THE POWER OF GAYATRI MANTRA

                                                       GAYATRI MANTRA

             THERE ARE MANY FORMS O GAYATRI, BUT ONE PARTICULAR FORM IS CALLED SAVITUR GAYATRI, WHICH IS DERIVED FROM THE WORD SAVITRI, THE NAME OF MOTHER DIVINE, RADIANT AND EFFULGENT. BEAR IN MIND THAT WHILE MOTHER DIVINE, LIKE OUR SOLAR SYSTEM, ENGENDERS LIGHT, UNTIL WE INVOKE THE LIGHT WITHIN, THE WORLD AROUND US IS DARK. AND THERE IS LITTLE HOPE FOR THE PERSON WHO REMAINS DARK INSIDE.

            THE VEDAS TALK ABOUT FOUR STATES OF MIND, SUSHUPTA, WHEN YOU ARE SLEEPING, JAGRITA, WHEN YOU ARE AWAKE, SWAPANA, WHEN YOU ARE DREAMING, AND TURIYA, WHEN YOU ARE BEYOND. THERE ARE ALSO SEVEN PLANES OF EXISTENCE OF WHICH THREE ARE KEY, BHU, THIS MATERIAL PLANE, BHUVAH, THE PLANE OF CONSCIOUSNESS AND SVAH, OUR TRUE SELF, SOMETHING THAT IS EVEN BEYOND SONSCIOUSNESS. THE EXPERIENCE YOU MIGHT GO THROUGH WHEN YOU ARE CONSCIOUS IS AN EXPERIENCE THAT IS BEYOND CONSCIOUSNESS.

            CONSCIOUSNESS ITSELF IS VITAL FOR MANTRA SADHANA. IT IS ESSENTIAL TO REMEMBER WHILE CHANTING ANY MANTRA, AND CERTAILY THE GAYATHRI MANTRA, THAT IT'S NOT ABOUT BECOMING A PARROT AND KEEP CHANTING WITHOUT ANY FEELING, SOME PEOPLE JUST WANT TO GET THROUGH THE MANTRA AS IF IT'S TASK THEY HAVE TAKEN UPON THEMSELVES: GOOD LORD, DO I WANT TO SIT AND CHANT THIS MANTRA AGAIN? AS I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TO DO IN MY LIFE,  AND I HAVE TAKEN UPON MYSELF ONE MORE THING?".

            IF YOU ARE GOING TO CHANT THE MANTRA WITH THIS SENTIMENT, YOU WILL NOT GET ANY RESULTS FROM IT - YOU MAY UNDERSTAND, BUT NOT BENEFIT FROM THE MANTRA. THIS IS THE MOST  IMPORTANT, QUALITATIVE ASPECT OF MANTRA SCIENCE, AND IT SIMPLY CANNOT BE IGNORED. IN THAT SENSE, IT'S NOT A TRADITIONAL SCEINCE - IT REQUIRES FAITH.

         ANOTHER IMPORTANT ASPECT OF MANTRA SCIENCE IS LEARNING ITS PROPER USE. WHEN YOU CHANT MANTRAS, AND WHEN THE GRACE OF MOTHER DIVINE IS FULLY BESTOWED UPON YOU, YOU WILL REALIZE WHEN AND HOW TO  USE IT. THAT DISCRETION, THAT SENSE OF DISCERNING WISDOM, COMES AFTE A LONG TIME OF MANTRA SADHANA.

          

              INITIALLY WHEN YOU GAIN POWER AND SHARPENIED INTUTION, OR WHEN YOU FELL YOU CAN BLESS SOMEBODY AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO SOMEBODY'S LIFE, YOU WILL BE TEMPTED TO SAY, "YES, GRANTED, OKAY, SO BE IT", BECAUSE YOU WANT TO MAKE OTHERS HAPPY. OR WORSE, YOU MAY SIMPLY WANT TO IMPRESS PEOPLE. BUT LET'S ASSUME YOUR INTENTION IS SIMPLY TO MAKE OTHERS HAPPY. TO SAY. "OH THIS PERSON IS BOTHERED BY THIS, LET ME MAKE HIM HAPPY", OR YOU'LL SAY, "OH GRANTED, YOU'LL WIN A MILLION DOLLARS TOMORROW," AND SO ON. IF YOU DO THAT, YOU WILL LOSE THE POWER VERY QUICKLY INDEED - IN A MATTER OF WEEKS, OR EVEN DAYS, IF YOU'RE NOT LUCKY. THERE IS A SAYING IN HINDI, BANDAR KE HAATH USTRA LAG GAYA HAI. THE MONKEY'S GOT A RAZOR IN HIS HANDS AND IT'S NOW JUST RUNNING IT OVER EVERYTHING IT SEES.

                THAT'S WHY WHEN YOU CHANT A MANTRA, IT TAKES TIME FOR THE ENERGY TO COME TO YOU. NATURE IS PREPARING YOU SO YOU ARE READY TO PROVIDE A REAL BENEFIT TO SOCIETY.

             PEOPLE WILL COME TO YOU, AND ONLY ONE PERCENT OF THEM WILL COME SIMPLY TO SAY," I AM VERY HAPPY, I JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE". NINETY-NINE PERCENT OF PEOPLE WILL COME TO YOU WITH PROBLEMS, ALMOST ALL OF WHOM WOULD BELIEVE THEY ARE NOT THE CAUSE OF THEM. IF SOMEONE BELIEVES HE IS NOT THE CAUSE OF HIS PROBLEM, HOW CAN WE SOLVE IT? IF HE BELIEVES THAT SOMETHING ELSE IS CAUSING THE ISSUE, AND SAYS, "FIX THE PROBLEM, BUT DON'T TELL ME TO DO ANYTHING, BECAUSE I AM NOT THE CAUSE OF IT", YOU MIGHT SAY, "OKAY, YOUR PROBLEMS WILL BE SOLED."

            THERE WAS THIS PERSON IN CANADA - AND I AM TELLING YOU HIS REAL-STORY, WHICH I WITNESSED OVER A PERIOD OF TIME. WHEN I FIRST MET HIM IN INDIA, HE WAS A DEVOUT WORSHIPPER OF THE GAYATRI MANTRA. HE WAS THE FIRST ONE WHOM I SAW WHO ACTUALLY HAD GAYATRI SIDDHI . SIDDHI IS WHEN A MANTRA BECOMES YOUR OWN AND YOU BECOME THE MANTRA, THE ENERGY OF THE MANTRA WORKS THROUGH YOU, LIVES IN YOU, BENEFITTING OTHER PEOPLE. HE BLESSED AND HELPED MANY PEOPLE SAIL THROUGH DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCE IN LIFE.

                                                          FOUR TYPES MANTRA

              

                                1. "OM BHURBHUVAH SVAH," FIRST PAUSE,

                                2. "TATSAVITURVARENYAMA," SECOND PAUSE,

                                3. "BHARGO DEVASYA DHIMAHI", THIRD PAUSE,

                                4. " DHIYO YO NAH, PRACODAYATA," FOURTH PAUSE.

            IN THE BEGINNING, WHEN YOU CHANT THIS MANTRA, YOU FOLLOW A STRICT DISCIPLINE, SO TO SPEAK. YOU MIGHT ONLY SIT DOWN AND THEN CHANT. BUT AS YOU PROGRESS, CHANTING BECOMES A PART OF YOUR LIFE, AND YOU CAN CHANT 24/7.

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TIPS TO GETTING RICH

                                            THE IDEA OF GETTING RICH

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               A KEY STEP IN SETTING THE STAGE FOR GREATNESS TO THINK OF YOURSELF AS YOU DESIRE TO BE, AND SET YOUR IDEAL AS NEAR TO PERFECTION AS YOUR IMAGINATION IS CAPABLE OF FORMING THE CONCEPTION. THIS IS CALLED A THOUGHT - FORM , FOR EXAMPLE , IF A YOUNG LAW STUDENT WISHES TO BECOME GREAT, LET HIM PICTURE HIMSELF (WHILE ATTENDING TO THE VIEWPOINT, CONSECTION, AND IDENTIFICATION, AS PREVIOUSLY DIRECTED) AS A GREAT LAWYER, PLEADING HIS CASE WITH MATCHES ELOQUENCE AND POWER BEFORE THE JUDGE AND JURY, AS HAVING A UNLIMITED COMMAND OF TRUTH, OF KNOWLEDGE, AND OF WISDOM, LET HIM PICTURE HIMSELF AS THE GREAT LAWYER IN EVERY POSSIBLE SITUATION AND CONTINGENCY. WHILE HE IS STILL ONLY THE STUDENT IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES, LET HIM NEVER FORGET OR FAIL TO  BE THE GREAT LAWYER IN HIS THOUGHT-FORM OF HIMSELF. AS THE THOUGHT-FORM GROWS MORE DEFINITE AND HABITUAL IN HIS MIND, THE CREATIVE ENERGIES, BOTH WITHIN AND WITHOUT, ARE SET AT WORK. HE BEGIN TO MANIFEST THE FORM FROM WHICH AND ALL THE ESSENTIALS WITHOUT, WHICH GO INTO THE PICTURE, BEGIN TO BE IMPELLED TOWARD HIM. HE MAKES HIMSELF INTO THE IMAGE AND GOD WORKS WITH HIM. NOTHING CAN PREVENT HIM FROM BECOMING WHAT HE WISHES TO BE.

          IN THE SAME GENERAL WAY THE MUSICAL STUDENT PICTURES HERSELF AS PERFORMING PERFECT HARMONIES, AND AS DELIGHTING VAST AUDIENCES, THE ACTOR FORMS THE HIGHEST CONCEPTION HE IS CAPABLE OF IN REGARD TO HIS ART, AND APPLIES THIS CONCEPTION TO HIMSELF. THE SALES REPRESENTATIVE AND THE MECHANIC DO EXACTLY THE SAME THING, FIX UPON YOUR IDEAL OF WHAT YOU WISH TO MAKE OR YOURSELF,  CONSIDER WELL AND BE SURE THAT YOU MAKE THE RIGHT CHOCE, THAT IS THE ONE THAT WILL BE THE MOST SATISFACTORY TO YOU IN A GENERAL WAY. DO NOT PAY TOO MUCH ATTENTION TO THE ADVISOR OR SUGGESTIONS OF THOSE AROUND YOU, DO NOT BELIVE THAT ANYONE CAN KNOW, BETTER THAT YOURSELF, WHAT IS RIGHT FOR YOU. LISTEN TO WHAT OTHERS HAVE TO THAN YOURSELF, BUT ALWAYS FORM YOUR OWN CONCLUSIONS. DO NOT LET OTHER PEOPLE DECIDE WHAT YOU ARE TO BE. BE WHAT YOU FEEL THAT YOU WANT TO BE.

                   DO NOT BE  MISLED BY A FALSE NOTION OF OBLIGATION OR DUTY. YOU CAN OWE NO POSSIBLE OBLIGATION OR DUTY TO OTHERS, WHICH SHOULD PREVENT YOU FROM MAKING THE MOST OF YOURSELF. BE TRUE TO YOURSELF, AND YOU FROM MAKING THE MOST OF YOURSELF. BE TRUE OF YOURSELF, AND YOU CANNOT THEN BE FASE TO ANYONE. WHEN YOU HAVE FULLY DECIDED WHAT THING YOU WANT TO BE, FORM THE HIGHEST CONCEPTION OF THAT THING THAT YOU ARE CAPABLE OF IMAGINATION, AND MAKE THAT CONCEPTION A THOUGHT-FORM. HOLD THAT THOUGHT-FORM AS A FACT, AS THE REAL TRUTH ABOUT YOURSELF, AND BELIEVE IT. CLOSE YOUR EARS TO ALL ADVERSE SUGGESTIONS. NEVER MIND IF PEOPLE CALL YOU A FOOL AND A DREAMER. DREAM ON.

 

REMEMBER THAT BONAPARTE, THAT HALF-STARVED LIETENANT, ALWAYS SAW HIMSELF AS THE GENERAL OF ARMIES AND THE MASTER OF FRANCE, AND HE BECAME IN OUTWARD REALIZATION WHAT HE HELD HIMSELF TO BE IN MIND.  SO LIKEWISE WILL YOU. ATTEND CAREFULLY TO ALL THAT HAS BEEN SAID IN THE PRECEDING CHAPTERS, AND ACT AS DIRECTED IN THE FOLLOWING ONES, AND YOU'LL BECOME WHAT YOU WANT TO BE.

MICHAEL JORDAN IS ANOTHER PERSON WHO EARLY IN HIS LIFE SAW HIMSELF AS A GREAT ATHLETE AND HE PLANNED EVERY STEP OF THE WAY TO BECOME ONE OF THE GREATEST ATHLETES OF HIS GENERATION. HE ALWAYS HAD THE DETERMINATION TO WIN AND THE WILL POWER TO DO ALL THAT MUST BE DONE TO KEEP IN SHARP AND PLAY HIS VERY BEST. HE IS COMMITTED TO MAINTAIN HIGH STANDARDS AND TO KEEP IMPROVING HIS OWN RECORDS. JORDAN LEARNED THIS LESSON EARLY. IN HIGH SCHOOL, HED WAS DROPPED FROM TH TEAM, BUT HIS DETERMINATION TO BE REINSTEAD LET TO HIS STARTING A HEAVY REGIMEN OF PRACTICE DAILY- WHICH HE STILL FOLLOWS. HE TAKES EACH DOUBTS AS A CHALLEGE, AND EACH YEAR HE'S HAD A NEW INCENTIVE. 

WHEN HE RETURED TO BASKETBALL AFTER A FEW YEARS AWAY FROM THE GAME, HIS CRITICS SAID THAT HE WAS PAST HIS PRIME AND THAT HE WAS SLOWER AND COULDN'T WIN ANOTHER CHAMPIONSHIP. HE TOOK THIS AS A CHALLENGE AND IT JUST  HONED HIS DETERMINATION TO SHOW THEM THEY WERE WRONG. HE WORKED HARDER THAN EVER TO IMPROVE AND MAINTAIN HIS CONDITIONING. HE DESIGNED A YEAR-ROUND CONDITIONING PROGRAM WITH HIS OWN PERSONAL TRAINER AND HIS OWN GYM AND WEIGHT ROOM HE RECOGNIZED THAT AS ONE GROWS OLDER, THE BODY STARTS GIVING SIGNALS THAT YOU MUST LISTEN TO AND TO THE THINGS THAT ARE CORRECT IN ORDER TO STAY IN THE BEST SHAPE POSSIBLE TO CONSISTENTLY PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP. THE RESULT WERE ASTOUDING. JORDAN LED HIS TEAM TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP IN 1996 AND 1997 AND IN BOTH YEARS WAS NAMED THE MOST VALUABLE PLAYER. MICHAEL JORDAN'S DETERMINATION TO ACHIEVE HIS GOALS IS A LESSON TO ALL OF US THAT IF WE ARE DETERMINED TO ACHIEVE OUR GOALS, NEITHER AGE NOR SKEPTICISM OF OTHERS CAN DETER US. BUT DETERMINATION IS ONLY THE FIRST STEP. IT MUST BE FOLLOWED BY HARD WORK, A REGIMEN OF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL EXERCISE AND WHATVER IT TAKES TO BRING US TO PEAK PERFORMANCE.

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HIMALAYA'S MONSOON

                                                  HIMALAYA'S HISTORY

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             MONSOON HAD STARTED IN FULL SWING FROM THE SOUTHEAST, FROM THE BAY OF BENGAL. THIS WAS THE SEASON OF RICE CULTIVATION IN THE SOUTH AND EAST OF INDIA. VAST STRETCHES OF THE RURAL FIELDS OF BENGAL WERE PARTIALLY FLOODED WITH WATER. TINY GREEN PADDY SHOOTS WERE JUST RAISING THEIR HEADS ABOVE THE WATER.

            FARMERS RELAXED IN THEIR MUD HOUSES AFTER MANY DAYS OF HONESTY, SELF-RESPECT, AND WILLING ENDURANCE. SOMETIMES A LATE RETURNING VILLAGER WOULD BE SEEN TARRYING ON THE MUDDY PATHS, BAREFOOTED, SANDALS IN ONE HAND AND LOOSE DHOTI HELD HIGH ABOVE THE KNEES IN THE OTHER. PASSING BY A FAMILIAR HOME, HE WOULD CALL OUT HELLO, GET A RESPONSE FROM OUTSIDE THE HOUSE - A WORD OUT HELLO, GET A RESPONSE FROM INSIDE THE HOUSE- A WORD OR TWO MORE- AND THEN CARRY ON THE LAST LAP OF HIS HOMEWARD JOURNEY. OUTER ACTIVITIES WERE OTHERWISE HARDLY NOTICEABLE.

           IN THE NIGHTS, FROM FAR - OFF DISTANCES, BENGALI DEVOTIONAL AND FOLK SONGS WERE FAINTLY AUDIBLE WITH THEIR RYTHMIC DRUMBEATS INTILLING A MYSTIFYING AND ENCHANTING MOOD.

           VILLAGE KADAMBINI WAS ABOUT FOUR MILES FROM THE LAST RAILWAY STATION ON THE NARROW GAUGE LINE. A DUSTY ROAD LED FROM THE STATION TO THE VILAGE, FIT ONLY FOR PEDESTRIANS AND BULLOCK CARTS. AT THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE VILLAGE WAS A WELL- KNOWN KALI TEMPLE, A GREAT CENTRE FOR TANTRA PRACTICES. NEARBY AT THE CREMATION GROUND, TANTRICS LIVED AND PRACTICED THEIR CRUDE TECHNIQUES NIGHT AFTE NIGHT.

COMMON PEOPLE OFTEN SHUNNED VISITING THE PLACE AFTER DARK. MANY STORIES OF DREADFUL EPISODES MADE PEOPLE SOMEWHAT FEARFUL. BUT NOT EVERYONE KEPT AWAY. ADHERENTS OF OCCULT SECTS CAME DAILY AFTER DARKNESS DESCENDED. SOME WOULD ENTER THE CREMATION GROUND AND START THEIR PRACTICES, WHILE OTHERS SAT IN THE VICINITY OF THE KALI TEMPLE. BEFORE DAWN THEY WOULD LEAVE, ONE BY ONE, FOR THEIR HOMES.

BUT THE STORY ONE DAY WHEN A YOUNG BHAIRAVI ARRIVED AT THE TEMPLE AND OCCUPIED A CORNER OF THE VERANDAH. SHE ALWAYS REMAINED IN SILENCE. NO ONE SAW HER EATING ANY FOOD. SHE HARDLY SLEPT. MOST OF THE TIME HER EYES REMAINDED CLOSED IN DEEP REVERENCE. SHE SEEMED UNAWARE OF OUTER SURROUNDINGS. WHEN NEWS OF HER ARRIVAL SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE NEARBY VILLAGES, THRONGS OF PEOPLE BEGAN POURING IN DAY AND NIGHT TO SEE HER. RARELY WOULD SHE OPEN HER EYES TO LOOK AT THE PEOPLE STANDING NEARBY, HER HEAD SELDOM RAISED BEYOND THIS POINT. GRADUALLY PEOPLE BEGAN TO BRING VARIOUS GIFTS. AFTER BOWING DOWN TO HER AND PLACING THE OFFERINGS AT HER FEET, THEY WAITED FOR HER BLESSINGS. HER SILENCE WAS ELOQUENT. HER OCCASIONAL GLANCE PACIFIED  VISITORS. SOME WOULD THEN GO AWAY, BUT OTHERS KEPT WAITING FOR HOURS.

NOT LONG AFTER THAT, STORIES BEGAN CIRCULATING ABOUT HEALINGS, PROBLEMS BEING SOLVED, AND SUCCESSESS ATTAINED, LARGER CROWS ARRIVED, BLOCKING THE WAY SO THAT IT WAS SOMETIMES DIFFICULT TO SEE HER FACE. A FEW SELP-APPOINTED VOLUNTEERS STARTED MANAGING THE PEOPLE SO VISITORS COULD STAND IN LINE AND SEE HER ONE BY ONE. THEY OFTEN ADDRESSED HER AS DEVIJI'S.

RAINS DIDN'T SEEM TO BOTHER MOST OF THE PEOPLE. THE TEMPLE'S SPACIOUS OPEN GROUNDS ACCOMMODATED HUNDREDS. THEY EVEN FORGOT THEIR DREAD OF THE CREMATION GROUND AND THE TANTRICS, BELIEVING THAT THE DEVIJI WAS NEAR THEM!

THE BHAIRAVI WAS FAIRLY TALL AND SLIM, WITH SKIN A BIT DARK. HER FACE WAS LONG AND WELL CHISELED AND HER LIMBS WELL PROPORTIONED. USUALLY HER BLACK HAIR WAS TIED UP AT THE BACK OF HER HEAD, BUT WHEN IMTIED, IT FELL TO HER SLENDER WAIST. WHEN SHE OPENED HER BIG EYES, VISITORS WOULD BE REMINDED, CHIEFLY BY HER PROMINENT EYELASHES, OF THE EYES OF A MUSK DEER. DEVIJI NEVER SEEMED TO NOTICE ANYONE IN PARTICULAR, BUT HER QUIET CALM AND POWERFUL BEARING MADE EVERYONE FEEL AT HOME IN HER PRESENCE.

A FEW MONTHS AFTER DEVIJI'S ARRIVAL AT THE TEMPLE, A YOUNG HOLY MAN WAS SEEN STANDING IN THE LINE. HE WAS DRENCHED BY THE MONSOON RAINS AND THE VOLUNTEERS MADE WAY FOR HIM, HELPING HIM REACH THE BHAIRAVI BY GIVING HIM PREFERENCE.

IN THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE, DEVI'S OPENED AND FELL UPON THE HOLY MAN, AFTER A BRIEF AND BARELY NOTICEABLE HESITATION, A VERY FAINT SMILE - HARDLY A SMILE - APPEARED ON HER FACE. THE UNFAMILIAR HOLY MAN RESPONDED INVOLUNTARILY WITH A SHY SMILE. HE WAITED FOR SOME TIME, AND WHILE HE WAITED HER EYES DIDN'T CLOSE. THIS WAS PERHAPS THE FIRST TIME SHE WAS SEEN WATCHING SOMEONE IN PARTICULAR! BUT SOON THE HOLY MAN ARRIVED, VOLUNTEERS WOULD USHER HIM NEAR THE BHAIRAVI. GRADUALLY AND QUITE NATURALLY HIS STAY GREW LONGER AND LONGER, SOMETIMES EXTENDING THROUGH THE WHOLE DAY, AND RARELY, EVEN UP TO LAST NIGHT.

NOW DEVI SOMETIMES SPOKE A WORD OR TWO. ONCE SHE ASKED HIM, "SATYAKAM" HE REPLIED IN A SIMPLE TONE.

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TRAVELING TO HIMALAYA'S

                                                            MY DESIRE HIMALAYA'S

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                 ON THE BANKS OF THE RIVER SARASWATHI, NEAR THE VILLAGE OF SONAR LINGA, LIVE A SAGE. IN THIS FAR-OFF REGION OF NORTH CENTRAL HIMALAYA, AMIDST SNOW-PEAKED MOUNTAINS, THE SAGE GAZED DOWN ACROSS THE SARASWATHI AT THIS LAST OUTPOST OF THE HIMALAYAN ROUTE. PERCHED HIGH ON THE SLOPES AT ABOUT 8000 FEET, SONAR VILLAGE APPEARED AS NOTHING MORE THANA FEW BROWN HUTS CLESTERED TOGETHER.  A VILLAGER OR TWO CUT WOOD IN THE TALL PINE FOREST, A FEW BIRDS CHIRPED HERE AND THERE. MEADOWS DOTTED WITH PINES ROLLED OVER THE SLOPES, SILENT, LUSH AND LOVELY. GRAY BOULDERS OF VARIOUS SIZES LAY ALL AROUND THE VALLEY. SARASWATHI KUND, THE SOURCE OF THE SARASWATHI RIVER, WAS ONLY ONE DAY'S GIKE AWAY. THE WEATHER WAS COLD, WET, FRESH AND INVIGORATING.

              DAWN VANISHED INTO THE RISING SUN ON THE EASTERN PEAKS OF THE RANGES. THE SAGE EMERGED FROM HIS WOODEN HUT CARRYING A BEGGING BOWL IN HIS HAND AND PROCEEDED TO THE RIVER. HE WALKED ERECT WITH A BEARING WORTHY OF A SAGE. HE STOOD TALL, WITH A BROAD FOREHAND AND MATTED HAIR FLOWING DOWN TO HIS WAIST, SCANTLY CLOTHING COVERED HIS LEARN BODY. HIS SERENE AND PLEASANT COUNTENANCE DISPERSED ALL DOUBTS WITH ITS GUESS HIS AGE, BUT JUDGING BY HIS PHYSICAL APPEARANCE, HE WAS ABOUT SIXTY. 

            AFTER FINISHING HIS BATH IN THE COLD RIVER, THE SAGE RETURNED TO THE HUT AND PUT THE WATER-FILLED BOWL INSIDE. AS HE CAME OUT OF THE DOOR, A YOUNG MAN DESCENDED THE SLOPES AT THE BACK OF THE HUT. IN A SHORT WHILE, THE STRANGER REVERENTLY APPROACHED THE HOLY MAN, AND WITH AWE TOUCHED HIS FOREHEAD TO THE SAGE'S BARE FEET. FROM HIS CLOSED LIPS THE HOLY MAN UTTERED A SIMPLE HNU-A SORT OF RELAXED ACKNOWLEDGMENT. THE YOUNG MAN STOOP UP, HIS FACE BEAMING, EYE SHINING AND SWEET SMILE DANCING ON HIS LIPS. IN NO TIME HIS FATIGUE, SEEMINGLY FROM A LONG JOURNEY ON FOOT, VANISHED. WITH A LITTLE IMPATIENCE HE WAITED FOR THE NEXT MOVE FROM THE HOLY MAN.

          THE SAGE SAT DOWN ON A NEARLY FLAT STONE AND BABE THE STRANGER TO SIT IN THE ONE OPPOSITE.

         SO YOU HAVE COME "SATYAKAM" ASSERTED THE SAGE WITH SATISFACTION. HOW DO YOU KNOW MY NAME SIR? YOU SEEMED TO KNOW I WAS COMING, DIDN'T YOU?

       WITHOUT REPLYING DIRECTLY TO THE QUESTIONS, AS IF TAKING THEM FOR GRANTED, THE SAGE CONTINUED, AFTER YOU TAKE A BATH, EAT AND REST FOR TODAY, TOMORROW YOU'LL RECEIVE YOUR FIRST LESSONS ON THE SPIRITUAL PATH.

         BUT SIR, I WANTEDTO SAY SO MUCH ABOUT MY SEARCH, MY DIFFICULTIES, YOUR WHEREABOUTS, MY ASPIRATIONS...'

       CUTTING HIM OFF IN MID-SENTENCE, THE SEER SAID ABRUPTLY WITH A FIRM AND MEASURED TONE, "THERE NEEDN'T BE ANY FORMALITIES OR INTRODUCTION BETWEEN A DISCIPLE AND A GURU OF BIRTH ACQUAINTANCE.'

       SO YOU ARE MY GURU FROM BIRTH TO BIRTH! SAYING THIS WITH ASTONISHMENT AND SATISFACTION, HE BECAME CHOKED WITH EMOTION. HIS EYES BRIMMED WITH TEARS. HE CLOSED HIS EYES SLOWLY WITH UNSPEAKABLE JOY, AND TEARS ROLLED DOWN HIS CHEEKS AS HIS HANDS INVOLUNTARILY FOLDED IN THE MANNER OF RESPECTFUL GREETING. HIS FOREHEAD BENT DOWN A LITTLE, BUT HE COULD NOT HOLD HIMSELF FURTHER AND FELL SPONTANEOUSLY AT THE FEET OF THE MASTER.

              THE MASTER TOUCHED SATYAKAM'S HEAD WITH HIS RIGHT HAND AND SLOWLY LET THE PLACE.

                THE DAY MOVED ON, RYTHMIC IN AGELESS SPLENDOR, THE SKY WAS CLEAR BLUE, SNOW GLIMMERED ON THE PEAKS, A CROW OR TWO FLEW FROM ONE END OF THE VALLEY TO THE OTHER. WATER RUSHED IN THE RIVER, MAKING THE ONLY SOUND IN THE VALLEY. THE LURE AND ENCHANTMENT OF THE UNSPOILED WATERS BECKONED SATYAKAM TO RELAX AND ABSORB THE NATURAL BEAUTY.

             SMOOTHLY AND METHODICALLY, SATYAKAM WENT ON FINISHING HIS CHORES, RESPECTFULLY TAKING, ON OCCASION, NECESSARY INSTRUCTIONS FROM HIS MENTOR, TILL THE DAY ENDED IN PEACEFUL DUSK.

           CALLING HIM WITH A LITTLE INDIFFERENCE, THE HOLY MAN SAID, 'I'LL SEE YOU TOMARROW MORNING. YOU MAY RETIRE TO YOUR HUT NOW'. POINTING A LITTLE FARTHER SOUTH.

           NEXT MORNING A FEW PATCHES OF CLOUD FILLED THE SKY, BUT SUNSHINE BROKE THROUGH - A BLESSING IN THIS REGION OF SNOW. THE RAINY SEASON WAS STILL TWO MONTHS AWAY. THE TWO SOLITARY FIGURES SILENTLY ASCENDED THE MOUNTAINSIDE BEHING THE MASTER'S HUT WHERE SATYAKAM HAD APPEARED THE DAY BEFORE. A SHORT WHILE AFTER, ON FAIRLY LEVEL GROUND ON THE SLOPE, THE MASTER SAT DOWN FACING THE RIVER. ON SLIGHTLY LOWER GROUND SAT SATYAKAM, LOOKING AT HIS MASTER AND WAITING ANXIOUSLY.

              SATYAKAM WAS OF AVERAGE BUIL, RELATIVELY FAIR AND IN HIS EARLY TWENTIES. AN UNEVEN SCANTY BEARD HAD GROWN ON HIS FACE, GIVING HIM THE LOOK OF AN ASPIRANT, HIS HAIR HAD NEARLY GROWN DOWN THE BACK OF HIS NECK, BUT WAS NOT QUITE FLOWING YET. HE HAD A MORE OR LESS ROUND FACE, AND ON IT ONE COULD EASILY READ HIS TRANSPARENT SINCERITY, DEVOTION AND SELF-CONTROL. TRUTH WAS READY ON HIS LIPS ANYTIME. EVEN THOUGH HE WAS FATIFUED AND SOMEWHAT UNDERNOURISHED, HE APPEARED RATHER HEALTHY.

            THE GURU LOOKED AT HIM AND SAID, "SATYAKAM, WE'LL START WHERE WE ENDED IN THE PREVIOUS BIRTH".

             BUT I DON'T REMEMBER MY LAST BIRTH, SIR! RESPONDED SATYAKAM INNOCENTLY.

            YOU'LL COME TO KNOW IT AS THE DAYS TO BY. THERE IS NO USE IN JUST TELLING YOU AND SATISFYING ONLY YOUR CURIOSITY. BETTER THAT YOU KNOW IT RATHER THAN SIMPLY BE INFORMED. SUFFICE IT TO SAY IT WON'T TAKE YOU LONG TO SEE YOUR PREVIOUS INCARNATION. YOUR PRESENT BALANCE OF MIND AND MERIT ARE WHAT REALLY MATTER. AND YOU HAVE THESE SUFFICIENTLY-TRUTHFULNESS,  SELF-CONTROL AND SINCERITY. 

           FROM TODAY ONWARD FORGET CALCULATING TIME MEASUREMENTS OF DAYS, MONTHS AND YEARS OR EVEN BIRTHS. JUST WATCH THE SUN RISING AND SETTING. LET EACH DAY BE SIMPLY AND DAY AND EACH NIGHT A NIGHT. LET THE DAY FLOW WITH YOUR LIVING. BY THIS, A NEWNESS-EVER NEWNESS-WILL BE PRESENT WITH YOU. PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE WILL MINGLE INTO ONE, AND YOU'LL FLOAT INTO INDESCRIBABLE JOY-LIGHT,  RELAXED AND FREE.

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KNOW THIS ADVANTAGES

                                   CHANGE YOUR HABITS AND SEE ADVANTAGES

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             ❤ THE HABIT OF GOING THE EXTRA MILE GIVES ONE THE BENEFIT OF THE LAW OF INCREASING RETURNS, IN A VARIETY OF WAYS TOO NUMEROUS TO BE DESCRIBED HERE.

            ❤  THIS HABIT PLACES ONE IN A POSITION TO BENEFIT BY THE LAW OF COMPENSATION, THROUGH WHICH NO ACT OR DEED WILL OR CAN BE EXPRESSED WITHOUT AN EUIVALENT RESPONSE (AFTER ITS OWN NATURE)

            ❤  IT GIVES ONE THE BENEFIT OF GROWTH THROUGH RESISTENCE AND USE, THEREBY LEADING TO MENTAL DEVELOPMENT AND INCREASED SKILL IN THE USE OF THE BODY. (IT IS WELL-KNOWN FACT THAT BOTH BODY AND MIND ATTAIN EFFICIENCY AND SKILL THROUGH SYSTEMATIC DISCIPLINE AND USE WHICH CALL FOR THE REDERING OF SERVICE THAT TEMPORARILY IS NOT PAID FOR).

             ❤  THE HABIT DEVELOP THE IMPORTANT FACTOR OF INITIATIVE, WITHOUT WHICH NO INDIVIDUAL EVER RISES ABOVE MEDIOCRITY IN ANY CALLING.

             ❤  IT DEVELOP SELF-RELIANCE, WHICH IS LIKEWISE AN ESSENTIAL IN ALL FORMS OF PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENT.

             ❤  IT ENABLES AN INDIVIDUAL TO PROFIT BY THE LAW OF CONTRAST, SINCE OBVIOUSLY A MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE DO NOT FOLLOW THE HABIT OF DOING MORE THAN THEY ARE PAID FOR. ON THE CONTRARY, THEY ENDEAVOR TO "GET" WITH A MINUMUM AMOUNT OF SERVICE.

            ❤ IT HELPS ONE TO MASTER THE HABIT OF DRIFTING AIMLESSLY, THEREBY CHECKING THE HABIT WHICH STANDS AT THE HEAD OF THE MAJOR CAUSES OF FAILURE.

           ❤  IT DEFINITELY AIDS IN DEVELOPMENT OF THE HABIT OF DEFITENESS OF PURPOSE, WHICH IS THE FIRST PRINCIPLE OF INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT.

           ❤  IT TENDS STRONGLY TO AID IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ATTRACTIVENESS OF PERSONALITY, THEREBY FIXING HIS OWN PRICE ON HIS SERVICES. 

           ❤  IT OFTEN GIVES AN INDIVIDUAL A PREFERRED POSITION OF RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHERS THROUGH WHICH HE MAY BECOME INDESPENSABLE, THEREBY FIXING HIS OWN PRICE ON HIS SERVICES. 

           ❤  IT INSURES CONTINUES EMPLOYMENT, THEREBY SERVING AS INSURANCE AGAINST WANT IN CONNECTION WITH THE NECESSITIES OF LIFE.

           ❤  IT IS THE GREATEST OF ALL THE KNOWN METHODS BY WHICH THE MAN WHO WORKS FOR WAGES MAY PROMOTE HIMSELF TO HIGHER POSITIONS AND BETTER WAGES, AND SERVES AS A PRACTICAL MEANS BY WHICH A MAN MAY ATTAIN THE POSITION OF OWNERSHIP OF A BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY.

          ❤  IT DEVELOP ALERTNESS OF THE IMAGINATION, THE FACULTY THROUGH ONE MAY CREATE PRACTICAL PLAN FO THE ATTAINMENT OF ONE'S AIMS AND PURPOSE IN ANY CALLING.

           ❤  IT DEVELOP A POSITIVE "MENTAL ATTITUDE" WHICH IS ONE OF THE MORE IMPORTANT QUALITIES THAT ARE ESSENTIAL IN ALL HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS.

           ❤  IT SERVES TO BUIL THE CONFIDENCE OF OTHERS IN ONE'S INTEGRITY AND GENERAL ABILITY, WHICH IS AN INDISPENSABLE ESSENTIAL FOR NOTEWORTHY ACHIEVEMENT IN EVERY CALLING.

            ❤  FINALLY, IT IS A HABIT WHICH ONE MAY ADOPT AND FOLLOW ON HIS OWN INITIATIVE, WITHOUTBEING UNDER THE NECESSITY OF ASKING THE PERMISSION OF ANYONE TO DO SO.

             COMPARE THESE SIXTEEN DEFINITE ADVANTAGES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO MAN, IN RETURN FOR DOING MORE THAN HE IS PAID FOR, WITH THE ONE SOLE BENEFIT (THAT OF ACQUIRING FOOD NECESSARY FOR EXISTENCE) THAT IT AVAILABLE TO THE OTHER CREATURES OF THE EARTH THROUGH THE SAME HABIT, AND YOU WILL BE FORED TO THE CONCLUSION THAT OVERWHELMINGLY THE GREATER NUMBER OF BENEFITS ENJOYED BY MAN SERVE AS ADEQUATE COMPENSATION FOR HIS DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF THIS HABIT. THIS COMPARISON SUBSTANTIATES YOUR STATEMENT THAT IT IS AN IMPOSSIBILITY FOR ONE TO DO MORE THAN ONE IS PAID FOR, AND FOR THE VERY OBVIOUS REASON THAT IN THE MERE ACT OF DOING THAT WHICH IS CONSTRUCTIVE ONE ACQUIRES  POWER THAT CAN BE CONVERTED INTO WHATEVER ONE DESIRES.

                   THIS ANALYSIS GIVES GREATER MEANING TO EMERSON,S STATEMENT, DO THE THING AND YOU SHALL HAVE THE POWER.

            THIS IS THE IDEA YOU SHOULD EMPHASIZE THROUGHOUT THE PHILOSOPHY OF INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT. NO ONE WHO FOLLOWS THIS ANALYSIS CAREFULLY CAN HELP DISCOVERING THE TRUTH THAT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR ONE TO DO MORE THAN ONE IS PAID FOR. THE PAY CONSISTS IN THE SELF DISCIPLINE AND SELF-DEVELOPMENT ONE ATTAINS THROUGH THE RENDERING OF SERVING, AS WELL AS IN THE MATERIAL EFFECTS OF THE SERVICES, IN THE FORM OF ECONOMIC COMPENSATION.

            

                                                     ORGANIZE YOUR THINKING

 

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           1. ORGANIZED THINKING ENABLES ONE TO BECOME THE MASTER OF HIS OWN MIND. THIS HE ACCOMPLISHES BY TRAINING HIS FACULTY OF WILL TO CONTROL HIS EMOTIONS, TURNING THEM ON AND OFF AS OCCASION MAY REQUIRE.

          2. ORGANIZED THINKING FORCES ONE TO WORK WITH DEFITENESS OF PURPOSE, THEREBY ENABLING HIS TO SET UP A HABIT THAT PROHIBITS PROCRASTINATION.

         3. IT DEVELOPS THE HABIT OF WORKING WITH DEFINITE PLANS INSTEAD OF BLUNDERING AHEAD BY THE HIT OR MISS METHOD.

         4. IT  ENABLES ONE TO STIMULATE THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND TO GREATER ACTION AND MORE READY RESPONSE, IN THE ATTAINMENT OF DESIRED ENDS, INSTEAD OF ALLOWING THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND TO RESPOND TO THE TRAMP THOUGHTS AND DESTRUCTIVE INFLUENCES OF ONE'S ENVIRONMENT.

         5. IT DEVELOP SELF-RELIANCE.

        6. IT GIVES ONE THE BENEFIIT OF THE KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION OF OTHERS, THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF THE MASTER MIND ALLIANCE, WHICH IS AN IMPORTANT MEDIUM USED BY ALL ABLE THINKERS.

       7. IT ENABLES ONE TO CONVERT HIS EFFORTS INTO GREATER MATERIAL RESOURCES AND LARGER INCOME, SINCE AN ORGANIZED MIND CAN PRODUCE MORE THAN ONE THAT IS NOT ORGANIZED.

       8. IT DEVELOP THE HABIT OF ACCURATE ANALYSIS, THROUGH WHICH ONE MAY FIND THE SOLUTION TO HIS PROBLEMS INSTEAD OF WORRYING OVER THEM.

       9. IT AIDS IN MAINTAINING SOUND HEALTH, BECAUSE MIND POWER THAT IS ORGANIZED AND DIRECTED TOWARD THE ATTAINMENT OF DESIRABLE ENDS HAS NOT TIME TO BE WASTED IN CONNECTION WITH SELF-PITY OR IMAGINARY AILMENTS. IDLE MINDS TEND TO DEVELOP AILING BODIES.

   10.LAST, BUT BY NO MEAN LEAST, ORGANIZED THINKING LEADS TO PEACE OF MIND AND THAT FORM OF PERMANENT HAPPINESS WHICH IS KNOWN ONLY TO THE MAN WHO KEEPS HIS MIND FULLY OCCUPIED. NO ONE CAN BE EITHER HAPPY OR SUCCESSFUL WITHOUT A PLANNED PROGRAM FOR THE USE OF HIS TIME. PLANNED PROGRAMS ARE BASED ON ORGANIZED THINKING.

                  AS I HAVE STATED BEFORE, THE BRAIN SOMETHING LIKE A RICH GARDEN SPOT IN THAT IT WILL VOLUNTARILY GROW A FINE CROP OF WEEDS IF IT IS NOT ORGANIZED AND KEPT BUSY GROWING A MORE DESIRABLE CROP. THE WEES ARE REPRESENTED BY THE STRAY THOUGHTS THAT TAKE POSSESSION OF THE UNORGANIZED, IDLE MIND, AS THE RESUL OF ONE'S DAILY ENVIRONMENT.

              STUDY THIS LIST OF BENEFITS CAREFULLY AND YOU WILL REACH THE CONCLUSION THAT ANY ONE OF THEM OFFERS SUFFICIENT REWARD TO JUSTIFY ALL THE EFFORT ONE PUTS INTO ORGANIZING HIS THINKING HABITS. THE SUM TOTAL OF ALL THESE BENEFITS REPRESENTS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SUCCESS AND FAILURE. SUCCESS IS ALWAYS THE RESULT OF AN ORDERED LIFE. AN ORDERED LIFE COMES THROUGH ORGANIZED THINKING AND CAREFULLY CONTROLLED HABITS.

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ATTRACTIVE PERSONALITY

                                           DEVELOP SELF CONFIDENT

                                                      HILL AND THE CARNEGIE

                          HILL : MR. CARNEGIE, WE COME NOW TO THE THIRD OF THE SEVENTEEN PRINCIPLES OF INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT, WHICH YOU HAVE NAMED "ATTRACTIVE PERSONALITY". I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE SEPERATED THE FACTORS BEHIND PERSONALITY INTO DISTINCT TRAITS, ALL BUT ONE OF WHICH MAY BE DEVELOPED ANY NORMAL PERSON. NOW, SIR, WILL YOU DESCRIBE THESE CHARACTERISTICS OF PERSONALITY, WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THOSE WHICH YOU CONSIDER OF GREATEST IMPORTANCE TO AN INDIVIDUAL IN SELLING HIS WAY THROUGH LIFE SUCCESSFULLY?

                         CARNEGIE  : I WILL NOT ONLY DESCRIBE THE TRAITS OF AN ATTRACTIVE PERSONALITY, BUT BEFORE I HAVE FINISHED, I WILL ALSO GIVE YOU A SIMPLE FORMULA WITH WHICH ALL BUT ONE OF THESE TRAITS MAY BE DEVELOPED AND MAINTAINED. THE MERE NAMING OF THESE PERSONALITY TRAITS WILL BE OF LITTLE VALUE TO ANYONE UNLESS HE APPROPRIATES AND USES THEM.WE WILL BEGIN THE OUTLINE OF THE FACTORS WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE MOST IMPORTANT OF THESE, WHICH IS POSITIVE MENTAL ATTITUDE. ONE MAY GET A FAIR IDEA OF THE IMPORTANT PART MENTAL ATTITUDE PLAYS IN THE AFFAIRS OF AN INDIVIDUAL'S LIFE BY CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT IT INFLUENCES THE TONE OF VOICE, THE EXPRESSION OF THE FACE, THE POSTURE OF THE BODY, AND MODIFIES EVERY WORD THAT IS SPOKEN AS WELL AS DETERMINING MODIFIES EVERY THOUGHT ONE RELEASE, THEREBY EXTENDING ITS INFLUENCE TO ALL WITHING ITS RANGE, THROUGH THE PRINCIPLE OF TELEPATHY.

                    FOR THE SAKE OF CONTRAST, LET US LIST SOME OF THE DISAGREEABLE THINGS THAT A BAD MENTAL ATTITUDE CAUSES. IT DAMPENS A MAN'S ENTHUSIAM, CURTAILS HIS INITIATIVE, OVERTHROWS HIS SELF-CONTROL, SUBDUES HIS IMAGINATION, UNDERMINES HIS DESIRE TO BE COOPERATIVE, MAKES HIM SULLEN AND INTOLERANT, AND AS IF THESE WERE NOT ENOUGH DAMAGE TO INSURE A MAN'S IT PUTS ON THE FINISHING TOUCH BY THROWING HIS REASONING POWER OUT OF GEAR. THERE ARE BUT A FEW OF THE WAYS IN WHICH NEGATIVE MENTAL ATTITUDE MAY DAMAGE THE INDIVIDUAL HIMSELF, QUITE APART FROM THE DAMAGE HE DOES TO OTHERS, THROUGH HIS NEGATIVE INFLUENCES.

             

❤   HERE SOME POINTS  ❤

1. CARELESSNESS IN THE TONE OF THE VOICE, OFTEN SPEAKING IN GRUFF, ANTAGONISTIC TONES THAT OFFEND.

2. SPEAKING OUT OR TURN, WHEN SILENCE WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE.

3. INTERRUPTING OTHERS WHO ARE SPEAKING.

4. OVERWORKING THE PERSONAL PRONOUN.

5. ASKING IMPERTINENT QUESTIONS, GENERALLY TO IMPRESS OTHERS WITH THE QUESTIONER'S OWN IMPORTANCE.

6. INJECTING INTIMATELY PERSONAL SUBJECTS INTO THE CONVERSATION WHERE SUCH ACTION IS EMBARRASSING TO OTHERS.

7. GOING WHERE ONE HAS NOT BEEN INVITED.

8. BOASTFULNESS.

9. FLAUNTING THE RULES OF SOCIETY IN MATTERS OF PERSONAL ADORNMENT.

10. MAKING PERSONAL CALLS AT INCONVENIENT HOURS.

11. HOLDING PEOPLE ON THE TELEPHONE WITH NEEDLESS CONVERSATION.

12.WRITING LETTERS TO PEOPLE WHOM ONE HAS NO REASONABLE EXCUSE FOR ADDRESSING.

13. VOLUNTEERING OPINIONS WHEN NOT REQUESTED, ESPECIALLY ON SUBJECTS WITH WHICH THEY ARE NOT FAMILIAR.

14. OPENLY QUESTIONING WHEN NOT REQUESTED, ESPECIALLY ON SUBJECTS WITH WHICH THEY ARE NOT FAMILIAR.

15. DECLINING REQUESTS FROM OTHERS IN AN ARROGANT MANNER.

16. SPEAKING DISPARAGINGLY OF PEOPLE IN FRONT OF THEIR FRIENDS.

17. REBUKING PEOPLE WHO DISAGREE WITH ONE ON ANY SUBJECT.

18. SPEAKING OF PEOPLE'S PHYSICAL AFFLICTIONS IN THEIR PRESENCE.

19. CORRECTING SUBORDINATES AND ASSOCIATES IN THE PRESENCE OF OTHERS.

20. COMPLAINING WHEN REQUESTS FOR FAVORS ARE REFUSED.

21. PRESUMING UPON FRIENDSHIP IN ASKING FAVORS.

22. USING PROFANCE OR OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE.

                    23. EXPRESSING DISLIKES TOO FREELY.

     24. SPEAKING OF ILLS AND MISFORTUNES.

 25. CRITICIZING OUR FORM OF GOVERNMENT OR SOME 

PERSON'S RELIGION.

26. OVER - FAMILIARITY ON ALL OCCASIONS WITH PEOPLE.

HILL  : THE PERSON WHO CHECKS HIS PERSONALITY AGAINST THAT LIST AND FINDS HIMSELF NOT TO BE A VIOLATOR IN ANY OF THOSE WAYS, IS INDEED FORTUNATE AND HE IS A RARE INDIVIDUAL. I CAN SEE THAT TACTFULNESS IS ANOTHER TRAIT OF PERSONALITY WHICH IS RELATED TO MENTAL ATTITUDE. NOW, MR.CARNEGIE, WHAT IS COMING UP AS NUMBER TEN?

CARNEGIE  : TENTH PLACE GOES TO TOLERANCE. LET US DEFINE TOLERANCE SIMPLY AS OPEN - MINDEDNESS. THE TOLERANT PERSON IS ONE WHO HOLDS MIND OPEN FOR NEW FACTS AND NEW KNOWLEDGE AND NEW VIEWPOINTS ON ALL SUBJECTS. I HAZARD THE GUESS THAT THIS DEFINITION CLASSIFIES MOST OF US BEING INTOLERANT.

OBSERVE, TOO, BEFORE WE GET TOO FAR INTO THE ANALYSIS OF THIS SUBJECT, HOW CLOSELY RELATED ARE TOLERANCE AND TACTFULNESS, AND ALSO HOW DEFINITELY HOTH ARE RELATED ARE TOLERANCE AND TACFULNESS, AND ALSO HOW DEFINITELY BOTH ARE RELATED TO MENTAL ATTITUDE. TRY AS YOU MAY, THERE IS NO ESCAPE FROM CONSIDERATION OF THE SUBJECT OF MENTAL ATTITUDE. IT CROPS UP EVERYWHERE, IN EVERY HUMAN RELATIONSHIP!

BEFORE LEAVING THIS SUBJECT, I WISH TO ENUMERATE A FEW OF THE SPECIFIC HANDICAPS WHICH MEN SET UP FOR THEMSELVES THROUGH THEIR INTOLERANCE.

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1. IT MAKES ENEMIES OF THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO BE FRIENDS.

        2. IT STOPS THE GROWTH OF THE MIND, BY LIMITING THE SEARCH FOR

KNOWLEDGE.

3. IT DISCOURAGE IMAGINATION.

4. IT PROHIBITS SELF-DISCILINE.

5. IT PREVENTS ACCURACY IN THINKING AND REASONING.

 

 

 

GOOD THOUGHT BECOME HABIT

                                                           OUR HABIT

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              NO DOUBT YOU HAVE MANY PROBLEMS, DOMESTIC, SOCIAL PHYSICAL, AND FINANCIAL WHICH SEEM TO YOU TO BE PRESSING FOR INSTAND SOLUTION. YOU HAVE DEBTS THAT MUST BE PAID, OR OTHER OBLIGATIONS THAT MUST BE MET, YOU ARE UNHAPPILY OR INHARMONIOUSLY PLACED, AND FEEL THAT SOMETHING MUST BE DONE AT ONCE. DO NOT GET INTO A HURRY AND ACT FROM SUPERFICIAL  IMPULSES. YOU CAN TRUST GOD FOR THE SOLUTION OF ALL YOUR PERSONAL RIDDLES. THERE IS NO HURRY. THERE IS ONLY GOD, AND ALL IS WELL WITH THE WORLD.

              THERE IS AN INVINCIBLE POWER IN YOU, AND THE SAME POWER IS IN THE THINGS YOU WANT. IT IS BRINGING THEM TO YOU AND BRINGING YOU TO THEM. THIS IS A THOUGHT THAT YOU MUST GRASP, AND HOLD CONTINUOSLY THAT THE SAME INTELLIGENCE THAT IS IN YOU IS IN THE THINGS YOU DESIRE. THEY ARE IMPELLED TOWARD YOU AS STRONGLY AND DECIDEDLY AS YOUR DESIRE IMPELS YOU TOWARD THEM. THE TENDENCY, THEREFORE, OF A STEADILY HELD THOUGHT  MUST BE TO BRING THE THINGS YOU DESIRE TO YOU AND TO GROUP THEM AROUND YOU. SO LONG AS YOU HOLD YOUR THOUGHT AND YOUR FAITH RIGHT ALL MUST GO WELL. NOTHING CAN BE WRONG BUT YOUR OWN PERSONAL ATTITUDE, AND THAT WILL NOT BE WRONG IF YOU TRUST AND ARE NOT AFRAID.

             HURRY IS A MANIFESTATION OF FEAR. ONE WHO DOES NOT FEAR. ONE WHO DOES NOT FEAR HAS PLENTY OF TIME. IF YOU ACT WITH PERFECT FAITH IN YOUR OWN PERCEPTION OF TRUTH, YOU WILL NEVER BE TOO LATE OR TOO EARLY AND NOTHING WILL GO WRONG. IF THINGS APPEAR TO BE GOING WRONG, DO NOT GET DISTURBED, IT IS ONLY IN APPEARANCE. NOTHING CAN GO WRONG IN THIS WORLD BUT YOURSELF.

             YOU CAN DO WRONG ONLY BY GETTING INTO THE WRONG MENTAL ATTITUDE.  WHEEVER YOU FIND YOURSELF GETTTING EXCITED, WORRIED, OR INTO THE MENTAL ATTITUDE OF HURRY, SIT DOWN AND THINK IT OVER. PLAY A GAME OF SOME KIND, OR TAKE A VACATION. GO ON A TRIP, AND ALL WILL BE RIGHT WHEN YOU RETURN. AS SURELY AS YOU FIND YOURSELF IN THE MENTAL ATTITUDE OF HASTE, JUST AS SURELY MAY YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE OUT OF THE MENTAL ATTITUDE OF GREATNESS. HURRY AND FEAR WILL INSTANTLY CUT YOUR CONNECTION WITH THE INIVERSAL MIND, YOU WILL GET NO POWER, NO WISDOM, AND NO INFORMATION UNTIL YOU WILL GET NO POWER, NO WISDOM, AND NO INFORMATION UNTIL YOU ARE CALM. AND TO FALL INTO THE ATTITUDE OF HURRY WILL CHECK THE ACTION OF THE PRINCIPLE OF POWER WITHIN YOU. FEAR TURNS STRENGTH TO WEAKNESS.

          

REMEMBER THAT POISE AND POWER ARE INSEPERABLY ASSOCIATED. THE CALM AND BALANCED MIND IS THE STRONG AND GREAT MIND, THE HURRIED AND AGITATED MIND IS THE WEAK ONE. WHENEVER YOU FALL INTO THE MENTAL STATE OF HURRY YOU MAY KNOW THAT YOU HAVE LOST THE RIGHT VIEWPOINT, YOU ARE BEGINING TO LOOK UPON THE WORLD, OR SOME PART OF IT, AS GOING WRONG. CONSIDER THE FACT THAT THIS WORLD IS PERFECT NOW, WITH ALL THAT IT CONTAINS. NOTHING IS GOING WRONG, NOTHING CAN BE WRONG, BE POISED, BE CALM, BE CHEERFUL, HAVE FAITH IN GOD.

NEXT, EXAMINE YOUR HABITS. IT IS PROBABLE THAT YOUR GREATEST DIFFICULTY WILL BE TO OVERCOME YOUR OLD HABITUAL WAYS OF THOUGHT, AND TO FORM NEW HABITS. THE WORLD IS RULED BY HABIT. DICTATORS, TYRANTS, MASTERS, AND PLUTOCRATS HOLD THEIR POSITIONS SOLELY BECAUSE THE PEOPLE HAVE COME TO HABITUALLY ACCEPT THEM. THINGS ARE AS THEY ARE. WHEN THE PEOPEL HAVE FORMED THE HABIT OF ACCEPTING THEM AS THEY ARE. WHEN THE PEOPLE CHANGE THEIR ,HABITUAL THOUGHT ABOUT GOVERNMENTAL, SOCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTIONS, THEY WILL CHANGE THE INSTITUTIONS. HABIT RULES US ALL.

YOU HAVE FORMED, PERHAPS, THE HABIT OF THINKING OF YOURSELF AS A COMMON PERSON, AS ONE OF A LIMITED ABILITY, OR A BEING MORE OR LESS OF A FAILURE. WHATEVER YOU HABITUALLY THINK YOURSELF TO BE, THAT YOU ARE.  YOU MUST FORM, NOW, A GREATER AND BETTER HABIT. YOU MUST FORM A CONCEPTION OF YOURSEFL AS A BEING OF LIMITLESS POWER, AND HABITUALLY THINK THAT YOU ARE THAT BEING, IT IS THE HABITUAL, NOT THE PERIODICAL THOUGHT THAT DECIDES YOUR DESTINY. IT WILL AVAIL YOU NOTHING TO SIT APART FOR A FEW MOMENTS SEVERAL TIMES A DAY TO AFFIRM THAT YOU ARE GREAT, IF DURING ALL THE BALANCE OF THE DAY, WHILE YOU ARE ABOUT YOUR REGULAR VOCATION, YOU THINK OR YOURSELF AS NOT GREAT. NO AMOUNT OF PRAIYING OR AFFIRMATION WILL MAKE YOU GREAT IF YOU STILL HABITUALLY REGARD YOURSELF AS BEING SMALL.

THE USE OF PRAYER, AND AFFIRMATION IS TO CHANGE YOUR HABIT OR THOUGHT. ANY ACT, MENTAL OR PHYSICAL OFTEN REPEATED, BECOMES A HABIT. THE PURPOSE OF MENTAL EXERCISES IS TO REPEAT CERTAIN THOUGHTS OVER AND OVER UNTIL THE THINKING OF THOSE THOUGHTS BECOMES CONSTANT AND HABITUAL. THE THOUGHTS WE CONTINUALLY REPEAT CONSTANT AND HABITUAL. THE THOUGHTS WE CONTINUALLY REPEAT BECOME CONVICTIONS. WHAT YOU MUST DO IS TO REPEAT THE NEW THOUGHT OF YOURSELF UNTIL IT IS THE ONLY WAY IN WHICH YOU THINK OF YOURSELF. HABITUAL THOUGHT, AND NOT ENVIRONMENT OR CIRCUMSTANCE HAS MADE YOU WHAT YOU ARE, AND BY THIS IDEA WE CLASSIFY AND ARRAGES ALL OUR FACTS AND EXTERNAL RELATIONSHIPS. YOU ARE CLASSIFYING YOUR FACTS EITHER ACCORDING TO THE IDEA THAT YOU ARE A GREAT AND STRONG PERSONALITY, OR ACCORDING TO THE IDEA THAT YOU ARE LIMITED, COMMON, OR WEAK. IF THE LATTER IS THE CASE YOU MUST CHANGE YOUR CENTRAL IDEA. GET NEW MENTAL PICTURE OF YOURSELF. DO NOT TRY TO BECOME GREAT BY REPEATING MERE STRINGS OF WORDS OR SUPERFICIAL FORMULA, BUT REPEAT OVER AND OVER THE THOUGHT OF YOUR OWN POWER AND ABILITY UNTIL YOU CLASSIFY EXTERNAL FACTS, AND DECIDE YOUR PLACE EVERYWHERE BY THIS IDEA.

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