A PR ELIM IN AR Y IN V ITATIO N :The discussions
thus closed should be read and pondered m any tim es.As
you com e com pletely to understand the truth,hum anly
speaking,and especially as you continue to apply itto your
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life,you w illfind grow ing up w ithin you a great

con fiden ce an d a deep an d brillian t cou rage to cope
w ith the present an d to face the future.
And above all,the life w hich w illthus be induced in

thought and action w illcontinu ally so affect the tw o
m edia ofexistence,the U niversalEther and the Infinite
R eality,thatthe logicalfuture sequences and their
interactions w illinfallibly react upon you,both for
happiness and for w elfare.
W ere Inot absolutely convinced ofthe truth ofthis

conception,Icould not venture it in these pages.Iknow
nothing truer,saner,surer or m ore practicalfor dispelling
the fears thatrelate to the future or for the culture of
courage in regard to events.
W e com e,then,to the event-fears, so long held

over from the preceding chapter,fear ofaccident and
illness,fear ofpoverty,fearoffinalfailure,fearofthe loss of
friends.W e take up these fears in the order nam ed.
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FE A R O F A C C ID E N T A N D ILLN E SS
First,the Fear ofAccidents w illbe considered.M any

people are haunted by vague foreboding thatsom e accident
m ay yet,or surely w ill,befallthem .Such foreboding is,of
course,w holly useless,but,w hatis m ore to the point,itis also
w holly a psychic evil.The psychic state involved m ay finally
operate as a cause ofaccidentfeared.
Your apprehension ofphysicalm ishap cannotin itself

directly induce accident,butitm ay indirectly do so by bringing
aboutbodily or m entalconditions w hich shallw ork againstyou
in.the tim e ofdanger.This operation ofpsychic factor m ay
tend either to preventright action in avoidance ofdanger,
or to preventrecovery from injury w hen sustained.Fear
breeds expectation,and expectation provides fear's
conditions.
In the m eantim e,and w hetheror no,this fear is doing you

subtle harm in m any possible w ays.Prim arily,such fear
interferes w ith life's norm alsatisfaction in itself,and this
interference cannotfailto disturb yourdeeperself,both physical
and m ental— thatis,unsettle your personalequilibrium ,
poise,sense ofpow er.
M oreover,the idea m ay actas a suggestion to the

subconscious self,and the suggestion m ay actually control
your action,thus bringing you allunaw are into the presence
ofdangerw hich you otherw ise w ould never confront.This
brings us to our
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R E G IM E A G AIN ST FE A R O F A C C ID E N T.
FirstPhase:O ptim ism .You should,therefore,throttle the

notion instantly,atits every appearance,and also habituate
yourselfto the strong feeling ofall-w ellness, now and to be.
The purpose ofthese directions,ofcourse,is notyour
protection,butis solely the dissipation ofthe idea of
accidentand the fear-feeling arising therefrom .
B y exercise ofw illand occupation ofthe m ind w ith the

confidentidea ofw ellbeing,this double end m ay be
accom plished.Ifyou fillyour im agination w ith pictures of
yourselfas injured,you feed fear and m ake it a habit.
Sim ilarly,you feed courage and m ake thata habitby
occupying the im agination w ith thoughts ofyourselfas alw ays
in a condition ofsafety and happiness.
Second Phase:Psychic D em and.You are invited now to

have constantrecourse to your pow eroffaith-claim forperfect
self-handling againstallpersonalm ishap.Ifyou persistently
m ake use oftrue psychic dem and thatallshallbe w ellw ith
you;you w illnot.only banish fear,butalso actually suggestto
the subconscious selfalertness and adequacy againstunseen
contingencies and unforeseen events — thatis,you w illthus
train subconscious activities in personalprotection.
The FearofIllness naturally follow s the preceding fear.In the

lastparagraph sickness m ay w ellbe substituted for accident.
The form er,how ever,is em phatically subjectto suggestion.
To forebode illness is very likely to induce illness.
The subconscious self,grow n accustom ed to the notion of

trouble in the body,operates often to throw physicalfunctions
outoforder,so thatillness m ay eitherbe self-induced or be
m ade possible because the physicaltone has been low ered in
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resisting pow er.The lim itofrecovery from physical

equilibrium in health,or w hatm ay conveniently be term ed
the index ofresistance (otherw ise called the opsonic index),
varies som ew hatfor each individual.W hen the index is high
w e speak ofsuch a m an as strong or robust;w hen,on the
other hand,itis low ,(w e speak ofit)as w eak or delicate.
U nquestionably fear m odifies the opsonic index ofthe hum an
body.
Thus,itis evilm orbidly to dw ellupon one's bodily feelings

exceptto take the w arning ofevident distress,in w hich case
a physician should be sum m oned because he m ay discover
avoidable trouble and the factofhis treatm entm ay be justthe
suggestion thatyou need,regardless ofany otherefficiency
obtaining in his drugs.The drugs are probably w orthless,— in
alm osta m ajority ofcases,— butthe physician's know ledge and
his presence are often w orth im m ensely m ore than you w illbe
w illing to pay for.Letus look atthe m atter thus brought up.
Iam forthe doctor,notforhis ow n sake,notforthe sake of
his profession,butforthe sake ofm y subconscious self,
w ithoutreference to the physicalaction ofm edicine,and forthe
sake ofhis surplus ofknow ledge over m ine.
M edicine is alm ost w holly a m atter ofeducation on m y
part(this is w ritten representatively for you or for any other
person).W hen ill,m y (your—allm en's)subconscious selfw ants
a first-class physician.and w hen Iam ill,thatselfshallhave a
physician,although,in nearly every instance,m y (your)
conscious m ind feels thatthe m edicine is,in itself,m ere
useless superfluity.
I(representatively speaking)have only lived on the earth a
few hundred thousand years,and m y (our)ancestralselfhas
com e to lean on a setofm en m any ofw hom are im m ensely
crude,notw ithstanding the factthatthey also have ancestrally
lived so m any centuries.After a tim e I(m an)shalllearn the
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secretofim m ortality — butthousands ofyears hence.M ean-

tim e,then,I(you)m ustyield to the ancestralselfuntilhe in m e
(you)becom es w iser.
I(w e)have no brieffor the doctor,but Ihave a brieffor
m yselfin good health.Ihave no brieffor any other healing
profession ofthe m entalor religious sort.W hat are allthese
sects and professionaldivisions to m e w hen they are
placed up againstthe augustlaw s governing personal
w elfare?
The success ofm entalsuggestion and offaith are alike
due to law ,w hich is ofno school,"science," or religion — is
ofthe nature ofthings alone,and as im personaltow ard
you and m e as are w ind and tide.Im agine a " christian
science"tide-m ill,or a "m ental-healing"tide-m ill,or an
"old-school"tide-m ill,or a "hom eopathic"tide-m ill,or a
"suggestive-therapeutics"tide-m ill,erected w ithin the
flood oflaw and force that obtain across the diam eter of
the U niverse!
I, callthe physician w hen Ibelieve Ineed one,and Icall
in m y infinite psychic resources,in m yselfor in som e m ental
healer,w hen Idesire.Ifthese w illnot cooperate,both m ay
depart.Iam for m yself!
H e w ho coddles his sym ptom s nurses an illness into

being.E xcept as above suggested,therefore,it is w ise to
ignore the slightvariations in one's daily feelings and to
assert and assum e that one is in good or im proving health
and w illso continue.
This assum ption-assertion is suggested to the

subconscious selfto right-up m atters that m ay be w rong,
and to m aintain am ong functions good order now existing or
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to be surely brought about.It is also one ofthe finest of

psychic tonics operative for w ellbeing throughoutthe entire
system .
And ifthe physician you em ploy deals in questions about

your sym ptom s,you are invited to decline the interview .H e
is not skilled ifhe cannot by indirection uncover m ore than
you m ay have disclosed to him atthe first.H e is grossly
antiquated ifhe asks you a large num berofleading
questions,such as,"Everfeverup? H ave any backache?" and
the like (questions putto a realpatientin actuallife).
W hy m ustthis dealer in dead m atterputevilinto m y

subconscious thought? W hen the doctorbeginsthis unscientific
course he accentuates the fundam entaltrouble forw hich you
have consulted him .W e conclude thatalw ays is itbetter to
think health as yours,and atleast,notto entertain
sym ptom s and ideas ofill-health.
Thus w e have our
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R E G IM E A G AIN ST FE A R O P ILLN E SS.
FirstPhase:
Pictured H ealth.You are urged,therefore,to cease

entertaining yoursym ptom s and to elim inate,by w illand
substitution,the thoughtofyourselfas illor to be illin the
future.Fix in m ind,rather,the confidentidea and expectation
ofa good old age,hale,hearty and happy.
And the w ay in w hich to accom plish this substitution is

sim ply to think ofyourselfin pictures representing the desired
factors-,charging the pictures,as itw ere,w ith energy and
covering them w ith an atm osphere ofsunlight and good
cheer.
SE C O N D PH ASE:
Psychic D em and.
In the m anner indicated forthe corresponding phase of

the preceding regim e,you are invited to form ulate confident
dem and thatgood health shallbe yours,now and in the
future.Alw ays begin and conductsuch dem and aboutas
follow s:"Iam now in fullharm ony w ith the w hole Universe and
w ith allright-m inded intelligences,and on this basis Idem and
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FE A R S O F PO V E R TY
O urdiscussion now proceeds by a series ofobservations.
1.Poverty a C rim e. I hold that poverty is a social

crim e.
Poverty is a crim e,not ofthe m any against the one,

but ofthe m any againstthe m any.
Poverty is the one universalsign ofincom petence,the

sign thatpoints to the prosperous m ultitude rather than to
the unfortunate individual.The individual's incom petence
m ay be enforced,butthat ofthe prosperous m any is self-
chosen.The people can have anything on w hich they can
agree and for w hich they w illpersistently stand.
B utthe people perm it poverty because they do not know

how to getrid ofit,and this incom petence is a crim e
because the people do not sufficiently desire that every
m an,w om an and child on earth shallhave enough for
health ofbody and grow th ofsoul.
It is for such reasons that m any are haunted by the fear

ofpoverty in the future.The idea is preposterous and
m onstrous that any hum an being should go into old age
dependent upon charity for food,clothing,shelter and
books.The earth is so big,— and so beautiful,— and so
rich!Yet this fear hides in the heart ofthousands.
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It is notthe present objectto instruct in the prevention

ofpoverty.You w illfind m uch to the point in "Pow erFor
Success"and "B usiness Pow er,"on thatsubject.It m ay be
ventured,how ever,even ifseem ingly com m onplace,that
tw o certain m ethods w illinfallibly w ork w onders in the
directions ofprosperity,to-w it:
Love your w ork,and yourselfas w orkm an,and m ultiply

yourselfvaliantly into your w ork;and
Save a good percentage ofyourw age orsalary.
N evertheless,such suggestions do notreckon w ith "bad

luck" and disasters,and so the fear ofpoverty brings to
heart and thoughtthroughoutthe years.N ow ,these last
w ords are im portantfor they tellthe m ain story.
2. "Luck" is R eal.
The factors ofthe "lucky" and the "unlucky" should be

reckoned w ith.It is the habit of"w ise"people w ho have
never m etw ith m ishap to insist sturdily and w ith
scientific accuracy that "there is no such thing as luck,"
since allevents are results ofoperation oflaw s.The
statem ent is true,but it has significance on ly w hen you
are " lucky."
W hen you are "unlucky,"the "w ise"rem ark m eans

nothing,and after a tim e you discover that "luck" is a
provision ofthe law itself,and thatthe consequences ofthe
law are as hard to bear as they w ould be w ere the law a
m ere fiction. Practically speaking,"lu ck" is actu al
enou gh. M any people believe that they are "dow n on
their luck," and correctly,for so they are.For this
unhappy factthey are never alone atfault.
Som e other person is alw ays in partto blam e w hen any

hum an being goes "unlucky"— som e other person,thing,
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or event.Yet for the fact,again,the "unlucky" people are

them selves alw ays m ore or less atfault.Letus observe in
this m atter:
Every m an and w om an in this w orld gets in the long run,after

childhood,and excepting som e aw fulhandicaps ofbirth —
aboutw hathe or she deserves.B ut let us again observe:
3. D esertis a M atterofLaw . The deserving is notw hatyou

and Isee or believe;itgoes dow n to the very roots and the
lastshred ofour being,action and thought.The "going
dow n" is so thorou gh that at the last it loses personality
and becom es m erely a m atter ofharm ony or ofdisharm ony
som ehow w ith law .
In the large responsibility thus uncovered,other people

m ust share,so that the m ost unforunate often gets
som ew hat m ore than he m orally and seem ingly deserves,
perhaps,butm ore,also,because he is or has been
som ew here out ofgear w ith the law s ofhis being.In the
com plex equation thus laid bare em erges,now ,a vast
com pensatory fact,— to-w it:
The individualpow erto balance up againstallm isfortune

the productand pow erofhis ow n thought.Letus see about
that:
4.Com pensation is forEach.Jean Valjean is the m ost

"unlucky" ofallfiction heroes,the fact being due partly to
his ow n violations oflaw ,partly to the evilin others w ho
com e in contact w ith him .Yet Jean V aljean's inner w orld
and pow er of thou ght grew through allthe terrible
history untilthe m an's soul-w ealth and soul-achievem ents
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m ore than com pensated the huge-bulking tragedy ofhis

life.
This is w here the Eternalenters the equation.
"B ad luck" is a fact.B ut thought is also a fact.As a

factthought is a force.As a force it is a w orld-builder.As a
w orld-builder it is C om pensation.
W e begin,then,w ith the m ere pow er ofthought,just as

one m ight begin w ith the m ere pow er ofgravity.Let us see
aboutthis :
Thought is Pow er.
W e are dealing w ith the vast pow er of you r thou ght.

W hen you en gage in thinking,you create thought.The
U niverse is the com plex Thought ofan Infinite Thinker.
N othing exists outside the U niverse ofThought.The only
possible pow er ofcreating,then,is that ofthinking.
N othing exists that is notthought into existence.
An infinite space containing nothing w ould be an infinite

nonentity.Infinite space containing m atter and force w ould
be an infinite closed system .Eternalm atter could notexist
w ithouteternalforce.The assum ed eternalm atter is
eternalforce.B ut,since force and space are notidentical,
and since space can do nothing,the closed system ofinfinite
force assum es thatthat force is introduced into infinite
space.In asking how this could be effected w e m ustthink
in term s ofour highest selves,that is,in term s ofthought.
W hen w e do this so as to conceive of an In finite
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Th in ker, w e see that the Th in ker's Thought is space

and thatthe system can com e into existence only w ithin
the Infinite Th inker. That is to say,the U niverse is a
Thought-Expression ofthe Infinite.So far as our thoughts
are concerned,these things are as true ofthe hum an self
as ofthe Infinite.
For you,allthatexists in your know ing exists by your

thinking. You think into the existence w h ich you know :
your w orld,your N ature,your body,your ow n m ind.(The
m ind is not you;it is a product ofyour activity). You
create for you r know in g self allthat you know . B ein g
exists, of cou rse, in dependently of you r know ing, bu t
you thou ght-create all that you kn ow , b ecau se you
on ly k n ow w h at you think.
Ideally considered,then,it is for you to create the

kind ofbody,m ind,w orld that you w ill— w ithin the lim its
ofyour hum an nature.This pow er to create,how ever,has
been corrupted and w eakened by thousands ofyears of
false living,so that m an practically is unable both to w ill
and to create in allcases ideally.
The goalofour developm ent is a far-offpsychic state

ofthe hum an selfin w hich itcan create for itselfa body,a
m ind,and a w orld that shallbe perfectrelatively to finite
individuality.At present,how ever,w e can only w illand
thou ght-create according to w hat w e are, w hich "w hat
w e are" is in part due to ancestralliving,in partdue to our
entertained ideals.And now ,observe:
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5.Som e ofthe DetailAchievem ents ofYourThought.It is yet

the privilege ofevery hum an to accom plish several
im portantthings.
(a) W e can m ake it our business to think only

health,happiness,courage,confidence,truth and goodness.
As w e think these things w e create them in our thought-
w orld.
(b) The influence ofthis creative thought upon

body,m ind and our personalw orld is im m easurable.Such
thoughttends to m ake m ore and m ore our ow n the
elem ents health,developm ent,success and a w orld
beautiful.The naturaloutcom e is the destruction offear
through elim ination ofits conditions.
(c) You have here the finest possible breeder of

courage.The conclusion from this and allpreceding pages
is that you can directly and indirectly create courage,since
that attitude and that feeling are perfectly naturalw ith
thoughts ofhappiness,success and personaldevelopm ent.
And so w e observe,again:
(d) This action ofyour creative thought-pow er w ill

infallibly influence externalconditions ofyour life.You
cannot carry out these suggestions w ithout• bringing
things to pass w hich w illinsure you against poverty in old
age.Ido not m ean,how ever,that you w illthus com pel
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great w ealth.Let us see aboutthis.
It is only a partofour socialcrim e that m en nurse the

notion ofthe desirability ofgreat w ealth.G reatindividual
w ealth is neverreally desirable.O n , the contrary,it is as
undesirable as death.It is undesirable for the individual
because it lim its his best developm ent and robs him ofthe
best success in living.W e should establish asylum s for
exclusively rich people w ho have achieved their ow n
w ealth.
The passion forexcessive riches is insanity;the great

m oney-getters w ho achieve nothing else are an insane.
H uge individualw ealth is also undesirable for society,since
itm eans the absurdity and crim e ofw ide-spread poverty.
This book has no interest w hatever in your future w ealth.
It advises you to cultivate decency and reasonably lim ited
m ean s. O u r goal in th e in terest of you r courage — is
precisely that:the expectation ofreasonably lim ited m eans
for health ofbody and culture ofm ind.This induces a
further observation:
(e)The lim itation ofpersonalm eans should be purely

personal.O ne m an or w om an needs — justenough w ith
w hich to m ake the m ost ofhim selfor herselfand life — no
m ore,no less.H ence,our individ-u alneeds differ.You
cannot get a tw elve-ounce life out of an eight-ounce
brain. The tw elve-ou n ce brain,how ever,has no greater
rightto m ake the m ost ofitselfthan has the eight-ounce
brain.The needs ofthe sm allpersonality are as im perative
as are those ofthe larger one.O ne m an needs less than
another,but his needs are just as em phatic and true.The
U niverse is for all,and it provides for allthe goalofa fine
career ofhappiness and fulldevelopm ent.It does not
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com pelthe achievem ent,but it m akes the achievem ent

possible.
(f) C ourage before the picture ofyourselfportrayed in

your m ind as happy,active,successfulaccording to your
needs — this is our present ideal. You can create a self
for yourself,a w orld for and in that self,both ofw hich shall
forefend against an old age ofPoverty and dependence,—
barring the one thing," bad lu ck,"— if you w ill
m asterfully think yourselfas adequate now to the w ork
before you and as alw ays to be adequate,and so self-
provided for in the days to com e.It is necessary,how ever,
to observe:
7.The Accidents of True "Bad Luck"Do Occur.

W hat then? It is essentialdo define "bad luck" dow n to
the truth.
A m an in the W estsaw the need ofa parceldelivery

system in a southern C alifornia city.H e instituted such
a system ,and later sold his business for ten thousan d
dollars.Then he built and ,fu rnished a good hom e for
him self,and proceeded to "take com fort." H ere w as no
"luck," but alllaw .
Then he perm itted his insurance to lapse one day,and

his neighbor's house w ent to ashes the next night,and his
ow n follow ed.H ad this m an's insu rance been kept u p,
and had the com pany carrying his risk,ordinarily sound,
been sent into bankruptcy by the San Francisco disaster,
thatw ould have been a case ofbona fide "bad luck "—
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according to unforeseen and uncontrollable law .The law s

w hich you cannot controlsom etim es go against you,
notw ithstanding allreasonable precautions that you have
taken,and the outcom e is a real"bad luck." The law s
w hich you can controlare alw ays for you ifyou control
them .
W hen you failto do this,your "luck"m ay be bad,but it

is nottrue "luck." The suggestion,therefore,is that you
intelligently controlthe law s related to your life so far as
that is possible,hum anly speaking.H ence w e com e to our
regim e.
R E G IM E A G AIN ST FE A R O F FIN A L PO V E R T Y.First

Phase:N ow Adequacy.In the failure to handle reasonably
controllable law s is w here your fear ofpoverty,perhaps,
finds its inspiration.Ifyou feeladequate to life now ,yet
feelthe vague fear ofpossible poverty later on,this is
purely a case offeverish im agination,and the present
regim e should dispelthe fear.You are invited,therefore,
to practise intense and vigorous thinking in som e such
form as this:"Iam adequate now ,and evershallbe,to all
dem ands on m y ability and courage."
Second Phase:Psychic D em and.You are urged to put

into operation the law ofdem and discussed atthe
beginning ofthis chapter,by form ulating dem ands for
adequacy and for am ple provision for old age,observing the
instructions given in the discussion.
Third Phase:B uilding forC om pensation.
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Ifyou Stillconfrontthe factthat" bad luck".m ay strike

you in the fu ture, this is you r m ain trou ble. For that
trou ble you are urged to cultivate confidence and
courage by the persistent use ofthe presentregim e,and
you are invited now to observe the stilldeem and m ore
beneficent law :
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The hum an 'selfm ay w in com pensation againstall

disaster.
Poor w isdom to conceive

Experience alone m ay w eave
Fine tapestry ofm ind,ofheart;rare lace:
H ow w ork the gods in m en —
W ith brush or chisel,score or pen
Ere schoolofyears m ightclaim to give them grace?
And m ustexperience m ean
D efeat and pain — the bu ilder's lien —
Exacted to the fullin coin ofage,
And notthe nobler store
O fyouth's perfections brought to m ore,
And joy ofgrow th assured,our finest w age?
Thought-creative pow er is every soul's possession.
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Ifyou create a w ealthy selfto-day,no old age can rob

you ofthat.D o nottry to gauge the value in old age ofsuch
possession.N o m ood or state ofto-day can accurately
judge the attractions ofto-m orrow .W hen you are ill,food
is tasteless,the ticking ofthe clock is preternaturally loud,
and allthe w all-figures take fantastic shapes.W illthese
things turn out exactly as they now seem w hen boundless
health is, again your ow n ?
Th u s w ith th e com pen sation s of creative thought.

To-day you desire for old age sufficientm eans for com fort.
That is assured you ifyou observe the regim es ofthis
book — barring a true "bad lu ck." B ut ifactual"bad
luck" com es and leaves you poverty-stricken in old age —
(there is not one chance for that in ten thousand,for you
are already on the w ay to adequacy and success)— yours
then,ifnow you create them ,the com pensations ofa self
and an inner w orld that w illbe rich in content,happy in
grow th,fullofthe m em ories ofa w ell-spent life.
For, observe these pictures.N ote the contrasts. The

first picture reveals a w recked,undeveloped,unhonored,
m em ory-blasted old m an,alone in a garret,ateighty
years ofage.Ibid you heroically to create againstthat
condition.
The second picture reveals a physically feeble but

m entally developed,honored,m em ory-blessed old m an,
alone in a garret,at eighty years ofage.H e w illnot be
alone in a garret:thousands to one against such an
outcom e.
B ut,ifso, he has stillthe vast com pensations ofthe

true self,the courageou s self: the fu ll-grow n m ind,the
splendid recollections oflife.And allvalues possessed
this m an has created — just as the Alm ighty has created
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suns and constellations.
You are invited,then,to rem em ber our insistence that

in such a case old age w illnot find you in a state of
poverty,and you are invited to develop and m aintain a full
sense ofadequacy and courage for the now —holding the
sense over from day to day untilitbecom es the perm anent
possession ofyour entire being.
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FE A R O F FIN A L FAILU R E .
The fear offailure has its roots in tw o m isconceptions

w hich are everyw here prevalent.You are invited steadily to
exam ine these m isconceptions untilyou fully perceive and
feeltheir utter falsity,
FIR ST M ISC O N C EPTIO N :ThatSuccess M eans W ealth

and V isible Pow er.This is th e error into w hich
m agazine and new spaper literature com m only drifts.The
successfulpeople are the m oneyed people,itis often
supposed,or the leaders ofgreat industries,notable art,
politics or society.This conception is untrue and
absolutely groundless.
The error is based on the false notions thatm oney is

property and that publicity is pow er.
M oney is notproperty,exceptin the bare m aterial,and

the right to u se the m aterialin a certain w ay.And
m oney is not w ealth,except in its m aterial,at all.M oney is
a substitute for property and a token ofm aterialw ealth.
A dying m an caused allhis ow nership in property to be

converted into m oney,and then gathering his relations
about him ,threw the m oney into the fire,rem arking that
he thus relieved them from alltrouble concerning it.The
act w as detestable,ofcourse.Yet allthe w ealth his m oney
had represented stillrem ained in the w orld.The property
that he had surrendered in the exchange for m oney still
rem ained.Fire m erely destroyed the token.
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It is error to regard m oney as evidence ofsuccess,in

itself.M oney represents a kind ofsuccess w hen itstands
form aterialvalues created by individualeffort.M any
possessors ofm oney are unable to pointto values behind it
as their ow n creation.U nless your m oney represents som e
values w hich you have created,it is not a sym bolofyour
success,Your success,as indicated by m oney,consists,
then,not in accum ulation ofm oney,but in creation of
values.
M oney is not a value:it is a m edium ofexchange of

values.There are m ultitudes ofvalues in the w orld w hich
have broughttheir creators no m oney.Stolen inventions
and the application ofscientific discoveries m ay be cited.
N o m an's success,therefore,is necessarily represented by
the am ount ofm oney he ow ns.
M oney sym bolizes the superficialin life,butsuccess strikes

aw ay dow n into life's very heart.
Sim ilar truths obtain w ith reference to pow er.Pow eris

ability to create,transform orm ove values.
Values are the things thatare indispensable to progress.
This pow er to create,transform or m ove things that are

indispensable to progress cannotreside in publicity nor
consistofoffice or position,since itis often unseen and
w ithoutthe leverages usually.em ployed.Alw ays,atthe
last,w e discover that pow er is solely a m atter ofthought
and action directed by w ill.
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The only w ealth m an know s is value indispensable to

progress.
The only pow er m an know s is ability to create such

value.
The only creator ofrealvalue m an know s is w ill-directed

thought-action.
Success is the developm entofability to create values

indispensable to progress,and the creation ofsuch values through
w ill-directed thought-action.
W e conclu de,then:You possess this ability to som e

degree;ifyou have m ade the reasonable m ost ofthat
ability,you are so far a success.
Ifyou have created som e values indispensable to progress,

as,reasonably speaking,you surely m ay have done,you are
a success.
You possess a w illand the pow er ofthought:ifyou

have developed and used w illand thoughtto your
reasonable best,you are a success.
Let us understand thatthe average m an and w om an

has itin his or her pow er to achieve,for him or her,justas
greatand genuine a success as any m an or w om an of
w ealth,position,fam e or genius.
It is,therefore,a m istake to look to any other hu m an

being for a standard of your success. You alone can
furnish thatstandard.The only legitim ate standard ofan
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individual's success is w hatthatindividual,reasonably

speaking,can or oughtto be and do according to his
endow m ents — w ith environm ent or circum stances m erely
considered as stim ulus to achievem ent.Thus w e com e to
the
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SE C O N D M ISC O N C E PTIO N :ThatSuccess is Ever a

M atter Involving Things Externalto the Individual.
Success is absolutely personal,and has no necessary
connection w ith externalm atters.
W hen w e m easure success by externals,w e invariably

set up as a standard som e other personality or som e other
person's achievem ents.Thus w e judge individuals,and
ourselves,by m ere notions.Ifthe individuals failto realize
our notion,they have failed,w e thou ghtlessly decide.If
their life does not take on certain externalsigns,they are,
again,failures,w e conclude.H ence,w hen w e failto
resem ble a given individualin personality or in
achievem ent,w e judge ourselves to have failed.B ut all
this is error,w hich w e seek now to rem ove by the regim e:
R E G IM E A G AIN ST FE A R O F FIN A L FAILU R E .First
Phase:RealSuccess N ow .N o m an's or w om an's success
depends on his resem bling a given individualor upon his
duplicating another's achievem ents.The juniper bush or
ground cedar is nota failure m erely because itm ay notgrow
to be as tallas the oak and bear acorns.The possibility ofa
given kind or degree ofsuccess is born into every hum an being.
Thatis his rightand his responsibility.Ifhe w ins that,no
failure is he.The realquestion,then,is this—and itis enough:"
W hatcan I,any hum an,be and do to create,transform ,or
m ove values indispensable to progress?"Yoursuccess is your
practicalansw erto thatquestion.
The fear offailure has,therefore,no ground in W hich to

thrive,if
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First,you m ake practically your ow n the principles of

this chapter;
Secondly,you resolve to m ake good,and,reasonably

speaking,do m ake good,the practicalansw erto the question
above given.You can never fear failure w hile you are so
engaged.The resolve and the action w illinfallibly breed the
courage-feeling thatyou are and shallbe equalto allthe
entertainable dem ands thatm ay com e into your life.As you
now read,thatfeeling arises in yourconsciousness:m ake the
feeling habitby w illand by incessantly recalling the idea.
Second Phase:Psychic D em and.In the m eantim e,you

are invited to continue in deepestaction the dem and-thought
thatallsuccess possible to you shallassuredly be forthcom ing
from year to year through allyourlife."W hatsoeverthings ye
desire —believe!"
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FE A R O F LO SS O F FR IE N D S
Your friends are born,not m ade.Physically explained,

friendship is due to a certain closeness ofharm ony betw een
tw o individuals.
This harm ony obtains fundam entally in the etheric

m ovem ents ofthe personalatm ospheres.Ifthe harm ony
etheric tends to m erging ofm ovem ents because allm ovem ents
in one person fitperfectly those ofanother person,the
friendship w illbe that oflove.
A loosercom plem enting,so to speak,is the harm ony of

ordinary friendship.As w e are born w ith a definite num ber
ofbrain-cells,w hich m ay develop,butthe m ultitude of
w hich never in life can be increased,a certain lim ited range of
nature is determ ined forus by our birth.These and other facts
constitute the basis ofthe conclusion thatw e are born friends,
notm anufactured.
In term s ofm atter,the lastanalysis ofeach person's

nature leads to the idea ofa given arrangem entand num ber of
m ovem ents in the etheric m atrix as ground ofphysicalbody
and parts.W ith such an endow m ent w e are also born.
In term s ofpsychics,the individualnature is definitely

endow ed for developm entw ith pow ers and traits w hich m ay be
sym bolized by such etheric m ovem ents,butw hich really
express w ithin them .
In m echanics,som e varieties ofm otion w illnot

harm onize w ith others.So,in the ether-ground and the
psychic system ofany individual,harm ony w ith othersystem s
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(persons)m ay require greateringenuity ofskillin adjustm ent

often obtaining not very satisfactorily,failing to secure
certain friendships,or even proving utterly im possible.
Your realfriends,then,are given you w hen you com e into

the w orld.Som ew here they aw aityou,as you aw aitthem ;
som etim e they w illcom e to you as you w illgo to them .You
need not seek them :the nature ofthings w illin due tim e
bring them to you.
Then you w illknow the one w ho has com e:not,per-

haps,instantly,but sooner or later — surely know .
The m easure in w hich these propositions are sanely true

depends on the m easure ofyour steadfastfidelity to your
truest and highest self.B y so m uch as you are splendidly
and grow ingly YO U atthe best(reasonably speaking),by so
m uch w illyou have true friends to the very last.This is an
infallible m ethod for w inning friends.If you try to m ake
them , you w illfail.You can only create friends,and this
you accom plish by grow ing friendships,and this you
achieve by being alw ays,freely,w ith idealism and
aspiration as your m otive pow ers,your w hole true and
highest self.
W hen you catch and feelthe certainty ofthe truth here

presented,your fears for future loneliness m ust vanish —
provided you acceptthe regim e:
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R E G IM E A G AIN ST FE A R O F TH E LO SS O F FR IE N D S.
FirstPhase:The True Self N ow .You are,therefore,urged

now to resolve and alw ays to m ake good the resolution:"Iam
now and from henceforth Ifreely shallbe,in idealism and
aspiration,m y w hole highesttrue self."
Ifyou w illlook back upon your life,you w illsee that

alw ays your deepest friendships have sprung up w ithout
search,effort or planning. You have for a tim e,now and
then,felt thatthis or that person w as surely your friend.
B uttim e,space,w ork,have intervened,and the so-solid
seem ing bonds have faded aw ay.Yet here and there bonds
have som ehow held — your relations offriendship have
been keptup,and you know n ow th at nothing can
dissolve the ties that bind, nothing can destroy the few
friendships w hich rem ain to you.These values are yours
forever.
Second Phase:Selfas R esource.Itis the loss ofthe

ephem eralfriendships thatsuggests som e finalday of
loneliness to you,and inspires the fear now before us.W e
observe :
No hum an being should everperm ithim selfto depend on any

otherhum an being forhappiness.The happiness w hich
springs from friendships is legitim ate and desirable,w ith a
reservation — that selfand G od's w orld stillhold good and
are enough,w hatever becom e ofthis friendship or that
com panionship.Thus appears the foundation-truth ofreal
friendship.
Your value to your friend,and his value to you,is in each

case m easured precisely by your ability to com panion and
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be alone w ith your ow n soul.You enjoy your friend by

giving and receiving values,and the values depend on the
depth and w ealth ofthe self.
Ifyou can find happiness and w ealth in self,you w ill

m ake a true friend for som e other self.B ut w hen you
depend on your friend,you by so m uch leave yourself
unm ined,undiscovered,undeveloped,and you thus rob
yourselfand your friend.
You are therefore,urged to be your w hole true and

highest self,and to cultivate ability to find there happiness,
and pow er and com radeship.B y so m uch
as one observes such a principle,by so m uch m ustthe fear
offuture loneliness vanish from his thought.
Third Phase:Psychic D em and.You are invited to bring

psychic dem and upon the present for true
friends now and thus to develop w ithin the subconscious self
an attitude and quality w hich shallin the future alw ays
secure you the now -friends you need,both for happiness
and for w elfare and success.Psychic dem and alone w ill
infallibly banish the fear here discussed.
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The R ock of C ourage

W hen fails the augustLaw ofLaw s
Thateach effectm usthave its cause.
W hen self,the I,from SelfSuprem e
D ivides,as life from death's dulldream ,
Then is allcourage dear.
B ut lo,Iam !im age as soul
O fCause U ncaused — the Living W hole:
B ut lo,m y life 'a the sure effect
O fallm y thoughts and w illelect;
B utlo,as G od attracts butG ood,
So I,in equalm asterhood:
H ow ,now ,shallfeats appear?
W hile reigns the changeless Law ofLaw s
Thateach effectreveals its cause,—
W hile 1,the self,and SelfSuprem e
Share w illand thought,— as bank and stream ?...
M in e is th e cou rage of th e sou l
H arm onic w ith the Perfect W hole:
Im m une as G od to fear.—
—TheAuthor
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"Fear binders the free vibration ofthe life through the

body by paralyzing the life-force w hich is in it.To fear is to
lessen our spirit's hold on its godhood.To fear is to lose
confidence in the pow er ofyour ow n spiritto hold you and to
keep you in perfectharm ony.To fearis to w eaken your
spirit's hold on its supply — G od.To fear is to place yourself
as a servantto allthose things that are beneath you.
"There is no cause for fear,as m an is m ade w ith the

possibility ofgenerating allpow er w ithin him self.H e
m asters every condition by keep* him selfso positive thathe
can attractto him selfonly the bestofallknow ledge,allpow er
and allharm ony.H e can then m ould allcircum stances to
hie desire.H e does this by his know ledge ofthe law of
attraction,like attracting like.Ifhe holds w ithin him selfonly
suprem e desire,or godlike desire,he can attractto him self
only superiorpow ers and suprem e gifts.B uthq m ust
constantly hold him selfas suprem e,never forgetting for one
m om entthat he is one w ith G od."— Elizabeth Deuress
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W E have discovered long ere this thatthe treatm entoffear

and the developm entofcourage,to be successful,dem and far
m ore than the m ere reading ofa book.D oubtless,even a
rapid journey through these pages has revealed the possibility
ofhigh courage in all,has even inspired,now and then,genuine
iftem porary m oods ofrealfearlessness;butthe courage that
surely justifies our w ork is a grow th w ithin the deeperself,is
therefore perm anent,and is alw ays all-round for all
occasions.Such a psychic pow erdem ands tw o things,
speaking generally:
Instruction in exactly w hatto do and how to do exactly

that— the standing m otto ofthe Pow er-B ook Library.
A consciousness ofadequacy thatis really vital,since vital

education is the evolution ofconsciousness — the foundation-
principle ofallthe Pow er-B ooks.
The instruction given in preceding chapters m eets the

firstrequirem ent.Vitalconsciousness ofcourage can only
result from w ork in the regim es set forth —according,of
course,to personalneeds.B y constant practiced thought
and iteration ofideas and inspirationalsentences,day after
day,m onth after m onth,a personalspiritand a m ental
attitude are developed w hich m ore and m ore realize the
opposite ofevery sentence in the first paragraph ofthe
quotation preceding this chapter,and the fullaffirm ative of
every statem ent in the second paragraph ofthat quotation.
"Thus w e com e to our
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FIN A L A FFIR M A TIO N S.
You are invited to repeatthe affirm ations given below ,

in their order,daily for long,untilthey represent your real
m ood,deep and perm anent:
Section O ne.
1."M y courage induces free vibration (or action)ofthe

life throughout m y body by inspiring the life-force w ithin
it."
2."M
y courage strengthens m y spirit's hold on its
godhood."
3."M y courage inspires w ithin m e confidence in the

pow er ofm y ow n spirit to hold m e and to keep m e in
perfect harm ony."
4."M y courage strengthens m y spirit's hold on its

supply — the Infinite."
5."M y courage m akes m e m aster ofallthose things that

are beneath m e."
6.Section Tw o.1."I,as hum an,possess the practical

possibility ofgenerating allpow er w ithin m yself."
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2. "Im aster every condition by keeping m yself

so positive that Iattractto m yselfonly the bestofall
know ledge,allpow er and allharm ony."
3. "Thus positive (nevernegative),Ican m ould all

circum stances to m y desire."
4. "Like attracts like,and 4,looking w ithin m yselfonly

suprem e,orgodlike desire,attractonly superiorpow ers and
suprem e.gift"
5. "In the profoundestw ay Iam conscious now of

being atone w ith the U niversalForces ofPow erand Life!"
6. "Iam !Iam Pow er!Iam C ourage!"

So closes our study.W e now know that fear in no w ay
essentialto life,and thatcourage is the rightfulheritage of
every hum an.Letus,then,allhighly resolve —
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"I H IG H LY R E SO LV E :
"To fear no evil;
"To be m yselfalw ays,atm y best;
"To livem yown life,freelyand fully;

"To think m y ow n thoughts,vigorously and honestly;
"To achieve w hateverhigh things the law ofcause and effect,
w orking w ithin m e,and rightly directed by m e,m ay bring
forth for w ealth,position,friends,happiness and pow er;
"To repudiate in toto the legitim acy,and to banish the

thoughtoffear,lestIbe too confidentagainstevil,too m uch
m yself,too free in life,too honestin thought,too successful,or
influential,or popular,or happy,or fullofpow er;
("For this,the notion thatconfidence in self and real

success m ay need orinvite a fall,a disaster,a discipline,is
aboutthe subtlestand m ostbanefulheresy in life).
"Allthingsgood,trueand beautifulartm ine!"Iam !Iam Pow er. I
am C ourage.
W hatIhave w ritten,letitstand.Ibelieve it.M ay you also

believe;and believing,feel
Iam the courage ofthe soulH arm onic w ith the PerfectW hole.
G ood fortune go w ith you!
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