From Ravens Nest Jan 9

The Power Of The Mind

In the present age, it's the power of mind that rules the world, and consequently it's evident that the one who's acquired the best use of the power of mind, will realize the greatest success, and reach the highest places that attainment and accomplishment hold in store. The person who wins is the person who may apply in practical life each part of their mental ability, and who may make each action of their mind tell.

We occasionally question why there are so many capable men and admirable women who don't reach those places in life that they appear to deserve, but the answer is simple. They don't apply the power of mind as they ought to. Their abilities and qualities are either misguided or applied only in part. These individuals, however, shouldn't permit themselves to become dissatisfied with fate, but ought to remember that each individual who learns to make full use of the power of their brain will reach their goal; they'll realize their desire and will positively win.

Broadly speaking, we might say that the power of mind is the sum total of all the forces of the mental world, including those forces that are employed in the process of thinking. The power of mind includes the power of the will, the power of feeling, and the power of thought. It includes conscious action in all its phases and subconscious action in all its phases.

To utilize the power of the brain, the first essential is to direct every mental action towards the goal in view, and this direction must not be occasional, but constant. Most minds, however, don't apply this law. They consider a particular thing one moment, and about something else the next moment. At a certain hour, their mental actions work along a particular line, and at the next hour those actions work along another line. We know, however, that each individual who’s actually working himself or herself steadily toward the goal they’ve in view, invariably directs all the power of their thought on that goal.

In using the power of mind, the first question to answer is what we truly want to accomplish; and when this question is answered, the one thing that’s wanted ought to be fixed so clearly in thought that it may be seen by the mind's eye each minute.

When we know what we want, and proceed to work for it with all the power that's in us, we may rest assured that we'll get it. When we direct the power of thinking, the power of will, the power of mental action, the power of want, the power of aspiration, all the power we possess on the one thing we wish, success in a greater measure must be gained.

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