Act is
the blossom of thought, and joy and suffering are its fruit; thus does a man
garner in the sweet and bitter fruitage of his own husbandry. Man is made or
unmade by himself. In the armory of thought he forges the weapons by which he
builds for himself heavenly mansions of joy and strength and peace.
By the
right choice and true application of thought, man ascends to the divine
perfection. By the abuse and wrong application of thought he descends below the
level of the beast. Between these two extremes are all the grade of character
and man is their maker and master.
As the
lord of his own thoughts, man holds the key to every situation, and conditions
he find himself. Of all the beautiful truths pertaining to the soul which have
been restored and brought to light in this age, none is more gladdening or
fruitful of divine promise and confidence than this- that man are the master of
thought, the molder of character, and the maker and shaper of condition,
environment, and destiny. As a being of power, intelligence, and love, he may
make himself what he wills.
Man is
always the master, even in his weakest and most abandoned state. But in his
weakness and degradation he is foolish master who misgoverns his “household”.
When he begins to reflect upon his condition and search diligently for the law
upon which his being is established, he then becomes the wise master, directing
his energies with intelligence and fashioning his thoughts to fruitful issues.
Such is the conscious master, and man can only become this, by discovering
within himself the law of thought. This discovery is totally a matter of
application, self-analysis and experience.
“He
that seeks shall find; and to him that knocks it shall be opened.” For only by
patience, practice, and ceaseless importunity can a man enter the door of the
temple of knowledge. Only by much searching and mining are gold and diamonds
obtained; and similarly, man can find every truth connected with his being, if
he will dig deep into the mine of his soul.
Just
as a gardener cultivates his plot, keeping it free from weeds, and growing the
flowers and fruits which he requires so may a man tend the garden of his mind,
weeding out all the wrong, useless and impure thoughts, and cultivating toward
perfection the flowers and fruits of right and pure thoughts. By pursuing this
process, a man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his
soul, the director of his life.
Everyman
is where he is by the law of his being; the thoughts which he has built into
his character brought him there, and in the arrangement of his life there is no
element of chance, but all is the result of a law which cannot be broken.
This is an extract from my book "WISDOM NUGGETS: Doses For Inspiration And Success. Pg 16-18.
