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Tuesday,
May 25, 2010
As a Man Thinketh
- more ways to change your life and world
An influential book
I suggest you read As a Man Thinketh
by James Allen.
This short book can help you learn
why and how to change
you way of thinking.
And when we change our way of thinking, we can change
our life - and our world.
The title is influenced by a Bible
verse, Proverbs 23:7, “As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.”
I think that James Allen does a very good job of explaining how and why
this is so. you don't need to agree with the
Bible or even be religious to benefit from Allen's book.
James Allen's writings were very
influential for Norman Vincent Peale, The Secret and many of the most
popular human potential writers in the last 100 years.
Some examples
Here are some quotes that give you a sense of
this book:
Men do not attract what they want, but what
they are.
A man is literally what he thinks, his
character being the complete sum of all his thoughts.
Every action and feeling is preceded by a
thought.
Right thinking begins with the words we say to
ourselves.
Circumstance does not make the man, it reveals
him to himself.
Every man is where he is by the law of his
being; the thoughts which he has built into his character have
brought him there, and in the arrangement of his life there is no
element of chance, but all is the result of a law which cannot err
The soul attracts that which it secretly
harbors, that which it loves, and also that which it fears. It
reaches the height of its cherished aspirations. It falls to the
level of its unchastened desires - and circumstances are the means
by which the soul receives its own.
Men are anxious to improve their
circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves, they
therefore remain bound.
A man only begins to be a man when he ceases
to whine and revile, and commences to search for the hidden justice
which regulates his life. And as he adapts his mind to that
regulating factor, he ceases to accuse others as the cause of his
condition, and builds himself up in strong and noble thoughts. He
ceases to kick against circumstances, but begins to use them as aids
to his more rapid progress, and as a means of discovering the hidden
powers and possibilities within himself.
As the physically weak man can make himself
strong by careful and patient training, so the man of weak thoughts,
can make them strong by exercising himself in right thinking.
Cherish your visions. Cherish your ideals.
Cherish the music that stirs in your heart, the beauty that forms in
your mind...for out
of them will grow all delightful conditions...if you but remain true to them your world
will at last be built.
There's more in the book
The complete text is online for free
at:
http://james-allen.in1woord.nl/?text=as-a-man-thinketh
See also
http://james-allen.in1woord.nl/ for more of his writings.
And if you're more comfortable in Spanish or would
like to improve your language skills, aquí es español:
http://james-allen.in1woord.nl/?lang=spanish&text=como-el-hombre-piensa.
Siga los enlaces para encontrar más ideas muy utiles…
Other great sources of wisdom
are described in other recent blog entries.
And as we change our lives,
we can also change much more:
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