Esoteric V10: July 1896 - Iapsop.com

102 TuE SEVEN CREATIVE PRINCiri.Jo:s. [ SPptem her
\V e hear •hat such a one has great force of character, or that
a certain one lacks it. Why is it that there is a lack of this
force in some cases, while others have a superabundatlce of it·~
It is human to oondemn the absence of it, and, in extenuation
of this deficiency in a friend, we sometimes hear it said, "He
simply hasn't it: it is not a factor in his organism." But I think
when the laws are understood and methods suggested, all who
have the will may possess the foree; for all the principles of
nature are round about us, pressing in upon us from every
side. The only prerequisite for pos11essing any of them is, first,
freedom from fear, second, sufficient oontitlenoe to place oneself
In the attitude of using a principle, when it will rush in and
till one to the fnlnell8 of his capacity to receive: and not only so,
hut it wiU at once begin the work of building ac.ltled capacity
by increasing the strength of the orgaDs and mu.mles through
which it finds expres11iou.
If this principle of force i11 continually used, it will build up
a giant: body and brain. Lnok, for instance, at the athlete
whose mind and hahits are continually in the attitude of
gathering and developing force in the physical body. Again.
see the man who is constantly struggling with his fellows in
the manipulation of moneyed interests. See with what facility,
in many c~es, he will. through the power of mind, ooet·ce his
antagonist into suhmis11ion to his will.
He who has studied the subtile fm·oe11 of mind. and is in a
position to be an opponent of one of these meu, knows something
of the overwhelming force nf his words and thought.
The student of human nature, a.~ it is t>Xpressetl in the language
of fm·m. is not neces11itated to meet these partie!! in oonlliet in
order to know them: he recognize11 them at sight. anti tle11cl"il>es
the pat·tieulat· lines in whid1 that force will be most sncce!'S·
fnl. ~m· is it alone the stntlent of human character whn recognizes
these people; for every one ft>els tlu~i•· superim·ity all s111111
aR he comes into their presence, although it may be tJJulefined
to himself.
Again. let a man of gentle mein. without much fo•·ce of character,
become vet·y angry-so angry that all fear is banished.
Oqserve him move toward an antagonist, with a fixed tlt>termination
to t!onquer hitn in combat. Although he may have
been accnstometl to moving around with a peculiar loose Kwing
of the hotly, see how quickly he becomes et·ect, every muscle ia
Digitized by Coogle.