The Power of Psychic
- Concentration
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LESSON
VI. THE TRAINING OF THE WILL TO DO
The Will
To Do is the greatest power in the world that is
concerned
with human accomplishment and no one can in advance
determine
its limits.
The
things that we do now would have been a few ages ago
impossibilities.
Today the safe maxim is: "All things are
possible."
The Will
To Do is a force that is strictly practical, yet it is
difficult
to explain just what it is. It can be compared to
electricity
because we know it only through its cause and
effects.
It is a power we can direct and to just the extent we
direct
it do we determine our future. Every time you accomplish
any
definite act, consciously or unconsciously, you use the
principle
of the Will. You can Will to do anything whether it is
right or
wrong, and therefore the way you use your will makes a
big
difference in your life.
Every
person possesses some "Will To Do." It is the inner energy
which
controls all conscious acts. What you will to do directs
your
life forces. All habits, good or bad, are the result of what
you will
to do. You improve or lower your condition in life by
what you
will to do. Your will has a connection with all avenues
of
knowledge, all activities, all accomplishment.
You
probably know of cases where people have shown wonderful
strength
under some excitement, similar to the following: The
house of
a farmer's wife caught on fire. No one was around to
help her
move anything. She was a frail woman, and ordinarily was
considered
weak. On this occasion she removed things from the
house
that it later took three men to handle. It was the "Will To
Do"
that she used to accomplish her task.
Genius
Is But A Will To Do Little Things With Infinite Pains.
Little
Things Well Done Open The Door Of
Things.
The Will
accomplishes its greater results through activities that
grow out
of great Psychic - Concentration in acquiring the power of
voluntary
attention to such an extent that we can direct it where
we will
and hold it steadily to its task until our aim is
accomplished.
When you learn so to use it, your Will Power
becomes
a mighty force. Almost everything can be accomplished
through
its proper use. It is greater than physical force because
it can be
used to control not only physical but mental and moral
forces.
There
are very few that possess perfectly developed and balanced
Will
Power, but those who do easily crush out their weak
qualities.
Study yourself carefully. Find out your greatest
weakness
and then use your will power to overcome it. In this way
eradicate
your faults, one by one, until you have built up a
strong
character and personality.
Rules
for Improvement. A desire arises. Now think whether this
would be
good for you. If it is not, use your Will Power to kill
out the
desire, but, on the other hand, if it is a righteous
desire,
summon all your Will Power to your aid, crush all
obstacles
that confront you and secure possession of the coveted
Good.
Slowness
in Making Decisions. This is a weakness of Will Power.
You know
you should do something, but you delay doing it through
lack of
decision. It is easier not to do a certain thing than to
do it,
but conscience says to do it. The vast majority of persons
are
failures because of the lack of deciding to do a thing when
it
should be done. Those that are successful have been quick to
grasp
opportunities by making a quick decision. This power of
will can
be used to bring culture, wealth and health.
Some
Special Pointers. For the next week try to make quicker
decisions
in your little daily affairs. Set the hour you wish to
get up
and arise exactly at the fixed time. Anything that you
should
accomplish, do on or ahead of time. You want, of course,
to give
due deliberation to weighty matters, but by making quick
decisions
on little things you will acquire the ability to make
quick
decisions in bigger things. Never procrastinate. Decide
quickly
one way or the other even at the risk of deciding wrong.
Practice
this for a week or two and notice your improvement.
The Lack
of Initiative. This, too, keeps many men from
succeeding.
They have fallen into the way of imitating others in
all that
they do. Very often we hear the expression, "He seems
clever
enough, but he lacks initiative." Life for them is one
continuous
grind. Day after day they go through the same
monotonous
round of duties, while those that are "getting along"
are
using their initiative to get greater fullness of life. There
is
nothing so responsible for poverty as this lack of initiative,
this
power to think and do for ourselves.
You Are
as Good as Anyone. You have will power, and if you use
it, you
will get your share of the luxuries of life. So use it to
claim
your own. Don't depend on anyone else to help you. We have
to fight
our own battles. All the world loves a fighter, while
the
coward is despised by all.
Every
person's problems are different, so I can only say "analyze
your
opportunities and conditions and study your natural
abilities."
Form plans for improvement and then put them into
operation.
Now, as I said before, don't just say, "I am going to
do so
and so," but carry your plan into execution. Don't make an
indefinite
plan, but a definite one, and then don't give up until
your
object has been accomplished. Put these suggestions into
practice
with true earnestness, and you will soon note
astonishing
results, and your whole life will be completely
changed.
An excellent motto for one of pure motives is: Through
my will
power I dare do what I want to. You will find this
affirmation
has a very strengthening effect.
The
Spirit of Perseverance. The spirit of "sticktoitiveness" is
the one
that wins. Many go just so far and then give up, whereas,
if they
had persevered a little longer, they would have won out.
Many
have much initiative, but instead of concentrating it into
one
channel, they diffuse it through several, thereby dissipating
it to
such an extent that its effect is lost.
Develop
more determination, which is only the Will To Do, and
when you
start out to do something stick to it until you get
results.
Of course, before starting anything you must look ahead
and see
what the "finish leads to." You must select a road that
will
lead to "somewhere," rather than "nowhere." The journey
must
be
productive of some kind of substantial results. The trouble
with so
many young men is that they launch enterprises without
any end
in sight. It is not so much the start as the finish of a
journey
that counts. Each little move should bring you nearer the
goal
which you planned to reach before the enterprise began.
Lack of
Perseverance is nothing but the lack of the Will To Do.
It takes
the same energy to say, "I will continue," as to say, "I
give
up." Just the moment you say the latter you shut off your
dynamo,
and your determination is gone. Every time you allow your
determination
to be broken you weaken it. Don't forget this. Just
the
instant you notice your determination beginning to weaken,
concentrate
on it and by sheer Will Power make it continue on the
"job."
Never
try to make a decision when you are not in a calm state of
mind. If
in a "quick temper," you are likely to say things you
afterwards
regret. In anger, you follow impulse rather than
reason.
No one can expect to achieve success if he makes
decisions
when not in full control of his mental forces.
Therefore
make it a fixed rule to make decisions only when at
your
best. If you have a "quick temper," you can quickly gain
control
over it by simple rule of counting backwards. To count
backwards
requires Psychic - Concentration, and you thus quickly regain a
calm
state. In this way you can break the "temper habit."
It will
do you a lot of good to think over what you said and
thought
the last time you were angry. Persevere until you see
yourself
as others see you. It would do no harm to write the
scene
out in story form and then sit in judgment of the character
that
played your part.
Special
Instructions to Develop the Will To Do. This is a form of
mental
energy, but requires the proper mental attitude to make it
manifest.
We hear of people having wonderful will power, which
really
is wrong. It should be said that they use their will power
while
with many it is a latent force. I want you to realize that
no one
has a monopoly on will power. There is plenty for all.
What we
speak of as will power is but the gathering together of
mental
energy, the Psychic - Concentration power at one point. So never
think of
that person as having a stronger will than yours. Each
person
will be supplied with just that amount of will power that
he
demands. You don't have to develop will power if you
constantly
make use of all you have, and remember the way in
which
you use it determines your fate, for your life is moulded
to great
extent by the use you make of your will. Unless you make
proper
use of it you have neither independence nor firmness. You
are
unable to control yourself and become a mere machine for
others
to use. It is more important to learn to use your will
than to
develop your intellect. The man that has not learned how
to use
his will rarely decides things for himself, but allows his
resolutions
to be changed by others. He fluctuates from one
opinion
to another, and of course does not accomplish anything
out of
the ordinary, while his brother with the trained will
takes
his place among the world's leaders.
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