James Allen - Mind is Ruler

[Skull]

A spiritual genius whose path of selfless light & love fosters the best in us.

http://james-allen.in1woord.nl/

thanks for sharing skull, his work looks really interesting and I imagine offers some great reading..

[A human Being]

Originally Posted by Skull

A spiritual genius whose path of selfless light & love fosters the best in us.

http://james-allen.in1woord.nl/

Thanks for that. In't t'internet brilliant*, eh? What a tremendous resource it is

*if you aren't English, that'll probably seem inexplicable

[Skull]

For those who prefer an actual printed book, Allen's collected works are in an 800 pp book titled Mind is the Master:

http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/Sear...+allen&xpod=on

[Skull]

Man, by his ignorance, his selfishness, his darkness of mind, is the marker of sorrow and the cause of catastrophe. His sufferings are indications that the Divine Law has been arrested, and is now asserting itself. The tragic darkness of his life is the outcome of that same Justice from which his joyful light proceeds. If every suicide, every ruin, every woe, even every accident, could be traced to its original cause in the moral constitution of things, its justice would be found to be without blemish.

And that which applies to individuals applies in the same way to nations. Widespread selfishness leads inevitably to widespread disaster; national corruption is followed by wholesale catastrophe, and by national disaster and ruin.

And not alone poverty, disease, and famine, but even earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, floods and all such external happenings, would be found, in their original cause, to be intimately related to men’s moral life. That external accidents have a moral cause is plainly seen in the case of violent persons bringing about fatal accidents to themselves through folly and recklessness.

Thank You!! I have been letting others of the authors from the New Thought time as well!!!! I have moved from James Allen to Thomas Troward recently. Another teacher from that time! Look into The Master Key System by Chas. Haanel. All the NT books are in public domain now!

[Skull]

Originally Posted by joyce green

Thank You!! I have been letting others of the authors from the New Thought time as well!!!! I have moved from James Allen to Thomas Troward recently. Another teacher from that time! Look into The Master Key System by Chas. Haanel. All the NT books are in public domain now!

James Allen has such a clear emphasis on self-sacrifice and altruism that I do not think he belongs in the narrower New Thought arena.

[Skull]

Allen on reverie vs meditation:

It is easy to mistake reverie for meditation. This is a fatal error which must be avoided by one striving to meditate. The two must not be confounded. Reverie is a loose dreaming into which a man falls; meditation is a strong, purposeful thinking into which a man rises. Reverie is easy and pleasurable; meditation is at first difficult and irksome. Reverie thrives in indolence and luxury; meditation arises from strenuousness and discipline. Reverie is first alluring, then sensuous, and then sensual. Meditation is first forbidding, then profitable, and then peaceful. Reverie is dangerous; it undermines self-control. Meditation is protective; it establishes self-control.

There are certain signs by which one can know whether he is engaging in reverie or meditation.

The indications of reverie are:
1. A desire to avoid exertion.
2. A desire to experience the pleasures of dreaming.
3. An increasing distaste for one' s worldly duties.
4. A desire to shirk one' s worldly responsibilities.
5. Fear of consequences.
6. A wish to get money with as little effort as possible.
7. Lack of self-control.

The indications of meditation are:
1. Increase of both physical and mental energy.
2. A strenuous striving after wisdom.
3. A decrease of irksomeness in the performance of duty.
4. A fixed determination to faithfully fulfill all worldly responsibilities.
5. Freedom from fear.
6. Indifference to riches.
7. Possession of self-control.

[Skull]

And virtue is not only of the heart; it is of the intellect also; and without this virtue of the intellect, the virtue of the heart is imperiled. Reason, like passion, has its vices. Metaphysical speculations are the riot of the intellect, as sensuality is the riot of the affections. The highest flights of speculation—pleasing as they are—reveal no place of rest, and the strained mind must return to facts and moral principles to find that truth which it seeks. As the soaring bird returns for refuge and rest to its nest in the rock, so must the speculative thinker return to the rock of virtue for surety and peace.

From The Life Triumphant

[Skull]

If thou would‘st right the world, And banish all its evils and its woes, Make its wild places bloom, And its drear deserts blossom as the rose,- Then right thyself.
If thou would‘st turn the world From its long, lone captivity in sin, Restore all broken hearts, Slay grief, and let sweet consolation in,- Turn thou thyself.
If thou would‘st cure the world Of its long sickness, end its grief and pain; Bring in all-healing joy, And give to the afflicted rest again,- Then cure thyself.
If thou would‘st wake the world Out of its dream of death and dark‘ning strife, Bring it to Love and Peace, And Light and brightness of immortal Life,- Wake thou thyself.