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Monday, June 13, 2005 |
James Allen
As a Man Thinketh.  James Allen wrote in 1904: The
aphorism, "As a man thinketh in his heart so is he," not only
embraces the whole of a man's being, but is so comprehensive as to
reach out to every condition and circumstance of his life. A man is
literally what he thinks, his character being the complete sum of all
his thoughts. As the plant springs from, and could not be without, the
seed, so every
act of a man springs from the hidden seeds of thought, and could not
have appeared without them. This applies equally to those acts called
"spontaneous" and "unpremeditated" as to those which are deliberately
executed. Act is the blossom of thought, and joy and suffering are its
fruits;
thus does a man garner in the sweet and bitter fruitage of his own
husbandry. ... Man is a growth by law, and not a creation by artifice,
and cause and effect is as absolute and undeviating in the hidden realm
of thought as in the world of visible and material things. A noble and
Godlike character is not a thing of favor or chance, but is the natural
result of continued effort in right thinking, the effect of
long-cherished association with Godlike thoughts. An ignoble and
bestial character, by the same process, is the result of the continued
harboring of groveling thoughts. Man is made or unmade by himself; in the armory of thought he forges
the weapons by which he destroys himself. He also fashions the tools
with which he builds for himself heavenly mansions of joy and strength
and peace. By the right choice and true application of thought, man
ascends to the Divine Perfection; by the abuse and wrong application of
thought, he descends below the level of the beast. Between these two
extremes are all the grades of character, and man is their maker and
master.
Of all the beautiful truths pertaining to the soul which have been
restored and brought to light in this age, none is more gladdening or
fruitful of divine promise and confidence than this - that man is the
master of thought, the molder of character, and maker and shaper of
condition, environment, and destiny. (06/13/05) [Synergic Earth News]
6:41:00 AM 
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