ORGANIZE YOUR THINKING
HILL : YOU HAVE EXPLAINED THAT THED NINTH PRINCIPLE OF INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IS ORGANIZED THOUGHT. YOU HAVE STATED ASLO, THAT NO ONE MAY BE SURE OF SUCCESS WITHOUT THE ABILITY TO ORGANIZE HIS THINKING HABITS. THEREFORE, WILL YOU GO AHEAD, MR.CARNEGIE, AND EXPLAIN THE MEANING OF THE TEAM "ORGANIZE THOUGHT?" I HAVE A GENERAL IDEA WHAT IT MEANS, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A DETAILED STATEMENT OF ITS MEANING - ALSO UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THIS PRINCIPLE IS APPLIED IN THE PRACTICAL AFFAIRS OF LIFE.
CARENEGIE : BEFORE DICUSSING THE ORGANIZING OF THOUGHT, LET US EXAMINE THOUGHT ITSELF, WHAT IS THOUGHT ? WITH WHAT DO WE THINK? IS THOUGHT SUBJECT TO INDIVIDUAL CONTROL?
THOUGHT IS A FORM OF ENERGY THAT IS DISTRIBUTED OF THROUGH THE BRAIN, BUT IT HAS ONE PECULIAR UNKNOWN IN CONNECTION WITH ALL OTHER FORMS OF ENERGY, IT HAS INTELLIGENCE!
THOUGHT CAN BE CONTROLLED AND DIRECTED TOWARD THE ATTAINMENT OF ANYTHING MAN MAY DESIRE. IN FACT THOUGHT IS THE ONLY THING OVER WHICH ANY PERSON HAS COMPLETE, UNCHALLEGED CONTROL. THE SYSTEM OF CONTROL IS SO COMPLETE THAT NO ONE MAY PENETRATE THE MINDOF ANOTHER WITHOUT HIS CONSENT, ALTHOUGH THIS SYSTEM OF PROTECTION OFTEN IS SO LOOSELY GUARDED THAT ONE'S MIND MAY BE ENTERED AT WILL BY ANY PERSON SKILLED IN THE ART OF THOUGHT INTERPRETATION.
MANY PEOPLE NOT ONLY LEAVE THEIR MINDS WIDE OPEN FOR OTHERS TO ENTER AND INTERPRET THEIR THOUGHTS, BUT THEY VOLUTARILY DISCLOSE THE NATURE OF THEIR THOUGHTS BY UNGUARDED EXPRESSIONS OF SPEECH AND THEIR PERSONAL CONDUCT, THEIR FACIAL EXPRESSION AND THE LIKE.
HILL : IS IT SAFE FOR ONE TO LEAVE HIS MIND OPEN TO FREE ENTRY BY OTHERS?
CARNEGIE : JUST ABOUT AS SAFE AS LEAVING, THE DOOR TO ONE'S HOUSE UNLOCKED, WITH ALL OF ONE'S VALUABLES LEFT INSIDE THE HOUSE, EXCEPT THAT THE LOSS OF PURELY MATERIAL THINGS IS AS NOTHING COMPARED WITH THE LOSS ONE MAY SUFFER BY LEAVING HIS MIND OPEN TO ENTRY BY ANY STRAY TRAMP WHO MAY WISH TO GO IN AND TAKE POSSESION.
YOU SEE, THE HABIT OF LEAVING ONE'S MIND OPEN AND UNGUARDED NOT ONLY PERMITS OTHER PEOPLE TO ENTER AND BECOME FAMILIAR WITH ONE'S MOST PRIVATE THOUGHTS, BUT THIS HABIT PERMITS ALL SORTS OF TRAMP THOUGHTS, RELEASED FROM THE MINDS OF OTHERS, TO ENTER ONE'S MIND.
HILL : YOU BELIEVE, THEN THE THOUGHTS OF PASS FROM ONE MIND TO ANOTHER, THOUGHT THE PRINCIPLE OF TELEPATHY?
CARNEGIE : THE FACT HAS APPARENTLY NEEN ESTABLISHED BY MEN OF SCIENCE, BUT I HAVE EVIDENCE OF ITS EXISTENCE, FROM MY OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. YES, ONE'S MIND IS BEING CONSTANTLY BOMBARED WITH THE IMPULSES OF THOUGHT RELEASED FROM THE MINDS OF THERS - ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH WHOM WE COME INTO CLOSE CONTACT LEFT TO ASSOCIATE WITH OTHER WORKMAN, WILL PASS ON HIS NEGATIVE THOUGHTS TO EVERY PERSON WITHIN THE RANGE OF HIS INFLUENCE, ALTHOUGH, HE NEVER SPEAK A WORD OR MAKES SINGLE MOVE INDICATING HIS STATE OF MIND. I HAVE SEEN THIS VERY THING HAPPEN TO OFTEN THAT I COULD NOT BE MISTAKE ABOUT IT.
AND THIS IS WHY YOU EMPHASIZE, SO STRONGLY, THE NECESSITY OF HARMONY BETWEEN MEN ASSOCIATED IN A MASTER MIND ALLIANCE?
CARNEGIE : THAT IS ONE OF THE MAJOR REASONS WHY I HAVE EMPHASIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF HARMONY. THE CHEMISTRY OF ORGANIZED SO IT FUNCTIONS AS ONE UNIT OF POWER ONLY WHEN THERE IS PERFECT RAPPORT BETWEEN THE MINDS OF INDIVIDUALS.
HILL : ONE OF THE IMPORTANT STEPS, IN ORGANIZED THOUGHT, SEE TO BE THAT OF THE MASTER MIND ALLIANCE, THROUGH WHICH MEN POOL THEIR MIND-POWER THEIR EXPERIENCE, EDUCATION AND KNOWLEDGFE, AND MOVE IN RESPONSE TO A COMMON MOTIVE. IS THIS THE RIGHT IDEA, MR. CARNEGIE?
CARNEGIE : YOU HAVE STATED THE MATTER PERFECTLY. YOU MIGHT HAVE SAID THAT THE MASTER MIND ALLIANCE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT STEP ONE MAY TAKE IN CONNECTION WITH ORGANIZED THOUGHT, FOR THAT IS TRUE. BUT, ORGANIZED THOUGHT BEGINS WITH THE ORGANIZED OF THE INDIVIDUAL'S THINKING HABITS.
TO BECOME AN EFFECTIVE MEMBER OF A MASTER MIND ALLIANCE AN INDIVIDUALS MUST FIRST FROM DEFINITE, CONTROLLED HABITS OF THOUGHT! A GROUP OF MEN WORKING TOGETHER UNDER THE MASTER MIND PRINCIPLE, EACH OF WHOM HAS SO DISCIPLINED HIMSELF THAT HE CONTROLS HIS THOUGHT - HABITS, REPRESENTS ORGANIZED THOUGHT OF THE HIGHEST ORDER. AS A MATTER OF FACT, THERE NEVER CAN BE FULL ASSURANCE OF HARMONY IN A MASTER MIND GROUP UNLESS EACH MEMEBER OF GROUP IS SO SELF-DISCPLINED THAT HE CAN CONTOL HIS OWN THOUGHTS.
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