Think Big “So What”
Part 2
THINK & GROW RICH!
HOW TO MASTER SUCCESS CONSCIOUSNESS
Principle 7: Decision
Successful and wealthy people have one thing in common — “the habit of reaching decisions promptly, and of changing these decisions slowly, if, and when they were changed”. The reverse holds true for those to fail to accumulate money.
These people are able to reach decisions promptly and stand by their decisions because they have a definite purpose, backed by strong desire and faith. According to Hill, indecision is a habit. It develops in youth, and gains permanence over time, without definiteness of purpose. Courage is equally important to put decisions into action. Hill cautions against talking too much and listening or doing too little. “Genuine wisdom is usually conspicuous through modesty and silence”, and he advises that we use more of our eyes and ears, and less of our mouths.
Principle 8: Persistence
Persistence
“There may be no heroic connotation to the word “persistence”, but the quality is to the character of man what carbon is to steel.”
Persistence is built on will-power; it is what keeps you going in face of hurdles, and produces the sustained effort required to generate faith. Persistence as a state of mind is a function of several factors: desire, self-reliance, definiteness of plans, accurate knowledge, cooperation, will-power and habit.
There are several ways to strengthen your level of persistence:
- Have a definite purpose, backed by a burning desire
- Have a definite plan and act on it continuously
- Close your mind to all negative or discouraging influences
- Develop an alliance with people who will encourage you to follow through with your plan and purpose.
As Hill points out, applying the 13 principles of this book, and following through with the 6 steps provided is in itself the first test of your persistence. The good news is, every adversity and failure “brings with it a seed of an equivalent advantage.”
Principle 9: Power of the Master Mind
Power
“Power may be defined as organized and intelligently directed knowledge.”
Master Mind
“The coordination of knowledge and effort, in a spirit of harmony, between two or more people, for the attainment of a definite purpose.”
“No two minds ever come together without, thereby, creating a third, invisible, intangible force which may be likened to a third mind.”
Power is required both for the accumulation and retention of money. It requires “organized effort” of at least two people working in harmony, toward a definite goal.
We can acquire knowledge from various sources, including infinite intelligence, accumulated experience, experiment and research). However, to convert that knowledge to power, you must assemble it into definite plans and take concrete action, which is hard to achieve on your own.
Hill suggests that for great wealth and success, Masterminding is crucial. Master Mind is the “coordination of knowledge and effort, in a spirit of harmony, between two or more people, for the attainment of a definite purpose.”
There are 2 features underlying the Master Mind principle:
- Economic: The advice and cooperation by people who support your goals wholeheartedly and in harmony bring direct economic advantages.
- Psychic: This is a spiritual, abstract benefit. Hill likens the human brain to batteries — a group of brains connected in harmony will provide more thought energy than a single brain, and this increased energy becomes available to every brain in the group. In creating this “third mind”, the group becomes more than the sum of their parts.
In other words, when two or more people coordinate harmoniously toward a definite purpose, they place themselves in a position to absorb the power from Infinite Intelligence, which is “the greatest of all sources of power.”
Principle 10: The Mystery of Sex Transmutation
Sex Transmutation
“When driven by this desire, men develop keenness of imagination, courage, will-power, persistence, and creative ability unknown to them at other times.”
“Love, Romance, and Sex are all emotions capable of driving men to heights of super achievement…When combined, these three emotions may lift one to an altitude of a genius”.
Transmutation refers to the changing of one form of energy into another. Of all human desires, sex is the most powerful, and can stimulate great drive, imagination, persistence, courage and creative ability etc. Such desire or energy can be harnessed and redirected away from physical expression to other forms, including the accumulation of riches.
Hill states that “sex transmutation will lift one to the status of a genius”, and explains why this is so:
- What separates a genius from an ordinary man is his “sixth sense”, which comes from the use of his creative imagination. This involves increasing his thought vibrations to the point where he can receive ideas that otherwise cannot be received.
- A mind stimulant is any factor that can temporarily or permanently, increase one’s thought vibrations. Sex is the most powerful mind-stimuli that can elevate men into a higher plane of thought. Other common stimulants include love, a burning desire, music, friendship, master-mind alliance, mutual suffering, auto-suggestion, fear, narcotics and alcohol.
- On its own, sex energy may be uncontrollable or even destructive. However, it becomes balanced and constructive when mixed with emotions of love and romance, and the barriers between the finite mind of man and Infinite Intelligence are removed.
Essentially, successful men are often highly sexed, and harness this energy for the fulfilment of their definite purpose.
Principle 11: The Sub-Conscious Mind
The Subconscious Mind
” The subconscious mind is the connecting link between the finite mind of man and Infinite Intelligence. It is the intermediary through which one may draw upon the forces of Infinite Intelligence at will.”
“Positive and negative emotions cannot occupy the mind at the same time. One or the other must dominate. It is your responsibility to make sure that positive emotions constitute the dominating influence of your mind.”
“Sometimes men speak lightly of the intangibles — the things which they cannot perceive through any of their five senses, and when we hear them, it should remind us that all of us are controlled by forces which are unseen and intangible.”
The sub-conscious mind is the bridge to Infinite Intelligence. Here, every thought that reaches our objective mind through our 5 senses is classified, recorded, and can be retrieved at will. The sub-conscious mind has several characteristics:
- It works day and night, and it receives and files all impressions and thoughts, positive or negative, true or false.
- You can’t fully control it, but you can voluntarily plant in it any plan, thought, or purpose.
- It will act first on the dominating desires which are “magnetized” with emotions, and translate them into their physical equivalent.
- All 13 principles in this book act as stimulus for you to reach and to influence your subconscious mind. Since it can only be directed through habit, the process will take time.
Positive and negative emotions are mutually exclusive in your mind. Hence, when giving instructions to your subconscious mind, draw on positive emotions and avoid negative ones. 7 of the key positive emotions include desire, faith, love, sex, enthusiasm, romance and hope. 7 of the key negative emotions include Fear, jealousy, hatred, revenge, greed, superstition, and anger.
Principle 12: The Brain
Our brains are like broadcasting stations, constantly broadcasting and receiving thought vibrations. To operate our stations, we use the 3 principles of the Subconscious Mind, Creative Imagination and Auto-Suggestion, using Desire to put them into action:
- The subconscious mind is the “sending station” of the brain: When we mix feeling with thoughts, we pass them to our subconscious mind, and it broadcasts them to ether.
- Our Creative Imagination acts as the “receiving station” of the brain. We receive our creative Ideas in the form of hunches or inspiration, which come from Infinite Intelligence, one’s subconscious mind, or the mind of another person (who released the thought consciously or subconsciously).
The greater the vibration for receiving, the more open our brain is to external signals. These vibrations can be increased through emotions and having more people in a Master Mind group.
Principle 13: The Sixth Sense
The Sixth Sense
“The sixth sense defies description! It cannot be described to a person who has not mastered the other principles of this philosophy, because such a person has no knowledge and no experience with which the sixth sense may be compared.”
This last principle “can be assimilated, understood, and applied only by first mastering the other twelve principles”, by those who meditate and develop the mind from within. Through the sixth sense, you can access Infinite Intelligence naturally, without effort or demand.
Through your creative faculty, ideas, plans and thoughts are received in the form of hunches or inspiration. With sixth sense, you will be notified of impending dangers to avoid, potential opportunities to leverage, and have access to the Temple of Wisdom at will.
