I have just finished editing and posting James Allen‘s “LIGHT ON LIFE’S DIFFICULTIES” on the Integrated Success Program web-site. I have found his texts to be inspirational, however, this latest text strongly resonated with me as a I read it.
“To live is to think and act, and to think and act is to change. While man is ignorant of the nature of thought, he continues to change for better and worse; but, being acquainted with the nature of thought, he intelligently accelerates and directs the process of change, and only for the better.
What the sum total of a man’s thoughts are, that he is. From this sameness of thought with man there is not the slightest fractional deviation. There is a change as a result with the addition and subtraction of thought, but the mathematical law is an invariable quality.
Seeing that man is mind, that mind is composed of thought, and that thought is subject to change, it follows that deliberately to change the thought is to change the man”.
This quote summarizes the philosophy of Napoleon Hill and Charles Haanel, in their respective philosophy of personal success, not to mention every “Self-help” guru to date.
In order to change how you live, you must change how you think, how you perceive your individual situation.
Although simply stated, it is not as easy as it sounds, however, with conscious awareness of the changes you wish to implement and an active program for their implementation, change can be realized.
In my mind, this is the key, critical component missing from Rhonda Byrnes “The Secret”. Change, including that desired through implementation of the Law of Attraction, necessitates an active component in order to effect the change, to realize one’s desires. If you give it a moment’s thought, you will realize this truth, that “Everything you have desired and that has been, subsequently, realized in your life required action on your part in order for it to manifest in your life”. As with every rule or Natural Law, there are the rare exceptions to this rule (i.e. lottery winners), however, as a global, universal statement, it applies to the vast majority of our life experience.
The action does not have to be exhaustive, however, there is no way to avoid an active component to achieve realization of your goals.
What are you willing to give (in the form of work or other effort) so as to realize your goals, your dreams. the life you expect?
This book and many other classic books in the “Personal Development” genre are available on the Integrated Success Program web-site.
27 Jul 09 7:13 pm
I thought this was missing from the secret as well. In their point of view we should be able to attract what we desire with the type of energy we radiate. With the right energy we can attract what we need without doing a thing.
I’m not sure I’m convinced.