It is my privilege to enclose Part Six. This part will give you an excellent understanding of the most wonderful piece of mechanism which has ever been created. A mechanism whereby you may create for yourself Health, Strength, Success, Prosperity or any other condition which you desire. Necessities are demands, and demands create action, and actions bring about results. The process of evolution is constantly building our tomorrows out of our todays. Individual development, like Universal development, must be gradual with an ever-increasing capacity and volume.
The knowledge that if we infringe upon the rights of others, we become moral thorns and find ourselves entangled at every turn of the road, should be an indication that success is contingent upon the highest moral ideal, which is "The greatest good to the greatest number." Aspiration, desire and harmonious relations constantly and persistently maintained will accomplish results. The greatest hindrance is erroneous and fixed ideas.
To be in tune with eternal truth we must possess poise and harmony within. In order to receive intelligence the receiver must be in tune with the transmitter.
Thought is a product of Mind and Mind is creative, but this does not mean that the Universal will change its modus operandi to suit us or our ideas, but it does mean that we can come into harmonious relationship with the Universal, and when we have accomplished this we may ask anything to which we are entitled, and the way will be made plain.
PART SIX
1. The Universal Mind is so wonderful that it is difficult to understand its utilitarian powers and possibilities and its unlimited producing effects.
2. We have found that this Mind is not only all intelligence but all substance. How, then, is it to be differentiated in form? How are we to secure the effect which we desire?
3. Ask any electrician what the effect of electricity will be and he will reply that "Electricity is a form of motion and its effect will depend upon the mechanism to which it is attached." Upon this mechanism will depend whether we shall have heat, light, power, music or any of the other marvelous demonstration of power to which this vital energy has been harnessed.
4. What effect can be produced by thought? The reply is that thought is mind in motion (just as wind is air in motion), and its effect will depend entirely on the "mechanism to which it is attached."
5. Here, then, is the secret of all mental power; it depends entirely on the mechanism which we attach.
6. What is this mechanism? You know something of the mechanism which has been invented by Edison, Bell, Marconi and other electrical wizards, by which place and space and time have become only figures of speech, but did you ever stop to think that the mechanism which has been given you for transforming the Universal, Omnipresent Potential Power was invented by a greater inventor than Edison?
7. We are accustomed to examining the mechanism of the implements which we use for tilling the soil, and we try to get an understanding of the mechanism of the automobile which we drive, but most of us are content to remain in absolute ignorance of the greatest piece of mechanism which as ever come into existence, the brain of man.
8. Let us examine the wonders of this mechanism; perhaps we shall thereby get a better understanding of the various effects of which it is the cause.
9. In the first place, there is the great mental world in which we live and move and have our being; this world is omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent; it will respond to our desire in direct ratio to our purpose and faith; the purpose must be in accordance with the law of our being, that is, it must be creative or constructive; our faith must be strong enough to generate a current of sufficient strength to bring our purpose into manifestation. "As thy faith is, so be it unto thee," bears the stamp of scientific test.
10. The effects which are produced in the world without are the result of the action and reaction of the individual upon the universal; that is the process which we call thinking; the brain is the organ through which this process is accomplished; think of the wonder of it all! Do you love music, flowers, literature, or are you inspired by the thought of ancient or modern genius? Remember, every beauty to which you respond must have its corresponding outline in your brain before you can appreciate it.
11. There is not a single virtue or principle in the storehouse of nature which the brain cannot express. The brain is an embryonic world, ready to develop at any time as necessity may arise. If you can comprehend that this is a scientific truth and one of the wonderful laws of nature, it will be easier for you to get an understanding of the mechanism by which these extraordinary results are being accomplished.
12. The nervous system has been compared to an electric circuit with its battery of cells in which force is originated, and its white matter to insulated wires by which the current is conveyed; it is through these channels that every impulse or desire is carried through the mechanism.
13. The spinal cord is the great motor and sensory pathway by which messages are conveyed to and from the brain; then, there is the blood supply plunging through the veins and arteries, renewing our energy and strength, the perfectly arranged structure upon which the entire physical body rests, and, finally, the delicate and beautiful skin, clothing the entire mechanism is a mantle of beauty.
14. This then is the "Temple of the living God" and the individual "I" is given control and upon his understanding of the mechanism which is within his control will the result depend.
15. Every thought sets the brain cells in action; at first the substance upon which the thought is directed fails to respond, but if the thought is sufficiently refined and concentrated, the substance finally yields and expresses perfectly.
16. This influence of the mind can be exerted upon any part of the body, causing the elimination of any undesirable effect.
17. A perfect conception（and understanding of the laws governing in the mental world cannot fail to be of inestimablevalue in the transaction of business, as it develops the power of discernment and gives a clearer understanding and appreciation of facts.
18. The man who looks within instead of without cannot fail to make use of the mighty forces which will eventually determine his course in life and so bring him into vibration with all that is best, strongest and most desirable.
19. Attention or concentration is probably; the most important essential in the development of mind culture. The possibilities of attention when properly directed are so startling that they would hardly appear credible to the uninitiated. The cultivation of attention is the distinguishing characteristic of every successful man or woman, and is the very highest personal accomplishment which can be acquired.
20. The power of attention can be more readily understood by comparing it with a magnifying glass in which the rays of sunlight are focused; they possess no particular strength as long as the glass is moved about and the rays directed from one place to another; but let the glass be held perfectly still and let the rays be focused on one spot for any length of time, the effect will become immediately apparent.
21. So with the power of thought; let power be dissipated by scattering the thought from one object to another, and no result is apparent; but focus this power through attention or concentration on any single purpose for any length of time and nothing becomes impossible.
22. A very simple remedy for a very complex situation, some will say. All right, try it, you who have had no experience in concentrating the thought on a definite purpose or object. Choose any single object and concentrate your attention on it for a definite purpose for even ten minutes; you cannot do it; the mind will wander a dozen times and it will be necessary to bring it back to the original purpose, and each time the effect will have been lost and at the end of the ten minutes nothing will have been gained, because you have not been able to hold your thought steadily to the purpose.
23. It is, however, through attention that you will finally be able to overcome obstacles of any kind that appear in your path onward and upward, and the only way to acquire this wonderful power is by practice -- practice makes perfect, in this as in anything else.
24. In order to cultivate the power of attention, bring a photograph with you to the same seat in the same room in the same position as heretofore. Examine it closely at least ten minutes, note the expression of the eyes, the form of the features, the clothing, the way the hair is arranged; in fact, note every detail shown on the photograph carefully. Now cover it and close your eyes and try to see it mentally; if you can see every detail perfectly and can form a good mental image of the photograph, you are to be congratulated; if not, repeat the process until you can.
25. This step is simply for the purpose of preparing the soil; next week we shall be ready to sow the seed.
26. It is by such exercises as these that you will finally be able to control your mental moods, your attitude, your consciousness.
27. Great financiers are learning to withdraw from the multitudemore and more, that they may have more time for planning, thinking and generating the right mental moods.
28. Successful businessmen are constantly demonstrating the fact that it pays to keep in touch with the thought of other successful businessmen.
29. A single idea may be worth millions of dollars, and these ideas can only come to those who are receptive, who are prepared to receive them, who are in successful frame of mind.
30. Men are learning to place themselves in harmony with the Universal Mind; they are learning the unity of all things; they are learning the basic methods and principles of thinking, and this is changing conditions and multiplying results.
31. They are finding that circumstances and environment follow the trend of mental and spiritual progress; they find that growth follows knowledge; action follows inspiration; opportunity follows perception; always the spiritual first, then the transformation into the infinite and illimitable possibilities of achievement.
32. As the individual is but the channel for the differentiation of the Universal, these possibilities are necessarily inexhaustible.
33. Thought is the process by which we may absorb the Spirit of Power, and hold the result in our inner consciousness until it becomes a part of our ordinary consciousness. The method of accomplishing this result by the persistent practice of a few fundamental principles, as explained in this System, is the master key which unlocks the storehouse of Universal Truth.
34. The two great sources of human suffering at present are bodily disease and mental anxiety. These may be readily traced to the infringement of some Natural Law. This is, no doubt, owing to the fact that so far knowledge has largely remained partial, but the clouds of darkness which have accumulated through long ages are beginning to roll away and with them many of the miseries that attend imperfect information.
很榮幸開講第六章。這一部分將使你很好地理解自你降生人世以來最奇妙的一種機制。一種能夠讓你為自己創造健康、勇氣、成功、財富以及一切你想要達到的境況的機制。“需要”讓你謀求，“謀求”創造行動，“行動”導致結果。這一演變的過程將永遠建設著與今天完全不同的明天。個人的發展如同宇宙的進化一樣，是一個循序漸進的過程。其中伴隨著不斷增長的能力和容量。
我們都知道，如果我們侵犯了他人的權利，我們就成為道德的絆腳石，在路途中不斷受到纏累。這一道理給我們的啟發是，成功應該伴隨著最為崇高的道德理念──為最多的人謀求最大的利益。
心中永恒的夢想、堅定的渴望及和諧的關系會幫助你實現目標。成功最大的障礙，是錯誤的、固執的理念。
要與永恒的真理合拍，我們就必須保持內在的平衡與和諧。想要獲得智慧，接收者必須同傳遞者步調一致。
思想是心智的產物，心智是具有創造力的。，但這不意味著宇宙會改變它的操作方式來適應我們，而是意味著我們能夠同宇宙保持和諧良好的關系，當我們能夠做到這一點時，才有資格索求那些我們配得的一切，出現在我們前方的將會是康莊大道。
1. 宇宙精神如此奇妙，深不可測，它能產生無窮無盡的結果，帶來無限的實用性能量和諸多可能。
2. 我們知道，心靈不僅僅是精神智慧，也是物質存在。那麽，精神形態是如何分化的呢？我們又如何獲取我們渴求的結果呢？
3. 如果向電學家請教什麽是電的功效，他會告訴你：“電是一種運動的形式，它的功效取決於它的運動方式。”由於運動方式的不同，電的功效也不同，因此我們有了光、熱、電力、音樂等等證明電力供我們驅使的種種奇跡。
4. 思想能夠產生什麽結果呢？答案是：思想是精神的運動（就如風是空氣的運動一樣），思
想的結果完全取決於思維機制。
5. 這就是一切精神能量的奧秘之所在。它完全取決於我們的思維機制。
6. 什麽是思維機制呢？你應該知道一些電學奇人，如愛迪生、貝爾、馬可尼等人發明的機制，他們打破了時間、空間、地點的限制，使之不過成為談笑間的數字而已。而你可曾想過，那發明宇宙無所不在的潛在力量的發明家，遠比愛迪生更為高明，他把這種機制賜予了你，讓你有能力改造整個宇宙。
7. 無論我們使用哪種園藝器械，我們都習慣性地查看這種器械的機械原理，以便耕作；如果我們要開動汽車，我們首先要明白汽車的操作規程。然而，我們中絕大多數的人，卻無視自己對有史以來最偉大的生命機制的無知，這種機制就是人的大腦。
8. 讓我們檢驗一下這種機制的奇跡。盡管結果千變成化，但它形成的原因無非是同一種機制，讓我們來更好地領悟這種機制吧。
9. 首先，有一個宏大的精神世界，我們在其中生活、運動、存在。精神世界是無所不知、無所不能、無所不在的。它隨時對我們的渴望做出回應，它的回應與我們的信念和目的成正比。我們的目的應該與我們的存在法則相和諧，也就是說，這種信念應該是建設性、創造性的。這種信念應該強大到足以產生一股充足的力量去實現我們的目標。“你的信念如何，你的力量也必如何。”這句話經得起科學的驗證。
10. 外在世界產生的效力，是個人與宇宙之間作用與反作用的結果。這就是我們所說的思維過程。大腦是完成思維活動的器官。想想這其中的偉大奇妙之處吧!你喜愛音樂、文學、花朵嗎？你的心靈是否會與那些古代的、近現代的天才發生共鳴？請記住：在你獲得所有的美的感悟之前，你的大腦中已經有了一個能夠與之溝通的輪廓。
11. 在自然界的寶庫中，沒有任何一種美德或原則是大腦所不能釋放的。大腦是一個胚胎結構的世界，它在任何需要的時候都能夠發展成形。如果你相信這是一個科學真理，是自然界中最為奇妙的法則之一，你就一定能夠領悟到那種創造各種成就的機制。
12. 神經系統與電路相似，它有一個細胞蓄電池，這是能量產生的地方。神經纖維就像絕緣電線，電流在其中傳遞。所有的沖動和渴望正是通過這種渠道在這一體系中運行。
13. 脊髓是巨能發電機，也是感官渠道，大腦發布和接收的信息通過它來傳遞。還有，脈搏跳動，血管裏流淌著所需的血液，不斷更新我們的能量和氣力。最後，是我們美麗、細膩的肌膚，用美麗的軀殼覆蓋著整個身體機制：我們全部身心有一個多麽完美的架構！
14. 這就是“永生之神的殿”，而個體的“我”可以掌管這殿，一切成就都取決於他對於在自己掌控之下的這種機制的領悟。
15. 每一個想法，都賦予腦細胞以推動力；剛開始，腦細胞中的相應物質會拒絕對這種想法做出的回應，但如果這一想法足夠精確、足夠集中，這種物質最終會屈服，並且非常美地釋放、表現出來。
16. 心靈的這種影響力能夠作用於身體的任何部位，可以消除一切不受歡迎的效果。
17. 如果你的心靈能夠很好地理解領悟掌控精神世界的法則，那麽它在商業行為中將有著難以估量的價值，它能提高你的洞察力，使你更好地理解問題、做出更加完美的判斷。
18. 那些關註內在世界而不是外在世界的人，在對這種全能力量的使用上永遠這會被絆倒，而這將最終決定他生命的旅程，使他的生命與世間最為美好、最為堅固、最令人向往的一切發生共振。
19. 在精神文明的發展過程中，全神貫註、集中意念可能是至關重要的一個環節。如果適當地集中精神意念，會產生難以置信的結果，尤其是對於那些尚未窺見門徑的人來說。培養意念集中的能力是每一個成功人士必備的物質，也是一個人所能獲得的至高成就。
20. 如果把全神貫註的能量比作放大鏡，那麽就容易理解的多了，它可以聚焦太陽的光線。如果把放大鏡晃來晃去，光柱不斷地移動，這時的放大鏡沒有任何能量。但如果讓它靜止下來，讓光線集中於一點，停一段時間，馬上就可以看到奇妙的效應。
21. 思想的能量也是如此。如果思維閑散、神遊太虛，能量無法集中，就不會有任何成就。但通過全神貫註、把意念集中於一個目標，假以時日，任何事情都是可能的。
22. 這是一個化繁為簡的藥方，有些人可能會這樣說。不錯，嘗試一下吧，你們這些不知全神貫註在某個確定的目標或目的為何物的人！選擇一件事物，把註意力集中在某一個目標，你肯定做不到。你會不下數十次地走神，然後才回到起初的目標所在，每一次的效力都會喪失，十分鐘過去，什麽收獲也沒有，因為你根本做不到把思想集中在這個目上。
23. 然而，通過意念集中，你一定會戰勝前進和攀爬過程中的任何困難，而獲得這種奇妙能力的惟一途徑就是實踐──熟能生巧，不光這件事情這樣，任何事情都是如此。
24. 為了培養全神貫註的能力，取一張照片，然後再回到以前那個房間，用同樣的姿勢坐在
那個座位上。仔細觀察這張照片，至少要十分鐘，註意眼神的表情，面部特征，衣著裝扮，發型樣式等。也就是說，註意照片上的每一個細節。然後，蓋住這張照片，閉上眼睛，試著用心靈觀看這張照片，如果你能夠把每一個細節看得非常清楚，在腦海中出現了這張照片非常清晰的圖景，那麽就要恭喜你了。如果不能，那就重復這個過程，直到成功為止。
25. 這個步驟只不過是在松土。下一周我們將學習如何播種。
26. 通過這樣的練習，你一定能學會控制心靈的情緒、態度和意識。
27. 大金融家們都在學習過避世退隱的生活，以便遠離人群的喧囂，花更多的時間進行思考和計劃，並培養出正確的心態。
28. 成功的商業人士不斷證明著這樣的道理：與其他成功的商業人士的所思所想保持著聯系，定會得到可觀的回報。
29. 一個金點子可能會價值連城，而這些點子只會出現在那些善於接納的心靈中，那些隨時隨地做好準備的心靈中，那些具有一個良好模式的心靈中。
30. 人們開始學習與宇宙精神保持和諧，他們在學習與萬物保持一致。他們在學習思維的基本法則和原理，而這些正改變著環境，結出多倍的碩果。
31. 他們發現，環境、境遇隨精神進步和心靈成長而變化。他們知道，認識伴隨著成長，激情伴隨著行動，洞察力伴隨著機遇。一切總是源自心靈，繼而才是無邊際、無止境的進步。
32. 個人不過是宇宙分化的渠道，因此進步的可能性必然是無窮無盡的。
33. 思想是汲取精神能量的過程，一定要牢牢記住這一點，直至它成為我們日常意識的一部分。本書所闡述的方法，就是讓你通過堅持不懈地實踐一些基本的原理，從而讓你做到這一點，這正是能夠打開宇宙真理寶庫的萬能鑰匙。
34. 人生一切苦難無非有兩種：肉身病痛與精神焦慮。這些往往可以溯源到某些違反自然法則的行為。這種違背，毫無疑問，是由迄今為止的知識局限性所造成的。然而，過往年代中積聚的陰雲即將散去，隨之消逝的是由於信息不完備而導致的種種悲苦境遇。
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