Faith

Preceding quote: There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge. Both Poverty and riches are the offspring of thought.

Before I write on the subject of Faith, I want to make it clear that I am not discussing Faith in its religious terms and do not intend to get into a deeper conversation on the topic. Although I believe Mr. Hill did attempt to make this correlation.

Hill believes that Faith is a state of mind that may be induced or created by affirmation or repeated instructions to the subconscious mind through the principle of autosuggestion. This is the only known method of voluntary development of the emotion of faith.

He explains that any impulse of thought that is repeatedly passed on to the subconscious mind is finally accepted and acted upon by the subconscious mind which proceeds to translate that impulse into it's physical equivalent. From this statement it is apparent that the subconscious mind will translate into its physical equivalent a thought impulse of a negative or destructive nature just as readily as it will act upon thought impulses of a positive or constructive nature.

Hill is a firm believer that people who believe they are doomed to poverty and failure because of some strange force over which they have no control are actually the creators of their own misfortunes because of their negative beliefs which are picked up by the subconscious mind.

As discussed in my previous post on desire, the six step formula for transmuting desire into its physical equivalent has a better chance of success if the plan is specifically written out and read out loud at least twice daily.

Faith is the reason that these two steps are so important. The world is full of negativity. This dark karma can easily taint the subconscious mind and ruin any well thought out plan. Only by dedication to a definite of purpose and constant positive affirmation can the subconscious mind stay the course to deliver the physical equivalent we desire.

There are scores of examples where success has been pulled from the jaws of failure. Faith is the only known antidote for failure.

No plan will ever go exactly as envisioned forever. There will be setbacks and “issues”. This is the time when those with little or no faith give up. The subconscious mind makes no distinction between constructive and destructive thought impulses. It works with the material we feed it though our thought impulses. It will translate into reality a thought driven by fear just as readily as one driven by courage or faith.

Mr. Hills analogy was “Like the wind that carries one ship east and another west, the law of autosuggestion will lift you up or pull you down according to the way you set your sails of thought”

Mr Hill offers the following verse to describe the power of autosuggestion:

If you think you are beaten, you are
If you think you dare not, you don't
If you like to win, but you think you can't,
It is almost certain you won't

If you think you'll lose, you're lost,
For out in the world we find,
Success begin's with a fellow's will-
It's all in the state of mind

If you think you are outclassed, you are,
you've got to think high to rise,
You've to to be sure of yourself before
You can ever min a prize

Life's battles don't always go
To the stronger or faster man,
But soon or late the man who wins
Is the man WHO THINKS HE CAN.