Some men seem to attract success, power, wealth, attainment, with very
little conscious effort; others conquer with great difficulty; still
others fail altogether to reach their ambitions, desires and ideals.
Why is this so? Why should some men realize their ambitions easily,
others with difficulty, and still others not at all? The cause cannot
be physical, else the most perfect men, physically, would be the most
successful. The difference, therefore, must be mental - must be in the
mind; hence mind must be the creative force, must constitute the sole
difference between men. It is mind, therefore, which overcomes environment
and every other obstacle in the path of men.
When the creative power of thought is fully understood, its effect
will be seen to be marvelous. But such results cannot be secured without
proper application, diligence, and concentration. The student will
find that the laws governing in the mental and spiritual world are
as fixed and infallible as in the material world. To secure the desired
results, then, it is necessary to know the law and to comply with
it. A proper compliance with the law will be found to produce the
desired result with invariable exactitude. The student who learns
that power comes from within, that he is weak only because he has
depended on help from outside, and who unhesitatingly throws himself
on his own thought, instantly rights himself, stands erect, assumes
a dominant attitude, and works miracles.
It is evident, therefore, that he who fails to fully investigate
and take advantage of the wonderful progress which is being made in
this last and greatest science, will soon be as far behind as the
man who would refuse to acknowledge and accept the benefits which
have accrued to mankind through an understanding of the laws of electricity.
Of course, mind creates negative conditions just as readily as favorable
conditions, and when we consciously or unconsciously visualize every
kind of lack, limitation and discord, we create these conditions;
this is what many are unconsciously doing all the time.
This law as well as every other law is no respecter of persons, but
is in constant operation and is relentlessly bringing to each individual
exactly what he has created; in other words, "Whatsoever a man
soweth that shall he also reap."
Abundance, therefore, depends upon a recognition of the laws of Abundance,
and the fact that Mind is not only the creator, but the only creator
of all there is. Certainly nothing can be created, before we know
that it can be created and then make the proper effort. There is no
more Electricity in the world today than there was fifty years ago,
but until someone recognized the law by which it could be made of
service, we received no benefit; now that the law is understood, practically
the whole world is lit by it. So with the law of Abundance; it is
only those who recognize the law and place themselves in harmony with
it, who share in its benefits.
The scientific spirit now dominates every field of effort, relations
of cause and effect are no longer ignored.
The discovery of a region of law marked an epoch in human progress.
It eliminated the element of uncertainty and caprice in men's lives,
and substituted law, reason and certitude.
Men now understand that for every result there is an adequate and
definite cause, so that when a given result is desired, they seek
the condition by which alone this result may be attained.
The basis upon which all law rests was discovered by inductive reasoning
which consists of comparing a number of separate instances with one
another until the common factor which gives rise to them all is seen.
It is this method of study to which the civilized nations owe the
greater part of their prosperity and the more valuable part of their
knowledge; it has lengthened life, it has mitigated pain, it has spanned
rivers, it has brightened the night with the splendor of day, extended
the range of vision, accelerated motion, annihilated distance, facilitated
intercourse, and enabled men to descend into the sea, and into the
air. What wonder then that men soon endeavored to extend the blessings
of this system of study to their method of thinking, so that when
it became plainly evident that certain results followed a particular
method of thinking it only remained to classify these results.
This method is scientific, and it is the only method by which we
shall be permitted retain that degree of liberty and freedom which
we have been accustomed to look upon as an inalienable right, because
a people is safe at home and in the world only if national preparedness
mean such things as growing surplus of health, accumulated efficiency
in public and private business of whatever sort, continuous advance
in the science and art of acting together, and the increasingly dominant
endeavor to make all of these and all other aspects of national development
center and revolve about ascending life, single and collective, for
which science, art and ethics furnish guidance and controlling motives.
The Master Key is based on absolute scientific truth and will unfold
the possibilities that lie dormant in the individual, and teach how
they may be brought into powerful action, to increase the person's
effective capacity, bringing added energy, discernment, vigor and
mental elasticity. The student who gains an understanding of the mental
laws which are unfolded will come into the possession of an ability
to secure results hitherto undreamed of, and which has rewards hardly
to be expressed in words.
It explains the correct use of both the receptive and active elements
of the mental nature, and instructs the student in the recognition
of opportunity; it strengthens the will and reasoning powers, and
teaches the cultivation and best uses of imagination, desire, the
emotions and the intuitional faculty. It gives initiative, tenacity
of purpose, wisdom of choice, intelligent sympathy and a thorough
enjoyment of life on its higher planes.
The Master Key teaches the use of Mind Power, true Mind Power, not
any of the substitutes and perversions; it has nothing to do with
Hypnotism, Magic or any of the more or less fascinating deceptions
by which many are led to think that something can be had for nothing.
The Master Key cultivates and develops the understanding which will
enable you to control the body and thereby the health. It improves
and strengthens the Memory. It develops Insight, the kind of Insight
which is so rare, the kind which is the distinguishing characteristic
of every successful business man, the kind which enables men to see
the possibilities as well as the difficulties in every situation,
the kind which enables men to discern opportunity close at hand, for
thousands fail to see opportunities almost within their grasp while
they are industriously working with situations which under no possibility
can be made to realize any substantial return.
The Master Key develops Mental Power which means that others instinctively
recognize that you are a person of force, of character - that they
want to do what you want them to do; it means that you attract men
and things to you; that you are what some people call "lucky",
that "things" come you way' that you have come into an understanding
of the fundamental laws of Nature, and have put yourself in harmony
with them; that you are in tune with Infinite; that you understand
the law of attraction, the Natural laws of growth, and the Psychological
laws on which all advantages in the social and business world rest.
Mental Power is creative power, it gives you the ability to create
for yourself; it does not mean the ability to take something away
from someone else. Nature never does things that way. Nature makes
two blades for grass grow where one grew before, and Mind Power enables
men to do the same thing.
The Master Key develops insight and sagacity, increased independence,
the ability and disposition to be helpful. It destroys distrust, depression,
fear, melancholia, and every form of lack limitation and weakness,
including pain and disease; it awakens buried talents, supplies initiative,
force, energy, vitality - it awakens an appreciation of the beautiful
in Art, Literature and Science.
It has changed the lives of thousands of men and women, by substituting
definite principles for uncertain and hazy methods - and principles
for the foundation upon which every system of efficiency must rest.
Elbert Gary, the chairman of the United States Steel Corporation,
said "The services of advisors, instructors, efficiency experts
in successful management are indispensable to most business enterprises
of magnitude, but I deem the recognition and adoption of right principles
vastly more importance."
The Master Key teaches right principles, and suggests methods for
making a practical application of the principles; in that it differs
from every other course of study. It teaches that the only possible
value which can attach to any principle is in its application. Many
read books, take home study courses, attend lectures all their lives
without ever making any progress in demonstrating the value of the
principles involved. The Master Key suggests methods by which the
value of the principles taught may be demonstrated and put in actual
practice in the daily experience.
There is a change in the thought of the world. This change is silently
transpiring in our midst, and is more important than any which the
world has undergone since the downfall of Paganism.
The present revolution in the opinions of all classes of men, the
highest and most cultured of men as well as those of the laboring
class, stands unparalleled in the history of the world.
Science has of late made such vast discoveries, has revealed such
an infinity of resources, has unveiled such enormous possibilities
and such unsuspected forces, that scientific men more and more hesitate
to affirm certain theories as established and indubitable or to deny
certain other theories as absurd or impossible, and so a new civilization
is being born; customs, creeds, and cruelty are passing; vision, faith
and service are taking their place. The fetters of tradition are being
melted off from humanity, and as the dross of materialism is being
consumed, thought is being liberated and truth is rising full orbed
before an astonished multitude.
The whole world is on the eve of a new consciousness, a new power
and a new consciousness, a new power and a new realization of the
resources within the self. The last century saw the most magnificent
material progress in history. The present century will produce the
greatest progress in mental and spiritual power.
Physical Science has resolved matter into molecules, molecules into
atoms, atoms into energy, and it has remained for Sir Ambrose Fleming,
in an address before the Royal Institution, to resolve this energy
into mind. He says: "In its ultimate essence, energy may be incomprehensible
by us except as an exhibition of the direct operation of that which
we call Mind or Will."
Let us see what are the most powerful forces in Nature. In the mineral
world everything is solid and fixed. In the animal and vegetable kingdom
it is in a state of flux, forever changing, always being created and
recreated. In the atmosphere we find heat, light and energy. Each
realm becomes finer and more spiritual as we pass from the visible
to the invisible, from the coarse to the fine, from the low potentiality
to high potentiality. When we reach the invisible we find energy in
its purest and most volatile state.
And as the most powerful forces of Nature are the invisible forces,
so we find that the most powerful forces of man are his invisible
forces, his spiritual force, and the only way in which the spiritual
force can manifest is through the process of thinking. Thinking is
the only activity which the spirit possesses, and thought is the only
product of thinking.
Addition and subtraction are therefore spiritual transactions; reasoning
is a spiritual process; ideas are spiritual conceptions; questions
are spiritual searchlights and logic, argument and philosophy is spiritual
machinery.
Every thought brings into action certain physical tissue, parts of
the brain, nerve or muscle. This produces an actual physical change
in the construction of the tissue. Therefore it is only necessary
to have a certain number of thoughts on a given subject in order to
bring about a complete change in the physical organization of a man.
This is the process by which failure is changed to success. Thoughts
of courage, power, inspiration, harmony, are substituted for thoughts
of failure, despair, lack, limitation and discord, and as these thoughts
take root, the physical tissue is changed and the individual sees
life in a new light, old things have actually passed away, all things
have become new, he is born again, this time born of the spirit, life
has a new meaning for him, he is reconstructed and is filled with
joy, confidence, hope, energy. He sees opportunities for success to
which he was heretofore blind. He recognizes possibilities which before
had no meaning for him. The thoughts of success with which he has
been impregnated are radiated to those around him, and they in turn
help him onward and upward; he attract to him new and successful associates,
and this in turn changes his environment; so that by this simple exercise
of thought, a man changes not only himself, but his environment, circumstances
and conditions.
You will see, you must see, that we are at the dawn of a new day;
that the possibilities are so wonderful, so fascinating, so limitless
as to be almost bewildering. A century ago any man with a Gatling
Gun could have annihilated a whole army equipped with the implements
of warfare then in use. So it is at present. Any man with a knowledge
of the possibilities contained in the Master Key has an inconceivable
advantage over the multitude.
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