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0:00positive thinking is both a philosophy
0:03and an expression of faith
0:06it teaches the cultivation of peace of
0:09mind
0:10not as an escape from problems but as a
0:14practical approach to creating a life
0:17that is personally and socially
0:19worthwhile
0:21the way of life to which this book is a
0:24witness
0:25is very wonderful
0:28although the road can be a difficult one
0:31it is also full of hope and victory and
0:35even joy
0:36it is my sincere hope that you will take
0:39these principles to heart
0:41and discover for yourself
0:44how the power of positive thinking can
0:47truly change your life
0:50the greatest secret for eliminating the
0:52inferiority complex which is another
0:55term for profound self-doubt is to fill
0:58your mind to the overflowing with faith
1:01develop a tremendous faith in god and
1:04that will give you a humble yet soundly
1:06realistic faith in yourself
1:09and how do you acquire this dynamic
1:11faith well the answer begins with the
1:14study of the scriptures and the use of
1:16prayer
1:17lots of prayer
1:19the scriptures say according to your
1:21faith be it unto you
1:23the bigger your problem the bigger your
1:26prayer should be
1:28drive your prayers deep into your doubts
1:31into your fears and insecurities
1:35pray deep big prayers
1:38that have plenty of strength
1:41and you will come up with a powerful and
1:44vital faith
1:46it is also helpful to go to a competent
1:49spiritual advisor
1:51a minister a priest or a rabbi for
1:54instruction
1:55the ability to make faith work for you
1:58is a skill
1:59and like any skill it must be studied
2:02and practiced to be perfect for cures
2:05for self-doubt
2:07is the thought that you are not alone in
2:10this world
2:12that almighty god is actually with you
2:15helping you
2:17that he will be your companion that he
2:20will stand by you support you
2:23and see you through
2:25every adversity
2:28to practice this belief simply affirm
2:31god is with me
2:33god is helping me
2:35god is guiding me
2:37spend several minutes each day
2:40visualizing
2:41god's presence
2:43then practice believing that affirmation
2:48go about your business on the assumption
2:51that what you have affirmed and
2:53visualized is absolutely true
2:57the release of power and confidence
3:00which this procedure stimulates will
3:04astonish you
3:06along with prayer and study of the
3:08scriptures another very effective way to
3:10build self-confidence
3:13is by suggesting
3:15confidence concepts to yourself
3:19if your mind is obsessed by thoughts of
3:21insecurity and inadequacy
3:25that is of course because such thoughts
3:28have dominated your thinking over a long
3:30period of time
3:33you must give your mind a different and
3:35more positive thought pattern
3:37and that requires discipline
3:40in the busy activities of daily
3:43existence
3:44the repetition of positive ideas can
3:47help re-educate the mind
3:50and make of it a power producing plant
3:54it is possible
3:56even in the midst of your daily work
3:59to drive confident thoughts into your
4:02consciousness
4:03let me tell you about a method one man
4:06discovered
4:08this man
4:10once went around with the feeling that
4:12something terrible was going to happen
4:14to him
4:15and it made his life miserable of course
4:19his mind was saturated with a sense of
4:21inferiority
4:23this mental state was reflected in his
4:26business which was doing poorly
4:28but then he hit upon a plan
4:31which knocked all those thoughts out of
4:33his mind
4:34a plan which allowed him to live with a
4:36sense of confidence in himself and in
4:38life
4:40i'm a traveling salesman he explained
4:42and i drive around all day calling on my
4:45customers
4:46i've discovered that while a person
4:48drives he or she thinks all kinds of
4:51thoughts
4:52if the pattern of thought is negative
4:55one will think many negative thoughts
4:57during the day
4:58and that's the way i used to be he said
5:01i used to drive around all day between
5:04calls with my mind full of fear and
5:07defeat
5:08and that is one of the reasons my work
5:11was going so poorly
5:14then he showed me his plan in his glove
5:17compartment he kept a pack of small
5:20cards he chose one and clipped it on the
5:22instrument panel of his car it read if
5:26you have faith
5:28nothing shall be impossible unto you
5:32he pulled out another which read
5:34if god before us
5:36who can be against us
5:39he told me that as he drove around
5:42he memorized these thoughts
5:45he said
5:46i've learned to think differently
5:48as a result of this practice
5:51the old insecurities that used to haunt
5:53me are just about all gone now
5:57and instead of thinking thoughts of
5:59defeat and despair
6:01i think thoughts of faith and courage
6:04it is really wonderful the way this
6:07method has changed me
6:10it has helped my business too
6:12for how can you expect to make a sale
6:15if you approach a customer thinking
6:17you're going to
6:18fail this plan
6:21is a very wise one
6:23by filling his mind with affirmations of
6:26the presence support and help of god
6:30this man actually changed his thought
6:33processes
6:35he put an end to the domination
6:37of his long-held sense of insecurity
6:41his potential powers
6:44were set feelings of confidence depend
6:46upon the type of thoughts that
6:49habitually occupy your mind
6:52if constantly you fix your attention
6:55upon dire events that might happen
6:59the result is that you will constantly
7:02feel insecure
7:04and what is even more serious
7:07is the tendency to create
7:10by the power of thought the very
7:12condition you fear
7:15but when you fill your mind with
7:17thoughts of faith
7:18confidence and security
7:21you force out all thoughts of doubt and
7:24weakness
7:26one man i know use the process
7:29i'll repeat often in this tape
7:32he went through the bible and underlined
7:34every passage about courage and
7:37confidence that he could find
7:40he then committed these lines to memory
7:44in effect cramming his mind full
7:48of the healthiest happiest and most
7:51powerful thoughts in the world
7:54after a few weeks the change in him was
7:58little short of remarkable
8:01from almost complete defeat
8:03he became an inspiring and confident
8:06personality
8:08he now
8:09radiates courage and magnetism
8:12he regained confidence in himself
8:16and in his own powers
8:18by a simple process of thought
8:21conditioning
8:24ralph waldo emerson declared a
8:26tremendous truth
8:28when he said
8:30they conquer who believe they can
8:34he also said
8:36do the thing you fear
8:38and the death of fear is certain
8:43practice confidence and faith
8:46and your fears and insecurities
8:49will soon have no power
8:52over you from daily difficulties to
8:54large-scale problems tend to dissipate
8:57energy and leave you spent and
8:59discouraged in such a condition your
9:01true inner power is often obscured and
9:04it becomes easy to yield to setbacks by
9:07feeling hopeless
9:08when you find yourself in such a state
9:10it is important to reappraise your
9:13assets a reasonable self-evaluation will
9:16convince you that things are not as
9:18hopeless as you think they are
9:20for example a man of 52 consulted me
9:24he was in despair
9:26he told me that everything he had built
9:29up over his lifetime had been swept away
9:33everything i asked sympathetically
9:36everything he repeated
9:38i have nothing left at all
9:41everything is gone
9:43there is no hope
9:45and i am too old to start all over again
9:49and he said sadly i've lost all faith
9:53naturally i felt sympathetic toward him
9:55but it was evident
9:57that his chief trouble came from the
9:59dark shadows of hopelessness
10:03in his thinking
10:06these shadows had entered into his mind
10:09and had distorted his outlook
10:12his true powers had retreated behind
10:16this twisted thinking
10:18leaving him without any force so i said
10:22suppose we take a piece of paper
10:25and on it list the values you have left
10:29ah there's no uc seaside i haven't a
10:32single thing left
10:34well i said let's just see anyway
10:38now
10:39is your wife still with you
10:41why yes of course and she's wonderful he
10:44added we've been married for 30 years
10:48she would never leave me no matter how
10:50badly things were
10:52all right i said let's put that down
10:55wife's still with me
10:58and how about your children
11:00he said actually
11:03they've all told me that they love me
11:05and will stand by me they are wonderful
11:09well then that is number two
11:11children love you and will stand by you
11:15have you any friends
11:17yes he said i really have some fine
11:19friends who've offered to help they've
11:21been very generous but what can they do
11:24so i wrote down number three
11:27find friends
11:28who hold you in esteem
11:31how about your integrity your standing
11:34in the community
11:35oh okay
11:37i've always tried to do the right thing
11:40well let's put that down as number four
11:43integrity
11:45good standing
11:46how about your health
11:48my health is okay i'm glad to say
11:52number five then is good physical health
11:57how about the united states do you still
11:59think it's the best place to do business
12:02and is the land of opportunity
12:05well
12:07you and me both
12:08agree
12:09that it's the only country in the world
12:12we'd want to live in he replied
12:15well then that's number six you live in
12:17the usa land of opportunity and you're
12:19glad to be here then i asked
12:22how about your religious faith do you
12:24believe in god then that god will help
12:26you
12:27yes he admitted i don't think i could
12:29have gotten through this at all
12:31if i hadn't had some help from god
12:35at this point i read him the assets we'd
12:38listed
12:39then i shoved it across the table to him
12:41take a look at that i said
12:43you've got quite a total of assets there
12:46i thought you told me everything had
12:49been swept away
12:52he grinned sheepishly i guess i never
12:54thought of the situation that way
12:57perhaps things aren't so bad at that he
12:59said pensively maybe i can start all
13:02over again
13:03if i could just get some confidence if i
13:07could just get the feel of some power
13:09inside me
13:10well in time
13:12he did get that feeling and he did start
13:15all over again
13:17but he did so only when he changed his
13:20viewpoint his mental attitude
13:23it was faith that swept away his doubts
13:27and gave him more than enough power to
13:30overcome all of his difficulties and i
13:34must admit that he had plenty of
13:36profound truth that attitudes are more
13:39important than facts
13:40anything facing us however difficult is
13:43not as important as our attitude towards
13:46it
13:46the secret to rising above most
13:48difficulties is simply to gain a more
13:51balanced view with a slant that is
13:53weighted a bit on the positive side
13:56so if you feel you are defeated
13:58and have lost confidence in your ability
14:01to win
14:02tell you what you do take a piece of
14:04paper and make a list
14:07not of the factors that are against you
14:10but of those that are for you
14:13if anyone thinks constantly of opposing
14:17forces
14:18those forces will get built up until
14:21they assume a formidable strength
14:25which they actually don't possess
14:28but if you mentally visualize
14:31and affirm and reaffirm your assets
14:35you will rise out of even the most
14:38awesome difficulty
14:40your inner powers will reassert
14:42themselves and with the help of god
14:45lift you from defeat to victory
14:51to help you start building up your
14:53self-confidence here are seven
14:55suggestions
14:56one
14:57create a mental picture of yourself as a
14:59success hold on to this picture
15:02tenaciously never permit it to fade
15:05since your mind tries to complete what
15:07it pictures always picture success no
15:10matter how badly things seem to be going
15:12at the moment
15:14whenever a negative thought about your
15:16personal power comes to mind
15:18deliberately voice a positive thought to
15:20cancel it out
15:22two
15:23don't build up obstacles in your
15:25imagination
15:27minimize them instead
15:29problems should be seen for what they
15:30are and never inflated by fearful
15:33thoughts
15:34three
15:35don't be awestruck by other people or
15:38try to copy them
15:39remember that most people despite a
15:42confident appearance are often as scared
15:44and as doubtful of themselves as you are
15:47four
15:48get a competent counselor to help you
15:50understand the origin of your feelings
15:52of inferiority and self-doubt
15:55these feelings often begin in childhood
15:58self-knowledge leads to a cure
16:015.
16:02each day practice the following
16:04affirmation repeat it out loud if
16:06possible i can do all things through
16:09christ who strengthens me
16:12here's another dynamic affirmation
16:15if god be for us who can be against us
16:196.
16:20make what you think is a true estimate
16:22of your own ability then raise it 10
16:26don't become egotistical but develop a
16:29wholesome self-respect
16:31believe in your own god-released powers
16:357.
16:36put yourself in god's hands
16:39to do that simply state i am in god's
16:42hands
16:44then believe you are now receiving all
16:46the power you need
16:48affirm that the kingdom of god is within
16:50you
16:51in the form of adequate power to meet
16:54all of life's demands
16:56remind yourself that god is with you and
16:59there is nothing that can defeat you
17:02now dr peel illustrates an important
17:04fact about human nature
17:06you can think your way to failure and
17:08misery but you can also think your way
17:10to success and happiness
17:12because thoughts are real and dynamic
17:15learning to harness their power is a
17:16crucial step in creating a life of your
17:19own choosing
17:23some years ago i was working with a
17:25group of people to establish a
17:27non-profit inspirational magazine
17:30at one point our endeavor was faced with
17:33severe financial problems in other words
17:36it was almost broke
17:38and when it seemed almost impossible to
17:40keep going i called a meeting
17:44i invited a woman who had once
17:46contributed a nice sum to this magazine
17:48hoping that lightning might strike twice
17:51in the same place
17:52but this time she said she would give us
17:55something of greater value than money
17:58this rather surprised us for under the
18:00circumstances we couldn't think of
18:02anything more valuable than money
18:04when she told us she was going to give
18:06us a creative idea
18:08we didn't jump with enthusiasm all we
18:11could think was
18:12how can we pay our bills with an idea
18:16but as it turned out an idea is
18:19precisely what helped us pay our bills
18:23every achievement in the world was first
18:27initiated as a creative idea
18:31first the idea then faith in it then the
18:34means of implementing the idea that is
18:38the way
18:39success
18:40proceeds this woman continued now she
18:43said
18:45here is the idea
18:47what is your present trouble
18:49your trouble is that you lack everything
18:53don't you you lack money
18:55you lack subscribers you lack equipment
18:59you lack courage
19:01and why do you suppose you lack
19:04everything
19:06why simply because you're only thinking
19:09about what you lack
19:11you are constantly
19:14thinking
19:15lack thoughts
19:17and you have thereby
19:19created a condition
19:21of lack
19:23she told us if you constantly think
19:25about what you don't have
19:28you keep creating the conditions that
19:31keep you in this state
19:34by emphasizing only what you lack
19:37you frustrated the creative forces that
19:40can get this project
19:42really rolling
19:45she said
19:46from the standpoint of doing a lot
19:48you've been working very hard
19:51but you fail to do the one all-important
19:54thing
19:55that will lend power to all your other
19:58efforts
19:59you have not employed
20:01positive thinking
20:04to correct the situation she advised us
20:06to reverse the mental process
20:09and begin to think
20:11instead of lack
20:13to think
20:14prosperity
20:16achievement and success
20:19she told us don't hold on to the mental
20:22pictures of difficulties and failures
20:25lift your
20:26mind above them
20:28and visualize instead
20:31powers
20:32and achievements when you elevate your
20:35thoughts into the realm of attainment
20:38you look down on your problems
20:40rather than up at them
20:43and thus you get a more encouraging
20:45viewpoint
20:47always come up over your problems
20:50mentally
20:52never approach a problem
20:55from below
20:57wise advice if you ask me
21:00she told us the key was to visualize the
21:03solution to our problem
21:06suddenly she asked how many subscribers
21:08do you need to keep this magazine going
21:12at that time we had only 40 000 paid
21:15subscribers
21:17i thought quickly and said
21:19a hundred thousand would do it all right
21:21she said confidently
21:23that's not too hard in fact that's easy
21:27all you need to do is to visualize 100
21:31000 people
21:32being creatively helped by this magazine
21:36and you will have them
21:38in fact the minute you can see them
21:42image and visualize them in your mind
21:46you already have them
21:49she turned to me and she said can you
21:51see a hundred thousand subscribers at
21:53this minute
21:55look out there look ahead of you in your
21:58mind can you see them
22:00well i wasn't convinced and i said
22:04rather doubtfully well maybe so but they
22:06seem pretty dim to me
22:09she seemed a little disappointed in me
22:11as she repeated
22:13use your
22:14imagination to visualize those 100 000
22:18subscribers
22:20i guess my imagination wasn't working
22:23too well because
22:24all i could see
22:26was the insufficient but actual 40 000
22:30paid subscribers
22:32then she turned to someone else can you
22:35see a hundred thousand subscribers she
22:37asked
22:38i rather doubted that he would either
22:40but this fella does have a creative
22:43imagination and i noticed by the
22:46fascinated look on his face that she had
22:49him
22:50he was gazing straight ahead with a look
22:52of wonder when she asked again do you
22:55see the 100 000 subscriber jesse cried
22:59eagerly yes i do see them
23:03electrified i demanded where are they
23:06point them out to me then i too began to
23:10visualize them
23:11now continued the woman let us say a
23:14prayer and together thank god for giving
23:17us
23:17100 000 paid subscribers
23:21frankly i thought that was pushing the
23:23lord rather hard
23:25but then i remembered a verse in the
23:27scripture where it says
23:29and all things whatsoever ye shall ask
23:33in prayer believing
23:35ye shall receive them
23:37that means that when you pray for
23:39something
23:40visualize what you pray for
23:43believe that if it is god's will and is
23:47not selfishly sought after
23:50then it is at that moment
23:53given to you
23:55if you have difficulty believing this
23:57story
23:58let me assure you
24:00that from that moment on
24:02our magazine enterprise never lacked for
24:06anything
24:07i tell you this because i was awed by
24:10the experience
24:12realizing that i had stumbled upon a
24:15tremendous formula
24:17for personal victory
24:19i call it the power of positive imaging
24:24i decided to apply it from then on to my
24:27own problems and whenever i've done so
24:30i've had marvelous results
24:33but whenever i fail to do so
24:36i've missed great important insights
24:38about the human race was expressed by
24:40the famous psychologist william james he
24:43said the greatest discovery of my
24:45generation is that human beings can
24:47alter their lives by altering their
24:49attitudes of mind in other words as you
24:52think so shall you be
24:55if you want to improve your situation
24:57get rid of all your old tired worn out
25:00thoughts fill your mind with fresh new
25:03creative thoughts of faith love and
25:05goodness
25:06by this process you can actually remake
25:09your life
25:11one business executive i know is the
25:14type of person who is never defeated
25:17no problem no setback no obstacle ever
25:20gets him down
25:22he simply attacks each difficulty with
25:24an optimistic attitude
25:27and a ready confidence that it will work
25:30out all right
25:31and in some strange way
25:34it always does
25:36he seems to have a magic touch
25:39in life a touch that never fails
25:43one day he told me secret i was visiting
25:46his plant a modern structure equipped
25:48with the latest machinery
25:51using the most up-to-date production
25:53methods
25:54it was a factory of outstanding
25:57efficiency
25:59when we entered his office which was
26:01decorated in a very modern style
26:04i was quite surprised to find on his
26:07highly polished mahogany desk a battered
26:10old copy of the bible
26:14that book he replied pointing to the
26:16bible
26:17is actually the most up-to-date thing in
26:21this plant
26:22equipment wears out and furnishing
26:25styles change
26:27but that book is so far ahead of us that
26:30it never gets out of date
26:33when i went to college my good christian
26:36mother gave me that bible saying
26:39if i would read and practice its
26:41teachings
26:42i would learn how to get through life's
26:44success just to humor her
26:47but for years i practically never looked
26:50at it
26:51i thought i didn't need it
26:53well how stupid can you get
26:56and i got my life in a terrible mess
27:00he continued his story saying everything
27:02went wrong
27:04primarily because i was wrong
27:07i was thinking wrong and acting wrong
27:11i succeeded at practically nothing
27:14failed at almost everything
27:17now i realize that my principal trouble
27:20was wrong thinking
27:24i was negative resentful cocky
27:26opinionated
27:29nobody could tell me anything
27:31i was filled with gripes at everybody
27:34little wonder i had no friends
27:38well he said one night
27:40i was going through some papers
27:42and i came across the long forgotten
27:45bible
27:47it brought up old memories
27:49and i started to read it aimlessly
27:52it's strange how things happen
27:55how in just a moment of time
27:58everything can become different
28:01as i read a sentence leaped up at me
28:05a sentence that changed my life
28:08and when i say changed i mean changed
28:12here is the sentence this man quoted
28:16the lord is the strength of my life
28:20in this
28:22will i be confident
28:24i don't know why that one line affected
28:26me so he went on but it did
28:29i now know that i was weak and a failure
28:33because i had no faith no confidence
28:36but when i read that line
28:38something clicked in my mind
28:41i guess i had what they call a spiritual
28:43experience i decided to put my faith in
28:46god thereafter
28:48and sincerely try to do my best
28:51following the principles laid down in
28:53the bible
28:54as i did so i began to get hold of a new
28:58set of positive thoughts in time
29:01my old ways of thinking faded away
29:04and these new thoughts took over
29:07and remade me
29:10this incident illustrates an important
29:12fact about human nature
29:15which is
29:16you can think your way to failure and
29:18misery
29:19but you can also think your way to
29:21success and happiness
29:23the world in which you live is not
29:25primarily determined by outward
29:27conditions and circumstances but by the
29:30thoughts
29:31that habitually occupy your mind
29:35as emerson declared
29:37a man is
29:38what he thinks about all day long
29:42it has been said
29:44that thoughts are things
29:46that they actually possess dynamic power
29:50you can actually think yourself into or
29:55out of situations
29:57you can make yourself ill with your
29:59thoughts
30:00and by the same token you can make
30:02yourself well
30:04by the use of a healing type of thought
30:07think positively and you create an
30:10atmosphere that nurtures the development
30:12of positive outcomes
30:14potential positive ideas are working in
30:18your mind
30:20by releasing and developing these ideas
30:23you can solve your financial problem or
30:26your business situation or anything
30:29the practical use of your creative
30:33positive thought pattern
30:35can remake your life
30:37and you
30:38along with it
30:40there was a time when i acquiesced in
30:42the silly idea that there is no
30:44relationship between faith and
30:47prosperity
30:49that when one talked about religion
30:52it should never be related to
30:54achievement
30:55that it dealt only with ethics and
30:57morals or social values
31:00but i came to realize that such a
31:03viewpoint
31:04limits the power of god
31:07and the development of the individual
31:09christianity teaches that there is a
31:12tremendous power in the universe
31:15and that this power can and does dwell
31:19in personality
31:21it is a power that can blast out all
31:24defeat
31:25and lift a person above every difficult
31:30situation we have seen the demonstration
31:33of atomic energy
31:35we know that astonishing and enormous
31:38energy exists in the universe
31:40this same force of energy
31:43resides in the human mind nothing on
31:46earth is greater
31:48than the human mind in potential power
31:52the average individual is capable of
31:55much greater achievement than he or she
32:00has ever realized
32:03when you actually learn to release your
32:05potential power
32:08you will discover that your mind
32:10contains ideas of such innovative and
32:14creative value that you need not lack
32:18for anything
32:20anymore
32:22by the full and proper use of your power
32:25stimulated by god's power
32:28you can make just about anything of your
32:31life
32:32anything you will pray for and work for
32:35so
32:36tell you what
32:38look deeply into your mind amazing
32:43wonders are there
32:46here is a method that will help creative
32:48thoughts to flow freely from your mind
32:52first
32:54quiet your mind so that inspirations may
32:58rise from its depths
33:01believe that god is now this minute
33:04helping you
33:06form a picture in your mind of your life
33:09as it should be
33:11believe in it
33:12pray about it
33:14work at it
33:16never give up on it
33:19organize your life on a spiritual basis
33:23so that god's mighty principles
33:27really
33:28go to work within you
33:30you will find that here
33:33is one of the greatest
33:35laws in the universe and it's stated in
33:39three words
33:41believe
33:43and
33:44succeed
33:48in the final analysis the basic reason
33:51the person fails to live a creative and
33:53successful life
33:55is because of error within himself his
33:59thinking is wrong
34:02when the 23rd psalm says he leadeth me
34:07in the paths of righteousness
34:10it not only means that a person is to
34:12depart from evil and do good
34:15but that he is to change his thinking
34:19from wrong to right
34:21from error to truth
34:24the great secret of successful living is
34:27to reduce the amount of error in oneself
34:31and increase the amount of truth it's
34:34just that simple
34:37a constant stream of positive god-guided
34:41thoughts
34:42creatively affects the circumstances of
34:46life
34:47for inner truth
34:49always guides you toward the right path
34:53and therefore leads to the right results
35:05here are some practical suggestions for
35:08changing your mental attitude from
35:09negative to positive
35:12such a change will release the kinds of
35:14thoughts that can help you make creative
35:16changes in your circumstances
35:19one
35:20for the next 24 hours deliberately speak
35:22hopefully about everything your job your
35:25health your future go out of your way to
35:28put optimism in everything you say
35:312.
35:32after speaking hopefully for 24 hours
35:35continue the practice for one week
35:38then you can permit yourself to be
35:40realistic for a day or two you'll
35:43discover that what you meant by
35:44realistic a week ago was actually
35:47pessimistic and what you now mean by
35:49realistic is something entirely
35:52different
35:53it is the dawning of the positive
35:54outlook
35:56when most people say they're being
35:57realistic they delude themselves they
36:00are simply being negative
36:03three
36:04feed your mind even as you feed your
36:06body
36:07a healthy mind requires nourishing
36:09wholesome thoughts
36:11start at the beginning of the new
36:12testament and underline every sentence
36:15about faith
36:16continue doing this until you've marked
36:18every passage in the four books
36:21matthew mark luke and john
36:244
36:25commit all of those passages to memory
36:28learn one each day until you can recite
36:30the entire list from memory
36:32this will take time but remember you've
36:35spent much more time being a negative
36:37thinker
36:38on learning a negative pattern requires
36:41time and effort
36:42five
36:44make a list of your friends who are
36:45positive thinkers and deliberately
36:47cultivate their company don't abandon
36:50your negative friends but get closer to
36:52those with a positive point of view
36:55until you've absorbed their spirit
36:59six
36:59try to avoid arguments but whenever a
37:02negative attitude is expressed counter
37:05with a positive and optimistic opinion
37:087.
37:09pray a great deal and always let your
37:11prayers take the form of thanksgiving
37:14assume that god is giving you great and
37:17wonderful things for if you think he is
37:20he surely is
37:22god will not give you any greater
37:24blessing than you can believe in
37:26remember
37:27according to your faith
37:29be it unto you
37:31[Music]
37:46we've all had problems from time to time
37:48and for some of us they've been so large
37:50we're tempted to think that no power on
37:52earth can save us
37:54you'll see that some people don't look
37:56at things that way
37:57they've found there is an answer to
37:59every problem there is a power that can
38:02help
38:03prayer
38:04personally i believe that prayer is
38:07ascending out of vibrations from one
38:09person to another and to god
38:13the entire universe is in vibration the
38:16air is filled with vibration
38:19there are vibrations even in the
38:21molecules of a table
38:23the reaction between two human beings is
38:27in vibration
38:29when you send out a prayer for another
38:32person
38:33you are activating the forces of a
38:35spiritual universe
38:38you transmit from yourself to another
38:40person a sense of love helpfulness
38:43support
38:44a sympathetic powerful understanding
38:48in this process you awaken the creative
38:51vibrations through which god brings to
38:54pass
38:55the good things you pray for
38:59prayer power is a manifestation of
39:02energy
39:03just as there are scientific techniques
39:06for the release of atomic energy
39:10so are there procedures for the release
39:13of spiritual energy through prayer
39:17tension and other related troubles
39:20can result from a lack of inner harmony
39:24but it is remarkable how prayer restores
39:27the harmonious functioning
39:30of body and soul
39:33it appears that even the aging process
39:36can be held in check by prayer
39:39you need not lose your vital energy or
39:42become weak and listless just because of
39:46accumulating years
39:49nor is it necessary for your spirit to
39:52sag or become dull
39:55prayer can actually freshen you up every
39:59evening
40:00and send you out renewed every morning
40:04and of course if prayer is driven deeply
40:08into your subconscious
40:11you can receive guidance in problems
40:15if you haven't experienced this power
40:18perhaps you need to learn
40:20some new techniques of prayer
40:23it is important to realize that you're
40:25dealing with the most tremendous power
40:28in the world
40:29when you process that most effectively
40:32opens your mind to god
40:35any method which stimulates the flow of
40:38god's power into your mind
40:41is highly creative
40:44if you've been praying in a certain
40:46manner
40:47even if it's brought blessings which it
40:49doubtless has
40:51perhaps you can pray even more
40:54profitably
40:55by varying the pattern
40:57and by experimenting with fresh prayer
41:01formulas
41:02one man i know opened a small business
41:05in new york city a number of years ago
41:09he characterized his first establishment
41:12as a little hole in the wall he had only
41:15one employee
41:17in a few years
41:19this man moved into more extensive
41:21quarters
41:23it became a very successful operation
41:28as he described it
41:30his method of business was to fill the
41:33little hole in the wall
41:35with optimistic prayers and positive
41:38thoughts
41:40he declared that hard work
41:42positive thinking fair dealing
41:45right treatment of people and the proper
41:47kind of praying
41:49always
41:50gets results
41:53this man
41:55who certainly has a creative and
41:57innovative mind
41:59worked out his own formula for solving
42:01his problems it's a curious formula
42:05but i have practiced it myself and i
42:08know
42:09it works one
42:11priorize
42:13to
42:14picturize three
42:17actual eyes
42:19by prayer eyes he meant a daily system
42:23of creative prayer
42:26when a problem arose he talked it over
42:28with god very simply and directly
42:32he didn't talk to god as to some vast
42:35and far-off shadowy being
42:37but conceived of god as being with him
42:40there in his office in his home on the
42:43street in his car
42:45always nearby as a partner and close
42:49associate
42:51he took seriously the biblical
42:54injunction
42:55to pray without ceasing
42:58he interpreted this to mean
43:01that he should go about the business of
43:03each day
43:05discussing with god in a natural manner
43:08the questions and decisions that had to
43:11be resolved
43:13he filled his daily life full of prayer
43:16that is to say
43:18he lived by prayer
43:21for example he would say
43:23what will i do about this lord
43:26or give me a fresh insight on this
43:29heavenly father
43:31the presence of god finally came to
43:34dominate his conscience
43:37and ultimately his unconscious thinking
43:41in effect
43:43he
43:43priorized
43:45his daily life and business and his
43:48formula of creative prayer
43:50is to
43:52picturize we've all seen how the person
43:56who assumes success
43:59tends to already
44:01have success
44:04people who assume failure
44:06tend to have failure
44:10when either failure or success is
44:13pictured
44:14there is a very strong tendency
44:18for that picture to actualize
44:21as fact
44:23and become
44:24reality
44:26to assure something worthwhile happening
44:30therefore
44:32first pray about it
44:34and test it according to god's will
44:39then
44:40print a picture of it on your mind as
44:43happening
44:45holding that image firmly
44:48in consciousness
44:50continue to check that picture
44:53to god's will that is to say
44:56put the matter in god's hands
44:59and follow god's guidance
45:02work hard and intelligently thus doing
45:05your part to achieve success in the
45:07matter
45:08practice believing and continue to hold
45:11the picture
45:13firmly in your thoughts
45:15do this and you will be astonished
45:18at the ways in which that which is
45:21visualized
45:22comes to a woman became aware
45:25she and her husband were drifting apart
45:29theirs had been a happy marriage but the
45:31wife became preoccupied with social
45:34affairs
45:36and the husband had gotten super busy
45:39before they knew it
45:41the old time close companionship
45:44was gone
45:46then
45:47one day she discovered his interest in
45:50another woman
45:52at this she lost her head
45:54and became hysterical
45:57when she consulted her minister
46:00he listened to her tale
46:03and then turned the conversation to
46:05herself
46:07she admitted that she had become
46:09self-centered
46:11sharp-tongued and nagging she then
46:14confessed that she had never felt
46:16herself the equal of her husband
46:19her sense of inferiority had made her
46:22retreat actually into antagonism the
46:26ministers suggested
46:28that she create an image of herself
46:33as capable
46:34and attractive
46:36he whimsically told her that god runs a
46:40beauty parlor and that faith techniques
46:44could put beauty on a person's face
46:48and charm and ease in their manner
46:51he gave her instruction in how to pray
46:54and how to spiritually picturize
46:58he also advised her to hold a mental
47:02image of the goodness of her husband
47:05and of being once again in harmony and
47:08companionship with him
47:10she was to hold this picture
47:13tenaciously
47:14with faith
47:16soon after this
47:18her husband informed her that he wanted
47:21a divorce
47:23she had conquered herself enough by now
47:26to receive this request with calmness
47:30she replied
47:32that she was willing if he wanted it
47:35but suggested they defer the decision
47:38for 90 days
47:41if he still wanted a divorce at the end
47:43of this period
47:45she would cooperate with him
47:48night after night he went out
47:51and night after night she sat at home
47:54but now
47:56she pictured him
47:57as seated in his old chair
48:01she painted an image of him there
48:05comfortably reading as in the old days
48:09she visualized him puttering around the
48:11house
48:13painting and fixing things as he used to
48:15do
48:16she visualized the two of them playing
48:19golf together and taking hikes as they
48:21once did
48:23she maintained this picture with steady
48:27faith
48:28and one night
48:30what do you know
48:31there he actually sat in his old chair
48:35she looked twice to be sure that it was
48:38the reality rather than the
48:40picturization
48:42but perhaps a picturization is a reality
48:46for at any rate the actual man was
48:49actually there
48:51after that night he still went out
48:53occasionally
48:54but more and more frequently
48:57he sat in his chair
48:59then he began to read to her as in the
49:02old days
49:03finally
49:04one sunny saturday afternoon he asked
49:07what do you say to a game of golf
49:10the days went by pleasantly
49:13until she realized that the 90th day
49:17had arrived
49:19that evening she said quietly
49:22bill
49:23this is the 90th day
49:26what do you mean he asked puzzled
49:29the 90th day
49:30why don't you remember we agreed to wait
49:3490 days to settle that divorce matter
49:37and this is the day
49:41he looked at her for a moment
49:43and then
49:44hidden behind his paper
49:47he casually turned the page and said
49:50don't be silly
49:52i couldn't possibly get along without
49:54you
49:55where did you get the idea i would ever
49:59leave it says the kingdom of god is
50:01within you
50:03it is informing us that god has provided
50:07us with all the potential abilities we
50:11need
50:12it is up to us to tap
50:15and develop those powers
50:18a man i know is the chief of four
50:21executives in a successful company
50:25at regular intervals these men
50:27have
50:28idea sessions
50:30the purpose of these meetings is to tap
50:33all the creative ideas lurking in the
50:36minds of any of the four
50:39for this session
50:40they use a room without telephones
50:43buzzers or other usual office equipment
50:48before starting the session the group
50:51spends 10 minutes in silent prayer and
50:55meditation
50:56they conceive of god as creatively at
51:00work in their minds
51:03each praise
51:05and meditates silently in his own way
51:09following the quiet period all start
51:12talking
51:13pouring out ideas that have come to
51:16their minds
51:18memos of the ideas are written on cards
51:21and thrown
51:22on the table
51:24no one is permitted to criticize any
51:27idea at this point
51:30for they believe that argument
51:32can stop the flow of creative thought
51:36the cards are gathered up to be
51:38evaluated at a later session which
51:41follows this idea tapping session where
51:44thinking is stimulated
51:46by prayer power
51:48as one of the executives explained
51:52we've come up with insights that not
51:55only show on our bottom line
51:58but which have given us a new feeling of
52:02confidence
52:03beyond that
52:04a deeper feeling of fellowship
52:07among the four of us has grown
52:10and this has spread to others as well
52:14alert people everywhere are finding that
52:18by trying prayer power
52:21they feel better
52:22work better sleep better
52:25are better
52:27a young woman came to me a while ago
52:30and admitted that she was filled with
52:32hate
52:33jealousy and resentment
52:36she was also very apprehensive
52:40always worrying about her children
52:44that they would be sick or get into an
52:46accident or fail in school or something
52:50her life was an unhappy mixture of fear
52:55and
52:56worry
52:58i told her that the practice of creative
53:02prayer
53:03could change her life
53:05i suggested that she pray every day at
53:08the time that children were coming home
53:11from school
53:13and make her prayers
53:14an affirmation
53:16of god's protective care
53:20doubtful at first she became a most
53:24enthusiastic practitioner of prayer
53:27here's what she wrote to me
53:30my greatest progress dates from the time
53:33you told me
53:35that every day is a good day if you pray
53:40i began to put into practice
53:43the idea of affirming that this would be
53:46a good day
53:47the minute i woke up in the morning
53:50and i can positively say
53:53that i haven't had a bad
53:55or upsetting day
53:57since that time
53:59the amazing thing is that my days
54:01actually haven't been any smoother or
54:04any more free from petty annoyances than
54:07they ever were
54:08but they just don't seem to have the
54:11power to upset me anymore
54:14every night i begin my prayers by
54:17listing all the things for which i am
54:20grateful little things that added to the
54:22joy of the day
54:24i know that this habit has geared my
54:26mind to pick out the nice things and
54:28forget the unpleasant ones
54:31the fact that for six weeks i have not
54:34had a single bad day
54:37and have refused to get down-hearted
54:39with anyone
54:40is really people find tremendous power
54:43each day through prayer
54:44here are ten suggestions for achieving
54:47effective results from your prayers
54:50one
54:51set aside a few minutes each day do not
54:53say anything
54:55simply practice thinking about god
54:57this will make your mind spiritually
55:00receptive
55:012.
55:02pray out loud using simple natural words
55:06tell god anything that's on your mind
55:09talk to god in your own language 3.
55:12pray as you go about the business of the
55:14day on the subway or bus or at your desk
55:18begin by closing your eyes to shut out
55:20the world and concentrate briefly on
55:22god's presence
55:24four
55:26don't always ask for something when you
55:28pray but instead affirm that god's
55:30blessings are being given and spend most
55:33of your prayers offering thanks
55:365. pray with the belief that sincere
55:39prayers can reach out and surround your
55:41loved ones with god's love and
55:43protection
55:456. never use a negative thought in
55:48prayer only positive thoughts get
55:50results
55:527.
55:53always express willingness to accept
55:56god's will
55:57ask for what you want but be open to
55:59take what god gives you it may be better
56:02than what you ask for
56:04eight
56:05practice the attitude of putting
56:07everything into god's hands ask for the
56:10ability to do your best and then leave
56:12the results confidently to god
56:159.
56:16pray for people you do not like or who
56:19have mistreated you
56:21resentment is the first obstacle to
56:23spiritual power
56:2510
56:26make a list of people for whom to pray
56:29the more you pray for others especially
56:31those not connected with you the more
56:34the good results of prayer will come
56:36back to you
56:48some people it seems always have an
56:50extra dash of energy for just about any
56:52task they want to undertake
56:54what's the secret how do they do it
56:57in this lesson entitled tune into the
56:59infinite dr peel talks about the source
57:02of all energy and how to tap into its
57:05boundless power
57:07a major league baseball pitcher once
57:10played a long game when the temperature
57:13was over 100 degrees
57:15he lost several pounds as a result of
57:18the afternoon's exertion and at one
57:21stage of the game his energy was
57:23severely depleted
57:25but this man had a unique method for
57:28restoring energy
57:30he simply repeated a passage from the
57:33old testament
57:35but they that wait upon the lord
57:38shall renew their strength they shall
57:40mount up with wings as eagles
57:43they shall run and not be weary
57:46and they shall walk and not faint
57:49the pitcher completed the game with
57:51energy despair he explained the
57:55technique by saying
57:57i sent a powerful energy producing
58:00thought
58:01through my mind
58:04as this baseball player discovered
58:06prayer has the power to alter not only
58:09our attitudes but our energy level as
58:12well
58:14how we think we feel physically
58:17has a definite effect on how we actually
58:20feel
58:21if your mind tells you that you're tired
58:24the nerves and the muscles accept that
58:27as a fact
58:29if your mind is intensely interested in
58:32something
58:32you can keep on with an activity
58:35indefinitely
58:37in the same way our spiritual life
58:40functions through our thoughts
58:42especially when we pray
58:44when you tell yourself that you have
58:46powerful internal resources
58:49you supply attitudes of faith to your
58:51mind
58:52such attitudes increase your energy
58:55a man full of vitality and vigor says
58:58that he goes to church regularly to get
59:01his batteries recharged his concept is
59:04sound god is the source of all energy
59:07atomic energy electrical energy
59:10spiritual energy indeed every form of
59:13energy derives from the creator
59:16the bible emphasizes this point when it
59:19says he giveth power to the faint and to
59:23them that have no might he increases
59:26strength
59:27and here's how the bible describes
59:29life's energizing and re-energizing
59:32process
59:34in him we live and move and have our
59:37being
59:38in other words from god we receive our
59:41vitality and our dynamic energy and
59:44through him we attain completeness
59:48contact with god establishes within us a
59:51flow of the same type of energy
59:54that recreates the world that renews
59:57springtime every year when we're in
1:00:01spiritual contact with god through our
1:00:03thoughts
1:00:04divine energy flows through us and
1:00:07automatically renews the original
1:00:10creative act
1:00:11it's not unlike an electric clock
1:00:14connected to an outlet
1:00:16the clock continues to keep time until
1:00:19it's unplugged
1:00:21then it stops because it has lost
1:00:23contact
1:00:24with its source of power
1:00:27when we lose contact with our divine
1:00:29source of energy
1:00:31much the same thing happens
1:00:34we can tap into a reservoir of boundless
1:00:38power
1:00:39and from this source we can draw on
1:00:42unlimited energy for body and mind
1:00:46a friend of mine a man whose
1:00:48responsibilities are very heavy
1:00:50works from morning until night without
1:00:53interruption
1:00:54but this fellow always seems able to
1:00:57assume new obligations most importantly
1:01:00he has the knack of handling his work
1:01:02easily and efficiently
1:01:05one day i happened to be talking with
1:01:07his physician
1:01:08and i commented that i hoped this man
1:01:10wasn't setting a dangerous pace
1:01:13that could lead to a breakdown the
1:01:15doctor shook his head
1:01:17no he replied i don't think there's any
1:01:19danger of a crack-up
1:01:21the reason is that he's a thoroughly
1:01:24well organized individual with no energy
1:01:28leaks in his makeup
1:01:31he handles things with easy power
1:01:34and carries burdens without strain he
1:01:37never wastes an ounce of energy
1:01:40every effort is applied with maximum
1:01:43force
1:01:45when asked to account for this seemingly
1:01:47boundless energy and efficiency the
1:01:50physician stated
1:01:52he's emotionally well integrated
1:01:55and what's more important he is a
1:01:58soundly religious person
1:02:00his religion provides him with a
1:02:03workable mechanism for preventing energy
1:02:06leaks
1:02:08it isn't hard work that drains off
1:02:10energy
1:02:11but emotional upheaval
1:02:13and this man is entirely free from
1:02:16realizing that the maintenance of a
1:02:19sound spiritual and emotional life
1:02:23is an important factor
1:02:25in the enjoyment of a forceful
1:02:28personality
1:02:29if proper attention is given to the
1:02:31spirit
1:02:32and the emotions energy will be
1:02:35conserved
1:02:36but if emotional reactions are not kept
1:02:39in balance
1:02:40you will begin to see a drain on your
1:02:42vital force
1:02:44when body mind and spirit work
1:02:46harmoniously
1:02:48there is a natural and continuous
1:02:51replacement of necessary energy
1:02:54it was the custom of thomas a edison
1:02:58the world's greatest inventive wizard
1:03:01to come home from his laboratory after
1:03:03many hours of labor and lie down on his
1:03:07old couch
1:03:08his wife said he would fall asleep as
1:03:11naturally as a child
1:03:13in perfect relaxation he would sink into
1:03:16a deep and untroubled slumber
1:03:20after three to five hours he would
1:03:22become instantly wide awake completely
1:03:26refreshed and eager to return to his
1:03:28work
1:03:30when she was asked to analyze her
1:03:32husband's ability to rest in such a
1:03:35natural and complete manner mrs edison
1:03:38said
1:03:39he was nature's man
1:03:42by that she meant that he was completely
1:03:44in harmony with nature and with god
1:03:47he was free from obsessions
1:03:50disorganization
1:03:51conflict
1:03:53mental quirks and emotional instability
1:03:57he worked until he needed to sleep then
1:03:59he slept soundly arose and returned to
1:04:02his work
1:04:03he lived a long life
1:04:06and was in many respects the most
1:04:08creative mind ever to appear on the
1:04:10american continent
1:04:12he drew his energy from emotional self
1:04:16mastery
1:04:17the ability to relax completely
1:04:20his amazingly harmonious relationship
1:04:24with the universe
1:04:25caused nature to reveal to him
1:04:28its inscrutable secrets
1:04:31every great personality i've ever known
1:04:34and i have known many
1:04:36who has demonstrated the capacity for
1:04:39prodigious work
1:04:40has been a person in tune with the
1:04:44infinite
1:04:45every such person seems in harmony with
1:04:48nature
1:04:49and in contact with divine energy
1:04:52they haven't necessarily been pious
1:04:55people
1:04:56but invariably they have been
1:04:57extraordinarily
1:04:59well organized from an emotional and
1:05:02psychological point of view
1:05:04it is fear
1:05:06resentment inner conflicts and
1:05:09obsessions that throw us off balance
1:05:12and thus cause the expensive and
1:05:15unnecessary expenditures awakening to
1:05:18the close relationship between
1:05:21religion and health
1:05:23we are beginning to comprehend a basic
1:05:26truth
1:05:27that our physical condition is
1:05:29determined very largely by our emotional
1:05:32condition
1:05:33and our emotional life is profoundly
1:05:36regulated by our thought life
1:05:40all through its pages the bible talks
1:05:42about vitality and force in life
1:05:46the supreme overall word of the bible is
1:05:50life
1:05:51and life means vitality
1:05:54to be filled with energy
1:05:56jesus stated the key expression
1:05:59i am come that they might have life
1:06:02and that they might have it more
1:06:04abundantly
1:06:06or as one virgin has it
1:06:08i am come that they might have life and
1:06:12have it in all its fullness
1:06:15this does not rule out pain or suffering
1:06:18or difficulty
1:06:20but the clear implication is
1:06:23that if a person practices the creative
1:06:26and recreative principles of
1:06:28christianity he can live with power
1:06:31and energy
1:06:33it's important to note that the practice
1:06:35of these principles will bring a person
1:06:37into the proper tempo of living
1:06:40our energies are frequently destroyed
1:06:43because of the abnormally high pace at
1:06:46which we go about our lives
1:06:48to conserve energy you must get your
1:06:51personality speed
1:06:52synchronized with the rate of god's
1:06:55movement
1:06:56god is in you if you are going at one
1:06:59rate and god at another you will tear
1:07:02yourself apart
1:07:04though the middles of god grind slowly
1:07:08yet they grind exceedingly small
1:07:11the mills of most of us grind very
1:07:13rapidly and so they grind poorly
1:07:17when we become attuned to god's rhythm
1:07:20we develop a normal tempo within
1:07:22ourselves and energy flows freely
1:07:26the hectic habits of this age have many
1:07:30disastrous effects
1:07:32everything is speeded up
1:07:34and for that reason many people feel
1:07:37unnecessarily tired
1:07:39the solution is to get into the time
1:07:42synchronization of almighty god
1:07:46one way to do this is by going out some
1:07:49warm day and lying down on the earth
1:07:52get your ear close down to the ground
1:07:56and listen
1:07:57you will hear all manner of sounds
1:08:01you will hear
1:08:02the movement of the spheres
1:08:05the wind and the trees
1:08:07and the murmur of
1:08:08insects you will discover presently that
1:08:12there is in all these sounds
1:08:14a well-regulated temple
1:08:17you cannot get that tempo by listening
1:08:20to traffic in the city streets
1:08:22for it is lost in the confusion of sound
1:08:26you can get it in church where you hear
1:08:29the word of god and the great hymns
1:08:31truth vibrates to god's tempo in a
1:08:34church
1:08:36but you can also find it in a factory if
1:08:39you have a mind to
1:08:42to get yourself in tune with the rhythm
1:08:44of god
1:08:45first allow yourself to relax physically
1:08:49then conceive of your mind as also
1:08:52relaxing
1:08:54then
1:08:55visualize the soul as becoming quiescent
1:08:59and pray as follows
1:09:02dear god
1:09:03you are the source of all energy
1:09:07you are the source of energy in the sun
1:09:10in the atom
1:09:11in all flesh
1:09:13in the bloodstream
1:09:15in the mind
1:09:17i hereby draw energy from you
1:09:20as from an unlimited source
1:09:24then practice believing
1:09:26that you do receive energy
1:09:30keep in tune of course many
1:09:33simply because
1:09:35they aren't interested in anything
1:09:38nothing ever moves them deeply
1:09:41to some people it makes no difference
1:09:44what's going on or how things go their
1:09:48personal concerns are more important
1:09:50than all crises in human history
1:09:54nothing makes any real difference to
1:09:56them except
1:09:58their own little worries
1:10:00desires and hates
1:10:02they wear themselves out by stewing
1:10:05about a lot of
1:10:07inconsequential things
1:10:09that amount to nothing
1:10:11the surest way not to become tired
1:10:14is to lose yourself in something in
1:10:17which you have a profound conviction
1:10:21a famous statesman finished his seventh
1:10:23speech of the day
1:10:25and still had energy to spare
1:10:28i asked him why he wasn't tired
1:10:31and he said
1:10:32i believe absolutely and everything i
1:10:35said in those speeches i'm enthusiastic
1:10:39about my convictions
1:10:41and that's the secret
1:10:43he was on fire
1:10:45for something
1:10:46he was pouring himself out
1:10:49and you never lose energy and vitality
1:10:52in so doing
1:10:54you only lose energy when life becomes
1:10:57dull in your mind when you're doing
1:10:59nothing your mind gets bored and then
1:11:02you feel tired but you don't have to be
1:11:05tired get interested in something get
1:11:08absolutely enthralled in something throw
1:11:12yourself into it with abandon get out of
1:11:14yourself be somebody do something don't
1:11:18sit around moaning about things reading
1:11:20the paper saying why don't they do
1:11:23something
1:11:24the person who is out doing something
1:11:26isn't tired the more you get absorbed in
1:11:29something bigger than yourself the more
1:11:32energy you will have you won't have time
1:11:34to think about yourself and get bogged
1:11:36down in your emotional difficulties
1:11:40another frequent cause of diminishing
1:11:42energy is staleness the pressure
1:11:45monotony and unceasing continuity of
1:11:48responsibilities
1:11:50dull the freshness of mind which a
1:11:52person must have
1:11:54to approach his work successfully
1:11:57during such dry periods you have to
1:12:00expend much more energy to do with
1:12:02difficulty what you once did with
1:12:05comparative ease
1:12:08a solution for this state of mind was
1:12:11employed by a businessman the president
1:12:14of the board of trustees of a certain
1:12:16university
1:12:18a professor who had once been
1:12:20outstanding and extraordinarily popular
1:12:24began to slip in teaching ability and in
1:12:27the power to stimulate his students
1:12:30it was the verdict of the students as
1:12:33well as the private opinion of the
1:12:35trustees
1:12:36that this teacher must either recover
1:12:39his former teaching abilities
1:12:41or it would be necessary to replace him
1:12:45the professor was told that the board of
1:12:47trustees was giving him a six months
1:12:50leave of absence with all expenses paid
1:12:53and with full salary there was only one
1:12:56stipulation
1:12:57that he go away to a place of rest and
1:13:00give himself over to gaining a complete
1:13:03renewal of strength of the lord invited
1:13:06him to use a cabin which he himself
1:13:08owned in a wilderness setting
1:13:11and made the curious suggestion that he
1:13:13take no books except one the bible
1:13:17he suggested that the professor's daily
1:13:20program be walking
1:13:22fishing some manual work in the garden
1:13:25and an extended period of reading the
1:13:28bible
1:13:29he encouraged the professor to memorize
1:13:32as many passages as possible in order to
1:13:35saturate his mind
1:13:37with the great words and ideas which the
1:13:40book contains
1:13:42he said i believe that if you spend six
1:13:46months outdoors chopping wood digging in
1:13:50the soil reading the bible and fishing
1:13:53in deep lakes you will become a new man
1:13:58the professor agreed to this unique
1:14:01proposal his adjustment to this
1:14:03radically different mode of life was an
1:14:06easier one than he or anyone who knew
1:14:08him expected in fact he was surprised to
1:14:12find that he actually
1:14:14liked it
1:14:15after he became accustomed to active
1:14:18outdoor living
1:14:20he discovered it had an immense appeal
1:14:23for him
1:14:24he missed his intellectual associates
1:14:26and his reading for a while
1:14:28but forced back upon the bible his only
1:14:31book
1:14:32he became immersed in it
1:14:35to his amazement he found the bible to
1:14:38be as he put it a library within itself
1:14:43in the pages of the bible he found faith
1:14:46and peace and power
1:14:49in six months he was a new man
1:14:52when he returned to teaching his
1:14:54colleagues and students found him
1:14:57a person of compelling power and
1:15:00exciting inspiration
1:15:03his stainless had gone
1:15:05and the old time energy returned
1:15:09the spiritual retreat caused his power
1:15:12to surge again
1:15:13and renewed his zest for living
1:15:16here are a few suggestions for
1:15:18increasing your energy and vitality
1:15:21one
1:15:22remember
1:15:23how you think you feel physically has a
1:15:26definite effect on how you actually feel
1:15:29tell yourself frequently that you have
1:15:31powerful internal resources
1:15:33two
1:15:34god is the source of all energy to tap
1:15:37into this boundless reservoir repeat
1:15:40this affirmation
1:15:42he giveth power to the faint and to them
1:15:44that have no might he increases strength
1:15:48three
1:15:49try to stay in harmony with nature and
1:15:52in contact with divine energy
1:15:54people who are free of fear resentment
1:15:57inner conflicts and obsessions have an
1:16:00abundance of energy because they don't
1:16:02waste their precious emotional resources
1:16:064.
1:16:06get interested in something people
1:16:09frequently feel tired because they
1:16:11aren't on fire for something outside
1:16:13their own small circle of interests
1:16:165. rejuvenate your spirit by taking
1:16:19yourself away from daily routines
1:16:22take along a bible as your companion
1:16:38in a chaotic world a sense of inner
1:16:41harmony is increasingly difficult to
1:16:43achieve and yet tranquility is essential
1:16:46to both physical and emotional
1:16:48well-being
1:16:49in this section entitled a peaceful mind
1:16:52generates power
1:16:54you will learn one of the most important
1:16:56characteristics of a happy and
1:16:58successful person
1:16:59peace of mind how often have you found
1:17:03yourself complaining about how poorly
1:17:06you slept the night before that you went
1:17:09to bed with an ear full of trouble
1:17:12given the choice
1:17:14wouldn't you rather fall asleep
1:17:16with a mind full of peace
1:17:19the secret to a mind full of peace
1:17:22lies in one's mental attitude
1:17:25the life of strain
1:17:27is very difficult
1:17:29on the other hand
1:17:30the life of inner peace
1:17:32being harmonious
1:17:34and without stress
1:17:36is the easiest type of existence
1:17:39it is a life
1:17:41which accepts god's gift of peace
1:17:45and embraces the attitude
1:17:48of relaxed trust in him
1:17:52the first technique recommended is to
1:17:54practice emptying the mind
1:17:57i cannot emphasize enough
1:17:59the importance of a frequent mental
1:18:02catharsis
1:18:04this means
1:18:05clearing the mind of fears hates
1:18:09insecurities regrets and guilt
1:18:13the mere attempt to empty the mind tends
1:18:16to give relief
1:18:19haven't you ever experienced a welcome
1:18:22sense of release
1:18:24when you've poured out your troubles to
1:18:26somebody you can trust
1:18:30one effective method for doing this is
1:18:32the daily
1:18:33practice of silence
1:18:37everyone should insist upon at least
1:18:4015 minutes
1:18:42of absolute silence
1:18:45every day
1:18:46go along into the quietest place
1:18:49available
1:18:50and sit or lie down
1:18:53do not talk
1:18:54do not write do not read
1:18:57think as little as possible
1:19:00conceive of your mind as the surface of
1:19:03a body of water
1:19:06and see how nearly quiet you can make it
1:19:09so that there isn't even a ripple
1:19:14when you've attained a quiescent state
1:19:18begin to listen for the deeper sounds of
1:19:21harmony
1:19:22and beauty and of god
1:19:25that are to be found in the essence of
1:19:28silence i was once conducting a
1:19:31religious service on an ocean liner
1:19:34on a voyage to hawaii
1:19:37in the course of my talk
1:19:39i suggested that people
1:19:42who were carrying
1:19:43worries in their minds
1:19:45go to the stern of the vessel
1:19:48and imaginatively
1:19:50take each anxious thought out
1:19:54and drop it into the ocean and watch it
1:19:57disappear
1:19:59in the wake of the ship
1:20:02it seemed an almost childlike suggestion
1:20:07but a man who had quite a no-nonsense
1:20:10manner
1:20:11came to me later that day and said
1:20:14you know something
1:20:16every evening at sunset
1:20:19as long as this voyage lasts
1:20:22i'm going to drop all my worries
1:20:25overboard
1:20:26until i develop
1:20:29the ability
1:20:30to cast them entirely out of my
1:20:33consciousness
1:20:35at will
1:20:37every day i shall watch them
1:20:39disappear
1:20:41in the great ocean of time
1:20:45doesn't the bible say something
1:20:47about
1:20:49forgetting those things that are behind
1:20:53of course just emptying the mind is not
1:20:56enough
1:20:58to prevent those old unhappy thoughts
1:21:01from sneaking in again
1:21:04you must refill the mind immediately
1:21:07with creative and healthy thoughts
1:21:11these happy thoughts will stand guard
1:21:13when the old fears hates and worries
1:21:17that used to haunt you
1:21:20try to edge back in again
1:21:24at intervals during the day
1:21:26practice
1:21:27thinking a carefully
1:21:29selected series of peaceful thoughts
1:21:34let mental pictures
1:21:37of the most peaceful scenes
1:21:40you have ever witnessed
1:21:42pass across your mind
1:21:46for example you might see
1:21:48a beautiful valley filled with the hush
1:21:51of evening time
1:21:54as the shadows lengthen
1:21:56and the sun sinks to rest
1:21:59or you could recall
1:22:01the silvery light of the moon
1:22:04falling upon rippling waters or the sea
1:22:08washing gently upon soft shores of sand
1:22:12serene images like these
1:22:14will work upon your mind as a healing
1:22:17medicine
1:22:19you might also practice the techniques
1:22:22of repeating beautiful words out loud
1:22:25words have profound suggestive power and
1:22:29there is healing in the very saying of
1:22:32them
1:22:34utter a series of panicky words and your
1:22:37mind will immediately go into a mild
1:22:39state of nervousness
1:22:41you will perhaps feel a sinking in the
1:22:43pit of your stomach
1:22:45that soon affects your entire body if on
1:22:48the other hand you speak peaceful
1:22:51quieting words
1:22:52your mind will react in a peaceful
1:22:55manner
1:22:57use such words as for example
1:23:00tranquility
1:23:03repeat the word slowly several times
1:23:08tranquility is one of the most beautiful
1:23:11and melodic of all english words
1:23:14and the mirror saying of it tends to
1:23:17induce a tranquil state
1:23:21it is also helpful to use lines from
1:23:24poetry
1:23:26when peaceful quotations are dropped in
1:23:29the subconscious they lubricate the mind
1:23:32with peace
1:23:34here is one from a 16th century mystic
1:23:39let nothing disturb you
1:23:41let nothing frighten you
1:23:44everything passes away except god alone
1:23:49the bible have a particularly strong
1:23:52therapeutic value
1:23:55drop them into the mind
1:23:57allowing them to dissolve in
1:23:59consciousness and they will spread a
1:24:02healing bomb over your entire being
1:24:06for attaining peace of mind
1:24:09this is one of the simplest things to do
1:24:12and also
1:24:13one of the most effective
1:24:16there are other practical ways by which
1:24:19you can develop a serene state of mind
1:24:22one way
1:24:23is through your conversations
1:24:26depending upon the words we use and the
1:24:28tone in which we use them
1:24:31we can talk ourselves into being nervous
1:24:34high strung and upset
1:24:36but by our speech
1:24:38we can also achieve quiet reactions
1:24:42talk peaceful to be
1:24:44peaceful
1:24:46you see the words we speak
1:24:48have a direct and definite effect upon
1:24:52our thoughts
1:24:54so in a group
1:24:56when the conversation takes an upsetting
1:24:59trend
1:25:00try injecting peaceful ideas into the
1:25:04talk
1:25:06note how it counteracts the tension
1:25:09a conversation filled with
1:25:12unhappy expectation
1:25:15at breakfast for example
1:25:17often sets the tone of the entire day
1:25:21on the other hand if you start each day
1:25:23by affirming peaceful attitudes
1:25:27your days will tend to be pleasant and
1:25:30successful
1:25:32perhaps our lack of inner peace
1:25:35is due in part to the effect of today's
1:25:39increased levels of noise
1:25:42research indicates
1:25:44that certain amounts of noise in the
1:25:46place we work
1:25:48live or sleep
1:25:50affects the nervous system and reduces
1:25:53efficiency
1:25:54contrary to popular belief
1:25:57it is doubtful if we ever completely
1:26:00adjust to some noises
1:26:03no matter how familiar a repeated sound
1:26:06becomes
1:26:07it never passes unheard
1:26:10by the subconscious
1:26:13automobile horns the roar of airplanes
1:26:16and other strident noises
1:26:18actually result in physical activity
1:26:22during sleep transmitted to and through
1:26:25the nerves
1:26:26by these sounds cause muscular movements
1:26:30which keep us from getting
1:26:33a real rest
1:26:34on the other hand the practice of
1:26:36silence
1:26:37is healing
1:26:39soothing and healthy
1:26:42the sense of rest that results from the
1:26:44practice
1:26:46of complete silence
1:26:48is of utmost
1:26:50value
1:26:54now there is another factor in the
1:26:56search for inner peace that i must
1:26:58mention
1:27:00frequently i find that people who lack a
1:27:02sense of inner peace
1:27:05are victims of self-punishment
1:27:08at some time in their life they've
1:27:10committed a sin
1:27:12and are then haunted by a sense of guilt
1:27:17sometimes this type of person has sought
1:27:20divine forgiveness
1:27:22and the good lord we know
1:27:24always forgives someone who asks him and
1:27:28who means it
1:27:29however there is a curious quirk in the
1:27:33human personality
1:27:35that sometimes won't allow an individual
1:27:39to forgive himself
1:27:41a person like this feels he deserves
1:27:44punishment and is therefore always
1:27:48anticipating punishment
1:27:50as a result he lives in constant
1:27:53apprehension
1:27:55that something bad is going to happen
1:27:58in order to find peace under these
1:28:01circumstances
1:28:02he feels he must intensify his activity
1:28:07he thinks that hard work will give him
1:28:10some release
1:28:11from his sense of guilt
1:28:14a physician told me that a number of
1:28:16cases of nervous breakdown in his
1:28:19practice
1:28:20were linked to such guilt feelings where
1:28:23the patients unconsciously attempted to
1:28:26compensate by hectic overwork
1:28:30then they attributed their breakdown not
1:28:33to a sense of guilt but to their
1:28:35overworked condition
1:28:37this doctor told me that such a
1:28:39breakdown needn't happen if only the
1:28:42patient could be released from his guilt
1:28:46under such circumstances peace of mind
1:28:50can be found by yielding the guilt as
1:28:53well as the tension it produces
1:28:56to the healing therapy
1:28:59acquaintance at a quiet resort hotel
1:29:03this was a high-pressured hard-driving
1:29:07and exceedingly nervous businessman
1:29:10i found him sitting in the sun in a deck
1:29:13chair
1:29:14and said i was glad to see him relaxing
1:29:17in such a beautiful spot
1:29:20nervously he replied i haven't any
1:29:22business being here i have so much work
1:29:25to do at home i'm under terrible
1:29:27pressure i'm nervous
1:29:29jumpy i can't sleep
1:29:31my wife insisted that i come down here
1:29:34for a week
1:29:35the doctors say there's nothing wrong
1:29:37with me that right thinking and
1:29:39relaxation can't cure
1:29:42but how in the world do i do that
1:29:45i would do anything to get a sense of
1:29:47quiet
1:29:48inside myself
1:29:50we talked a bit and it came out that he
1:29:53was always worrying that something
1:29:56sinister was going to happen
1:29:59for years he had lived in a constant
1:30:01state of apprehension about
1:30:04something happening to his wife or his
1:30:07children or his home
1:30:09it was not difficult to analyze this
1:30:12case
1:30:13his trouble rose from a double source
1:30:16from childhood insecurities
1:30:19and from later guilty experiences
1:30:23his mother had always felt that
1:30:25something was going to happen
1:30:27and he absorbed her anxiety feelings
1:30:31later he committed some sins and his
1:30:34subconscious mind insisted upon
1:30:37self-punishment
1:30:39as a result of this unhappy combination
1:30:43he was now suffering from a highly
1:30:46inflamed state of nervousness
1:30:50finishing our conversation i stood
1:30:52beside his chair a moment
1:30:54there was no one there
1:30:57so i rather hesitantly suggested
1:31:01would you by any chance like me to pray
1:31:03with you
1:31:04he nodded
1:31:06and i put my hand on his shoulder and
1:31:08prayed
1:31:10dear jesus
1:31:12as you healed people in the long ago and
1:31:15gave them peace
1:31:17heal this man now
1:31:20give him fully of thy forgiveness
1:31:24and
1:31:25help him to forgive himself
1:31:28separate him from all his sins
1:31:31and let him know
1:31:33that you did not hold them against him
1:31:36set him entirely free from them
1:31:40then let thy peace flow into his mind
1:31:44into his soul
1:31:45and into his body
1:31:48he looked up at me with a strange
1:31:50expression on his face and then turned
1:31:53away for there were tears in his eyes
1:31:56months later i ran into him in new york
1:31:59and he said
1:32:01something happened to me that day when
1:32:03you prayed for me
1:32:06i felt a strange sense of quietness and
1:32:09peace
1:32:10and he added
1:32:11healing
1:32:13this man now goes to church regularly
1:32:16and reads the bible every day
1:32:19he follows the laws of god and has a
1:32:22great deal of driving force
1:32:25this is a healthy happy man
1:32:29for now
1:32:30he has peace in his heart and in his
1:32:33mind
1:32:35you're having trouble finding peace of
1:32:37mind here are a few exercises
1:32:40one
1:32:42every day put aside 15 minutes for
1:32:44yourself when you can find absolute
1:32:46silence
1:32:48go alone into a quiet place and sit or
1:32:50lie down
1:32:52think as little as possible
1:32:54allow the silence to open you up to
1:32:56feelings of harmony and beauty
1:32:59two
1:33:00from time to time during the day
1:33:03practice concentrating on a selected
1:33:05series of peaceful thoughts
1:33:07think of your past as a painting from
1:33:10which you can choose the most serene
1:33:12moments you have ever experienced
1:33:15allow your mind to dwell in those scenes
1:33:17until you feel you are present in that
1:33:20place and absorbing its tranquility
1:33:23three
1:33:24practice the technique of repeating
1:33:26beautiful words out loud
1:33:29words have profound powers of suggestion
1:33:32and there is healing in the very saying
1:33:34of them four
1:33:36the words of the bible are especially
1:33:39therapeutic
1:33:40drop them into your mind allowing them
1:33:43to dissolve in your consciousness
1:33:45replacing negative thoughts
1:33:51when your daily pace is a frantic one
1:33:53it's more important than ever to
1:33:55remember that peace of mind is essential
1:33:58to efficiency no matter what you do
1:34:01dr peel's prescription for accomplishing
1:34:04more in your life is to relax for easy
1:34:07power through the healing properties of
1:34:10calmness and quiet
1:34:12do you ever fume and fret
1:34:16here is a picture of yourself if you do
1:34:19the word fume
1:34:21means to boil up to blow off to be
1:34:24agitated
1:34:26it conjures up images of someone who is
1:34:30seething and distraught
1:34:32the word fret is equally descriptive it
1:34:36is reminiscent of a sick child in the
1:34:38night a petulant and irritating half cry
1:34:42half wine
1:34:44to fret is a term usually used when
1:34:47talking about children
1:34:49but unfortunately it frequently
1:34:51describes the emotional reaction of many
1:34:54adults
1:34:56the bible advises us to
1:34:59fret not thyself
1:35:01this is sound advice for people of our
1:35:04time
1:35:06if we are to have power to live
1:35:08effectively
1:35:10we just need to stop fuming and fretting
1:35:14and find instead
1:35:16real peace of mind
1:35:19but how do you go about doing that
1:35:21the first step is to reduce your pace
1:35:26or at least the tempo of your pace
1:35:30we don't usually realize how fast we're
1:35:33driving ourselves
1:35:35many people destroy their bodies by this
1:35:38pace
1:35:39but even worse
1:35:40they tear their minds and souls to
1:35:43shreds as well
1:35:46the pace at which we live is determined
1:35:49by our thinking habits
1:35:52it's possible for someone to live a
1:35:54quiet physical existence
1:35:56and yet maintain a fast tempo
1:35:59emotionally
1:36:01when the mind goes rushing on palmell
1:36:03from one feverish attitude to another
1:36:07it becomes feverish too
1:36:10this over stimulation produces fatigue
1:36:14frustration and emotional illness
1:36:18and if this effect is so physically and
1:36:21emotionally pronounced
1:36:23imagine what it does to that deep inner
1:36:26essence of the personality
1:36:29known as the soul
1:36:31it is impossible to have peace of soul
1:36:35if one's temple is so feverishly
1:36:38accelerated
1:36:40god simply won't go that fast
1:36:43he will not endeavor to keep up with you
1:36:46he says in effect
1:36:48go ahead if you must with this foolish
1:36:51pace and when you are worn out
1:36:54i will offer you my healing
1:36:57but i can make your life rich
1:37:00if only you will slow down and live and
1:37:03move and have your being in me god moves
1:37:07imperturbably
1:37:09slowly
1:37:11and with perfect organization
1:37:14the only wise rate at which to live is
1:37:18at god's rate
1:37:21god
1:37:22gets things done
1:37:24and they are done right
1:37:26and he does them without hurrying
1:37:30he neither fumes nor frets
1:37:33he is peaceful
1:37:34and therefore
1:37:36very efficient
1:37:38this same peace is offered to us
1:37:42peace
1:37:43i leave with you
1:37:45my peace
1:37:47i give unto you
1:37:49sometimes i wonder if this generation
1:37:52isn't so accustomed to tension and noise
1:37:56that many aren't comfortable without it
1:38:00the deep quietness of woods and valleys
1:38:03so well known to our forefathers
1:38:06is almost an alien state to them
1:38:09it seems that the tempo of their lives
1:38:12doesn't allow them to draw upon the
1:38:14marvelous sources of peace and quietness
1:38:18that the physical world offers
1:38:21one summer afternoon my wife and i went
1:38:24for a long walk in the woods
1:38:27we were stopping at a beautiful lake
1:38:30mountain house
1:38:32which is set
1:38:33in one of the finest natural parks in
1:38:36this country
1:38:377 500 acres a virgin mountainside
1:38:41in the middle of which is a lake that is
1:38:44set like a gem in the forest
1:38:47here you come out of the deep woods onto
1:38:49some noble promontory and rest your eyes
1:38:52on great valleys set among hills
1:38:55rock ribbed and ancient as the sun
1:38:58these woods mountains and valleys
1:39:01constitute what ought to be a sure
1:39:04retreat
1:39:05from every confusion in this world
1:39:09on this afternoon as we walked there was
1:39:12a mixture of summer showers
1:39:14and sunlit hours
1:39:17we were drenched and started to fret
1:39:20about it a bit
1:39:22because it took the press out of our
1:39:23clothes
1:39:25then we told each other that it doesn't
1:39:27hurt a human being to get drenched with
1:39:30clean
1:39:31rain water
1:39:32that the rain feels cool and fresh on
1:39:35one's face
1:39:36and that you can always sit in the sun
1:39:38and dry yourself out
1:39:41so we walked under the trees and talked
1:39:44and then fell silent
1:39:46we were listening
1:39:48listening deeply to the quietness
1:39:51in a strict sense the woods are never
1:39:54still
1:39:55there is tremendous activity always in
1:39:58the process
1:40:00but on this beautiful afternoon
1:40:03nature's sounds were quiet harmonious
1:40:07nature was laying its hand of healing
1:40:10quietness upon us
1:40:12and we could actually feel the tension
1:40:15being drawn off
1:40:17just as we were falling under this spell
1:40:20the faint sounds of something passing
1:40:23for music came to us
1:40:25it was a nervous high strung music so
1:40:29popular these days
1:40:31and presently through the woods came
1:40:33three young people
1:40:35and one of them was lugging a portable
1:40:38ready city people out for a walk in the
1:40:40woods
1:40:41and tragically enough were bringing
1:40:43their noise along with them
1:40:46they were nice folk too
1:40:48for they stopped and we had a pleasant
1:40:50talk with them
1:40:52it occurred to me to ask them to turn
1:40:54that thing off and listen to the music
1:40:57of the woods
1:40:58but i didn't feel it was my business to
1:41:01instruct them and finally they went on
1:41:03their way
1:41:05we commented on the loss they were
1:41:08incurring
1:41:09that they could pass through this
1:41:11peacefulness
1:41:12and not give ear to the music that is as
1:41:16old as the world
1:41:18harmony and melody the like of which man
1:41:22has never equaled
1:41:24the song of the wind through the trees
1:41:27the sweet notes of birds singing their
1:41:29hearts out
1:41:31the whole
1:41:32background of the music
1:41:34of the spheres
1:41:37remember the words of jesus
1:41:40come ye yourselves apart into a desert
1:41:44place
1:41:45and rest a while
1:41:47frequently enough i've had to remind
1:41:50myself to practice this truth
1:41:54but we must discipline ourselves to
1:41:56quietness
1:41:58if we expect its benefits
1:42:00in our lives
1:42:03to help reduce the tension that seems to
1:42:06dominate people everywhere
1:42:09you can start by reducing your pace
1:42:13to do that you will need to slow down
1:42:16and quiet down
1:42:18do not fume do not fret
1:42:21practice being peaceful
1:42:24practice the peace of god
1:42:27which passeth all understanding
1:42:30then note the quiet sense of power
1:42:34that wells up within you
1:42:37a physician gave some rather unusual
1:42:40advice to a patient of his
1:42:43one of those aggressive go-getter types
1:42:46of businessman
1:42:48this man had been telling him
1:42:50that he takes his briefcase home with
1:42:53him every night packed with important
1:42:55work that must get done right away
1:42:59when the doctor asked if someone else
1:43:02couldn't help him with it the man
1:43:04snapped nope
1:43:05i'm the only one who can do it
1:43:09everything depends on me
1:43:11the doctor asked
1:43:13if i write
1:43:15a prescription will you follow it
1:43:18this believe it or not was the
1:43:20prescription
1:43:22his patient was to take
1:43:25off two hours every working day and go
1:43:28for a long walk
1:43:30then he was to take off a half day a
1:43:33week
1:43:34and spend that half day in a cemetery in
1:43:38astonishment
1:43:39the patient demanded why should i spend
1:43:42a half day in a cemetery
1:43:44because answered the doctor
1:43:47i want you to wander around and look at
1:43:49the gravestones of men who are there
1:43:52permanently
1:43:53i want you to meditate on the fact that
1:43:55many of them
1:43:57are there because they thought even as
1:44:00you do that the whole world rested on
1:44:03their shoulders
1:44:04meditate on the solemn fact that when
1:44:07you get there permanently the world will
1:44:11go on just the same
1:44:13there are times when it is essential to
1:44:16check our headlong pace
1:44:19and it must be emphasized
1:44:21that the only way to stop is to stop
1:44:25believe me
1:44:26i know
1:44:28personally from a certain city to give a
1:44:30lecture
1:44:31and was met at the plane by a committee
1:44:34i was rushed to a bookstore where i had
1:44:37an autographing party and then to
1:44:40another bookstore where another
1:44:42autographing party was held
1:44:44then they rushed me to a luncheon
1:44:47after rushing through the luncheon i was
1:44:49rushed to a meeting after the meeting i
1:44:52was rushed back to the hotel where i
1:44:54changed my clothes and was rushed back
1:44:57to a reception where i met several
1:45:00hundred people and drank three glasses
1:45:02of fruit punch then i was rushed back to
1:45:05the hotel and told i had 20 minutes to
1:45:08dress for dinner
1:45:10when i was getting dressed the phone
1:45:11rang and somebody said hurry hurry we
1:45:14must rush down to dinner excitedly i
1:45:17chattered i will rush right down
1:45:20i rushed from the room and was so
1:45:22excited that i could scarcely get the
1:45:24key into the lock
1:45:26hastily i checked myself to make sure i
1:45:29was completely dressed and rushed toward
1:45:31the elevator
1:45:33all of a sudden i stopped
1:45:35i was out of breath i asked myself
1:45:39just what is this all about
1:45:42what is the meaning of this ceaseless
1:45:44rush this
1:45:46is ridiculous
1:45:48then i declared independence and said
1:45:52i don't care if i go to dinner or not
1:45:56i do not care whether i make a speech
1:45:59i do not have to go to this dinner
1:46:02and i do not have to give a speech
1:46:05so deliberately and slowly i walk back
1:46:08to my room and took my time about
1:46:10opening the door
1:46:12i telephoned the man downstairs and said
1:46:15if you want to eat go ahead
1:46:17if you want to save a place for me i
1:46:19will be down after a while when i'm good
1:46:22and ready
1:46:23but i'm not going to rush anymore
1:46:26so i removed my coat
1:46:29sat down took off my shoes put my feet
1:46:32up on the table
1:46:33and just sat
1:46:35then i opened the bible
1:46:38and very slowly read aloud the 121st
1:46:42psalm
1:46:44i will lift up mine eyes
1:46:47unto the hills from whence cometh my
1:46:50help
1:46:52i closed the book and had a little talk
1:46:54with myself saying
1:46:56come on now son start living a slower
1:47:00pace and a more relaxed life
1:47:04and then i affirmed god is here and his
1:47:08peace is touching me
1:47:11i don't need anything to eat i reasoned
1:47:14i eat too much anyway
1:47:16besides the dinner will probably not be
1:47:19very good
1:47:20and if i'm quiet now i will give a
1:47:23better speech at 8 o'clock
1:47:26so i sat there resting and praying for a
1:47:30while
1:47:31i shall never forget the sense of peace
1:47:34and personal mastery i had when i walked
1:47:36out of that room
1:47:38i had the glorious feeling of having
1:47:42overcome something
1:47:43of having taken control of myself
1:47:46emotionally
1:47:48and when i reached the dining room the
1:47:51others had just finished the first
1:47:53course
1:47:55all i missed was the soup
1:47:57which by general consent was no great
1:48:00loss
1:48:01this incident was an amazing encounter
1:48:05with the healing
1:48:07presence of almighty god
1:48:10i gained this experience simply by
1:48:12stopping
1:48:14by quietly reading the bible by
1:48:16sincerely praying
1:48:18and by thinking some peaceful thoughts
1:48:21for a few moments
1:48:23to attain emotional control
1:48:27the daily practice of healing techniques
1:48:29is essential
1:48:31emotional control cannot be gained in
1:48:34any magical or easy way
1:48:37the only sure method is by working at it
1:48:40regularly and by developing creative
1:48:43faith
1:48:44to develop a calm control
1:48:46it is necessary to think calmness
1:48:50for as i've said before the body
1:48:52responds sensitively to the type of
1:48:55thoughts that pass through the mind
1:48:58it is also true that the mind can be
1:49:00quieted
1:49:02by first making the body quiet
1:49:04don't taste the floor
1:49:07don't wring your hands don't pound or
1:49:11shout or argue or walk up and down
1:49:14don't let yourself get worked up into a
1:49:17meeting where a discussion was going on
1:49:19which finally became rather bitter
1:49:23tempers were getting frayed and some of
1:49:25the participants were decidedly on edge
1:49:29sharp remarks were exchanged
1:49:32suddenly one man got up took off his
1:49:35coat
1:49:36opened his collar and lay down on a
1:49:38couch
1:49:40everyone was astonished
1:49:42and someone asked if he felt ill no he
1:49:45said i feel fine
1:49:48but i'm beginning to get mad
1:49:51and i've learned that it is difficult to
1:49:54get mad
1:49:55lying down
1:49:57we all laughed and the tension was
1:49:59broken
1:50:01so i urge you to slow down
1:50:03for whatever you really want
1:50:06will be there when you arrive
1:50:09if you work toward it without stress
1:50:12without pressing
1:50:14if proceeding under god's guidance
1:50:18and in his smooth and unhurried temple
1:50:21it is not there
1:50:23then it was not supposed to be there
1:50:27if you miss it
1:50:29perhaps you should have missed it
1:50:32try to develop a normal
1:50:35natural god-ordered pace
1:50:39practice and preserve mental quiet
1:50:43learn the art of letting go of all
1:50:46nervous excitement
1:50:49to do this
1:50:51stop at intervals and affirm
1:50:54i now relinquish nervous excitement
1:50:58it is flowing from me now
1:51:02i am at peace
1:51:08you have a tendency to fume and fret
1:51:11here are some exercises that can help
1:51:13you achieve a more peaceful inner tempo
1:51:16one
1:51:17sit relaxed in a chair yield yourself
1:51:20completely to the chair
1:51:23starting with your toes and proceeding
1:51:24to the top of your head conceive of
1:51:27every part of your body as relaxing
1:51:30affirm this relaxed state by saying
1:51:33my toes are relaxed my fingers are
1:51:35relaxed my facial muscles are relaxed
1:51:38and so on
1:51:40two
1:51:41think of your mind as the surface of a
1:51:43lake in a storm tossed by waves and
1:51:45whipped by the wind
1:51:47then imagine the waves subside and the
1:51:49surface placid and smooth
1:51:52three
1:51:54spend two or three minutes thinking of
1:51:55the most beautiful and peaceful scenes
1:51:58you have ever be held
1:52:00a mountain at sunset for example or a
1:52:02deep valley filled with a hush of early
1:52:05morning or a woods at noonday or
1:52:08moonlight upon rippling waters
1:52:10in your memory
1:52:11relive these scenes
1:52:144. make a mental list of times in your
1:52:17life when you've been conscious of god's
1:52:19watchful care
1:52:21recall how he brought things out right
1:52:24and took care of you when you were
1:52:26worried and anxious
1:52:27then recite aloud this line from an old
1:52:30hymn
1:52:31so long thy power hath kept me
1:52:34sure it still will lead me on
1:52:37five repeat the following quotation
1:52:40which has a great power to relax and
1:52:42quiet the mind thou will keep him in
1:52:45perfect peace whose mind is stayed on
1:52:48thee
1:52:49repeat this aloud if possible so that by
1:52:51the end of the day you will have said it
1:52:54many times
1:52:55conceive of these words as active vital
1:52:58substances that permeate your mind and
1:53:01send a healing bomb to every area of
1:53:03your heart and mind
1:53:10the connection between the mind and the
1:53:12body is a subtle but powerful one
1:53:15emotional turmoil can sap your energy
1:53:18reduce your efficiency cause poor health
1:53:21and of course steal your chances for
1:53:23happiness
1:53:24here's dr peel with some thoughts on
1:53:26reversing this process and restoring
1:53:29your vitality
1:53:31a physician i know says many of his
1:53:34patients have nothing wrong with him
1:53:36except their thoughts
1:53:38he has a favorite prescription for some
1:53:41of them
1:53:42and it's a verse from the bible no less
1:53:46it reads
1:53:48be
1:53:49transformed by the renewing of your mind
1:53:54he finds that when his patients change
1:53:57the pattern of their thoughts
1:54:00they actually achieve a more peaceful
1:54:02state of mind
1:54:04and that helps to produce health and
1:54:06well-being
1:54:08many people can benefit from such a
1:54:11prescription
1:54:12of prayer
1:54:13faith and dynamic spiritual thinking
1:54:18here's an example
1:54:20the sales manager of a large company
1:54:23had experienced a serious decline in
1:54:26both ability and energy
1:54:28he had once been a man of outstanding
1:54:30efficiency and power
1:54:33but in the last year or so he lost his
1:54:37creative skill and sales were slipping
1:54:39badly
1:54:40two vacations brought no improvement
1:54:43this man's physician recommended to the
1:54:46company president
1:54:48that his patient come to our religious
1:54:50psychiatric clinic for an interview
1:54:54when he arrived he was rather indignant
1:54:56at being sent to a church
1:54:59this is a pretty passy fume when they
1:55:02send a businessman to a preacher
1:55:06i suppose you're going to pray with me
1:55:08and read the bible
1:55:09he said irritably
1:55:12well i wouldn't be surprised i answered
1:55:15for sometimes our troubled lives in an
1:55:18area
1:55:19where prayer and the therapy of the
1:55:22bible can have an important effect
1:55:25he proved most sullen and uncooperative
1:55:29until i was finally forced to say to him
1:55:33listen i want to tell you bluntly that
1:55:36you'd better cooperate with us or you're
1:55:38going to be fired
1:55:40who told you that he demanded your boss
1:55:43i replied
1:55:45in fact he says that unless we can
1:55:47straighten you out as much as he regrets
1:55:50it you're through
1:55:52you never saw such a stunned expression
1:55:56on anybody's face
1:55:58what do you think i ought to do he
1:55:59finally stammered
1:56:02a person often gets himself into the
1:56:04state jury and i replied because the
1:56:06mind
1:56:08is filled with fear
1:56:10anxiety tension resentment guilt or a
1:56:15combination of all of these
1:56:17when these ingredients
1:56:19accumulate to a certain weight the
1:56:21personality cannot support them any
1:56:24longer and gives way
1:56:27normal sources of emotional spiritual
1:56:30and intellectual power
1:56:32become clogged up
1:56:34the person becomes bogged down
1:56:37by resentment fear or guilt
1:56:41i don't know your trouble
1:56:43but i suggest you think of me as a
1:56:45sympathetic friend with whom you can be
1:56:48absolutely open
1:56:51and that you begin to tell me all about
1:56:54yourself i emphasized the importance of
1:56:58concealing nothing
1:57:00and of emptying whatever fears
1:57:02resentments or guilt feelings might be
1:57:05in his mind
1:57:06it was rather difficult to get him to
1:57:08talk for he was essentially a decent
1:57:12person and had a strong sense of shame
1:57:16in due course the troubles came out
1:57:20he'd committed a series of sins
1:57:24and these involved him in a complicated
1:57:28maze of lies
1:57:30he was living in fear of exposure
1:57:34and all in all it was a most pathetic
1:57:37mass
1:57:38of inner confusion the way he reacted
1:57:40when it was all over
1:57:43standing on his feet he began to stretch
1:57:48he stood on tipped toes
1:57:50reaching his fingers toward the ceiling
1:57:53and then
1:57:54took a deep breath
1:57:56my he said
1:57:59i feel good
1:58:02it was a dramatic expression of
1:58:04release and relief
1:58:07then i suggested that he pray and ask
1:58:10god to forgive him
1:58:12and to fill him with peace
1:58:15and cleanness
1:58:18do you mean for me to pray aloud he
1:58:20asked dubiously i never did that in my
1:58:23whole life
1:58:24yes i said
1:58:26it's a good practice one that will
1:58:28strengthen you
1:58:30it was a simple prayer and as best as i
1:58:32can recall it this is what he said
1:58:36dear lord i've been an unclean man and
1:58:39i'm sorry for the wrong i have done
1:58:42i've poured it all out to my friend here
1:58:45i now ask you to forgive me and to fill
1:58:48me with peace
1:58:50also make me strong so that i will never
1:58:53repeat these actions
1:58:56help me to be clean again
1:58:58and better
1:58:59lots better he went back to his office
1:59:03that very day nothing was ever said to
1:59:05him
1:59:06and it did not need to be for soon he
1:59:09got back into stride
1:59:11and regained his position as one of the
1:59:14best sales managers in his city
1:59:18later i met his president who said
1:59:21i don't know what you did to bill
1:59:24but now he certainly is a ball of fire
1:59:29it wasn't me i replied every thought
1:59:32person who has ever considered the
1:59:34matter
1:59:35realizes that doctors are right when
1:59:38they tell us that grudges resentment
1:59:41jealousy vindictiveness hate and so on
1:59:44are attitudes that produce poor health
1:59:48the effects of anger are among the worst
1:59:51have a fit of anger and experience for
1:59:54yourself that sinking feeling in the pit
1:59:56of your stomach
1:59:58that sense of sickness
2:00:01chemical reactions in the body are set
2:00:03up by emotional outbursts
2:00:06which in turn result in feelings of ill
2:00:09health
2:00:12these continue either violently or in a
2:00:15simmering state
2:00:17over a period of time
2:00:19the general condition of the body will
2:00:22deteriorate
2:00:24violent negative emotions place great
2:00:27strain upon the heart
2:00:30one doctor describes how common it is
2:00:34for a person's blood pressure to jump 60
2:00:37points almost instantly
2:00:40in response to an outburst of anger
2:00:44a colleague of his suffered from a heart
2:00:47condition
2:00:48and knew that he was at the mercy of
2:00:51anyone who could annoy him
2:00:53his death in fact
2:00:55resulted from a heart attack
2:00:58caused by a fit of anger
2:01:00when he forgot to discipline himself
2:01:05this doctor suggests
2:01:07whenever a problem starts to vector you
2:01:11or you begin to get angry
2:01:14let yourself go limp all over this will
2:01:18dissipate your inner
2:01:20turmoil in a speech to the american
2:01:23college of physicians
2:01:26dr edward weiss of temple university
2:01:29medical school
2:01:31stated that emotions and feelings
2:01:34are quite as real as germs
2:01:37and no less respectable in their power
2:01:41the pain and suffering of diseases
2:01:44caused primarily by the emotions
2:01:48are no more imaginary
2:01:50than those caused by bacteria
2:01:53for example
2:01:55chronic victims of pains and aches in
2:01:58the muscles and joints
2:02:00may be suffering from nursing a
2:02:03smoldering grudge against someone
2:02:06possibly close to them
2:02:09and usually a patient is completely
2:02:11unconscious of his own role
2:02:14in developing the disease
2:02:17such persons are often suffering from a
2:02:20disorder of their feelings
2:02:23often linked to a marital or apparent
2:02:26child problem
2:02:28i was once told about a woman
2:02:31who came to her doctor
2:02:33complaining that her hands kept breaking
2:02:36out
2:02:37a problem which was diagnosed as eczema
2:02:41this doctor encouraged his patient to
2:02:44talk about herself
2:02:46it turned out that she was a very rigid
2:02:50unhappy person
2:02:52and he encouraged her to see a
2:02:53psychiatrist for help
2:02:56the psychiatrist saw it once that there
2:02:59was some irritating situation in her
2:03:02life
2:03:02that she was translating outwardly in
2:03:06the form of a skin rash
2:03:09thus she was taking out on her own body
2:03:12the urge to scratch something or someone
2:03:18the doctor finally put it to her bluntly
2:03:21what's eating you
2:03:23you're peeved at something aren't you
2:03:27he reported that she stiffened up like a
2:03:29ramrod
2:03:31and marched right out of the office
2:03:33so he knew he'd been on target
2:03:36a few days later she came back
2:03:39due to the agony of the eczema
2:03:42she was ready to let him help her
2:03:45even if it meant she had to give up a
2:03:48hatred
2:03:49it turned out to be a family argument
2:03:52about a will
2:03:54this woman felt she'd been unfairly
2:03:56treated by a younger brother for
2:03:58hostility
2:04:00and made up with her brother the eczema
2:04:03vanished within 24 hours
2:04:07such cases go on and on
2:04:10when people allow their emotions to get
2:04:12the better of them
2:04:14their body responds by breaking down in
2:04:17small or sometimes in large and grave
2:04:21ways
2:04:23how we think we feel physically
2:04:25has a definite effect on how we do feel
2:04:31if your mind tells you you're tired or
2:04:34ill
2:04:35the nerves and the muscles accept that
2:04:38as a fact
2:04:39on the other hand if you convince
2:04:41yourself that you feel refreshed and
2:04:44healthy
2:04:45energy and well-being can also be
2:04:48generated
2:04:50the body
2:04:51is designed to produce all the energy
2:04:54you need over an amazingly long period
2:04:58of time
2:05:00to have good health a person must take
2:05:02reasonable care of his body with proper
2:05:05diet
2:05:06exercise sleep and so on
2:05:10to complete the prescription
2:05:12a well-balanced emotional life is also
2:05:15necessary
2:05:17when body mind and spirit work
2:05:20harmoniously
2:05:22energy is continuously replaced
2:05:27the longer i live the more i'm convinced
2:05:30that neither age nor circumstance needs
2:05:34to deprive us of energy and vitality
2:05:38if you are feeling under par i recommend
2:05:40that you do a very scrupulous
2:05:43self-analysis honestly ask yourself
2:05:47if you're harboring any ill will or
2:05:50resentment or grudges and if so
2:05:54cast them out
2:05:56every day and every night of your life
2:05:58these feelings eat away at you emotional
2:06:01ills sap your energy reduce your
2:06:03efficiency cause poor health and of
2:06:06course they steal your chances for
2:06:09happiness
2:06:10and yet some people still think that
2:06:13when the bible tells us not to hate or
2:06:15get angry it is theoretical advice
2:06:19the bible is not theoretical
2:06:23it is our greatest book of wisdom
2:06:26it is filled with practical advice on
2:06:29living and on health
2:06:32since irritation anger hate and
2:06:34resentment have such a powerful effect
2:06:37on our health
2:06:38what is the antidote
2:06:41obviously the solution is to fill the
2:06:43mind
2:06:44with attitudes of good will
2:06:47forgiveness faith love
2:06:50and and indomitability and conquering
2:06:52such negative emotions here are some
2:06:55practical suggestions
2:06:58one
2:06:59remember that anger is an emotion and an
2:07:02emotion is always warm even hot to
2:07:05reduce an emotion cool it
2:07:08we all know that when a person gets
2:07:09angry hands clench the voice rises
2:07:12stridently muscles tense the body
2:07:14becomes rigid
2:07:16physically you become poised to fight
2:07:18with adrenaline shooting through your
2:07:20body
2:07:20to counter this reaction deliberately
2:07:23oppose the heat of this emotion with
2:07:25coolness freeze it out
2:07:27use your will to keep your hands from
2:07:29clenching by holding your fingers out
2:07:31straight
2:07:32deliberately reduce the tone of your
2:07:35voice
2:07:35bring it down to a whisper
2:07:38slump in a chair or even lie down if
2:07:40possible remember it's difficult to
2:07:43argue in a whisper or even get mad at
2:07:46the moment it may be a bit hard to pray
2:07:48but try it anyway
2:07:50at least conjure up a picture of god in
2:07:52your mind and try to think of him angry
2:07:55as you are
2:07:56you can't do it and the effort will
2:07:59serve to puncture you instead of
2:08:00counting to ten when you feel anger
2:08:02mounting try the first ten words of the
2:08:05our father
2:08:07our father who art in heaven
2:08:09hallowed be thy name
2:08:12say that ten times and your anger will
2:08:14lose its power is an emotion which is
2:08:16sometimes the accumulation of many minor
2:08:19irritations these irritations each
2:08:21rather small gather force as one is
2:08:24added to another finally bursting forth
2:08:26in a fury
2:08:28to dry up the tiny drops that feed the
2:08:30great river of anger make a list of
2:08:33everything that irritates you no matter
2:08:35how inconsequential it may seem
2:08:37then make each separate irritation a
2:08:40special object of prayer
2:08:42get a victory over each one at a time
2:08:45instead of destroying all of your
2:08:47consolidated anger use prayer to sniff
2:08:50away at each annoyance when a situation
2:08:53occurs in which your feelings are hurt
2:08:55get it straightened out as quickly as
2:08:57possible don't brood over it do
2:08:59something about it don't allow yourself
2:09:02to sulk or indulge in self-pity or mop
2:09:04around with resentful thoughts
2:09:07if your feelings are hurt see if you can
2:09:10talk to the person you're having trouble
2:09:11with
2:09:12try to resolve the situation right away
2:09:15so the incident doesn't get distorted or
2:09:17out of proportion
2:09:19put some spiritual iodine on the hurt by
2:09:22saying a prayer of love and forgiveness
2:09:24allow the grievance to drain out of your
2:09:27mind go to someone you trust and pour it
2:09:30out until not a vestige of it remains
2:09:32within you
2:09:33then forgive for people who hurt your
2:09:36feelings
2:09:37continue this until you feel the malice
2:09:39fading away
2:09:40you may have to pray for quite a while
2:09:42to get this little prayer
2:09:45may the love of god fill my heart
2:09:48then add this line
2:09:50may the love of god for that person who
2:09:52has hurt me
2:09:54flood my soul
2:09:56pray this and mean it take the advice of
2:09:59jesus literally when he said to forgive
2:10:0170 times seven
2:10:04that comes to 490 times before you have
2:10:07forgiven a person that many times you
2:10:10will be free
2:10:15worry can have a devastating effect on
2:10:18your physical and emotional health
2:10:20it stifles the flow of creative power
2:10:23and cripples the ability to act with
2:10:25confidence and clarity but there is a
2:10:27remedy for overcoming fear here is dr
2:10:31peel reduced to its simplest form what
2:10:34is worry
2:10:36basically worry is an unhealthy and
2:10:39destructive mental habit
2:10:41but if you're a worrier you weren't born
2:10:44with the habit you acquired it and like
2:10:47any habit or acquired attitude you can
2:10:50cast worry from your mind
2:10:53a famous psychiatrist asserts
2:10:57that anxiety is the great modern plague
2:11:02professionals tell us that fear is the
2:11:04most disintegrating enemy of the human
2:11:07personality that worry is the most
2:11:10subtle and destructive of all human
2:11:13diseases
2:11:15that thousands of people are ill
2:11:18because of damned up anxiety
2:11:22because these sufferers
2:11:24are unable to expel their anxieties
2:11:28they've turned their problems inward
2:11:31causing many forms of ill health
2:11:35the destructive quality of worry is
2:11:38indicated by the word itself which is
2:11:41derived from an old
2:11:43anglo-saxon word meaning to choke
2:11:47if someone were to put his fingers
2:11:49around your throat and press hard
2:11:52cutting off the flow of air and blood
2:11:54it would be a dramatic demonstration of
2:11:57what you do to yourself
2:11:59by long-held and habitual worry
2:12:03the warrior so it seems is not likely to
2:12:07live as long as the person who learns to
2:12:10overcome his worries
2:12:13a study of some 450 people
2:12:17who live to be 100 years of age found
2:12:20that the following reasons contributed
2:12:23to their long and contented lives
2:12:26one they kept busy two
2:12:29they used moderation in all things three
2:12:34they ate lightly and simply
2:12:37four
2:12:38they got a great deal of fun out of life
2:12:41five
2:12:42they were early to bed and early to rise
2:12:45six
2:12:46they were free from worry and fear
2:12:49especially the fear of death
2:12:53seven
2:12:54they had serene minds and faith in a
2:12:57person say i'm almost sick with worry
2:13:00and then add with a laugh but i guess
2:13:03worry never really makes you ill
2:13:06but that is where they are wrong
2:13:09worry can make you ill
2:13:12the problem is we worry not only with
2:13:15our minds but with our hearts brains and
2:13:20every other part of ourselves
2:13:23no matter what the cause of worry and
2:13:25fear its effect can be noted in the
2:13:28cells
2:13:29tissues and organs
2:13:32but don't be discouraged
2:13:34there is a remedy that will bring you
2:13:36sure relief
2:13:38you can overcome your worries
2:13:42the first step is simply believing you
2:13:45can
2:13:46for whatever you believe you can do
2:13:49with god's help you can do
2:13:53here then is a practical procedure
2:13:56which will help to eliminate
2:13:58abnormal worry from your daily life
2:14:02practice emptying the mind daily
2:14:07this is a suggestion i will repeat over
2:14:10and over again for it is of utmost
2:14:13importance
2:14:15to avoid retaining worries in your mind
2:14:18while you sleep
2:14:19this metal catharsis should be done
2:14:22preferably before retiring at night
2:14:25the last five minutes before going to
2:14:28sleep are of extraordinary importance
2:14:31for in that brief period the mind is
2:14:33most receptive to suggestion
2:14:36it tends to absorb the last ideas that
2:14:40are entertained in the waking state
2:14:43then while you sleep
2:14:45thoughts sink into the subconscious
2:14:48this process of mind-letting
2:14:51is important in overcoming worry because
2:14:54fearful thoughts can clog the mind and
2:14:57impede the flow of mental and spiritual
2:15:00power
2:15:01but if such thoughts are eliminated
2:15:04daily
2:15:05they will not accumulate
2:15:08to help drain away these thoughts you
2:15:10might use a process of creative
2:15:12imagination
2:15:14in which you conceive of yourself as
2:15:17actually emptying your mind of all
2:15:20anxiety and fear
2:15:22think of the remarkable imaginative
2:15:25skill of small children
2:15:28watch how they respond to the game of
2:15:30kissing away a hurt
2:15:32imagination is not simply the use of
2:15:35fantasy
2:15:36the word imagination comes from the idea
2:15:40of imaging that is
2:15:42creating images in our mind
2:15:45imagineering
2:15:47is the use of mental images to build
2:15:51factual results
2:15:53and it is an astonishingly effective
2:15:57procedure
2:15:59what you create with your imagination
2:16:02whether it is an image of fear
2:16:06or of release from fear may ultimately
2:16:09become a fact
2:16:10if it is held in your mind with
2:16:13sufficient faith
2:16:15here's one method you might use picture
2:16:19all your worry thoughts
2:16:21flowing out from you
2:16:23in the same way that water flows from a
2:16:27basin by removing the stopper
2:16:30during this visualization repeat the
2:16:33following affirmation
2:16:36with god's help
2:16:38i am now emptying my mind of all anxiety
2:16:43all fear
2:16:45all sense of insecurity
2:16:48repeat this slowly
2:16:51five times
2:16:52then add
2:16:54i believe that my mind is now emptied of
2:16:58all anxiety
2:17:00all fear
2:17:02all sense of insecurity
2:17:05repeat the statement five times
2:17:09while holding a mental picture of your
2:17:12mind as being emptied
2:17:15then
2:17:16thank god for thus freeing you from fear
2:17:20and then
2:17:21go to sleep the curative process
2:17:24use this method mid-morning and
2:17:27mid-afternoon as well as bedtime
2:17:31go into some quiet place for five
2:17:33minutes for this purpose
2:17:36do this faithfully
2:17:38and you will soon know its beneficial
2:17:41results
2:17:43in due course this thinking will drive
2:17:47out worry
2:17:50i cannot emphasize enough the importance
2:17:52of freeing your mind from worry and fear
2:17:56fear something over a long period of
2:17:59time
2:18:00and there is a real possibility
2:18:03that you may actually help
2:18:06bring it to pass
2:18:08the bible contains a line
2:18:11which is one of the most terrible
2:18:13statements ever made
2:18:16terrible in its truth
2:18:19it's this
2:18:22for the thing
2:18:23which i greatly feared
2:18:26is come upon me
2:18:28of course it will
2:18:30for if you fear something continuously
2:18:34you tend to create conditions in your
2:18:37mind
2:18:38that encourage its development
2:18:41faith is the one power against which
2:18:44fear cannot stand
2:18:46master faith and you will automatically
2:18:50master fear as the bible also suggests
2:18:55that which i have greatly believed
2:18:58has come upon me
2:19:00in many different ways the bible tells
2:19:03us that if we have faith
2:19:05nothing is impossible
2:19:07so if you shift your mind from fear to
2:19:10faith
2:19:11you will stop creating the object of
2:19:13your fear and will instead
2:19:16create the object of your faith in the
2:19:20campaign against the worry habit here's
2:19:23a useful strategy
2:19:26the vast tree of worry which has grown
2:19:28up in your personality over long years
2:19:32can best be handled by making it as
2:19:34small as possible
2:19:37first snip off the little worries and
2:19:40expressions of worry
2:19:42for example reduce the number of worry
2:19:45words in your conversation
2:19:49words may be the result of worry
2:19:52but they also create worry
2:19:55when a worry thought comes to mind
2:19:59immediately remove it with a faith
2:20:02expression
2:20:03for example
2:20:05instead of saying i'm worried that i
2:20:07will miss the train
2:20:10put the worry out of your mind with a
2:20:12prayer and get started a little earlier
2:20:15the less worrying you do the more likely
2:20:18you are to be well organized
2:20:21for the uncluttered mind
2:20:24is systematic
2:20:25and better able to regulate time
2:20:29a friend of mine says that every morning
2:20:31before he gets up
2:20:33he repeats the words
2:20:36i believe
2:20:37three times
2:20:39thus at the day's beginning he
2:20:41conditions his mind to faith
2:20:44and it never leaves the conviction that
2:20:47by faith he is going to overcome his
2:20:50problems and difficulties during the day
2:20:53he starts the day
2:20:55with creative positive thinking in his
2:20:59mind he believes
2:21:02and it is very hard to hold back the
2:21:05person who believes
2:21:18many people fail to overcome trouble
2:21:20such as worry because they allow a
2:21:23problem to seem complicated it can be
2:21:26very useful to attack the problem
2:21:29with some simple technique something
2:21:32that dramatizes your war against worry
2:21:35i've seen was developed by a man who was
2:21:38once a tremendous worrier
2:21:41at one point he was worrying himself
2:21:43into a bad state of nerves and ill
2:21:46health
2:21:47he suffered from continual doubt
2:21:50about whether or not he had done or said
2:21:53the right thing
2:21:55he was always rehashing his decisions
2:21:58and getting unnerved about them
2:22:01i suggested that he ought to work out
2:22:04some simple method that would help him
2:22:07drop the day completely when it was over
2:22:11and go ahead into the future
2:22:14one day i noticed that his state of mind
2:22:17was improving
2:22:18and i commented on it oh yes he said i
2:22:21finally got the secret
2:22:23and it has worked amazingly well
2:22:26he asked me to drop into his office
2:22:28sometime during the close of the day
2:22:31and he would show me how he had broken
2:22:34the worry habit one evening i did
2:22:38and he explained
2:22:39that he'd worked out a little ritual to
2:22:42perform every night before leaving his
2:22:44office
2:22:46we picked up our hats and coats and
2:22:48started toward the door
2:22:51by the door stood a wastebasket and
2:22:54above it on the wall was a calendar
2:22:57you could see only one date at a time
2:23:00and that date was in large print he said
2:23:05now i will perform my evening ritual the
2:23:08one that has helped me break the worry
2:23:10habit
2:23:12he reached up
2:23:13and tore off the calendar page for that
2:23:16day
2:23:17he rolled it into a small ball
2:23:20and i watched with fascination as his
2:23:22fingers slowly opened and he dropped
2:23:25that day
2:23:27into the wastebasket
2:23:29he then closed his eyes and his lips
2:23:31moved
2:23:33upon finishing his prayer he said
2:23:36amen
2:23:37okay
2:23:38the day is over come on let's go out and
2:23:42enjoy ourselves
2:23:44as we walk down the street i asked would
2:23:46you mind telling me what you said in
2:23:48that prayer
2:23:50he laughed and said i don't think it is
2:23:52your kind of prayer
2:23:54well i pray something like this
2:23:57lord you gave me this day
2:24:00i didn't ask for it
2:24:02but i was glad to have it
2:24:04i did the best i could with it
2:24:07and you helped me and i thank you
2:24:10i made some mistakes
2:24:11that was when i didn't follow your
2:24:13advice
2:24:14and i'm sorry about that forgive me
2:24:18but i had some victories and some
2:24:20successes too
2:24:22and i'm very grateful for your guidance
2:24:25but now lord
2:24:27mistakes or successes victories or
2:24:30defeats the day is over
2:24:33and i'm through with it
2:24:35so i'm giving it back to you
2:24:37amen
2:24:39well perhaps that isn't an orthodox
2:24:41prayer
2:24:42but it certainly proved to be an
2:24:44effective one
2:24:46he dramatized the finishing of the day
2:24:49and he set his face to the future
2:24:52expecting to do better tomorrow
2:24:55when the day is over
2:24:58god blacks it out by bringing down the
2:25:01curtain of night
2:25:03this man cooperated with god's method
2:25:07and his past mistakes and failures
2:25:09gradually lost their hold on him
2:25:13he was released from the worries that
2:25:16accumulated from his yesterdays
2:25:19his anti-worry formula
2:25:22is also described in these words from
2:25:25the bible
2:25:27but this one thing i do
2:25:31forgetting those things which are behind
2:25:34and reaching forth unto those things
2:25:36which are before
2:25:38i press toward the mark
2:25:41for the prize of the high calling of god
2:25:45in christ jesus
2:25:53to help you break the worry habit here
2:25:55are some practical suggestions you can
2:25:57start using right away
2:25:59one
2:26:00say to yourself worry is a very bad
2:26:03mental habit i can change any habit with
2:26:06god's help
2:26:082.
2:26:09you can become free of worry by
2:26:11practicing the opposite and stronger
2:26:13habit of faith
2:26:14with all the strength and perseverance
2:26:16you can command start practicing faith
2:26:20three
2:26:22how do you practice faith here's a good
2:26:24way to begin
2:26:25first thing every morning before you
2:26:27rise say out loud
2:26:29i believe
2:26:31four recite this prayer frequently
2:26:35i place this day my life my loved ones
2:26:38my work in the lord's hands
2:26:41there is no harm in the lord's hands
2:26:43only good
2:26:45whatever happens whatever results if i
2:26:48am in the lord's hands it is his will
2:26:51and it is good
2:26:53five
2:26:54practice saying something positive about
2:26:57everything for example don't say this is
2:27:00going to be a terrible day instead
2:27:03affirm this is going to be a glorious
2:27:06day don't say i'll never be able to do
2:27:08that instead affirm with god's help i
2:27:12will do that
2:27:146. shoot an injection of faith into all
2:27:17your conversations a group of people
2:27:20talking pessimistically can infect every
2:27:22person in the group with negative
2:27:24feelings but by talking up rather than
2:27:27down
2:27:28you can drive off that depressing
2:27:30atmosphere and make everyone feel
2:27:32hopeful
2:27:33seven
2:27:34one reason you're a warrior is because
2:27:37your mind is literally saturated with
2:27:39thoughts of gloom defeat and
2:27:41apprehension
2:27:42to counteract these mark every passage
2:27:45in the bible that speaks of faith hope
2:27:48and happiness
2:27:49commit each to memory say them over and
2:27:51over again until they saturate your
2:27:54subconscious mind
2:27:56then the subconscious will return to you
2:27:58what you have given it namely optimism
2:28:01not worry
2:28:03eight help others cure the worry habit
2:28:06in helping another to overcome worry you
2:28:08get greater power over it within
2:28:10yourself
2:28:12nine
2:28:13every day of your life conceive of
2:28:15yourself as living in partnership and
2:28:18companionship with god
2:28:20if he actually walked by your side would
2:28:22you be worried and afraid
2:28:24well then say to yourself
2:28:27he is with me
2:28:37for most people happiness is perhaps the
2:28:39most precious commodity in the world and
2:28:42yet all too often it eludes us
2:28:45in this segment called create your own
2:28:47happiness you'll discover why happiness
2:28:50is really a state of mind
2:28:55once i met a man who absolutely bubbled
2:28:58over with radiant happiness
2:29:01when i asked him his secret he said
2:29:04why it's just as plain as the nose on
2:29:08your face
2:29:09when i get up in the morning
2:29:11i realize i have two choices
2:29:15either to be happy
2:29:17or unhappy and what do you think i do
2:29:21i just choose to be happy
2:29:23and that's all there is to it
2:29:27now that may seem a superficial response
2:29:31but i recall that abraham lincoln who
2:29:34nobody could accuse of being superficial
2:29:37said
2:29:38that people were just about as happy
2:29:42as they made their minds up to be
2:29:46perhaps the easiest thing in the world
2:29:48to find
2:29:49is a way of being unhappy
2:29:52just choose unhappiness
2:29:55go around telling yourself that things
2:29:58aren't going well
2:30:00that nothing is satisfactory
2:30:03and you can be quite sure of being
2:30:05unhappy
2:30:07but say to yourself things are going
2:30:10nicely
2:30:11life is good
2:30:13i choose happiness
2:30:16and you can be quite sure of having your
2:30:18choice
2:30:21children are much more adept at finding
2:30:23happiness than most adults
2:30:26the adult who can carry the spirit of a
2:30:29child into middle and old age
2:30:32is a kind of genius
2:30:35for he will preserve the truly happy
2:30:38spirit
2:30:39with which god endows the young
2:30:42the subtlety of jesus christ is
2:30:45remarkable
2:30:47for he tells us
2:30:49that the way to live in this world
2:30:51is to have a child-like heart and mind
2:30:55in other words
2:30:57never get old or dull or jaded in spirit
2:31:01don't become
2:31:02super sophisticated
2:31:05a nine-year-old was asked what makes her
2:31:08happy
2:31:09she listed her playmates her school
2:31:13her church and her family
2:31:16that list incorporates all the elements
2:31:20that are important
2:31:22in adult life too
2:31:24your friends and associates
2:31:27your work
2:31:28your place of worship
2:31:30and the home circle where you find love
2:31:34there you have happiness in a nutshell
2:31:39and the happiest time of your life
2:31:41is in relation to those few other things
2:31:44that some boys and girls said made them
2:31:47happy
2:31:49street lights reflected on a river
2:31:52smoke rising from a chimney
2:31:55the moon in the clouds
2:31:58red velvet
2:32:00a swallow flying
2:32:02[Music]
2:32:03water being cut at the bow of a boat
2:32:06a fast train
2:32:08rushing a builder's crane lifting
2:32:12something heavy
2:32:14looking into deep clear water
2:32:19there is something of the most sublime
2:32:21element of the universe expressed in
2:32:24these things
2:32:26to become a happy person
2:32:28have eyes that see romance in the
2:32:31commonplace
2:32:33a child's heart a clean soul
2:32:37and spiritual simplicity
2:32:40unfortunately for many people
2:32:42unhappiness is their most frequent state
2:32:45of mind
2:32:47but since the fundamental desire of
2:32:50every human being
2:32:52is for that state of existence called
2:32:55happiness
2:32:56something should be done about all this
2:32:59misery
2:33:00so many real problems are created by
2:33:04life itself
2:33:06difficulties over which we have little
2:33:08or no control
2:33:10it is simply foolish
2:33:12to further create our own
2:33:15but the truth is by our thoughts
2:33:18and attitudes we distill
2:33:21out of the ingredients of life
2:33:23either happiness or unhappiness for
2:33:26ourselves
2:33:28we can manufacture unhappiness simply by
2:33:31our thinking
2:33:33we do this for example when we
2:33:35habitually take on negative attitudes
2:33:38such as
2:33:40everything is going to turn out badly or
2:33:43other people are always getting what
2:33:45they don't deserve
2:33:47or how come i never get what i want
2:33:50unhappiness is further increased
2:33:53when we saturate our minds with
2:33:55resentment
2:33:57hate fear and worry well then
2:34:00if we ourselves create
2:34:03such a large proportion of our
2:34:06unhappiness
2:34:07how can we produce happiness instead
2:34:11an incident from one of my railroad
2:34:14journeys may suggest an answer
2:34:16one morning a half dozen of us were
2:34:19shaving in the man's lounge
2:34:22as always in such close quarters after a
2:34:25night on a train
2:34:26this group of strangers was not disposed
2:34:29to be cheerful
2:34:30there was little conversation and that
2:34:32little was mostly mumbled
2:34:35then a man came in wearing a broad smile
2:34:39he greeted us all with a bright good
2:34:41morning
2:34:42but received rather unenthusiastic
2:34:45grunts in return
2:34:48as he went about his shaving he was
2:34:50humming a happy little tune
2:34:52it got a bit on the nerves of some of
2:34:54the men and finally one said rather
2:34:57sarcastically
2:34:59you certainly seem to be happy this
2:35:01morning why all the cheer
2:35:04yes the man answered
2:35:06as a matter of fact i am happy
2:35:09i do feel cheerful then he added i make
2:35:12it a habit to be happy
2:35:15that's all he said
2:35:16but that simple statement is really
2:35:19quite profound
2:35:21for happiness depends
2:35:23to an important degree upon the habit of
2:35:27mind we cultivate
2:35:29the book of proverbs that collection of
2:35:32wise sayings puts it in another way
2:35:37he that is of a merry heart
2:35:40hath a continual feast
2:35:44out of the happiness habit comes a happy
2:35:47life
2:35:48and because we can cultivate a habit we
2:35:51therefore have the power to create our
2:35:54own happiness habit make a mental list
2:35:57of pleasant thoughts and pass them
2:35:59through your mind several times a day
2:36:02if an unpleasant thought should enter
2:36:03your mind immediately stop consciously
2:36:06reject it and substitute a pleasant
2:36:09thought
2:36:11every morning before rising lie relaxed
2:36:14in bed for a few minutes
2:36:16let pictures of each happy experience
2:36:19you expect to have
2:36:21during the day
2:36:22pass across your mind savor their joy
2:36:26such thinking will help cause events to
2:36:29turn out that way
2:36:32do not affirm that things will not go
2:36:34well that day by merely saying that you
2:36:37can actually help to make it so
2:36:40you will draw to yourself every factor
2:36:42large and small that will contribute
2:36:45to unhappy conditions as a result you
2:36:49will find yourself asking why does
2:36:51everything go badly for me
2:36:53what's the matter with everything
2:36:56tomorrow
2:36:57try this plan instead when you rise
2:37:00say out loud three times this one
2:37:04sentence
2:37:06this is the day which the lord hath made
2:37:11i will rejoice
2:37:13and be glad
2:37:14in it
2:37:16repeat it in a strong clear voice with
2:37:19positive tone
2:37:21and emphasis
2:37:22the statement of course is from the
2:37:24bible
2:37:25and it is a good cure for unhappiness
2:37:30while dressing or shaving or getting
2:37:33breakfast you might also say aloud a few
2:37:36such remarks as
2:37:37i believe this is going to be a
2:37:40wonderful day
2:37:41i believe i can successfully handle all
2:37:45the problems that will arise
2:37:48i feel good physically
2:37:51mentally emotionally
2:37:54i am grateful for all that i have had
2:37:58for all that i now have
2:38:01and all that i shall have
2:38:03things are not going to fall apart
2:38:07because god is here
2:38:09and he is with me
2:38:11and he will see me through i thank god
2:38:15for every repeat of these phrases and
2:38:18meditate on their meaning
2:38:20you will change the character of your
2:38:23day
2:38:24by starting off with a positive frame of
2:38:27mind
2:38:37and yet it is not enough to practice
2:38:39even such important techniques as these
2:38:42unless throughout the day
2:38:44you also base your actions upon
2:38:46fundamental principles of happy living
2:38:50one of the most simple and basic of such
2:38:52principles
2:38:53is that of human love and good will
2:38:57one man who truly knew happiness
2:39:01was a friend of mine named ralston young
2:39:04who was once famous as red cap number 42
2:39:08in new york city's grand central station
2:39:12this man carried bags for a living
2:39:16but his real job was living the spirit
2:39:18of christ
2:39:20as he carried a person's suitcase he
2:39:23tried to share a little christian
2:39:24fellowship
2:39:26he carefully watched the customer to see
2:39:29if there was any way
2:39:31he could give them more courage and hope
2:39:34one day he was asked to take an elderly
2:39:37lady down to her train
2:39:40as he wheeled her into an elevator
2:39:43he noticed there were tears in her eyes
2:39:46he asked the lord how he could help her
2:39:49and the lord gave him an idea
2:39:52as he wheeled her off the elevator he
2:39:54said with a smile ma'am if you don't
2:39:56mind my saying so
2:39:58that is a mighty pretty hat you're
2:40:00wearing
2:40:02she looked up at him and said why thank
2:40:05you and i might add he said
2:40:08that sure is a pretty dress you have on
2:40:11i like it so much
2:40:13this appealed to her and despite the
2:40:16fact that she wasn't feeling well she
2:40:18brightened up and asked why in the world
2:40:21did you say those nice things to me
2:40:24it's very thoughtful of you
2:40:27well he said i saw how unhappy you were
2:40:31i saw that you were crying and i just
2:40:34asked the lord how i could help you
2:40:36the lord said speak to her about her hat
2:40:39the dress he added was my own idea
2:40:43when he asked her if she didn't feel
2:40:44well
2:40:45she told him that she was in constant
2:40:48pain
2:40:50she asked him
2:40:52do you by any chance know what it means
2:40:54to be in pain all the time
2:40:58ralston had an answer
2:41:00yes ma'am i do
2:41:02a long time ago i lost an eye
2:41:05and it hurt like a hot iron day and
2:41:08night
2:41:09but she said you seem to be happy now
2:41:12how did you do it
2:41:14by this time he had her in her seat in
2:41:16the train and he said
2:41:18prayer ma'am
2:41:20just by prayer
2:41:22softly she asked does prayer
2:41:25just prayer
2:41:27take your pain away
2:41:29well answered ralston perhaps it doesn't
2:41:32always take it away
2:41:34i can't say that it does
2:41:36but it always helps to overcome it so it
2:41:39doesn't seem like it hurts so much
2:41:42just keep on praying ma'am
2:41:45and i'll pray for you too
2:41:48her tears were dried now and she looked
2:41:51up at him with a smile took him by the
2:41:54hand and said
2:41:55you've done me so much good
2:41:59a year passed and one night at the
2:42:01station a young woman came to see
2:42:03ralston
2:42:04she said i bring you a message from the
2:42:07dead
2:42:08before she died my mother told me to
2:42:11find you
2:42:12and to tell you how much you helped her
2:42:14last year
2:42:16when you took her to the train in her
2:42:18wheelchair
2:42:19she will always remember you
2:42:22even in eternity
2:42:24for you were so kind and loving and
2:42:27understanding young woman burst into
2:42:29tears and sobbed in her grief
2:42:32ralston stood quietly watching her
2:42:37then he said don't cry missy don't cry
2:42:41you shouldn't cry
2:42:43give a prayer of thanksgiving instead
2:42:47she was surprised by this response
2:42:50and ralston went on
2:42:52why because many people have become
2:42:55orphans much younger than you
2:42:58you had your mother a long long time and
2:43:01besides you still have her
2:43:04you will see her again
2:43:06she is near to you now
2:43:08and she always will be near to you
2:43:12maybe she is with us right now the two
2:43:14of us
2:43:16as we talk
2:43:18the sobs ended and the tears dried
2:43:21ralston's kindness had the same effect
2:43:24on the daughter
2:43:25as it had on the mother
2:43:28in this huge station with thousands of
2:43:30people passing by
2:43:32the two of them felt the presence of the
2:43:35divine one
2:43:37he who inspired this red cap to go
2:43:40around in this way
2:43:42spreading love
2:43:44as tolstoy said
2:43:46where love is
2:43:47god is and we might add where god and
2:43:51love are
2:43:52there is happiness
2:43:54so a fundamental principle in creating
2:43:57happiness
2:43:58is just to practice love
2:44:01in my travels about the country i have
2:44:03been fortunate to encounter an
2:44:05increasing number of genuinely happy
2:44:08individuals
2:44:10these are people who have been
2:44:12practicing the kinds of techniques i'm
2:44:14describing to you
2:44:17recently after finishing a lecture a big
2:44:21strapping fine-looking man invited me to
2:44:23a party
2:44:25well i must admit
2:44:27from the way he described it
2:44:29it didn't sound at all like my kind of
2:44:32party
2:44:34i was hesitant afraid i might cramp
2:44:36everyone's style
2:44:39so i began to make excuses oh don't
2:44:41worry he said
2:44:43this is your kind of party
2:44:46you'll get the kick of your life out of
2:44:49it
2:44:50so i went along with my boy and friend
2:44:53and he introduced me to a large group of
2:44:57joyous and exuberant people
2:45:01i looked around for a bar but there
2:45:03wasn't any
2:45:04when i remarked that these people must
2:45:07have stopped somewhere before coming
2:45:09here my host was shocked
2:45:12stop somewhere why don't you understand
2:45:16these people have got the spirit all
2:45:18right
2:45:19but not the kind of spirit you're
2:45:21thinking of i'm surprised at you
2:45:25don't you realize what makes this crowd
2:45:28happy they found it
2:45:30as a living vital honest-to-goodness
2:45:33reality yes
2:45:35they've got the spirit all right
2:45:38but it isn't the kind that you get out
2:45:40of a bottle they've got the spirit in
2:45:43their hearts
2:45:45then i saw what he meant
2:45:47this wasn't a crowd of pious stodgy
2:45:50people
2:45:52some were leaders of that town business
2:45:55people lawyers doctors teachers
2:45:58and a lot of simpler folk besides
2:46:01and they were having a wonderful time
2:46:05talking about god
2:46:07and doing it in the most natural manner
2:46:10imaginable
2:46:12they were telling one another about the
2:46:14changes that had occurred in their lives
2:46:17through spiritual power
2:46:20those who have the naive notion that you
2:46:24can't laugh
2:46:26and be light-hearted when you're
2:46:28religious
2:46:29should have been in on that party
2:46:33well i left that evening with a bible
2:46:35verse running through my mind
2:46:38in him was life
2:46:41and the life was the light of men
2:46:45that was the light that i saw on the
2:46:48faces of those happy people
2:46:51an inner light reflected outwardly on
2:46:54their faces
2:46:56and it came from an effervescent
2:46:59spiritual something
2:47:02that they had taken into themselves
2:47:05life means vitality
2:47:08and these people obviously
2:47:11were getting their vitality from god
2:47:14through faith in god and in themselves
2:47:18they had found the power
2:47:21that creates confidence
2:47:24a little more happiness in your life
2:47:26here are a few ideas
2:47:28one remember it is primarily your
2:47:30thoughts and attitudes that determine
2:47:32how happy you are
2:47:34never allow resentment hate fear or
2:47:37worry to dominate your thoughts
2:47:39two make it a habit to be happy
2:47:42you can cultivate this habit so you do
2:47:45have a choice
2:47:46as the book of proverbs says
2:47:48he that is of a merry heart hath a
2:47:51continual feast
2:47:53three
2:47:54practice happy thinking make a mental
2:47:57list of pleasant thoughts and pass them
2:47:59through your mind several times each day
2:48:02if an unpleasant thought should enter
2:48:04your mind immediately stop consciously
2:48:07reject it and substitute a pleasant one
2:48:11four
2:48:12each day when you arise say this one
2:48:14sentence out loud
2:48:17this is the day which the lord hath made
2:48:20i will rejoice and be glad in it
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2:48:36we might as well admit it everyone wants
2:48:39to be liked william james once said one
2:48:42of the deepest drives of human nature is
2:48:44the desire to be appreciated
2:48:46the longing to be liked to be held in
2:48:49esteem to be a person whom others seek
2:48:51out is fundamental in all of us
2:48:54on this side you'll discover how to
2:48:56enjoy easy natural and pleasing
2:48:58relationships with others how to be
2:49:01somebody you'd like to know
2:49:04a poll was taken among some high school
2:49:07students
2:49:08asking them what they most desired
2:49:12by overwhelming majority the students
2:49:15answered that they wanted to be popular
2:49:19older people have this same urge
2:49:22indeed it is doubtful if anyone ever
2:49:26outlives the desire
2:49:28to be highly regarded
2:49:30or to have the affection of friends and
2:49:33associates
2:49:35the feeling of not being wanted or
2:49:38needed
2:49:39is one of the most devastating of all
2:49:42human emotions
2:49:44being needed by others is absolutely
2:49:47necessary
2:49:49for emotional stability and happiness
2:49:52yet it is sad to realize how many people
2:49:56suffer from a sense of isolation
2:50:00i was at a luncheon once when a young
2:50:02doctor rushed in to take his place at
2:50:05the table
2:50:06he looked frazzled as he sat down with a
2:50:09weary sigh
2:50:10if only the telephone would stop ringing
2:50:14he complained
2:50:15i can't get anywhere because people call
2:50:18me all the time
2:50:20i wish i could put a silencer on that
2:50:23phone
2:50:25an elderly doctor at the table spoke up
2:50:29i know how you feel
2:50:31i used to feel that way myself
2:50:34but you should be thankful the phone
2:50:36does ring
2:50:38be glad people want and need you
2:50:41then he added pathetically
2:50:44nobody ever calls me anymore
2:50:48i would like to hear the telephone ring
2:50:50again
2:50:52nobody wants me and nobody needs me
2:50:56i'm a has-been
2:50:59the feeling of not being wanted or
2:51:01needed
2:51:02can produce frustration illness and even
2:51:06aging
2:51:08it is not only a sad way to live
2:51:11but it is damaging to the human psyche
2:51:15if you're feeling useless
2:51:17for your own sake do something about it
2:51:21try getting out of yourself for a while
2:51:25stop feeling sorry for yourself
2:51:27and find a way instead
2:51:30to provide a service for someone else
2:51:34think about people who are less
2:51:36fortunate than you who need help
2:51:40volunteer for a worthwhile cause
2:51:43not only will you find the esteem we all
2:51:47need
2:51:48but others will greatly benefit
2:51:51by what people who deliberately strive
2:51:53to be popular often fail in the attempt
2:51:56popularity sought purely for its own
2:51:58sake can be a superficial goal which
2:52:01encourages superficial results
2:52:04on the other hand we all know someone
2:52:06who has that extra something a magnetism
2:52:09that comes from inner confidence
2:52:11without even trying these people never
2:52:13seem to lack for friends
2:52:15before we begin talking about ways to
2:52:18improve your relationships
2:52:22let me warn you that no one no matter
2:52:24how terrific
2:52:26is liked by everyone
2:52:28it's a curious quirk in human nature
2:52:32but there are certain people with whom
2:52:35we simply don't click
2:52:38even the bible recognizes this fact
2:52:41about human nature for it says
2:52:43if it be possible as much as lieth in
2:52:48you
2:52:49live peaceably with all men
2:52:52the bible is a very realistic book
2:52:56it knows people
2:52:58their infinite possibilities
2:53:01as well as their imperfections
2:53:04the bible advised the disciples that
2:53:07they should do their best to get along
2:53:09with the people in the villages they
2:53:11visited
2:53:13but if they still couldn't do so after
2:53:16trying sincerely they were to shake off
2:53:19the very dust of the village from their
2:53:22feet and whosoever will not receive you
2:53:26when you go out of that city
2:53:29shake off the very dust from your feet
2:53:32for a testimony against them
2:53:35this is all by way of saying that if you
2:53:37don't achieve perfect popularity with
2:53:40everyone
2:53:41don't let it bother you too much you
2:53:44have never mastered the knack of being
2:53:46sought after
2:53:48and it's not for lack of trying
2:53:51some people even go to extremes acting
2:53:54in a manner they don't really enjoy
2:53:57all because of their intense desire to
2:54:00be liked
2:54:02unfortunately
2:54:03this desire is often merely a search for
2:54:07a superficial kind of popularity
2:54:11having said that
2:54:13now let me tell you that there are
2:54:16certain procedures
2:54:18which can make you a person that other
2:54:20people like to be with
2:54:23without becoming artificial or putting
2:54:25on an act
2:54:27you can enjoy satisfactory personal
2:54:31relationships even if you are a
2:54:34difficult person
2:54:36or are by nature shy and retiring here
2:54:40are some suggestions first
2:54:43try to be a comfortable type of person
2:54:46the kind that others can be easy with
2:54:50some people always keep a barrier
2:54:53between themselves and the world
2:54:56it's a strain just to be with them
2:54:59a stiff
2:55:01unresponsive individual
2:55:03never quite meshes into a group
2:55:07it's hard to know what they're feeling
2:55:09or how they're going to react they make
2:55:12you feel a little uneasy
2:55:15but a comfortable kind of person is
2:55:17easygoing and natural
2:55:20they have a pleasant kindly
2:55:23genial way about them
2:55:25being with them is a bit like wearing an
2:55:28old hat or an old pair of shoes
2:55:32it is important to try to be natural
2:55:36someone who is easy to be with usually
2:55:39has a
2:55:40big soul quality about them little
2:55:44people
2:55:45those who are overly concerned about
2:55:48their place or position
2:55:50are often stiff and easily offended
2:55:55although there are many characteristics
2:55:58that contribute to a likable personality
2:56:01there is one
2:56:03basic trait
2:56:05that surpasses all others
2:56:08that is a sincere
2:56:11and forthright interest in and love for
2:56:15people
2:56:17if you're having trouble with
2:56:19relationships
2:56:20perhaps you should look for elements in
2:56:23your personality that cause strain when
2:56:26you're with others
2:56:28don't automatically assume that other
2:56:30people don't like you because of
2:56:32something wrong with them
2:56:35perhaps the trouble is within yourself
2:56:39finding and eliminating such problems
2:56:42requires scrupulous honesty
2:56:45and may also involve the help of a
2:56:47professional counselor
2:56:50the scratchy elements of your
2:56:52personality may be qualities you've
2:56:55acquired over the years
2:56:58perhaps you assume them as a defense
2:57:01or they may be the result of attitudes
2:57:04developed in your younger days
2:57:07regardless of their origin they can be
2:57:10eliminated us seeking help for problems
2:57:13with personal relationships
2:57:16he was about 35 years old
2:57:19and such an appealing looking man it
2:57:22seems surprising
2:57:24that people shouldn't like him
2:57:27yet he proceeded to outline an unhappy
2:57:30set of circumstances
2:57:32to illustrate his dismal failure with
2:57:35people
2:57:37i do my best he said
2:57:39i've tried to put into practice the
2:57:41rules i've been taught about getting
2:57:44along with people
2:57:45but i get nowhere with the effort people
2:57:49just don't like me
2:57:52after talking with him
2:57:54the trouble became apparent
2:57:56his manner of speech conveyed a
2:58:00persistently critical
2:58:02attitude this attitude was thinly veiled
2:58:07but still it was there
2:58:09he had an unattractive way
2:58:12of pursing his lips
2:58:15which indicated a kind of primness or
2:58:18reproof for everybody as if he felt just
2:58:22a bit superior and disdainful
2:58:27isn't there some way to change myself so
2:58:30people will like me he demanded
2:58:33isn't there some way i can stop
2:58:35unconsciously rubbing people the wrong
2:58:38way
2:58:40the young man was decidedly
2:58:42self-centered and egotistical
2:58:46the person he really liked was himself
2:58:50every statement every attitude was
2:58:52unconsciously measured
2:58:55in terms of how it made him look
2:58:58he was irritable with people and picked
2:59:02on them in his own mind
2:59:04though few outward conflicts developed
2:59:07inwardly
2:59:09he was trying to make everyone over to
2:59:12suit himself
2:59:14unconsciously people realized this
2:59:18in their minds they erected barriers
2:59:20against him
2:59:23since he was being unpleasant to people
2:59:25in his thoughts
2:59:27it followed that he was less than warm
2:59:30in his behavior
2:59:32he was polite enough
2:59:34and managed not to be boorish and
2:59:36unpleasant
2:59:38but people unconsciously felt coolness
2:59:41in him
2:59:42so they gave him the brush off and with
2:59:44good reason
2:59:45for in his mind he had already brushed
2:59:48them off
2:59:50in a sense he liked himself too well
2:59:53and to build up his self-esteem he put
2:59:56others down
2:59:58he was suffering from too much self-love
3:00:03to change his situation
3:00:05he had to be taught how to love other
3:00:07people and to forget himself
3:00:10which was of course a complete reversal
3:00:13of his habits
3:00:15he was bewildered and baffled
3:00:18when his difficulty was outlined to him
3:00:21but since he was sincere and meant
3:00:24business
3:00:25he practiced his suggested techniques
3:00:28for developing love of others in place
3:00:31of extreme self-love
3:00:34it took some fundamental changes to
3:00:37accomplish this goal
3:00:39since his egotism was so deeply
3:00:42ingrained
3:00:44but in the end he did succeed suggested
3:00:47was that he make a list of people he had
3:00:50met during the day for example the bus
3:00:53driver or the news boy
3:00:56every night before retiring
3:00:59he was to mentally picture each person
3:01:02on the list
3:01:04and as he brought each face up before
3:01:07him
3:01:08he was to think a kindly thought about
3:01:10that person and then
3:01:13pray for them
3:01:15each of us has his own world people we
3:01:18encounter each day
3:01:20or with whom we do business
3:01:23this man was instructed to pray for
3:01:25those in his own little world
3:01:30for example the first person he saw each
3:01:33morning was the elevator man in his
3:01:35apartment house
3:01:37normally he'd say a perfunctory good
3:01:40morning
3:01:41now he took the time to have a little
3:01:43chat
3:01:45he asked the elevator man about his
3:01:47family and about his interests
3:01:49he found that he had an interesting
3:01:52point of view
3:01:53and some experiences which were quite
3:01:56fascinating
3:01:58he began to see new values in a person
3:02:01who had previously been a mechanical
3:02:03robot to him
3:02:05he actually began to like the elevator
3:02:08operator and in turn the elevator
3:02:11operator who had formed a pretty
3:02:14accurate opinion of the young man
3:02:16began to reverse his views
3:02:19they established a friendly relationship
3:02:23so the process went
3:02:25from person to person on his list
3:02:29one day the young man said
3:02:32i've found that the world is filled with
3:02:34interesting people
3:02:36and i never realized it before
3:02:40when he made that observation he proved
3:02:42that he was losing himself
3:02:45and when he did that
3:02:47as the bible so wisely tells us he found
3:02:51himself
3:02:52in losing himself he found himself and
3:02:56lots of new friends besides
3:02:58people began to like him
3:03:01learning to pray for other people is a
3:03:04very important step in this process
3:03:08when you pray for someone
3:03:10you tend to lift the relationship to a
3:03:13higher level
3:03:15the best in other people begins to flow
3:03:18out toward you
3:03:20as your best flows toward them
3:03:23in the meeting of the best in each a
3:03:27higher understanding is established
3:03:30essentially getting people to like you
3:03:32is merely the other side of liking them
3:03:37one of the most popular men who lived in
3:03:39the united states in this century was
3:03:42the late will rogers
3:03:44and one of the most characteristic
3:03:47statements he ever made was
3:03:49i never met a man i didn't like
3:03:53now that may have been a slight
3:03:56exaggeration
3:03:58but i'm sure will rogers didn't think so
3:04:01that is truly the way he felt about
3:04:04people
3:04:05and as a result
3:04:07people opened up to him like flowers to
3:04:10the sun important way to get people to
3:04:12like you is to practice
3:04:14building up their ego
3:04:16everyone has a normal desire for
3:04:19feelings of self-importance
3:04:22if i deflate your ego
3:04:24and therefore your self-importance
3:04:27i show my lack of respect for you
3:04:30though you may laugh it off
3:04:33i have indeed wounded you and while you
3:04:36may exercise charity toward me
3:04:40unless you are finally developed
3:04:42spiritually
3:04:44you're not going to like me very much
3:04:47on the other hand if i elevate your
3:04:50self-respect
3:04:51and contribute to your feelings of
3:04:54personal worth
3:04:55i'm showing high esteem for your ego
3:04:59i have helped you to be your best self
3:05:02and in return you appreciate my efforts
3:05:06you are grateful to me you like me for
3:05:09it
3:05:10almost anyone that you help to build up
3:05:13and become a better person will give you
3:05:16his devotion
3:05:18build up as many people as you can but
3:05:21do it sincerely and unselfishly
3:05:24do it because you like them and because
3:05:27you recognize their potential
3:05:29if you do good for people affection and
3:05:33esteem
3:05:34will flow back to you
3:05:36best of all
3:05:37you will never
3:05:39forgetting people to like you are simple
3:05:41here are 10 practical exercises to help
3:05:44you become someone that you'd like to
3:05:46know
3:05:471.
3:05:48a person's name is very important when
3:05:50you meet someone try to remember their
3:05:52name if you don't they may feel you're
3:05:55not very interested in them
3:05:572. be the comfortable sort of person
3:06:00with whom others feel relaxed try to
3:06:03make them feel at home with you
3:06:053.
3:06:06acquire that quality of relaxed easy
3:06:09going-ness so that everyday irritations
3:06:12don't ruffle you
3:06:13four don't be egotistical guard against
3:06:17giving the impression that you know it
3:06:19all
3:06:20five try to be an interesting person
3:06:23cultivate interests to keep your mind
3:06:25alive people enjoy being with someone
3:06:28who is stimulating
3:06:30six
3:06:30get those scratchy elements out of your
3:06:33personality if you suspect there may be
3:06:36bothersome traits you're not aware of
3:06:38get a friend or perhaps a professional
3:06:40to help you
3:06:427.
3:06:43attempt to heal the misunderstandings
3:06:45you've had with others sincerely drain
3:06:48off your grievances
3:06:508. practice liking people until it comes
3:06:53naturally to you
3:06:559. never miss an opportunity to say a
3:06:58word of congratulations upon someone's
3:07:00achievement or express sympathy for
3:07:02their sorrow or disappointment
3:07:0510 strengthen your spiritual life
3:07:08then offer strength to others that will
3:07:10help them meet life more effectively
3:07:13give strength to people and they will
3:07:15give affection to you
3:07:20winston churchill once wrote about the
3:07:22great british general tudor
3:07:25he commanded a division of the british
3:07:28fifth army
3:07:29which faced the powerful german assault
3:07:33in march 1918.
3:07:35the odds were heavily against him
3:07:38but general tudor knew how to meet an
3:07:41apparently immovable and undefeatable
3:07:45obstacle
3:07:46his method was simple
3:07:49he merely stood
3:07:51and let the obstacle break on him
3:07:54and he in turn broke the obstacle
3:07:59now here is what churchill said about
3:08:01general tudor
3:08:03the impression i had of tudor
3:08:06was of an iron peg
3:08:09hammered into the frozen ground
3:08:12immovable
3:08:14general tudor knew how to stand up to an
3:08:17obstacle
3:08:19just stand up to it that's all
3:08:22don't whine or complain about it don't
3:08:25give way under it
3:08:27stand up to it and it will finally break
3:08:32you will break it something has to break
3:08:36and it won't be you
3:08:37it will be the obstacle
3:08:40people who cringe in front of their
3:08:42challenges
3:08:43not only trip themselves up
3:08:47but they can often affect a whole team
3:08:49or organization
3:08:52people like the obstacle man for example
3:08:55here's his story
3:08:58this obstacle man worked in a large
3:09:01creative organization
3:09:04he received this name
3:09:06because no matter what suggestion was
3:09:09advanced
3:09:10his mind instantly latched onto all the
3:09:14possible obstacles in connection with it
3:09:18one day the directors of his firm were
3:09:21considering a project which involved
3:09:24considerable expense and some definite
3:09:27hazards
3:09:28as well as possibilities for success
3:09:32in a discussion of the venture the
3:09:35obstacle man would frequently say just a
3:09:38moment
3:09:39let's consider the obstacles involved
3:09:43now present at this meeting was another
3:09:46man who said very little
3:09:48but who was greatly respected by his
3:09:51colleagues for his ability and
3:09:54achievements
3:09:55after listening to the obstacle man's
3:09:58litany of objections he finally asked
3:10:02why do you constantly emphasize the
3:10:05obstacles in this proposition
3:10:08instead of the possibilities
3:10:11the obstacle man responded to be
3:10:14intelligent
3:10:15one must always be realistic
3:10:18and it is the fact that there are
3:10:20definite problems with this project
3:10:23what attitude would you take toward
3:10:25these obstacles may i ask
3:10:28the other man
3:10:30unhesitatingly replied
3:10:32what attitude would i take toward these
3:10:35obstacles
3:10:36well i would just remove him that's all
3:10:39and then i would forget them
3:10:43but said the obstacle man that's easier
3:10:45said than done
3:10:47you say you would remove them and forget
3:10:50them
3:10:51may i ask if you have any technique for
3:10:54doing this that the rest of us have
3:10:56never discovered
3:10:58a slow smile came over the face of the
3:11:00other man as he said my entire life
3:11:03removing obstacles
3:11:05and i never saw one yet that couldn't be
3:11:08removed provided you had enough faith
3:11:11and guts and were willing to work
3:11:14since you want to know how it's done
3:11:16i'll show you
3:11:18he then reached into his pocket and took
3:11:20a card out of his wallet
3:11:23he shoved the card across the table and
3:11:25said there read that
3:11:28that's my formula
3:11:30and don't give me a song and dance about
3:11:32how it won't work either
3:11:34i know better from experience
3:11:38the obstacle man picked up the card
3:11:40and with a strange look on his face
3:11:43read the words to himself
3:11:46read them out loud urged the other man
3:11:49in a slow dubious voice he read
3:11:53i can do all things through christ who
3:11:57strengthens me
3:12:00the owner of the card put it back in his
3:12:02wallet and said
3:12:04i've lived a long time
3:12:06and have faced a lot of difficulties
3:12:10but there is power in those words actual
3:12:13power
3:12:14and with it you can remove any obstacle
3:12:20he said this with confidence
3:12:22and everyone knew he meant it
3:12:25he was in fact a remarkable man
3:12:28who would overcome many odds
3:12:31and his successful track record spoke
3:12:34for itself
3:12:36his positive attitude plus the fact that
3:12:38he was not in any sense holier than thou
3:12:42made his words convincing to the men
3:12:44around the table
3:12:46at any rate there was no more negative
3:12:49talk from the obstacle man or anyone
3:12:51else from then on
3:12:53the project was put into operation and
3:12:56despite risks and difficulties it turned
3:12:59out successfully
3:13:02think of the winning mentality that
3:13:04sports champions cultivate
3:13:07when a game seems to be going against
3:13:10them
3:13:11they can't let discouragement creep in
3:13:14they can't let negative thoughts
3:13:16dominate or they will lose the power to
3:13:19win
3:13:21to be a champion in your own arena
3:13:24your mental and spiritual resources must
3:13:28be razor sharp with confidence
3:13:32now you may say but you don't know my
3:13:34circumstances
3:13:36i'm in a different situation than
3:13:38anybody else
3:13:40and i'm about as far down as a human
3:13:43being can get
3:13:45well
3:13:45if that's true
3:13:47and you're down as far as you can get
3:13:50in that case
3:13:51congratulations for your at the bottom
3:13:55and the bottom is a wonderful place
3:13:58the only place you can go from the
3:14:00bottom is up
3:14:03on the other hand it's hard to say
3:14:06you're in a situation that no one has
3:14:08ever encountered before
3:14:10there is no such situation
3:14:14practically speaking
3:14:16there are only a few human stories and
3:14:20they've all been enacted before this is
3:14:24a fact we must never forget
3:14:28there are people in this world who have
3:14:30overcome every conceivable difficulty
3:14:34even the most hopeless
3:14:36even the one in which you now find
3:14:39yourself
3:14:40there is always
3:14:42a way out
3:14:44a wise old man was once asked how he
3:14:47overcame
3:14:48the many difficulties
3:14:51of his life
3:14:53how do i get through it trouble
3:14:55well first i try to go around it
3:14:58and if i can't go around it
3:15:01i try to get under it
3:15:03and if i can't get under it i try to go
3:15:07over it
3:15:08and if i can't go over it
3:15:11i just plow right through it
3:15:15then he added
3:15:17god and i
3:15:18plow right through it together
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3:15:24one way to help your subconscious become
3:15:26more positive
3:15:28is to eliminate certain expressions of
3:15:31thought and speech
3:15:33which we'll call the little negatives
3:15:37these little negatives clutter up the
3:15:39average person's conversation
3:15:42and while each one is seemingly
3:15:44unimportant in itself when taken
3:15:47together
3:15:48they have a total effect of creating a
3:15:51negative mindset
3:15:54if you analyze your own conversational
3:15:56habits you may be shocked by what you
3:15:59find
3:16:01see how often gloomy little statements
3:16:04creep in like
3:16:05i'm afraid i'll be late
3:16:08or what if i have a flat tire
3:16:11or i don't think i can do that
3:16:13or even
3:16:14i knew it was going to rain
3:16:18these are little negatives to be sure
3:16:21and a big thought is of course more
3:16:24powerful than a little one
3:16:26but it should never be forgotten that
3:16:29mighty oaks from little acorns grow
3:16:33and if a mass of little negatives
3:16:36clutters up your conversation they're
3:16:39bound to seep into your mind
3:16:41soon they accumulate in force and before
3:16:44you know it grow into big negatives
3:16:48make the decision right now to go to
3:16:50work on your little negatives
3:16:53root them out of your thoughts and your
3:16:56conversations
3:16:58the best way to do this is to say a
3:17:00positive word about everything
3:17:03when you keep asserting that things are
3:17:05going to work out well
3:17:07that you can do the job that you will
3:17:10not have a flat tire that you will get
3:17:14there on time you invoke the law of
3:17:17positive effects
3:17:19you will find that good results do occur
3:17:23things do turn out well
3:17:27now as we've said before
3:17:29our success in overcoming obstacles is
3:17:33greatly influenced by our attitude
3:17:36in fact most of our obstacles are
3:17:40actually mental in character
3:17:42ah you may object my obstacles are not
3:17:45mental
3:17:46mine are
3:17:48real
3:17:49perhaps so
3:17:51but your attitude toward them as metal
3:17:54attitudes are created by a mental
3:17:57process
3:17:58and what you think about your obstacles
3:18:00largely determines what you do about
3:18:03them
3:18:04take the attitude that you can't remove
3:18:06an obstacle and you won't
3:18:09but get the idea firmly fixed in your
3:18:11mind that the obstacle is not so great
3:18:14as you previously considered it to be
3:18:17hold on to the idea that the obstacle is
3:18:21removable
3:18:22the very moment you begin to think in
3:18:24this manner you inaugurate the process
3:18:27that will eventually remove your
3:18:30obstacle
3:18:32if there's a difficulty which has
3:18:34defeated you for a long time
3:18:36it's likely that you've told yourself
3:18:39for weeks months and even years
3:18:41that there's nothing there's only your
3:18:43inabilities your mind gradually
3:18:46concludes that you are indeed incapable
3:18:50and when your mind is convinced
3:18:53you're convinced for as you think
3:18:56so you are
3:19:08armed with a new attitude
3:19:10now take another look at that obstacle
3:19:13that's been bothering you
3:19:15you will find that it isn't so
3:19:17formidable as you thought
3:19:19say to yourself
3:19:21the rough is only mental
3:19:24i think victory
3:19:26i get victory
3:19:28remember that formula write it on a
3:19:30piece of paper put it in your wallet
3:19:33stick it over the kitchen sink put it on
3:19:35your dressing table and on your desk
3:19:39keep looking at it until its truth
3:19:42permeates your whole mental attitude
3:19:45until it becomes a positive obsession
3:19:49i can do all things through christ who
3:19:54strengthens me
3:19:56what may seem to be a difficult
3:19:58proposition
3:20:00is hard or easy depending upon how we
3:20:04think about it
3:20:06some of america's greatest thinkers
3:20:09tackled this question of attitude
3:20:11and each came to the same conclusion
3:20:15ralph waldo emerson believed that the
3:20:19human personality can be touched with
3:20:22divine power
3:20:24and through this channel greatness is
3:20:27released
3:20:28william james pointed out that the most
3:20:31important factor
3:20:32in any undertaking is one's belief about
3:20:36it
3:20:37and henry david thoreau told us that the
3:20:41secret of achievement
3:20:43is to hold a picture of a successful
3:20:47outcome
3:20:48in mind i frequently receive letters
3:20:50from people
3:20:52who discovered just how practical the i
3:20:56don't believe in defeat approach can be
3:21:00one man wrote to relate his father's
3:21:02story
3:21:04my father was a traveling salesman the
3:21:07letter began
3:21:09every year he changed the line of goods
3:21:12he would sell
3:21:13and tell my mother that this was the
3:21:15last change
3:21:17he always said that next year
3:21:20our problems would be over and we would
3:21:23be on easy street
3:21:25but easy street never happened and my
3:21:28father was always tense always afraid of
3:21:31himself always whistling in the dark
3:21:35then one day a fellow salesman gave
3:21:38father a copy of a little three sentence
3:21:42prayer
3:21:43he was told to repeat it just before
3:21:45calling on a customer
3:21:47father tried it and the results were
3:21:50almost miraculous
3:21:53he sold 85 percent of all the calls he
3:21:56made the first week and every week after
3:21:59that the results were wonderful
3:22:02some weeks his percentage ran as high as
3:22:0595
3:22:06and father had 16 weeks
3:22:09in which he sold every customer he
3:22:12called on
3:22:14father gave this prayer to several other
3:22:16salesmen
3:22:17and in each case
3:22:19it brought astounding results
3:22:22here is the prayer
3:22:24i believe i am always divinely guided
3:22:29i believe i will always take the right
3:22:33turn in the road
3:22:35i believe god will always make a way
3:22:38where there is no way
3:22:41obstacles exist all right
3:22:44but even if we don't dream them up most
3:22:48of the time they're not really as
3:22:50difficult as they seem
3:22:53it's your attitude that counts
3:22:55your attitude which gives obstacles
3:22:58their power or lack of power
3:23:01to the degree that your attitude shifts
3:23:04from negative to positive
3:23:06the ability to master your problems will
3:23:09come
3:23:10you must believe that almighty god has
3:23:13instilled in you the power
3:23:15to lift yourself
3:23:17out of the rough
3:23:18by keeping your eye firmly fixed on the
3:23:21source of your power
3:23:24affirm to yourself
3:23:26that through this power you can do
3:23:28anything you have to do
3:23:31believe that this power is taking the
3:23:33tension out of you
3:23:35that is power is flowing through you
3:23:39believe this
3:23:40and a sense of victory exercise to
3:23:43practice
3:23:44say out loud i don't believe in defeat i
3:23:48don't believe in defeat
3:23:50continue to affirm that day and night
3:23:53until the idea completely dominates your
3:23:56subconscious
3:23:57eventually you'll discover that the
3:23:59shortest path between you and your goal
3:24:01is a direct one despite any obstacle in
3:24:04your way
3:24:11here you will discover the practical
3:24:13secrets that can lead to a life in which
3:24:15dreams are achieved and expectations are
3:24:18fulfilled as dr peel says
3:24:20life cannot deny itself to the person
3:24:23who gives life his all
3:24:25so as you listen keep in mind your most
3:24:28burning desire
3:24:30surely there's a way to make it come
3:24:32true
3:24:32[Music]
3:24:35have you been trained to believe
3:24:38are you convinced that you can
3:24:40successfully complete any task you set
3:24:43for yourself
3:24:45or are you a doubting thomas
3:24:48do you shrink from even hoping for the
3:24:51things that you would love to accomplish
3:24:54when you begin something what do you
3:24:57really expect to happen
3:25:00if you haven't been doing too well at
3:25:02achieving your goals
3:25:04perhaps it's time to examine your
3:25:07expectations
3:25:10it was william james who said
3:25:12our belief at the beginning of a
3:25:15doubtful undertaking
3:25:17is the one thing that ensures this
3:25:20successful outcome of the venture
3:25:24rule number one when there's something
3:25:27you want
3:25:28learn to believe
3:25:31the bible teaches a technique for
3:25:34obtaining spiritual power
3:25:36a method which emphasizes how a person
3:25:39can make something of himself
3:25:42when released this power can provide one
3:25:45of the greatest forces in human nature
3:25:49belief
3:25:50positive thinking faith in god faith in
3:25:53other people faith in yourself
3:25:56faith in life
3:25:57this is the essence of the technique
3:26:00if thou cast believe it says
3:26:04all things are possible to him that
3:26:07believeth
3:26:08if you have faith
3:26:11nothing shall be impossible unto you
3:26:14according to your faith
3:26:17be it unto you
3:26:18believe believe believe
3:26:22so it drives home the truth
3:26:25that faith moves mountains
3:26:28for those who are serious about getting
3:26:31the best out of life
3:26:33i will once again suggest that you read
3:26:36the new testament
3:26:39notice the number of times it refers to
3:26:41faith
3:26:43select a dozen of the strongest
3:26:45statements about faith the ones you like
3:26:48the best then memorize each one
3:26:51let these faith concepts drop into your
3:26:54conscious mind
3:26:56say them over and over again especially
3:26:59just before going to sleep at night
3:27:03by a process of spiritual osmosis
3:27:06they will sink from your conscious into
3:27:08your subconscious mind and in time
3:27:11they will restructure your basic thought
3:27:15pattern believe that you are
3:27:17experiencing this up thrust of force
3:27:20you will be amazed at the lifting power
3:27:28naturally in this process of achieving
3:27:30the best
3:27:31it is important to know where you want
3:27:33to go in life
3:27:35you can reach your goals and make your
3:27:38dreams come true
3:27:40only if you know what you want
3:27:43lots of people get nowhere simply
3:27:46because they don't know where they want
3:27:48to go
3:27:49they have no clear-cut precisely defined
3:27:53purpose
3:27:54you cannot expect the best if you think
3:27:57aimlessly
3:27:59i was once consulted by a 26 year old
3:28:02man who was dissatisfied with his job
3:28:06he was ambitious to fill a bigger niche
3:28:08in life and wanted to know how to
3:28:10improve his circumstances
3:28:13in the course of our conversation i
3:28:15asked him
3:28:17well
3:28:18where do you want to go
3:28:20the young man replied hesitantly i don't
3:28:23know exactly
3:28:24i've never given it any thought
3:28:27i only know that i want to go somewhere
3:28:30other than where i am
3:28:33well what can you do best what are your
3:28:35strong points i then asked i don't know
3:28:38the man responded
3:28:40i never thought that over
3:28:43but what would you like to do if you had
3:28:45your choice what do you really want to
3:28:48do
3:28:49i just can't say came the response
3:28:52i don't really know what i'd like to do
3:28:54i never thought it over
3:28:57finally i said now look here
3:29:00you want to go somewhere from where you
3:29:02are but you don't know where you want to
3:29:04go
3:29:06you don't know what you can do or what
3:29:08you would like to do
3:29:10you'll have to get your ideas organized
3:29:13before you can expect to start getting
3:29:15anywhere
3:29:17and that is a failure point with many
3:29:19people they never get anywhere because
3:29:21they have only a hazy idea of where they
3:29:24want to go
3:29:25and what they want to do
3:29:27no objective leads to no end
3:29:31a newspaper editor an outstanding man in
3:29:35his field was once asked
3:29:37how did you get to be editor of this
3:29:39important newspaper
3:29:41i wanted to be he said simply
3:29:45is that all there is to it he was asked
3:29:48you want to be and so there you are
3:29:51well that may not be all of it but that
3:29:54was a large part of the process he
3:29:56explained
3:29:58i believe that if you want to get
3:30:00somewhere in life you must make a clear
3:30:02decision about what you want to
3:30:04accomplish
3:30:06be sure it is a sound objective
3:30:09then photograph this goal on your mind
3:30:12and hold it there
3:30:13work hard believe in it and the thought
3:30:16will become so powerful it will tend to
3:30:20assure its own success
3:30:23i've found that there's a deep tendency
3:30:26to become what your mind pictures
3:30:29provided the objective is sound and you
3:30:32hold the metal picture strongly enough
3:30:36then the editor pulled a well-worn card
3:30:39from his wallet and said
3:30:41i repeat this quotation every day of my
3:30:45life
3:30:46it has become my dominating thought
3:30:50here's what the card said
3:30:53a man who is self-reliant positive
3:30:56optimistic and undertakes his work with
3:30:59the assurance of success
3:31:02magnetizes his condition
3:31:05he draws to himself the creative powers
3:31:08of the universe
3:31:11it is indeed a fact that the person who
3:31:13thinks with positive self-reliance and
3:31:16optimism
3:31:17does magnetize his condition
3:31:21and this releases power to attain a goal
3:31:25over and over again we've seen that what
3:31:28the mind profoundly expects
3:31:32it tends to receive
3:31:34think about that
3:31:36perhaps this is because the thing that
3:31:39you expect is what you actually want
3:31:44unless you want something deeply enough
3:31:46to create a dynamic atmosphere of
3:31:49positive factors
3:31:51your desire is likely to use a great law
3:31:54to meditate upon
3:31:57faith power works wonders
3:32:01those four words are packed with dynamic
3:32:04and creative force
3:32:07hold them in your thoughts
3:32:09say them over and over again
3:32:13say them until your mind accepts them
3:32:16until you believe them
3:32:18faith power works
3:32:20wonders you can overcome any obstacle
3:32:25you can achieve the most tremendous
3:32:28things
3:32:29by faith power
3:32:31and how do you develop faith power
3:32:34as i've said before the answer is to
3:32:37saturate your mind with the great words
3:32:40of the bible
3:32:42spend one hour a day reading the bible
3:32:45and committing its great passages to
3:32:48memory
3:32:49the change in you and in your
3:32:52experiences
3:32:53will be little short of miraculous
3:32:57just one section of the bible will
3:33:00accomplish this for you
3:33:02chapter 11 of mark contains one of the
3:33:06greatest formulas in the book
3:33:10it's this
3:33:11have faith in god
3:33:14for verily i say unto you
3:33:17that whosoever shall say unto this
3:33:21mountain
3:33:22be removed
3:33:24and be thou cast into the sea
3:33:28and shall not doubt in his heart
3:33:31but shall believe that those things
3:33:33which he saith shall come to pass
3:33:36he shall have whatsoever he saith
3:33:42now why does this passage use the word
3:33:45heart
3:33:46because it means that you are not to
3:33:49allow doubt into your subconscious
3:33:52into the inner essence of you
3:33:56and this doubt is not the kind of
3:33:58superficial doubt which normal
3:34:01intelligent questioning raises
3:34:04rather we are instructed to avoid the
3:34:07deep fundamental doubt that obstructs
3:34:10the flow of faith
3:34:13another interesting thing to note about
3:34:15this passage is that we are told
3:34:19you shall say to this mountain
3:34:22the reason great things don't happen to
3:34:25some people
3:34:26is because they aren't specific enough
3:34:30in their application of faith power in
3:34:32other words
3:34:34don't address your efforts to the entire
3:34:37mountain range of all your difficulties
3:34:40attack one problem at a time
3:34:43be specific
3:34:45if there's something you want what is
3:34:47the best way to go about getting it in
3:34:49the first place ask yourself should i
3:34:52want it
3:34:53test the question very honestly in
3:34:56prayer to be sure
3:34:57you should want it and whether you
3:35:00should have it
3:35:01if you can answer that question in the
3:35:04affirmative
3:35:05then ask god for it and don't be
3:35:08backward in asking him
3:35:11and if god having more insight believes
3:35:13that you shouldn't have it you needn't
3:35:16worry he won't give it to you
3:35:18but if it is a right thing ask him for
3:35:22it
3:35:22specifically and when you ask
3:35:25do not allow doubt
3:35:27in your mind suggested to one man who
3:35:30perpetually expected the worst in all
3:35:33aspects of his life
3:35:35he took a negative attitude toward every
3:35:38project or problem he faced
3:35:41and expressed a vigorous disbelief in
3:35:44these principles in fact he offered to
3:35:47conduct a test to prove them wrong
3:35:50since he was an honest man he tried them
3:35:52faithfully and even kept a scorecard
3:35:57after six months
3:35:58he reported that 85 of his problems had
3:36:02turned out satisfactorily
3:36:04i am now convinced he said
3:36:07although i wouldn't have believed it
3:36:09possible
3:36:10it seems to be true that if you expect
3:36:13the best
3:36:14you are given some strange kind of power
3:36:17to create conditions
3:36:19that produce the desired results
3:36:22from now on i am changing my mental
3:36:25attitude and shall expect the best not
3:36:28the worst
3:36:30my test indicates that this is not a
3:36:33theory but a realistic way to meet life
3:36:36situations
3:36:38may i say that i am very interested in
3:36:42you
3:36:43so every day as you confront the
3:36:46problems of life i suggest that you
3:36:49affirm as follows
3:36:52i believe that god gives me power to
3:36:55attain what i really want
3:36:58never mention the worst never think of
3:37:00it
3:37:01drop it out of your consciousness at
3:37:04least 10 times every day repeat to
3:37:07yourself
3:37:08i expect the best
3:37:10and with god's help we'll attain the
3:37:13best
3:37:14if in the depths of your mind you
3:37:17visualize the best
3:37:19and employ the powers of faith and
3:37:22energy you will get the best
3:37:25if with all your heart
3:37:28that is the secret if with all your
3:37:31heart
3:37:32that is to say if you reach out
3:37:34creatively towards your heart's desire
3:37:38with your entire personality your reach
3:37:41will not be in vain so expect the best
3:37:46never think of the worst drop it out of
3:37:48your thoughts
3:37:50let there be no thought in your mind
3:37:52that the worst will happen
3:37:54for whatever you take into your mind can
3:37:57grow there
3:37:58so take in only the best
3:38:01nurture it concentrate on it emphasize
3:38:05it visualize it prayer rise it surround
3:38:09it with faith expect the best at all
3:38:14times
3:38:15and spiritually creative mind power
3:38:19aided by god power
3:38:21will produce the
3:38:25finished best to these tapes
3:38:27what have you heard
3:38:29simply a series of practical and
3:38:32workable techniques for living a
3:38:34successful life
3:38:36you have heard a formula of belief and
3:38:39practice
3:38:40which should help you win victory over
3:38:43every defeat
3:38:45examples have been given here of people
3:38:48who have believed
3:38:49and who have applied the suggested
3:38:52techniques
3:38:53but listening is not enough
3:38:56now please go back and practice each
3:38:59technique
3:39:00they have been tested in the laboratory
3:39:03of spiritual and practical
3:39:06experience when applied they will work
3:39:10for you
3:39:11as they have worked for many
3:39:14we may never meet in person but through
3:39:16these tapes i feel we have met
3:39:20we are friends and partners
3:39:22so believe and live successfully
3:39:26thank you and best wishes always norman
3:39:30vincent peale
3:39:52you've been listening to dr norman
3:39:54vincent peale
3:39:56this has been a simon schuster audio
3:39:58presentation
3:40:00recording engineer ed valentine mixing
3:40:02engineer gary fink writer mary brewton
3:40:06executive producer peg comb
3:40:08i'm connie goldman
3:40:42you

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