Part 14 · Harmony · points 28–31 of 31 in this Part

This week: harmony

Your world without will be a reflection of your world within.

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Your world without will be a reflection of your world within.

This change of thought is called a discipline, and its first fruit is harmony. If you want harmonious conditions in your life, you must develop a harmonious mental attitude — the outside is a print of the inside, not a separate event. The exercise: concentrate on harmony so deeply, so earnestly, and so completely that you are conscious of nothing but harmony. Haanel adds the warning that decides whether any of this works: reading these lessons will get you nowhere. Application is where the value is.

Why this matters to you

Peace is not the reward for solving everything. It is the condition in which things finally get solved.

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.

140. What is the result of a harmonious mental attitude?

Harmonious conditions in life. Thought, immaterial though it may be, is the matrix that shapes the issues of life. “The mind has been active in all fields during this fruitful century, but it is to science we must look for the thoughts that have shaped all thinking.”

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Haanel's own words — points 28–31

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

This discipline, this change of thought, this mental attitude will not only bring you the material things which are necessary for your highest and best welfare, but will bring health and harmonious conditions generally.

If you wish harmonious conditions in your life, you must develop a harmonious mental attitude.

Your world without will be a reflection of your world within.

For your exercise this week, concentrate on Harmony. When I say concentrate, I mean all that the word implies; concentrate so deeply, so earnestly, that you will be conscious of nothing but harmony. Remember, we learn by doing. Reading these lessons will get you nowhere. It is in the practical application that the value lies. “Learn to keep the door shut, keep out of your mind and out of your world every element that seeks admittance with no definite helpful end in view.” - George Mathew Adams

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This week's exercise

Concentrating on Harmony (Part Fourteen)

Usual seat. Relax completely.

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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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1The energy underneath everythingOne energy underlies light, heat, motion and colour — and it is intelligent.2Cells, and the mind inside themEvery cell in your body is intelligent — and each carries a small negative mind too.3Behind every effect there is a causeTrace the effect back and you will always find a thought.4Thought must be clear, steady and definiteVague thought produces vague life. Fix it like a photograph.5This week: harmonyYour world without will be a reflection of your world within.

Part 14 · Harmony

Keep the door shut

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