This is a nice way to start down the path to greater self-mastery, begin by declaring yourself the master over the conscious movement of your body. It is evident that it requires understanding to work with material of this description. How is the individual related to the objective world? More health? It is not an objective faculty but a subjective process, and the results are seen in an infinite variety of conditions and experiences. Each of us, and all of our thoughts and actions, are a manifestation of the universal mind. I also found some interesting information about Napoleon Hill, the author of the mega-hit book Think and Grow Rich. Therefore, he who would acquire power must be in harmony with Natural Law. Yet, I can’t help but relate to Haanel’s explanation. I can feel and understand it a little better. I never even heard of the book until I joined Go90Grow, a network marketing course. “The Master Key System” written by Charles F. Haanel in 1912 and first published in 1916 by Psychology Publishing, St. Louis and the Master Key Institute, NY The original text is now in public domain. When this mind thinks correctly, when it understands the truth, when the thoughts sent through the cerebrospinal nervous system to the body are constructive, these sensations are pleasant — harmonious. Something within me compels me to constantly strive towards the impossible goal of perfection. As we become conscious of the wisdom in the world within, we mentally take possession of this wisdom, and by taking mental possession we come into actual possession of the power and wisdom necessary to bring into manifestation the essentials necessary for our most complete and harmonious development. Recognition is a mental process. Get the happiness consciousness. How are harmonious and desirable conditions secured? My first impression is that there is great value in The Master Key System and I am excited to continue. The consciousness that focuses in your brain cells is the same consciousness which focuses in the brain cells of every other individual. The only way by which we may secure possession of power is to become conscious of power. As a troglodyte to blogging I have missed a week 1 assignment. If we recognize these potentialities in the world within they will take form in the world without. The ability of the individual to think is his ability to act upon the Universal and bring it into manifestation. Other than that, I was successful. The Master Key System is about a hundred years old and was originally a weekly correspondence course: each chapter corresponds to one week. The source of all power is the world within, the Universal Fountain of Supply, the Infinite Energy of which each individual is an outlet. ). As I said, this a 26 week course, so it’s a slow builder. Mind is creative. The world within is the cause; the world without the effect. He is related to the Universal Mind by the subconscious mind. All gain is the result of an accumulative consciousness. Get the health consciousness. Since the world within is subject to our control, all laws of power and possession are also within our control. Years ago I learned to meditate to control stress and pain. In Week Sixteen of The Master Key System, Charles F. Haanel wrote these lines. So, I have shared with you my experience from the first week of The Master Key System and its accompanying exercise. Rhonda Byrne, the author/producer of The Secret cites The Master Key System as one of her main inspirations. This is where this book distinguishes itself from many others, which simply talk. It is a thing of life and beauty. That much gathers more is true on every plane of existence and that loss leads to greater loss is equally true. Affluence within results in affluence without. Get the power consciousness. The Solar Plexus is the organ of this mind. There is but one consciousness in the universe able to think, and when it thinks its thoughts become objective things to it. Our ability to receive depends upon our recognition of this Universal Fountain, this Infinite Energy of which each individual is an outlet, and so is one with every other individual. You need not acquire this power. (And if you feel you can’t spare the 15 minutes to take this simple step towards self-mastery, then you need to take a good hard look at yourself!). Harmony within means the ability to control our thoughts. It is through the subconscious that we are connected with the Universal Mind and brought into relation with the Infinite constructive forces of the Universe. It is the coordination of these two centers of our being, and the understanding of their functions, which is the great secret of life. Each individual is but the individualization of the Universal, the Cosmic Mind. This is true because we must “be” before we can “do,” and we can “do” only to the extent which we “are,” and what we “are” depends upon what we “think.”. Let your thoughts roam where they will but be perfectly still for fifteen minutes to half an hour. Week 1 of Master Key System. Live the spirit of these things until they become yours by right. All thoughts and things are within Itself. The solar plexus is the organ of this mind. Harmony in the world within will be reflected in the world without by harmonious conditions, agreeable surroundings, the best of everything. Conditions, environment, and all experiences in life are the result of our habitual, or predominant, mental attitude. To remove discord, we must remove the cause, and this cause can be found only in the world within. Human consciousness consists only in the ability of man to think. In other words, you will have come into conscious cooperation with Omnipotent law, which is the fundamental basis of all things. 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We live in a fathomless sea of plastic mind substance. It will then become impossible to keep them from you. It cannot … The attitude of mind necessarily depends upon what we think. They are one. Everything which exists is some manifestation of this one basic substance from which and by which all things have been created and are continually being re-created. To change the effect, you must change the cause. It is all powerful, all wisdom, and always present. But it is through this same objective mind that all distress, sickness, lack, limitation, and every form of discord and inharmony are admitted to our lives. That’s right, sit up straight and don’t move a muscle for at least fifteen minutes. He finishes the first chapter terrifically: by having the reader take some action (something which I think he does in each chapter). What is the cause of all discord, inharmony, lack, and limitation? It is all in all. Mental action is therefore the interaction of the individual upon the Universal Mind, and as the Universal Mind is the intelligence which pervades all space and animates all living things, this mental action and reaction is the law of causation, but the principle of causation does not obtain in the individual but in the Universal Mind.