Men
remain in evil because they are not willing or prepared to learn the lesson
which it came to teach them.
You
must get outside yourself, and must begin to examine and understand yourself.
Every
soul attracts its own, and nothing can possibly come to it that does not belong
to it.
What
you are, so is your world.
Every
soul is a complex combination of gathered experiences and thoughts, and the
body is but an improvised vehicle for its manifestation.
To them that seek the highest Good
All things subserve the wisest ends.
All glory and all good await
Having clothed himself
with humility, the first questions a man asks himself are:—
“How am I acting towards others?”
“What am I doing to others?”
“How am I thinking of others?”
“Are my thoughts of, and acts towards others prompted by unselfish love?”
“What am I doing to others?”
“How am I thinking of others?”
“Are my thoughts of, and acts towards others prompted by unselfish love?”
As a man, in the silence of his soul, asks himself
these searching questions, he will unerringly see where he has hitherto failed.
All men’s accomplishments were first wrought out
In thought, and then objectivised.
It
is the silent and conquering thought-forces which bring all things into
manifestation.
There
is nothing that a strong faith and an unflinching purpose may not accomplish.
Think
good thoughts, and they will quickly become actualized in your outward life in
the form of good conditions.
He
only is fitted to command and control who has succeeded in commanding and
controlling himself.
Be
of single aim. Have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself
unreservedly to it.
Self-seeking
is self-destruction.
Under
all circumstances do that which you believe to be right, and trust the Law;
trust the Divine Power, and you will always be protected.
Perfect
Love is Perfect Power.
Perfect
Love is Perfect Wisdom.
If
you really seek Truth, you will be willing to make the effort necessary for its
achievement.
Let
the supreme object of your meditation be Truth.
As
the flower opens its petals to receive the morning light, so open your soul
more and more to the glorious light of Truth.
Soar
upward on the wings of aspiration; be fearless, and believe in the loftiest possibilities.
A
beginning is a cause, and as such it must be followed by an effect.
THE
nature of an initial impulse will always determine the body of its results. A
beginning also presupposes an ending, a consummation, achievement, or goal. A
gate leads to a path, and the path leads to some particular destination; so a
beginning leads to results, and results lead to a completion.
There
are right beginnings and wrong beginnings, which are followed by effects of a
like nature. You can, by careful thought, avoid wrong beginnings and make right
beginnings, and so escape evil results and enjoy good results. In aiming at the
life of Blessedness, one of the simplest beginnings to be considered and
rightly made is that which we all make every day namely, the beginning of each
day’s life.
The
effect will always be of the same nature as the cause.
You are the
creator of your own shadows; you desire, and then you grieve; renounce, and
then you shall rejoice.
Wisdom
inheres in the common details of everyday existence.
When
the parts are made perfect, the Whole will be without blemish.
To
neglect small tasks, or to execute them in a perfunctory manner, is a mark of
weakness and folly.
There
is no way to strength and wisdom but by acting strongly and wisely in the
present moment.
If men only
understood that their hatred and resentment slays their peace and sweet
contentment, hurts themselves, helps not another, does not cheer one lonely
brother, they would seek the better doing of good deeds which leaves no ruing:—
If they only
understood.
If men only
understood how Love conquers; how prevailing is its might, grim hate assailing;
how compassion endeth sorrow, maketh wise, and doth not borrow pain of passion,
they would ever live in Love, in hatred never:—
If
they only understood.
He
who masters the small becomes the rightful possessor of the great.
He
who regards his smallest delinquencies as of the gravest nature becomes a
saint.
Truth
is wrapped up in infinitesimal details.
Thoroughness
is genius.
Truth
in its very nature is ineffable and can only be lived.
He
who has most of Charity has most of Truth.
There
is but one religion, the religion of Truth.
The
signs by which the Truth-lover is known are unmistakable.
If you are one of
those who are praying for, and looking forward to a happier world beyond the
grave, here is a message of gladness for you—you may enter into and realize
that happy world now; it fills the whole universe, and it is within you,
waiting for you to find, acknowledge, and possess.
Said one who understood the
inner laws of Being—“When men shall say, lo here, or lo there, go not after
them. The Kingdom of God is within you.”
That
which temptation appeals to and arouses is unconquered desire.
Aspiration
can carry a man to heaven.
A
man must know himself, if he is to know Truth.
He
who cannot fearlessly face his lower nature cannot climb the rugged heights of
renunciation.
Seek
diligently the path of holiness.
The
renunciation of self is the way of Truth.
He
who ceases to be passion’s slave becomes a master-builder in the Temple of
Destiny.
Only
that work endures that is built upon an indestructible principle.
Men
and women of real power and influence are few.
There
is no way to the acquirement of spiritual power except by that inward
illumination and enlightenment.
All
pain and sorrow is spiritual starvation, and aspiration is the cry for food.
It
is in solitude only that a man can be truly revealed to himself.
Inward
harmony is spiritual power.
Make
no stay, no resting-place, until the inmost garment of your soul is bereft of
every stain.
In
solitude a man gathers strength to meet the difficulties and temptations of
life.
He
who loves Truth, who desires and seeks wisdom, will be much alone.
Human
loves are reflections of the Divine Love.
Divine
Love knows neither sorrow nor change.
Let
a man learn to stand alone.
Be
rich in yourself, be complete in yourself.
Find
your center of balance and succeed in standing alone.
UNTIL you can
stand alone, looking for guidance neither to spirits nor mortals, gods nor men,
but guiding yourself by the light of the truth within you, you are not
unfettered and free, not altogether blessed. But do not mistake pride for
self-reliance. To attempt to stand upon the crumbling foundation of pride is to
be already fallen. No man depends upon others more than the proud man. His
happiness is entirely in the hands of others. But the self-reliant man stands,
not upon personal pride, but on an abiding law, principle, ideal, reality,
within himself. Upon this he poises himself, refusing to be swept from his
strong foothold either by the waves of passion within or the storms of opinion
without.
Find
the joy that results from well-earned freedom,
the peace that flows from wise self-possession,
the blessedness that inheres in native strength.
the peace that flows from wise self-possession,
the blessedness that inheres in native strength.
Book of Meditations
&
Thoughts for the Day
For Every Day in the Year
James Allen
A
combination of two books: 'Morning and Evening Thoughts' by James Allen,
published 1909 and 'James Allen's Book of Meditations' published 1913.
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James Allen
(1864 – 1912)
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