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    FOR A SUCCESSFUL LIFE Being a follow-up book, or Volume II, of “Practical Methods to Insure Succeas’’ BY HIRAM E. BUTLER FOREX CERO) ESOTERIC PUBLISHING CO., APPLEGATE, CALIFORNIA, U. Ss. A. L.N. Fowler & Co. 7 Imperial Arcade, Ludgate Circus, London, E. C. 4, England 1929 Useful Instructions ‘There is a principle which is a bar against all infor- mation, which is proof against all argument, and which can not fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance: this principle is contempt prior to investigation.—Spencer. TO THE READER: ‘These instructions are intended alike for men and women in every walk of life, and in every department of service: and equally for those in Generation or Regener- ation, for those seeking to become the structure of the Super-Raee, and for those drawing apart from Generation altogether—in fact, there never has been another book published that has so completely covered the needs of all classes of persons: those who are seeking a way out of their present difficulties will find in this book the very help they need; likewise, those who think they are satis- fied with their present conditions, will find in this book that whieh will startle them into new life—awaken them to new interests. Those who perceive nature’s laws and act in harmony with those laws, gain their aims and objects in life. But to so guide one’s life as always to act in harmony with nature’s laws requires knowledge—a far greater knowl- edge than is possest, except by the very few—and a de- velopment of that Inner Sense that listens, hears, feels, and cognizes the Cause of all that is. The author of these instructions, thru many years of observation and experiment, obtained a knowledge and understanding of the laws and methods that are neces sary for the highest human development. His desire to give this knowledge and understanding to others was the reason for the writing of the instructions in this book. These instructions present methods by which the high- er faculties of mind and soul may be brought into actiy- ity, and by which the body, which is the expression of iv the interior self, may be properly drilled and taught to express the highest impulses and the noblest characteris- tics; therefore, men and women who are seeking the highest spheres of mental, physical and spiritual existence, will find in these instructions the help they need. CONTENTS Lesson Paeg I. LAYING THE FOUNDATION - -— - 1 II, THE IMPORTANCE OF DISCRIMINATION - 8 II]. ESTABLISHING THE STANDARD - - 14 IV. THE ATTITUDE AND SpiriT OF CONQUEST 21 V. RHYTHMICAL BREATHING IS ESSENTIAL TO HEALTH AND HIGH DEVELOPMENT - - 27 VI. CONTROL OF THE GENERATIVE FUNCTION UNDERLIES ALL HIGH ATTAINMENT - - 35 VII. You ARE WHATEVER YOU THINK - - 41 VIII. THE PRACTISE OF THE CONSERVATION OF THE SEED ANTEDATES HIsTORY - - - 47 IX. Develop Boro Sipes OF YouR NATURE 54 X. LOVE DRAWS TO US THE THING LOVED - 60 XI. THE Key TO THE UNIVERSE IS IN OUR AND oo pee we el BB XII. THE FUNCTION AND IMPORTANCE OF THAT WONDERFUL FACULTY OF INTUITION - 74 XII. Sonar Biotocy is a Lamp To THE MIND AND AN AID TO THE INTUITIONS - - - 82 XIV. Woman’s FUNCTION 18 DEVOTION - - 89 XV. WoMAaN 18 THE GATHERER AND HOLDER Or THE Lire—SPIRIT - - - - - 96 XVI. CHOOSING BETWEEN THE Two PATH- WAYS eM ie “T will be what I will to be’’ Useful Instructions LAYING THE FOUNDATION LESSON I For the Aspirant.—My aim is to develop my real self to the highest possible point of unfoldment, Therefore, before I can attain results, it is absolutely essential that Imake a careful study of myself, in order to know what T really believe, and what I wish to accomplish. I have within me, one dominant principle, idea, belief, and one leading hope. I alone can find these, and these are what I wish to understand and to cultivate. Mucu that we have taught in the past has become a foundation for the thought and public work of many of the popular teachers; and yet we see in their teachings much divergence from the lines of true suecess, and in this course of instructions we hope to correct many errors that are now religiously believed in and practised by the ad- vanced thinkers. The demand for such instructions has been so great that the ancient books on these subjects have been brought out, translated, and reprinted; in addition to which mystics of the various orders have presented their own lines of instructions, But we do not see how any one can accom- plish in this direction who does not believe in the law of 2 USEFUL INSTRUCTIONS evolutionary progress; and no one can believe in the evo- lution of the human race, who does not accept the fact that six thousand years (at least) have developed men and women altogether superior in capacity, refinement of body and mind, and in all the abilities requisite for ob- taining and making practical, knowledges similar to those found in the literature of the Orient. In other words, it seems unwise to follow the dead past rather than to live in the living present. If the mind of the. race has unfolded and refined, it follows that the highest and best that men could do even three thousand years ago would be retrogressive in its effect were we to adopt and follow it. Many things that we did as children were right for a child, but for mature men and women they would be evil; and so it seems to us that, to follow the practises of an infantile race, is like a man laying aside his manhood to follow the practises of achild, In saying this we do not wish to imply that, be- cause one has grown to mature manhood or womanhood, the experiences of childhood are no longer of use, and, consequently, should be forgotten. Neither do we mean to say that the experiences of an infantile race are of no use to us; for their habit of thought and lines of investi- gation have necessarily laid the foundation upon which to build a greater and grander structure of knowledge and experience. We would, therefore, emphasize the fact that all knowledge is good and useful, provided the stu- dent knows how to make it useful. But the habit, which so many have acquired, of accepting what they read or study verbatim, without properly digesting it, is all that makes these things evil. The student should use the same sound judgment in his studies that the miner and assayer use in gathering the little gold from the great storehouse of earth. The miner digs for the gold, shovels away the rubbish, dis- LAYING THE FOUNDATION 3 poses of it in any way he can, sifts and washes out the precious metal; he knows for what he is seeking, and accepts nothing else. The assayer takes that metal, sep- arates the gold from all the other metals, puts the gold in the place for the gold, the silver and the lead in their respective places: he could not be induced to accept the lead for the gold, simply because it is found with the gold. A similar mental attitude should insure a like dis- crimination in all our reading. We should first know for what we are searching, and then, in all our investiga- tions, we must look for the useful in view of the object set before us. When this attitude of mind is maintained, the student will find that reading many books is very much like the gold miner handling much dirt and obtain- ing very little gold. In reading the books of ancient magic, it is very impor- tant that their moral and immoral tendencies be distinctly kept in mind; for unless a person is well established in the principles of morality, righteousness, right living and right doing, he will find in these works so much that ap- peals to his lower nature that, before he is aware, he is helplessly involved in the most destructive forces—de- structive not only to his mental and physical abilities, but toall his enjoyment of life, and to life itself. Conse- quently, we would advise no one to take up such lines of study—that is, the study of ancient magic—who is not pre- pared to connect with them the principles of the most unsullied honor. In past years we have been surprized at the number of men and women studying these thoughts (ancient magic) and practising some of the methods, who were tricky, dishonest in business, deceptive in practise, and who thought no more of telling a lie than of bidding a friend good morning. Such persons will never aceom- plish anything but the most disastrous results in attempt- ing to develop the powers of the soul, or to obtain knowl- 4 USEFUL INSTRUCTIONS edge and power in the realm of magic. In the present state of the world, when trading in- terests are governed so largely by deceptive methods, it seems to many an impossibility—and we have often heard them so express themselves—to maintain principles of honor and hold their place in the business world. We be- lieve, however, that this is not absolutely true; and yet, if necessary, a person should sacrifice either one or the other—if to uphold one’s honor means a sacrifice of one’s business, then let the business go. If circumstances and conditions will not permit this course, we then advise him by all means not to undertake a line of methods for at- tainment in the spiritual and occult; for as surely as the weeds in the garden will spring up and choke out the plants, so surely will the evils within the individual out- grow the good, cover it, and choke it out. Our experience has brought us also into association with those who have lived the regenerate life until they have raached comparatively high attainments in it, but who, along with the other principles and faculties, have allowed certain weeds of evil to spring up within them, which, in every instance, have outgrown the good and tak- en possession of the individual, ruining his hopes. Unless the life is thoroly purified and the mind cleansed from all selfish and egotistic feelings, there is nothing more certain than that, altho the aspirant may climb high in lines of attainment and be able to teach and to talk like a sage, it is only a matter of time when there will be a terrible fall, and all the good that he has acquired will be over- powered and taken possession of by the evil. Before one makes use of methods of development in the way of soul culture, or magic—in fact, in any de- partment of mental development, except the mere memo- rizing connected with the ordinary scholastic pursuits— he should and must have, if he would accomplish good LAYING THE FOUNDATION 5 results, a well-defined object to be attained. Such an ob- ject having been set before the individual, he must use his judgment and the closest discrimination in selecting from even the present course of instructions that which will lead toward, or assist in the accomplishment of his object. The habit, so general among students, of seizing and appropriating every method that seems to be good and practical, should be most strenuously avoided. The world is full of good thought and practical ideas: no one mind is able to incorporate them all. Each individual should remember that he has a special sphere of action in life, which is comprehended in the object set before him; con- sequently, all his reading should be limited by that object. We often hear the remark, ‘‘There is so much teach- ing and so many theories in the world, that I do not know what to follow.” We pity a mind capable of such a dilemma. The person should cease the study of these higher lines of thought, keep away from the lecture room and the public teacher, retire within himself, and first find out what he believes, what his purpose is, and what he wishes to accomplish. ‘‘But,’’ he says, ‘‘how shall I know what to believe unless I hear the varied opinions?’”” There are foundation principles that cannot be eradicated, laid deep in the soul of every man and woman. They may be buried even beyond one’s own consciousness by hearing and reading many things and trying to believe this, that, and the other teaching, but sooner or later they will come to the front and assert themselves; and when they do, all that the individual has been learning will be but a confused mass of the ideas of many; no matter how practical and useful the ideas may be in themselves, they are now of no use to him. The aspirant should remember that the most he can do is to develop the real self to the highest possible point 6 USEFUL INSTRUCTIONS of unfoldment, Therefore, before he can attain results, it is absolutely essential that he make a careful study of himself, of what he really believes and of what he wishes to accomplish. No matter what his deficiencies may be, he has one dominant principle, idea, belief, and one lead- ing hope. He alone can find these, and it is these that he wishes to understand and to cultivate. The following course of instructions will be so broad and full of real life, that, if the student religiously fol- low them, they will strengthen his weaknesses, adjust the inharmonies, and prepare the mind for a life of use- fulness, if success in life in a material way be the central object. If soul powers and spiritual attainment are the main objects of his life, balancing and harmonizing the mental faculties are equally essential, in order that he may be able to weigh in the balance all that belongs to the heretofore unknown realm of soul and spirit. We hope, however, that no one will make the mistake made by so many who have studied our past instructions —the mistake of thinking that the promises contained in the preliminary part of the booklet, “Practical Methods to Insure Success’’ (success in all departments of business life), belong also to the line of instructions for reaching the highest goal of spiritual attainment. If the object is to gain the wealth and honor of the world, then the student may follow the present methods up to a certain point, which will be carefully designated; but beyond that limit he must not go, or all his efforts will result in failure. The great master and teacher, Jesus, the Christ, said, “No man can serve two masters. . . . . Ye cannot serve God and mammon”’ (the world—its wealth and hon- ors). When Jesus was fitting himself for the high ulti- mates of his work, he reached a point in his experience where he was shown that, if he would turn his attention toward the wealth and honor of the world, he could ac- Ca “pop JO TEM pu purur oyy YEN AyuN yatred yowar 0} ystar oy esoyj 07 [eIUESSe AyozN] -osqe ore ‘asuas UBUINY B U] Ssedons JUBpUNgE UB Jo SoyBUT “FIN ysIY ey) Buryower soy suoyonaysur Areunsd oy3 [12 Aqwou JOT :P[om ayy Jo 1oUoYsIp pue Ayz2A0d quanbasucD ey} pue j1Idg 943 Jo yITVeM ay} eScoyD ABUI ‘ssEID 10} ~e] Oy} Buoure use ewtos ‘Aastra ozout eploep 0} ‘APUeNb -esuod ‘pus “AqUesTT[qUT eroW yUIYZ 07 Wey} e[qEUE oF paouvape AQua}yms Jwourdojeaap atoy3 UI JuIod B peyouer eaey Aoy} Udy Ing “UORDaAIP sty] UI Soyo aloy} ozt -[eaju99 plnoys ‘ez ew suonan.ysut eseyy spuey esos JWI Jequinu JezwaAT ay} A[quqoig “pldom jeMeyeW ey) Ur e7UWIIN B[quaIsop awIOS 4yoafqo [eaUAD a1OYI se ‘as00yD THM Aueut yqnop oN ‘uonsod pus ‘xouoy ‘yyfeam urEIGo 34 pue—uresoy yno quIod 0} edoy om yoryss syrwut[—squour ~ureyye JoYsIY oy} UI sTrUNT] wrE}.199 puoseg OB LeuI oy 7eYI Buryuryy Jo axeysyur snozzes 94} oyeur au ou Jal ‘AON “uaryjerq 14} Jo ouBpIOYUt [eLIOVeUI Oy JO UWor}tod ou eABY pnoys ‘epoeuaqE} O43 UI poN eazes 07 AUTE -NuyZUOD SBA ZT SsaUISNG asoYM ‘AST Jo equ} ay} ‘sysorAd 94} 3243 Paqerp ey Udg ey} Aq peyonsysuy ‘uaya ‘sesoW Jeyove} puw seyseu ey} Aq pozwoIpul sem YIN auras oy], “jaIdg oy} yo seyort oy} eazy qysIW ey yey) ‘aout Jo pozoefex pus pasidsep aq 0}—Aytaaod esooyo os[e qsnut ey 31 YIM pur ‘senTaissod wewmy Jo peoS ysoy sty ay} esoyo ay ‘uorSss;U sty pue yoafqo sIy BuLMouy ‘xy sem esodind sty yng ,,“our diysiom pue uamop [ley 71K hoy} Ht ‘89y3 eAls ] [tM SBuryy osoys [Ty “WHY oyun yates pue ‘ways Jo £1013 ey? pue ‘pltom ey} Jo sWopBury eq} [e WY WOAoYs pus ‘UreyNoW YsIy Surpeaoxe ue opus dn wy y30He} [!Aep ayy, ‘SamMdisog oy} Jo eSenSur] o10q -wAs oy} UT “UoHDeIIp yey} UI pedIsep ey yeYA Yst[duI0d i NOILVGNNO HL DNIAVI THE IMPORTANCE OF DISCRIMINATION LESSON II For the Aspirant.—In all ‘my reading and thinking and in listening to the thought of others, Iwill keep ever before my mind this motto: “Use Determines all Qualities, Whether Good or Evil.” What Iam really searching for in the realm of thought is useful knowl- edge—usejul in view of the object that I have set before me. THESE instructions will undoubtedly fall into the hands of many—who are, no doubt, honest, earnest persons— to whose minds they will appear to contain but little that is useful, because of the habit of the masses of hearing many things and reading many words and giving but little attention to them. The mind of the reading public has become like a hard, beaten path in which nothing can grow, If you wish your mind to grow, your thought capacity to become enlarged, you must overcome the habit of reading—reading too much, and of reading anything in a thoughtless manner. You must also overcome the habit of entering into, and becoming a party to, light and friv- olous conversation, But right here, in order that these instructions may be of general use, it is necessary to exercise discrimination. There is a class of persons who are inclined to take every- thing very seriously, upon whose minds a word makes a very deep impression—they think about it, and view it from every standpoint. To these persons the above sug- gestions are not applicable, But to these we would say; ‘AulouoNse VaAd Jo ‘430008 ‘AueIOq 07 Bururezed seapr autos peonpo.qur aq

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