【圖】 1912年原版The Master Key SystemIn this Part you may learn to fashion the tools by which you may build for yourself any condition you desire. If you wish to change conditions you must change yourself. Your whims, your wishes, your fancies, your ambitions may be thwarted at every step, but your inmost thoughts will find expression just as certainly as the plant springs from the seed.
Suppose, then, we desire to change conditions, how are we to bring this about? The reply is simple: By the law of growth. Cause and effect are as absolute and undeviating in the hidden realm of thought as in the world of material things.
Hold in mind the condition desired; affirm it as an already existing fact. This indicates the value of a powerful affirmation. By constant repetition it becomes a part of ourselves. We are actually changing ourselves; are making ourselves what we want to be.
Character is not a thing of chance, but it is the result of continued effort. If you are timid, vacillating, self-conscious, or if you are over-anxious or harassed by thoughts of fear or impending danger, remember that is axiomatic that "two things cannot exist in the same place at the same time."
Exactly the same thing is true in the mental and spiritual world; so that your remedy is plainly to substitute thoughts of courage, power, self-reliance and confidence, for those of fear, lack and limitation.
The easiest and most natural way to do this is to select an affirmation which seems to fit your particular case.
The positive thought will destroy the negative as certainly as light destroys darkness, and the results will be just as effectual.
Act is the blossom of thought, and conditions are the result of action, so that you constantly have in your possession the tools by which you will certainly and inevitably make or unmake yourself, and joy or suffering will be the reward.
PART NINE
1. There are only three things which can possibly be desired in the "world without" and each of them can be found in the "world within." The secret of finding them is simply to apply the proper "mechanism" of attachment to the omnipotent power to which each individual has access.
2. The three things which all mankind desires and which are necessary for his highest expression and complete development are Health, Wealth and Love. All will admit that Health is absolutely essential; no one can be happy if the physical body is in pain. All will not so readily admit that Wealth is necessary, but all must admit that a sufficient supply at least is necessary, and what would be considered sufficient for one, would be considered absolute and painful lack for another; and as Nature provides not only enough but abundantly, wastefully, lavishly, we realize that any lack or limitation is only the limitation which has been made by an artificial method of distribution.
3. All will probably admit that Love is the third, or maybe some will say the first essential necessary to the happiness of mankind; at any rate, those who possess all three, Health, Wealth, and Love, find nothing else which can be added to their cup of happiness.
4. We have found that the Universal substance is "All Health," "All Substance" and "All Love" and that the mechanism of attachment whereby we can consciously connect with this Infinite supply is in our method of thinking. To think correctly is therefore to enter into the "Secret Place of the Most High."
5. What shall we think? If we know this we shall have found the proper mechanism of attachment which will relate us to "Whatsoever things we desire." This mechanism may seem very simple when I give it to you, but read on; you will find that it is in reality the "Master Key," the "Aladdin's lamp," if you please; you will find that it is the foundation, the imperative condition, the absolute law of well-doing, which means, well-being.
6. To think correctly, accurately, we must know the "Truth." The truth then is the underlying principle in every business or social relation. It is a condition precedent to every right action. To know the truth, to be sure, to be confident, affords a satisfaction beside which no other is at all comparable; it is the only solid ground in a world of doubt, conflict and danger.
7. To know the Truth is to be in harmony with the Infinite and Omnipotent power. To know the truth is, therefore, to connect yourself with a power which is irresistible and which will sweep away every kind of discord, inharmony, doubt or error of any kind, because the "Truth is mighty and will prevail."
8. The humblest intellect can readily foretell the result of any action when he knows that it is based on truth, but the mightiest intellect, the most profound and penetrating mind loses its way hopelessly and can form no conception of the results which may ensue when his hopes are based on a premise which he knows to be false.
9. Every action which is not in harmony with Truth, whether through ignorance or design, will result in discord, and eventual loss in proportion to its extent and character.
10. How then are we to know the truth in order to attach this mechanism which will relate us to the Infinite?
11. We can make no mistake about this if we realize that truth is the vital principle of the Universal Mind and is Omnipresent. For instance, if you require health, a realization of the fact that the "I" in you is spiritual and that all spirit is one; that wherever a part is the whole must be, will bring about a condition of health, because every cell in the body must manifest the truth as you see it. If you see sickness; they will manifest sickness; if you see perfection they must manifest perfection. The affirmation, "I am whole, perfect, strong, powerful, loving, harmonious and happy", will bring about harmonious conditions. The reason for this is because the affirmation is in strict accordance with the Truth, and when truth appears every form of error or discord must necessarily disappear.
12. You have found that the "I" is spiritual, it must necessarily then always be no less than perfect, the affirmation. "I am whole, perfect, strong, powerful, loving, harmonious and happy" is therefore an exact scientific statement.
13. Thought is a spiritual activity and spirit is creative, therefore the result of holding this thought in mind, must necessarily bring about conditions in harmony with the thought.
14. If you require Wealth a realization of the fact that the "I" in you is one with the Universal mind which is all substance, and is Omnipotent, will assist you in bringing into operation the law of attraction which will bring you into vibration with those forces which make for success and bring about conditions of power and affluence in direct proportion with the character and purpose of your affirmation.
15. Visualization is the mechanism of the attachment which you require. Visualization is a very different process from seeing; seeing is physical, and is therefore related to the objective world, the "world without," but Visualization is a product of the imagination, and is therefore a product of the subjective mind, the "world within." It therefore possesses vitality; it will grow. The thing visualized will manifest itself in form. The mechanism is perfect; it was created by the Master Architect who "doeth all things well," but unfortunately sometimes the operator is inexperienced or inefficient, but practice and determination will overcome this defect.
16. If you require Love try to realize that the only way to get love is by giving it, that the more you give the more you will get, and the only way in which you can give it, is to fill yourself with it, until you become a magnet. The method was explained in another lesson.
17. He who has learned to bring the greatest spiritual truths into touch with the so-called lesser things of life has discovered the secret of the solution of his problem. One is always quickened, made more thoughtful, by his nearness of approach to great ideas, great events, great natural objects, and great men. Lincoln is said to have begotten in all who came near him the feeling awakened when one approaches a mountain, and this sense asserts itself most keenly when one comes to realize that he has laid hold upon things that are eternal, the power of Truth.
18. It is sometimes an inspiration to hear from someone who has actually put these principles to the test, someone who has demonstrated them in their own life. A letter from Frederick Andrews offers the following insight:
19. I was about thirteen years old when Dr. T. W. Marsee, since passed over, said to my mother: "There is no possible chance, Mrs. Andrews. I lost my little boy the same way, after doing everything for him that it was possible to do. I have made a special study of these cases, and I know there is no possible chance for him to get well."
20. She turned to him and said: "Doctor, what would you do if he were your boy?" and he answered, "I would fight, fight, as long as there is a breath of life to fight for."
21. That was the beginning of a long drawn-out battle, with many ups and downs, the doctors all agreeing that there was no chance for a cure, though they encouraged and cheered us the best they could.
22. But at last the victory came, and I have grown from a little, crooked, twisted, cripple, going about on my hands and knees, to a strong, straight, well formed man.
23. Now, I know you want the formula, and I will give it to you as briefly and quickly as I can.
24. I built up an affirmation for myself, taking the qualities I most needed, and affirming for myself over and over again, "I am whole, perfect, strong, powerful, loving, harmonious and happy." I kept up this affirmation, always the same, never varying, till I could wake up in the night and find myself repeating, "I am whole, perfect, strong, powerful, loving, harmonious and happy." It was the last thing on my lips at night and the first thing in the morning.
25. Not only did I affirm it for myself, but for others that I knew needed it. I want to emphasize this point. Whatever you desire for yourself, affirm it for others, and it will help you both. We reap what we sow. If we send out thoughts of love and health, they return to us like bread cast upon the waters; but if we send out thoughts of fear, worry, jealousy, anger, hate, etc., we will reap the results in our own lives.
26. It used to be said that man is completely built over every seven years, but some scientists now declare that we build ourselves over entirely every eleven months; so we are really only eleven months old. If we build the defects back into our bodies year after year, we have no one to blame but ourselves.
27. Man is the sum total of his own thoughts; so the question is, how are we going to entertain only the good thoughts and reject the evil ones? At first we can't keep the evil thoughts from coming, but we can keep from entertaining them. The only way to do this is to forget them -- which means, get something for them. This is where the ready-made affirmation comes into play.
28. When a thought of anger, jealousy, fear or worry creeps in, just start your affirmation going. The way to fight darkness is with light -- the way to fight cold is with heat -- the way to overcome evils is with good. For myself, I never could find any help in denials. Affirm the good, and the bad will vanish. - Frederick Elias Andrews
29. If there is anything you require, it will be well for you to make use of this affirmation; it cannot be improved upon. Use it just as it is; take it into the silence with you, until it sinks into your subconsciousness, so that you can use it anywhere, in your car, in the office, at home; this is the advantage of spiritual methods; they are always available. Spirit is omnipresent, every ready; all that is required is a proper recognition of its omnipotence, and a willingness or desire to become the recipient of its beneficent effects.
30. If our predominant mental attitude is one of power, courage, kindliness and sympathy, we shall find that our environment will reject conditions in correspondence with these thoughts; if it is weak, critical, envious and destructive, we shall find our environment reflecting conditions corresponding to these thoughts.
31. Thoughts are causes and conditions are effects. Herein is the explanation of the origin of both good and evil. Thought is creative and will automatically correlate with its object. This is a Cosmological law (a universal law), the law of Attraction, the law of Cause and Effect; the recognition and application of this law will determine both beginning and end; it is the law by which in all ages and in all times the people were led to believe in the power of prayer. "As thy faith is, so be it unto thee," is simply another, shorter and a better way of stating it.
32. This week visualize a plant; take a flower, the one you most admire, bring it from the unseen into the seen, plant the tiny seed, water it, care for it, place it where it will get the direct rays of the morning sun, see the seed burst; it is now a living thing, something which is alive and beginning to search for the means of subsistence. See the roots penetrating the earth, watch them shoot out in all directions and remember that they are living cells dividing and subdividing, and that they will soon number millions, that each cell is intelligent, that it knows what is wants and knows how to get it. See the stem shoot forward and upward, watch it burst through the surface of the earth, see it divide and form branches, see how perfect and symmetrical each branch is formed, see the leaves begin to form, and then the tiny stems, each one holding aloft a bud, and as you watch you see the bud begin to unfold and your favorite flower comes to view; and now if you will concentrate intently you will become conscious of a fragrance; it is the fragrance of the flower as the breeze gently sways the beautiful creation which you have visualized.
33. When you are enabled to make your vision clear and complete you will be enabled to enter into the spirit of a thing; it will become very real to you; you will be learning to concentrate and the process is the same, whether you are concentrating on health, a favorite flower, an ideal, a complicated business proposition or any other problem of life.
34. Every success has been accomplished by persistent concentration upon the object in view.
在這一章中，你會學到制作工具，它們能夠用來創造一切你渴望的條件。
如果你想要改造環境，那麽你首先要改變自己。你的奇思妙想、你的雄心壯誌、你的願望、期盼或許會步步受阻，然而你內心深處的想法完全可以找到表達的方式，如同植物的種子發芽長葉一般自然。
那麽，假設我們想要改變環境，如何改變它呢？回答很簡單：根據生長規律。在思想的隱秘領域中，就像在物質世界中一樣，因果關系都是絕對的、不偏不倚的。
常常想到你所渴望的境遇。要堅定不移的相信，如同它是一個已然實現的願景。這裏強調了堅定信念的價值。不斷地重復，會使它成為我們自身的一部分。我們就這樣改變了自己，就這樣把我們自已改造成向往中的樣子。
性格不是一件偶然的東西，而是持續努力的結果。如果你懦弱膽怯、優柔寡斷、害羞內向，抑或是由於恐懼即將到來的危險而過度緊張、焦慮煩躁，請記住這個不言自明的真理：“在同一個時間、同一個地方，兩種不同的東西不能共存。”在精神和心理世界中，這一點也是絕對無誤的；所以，醫治的良方非常簡單，用勇氣、能力、自強、自信的念頭，取代那些無助、畏怯、匱乏、有限的想法。
要做到這些，最簡單，最常用的辦法就是：針對你的特別情況下一個斷言。積極的想法必將摧毀消極的念頭，就如白晝驅散黑暗一樣肯定，結果會是百分之百奏效。
行動是思想盛開的鮮花，境遇是行動的結果。所以，你總是擁有各種肯定會不可避免地造就你或者毀滅你的工具，而得到的回饋，要麽是歡樂，要麽是痛苦。
1、“外在世界”中或許只有三樣事物值得追尋，而每一件都可以在“內在世界”中找到。找到它們的秘訣非常簡單，就是找到一種合適的“機制”，與全能的宇宙力量相聯系，要知道，每個人都和這全能的力量相通。
2、所有人共同渴望的三件事──也是人類個體最高層次的表達、最全面的完善──是愛、健康與財富。每個人都承認健康是絕對重要的，如果肉體痛苦，又豈能高興得起來呢？並不是每個人都會這麽爽快地承認，財富是必不可少的，但所有人都必定會承認，充足的供應至少是必要的，而一個人認為是充足的供應，對於另一個人來說可能是絕對的、不堪忍受的匱乏。但是大自然的供應寶庫，就不僅僅是充足了，而是極其豐富、闊綽、豪奢，我們應該認識到，一切的匱乏或局限，都只不過是人為的分配方法所千萬的局限而已。
3、幾乎每個人都承認，愛是第三件重要的事情，或許有人會說，“愛”對於人類幸福來說是頭等重要的大事。無論如何，那些擁有這三者──健康、財富與愛──的人，他們的“幸福之杯”已完全滿溢，再也加不進別的東西了。
4、我們發現，宇宙物質等同於“全部健康”、“全部財富”和“全部的愛”，而我們能夠用來和這無限相聯系的機制就是我們的思維方式。因此，正確的思維，將帶領你進入“偉人的聖殿”。
5、我們應該想些什麽呢？如果我們知道這個問題的答案，我們就能夠找到與“我們渴想的一切事物”相聯系的機制了。這種機制，當我把它告訴你們的時候，看上去似乎非常簡單，但你要繼續往下讀。你會發現，它實際上就是“萬能鑰匙”，如果你高興的話，也可以叫它“阿拉丁神燈”。你會發現，它就是一切善行（它意味著福祉）的基礎、必要條件和絕對法則。
6、只要有正確、合理的思維，我們就一定能夠發現“真理”。真理是所有事業和社會交往中的潛在法則。真理是每一次正確舉動的先決條件。認識真理，自信而且肯定，就可以獲_得真正的滿足，這是一切其他事物都無法比擬的。在這個充斥著懷疑、沖突和危險的世界中，它是惟一一塊堅實的地面。
7、認識真理，就是與“無限”和“全能”的力量和諧相處。因此，認識真理就是使自己與戰無不勝的力量相連，它可以席卷各種各樣的嘈雜與混亂、懷疑與謬誤，因為“真理是強有力的，可以戰勝一切。”
8、哪怕是最缺少智慧的人，都可以對一件基於真理之上的行為的結果進行預測。反之，即便是最睿智的人，哪怕他學淵博、明察秋毫，如果他的希望是建立在錯誤的前提之上的話，他也會絕望地迷失方向，對接下來的結果無法形成概念。
9、所有不能與真理保持和諧的行為，無論是出自有心還是無意，將導致混亂不安，最終招致的損失，取決於這次行為的程度和特性。
10、那我們到底應該如何認識真理，以維持與無限相聯系的機制呢？
11、如果我們能認識到：真理是宇宙精神的至關重要的原則並且無所不在，那麽我們就不會在這一點上犯錯了。舉個例子來說，如果你需要健康，你只需要認識到這樣的事實：你內在的“自我”是具有精神屬性的，而所有的精神都是合一的：部分在哪裏，整體也在哪裏。這將帶給你健康的身體狀況，因為體內的每一個細胞都將彰顯你所認識的真理。如果你看到的是疾病，它們彰顯的也是疾病；如果你看到的是完善，它們彰顯的也是完善。大膽宣稱“我完整、完美、強大、有力、熱愛、和諧而幸福”，將給你帶來和諧的境遇。這是因為，這樣的宣稱是與真理嚴格一致的，當真理彰顯出來，一切的謬誤和混亂都將消失。
12、你知道“自我”是屬於精神的，那麽它必然總是絕對完美的，因此，“我完整、完美、強_大、有力、熱愛、和諧而幸福”的宣稱，絕對是科學的陳述。
13、思想是精神的活動，而精神是創造性的，因此，把這一點謹記在心，現實的景況就會與你的思想保持和諧一致。
14、如果你需要“財富”，那麽只要你認識到，你內在的“自我”與宇宙精神合一，而宇宙精神就是全部的財富，它無所不在，這種認識將幫助你實現並運行引力法則，使你與那些能夠使你走向成功的能量發生共振，並給你帶來與你宣稱的目標絕對一致的能力與財富。
15、視覺化是你需要實施的機制。視覺化和觀看是兩個完全不同的過程。觀看是肉身的、物質的，因此是與客觀世界、也就是“外在世界”相聯系的，而視覺化是想像力的產物，因此也是主觀世界、即“內在世界”的產物。因此，它擁有生命力，它能夠成長起來。被視覺化的事物一定會在外部形態上顯明。這個機制是完美的。它是由那位“做什麽都好”的建築大師所創造的。但是很不幸，有時候它的操作者並不熟練、效率低下，但通過練習，下定決心，就一定能克服這個弱點。
16、如果你需要愛，那麽請認識到得到愛的惟一方式是施予愛，你施予的越多，得到的也就越多，而你能夠施予的惟一方式，是讓你自己充滿愛，直到你成為愛的磁石。其中的方法將在另一課中闡述。
17、那些把最偉大的精神真理與生命中的細微之處相聯系的人，已經找到了解決所有問題的秘密。一個人越是接近偉大的理念、偉大的事業、偉大的自然物、偉大的人，他就越會受到鼓舞，思想就越發深邃。據說，每一個接近林肯的人，都會產生一種高山仰止的感覺，尤其是當人意識到他肩負著永恒真理的重任之時，這種感覺就來得越發強烈。
18、有時候，聽取某些踐履__這些原則以進行檢驗的人、某些在自己的生活中驗證了這些原則的人的建議，是一種激勵。弗裏德裏克。安德魯斯在一封信裏提出了下面的洞見：
19、在我大約13歲的時候，T．W．馬瑟醫生（他後來去世了），他對我母親說：“不，沒有機會了，安德魯斯太太。我也是這樣失去我的小兒子的，我為他付出了全部可能的力量。我特別研究過這種疾病，我知道他確實沒有好起來的希望了。”
20、我的母親對他說：“醫生，如果他是您自己的孩子，你會怎樣做？”醫生回答說：“我會一直戰鬥、戰鬥，只要孩子一息尚存，我就要戰鬥下去。”
21、這是一場持久消耗戰的開端，不斷地來回往復，所有的醫生們都認為沒有治愈的希望，然而他們還是盡最大可能地鼓勵、安慰我們。
22、但最終勝利是屬於我們的，我從一個弱小、萎縮、畸形、跛腳、只能用手和膝蓋在地上爬行的孩子，長成了一個強壯、挺拔、健康的人。
23、現在，我知道你們一定很想知道其中的原理，我將盡可能簡單明確地告訴你們。
24、我為自己樹立了一個信念，其中充滿了我最需要的能力，一遍一遍地對自己說：“我完整、完美、強大、有力、熱愛、和諧而幸福。”我抱持著這個看法，翻來覆去、從不改變，我夜間醒來，發現自己口中喃喃自語：“我完整、完美、強大、有力、熱愛、和諧而幸福。”這是我每日早上醒來所說的第一句話，也是每天夜裏睡前所說的最後一句話。
25、我不僅把這句話告訴自己，也告訴在我看來每一位需要這句話的人。我想要強調這一點，如果你自己需要什麽，也敢於在別人面前肯定地宣布它，它將使你們同時受益。我們種的是什麽，收的也是什麽。如果我們付出了愛與健康的想法，它也一定會照些回報我們；但如果我們付出的是恐懼、憂愁、嫉妒、憤怒、憎恨等等的想法，那麽在我們生活之中也一定會看到惡果。
26、據說，人每隔7年就會全部更新一次，而當今又有一些科學家指出，事實上我們每隔11個月整個人體都會重塑一次。所以，我們只有11個月的年齡。如果我們年復一年地把缺陷植入我們的身體，那可就怪不得別人了，只能從我們自己身上找原因。
27、人是自身思想的總和。那麽，問題是，我們如何摒棄一切糟糕的念頭，保持好的想法呢？剛開始可能我們不能阻止壞念頭的侵入，但我們可以不去理會它。惟一拒絕它的方式，就是忘卻──這意味著，找一些東西替代它。那句準備好了的宣言，現在就可以派上用場了。
28、當憤怒、嫉妒、恐懼、焦慮等想法偷偷摸摸地潛入時，開始運用你的宣言吧。只有光明可以戰勝黑暗──只有溫暖可以戰勝寒冷──只有善能夠戰勝惡。拿我自己來說，消極悲觀的想法沒有任何幫助。肯定一切光明美好的事物，邪惡一定會自行引退。
29、如果你需要什麽，你最好能夠運用這句宣言，這實在是一句極其完美的話。運用它，照著它去做。把它帶入你靜默的靈魂深處，直到它沈浸到你的潛意識中，這樣你就可以隨時隨刻運用它了──不管是汽車上、辦公室裏，還是在家中。這就是精神方法的優勢所在，它們就近在咫尺。精神是無處不在、唾手可得的。惟一需要做的，就是認識它的無所不能，並心甘情願地領受它的善意。
30、如果我們精神中的主要傾向是力量、勇氣、寬厚和同情，我們就會發現周邊的環境自然為我們摒棄了我們思想不符的景況，成為我們心靈狀態的映射。相反，如果我們心靈的傾向是軟弱、嫉妒、破壞、毀滅，那麽環境也一定會照此折射出來。
31、思想是因，境遇是果。這就是善惡起源的說法之一。思想是創造性的，它將自動與客體相關聯。這是一個宇宙哲學法則（宇宙法則），這就是吸引力法則，也是因果法則。對這個法則的認知和運用，將決定著一切的開端和結局。這就是世世代代的人們在祈禱中獲得的力量的法則。
32、這一周我們要視覺化的是一株植物。取一朵鮮花，一朵你最喜歡的鮮花，讓它由不可見到可見，種下那顆小小的種子，給它澆水、悉心照料它，把它放在能夠讓陽光直射到的地方，看那個種子抽出嫩芽。現在，它是一個生命了，是一個活著的、開始獲取生存物質的生命。看它的根，正在向泥土中延伸；看它的芽，正在向上下伸展；不要忘了那些生命的細胞，它們不斷地分解、再分解，不久就增長到上百萬個，而每一個細胞都充滿智慧，知道自己想要得到什麽，並知道如何獲取它們。看，它發綠長葉，向上向前生長，看它的枝丫是怎樣的完美勻稱，看它的葉子如何長成，看它如何抽出小小的莖桿，上面擎著含苞未放的花骨朵兒。正當你觀看的時候，花蕾舒展了，綻放了，你喜愛的花兒出現在你眼前。現在，有意識地集中註意力，你將聞到一股清香；是微風吹拂過花兒──你視覺化的創造物──帶來的芳香。
33、當你能夠讓你的視野變得清晰明朗，你就能夠進入到一件事物的靈魂深處。它對於你來說異常真實。你將要學會的是心神的集中，而不管你是意念是集中在健康、理想上，還是一朵鮮花、一個棘手的商業方案、或是人生的其他種種問題上，其中的過程總是一樣的。
34、所有的成功，都是通過把意念恒久地集中於看得見的目標而實現的。
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