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Part 1 · The World Within · points 6–12 of 45 in this Part

Two worlds: within and without

The world without is a reflection of the world within.

7 numbered points · 1 study question · 2 min read

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The world without is a reflection of the world within.

Think of yourself as having two lives at once. The world within is thought, feeling, belief, imagination. The world without is what you can see and touch: your conditions, your environment, your relationships. Haanel says the second is a print of the first. When the inner world is in order, the outer one tends to fall into order, because you act differently from a settled mind. Discord outside usually started as confusion inside.
Why this matters to you
Your outside life is the print, not the plate. Today's conditions are not the final word, because the plate is still in your hands.

Study question for this sublevel

Haanel put a review question at the end of every part. Answer out loud first — the recall is what moves it into memory.

1. What is the world without in its relation to the world within?

The world without is a reflection of the world within.

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Haanel's own words — points 6–12

Quoted exactly from The Master Key System (1912, public domain). The translation above is ours; this is his.

6

There is a world within – a world of thought and feeling and power; of light and life and beauty and, although invisible, its forces are mighty.

7

The world within is governed by mind. When we discover this world we shall find the solution for every problem, the cause for every effect; and, since the world within is subject to our control, all laws of power and possession are also within our control.

8

The world without is a reflection of the world within. What appears without is what has been found within. In the world within may be found infinite Wisdom, infinite Power, and an infinite Supply of all that is necessary, waiting for unfoldment, development and expression. If we recognize these potentialities in the world within, they will take form in the world without.

9

Harmony in the world within will be reflected in the world without by harmonious conditions, agreeable surroundings, the best of everything. It is the foundation of health and a necessary essential to all greatness, all power, all attainment, all achievement and all success.

10

Harmony in the world within means the ability to control our thoughts, and to determine for ourselves how any experience is to affect us.

11

Harmony in the world within results in optimism and affluence; affluence within results in affluence without.

12

The world without reflects the circumstances and the conditions of the consciousness within.

Put it to work

This week's exercise

The Silent Sit (Part One)

Pick a room where you can be alone and undisturbed. Same room, same seat each day if you can manage it.

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Sit with it

Guided stillness timer

The sit is the whole foundation of the course: still body, watched breath, no phone. Pick five minutes if fifteen feels like a hill.

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Keep going

1The law of increaseWhat you entertain, you get more of.2Two worlds: within and withoutThe world without is a reflection of the world within.3Life unfolds, it does not pile upYou grow from within. You do not accumulate from without.4Two minds in one personOne mind meets the world; the other meets the universe.5One mind, and you are part of itYour ability to think is your ability to act on the universal.6Why most people never change ⚠Most people work on effects. The cause lives inside.
Part 1 · The World Within

Change the cause, not the effect

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