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Through all the ages man has believed in an invisible power, through which and by which all things have been created and are continually being re-created. We may personalize this power and call it God, or we may think of it as the essence or spirit, which permeates all things, but in either case the effect is the same.
So far as the individual is concerned, the objective, the physical, the visible, is the personal, that which can be cognized by the senses. It consists of body, brain and nerves. The subjective is the spiritual, the invisible, the impersonal.
The personal is conscious because it is a personal entity. The impersonal, being the same in kind and quality as all other Being, is not conscious of itself and has therefore been termed the subconscious.
The personal, or conscious, has the power of will and choice, and can therefore exercise discrimination in the selection of methods whereby to bring about the solution of difficulties.
The impersonal, or spiritual, being a part or one with the source, and origin of all power, can necessarily exercise no such choice, but, on the contrary, it has Infinite resources at its command. It can and does bring about results by methods concerning which the human or individual mind can have no possible conception.
You will therefore see that it is your privilege to depend upon the human will with all its limitations and misconceptions, or you may utilize the potentialities of Infinity by making use of the subconscious mind. Here, then, is the scientific explanation of the wonderful power which has been put within your control, if you but understand, appreciate and recognize it.
One method of consciously utilizing this omnipotent power is outlined in Part Seven.

PART SEVEN

1. Visualization is the process of making mental images, and the image is the mold or model which will serve as a pattern from which your future will emerge.
2. Make the pattern clear and make it beautiful; do not be afraid; make it grand; remember that no limitation can be placed upon you by any one but yourself; you are not limited as to cost or material; draw on the Infinite for your supply, construct it in your imagination; it will have to be there before it will ever appear anywhere else.
3. Make the image clear and clean-cut, hold it firmly in the mind and you will gradually and constantly bring the thing nearer to you. You can be what "you will to be."
4. This is another psychological fact which is well known, but unfortunately, reading about it will not bring about any result which you may have in mind; it will not even help you to form the mental image, much less bring it into manifestation. Work is necessary - labor, hard mental labor, the kind of effort which so few are willing to put forth.
5. The first step is idealization. It is likewise the most important step, because it is the plan on which you are going to build. It must be solid; it must be permanent. The architect, when he plans a 30-storey building, has every line and detail pictured in advance. The engineer, when he spans a chasm, first ascertains the strength requirements of a million separate parts.
6. They see the end before a single step is taken; so you are to picture in your mind what you want; you are sowing the seed, but before sowing any seed you want to know what the harvest is to be. This is Idealization. If you are not sure, return to the chair daily until the picture becomes plain; it will gradually unfold; first the general plan will be dim, but it will take shape, the outline will take form, then the details, and you will gradually develop the power by which you will be enabled to formulate plans which will eventually materialize in the objective world. You will come to know what the future holds for you.
7. Then comes the process of visualization. You must see the picture more and more complete, see the detail, and, as the details begin to unfold the ways and means for bringing it into manifestation will develop. One thing will lead to another. Thought will lead to action, action will develop methods, methods will develop friends, and friends will bring about circumstances, and, finally, the third step, or Materialization, will have been accomplished.
8. We all recognize the Universe must have been thought into shape before it ever could have become a material fact. And if we are willing to follow along the lines of the Great Architect of the Universe, we shall find our thoughts taking form, just as the universe took concrete form. It is the same mind operating through the individual. There is no difference in kind or quality, the only difference is one of degree.
9. The architect visualizes his building, he sees it as he wishes it to be. His thought becomes a plastic mold from which the building will eventually emerge, a high one or a low one, a beautiful one or a plain one, his vision takes form on paper and eventually the necessary material is utilized and the building stands complete.
10. The inventor visualizes his idea in exactly the same manner, for instance, Nikola Tesla, he with the giant intellect, one of the greatest inventors of all ages, the man who has brought forth the most amazing realities, always visualizes his inventions before attempting to work them out. He did not rush to embody them in form and then spend his time in correcting defects. Having first built up the idea in his imagination, he held it there as a mental picture, to be reconstructed and improved by his thought. "In this way," he writes in the Electrical Experimenter. "I am enabled to rapidly develop and perfect a conception without touching anything. When I have gone so far as to embody in the invention every possible improvement I can think of, and see no fault anywhere, I put into concrete, the product of my brain. Invariably my devise works as I conceived it should; in twenty years there has not been a single exception."
11. If you can conscientiously follow these directions, you will develop Faith, the kind of Faith that is the "Substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen; you will develop confidence, the kind of confidence that leads to endurance and courage; you will develop the power of concentration which will enable you to exclude all thoughts except the ones which are associated with your purpose. 12. The law is that thought will manifest in form, and only one who knows how to be the divine thinker of his own thoughts can ever take a Master's place and speak with authority.
13. Clearness and accuracy are obtained only by repeatedly having the image in mind. Each repeated action renders the image more clear and accurate than the preceding, and in proportion to the clearness and accuracy of the image will the outward manifestation be. You must build it firmly and securely in your mental world, the world within, before it can take form in the world without, and you can build nothing of value, even in the mental world unless you have the proper material. When you have the material you can build anything you wish, but make sure of your material. You cannot make broadclothfrom shoddy.
14. This material will be brought out by millions of silent mental workers and fashioned intothe form of the image which you have in mind.
15. Think of it! You have over five million of these mental workers, ready and in active use; brain cells they are called. Besides this, there is another reserve force of at least an equal number, ready to be called into action at the slightest need. Your power to think, then, is almost unlimited, and this means that your power to create the kind of material which is necessary to build for yourself any kind of environment which you desire is practically unlimited.
16. In addition to these millions of mental workers, you have billions of mental workers in the body, every one of which is endowed with sufficient intelligence to understand and act upon any message or suggestion given. These cells are all busy creating and recreating the body, but, in addition to this, they are endowed with psychic activity whereby they can attract to themselves the substance necessary for perfect development.
17. They do this by the same law and in the same manner that every form of life attracts to itself the necessary material for growth. The oak, the rose, the lily, all require certain material for their most perfect expression and they secure it by silent demand, the Law of Attraction, the most certain way for you to secure what you require for your most complete development.
18. Make the Mental Image; make it clear, distinct, perfect; hold it firmly; the ways and means will develop; supply will follow the demand; you will be led to do the right thing at the right time and in the right way. Earnest Desire will bring about Confident Expectation, and this in turn must be reinforced by Firm Demand. These three cannot fail to bring about Attainment, because the Earnest Desire is the feeling, the Confident Expectation is the thought, and the Firm Demand is the will, and, as we have seen, feeling gives vitality to thought and the will holds it steadily until the law of Growth brings it into manifestation.
19. Is it not wonderful that man has such tremendous power within himself, such transcendental faculties concerning which he had no conception? Is it not strange that we have always been taught to look for strength and power "without?" We have been taught to look everywhere but "within" and whenever this power manifested in our lives we were told that it was something supernatural.
20. There are many who have come to an understanding of this wonderful power, and who make serious and conscientious efforts to realize health, power and other conditions, and seem to fail. They do not seem able to bring the Law into operation. The difficulty in nearly every case is that they are dealing with externals. They want money, power, health and abundance, but they fail to realize that these are effects and can come only when the cause is found.
21. Those who will give no attention to the world without will seek only to ascertain the truth, will look only for wisdom, will find that this wisdom will unfold and disclose the source of all power, that it will manifest in thought and purpose which will create the external conditions desired. This truth will find expression in noble purpose and courageous action.
22. Create ideals only, give no thought to external conditions, make the world within beautiful and opulent and the world without will express and manifest the condition which you have within. You will come into a realization of your power to create ideals and these ideals will be projected into the world of effect.
23. For instance, a man is in debt. He will be continually thinking about the debt, concentrating on it, and as thoughts are causes the result is that he not only fastens the debt closer to him, but actually creates more debt. He is putting the great law of Attraction into operation with the usual and inevitable result -- Loss leads to greater "Loss."
24. What, then, is the correct principle? Concentrate on the things you want, not on the things you do not want. Think of abundance; idealize the methods and plans for putting the Law of Abundance into operation. Visualize the condition which the Law of Abundance creates; this will result in manifestation.
25. If the law operates perfectly to bring about poverty, lack and every form of limitation for those who are continually entertaining thoughts of lack and fear, it will operate with the same certainty to bring about conditions of abundance and opulence for those who entertain thoughts of courage and power. 26. This is a difficult problem for many; we are too anxious; we manifest anxiety, fear, distress; we want to do something; we want to help; we are like a child who has just planted a seed and every fifteen minutes goes and stirs up the earth to see if it is growing. Of course, under such circumstances, the seed will never germinate, and yet this is exactly what many of us do in the mental world.
27. We must plant the seed and leave it undisturbed. This does not mean that we are to sit down and do nothing, by no means; we will do more and better work then we have ever done before, new channels will constantly be provided, new doors will open; all that is necessary is to have an open mind, be ready to act when the time comes.
28. Thought force is the most powerful means of obtaining knowledge, and if concentrated on any subject will solve the problem. Nothing is beyond the power of human comprehension, but in order to harness thought force and make it do your bidding, work is required.
29. Remember that thought is the fire that creates the steam that turns the wheel of fortune, upon which your experiences depend.
30. Ask yourself a few questions and then reverentlyawait the response; do you not now and then feel the self with you? Do you assert this self or do you follow the majority? Remember that majorities are always led, they never lead. It was the majority that fought, tooth and nail, against the steam engine, the power loom and every other advance or improvement ever suggested.
31. For your exercise this week, visualize your friend, see him exactly as you last saw him, see the room, the furniture, recall the conversation, now see his face, see it distinctly, now talk to him about some subject of mutual interest; see his expression change, watch him smile. Can you do this? All right, you can; then arouse his interest, tell him a story of adventure, see his eyes light up with the spirit of fun or excitement. Can you do all of this? If so, your imagination is good, you are making excellent progress. 


世世代代的人們都相信某種不可見的力量，萬物都是借助並通過這種力量被創造出來，並且不斷地循環再生。
我們把這種力量人格化，稱之為上帝，或者認為它是一種本體精神，充滿萬有，但不論是哪一種情況，結果都是一樣的。
就人體所涉及的範圍而言，客體、物質、可見之物，都是有形實體，可以通過感官來認知。感官由身體、大腦和神經組成。而主觀事物則是精神的、不可見的、非實體的。
人的形體是有意識的，因為它是有形的實體。而非實體，盡管與一切實體有著相同的屬性，但卻不能意識到自身的存在，因此被稱為“潛意識”。人的形體、或者說顯意識，擁有意誌力和選擇能力，因此可以在能夠解決困難問題的種種方法中進行鑒別甄選。而非實體，或者說精神，是一切力量的起源或源泉的一部分，必然無法進行這樣的選擇，相反，它可以讓“無限”的資源受自己的支配。它能夠、並且的確是借助人類心智所想像不到的方法來實現目的。
因此，你有權做出選擇──是依靠人類謬誤百出、有限可憐的意誌呢，還是利用潛意識來開發無限的潛能。接下來的一章就是對這種神奇力量的科學闡述，只要你有一顆理解、贊賞並認同的心，這種神奇力量就會盡在你的掌握之中。本章將簡略闡述自覺地利用這種無所不能的能量的方法之一。

1. 視覺化就是創造精神圖景的過程，這種精神圖景就是一種擔當範式的模型，你的未來將會從這一範式中脫穎而出。

2. 設法讓精神圖景變得清晰美好；不要畏縮；設想一個宏大的圖景。請記住，除了你自己，沒有任何人能限制你。成本或材料也不會對你形成限制。你從無限中汲取能量，在想像中構建它。要想讓它在其他地方實現，必須先讓它在你的精神圖景中成形。

3. 讓這幅圖景清晰透亮、輪廓鮮明，讓它在你的心中生根，你就必將逐步地、不斷地使它與你的距離日近一日。你能成為“你想要成為的人”。

4. 這是又一個非常著名的心理學事實，但是很不幸，僅僅是知道這樣一個事實對你的心靈毫無幫助，甚至全然無益於描畫你的心靈圖景，更不必說實現它了。工作是必不可少的──勞作，艱辛的精神勞作，而我們很少有人願意付出這樣的努力。

5. 第一步是“理想化”。這同樣是最重要的一步，因為無論你要建造什麽，你總是在計劃的基礎上建造。理想必須堅定，必須持久。當建築師計劃建築一個30層的高樓時，他預先在心中描畫好了每一個線條和細節。當工程師計劃挖一個深渠時，他首先要確定成千上萬個不同部分所需要的力。

6. 他們每走一步都看到了最終的結果。在腦海中描畫你想要的事物也是如此。你在播種，但是在播撒任何種子以前，你一定要知道將來要收獲什麽。這就是理想化的過程。如果你不能確定，那麽，回到你的座位上，日夜思考，直到這幅畫卷清晰明了為止。它將一步步展開。首先是一個非常模糊的總體規劃，但是已經成形，輪廓已經出現，繼而是細節，然後你的能力會一步步的地增長，直到你能夠詳細闡述你的計劃，最終在客觀的物質世界中實現。你將會明白，未來為你準備了什麽。

7. 下一個步驟是“視覺化”的過程。你應該看到一個越來越完備的畫面，你能夠看到細節，當細節在你面前展開，隨之而來的是實現它的方法和步驟。一環扣一環。思想引發行動，行動產生方法，方法帶來朋友，而朋友，會改變你的境遇。到最後，第三步──也就是“物質化”──將會大功告成。

8. 我們都知道，宇宙在成為實體之前，必定已經在理念中成形。如果我們願意沿著這條偉大的宇宙建築師的道路前行，我們將會發現，我們的思想成形與宇宙的物質成形頗有相似之處。通過個運轉的精神與宇宙精神是同一的。在種類和性質上都無差別，惟一的差異，只不過是程度不同而已。

9. 建築師視覺化他的建築，他的腦海中的建築就是他所希望的樣子。他的思想是一個可塑的模具，整個建築最終就是從這個模具中誕生的，不管是高樓華廈還是低矮平房，是美輪美奐還是平淡樸素，他的想像必定首先落實在紙面上，最終才會利用必需的物質材料，構建一座完事的建築。

10. 發明家以同樣的方式將自己的理念視覺化。比如，有史以來最偉大的發明家之一尼古拉泰斯拉，他擁有神奇的天賦，創造了最令人嘖嘖稱奇的神話。他在實際創造之前，把它們具體化，然後再耗時費力地去改正缺陷。他首先在想像中逐步建立起理念，使它成為一幅精神圖畫，然後在腦海中重組、改進。他在《電學實驗者》中寫道：“用這種方式，我得以迅速提高並完善一種想法，而不需要碰任何物件。當我前行到這種地步──設計出我所能想到的所有改進方式，看不出任何紕漏──的時候，我才讓頭腦中的產物具體成形。我設計制作的產品最終總是與我所設想的一模一樣，20年來無一例外。”

11. 你可以有意識地循著這一方向前進。你將發展出信念，這種信念就是“所望之事的實底，未見之事的確據。”（譯註：語出《新約．希伯來書》第11章第1節）你將發展出自信，這是一種帶來毅力和能力的自信；你將發展出集中意念的力量，它使你能夠排除一切雜念，把思想集中在與目標相聯系的一切事物上。

12. 有一條這樣的規律：思想能夠在形態上表現出來，只有那些知道如何成為一個非凡的思想者的人，才能夠取得大師的地位，說話有權威。

13. 只有不斷地在頭腦中重復這個圖景，它才能夠變得清晰無誤。每一次重復的過程都會使圖像比先前更加清晰明確，而圖像清晰準確的程度與它在外在世界中的展示成正比。你必須在你的心靈、也就是在內在世界中牢牢地把握它，直到它在外在世界中成形。即便是在精神世界中，要想構造出有價值的產物也需要合適的材料。當你有了材料以後才能構建你想要的任何東西，但要確保材料的品質。你不可能用再生絨紡織出上好的呢料。

14. 這種材料將由數百萬默默勞作的精神建築工人運送過來，使之鑄成你心靈中的精神圖景。

15. 想想看！你擁有數以億計的精神建築工，他們做好了準備，時刻待命。他們的名字就是腦細胞。除此之外，還有至少是同等數量的預備力量，他們也在隨時待命，哪怕是出於最微不足道的需要。你的思考能力無邊無際，這意味著你的實踐能力也無邊無際，足以讓你創造出一切你自己渴想擁有的外部環境。

16. 除了大腦中的這些精神建築工人之外，你的體內其他部分也有數以億萬計的精神建築工，他們每一位都有足夠的智慧去領悟並作用於所接收到的信息或建議。這些細胞不停地創造並重塑著身體，而除此之外，他們還能夠進行一種精神活動，把進一步完善所需要的物質聚攏到自己身邊。

17. 各種形態的生命是怎樣為自己的成長聚攏所需的物質，它們的這些行為也遵循同樣的法則、采取同樣的方式。橡樹、玫瑰、百合，它們的完美表達都需要一定的物質材料，而它們僅僅是默默無語的需求，就獲得了引力法則的允準。因此，如果你想要最完善的發展自身，這也正是你獲得所需材料的最可靠的途徑。

18. 設想一幅精神圖景，讓它清晰、完美、明確。牢牢地把握它，方法和手段會隨之而來。供應緊接著需求。你將受到指引，在正確的時間，用正確的方式，去做正確的事情。真誠的願望將帶來自信的預期，而這些反過來又會由於堅定的渴求而進一步增強。這三者必將帶來成就的輝煌，因為內心的願望是感覺，自信的預期是想法，而堅定的渴求是意誌，正如我們所知道的那樣，感覺為想法賦予活力，而意誌使之堅定不移，直至“生長法則”使願景成為現實。

19. 人的內心之中，擁有這樣巨大的力量、這樣超自然的能力，而他自己對此卻懵然無知，這難道不令人驚嘆嗎？總有人教導我們從“外在世界”中尋求力量和能力，這不是很荒謬麽？他們教我們從內心以外的各個角落尋找力量，而這種力量一旦從我們的生命中彰顯出來，他們又會告訴我們，這是超自然的神話。

20. 有許多人認識到了這種神奇力量，認真負責地努力去獲取健康、力量及其他外部條件，但似乎沒有成功。他們似乎沒有能力讓這一法則很好地運行。在這些情況下，幾乎所有的困難都是因為他們在和“外部”打交道。他們希望得到金錢、權力、健康、富足，卻不知道這些都是“果”，只有當我們找到“因”的時候，“果”才會水到渠成。

21. 那些不把目光專註於外部世界的人，他們只想尋求真理，只要尋求智慧，而智慧就賜予他們，力量的源泉就會向他們敞開，他們會發現智慧在他們的想法和目標中展現出來，最終為他們創造出自己所渴想的外在境遇。這一真理，表現在高貴的目標和勇敢的行動中。

22. 別去想外部環境，讓我們僅僅設想藍圖，讓我們的內在世界美麗豐饒，外在世界自然會表達、彰顯你在內心擁有的狀態。你將認識到你創造理想的力量，而這些理想，最終將會投射在客觀世界的結果中。

23. 比如，一個人債務纏身。他就會不停地想著他的債務，在這些債務上全神貫註，這些想法帶來的結果是：他不僅把債務與自己拴得更緊，而且實際上也招致了更多的債務。他也在應用引力法則，應用的結果司空見慣、不可避免──即“損者益損”。

24. 那麽，正確的原則是什麽呢？答案是：關註你想要的東西，而不是你不想要的東西。去想富足的境況，去認識應用富裕法則的方法和計劃。把富裕法則所能創造的景況視覺化，這將使你實現富裕。

25. 如果說，對於那些常常懷抱著匱乏、恐懼想法的人來說，引力法則必將帶來窮困潦倒、匱乏短缺等境況，那麽，同一法則對於那些在胸懷勇氣和力量的人來說，也必將帶來富裕豐饒的境況。

26. 這對很多人來說實在是非常困難。我們太過於憂慮，我們表現出來的也是憂慮、恐懼、悲愁；我們想要做一些事情；我們需要幫助；我們像是一個孩子種下了一顆種子，每隔15分鐘都要跑去看一看，松松土，看看它是不是在長大。毫無疑問，在這種情況下，種子永遠別想發芽生長，而這正是許許多多的人在自己的精神世界中所做的事情。

27. 我們必須種下種子，讓它不受幹擾地成長。這並不意味著我們抱手躺臥、無所事事，絕不是。我們要比以前做更多更好的工作，新的大門將為我們敞開，新的渠道將不斷出現。我們所需進行的一切，就是有一顆開放的心靈，應運而生、應時而動。

28. 思想的力量，是獲取知識的最強有力的手段，如果我們把註意力集中在任何一個課題上，就會解決這個問題。沒有什麽是超出人類理解力的，但要想利用思想的力量，讓它聽從你的指令，勞動是必不可少的。

29. 記住：思想是火焰，它創造出蒸汽，推動財富的車輪，你在生活中遭遇的所有經歷，都取決於此。

30. 問你自己幾個問題，並虔誠地等候內心的回答：你是不是時常感覺到自我與你同在？你是否能夠堅持這個自我，抑或是像大多數人一樣隨波逐流？記住，大多數永遠是被引導，他們從不引導。當蒸汽機、動力織布機以及其他每一次技術進步和改良措施被提出來的時候，膛臂擋車、激烈反地的，正是這個大多數。

31. 你本周的練習是，把你的一位朋友在你的腦海中視覺化，直到你的頭腦中清楚地出現他的形象，完全像你最近一次看到他時那樣。看那屋子，家具，重復你們對話的場景；最後看他的面龐，仔細清楚地觀察；然後就某個有共同興趣的話題和他進行交談；觀看他的表情變化，看他的微笑。你能做到嗎？好的，你沒問題。然後激起他的興趣，告訴他一次歷險的經歷，看他的眼神中閃爍著的興奮開心的光芒。你能做到這些麽？如果可以，那麽你的想像力很棒，你正在取得了不起的進步。

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