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Chapter 12 · Think and Grow Rich | Book Podcast

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  Speaker 1: You are listening to Think and Grow Rich, written by
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  Speaker 1: Napoleon Hill. This is an independent edition containing the original
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  Speaker 1: or endorsed by the Napoleon Hill Foundation. We hope you enjoy.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter 12 The Subconscious Mind The Connecting Link The Eleventh
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  Speaker 1: Step Toward Riches The subconscious mind consists of a field
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  Speaker 1: of consciousness in which every impulse of thought that reaches
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  Speaker 1: the objective mind through any of the five senses is
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  Speaker 1: classified and recorded, and from which thoughts may be recalled
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  Speaker 1: or withdrawn as letters may be taken from a filing cabinet.
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  Speaker 1: It receives and files sense impressions or thoughts, regardless of
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  Speaker 1: their nature. You may voluntarily plant in your subconscious mind
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  Speaker 1: any plan, thought, or purpose which you desire to translate
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  Speaker 1: into its physical or monetary equivalent. The subconscious acts first
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  Speaker 1: on the dominating desires which have been mixed with emotional feeling,
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  Speaker 1: such as faith. Consider this in connection with the instructions
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  Speaker 1: given in the chapter on desire, for taking the six
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  Speaker 1: steps there outlined, and the instructions given in the chapter
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  Speaker 1: on the building and execution of plans, and you will
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  Speaker 1: understand the importance of the thought conveyed. The subconscious mind
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  Speaker 1: works day and night. Through a method of procedure unknown
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  Speaker 1: to man, the subconscious mind draws upon the forces of
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  Speaker 1: infinite intelligence, for the power with which it voluntarily transmutes
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  Speaker 1: one's desires into their physical equivalent, making use, always, of
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  Speaker 1: the most practical media by which this end may be accomplished.
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  Speaker 1: You cannot entirely control your subconscious mind, but you can
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  Speaker 1: voluntarily hand over to it any plan, desire, or purpose
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  Speaker 1: which you wish transformed into concrete form. Read, again, Instructions
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  Speaker 1: for Using the Subconscious Mind, in the chapter on autosuggestion.
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  Speaker 1: There is plenty of evidence to support the belief that
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  Speaker 1: the subconscious mind is the connecting link between the finite
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  Speaker 1: mind of man and infinite intelligence. It is the intermediary
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  Speaker 1: through which one may draw upon the forces of infinite
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  Speaker 1: intelligence at will. It alone contains the secret process by
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  Speaker 1: which mental impulses are modified and changed into their spiritual equivalent.
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  Speaker 1: It alone. is the medium through which prayer may be
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  Speaker 1: transmitted to the source capable of answering prayer. The possibilities
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  Speaker 1: of creative effort connected with the subconscious mind are stupendous
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  Speaker 1: and imponderable. They inspire one with awe. I never approach
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  Speaker 1: the discussion of the subconscious mind without a feeling of
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  Speaker 1: littleness and inferiority, due, perhaps, to the fact that man's
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  Speaker 1: entire stock of knowledge on this subject is so pitifully limited.
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  Speaker 1: The very fact that the subconscious mind is the medium
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  Speaker 1: of communication between the thinking mind of man and infinite
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  Speaker 1: intelligence is, of itself, a thought which almost paralyzes one's reason.
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  Speaker 1: After you have accepted, as a reality, the existence of
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  Speaker 1: the subconscious mind and understand its possibilities as a medium
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  Speaker 1: for transmuting your desires into their physical or monetary equivalent,
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  Speaker 1: you will comprehend the full significance of the instructions given
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  Speaker 1: in the chapter on desire. You will also understand why
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  Speaker 1: you have been repeatedly admonished to make your desires clear
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  Speaker 1: and to reduce them to writing. You will also understand
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  Speaker 1: the necessity of persistence in carrying out instructions. The 13
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  Speaker 1: principles are the stimuli with which you acquire the ability
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  Speaker 1: to reach and to influence your subconscious mind. Do not
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  Speaker 1: become discouraged if you cannot do this upon the first attempt.
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  Speaker 1: Remember that the subconscious mind may be voluntarily directed only
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  Speaker 1: through habit under the directions given in the chapter on faith.
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  Speaker 1: You have not yet had time to master faith. Be patient.
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  Speaker 1: Be persistent. A good many statements in the chapters on
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  Speaker 1: faith and autosuggestion will be repeated here for the benefit
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  Speaker 1: of your subconscious mind. Remember, your subconscious mind functions voluntarily
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  Speaker 1: whether you make any effort to influence it or not. This, naturally,
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  Speaker 1: suggests to you that thoughts of fear and poverty and
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  Speaker 1: all negative thoughts serve as stimuli to your subconscious mind,
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  Speaker 1: unless you master these impulses and give it more desirable
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  Speaker 1: food upon which it may feed. The subconscious mind will
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  Speaker 1: not remain idle. If you fail to plant desires in
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  Speaker 1: your subconscious mind, it will feed upon the thoughts which
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  Speaker 1: reach it as the result of your neglect. We have
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  Speaker 1: already explained that thought impulses, both negative and positive, are
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  Speaker 1: reaching the subconscious mind continuously from the four sources which
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  Speaker 1: were mentioned in the chapter on sex transmutation. For the present,
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  Speaker 1: it is sufficient if you remember that you are living
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  Speaker 1: daily in the midst of all manner of thought impulses
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  Speaker 1: which are reaching your subconscious mind without your knowledge. Some
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  Speaker 1: of these impulses are negative, some are positive. You are
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  Speaker 1: now engaged in trying to help shut off the flow
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  Speaker 1: of negative impulses and to aid in voluntarily influencing your
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  Speaker 1: subconscious mind through positive impulses of desire. When you achieve this,
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  Speaker 1: you will possess the key which unlocks the door to
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  Speaker 1: your subconscious mind. Moreover, you will control that door so
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  Speaker 1: completely that no undesirable thought may influence your subconscious mind.
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  Speaker 1: Everything which man creates begins in the form of a
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  Speaker 1: thought impulse. Man can create nothing which he does not
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  Speaker 1: first conceive in thought. Through the aid of the imagination,
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  Speaker 1: thought impulses may be assembled into plans. The imagination, when
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  Speaker 1: under control, may be used for the creation of plans
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  Speaker 1: or purposes that lead to success in one's chosen occupation.
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  Speaker 1: All thought impulses, intended for transmutation into their physical equivalent,
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  Speaker 1: voluntarily planted in the subconscious mind, must pass through the
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  Speaker 1: imagination and be mixed with faith. The mixing of faith
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  Speaker 1: with a plan or purpose intended for submission to the
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  Speaker 1: subconscious mind may be done only through the imagination. From
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  Speaker 1: these statements, you will readily observe that voluntary use of
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  Speaker 1: the subconscious mind calls for coordination and application of all
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  Speaker 1: the principles. Ella Wheeler Wilcox gave evidence of her understanding
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  Speaker 1: of the power of the subconscious mind when she wrote,
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  Speaker 1: You never can tell what a thought will do in
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  Speaker 1: bringing you hate or love. For thoughts are things, and
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  Speaker 1: their airy wings are swifter than carrier doves. They follow
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  Speaker 1: the law of the universe. Each thing creates its kind,
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  Speaker 1: and they speed over the track to bring you back.
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  Speaker 1: whatever went out from your mind. Mrs. Wilcox understood the truth,
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  Speaker 1: that thoughts which go out from one's mind also embed
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  Speaker 1: themselves deeply in one's subconscious mind, where they serve as
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  Speaker 1: a magnet, pattern, or blueprint by which the subconscious mind
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  Speaker 1: is influenced while translating them into their physical equivalent. Thoughts
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  Speaker 1: are truly things, for the reason that every material thing
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  Speaker 1: begins in the form of thought-energy. The subconscious mind is
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  Speaker 1: more susceptible to influence by impulses of thought mixed with
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  Speaker 1: feeling or emotion than by those originating solely in the
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  Speaker 1: reasoning portion of the mind. In fact, there is much
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  Speaker 1: evidence to support the theory that only emotionalized thoughts have
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  Speaker 1: any action influence upon the subconscious mind. It is a
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  Speaker 1: well-known fact that emotion or feeling rules the majority of people.
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  Speaker 1: If it is true that the subconscious mind responds more
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  Speaker 1: quickly to and is influenced more readily by thought impulses
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  Speaker 1: which are well mixed with emotion, it is essential to
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  Speaker 1: become familiar with the more important of the emotions. There
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  Speaker 1: are seven major positive emotions and seven major negative emotions.
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  Speaker 1: The negatives voluntarily inject themselves into the thought impulses which
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  Speaker 1: ensure passage into the subconscious mind. The positives must be injected.
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  Speaker 1: through the principle of autosuggestion, into the thought impulses which
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  Speaker 1: an individual wishes to pass on to his subconscious mind.
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  Speaker 1: Instructions have been given in the chapter on autosuggestion. These emotions,
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  Speaker 1: or feeling impulses, may be likened to yeast in a
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  Speaker 1: loaf of bread because they constitute the action element which
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  Speaker 1: transforms thought impulses from the passive to the active state.
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  Speaker 1: Thus may one understand why thought impulses, which have been
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  Speaker 1: well mixed with emotion, are acted upon more readily than
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  Speaker 1: thought impulses originating in cold reason. You are preparing yourself
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  Speaker 1: to influence and control the inner audience of your subconscious
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  Speaker 1: mind in order to hand over to it the desire
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  Speaker 1: for money, which you wish transmuted into its monetary equivalent.
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  Speaker 1: It is essential, therefore, that you understand the method of
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  Speaker 1: approach to this inner audience. You must speak its language
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  Speaker 1: or it will not heed your call. It understands best
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  Speaker 1: the language of emotion or feeling. Let us therefore describe
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  Speaker 1: here the seven major positive emotions and the seven major
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  Speaker 1: negative emotions so that you may draw upon the positives
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  Speaker 1: and avoid the negatives when giving instructions to your subconscious mind.
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  Speaker 1: The Seven Major Positive Emotions The Emotion of Desire The
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  Speaker 1: Emotion of Faith The Emotion of Love The Emotion of
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  Speaker 1: Sex The emotion of enthusiasm. The emotion of romance. The
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  Speaker 1: emotion of hope. There are other positive emotions, but these
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  Speaker 1: are the seven most powerful and the ones most commonly
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  Speaker 1: used in creative effort. Master these seven emotions. They can
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  Speaker 1: be mastered only by use. And the other positive emotions
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  Speaker 1: will be at your command when you need them. Remember,
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  Speaker 1: in this connection, that you are studying a book which
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  Speaker 1: is intended to help you develop a money consciousness by
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  Speaker 1: filling your mind with positive emotions. One does not become
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  Speaker 1: money conscious by filling one's mind with negative emotions. The
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  Speaker 1: seven major negative emotions to be avoided. The emotion of fear.
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  Speaker 1: The emotion of jealousy. The emotion of hatred. The emotion
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  Speaker 1: of revenge. The emotion of greed. The emotion of superstition.
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  Speaker 1: The emotion of anger. Positive and negative emotions cannot occupy
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  Speaker 1: the mind at the same time. One or the other
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  Speaker 1: must dominate. It is your responsibility to make sure that
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  Speaker 1: positive emotions constitute the dominating influence of your mind. Here,
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  Speaker 1: the law of habit will come to your aid. Form
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  Speaker 1: the habit of applying and using the positive emotions. Eventually,
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  Speaker 1: they will dominate your mind so completely that the negatives
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  Speaker 1: cannot enter it. Only by following these instructions literally and
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  Speaker 1: continuously can you gain control over your subconscious mind. The
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  Speaker 1: presence of a single negative in your conscious mind is
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  Speaker 1: sufficient to destroy all chances of constructive aid from your
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  Speaker 1: subconscious mind. If you are an observing person, you must
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  Speaker 1: have noticed that most people resort to prayer only after
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  Speaker 1: everything else has failed. or else they pray by a
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  Speaker 1: ritual of meaningless words. And, because it is a fact
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  Speaker 1: that most people who pray do so only after everything
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  Speaker 1: else has failed, they go to prayer with their minds
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  Speaker 1: filled with fear and doubt, which are the emotions the
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  Speaker 1: subconscious mind acts upon and passes on to infinite intelligence. Likewise,
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  Speaker 1: that is the emotion which infinite intelligence receives and acts upon.
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  Speaker 1: If you pray for a thing, but have fear as
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  Speaker 1: you pray that you may not receive it, or that
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  Speaker 1: your prayer will not be acted upon by infinite intelligence,
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  Speaker 1: your prayer will have been in vain. Prayer does, sometimes,
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  Speaker 1: result in the realization of that for which one prays.
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  Speaker 1: If you have ever had the experience of receiving that
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  Speaker 1: for which you prayed, go back in your memory and
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  Speaker 1: recall your actual state of mind while you were praying,
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  Speaker 1: and you will know for sure that the theory here
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  Speaker 1: described is more than a theory. The time will come
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  Speaker 1: when the schools and educational institutions of the country will
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  Speaker 1: teach the science of prayer. Moreover, then prayer may be
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  Speaker 1: and will be reduced to a science. When that time comes,
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  Speaker 1: it will come as soon as mankind is ready for
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  Speaker 1: it and demands it, no one will approach the universal
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  Speaker 1: mind in a state of fear for the very good
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  Speaker 1: reason that there will be no such emotion as fear. Ignorance, superstition,
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  Speaker 1: and false teaching will have disappeared, and man will have
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  Speaker 1: attained his true status as a child of infinite intelligence.
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  Speaker 1: A few have already attained this blessing. If you believe
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  Speaker 1: this prophecy is far-fetched, take a look at the human
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  Speaker 1: race in retrospect. Less than a hundred years ago, men
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  Speaker 1: believed the lightning to be evidence of the wrath of
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  Speaker 1: God and feared it. Now, thanks to the power of faith,
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  Speaker 1: Men have harnessed the lightning and made it turn the
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  Speaker 1: wheels of industry. Much less than a hundred years ago,
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  Speaker 1: men believed the space between the planets to be nothing
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  Speaker 1: but a great void, a stretch of dead nothingness. Now,
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  Speaker 1: thanks to this same power of faith, men know that
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  Speaker 1: far from being either dead or a void, the space
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  Speaker 1: between the planets is very much alive, that it is
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  Speaker 1: the highest form of vibration known, excepting, perhaps, the vibration
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  Speaker 1: of thought. Moreover, Men know that this living, pulsating, vibratory
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  Speaker 1: energy which permeates every atom of matter and fills every
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  Speaker 1: niche of space connects every human brain with every other
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  Speaker 1: human brain. What reason have men to believe that this
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  Speaker 1: same energy does not connect every human brain with infinite intelligence?
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  Speaker 1: There are no toll gates between the finite mind of
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  Speaker 1: man and infinite intelligence. The communication costs nothing except patience, faith, persistence, understanding,
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  Speaker 1: and a sincere desire to communicate. Moreover, the approach can
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  Speaker 1: be made only by the individual himself. Paid prayers are worthless.
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  Speaker 1: Infinite intelligence does no business by proxy. You either go
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  Speaker 1: direct or you do not communicate. You may buy prayer
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  Speaker 1: books and repeat them until the day of your doom
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  Speaker 1: without avail. Thoughts which you wish to communicate to infinite
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  Speaker 1: intelligence must undergo transformations, such as can be given only
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  Speaker 1: through your own subconscious mind. The method by which you
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  Speaker 1: may communicate with infinite intelligence is very similar to that
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  Speaker 1: through which the vibration of sound is communicated by radio.
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  Speaker 1: If you understand the working principle of radio, you of
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  Speaker 1: course know that sound cannot be communicated through the ether
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  Speaker 1: until it has been stepped up or changed into a
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  Speaker 1: rate of vibration which the human ear cannot detect. The
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  Speaker 1: radio sending station picks up the sound of the human
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  Speaker 1: voice and scrambles or modifies it by stepping up the
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  Speaker 1: vibration millions of times. Only in this way can the
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  Speaker 1: vibration of sound be communicated through the ether. After this
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  Speaker 1: transformation has taken place, the ether picks up the energy,
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  Speaker 1: which originally was in the form of vibrations of sound,
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  Speaker 1: carries that energy to radio receiving stations, and these receiving
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  Speaker 1: sets step that energy back down to its original rate
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  Speaker 1: of vibration so it is recognized as sound. The subconscious
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  Speaker 1: mind is the intermediary, which translates one's prayers into terms
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  Speaker 1: which infinite intelligence can recognize, presents the message, and brings
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  Speaker 1: back the answer in the form of a definite plan
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  Speaker 1: or idea for procuring the object of the prayer. Understand
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  Speaker 1: this principle. and you will know why mere words read
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  Speaker 1: from a prayer book cannot and will never serve as
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  Speaker 1: an agency of communication between the mind of man and
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  Speaker 1: infinite intelligence. Before your prayer will reach infinite intelligence, a
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  Speaker 1: statement of the author's theory only, it probably is transformed
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  Speaker 1: from its original thought vibration into terms of spiritual vibration.
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  Speaker 1: Faith is the only known agency which will give your
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  Speaker 1: thoughts a spiritual nature. Faith and fear make poor bedfellows.
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  Speaker 1: Where one is found, the other cannot exist. You have
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