Part 20 · Into the Silence · points 20–24 of 30 in this Part

Breath and the larger supply

You can live more abundantly every time you breathe — if you ask for more.

5 numbered points · 2 study questions · 2 min read

The one line to keep

You can live more abundantly every time you breathe — if you ask for more.

Haanel uses breathing as the simplest demonstration of a bigger principle: we can live more abundantly every time we breathe, because the supply waiting to be received is not the constraint. The constraint is demand — how much we are prepared to take in and use. He quotes the old line, 'In Him we live and move and have our being', and points out that every breath physically confirms it.

Why this matters — Part 20

There is a kind of loneliness that comes with despair — the feeling of being a small, broken, disconnected thing in a cold universe. Haanel's answer isn't a pep talk; it's a change of address. You are not an orphan in a hostile place, you are inside a life that is inside you. In the Silence, there is nothing to fix and no one to impress — only a presence that has never once considered you an outsider. Sit there a while. That is the medicine.

Study questions 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.

197. What is this Universal Mind?

The basic fact of all existence.

198. What is the cause of all lack, limitation, disease and discord?

It is due to the operation of exactly the same law, the law operates relentlessly and is continually bringing about conditions in correspondence with the thought which originated or created them.

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Haanel's own words — points 20–24

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

We can live more abundantly every time we breathe, if we consciously breathe with that intention. The IF is a very important condition in this case, as the intention governs the attention, and without the attention you can secure only the results which every one else secures: That is, a supply equal to the demand.

In order to secure the larger supply your demand must be increased, and as you consciously increase the demand the supply will follow. You will find yourself coming into a larger and larger supply of life, energy and vitality.

The reason for this is not difficult to understand, but it is another of the vital mysteries of life which does not seem to be generally appreciated. If you make it your own, you will find it one of the great realities of life.

We are told that “In Him we live and move and have our being,” and we are told that “He” is a Spirit, and again that “He” is Love, so that every time we breathe, we breathe this life, love, and spirit. This is Pranic Energy, or Pranic Ether. We could not exist a moment without it. It is the Cosmic Energy; it is the Life of the Solar Plexus.

Every time we breathe, we fill our lungs with air and at the same time vitalize our body with this Pranic Ether which is Life itself, so that we have the opportunity of making a conscious connection with All Life, All Intelligence and All Substance.

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The Silence (Part Twenty)

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1The spirit of a thing is that thingWithout spirit, ownership is an empty shell.2Perception comes only in the Silence ⚠Your failures run on exactly the same law as your successes.3Inspiration is self-realisationInspiration comes from within, and it needs a silent room.4Breath and the larger supplyYou can live more abundantly every time you breathe — if you ask for more.5The breath of life — and a warning about willpowerDon't try to force the law. Cooperate with it instead.6This week: go into the SilenceFind the key to every problem — physical, financial, environmental.

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