The Power of Psychic
- Concentration
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LESSON
VII. THE CONCENTRATED MENTAL DEMAND
The
Mental Demand is the potent force in achievement. The
attitude
of the mind affects the expression of the face,
determines
action, changes our physical condition and regulates
our
lives.
I will
not here attempt to explain the silent force that achieves
results.
You want to develop your mental powers so you can effect
the
thing sought, and that is what I want to teach you. There is
wonderful
power and possibility in the concentrated Mental
Demand.
This, like all other forces, is controlled by laws. It
can,
like all other forces, be wonderfully increased by
consecutive,
systematized effort.
The
mental demand must be directed by every power of the mind and
every
possible element should be used to make the demand
materialize.
You can so intently desire a thing that you can
exclude
all distracting thoughts. When you practice this
singleness
of Psychic - Concentration until you attain the end sought, you
have
developed a Will capable of accomplishing whatever you wish.
As long
as you can only do the ordinary things you will be
counted
in the mass of mediocrity. But just as quick as you
surpass
others by even comparatively small measure, you are
classed
as one of life's successes. So, if you wish to emerge
into
prominence, you must accomplish something more than the
ordinary
man or woman. It is easy to do this if you will but
concentrate
on what you desire, and put forth your best effort.
It is
not the runner with the longest legs or the strongest
muscles
that wins the race, but the one that can put forth the
greatest
desire force. You can best understand this by thinking
of an engine.
The engine starts up slowly, the engineer gradually
extending
the throttle to the top notch. It is then keyed up to
its
maximum speed. The same is true of two runners. They start
off
together and gradually they increase their desire to go
faster.
The one that has the greatest intensity of desire will
win. He
may outdistance the other by only a fraction of an inch,
yet he
gets the laurels.
The men
that are looked upon as the world's successes have not
always
been men of great physical power, nor at the start did
they
seem very well adapted to the conditions which encompassed
them. In
the beginning they were not considered men of superior
genius,
but they won their success by their resolution to achieve
results
in their undertakings by permitting no set-back to
dishearten
them; no difficulties to daunt them. Nothing could
turn
them or influence them against their determination. They
never
lost sight of their goal. In all of us there is this silent
force of
wonderful power. If developed, it can overcome
conditions
that would seem insurmountable. It is constantly
urging
us on to greater achievement. The more we become
acquainted
with it the better strategists we become, the more
courage
we develop and the greater the desire within us for
self-expression
in activity along many lines.
No one
will ever be a failure if he becomes conscious of this
silent
force within that controls his destiny. But without the
consciousness
of this inner force, you will not have a clear
vision,
and external conditions will not yield to the power of
your
mind. It is the mental resolve that makes achievement
possible.
Once this has been formed it should never be allowed to
cease to
press its claim until its object is attained. To make
plans
work out it will, at times, be necessary to use every power
of your
mind. Patience, perseverance and all the indomitable
forces
within one will have to be mustered and used with the
greatest
effectiveness.
Perseverance
is the first element of success. In order to
persevere
you must be ceaseless in your application. It requires
you to
concentrate your thoughts upon your undertaking and bring
every
energy to bear upon keeping them focused upon it until you
have
accomplished your aim. To quit short of this is to weaken
all
future efforts.
The
Mental Demand seems an unreal power because it is intangible;
but it
is the mightiest power in the world. It is a power that is
free for
you to use. No one can use it for you. The Mental Demand
is not a
visionary one. It is a potent force, which you can use
freely
without cost. When you are in doubt it will counsel you.
It will
guide you when you are uncertain. When you are in fear it
will
give you courage. It is the motive power which supplies the
energies
necessary to the achievement of the purpose. You have a
large
store house of possibilities. The Mental Demand makes
possibilities
realities. It supplies everything necessary for the
accomplishment,
It selects the tools and instructs how to use
them. It
makes you understand the situation. Every time you make
a Mental
Demand you strengthen the brain centers by drawing to
you
external forces.
Few
realize the power of a Mental Demand. It is possible to make
your
demand so strong that you can impart what you have to say to
another
without speaking to him. Have you ever, after planning to
discuss
a certain matter with a friend, had the experience of
having
him broach the subject before you had a chance to speak of
it? Have
you ever, in a letter, made a suggestion to a friend
that he
carried out before your letter reached him? Have you ever
wanted
to speak to a person who, just then walked in or
telephoned.
I have had many such responses to thought and you and
your
friends have doubtless experienced them, too.
These
two things are neither coincidences nor accidents, but are
the
results of mental demand launched by strong Psychic - Concentration.
The
person that never wants anything gets little. To demand
resolutely
is the first step toward getting what you want.
The
power of the Mental Demand seems absolute, the supply
illimitable.
The mental demand projects itself and causes to
materialize
the conditions and opportunities needed to accomplish
the
purpose. Do not think I over estimate the value of the Mental
Demand.
It brings the fuller life if used for only righteous
purposes.
Once the Mental Demand is made, however, never let it
falter.
If you do the current that connects you with your desire
is
broken. Take all the necessary time to build a firm
foundation,
so that there need not be even an element of doubt to
creep
in. Just the moment you entertain "doubt" you lose some of
the
demand force, and force once lost is hard to regain. So
whenever
you make a mental demand hold steadfastly to it until
your
need is supplied.
I want
to repeat again that Power of Mental Demand is not a
visionary
one. It is concentrated power only, and can be used by
you. It
is not supernatural power, but requires a development of
the
brain centers. The outcome is sure when it is given with a
strong
resolute determination.
No
person will advance to any great extent, until he recognizes
this
force within him. If you have not become aware of it, you
have not
made very much of a success of your life. It is this
"something"
that distinguishes that "man" from other men. It is
this
subtle power that develops strong personality.
If you
want a great deal you must demand a great deal. Once you
make
your demand, anticipate its fulfillment. It depends upon us.
We are
rewarded according to our efforts. The Power of Mental
Demand
can bring us what we want. We become what we determine to
be. We
control our own destiny.
Get the
right mental attitude, then in accordance with your
ability
you can gain success.
And
every man of AVERAGE ability, the ordinary man that you see
about
you, can be really successful, independent, free of worry,
HIS OWN
MASTER, if he can manage to do just two things.
First,
remain forever dissatisfied with what he IS doing and with
what he
HAS accomplished.
Second,
develop in his mind a belief that the word impossible was
not
intended or him. Build up in his mind the confidence that
enables
the mind to use its power.
Many,
especially the older men, will ask:
"How
can I build up that self-confidence in my brain? How can I,
after
months and years of discouragement, of dull plodding,
suddenly
conceive and carry out a plan for doing something that
will
mike life worth while and change the monotonous routine?
"How
can a man get out of a rut after he has been in it for years
and has
settled down to the slow jog-trot that leads to the
grave?"
The
answer is the thing can be done, and millions have done it.
One of
the names most honored among the great men of
that of
Littre, who wrote and compiled the great French
dictionary--a
monument of learning. He is the man whose place
among
the forty immortals of
Pasteur,
when the latter was elected to the Academy.
Littre
BEGAN the work that makes him famous when he was more than
sixty
years old.
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