1. The necessary interaction of the conscious and subconscious mind requires a similar interaction between the corresponding systems of nerves. The cerebro-spinal system is the organ of the conscious mind, and the sympathetic is the organ of the subconscious. The cerebro-spinal is the channel through which you receive conscious perception from the physical senses, and exercise control over the movements of the body. This system of nerves has its center in the brain.
2. The sympathetic system has its center in a ganglionic mass at the back of the stomach known as the solar plexus, and is the channel of that mental action which unconsciously supports the vital functions of the body.
3. The connection between the two systems is made by the vagus nerve, which passes out of the cerebral region as a portion of the voluntary system to the thorax, sending out branches to the heart and lungs, and finally passing through the diaphragm loses its outer coating and becomes identified with the nerves of the sympathetic system, so forming a connecting link between the two and making mankind physically a single entity.
4. You have seen that every thought is received by the brain, which is the organ of the conscious; it is here subjected to your power of reasoning. When the objective mind has been satisfied that the thought is true, it is sent to the solar plexus, or the brain of the subjective mind, to be made into your flesh, to be brought into the world as a reality. It is then no longer susceptible to any arguement whatever. The subconscious mind cannot argue ; it only acts. It accepts the conclusions of the objective mind as final.
5. The solar plexus has been likened to the sun of the body, because it is a central point of distribution for the energy, force and power which the body is constantly generating. This energy is very real energy, and the sun is a very real sun, the the energy is being distributed by very real nerves to all parts of your body, and thrown off in an atmosphere which envelops the body.
6. If this radiation is sufficiently strong the person is called magnetic and said to be filled with personal magnetism. Such a person may yeild an immence power for good. The person's presence along will often bring comfort to those troubled minds with which they come in contact.
7. When the solar plexus is in active operation and is radiating life, energy, force, power and vitality to every part of the body, and to everyone whom they meet, the sensations are pleasant, the body is filled with health and all with whom they come in contact experience a pleasant sensation.
8. If there is any interruption of this radiation the sensations are unpleasant, the flow of life and energy to some part of the body is stopped, and this is the cause of every ill to the human race, physical, mental or environmental.
9. Physical because the sun of the body is no longer generating sufficient energy, force or power to vitalize some part of the body; mental because the conscious mind is dependant upon the subconscious mind for the vitality necessary to support its thought, and environmental because the connection between the subconscious mind and the universal mind is being interrupted.
10. The solar plexus is the point at which the part meets with the whole, where the finite becomes infinite, where the uncreate becomes create, the universal becomes individualized, the invisible becomes visible. It is the point at which life appears, and there is no limit to the amount of life an individual may generate from the solar plexus center.
11. This center of energy, force and power is omnipotent because it is the point of contact with all life and all intelligence. It can therefore accomphish whatever it is directed to acccomplish, and herein lies the unity of the conscious mind; the subconscious can and will carry out such purpose and ideas as may be suggested to it by the conscious mind.
12. Conscious thought, then, is master of this sun center from which the life and unity of the entire body flow, and the quality of the thought which you entertain determines the quality of thought which this sun will radiate; and the character of the thought which your conscious mind entertains will determine the character of the thought which this sun will radiate, and the nature of the thought which your conscious mind entertains and consequently will determine the nature of the experience which will result.
13. It is evident, all you have to do is to let your light shine; the more energy, force and power you can radiate, the more rapidly shall you be enabled to transmute undesirable conditions into sources of pleasure and profit. How do you generate your unity to let this light shine; how to generate this unity?
14. Non-resistant thought expands the solar plexus; resistant thought contracts it. Pleasant thought expands it; unpleasant thought contracts it. Thoughts of courage, energy, force, power, confidence and hope all produce a corresponding state, but the one-arch enemy of the solar plexus which must be absolutely destroyed before there is any possibility of letting any light shine is fear. This enemy must be completely destroyed; it must be eliminated; it must be expelled for ever; it is the cloud which hides the sun; which causes a perpetual gloom.
15. It is this personal devil which makes you fear the past, the present and the future; fear themselves; friends and enemies; everything and everybody. When fear is effectually and completely destroyed, your light will shine, the clouds will disperse and you will have found the source of power and life.
16. When you find that you are really one with the infinite unity, and when you can consciously realize this unity by a practical demonstration of your ability to over-come any adverse condition by the energy, force and power of your thoughts, you will have nothing to fear; fear will have been destroyed and you will have come into possession of your birthright.
17. It is your attitude of mind towards life which determines the experiences with which you are to meet; if you expect nothing you shall have nothing; if you demand much you shall receive the greater portion. The world is harsh only as you fail to assert yourself. The criticism of the world is bitter only to those who cannot compel room for their ideas. It is fear of this criticism that causes many ideas to fail to see the light of day.
18. But the person who knows that they have a solar plexus will not fear criticism or anything else.
19. A knowedge of your ability consciously to radiate health, courage, confidence, strength and harmony will bring you into a realization that there is nothing to fear because you are in touch with infinite strength.
20. This knowledge can be gained only by making a practicle application. You learn by doing; through practice the athlete becomes powerful.
21. As the following statement is of considerable importance, you cannot fail to get the full significance of it. If you are religiously inclined, you can let your light shine. If your mind has a bias towards physical science, you can wake your solar plexus; or, if you prefer the strictly scientific interpretation, you can impress your subconscious mind.
22. You have already learned that the subconscious is intelligent and that it is creative, and responsive to the will of the conscious mind. What, then, is the most natural way of making the desired impression? Mentally concentrate on the object of your desire; when you are concentrating, your impressing the subconscious.
23. This is not the only way, but it is a simple and effective way, and the most direct way, and consequently the way in which the best results are secured. It is the method which is producing such extraordinary results that many think that miracles are being accomplished.
24. It is the method by which every great inventor, every great financier, every great statesman has been enable to convert the subtle and invisible energies, forces and powers of desire, faith and confidence into actual, tangible, concrete facts in the objective world.
25. The subconscious mind is a part of the universal mind. The universal is the creative principle of the universe; a part must be the same in kind and quality as the whole. This means that this creative power is absolutley unlimited; it is not bound by precedent of any kind, and consequently has no prior existing pattern by which to apply its constructive principle.
26. You have found that the subconscious mind is responsive to your conscious will, which means that the unlimited creative unity of the Universal Mind is within the control of the conscious mind of the individual.
27. When making a practical application of this principle, it is well to remember that it is not necessary to outline the method by which the subconscious will produce the results you desire. The finite cannot inform the infinite. You are simply to think what you desire, not how you are to obtain it.
28. You are the channel by which the undifferentiated is being differentiated, and this differentation is being accomplished by appropriation. It only requires recognition to set causes in motion which will bring about results in accordance with your desire, and this is accomplished because the universal can act only through the individual, and the individual can act only through the universal; they are one.
