THE CONSCIOUS MASTER: Thought And Character Are One

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.

Thought and character are one. And as character, can only manifest, and discover itself through environment and circumstance, the outer conditions of a person’s life will always be found to be harmoniously related to his inner state. 
This is an extract from my book "WISDOM NUGGETS: Doses For Inspiration And Success. Pg 16-18.