CONSCIOUS AND SUBCONSCIOUS MIND
HIILL : IS THAT THE WAY ONE CONNECTS THE CONSCIOUS MIND WITH SUBCONSCIOUS , MR.CARNEGIE?
CARNEGIE : YES, THAT IS THE SIMPLEST KNOWN METHOD. YOU SEE, THEREFORE, WHY I HAVE EMPHASIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF INTENSIFYING ONE'S DESIRES UNTIL THEY BECOME OBSESSIONAL. A DEEP, BURNING DESIRE IS PICKED UP BY THE SUBCONSCIOUS AND ACTED UPON MUCH MORE DEFINITELY AND QUICKLY THAN AN ORDINARY DESIRE. A MERE WISH APPEAR TO MAKE TO IMPRESSION ON THE SUBCONSCIOUS! MANY PEOPLE BECOME CONFUSED US TO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A WISH AND A BURNING DESIRE WHICH HAS BEEN STIMULATED INTO OBSESSIONAL PROPORTIONS BY THE REPETITION OF THOUGHT IN CONNECTION WITH THE DESIRE.
HILL : IF I INDERSTAND YOU CORRECTLY, MR.CARNEGIE, THE ELEMENT OF REPETITION IS IMPORTANT. WHY?
CARNEGIE : BECAUSE REPETITION OF THOUGHT CREATES THOUGHT. HABITS IN THE MIND WHICH CAUSE THE MIND TO GO RIGHT ON WORKING ON AN IDEA WITHOUT ONE'S CONSCIOUS EFFORT. APPARENTLY THE SUBCONCIOUS CONCERNS ITSELF FIRST WITH THOSE THOUGHTS WHICH HAVE BECOME HABITS AND ESPECIALLY IF THE THOUGHTS HAVE BEEN STRONGLY EMOTIONALIZED BY A DEEP AND BURNING DESIRE FOR THEIR REALIZATION.
HILL : THEN ANYONE MAY MAKE USE OF CREATIVE IMAGINATION BY THE SIMPLE PROCESS OF CHARING HIS SUBCONSCIOUS MIND WITH DEFINITE DESIRE?
CARNEGIE : YES, THERE IS NOTHING TO HINDER ANYONE FROM USING THIS PRINCIPLE BUT YOU MUST REMEMBER THAT PRACTICAL RESULTS ARE OBTAINED ONLY BY THOSE WHO HAVE GAINED DISCLINE OVER THEIR THOUGHTS-HABITS, THROUGH THE PROCESS OF CONCENTRATION OF INTEREST AND DESIRE. FLEETING THOUGHTS WHICH COME AND GO INTERMITTENTLY, AND MERE WISHES, WHICH ARE ABOUT THE EXTENT OF THE AVERAGE PERSON'S THINKING, MAKE NO IMPRESSION WHATSOVER ON THE SUBCONCIOUS MIND. I WILL HAVE MORE TO SAY ON THIS SUBJECT OF HABIT, AND ITS EFFECT ON INDIVIDUAL AVHIEVEMENT, WILL BE "COSMIC HABIT-FORCE", A NEWLY DISCOVERED LAW OF NATURE WHICH PROMISES TO BECOME OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE OF THIS LAW AT THE TIME MR.CARNEGIE WAS ANALYZING THIS SUBJECT, ALTHOUGH HIS DESCRIPTION OF THE MANNER IN WHICH THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND CAN BE REACHED AND INFLUENCED HARMONIZES PERFECTLY WITH THE NATURE OF "COSMIC HABIT-FORCE".
HILL : WILL YOU MENTION SOME ADDTIONAL EXAMPLES OF THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF THE TWO TYPES OF IMAGINATION ?
CARNEGIE : WELL, TAKE THE EXPERIENCE OF HENRY FORD, IN CONNECTION WITH HIS PERFECTION OF THE SELF-PROPELLED VEHICLE, FOR EXAMPLE. THE IDEA OF SUCH A VEHICLE WAS FIRST SUGGESTED TO HIM BY A STEAM-PROPELLED TRACTOR THAT WAS BEING USED TO HAUL A THRESHING MACHINE. FROM THE FIRST TIME THAT HE SAW THE TRACTOR HIS MIND BEGAN TO WORK ON THE IDEA OF A HORSELESS BUGGY. AT FIRST HE USED ONLY THE PRINCIPLE OF SYNTHETIC IMAGINATION BY CENTERING HIS MIND ON WAYS AND MEANS OF CONVERTING THE STEAM TRACTOR INTO A RAPID-MOVING VEHICLE FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF PASSENGERS.
THE IDEA BECAME OBSESSIONAL WITH HIM, AND IT HAD THE EFFECT OF CONVEYING HIS BURNING DESIRE TO HIS SUBCONSCIOUS MIND WHERE IT WAS PICKED UP AND ACTED UPON. THE ACTION OF THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND SUGGESTED TO HIM THE USE OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSION ENGINE TO TAKE THE PLACE OF THE STEAM ENGINE, AND HE WENT TO WORK IMMEDIATELY ON THE CREATION OF SUCH AN ENGINE.
OF COURSE HE HAD THE EXPERIMENTS OF OTHER MEN IN CONNECTION WITH INTERNAL COMBUSION GAS ENGINES AS A GUIDE, BUT HIS PROBLEM WAS TO FIND A WAY TO CONVEY THE POWER OF THE ENGINE TO THE WHEELS OF A VEHICLE.HE KEPT HIS MIND CHARGED WITH HIS MAJOR PURPOSE UNTIL, STEP BY STEP, HIS SUBCONSCIOUS MIND PRESENTED HIM WITH IDEAS WITH WHICH HE PERFECTED THE PLANETARY OF POWER TRANSMISSION WHICH ENABLED HIM TO PERFECT HIS FIRST WORKING MODEL OF AN AUTOMOBILE.
HILL : WILL YOU DESCRIBE THE MAJOR FACTORS WHICH ENTERED INTO THE MODUS OPERANDI OF MR.FORD'S MIND WHILE HE WAS PERFECTING THE AUTOMOBILE?
CARNEGIE : THAT WILL BE VERY EASY. WHEN I DESCRIBE THEM YOU WILL HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORKING PRINCIPLES USED BY ALL SUCCESSFUL MEN, AS WELL AS A CLEAR PICTURE OF THE FORD MIND.
- MR. FORD WAS MOTIVATED BY A DEFINITE PURPOSE, WHICH IS THE FIRST STEP IN ALL INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENTS.
- HE STIMULATED HIS PURPOSE INTO AN OBSESSION BY CONCENTRATING HIS THOUGHTS UPON IT.
- HE CONVERTED HIS PURPOSE INTO DEFINITE PLANS, THROUGH THE PRINCIPLE OF ORGANIZED INDIVIDUAL ENDEAVOR, AND PUT HIS PLANS INTO ACTION WITH UNABATING PERSISTENCE.
- HE MADE USE OF THE MASTER MIND PRINCIPLE, FIRST, BY THED HARMONIOUS AID OF HIS WIFE, AND SECONDLY, BY GAINING COUNSEL FROM OTHERS WHO HAD EXPERIMENTED WITH INTERNAL COMBUSION ENGINES AND METHODS OF POWER TRANSMISSION. STILL LATER, OF COURSE, WHEN HE BEGAN TO PRODUCE AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE, HE MADE A STILL MORE EXTENSIVE USE OF THE MASTER MIND PRINCIPLE BY ALLYING HIMSELF WITH THE DODGE BROTHERS AND OTHER MACHANICS AND ENGINEERS SKILLED IN THE SORT OF MECHANICAL PROBLEMS HE HAD TO SOLVE.
- BACK OF ALL THIS EFFORT WAS THE POWER OF APPLIED FAITH WHICH HE ACQUIRED AS THE RESULT OF HIS INTENSE DESIRE FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN CONNECTION WITH HIS DEFINITE MAJOR PURPOSE.
