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Today's reading was edited and

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adapted from Mastery

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of faith by Christian

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D Larson published in 1908

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What you are and what you do

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determines in what conditions Circumstances

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and environments you shall be

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placed and since you

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can change yourself in your actions you

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can determine what your fate is to be.

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To change yourself you must change

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your thought because you

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are as you think. And

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to change your actions, you must

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change the purpose of your life because

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every action is consciously or

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unconsciously inspired by

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the purpose you hold in view.

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To change your thought you must be

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able to determine what impressions are to

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form in your mind because

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every thought is created in the

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likeness of a mental impression. To

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choose your own mental impressions,

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you must learn to govern the objective

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senses and acquire the art

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of original thought. Everything

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that enters your mind through

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the physical senses will

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produce impressions upon the mind,

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unless prevented by original

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thought. These

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impressions will be direct reflections

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of the environment from whence

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they came. And since

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your thoughts will be created in

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the exact likeness of these impressions,

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so long as you permit the environment to

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impress your mind, your thoughts

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will be exactly like your environment.

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And since you become like the thought

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you think, you will

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also become like your environment. In

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this way, you not only grow into the

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likeness of your environment, but

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are in addition controlled by your

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environment because your thoughts,

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desires, motives, and

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actions are suggested to you

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by the impressions that you

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willingly accept from the environment.

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Therefore, one of the first essentials

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in the mastery of fate is

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to learn to govern the physical

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senses so thoroughly

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that no impression can enter

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your mind from without, unless...

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that is consciously desired. This

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is accomplished by holding your mind in

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a strong, firm, positive

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attitude at all times, but

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especially while surrounded by conditions

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that are inferior. This

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attitude will bring your senses

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under the supremacy of the

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subconscious will, and

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finally produce a state of mind

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that never responds to impressions from

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without, unless directed to

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do so. To

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overcome the tendency of

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the physical senses to

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accept indiscriminately all sorts

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of impressions from without,

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your mind should at frequent intervals

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employ the physical senses in

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trying to detect the superior

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possibilities that may be latent

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in the various surrounding conditions,

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and gradually your senses

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themselves will become selective,

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and will instantaneously inform

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your mind whenever an

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undesirable impression demands admission.

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While your senses are being

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employed in the search of

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superior possibilities, the

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impressions received should be

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analyzed and recombined in

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constructive states of consciousness.

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This will promote original thinking,

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which will in turn counteract the

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tendency of the objective side of

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your mind to receive

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suggestions from without. Every

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original thought that your mind

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creates will to a degree

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change you and remake you

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according to what you inwardly desire

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to be, because every

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original thought is

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patterned after your conception of

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yourself when you are at

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your best. Thoughts

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inspired by the environment are

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inferior or superior, according

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to what the environment may be,

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but an original thought is always

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superior, because it is

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inspired by you yourself, while

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the superior elements of your being

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are predominant. Whenever

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you thought that your mind creates

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is an original thought, you

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will constantly grow in greatness,

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superiority and worth.

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And when all these original thoughts are

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created with the same purpose in view,

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you will become exactly what

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is indicated by that purpose.

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Therefore, since you can base thinking

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upon any purpose that you may

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desire, you can through

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original thinking become whatever you

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may choose to be. Fate

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is the result of being and doing,

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a direct effect of the life

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and works of the individual, a

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natural creation of woman or man, and

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the creation is always in the image

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and likeness of the creator. Therefore,

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when you through original thinking,

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acquire the power to become what you

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choose to become, your

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fate will of itself change you as

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you change. And through

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this law, you can create for

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yourself any fate desired, that

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you will consciously and naturally create

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your own fate. When you

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gain the power to recreate yourself

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as you desire to be is

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evident for various reasons. The

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power to recreate yourself is simply

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the power of original thought, because

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you become like the thoughts you

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think and original

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thoughts are created in the likeness

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of your ideal impressions of your

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superior self. That

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the fate of each individual person

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is the direct or indirect result

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of what that person is and

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does Can be demonstrated

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by the following self evidence.

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One. The. Mental world in

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which a person lives. Is.

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The exact reflection of what

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that person is feals and

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thinks. Therefore, When

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a superior life and worthy

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or thoughts or attain the

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mental world's will also change

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accordingly. To.

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Circumstances. And conditions

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of a person's physical world.

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Are the direct or indirect

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effect So the active elements

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in their mental world. Three.

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Like attracts like. Therefore,

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As we change for the better. We.

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Will attract and be

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attracted in better associations.

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For. The. Events that

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transpired in our allies. Are

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the consequences of our efforts

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to express ourselves? In. Our

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individual world. The vaccine. Flair.

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For what happens to us, Is.

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The reaction of Won't We have

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previously said or done. This.

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Being true. We. Have the

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power to cause any event to

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transpire that we may decide upon.

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Know. To accomplish this, it is necessary

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to understand the law of action.

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And. Reaction and is applied

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to both of and

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metaphysical world's. When.

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You begin to recreate yourself.

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You. Will rise superior to your

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present position. And. Since

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new when better opportunities

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always appear. When. We

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prove ourselves superior to our

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present position. You. Can

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my changing yourself is you

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desire? Goal. For if

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any opportunity they you may

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desire. To. Have

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the privilege to take advantage

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of better opportunities. Is

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the direct path to

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better conditions, better circumstances,

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and better. And Learn.

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And since we can create this privilege

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at will, you can create

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your own fate, your own

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future, your own destiny.

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However, the secret of creating this

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privilege at will lies

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in your power to form only

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such impressions upon your mind as

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will originate constructive thought.

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This is when all the thoughts you

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think are constructive. Every

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mental process will be a

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building process will

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constantly increase your ability,

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capacity and personal

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worth. This in

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turn will make you competent

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to accept the larger places

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that are waiting everywhere from

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minds with sufficient capability to

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fill them. Every

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thought has creative power and

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this power will express itself according

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to the desire that was in

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the mind when the thought was

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created. Therefore, if

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every thought is to express its creative

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power in the building up of a

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person, the mind must

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constantly be filled with the spirit

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of that purpose. When

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the desire for growth and

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superior attainment does not predominate

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in the mind, the

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greater part of the creative energy

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of thought is misdirected

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and artificial mental conditions are

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formed only to

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act as obstacles to our

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welfare and advancement. The

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creative power of thought is the

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only power employed in the construction

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and reconstruction of the individual. For

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this reason, we are as we think.

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Consequently, when you think what you

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desire to think, you

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will become what you desire to

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become. But to think

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what you desire to think, you

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must consciously govern the process

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through which impressions are formed

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upon your mind. To

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govern this process is to have

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the power to include any impressions

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from without that are

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not desired, and to

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completely impress upon your mind every

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original thought that may be formed,

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thus giving your mind the power

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to think only what it consciously

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chooses to think. Before

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you can govern this process, you

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must understand the difference between the

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two leading attitudes of mind, the

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attitude of self-submission, and

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the attitude of self-supremacy.

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You must learn how to completely

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eliminate the former, and

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how to establish all life, all

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thought, and all action absolutely

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upon the latter. When

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this is done, no impression can

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form upon your mind without your

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conscious permission, and then

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complete control of the creative power

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of your thought is permanently secured.

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To master the creative power of

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thought is to master

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your personal self, and

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to master your personal self is

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to master your fate.