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MIND BUILDING 101 - Are You in Control Right Now?
Quoting again from, “Thought Vibration – or the Law of Attraction in a Thought World“, I ask the question are you really in control of yourself?
We tend to think we are, but most of us are driven by our primordial instincts like thirst and hunger.
What drives your thoughts on a moment-by-moment basis?
Is it your true deams and desires or your habitual thoughts of worry and doubt?
Check out what William Walker Atkinson has to say, writing in 1906, on the matter of mind-building and self-mastery…:
“MAN can build up his mind and make it what he wills. In fact, we are mind-building every hour of our lives, either consciously or unconsciously.
The majority of us are doing the work unconsciously, but those who have seen a little below the surface of things have taken the matter in hand and have become conscious creators of their own mentality.
They are no longer subject to the suggestions and influences of others but have become masters of themselves. They assert the “I,” and compel obedience from the subordinate mental faculties.
The “I” is the sovereign of the mind, and what we call WILL is the instrument of the “I.”
Of course, there is something back of this, and the Universal Will is higher than the Will of the Individual, but the latter is in much closer touch with the Universal Will than is generally supposed, and when one conquers the lower self, and asserts the “I,” he becomes in close touch with the Universal Will and partakes largely of its wonderful power.
The moment one asserts the “I,” and “finds himself,” he establishes a close connection between the Individual Will and the Universal Will.
But before he is able to avail himself of the mighty power at his command, he must first effect the Mastery of the lower self.
Think of the absurdity of Man claiming to manifest powers, when he is the slave of the lower parts of his mental being, which should be subordinate.
Think of a man being the slave of his moods, passions, animal appetites and lower faculties, and at the same time trying to claim the benefits of the Will.
Now, I am not preaching asceticism, which seems to me to be a confession of weakness. I am speaking of Self-Mastery – the assertion of the “I” over the subordinate parts of oneself. In the higher view of the subject, this “I” is the only real Self, and the rest is the non-self; but our space does not permit the discussion of this point, and we will use the word “self’ as meaning the entire man.
Before a man can assert the “I” in its full strength he must obtain the complete mastery of the subordinate parts of the self. All things are good when we learn to master them, but no thing is good when it masters us.
Just so long as we allow the lower portions of the self to give us orders, we are slaves. It is only when the “I” mounts his throne and lifts the scepter, that order is established and things assume their proper relation to each other.
We are finding no fault with those who are swayed by their lower selves – they are in a lower grade of evolution, and will work up in time.
But we are calling the attention of those who are ready, to the fact that the Sovereign must assert his will, and that the subjects must obey. Orders must be given and carried out.
Rebellion must be put down, and the rightful authority insisted upon.
And the time to do it is Now.
You have been allowing your rebellious subjects to keep the King from his throne. You have been allowing the mental kingdom to be misgoverned by irresponsible faculties.
You have been the slaves of Appetite, Unworthy Thoughts, Passion and Negativeness.
The Will has been set aside and Low Desire has usurped the throne. It is time to re-establish order in the mental kingdom. You are able to assert the mastery over any emotion, appetite, passion or class of thoughts by the assertion of the Will.
You can order Fear to go to the rear; Jealousy to leave your presence; Hate to depart from your sight; Anger to hide itself; Worry to cease troubling you; Uncontrolled Appetite and Passion to bow in submission and to become humble slaves instead of masters – all by the assertion of the “I.”
You may surround yourself with the glorious company of Courage, Love and Self-Control, by the same means.
You may put down the rebellion and secure peace and order in your mental kingdom if you will but utter the mandate and insist upon its execution.
Before you march forth to empire, you must establish the proper internal condition – must show your ability to govern your own kingdom.
The first battle is the conquest of the lesser self by the Real Self.”
I couldn’t have said it better myself…
Write On!
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