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1、Asamanthinketh.ByJamesAllen.MindistheMasterpowerthatmouldsandmakes,AndManisMind,andevermorehetakesThetoolofThought,and,shapingwhathewills,Bringsforthathousandjoys,athousandills:—Hethinksinsecret,anditcomestopass:Environmentisbuthislooking-glass.Contents1.Forew
2、ord2.ThoughtandCharacter3.EffectofThoughtonCircumstances4.EffectofThoughtonHealthandtheBody5.ThoughtandPurpose6.TheThought-FactorinAchievement7.VisionsandIdeals8.SerenityForewordTHISlittlevolume(theresultofmeditationandexperience)isnotintendedasanexhaustivetre
3、atiseonthemuch-written-uponsubjectofthepowerofthought.Itissuggestiveratherthanexplanatory,itsobjectbeingtostimulatemenandwomentothediscoveryandperceptionofthetruththat—"Theythemselvesaremakersofthemselves."byvirtueofthethoughts,whichtheychooseandencourage;that
4、mindisthemaster-weaver,bothoftheinnergarmentofcharacterandtheoutergarmentofcircumstance,andthat,astheymayhavehithertowoveninignoranceandpaintheymaynowweaveinenlightenmentandhappiness.JAMESALLEN.BROADPARKAVENUE,ILFRACOMBE,ENGLAND1.ThoughtandCharacterTHEaphorism
5、,"Asamanthinkethinhisheartsoishe,"notonlyembracesthewholeofaman‘sbeing,butissocomprehensiveastoreachouttoeveryconditionandcircumstanceofhislife.Amanisliterallywhathethinks,hischaracterbeingthecompletesumofallhisthoughts.Astheplantspringsfrom,andcouldnotbewitho
6、ut,theseed,soeveryactofamanspringsfromthehiddenseedsofthought,andcouldnothaveappearedwithoutthem.Thisappliesequallytothoseactscalled"spontaneous"and"unpremeditated"astothose,whicharedeliberatelyexecuted.Actistheblossomofthought,andjoyandsufferingareitsfruits;t
7、husdoesamangarnerinthesweetandbitterfruitageofhisownhusbandry."Thoughtinthemindhathmadeus,WhatweareBythoughtwaswroughtandbuilt.Ifaman‘smindHathevilthoughts,paincomesonhimascomesThewheeltheoxbehind......IfoneendureInpurityofthought,joyfollowshimAshisownshadow—s
8、ure."Manisagrowthbylaw,andnotacreationbyartifice,andcauseandeffectisasabsoluteandundeviatinginthehiddenrealmofthoughtasintheworldofvisibleandmaterialthings.AnobleandGodlikecharacte