The Message of a Master

“What is the result? When you persistently hold to your goal, and keep absolutely airtight secretiveness, the Outer Mind finds no escape for its increasing energy, and in desperation it plunges through, like the overload of steam through the safety valve of a boiler, and your objective is reached.

He does not resist those distractions, but gives them their due attention and returns to the picture. Just so with me. When his picture is completed, he begins another. I do too. For I am never consciously, mentally inactive. Inactivity is retrogression. “Here’s a concrete example: If I desire the presence of my assistant at this moment, I see him

Any picture firmly held in any mind, in any form, is bound to come forth. That is the great, unchanging Universal Law that, when we cooperate with it intelligently, makes us absolute masters of the conditions and situations in our lives.

To enjoy enduring success, we should travel a little in advance of the world.

“When the first objective is reached, what then? Set another one beyond that, immediately. Why? Because the peculiar nature of the Outer Mind is to drop back into inertia after achieving an objective.

‘Keep in mind the warning I have given you: Reveal nothing of this to even your closest friend. To do so before you are powerfully fortified with the Law will only interfere with your plans; it will result in the scattering of your forces, and weaken their power for your good. So keep your secret locked within your heart. You will never be able to

If there were no resistance, action would be impossible.

You plant the seed idea. You hold it there. You nourish it. You have done your part. Trust the Law to do its part.

I noticed that the attention of those in the café was drawn to him as we entered, and that the management was especially respectful and courteous toward him. I had the feeling this man possessed some sort of magical power,

There is no order. No purpose. No progress. The first necessary thing to do, then, is to rid that house of all but the furnishings that are essential to your success.”