Part 24 · The Master Key · points 7–14 of 31 in this Part
How error is destroyed
Go into the Silence and build the true image. Error has no defence against truth.
8 numbered points · 2 study questions · 3 min read
Go into the Silence and build the true image. Error has no defence against truth.
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.
233. What is the method of destroying any form of error?
To absolutely convince yourself of the Truth concerning the condition which you wish to see manifested.
234. Can we do this for others?
The Universal Mind in which we live and move and have our being is one and indivisible; it is therefore just as possible to help others as to help ourselves.
Haanel's own words — points 7–14
Quoted exactly from The Master Key System (1912, public domain). The translation above is ours; this is his.
Those who heal diseases by mental methods have come to know this truth; they demonstrate it in their lives and the lives of others daily. They know that life, health and abundance are Omnipresent, filling all space, and they know that those who allow disease or lack of any kind to manifest have as yet not come into an understanding of this great law.
As all conditions are thought-creations and therefore entirely mental, disease and lack are simply mental conditions in which the person fails to perceive the truth; as soon as the error is removed, the condition is removed.
The method for removing this error is to go into the Silence and know the Truth. As all mind is one mind, you can do this for yourself or anyone else. If you have learned to form mental images of the conditions desired, this will be the easiest and quickest way to secure results; if not, results can be accomplished by argument, by the process of convincing yourself absolutely of the truth of your statement.
Remember – and this is one of the most difficult as well as most wonderful statements to grasp – remember that no matter what the difficulty is, no matter where it is, no matter who is affected, you have no patient but yourself; you have nothing to do but to convince yourself of the truth which you desire to see manifested.
This is an exact scientific statement in accordance with every system of Metaphysics in existence, and no permanent results are ever secured in any other way.
Every form of concentration, forming Mental Images, Argument, and Auto-Suggestion are all simply methods by which you are able to realize the Truth.
If you desire to help someone, to destroy some form of lack, limitation, or error, the correct method is not to think of the person whom you wish to help; the intention to help them is entirely sufficient, as this puts you in mental touch with the person. Then drive out of your own mind any belief of lack, limitation, disease, danger, difficulty, or whatever the trouble might be. As soon as you have succeeded is doing this the result will have been accomplished, and the person will be free.
But remember that thought is creative, and consequently every time you allow your thought to rest on any inharmonious condition, you must realize that such conditions are appearances only; they have no reality, that spirit is the only reality and it can never be less than perfect.
Put it to work
The Graduation Sit (Part Twenty-Four)
Usual seat, same as every day. You have done this more than twenty times now. Notice how different it feels.
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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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Truth in character — the works are done through you