As A Man Thinketh (21st Century Edition)

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Came quick and in mint condition. Would recommend to anyone who does not own a copy! One needs to be reminded of these basic principles for living. I find that if I write goals down they are more likely to happen. I am finding much pleasure in the smaller things of life. This is a book to hopefully reform thinking to a more positive way to gain that peace of mind rather than success as such. I believe in the laws of the universe and this book managed to condense it in few pages, making it an easy read I think young adults and teenagers should read this book because it will shape their whole life.

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As a Man Thinketh by James Allen

You already change your world unconsciously. Would you like to know how to change your world consciously? Become a Quantum Sorcerer! The Road Back to You: Surely he would remind us, as Barbara Erhenreich has tried to do, that perfectly virtuous people fail and suffer everyday. And that perfect scoundrals, animalistic beasts, succeed and prosper all the time. For some reason I think of Adam Sandler. I believe he once commented with pride that he did not finish high school.

As a Man Thinketh

Surely people all know, in this day and age, that "serenity" is not a viable goal in life? That the best we can do is meet the challenges as they come, acknowledge that life is always a struggle, and find reasons to continue the struggle? Surely people don't fall for this dully polished hogwash, already dreadfully unoriginal by ? Doesn't the pompousness, the selfishness, the sheer vacuity of Allen's thinking show through? Sadly, there truly is no end to how gullible readers can be. I suppose when you combine basic ignorance with the anxiety and ambivalence we all feel these days trust me I feel it too then the result is that a large part of the population will continue to purchase the age-old idea that "right thoughts" will change the world.

I've hit on yet another node of the most compelling fantasy that exists in this market-and-work oriented world.

View all 7 comments. In , a number of leading self-help authors were asked to list the works that were, to them, most inspirational. Despite the fact that his books have been inspirational for generations, very little is known about the man himself. He was born in Leicester, England. When he was fifteen his father was brutally murdered by a robber, forcing Allen out of school and into the workforce.

He eventually worked his way up to the position In , a number of leading self-help authors were asked to list the works that were, to them, most inspirational. He eventually worked his way up to the position of executive secretary for a high ranking officer of an English corporation. Then, at the age of 38, he retired with his wife to a small cottage in Ilfracombe, a tiny town on the northernmost coast of England. In As a Man Thinketh was published - about the same time Allen made this move.

He and his wife intentionally pursued a simple life of gardening and contemplation. In the next ten years, Allen wrote more than twenty more books, and then he suddenly died at the age of 48, in This book is barely 7, words long - about thirty pages of a typically printed paperback.

And yet it rewards every single reading, no matter how many times you return to it. Each sentence is a pearl of truth and wisdom; each word carries as much meaning as a single word possibly can. If you read it once and underline every statement that strikes you as profoundly true, and then read it again, still underlining, and then again, you will underline the entire book.

As with all books like this, the author is careful to acknowledge that everything he is about to say has been said many times before. On the first page he opens with a quote from the The Dhammapada: The Sayings of the Buddha , which is based upon an oral tradition that may be 10, years old. The ancient "wisdom" Allen summarizes for us is not really "wisdom" at all. It is fact; accepting it as such can completely rejuvenate your life. James Allen's words still resonate today because he speaks of the very nature of consciousness.

Since our consciousness is entirely under our control -- which Viktor Frankl shows us is the case even in the most horrific of conditions in his heartrending classic Man's Search for Meaning -- then our ultimate responsibility is for us to use our consciousness in the proper way. The essential idea that we can control consciousness is hotly debated by theologians, but if we accept for the moment that we can control our thoughts, the next obvious question is what we ought to do with them.

Here is one of Allen's most succinct instructions: A man's mind may be likened to a garden, which may be intelligently cultivated or allowed to run wild; but whether cultivated or neglected, it must, and will, bring forth. If no useful seeds are put into it, then an abundance of useless weed-seeds will fall therein, and will continue to produce their kind. Just as a gardener cultivates his plot, keeping it free from weeds, and growing the flowers and fruits which he requires, so may a man tend the garden of his mind, weeding out all the wrong, useless, and impure thoughts, and cultivating toward perfection the flowers and fruits of right, useful, and pure thoughts.

By pursuing this process, a man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life. He also reveals, within himself, the laws of thought, and understands, with ever-increasing accuracy, how the thought-forces and mind-elements operate in the shaping of his character, circumstances, and destiny. Thought and character are one, and as character can only manifest and discover itself through environment and circumstance, the outer conditions of a person's life will always be found to be harmoniously related to his inner state.

This does not mean that a man's circumstances at any given time are an indication of his entire character, but that those circumstances are so intimately connected with some vital thought-element within himself that, for the time being, they are indispensable to his development. Every man is where he is by the law of his being; the thoughts which he has built into his character have brought him there, and in the arrangement of his life there is no element of chance, but all is the result of a law which cannot err.

This is just as true of those who feel "out of harmony" with their surroundings as of those who are contented with them. As a progressive and evolving being, man is where he is that he may learn that he may grow; and as he learns the spiritual lesson which any circumstance contains for him, it passes away and gives place to other circumstances. Man is buffeted by circumstances so long as he believes himself to be the creature of outside conditions, but when he realizes that he is a creative power, and that he may command the hidden soil and seeds of his being out of which circumstances grow, he then becomes the rightful master of himself.

That circumstances grow out of thought every man knows who has for any length of time practiced self-control and self-purification, for he will have noticed that the alteration in his circumstances has been in exact ratio with his altered mental condition. So true is this that when a man earnestly applies himself to remedy the defects in his character, and makes swift and marked progress, he passes rapidly through a succession of vicissitudes.

The soul attracts that which it secretly harbors; that which it loves, and also that which it fears; it reaches the height of its cherished aspirations; it falls to the level of its unchastened desires; and circumstances are the means by which the soul receives its own.

as a Man Thinketh 21st Century Edition (the Wisdom of James Allen) 9781548740764

Every thought-seed sown or allowed to fall into the mind, and to take root there, produces its own, blossoming sooner or later into act, and bearing its own fruitage of opportunity and circumstances. Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bad fruit. The outer world of circumstance shapes itself to the inner world of thought, and both pleasant and unpleasant external conditions are factors which make for the ultimate good of the individual.

As the reaper of his own harvest, man learns both by suffering and bliss. Following the inmost desires, aspirations, thoughts, by which he allows himself to be dominated pursuing the will-o'-the-wisps of impure imagining or steadfastly walking the highway of strong and high endeavor , a man at last arrives at their fruition and fulfillment in the outer condition of his life.

Allen also addresses the anxiety that you might feel the moment you accept this wisdom as truth. You might worry that your negative thoughts are going to manifest themselves around you. You may also worry that you can't control your mind - that it presents "impure imagining" to you whether you want it to or not. This is the human condition; you are not alone. The method for gaining control of your "innermost desires, aspirations, [and] thoughts" is to work at it continuously. Become aware of your mind, and simply do not berate yourself.

Learn how to let negativity flow into the past, and how to begin again from the moment. When you scold yourself for having a negative thought, let that, too, flow into the past, and begin again. Focus on what you want, or if you don't know what you want, focus on thoughts that will lead you to know what you want. There is no other way. Jan 26, Sarah M. View all 5 comments. I found this in one of my apartments on my mission and it looks like it used to be required reading.

I read it then and thought it was decent. I read it recently and thought it was pretty poor. It felt a little bit too much like "The Secret" If you think good thoughts you'll have a good happy life and vice versa. If only those people suffering genocide in Darfur could think better thoughts To be fair, I do agree to an extent and know that focus I found this in one of my apartments on my mission and it looks like it used to be required reading.

To be fair, I do agree to an extent and know that focusing your energy and thoughts on something will help you achieve said goal, or help you to be a particular way. And we all know the power of positive thinking. I guess I can agree on some of Allen's premise here, but I feel like he takes it too far, and man does he beat a dead horse. This book just repeats itself over and over and gets a bit tiresome, especially for something so short. I can hardly believe that this book was published in !

If you know about the "Law of Attraction" it's very likely you found out about it from a movie called The Secret that came out in - a years later! A part of the human population was blown away by it me included , other parts were either amused, disturbed, hated it or found it hard to care. It's very likely you'll I can hardly believe that this book was published in ! It's very likely you'll end up thinking I need some serious help. XD Which is fine, you don't know where I live anyways. Before I say anything else, I have to admit that although I practice the Law I freak out every time it works and I agree with the majority of the teachings e.

I am rather concerned with the general obsession for owning stuff and believing that having something that you currently lack will bring you happiness. So in this new "happiness movement" people often get encouraged to desire stuff. Or at least imagine we already have them. We all know that owning the newest piece of technology will make us happier.

Just look at all those happy faces in the smartphone TV ads. Or how happy physically fit and attractive people look on the Posters. Look at the rich people on the news! We are almost being conditioned to desire , to think happy thoughts all the time, to wish for better jobs, more money, a truer love, bigger home, etc.

And we often end up neglecting what we currently posses. In fact, the more we believe that thoughts can attract something better, the more we might end up hating the situation we are currently in. The main problem is Who taught us to want it? Will it really make us happier? And when do we put a stop to it? What do we do if we become addicted to "desiring"? What if we are never satisfied? If it's easy and quick? Why waste your time and energy dealing with a problem, learning tolerance or practicing forgiveness, when all you have to do is just move on the next option?

I guess, what I'm trying to say is- don't take this book and The Secret way too seriously. Life is not meant to be spent solely on chasing after dreams or wishing for a better future. Sometimes, problems happen for a reason and sometimes misfortune is what makes us better, more human. In my experience, the Law worked in two cases: When my mind is cleared after experiencing some dramatic phase of my life and I am super focused on what I want for a couple of days, then I stop thinking about it completely.

When I end up being happy with what I have, practice mindfulness and just feel super relaxed. This takes longer, because I don't really desire anything at this stage, but if I remember to wish for something I just do it for a few minutes and then go back to being "present". Un Fortunately, I'm too busy with life to really spend too much time contemplating the "wrongness" of my current situation. Don't wish for something when you are feeling depressed for not having it. If you are stuck and you find it hard to "manifest", try reading the teachings of Buddha, Tao or Toltec Philosophy to balance the "ego".

The Secret is better written, better explained, more practical and more relevant, but I would still recommend As a Man Thinketh for everyone who is curious. It's a revolutionary but not very well-known piece of work that has also inspired Napoleon Hill to write Think and Grow Rich. The first half hour is damn right freaky and feels like you are watching some weird religious propaganda if you're new to it. Dec 19, Amir Tesla rated it it was amazing Shelves: This wonderful book is one the most exquisite, delicate, books I've ever read. Statements being uttered in the book carry a heavy deal of wisdom while gently they touch your soul.

Here are some of them: His wishes and prayers are only gratified and answered when they harmonize with his thoughts and actions. Mar 06, Viji Bookish endeavors rated it really liked it Shelves: This book is about the value of thoughts,how they influence a man,or rather how they make a man. The text is divided into different chapters,each on how thought is related to various aspects of life, and gives a clear and brief explanation of how thoughts influence one's life. To summarize the text in its own words..

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It obeys the operations of the mind, whether they be deliberately chosen or automatically expressed. At the bidding of unlawful thoughts the body sinks rapidly into disease and decay; at the command of glad and beautiful thoughts it becomes clothed with youthfulness and beauty. He should make this purpose the centralizing point of his thoughts. It may take the form of a spiritual ideal, or it may be a worldly object, according to his nature at the time being; but whichever it is, he should steadily focus his thought-forces upon the object, which he has set before him.

Before a man can achieve anything, even in worldly things, he must lift his thoughts above slavish animal indulgence. It is the result of long and patient effort in self-control. Its presence is an indication of ripened experience, and of a more than ordinary knowledge of the laws and operations of thought. Oct 05, Azza rated it it was ok Shelves:

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