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1、AsAManThinkethbyJamesAllenBroughttoyoubyCornerstoneBookswww.CornerstoneBooks.netForewordThislittlevolume(theresultofmeditationandexperience)isnotintendedasanexhaustivetreatiseonthemuch-writtenuponsubjectofthepowerofthought.Itissuggestiveratherthanexplanatory,itsobjectbeingtostimulatemen
2、andwomentothediscoveryandperceptionofthetruththat-"Theythemselvesaremakersofthemselves"byvirtueofthethoughtswhichtheychooseandencourage;thatmindisthemasterweaver,bothoftheinnergarmentofcharacterandtheoutergarmentofcircumstance,andthat,astheymayhavehithertowoveninignoranceandpaintheymayn
3、owweaveinenlightenmentandhappiness.JamesAllenChapterOneThoughtandCharacterTheaphorism,"Asamanthinkethinhisheartsoishe,"notonlyembracesthewholeofaman'sbeing,butissocomprehensiveastoreachouttoeveryconditionandcircumstanceofhislife.Amanisliterallywhathethinks,hischaracterbeingthecompletesu
4、mofallhisthoughts.Astheplantspringsfrom,andcouldnotbewithout,theseed,soeveryactofamanspringsfromthehiddenseedsofthought,andcouldnothaveappearedwithoutthem.Thisappliesequallytothoseactscalled"spontaneous"and"unpremeditated"astothosewhicharedeliberatelyexecuted.Actistheblossomofthought,an
5、djoyandsufferingareitsfruits;thusdoesamangarnerinthesweetandbitterfruitageofhisownhusbandry.Thoughtinthemindhathmadeus.WhatweareBythoughtwewroughtandbuilt.Ifaman'smindHathevilthoughts,paincomesonhimascomesThewheeltheoxbehind...Ifoneendureinpurityofthoughtjoyfollowshimashisownshadow-sure
6、.Manisagrowthbylaw,andnotacreationbyartifice,andcauseandeffectisasabsoluteandundeviatinginthehiddenrealmofthoughtasintheworldofvisibleandmaterialthings.AnobleandGodlikecharacterisnotathingoffavororchance,butisthenaturalresultofcontinuedeffortinrightthinking,theeffectoflong-cherishedasso
7、ciationwithGodlikethoughts.Anignobleandbestialcharacter,bythesameprocess,istheresultofthecontinuedharboringofgrovelingthoughts.Manismadeorunmadebyhimself;inthearmoryofthoughtheforgestheweaponsbywhichhedestroyshimself.Healsofashionsthetoolswithwhichhebuildsforhimselfheavenlymans
