GREAT THINGS ARE HAPPEN

                                              ALL ABOUT OUR THOUGHTS

                           GIVE PLACE HERE TO SOME FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF THOUGHT. YOU WILL NEVER BECOME GREAT UNTIL YOUR OWN THOUGHTS MAKE YOU GREAT, AND THEREFORE IT IS OF THE FIRST IMPORTANCE THAT YOU SHOULD THINK. YOU WILL NEVER DO GREAT THINGS IN THE EXTERNAL WORLD UNTIL YOU THINK GREAT THINGS IN THE INTERNAL WORLD, AND YOU WILL NEVER THINK GREAT THINGS UNTIL YOU THINK ABOUT TRUTH- ABOUT THE VERITIES. TO THINK GREAT YOU MUST BE ABSOLUTELY SINCERE. TO BE SINCERE YOU MUST KNOW THAT YOUR INTENTIONS ARE RIGHT. INSINCERE OR FALSE THINKING IS NEVER GREAT, HOWEVER LOGICAL AND BRILLIANT IT MAY BE.

                           THE FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANT STEP IS TO SEEK THE TRUTH ABOUT HUMAN RELATIONS, TO KNOW WHAT YOU OUGHT TO BE TO OTHER PEOPLE, AND WHAT THEY OUGHT TO BE TO YOU. THIS BRINGS YOU BACK TO THE SEARCH FOR A RIGHT VIEWPOINT. YOU SHOULD STUDY ORGANIC AND SOCIAL EVOLUTION. READ THE WORKS OF GREAT PHILOSOPHERS AND WHEN YOU READ, THINK, THINK THE WHOLE MATTER OVER UNTIL YOU SEE THE WORLD IN THE RIGHT WAY. THINK ABOUT WHAT GOD IS DOIG UNTIL YOU CAN SEE WHAT HE IS DOING.

                        YOUR NEXT STEP IS TO THINK YOURSELF INTO THE RIGHT PERSONAL ATTITUDE. YOUR VIEWPOINT TELLS YOU WHAT THE RIGHT ATTITUDE IS, AND OBEDIENCE TO THE SOUL PUTS YOU INTO IT. IT IS ONLY BY MAKING A COMPLETE CONSECRATION OF YOURSELF TO THE HIGHEST THAT IS WITHIN YOU THAT YOU CAN ATTAIN TO SINCERE THINKING, SO LONG AS YOU KNOW YOU ARE SELFISH IN YOUR AIMS, OR DISHONEST OR CROOKED IN ANY WAY IN YOUR INTENTION OR PRACTICES, YOUR THINKING WILL BE FALSE AND YOUR THOUGHTS WILL HAVE NO POWER. 

THINK ABOUT THE WAY YOU ARE DOING THINGS, ABOUT ALL YOUR INTENTIONS, PURPOSES AND PRACTICES, UNTIL YOU KNOW THAT THEY ARE RIGHT. THE FACT OF YOUR OWN COMPLETE UNITY WITH GOD IS ONE THAT YOU CANNOT GRASP WITHOUT DEEP AND SUSTAINED THINKING. ANYONE CAN ACCEPT THE PROPORTION IN A SUPERFICIAL WAY, BUT TO FEEL AND REALIZE A VITAL COMPREHENSION OF IT IS ANOTHER MATTER. IT IS EASY TO THINK OF GOING OUTSIDE OF YOURSELF TO MEET GOD, BUT IT IS NOT SO EASY TO THINK OF GOING INSIDE YOURSELF TO MEET GOD. BUT GOD IS THERE, AND IN THE HOLY OF HOLIES OF YOUR OWN SOUL YOU MAY MEET HIM FACE TO FACE. IT IS A TREMENDOUS THING, THIS FACT THAT ALL YOU NEED IS ALREADY WITHIN YOU, THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE TO CONSIDER HOW TO GET THE POWER TO DO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO OR TO MAKE YOURSELF WHAT YOU WANT TO BE. YOU HAVE ONLY TO CONSIDER HOW TO USE THE POWER YOU HAVE IN THE RIGHT WAY. AND THERE IS NOTHING TO DO BUT TO BEGIN. USE YOUR PERCEPTION OF TRUTH, YOU CAN SEE SOME TRUTH TODAY. LIVE FULLY UP TO THAT AND YOU WILL SEE MORE TRUTH TOMORROW.

LET US LOOK AT WHAT SOME OF THE GREAT PHILOSOPHERS HAVE WRITTEN ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THINKING.

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WE MAY DIVIDE THINKERS INTO THOSE WHO THINK FOR THEMSELVES AND THOSE WHO THINK THROUGH OTHERS. THE LATTER ARE THE RULE AND THE FORMER THE EXCEPTION. THE FIRST ARE ORIGINAL THINKERS IN A DOUBLE SENSE, AND EGOTISTS IN THE NOBLEST MEANING OF THE WORD.

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THE KEY TO EVERY MAN IS HIS THOUGHT. STURDY AND DEFIANT THOUGH HE LOOKS HE HAS A HELM, WHICH HE OBEYS, WHICH IS THE IDEA AFTER WHICH ALL HIS FACTS ARE CLASSIFIED. HE CAN ONLY BE REFORMED BY SHOWING HIM A NEW IDEA WHICH COMMANDS HIS OWN.

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ALL TRULY WISE THOUGHTS HAVE BEEN THOUGHT ALREADY THOUSANDS OF TIMES, BUT TO MAKE THEM REALLY OURS WE MUST THINK THEM OVER AGAIN HONESTLY TILL THEY TAKE ROOT IN OUR PERSONAL EXPRESSION.

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ALL THAT ONE IS OUTWARDLY IS BUT THE EXPRESSION AND COMPLETION OF ONE'S INWARD - THOUGHT. TO WORK EFFECTIVELY ONE MUST THINK CLEARLY. TO ACT NOBLY ONE MUST THINK NOBLY.

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GREAT MEN ARE THEY WHO SEE THAT SPIRITUALLY IS STRONGER THAN ANY MATERIAL FORCE, THAT THOUGHTS RULE THE WORLD.

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IT IS THE HABITUAL THOUGHT THAT FRAMES ITSELF INTO OUR LIFE. IT AFFECTS US EVEN MORE THAN OUR INTIMATE SOCIAL RELATIONS DO. OUR CONFIDENTAL FRIENDS HAVE NOT SO MUCH TO DO IN SHAPING OUR LIVES AS THE THOUGHTS HAVE WHICH WE HARBOT.  

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