Finding yourself

HOW YOUR OWN MIND WORKS

Outstanding differences and modes of operation:

You will perceive the main differences by the following illustrations: The conscious mind is like the navigator or captain at the bridge of a ship. He directs the ship and signals orders to men in the engine room, who in turn control all the boilers, instruments, gauges, etc. The men in the engine room do not know where they are going; they follow orders. They would go on the rocks if the man at the bridge issued faulty or wrong instructions based on his findings with the compass, sextant or other instruments. The men in the engine room obey him because he is in charge and issues orders that are automatically obeyed. Members of the crew do not talk back to the captain; they simply carry out orders. The captain is the master of his ship, and his decrees are carried out. Likewise, your conscious mind is the captain and the master of your ship, which represents your body, environment and all your affairs. Your subconscious mind takes the orders you give it based upon what your conscious mind believes and accepts as true. When you repeatedly say to people, ‘I can’t afford it,’ then your subconscious mind takes you at your word and sees to it that you will not be in a position to purchase what you want. As long as you persist in saying, ‘I can’t afford that car, that trip to Europe, that home, that fur coat or ermine wrap,’ you can rest assured that your subconscious mind will follow your orders, and you will go through life experiencing the lack of all these things. On a Christmas Eve, a beautiful young university student looked at an attractive and rather expensive travelling bag in a*****e window. She was going home to Buffalo, New York, for the holidays. She was about to say, ‘I can’t afford that bag,’ when she recalled something she had heard at one of my lectures which was, ‘Never finish a negative statement; reverse it immediately, and wonders will happen in your life.’ She said, ‘That bag is mine. It is for sale. I accept it mentally, and my subconscious sees to it that I receive it.’ At eight o’clock Christmas Eve, her fiancé presented her with a bag exactly the same as the one she had seen and mentally identified herself with at ten o’clock the same morning. She had filled her mind with the thought of expectancy and released the whole thing to her deeper mind, which has the ‘know-how’ of accomplishment. This young girl, a student at the University of Southern California, said to me, ‘I didn’t have the money to buy that bag, but now I know where to find money and all the things I need, and that is in the treasure house of eternity within me.’ Another simple illustration is this: When you say, ‘I do not like mushrooms,’ and the occasion subsequently comes that you are served mushrooms in sauces or salads, you will get indigestion because your subconscious mind says to you, ‘The boss (your conscious mind) does not like mushrooms.’ This is an amusing example of the outstanding differences and modes of operation of your conscious and subconscious minds. A woman may say, ‘I wake up at three o’clock, if I drink coffee at night.’ Whenever she drinks coffee, her subconscious mind nudges her, as if to say, ‘The boss wants you to stay awake tonight.’ Your subconscious mind works twenty-four hours a day and makes provisions for your benefit, pouring all the fruit of your habitual thinking into your lap.

How her subconscious responded:

A woman wrote me a few months ago as follows: ‘I am seventy-five-years old, a widow with a grown family. I was living alone and on a pension. I heard your lecture on the powers of the subconscious mind, wherein you said that ideas can be conveyed to the subconscious mind by repetition, faith and expectancy. ‘I began to repeat frequently with the feeling, “I am wanted.” I am happily married to a kind, loving and spiritual-minded man. I am secure.’ ‘I kept on doing this many times a day for about two weeks, and one day, at the corner drugstore, I was introduced to a retired pharmacist. I found him to be kind, understanding and very religious. He was a perfect answer to my prayer. Within a week, he proposed to me, and now we are on our honeymoon in Europe. I know that the intelligence within my subconscious mind brought both of us together in divine order.’ This woman discovered that the treasure house was within her. Her prayer was felt as true in her heart, and her affirmation sank down by osmosis into her subconscious mind, which is the creative medium. The moment she succeeded in bringing about a subjective embodiment, her subconscious mind brought about the answer through the law of attraction. Her deeper mind, full of wisdom and intelligence, brought both of them together in divine order. Be sure that you think about whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there is any virtue, and if there be any praise, think about these things.

You have a mind, and you should learn how to use it. There are two levels of your mind—the conscious or rational level, and the subconscious or irrational level. You think with your conscious mind, and whatever you habitually think sinks into your subconscious mind, which is created according to the nature of your thought. Your subconscious mind is the seat of your emotions and is the creative mind. If you think good, good will follow; if you think evil, evil will follow. This is the way your mind works. The main point to remember is that once the subconscious mind accepts an idea, it begins to execute it. It is an interesting and subtle truth that the law of the subconscious mind works for good and bad ideas alike. This law, when applied in a negative way, is the cause of failure, frustration and unhappiness. However, when your habitual thinking is harmonious and constructive, you experience perfect health, success and prosperity. Peace of mind and a healthy body are inevitable when you begin to think and feel in the right way. Whatever you claim mentally and feel true, your subconscious mind will accept and bring forth into your experience. The only thing necessary for you to do is to get your subconscious mind to accept your idea, and the law of your own subconscious mind will bring forth the health, peace or the position you desire. You give the command or decree, and your subconscious will faithfully reproduce the idea impressed upon it. The law of your mind is this: You will get a reaction or response from your subconscious mind, according to the nature of the thought or idea you hold in your conscious mind. Psychologists and psychiatrists point out that when thoughts are conveyed to your subconscious mind, impressions are made in the brain cells. As soon as your subconscious accepts any idea, it proceeds to put it into effect immediately. It works by association of ideas and uses every bit of knowledge that you have gathered in your lifetime to bring about its purpose. It draws on the infinite power, energy and wisdom within you. It lines up all the laws of nature to get its way. Sometimes, it seems to bring about an immediate solution to your difficulties, but at other times, it may take days, weeks or longer… Its ways are past finding out.