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The Twelfth Lesson: Sub-Conscious Influences.689
wonderful changes are going on—great things are in the womb of time, and
the hour of birth draws near. The men and women in the Western world feel
within them the mighty urge to “accomplish” something—to take an active
part in the great drama of life. And they are right in giving full expression to
this urge, and are doing well in using every legitimate means in the line of
expression. And this idea of the Mental Attitude, or the Mental Image, is one
of the greatest factors in this striving for Success.
In this lesson we do not purpose giving “Success Talks” for our students.
These lessons are intended to fill another field, and there are many other
channels of information along the lines named. What we wish to do is to
point out to our students the meaning of all this strenuous striving of the
age, in the Western world, and the leading principle employed therein.
The great achievements of the material world are being accomplished by
means of the Power of the Mind. Men are beginning to understand that
“Thought manifests itself in Action,” and that Thought attracts to itself the
things, persons and circumstances in harmony with itself. The Power of Mind
is becoming manifest in hundreds of ways. The power of Desire, backed
by Faith and Will, is beginning to be recognized as one of the greatest of
known dynamic forces. The life of the race is entering into a new and strange
stage of development and evolution, and in the years to come mind will be
seen, more clearly and still more clearly, to be the great principle underlying
the world of material things and happenings. That “All is Mind” is more than
a dreamy, metaphysical utterance, is being recognized by the leaders in the
world’s thought.
As we have said, great changes are before the world and the race, and
every year brings us nearer to the beginning of them. In fact, the beginning
is already upon us. Let any thinker stop and reflect over the wonderful
changes of the past six years—since the dawning of the Twentieth Century,
and he will be dull indeed if he sees not the trend of affairs. We are entering
into a new Great Cycle of the race, and the old is being prepared for being
dropped off like an old worn out husk. Old conventions, ideals, customs,