http://asamanthinkethblog.com and other works by author, james allen Wed, 21 May 2008 00:57:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en THOUGHT AND CHARACTER 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 ... http://asamanthinkethblog.com/thought-and-character-chapter-1/ MAN'S mind may be likened to a garden, which may be intelligently cultivated or allowed to run wild; but whether cultivated or neglected, it must, and will, _bring forth._ If no useful seeds are _put _into it, then an abundance of useless weed-seeds will _fall _therein, and will continue to ... http://asamanthinkethblog.com/effect-of-thought-on-circumstances-chapter-2/ THE body is the servant of the mind. It obeys the operations of the mind, whether they be deliberately chosen or automatically expressed. At the bidding of unlawful thoughts the body sinks rapidly into disease and decay; at the command of glad and beautiful thoughts it becomes clothed with youthfulness ... http://asamanthinkethblog.com/effect-of-thought-on-health-and-the-body-chapter-3/ UNTIL thought is linked with purpose there is no intelligent accomplishment. With the majority the bark of thought is allowed to "drift" upon the ocean of life. Aimlessness is a vice, and such drifting must not continue for him who would steer clear of catastrophe and destruction. They who have ... http://asamanthinkethblog.com/thought-and-purpose-chapter-4/ ALL that a man achieves and all that he fails to achieve is the direct result of his own thoughts. In a justly ordered universe, where loss of equipoise would mean total destruction, individual responsibility must be absolute. A man's weakness and strength, purity and impurity, are his own, and ... http://asamanthinkethblog.com/the-thought-factor-in-achievement-chapter-5/ THE dreamers are the saviours of the world. As the visible world is sustained by the invisible, so men, through all their trials and sins and sordid vocations, are nourished by the beautiful visions of their solitary dreamers. Humanity cannot forget its dreamers; it cannot let their ideals fade and ... http://asamanthinkethblog.com/visions-and-ideals-chapter-6/ CALMNESS of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom. It is the result of long and patient effort in self-control. Its presence is an indication of ripened experience, and of a more than ordinary knowledge of the laws and operations of thought. A man becomes calm in the ... http://asamanthinkethblog.com/serenity-chapter-7/ AS A MAN THINKETH BY: JAMES ALLEN _Mind is the Master power that moulds and makes, And Man is Mind, and evermore he takes The tool of Thought, and, shaping what he wills, Brings forth a thousand joys, a thousand ills:-- He thinks in secret, and it comes to pass: Environment is but his looking-glass._ Authorized Edition New York FOREWORD THIS ... http://asamanthinkethblog.com/preface/