As A Man Thinketh by James Allen - Thought and Character
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Whether with the law of attraction, thru meditation and exercise, or by a willingness to think and act on thought, we make ourselves what we are.
THE aphorism, "As a man thinketh in his heart so is he," not only
embraces the whole of a man's being, but is so comprehensive as to
reach out to every condition and circumstance of his life. A man is
literally _what he thinks, _his character being the complete sum of all
his thoughts.
As the plant springs from, and could not be without, the seed, so every
act of a man springs from the hidden seeds of thought, and could not
have appeared without them. This applies equally to those acts called
"spontaneous" and "unpremeditated" as to those, which are deliberately
executed.
Act is the blossom of thought, and joy and suffering are its fruits;
thus does a man garner in the sweet and bitter fruitage of his own
husbandry.
By thought was wrought and built. If a man's mind
Hath evil thoughts, pain comes on him as comes
The wheel the ox behind....
..If one endure
In purity of thought, joy follows him
As his own shadow--sure."
Man is a growth by law, and not a creation by artifice, and cause and
effect is as absolute and undeviating in the hidden realm of thought as
in the world of visible and material things. A noble and Godlike
character is not a thing of favour or chance, but is the natural result
of continued effort in right thinking, the effect of long-cherished
association with Godlike thoughts. An ignoble and bestial character, by
the same process, is the result of the continued harbouring of
grovelling thoughts.
Man is made or unmade by himself; in the armoury of thought he forges
the weapons by which he destroys himself; he also fashions the tools
with which he builds for himself heavenly mansions of joy and strength
and peace. By the right choice and true application of thought, man
ascends to the Divine Perfection; by the abuse and wrong application of
thought, he descends below the level of the beast. Between these two
extremes are all the grades of character, and man is their maker and master.
Of all the beautiful truths pertaining to the soul which have been
restored and brought to light in this age, none is more gladdening or
fruitful of divine promise and confidence than this--that man is the
master of thought, the moulder of character, and the maker and shaper
of condition, environment, and destiny.
As a being of Power, Intelligence, and Love, and the lord of his own
thoughts, man holds the key to every situation, and contains within
himself that transforming and regenerative agency by which he may make
himself what he wills.
Man is always the master, even in his weaker and most abandoned state;
but in his weakness and degradation he is the foolish master who
misgoverns his "household." When he begins to reflect upon his
condition, and to search diligently for the Law upon which his being is
established, he then becomes the wise master, directing his energies
with intelligence, and fashioning his thoughts to fruitful issues. Such
is the conscious master, and man can only thus become by discovering
within himself the laws of thought; which discovery is
totally a matter of application, self analysis, and experience.
Only by much searching and mining, are gold and diamonds obtained, and
man can find every truth connected with his being, if he will dig deep
into the mine of his soul; and that he is the maker of his character,
the moulder of his life, and the builder of his destiny, he may
unerringly prove, if he will watch, control, and alter his thoughts,
tracing their effects upon himself, upon others, and upon his life and
circumstances, linking cause and effect by patient practice and
investigation, and utilizing his every experience, even to the most
trivial, everyday occurrence, as a means of obtaining that knowledge of
himself which is Understanding, Wisdom, Power. In this direction, as in
no other, is the law absolute that "He that seeketh findeth; and to him
that knocketh it shall be opened;" for only by patience, practice, and
ceaseless importunity can a man enter the Door of the Temple of
Knowledge.
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