William Walker Atkinson

Thought-Force in Business and everyday Life (eBook, ePUB)

Lessons in Personal Magnetism, Psychic Influence, Thought-Force, Concentration, Will Power, and Practical Mental Science

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Produktbeschreibung

In most people's minds, the term Personal Magnetism conveys the idea of a current radiating from the person of the magnetic individual, drawing to itself all those within the radius of its magnetic force. This idea, although erroneous on the whole, nevertheless contains within it the germ of real truth. There is a current of attractive force radiating from man, but it is not a magnetic force to the extent that the term "magnetism" implies any connection with magnet or electricity. The human magnetic current, while having some resemblance to these two familiar forces in its effects, has no real connection with them as far as its origin or intrinsic nature is concerned.

What we call Personal Magnetism is the subtle current of thought-waves, or thought-vibrations, projected by the human mind. Every thought created by our mind is a force of greater or lesser intensity, varying in strength according to the impulse given to it at the time of its creation. When we think, we send out from us a subtle current, flowing like a thick ray away from us through space, a strong thought will go on a mission charged with a powerful power, and will often break down the instinctive resistance of the minds of others to external impressions, while a weak thought will not be able to gain a Trance entrance to the mental castle of another, unless that castle is poorly guarded. Repeated thoughts along the same lines, sent one after another, often produce an entrance where a single wave of thought, though much stronger, will be repelled. It is a display of a physical law in the psychic world, and exemplifies the old saying about the constant drip that consumes a stone.

We are all influenced far more than we are aware by the thoughts of others. I don't mean by their opinions, but by their thoughts. A great writer on this subject says very sincerely, "Thoughts are things." They are things, and very powerful. If we do not understand this fact, we are at the mercy of a powerful force whose nature we do not know and whose existence many of us deny. On the other hand, if we understand the nature and laws that govern this wonderful force, we can master it and make it our instrument and assistant. Every thought we create, whether weak or strong, good or bad, healthy or unhealthy, sends out its vibratory waves, which affect, to a greater or lesser degree, all those with whom we come in contact, or who may come within the range of our thought vibrations. Thought waves are like ripples on a pond caused by the throwing of a stone; they move in ever-widening circles, radiating from a central point. Naturally, if an impulse projects thought waves strongly toward a certain object, its force will be felt most strongly at that point.

The man who thinks about Energy manifests Energy. The man who thinks about Courage manifests Courage. The man who thinks, "I can and will," "comes," while the man who "cannot" "remains." You know that this is true. Now, what causes the difference?

Produktdetails

• Verlag: David De Angelis
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Februar 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9791222079783
• Artikelnr.: 67621818

Autorenporträt

William Walker Atkinson (December 5, 1862 - November 22, 1932) was an attorney, merchant, publisher, and author, as well as an occultist and an American pioneer of the New Thought movement. He is the author of the pseudonymous works attributed to Theron Q. Dumont and Yogi Ramacharaka.[1] He wrote an estimated 100 books, all in the last 30 years of his life. He was mentioned in past editions of Who's Who in America, in Religious Leaders of America, and in several similar publications. His works have remained in print more or less continuously since 1900. William Walker Atkinson was born in Baltimore, Maryland on December 5, 1862,[4] to Emma and William Atkinson. He began his working life as a grocer at 15 years old, probably helping his father. He married Margret Foster Black of Beverly, New Jersey, in October 1889, and they had two children. Their first child probably died young. The second later married and had two daughters. Atkinson pursued a business career from 1882 onwards and in 1894 he was admitted as an attorney to the Bar of Pennsylvania. While he gained much material success in his profession as a lawyer, the stress and over-strain eventually took its toll, and during this time he experienced a complete physical and mental breakdown, and financial disaster. He looked for healing and in the late 1880s he found it with New Thought, later attributing the restoration of his health, mental vigor and material prosperity to the application of the principles of New Thought. Some time after his healing, Atkinson began to write articles on the truths he felt he had discovered, which were then known as Mental Science. In 1889, an article by him entitled "A Mental Science Catechism," appeared in Charles Fillmore's new periodical, Modern Thought. By the early 1890s Chicago had become a major centre for New Thought, mainly through the work of Emma Curtis Hopkins, and Atkinson decided to move there. Once in the city, he became an active promoter of the movement as an editor and author. He was responsible for publishing the magazines Suggestion (1900-1901), New Thought (1901-1905) and Advanced Thought (1906-1916). In 1900 Atkinson worked as an associate editor of Suggestion, a New Thought Journal, and wrote his probable first book, Thought-Force in Business and Everyday Life, being a series of lessons in personal magnetism, psychic influence, thought-force, concentration, will-power, and practical mental science.