Napoleon Hill - Outwitting The Devil: By the man who broke the Devil’s code and forced him to confess - UNCOMMENTED VERSION

OUTWITTING T! D!"I# Na$oleon ill

By the man who broke the Devil’s code and forced him to confess.

Uncommented Uncommente d version from 1938 manuscripts

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OUTWITTING the DEVIL! By the man who broke the Devil’s oe an "ore him to on"ess# The $eret o" how the %&thor %ttaine 'hysial an (inanial (reeom ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) The boldest an the most ins*irin+ o" the sel",hel* books by %meria’s n&mb n& mber er on onee s& s& es esss *h *hil ilos oso* o*he herr whowho- a"te a"terr thir thirty ty year yearss o" ili ili+e +ent nt snoo*in+snoo*in+- "o&n the Devil Devil an wr&n+ "rom him an asto&nin+ asto&nin+ on"ession on"ession islosin+ where he lives- why he e.ists- an how he +ains ontrol over the and how how anyo anyone ne can can outw outwit it him him# The book is a min nss o" *eo *eo*le*le- and +enero&s o&rse in *syholo+y- makin+ lear the workin+ *rini*les o" the h&man min# When yon "inish this story o" the Devil yo& will know m&h more abo&t Go# ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) By

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Chapter One

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O1 3O1E T/%N % ;U%1TE1 O( % 2ENTU14 my ma
3y labor be+an in 67>9- as the res< o" an interview that I ha with the late %nrew 2arne+ie# I "rankly tol 3r# 2arne+ie that I wishe to enter law shool an that I ha oneive the iea o" *ayin+ my way thro&+h shool by interviewin+ s&ess"&l men an women- "inin+ o&t how they ame by their s&ess- an writin+ stories o" my isoveries "or ma+a=ines# %t the en o" o&r "irst visit 3r# 2arne+ie aske whether or not I *ossesse eno&+h o&ra+e to arry o&t a s&++estion he wishe to o""er me# I re*lie that o&ra+e o&ra+e was abo&t all all I i have an that I was *re*are *re*are to o my best to arry o&t any s&++estion he are to o""er# /e then sai- ?4o&r iea o" writin+ stories abo&t men an women who are s&ess"&l is ommenable- as "ar as it +oes- an I have no intention o" tryin+ to iso&ra+e yo& "rom arryin+ o&t yo&r *&r*ose- b&t I m&st tell yo& that i" yo& wish to be o" en&rin+ servienot only to those now livin+- b&t to *osterity *osterity as well- yo& an o so i" yo& will take take the time to or+ani=e all o" the a&ses o" "ail&re as well as all o" the a&ses o" s&ess# ?There are millions o" *eo*le in the worl who have not the sli+htest one*tion o" the a&ses o" s&ess an "ail&re# The shools an olle+es teah *ratially everythin+ e.e*t the *rini*les o" inivi&al ahievement# They re@&ire yo&n+ men an women to s*en "rom "o&r to ei+ht years a@&irin+ abstrat knowle+e- b&t o not teah them what to o with this knowle+e a"ter they +et it#


?The ?The worl worl  is in nee nee o" a *ra *rati tia all- &n &ne ers rsta tana nabl blee *h *hil ilos oso* o*hy hy o" ahi ahiev evem emen enttor+ani=e "rom the "at&al knowle+e +aine "rom the e.*eriene o" men an women in the +reat &niversity o" li"e# In the entire "iel o" *hiloso*hy I "in nothin+ whih even remo remote tely ly rese resemb mble less the the sort sort o" *h *hil ilos oso* o*hy hy whi whih h I have have in min# min# We have have "ew "ew *hiloso*hers who are a*able a*able o" teahin+ teahin+ men an women the art o" livin+# ?It seems to me that here is an o**ort&nity whih sho&l hallen+e an ambitio&s yo&n+ man o" yo&r ty*eA b&t ambition alone is is not eno&+h "or this task whih I have s&++este# The one who &nertakes it m&st have o&ra+e an tenaity# ?The
Begin Life Anew 3r# 2arne+ieCs s*eeh resha*e my entire li"e an *lante in my min a b&rnin+ *&r*ose- whih has riven me easelessly- an this es*ite the "aa that I ha b&t a va+&e iea as to what he meant by the term ?other sel"#

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D&rin+ my labor o" researh into the a&ses o" "ail&re an s&ess I have ha the *rivile+e o" analy=in+ more than ->>>  ->>> men an women who were rate as ?"ail&res- an over >> who were lasse as ?s&ess"&l# 3any years a+o I a&+ht my "irst +lim*se o" that ?other sel" 3r# 2arne+ie ha mentione# mentione# The isovery ame- as he sai it wo&l wo&l- as the the res& res< lt o" two two ma

+overnment- &ner 'resient Woorow WilsonCs *ersonal iretion- leavin+ a *er"etly so&n b&siness to isinte+rate#  isinte+rate# On %rmistie Day 6769- I be+an the *&bliation o" The Golen 1&le ma+a=ine# Des*ite the "at that I i not have a *enny o" a*ital- the ma+a=ine +rew ra*ily an soon +aine a nation,wie ir&lation o" nearly hal" a million- enin+ its "irst yearCs b&siness with a *ro"it o" H8-6# $ome years later I learne- "rom an e.*eriene *&blisher- that no man e.*eriene in the *&bliation an istrib&tion o" national ma+a=ines wo&l think o" startin+ s&h a ma+a=ine with less than hal" a million ollars o" a*ital# Golden Rule Rule ma+a The Golden ma+a=i =ine ne an an I were were est estin ine e to *art *art om* om*an any# y# Th Thee mo more re we s&eee the more isontente I beame- &ntil "inally- &e to an a&m&lation o" *etty annoyanes a&se by b&siness assoiates- I mae them a *resent o" the ma+a=ine an ste**e o&t# Thro&+h that move *erha*s I tosse a small "ort&ne over my sho&ler#

Ne.t I or+ani=e a trainin+ shool "or "o r salesmen# 3y "irst assi+nment was to train a sales army o"8->>> *eo*le "or a hain store om*any- "or whih I reeive H6> "or eah salesman who went thro&+h my lasses# Within si. months my work ha nette me a little over H8>->>># $&ess- as "ar as money was onerne- was rownin+ my e""orts with ab&nane# %+ain I beame ?"i+ety insie# I was not ha**y# It beame more obvio&s every ay that no amo&nt o" money wo&l ever make me ha**y# Witho&t the sli+htest reasonable e.&se "or my ations- I ste**e o&t an +ave &* a b&siness "rom whih I mi+ht easily have earne a healthy salary# 3y "riens an b&siness assoiates assoiates tho&+ht I was ra=yra=y- an they were not bakwar abo&t sayin+ sayin+ so# (rankly- I was inline to a+ree with them- b&t there seeme nothin+ I o&l o abo&t it# I was seekin+ ha**iness an I ha not "o&n it# %t least that is the only e.*lanation I o&l o""er "or my &n&s&al ations# What man really knows himsel"J That was &rin+ the late "all o" 678# I "o&n mysel" strane in 2ol&mb&s- Ohiowitho&t "&ns- an worse still- witho&t a *lan by whih to work my way o&t o" my i""i<y# It was the "irst time in my li"e that I ha at&ally been strane bea&se o" lak o" "&ns# 3any times *revio&sly I ha "o&n money to be rather shy- b&t never be"ore ha I "aile to +et what I neee "or my *ersonal onvenienes# The e.*eriene st&nne me# I seeme totally at sea as to what I o&l or sho&l o# I tho&+ht o" a o=en *lans by whih I mi+ht solve my *roblem- b&t ismisse them all as bein+ either im*ratial or im*ossible o" ahievement# ahievement# I "elt like one who was lost in a <&n+le witho&t a om*ass# om*ass# Every attem*t attem*t I mae to work my way o&t bro&+ht me me bak to the ori+inal startin+ *oint#

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(or nearly two months I s&""ere with the worst o" all h&man ailmentsK ineision# I knew the seventeen *rini*les o" *ersonal ahievement- b&t what I i not know was how to a**ly them! Witho&t knowin+ it I was "ain+ one o" those emer+enies o" li"e thro&+h whih- 3r# 2arne+ie ha tol me- men sometimes isover their ?other selves# 3y istress was so +reat that it never o&rre to me to sit own an analy=e its a&se an seek its &re#

Defeat Is Converted into Victory One a"ternoon I reahe a eision thro&+h whih I "o&n the way o&t o" my i""i<y# I ha a "eelin+ that I wante to +et o&t into the ?o*en s*aes o" the o&ntry- where I o&l +et a breath o" "resh air an think# I be+an to walk- an ha +one seven or ei+ht miles when I "elt mysel" bro&+ht s&enly to a stanstill# (or several min&tes I stoo there as i" I ha been +l&e to my traks# Everythin+ aro&n me went ark# I o&l hear the lo& so&n o" some "orm o" ener+y whih was vibratin+ at a very hi+h rate# Then my nerves beame @&iet- my m&sles rela.e- an a +reat almness ame over me# The atmos*here be+an to lear- an as it i so- I reeive a omman "rom within whih ame in the "orm o" a tho&+ht- as near as I an esribe it# The omman was so lear an istint that I o&l not mis&nerstan it# In s&bstane it sai- ?The time has ome "or yo& to om*lete the *hiloso*hy o" ahievement whih yo& be+an at 2arne+ieCs s&++estion# Go bak home at one an be+in trans"errin+ the ata yo& have +athere "rom yo&r own min to written man&sri*ts# 3y ?other sel" ha awakene# (or a "ew min&tes I was "ri+htene# The e.*eriene was was &nlike any I ha ever &ner+one be"ore# I t&rne an walke ra*ily r a*ily &ntil I reahe home# %s I a**roahe the ho&se- I saw my three little boys lookin+ o&t o" a winow o" o&r ho&se at o&r nei+hborCs hilrenwho were ressin+ a 2hristmas tree in the ho&se ne.t oor# Then I realle that it was 2hristmas Eve# 3oreover- I realle- with a "eelin+ o" ee* istress istress s&h as I ha never known be"ore- that that there wo&l be no 2hristmas 2hristmas tree at o&r ho&se# The look o" isa**ointment on the "aes o" my hilren remine me *ain"&lly o" that "at# I went into the ho&se- sat own at my ty*ewriter- an be+an at one to re&e to writin+ the isoveries I ha mae onernin+ the a&ses o" s&ess an "ail&re# %s I *lae the "irst sheet o" *a*er in the ty*ewriter I was interr&*te by that same stran+e "eelin+ whih ha ome over me o&t in the o&ntry a "ew ho&rs be"ore- an this tho&+ht "lashe into my minK ?4o& ?4o&rr missi ission on in li"e li"e is to om om*let *letee the the worl worlC Css "irs "irstt *h *hil ilos oso* o*hy hy o" ini inivi vi& &aal ahievement# 4o& have been tryin+ in vain to esa*e yo&r task- eah e""ort havin+


bro&+ht yo& "ail&re# 4o& are seekin+ ha**iness# Learn this lesson- one an "orever- that yo& will "in ha**iness only by hel*in+ others to "in it! 4o& have been a st&bborn st&ent# 4o& ha to be &re o" yo&r st&bbornness thro&+h isa**ointment# Within a "ew years "rom now the whole worl will start thro&+h an e.*eriene whih will *lae millions o" *eo*le in nee o" the *hiloso*hy whih yo& have been irete to om*lete# 4o&r bi+ o**ort&nity to "in ha**iness by renerin+ &se"&l servie will have ome# Go to work- an o not sto* &ntil yo& have om*lete an *&blishe the man&sri*ts whih yo& have be+&n# I was onsio&s o" havin+ arrive- at last- at the en o" li"eCs rainbow- an I was ha**y!

Doubt Maes Its Appearance The ?s*ell- i" the e.*eriene may be so alle- *asse away# I be+an to write# $hortly therea"ter my ?reason s&++este to me that I was embarkin+ &*on a "oolCs mission# The iea o" a man who was own an almost o&t *res&min+ to write a *hiloso*hy o" *ersonal ahievement ahievement seeme so l&iro&s l&iro&s that I la&+he la&+he hilario&sly- *erha*s *erha*s sorn"&lly# I s@&irme in my hair- ran my "in+ers thro&+h my hair- an trie to reate an alibi that wo&l <&sti"y me in my own min in takin+ the sheet o" *a*er o&t o" my ty*ewriter be"ore I ha really be+&n to write- b&t the &r+e to ontin&e was stron+er than the esire to @&it# I beame reonile to my task an went ahea# Lookin+ bakwar nowin the li+ht o" all that has ha**ene- I an see that those minor e.*erienes o" aversity thro&+h whih I ha *asse were amon+ the most "ort&nate an *ro"itable o" all o" my e.*erienes# They were blessin+s in is+&ise bea&se they "ore me to ontin&e a work whih "inally bro&+ht me an o**ort&nity to make mysel" more &se"&l to the worl than I mi+ht have been ha I s&eee in any *revio&s *lan or *&r*ose# (or almost three months I worke on those man&sri*ts- om*letin+ them &rin+ the early early *art o" 67# %s soon as they ha been om*leteom*lete- I "elt mysel" a+ain a+ain bein+ l&re by the esire to +et bak into the +reat %merian %merian +ame o" b&siness# $&&mbin+ to the l&re- I *&rhase the 3etro*olitan B&siness 2olle+e in 2levelanOhio- an be+an to lay *lans "or inreasin+ its a*aity# By the en o" 67 we ha evelo*e an e.*ane- by ain+ new o&rses- &ntil we were oin+ a b&siness nearly o&ble the best *revio&s reor the shool ha ever known# %+ain the +erm o" isontentment be+an to make itsel" "elt in my bloo# %+ain I knew that I o&l not "in ha**iness in that sort o" eneavor# I t&rne the b&siness over to my assoiates an went on the let&re *lat"orm- let&rin+ on the *hiloso*hy o" ahievementto the or+ani=ation o" whih I ha evote so many o" my *revio&s years# One ni+ht I was booke to let&re in 2anton- Ohio# (ate- or whatever it is that seems sometimes to sha*e the estiny o" men- no matter how har they may try to battle a+ainst it- a+ain ste**e into the *it&re an bro&+ht me "ae to "ae " ae with a *ain"&l e.*eriene# 6


In my 2anton 2anton a&iene sat Don 1# 3ellett3ellett- *&blisher *&blisher o" the 2anton 2anton Daily News# 3r# 3ellett beame so thoro&+hly intereste in the *hiloso*hy o" inivi&al ahievement on whih I let&re that ni+ht that he invite me to ome to see him the "ollowin+ ay# That visit res<e in a *artnershi* a+reement whih was to have taken *lae on the "irst o" the "ollowin+ Man&ary when 3r# 3ellett *lanne to resi+n as *&blisher o" the Daily News- to take har+e o" the b&siness an *&blishin+ o" the *hiloso*hy on whih I ha been workin+# /owever- in M&ly 67- 3r# 3ellett was m&rere by 'at 3Dermott- an &nerworl har hara ate terr- an an a 2ant 2anton on-- Ohio Ohio-- *o *oli lie ema mann- bo both th o" whom whom were were sent senten ene e  to li"e li"e im*risonment# /e was m&rere bea&se he was e.*osin+ in his news*a*er a hook,&* between the booe++ers an ertain members o" the 2anton *olie "ore# The rime was one o" the most shokin+ that the *rohibition era *ro&e#

Chance !"# Saves My Life The mornin+ a"ter 3r# 3ellettCs eath I was alle on the tele*hone an *&t on notie- by some &nknown *erson- that I ha one ho&r in whih to +et o&t o" 2antonA that I o&l +o vol&ntarily within the ho&r- b&t i" I waite lon+er I *robably wo&l +o in a *ine bo.# 3y b&siness assoiation assoiation with 3r# 3ellett ha a**arently a**arently been mis&nerstoo# mis&nerstoo# /is m&rerers eviently believe I was iretly onnete with the e.*ose he was makin+ in his news*a*ers# I i not wait "or the one ho&r time limit to e.*ire- b&t immeiately +ot into my a&tomobile an rove own to the home o" relatives in the mo&ntains o" West Vir+iniawhere I remaine &ntil the m&rerers ha been *lae in

I" the see o" insanity ha been in my make,&*- s&rely it wo&l have +erminate &rin+ those months o" livin+ eath# (oolish ineision- irresol&te reams- o&bt an "ear were my minCs onern- ay an ni+ht# The ?emer+eny I "ae was isastro&s in two ways# (irst- the very nat&re o" it ke*t me in a onstant state o" ineision an "ear# $eonly- the "ore onealment ke*t me in ileness- with its attenant heaviness o" time- whih I nat&rally evote to worry# 3y reasonin+ "a<y ha almost been *araly=e# I reali=e reali=e that I ha to work mysel" o&t o" this state o" min# B&t howJ The reso&re"&lness whih ha hel*e me to meet all *revio&s emer+enies emer+enies seeme to have have om*letely taken taken win+- leavin+ leavin+ me hel*less# O&t o" my i""i<ies- whih were b&rensome eno&+h &* to this *oint- +rew another whih seeme more *ain"&l than all the others ombine# It was the reali=ation reali=ation that I ha s*ent the better *ortion o" my *ast years in hasin+ a rainbow- searhin+ hither an yon "or the a&ses o" s&ess- an "inin+ mysel" now more hel*less than any o" the ->>> *eo*le whom I ha <&+e <&+e as bein+ ?"ail&res# ?"ail&res# This tho&+ht was almost maenin+# 3oreover- it was e.tremely h&miliatin+- bea&se I ha been let&rin+ all over the o&ntry- in shools an olle+es an be"ore b&siness or+ani=ations- *res&min+ to tell other *eo*le how to a**ly the seventeen *rini*les o" s&ess- while here I was- &nable to a**ly them mysel"# I was s&re that I never o&l a+ain "ae the worl with a "eelin+ o" on"iene# Every time I looke at mysel" in a mirror I notie an e.*ression o" sel",ontem*t on my "ae- an not in"re@&ently I i say thin+s to the man in the mirror whih are not *rintable# I ha be+&n to *lae mysel" in the ate+ory o" harlatans who o""er others a remey "or "ail&re whih they themselves annot s&ess"&lly a**ly# The riminals who ha m&rere 3r# 3ellett ha been trie an sent to the *enitentiary "or li"eA there"orethere"ore- it was *er"etly *er"etly sa"e- as "ar as they were onerneonerne- "or me to ome o&t o" hiin+ an a+ain take &* my work# I o&l not ome o&t- however- bea&se now I "ae ir&mstanes more "ri+ht"&l than the riminals who ha sent me into hiin+# The e.*eriene ha estroye whatever initiative I ha *ossesse# I "elt mysel" in the l&thes o" some e*ressin+ in"l&ene whih seeme like a ni+htmare# I was aliveA I o&l move aro&n- b&t I o&l not think o" a sin+le move by whih I mi+ht ontin&e to seek the +oal whih I ha- at 3r# 2arne+ieCs s&++estion- set "or mysel"# I was ra*ily beomin+ ini""erent- not only towar mysel"- b&t worse still- I was beomin+ +ro&hy an irritable towar those who ha +iven me shelter &rin+ my ?emer+eny# I "ae the +reatest emer+eny o" my li"e# Unless yo& have +one thro&+h a similar e.*eriene- yo& annot *ossibly know how I "elt# $&h e.*erienes annot be esribe# To be &nerstoo they m&st be "elt#

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$he Most Dramatic Moment of My Life The t&rn ame s&enly- in "all 67- more than a year a"ter the 2anton inient# I le"t the ho&se one ni+ht an walke &* to the *&bli shool b&ilin+- on to* o" a hill above the town# I ha reahe a eision to "i+ht the matter o&t with mysel" be"ore that ni+ht ene# I be+an to walk aro&n the b&ilin+- tryin+ to "ore my be"&le brain to think learly# I m&st have mae several h&nre tri*s aro&n the b&ilin+ be"ore anythin+ whih even remotely resemble or+ani=e tho&+ht be+an to take *lae in my min# %s I walke I re*eate re*eate over an over to mysel"mysel"- ?There is a way o&t an I am +oin+ to "in it be"ore I +o bak to the ho&se# I m&st have re*eate that sentene a tho&san times# 3oreover- I mean meantt e.a e.atl tly y what what I was was sayi sayin+ n+## I was was thor thoro& o&+hl +hly y is+ is+&s &ste te  with with my myse sel" l"-- b& b&tt I entertaine a ho*e o" salvation# Then like a "lash o" li+htnin+ o&t o" a lear sky- an iea b&rst into my min with s&h "ore that the im*&lse rove my bloo &* an own  own my veinsK ?This is yo&r testin+ time# 4o& have been re&e to *overty an h&miliate in orer that yo& mi+ht be "ore to isover yo&r other sel"’ (or the "irst time in years I realle what 3r# 2arne+ie ha sai abo&t this ?other sel"# I realle now that he sai I wo&l isover it towar the en o" my labor o" researh into the a&ses o" "ail&re an s&ess- an that the isovery &s&ally ame as the res< o" an emer+eny- when men are "ore to han+e their habits an to think their way o&t o" i""i<y# I on onttin&e in&e  to walk walk aro& o&n n the the sho shool ol ho ho&s &see- b& b&tt no now w I was was walki alkin+ n+ on air# $&bonsio&sly I seeme to know that I was abo&t to be release "rom the sel",mae *rison into whih I ha ast mysel"# mysel"# I reali=e that this +reat emer+eny ha bro&+ht me an o**ort&nity- not merely to isover my ?other sel"- b&t to test the so&nness o" the *hiloso*hy o" ahievement whih I ha been teahin+ others as bein+ workable# $oon I wo&l know whether it wo&l work or not# I mae &* my min that i" it i not work I wo&l b&rn the man&sri*ts I ha written an never a+ain be +&ilty o" tellin+ other *eo*le that they were ?the masters o" their "ate- the a*tains o" their so&ls# The "&ll moon was <&st risin+ over the mo&ntain to*# I ha never seen it shine so bri+htly be"ore# %s I stoo +a=in+ +a=in+ at it- another another tho&+ht "lashe into into my min# It was thisK ?4o& have been tellin+ other *eo*le how to master "ear an how to s&rmo&nt the i""i<ies whih arise o&t o" the emer+enies o" li"e# (rom now on yo& an s*eak with a&thority bea&se yo& are abo&t to rise above yo&r own i""i<ies with o&ra+e an *&r*ose- resol&te an &na"rai# &na"rai#


With that tho&+ht ame a han+e in the hemistry o" my bein+ whih li"te me into a state state o" e.<atio e.<ation n I ha never never be"ore be"ore known# 3y brain be+an to lear itsel" o" the state state o" lethar+y into whih it ha la*se# 3y "a<y o" reason be+an to work w ork one more# (or a brie" moment I was ha**y to have ha the *rivile+e o" +oin+ thro&+h those lon+ months o" torment- bea&se the e.*eriene *rovie an o**ort&nity "or me to test the so&nness o" the *rini*les o" ahievement whih I ha so laborio&sly wreste "rom my researh# When this tho&+ht ame to me- I sto**e still- rew my "eet losely to+etherto+ether- sal&te 5I i not know what or whom:- an stoo ri+ily at attention "or several min&tes# This seeme- at "irst- like a "oolish thin+ to o- b&t while I was stanin+ there another tho&+ht ame thro&+h in the "orm o" an ?orer that was as brie" an sna**y as any ever +iven by a military military ommaner to a s&borinate# s&borinate# The orer sai- ?Tomorrow +et into yo&r a&tomobile an rive to 'hilael*hia- where yo& will reeive ai in *&blishin+ yo&r *hiloso*hy o" ahievement# ahievement# There was no "&rther e.*lanation an no moi"iation o" the orer# %s soon as I reeive it- I walke bak to the ho&seho&se- went to be- an sle*t with *eae *eae o" min s&h as I ha not known "or over a year# When I awoke the "ollowin+ mornin+- I +ot o&t o" be an immeiately be+an to *ak my lothes an make reay "or the tri* to 'hilael*hia# 3y reason tol me that I was embarkin+ &*on a "oolCs mission# Who i I know in 'hilael*hia to whom I mi+ht a**ly "or "inanial ai in *&blishin+ ei+ht vol&mes vol&mes o" books at a ost o" H->>>J I aske mysel"# Instantly the answer to that @&estion "lashe into my min- as *lainly as i" it ha been &ttere in a&ible worsK ?4o& are "ollowin+ orers now- instea o" askin+ @&estions# 4o&r Cother sel" will be in har+e &rin+ this tri*# There was another onition whih seeme to make my *re*aration to +o to 'hilael*hia abs&r# I ha no money! This tho&+ht ha barely o&rre to me when my ?other sel" e.*loe it by +ivin+ another shar* orer- sayin+- ?%sk yo&r brother,in,law "or "i"ty ollars an he will len it to yo&# The orer seeme e"inite an "inal# Witho&t "&rther hesitation I "ollowe instr&tions# When I aske my brother,in,law "or the money- he sai- ?Why- ertainly yo& an have "i"ty ollars- b&t i" yo& are +oin+ to be +one very lon+ yo& ha better take a h&nre ollars# I thanke him an sai I tho&+ht "i"ty ollars wo&l be eno&+h# I knew it was not eno&+h- b&t that was the amo&nt my ?other sel" ha ommane me to ask "or an that is the amo&nt I se&re#

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I was +reatly relieve when I "o&n that my brother,in,law was not +oin+ to ask me why I was +oin+ to 'hilael*hia# I" he ha known all that ha taken *lae in my min &rin+ the *revio&s *revio&s ni+htni+ht- he *erha*s *erha*s wo&l have tho&+ht tho&+ht I sho&l sho&l +o to a *syhiatri *syhiatri hos*ital hos*ital "or treatment instea o" +oin+ to 'hilael*hia on a wil,+oose hase#

My %Other Se&f' $aes Command I le"t with my hea tellin+ me I was a "ool an my ?other sel" ommanin+ me to i+nore the hallen+e an arry o&t my instr&tions# I rove all ni+ht- arrivin+ in 'hilael*hia the ne.t mornin+# 3y "irst tho&+ht was to look &* a moestly *rie boarin+ ho&se where I o&l rent a room "or abo&t one ollar a ay# /ere a+ain my ?other sel" took har+e an +ave the omman to re+ister at the most e.l&sive hotel in the ity# With With a little more than "orty ollars o" my remainin+ a*ital in my *oket- it seeme like "inanial s&iie when I marhe &* to the esk an aske "or a roomA or rather I sho&l say I starte to ask "or a room when my newly isovere ?other sel" +ave the orer to ask "or a s&ite o" rooms- the ost o" whih wo&l abo&t ons&me my remainin+ a*ital in two ays# I obeye# The bell,boy *ike &* my ba+s- hane me my laim hek "or my a&tomobile- an bowe me towar the elevator as i" I were the 'rine o" Wales# It was the "irst time in more than a year that any h&man bein+ ha shown me s&h e"erene# 3y own relativeswith whom I ha been livin+- "ar "rom havin+ shown me e"erene- ha 5so I ima+ine: "elt I was a b&ren on their hans- an I am s&re that I was- bea&se no man in the "rame o" min that I ha been in "or the *ast year o&l o&l be anythin+ anythin+ other than a b&ren to all with whom he ame into ontat# It was beomin+ a**arent that my ?other sel" was etermine to wean me away "rom the in"eriority om*le. whih I ha evelo*e# I tosse the bell,boy a ollar# I starte to estimate what my hotel bill wo&l be by the en o" the week when my ?other sel" ommane me to +et my min entirely o"" o" all tho&+hts o" limitation- an to on&t mysel"- "or the time bein+- <&st as I wo&l i" I ha all the money I wante in my *okets# The e.*eriene I was *assin+ thro&+h was both new an stran+e to me# I ha never *ose as bein+ anythin+ anythin+ other than what I believe believe mysel" mysel" to be# (or nearly hal" an ho&r this ?other sel" +ave orers whih I "ollowe to the letter &rin+ the s&bse@&ent *erio o" my stay in 'hilael*hia# The instr&tions were +iven thro&+h the mei&m o" tho&+hts whih *resente themselves in my min with s&h "ore that they were reaily istin+&ishable "rom my orinary sel",reate sel",reate tho&+hts#


I (eceive Strange %Orders' from a Strange Source 3y instr&tions be+an in this "ashionK ?4o& are now om*letely in har+e o" yo&r Cother sel"#C 4o& are entitle to know that two entities o&*y yo&r boy- as in "at two similar entities o&*y the boy o" eah livin+ *erson on earth# ?One o" these entities entities is motivate motivate by an res*ons to the im*&lse im*&lse o" "ear# "ear# The other is motivate by an res*ons to the im*&lse o" "aith# (or more than a year yo& have been riven- like a slave- by the "ear entity# ?Ni+ht be"ore last the "aith entity +aine ontrol over yo&r *hysial boy- an yo& are now motivate by that entity# (or the sake o" onveniene yo& may all this "aith entity yo&r Cother sel"#C It knows no limitations- has no "ears- an reo+ni=es no s&h wor as Cim*ossible#C ?4o& were irete irete to selet this environmen environmentt o" l&.&ryl&.&ry- in a +oo hotelhotel- as a means o" iso&ra+in+ the ret&rn to *ower o" the "ear entity# That "ear,motivate Col sel" is not eaA it has merely been ethrone# %n it will "ollow yo& aro&n wherever yo& +oawaitin+ a "avorable o**ort&nity to ste* in an take har+e o" yo& a+ain# It an +ain ontrol o" yo& only thro&+h yo&r tho&+hts# 1emember thisan kee* the oors to yo&r min min ti+h ti+htl tly y los lose e a+ai a+ains nstt all all tho&+ tho&+ht htss whi whih h seek seek to limi limitt yo& in any any manne mannerr whatsoever- an yo& will be sa"e# ?Do not *ermit yo&rsel" to worry abo&t the money yo& will nee "or yo&r immeiate e.*enses# That will ome to yo& by the time yo& m&st have it# ?Now- let &s +et own to b&siness# (irst o" all yo& sho&l know that the "aith entity now in har+e o" yo&r boy *er"orms no mirales- nor oes it work in o**osition to any o" nat&reCs laws# %s lon+ as it is in har+e o" yo&r boy it will +&ie yo& when yo& all on it- thro&+h im*&lses o" tho&+ht whih it will *lae in yo&r min- in arryin+ o&t yo&r *lans thro&+h the most most lo+ial an onvenient onvenient nat&ral meia meia available# available# ?%bove everythin+ else- +et this "at learly "i.e in yo&r min- that yo&r Cother sel" will not o yo&r work "or yo&A it will only +&ie yo& intelli+ently in ahievin+ "or yo&rsel" the ob>># ?%mon+ yo&r a@&aintanes there is a man who will s&**ly yo& with this neee a*ital# Be+inat one- to all into yo&r min the names o" all *ersons o" yo&r a@&aintane /5


whom yo& have reason to believe mi+ht be in&e to "&rnish the "inanial ai yo& re@&ire# ?When the name o" the lo+ial *erson omes into yo&r min- yo& will reo+ni=e it immeiately# 2omm&niate with that *erson an the ai yo& seek will be +iven# In yo&r a**roah- however- *resent yo&r re@&est in terminolo+y s&h as yo& wo&l &se in the &s&al o&rse o" b&siness transations# 3ake no re"erene whatsoever to this intro&tion yo& have ha to yo&r Cother sel" I" yo& violate these instr&tions- yo& will meet with tem*orary e"eat# ?4o&r other sel"’ will remain in har+e an ontin&e to iret yo& as lon+ as yo& rely &*on it# 0ee* o&bt an "ear an worry- an all tho&+hts o" limitation- entirely o&t o" yo&r min# ?That will be all "or the *resent# 4o& will now be+in to move o" yo&r own "ree will *reisely as yo& i be"ore yo& isovere yo&r Cother sel" 'hysially yo& are the same as yo& have always beenA there"ore- no one will reo+ni=e that any han+e has taken *lae in yo&# I looke aro&n the room- blinke my eyes- an to make s&re that I was not reamin+- I +ot &* an walke over to a mirror an looke at mysel" losely# The e.*ression on my "ae ha han+e "rom one o" o&bt to one o" o&ra+e an "aith# There was no lon+er any o&bt in my min that my *hysial boy was in har+e o" an in"l&ene "ar i""erent "rom the one whih ha been ethrone two ni+hts be"ore- as I walke aro&n that shool ho&se in West Vir+inia#

Chapter $wo

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BVIOU$L4 I /%D UNDE1GONE % NEW BI1T/ by whih I ha been se*arate "rom all "orms o" "ear# I now ha o&ra+e s&h as I never be"ore ha e.*eriene# Des*ite the "at that I ha not as yet been shown how- or "rom what so&re- I wo&l be able to se&re the neessary "&ns whih I was seekin+- I ha s&h absol&te "aith that the money wo&l be "orthomin+ that I o&l see it alreay in my *ossession# On b&t "ew oasions in my entire li"e have I e.*eriene s&h "aith# It was a "eelin+ whi whih h on onee *ers *erson on ann annot ot es esri ribe be to anot anothe her# r# Th Ther eree are are no wor worss in the the En En+l +lis ish h lan+& lan+&a+ a+ee s&it s&itab able le "or "or s&h s&h a es esri ri*t *tio ion n F a "at "at that that all all who who have have ha ha simi simila larr e.*erienes an easily veri"y# I *roeee immeiately to arry o&t the instr&tions I ha reeive# %ll "eelin+ that I ha embarke embarke &*on an im*ossible im*ossible mission mission ha now le"t me# One by one I be+an be+an to all into my min the names o" all my a@&aintanes I knew to be "inanially able to s&**ly


me with the H->>> whih I neee- startin+ with the name o" /enry (or- an +oin+ over the entire list o" more than three h&nre *eo*le# 3y ?other sel" *lainly sai?0ee* on searhin+#

$he Darest )our Is *ust Before Dawn B&t I ha ome to the en o" my ro*e# 3y entire list o" a@&aintanes ha been e.ha&ste- an with it my *hysial en&rane as well# I ha been at work- onentratin+ my min &*on that list o" names- "or the better *art o" two ays an ni+hts- havin+ sto**e only lon+ eno&+h to slee* "or a "ew ho&rs# I leane bak in my hair- sh&t my eyes- an went into a sort o" o=e "or a "ew min&tes# I was was aro& aro&se se  by what hat seem seemee to be an e.* .*lo losi sion on in the the room room## %s I re+a e+aine ine onsio&sness the name o" %lbert L# 'elton ame into my min### an with it a *lan whih I knew instantly to be the *lan thro&+h whih I wo&l s&ee in +ettin+ 3r# 'elton to *&blish my books# I remembere 3r# 'elton only as an avertiser in The Golen 1&le ma+a=ine- whih I ha "ormerly *&blishe# I sent "or a ty*ewriter- aresse a letter to 3r# 'elton at 3erien- 2onneti&t- an esribe the *lan <&st as it ha been hane over to me# /e answere by tele+ramsayin+ that he wo&l be in 'hilael*hia to see me the "ollowin+ ay# When he ame I showe him the ori+inal man&sri*ts o" my *hiloso*hy- an brie"ly e.*l e.*lai aine ne  what what I beli believ eve e its its missi mission on to be# be# /e t&rn t&rne e thro thro&+h &+h the the *a+e *a+ess o" the the man&sri*ts "or a "ew min&tes- then sto**e s&enly an "i.e his eyes on the wall "or a "ew seons an sai- ?I will *&blish yo&r books "or yo&# The ontrat ontrat was rawnA rawnA a s&bstantial s&bstantial avane *ayment *ayment on royalties royalties was +iven me- the man&sri*ts were t&rne over to him- an he took them bak to 3erien# I i not ask him at the time what a&se him to reah a eision to *&blish my books be"ore he ha rea the man&sri*ts- b&t I o know that he s&**lie the neessary a*ital *rinte the booksb ooks- an assiste me in sellin+ many tho&sans o" sets o" them to his own lientele o" book b&yers- who were loate in *ratially every En+lish,s*eakin+ o&ntry in the worl#

My %Other Se&f' Maes +ood Three months "rom the ay that 3r# 'elton alle on me in 'hilael*hia- a om*lete set o" my books was *lae on the table in "ront o" mean my inome "rom the sale o" the books be+an to r&n hi+h eno&+h "or all my nees# These books are now in the hans o" my st&ents all over the worl# 3y "irst royalty hek "rom the sale o" my books was "or H9># %s I o*ene the envelo*e in whih it ame- my ?other sel" sai- ?4o&r only limitation is the one whih yo& set &* in yo&r own min! /3


I am not s&re that I &nerstan <&st what this ?other sel" is- b&t I o know that there an be no *ermanent e"eat e"eat "or the man man or the woman who isovers isovers it an relies relies &*on it# The ay a"ter 3r# 'elton ame to see me in 'hilael*hia- my ?other sel" *resente me with an iea whih solve my immeiate "inanial *roblem# The iea "lashe into my min that a&tomobile a&tomobile merhanis merhanisin+ in+ methos ha to &ner+o a rasti han+e an that "&t&re salesmen in this "iel wo&l have to learn to sell a&tomobiles instea o" merely servin+ as b&yers o" &se ar trae,ins- as most o" them were oin+ at the time# It also o&rre to me that yo&n+ men who ha <&st "inishe olle+e an who- there"oreknew nothin+ o" the ol ?triks o" a&tomobile merhanisin+ wo&l be the material o&t o" whih this new bran o" salesmen o&l best be evelo*e# The iea was so istint an im*ressive that I immeiately alle the sales mana+er o" the General 3otors 2om*any on lon+,istane tele*hone an brie"ly e.*laine my *lan to him# /e too was im*resse by it an re"erre me to the West 'hilael*hia branh o" the B&ik %&tomobile 2om*any- whih was then owne an mana+e by Earl 'owell# I went to see 3r# 'owell- e.*laine my *lan to him- an he retaine me at one to train "i"tee "i"teen n are" are"&ll &lly y sele selete te yo& yo&n+ n+ olle olle+e +e men men thro&+h thro&+h whom the *lan was *&t into into o*eration# 3y inome "rom that retainer retainer was more than eno&+h to take are o" all o" my e.*enses e.*enses "or the "ollowin+ three months- &ntil the ret&rns "rom the sale o" my books be+an to ome ininl&in+ the ost o" that e.*ensive s&ite o" rooms- over whih I ha at "irst been so onerne# 3y ?other sel" ha not isa**ointe me# The money I neee was in my hans at the *ro*er time- <&st as I ha been ass&re the money wo&l be# By this time I ha been onvine that my tri* to 'hilael*hia was by no means a "oolCs mission- as my reason ha iniate it wo&l be be"ore I le"t West Vir+inia# (rom that time ri+ht &* to this very min&te everythin+ I have neee has ome to mean this es*ite the "at that the whole worl has reently *asse thro&+h a *erio o" eonomi e*ression- when the bare neessities o" li"e have not always been available to all *eo*le# $ometimes the arrival o" the material thin+s I neee has been a little late- b&t I an tr&th"&lly say that my ?other sel" has always met me at the ross,roas when I have ome to them- an iniate whih *ath I sho&l "ollow# The ?other sel" "ollows no *reeents- reo+ni=es no limitations- an always "ins a way to aom*lish esire ens! It may meet with tem*orary e"eat- b&t not with *ermanent "ail&re# I am as s&re o" the so&nness o" this statement as I am o" the "at o" bein+ en+a+e in writin+ these lines# 3eanwhile- I earnestly ho*e that some o" the millions o" men an women who have been wo&ne by the b&siness e*ression e*ression an other &n*leasant &n*leasant e.*erienes will will isover within themselves this stran+e entity whih I have alle my ?other sel"- an that the isovery isovery will lea them- as it has le me- into a loser loser relationshi* relationshi* with that so&re o"


*ower whih s&rmo&nts obstales an masters i""i<ies- instea o" bein+ mastere by them# There is a +reat *ower to be isovere in yo&r ?other sel"! $earh sinerely an yo& will "in it#

%,ai&ure'- A B&essing in Disguise I have mae another isovery as the res< o" this intro&tion to my ?other sel"- namely- that there is a sol&tion "or every le+itimate *roblem- no matter how i""i< the *roblem may seem# seem# I have also isovere that there omes with every e.*eriene o" tem*orary e"eatan every "ail&re an every "orm o" aversity- the see o" an e@&ivalent bene"it# 3in yo&- I i not say the "&ll,blown "lower o" s&ess- b&t the see "rom whih that "lower may be mae to +erminate an +row# I know o" no e.e*tion to this r&le# The see o" whih I s*eak may not always be observe- b&t yo& may be s&re it is there- in one "orm or another# I o not *reten *reten to &nerstan &nerstan  all abo&t this stran+e stran+e "ore whih re&e re&e me to *overty an want- an "ille me with "earan then +ave me a new birth o" "aith thro&+h whih I have been *rivile+e to e.ten hel* to tens o" tho&sans who "o&n themselves sli**in+# B&t I o know that s&h a "ore has ome into my li"e an that I am oin+ all I an to *lae others in omm&niation with it# D&rin+ my @&arter,ent&ry o" researh into the a&ses o" s&ess an "ail&re I have isovere many *rini*les o" tr&th whih have been hel*"&l to me an to others- b&t nothin+ I have observe has im*resse me more than the isovery that every +reat leaer o" the *ast- whose reor I have e.amine- was beset by i""i<ies an met with tem*orary e"eat be"ore ?arrivin+# (rom 2hrist on own to Eison- the men who have ahieve most have been those who met with the most st&bborn "orms o" tem*orary e"eat# This wo&l seem to <&sti"y the onl&sion that In"inite Intelli+ene has a *lan- or a law- by whih it h&rles men over many obstales be"ore +ivin+ them the *rivile+e o" leaershi* or the o**ort&nity to rener &se"&l servie in a noteworthy "ashion# I wo&l not wish to be a+ain s&b
,aith )as a .ew Meaning to Me I re*eat that I o not know e.atly e.atly what this ?other ?other sel" is- b&t I know eno&+h abo&t it to lean &*on it in a s*irit o" absol&te "aith in times o" i""i<y- when the orinary reasonin+ "a<y o" my min seems to be inae@&ate "or my nees# /6


The eonomi e*ression whih starte in 677 bro&+ht misery to millions o" *eo*le b&t let &s not "or+et that the e.*eriene also bro&+ht many blessin+s- not the least o" these bein+ the knowle+e that there is somethin+ in"initely worse than bein+ "ore to work# It is bein+ "ore not to work# In the main- that e*ression was more o" a blessin+ than it was a &rse- i" analy=e in the li+ht o" the han+es it bro&+ht to the mins o" those who were wo&ne by it# The same is tr&e o" every e.*eriene whih han+es menCs habits an "ores them to t&rn to the +reat ?within "or the sol&tion o" their *roblems# The time whih I s*ent in sel&sion in West Vir+inia was- by +reat os- the most severe *&nishment o" my li"e- b&t the e.*eriene bro&+ht blessin+s in the "orm o" neee knowle+e whih more than o""set the s&""erin+ whih it ost me# These two res<s F the the s&"" s&""er erin in+ + an an the the kn know owle le+e +e +ain +aine e "rom "rom it F were were inev inevit itab able le## Th Thee law law o" om*ensation- whih Emerson so learly e"ine- mae this res< both nat&ral an neessary# What the "&t&re may hol "or me in the way o" isa**ointment- thro&+h tem*orary e"eate"eat- I o" o&rse have no way o" knowin+# I o know- howeverhowever- that no e.*eriene e.*eriene o" the "&t&re an *ossibly wo&n me as ee*ly as have some o" those o" the *ast- bea&se I am now on s*eakin+ terms at least with my ?other sel"# $ine this ?other sel" took har+e o" me- I have ome by &se"&l knowle+e whih I am s&re I never wo&l have isovere while my ol "ear entity was on the throne# (or one thin+ I have learne that those who meet with i""i<ies whih seem ins&rmo&ntable may- i" they will o so- best overome these i""i<ies by "or+ettin+ them "or a time an hel*in+ others who have +reater *roblems#

$he Va&ue of +iving Before $rying to +et I am s&re that no e""ort whih we e.ten to those who are in istress an +o witho&t some "orm o" ae@&ate rewar# Not always oes the rewar ome "rom those to whom the servie is renere- b&t it will ome "rom one so&re or another# I serio&sly o&bt that any man an avail himsel" o" the bene"its o" his ?other sel" as lon+ as he is stee*e in +ree an avarie- envy an "ear- b&t i" I am wron+ in this onl&sion then I still have the &n&s&al honor o" bein+ one who has "o&n *eae o" min an ha**iness thro&+h a view*oint that was not so&n# I wo&l *re"er bein+ th&s wron+ an ha**y- to bein+ ri+ht an &nha**y! B&t this view*oint is not wron+! %s lon+ as I remain remain on +oo terms terms with my ?other ?other sel" I shall be able to a@&ire a@&ire every material thin+ that I nee# 3oreover- I shall be able to "in ha**iness an *eae o" min# What more o&l anyone else aom*lishJ The sole motive whih ins*ire me to write this book was a sinere esire to be hel*"&l to others by sharin+ with them as m&h as they may be *re*are to ae*t o" the st&*eno&s st&*eno&s "ort&ne whih beame mine the mom moment ent I isovere isovere  my ?other sel"# This


"ort&ne- ha**ily- is one that annot be meas&re in material or "inanial terms alone bea&se it is is +reater than everythin+ everythin+ whih s&h thin+s thin+s re*resent# 3aterial an "inanial "ort&nes- when re&e to their most li@&i terms- are meas&rable in terms o" bank balanes# Bank balanes are no stron+er than banks# This other "ort&ne o" whih I s*eak is meas&rable- not only in terms o" *eae o" min an ontentment b&t as mani"este in those ae*t at *rayer# 3y ?other sel" has ta&+ht me to onentrate &*on my *&r*ose an to "or+et abo&t the *lan by whih it is to be attaine when I +o to *rayer# I am not s&++estin+ that material ob
A .ew /ay to 0ray $ine beomin+ beomin+ better a@&ainte a@&ainte with my ?other ?other sel"- sel"- my way o" *rayin+ *rayin+ is i""erent i""erent "rom what it was be"ore# I &se to +o to *rayer only when "ain+ i""i<y# Now I +o to *rayer be"ore i""i<y overtakes me- when *ossible# I now *ray- not "or more o" this worlCs +oos an +reater blessin+s- b&t to be worthy o" that whih I alreay have# I "in that this *lan is better than the ol one# In"inite Intelli+ene seems not at all o""ene when I +ive thanks an show that I am +rate"&l "or the blessin+s whih have rowne my e""orts# I was asto&ne- when I "irst trie this *lan o" o""erin+ a *rayer o" thanks "or what I alreay *ossesse- to isover what a vast "ort&ne I ha owne witho&t bein+ a**reiative o" it# (or e.am*le- I isovere that I *ossesse a so&n boy whih ha never been serio&sly ama+e ama+e by illness# illness# I ha a min whih whih was reasonably reasonably well balane# balane# I ha a reative reative ima+ination thro&+h whih I o&l rener &se"&l servie to +reat n&mbers o" *eo*le# I was blesse with all the "reeom I esire- in both boy an min# I *ossesse an im*erishable esire to hel* others who were less "ort&nate# I isovere that ha**iness- the hi+hest aim o" mankin- was mine "or the takin+ b&siness e*ression or no b&siness b&siness e*ression#

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Last- b&t by no means least- I isovere that I ha the *rivile+e o" a**roahin+ In"inite Intelli+ene- either "or the *&r*ose o" o""erin+ thanks "or what I alreay *ossesse- or to ask "or more- an "or +&iane# +& iane# It may be hel*"&l "or every reaer o" this book to take inventory o" his or her intan+ible assets# $&h an inventory may islose *ossessions o" *rieless val&e# $ome $i+ns We /ave Overlooke The whole worl is &ner+oin+ a han+e o" s&h st&*eno&s *ro*ortions that millions o" *eo*le have beome *ani,striken with worry- o&bt- ineision- an "ear! It seems to me that now is a s*leni time "or those who have ome to the ross,roas o" o&bt to eneavor to beome a@&ainte with their ?other selves# %ll who wish to o so will "in it hel*"&l i" they take a lesson "rom nat&re# Observation will show that the eternal stars shine ni+htly in their a&stome *laesA that the s&n ontin&es to sen own its rays o" warmth- a&sin+ 3other Earth to yiel an over, ab&nane o" "oo an lothin+A that water ontin&es to "low own hillA that the birs o" the air an the wil animals o" the "orest reeive their a&stome re@&irements o" "ooA that &se"&l ay "ollows rest"&l ni+htA that b&sy s&mmer "ollows the inative winterA that the seasons ome an +o *reisely as they i be"ore the 677 e*ression be+anA that- in reality- only menCs mins have ease to "&ntion normallyan this- bea&se men have "ille their mins with "ear# Observation o" these sim*le "ats o" everyay li"e may be hel*"&l as a startin+ *oint "or those who wish to s&**lant "ear by "aith# I am not a *ro*het- b&t I an- with all &e moesty- *reit that every inivi&al has the *ower to han+e his or her material or "inanial stat&s by "irst han+in+ the nat&re o" his or her belie"s# Do not on"&se the wor ?belie" with the wor ?wish# The two are not the same# Everyone is a*able o" ?wishin+ "or "inanial- material- or s*irit&al avanta+es- b&t the element o" "aith is the only s&re *ower by whih a wish may be translate translate into a belie"an a belie" into reality# %n ri+ht here is an a**ro*riat a**ro*riatee *lae at whih whih to all attention attention to a real bene"it bene"it whih anyone may e.*eriene by eliberately &sin+ "aith in "o&sin+ attention &*on any "orm o" onstr onstr&t &tive ive esire esire## The min min ats ats &*on oneCs oneCs om omina inatin tin++- or mo most st *rono&n *rono&ne e  esires# There is no esa*e "rom this "at# It is a "at inee# ?Be are"&l what yo& set yo&r heart &*on- "or it s&rely shall be yo&rs#

,aith Is the Beginning of A&& +reat Achievement I" Eison ha sto**e by merely wishin+ "or the seret with whih eletri ener+y mi+ht be harnesse an mae to serve thro&+h the inanesent lam*- that onveniene to ivili=ation wo&l have remaine amon+ nat&reCs m<i"ario&s serets# /e met with


tem*orary e"eat more than 6>->>> times be"ore wrestin+ this seret "rom nat&re# It was "inally yiele &* to him bea&se he believe it wo&l be- an he ke*t on tryin+ &ntil he ha the answer# Eison &novere more o" nat&reCs serets 5they mi+ht have been alle ?mirales at an earlier earlier *erio: *erio: in the realm o" *hysis than i any other man who ever live- an this bea&se he beame a@&ainte with his ?other sel"# I have his own wor "or this- b&t even i" I i not have it- his ahievements o" themselves have islose the seret in their &n"olment# Nothin+ within reason is im*ossible to the man who knows an relies &*on his ?other sel"# Whatever man believes believes to be tr&e has a way o" beomin+ tr&e# % *rayer is a release tho&+ht- sometimes e.*resse in a&ible wors an at other times e.*resse silently# I have observe by e.*eriene that a silent *rayer is as e""iaio&s as the one whih is e.*resse in wors# I have observe also that oneCs state o" min is the eterminin+ "ator when *rayer works- as well as when it oes not# 3y one*tion o" the ?other sel" whih I have trie to esribe is that it merely symboli=es a newly isovere a**roah to In"inite Intelli+ene- an a**roah whih one may ontrol an iret thro&+h the sim*le *roess o" mi.in+ "aith with oneCs tho&+hts# This is only another way o" sayin+ that I now have +reater "aith in the *ower o" *rayer# The state o" min known as "aith a**arently o*ens to one the mei&m o" a si.th sense thro thro&+ &+h h whi whih h one may may omm omm&ni &nia ate te with with so&r so&re ess o" *o *owe werr an an in"o in"orm rmat atio ion n "ar "ar s&r*assin+ any available thro&+h the "ive *hysial senses# There omes to yo&r ai- an to o yo&r biin+biin+- with the evelo*me evelo*ment nt o" the si.th sensesense- a stran+e stran+e *ower whih- let &s ass&me- is a +&arian an+el who an o*en to yo& at all times the oor to the Tem*le o" Wisom# The ?si.th sense omes as near to bein+ a mirale as anythin+ I have ever e.*eriene- an it a**ears so *erha*s bea&se I o not &nerstan the metho by whih this *rini*le is o*erate# This m&h I o knowFthat there is a *ower or a "irst a&se- or an Intelli+ene whih *ermeates every atom o" matter- an embraes every &nit o" ener+y *ere*tible to manA that that this this In"ini In"inite te Intell Intelli+e i+ene ne onver onverts ts aorn aornss into into oak treestrees- a&ses a&ses water water to "low "low ownhill in res*onse to the law o" +ravity- "ollows ni+ht with ay- an winter with s&m s&mmerer- eah eah main mainta tain inin in+ + its its *ro* *ro*er er *la *laee an an rela relati tion onsh shi* i* to the the othe other# r# Th This is Intelli+ene may ai in transm&tin+ oneCs esires into onrete or material "orm# I have this knowle+e bea&se I have e.*erimente with it an have e.*eriene it# I have "or many years "ollowe the habit o" takin+ *ersonal inventory o" mysel" one a year- "or the *&r*ose o" eterminin+ how many o" my weaknesses I have bri+e or eliminate- an to asertain asertain what *ro+ress- i" any- I ha mae &rin+ the year#

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Chapter $hree

, +T*, +T*,NG NG! ! INT! INT!* *"I!W "I!W WIT WIT T! T! D!"I#

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/ILE 4OU %1E 1E%DING T/E INTE1VIEW with the Devil- yo& will reo+ni=e "rom the brie" esri*tion esri*tion I have +iven yo& o" the history o" my li"e what a es*erate e""ort the Devil mae to m&==le me be"ore I +aine *&bli reo+nition# 4o& will &nerstan also- a"ter reain+ the interview with the Devil- why the interview ha to be *reee by this *ersonal history o" my bak+ro&n#

Be"ore yo& be+in to rea the interview- I want yo& to have a lear *it&re o" the "inal "lin+ the Devil ha at mean be it remembere with *ro"it that it was this "inal "lin+ whih +ave mery a hane to t&rn an twist the DevilCs tail &ntil he s@&eale o&t his on"ession# The DevilCs &noin+ be+an with the e*ression in 677# Thro&+h that "ort&nate t&rn o" the Wheel o" Li"e- I lost my >>,are estate in the 2atskill 3o&ntainsA my inome was entirely &t o""A the /arriman National Bank- in whih all my "&ns were e*osite"ole &* an was wi*e o&t# Be"ore I reali=e what was ha**enin+- I "o&n mysel" a&+ a&+ht ht &* in a s*ir s*irit it&a &all an an eono eonomi mi h& h&rr rri ian anee whi whih h evol evolve ve  into into a worl worlw wi iee atastro*he o" s&h "ore that no inivi&al or +ro&* o" inivi&als o&l withstan it# While waitin+ "or the storm to ease an the stam*ee o" h&man "ear to sto*- I move to Washin+ton- D#2#- the ity "rom whih I mae my start a"ter my "irst meetin+ with %nrew 2arne+ie- nearly a @&arter o" a ent&ry *revio&sly# There seeme seeme nothin+ nothin+ "or me to o e.e*t e.e*t sit own an wait# wait# %ll I ha was time# %"ter three years o" waitin+ witho&t tan+ible res<s- my restless so&l be+an to *&sh me bak into servie# There was little o**ort&nity "or me to teah a *hiloso*hy o" s&ess when the worl aro&n me was in the mist o" ab

I reali=e too the o**ort&nity ha ome ome to test a laim I ha mae h&nres o" times times that ?every aversity brin+s with it the see o" an e@&ivalent avanta+e# What- i" any- I aske mysel"- were the avanta+es to me o" a worl e*ressionJ When I be+an to look "or a iretion in whih I mi+ht move to test my *hiloso*hy- I mae the most shokin+ isovery o" my li"e# I isovere that thro&+h some stran+e *ower whih I i not &nerstan- I ha lost my o&ra+eA my initiative ha been emorali=eA my enth&siasm ha been weakene# Worst o" all- I was sorely ashame to aknowle+e that I was the a&thor o" a *hiloso*hy o" sel",etermination- bea&se own ee* in my heart I knew- or tho&+ht I knew- that I o&l not make my *hiloso*hy *&ll me o&t o" the hole o" es*air  es*air in whih I "o&n mysel"# While I "lo&nere in a state o" mental bewilerment- the Devil m&st have been anin+ a
PPPPPPPPPP %s I sat sat ther theree in "ron "rontt o" the the Linol noln n 3em 3emori orialal- revi revieewin+ win+ in retr retros os*e *et the ir ir&m &mst stan ane ess whi whih h ha ha so many many time timess *rev *revio io&s &sly ly li"t li"te e me to +rea +reatt hei+ hei+ht htss o" ahievement- only to let me ro* to e@&al e*ths o" es*air- a ha**y tho&+ht was hane over to me in the "orm o" a e"inite *lan o" ation by whih I believe I o&l throw o"" that hy*noti "eelin+ o" ini""erene with whih I ha been bo&n# In the interview with the Devil- the e.at nat&re o" the *ower by whih I ha been e*rive o" my initiative an o&ra+e has been esribe# It is the same *ower with whih millions o" others were bo&n &rin+ the Great De*ression# It is the hie" wea*on with whih the Devil ensnares an ontrols h&man bein+s# The s&m an s&bstane o" this tho&+ht whih ame to me was thisK Des*ite the "at that I ha learne "rom %nrew 2arne+ie an more than "ive h&nre others o" e@&al b&siness an *ro"essional ahievements that noteworthy ahievements in all walks o" li"e ome thro&+h the a**liation o" the 3aster 3in 5the harmonio&s oorination o" two or more mins workin+ to a e"inite en:- I ha "aile to make s&h an alliane alliane "or the *&r*ose o" arryin+ o&t my *lan to take the *hiloso*hy o" inivi&al ahievement ahievement to the worl# Des*ite the "at I ha &nerstoo the *ower o" the 3aster 3in- I ha ne+lete to a**ro*riate an &se this *ower# I ha been laborin+ as a ?lone wol" instea o" allyin+ mysel" with other an s&*erior mins#

An Ana&ysis Let &s now brie"ly analy=e the stran+e interview yo& are abo&t to be+in# $ome who rea will want to ask- a"ter they "inish it- ?Di yo& really interview the Devil- or i yo& 15


merely interview an ima+inary DevilJ $ome may wish the answer to this @&estion be"ore they be+in the interview# I will answer in the only tr&th"&l way I o&l answer### by sayin+ that the Devil I interviewe may have been real- <&st as he laime to be- or he may have been the reation o" my own ima+ination# Whihever he was- whether real or ima+inary- is o" little im*ortane om*are with the nat&re o" the in"ormation onveye thro&+h the interview# The im*ortant @&estion is thisK Does the interview onvey e*enable in"ormation whih may be hel*"&l to *eo*le who are tryin+ to "in their their *laes in the worlJ I" it onveys onveys that sort o" in"ormation- no matter whether it is onveye in the "orm o" "at or "itionthen it is worthy o" serio&s analysis thro&+h are"&l reain+# I am not onerne in the least as to the real so&re o" the in"ormation or as to the real nat&re o" the Devil whose asto&nin+ story yo& are abo&t to rea# I am onerne only with the "at that the DevilCs on"ession s@&ares *er"etly with what I have seen o" li"e# I believe the interview oes onvey in"ormation o" *ratial bene"it to all who have not "o&n li"e to be "rienly- an the reason I believe so is the "at that I have mae the entral theme o" this book yiel to me all the ha**iness I nee- in the "orm best s&ite to my nat&re# I have ha e.*eriene with eno&+h o" the *rini*les mentione mentione by the Devil to ass&re me that they will o e.atly what he says they will# That is eno&+h "or me# $o I *ass the story o" the interview on to yo& "or whatever yo& may be able to make it *ay in &se"&l iviens# 'erha*s yo& will +et the +reatest val&es i" yo& ae*t the Devil as bein+ what he laims himsel" to be- relyin+ &*on his messa+e "or whatever it may brin+ yo& that yo& an &sean not worryin+ as to who the Devil is or whether he e.ists# I" yo& want my honest *ersonal o*inion- I believe the Devil is e.atly who he laims to be# Now let &s analy=e analy=e his stran+e stran+e on"ession# %"ter "orin+ "orin+ his way into the onsio&sn onsio&sness ess o" the Devil- ?3r# Earthbo&n Earthbo&n be+an the &nwillin+ interview with @&estions whih o&l not be evae###

)ere Begins the Interview with the Devi& Q: I have &novere the seret oe by whih I an *ik &* yo&r tho&+hts# I have ome to ask yo& some very *lain @&estions# I eman that yo& +ive me iret an tr&th"&l answers# %re yo& reay "or the interview- 3r# DevilJ A: 4es- I am reay- b&t yo& m&st aress me with more res*et# D&rin+ this interview yo& will aress me as ?4o&r 3a

Q: By what ri+ht o yo& eman s&h royal res*etJ A: 4o& sho&l know I ontrol 79 *erent o" the *eo*le o" yo&r worl# Do yo& not think that entitles me to rate as royaltyJ

Q: /ave yo& *roo" o" yo&r laimJ A: 4es- *lenty o" it#

Q: O" what oes yo&r *roo" onsistJ A: O" many thin+s# I" yo& want answers- yo& will aress me as ?4o&r 3a
Q: That is a "ine iea- 4o&r 3a
Q: Oh- I see what yo& are *re*arin+ to laim# 4o& are layin+ the "o&nation to say that i" it were not "or yo&- there wo&l be no worl- no stars- no eletrons- no atoms- no h&man bein+s- nothin+# Is that that orretJ A: Tr&e! %bsol&tely tr&e#

Q: Well- i" yo& only o&*y one,hal" o" ener+y an matter- who o&*ies the other hal"J A: The other hal" is o&*ie by my o**osition#

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Q: O**ositionJ What o yo& meanJ A: The o**osition is what yo& earthbo&n all Go#

Q: $o yo& have the &niverse ivie &* with Go# Is that yo&r laimJ A: Not my laim- b&t the at&al "at# Be"ore this interview is "inishe yo& will &nerstan why my laim is tr&e# 4o& will also &nerstan why it has to be tr&e- or there o&l be no worl s&h as yo&rs- no earthbo&n reat&res s&h as yo&# I am no beast with a "orke ton+&e an a s*ike tail#

Q: B&t yo& o ontrol the mins o" 79 o&t o" every 6>> *eo*le# 4o& sai so yo&rsel"# Who a&ses all the misery in this 79 *erent Devil,ontrolle worl- i" yo& o notJ A: I have not sai that I o not a&se all the misery o" the worl# On the other han- I boast o" it# It is my b&siness to re*resent the ne+ative sie o" everythin+- inl&in+ the tho&+hts o" yo& earthbo&n *eo*le# /ow else o&l I ontrol *eo*leJ 3y o**osition ontrols *ositive tho&+ht# I ontrol ne+ative tho&+ht#

Q: /ow o yo& +ain ontrol o" the mins o" *eo*leJ A: Oh- that is easyK I merely move in an o&*y the &n&se s*ae o" the h&man brain# I sow the sees o" ne+ative tho&+ht in the mins mins o" *eo*le so I an o&*y an ontrol the s*ae!

Q: 4o& m&st have many triks an evies by whih yo& +ain an hol ontrol o" the h&man min# A: To be s&re- I em*loy triks an evies to ontrol h&man tho&+ht# 3y evies are lever ones too#

Q: Go ahea an esribe yo&r lever triks- 4o&r 3a

Q: Whih o" these si. "ears serves yo& most o"ten- 4o&r 3a
Q: 4o&r 3a
Q: I take it "rom yo&r answer that men who think are yo&r enemies# Is that ri+htJ A: It is not ri+ht- b&t it is orret#

Q: Tell me somethin+ more abo&t the worl in whih yo& live# A: I live wherever I hoose# Time an s*ae o not e.ist "or me# I am a "ore best esribe to yo& as ener+y# 3y "avorite *hysial wellin+ *lae- as I have tol yo&- is the mins o" the earthbo&n# I ontrol a *art o" the brain s*ae o" every h&man bein+# The amo&nt o" s*ae I o&*y in eah inivi&alCs min e*ens &*on how little an what sort o" thinkin+ that *erson oes# %s I have tol yo&- I annot entirely ontrol any *erson who thinks#

Q: 4o& s*eak o" yo&r o**osition# What o yo& mean by thatJ A: 3y o**onent ontrols all the *ositive "ores o" the worl- s&h as love- "aith- ho*ean an o* o*ti timi mism sm## 3y o* o**o *one nent nt also also ont ontro rols ls the the *o *osi siti tive ve "at "ator orss o" all all nat& nat&ra rall law law thro&+ho&t the &niverse- the "ores whih kee* the earth an the *lanets an all the stars balane in their o&rses- b&t these "ores are meek in om*arison with those whih 16


o*erate in the h&man min &ner my ontrol# 4o& see- I o not seek to ontrol stars an *lanets# I *re"er the the ontrol o" h&man h&man mins#

Q: Where i yo& a@&ire yo&r *ower- an by what means o yo& a to itJ A: I a to my *ower by a**ro*riatin+ the min,*ower o" the earthbo&n- as they ome thro&+h the +ate at the time o" eath# Ninety,ei+ht o&t o" every 6>> who ome bak to my *lane "rom the earth *lane are taken over by me an their min,*ower is ae to my bein+# I +et all who ome over with any "orm o" "ear# 4o& see I am onstantly at work *re*arin+ the mins o" *eo*le be"ore eath- so I an a**ro*riate them when they ome bak to my *lane#

Q: Will yo& tell me how yo& +o abo&t yo&r
Q: Who are yo&r +reatest enemies on earth- 4o&r 3a
Q: Is it tr&e that yo& &se men who have +reat + reat wealthJ A: %s I have alreay tol yo&- *overty is always my "rien bea&se it iso&ra+es ine*enene o" tho&+ht an eno&ra+es "ear in the mins o" men# $ome wealthy men serve my a&se while others o me +reat ama+e- e*enin+ &*on how the wealth is &se# The +reat 1oke"eller "ort&ne- "or e.am*le- is one o" my worst enemies#

Q: That is interestin+- 4o&r 3a

A: The 1oke"eller money is bein+ &se to isolate an on@&er iseases o" the *hysial boy- in all *arts o" the worl# Disease has always been one o" my most e""etive wea*ons# The "ear o" ill health is seon only to the "ear o" *overty# The 1oke"eller money is &noverin+ new serets o" nat&re in a h&nre i""erent  i""erent iretions- all o" whih are esi+ne to hel* men take an kee* *ossession o" their own mins# It is eno&ra+in+ new an better methos o" "eein+- lothin+- an ho&sin+ *eo*le# It is wi*in+ o&t the sl&ms in the lar+e ities- the *laes where my "avorite allies are "o&n It is "inanin+ am*ai+ns "or better +overnment an hel*in+ to wi*e o&t ishonesty in *olitis# It is hel*in+ to set hi+her stanars in b&siness *ratie an eno&ra+in+ b&siness men to on&t b&siness by the Golen 1&leA an that is not oin+ my a&se any +oo#

Q: What abo&t these boys an +irls who are sai to be on the roa to hellJ %re yo& in ontrol o" themJ A: Well- I an answer that @&estion only with ?yes an no# I have orr&*te the mins o" the yo&n+ by teahin+ them to rink an smoke- b&t they have me ba""le thro&+h their teneny to think "or themselves#

Q: 4o& 4o& say say yo& have have orr orr&* &*te te  the the mins mins o" the the yo yo&n &n+ + *eo* *eo*le le with with li@& li@&or or an an i+arettes# I an &nerstan how li@&or mi+ht estroy the *ower o" ine*enent tho&+ht b&t o not see what i+arettes have have to o with hel*in+ hel*in+ yo&r a&se# A: 4o& may not know it- b&t i+arettes break own the *ower o" *ersisteneA they estroy the *ower o" en&raneA they estroy the ability to onentrateA they eaen an &nermine the ima+inative "a<y- an hel* in other ways to kee* *eo*le "rom &sin+ their mins most e""etively#

Do yo& know I have millions o" *eo*le- yo&n+ an ol- o" both se.es- who smoke two *aka+es o" i+arettes a ayJ That means I have millions o" *eo*le who are +ra&ally estroyin+ their *ower o" resistane# One ay I shall shall a to their their habit habit o" i+arett i+arettee smokin+ smokin+ other other tho&+ht,e tho&+ht,estroyi stroyin+ n+ habitshabits&ntil I shall have +aine ontrol o" their mins# /abits ome in *airs- tri*lets- an @&ar&*lets# %ny habit whih weakens oneCs will *ower invites a "lok o" its relatives to move in an take *ossession o" the min# The i+arette habit not only lowers the *ower o" resistane an iso&ra+es *ersistene- b&t it invites looseness in other h&man relationshi*s#

Q: I never tho&+ht that i+arettes were a tool o" estr&tion- 4o&r 3a

A: I am *ro& o" my reor# 3illions are now vitims- an the n&mber is inreasin+ aily# $oon I shall have most o" the worl in&l+in+ in the habit# In tho&sans o" "amilies I now have "ollowers o" the habit- inl&in+ every member o" the "amily# Very yo&n+ boys an +irls are be+innin+ to take &* the habit# They are learnin+ how to smoke by observin+ their *arents *arents an oler brothers an an sisters#

Q: Whih o yo& onsier to be yo&r +reater tool "or +ainin+ ontrol o" h&man mins F i+arettes or li@&orJ A: Witho&t hesitation I wo&l say i+arettes# One I +et a yo&n+ *erson to
Q: 4o&r 3a
I ask no *erson to believe in me# I *re"er that *eo*le "ear me# I am no be++ar! I take what I want by leverness an "ore# Be++in+ *eo*le to believe is the b&siness o" my o**osition F not mine#

Q: 4o&r 3a
I always ha the wron+ one*tion o" yo&# I tho&+ht yo& were kin eno&+h to let *eo*le alone while they were livin+- that yo& merely tort&re their so&ls a"ter eath# Now I learn- "rom yo&r own bra=en on"ession- that yo& estroy their ri+ht to "reeom o" tho&+ht an a&se them to +o thro&+h a livin+ hell on earth# What o yo& have to say to thatJ A: I +et what I want by e.erisin+ sel",ontrol# It is not so +oo "or my own b&siness b&t I s&++est yo& em&late me instea o" ritii=in+ ritii=in+ me# 4o& all yo&rsel" a thinker- an yo& are# Otherwise yo& wo&l never have "ore this interview on me# B&t yo& will never be the sort o" thinker that "ri+htens me &nless yo& +ain an e.erise +reater ontrol over yo&r own emotions#


Q: Let &s +et away "rom *ersonalities# I ame here to learn more abo&t yo&- not to is&ss mysel"# 'lease +o ahea an tell me o" the many triks yo& have evise "or +ainin+ ontrol o" the h&man min# What is yo&r most *ower"&l wea*on <&st nowJ A: That is a i""i< @&estion to answer# I have so many evies "or enterin+ h&man mins an ontrollin+ them that it is i""i< i""i< to say whih are the most *ower"&l# 1i+ht at the moment I am tryin+ to brin+ abo&t another worl war# 3y "riens here in Washin+ton are hel*in+ me to involve %meria in the war# I" I an start the worl to killin+ on a wholesale basis- I shall be able to *&t into o*eration my "avorite evie "or min ontrol# It is what yo& may all mass "ear# I &se this evie to brin+ abo&t the other Worl War in 676#6 &se it to brin+ abo&t the eonomi e*ression in 677- an i" my o**osition ha not o&ble,rosse me I wo&l now be in *ossession o" every manwoman- an hil in the worl# 4o& an see "or yo&rsel" how near I ame to worl omination F the thin+ I have been str&++lin+ to attain "or tho&sans o" years#

Q: 4es- I see yo&r *oint# Who wo&lnCtJ 4o& are a very in+enio&s mani*&lator o" the mins o" *eo*le# Is yo&r evilish b&siness arrie on only thro&+h *eo*le o" hi+h *osition an +reat in"l&eneJ A: Oh- no! I &se the mins o" *eo*le in all walks o" li"e# %s a matter o" "at- I *re"er the ty*e o" *erson who makes no *retense o" thinkin+A I an mani*&late that sort o" *erson witho&t i""i<y# I o&l not ontrol 79 *erent o" the *eo*le o" the worl i" all *eo*le were skille in thinkin+ "or themselves#

Q: I am intereste in the wel"are o" those *eo*le whom yo& laim to ontrol# There"oreI wish yo& to tell me all o" the triks by whih yo& enter an ontrol their mins# I want a om*lete on"ession "rom yo&- so be+in with yo&r leverest trik# A: This is s&iie yo& are "orin+ on me- b&t I am hel*less! $o settle own an I will *lae in yo&r hans the the wea*on by whih millions millions o" yo&r "ellow,earthbo&n "ellow,earthbo&n will e"en themselves a+ainst me#

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D*I)TING WIT T! D!"I# Q: TELL 3E (I1$T %BOUT 4OU1 3O$T 2LEVE1 T1I20 F the one yo& &se to ensnare the +reatest n&mber o" *eo*le# 22


A: I" yo& "ore me to +ive away this seret- it will mean my loss o" millions o" *eo*le now livin+ an still +reater n&mbers o" millions as yet &nborn# I be+ o" yo&- *ermit me to *ass this one @&estion @&estion &nanswere#

Q: $o /is 3a
Q: $to* stallin+- an start on"essin+# Who are yo& to ask mery o" one whom yo& wo&l estroy i" yo& o&lJ Who are yo& to talk o" s*ortsmanshi* an a sense o" h&morJ 4o&- who by yo&r own on"ession have set &* a livin+ hell on earth- where yo& *&nish innoent *eo*le thro&+h their "ears an i+norane# %s "or minin+ my own b&siness- that is <&st what I am oin+ when I "ore yo& to tell how yo& ontrol *eo*le thro&+h their own mins# 3y b&siness- i" it an be b e alle a b&siness- is hel*in+ to &nlok the oors o" the sel",mae *risons in whih men an women are on"ine bea&se o" the "ears yo& have *lante in their mins# A: 3y +reatest wea*on over h&man bein+s onsists o" two seret *rini*les by whih I +ain ontrol o" their mins# I will s*eak "irst o" the *rini*le o" habit- thro&+h whih I silently enter the mins o" *eo*le# By o*eratin+ thro&+h this *rini*le- I establish 5I wish I o&l avoi &sin+ this wor: the habit o" ri"tin+# When a *erson be+ins to ri"t on any s&b
Q: Desribe all the ways in whih whih yo& in&e *eo*le to ri"t# De"ine the wor an tell &s e.atly what yo& mean by it# A: I an best e"ine the wor ?ri"t by sayin+ that *eo*le who think "or themselves never ri"t- while those who o little or no thinkin+ "or themselves are ri"ters# % ri"ter is one who *ermits himsel" to be in"l&ene an ontrolle by ir&mstanes o&tsie o" his own min# /e wo&l rather let me o&*y his min an o his thinkin+ than +o to the tro&ble o" thinkin+ "or himsel"# % ri"ter is one who ae*ts whatever li"e throws in his way witho&t makin+ a *rotest or *&ttin+ &* a "i+ht# /e oesnCt know what he wants "rom li"e an s*ens all o" his time +ettin+ <&st that# % ri"ter has lots o" o*inionso *inions- b&t they are not his own# 3ost o" them are s&**lie by me# A: ri"ter ri"ter is one who is too la=y mentally mentally to &se his own brain# That is the reason I an take ontrol o" *eo*leCs thinkin+ an *lant my own ieas in their mins#


Q: I think I &nerstan what a ri"ter is# Tell me the e.at habits o" *eo*le by whih yo& in&e them to ri"t thro&+h li"e# $tart by tellin+ me when an how yo& "irst +ain ontrol o" a *ersonCs min# A: 3y ontrol over the min o" a h&man bein+ is obtaine while the *erson is yo&n+# $ometimes I lay the "o&nation "or my ontrol o" a min be"ore the owner o" it is born by mani*&latin+ the the mins o" that *ersonCs *ersonCs *arents# $ometimes $ometimes I +o "&rther bak bak than this an *re*are *eo*le "or my ontrol thro&+h what yo& earthbo&n all ?*hysial hereity# hereity# 4o& seethere"ore- I have two a**roahes to the min o" a *erson#

Q: 4es# Go on an esribe these two oors by whih yo& enter an ontrol the mins o" h&man bein+s# A: %s I have state- I hel* to brin+ *eo*le into yo&r worl with weak brains by +ivin+ to them- be"ore birth- as many as *ossible o" the weaknesses o" their anestors# 4o& all this this *rin *rini i*l *lee ?*hy ?*hysi sia all here herei ity ty# # %"te %"terr *eo*l *eo*lee are are born born I make make &se &se o" what what yo& earthb earthbo&n o&n all ?envi ?environm ronment ent as a means means o" ontro ontrolli llin+ n+ them# them# This This is where where the *rini*le o" habit enters# The min is nothin+ more than the s&m total o" oneCs habits! One by one I enter the min an establish habits- whih lea "inally to my absol&te omination o" the min

Q: Tell me o" the most ommon habits by whih yo& ontrol the mins o" *eo*le# A: That is one o" my leverest triksK I enter the mins o" *eo*le thro&+h tho&+hts whih they believe to be their own# Those most &se"&l to me are "ear- s&*erstition- avarie+ree- l&st- reven+e- an+er- vanity- an *lain la=iness# Thro&+h one or more o" these I an enter any min- at any a+e- b&t I +et my best res<s when I take har+e o" a min while it is yo&n+- be"ore its owner has learne how to lose any o" these nine oors# Then I an set &* habits whih kee* the oors a
Q: I am athin+ on to yo&r methos# Now let &s +o bak to the habit o" ri"tin+# Tell &s all abo&t that habit sine yo& say it is yo&r leverest trik in ontrollin+ the mins o" *eo*le# A: %s I sai be"ore- I start *eo*le ri"tin+ &rin+ their yo&th# I in&e them to ri"t thro&+h shool witho&t knowin+ what o&*ation they wish to "ollow in li"e# /ere I ath the ma

Q: I see# 4o& make it yo&r b&siness to train hilren in the habit o" ri"tin+ by in&in+ them to +o thro&+h shool witho&t aim or *&r*ose# Now tell me o" some o" yo&r other triks with whih yo& a&se *eo*le to beome ri"ters# A: Well- my seon best trik in evelo*in+ the habit o" ri"tin+ is one that I *&t into o*eration with the ai o" *arents an *&bli shoolteahers an reli+io&s instr&tors#

I warn yo& not to "ore me to mention this trik# Do not islose this trik# I" yo& o soyo& will be hate by my o,workers who hel* me &se this trik# I" yo& *&blish this on"ession in book "orm- yo&r book will be barre "rom the *&bli shools# It will be blakliste by most o" the reli+io&s leaers# It will be hien "rom hilren by many *arents# The news*a*ers will not are to +ive reviews o" yo&r book# 3illions o" *eo*le will hate yo& "or writin+ the book# In "at- no one will like yo& or yo&r book e.e*t those who think- an yo& know how very "ew there are o" this sort! 3y avie avie to yo& is to let me ski* the esri*tion esri*tion o" my seon best trik#

Q: $o "or my own +oo yo& wish to withhol withhol the esri*tion esri*tion o" yo&r seon best trik# trik# No one will like like my book e.e*t those who think- ehJ Very well- +o ahea ahea an answer# A: 4o&Cll re+ret this- 3r# Earthbo&n- b&t the
Q: Never min abo&t me# Tell me all abo&t this seon best trik o" yo&rs with whih yo& in&e *eo*le to ri"t with yo& to hell# A: 3y seon best trik is not seon at all# It is "irst! It is "irst bea&se witho&t it I never o&l +ain ontrol o" the mins o" the yo&ths# 'arents- shoolteahers- reli+io&s instr&tors- an many other a<s &nknowin+ly serve my *&r*ose by hel*in+ me to estroy in hilren the habit o" thinkin+ "or themselves# They +o abo&t their work in vario&s vario&s ways- never s&s*etin+ s&s*etin+ what they are oin+ to the mins o" hilren hilren or the real a&se o" the hilrenCs mistakes#

Q: I an harly believe yo&- 4o&r 3a

A: That is where my leverness omes in# There is the e.at e.*lanation o" how I ontrol 79 *erent o" the *eo*le o" the worl# I take *ossession o" *eo*le &rin+ their yo&th- be"ore they ome into *ossession o" their own mins- by &sin+ those who are in har+e o" them# I es*eially nee the hel* o" those who +ive hilren their reli+io&s instr&tion- bea&se it is here that I break own ine*enent tho&+ht an start *eo*le on the habit o" ri"tin+- by on"&sin+ their mins with &n*rovable ieas onernin+ a worl o" whih they know nothin+# It is here also that I *lant in the mins o" hilren the +reatest o" all "ears F the "ear o" hell!

Q: I &nerstan that it is easy "or yo& to "ri+hten hilren with threats o" hell- b&t how o yo& ontin&e to make them "ear yo& an yo&r hell a"ter they +row &* an learn to think "or themselvesJ A: 2hilren +row &*- b&t they o not always learn to think "or themselves! One I a*t&re the min o" a hil- thro&+h "ear- I weaken that hilCs ability to reason an to think "or himsel"- an that weakness +oes with the hil all thro&+h li"e#

Q: Is that not takin+ &n"air avanta+e o" a h&man bein+ by ontaminatin+ his min be"ore he omes into into "&ll *ossession o" itJ itJ A: Everythin+ is "air that I an &se to "&rther my ens# I have no "oolish limitations o" ri+ht an wron+# 3i+ht is ri+ht with me# I &se every known h&man weakness to +ain an kee* ontrol o" the h&man min#

Q: I &nerstan &nerstan yo&r evilish evilish nat&re! nat&re! Now let &s +et bak to "&rther "&rther is&ssion is&ssion o" yo&r methos o" in&in+ *eo*le to ri"t to hell here on earth# (rom yo&r on"ession I see that yo& take har+e o" hilren while their mins are yo&n+ an *liable# Tell me more o" how yo& &se *arents- teahers- an reli+io&s leaers to ensnare *eo*le into ri"tin+#

One o" my "avo "avori rite te tri triks ks is to oor oori ina nate te the the e""o e""ort rtss o" *are *arent ntss an an reli reli+i +io& o&ss A: One instr&tors so they work to+ether in hel*in+ me to estroy the hilrenCs *ower to think "or themselves# I &se many reli+io&s instr&tors to &nermine the o&ra+e an *ower o" ine*enent tho&+ht o" hilren- by teahin+ them to "ear meA b&t I &se *arents to ai the reli+io&s leaers in this +reat work o" o " mine#

Q: /ow o *arents hel* reli+io&s leaers estroy their hilrenCs *ower to think "or themselvesJ I never hear o" s&h a monstrosity! A: I aom*lish this thro&+h a very lever trik# I a&se the *arents to teah their hilren to believe as the *arents o in onnetion with reli+ion- *olitis- marria+e- an 23


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Q: In what other ways o yo& &se & se *arents to onvert hilren into ri"tersJ A: I a&se hilren to beome ri"ters by "ollowin+ the e.am*le o" their *arents- most o" whom I have alreay taken over an bo&n eternally to my a&se# In some *arts o" the worl I +ain mastery over hilrenCs mins an s&b&e their will *ower in e.atly the same same way way that that men men brea break k an an s&b& s&b&ee anim animal alss o" lowe lowerr inte intell lli+ i+en ene e## It make makess no i""erene to me how a hilCs will is s&b&e- as lon+ as it "ears somethin+# I will enter its min thro&+h that "ear an limit the hilCs *ower to think ine*eneny#

Q: It seems that yo& +o o&t o" yo&r way to kee* *eo*le "rom thinkin+J A: 4es# %&rate tho&+ht is eath to me# I annot e.ist in the mins o" those who think a&rately# I o not min *eo*le thinkin+ as lon+ as they think in terms o" "earis iso&r o&ra+ a+em emen entt- ho ho*e *ele less ssne ness ss-- an an est estr& r&t tiv iven enes ess# s# When When they they be+i be+in n to thin think k in onstr&tive terms o" "aith- o&ra+e- ho*e- an e"initeness o" *&r*ose- they immeiately immeiately beome allies allies o" my o**osition an are are there"ore lost to me# Q: I am be+innin+ to &nerstan how yo& +ain ontrol o" the mins o" hilren thro&+h the hel* o" their *arents an reli+io&s instr&tors- b&t I o not see how the shoolteahers hel* yo& in this amnable work# A: $hoolteahers hel* me +ain ontrol o" the mins o" hilren not so m&h by what they teah the hilren as bea&se o" what they o not teah them# The entire *&bli shool system is so aministere that it hel*s my a&se by teahin+ hilren almost everythin+ e.e*t how to &se their own mins an think ine*enently# I live in "ear that someay some o&ra+eo&s *erson will reverse the *resent system o" shool teahin+ an eal my a&se a eath blow by allowin+ the st&ents to beome the instr&tors- &sin+ those who now serve as teahers only as +&ies to hel* the hilren establish ways an mean meanss o" eve evelo lo*i *in+ n+ thei theirr own own mins mins "rom "rom with within in## When When that that time time ome omess- the the shoolteahers will no lon+er belon+ to my sta""#

Q: I was &ner the im*ression that the *&r*ose o" all shoolin+ was to hel* hilren to think# A: That may be the *&r*ose o" shoolin+- b&t the system in most o" the shools o" the worl oes not arry o&t the *&r*ose# $hool hilren are ta&+ht not to evelo* an &se their own mins- b&t to ao*t an &se the tho&+hts o" others# This sort o" shoolin+ estroys the a*aity "or ine*enent tho&+ht- e.e*t in a "ew rare ases where hilren


rely so e"initely &*on their own will *ower that they re"&se to allow others to o their thinkin+# %&rate tho&+ht is the b&siness o" my o**osition- not mine!

Q: What relationshi*- i" any- has yo&r o**osition with the homes- the h&rhes- an the shoolsJ 4o&r re*ly to this @&estion sho&l be interestin+# A: /ere is where I make &se o" some more o" my lever triks#

I a&se it to a**ear that everythin+ one by the *arents- the shoolteahers- an the reli+io&s instr&tors is bein+ one by my o**osition# This iverts attention "rom me while I mani*&late the mins o" the yo&n+# When reli+io&s instr&tors try to teah hilren the virt&es o" my o**osition- they +enerally o so by "ri+htenin+ them with my name# That is all I ask o" them# I kinle the "lame o" "ear into into *ro*or *ro*ortio tions ns whih whih estro estroy y the hilCs hilCs *ower *ower to think think a&r a&rate ately# ly# In the *&b *&bli li shools the teahers "&rther my a&se by kee*in+ the hilren so b&sy rammin+ non, essential in"ormation into their mins they have no o**ort&nity to think a&rately or to analy=e orrey the thin+s their instr&tors teah them#

Q: Do yo& laim- "or yo&r a&se- all those who are bo&n by the habit o" ri"tin+J A: No# Dri"tin+ is only one o" my triks thro&+h whih I take over the *ower o" ine*enent tho&+ht# Be"ore a ri"ter beomes my *ermanent *ro*erty- I m&st lea him on an ensnare him with another trik# I will tell yo& abo&t this other trik a"ter I "inish esribin+ my methos o" onvertin+ *eo*le into ri"ters#

Q: Do yo& mean yo& have a metho by whih yo& an a&se *eo*le to ri"t so "ar away "rom sel",etermination that they an never save themselvesJ A: 4es- a e"inite methoK %n it is so e""etive it never "ails#

Q: Do I &nerstan yo& to laim yo&r metho is so *ower"&l yo&r o**osition annot relaim those whom yo& have *ermanently ensnare thro&+h ri"tin+J A: I laim <&st that! Do yo& think I wo&l ontrol so many *eo*le i" my o**osition o&l *revent meJ Nothin+ Nothin+ an sto* me "rom ontrollin+ *eo*le e.e*t e.e*t *eo*le themselves# themselves#

Nothin+ an sto* me e.e*t the *ower *o wer o" a&rate tho&+ht# 'eo*le who think a&rately o not ri"t on any s&b

Q: Go ahea an tell me more o" the methos by whih yo& a&se *eo*le to ri"t to hell with yo&! A: I a&se *eo*le to ri"t on every s&b
Q: I onl&e "rom what yo& say that ri"tin+ an *rorastination are the same# Is that tr&eJ


A: 4es- that is orret# %ny habit whih a&ses one to *rorastinate F to *&t o"" reahin+ a e"inite eision F leas to the habit o" ri"tin+#

Q: Is man the only reat&re who ri"tsJ A: 4es# %ll other reat&res move in res*onse to e"inite laws o" nat&re# 3an alone e"ies nat&reCs laws an ri"ts when he wills#

Everythin+ o&tsie the mins o" men is ontrolle by my o**osition- bylaws so e"inite that ri"tin+ is im*ossible# I ontrol the mins o" men solely bea&se o" their habit o" ri"tin+- whih is only another way o" sayin+ that I ontrol the mins o" men only bea&se they ne+let ne+let or re"&se to to ontrol an &se their their own mins#

Q: This is +ettin+ to be *retty ee* st&"" "or a mere h&man bein+# Let &s +et bak to the is&ssion o" somethin+ less abstrat# 'lease tell me how this ri"tin+ habit a""ets *eo*le

in the everyay walks o" li"e an tell me in terms the avera+e *erson an &nerstan# A: I wo&l *re"er to kee* this interview &* amon+ the stars!

B&t let &s ome bak Q: No o&bt yo& wo&l# That wo&l save yo& "rom bein+ e.*ose# B&t to earth# Tell me now what ri"tin+ is oin+ to &s as a nation here in the Unite $tates# A: (rankly- I may as well tell yo& that I hate the Unite $tates as only the Devil an hate#

Q: That is interestin+# What is the a&se o" this hatreJ A: The a&se was born on M&ly - 6- when "i"ty,si. men si+ne a o&ment whih est estro roye ye  my han hane ess o" ont ontro roll llin in+ + the the nati nation on## 4o& 4o& kno know w that that o o& &me ment nt as the the Del Delar arat atio ion n o" Ine Ine*e *en nen ene e## /a /a it no nott been been "or "or the the in"l in"l&e &en nee o" that that amn amnab able le o&ment- I wo&l now have a itator r&nnin+ the o&ntry an I wo&l sto* this ri+ht to "ree s*eeh an ine*enent tho&+ht that is threatenin+ my r&le on earth#

Q: %m I to &nerstan "rom what yo& say that nations ontrolle by sel",a**ointe itators belon+ in yo&r am*J /


A: There are no sel",a**ointe itators# I a**oint them all# 3oreover- I mani*&late them an iret them in their work# Nations r&n by my itators know what they want an take it by "ore# Look what I have one thro&+h 3&ssolini in Italy! Look what I am oin+ thro&+h /itler in Germany# Look what I am oin+ thro&+h $talin in 1&ssia# 3y itators r&n those nations "or me bea&se the *eo*le have been s&b&e thro&+h the habit o" ri"tin+# 3y itators o no ri"tin+# That is why they r&le "or me the millions o" *eo*le &ner their ontrol# ontrol#

Q: What wo&l ha**en i" 3&ssolini- $talin- an /itler t&rne traitors an isavowe yo& an yo&r r&leJ A: That will not ha**en bea&se I have them too well bribe# I am *ayin+ eah o" them with the so* o" his own vanity- by makin+ him believe he is atin+ on his own ao&nt# That is another trik o" mine#

Q: Let &s ome bak to the Unite $tates an learn somethin+ o" what yo& are oin+ to onvert *eo*le into the habit o" ri"tin+# A: 1i+ht now I am *avin+ the way "or a itatorshi* by sowin+ the sees o" "ear an &nertainty in the mins o" the *eo*le#

Q: Thro&+h whom are yo& arryin+ on yo&r workJ A: 3ainly thro&+h the 'resient# I am estroyin+ his in"l&ene with the *eo*le by a&sin+ him to ri"t on the @&estion o" a workin+ a+reement between em*loyers an their em*loyees# I" I an in&e him to ri"t "or another year- he will be so thoro&+hly isreite I an han over the o&ntry to a itator# I" the 'resient ontin&es to ri"t- I will *araly=e *ersonal "reeom in the Unite $tates <&st as I estroye it in $*ain- ItalyGermany- an En+lan#

Q: What yo& say leas me to the onl&sion that ri"tin+ is a weakness whih inevitably ens in "ail&re- whether amon+ inivi&als or nations# Is that yo&r laimJ A: Dri"tin+ is the most ommon a&se o" "ail&re in every walk o" li"e# I an ontrol anyone whom I an in&e to "orm the habit o" ri"tin+ on any s&b

Q: Is that why a "ew *eo*le are wealthy while the ma
Q: I have always &nerstoo that money was the root o" all evil- that the *oor an the meek wo&l inherit heaven- while the wealthy wo&l *ass into yo&r hans# What have yo& to say o" that laimJ A: 3en who know how to +et the material material thin+s o" li"e +enerally know how to kee* kee* o&t o" the hans o" the Devil as well# The ability to a@&ire thin+s is onta+io&s# Dri"ters a@&ire nothin+ e.e*t that whih no one else wants# I" more *eo*le ha e"inite aims an stron+er esires "or material an s*irit&al rihes- I wo&l have "ewer vitims# v itims#

Q: I ass&me- "rom what yo& say- that yo& o not laim "ellowshi* with the in&strial leaers# Eviently they are not "riens o" yo&rs# A: (riens o" mineJ ICll tell yo& what sort o" "riens o" mine they are# They have belte the entire o&ntry with +oo roas- th&s brin+in+ into lose omm&nion the *eo*le o" both ity an o&ntry# They have onverte ores into steel- with whih they have b&ilt the skeletons o" +reat skysra*ers# They have harnesse eletrial eletrial *ower an onverte it into a tho&san &ses- all esi+ne to +ive man time to think# They have *rovie thro&+h the a&tomobile *ersonal trans*ortation to the h&mblest iti=enth&s +ivin+ to everyone the "reeom o" travel# They have *rovie every home with instantaneo&s news o" what is ha**enin+ in all *arts o" the worl thro&+h the ai o" the raio#

They have reare libraries in every ity- town- an hamlet an have "ille them with books +ivin+ to all who rea a om*lete o&tline o" the most &se"&l knowle+e mankin has +athere "rom his e.*erienes# They have +iven the h&mblest iti=en the ri+ht to e.*ress his own o*inion on any s&b
Q: Who are some o" the *resent,ay non,ri"ters over whom yo& have h ave no ontrolJ 2


A: I have ontrol over no non,ri"ter- *resent or *ast# I ontrol the weak- not those who think "or themselves#

Q: Go ahea an esribe a ty*ial ri"ter# ri"ter# Give yo&r esri*tion *oint by *oint so I an reo+ni=e a ri"ter when I see him# A: The "irst thin+ yo& will notie abo&t a ri"ter is his total lak o" a ma
/e will be ons*i&o&s by his lak o" sel",on"iene# /e will never aom*lish anythin+ re@&irin+ tho&+ht an e""ort# /e s*ens all he earns an more too- i" he an +et reit# /e will be sik or ailin+ "rom some real or ima+inary a&sean allin+ to hi+h heaven i" he s&""ers the least *hysial *ain# /e will have little or no ima+ination# /e will lak enth&siasm an initiative to be+in anythin+ he is not "ore to &nertakean he will *lainly e.*ress his weakness by takin+ the line o" least resistane whenever he an o so# /e will be ill,tem*ere an lakin+ in ontrol over his emotions# /is *ersonality will be witho&t ma+netism an it will not attrat other *eo*le# /e will have o*inions on everythin+ b&t a&rate knowle+e o" nothin+# /e may be

/e will never reah eisions on anythin+ i" he an avoi it- an i" he is "ore to eie he will reverse himsel" at the "irst o**ort&nity# /e will eat too m&h an e.erise too little# /e will take a rink o" li@&or i" someone else will *ay "or it# /e will +amble i" he an o it ?on the &""# /e will ritii=e others who are s&eein+ in their hosen allin+# In brie"- the ri"ter will work harer to +et o&t o" thinkin+ than most others work in earnin+ a +oo livin+# /e will tell a lie rather than amit his i+norane on any s&b
Q: 4o& have +iven me a +ra*hi esri*tion o" the ri"ter# 'lease now esribe the non, ri"ter so that I may reo+ni=e him on si+ht# A: The "irst si+n o" a non,ri"ter is thisK /e is always en+a+e in oin+ somethin+ e"inite- thro&+h some well,or+ani=e *lan whih is e"inite# /e has a ma
The tone o" his voie- the @&ikness o" his ste*- the s*arkle in his eyes- the @&ikness o" his eisions learly mark him as a *erson who knows e.atly what he wants an is etermine to +et it- no matter how lon+ it may take or what *rie he m&st *ay# I" yo& ask him @&estions- he +ives yo& iret answers an never "alls bak on evasions or resorts to s&bter"&+e# /e e.tens many "avors to others- b&t ae*ts "avors s*arin+ly or not at all# /e will be "o&n &* "ront whether he is *layin+ a +ame or "i+htin+ a war# I" he oes not know the answers he will say so "rankly# /e has a +oo memoryA never o""ers an alibi "or his shortomin+s# /e never blames others "or his mistakes no matter i" they eserve the blame# /e &se to be known as a +o,+etter- b&t in moern times he is alle a +o,+iver# 4o& will "in him r&nnin+ the bi++est b&siness in town- livin+ on the best street- rivin+ the best a&tomobilea&tomobile- an makin+ his *resene *resene "elt wherever wherever he ha**ens to be# 5


/e is an ins*iration to all who ome into ontat with his min# The ma
Q: Is the non,ri non,ri"te "terr born born with with som somee menta mentall- *hy *hysi sial al-- or s*irit s*irit&al &al avant avanta+e a+e not available to the ri"terJ A: No# The ma
Q: What brie" messa+e wo&l yo& sen to the ty*ial ri"ter i" yo& wishe to &re him o" this evil habitJ A: I wo&l amonish him to wake &* an +ive!

Q: Give whatJ A: $ome "orm o" servie &se"&l to as many *eo*le as *ossible#

Q: $o the non,ri"ter is s&**ose to +ive- is heJ A: 4es- i" he e.*ets to +et! %n he m&st +ive be"ore he +ets!

Q: $ome *eo*le o&bt that yo& e.ist# A: I wo&lnCt worry abo&t that i" I were yo&# Those who are reay to be onverte "rom the habit o" ri"tin+ will reo+ni=e the a&thentiity o" this interview by its so&nness o" o&nsel# The others are not worth the tro&ble it wo&l take to onvert them#

Q: Why o yo& not try to sto* me "rom *&blishin+ this on"ession I am wrin+in+ "rom yo&J A: Bea&se that wo&l be the s&rest o" all ways to +&arantee yo& will *&blish it# I have a better *lan than tryin+ to s&**ress *&bliation o" my on"ession# I will &r+e yo& to +o ahea with the *&bliation- then sit bak an wath yo& s&""er when some o" my "aith"&l


ri"ters be+in to make thin+s hot "or yo&# I will not nee to eny yo&r story# 3y "ollowers will o that "or me F see i" they onCt#

Chapter ,ive

T! -ON)!++ION -ONTINU!+ Q: I( T/I$ 2ON(E$$ION O( 4OU1$ $TO''ED ri+ht here yo&r statement wo&l be so&n- b&t "ort&nately "or millions o" yo&r vitims who will +ain their release bea&se o" yo&r on"es on"essio sionn- this this interv interview iew will will onti ontin&e n&e &ntil &ntil yo& have have s&* s&**li *lie e me with with the wea*on by whih yo& will event&ally be restraine "rom omination o" *eo*le thro&+h their "ears an s&*erstitions# 1emember- 4o&r 3a
It is tr&e I shall not remain here lon+ eno&+h to e"eat yo&- b&t the *&blishe wor I leav leavee behi behin n me will will be eat eathl hles esss bea bea&s &see it will will ons onsis istt o" tr&t tr&th! h! 4o& 4o& "ear "ear the the o**osition o" no inivi&al bea&se yo& know it will be short- b&t yo& o "ear tr&th# 4o& "ear tr&th an nothin+ else- "or the reason it is slowly b&t e"initely +ivin+ h&man bein+s "reeom "rom all manner o" "ear# Witho&t the wea*on o" "ear yo& wo&l be hel*less an entirely &nable to ontrol any h&man bein+! Is that tr&e or "alseJ A: I have no alternative b&t to amit that what yo& say is tr&e#

Q: Now that we &nerstan eah other- let &s +o ahea with yo&r on"ession# B&t be"ore we ontin&e- I may as well take time o&t to o a little boastin+ on my own ao&nt- now that yo& have ha yo&r "lin+ at it# I will on"ine mysel" to one @&estion- the answer to whih will +ive me all the satis"ation I want# Is it not tr&e that yo& ontrol only the mins o" those who have allowe the ri"tin+ habit to be "i.e &*on themJ A: 4es- that is tr&e# I have alreay amitte this tr&th in a o=en or more i""erent ways# Why o yo& tantali=e me by re*eatin+ the @&estionJ

Q: There is *ower in re*etition# I am "orin+ yo& to re*eat the hi+hli+hts o" yo&r on"ession in as many i""erent ways as *ossible so yo&r vitims may hek this 3


interview an etermine its so&nness by their own e.*erienes with yo&# That is one o" my little triks# Do yo& a**rove o" my methoJ A: 4o& o&lnCt be settin+ a tra* "or me "or the *&r*ose o" oin+ some more boastin+o&l yo&J

Q: I am askin+ the @&estions an yo& are oin+ the answerin+! Go ahea now an on"ess why yo& are *owerless to sto* me "rom "orin+ this on"ession "rom yo&# I want yo&r on"ession "or ai an om"ort to vitims o" yo&rs whom I inten to release "rom yo&r ontrol the moment they rea yo&r on"ession# A: I am *owerless to in"l&ene or ontrol yo& bea&se yo& have "o&n the seret a**roah to my kin+om# 4o& know that I e.ist only in the mins o" *eo*le who have "ears# 4o& know that I ontrol only the ri"ters who ne+let to &se their own mins# 4o& know that my hell is here on earth an not in the worl that omes a"ter eath# %n yo& know also that ri"ters s&**ly all the "ire I &se in my hell# 4o& know that I am a *rini*le or "orm o" ener+y whih e.*resses the ne+ative sie o" matter an ener+y- an that I am not a *erson with a "orke ton+&e an a s*ike tail 4o& have beome my master bea&se yo& have mastere all yo&r "ears# Lastly- yo& know that yo& an release all o" my earthbo&n vitims whom yo& ontat- an this e"inite knowle+e is the blow with whih yo& will eal me the +reatest ama+e#

I annot ontrol yo& bea&se yo& have isovere yo&r own min an yo& have taken har+e o" it# There now- 3r# Earthbo&n- that on"ession sho&l "ee yo&r vanity to the b&rstin+ *oint#

Q: That last art was &nneessary# 0nowle+e o" the sort I have &se to master yo& oes not ontaminate itsel" with v&l+ar in&l+ene in vanity# Tr&th is the one- an only- thin+ in the worl that an stan rii&le# Now let &s ontin&e with yo&r on"ession# What is wron+ with the *rini*le o" "latteryJ 4o& &se it- o yo& notJ A: Do I &se itJ 3an alive! (lattery is one o" my most &se"&l wea*ons# With this ealy instr&ment I slay the bi+ ones an the little ones#

Q: 4o&r amission interests me# Go ahea now an tell me how yo& make &se o" "lattery# A: I make &se o" it in so many ways it is i""i< to know where to be+in# I warn yo& be"ore I answer in etail- that *&blishin+ my answers will brin+ own an avalanhe o" rii&le on yo&r hea "or brin+in+ &* the @&estion#


Q: ICll take the res*onsibility# 'roee# A: Well- I may as well here amit that yo& have st&mble onto the ma
Q: That is a startlin+ amission# Go ahea with yo&r on"ession- an stik stritly to this s&b
(lattery is the hie" bait thro&+h whih men se&e women# $ometimes F in "at"re@&eny F women &se the same bait to +ain ontrol o" men- es*eially men who annot be mastere thro&+h se. a**eal# I teah its &se to both men an women# (lattery is the hie" bait with whih my a+ents weave their way into the on"iene o" *eo*le "rom whom they *ro&re in"ormation neee to arry on war"are# Wherever anyone sto*s to "ee his vanity on "lattery- I move in an be+in to b&il another ri"ter# Non,ri"ters are not easily "lattere# I ins*ire *eo*le to &se "lattery in every h&man relationshi* where its &se is *ossible bea&se those who are in"l&ene by it beome easy vitims o" the ri"tin+ habit#

Q: 2an yo& ontrol anyone who is amenable to "latteryJ A: Very easily# %s I have alreay tol yo&- "lattery is o" ma
Q: %t what a+e are *eo*le most s&se*tible to "latteryJ A: %+e has nothin+ to o with oneCs s&se*tibility to "lattery# "lattery# 'eo*le res*on to it- in one way or another- "rom the time they beome onsio&s o" their own e.istene &ntil they ie#

Q: Thro&+h what motive an women be b e most easily "lattereJ A: Their vanity# Tell a woman she is *retty or that she s he wears lothes well# 6


Q: What motive is most e""etive in har*oonin+ menJ A: E+otism- with a a*ital E! Tell a man he has a stron+ /er&lean boy or that he is a +reat b&siness b&siness tyoon- an he will *&rr like a at an smile like an o*oss&m! o*oss&m! %"ter that yo& know what ha**ens#

Q: %re all men like thatJ A: Oh- no# Two o&t o" every h&nre have their e+otism so thoro&+hly &ner ontrol that even an e.*ert "latterer o&lnCt +et &ner their skins with a o&ble,e+e b&ther kni"e#

Q: /ow oes a &nnin+ woman a**ly her art o" "lattery in attratin+ attratin+ menJ A: Great heavens- man- o I have to raw a *it&re o" her metho "or yo&J /ave yo& no ima+inationJ

Q: Oh- yes- I have ima+ination eno&+h- 4o&r 3a
Q: Is that all there is to the b&siness o" "latteryJ A: No- that is only the tehni@&e# Then omes the motive a woman &ses as a l&re# The ty*e o" woman yo& *erha*s have in min never sells a man hersel" or anythin+ she an +ive him# Instea she sells him his own e+otism!

Q: Is that all that women &se when they wish to "latter menJ


A: That is the most e""etive thin+ they &se It works when se. a**eal "ails!

Q: $o I am to believe that bi+- stron+- smart men an be wo&n &* an mani*&late thro&+h "lattery- <&st as i" they were so m&h *&ttyJ Is that *ossibleJ A: Is it *ossibleJ It is ha**enin+ every min&te o" the ay# 3oreover- &nless they are non,ri"ters- the bi++er they ome- the harer they "all when the e.*ert "latterer moves in on them#

Q: Tell me o" some o" yo&r other triks with whih yo& a&se *eo*le to ri"t in li"e# A: One o" my most e""etive evies is "ail&re! The ma
Q: $o it is yo&r b&siness to in&e *eo*le to "ail whenever yo& an# Is that orretJ A: 4o& have have it ri+ht# ri+ht# (ail& (ail&re re breaks breaks own own oneCs oneCs morale morale-- estroy estroyss sel", sel",on"i on"ien ene e-s&b&es enth&siasm- &lls ima+ination- an rives away e"initeness o" *&r*ose#

Witho&t these @&alities no one an *ermanently s&ee in any &nertakin+# The worl has *ro&e tho&sans tho&sans o" inventors inventors with ability s&*erior s&*erior to that o" the late Thomas Thomas %# Eison# B&t these men have never been hear o"- while the name o" Eison will +o marhin+ on bea&se Eison onverte "ail&re into a ste**in+ stone to ahievement while the others &se it as an alibi "or not *ro&in+ res<s#

Q: Is the a*aity to s&rmo&nt "ail&re witho&t bein+ iso&ra+e one o" /enry (orCs hie" assetsJ A: 4es- an this same @&ality is the hie" asset o" every man who attains o&tstanin+ s&ess in any allin+#

Q: That statement statement overs lots o" territory- 4o&r 3a

witho&t e.e*tion- that their s&ess has been in e.at *ro*ortion to the e.tent that they s&rmo&nte "ail&re# The li"e o" every s&ess"&l *erson lo&ly alaims that whih every tr&e *hiloso*her knowsK ?Every "ail&re brin+s with it the see o" an e@&ivalent s&ess# B&t the see will not +erminate an +row &ner the in"l&ene o" a ri"ter# It s*rin+s to li"e only when it is in the hans o" one who reo+ni=es that most "ail&res are only tem*orary e"eatan who never- &ner any ir&mstanes- ae*ts e"eat as an e.&se "or ri"tin+#

Q: I" I &nerstan yo& orretly- yo& laim there is virt&e in "ail&re# That oes not seem reasonable# Why o yo& try to in&e *eo*le to "ail i" there is virt&e in "ail&reJ A: There is no inonsisteny in my laims# The a**earane o" inonsisteny is &e to yo&r lak o" &nerstanin+# (ail&re is a virt&e only when it oes not lea one to @&it tryin+ an be+in ri"tin+# I in&e as many *eo*le as I an to "ail as o"ten as *ossible "or the reason that not one o&t o" ten tho&san will kee* on tryin+ a"ter "ailin+ two or three times# I am not onerne abo&t the "ew who onvert "ail&res into ste**in+ stones bea&se they belon+ to my o**osition anyway# They are the non,ri"ters an there"ore they are beyon my reah#

Q: 4o&r e.*lanation lears &* the matter# Now +o ahea an tell me o" some o" yo&r other triks with whih yo& all&re *eo*le into ri"tin+# A: One One o" my mo most st e""e e""et tiv ivee tri triks ks is kno known wn to yo yo& & as *ro*a *ro*a+a +ana na## Th This is is the the instr&ment o" +reatest val&e to me in settin+ *eo*le to m&rerin+ one another &ner the +&ise o" war#

The leverness o" this trik onsists mainly o" the s&btlety with whih I &se it# I mi. *ro*a+ana with the news o" the worl# I have it ta&+ht in *&bli an *rivate shools# I see that it "ins its way into the *&l*it# I olor movin+ *it&res with it I see that it enters every home where there is a raio# I in

Q: I" yo& an o all that yo& laim with *ro*a+ana- it is little woner that we have wars an b&siness e*ressions# Give me a sim*le esri*tion o" what yo& mean by the term ?*ro*a+ana# M&st what is it an how oes it workJ I wish to know *arti&larly how yo& a&se *eo*le to ri"t thro&+h the &se o" this evilish evie# A: 'ro*a+ana is any evie- *lan- or metho by whih *eo*le an be in"l&ene witho&t knowin+ that they are bein+ in"l&ene- or the so&re o" the in"l&ene#

'ro*a+ana is &se in b&siness "or the *&r*ose o" iso&ra+in+ om*etition# Em*loyers &se it to +ain avanta+e over their em*loyees# The em*loyees retaliate by &sin+ it to +ain avanta+e over their em*loyers# In "at- it is &se so &niversally an thro&+h s&h a smooth sm ooth an bea&ti bea&ti"&l "&l strea streaml mline ine  tehni tehni@&e @&e that that it looks looks harml harmless ess even even when when it is etete#

Q: I s&**ose some o" yo&r boys are now en+a+e in *re*arin+ the mins o" the %merian *eo*le to ri"t into some "orm o" itatorshi*# Tell me how they work# A: 4es! 3illions o" my boys are *re*arin+ %merians to beome /itleri=e 3y best boys are workin+ thro&+h *olitis an labor or+ani=ation# We inten to take over the o&ntry with ballots instea o" b&llets# %merians are so sensitive they wo&l never stan the shok o" seein+ their "orm o" +overnment han+e with the ai o" mahine +&ns an tank ars# $o o&r *ro*a+ana boys are servin+ them a iet they will swallow by stirrin+ &* stri"e between em*loyers an em*loyees an t&rnin+ the +overnment a+ainst b&siness an in&stry# When *ro*a+ana has one its work thoro&+hly- one o" my boys will move in as itator an the Nine Ol 3en on yo&r $&*reme 2o&rt with their silly notions o" the 2onstit&tion will move o&t!

Everyone Everyone will be +iven +iven a
Q: I have o"ten wonere who invente the lever trik whih yo& all *ro*a+ana# (rom what yo& tell me o" its so&re an nat&re I &nerstan why it is so ealy# Only one as lever as 4o&r 3a
Why o yo& not &se yo&r *ower"&l *ro*a+ana to +ain ontrol o" yo&r vitims instea o" s&b&in+ them thro&+h "ear an annihilatin+ them thro&+h war"areJ A: What is "ear o" the Devil e.e*t *ro*a+anaJ 4o& have not observe my tehni@&e very are"&lly or yo& wo&l have seen that I am the worlCs +reatest *ro*a+anist! I never attain an en by iret- o*en means whih I an ahieve thro&+h s&bter"&+e an s&btlety# What o yo& s&**ose I am &sin+- when I *lant ne+ative ieas in the mins o" 52


men an +ain ontrol o" them thro&+h what they believe to be their own ieasJ What wo&l yo& all that e.e*t the leverest o" all "orms o" *ro*a+anaJ

Q: $&rely yo& are not +oin+ to tell me that yo& estroy *eo*le thro&+h their own hel* witho&t their reali=in+ what yo& are oin+J  oin+J A: That is e.atly what I wish yo& to &nerstan# 3oreover- I will show yo& e.atly how the trik is *er"orme#

Q: Now we are +ettin+ somewhere# E.atly how o yo& onvert h&man bein+s into *ro*a+anists an l&re them into sel",im*risonmentJ Give me the story with all its l&ri etails# This is the most im*ortant *art o" yo&r on"ession an I am ons&me with ea+erness to +ain ontrol o" yo&r seret# I an harly blame yo& "or stallin+ abo&t answerin+ my @&estion bea&se yo& know so well that yo&r answer will snath millions o" innoent vitims "rom yo&r ontrol# 4o& also know that yo&r answer will *rotet other o&ntless millions o" yet &nborn *eo*le "rom bein+ vitimi=e by yo&# It is little woner yo& are he+in+ abo&t answerin+# A: 4o&r e&tions are orret# This *art o" my on"ession will o me more ama+e than all the remainer o" it#

Q: $tatin+ yo&r heaahe in a better way- this *art o" yo&r on"ession will save more millions o" *eo*le "rom yo&r ontrol than all the remainer o" it# A: %ll I an say is that yo& have me in a hell o" a sit&ation!

Q: Now yo& shall know how the the millions o" yo&r vitims vitims "eel# LetCs LetCs have it# A: I make my "irst entry into an inivi&alCs min by bribin+ him#

Q: What o yo& &se as a bribeJ A: I &se many thin+s- all o" them *leasant thin+s the inivi&al ovets# I &se the same sort o" bribes that inivi&als inivi&als &se when they bribe one another# That is- I &se "or bribes the thin+s *eo*le most want# 3y best bribes are theseK • •

Love The thirst "or se. e.*ression , 2oveto&sness "or money

O %t wit tin & t he Dev il •

The obsessive esire to +ain somethin+ "or nothin+ F +amblin+

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Vanity in women- e+otism in men

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Desire to be the master o" others

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Desire "or into.iants an narotis

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Desire "or sel",e.*ression thro&+h wors an ees

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Desire to imitate others

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Desire "or *er*et&ation o" li"e a"ter eath

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Desire to be a hero or heroine

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Desire "or *hysial "oo

Q: That is an im*osin+ list o" bribes- 4o&r 3a
Q: 4o& mean that these bribes are the keys with whih yo& an silently &nlok the oor to any min yo& hooseJ A: That is e.atly what I mean an I an o it too#

Q: What ha**ens when yo& enter the min o" a *erson who is not yet in the habit o" ri"tin+- b&t belon+s in the 79 *erent lass as a *otential ri"terJ A: I +o to work immeiately to o&*y as m&h o" that *ersonCs min as I an master# I" the inivi&alCs +reatest weakness is the esire "or money- I be+in to an+le oins be"ore him- "i+&ratively s*eakin+# I intensi"y his esire an in&e him to +o a"ter money# Then when he +ets near it I snath it away "rom him#

This is an ol trik o" mine# %"ter the trik has been re*eate a "ew times- the *oor "ellow +ives in an @&its# Then I take over a little more s*ae in his min an "ill it with the "ear o" *overty# That is one o" my best min,"illers#

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Q: 4es- I amit yo&r metho is very lever- b&t what ha**ens i" the vitim "ools yo& an +ets his hans on a lot o" moneyJ 4o& onCt "ill his min with "ear o" *overty then- o yo&J A: No- I onCt# I take over the s*ae by "illin+ it with somethin+ whih serves my *&r*ose <&st as well# I" my vitim v itim onverts his esire "or money into lar+e s&ms- I start over,"eein+ him with the thin+s he an b&y with it# (or e.am*le- I a&se him to st&"" himsel" with rih "oos# This slows own his thinkin+ a*aity- enan+ers his heart- an starts him on the roa to ri"tin+#

Then I *ester him with intestinal *oisonin+ thro&+h the s&r*l&s "oo he eats# That also slows own his thinkin+ an +ives him a nasty is*osition#

Q: What i" the vitim is not a +l&ttonJ What other "ollies an yo& in&e him to *ik &* that lea to ri"tin+J A: I" the vitim is a male I an &s&ally snare him thro&+h his se. a**etite# Over, in&l+ in&l+en enee in se. starts starts mo more re men men to ri"ti ri"tin+ n+ towar towar "ail&r "ail&ree than than all all other other a&se a&sess ombine#

Q: $o "oo an se. are two o" o " yo&r s&re,"ire baits! Is that orretJ A: 4es# With these two l&res I an take over a ma
Q: I am be+innin+ to think that wealth is more an+ero&s than *overty- i" yo&r story is to be believe# A: That alto+ether e*ens &*on who has the wealth an how it was a@&ire#

Q: What has the manner in whih money is a@&ire to o with its bein+ a blessin+ or a &rseJ A: Everythin+# I" yo& onCt believe me- take a look at those who a@&ire a lar+e amo&nt o" money @&ikly- witho&t time to +et wisom alon+ with it- an observe how they &se it#

Why- o yo& s&**ose- rih menCs sons selom e@&al the ahievements ahievements o" their their "athersJ "athersJ ICll tell yo& why# It is bea&se they have been e*rive o" the sel",isi*line whih omes "rom bein+ "ore to work#


Look into the reors o" movin+ *it&re stars or athletes who s&enly "in themselves in *ossession o" bi+ money an hero worshi* an *raise "rom the *&bli# Observe how @&ikly I move in an take them over in many ases- mainly thro&+h se.- +amblin+"oo- an li@&or# With these I ath an ontrol the bi++est an the best o" *eo*le as soon as they +et their hans on bi+ money#

Q: What abo&t those who a@&ire money slowly- by renerin+ some "orm o" &se"&l servieJ %re they easily snare tooJ A: Oh- I +et them all ri+ht- b&t I +enerall +enerally y have to han+e my bait# $ome o" them want one thin+ an others want somethin+ else#

Where my *&r*ose is best serve I see to it that they +et what they want most- b&t I mana+e mana+e to wra* in the *aka+e somethin+ somethin+ they onCt want# The thin+ I +ive them is the e"inite thin+ that makes them ri"ters# Do yo& see how I workJ

Q: %n very lever work it is# 4o& l&re *eo*le on thro&+h their nat&ral esires- b&t yo& sli* yo&r ealy *oison into the ob
Q: (rom all yo& say I in"er that yo& annot in&e a non,ri"ter to hel* yo& +ain ontrol o" his min by baitin+ him with yo&r bribes# Is that orretJ A: That is e.atly orret# I an F an I o F interest non,ri"ters in my bribes bea&se I &se "or the *&r*ose o" bribery the thin+s all *eo*le nat&rally esire- b&t the non,ri"ter resembles a "ish that steals the bait "rom yo&r hook b&t re"&ses to take the hook#

The non,ri"ter takes "rom li"e whatever he wants- b&t he takes it on his own terms# The ri"ter takes whatever he an +et- b&t he takes what he +ets on my terms# $tatin+ the matter in another way- the non,ri"ter borrows money "rom a le+itimate banker- i" he wants it- an *ays a le+itimate rate o" interest# The ri"ter +oes to the *awn sho*- hoks his wath- an *ays a s&iial rate o" interest "or his loan#

Q: $o I raw "rom yo&r laims the onl&sion that yo&r han is mi.e &* somehow in all o" *eo*leCs tro&bles an miseries- even tho&+h yo&r *resene may not be visibleJ

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A: 3y &nwillin+ workers are o"ten my best workers# 4o& see- my &nwillin+ workers are those whom I annot ontrol with some ombination o" bribes- *eo*le whom I have to master by "ear or thro&+h some "orm o" mis"ort&ne# They o not wish to serve me- b&t they annot avoi it bea&se they are eternally bo&n to me by the habit o" ri"tin+#

Q: Now I am be+innin+ to better &nerstan yo&r tehni@&e# 4o& bribe yo&r vitims thro&+h their nat&ral esires an lea them astray while yo& in&e them to beome ri"ters i" they res*on to yo&r l&re# I" they re"&se to res*on- yo& *lant the see o" "ear in their mins or tra* them thro&+h some "orm o" mis"ort&ne- an ho+,tie them while they are own# Is that yo&r methoJ A: That is e.atly the way I work# 2lever- onCt yo& thinkJ

Q: Whih o yo& *re"er to serve as yo&r *ro*a+anists F the yo&n+ or the olJ A: The yo&n+- o" o&rse! They an be in"l&ene by most bribes more easily than *eo*le o" mat&re <&+ment# 3oreover- they have lon+er to remain in my servie#

Q: 4o&r 3a
6# Do yo yo&r &r own own thin thinki kin+ n+ on all all oa oasi sion ons# s# Th Thee "at "at that that h&m h&man an bein bein+s +s are are +ive +iven n om*lete ontrol over nothin+ save the *ower to think their own tho&+hts is laen with si+ni"iane# # Deie e"initely what yo& want "rom li"eA then reate a *lan "or attainin+ it an be willin+ to sari"ie everythin+ else- i" neessary- rather than ae*t *ermanent e"eat# 8# %naly=e tem*orary tem*orary e"eate"eat- no matter matter o" what nat&re or a&sean e.trat "rom it the see o" an e@&ivalent avanta+e# # Be willin+ to rener &se"&l servie e@&ivalent to the val&e o" all material thin+s yo& eman o" li"e- an rener the servie "irst# # 1e 1eo+ o+ni ni=e =e that that yo yo&r &r brai brain n is a ree reeiv ivin in+ + set set tha that an an be att& att&ne ne  to ree reeiv ivee omm& omm&ni niati ations ons "rom "rom the &niver &niversal sal storeh storeho&s o&see o" In"ini In"inite te Intell Intelli+e i+ene ne-- to hel* hel* yo& transm&te yo&r esires into their *hysial e@&ivalent#


# 1eo+ni=e that yo&r +reatest asset is time- the only thin+ e.e*t the *ower o" tho&+ht whih yo& own o&tri+ht- an the one thin+ whih an be sha*e into whatever material thin+s yo& want# B&+et yo&r time so none o" it is waste# # 1eo+ni=e the tr&th that "ear +enerally is a "iller with whih the Devil o&*ies the &n&se &n&se *ortion o" yo&r min# It is only a state o" min whih yo& an ontrol by "illin+ the s*ae it o&*ies with "aith in yo&r ability to make li"e *rovie yo& with whatever yo& eman o" it# 9# When yo& *ray- o not be+! Deman what yo& want an insist &*on +ettin+ e.atly that- with no s&bstit&tes# 7# 1eo+ni=e that li"e is a r&el taskmaster taskmaster an that either yo& master it or it masters yo&# There is no hal",way or om*romisin+ *oint# Never ae*t "rom li"e anythin+ yo& o not want# I" that whih yo& o not want is tem*orarily "ore &*on yo&- yo& an re"&se- in yo&r own min- to ae*t it an it will make way "or the thin+ yo& o want# 6># Lastly- remember that yo&r ominatin+ tho&+hts attrat- thro&+h a e"inite law o" nat&re- by the shortest an most onvenient ro&te- their *hysial o&nter*art# Be are"&l what yo&r tho&+hts well &*on#

Q: That list looks im*osin+# Give me a sim*le "orm&la- ombinin+ all the ten *oints# I" yo& ha to ombine all ten in one- what wo&l it beJ A: Be e"inite in everythin+ yo& o an never leave &n"inishe tho&+hts in the min# (orm the habit o" reahin+ e"inite eisions on all s&b
Q: 2an the habit o" ri"tin+ be broken- or oes it beome *ermanent one it has been "ormeJ A: The habit an be broken i" the vitim has eno&+h will *ower- *roviin+ it is one in time# There is a *oint beyon whih the habit an an never be broken# Beyon that *oint the vitim is mine# /e resembles a "ly that has been a&+ht in a s*ierCs web# /e may str&++lestr&++le- b&t he annot annot +et o&t# Eah move he makes makes entan+les entan+les him more se&rely# se&rely# The web in whih I entan+le my vitims *ermanently is a law o" nat&re not yet isolate by- or &nerstoo by- men o" siene#

Chapter Si1

(4NOTI- *(T' 56


Q: W/%T I$ T/I$ 34$TE1IOU$ L%W thro&+h whih yo& take *ermanent ontrol o" *eo*leCs boies even be"ore yo& take over their so&lsJ The whole worl will want to know more abo&t this law an how it o*erates# A: It will be har to esribe the law so yo& will &nerstan it- b&t yo& may all it ?hy*noti rhythm# It is the same law thro&+h whih *eo*le an be hy*noti=e#

Q: $o yo& have the *ower to &se the laws o" nat&re as a web in whih yo& bin yo&r vitims in eternal ontrol# Is that yo&r laimJ A: That is not only my laim# It is the tr&th! I take over their mins an boies even be"ore they ie whenever whenever I an l&re them them or "ri+hten them into hy*noti rhythm#

Q: What is hy*noti rhythmJ /ow o yo& &se it to +ain *ermanent mastery over h&man bein+sJ A: I will have to +o bak into time an s*ae an +ive yo& a brie" elementary esri*tion o" how nat&re &ses hy*noti rhythm# Otherwise yo& will not be able to &nerstan my esri*tion o" how I &se this &niversal law to ontrol h&man bein+s#

Q: Go ahea- b&t kee* yo&r story on"ine to sim*le ill&strations whih ome within the ran+e o" my own e.*eriene an knowle+e o" nat&ral laws# A: Very well- I shall o my best 4o&- o" o&rse- know that nat&re maintains a *er"et balane between all the elements elements an all the ener+y in the &niverse# &n iverse# 4o& an see that the stars an the *lanets move with *er"et *reision*reision- eah one kee*in+ its own *lae in time an s*ae# 4o& an see that the seasons o" the year ome an +o with *er"et re+&larity# 4o& an see that an oak tree +rows "rom an aorn aorn an a *ine +rows "rom the see see o" its anestor# %n aorn never *ro&es a *ine an a *ine see never *ro&es an oak#

These are sim*le thin+s whih anyone an &nerstanA what one annot see is the &niversal law thro&+h whih nat&re maintains *er"et balane thro&+ho&t the myria o" &niverses# 4o& earthbo&n a&+ht a "ra+mentary +lim*se o" this +reat &niversal law when Newton isovere that it hols yo&r earth in its *osition an a&ses all material ob

*er"et balane over over the "o&r imensions F in whih all all matter an ener+y are ontaine F is the web web in whih I entan+le an ontrol the mins mins o" h&man bein+s#

Q: Tell me more o" this asto&nin+ law o" hy*noti rhythm# A: %s I have alreay state- there is a &niversal "orm o" ener+y with whih nat&re kee*s a *er"et balane between all matter an ener+y# $he makes s*eiali=e &se o" this &niversal b&ilin+ material by breakin+ it &* into i""erent wavelen+ths# The breakin+, &* *roess is arrie on thro&+h habit#

4o& will better &nerstan what I am tryin+ to onvey i" I om*are it with the metho by whih one learns to *lay m&si# %t "irst the notes are memori=e in the min# Then they are relate to one another thro&+h meloy an rhythm By re*etition the meloy an rhythm beome "i.e in the min# Observe how relentlessly the m&siian m&st re*eat a t&ne be"ore he masters it# Thro&+h re*etition the m&sial notes blen an then yo& have m&si# %ny im*&lse o" tho&+ht that the min re*eats over an over thro&+h habit "orms an or+ani=e or+ani=e rhythm# rhythm# Unesirabl Unesirablee habits habits an be broken# They m&st be broken broken be"ore be"ore they ass&me the *ro*ortions o" rhythm# %re yo& "ollowin+ meJ

Q: 4es# A: Well Well-- to ont ontin in&e &e-- rhyt rhythm hm is the the last last sta+ sta+ee o" habi habit! t! %ny tho& tho&+ht +ht or *h *hys ysi ial al movement whih is re*eate over an over thro&+h the *rini*le o" habit "inally reahes the *ro*ortion o" rhythm#

Then the habit annot be broken bea&se nat&re takes it over an makes it *ermanent# It is somethin+ like a whirl*ool in water# %n ob
Q: $o this is the way in whih yo& take ontrol o" the mins o" *eo*le- is itJ A: 4es# %ll I have to o to +ain ontrol over any min is to in&e its owner to ri"t

Q: %m I to &nerstan that the habit o" ri"tin+ is the ma

A: That an m&h more# Dri"tin+ is also the habit thro&+h whih I take over their so&ls a"ter they +ive &* their *hysial boies#

Q: Then the only way a h&man bein+ an be save "rom eternal annihilation is by maintainin+ ontrol over his own min while he is on this earth# Is that tr&eJ A: 4o& have state the tr&th *er"etly! Those who ontrol an &se their own mins esa*e my web# I +et all the others as nat&rally as the s&n sets in the west#

Q: Is that all there is to the b&siness o" bein+ save "rom eternal annihilationJ DoesnCt what yo& all yo&r o**osition have anythin+ to o with savin+ *eo*leJ A: I an see that that yo& o think very ee*ly# 3y o**osition F the *ower yo& earthbo&n earthbo&n all Go F has everythin+ to o with the salvation o" *eo*le "rom eternal annihilationan "or that reason it is my o**osition who *rovies every h&man bein+ with the *rivile+e o" &sin+ his own min#

I" yo& &se that *ower by maintainin+ ontrol over yo&r own min- yo& beome a *art o" it when yo& +ive &* yo&r *hysial *h ysial boy# I" yo& ne+let to &se it- then I have the *rivile+e o" takin+ avanta+e o" the ne+let thro&+h the law o" hy*noti rhythm#

Q: /ow m&h o" a *erson o yo& take over when yo& +ain ontrol o" himJ A: Everythin+ that is le"t a"ter he eases to ontrol an &se his own min#

Q: In other wors- when yo& +ain ontrol o" a *erson yo& take over all there is o" his inivi&ality &* to the time that he @&its &sin+ his own minJ Is that orretJ A: That is how I o*erate#

Q: What o yo& o with *eo*le whom yo& ontrol be"ore eathJ O" what +oo are they to yo& while they liveJ A: I &se them- or what is le"t o" than a"ter I take har+e- as *ro*a+anists to hel* me *re*are the mins mins o" others to ri"t


Q: 4o& not only "ool *eo*le into estroyin+ their *ower to ontrol their own mins- b&t yo& &se them to hel* yo& tra* othersJ A: 4es- I let no o**ort&nity +et away "rom me#

Q: Let &s ome bak to the s&b
Q: What h&man "ear best serves yo&r *&r*oseJ % The "ear o" eath#

Q: Why is the "ear o" eath yo&r "avorite wea*onJ A: Bea&se no one knows- an by the very nat&re o" the laws o" the &niverse&n iverse- no one an *rove e"initely what ha**ens a"ter eath# This &nertainty "ri+htens *eo*le o&t o" their wits#

'eo*le who +ive over their mins to "ear F any sort o" "ear,ne+let to &se their mins an be+in to ri"t# Event&ally they ri"t into the whirl*ool o" hy*noti rhythm "rom whih they may never esa*e#

Q: Then yo& o not min what reli+io&s leaers think or say o" yo& when they s*eak o" eathJ A: Not as lon+ as they say somethin+! I" the h&rhes sho&l sto* talkin+ abo&t me- my a&se wo&l reeive a severe setbak# Every attak mae a+ainst me "i.es the "ear o" me in the mins o" all who are in"l&ene in"l&ene by it# 4o& see- o**osition o**osition is the thin+ that kee*s some *eo*le "rom ri"tin+! 'roviin+ they o not yiel to it#

Q: $ine yo& laim the h&rhes hel* instea o" hinerin+ yo&r a&se- tell me what wo&l +ive yo& a&se to worryJ A: 3y only worry is that someay so meay a real thinker may a**ear on earth# 02


Q: What wo&l ha**en i" a thinker i a**earJ A: 4o& ask me what wo&l ha**enJ ICll tell yo& what wo&l ha**en# 'eo*le wo&l learn the +reatest o" all tr&ths F that the time they s*en in "earin+ somethin+ wo&l- i" reverse- +ive them all they want in the material worl an save them "rom me a"ter eath# IsnCt that worth thinkin+ abo&tJ

Q: What is kee*in+ s&h a thinker "rom a**earin+ in the worlJ A: (ear o" ritiism! It may interest yo& to know that the "ear o" ritiism is the only e""etive wea*on I have with whih to whi* yo&# I" yo& were not a"rai to *&blish this on"ession a"ter yo& wrin+ it "rom me- I wo&l lose my earthly kin+om#

Q: %n i" I i s&r*rise yo& an *&blish it- how lon+ wo&l it be &ntil yo& lost yo&r kin+omJ A: M&st lon+ eno&+h "or one +eneration o" hilren to +row into &nerstanin+# 4o& annot take the a<s "rom me# I have them too se&rely sewe &*# B&t i" yo& *&blishe this on"ession- it wo&l be s&""iient to kee* me "rom +ainin+ ontrol o" the yet &nborn an those who have not yet reahe the a+e o" reason# 4o& wo&lnCt are *&blish what I have tol yo& abo&t the reli+io&s leaers# They wo&l r&i"y yo&!

Q: I tho&+ht the sava+e *ratie o" r&i"i.ion went o&t o" style two tho&san years a+o# A: I onCt mean r&i"i.ion on a ross# I mean soial an "inanial r&i"i.ion# 4o&r inome wo&l be sh&t o""# 4o& wo&l beome a soial o&tast# 1eli+io&s leaers an their "ollowers alike wo&l treat yo& with sorn#

Q: $&**ose I sho&l hoose to throw in my lot with the selet "ew who make a *retense o" &sin+ their own mins rather than "ear the masses who o not F the masses o" whom yo& laim 79 *erentJ A: I" yo& have o&ra+e eno&+h to o this- yo& will rim* my style#

Q: Why o yo& lay laim to no sientistJ DonCt yo& like sientistsJ


A: Oh yes- I like all *eo*le well eno&+h- b&t tr&e sientists are o&t o" my reah#

Q: WhyJ A: Bea&se they think "or themselves an s*en their time st&yin+ nat&ral laws# They eal with a&se an e""et# They eal with "ats wherever they "in them# B&t o not make the mistake o" believin+ sientists have no reli+ion# They have a very e"inite reli+ion#

Q: What is their reli+ionJ A: The reli+ion o" tr&th! The reli+ion o" nat&ral law! I" the worl ever *ro&es an a&rate thinker with ability ability to "athom the ee*ly b&rie seret o" li"e an eath- yo& an be s&re that siene siene will be be res*onsible "or the atastro*he#

Q: 2atastro*he to whomJ % To me- o" o&rse!

Q: LetCs +et bak to the s&b
Q: That is an ol worlly &stom o" mine- 4o&r 3a
Q: /ow interestin+# 4o& are not tryin+ to rea*t&re me thro&+h "lattery- are yo&J A: That wo&l be the best bribe I o&l o"" er yo&# It is the bribe I &se on yo& e""etively be"ore yo& +ot the &**er han o" me# 05


Q: With what i yo& "latter meJ A: With many thin+s- hie" amon+ them se. an the esire "or sel",e.*ression#

Q: What e""et i yo&r bribes have on meJ A: They a&se yo& to ne+let yo&r ma
Q: Was that all yo& i to me thro&+h yo&r bribesJ A: That was *lenty#

Q: B&t I am bak on the trak an o&t o" yo&r reah now- am I notJ A: 4es- yo& are tem*orarily o&t o" my reah bea&se yo& are not ri"tin+#

Q: What broke yo&r s*ell over me an release me "rom the habit o" ri"tin+J A: 3y answer may h&miliate yo&# Do yo& want to hear itJ

Q: Go ahea an +ive it to me- 4o&r 3a
Q: $o yo& are +oin+ to a&se me o" hiin+ h iin+ behin a womanCs skirts- are yo&J A: No- not hiin+# I wo&lnCt *&t it that way# I wo&l say yo& have learne how to +ive yo&rsel" a soli bak+ro&n with the embellishment o" a womanCs min#

Q: The womanCs skirt has nothin+ to o with it thenJ


A: No- b&t her brain oes# When yo& an yo&r wi"e w i"e be+an to ombine yo&r two brainsthro&+h yo&r habit o" ?3aster 3inin+ every ay- yo& st&mble &*on the seret *ower with whih yo& "ore me into this on"ession#

Q: Is that the tr&th- or are yo& tryin+ to "latter me a+ainJ A: I o&l "latter yo& i" I ha yo& alone- b&t I annot "latter yo& while yo& have the &se o" yo&r wi"eCs min#

Q: I am be+innin+ to ath on to somethin+ im*ortant# I am be+innin+ to &nerstan what was meant by the writer o" that *assa+e in the Bible whih says s&bstantially?When two or more meet to+ether an ask "or anythin+ in 3y name- it shall be +rante# It is tr&e- then- that two mins are better than one# A: It is not only tr&e- it is neessary be"ore anyone an ontin&o&sly ontat the +reat storeho&se o" In"inite Intelli+ene wherein is store all that is- all that ever was- an all that an ever be#

Q: Is there s&h a storeho&seJ A: I" there ha not been- yo& wo&l not F o&l not F now be h&miliatin+ me with this silly "ore on"ession#

Q: IsnCt it an+ero&s to +ive this sort o" in"ormation to the worlJ A: $&re- it is an+ero&s to me# I" I were yo&- I wo&l not +ive it o&t#

Q: Let &s +et bak- now- to the tehni@&e thro&+h whih yo& "asten on yo&r vitims the habit o" ri"tin+# What is the very "irst ste* a ri"ter m&st take to break the habitJ A: % b&rnin+ esire to break it! 4o& o" o&rse know that no one an be hy*noti=e by another *erson witho&t his willin+ness to be hy*noti=e# The willin+ness may ass&me the "orm o" ini""erene towar li"e +enerally- lak o" ambition- "ear- lak o" e"initeness o" *&r*ose- an many other "orms# Nat&re oes not nee oneCs onsent in orer to *lae him &ner the s*ell o" hy*noti rhythm# It nees only to "in him o"" +&ar- thro&+h any "orm o" ne+let to &se his own min# 1emember thisK whatever yo& have- yo& &se it or yo& lose it! 03


%ll s&ess"&l attem*ts to break the habit o" ri"tin+ m&st be one be"ore nat&re makes the habit *ermanent- thro&+h hy*noti rhythm#

Q: %s I &nerstan yo&- hy*noti rhythm is a nat&ral law thro&+h whih nat&re "i.es the vibration o" all environments# Is that tr&eJ A: 4es- nat&re &ses hy*noti rhythm to make oneCs ominatin+ tho&+hts an oneCs tho&+ht,habits *ermanent# That is why *overty is isease# Nat&re makes it so by "i.in+ *ermanently the tho&+ht,habits o" all who ae*t *overty as an &navoiable ir&mstane#

Thro&+h this same law o" hy*noti rhythm- nat&re will also "i. *ermanently *ositive tho&+hts o" o*&lene an *ros*erity# 'erha*s yo& will better &nerstan the workin+ *rini*le o" hy*noti rhythm i" I tell yo& its nat&re is to "i. *ermanently all habits whether they are mental or *hysial# I" yo&r min "ears *overty- yo&r min will attrat *overty# I" yo&r min emans o*&lene an e.*ets it- yo&r min will attrat the *hysial an "inanial e@&ivalents e@&ivalents o" o*&lene# This is in aorane with an imm&table law o" nat&re#

Q: Di the writer o" that sentene in the Bible- ?Whatsoever a man soweth- that shall he also rea*- have in min this law o" nat&reJ A: /e o&l have nothin+ else in min# The stateme statement nt is tr&e# 4o& an see eviene o" its tr&th in all h&man relationshi*s#

Q: %n that is why the man who "orms the habit o" ri"tin+ thro&+h li"e m&st ae*t whatever li"e hans him# Is that orretJ A: That is absol&tely orret# Li"e *ays the ri"ter its own *rie- on its own terms# The non,ri"ter makes li"e *ay on his own terms#

Q: DoesnCt the @&estion o" morals enter into what one +ets "rom li"eJ A: To be s&re- b&t only "or the reason that oneCs morals have an in"l&ene on oneCs tho&+hts# No one an ollet what he wants "rom li"e merely by bein+ +oo- i" that is what yo& want to know#


Q: No- I +&ess not# I see what yo& mean# We are all where we are an what we are bea&se o" o&r own ees# ees# A: No- not e.atly# 4o& are where yo& are an what yo& are bea&se o" yo&r tho&+hts an yo&r ees#

Q: Then there is no s&h reality as l&k- is thereJ A: Em*hatially no# 2ir&mstanes whih *eo*le o not &nerstan are lassi"ie &ner the heain+ o" l&k# Bak o" every reality is a a&se# O"ten the a&se is so "ar remove "rom the e""et that the ir&mstane an be e.*laine only by attrib&tin+ it to the o*eration o*eration o" l&k# Nat&re knows no s&h law as l&k# It is a man,mae man,mae hy*othesis hy*othesis with whih he e.*lains away thin+s he oes not &nerstan# The terms ?l&k an ?mirale are twin sisters# Neither o" them has any real e.istene e.e*t in the ima+inations o" *eo*le# Both are &se to e.*lain that whih *eo*le o not &nerstan# 1emember thisK everythin+ havin+ a real e.istene is a*able o" *roo"# 0ee* this one tr&th in min an yo& will beome a so&ner thinker#

Q: Whih is more im*ortant- oneCs tho&+hts or oneCs eesJ A: %ll ees "ollow tho&+hts# There an be no ees witho&t their havin+ "irst been *atterne in tho&+ht# 3oreover- all tho&+hts have a teneny to lothe themselves in their *hysial o&nter*art# OneCs ominatin+ tho&+hts- that is- the tho&+hts one mi.es with the emotions- esire- ho*e- "aith- "ear- hate- +ree- enth&siasm- not only have a teneny to lothe themselves in their *hysial e@&ivalente@&ivalent- b&t they are bo&n to o so#

Q: That remins me to ask yo& to tell me more abo&t yo&rsel"# Where- in aition to the mins o" *eo*le- o yo& well an o*erateJ A: I o*erate wherever there is somethin+ I an ontrol an a**ro*riate# I have alreay tol yo& I am the ne+ative *ortion o" the eletron o" matter#

Q I am the e.*losion in li+htnin+# Q I am the *ain in isease an *hysial s&""erin+# Q I am the &nseen +eneral in war"are# Q I am the &nknown ommissioner o" *overty an "amine# Q I am the e.e&tioner e.traorinaire at eath# 06


Q I am the ins*irer o" l&st a"ter the "lesh# Q I am the reator o"
Q: %n yo& o not all that ol an r&elJ A: I all that e"inite an e*enable#

The worl e*ression broke &* the habits o" men everywhere an reistrib&te the so&res o" o**ort&nity in all walks o" li"e on an &n*reeente sale# sale# The ri"terCs *et alibi- with whih he tries to e.*lain away his &nesirable *osition- is his ry that the worl has r&n ry o" o**ort&nities# Non,ri"ters o not wait "or o**ort&nity to be *lae in their way# They reate o**ort&nity to "it their esires an emans o" li"e!

Q: %re non,ri"ters smart eno&+h to avoi the in"l&ene o" hy*noti rhythmJ


A: No one is smart eno&+h to o+e the in"l&ene o" hy*noti rhythm# One o&l <&st as easily avoi the in"l&ene o" the law o" +ravity# The law o" hy*noti rhythm "i.es *ermanently the ominatin+ tho&+hts o" menmen- whether they be ri"ters or non,ri"ters#

There is no reason why a non,ri"ter wo&l want to avoi the in"l&ene o" hy*noti rhythm- bea&se that law is "avorable to him# It hel*s him onvert his ominatin+ aims *lans- an *&r*oses into their *hysial re*lias# It I t "i.es his habits o" tho&+ht an makes them *ermanent# Only the ri"ter wo&l wish to o+e the in"l&ene o" hy*noti h y*noti rhythm#

Q: (or the better *ortion o" my a< li"e I have been a ri"ter# /ow i I mana+e to esa*e bein+ swe*t into the whirl*ool o" o " hy*noti rhythmJ A: 4o& havenCt esa*e# The ma
4o& 4o& may may have have ri" ri"te te  on tho& tho&+h +hts ts o" less lesser er im*or im*orta tan nee- b& b&tt yo& i i no nott ri" ri"tt in onne onnet tio ion n with with this this esi esire re## Bea Bea&s &see yo yo& & i i no nott ri" ri"tt- yo yo& & are are no now w reo reor rin in+ + a o&ment whih +ives yo& e.atly what yo&r ominatin+ tho&+hts emane o" li"e#

Q: Why oesnCt yo&r o**osition &se hy*noti rhythm to make *ermanent oneCs hi+her tho&+hts an nobler eesJ Why oes yo&r o**osition *ermit yo& to &se this st&*eno&s "ore as a means o" entan+lin+ *eo*le in a web o" evil s*&n by their own tho&+hts an eesJ Why oes yo&r o**osition not o&twit yo& by binin+ *eo*le with tho&+hts whih b&il an li"t them above yo&r in"l&eneJ A: The law o" hy*noti rhythm is available to all who will &se it# I make &se o" it more e""etively than oes my o**osition bea&se I o""er *eo*le more attrative bribes to think my sort o" tho&+hts an in&l+e in my sort o" ees#

Q: In other wors- yo& ontrol *eo*le by makin+ ne+ative thinkin+ an estr&tive ees *leasin+ to them# Is that orretJ A: That is the iea- e.atly!

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+!!D+ O) )!,* Q: I /%VE O(TEN WONDE1ED W/4 yo&r o**osition F what we earthbo&n all Go F oes not annihilate yo&J 2an yo& tell me whyJ A: Bea&se the *ower is as m&h mine as his# It is as available to me as to him# That is what I have been tryin+ to +et over to yo&# The hi+hest *ower in the &niverse an be &se "or onstr&tive *&r*oses- thro&+h what yo& all Go- or it an be &se "or ne+ative *&r*oses- thro&+h what yo& all the Devil# %n somethin+ more im*ortant stillstill- it an be &se by any h&man bein+ <&st as e""etively as by Go or the Devil#

Q: 4o& make a "ar,reahin+ laim# 2an yo& *rove yo&r laimJ A: 4es- b&t it wo&l be better i" yo& *rove it "or yo&rsel"# The DevilCs wor is not worth m&h amon+ yo& earthbo&n sinners# Neither is GoCs wor# 4o& "ear the Devil an re"&se to tr&st yo&r GoA there"ore yo& have b&t one so&re available thro&+h whih yo& may a**ro*riate the bene"it o" &niversal *ower- an that is by tr&stin+ an &sin+ yo&r own *ower o" tho&+ht# This is the iret roa to the &niversal storeho&se o" In"inite Intelli+ene# There is no other roa available to any h&man bein+#

Q: Why have we earthbo&n not "o&n the roa to In"inite Intelli+ene soonerJ A: Bea&se I have intere*te yo& an le yo& o"" the *ath by *lantin+ in yo&r mins tho&+hts whih estroy yo&r *ower to &se yo&r mins onstr&tively# I have mae it attrative to yo& to &se the 'ower o" In"inite Intelli+ene to attain ne+ative ens- thro&+h +ree- avarie- l&st- envy- an hatre# 1emember- yo&r min attrats that whih yo&r min wells &*on# To ivert yo& away "rom my o**osition- I ha only to "ee yo& on tho&+hts hel*"&l to my a&se#

Q: I" I &nerstan what yo& are sayin+- yo& are amittin+ that no h&man bein+ nee "ear the Devil or worry abo&t how to "latter Go! A: That is it *reisely# This amission may *&t a rim* in my style- b&t I have this satis"a satis"ation tion o" knowin+ knowin+ it may also slow own my o**osition o**osition by senin+ senin+ *eo*le iret to the so&re o" all *ower#


Q: In other wors- i" yo& annot ontrol *eo*le thro&+h ne+ative bribes or "ear- then yo& wish to kik over the entire a**le a**le art an show *eo*le how to +o iretly iretly to GoJ %re yo&- by any hane- in *olitis tooJ 4o&r tehni@&e seems "ri+ht"&lly "amiliar# A: %m I in *olitisJ I" I am not in *olitis- who o yo& believe starts e*ressions an "ores *eo*le into warsJ $&rely yo& wo&l not lay this at the oor o" my o**ositionJ %s I have alreay tol yo&- I have allies in all walks o" li"e- to hel* me in onnetion with all h&man relationshi*s#

Q: Why onCt yo& take over the h&rhes an &se & se them o&tri+ht in yo&r a&seJ A: Do yo& think I am a "oolJ Who wo&l kee* alive the "ear o" the Devil i" I s&b&e the h&rhesJ Who wo&l serve as a eoy to attrat the attention o" *eo*le while I mani*&late their mins i" I i not have some a+eny thro&+h whih to sow the sees o" "ear an o&btJ The leverest thin+ I o is to &se the allies o" my o**osition to kee* the "ear o" hell b&rnin+ in the mins o" *eo*le# %s lon+ as *eo*le "ear somethin+- no matter what- I will kee* a +ri* on them#

Q: I am be+innin+ to see yo&r sheme# 4o& &se the h&rhes to *lant the see o" "ear an &nertainty an ine"initeness in the mins o" *eo*le# These ne+ative states o" min a&se *eo*le to "orm the habit o" ri"tin+# This habit rystalli=es into *ermaneny thro&+h the law o" hy*noti rhythmA then the vitim is hel*less to hel* himsel"- is that ri+htJ /y*noti rhythm- then- is somethin+ to be wathe an res*eteJ A: % better way o" statin+ the tr&th is that hy*noti rhythm is somethin+ to be st&ie&nerstoo- an vol&ntarily a**lie to attain e"inite esire ens#

Q: I" the "ore o" hy*noti rhythm is not vol&ntarily a**lie to attain e"inite ens- may it be a +reat an+erJ A: 4es- an "or the reason that it o*erates a&tomatially# I" it is not onsio&sly a**lie to attain a esire en- it an- an it will- o*erate to attain &nesire ens#

Take the sim*le ill&stration o" limate- "or e.am*le# %nyone an see an &nerstan that nat&re "ores every livin+ thin+ an every element o" matter to a<&st itsel" to her limates# In the tro*is she reates trees whih bear "r&it an re*ro&e themselves# $he "ores the trees to a<&st themselves to her sorhin+ s&n! $he "ores them to *&t o&t leaves s&itable "or *rotetion a+ainst the rays o" the s&n# These same trees o&l not s&rvive i" remove to the arti re+ions where nat&re has establishe an entirely i""erent limate#

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In the oler limate she reates trees whih are a<&ste to s&rvive an to re*ro&e themselves- b&t they o&l not s&rvive i" trans*lante in the tro*ial re+ions# In the same manner- nat&re lothes her animals- +ivin+ to those in eah i""erent limate a overin+ s&ite to their om"ort an s&rvival in that limate# In a similar manner- nat&re "ores &*on the mins o" men the in"l&enes o" their environment- whih are stron+er than the inivi&alCs own tho&+hts# 2hilren are "ore to take on the nat&re o" all in"l&enes o" those aro&n them &nless their own tho&+hts are stron+er than the in"l&enes# Nat&re sets &* a e"inite rhythm "or every environment- an everythin+ within the ran+e o" that rhythm is "ore to on"orm to it# 3an- alone- has the *ower to establish his own rhythm o" tho&+ht *roviin+ he e.erises this *rivile+e be"ore hy*noti rhythm has "ore &*on him the in"l&enes o" his environment# Every home- every *lae o" b&siness- every town an villa+e an every street an omm&nity omm&nity enter enter has its own e"initee"inite- isernible isernible rhythm# rhythm# I" yo& wish to know what a i""erene there is in the rhythms o" streets- take a walk &* (i"th %ven&e- in New 4orkan then own a street in the sl&ms! %ll "orms o" rhythm beome *ermanent with time# time#

Q: Does eah inivi&al have his own rhythm o" tho&+htJ A: 4es# That is *reisely the ma
Q: /y*noti rhythm is somethin+ resemblin+ a ma+net whih attrats thin+s "or whih it has a ma+neti a""inity# Is that orretJ A: 4es- that is orret# That is why the *overty,striken her themselves into the same omm&nities# It e.*lains that ol sayin+- ?3isery loves om*any# It also e.*lains why *eo*le who be+in to s&ee in any &nertakin+ "in that s&ess m<i*lies- with less e""ort- as time +oes on#

%ll s&ess"&l *eo*le &se hy*noti rhythm- either onsio&sly or &nonsio&sly- by e.*etin+ an emanin+ s&ess# The eman beomes a habit- hy*noti rhythm takes over over the habit habit-- an the law o" harmo harmonio nio&s &s attra attrati tion on transl translate atess it into into its *hysia *hysiall e@&ivalent#


Q: In other wors- i" I know what I want "rom li"e- eman it an bak my eman by a willin+ness to *ay li"eCs *rie "or what I want- an re"&se to ae*t any s&bstit&tes- the law o" hy*noti rhythm takes over my esire an hel*s- by nat&ral an lo+ial means- to transm&te it into its *hysial o&nter*art# Is that tr&eJ A: That esribes the way the law works#

Q: $iene has establishe irre"&table eviene that *eo*le are what they are bea&se o" hereity an environment# They brin+ over with them at birth a ombination o" all the *hysial @&alities o" all their n&mberless anestors# anestors# %"ter they arrive here- they reah the a+e o" sel",onsio&sness an "rom there on they sha*e their own *ersonalities an more or less "i. their own earthly estinations as the res< o" the environmental in"l&enes to whih they are s&b
Q: I" I &nerstan what yo& mean- a h&man bein+ is "ore by nat&re to take on an beome a *art o" the environment he hooses or the environment that may be "ore &*on himJ A: That is orretorret- b&t there are ways an means by whih an inivi&al inivi&al may resist resist the in"l&enes o" an environment he oes not wish to ae*t- an also a metho o" *roe&re by whih one may reverse the a**liation o" hy*noti rhythm "rom ne+ative to *ositive ens#

Q: Do yo& mean that there is a e"inite metho by whih hy*noti rhythm an be mae to serve instea o" estroy oneJ A: I mean <&st that#

Q: Tell me how this asto&nin+ en may be attaine# 35


A: (or my esri*tion to be o" any *ratial val&e- it will be neessarily len+thy bea&se it will have to over seven *rini*les o" *syholo+y whih m&st be &nerstoo an a**lie by all who &se hy*noti rhythm to ai them in "orin+ li"e to yiel that whih they want#

Q: Then break yo&r esri*tion into seven *arts- eah +ivin+ a etaile analysis o" one o" the seven *rini*les* rini*les- with sim*le instr&tions "or its *ratial a**liation#

Chapter 2ight

D!)INIT!N!++ O) 4U*4O+! Q: 4OU1 3%ME$T4 WILL NOW '1O2EED to &n"ol the serets o" the seven *rini*les thro&+h whih h&man bein+s may "ore li"e to *rovie them with s*irit&almental- an *hysial "reeom#

Do not be s*arin+ in yo&r esri*ti esri*tion on o" these *rini*le *rini*les# s# I want a om*lete ill&stra ill&stration tion o" how the *rini*les may be &se by anyone who hooses to &se them# Tell &s all yo& know abo&t the *rini*le o" e"initeness o" *&r*ose# A: I" yo& +o thro&+h with this ma iea o" *&blishin+ my on"ession- yo& will o*en the +ates o" hell an t&rn loose all the *reio&s so&ls I have ollete bak own thro&+h the a+es# 4o& will e*rive me o" so&ls yet &nborn# 4o& will release "rom my bona+e millions now livin+# $to*- I be+ o" yo&#

Q: O*en O*en &*# LetCs LetCs hear what yo& have to say abo&t abo&t the *rini *rini*le *le o" definiteness of purpose# A: 4o& are *o&rin+ water on the "ires o" hell- b&t the res*onsibility is yo&rs- not mine# I may as well tell yo& that any h&man bein+ who an be e"inite in his aims an *lans an make li"e han over whatever is wante#

Q: That is a broa laim- 4o&r 3a

A: Tone it ownJ No- I wish to tone it &*# When yo& hear what I now have to say- yo& will &nerstan why the *rini*le o" e"initeness is so im*ortant# 3y o**osition &ses a lever little trik to heat me o" my ontrol over *eo*le# The o**osition knows that e"initeness o" *&r*ose loses the oor o" oneCs min so ti+htly a+ainst me that I annot break thro&+h &nless I an an in&e one to "orm the habit o" ri"tin+# ri"tin+#

Q: Why oesnCt yo&r o**osition +ive yo&r seret to all *eo*le by tellin+ them to avoi yo& thro&+h e"initeness o" *&r*oseJ 4o& have alreay amitte that two o&t o" every h&nre *eo*le belon+ to yo&r o**osition# A: Bea&se I am more lever than my o**osition# I raw *eo*le away "rom e"initeness with my *romises# 4o& see- I ontrol more *eo*le than my o**osition bea&se I am a better salesman an a better showman# I attrat *eo*le by "eein+ them liberally o" the tho&+ht,habits in whih they like to in&l+e#

Q: Is e"initeness o" *&r*ose somethin+ with whih one m&st be born or may it be a@&ireJ

Everyone- as I have tol yo& be"ore- is born with the *rivile+e *rivile+e o" bein+ e"initee"inite- b&t A: Everyone79 o&t o" every 6>> *eo*le lose this *rivile+e by slee*in+ on it# The *rivile+e o" e"initeness an be maintaine only by ao*tin+ it as a *oliy by whih one is +&ie in all the a""airs o" li"e#

Q: Oh- I see! One takes avanta+e o" the *rini*le o" e"initeness <&st as one may b&il a stron+ *hysial boy F thro&+h onstant- systemati &se# Is that itJ A: 4o& have state the tr&th learly an a&rately#

somewhere- 4o&r 3a

A: I o&lnCt have state the tr&th more learly mysel"#

Q: Go ahea- now- an esribe how *eo*le ne+let their *rivile+e o" bein+ "ree an sel",eterminin+ thro&+h ine"initeness an ri"tin+# A: I have alreay mae brie" re"erene to this *rini*le- b&t I will now +o into more min&te etails as to how the *rini*le works#

I shall have to be+in at the time o" birth# When a hil is born- it brin+s with it nothin+ b&t a *hysial boy re*resentin+ re*resentin+ the evol&tionary evol&tionary res<s o" millions millions o" years o" anestry# anestry# Its min is a total blank# When the hil reahes the a+e o" onsio&sness an be+ins to reo+ni=e the ob
Q: %m I to &nerstan "rom yo&r remarks that yo& have to +ain ontrol o" *eo*le while they are very yo&n+ or lose yo&r o**ort&nity at them alto+etherJ A: I *re"er to laim them be"ore they ome into *ossession o" their own mins# One any *erson learns the *ower o" his own tho&+hts- he beomes *ositive an i""i< to s&b&e# %s a matter o" "at- I annot ontrol any h&man bein+ who isovers an &ses the *rini*le o" e"initeness#


Q: Is the habit o" e"initeness a *ermanent *rotetion a+ainst yo&r ontrolJ A: No- not by any means# De"initeness loses the oor o" oneCs min to me only as lon+ as that *erson "ollows the *rini*le as a matter o" *oliy# One any *erson hesitates *rorastinates- or beomes ine"inite abo&t anythin+- he is <&st one ste* remove "rom my ontrol#

Q: What has e"initeness to o with oneCs material ir&mstanesJ I want to know i" one may a@&ire *ower thro&+h e"initeness o" *&r*ose witho&t invitin+ estr&tion thro&+h the law o" om*ensation# A: 4o&r @&estion limits my ill&strations bea&se there are so "ew *eo*le in the worl who &nerstan- an there have been so "ew in the *ast who &nerstoo- how to &se e"initeness o" *&r*ose witho&t attratin+ to themselves the ne+ative a**liation o" the law o" om*ensation#

/ere yo& are "orin+ me to islose one o" my most *ri=e triks# I am bo&n to tell yo& that that I even event& t&al ally ly rel relai aim m "or "or my a&s a&see all all who who esa esa*e *e me tem tem*o *ora rari rily ly thro thro&+ &+h h e"initeness o" *&r*ose# The relamation is mae by "illin+ the min with +ree "or *ower an the love o" e+otistial e+otistial e.*ression- &ntil the inivi&al "alls into the habit o" violatin+ the ri+hts o" others# Then I ste* in with the law o" om*ensation an relaim my vitim#

Q: $o I see "rom yo&r amission that e"initeness o" *&r*ose may be an+ero&s in *ro*ortion to its *ossibility *ossibility as a *ower# Is that tr&eJ A: 4es- an what is more im*ortant- every *rini*le o" +oo arries with it the see o" an e@&ivalent an+er#

Q: That is har to believe# What an+er- "or e.am*le- an there be in the habit o" love o" tr&thJ A: The an+er lies in the wor ?habit# %ll habits- save only that o" the love o" e"initeness o" *&r*ose- may lea to the habit o" ri"tin+# Love "or tr&th- &nless it ass&mes the *ro*ortion o" e"inite *&rs&it o" tr&th- may beome similar to all other +oo intentions# 4o& know- o" o&rse- what I o with +oo intentions#

Q: Is love "or oneCs relatives also an+ero&sJ

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A: The love "or anythin+ or anyone- save only the love o" e"initeness o" *&r*ose- may beome an+ero&s# Love is a state o" min whih belo&s reason- sa*s will *ower- an blins one to "ats "ats an tr&th#

Everyone who beomes sel",eterminin+ an +ains s*irit&al "reeom to think his own tho&+hts m&st e.amine are"&lly every emotion that seems even remotely relate to love# 4o& may be s&r*rise to know that love is one o" my most e""etive baits# With it I lea into the habit o" ri"tin+ those whom I o&l attrat with nothin+ else# That is why I have *lae it at the hea o" my list o" bribes# $how me what any *erson loves most an I will have my &e as to how that *erson an be in&e to ri"t &ntil I bin him with hy*noti rhythm# Love an "ear- ombine- +ive me the most e""etive wea*ons with whih I in&e *eo*le to ri"t One is as hel*"&l to me as the other# Both have the e""et o" a&sin+ *eo*le to ne+let to evelo* e"initeness in the &se o" their own mins# Give me ontrol over a *ersonCs "ears an tell me what he loves most an yo& may as well mark that *erson own as my slave# Both love an "ear are emotional "ores o" s&h st&*eno&s *oteny that either may om*letely set asie the *ower o" o " will an the *ower o" reason# Witho&t will an reason there is nothin+ le"t to s&**ort e"initeness o" *&r*ose#

Q: B&t- 4o&r 3a
O" o&rse- love is a esirable state o" minmin- b&t it also is a *alliative whih may be &se to limit or estroy reason an will *ower- both o" whih rate above love in im*ortane to h&man bein+s who want "reeom an sel",etermination#

Q: I &nerstan "rom what yo& say that *eo*le who +ain *ower m&st haren their emotions- master "earan s&b&e love# Is that orretJ A: 'eo*le who +ain an maintain *ower m&st beome e"inite in all their tho&+hts an all their ees# I" that is what yo& all har- then they m&st beome har

Q: Let &s look into the so&res o" avanta+e o" e"initeness in the everyay a""airs o" li"e# Whih is more a*t to s&ee- a weak *lan a**lie with e"initeness- or a so&n stron+ *lan ine"initely a**lieJ


A: Weak *lans have a way o" beomin+ stron+ i" e"initely a**lie#

Q: 4o& mean that any *lan e"initely *&t into ontin&o&s ation in *&rs&it o" a e"inite *&r*ose may be s&ess"&l s&ess"&l even i" it is not the best *lanJ A: 4es- I mean <&st that# De"initeness o" *&r*ose *l&s e"initeness o" *lan by whih the *&r*ose is to be ahieve +enerally s&ees- no matter how weak the *lan may be# The ma
Q: In other wors- i" one annot be always ri+ht one an an sho&l be always e"initeJ Is that what yo& are tryin+ to +et aross to meJ A: That is the iea# 'eo*le who are e"inite in both their *lans an their *&r*oses never ae*t tem*orary e"eat as bein+ more than an &r+e to +reater e""ort# 4o& an see "or yo&rsel" that this sort o" *oliy is bo&n to win w in i" it is "ollowe with e"initeness#

moves with e"initeness e"initeness o" both *lan an *&r*ose be always s&re Q: 2an a *erson who moves o" s&essJ A: No# The best o" *lans sometimes sometimes mis"ire- b&t the *erson who moves with e"initeness e"initeness reo+ni=es the i""erene between tem*orary e"eat an "ail&re# When *lans "ail he s&bstit&tes others b&t he oes not han+e his *&r*ose# /e *erseveres# Event&ally he "ins a *lan that s&ees#

Q: Will a *lan base &*on immoral or &n<&st ens s&ee as @&ikly as one motivate by a keen sense o" <&stie <&stie an moralityJ moralityJ A: Thro&+h the o*eration o" the law o" om*ensation- everyone rea*s that whih he sows# 'lans base on &n<&st or immoral motives may brin+ tem*orary s&ess- b&t en&rin+ s&ess m&st take into onsieration the "o&rth imension- time#

Time is the enemy o" immorality an in<&stie# It is the "rien o" <&stie an morality# (ail&re to reo+ni=e this "at has been res*onsible "or the rime wave amon+ the yo&ths o" the worl# The yo&th"&l- ine.*eriene min is a*t to mistake tem*orary s&ess "or *ermaneny# The yo&th o"ten makes the mistake o" ovetin+ the tem*orary +ains o" immoral- &n<&st *lans- b&t ne+lets to look ahea an observe the *enalties whih "ollow as e"initely as ni+ht "ollows ay# 7/


Chapter .ine

!DU-,TION !DU-,TION ,ND *!#IGION *!#IGION Q: T/I$ I$ '1ETT4 DEE' $TU((- 4o&r 3a
Q: 4o& have my iea# 4o&r 3a
Q: I observe that sometimes *eo*le with e"initeness o" *lan an *&r*ose +et what they ask "rom li"e only to "in a"ter they +et it that they o not want it# What thenJ A: Generally one an +et ri o" whatever is not wante by a**liation o" the same *rini*le o" e"initeness with whih the thin+ was a@&ire# % li"e that is live with "&llness o" *eae o" min- ontentment- an ha**iness always always ivests itsel" o" everythin+ it oes not want# %nyone who s&bmits to annoyane by thin+s he oes not want is not e"inite# /e is a ri"ter#

Q: What abo&t marrie *eo*le who ease to want eah otherJ $ho&l they se*aratese*arate- or is it tr&e that all marria+es are mae in heaven an the ontratin+ *arties are- there"ore"orever bo&n by their bar+ain- even tho&+h it may *rove to be a *oor one "or both#


A: (irst- let me orret that ol sayin+ that all marria+es are mae in heaven# I know o" some whih were mae on my sie o" the "ene# 3ins whih o not harmoni=e sho&l never be "ore to remain to+ether in marria+e or any other relationshi*# (rition an all "orms o" isor between mins lea inevitably to the habit o" ri"tin+- an o" o&rse to ine"initeness#

Q: %renCt *eo*le sometimes bo&n to others by a relationshi* o" &ty whih reners it im*ratial im*ratial "or them to take "rom li"e what wh at they want mostJ A: ?D&ty is one o" the most ab&se an mis&nerstoo wors in e.istene# The "irst &ty o" every h&man bein+ is to himsel"# Every *erson owes himsel" the &ty o" "inin+ how to live a "&ll an ha**y li"e# Beyon this- i" one has time an ener+y not neee in the "&l"illment o" his own esires- one may ass&me res*onsibility "or hel*in+ others# o thers#

Q: IsnCt that a sel"ish attit&e- an isnCt sel"ishness one o" the a&ses o" "ail&re to "in ha**inessJ A: I stan by my statement that there is no hi+her &ty than that whih one owes himsel"#

DoesnCt a hil hil owe somethin+ in the way o" &ty to its *arents *arents who +ave it li"e an Q: DoesnCt s&stenane &rin+ its *erios o" hel*lessnessJ A: Not at all# It is <&st the other way aro&n# 'arents owe their hilren everythin+ they an +ive them in the way o" knowle+e# Beyon that- *arents o"ten s*oil instea o" hel*in+ their o""s*rin+ by a "alse sense o" &ty whih *rom*ts them to in&l+e their hilren instea o" "orin+ them to seek an +ain knowle+e at "irst han#

Q: I see what yo& mean# 4o&r theory is that too m&h hel* thr&st &*on the yo&th eno&ra+es him to ri"t an beome ine"inite in all thin+s# 4o& believe that neessity is a teaher o" +reat sa+aity- that e"eat arries arries with it an e@&ivalent virt&e- that &nearne +i"ts o" every nat&re may beome a &rse instea o" a blessin+# Is that orretJ A: 4o& have state my *hiloso*hy *er"ey# 3y belie" is not theory# It is "at#

Q: Then yo& o not avoate *rayer as a means o" +ainin+ + ainin+ esirable ensJ

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A: On the ontrary I o avoate *rayer- b&t not the sort o" *rayer that onsists o" em*ty be++in+- meanin+less meanin+less wors#

The sort o" *rayer a+ainst whih I am hel*less is the *rayer o" e"initeness  e"initeness o" *&r*ose#

Q: I never tho&+ht o" e"initeness o" *&r*ose as bein+ a *rayer# /ow an it beJ A: De"initeness is in e""et the only sort o" *rayer &*on whih one an rely# It *laes one in the way o" &sin+ hy*noti rhythm to attain e"inite ens ### by the mere at o" a**ro a**ro*ri *riat atin in+ + it "rom "rom the the +rea +reatt &n &niv iver ersa sall stor storeh eho& o&se se o" In"i In"ini nite te Inte Intell lli+ i+en ene e## Th Thee a**ro*riation- in ase yo& are intereste- takes *lae thro&+h e"initeness o" *&r*ose *ersistently *&rs&e!

Q: Why o the ma
Q: B&t yo& <&st sai that e"initeness o" *&r*ose is the only sort o" *rayer &*on whih one an rely# Now yo& say that all *rayers brin+ res<s# What o yo& meanJ A: There is nothin+ inonsistent abo&t it# The ma
The *erson who +oes to *rayer with e"initeness o" *&r*ose an "aith in the attainment o" that *&r*ose *&ts into motion the laws o" nat&re whih transm&te oneCs ominatin+ esires into their *hysial e@&ivalent# That is all there is to *rayer# One "orm o" *rayer is ne+ative an brin+s only ne+ative res<s# One "orm is *ositive an brin+s e"inite- *ositive *ositive res<s# 2o&l anythin+ be more more sim*leJ 'eo*le who whine an be+ Go to ass&me res*onsibility "or all their tro&bles an *rovie them with all the neessities an l&.&ries o" li"e are too la=y to reate what they want an translate it into e.istene thro&+h the *ower o" their own mins# When yo& hear a *erson *rayin+ "or somethin+ that he sho&l *ro&re thro&+h his own e""orts- yo& may be s&re yo& are listenin+ to a ri"ter# In"inite Intelli+ene "avors only those who &nerstan an aa*t themselves to her laws# $he makes no isrimination bea&se o" "ine harater or *leasin+ *ersonality# These thin+s hel* *eo*le ne+otiate their way thro&+h li"e more harmonio&sly with one another- b&t the so&re "rom whih


*rayer is answere is not im*resse by "ine "eathers# Nat&reCs law is- ?0now what yo& want- aa*t yo&rsel" to my laws- an yo& shall have it#

Q: Does that harmoni=e with the teahin+s o" 2hristJ A: 'er"ey# %lso it harmoni=es with the teahin+s o" all tr&ly +reat *hiloso*hers#

Q: Is yo&r theory o" e"initeness in harmony with the *hiloso*hy o" men o" sieneJ A: De"initeness is the ma
Q: Then I &nerstan that e"initeness is the "irst re@&isite "or s&ess in all earthly &nertakin+sJ Is that ri+htJ A: E.atly! E.atly! %nythin+ whih teahes teahes *eo*le to e.amine e.amine "ats "ats an oorinate oorinate them into e"inite *lans thro&+h a&rate thinkin+ is har on my *ro"ession# I" this thirst "or e"inite knowle+e now s*reain+ over the worl kee*s &*- my b&siness will be shot to *iees within the ne.t "ew ent&ries# I thrive on i+norane- s&*erstition- intolerane- an "ear- b&t I annot stan &* &ner e"inite knowle+e *ro*erly or+ani=e into e"inite *lans in the mins mins o" *eo*le who think "or themselves# themselves#

Q: Why onCt yo& take over Omni*otene an mana+e the whole works in yo&r own wayJ A: 4o& mi+ht as well ask why the ne+ative *ortion o" the eletron oesnCt take over the *ositive *ortion an r&n the entire works# The answer is that both the *ositive an the ne+a ne+ati tive ve har har+e +ess o" ener ener+y +y are are nee neess ssar ary y to the the e.is e.iste ten nee o" the the ele eletr tron on## One One is balane e@&ally a+ainst the otherother- stalematestalemate- as it were# were#

$o it is with what yo& all Omni*otene an I# We re*resent the *ositive an the ne+ative "ores o" the entire system o" &niverses- an we are e@&ally balane one a+ainst the other# I" this *ower o" balane were shi"te the sli+htest e+ree- the whole system o" &niverses wo&l beome @&ikly re&e to a mass o" inert matter# Now yo& know why I annot take over the whole show an r&n it my way# 75


Q: I" what yo& say is tr&e- yo& have e.atly the same *ower as Omni*otene# Is that tr&eJ A: That is orret# 3y o**osition F yo& all it Omni*otene,e.*resses itsel" thro&+h the "ores whih yo& all +oo- the *ositive "ores o" nat&re# I e.*ress mysel" thro&+h the "ores yo& all ba- the ne+ative "ores# Both +oo an ba are oiniental with e.istene# One is as im*ortant as the other#

Q: Then the otrine o" *reestination is so&n# 'eo*le are born to s&ess or "ail&remisery or ha**iness- to be +oo or ba- an they have nothin+ to o with this nor an they moi"y their nat&res# Is that yo&r laimJ A: Em*hatially Em*hatially not! Every h&man bein+ has a wie ran+e o" hoie in both his tho&+hts an his ees# Every h&man bein+ an &se his brain "or the ree*tion an the e.*ression o" *ositive tho&+hts or he an &se it "or the e.*ression o" ne+ative tho&+hts# /is hoie in this im*ortant matter sha*es his entire li"e#

Q: (rom what yo& have sai I +ather +ather the iea that h&man bein+s bein+s have more "reeom "reeom o" e.*ression than either yo& or yo&r o**osition# Is that orretJ A: That is tr&e# Omni*otene an I are bo&n by imm&table laws o" nat&re# We annot e.*ress o&rselves in any manner not on"ormin+ to these laws#

Q: Then it is tr&e that man has ri+hts an *rivile+es not available to either Omni*otene or the Devil# Is that the tr&thJ A: 4es- that is tr&e- b&t yo& mi+ht well have ae that man has not yet "&lly awakene to the reali reali=at =ation ion o" this this *otent *otential ial *ower# *ower# 3an 3an still still re+ar re+arss himsel himsel"" as som someth ethin+ in+ resemblin+ the worms in the &st- when in reality he has more *ower than all other livin+ thin+s ombine#

Q: De"initeness o" *&r*ose seems to be a *anaea "or all evils o" man# A: Not that *erha*s- b&t yo& may be s&re no one ever will beome sel",eterminin+ sel",eterminin+ witho&t it#


Q: Why arenCt hilren ta&+ht e"initeness o" *&r*ose in the *&bli shoolsJ A: (or the reason that there is no e"inite *lan or *&r*ose behin any o" the shool &rri&la! 2hilren are sent to shool to make reits an to learn how to memori=e- not to learn what they want o" li"e#

Q: What +oo is a shool reit i" one annot onvert it into the material an s*irit&al nees o" li"eJ A: I am only a Devil- not an &n,winer &n ,winer o" riles!

Q: I e&e "rom all yo& say that neither the shools nor the h&rhes *re*are the yo&ths o" the worl with a *ratial workin+ knowle+e o" their own mins# Is anythin+ o" more ore im*o im*ort rtan ane e to a h& h&m man bei bein+ than han an &n &ne errsta stan niin+ o" the the "or "orees an ir&mstanes whih in"l&ene his own minJ A: The only thin+ o" en&rin+ val&e to any h&man bein+ is a workin+ knowle+e o" his own min# The h&rhes o not *ermit a *erson to in@&ire into the *ossibilities o" his own min- an the shools o not reo+ni=e that s&h a thin+ as a min e.ists#

Q: %renCt yo& a little har on the shools an the h&rhesJ A: No- I am merely merely esribin+ them as as they are- witho&t witho&t bias or *re<&ie# *re<&ie#

Q: %renCt the shools an the h&rhes yo&r bitter enemiesJ A: Their leaers may think they are- b&t I am im*resse only by "ats# The tr&th is thisi" yo& m&st know itK the h&rhes are my most hel*"&l allies an the shools r&n the h&rhes a lose seon#

Q: On what s*ei"i or +eneral +ro&ns o yo& make this laimJ A: On the +ro&ns that both the h&rhes an the shools hel* me to onvert *eo*le to the habit o" ri"tin+#

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Q: Do yo& reali=e that yo&r har+e is s&bstantially a swee*in+ initment o" the two instit&tions o" ma
Q: This on"ession o" yo&rs will isill&sion millions o" *eo*le whose only ho*e "or salvation is in their h&rhes# IsnCt that a r&el thin+ to o to themJ Wo&lnCt most *eo*le be better o"" livin+ livin+ in the bliss o" i+norane than to know the tr&th abo&t yo&J A: What o yo& mean by the term ?salvationJ (rom what are *eo*le bein+ saveJ The only "orm o" en&rin+ salvation that is worth a +reen "i+ to any h&man bein+ is that whih omes "rom reo+nition o" the *ower o" his own min# I+norane an "ear are the only enemies "rom whih men nee salvation#

Q: 4o& seem to hol nothin+ sare# A: 4o& are wron+# I hol sare the one thin+ whih is my master F the one thin+ I "ear#

Q: What is thatJ A: The *ower o" ine*enent tho&+ht bake by e"initeness o" *&r*ose#

Q: Then yo& o not have many *eo*le * eo*le to "earJ A: Only two o&t o" every 6>> 6 >> to be e.at# I ontrol all others#

Q: LetCs +ive the h&rhes a rest an +et bak to the *&bli shools# 4o&r on"ession has shown learly that yo& thrive an *er*et&ate yo&rsel" "rom one +eneration to another by the lever trik o" takin+ over the mins o" hilren be"ore they have the hane to learn how to &se their mins#

I wish to know what is wron+ with a *&bli shool system that *ermits the Devil to ontrol so many *eo*le# I wish to know- also- what an be one to the establishe establishe system o" teahin+ that will ins&re all hilren the o**ort&nity to learn- "irst- that they have mins- an seon- how to &se those mins to brin+ b rin+ s*irit&al an eonomi "reeom#


I am *&ttin+ the @&estion to yo& e"initely eno&+h- an sine yo& have stresse the im*ortane o" e"initeness o" *&r*ose I am here an now *&ttin+ yo& on notie that yo&r answer to my @&estion m&st be e"inite# A: Wait a moment while I ath my breath# 4o& have +iven me @&ite an orer! It seems stran+e that yo& wo&l ome to the Devil to learn how to live# I sho&l think yo& wo&l +o to my o**osition# Why onCt yo&J

Q: 4o&r 3a
I want to know two thin+s abo&t this system# (irst- what is the ma
Q: Is that all that is wron+ with the systemJ A: No- that is only the be+innin+# %nother %nother ma
The ma

Q: What wo&l orret this weakness o" the *&bli shool systemJ LetCs not om*lain o" the weakness o" the system &nless we are *re*are to o""er a *ratial remey with whih it an be orrete# In other wors- while we are is&ssin+ the im*ortane o" e"initeness o" *lan an *&r*ose- let &s take o&r own meiine an be e"inite# A: Why onCt yo& lay o"" the shools an h&rhes an save yo&rsel" *lenty o" tro&bleJ DonCt yo& know that yo& are *okin+ yo&r nose into the a""airs o" the two "ores that ontrol the worlJ $&**ose yo& o show &* the shools an the h&rhes as bein+ weak an inae@&ate "or the nees o" h&man bein+sJ What thenJ With what are yo& +oin+ to re*lae these two instit&tionsJ

Q: $to* tryin+ to evae my @&estions by the ol trik o" askin+ a o&nter,@&estion! I o not *ro*ose to re*lae the shools an h&rhes# B&t I o *ro*ose to "in o&t- i" I anhow these or+ani=e "ores an be moi"ie so they will serve *eo*le instea o" kee*in+ them in i+norane# Go ahea- now- an +ive me a etaile atalo+&e o" all the han+es in the *&bli shool system whih wo&l im*rove it# A: $o yo& want the entire atalo+&e- o yo&J Do yo& want the s&++este han+es in the orer o" their im*ortaneJ

Q: Desribe the han+es neee <&st as they ome to yo&# A: 4o& are "orin+ me to ommit an at o" treason a+ainst mysel"- b&t here it isK

1everse the *resent system by +ivin+ hilren the *rivile+e o" leain+ in their shool work instea o" "ollowin+ orthoo. r&les esi+ne only to im*art abstrat knowl kno wle e+e +e## Let Let inst instr& r&t tor orss serv servee as st& st&en ents ts an an let let the the st& st&en ents ts serv servee as instr&tors# %s "ar as *ossible*ossible- or+ani=e all shool work into e"inite methos methos thro&+h whih the st&ent an learn by oin+- an iret the lass work so that every st&ent en+a+es in some "orm o" *ratial labor onnete with the aily *roblems o" li"e# Ieas are the be+innin+ o" all h&man ahievement# Teah all st&ents how to reo+ni=e *ratial ieas that may be o" bene"it in hel*in+ them a@&ire whatever they eman o" li"e# Teah the st&ents how to b&+et an &se time- an above all teah the tr&th that time is the +reatest asset available to h&man bein+s an the hea*est# Teah the st&ent the basi motives by whih all *eo*le are in"l&ene an show how to &se these motives in a@&irin+ the neessities an the l&.&ries o" li"e#


Teah hilren what to eat- how m&h to eatan what is the relationshi* between *ro*er eatin+ an so&n health# health# Teah Teah hilren the tr&e nat&re an "&ntion "&ntion o" the emotion emotion o" se.- an above allteah them that it an be transm&te into a rivin+ "ore a*able o" li"tin+ one to +reat hei+hts o" ahievement# ahievement# Teah hilren to be e"inite in all thin+s- be+innin+ with the hoie o" a e"inite ma
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Teah hilren not to have o*inions &nless they are "orme "rom "ats or belie"s whih may reasonably be ae*te as "ats# Teah hilren that i+arettesi+arettes- li@&or- narotis- an overin&l+ene in se. estroy the *ower o" will an lea to the habit o" ri"tin+# Do not "orbi these evils F <&st e.*lain them# Teah hilren the an+er o" believin+ anythin+ merely bea&se their *arentsreli+io&s instr&tors- or someone else says it is so# Teah hilren to "ae "ats- whether they are *leasant or &n*leasant- witho&t resortin+ to s&bter"&+e or o""erin+ alibis# Teah hilren to eno&ra+e the &se o" their si.th sense thro&+h whih ieas *resent themselves in their mins "rom &nknown so&res- an to e.amine all s&h ieas are"&lly# Teah hilren the "&ll im*ort o" the law o" om*ensation as it was inter*rete by 1al*h Walo Emerson- an show them how the law works in the small- everyay a""airs o" li"e# Teah hilren that e"initeness o" *&r*ose- bake by e"inite *lans *ersistently an ontin&o&sly a**lie- is the most e""iaio&s "orm o" *rayer available to h&man bein+s# Teah Teah hilren that the s*ae they o&*y in the worl is meas&re meas&re e"initely e"initely by the @&ality an @&antity o" &se"&l servie they rener the worl# Teah hilren there is no *roblem whih oes not have an a**ro*riate sol&tion an that the sol&tion o"ten may be "o&n in the ir&mstane reatin+ the *roblem# Teah hilren that their only real limitations are those whih they set &* or *ermit others to establish establish in their their own mins# Teah them that man an ahieve whatever man an oneive an believe! Teah hilren that all shoolho&ses an all te.tbooks are elementary im*lements whih may be hel*"&l in the evelo*ment o" their mins- b&t that the only shool o" real val&e is the +reat University o" Li"e wherein one has the *rivile+e o" learnin+ "rom e.*eriene# Teah hilren to be tr&e to themselves at all times an- sine they annot *lease everyboy- there"ore to o a +oo
Q: That is an im*osin+ list- b&t it seems ons*i&o&s by the "at it i+nores *ratially every s&b

A: 4es# 4o& aske "or a list o" s&++este han+es in *&bli shool &rri&la whih wo&l bene"it hilren F well- that is what yo& +ot#

Q: $ome o" the han+es yo& s&++est are so &northoo. they wo&l shok most o" the e&ators o" toay- wo&lnCt theyJ A: 3ost o" the e&ators e&ators o" toay toay nee to be shoke# shoke# % +oo so&n shok o"ten hel*s the brain that has been atro*hie by habit#

Q: Wo&l the han+es yo& s&++est "or the *&bli shools +ive hilren imm&nity a+ainst the habit o" ri"tin+J A: 4es- that is one o" the res<s the han+es wo&l brin+- b&t there are others too#

) 69 ; /ow o&l the s&++este han+es be "ore into the *&bli shool systemJ 4o& know- o" o&rse- it is as i""i< to +et a new iea into an e&atorCs brain as it is to interest interest a reli+io&s reli+io&s leaer leaer in moi"yin+ moi"yin+ reli+ion reli+ion so it will hel* *eo*le to +et more "rom li"e# A: The @&ikest an s&rest way to "ore *ratial ieas into the *&bli shools is to "irst intro&e the ieas thro&+h *rivate shools an establish s&h a eman "or their &se that *&bli shool o""iials o""iials will be om*elle om*elle to em*loy them# them#

Q: $ho&l any other han+es be b e mae in the *&bli shool systemJ A: 4es4es- many# many# %m %mon+ on+ other other han+e han+ess neee neee in all *&bli *&bli shool shool *ro+rams *ro+rams is the aition o" a om*lete o&rse o" trainin+ in the *syholo+y o" harmonio&s ne+otiation between *eo*le# %ll hilren hilren sho&l be ta&+ht how to sell their way thro&+h li"e with with the minim&m amo&nt o" "rition#

Every *&bli shool sho&l teah the *rini*les o" inivi&al ahievement thro&+h whih one may attain a *osition o" "inanial ine*enene# 2lasses sho&l be abolishe alto+ether# They sho&l be re*lae by the ro&n table or on"erene system s&h as b&sinessmen em*loy# %ll st&ents sho&l reeive inivi&al instr&tion an +&iane in onnetion with s&b

b&siness- or o&*ation# This instr&tion sho&l be on&te thro&+h the on"erene system- to save the time o" the instr&tors#

Q: What yo& have s&++este isin e""et- an a&.iliary system o" instr&tion that wo&l +ive all shool hilren a workin+ knowle+e o" the *ratial a""airs o" li"e- iret "rom the ori+inal so&re# Is that the ieaJ A: 4o&Cve state it orretly#

Q: Let &s ismiss ismiss the *&bli *&bli shool system an +o bak to the h&rhes h&rhes "or a moment# moment# %ll my li"e I have hear ler+ymen *reahin+ a+ainst sin an warnin+ sinners to beware an re*ent so they o&l be save# B&t I have never hear any o" them tell me what sin is# Will yo& +ive me some li+ht on this s&b
Q: Name some o" the the ommon "orms o" sin# A: It is a sin to overeat bea&se that leas to ill health an misery#

It is a sin to over,in&l+e in se. bea&se that breaks own oneCs will *ower an leas to the habit o" ri"tin+# It is a sin to *ermit oneCs min to be b e ominate by ne+ative tho&+hts o" envy- +ree- "earhatre- intolerane- vanity- sel",*ity- or iso&ra+ement- bea&se these states o" min lea to the habit o" ri"tin+# It is a sin to heat- lie- an steal- bea&se these habits estroy sel",res*et- s&b&e oneCs onsiene- an lea to &nha**iness# It is a sin to remain in i+norane bea&se that leas to *overty an loss o" sel",reliane# sel",reliane# It is a sin to ae*t "rom li"e anythin+ one oes not want bea&se that iniates an &n*aronable ne+let to &se the min#

Q: Is it a sin "or one to ri"t thro&+h li"e- witho&t e"inite aim- *lan- or *&r*oseJ


A: 4es4es- bea bea&se &se this this habi habitt lea leass to *o *ove vert rty y an an est estro roys ys the the *riv *rivil ile+ e+ee o" sel" sel",, etermin etermination ation## It also e*rives e*rives one o" the *rivile+e *rivile+e o" &sin+ his own min as a mei&m o" ontat with In"inite Intelli+ene#

Q: %re yo& the hie" ins*irer o" sinJ A: 4es! It is my b&siness to +ain ontrol o" the mins o" *eo*le in every way *ossible#

Q: 2an yo& ontrol the min o" a *erson who ommits no sinJ A: I annot- bea&se that *erson never *ermits his min to be ominate by any "orm o" ne+ative tho&+ht# I annot enter the min o" one who never sins- let alone ontrol it#

Q: What is the ommonest an most estr&tive  estr&tive o" all sinsJ % (ear an i+norane#

Q: /ave yo& nothin+ else to a to the listJ % There is nothin+ else to be ae#

Q: What is "aithJ A: It is a state o" min wherein one reo+ni=es an &ses the *ower o" *ositive tho&+ht as a mei mei&m &m by whi whih h one onta ontat tss an an raw rawss &* &*on on the the &n &niv iver ersa sall stor storee o" In"in In"init itee Intelli+ene at will# Q: In other wors- "aith is the absene o" all "orms o" ne+ative tho&+ht# Is that the ieaJ A: 4es- that is another way o" esribin+ it#

Q: /as a ri"ter the a*aity to &se "aithJ A: /e may have the a*aity b&t he oes not &se it# Everyone has the *otential *ower to lear his min o" all ne+ative tho&+hts an thereby avail himsel" o" the *ower o" "aith#

Q: $tatin+ the matter in another way- "aith is e"initeness o" *&r*ose bake by belie" in the attainment o" the ob

A: ThatCs the iea- e.atly#

Chapter $en

+!#)8DI+-I4#IN! Q: W/%T '1E'%1%TION 3U$T ONE UNDE1GO be"ore bein+ able to move with e"initeness o" *&r*ose at all timesJ A: One One m& m&st st +ain +ain mastery over self # This is the seon o" the seven *rini*les# The *erson who is not master o" himsel" an never n ever be master o" others# Lak o" sel",mastery is- o" itsel"- the most estr&tive  estr&tive "orm o" ine"initeness#

Q: Where sho&l one be+in when makin+ a start at ontrol over sel"J A: By masterin+ the three a**etites res*onsible "or most o" oneCs lak o" sel",isi*line# The three a**etites a**etites are 56: the esire "or "oo- 5: the esire "or e.*ression o" se.- 58: the esire to e.*ress loosely or+ani=e o*inions#

Q: Does man have other a**etites whih nee ontrolJ A: 4es- many o" them- b&t these three are the ones whih sho&l be on@&ere "irst# When a man beomes master o" these three a**etites- he has evelo*e eno&+h sel", isi*line to on@&er easily those o" lesser im*ortane#

Q: B&t these are nat&ral a**etites# They m&st be in&l+e i" one is to be healthy an ha**y# A: To be s&re they are nat&ral a**etites- b&t they are also an+ero&s bea&se *eo*le who have have not maste mastere re thems themselv elves es over"e over"ee e the a**eti a**etites tes## $el",m $el",mast astery ery ontem ontem*la *lates tes s&""iient ontrol over the a**etites to enable one to "ee them what they nee an withhol "oo not neee#


Q: 4o&r view*oint is both interestin+ an e&ational# Desribe the etails thro&+h whih whih I may may &nerst &nerstan an how an &n &ner er what what ir& ir&ms mstan tane ess *eo*le *eo*le over," over,"ee ee the a**etites# A: Take the esire "or *hysial "oo- "or e.am*le# The ma
They *o&r into their stomahs both @&antity an ombinations o" "oo whih the boy hemist an is*ose o" only by onvertin+ the "oo into ealy to.i *oisons# These *oisons lo+ an sta+nate the boy sewer system &ntil it slows own in its work o" elimination o" waste matter# %"ter a while the sewer system sto*s workin+ alto+etheran the vitim has what he alls ?onsti*ation# By that time he is reay "or the hos*ital# %&to,into.iation- or boy sewer *oisonin+takes the mahinery o" the brain an rolls it into somethin+ resemblin+ a wa o" *&tty# The vitim then beomes sl&++ish in his *hysial movements an mentally irritable an "&ssy# I" he o&l only take one +oo look at- an one ba smell o"- his sewer system- he wo&l be ashame to look himsel" in the "ae# 2ity sewers are not the *leasantest o" *laes when they beome over,loae or lo++e b&t they are lean an sweet om*are with the intestinal sewer when it has been overloae overloae or lo++e# This is not a *retty *retty story to be assoiate assoiate with the *leasant *leasant an neessary at o" eatin+- b&t that is where it belon+s bea&se over,eatin+ an wron+ "oo ombinations are the evils whih a&se a&to,into.iation# 'eo*le who eat wisely an kee* their boy sewers lean hania* me bea&se a lean boy sewer +enerally means a so&n boy an a brain that "&ntions "&ntions *ro*erly# Ima+ine F i" yo&r ima+ination an be strethe that "ar,how any h&man bein+ o&l move with e"initeness o" *&r*ose with his boy sewer "ille with eno&+h *oison to kill a h&nre *eo*le i" it were in
Q: %n all this tro&ble is the res< o" lak o" ontrol over the *hysial a**etite "or "ooJ A: Well- i" yo& wish to be absol&tely orret yo& sho&l say that im*ro*er eatin+ is res*onsible "or the ma
I" yo& want *roo" o" this- selet 6>> *eo*le s&""erin+ with heaahes an +ive eah o" them a thoro&+h washin+ o&t o" their boy sewer systems with a hi+h enema- an observe that no "ewer than ninety,"ive o" the heaahes will isa**ear within a "ew min&tes a"ter their sewers have been leane#

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Q: (rom all yo& say abo&t the intestinal trat- I +ather the im*ression that mastery over the *hysial a**etite "or "oo means also mastery over the habit o" ne+letin+ to kee* the intestines leanJ A: 4es- that is tr&e# It is <&st as im*ortant to eliminate the waste matter o" the boy an the &n&se *ortions o" "oo as it is to take the ri+ht amo&nt an the orret ombinations o" "oo#

Q: I never tho&+ht o" a&to,into.iation as bein+ one o" yo&r evies o" ontrol over *eo*lean I am &tterly shoke to know how many *eo*le are vitims o" this s&btle enemy# LetCs hear what yo& have to say o" the other o ther two a**etites# A: Well- take the esire "or se. e.*ression# Now there is a "ore with whih I master the weak an the stron+- the ol an the yo&n+- the i+norant i+norant an the wise# In "at- I master master all who ne+let to master se.!

Q: /ow an one master the emotion o" se.J A: By the sim*le sim*le *roess o" transm&ti transm&tin+ n+ that emotion emotion into some "orm o" ativity ativity other than o*&lation# $e. is one o" the +reatest o" all "ores whih motivate h&man bein+s# Bea&se o" this "at it is also also one o" the most an+ero&s "ores# I" h&mans wo&l ontrol their se. esires an transm&te them into a rivin+ "ore with whih to arry on their o&*ation F that is- i" they s*ent on their work one hal" the time they issi*ate in *&rs&it o" se.- they wo&l wo&l never know *overty#

Q: Do I &nerstan yo& to im*ly there is a relationshi* between between se. an *overtyJ A: 4es- where se. is not &ner e"inite ontrol# I" allowe to r&n its nat&ral o&rse- se. will @&ikly lea one into the habit o" ri"tin+#

Q: Is there any relationshi* between se. an leaershi*J A: 4es- all +reat leaers in every walk o" li"e are hi+hly se.e- b&t they "ollow the habit o" ont ontro roll llin in+ + thei theirr se. se. esi esire ress- sw swit ith hin in+ + them them into into a riv rivin in+ + "or "oree behi behin n thei theirr o&*ation#

Q: Is the habit o" over,in&l+ene in se. as an+ero&s as the habit o" takin+ narotis or li@&orJ


A: There is no i""erene between these habits# Both lea to hy*noti ontrol- thro&+h the habit o" ri"tin+!

Q: Why oes the worl look &*on se. as somethin+ v&l+arJ A: Bea&se o" the v&l+ar ab&se *eo*le have mae o" this emotion# It is not se. that is v&l+ar# It is the inivi&al who ne+lets or re"&ses to ontrol an +&ie it#

Q: Do yo& mean- by yo&r statement- that one sho&l not in&l+e the esire "or se.J s e.J A: No- I mean that se.- like all other "ores available to man- sho&l be &nerstoomastere- an mae to serve man# The esire "or se. e.*ression is as nat&ral as the esire "or "oo# The esire an no more be kille than one an entirely sto* a river "rom "lowin+# I" the emotion o" se. is sh&t o"" "rom the nat&ral moe o" e.*ression- it will break o&t in some other less esirable "orm- <&st as a river will- i" amme- break thro&+h an "low aro&n the am# The *erson who has sel",isi*line &nerstans the emotion o" se.- res*ets it- an learns to ontrol an transm&te it into onstr&tive ativities#

Q: M&st what ama+e is there in over,in&l+ene o" se.J A: The +reatest ama+e is that it e*letes the so&re o" manCs +reatest rivin+ "ore- an wastes- witho&t ae@&ate om*ensation- manCs reative ener+y#

It issi*ates ener+y neee by nat&re to maintain *hysial health# $e. is nat&reCs most &se"&l thera*e&ti "ore# It e*letes the ma+neti ener+y whih is the so&re o" an attrative- *leasin+ *ersonality# It removes the s*arkle "rom oneCs eyes an sets &* isor in the tone o" oneCs voie# It estroys enth&siasm- s&b&es ambition- an leas inevitably to the habit o" ri"tin+ on all s&b
Q: I wo&l like "or yo& to answer my @&estion in another way by tellin+ me what bene"iial ens ens the emotion o" se. se. may be mae to to attain- i" mastere mastere an transm&te# transm&te# A: 2ontrolle se. s&**lies the ma+neti "ore that attrats attrats *eo*le to one another# It is the most im*ortant "ator o" a *leasin+ *ersonality# 66


It +ives @&ality to the tone o" voie an enables one to onvey thro&+h the voie any "eelin+ esire# It serves- as nothin+ else an serve- to +ive motive,*ower to oneCs esires# It kee*s the nervo&s system har+e with the ener+y neee to arry on the work o" maintainin+ the boy# It shar*ens the ima+ination an enables one to reate &se"&l ieas# It +ives @&ikness an e"initeness to oneCs *hysial an mental movements# It +ives one *ersistene an *erseverane in the *&rs&it o" oneCs ma
Q: %re those all the avanta+es yo& laim "or ontrolle se. ener+yJ A: No- they are only some o" the more im*ortant bene"its it *rovies# 'erha*s some will believe the +reatest +reatest o" all the virt&es o" se. se. is that it is nat&reCs nat&reCs metho o" *er*et&ation o" all livin+ thin+s# This alone sho&l remove all tho&+ht that se. is v&l+ar#

Q: I +ather- "rom what yo& say- that the emotion o" se. is a virt&e- not a "a<# A: It is a virt&e when ontrolle an irete to the attainment o" esirable ens# It is a "a< when ne+lete an *ermitte to lea to ats o" l&st#

Q: Why arenCt these tr&ths ta&+ht to hilren by their *arents an the *&bli shoolsJ A: The ne+let is &e to i+norane o" the real nat&re o" se.#


It is <&st as neessary in maintainin+ health "or one to &nerstan an *ro*erly &se the emotion o" se. as it is to kee* the boy sewer system lean# Both s&b
Q: Wo&lnCt Wo&lnCt the ma
What relat relative ive *os *ositi ition on o" im*ort im*ortan anee wo&l wo&l yo& +ive +ive to the nee "or a&ra a&rate te Q: What knowle+e on the s&b
Q: Do I &nerstan yo& to say that knowle+e o" the tr&e "&ntions o" se. an ability to think a&rately are the two thin+s o" +reatest im*ortane to mankinJ A: That is what I intene yo& to &nerstan# %&rate thinkin+ omes "irst bea&se it is the sol&tion to all manCs *roblems- the answer to all his *rayers- the so&re o" o*&lene an all material *ossessions# %&rate thinkin+ is aie by *ro*erly ontrolle an irete se. emotion bea&se se. emotion is the same ener+y as that with whih one thinks# It be+ins with those who esire sel",etermination s&""iiently to be willin+ to *ay its *rie# No one an be entirely "ree F s*irit&ally- mentally- *hysially- an eonomially F witho&t learnin+ the art o" a&rate thinkin+# No one an learn to think a&rately witho&t inl&in+- as a *art o" the neee knowle+e- in"ormation on the ontrol o" se. emotion thro&+h transm&tation#

Q: It will be a +reat s&r*rise to many *eo*le to learn there is so lose a relationshi* between thinkin+ an se. emotion# Tell &s- now- abo&t the thir a**etite- an letCs see what it has to o with sel",isi*line# A: The habit o" e.*ressin+ loosely or+ani=e o*inions is one o" the most estr&tive o" habits# Its estr&tiveness onsists in its teneny to in"l&ene *eo*le to +&ess instea o" searhin+ "or the "ats when they "orm o*inions- reate ieas- or or+ani=e *lans#

The habit evelo*s a +rassho**er min F one that <&m*s "rom one thin+ to another b&t never om*letes anythin+#

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%n o" o&rse- arelessness in the e.*ression o" o*inions leas to the habit o" ri"tin+# (rom there it is only a ste* or two &ntil one is bo&n by the law o" hy*noti rhythm whih a&tomatially *rohibits a&rate thinkin+#

Q: What other isavanta+es are there in "ree e.*ression o" o*inionsJ A: The *erson who talks too m&h in"orms the worl o" his aims an *lans an +ives to others the o**ort&nity to *ro"it by his ieas#

Wise men kee* their *lans to themselves an re"rain "rom e.*ressin+ &ninvite o*inions# This *revents others "rom a**ro*riatin+ their ieas an makes it i""i< "or others to inter"ere with their *lans#

Q: Why o so many *eo*le in&l+e in the habit o" e.*ressin+ &ninvite o*inionsJ A: The habit is one way o" e.*ressin+ e+otism an vanity# The esire "or sel",e.*ression is inborn in *eo*le# The motive behin the habit is to attrat the attention o" others an to im*ress them "avorably# %t&ally it has <&st the o**osite e""et# When the sel",invite s*eaker attrats attention- it &s&ally is &n"avorable#

Q: 4es- what other isavanta+es has the habitJ A: The *erson who insists on talkin+ selom has an o**ort&nity to learn by listenin+ to others#

Q: B&t isnCt it tr&e that a ma+neti s*eaker o"ten *&ts himsel" in the way o" o**ort&nity to bene"it himsel" by attratin+ the attention attention o" others thro&+h his *owers o" oratoryJ A: 4es- a ma+neti orator oes have an asset o" tremeno&s val&e in his ability to im*ress *eo*le by his s*eeh- b&t he annot make the best &se o" this asset i" he "ores his s*eeh on others witho&t their invitation#

No sin+le @&ality as more to oneCs *ersonality than the ability to s*eak with emotional "eelin+- "ore- an onvition- b&t the s*eaker m&st not im*ose his s*eeh &*on others witho&t bein+ invite to o so# There is is an ol sayin+ that nothin+ is worth more more than its at&al ost# This a**lies as well to the "ree &ninvite e.*ression o" o*inions as to material thin+s#


Q: What abo&t *eo*le who vol&nteer vol&nteer their o*inions by e.*ressin+ e.*ressin+ them in writin+J writin+J Do they also s&""er by lak o" sel",isi*lineJ A: One o" the worst *ests on earth is the *erson who writes &ninvite letters to *eo*le o" *rominene# 3en in *&bli o""ie- movin+ *it&re stars- men who have s&eee in b&siness or written a best,sellin+ book- an *eo*le whose names a**ear o"ten in the news*a*ers are ontin&o&sly besie+e by *eo*le who write letters e.*ressin+ their o*inion on all s&b
Q: B&t the writin+ o" &ninvite letters is a harmless way o" "inin+ *leas&re thro&+h sel",e.*ression- is it notJ What ama+e oes one o by the habitJ A: /abits are onta+io&s# Every habit attrats a "lok o" its relatives# The habit o" oin+ anythin+ that is &seless leas to the "ormation o" other habits that are &seless- es*eially the habit o" ri"tin+#

B&t that is not all the an+ers assoiate with the habit o" in&l+in+ in &ninvite e.*ression o" o*inions# The habit reates enemies an *laes in their hans an+ero&s wea*ons by whih they may o +reat in<&ry to the one who in&l+es in it# Thieves an on"iene men an raketeers *ay bi+ *ries "or the names an aresses o" the writers o" &ninvite letters- knowin+ as they o the writers o" these letters beome easy vitims o" all manner o" shemes that res< in the loss o" their money# They re"er to the writers o" s&h letters as ?n&ts# I" yo& wish to know how "oolish *eo*le are who write &ninvite letters- rea the ?n&t ol&mn o" any news*a*er F the ol&mn in whih the *a*er *&blishes the vol&ntary o*inions o" its reaers F an yo& will see "or yo&rsel" how the writers o" s&h letters anta+oni=e *eo*le an invite o**osition "rom others# o thers#

Q: I ha no iea- 4o&r 3a
There is no h&man bein+ now livin+- no h&man bein+ has ever live- an no h&man bein+ ever will live with the ri+ht or the *ower to e*rive another h&man bein+ o" the inborn *rivile+e o" "ree an ine*enent tho&+ht# That *rivile+e is the only one over whih any h&man bein+ an have absol&te ontrol# No a< h&man bein+ ever loses the ri+ht to "reeom o" tho&+ht- b&t most h&mans lose the bene"its o" this *rivile+e either by /92


ne+let or bea&se it has been taken away "rom them by their *arents or reli+io&s instr& instr&to tors rs be"ore be"ore the a+e o" &n &ners erstan tanin in+# +# These These are sel",e sel",evi vient ent tr&ths tr&ths-- no less less im*ortant im*ortant bea&se bea&se they are bein+ alle alle to yo&r attention attention by the Devil than they wo&l be i" bro&+ht to yo&r attention attention by my o**osition#

Q: B&t what are *eo*le +oin+ to lean &*on in the ho&r o" emer+eny when they know not where nor to whom to a**ealJ A: Let them lean &*on the only e*enable *ower available to any h&man bein+#

Q: %n what is thatJ A: Themselves! The *ower o" their own tho&+hts# The only *ower they an ontrol an may rely &*on# The only *ower whih annot be *erverte- olore- moi"ie- an "alsi"ie by their ishonest "ellow h&man bein+s#

Q: %ll yo& say seems lo+ial- b&t why m&st I ome to the Devil to isover s&h *ro"o&n tr&thsJ LetCs +et bak to the seven *rini*les# 4o& have alreay islose eno&+h in"ormation to show learly that the seret o" how to break the *ower o" hy*noti rhythm is wra**e in the seven *rini*les# 4o& have shown- too- that the most im*ortant o" these *rini*les is sel",isi*line# Now +o ahea an esribe the other "ive *rini*les yo& have not yet mentione- an iniate what *art they *lay in +ivin+ one sel", isi*line# A: (irst- let me s&mmari=e that *art o" my on"ession we have alreay overe#

I have "rankly tol yo& that my two most e""etive evies "or masterin+ h&man bein+s are the habit o" ri"tin+ an the law o" hy*noti rhythm# I have shown yo& that ri"tin+ is not a nat&ral law- b&t a man,mae habit whih leas to manCs s&bmission to the law o" hy*noti rhythm# The seven *rini*les are the meia by whih man may break the hol o" hy*noti rhythm an take *ossession- a+aino" his own min# 4o& seethere"ore- the seven *rini*les are the seven ste*s whih lea vitims o" hy*noti rhythm o&t o" the sel",mae *risons in whih they are bo&n#

Q: The seven *rini*les are the master key that &nloks the oor to s*irit&al- mentalmental- an eonomi sel",eterminationJ sel",eterminationJ Is that tr&eJ


A: 4es- thatCs another way o" statin+ the tr&th#

Chapter 2&even

#!,*NING )*O' ,D"!*+IT( ,D"!*+IT( Q: I$ (%ILU1E EVE1 % BENE(IT TO 3%NJ A: 4es# Inee- learnin+ "rom aversity is the thir o" the seven *rini*les# B&t "ew *eo*le know that every aversity brin+s with with it the see o" an e@&ivalent avanta+e# avanta+e# $till "ewe "ewerr *eo*l *eo*lee kn know ow the the i"" i""er eren ene e betw betwee een n tem* tem*ora orary ry e"e e"eat at an an "ail "ail&r &re# e# I" this this knowle+e were +enerally known- I wo&l be e*rive o" one o" my stron+est wea*ons o" ontrol over h&man bein+s#

Q: B&t I &nerstoo yo& to say that "ail&re is one o" yo&r +reatest allies# I +ot the im*ression "rom yo&r on"ession that "ail&re a&ses *eo*le to lose ambition an @&it tryin+- an then yo& take them over witho&t o**osition on their *art# A: That is <&st the *oint# I take them over a"ter they @&it tryin+# I" they knew the i""erene between tem*orary e"eat an "ail&re- they wo&l not @&it when they meet with o**osition "rom li"e# I" they knew that every "orm o" e"eatan all "ail&res- brin+ with them the see o" &nborn o**ort&nity- they wo&l kee* on "i+htin+ an win# $&ess &s&ally is b&t one short ste* beyon the *oint where one on e @&its "i+htin+#

Q: Is that all one mi+ht learn "rom aversity- e"eatan "ail&reJ A: No- that is the least o" what one mi+ht learn# I hate to tell yo& this- b&t "ail&re o"ten serves as a blessin+ in is+&ise bea&se it breaks the +ri* o" hy*noti rhythm an "rees the min "or a "resh start#

Q: Now we are +ettin+ somewhere# $o yo& have on"esse- at lon+ last- that even nat&reCs law o" hy*noti rhythm an be an o"ten is ann&lle by nat&re hersel"# Is that orretJ /95


A: No- that is not statin+ the matter a&rately# Nat&re never reverses any o" her nat&ral laws# Nat&re oes not take away a h&man bein+Cs "reeom o" tho&+ht thro&+h hy*noti rhythm# The inivi&al +ives &* his "reeom by ab&se o" this law# I" a man <&m*e "rom a tree an was kille by the s&en im*at o" his boy with the earth- thro&+h the law o" +ravity- yo& wo&lnCt say nat&re m&rere him- wo&l yo&J 4o& wo&l say the man ne+lete to relate himsel" *ro*erly to the law o" +ravity#

Q: I am be+innin+ to see# The law o" hy*noti rhythm is a*able o" both ne+ative an *ositive a**liation# It may ra+ one own to slavery thro&+h loss o" the *rivile+e o" "reeom o" tho&+ht- or it may hel* one rise to +reat hei+hts o" ahievement thro&+h the "ree &se o" tho&+ht- e*enin+ on how the inivi&al relates himsel" to the law# Is that orretJ A: Now yo& have it ri+ht#

Q: B&t what abo&t "ail&reJ One oes not "ail intentionally- with *&r*ose a"oretho&+ht# No one eno&ra+es tem*orary e"eat# These are ir&mstanes ir&mstanes over whih the inivi&al o"ten has no ontrol whatsoever# /ow- then- an it be sai that nat&re oes not take away oneCs "reeom o" tho&+ht when "ail&re estroys ambition- will *ower- an the sel", on"iene essential to make a "resh startJ A: (ail&re is a man,mae ir&mstane# ir&mstane# It is never real &ntil it has been ae*te by man as *ermanent# $tatin+ it another way- "ail&re is a state o" minA there"ore- it is somethin+ an inivi&al an ontrol &ntil he ne+lets to e.erise this *rivile+e# Nat&re oes not "ore *eo*le to "ail# B&t nat&re oes im*ose her law o" hy*noti rhythm &*on all mins an thro&+h this law +ives *ermaneny to the tho&+hts whih ominate those mins#

In other wors- "ail&re tho&+hts are taken over by the law o" hy*noti rhythm an an mae *ermanent i" the inivi&al ae*ts any ir&mstanes ir&mstanes as bein+ *ermanent "ail&re# That same law <&st as reaily takes over an makes *ermanent tho&+hts o" s&ess#

Q: What *art- then- oes "ail&re *lay in hel*in+ an inivi&al break the +ri* o" hy*noti rhythm a"ter that law has been "astene &*on his minJ A: (ail&re brin+s a lima. in whih one has the *rivile+e o" learin+ his min o" "ear an makin+ a new start in another iretion# (ail&re *roves onl&sively that somethin+ is wron+ with oneCs aims or the *lans by whih the ob
B&t "ail&re oes more than this# It +ives an inivi&al an o**ort&nity to test himsel" wherein wherein he may learn how m&h will *ower he *ossesses# *ossesses# (ail&re also "ores "ores *eo*le *eo*le to


learn many tr&ths they wo&l never isover witho&t it# (ail&re o"ten leas an inivi&al to an &nerstanin+ o" the *ower o" sel",isi*line witho&t whih whih no one o&l t&rn bak a"ter havin+ one been the vitim o" hy*noti rhythm# $t&y the lives o" all *eo*le who ahieve o&tstanin+ s&ess in any allin+ an observewith *ro"it- that their s&ess is &s&ally in e.at ratio to their e.*erienes o" e"eat be"ore s&eein+# s&eein+#

Q: Is this all yo& have to say o" the avanta+es o" "ail&reJ A: No- I have barely be+&n# be+&n# I" yo& want the real real si+ni"iane o" aversity- "ail&re"ail&re- e"eatan all other e.*erienes whih break &* a h&man bein+Cs habits an "ore him to "orm new habits- wath nat&re at her work# Nat&re &ses illness to break the *hysial rhythm o" the boy when the ells an or+ans beome im*ro*erly relate# $he &ses eonomi e*ressions to break the rhythm o" mass tho&+ht when +reat n&mbers o" *eo*le beome im*ro*erly im*ro*erly relate relate F thro&+h thro&+h b&siness- soialsoial- an *olitial *olitial ativit ativities# ies# %n she &ses "ail&re to break the rhythm o" ne+ative tho&+ht when an inivi&al beomes im*ro*erly relate to himsel" in his own min#

Observe are"&lly an yo& will see that everywhere in nat&re there is always at work a nat&ral law whih +ives eternal han+e to all matter- all ener+y- an to the *ower o" tho&+ht# The only *ermanent thin+ in the &niverses is han+e# Eternal- ine.orable han+e F thro&+h whih every atom o" matter an every &nit o" ener+y has h as the o**ort&nity to *ro*erly relate itsel" to all other &nits o" matter an ener+y- an every h&man bein+ has the o**ort&nity an the *rivile+e o" *ro*erly relatin+ himsel" to all other h&man bein+s no matter how many mistakes he makes- or how many times or in what ways he may be e"eate# When mass "ail&re overtakes overtakes a nationnation- s&h as the 677 worl b&siness b&siness e*ressione*ression- the ir&mstane is in *er"et harmony with nat&reCs *lan to break &* manCs habits an +ive o&t "resh o**ort&nities#

Q: What yo& are sayin+ intri+&es me# %m I to &nerstan that hy*noti rhythm has somethin+ to o with the way *eo*le relate themselves to one anotherJ A: That abstrat- el&sive thin+ alle harater is nothin+ b&t a mani"estation o" the law o" hy*noti rhythmA there"ore- when s*eakin+ o" oneCs harater it wo&l be *ro*er to say his tho&+ht,habits have been rystalli=e into a *ositive or a ne+ative *ersonalitythro&+h hy*noti rhythm# One is +oo or ba bea&se o" the knittin+ to+ether o" his tho&+hts an ees thro&+h hy*noti rhythm# One is bo&n by *overty or blesse with ab&nane bea&se his aims- *lans- an esires- or lak o" them- have been mae *ermanent an real real by hy*noti rhythm#

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Q: Is that all yo& have to say o" the onnetion between hy*noti rhythm an h&man relationshi*sJ A: No- I have <&st be+&n# 1emember while I am talkin+ I am s*eakin+ o" the in"l&ene o" hy*noti rhythm in onnetion with all h&man relationshi*s# 3en who s&ee in b&siness o so entirely bea&se o" the way they relate themselves to their assoiates an to others o&tsie o" the b&siness#

'ro"essional men who s&ee o so lar+ely bea&se o" the manner in whih they relate themselves to their lients# lients# It is m&h more im*ortant "or the lawyer lawyer to know *eo*le an to know the laws o" nat&re than it is to know the law# %n the otor is a "ail&re be"ore he starts &nless he knows how to relate himsel" to his *atients so as to establish their "aith in him# 3arria+e s&ees or "ails entirely bea&se o" the manner in whih the *artii*ants relate themselves to one another# 'ro*er relationshi* in marria+e be+ins with a *ro*er motive "or the marria+e# 3ost marria+es o not brin+ ha**iness bea&se the ontratin+ *arties neither neither &nerstan&nerstan- nor attem*t attem*t to &nerstan &nerstan-- the law o" hy*noti rhythm- thro&+h the o*eration o" whih every wor they s*eak- every at in whih they en+a+e- an every motive by whih they are ins*ire to eal with eah other is *ike &* an woven into a web that entan+les them in ontroversial misery or +ives to them the win+s o" "reeom thro&+h whih they soar above all "orms o" &nha**iness# &n ha**iness# Every newly mae a@&aintaneshi* between *eo*le ri*ens into "rienshi* an then into s*irit&al harmony 5sometimes 5sometimes alle love: or *lants a +erm o" s&s*iion an o&bt whih evolves an +rows into o*en rebellion- aorin+ to the way in whih the *artii*ants in the a@&aintaneshi* relate themselves to one another# /y*noti rhythm *iks &* the ominatin+ motives- aims- *&r*oses- an "eelin+s o" the ontatin+ mins an weaves these into some e+ree o" "aith or "ear- love or hatre# %"ter the *attern has taken e"inite sha*e- as it oes with time- it is "ore &*on the ontatin+ mins an mae a *art thereo"# In this silent way oes nat&re make *ermanent the ominatin+ "ators o" every h&man relationshi*# In every h&man relationshi* the evil motives an the evil ees o" the ontatin+ inivi&als are oorinate an onsoliate into e"inite "orm an s&by woven into that all,im*ortant all,im*ortant h&man trait known as harater harater## In the same mannermanner- the motives an the ees o" +oo are onsoliate an "ore &*on the inivi&al# 4o& seethere"ore- it is not only oneCs ees b&t also oneCs very tho&+hts whih etermine the nat&re o" all h&man relationshi*s#

Q: 4o& are leain+ into *retty ee* water# LetCs kee* near the shore- where I an "ollow yo& witho&t "ear o" +ettin+ beyon a sa"e e*th# e*th# Go ahea ahea an tell me how this s&b

o" h&man relationshi*s at&ally works in the &rrent a""airs o" a *roblem,"ille worl s&h as we have toay# A: That is a ha**y tho&+ht# B&t let me make s&re yo& &nerstan the *rini*les I am tellin+ abo&t- be"ore I try to show yo& how to a**ly them in the a""airs o" li"e#

I wish to be s&re yo& &nerstan that the law o" hy*noti rhythm is somethin+ that no one an ontrol- in"l&ene- or evae# B&t everyone an relate himsel" to this law so as to bene"it by its ine.orable o*eration# /armonio&s relationshi* with the law onsists entirely o" the inivi&al han+in+ his habits so they re*resent the ir&mstanes an the thin+s the inivi&al wants an is willin+ to ae*t# No one an han+e the law o" hy*noti rhythm any more than one an han+e the law o" +ravity- b&t everyone an han+e himsel"# 1emember- there"ore- in all the is&ssion o" this s&b
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Thro&+h the o*eration o" the si.th sense- the brain o" a h&man bein+ may ontat the "ilin+ abinet o" other brains an ins*et at will whatever tho&+ht im*ressions are on "ile there# The onition &ner whih one *erson may ontat an ins*et the "ilin+ abinet o" another *ersonCs brain is +enerally known as harmony- b&t yo& may better &nerstan what is meant i" I say brains att&ne to the same rate o" tho&+ tho&+ht ht vibr vibrat atio ions ns an an easi easily ly an an @& @&i ikl kly y e.er e.eri ise se the the *riv *rivil ile+ e+ee o" ente enteri rin+ n+ an an ins*etin+ eah otherCs rilin+ abinets o" tho&+hts# In aition to reeivin+ or+ani=e tho&+hts "rom the "ilin+ abinets o" other brains thro&+h the si.th sense- one an- thro&+h this same *hysial or+an- ontat an reeive in"ormation "rom the &niversal storeho&se known as In"inite Intelli+ene# %ll in"ormation reahin+ oneCs brain thro&+h the si.th sense omes "rom so&res not easily isolate or traeA there"ore- this sort o" in"ormation is +enerally believe to ome "rom oneCs s&bonsio&s min# The si.th sense is the or+an o" the brain thro&+h whih one reeives all in"ormation- all knowle+e- all tho&+ht im*ressions whih o not ome thro&+h one or more o" the "ive *hysial senses# Now that yo& &nerstan how the min o*erates- yo& will more easily &nerstan how an why *eo*le ome to +rie" thro&+h im*ro*er h&man relationshi*s# 4o& will also &nerstan how h&man relationshi* may be mae to yiel rihes in their hi+hest "ormrihes in material- mental- an s*irit&al estates# 3oreov 3ore over er-- yo yo& & will will &n &ne ers rsta tan n ther theree an an neve neverr be ha** ha**in ines esss e.e e.e*t *t thro thro&+ &+h h &nerstanin+ an a**liation o" the ri+ht *rini*les o" h&man relationshi*s# 4o& will &nerstan- too- that no inivi&al is an entity &nto himsel"- that om*leteness o" min an be attaine only by harmony o" *&r*ose an ee between two or more mins# 4o& will &nerstan why every h&man bein+ sho&l- o" his own hoie- beome his brotherCs kee*er in "at as well as in theory#

Q: What yo& say may be tr&e- b&t I still insist that yo& have me beyon sa"e e*ths o" tho&+ht# Let &s +et bak nearer to the shore- where I an wae in "amiliar water# We shall +o o&t into the ee*er water a"ter we learn to swim well# We starte o&t to is&ss the s&b
We are now reay to +et bak to the is&ssion o" the s&b

Nat&rally the @&estion arises as to what is a *ro*er relationshi* between *eo*leJ The answer is that the *ro*er relationshi* is one that brin+s to all onnete with it- or a""ete by it- some "orm o" bene"it#

Q: What- then- is an im*ro*er relationshi*J A: %ny relationshi* between *eo*le whih ama+es anyone or brin+s any "orm o" misery or &nha**iness to any o" the inivi&als#

Q: /ow an im*ro*er relationshi*s be orreteJ A: By han+e o" min o" the *erson *erson a&sin+ a&sin+ the im*ro*er im*ro*er relationshi relationshi**- or by han+in+ the *ersons to the relationshi*# $ome mins harmoni=e nat&rally while others <&st as nat&rally lash# $&ess"&l h&man relationshi*s- to en&re as s&h- m&st be "orme o" mins mins that that nat&ra nat&rally lly harmon harmoni=e i=e-- @&ite @&ite asie asie "rom "rom the @&esti @&estion on o" havin+ havin+ ommo ommon n interests as a means o" brin+in+ them into harmony#

When yo& s*eak o" b&siness leaers who s&ee bea&se ?they know how to *ik men- yo& mi+ht more orretly say they s&ee bea&se they know how to assoiate mins whih harmoni=e nat&rally# 0nowin+ how to *ik *eo*le s&ess"&lly "or any e"inite *&r*ose in li"e is base &*on ability to reo+ni=e the ty*es o" *eo*le whose mins nat&rally harmoni=e#

Q: $tay "o&se on aversity- i" yo& will# I" there are *ossible bene"its to be "o&n thro&+h aversity- name some o" them# A: %vers %versity ity reliev relieves es *eo*le *eo*le o" vanity vanity an e+oti e+otism# sm# It iso& iso&ra+ ra+es es sel"i sel"ishn shness ess by *rovin+ that no one an an s&ee witho&t the the oo*eration o" others# others#

%versity "ores an inivi&al to test his mental- *hysial- an s*irit&al stren+thA it th&s brin+s him "ae to "ae with his weaknesses an +ives him the o**ort&nity to bri+e them# %ve %vers rsit ity y "or "ores es on onee to seek seek ways ways an an mean meanss to e"i e"ini nite te ens ens by mei meita tati tion on an an intros*etive tho&+ht# This o"ten leas to the isovery an &se o" the si.th sense thro&+h whih one may omm&niate with In"inite Intelli+ene# %versity "ores one to reo+ni=e the nee "or intelli+ene not available e.e*t "rom so&res o&tsie o" oneCs own min#

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%versity breaks ol habits o" tho&+ht an +ives one an o**ort&nity to "orm new habitsA there"ore- it may serve to break the hol o" hy*noti rhythm an han+e its o*eration "rom ne+ative to *ositive ens#

Q: What is the +reatest bene"it one may reeive thro&+h aversityJ A: The +reatest bene"it o" aversity is that it may- an +enerally oes- "ore one to han+e oneCs tho&+ht,habits- th&s breakin+ an reiretin+ the "ore o" hy*noti rhythm#

Q: In other wors- "ail&re always is a blessin+ when it "ores one to a@&ire knowle+e or to b&il habits that lea to the ahievement o" oneCs ma
3any h&man bein+s isover their ?other selves- the "ores whih o*erate thro&+h the *ower o" o " tho&+ht- only a"ter some atastro*he e*rives them o" the "&ll an "ree &se o" their *hysial boies# When a man an no lon+er &se his hans an his "eet- he &s&ally be+ins to &se his brainA th&s he *&ts himsel" in the way o" isoverin+ the *ower o" his own min#

Q: What bene"its may be erive "rom the loss o" material thin+s F money- "or e.am*leJ A: The loss o" material thin+s may teah many neee lessons- none +reater- howeverthan the tr&th that man has ontrol ontrol over nothin+ an has no ass&rane ass&rane o" the *ermanent *ermanent &se o" anythin+ e.e*t his own *ower o" tho&+ht#

Q: I woner i" this is not the +reatest bene"it available thro&+h aversityJ A: No- the +reatest *otential bene"it o" any ir&mstane whih a&ses one to make a "resh start is that it *rovies an o**ort&nity to break the +ri* o" hy*noti rhythm an set &* a new set o" tho&+ht,habits# New habits o""er the only way o&t "or *eo*le who "ail# 3ost *eo*le who esa*e "rom the ne+ative to the *ositive o*eration o" the law o" hy*noti rhythm o so only bea&se o" some "orm o" aversity whih "ores them to han+e their tho&+ht,habits#


Q: IsnCt aversity a*t to break oneCs sel",reliane an a&se one to +ive &* ho*eJ A: It has that e""et on those whose will *ower is weak thro&+h lon+ establishe habits o" ri"tin+# It has the o**osite e""et on those who have not been weakene thro&+h ri"tin+# The non,ri"ter meets with tem*orary e"eat an "ail&re- b&t his reation to all "orms o" aversity is *ositive# /e "i+hts instea o" +ivin+ &*- an &s&ally wins#

Li"e +ives no one imm&nity a+ainst aversity- b&t li"e +ives to everyone the *ower o" *ositive tho&+ht- whih is s&""iient to master all ir&mstanes ir&mstanes o" aversity an onvert them into bene"its# The inivi&al is le"t with the *rivile+e o" &sin+ or ne+letin+ to &se his *rero+ative ri+ht to think his way thro&+h all aversities# Every inivi&al is "ore either to &se his tho&+ht *ower "or the attainment o" e"inite- *ositive ens- or by ne+let or esi esi+n +n &se &se this this *o *owe werr "or "or the the atta ttainme inment nt o" ne+a ne+ati tive ve ens ens## Th Theere an an be no om*romise- no re"&sal to &se the min# The law o" hy*noti rhythm "ores every inivi&al to +ive some e+ree o" &se- either ne+ative or *ositive- to his min- b&t it oes not in"l&ene the inivi&al as to whih &se he will make o" his min#

Q: %m I to &nerstan "rom what yo& say that every aversity is a blessin+J A: No- I i not say that# I sai there is the see o" an e@&ivalent avanta+e in every aversity# I i not say there was the "&ll,blown "lower o" avanta+e- <&st the see# Us&ally the see onsists o" some "orm o" knowle+e- some iea or *lan- or some o**ort&nity whih wo&l not have been available e.e*t thro&+h the han+e o" tho&+ht, habits "ore by the aversity#

Q: %re those all the bene"its available to h&man bein+s thro&+h "ail&reJ A: No- "ail&re is &se by nat&re as a ommon lan+&a+e in whih she hastises *eo*le when they ne+let to aa*t themselves to her h er laws#

(or e.am*le- the worl war was man,mae an estr&tive# Nat&re *lante in the ir&mstanes o" the war the see o" an e@&ivalent re*riman in the "orm o" a worl e*res e*ressio sion# n# The e*re e*ressi ssion on was inevit inevitabl ablee an inesa inesa*ab *able le## It "ollow "ollowe e the war as nat&rally as ay "ollows ni+ht an by the o*eration o" the sel",same law- the law o" hy*noti rhythm#

Q: %m I to &nerstan that the law o" hy*noti rhythm is the same as that whih 1al*h Walo Emerson alle the law o" om*ensationJ

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A: The law o" hy*noti rhythm is the law o" om*ensation# It is the *ower with whih nat&re balanes ne+ative an *ositive "ores thro&+ho&t the &niverses- in all "orms o" ener+y- in all "orms o" matter- an in all h&man h& man relationshi*s#

Q: Does the law o" hy*noti rhythm o*erate @&ikly in all instanesJ (or e.am*le- oes this law immeiately immeiately bless one with the bene"its bene"its o" *ositive *ositive a**liati a**liation on o" tho&+htstho&+hts- or &rse one immeiately with the res<s o" ne+ative tho&+htsJ A: The law o*erates e"initely b&t not always swi"tly# Both the bene"its an the *enalties in&rre thro&+h the law by inivi&als may be harveste by others- either be"ore or a"ter their eath#

Observe how this law works by "orin+ &*on one +eneration o" *eo*le the e""ets o" both the sins an the virt&es o" *reein+ +enerations# In the o*eration o" all o" nat&reCs lawsthe "o&rth imension- time- is an ine.orable "ator# The len+th o" time ons&me by nat&re in the relation o" e""ets to their a&ses e*ens- in every instane- on the ir&mstanes at han# Nat&re +rows a *&m*kin in three months# % +oo si=e oak tree re@&ires a h&nre years# $he onverts a henCs e++ into a hiken in "o&r weeks- b&t she re@&ires nine months to onvert the e++ o" a h&man bein+ into an inivi&al#

Chapter $we&ve

!N"I*ON'!NT: TI'!: ,*'ON(: ,ND ,ND -,UT -,UTIO ION N Q: I NOW /%VE % BETTE1 UNDE1$T%NDING o" the *otentialities o" aversity an "ail&re# 4o& may +o ahea- now- with yo&r esri*tion o" the ne.t o" the seven *rini*les# What What is yo&r ne.t *rini*leJ *rini*leJ A: The ne.t *rini*le is environmental influence #

Q: Go ahea an esribe the workin+ *rini*le o" environmental in"l&enes as a eterminin+ "ator in h&man estinies#


A: Environment onsists o" all the mental- s*irit&al- an *hysial "ores whih a""et an in"l&ene h&man bein+s#

Q: What onnetion- i" any- is there between environmental in"l&enes an hy*noti rhythmJ A: /y*not /y*noti i rhythm rhythm solii solii"ie "iess an makes makes *erma *ermanen nentt the tho&+ht tho&+ht,ha ,habit bitss o" h&m h&man an bein+s# Tho&+ht,habits are stim&late by environmental in"l&enes# In other wors- the material on whih tho&+hts are "e omes "rom oneCs environment# Tho&+ht,habits are mae *ermanent by hy*noti rhythm#

Q: What is the most im*ortant *art o" oneCs environment- the *art whih eterminesmore than all others- whether an inivi&al makes *ositive or ne+ative &se o" his minJ A: The most im*ortant *art o" oneCs environment is that reate by his assoiation with others others## %ll *eo*le *eo*le absorb absorb an take take overover- either either onsi onsio&s o&sly ly or &nons &nonsio& io&sly sly-- the tho&+ht,habits o" those with whom who m they assoiate losely#

Q: Do yo& mean by this that onstant assoiation with a *erson whose tho&+ht,habits are ne+ative in"l&enes one to "orm ne+ative tho&+ht,habitsJ A: 4es- the law o" hy*noti rhythm "ores every h&man bein+ to "orm tho&+ht,habits whih harmoni=e with the ominatin+ in"l&enes o" his environment- *arti&larly that *art o" his environment environment reate by his assoiation assoiation with other other mins#

Q: Then it is im*ortant that one selet oneCs lose assoiates with +reat areJ A: 4es- oneCs intimate assoiates sho&l be hosen with as m&h are as one hooses the "oo with whih he "ees his boy- with the ob
Q: Whih lass o" assoiates has the +reatest in"l&ene &*on oneJ on eJ A: OneCs *artner in marria+e an in the home an oneCs assoiates in his o&*ation# %"ter that ome lose "riens an a@&aintanes# 2as&al a@&aintanes an stran+ers have b&t little in"l&ene on one#

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Q: Why oes oneCs *artner in marria+e have so +reat an in"l&ene &*on oneCs minJ A: Bea&se the relationshi* o" marria+e brin+s *eo*le &ner the in"l&ene o" s*irit&al "ores o" s&h wei+ht that they beome ominatin+ "ores o" the min#

Q: /ow may environmental in"l&enes be &se to break the +ri* o" hy*noti rhythmJ A: %ll in"l&enes whih establish tho&+ht,habits are +iven *ermaneny thro&+h the law o" hy*noti rhythm# One may han+e the in"l&enes o" his environment so that the ominatin+ in"l&enes are either *ositive or ne+ative- an the law o" hy*noti rhythm will make them *ermanent- &nless they are han+e thro&+h oneCs habits o" tho&+ht#

Q: $tatin+ this tr&th in another way- one may s&bmit himsel" to any environmental in"l&ene esire- whether *ositive or ne+ative- an the law o" hy*noti rhythm will make the in"l&ene *ermanent when it ass&mes the ma+nit&e o" tho&+ht,habit# Is that the way the law worksJ A: That is orret# Be are"&l o" all "ores whih ins*ire tho&+htA those are the "ores whih onstit&te environment an etermine the nat&re o" oneCs o neCs earthly estiny#

Q: What lass o" *eo*le ontrols their environmental in"l&enesJ A: The non,ri"ters# %ll who are vitims o" the habit o" ri"tin+ "or"eit their *ower to hoose their own environment# They beome the vitims o" every ne+ative in"l&ene o" their environment#

Q: Is there no way o&t "or the ri"terJ Is there no metho by whih he may s&bmit himsel" to the in"l&ene o" a *ositive environmentJ A: 4es- there is a way o&t "or ri"ters# They an sto* ri"tin+- take *ossession o" their own mins- an hoose an environment whih ins*ires *ositive tho&+ht# This they may aom*lish thro&+h e"initeness o" *&r*ose#

Q: Is that all there is to the at o" eliminatin+ the habit o" ri"tin+J Is the habit only a state o" minJ A: Dri"tin+ is nothin+ b&t a ne+ative state o" min- a state o" min ons*i&o&s by its em*tiness o" *&r*ose#


Q: What What e""e e""etiv tivee *roe& *roe&re re may may one "ollow "ollow in establ establish ishin+ in+ an enviro environme nment nt mos mostt hel*"&l in evelo*in+ an maintainin+ *ositive tho&+ht,habitsJ A: The most e""etive o" all environments is that whih may be reate by a "rienly alliane o" a +ro&* o" *eo*le who will obli+ate themselves to assist one another in ahievin+ the ob
The most s&ess"&l leaers in all walks o" li"e avail themselves o" this sort o" mae,to, orer orer enviro environme nmenta ntall in"l&e in"l&ene ne## O&tsta O&tstani nin+ n+ ahie ahievem vement ent is im*oss im*ossibl iblee witho& witho&tt the "rienly oo*eration o" others# $tatin+ the tr&th in another way- s&ess"&l *eo*le m&st ontro ontroll their their enviro environm nment ent-- thereb thereby y ins&ri ins&rin+ n+ thems themsel elves ves a+ains a+ainstt the in"l&e in"l&ene ne o" a ne+ative environment#

Q: What o" *eo*le whose &ty to relatives makes it im*ossible "or them to avoi the in"l&ene o" a ne+ative environmentJ A: No h&man bein+ owes another any e+ree o" &ty whih robs him o" his h is *rivile+e o" b&ilin+ his tho&+ht,habits in a *ositive environment# On the other han- every h&man bein+ is &ty bo&n to himsel" to remove "rom his environment every in"l&ene whih even remotely tens to evelo* ne+ative tho&+ht,habits#

Q: IsnCt this a ol,blooe *hiloso*hyJ A: Only the stron+ s&rvive# No one an be stron+ witho&t removin+ himsel" "rom all in"l&enes whih evelo* ne+ative tho&+ht,habits# Ne+ative tho&+ht,habits res< in the loss o" the *rivile+e o" sel",etermination- no matter what or who may a&se those habits# 'ositive tho&+ht,habits may be ontrolle by the inivi&al an mae to serve his aims an *&r*oses# Ne+ative tho&+ht,habits ontrol the inivi&al an e*rive him o" the *rivile+e o" sel",etermination# sel",etermination#

Q: I e&e "rom all yo& have sai that those who ontrol the environmental in"l&enes o&t o" whih their tho&+ht,habits are b&ilt are masters o" their earthly earthly estinies an that all others are mastere by earthly estinies# Is that statin+ the matter orretlyJ A: 'er"etly state#

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Q: What establishes oneCs tho&+ht,habitsJ A: %ll habits are establishe bea&se o" inherent or a@&ire esires- or motives# That ishabits are be+&n as the res< o" some "orm o" e"inite esire#

Q: What takes *lae in the *hysial brain while one is "ormin+ tho&+ht,habitsJ A: Desires are or+ani=e im*&lses o" ener+y alle tho&+hts# Desires that are mi.e with emotional "eelin+ ma+neti=e the brain ells in whih they are store an *re*are those ells to be taken over an irete by the law o" hy*noti rhythm# When any tho&+ht a**ears in the brain or is reate there- an is mi.e with keen emotional "eelin+ o" esire- the law o" hy*noti rhythm be+ins- at one- to translate it into its *hysial o&nter*art# Dominatin+ tho&+hts- whih are ate &*on "irst by the law o" hy*noti rhythm- are those with whih are mi.e the stron+est esires an the most intense "eelin+s# Tho&+ht,habits are establishe by the re*etition o" the same tho&+hts#

Q: What are the most im*ellin+ basi motives or esires whih ins*ire tho&+ht ationJ A: The ten most ommon motives- those whih ins*ire most o" oneCs tho&+ht,ation- are theseK

Q The esire "or se. e.*ression an love Q The esire "or *hysial "oo Q The esire "or s*irit&almental- an *hysial sel",e.*ression Q The esire "or *er*et&ation o" li"e a"ter eath Q The esire "or *ower over others Q The esire "or material wealth wealth Q The esire "or knowle+e Q The esire to imitate others Q The esire to e.el others Q The seven basi "ears These are the ominatin+ motives whih ins*ire the ma

Q: What abo&t the ne+ative esires s&h as +ree- envy- avarie-
Q: ThatCs a new slant on the s&b
Everythin+ in e.istene- o" both a *hysial an a s*irit&al nat&re- m&st be an is onstantly in motion# The h&man brain is no e.e*tion# It was reate to reeiveor+ani=e- s*eiali=es*eiali=e- an e.*ress the *ower o" tho&+ht# When the inivi&al oes not &se the brain "or the e.*ression o" *ositive- reative tho&+hts- nat&re "ills the va&&m by "orin+ the brain to at &*on ne+ative tho&+hts# There an be no ileness in the brain# Unerstan this *rini*le an yo& will ome into a new an im*ortant &nerstanin+ o" the *art environmental in"l&enes take in the lives o" h&man bein+s# 4o& will better &nerstan&nerstan- also- how the law o" hy*noti hy*noti rhythm o*erateso*erates- it bein+ bein+ the law whih kee*s everythin+ an everyone onstantly movin+ thro&+h some "orm o" e.*ression o" either ne+ative or *ositive *rini*les# Nat&re is not intereste intereste in morals as as s&h# $he is not intereste intereste in ri+ht an wron+# $he is not intereste in <&stie an in<&stie# $he is intereste only in "orin+ everythin+ to e.*ress ation aorin+ to its nat&re!

Q: That is an enli+htenin+ inter*retation o" nat&reCs ways# To whom may I t&rn "or orroboration o" yo&r laimsJ A: To men o" siene- to the *hiloso*hers- to all a&rate thinkers# Lastly- to the *hysial mani"estations mani"estations o" nat&re hersel"#

Nat&re has no s&h thin+ as ea matter# Every atom o" matter is onstantly in a state o" motion# %ll ener+y is onstantly in motion# There are no ea vois anywhere# Time an s*ae are literally mani"estations o" motion o" s&h swi"tness that it annot be meas&re by h&man bein+s#

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Q: %las- one is "ore to the onl&sion- "rom what yo& say- that the so&res o" e*enable knowle+e are shokin+ly limite# A: The evelo*e so&res o" knowle+e are limite# Every normal a< h&man brain is a *otential +ateway to all the knowle+e there is thro&+ho&t the &niverses# Every normal a< a< brain brain has within within its meha mehanis nism m the *os *ossib sibili ility ty o" ire irett omm&n omm&nia iatio tion n with with In"inite Intelli+ene- wherein e.ists all the knowle+e that is or an ever be#

Q: 4o&r statement leas me to believe that h&man bein+s may beome all they have attrib&te to what they all Go# Is that what yo& meanJ A: Thro&+h Thro&+h the law o" evol&tion evol&tion the h&man brain is bein+ *er"ete *er"ete to omm&niate omm&niate at will with In"inite Intelli+ene# The *er"etion will ome thro&+h or+ani=e evelo*ment o" the brain- thro&+h its aa*tation to nat&reCs laws# Time is the "ator whih will brin+ *er"etion#

Q: What a&ses yles o" re&rrin+ events- s&h as e*iemis o" isease- b&siness e*ressions- wars- an rime wavesJ A: %ll s&h e*iemis in whih +reat n&mbers o" *eo*le are similarly a""ete are a&se by the law o" hy*noti rhythm- thro&+h whih nat&re onsoliates tho&+hts o" a similar nat&re an a&ses those tho&+hts to be e.*resse thro&+h mass ation#

Q: Then the Great De*ression was *&t into motion bea&se +reat n&mbers o" *eo*le were in"l&ene to release tho&+hts o" "ear# Is that orretJ A: 'er"etly# 3illions o" *eo*le were eneavorin+ to +et somethin+ "or nothin+- thro&+h stok +amblin+# When they s&enly isovere they ha +otten nothin+ "or somethin+they beame beame "ri+htene "ri+htene- r&she to their banks to raw o&t their balanesbalanes- an the *ani was on# Thro&+h mass tho&+ht o" millions o" mins- all thinkin+ in terms o" "ear o" *overty- the e*ression e*ression was *rolon+e over a *erio *erio o" years#

Q: (rom what yo& say- I e&e that nat&re onsoliates the ominatin+ tho&+hts o" *eo*le an e.*resses these tho&+hts thro&+h some "orm o" mass ation- s&h as b&siness e*ressions- b&siness booms- an so on# Is that orretJ A: 4o& have the ri+ht iea#


Q: Let &s now take &* the ne.t o" the seven *rini*les# Go ahea an esribe it# A: The ne.t *rini*le is time- the "o&rth imension#

Q: What relationshi* is there between time an the o*eration o" the law o" hy*noti rhythmJ A: Time is the law o" hy*noti rhythm# The la*se o" time re@&ire to +ive *ermaneny to tho&+ht,habits e*ens &*on the ob
Q: B&t I &nerstoo yo& to say that the only en&rin+ thin+ in nat&re is han+e# I" that is tr&e- then time is onstantly han+in+- rearran+in+- an reombinin+ all thin+s- inl&in+ inl&in+ oneCs tho&+ht,habits# /ow- then- o&l the law o" hy*noti rhythm +ive *ermaneny to oneCs tho&+ht,habitsJ A: Time ivies all tho&+ht,habits into two lasses- ne+ative tho&+hts an *ositive tho&+ tho&+ht hts# s# OneC OneCss ini inivi vi&a &all tho& tho&+h +hts ts are are o" o&r o&rse se ons onsta tant ntly ly han han+i +in+ n+ an an bein bein+ + reombine to s&it the inivi&alCs esires- b&t tho&+hts o not han+e "rom ne+ative to *ositive or vie versa e.e*t thro&+h thro&+h vol&ntary e""ort on the *art *art o" the inivi&al# inivi&al#

Time *enali=es the inivi&al "or all ne+ative tho&+hts an rewars him "or all *ositive tho&+hts- aorin+ to the nat&re an *&r*ose o" the tho&+hts# I" oneCs ominatin+ tho&+hts are ne+ative- time *enali=es the inivi&al by b&ilin+ in his min the habit o" ne+ative thinkin+ an then *roees to solii"y this habit into *ermaneny every seon o" its e.istene# 'ositive tho&+hts are- likewise- woven by time into *ermanent habits# The term ?*ermaneny- o" o&rse- re"ers to the nat&ral li"e o" the inivi&al# In the strit sense o" the term- nothin+ is *ermanent *ermanent## Time Time onverts onverts tho&+ht,habit tho&+ht,habitss into what mi+ht be alle *ermaneny *ermaneny &rin+ the li"e o" the inivi&al#

Q: Now I have a better &nerstanin+ o" how time works# What other harateristis harateristis has time in onnetion with the earthly estiny o" h&man bein+sJ A: Time Time is nat&re nat&reCs Cs seasoni seasonin+ n+ in"l&e in"l&ene ne thro&+h thro&+h whih whih h&m h&man an e.*eri e.*erien enee may may be ri*ene into wisom# 'eo*le are not born with wisom- b&t they are born with the a*aity to think- an they may- thro&+h the la*se o" time- think their way into wisom#

Q: Do yo&ths ever *ossess wisomJ

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A: Only in very elementary matters# Wisom omes only thro&+h the la*se o" time# It annot be inherite an it annot be im*arte "rom one *erson to another e.e*t thro&+h the la*se o" time#

Q: Does the la*se o" time "ore an inivi&al to a@&ire wisomJ A: No! Wisom omes only to non,ri"ters who "orm *ositive tho&+ht,habits as a omina om inati tin+ n+ "ore "ore in their their lives lives## Dri"te Dri"ters rs an those those whose whose om omina inatin tin+ + tho&+h tho&+hts ts are ne+ative never a@&ire wisom e.e*t o" a very elementary nat&re#

Q: (rom what yo& say- I in"er that time is the "rien o" the *erson who trains his min to "ollow *ositive tho&+ht,habits an the enemy o" the *erson who ri"ts into ne+ative tho&+ht,habits# Is that orretJ A: That is *reisely tr&e# %ll *eo*le an be lassi"ie as ri"ters an non,ri"ters# Dri"ters are always at the mery o" the non,ri"ters- an time makes this relationshi* *ermanent#

Q: Do yo& mean that i" I ri"t alon+ thro&+h li"e- witho&t e"inite aim or *&r*ose- the non,ri"ter may beome my master- an time only serves to +ive the non,ri"ter a stron+er an more *ermanent +ri* &*on meJ A: That is statin+ the tr&th e.atly#

Q: What is wisomJ A: Wisom is the ability to relate yo&rsel" to nat&reCs laws so as to make them serve yo&an the ability ability to relate relate yo&rsel" to other *eo*le so as to +ain their harmonio&sharmonio&s- willin+ willin+ oo*eration in hel*in+ yo& to make li"e yiel whatever yo& eman o" it#

Q: Then a&m&late knowle+e is not wisomJ A: Great heavens- no! I" knowle+e were wisom- the ahievements o" siene wo&l not have been onverte into im*lements o" estr&tion#

Q: What is neee to onvert knowle+e into wisomJ


A: Time *l&s the esire "or wisom# Wisom is never thr&st &*on one# It is a@&ire- i" at all- by *ositive thinkin+- thro&+h vol&ntary e""ort!

Q: Is it sa"e "or all *eo*le to have knowle+eJ A: It is never sa"e "or anyone to have h ave e.tensive knowle+e witho&t wisom#

Q: What is the a+e at whih most *eo*le who a@&ire wisom be+in to a@&ire itJ A: The ma
Q: What ir&mstane o" li"e is most a*t to lea one to a@&ire wisomJ A: %versity an "ail&re# These are nat&reCs &niversal lan+&a+es thro&+h whih she im*arts wisom to those who are reay to reeive it#

Q: Do aversity an "ail&re always brin+ wisomJ A: No- only to those who are reay "or wisom an an have vol&ntarily so&+ht it#

Q: What etermines oneCs reainess to reeive wisomJ % Time an the nat&re o" oneCs tho&+ht,habits#

Q: Is newly a@&ire knowle+e the same as time,teste knowle+eJ A: No- knowle+e teste thro&+h the la*se o" time always is s&*erior to that whih has been newly a@&ire# Time +ives to knowle+e e"initeness e"initeness in both @&ality an @&antityan e*enability# One never an be s&re o" knowle+e that has not been teste#

Q: What is e*enable knowle+eJ

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A: It is knowle+e whih harmoni=es with nat&ral law- whih means that it is base &*on *ositive tho&+ht#

Q: Does time moi"y an alter the val&es o" knowle+eJ A: 4es- time moi"ies an alters all val&es# That whih is a&rate knowle+e toay may beome n&ll an voi tomorrow bea&se o" timeCs rearran+ement o" "ats an val&es# Time moi"ies all h&man relationshi*s "or better or "or worse- e*enin+ &*on the *oliy thro&+h whih *eo*le relate themselves to one another#

In the realm o" tho&+ht there is a time when it is *ro*er to sow the sees sees o" tho&+ht- an there is a *ro*er time to rea* the harvest o" those tho&+hts- the same as there is a time to sow an a time to rea* "rom the soil o" the earth# Witho&t the *ro*er meas&rement o" time between the sowin+ an the rea*in+- nat&re moi"ies or withhols the rewars o" the sowin+#

Q: Go ahea- now- an esribe the last two o" the seven *rini*les# A: The ne.t *rini*le is harmony #

Thro&+ho&t nat&re one may "in evienes that all nat&ral law moves in an orerly manner- thro&+h the law o" harmony# Thro&+h the o*eration o" this law nat&re "ores everythin+ within the ran+e o" a +iven environment to beome harmonio&sly relate# Unerstan this tr&th an yo& will ath a new an a more intri+&in+ vision o" the *ower o" environment# 4o& will &nerstan why assoiation with ne+ative mins is "atal to those seekin+ sel",etermination# sel",etermination#

Q: Do yo& mean that nat&re vol&ntarily "ores h&man bein+s to harmoni=e with the in"l&enes o" their environmentJ A: 4es- that is tr&e# The law o" hy*noti rhythm "ores &*on every livin+ thin+ the ominatin+ in"l&enes o" the environment in whih it e.ists#

Q: I" nat&re "ores h&man bein+s to take on the nat&re o" the environment in whih they live live-- what what mean meanss o" esa esa*e *e are are avai availa labl blee to *eo* *eo*le le who who "in "in them themse selv lvees in an environment o" *overty an "ail&re b&t esire to esa*eJ A: They m&st han+e han+e their their environme environment nt or remain remain *overty,str *overty,strike iken# n# Nat&re Nat&re *ermits *ermits no one to esa*e the in"l&enes o" his environment#


/owever- nat&re- in her ab&nane o" wisom- has +iven to every normal h&man bein+ the *rivile+e o" establishin+ his own mental- s*irit&al- an *hysial environment- b&t one he establishes it he m&st beome a *art o" it# This is the ine.orable workin+ o" the law o" harmony#

Q: In a b&siness assoiation- "or e.am*le- who establishes the ominatin+ in"l&ene that etermines the rhythm o" the environmentJ A: The inivi&al or inivi&als who think an at with e"i,niteness o" *&r*ose#

Q: Is it as sim*le as thatJ A: 4es- e"initeness o" *&r*ose is the startin+ *oint "rom whih an inivi&al may establish his own environment#

Q: I o not seem to "ollow yo&r reasonin+# The entire worl is torn with war"are an b&siness e*ressions an other "orms o" stri"e whih re*resent abo&t everythin+ e.e*t harmony# Nat&re oes not seem to be "orin+ *eo*le to harmoni=e with one another# /ow o yo& e.*lain this inonsistenyJ A: There is no inonsisteny# The ominatin+ in"l&enes o" the worl are- as yo& sayne+ative# Very well- nat&re is "orin+ h&man bein+s to harmoni=e with the ominatin+ in"l&enes o" the worl environment#

3ani"esta 3ani"estation tionss o" harmony harmony may be either *ositive *ositive or ne+ative# ne+ative# (or e.am*lee.am*le- a +ro&* o" men in *rison may- an they +enerally o- think an at in a ne+ative manner- b&t nat&re sees to it that the ominatin+ in"l&ene o" the *rison is im*resse &*on every inivi&al in it# it# % +ro&* +ro&* o" *o *ove vert rty, y,st stri rik ken en *eo* *eo*le le in a tenem tenemen entt ho ho&s &see may may "i+h "i+htt amon+ amon+ themselves an a**arently resist all "orms o" harmony- b&t nat&re "ores eah o" them to beome a *art o" the ominatin+ in"l&ene in"l&ene o" the ho&se in whih they live# live# /armony- in the sense it is here &se- means that nat&re relates everythin+ thro&+ho&t the &niverses to every other thin+ o" a similar nat&re# Ne+ative in"l&enes are "ore into assoiation with one another- no matter where they may be# 'ositive in"l&enes are <&st as e"initely "ore into assoiation with one another#

Q: I am be+innin+ to see why s&ess"&l b&siness leaers are so are"&l in the hoie o" their b&siness assoiates# 3en who s&ee in any allin+ &s&ally establish their own environment by s&rro&nin+ themselves with *eo*le who think an at in terms o" s&ess# Is that the ieaJ /15


A: That is the iea e.atly# Observe- with *ro"it- that the one thin+ all s&ess"&l men insist &*on is harmony amon+ their b&siness assoiates# %nother trait o" s&ess"&l *eo*le is that they move with e"initeness o" *&r*ose an insist &*on their assoiates oin+ the same# Unerstan these two tr&ths an yo& &nerstan the ma
Q: Now tell me me abo&t the last o" the seven *rini*les# *rini*les# A: The last *rini*le is caution #

Ne.t to the habit habit o" ri"tin+- the most an+ero&s h&man trait trait is the lak lak o" a&tion# 'eo*le ri"t into all sorts o" ha=aro&s ir&mstanes bea&se they o not e.erise a&tion by *lannin+ the moves they make# The ri"ter always moves witho&t e.erisin+ a&tion# /e ats "irst an thinks later- i" at all# /e oes not hoose his "riens# /e ri"ts alon+ an allows *eo*le to attah themselves to him on their own terms# /e oes not hoose an o&*ation# /e ri"ts thro&+h shool an is +la to +et the "irst
Q: %re all *eo*le lakin+ in a&tionJ A: No- only those who have a@&ire the habit o" ri"tin+# The non,ri"ter always &ses a&t a&tio ion# n# /e are are"& "&ll lly y thin thinks ks his his *lan *lanss thro thro&+h &+h be"o be"ore re he be+i be+ins ns them them## /e make makess allowanes "or the h&man "railties o" his assoiates an *lans ahea to bri+e them#

I" he sens a messen+er on an im*ortant mission- he sens someone else to make s&re the messen+er messen+er oes not ne+let his mission# mission# Then he heks heks on both o" them to be s&re his wishes have been "&l"ille# /e takes nothin+ "or +rante where a&tion *rovies a way to ins&re his s&ess#

Q: IsnCt over,a&tion as etrimental as lak o" a&tionJ


A: There is no s&h thin+ as over,a&tion# What yo& all ?over,a&tion is an e.*ression o" "ear# (ear an a&tion are two entirely i""erent thin+s#

Q: DonCt *eo*le mistake "ear "or over,a&tionJ A: 4es- that oes sometimes ha**en- b&t the ma
Q: In what way may a&tion be &se most avanta+eo&slyJ A: In the the sele selet tio ion n o" on oneC eCss asso assoia iate tess an an in on oneC eCss meth metho o o" rela relati tin+ n+ on ones esel el"" to assoiates# The reason "or this is obvio&s# ob vio&s#

OneC OneCss asso assoi iat ates es ons onsti tit& t&te te the the mo most st im*o im*ort rtan antt *art *art o" on oneC eCss envi enviro ronm nmen entt- an an environmental in"l&enes etermine whether one "orms the habit o" ri"tin+ or beomes a non,ri"ter# The *erson who e.erises &e a&tion in the hoie o" assoiates never allows himsel" to be losely assoiate with any *erson who oes not brin+ to himthro&+h the assoiation- some e"inite mental- s*irit&al- or eonomi bene"it#

Q: IsnCt that metho o" hoosin+ assoiates sel"ishJ A: It is sensible an leas to sel",etermination# It is the esire o" every normal *erson to "in material s&ess an ha**iness#

Nothin+ ontrib&tes more to oneCs s&ess an ha**iness than are"&lly hosen assoiates# 2a&tion in the seletion o" assoiates beomes- there"ore- the &ty o" every *erson who wishes to beome ha**y an s&ess"&l# The ri"ter allows his losest assoiates to attah themselves to him on their own terms# The non,ri"ter are"&lly selets his assoiates an allows no one to beome losely assoiate with him &nless that *erson ontrib&tes some "orm o" o " hel*"&l in"l&ene or bestows some so me e"inite bene"it#

Q: It never o&rre to me that a&tion in the seletion o" "riens ha so e"inite a bearin+ on oneCs s&ess or "ail&re# Do all s&ess"&l *eo*le e.erise a&tion in the sele selet tio ion n o" all all thei theirr asso assoi iaatestes- whet whethe herr in b& b&si sine ness ss-- soi soial al-- or *ro" *ro"es essi sion onal al relationshi*sJ A: Witho&t the e.erise o" a&tion in the hoie o" all assoiates- no one may be ertain o" s&ess in any allin+# On the other han- lak o" e.erise o" a&tion brin+s almost ertain e"eat in whatever one &nertakes# /13


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/1EE T/ING$ onnete with my interview with the Devil interest me most# These These three three "ator "atorss intere interest st me bea&s bea&see they they have have been been the mo most st im*ort im*ortant ant in"l&enes in my own li"e- a "at whih any reaer o" my story an easily isern# The three im*ortant "ators are the habit o" ri"tin+- the law o" hy*noti rhythm thro&+h whih all habits are mae *ermanent- an the element o" time# /ere is a trio o" "ores whih hol inviolate the estinies o" all men# The three take on a new an more im*ortant meanin+ when they are +ro&*e an st&ie as a ombine "ore# It takes b&t little ima+ination an sarely any &nerstanin+ o" nat&ral laws "or one to see that most o" the i""i<ies in whih *eo*le "in themselves are o" their own makin+# 3oreover- i""i<ies selom are the o&t+rowth o" immeiate ir&mstanes# They are +enerally the lima. o" a series o" ir&mstanes whih have been onsoliate thro&+h the habit o" ri"tin+ an with the ai o" time# $am&el Ins&ll i not lose his H billion in&strial em*ire as the res< o" the e*ression# /e be+an losin+ it lon+ be"ore the e*ression e*ression when he beame the vitim vitim o" a +ro&* o" women who "lattere him into t&rnin+ his talents "rom *&bli &tilities to +ran o*era# I" ever a man in a hi+h *osition in the "inanial worl went own bea&se o" the *ower o" ri"tin+- hy*noti rhythm- an time- that man was $am&el Ins&ll# I am writin+ "rom a&rate knowle+e o" 3r# Ins&ll an the a&se o" his tro&bles atin+ "rom the time that I serve with him &rin+ the Worl War to the time o" his ill,avise attem*t to r&n away "rom himsel"# /enry (or went thro&+h the same e*ression that swe*t 3r# Ins&ll &ner- b&t (or ame o&t on to* witho&t a srath# Do yo& want to know the reasonJ ICll tell yo&# (or has the habit o" not ri"tin+ on any s&b

all brans &nite themselves into one st&*eno&s *ower "or the sole *&r*ose o" hel*in+ the 'resient restore "aith an normal b&siness b& siness relationshi*s in the o&ntry# In a on"erene hel between the 'resient an a +ro&* o" emer+eny avisers a "ew ays a"ter he went into o""ie- I aske him what was his ma

on all my minor whims an eneavors- b&t my ri"tin+ was o""set by my ma>> *eo*le in onnetion with the or+ani=ation o" the Law o" $&ess# These analyses showe that only two o&t o" every 6>> have a e"inite ma> *eo*le bea&se o" their habit o" ri"tin+# Lookin+ bak over my own areer- I an see learly that I o&l have avoie the ma>> "amilies- I know- e"initely- that the ma
There yo& have the *ositive *hase o" the *hiloso*hy o" inivi&al ahievement I have trie to esribe thro&+h this book- bro&+ht own to an irre&ible minim&m o" brevity


an sim*liity# I" yo& e.*an the *hiloso*hy "or the *&r*ose o" aa*tin+ it to the ir&mst ir&mstanes anes o" li"e- yo& "in that it is as broa as li"e itsel"itsel"- that it overs overs all h&man h&man relationshi*s- all h&man tho&+hts- aims- an esires# $o here we are- at the en o" the stran+est stran+est o" all the tho&sans tho&sans o" interviews interviews I have ha with the +reat an the near,+reat- over a *erio o" "i"ty years o" laborin my searh "or the tr&ths o" li"e that lea to ha**iness an eonomi se&rity# /ow /ow stra stran+e n+e-- ine inee e-- that that a"te a"terr havi havin+ n+ ha ha ati ative ve oo* oo*er erat atio ion n "rom "rom s&h s&h men men as 2arne+ie- Eison- an (or- I sho&l have been om*elle- "inally- to +o to the Devil "or a workin+ knowle+e o" the +reatest o" all the *rini*les &novere in my @&est "or tr&th# /ow stran+e that I was "ore to e.*eriene *overty an "ail&re an aversity in a h&nre "orms be"ore bein+ +iven the *rivile+e o" &nerstanin+ an &sin+ a law o" nat&re whih so"tens the thr&st o" these wike wea*ons or wi*es them o&t alto+ether# B&t the stran+est o" all this ramati e.*eriene whih li"e has *rovie me is the sim*liity o" the law thro&+h whih- i" I ha &nerstoo it- I o&l have transm&te my esires into s&bstantial "orm witho&t havin+ to &ner+o so many years o" harshi* an misery# I "in now- at the en o" my interview with the Devil- that I ha been arryin+ in my own *okets the mathes mathes with whih the "ires o" aversity aversity were bein+ to&he to&he o""# %n I "intoo- that the water with whih those "ires were "inally e.tin+&ishe was at my omman in +reat ab&nane# I searhe "or the *hiloso*herCs loestone with whih "ail&re may be onverte into s& s&es esss- only only to lear learn n that that bo both th s& s&es esss an an "ail "ail&r &ree are are the the res& res< ltss o" ay, ay,to to,a ,ay y evol&tionary "ores thro&+h whih ominatin+ tho&+hts are *iee to+ether bit by bit an woven into the thin+s we want or the thin+s we o not want- aorin+ to the nat&re o" those tho&+hts# /ow &n"ort&nate that I i not &nerstan this tr&th "rom the time that I reahe the a+e o" reason- "or i" I ha &nerstoo &n erstoo it then I mi+ht have been able to +o aro&n some o" the h&rles h&rles I have been "ore "ore to <&m* as I walke walke thro&+h ?The Valley Valley o" the $haow $haow o" li"e# The story o" my interview with the Devil is now in yo&r hans# The bene"its yo& will reeive "rom it will be in e.at *ro*ortion to the tho&+ht it ins*ires in yo&# To bene"it "rom reain+ the interview- yo& nee not a+ree with every *ortion o" it# 4o& have only to think an to reah yo&r own onl&sions onernin+ every *art o" it# /ow reasonable that is# 4o& are the <&+e an the <&ry an the attorney "or both the *rose&tion an the e"ense# I" yo& o not win yo&r ase- the loss an the a&se thereo" will be yo&rs!

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he a&thor has "or many years "ollowe the habit o" takin+ *ersonal inventory o" himsel" one a year- "or the *&r*ose o" eterminin+ how many o" his weaknesses he has bri+e or eliminate- an to asertain what *ro+ress- i" any- he has mae &rin+ the year# On one o" these oasions- be"ore T/E L%W O( $U22E$$ *hiloso*hy ha been re&e to te.tbooks an *&blishe- the inventory showe the a&thor ha not only slowe own &rin+ the year- b&t that he was beomin+ ini""erent towar himsel" an towar li"e# /e was she&le to eliver an aress in Ohio- some two h&nre miles "rom his home# The tri* was mae by a&tomobile# On the way the a&thorCs a&thorCs ?+&arian ?+&arian an+el took her *lae besie him on the vaant vaant "ront seat o" the ar# 5This *ortion o" the inient may- i" the reaer esires- be attrib&te entirely entirely to the a&thorCs a&thorCs &se o" his ima+inat ima+inationion- or to ayreamin+ayreamin+- or to any other other a&se one sees "it#: The *ersona+e on the vaant seat besie the a&thor seeme very real# There took *laealmost immeiately a"ter the a&thor observe by his ?"eelin+s that some "ore or *ersonality besie his own was in the ar- the "ollowin+ interview- whih res<e in the 2om*at esribeK Voice speaking to me from within K 4o& have waste more o" yo&r time in the *ast than yo& have &se onstr&tively# /ow lon+ are yo& +oin+ to ontin&e this wasteJ The author: 4es- I know I have waste too m&h time# What has been the a&se o" this waste- an how an I make amens "or it in the "&t&reJ Voice from within: The time yo& have waste in the main has been the time yo& have evote to thinkin+ an in&l+in+ too "reely in *hysial *leas&res# 4o& sho&l make amens "or this waste by transm&tin+ this vital ener+y into a servie to othersthro&+h T/E L%W O( $U22E$$ *hiloso*hy# The author: Do I &nerstan &nerstan  that my tho&+hts in the "&t&re sho&l sho&l be evote evote entirely entirely to servin+ others thro&+h the L%W O( $U22E$$J Voice from within: Not at all- b&t b &t yo& sho&l ivert the ma

Voice from within: That is no e.&se# 4o& may have all the money yo& nee "or thisan "or every other *&r*ose- *rovie yo& are willin+ to ae*t avie an "ollow it# The author: I am willin+ to ae*t avie an I will "ollow it# Give me instr&tions- an I will "ollow them to the letter# Voice from from within: within: Very well- yo&r willin+ness to "ollow instr&tions is all that yo& nee "or the *resent# %re yo& reay to reeive yo&r instr&tionsJ The author: I am reay# Voice from within: 4o& will "in it i""i< at "irst to "ollow yo&r instr&tions- bea&se yo& will have to han+e om*letely yo&r habits# The rewar whih awaits yo&- i" yo& "ollow instr&tions "aith"&lly- however- is worth all the e""ort yo& will evote to the task# /ere are yo&r instr&tionsK First. In the "&t&re- yo& shall evote as m&h time an e""ort to servin+ othersthro&+h the L%W O( $U22E$$ *hiloso*hy- as yo& have evote in the *ast to in&l+ene in *ersonal *leas&res# Second. 'ro 'roee ee  at on one e to the the task task o" writ writin in+ + the the L%W L%W O( $U22 $U22E$ E$$ $ *hiloso*hy# When the man&sri*ts have been om*lete- yo& will reeive "&rther "& rther instr&tions "or their *&bliation# Third. U*on *&bliation o" the L%W O( $U22E$$- *hiloso*hy yo& will reeive instr&tions "or the writin+ o" other books# 2arry o&t those instr&tions as soon as yo& reeive them# Fourth. %s om*ensation "or arryin+ o&t these an other instr&tions whih will be +iven to yo& in the "&t&re- yo& may have yo&r hoie o" any three thin+s yo& wish# The Author: Do yo& mean that I may really have any three thin+s I hoose- in ret&rn "or arryin+ o&t these instr&tionsJ Voice from within: 4es- any three thin+s yo& hoose# The Auth The Author or:: With ith whom whom am I eal ealin in+J +J Who will will be res* res*on onsi sibl blee to me "or "or the the om*ensation I have been *romise a"ter I arry o&t the instr&tionsJ Voic Voicee from from with within in:: 4o& are ealin+ with In"inite Intelli+ene# I am the Inivi&al Entity esi+nate by In"inite Intelli+ene to bar+ain with yo& "or yo&r servies# $o yo& may *roee with yo&r instr&tions with "aith that yo& will reeive yo&r rewar# I shall now +ive yo& the *ower to om*ensate yo&rsel" as soon as yo& earn yo&r rewar# The Author: Very well# I shall hoose 56: Wisom thro&+h an &nerstanin+ heart that will hel* me to relate mysel" to others in a s*irit o" harmonyA 5: /ealth in both boy /22


an min- an 58: Wealth in s&h amo&nts as I may nee to arry o&t the instr&tion yo& have +iven me# Voice Voice from within within:: It is not eno&+h# I annot *ermit yo& to be heate# 4o& sho&l moi"y yo&r "irst hoie to inl&e ha**iness# Witho&t ha**iness yo& will not be an e""iient worker# In"inite Intelli+ene has selete yo& to ass&me a +reat res*onsibility# % worl worl, ,ri risi siss is im*e im*eni nin+ n+## 4o& 4o& have have been been *re*a *re*are re  to rene renerr &se" &se"&l &l serv servi iee in onnetion with this risis# 1evise yo&r "irst hoie# The Author: %ll ri+ht! 3y "irst hoie shall be ha**iness thro&+h the wisom o" an &nerstanin+ heart# Voic Voicee spea speaki king ng from from with within in:: Th That at is bett better er!! Th Thee term termss o" o& o&rr om* om*a att are are no now w satis"atory# 4o& are now ass&min+ the role o" both master an servant# 4o&r wa+es shall be *ai as "ast as the servie is renere# I shall e.*lain e.*lain the metho by whih yo& shall be *ai- so that yo& will know yo& an neither ollet witho&t earnin+ yo&r *aynor be heate o&t o" yo&r rewar a"ter earnin+ it#

/a**iness omes only "rom renerin+ &se"&l servie to others# 4o& shall reeive this *ortion o" yo&r rewar as "ast "ast as yo& earn it# The wisom o" an &nerstanin+ heart omes thro&+h intense esire "or it# Take this *ortion o" yo&r rewar as ra*ily ra*ily as yo& wish# /ealth o" boy an min omes thro&+h *ositive tho&+ht# 0ee* yo&r min "ree "rom ne+ative tho&+hts an laim this *ortion o" yo&r rewar as "ast as yo& earn it# Wealth o" this sort- whih will *ermit ha**iness- omes by renerin+ &se"&l servie to others# Thro&+h the L%W O( $U22E$$ yo& may rener s&h servie# The money will be *ai iretly to yo& by those whom yo& serve- an in *ro*ortion to the amo&nt o" servie yo& rener- the @&ality o" the servie- an the n&mber o" *eo*le serve# In"inite Intelli+ene Intelli+ene has very wisely mae yo& yo&r own s&*ervisor- yo&r own em*loyeryo&r own servant- an yo&r own *ay,master# The om*at is now in "ore# The e.tent to whih it is arrie o&t is limite only by yo&# This is irrevoable e.e*t by yo&r own e"a<# 3y visitor e*arte- leavin+ behin a "eelin+ o" aloneness- similar to that whih one mi+ht have "elt i" a "ellow,traveler ha o*ene the oor o" the ar an ste**e o&t# The e.*eriene was &nanny# I ha never ha s&h an e.*eriene be"ore# (or a time I was not s&re what ha ha**ene# 3any tho&+hts ran thro&+h my min# The "irst was that I ha been ayreamin+# %nother was that I ha been overworkin+ my ima+ination# $&bse@&ent events *rove both tho&+hts to be wron+# Brie"ly- the "ollowin+- took *lae- a"ter that e.*eriene on the twenty,si.th o" Otober678 5my birthay:K


5a: U*on my ret&rn home the "ollowin+ ay I be+an to or+ani=e the ata I ha been +atherin+ on the L%W O( $U22E$$ *hiloso*hy "or nearly "i"teen years *revio&sly On the "ollowin+ 2hristmas evenin+ I be+an the at&al writin+ o" the L%W O( $U22E$$# 5b: Late in the year 679 the man&sri*ts ha been om*lete- a"ter many revisions- an they were *&blishe by %# L# (elton o" 3erien- 2onneti&t- thro&+h ir&mstanes whih "&lly harmoni=e with the terms o" the om*at alreay esribe# 5: In 677 the worl,wie ?B&siness De*ression be+an reatin+ a state o" haos thro&+ho&t the ivili=e worl# E.amination o" the L%W O( $U22E$$ *hiloso*hy will islose the "at that it is *er"etly s&ite to the nees o" millions o" *eo*le who have been in<&re by loss o" "aith"aith- an in other ways by the e*ression# e*ression# 5: The L%W O( $U22E$$ *hiloso*hy now has a "ollowin+ in all ities- towns an villa+es in %meria- an in *ratially every o&ntry on earth# The means o" istrib&tion o" the *hiloso*hy 5whih I have esribe in other books reently written: ame thro&+h meia whih harmoni=e *er"etly with the terms o" the om*at# 5e: Last- b&t by no means least- I am healthy in both boy an minA I am ha**ier than I have ever been be"ore in my entire li"eli"e- an I have not wante wante "or the money neessary neessary to arry o&t my instr&tions# The *art o" this e.*eriene whih im*resses me most is the in+en&ity with whih the om*at was so esi+ne that it +ave me both the *rivile+e o" beomin+ the master- an the res*onsibili res*onsibility ty o" bein+ the servant# Literally Literally-- this om*at om*at mae me the ?3aster ?3aster o" my own "ate- the 2a*tain o" my own so&l %n ri+ht here is an a**ro*riat a**ro*riatee *lae at whih whih to all attention attention to a real bene"it bene"it whih anyone may e.*eriene by eliberately "o&sin+ attention attention &*on any "orm o" onstr&tive esire# The min ats &*on oneCs ominatin+- or most *rono&ne esires# There is no esa*e "rom this "at# It is a "at inee# ?Be are"&l what yo& set yo&r heart &*on- "or it s&rely shall be yo&rs#

Did $hey Spea ,rom the +rave" While I was *assin+ thro&+h the a+e o" ?hero,worshi* I "o&n mysel" tryin+ to imitate those whom I most amire# 3oreover- I isovere that the element o" "aith- with whi whih h I ene eneav avor ore e to imit imitat atee my iol iolss- +ave +ave me +rea +reatt a*a a*ai ity ty to o so @& @&it itee s&ess"&lly# I have never @&ite iveste mysel" o"- this habit o" hero worshi*- altho&+h I have *asse the a+e ommonly +iven over to s&h state o" bein+# 3y e.*eriene has ta&+ht me that the ne.t best thin+ to bein+ bein+ tr&ly +reat is to em&late the +reat+reat- by "eelin+ "eelin+ an ation- as nearly as *ossible# I have never known o" this habit oin+ anyone any harm# Lon+ be"ore the L%W O( $U22E$$ *hiloso*hy was om*lete- be"ore I ha ever written a line "or *&bliation or eneavore to eliver a s*eeh in *&bli- I "ollowe the /25


habit o" resha*in+ my own harater by tryin+ to imitate the nine men whose lives an li"e,works ha been most im*ressive to me# These nine men were Emerson- 'aineEison- Darwin- Linoln- B&rbank- Na*oleon- (or an 2arne+ie# Every ni+ht- over a lon+ *erio o" years- I hel an ima+inary o&nil meetin+ meetin+ with this +ro&*- whom I alle my ?Invisible 2o&nselors# The *roe&re was thisK M&st be"ore +oin+ to slee* at ni+ht- I wo&l sh&t my eyes an seein my ima+ination- this +ro&* o" men seate with me aro&n my o&nil table# /ere I ha not only an o**ort&nity to sit amon+ those whom I onsiere to be +reat- b&t I at&ally ominate the +ro&* by servin+ as the hairman an leaer# I ha ha a very very e"i e"ini nite te *& *&r* r*os osee in in& in&l+ l+in in+ + my ima+ ima+in inat atio ion n thro thro&+h &+h thes thesee ni+h ni+htl tly y meet meetin in+s +s## 3y *& *&r* r*ose ose was was to reb&i reb&il l my own own har hara ate terr so it wo&l wo&l  re*r re*res esen entt a om*osite o" my ima+inary o&nselors# 1eali=in+- as I i early in li"e- that I ha to overome the hania* o" a lowly birth in an environment o" i+norane an s&*erstitionI eliberately assi+ne mysel" the task o" vol&ntary rebirth thro&+h the metho here esribe#

(ebui&ding Character $hrough Auto3Suggestion /avin+ been an earnest st&ent o" *syholo+y- I knew o" o&rse that all *eo*le beome what they are bea&se o" their ominatin+ tho&+hts an esires# I knew that every ee*ly seate esire may be transm&te into its *hysial o&nter*art# o&nter*art# I knew that sel",s&++estion was a *ower"&l "ator in the b&ilin+ o" haraterA that it was in "at the sole *rini*le thro&+h whih harater is b&ilt! With this knowle+e o" the *rini*les o" min o*eration- I was "airly well arme with the e@&i*ment neee in reb&ilin+ my harater# In these ima+inary o&nil meetin+s- I alle on my 2abinet members "or the knowle+e an the traits o" harater I wishe eah to ontrib&te- aressin+ mysel" to eah member- in a&ible wors- as "ollowsK Mr. merson! merson! I esire to a@&ire "rom yo& the marvelo&s &nerstanin+ o" Nat&re whih istin+&ishe yo&r li"e# I ask that yo& make an im*ress &*on my s&bonsio&s min o" whatever @&alities yo& *ossesse whih enable yo& to &nerstan an aa*t yo&rsel" to the laws o" Nat&re# I ask that yo& assist me in reahin+ an rawin+ &*on whatever so&res o" knowle+e are available to this en# Mr. "urbank! I re@&est that yo& *ass on to me the knowle+e whih enable yo& to so harmoni=e the laws o" Nat&re that yo& a&se the at&s to she its thornsan beome an eible "oo# Give me aess to the knowle+e whih enable yo& to make two blaes o" +rass +row where b&t one +rew be"ore- an hel*e yo& to blen the olorin+ o" the "lowers with more s*lenor an harmony# (or yo& alone have s&ess"&lly *ainte the lily# #apoleon! I esire to a@&ire "rom yo&- by em&lation the marvelo&s ability yo& *ossesse to ins*ire men an to aro&se them to a +reater an more etermine


s*irit o" ation# %lso to a@&ire the s*irit o" en&rin+ "aith whih enable yo& to t&rn e"eat into vitory- an to s&rmo&nt sta++erin+ obstales# Em*eror o" (ate0in+ o" 2hane- 3an o" Destiny- I sal&te yo&! Mr. $aine! I esire to a@&ire "rom yo& the "reeom o" yo&r tho&+ht an the o&r o&raa+e an lari larity ty wit with whi whih h to e.* .*re resss yo yo&r &r on onvi vition tionss- whi whih h so istin+&ishe yo&! Mr. %arwin! I wish to a@&ire "rom yo& the marvelo&s *atiene an ability to st&y a&se an e""et- witho&t bias or *re<&ie- so e.em*li"ie by yo& in the "iel o" nat&ral siene# Mr. &incoln! I esire to b&il into my own harater the keen sense o" <&stie- the &ntirin+ s*irit o" *atiene- the sense o" h&mor- the s*irit o" h&man &nerstanin+ an the tolerane whih were yo&r istin+&ishin+ harateristis# harateristis# Mr. 'arnegie! I am alreay alreay inebte inebte to yo& "or my hoie o" a li"e,workli"e,work- whih whih has bro&+ht me +reat ha**iness an *eae o" min# I wish to a@&ire a thoro&+h &nerstanin+ o" the *rini*les o" or+ani=e e""ort whih yo& &se so e""etively in the b&ilin+ o" a +reat in&strial enter*rise# Mr. Ford! yo& have been amon+ the most hel*"&l hel*"&l o" the men who have s&**lie m&h o" the material o&t o" whih the *hiloso*hy o" ahievement is bein+ b&ilt# I wish to a@&ire yo&r s*irit o" *ersistene- yo&r etermination- yo&r *oise- an yo&r yo &r sel" sel", ,on on"i "ie en nee- with with whi whih h yo yo& & have have maste astere re  *o *ove vert rtyy- or+a or+ani ni=e =e  iretness- &ni"ie an sim*li"ie h&man e""ort- so I may hel* others to "ollow in yo&r "ootste*s# Mr. dison! I have seate yo& nearest to me- at my ri+ht- bea&se o" the *ersonal oo*eration yo& have +iven me &rin+ my researh into the a&ses o" s&ess an "ail&re# I wish to a@&ire "rom yo& the marvelo&s s*irit o" "aith with whih yo& have &novere so many o" Nat&reCs serets- an the s*irit o" &nremittin+ toil with whih yo& have so o"ten wreste vitory "rom e"eat#

3y metho o" aressin+ the members o" my ima+inary 2abinet wo&l vary- aorin+ to the traits o" harater in whih I was- "or the moment- most intereste in a@&irin+# I st&ie the reors o" their lives with *ainstakin+ are# %"ter some three months o" this sort o" ni+htly *roe&re- I was asto&ne by the isovery that these ima+inary "i+&res beame a**arently a**arently real# Eah o" these nine men evelo*e inivi&al harateristis whih s&r*rise me# (or e.am*le- Linoln evelo*e the habit o" bein+ always late- then walkin+ aro&n the table in a solemn *arae# When he ame he walke very slowly- with his hans las*e behin him- an one in a while- he wo&l sto* at my seat as he *asse an rest his han momentarily- &*on my sho&ler# /e always wore an e.*ression o" serio&sness &*on his "ae# 1arely i I see him smile# The ares o" a s&nere nation ha mae him +rave#

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That was not tr&e o" the others# B&rbank an 'aine o"ten in&l+e in witty re*artee whih seeme at times to shok the other members o" my 2abinet# One ni+ht 'aine s&++este that I *re*are a let&re on ?The %+e o" 1eason- an eliver it "rom the *&l*it o" a h&rh whih I "ormerly attene# 3any aro&n the table la&+he heartily at the s&++estion# B&t Na*oleon i not# /e rew his mo&th own at the orners an +roane so lo&ly that they all t&rne an looke at him with ama=ement# To him the h&rh was b&t a *awn o" the $tate- not to be re"orme- b&t to be &se- as a onvenient initer to mass ativity by the *eo*le# On one oasion B&rbank was late# When he ame he was e.ite with enth&siasm- an e.*laine that he ha been elaye bea&se o" an e.*eriment he was makin+- thro&+h whih he ho*e to be able to +row + row a**les on most any sort o" tree# 'aine hie him by reminin+ him that it was an a**le whih starte all the tro&ble between man an an woman# Darwin h&kle heartily as he s&++este that 'aine sho&l wath o&t "or little ser*ents when he went o&t into the "orest to +ather a**lesa**les- as they ha the habit o" +rowin+ +rowin+ into bi+ snakes# Emerson Emerson observe- ?No ser*ents- no a**les# a**les# %n Na*oleon Na*oleon remarkeremarke- ?No a**les- no state! One I ha a love a""air with a yo&n+ lay whose name was Mose*hine# We ha a mis&nerstanin+ an a+ree to isontin&e o&r love a""air# That evenin+ at the meetin+ Na*oleon smile as he remine me that he too ha +iven &* a herishe *ossession whose name was Mose*hine- an amonishe me to re,establish mysel" in the yo&n+ layCs +oo +raes# I i not "ollow the avie# 4ears later I met the yo&n+ lay- a"ter she ha marrie another man- an she tol me that shortly shortly a"ter she an I ha o&r break- she ha a ream in whih whih Na*oleon a**eare a**eare an stron+ly &r+e her to reant- an invite me to o the same# Linoln evelo*e the habit o" bein+ always the last one to leave the table a"ter eah meetin+# On one oasion- he leane aross the en o" the table on his "ole arms- an remaine in that *osition "or several min&tes# I mae no attem*t to ist&rb  ist&rb him# (inally he li"te his hea slowly- +ot &* an walke to the oor- then t&rne aro&name bak- an lai his han on my sho&ler an sai- ?3y boy- yo& will nee m&h o&ra+e i" yo& remain stea"ast in arryin+ o&t yo&r *&r*ose in li"e# B&t rememberwhen i""i<ies overtake that the ommon *eo*le have ommon sense# %versity will evelo* it# One evenin+ Eison arrive ahea o" all the others# /e seate himsel" at- my le"t- where Emerson was a&stome to sit#


dison! yo& are estine estine to witness witness the isovery isovery o" the seret seret o" li"e# li"e# When the time omes yo& will observe that li"e onsists o" +reat swarms o" ener+y- or entities- eah as intelli+ent as h&man bein+s believe themselves to be#

These &nits o" li"e +ro&* themselves to+ether like hives o" bees- an remain to+e to+eth ther er &n &nti till they they isi isint nte+ e+ra rate te thro thro&+ &+h h lak lak o" harm harmon ony# y# Th Thes esee &nit &nitss have have i""erenes o" o*inion- <&st as o h&man bein+s- an o"ten they "i+ht amon+ themselves# These meetin+s whih yo& are on&tin+ will be very hel*"&l to yo&# They will brin+ to yo&r res&e some o" the same &nits o" li"e whih serve the members o" yo&r 2abinet- whose *hysial boies have been isare# These &nits are eternal# They never ie! 4o&r own tho&+hts an esires serve as the ma+net whih attrats &nits o" li"e "rom the +reat oean o" li"e# Only the "rienly &nits whih harmoni=e with the nat&re o" yo&r esires are attrate# The other members o" the 2abinet be+an to enter the room# Eison rose an slowly walke aro&n to his own seat# Eison was still livin+ when this ha**ene# It im*resse me so +reatly that I went to see him an tol him abo&t the e.*eriene# /e smile broaly- an saiK ?4o&r ream was more a reality than yo& may ima+ine it to have been# /e ae no "&rther "&rther e.*lanation to his statement# statement# These meetin+s beame so realisti that I beame "ear"&l o" their onse@&ene- an isontin&e them "or several months# The e.*erienes were so &nanny that I was a"rai my min mi+ht beome &nbalane i" I ontin&e them- or that I wo&l beome a "ana "anati ti on the the s&b< s&b
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%"ter that I be+an to a new members to my 2abinet- &ntil now it onsists o" more than "i"ty- amon+ them Galileo- 2o*erni&s- %ristotle- 'lato$orates- /omer- Voltaire- Br&no- $*ino=a- Dr&mmon- 0ant- $ho*enha&er- Newton2on"&i&s- Elbert /&bbar- Brann- In+ersoll- Wilson an William Mames# This is the "irst time that I have ha the o&ra+e to mention this ha*ter o" my li"e# /ereto"ore- I have remaine @&iet on the s&b

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