The Power Of Concentration

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The power of concentration

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Author. Theron Q. Dumont

Pages 107

Gender BF: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Psychology, Philosophy, Psychoanalysis

Date Dec 1998

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conquest

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the act of getting control of a country by fighting

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grit and will.

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العزيمة والإرادة.

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The man with grit and will, may be poor today and wealthy in a few years

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The secret of success is to try always to improve yourself no matter where you are or what your position.

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Heed

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to pay attention to someone’s advice or warningحذرهم

If she had only heeded my warnings, none of this would have happened.

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omnipotent

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able to do everything SYN all-powerfulالقاهر

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redemption

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the state of being freed from the power of evil, believed by Christians to be made possible by Jesus Christفداء

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untiring

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working very hard for a long period of time in order to do something – used to show approval SYN tirelessلا يكل

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pluck

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to pull something quickly in order to remove itقطف

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plucky

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brave and determined – often used in newspapersشجاع

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gritty

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showing determination and courage

showing a difficult or unpleasant situation as it really is

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execution

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process in which you do something that has been carefully planned implementation execution of

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hustler

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someone who tries to trick people into giving them moneyمحتال

AmE) a PROSTITUTE

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exertion

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a lot of physical or mental effortمجهود

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uplifting

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making you feel happier and more hopeful

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buoy

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an object that floats on the sea, a lake etc to mark a safe or dangerous areaعوامة

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fountain

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a structure from which water is pushed up into the air, used for example as decoration in a garden or parkنافورة

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putty

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a soft whitish substance that becomes hard when it dries and that is used to fix glass into window frames

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brute

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a man who is cruel, violent, and not sensitive

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slumber

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to sleepقيلولة - نعاس

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plodding

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slow or thorough and not excitingplodding research التثاقل

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an imaginary creature that looks like a small man

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dwarfs

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If you will just practice a few concentration exercises each day you will find you will soon develop this wonderful power.

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peculiar:strange, unfamiliar, or a little surprising

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hatred

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an angry feeling of extreme dislike for someone or something love

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stir up

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to deliberately try to cause arguments or bad feelings between people

Ex John was always stirring up trouble in class.

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afflicted, afflict

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affect someone or something in an unpleasant way, and make them suffer

Ex country afflicted by famineبلاء

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feeble-minded

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stupid or not sensiblea

Ex feeble-minded policy

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impulsive

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someone who is impulsive does things without considering the possible dangers or problems first → rashمتسرع

مندفع

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reposeful, repose

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state of calm or comfortable restin repose

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sarcasm

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a way of speaking or writing that involves saying the opposite of what you really mean in order to make an unkind joke or to show that you are annoyedسخرية

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The person that cannot control himself and keep from becoming excited cannot concentrate.

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Any exercise or work that excites the mind, stimulates the senses, calls the emotions and appetites into action, confuses, terrifies or emotionalizes, weakens the power of concentration. This is why all kind of excitement is bad. This is the reason why persons who drink strong drinks, who allow themselves to get into fits of temper, who fight, who eat stimulating food, who sing and dance and thus develop their

emotions, who are sudden, vehement and emotional, lack the power to concentrate.

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those whose actions are slower and directed by their intelligence develop concentration.

Sometimes dogmatic, wilful,متعمد excitable persons can concentrate, but it is spasmodicمتقطع, erratic concentrationتركيز غير منتظم instead of controlled and uniform concentration

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those whose actions are slower and directed by their intelligence develop concentration. Sometimes dogmatic, wilful, excitable persons can concentrate, but it is spasmodic, erratic concentration instead of controlled and uniform concentration

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pulsating, pulsate

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to make sounds or movements that are strong and regular like a heart beatingنابض

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ligament

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a band of strong material in your body, similar to muscle, that joins bones or holds an organ in its place → tendon وتر

رباط

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volitional faculties

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the power to choose or decide something without being forced to do it

She was without her own volition.

Ex Helena left the company of her own volition

الكليات الإرادية

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vehement

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showing very strong feelings or opinionsعنيف

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dogmatic

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someone who is dogmatic is completely certain of their beliefs and expects other people to accept them without arguingمتزمت

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ammunition

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information that you can use to criticize someone or win an argument against them

ذخيرة

bullets, shells ( SHELL) etc that are fired from guns

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deteriorate

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تتدهور

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If you hold your mind on some chosen object, you centralize your attention, just like the lens of the camera centralizes on a certain landscape.

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They steady the circulation, the heart action, muscles and nerves of the mind. If the heart flutters, the circulation is not regular, and when the lung action is uneven متفاوتة, the mind becomes unsteady and not fit for concentration. This is why controlled breathing is very important as a foundation for physical health

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arouses

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to make you become interested, expect something etc

يثير

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freakish and fitful

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غريب و متقطع

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sentiment

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an opinion or feeling you have about somethingالمشاعر

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The next time you feel yourself becoming irritable, use your will and be patient. This is a very good exercise in self-control. It will help you to keep patient if you will breathe slowly and deeply. If you find you are commencing to speak fast, just control yourself and speak slowly and clearly. Keep from either raising or lowering your voice and concentrate on the fact that you are determined to keep your poise, and you will improve your power of concentration.

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If you feel yourself getting irritable, nervous or weak, stand squarely on your feet with your chest up and inhale deeply and you will see that your irritability will disappear and a silent calm will pass over you.

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Concentration means control of the mind and body.

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If you are in the habit of associating with nervous, irritable people, quit it until you grow strong in the power of concentration, because irritable, angry, fretful, dogmatic and disagreeable people will weaken what powers of resistance you have.

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indolent

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lazy—

indolence

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LESSON III. HOW TO GAIN WHAT YOU WANT THROUGH CONCENTRATION

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Feel that you can accomplish anything you undertake.

The ignorant person may say, "How can you get anything by merely wanting it? I say that through concentration you can get anything you want.

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Power to him who power exerts."—Emerson.القوة لمن يمارس السلطة ".

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Don't waste your mental powers in wishes. Don't dissipateتبددyour energies by trying to satisfy every whim. Concentrate on doing something really worth while. The man that sticks to something is not the man that fails.

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subdue

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to defeat or control a person or group, especially using force

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CONCENTRATION, THE SILENT FORCE THAT PRODUCES RESULTS

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The understanding of the power of thought will awaken possibilities within you that you never dreamed of. Never forget that your thoughts are making your environment,

to thoroughly realize the importance of your thoughts, and how to make them valuable, to understand that your thoughts come to you over invisible wires and influence you

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How to Speak Wisely. In order to speak wisely you must secure at least a partial concentration of the faculties and forces upon the subject at hand.

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Speech interferes with the focusing powers of the mind, as it withdraws the attention to the external and therefore is hardly to be compared with that deep silence of the subconscious mind, where deep thoughts, and the silent forces of high potency are evolved. It is necessary to be silent before you can speak wisely. The person that is really alert and well poised and able to speak wisely under trying circumstances, is the person that has practiced in the silence

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condemned

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condemned person is going to be punished by being killed

2) a condemned building is officially not safe to live in or use

محكوم

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consented

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permission to do something وافق

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potency

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the power that something has to influence peopleالفاعلية

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In-silence-I-will-allow-my-higher-self-to-have-complete-control.

I-will-be-true-to-my-higher-self.

I-will-live-true-to-my-conception-of-what-is-right.

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I-realize-that-it-is-to-my-self-interest-to-live-up-to-my-best.

I-demand-wisdom-so that-I-may-act-wisely-for-myself-and-others.

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Deficiency

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a lack of something that is necessary SYN shortage deficiency of

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LESSON V. HOW CONCENTRATE THOUGHT LINKS ALL HUMANITY TOGETHER

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If you will just realize that through deep concentration you become linked with thoughts of omnipotenceالقدرة المطلقة , you will kill out entirely your belief in your limitations and at the same time will drive away all fear and other negative and destructive thought forces which constantly work against you.

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If you choose something that is not right, you are in opposition to the omnipotent plans of the universe and deserve to fail. But, if you will base your desires on justice and good will, you avail yourself of the helpful powers of universal currents, and instead of having a handicap to work against, can depend upon ultimate success, though the outward appearances may not at first be bright.

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There is no power so great as the belief which comes from the knowledge that your thought is in harmony with the divine laws of thought and the sincere conviction that your cause is right.

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Where There Is A Will There Is A Way

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All just causes succeed in time, though temporarily they may fail. So if you should face the time when everything seems against you, quiet your fears, drive away all destructive thoughts and uphold the dignity of your moral and spiritual life.

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to secure the assistance of aiding forces. The more it is developed the higher the way to which it will lead.

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When everything looks gloomy and discouraging, then is the time to show what you are made of by rejoicing that you can control your moods by making them as calm, serene and bright as if prosperity were yours.

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Be faithful in sowing the thought seeds of success, in perfect trust that the sun will not cease to shine and bring a generous harvest in one season."

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When you are in a negative mood you attract thoughts of similar nature through the law of affinity.

When you once learn the laws of thought and think of nothing but Good, Truth, Success, you will make more progress with less effort than you ever made before.

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There are forces that can aid the mind that are hardly dreamed of by the average person. When you learn to believe more in the value of thought and its laws you will be led aright and your business gains will multiply.

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The following method may assist you in gaining better thought control. If you are unable to control your fears, just say to your faulty determination, "Do not falter or be afraid, for I am not really alone. I am surrounded by invisible forces that will

ان معي ربي سيهدين، الرجوع إلى الصلاة والذكر

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The only difference between the fearless man and the fearful one is in his will, his hope. So if you lack success, believe in it, hope for it, claim it. You can use the same method to brace up your thoughts of desire, aspiration, imagination, expectation, ambition, understanding, trust and assurance

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If you get anxious, angry, discouraged, undecided or worried, it is because you are not receiving the co-operation of the higher powers of your mind. By your Will you can so organize the powers of the mind that your moods change only as you want them to instead of as circumstances affect you

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brace up

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to mentally or physically prepare تستعد

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So practice accuracy and concentration of thought, and also absolute truthfulness and you will soon be able to concentrate.

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LESSON VI. THE TRAINING OF THE WILL TO DO

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Every time you accomplish any definite act, consciously or unconsciously, you use the principle of the Will. You can Will to do anything whether it is right or wrong, and therefore the way you use your will makes a big difference in your life.

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There are very few that possess perfectly developed and balanced Will Power, but those who do easily crush out their weak qualities. Study yourself carefully. Find out your greatest weakness and then use your will power to overcome it. In this way eradicate your faults, one by one, until you have built up a strong character and personality

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eradicate

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to completely get rid of something such as a disease or a social problem

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Rules for Improvement. A desire arises. Now think whether this would be good for you. If it is not, use your Will Power to killout the desire, but, on the other hand, if it is a righteous desire, summon all your Will Power to your aid, crush all obstacles that confront you and secure possession of the coveted Good.

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Set the hour you wish to get up and arise exactly at the fixed time. Anything that you should accomplish, do on or ahead of time. You want, of course, to give due deliberation to weighty matters, but by making quick decisions on little things you will acquire the ability to make quick decisions in bigger things.

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He seems clever enough, but he lacks initiative." Life for them is one continuous grind. Day after day they go through the same monotonous round of duties, while those that are "getting along" are using their initiative to get greater fullness of life.

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Lack of Perseverance is nothing but the lack of the Will To Do. It takes the same energy to say, "I will continue,"

Jwhen you notice your determination beginning to weaken, concentrate on it and by sheer Will Power make it continue on the "job."

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Never try to make a decision when you are not in a calm state of mind. If in a "quick temper," you are likely to say things you afterwards regret. In anger, you follow impulse rather than reason.

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Therefore make it a fixed rule to make decisions only when at your best. If you have a "quick temper," you can quickly gain control over it by simple rule of counting backwards.

To count backwards requires concentration, and you thus quickly regain a calm state. In this way you can break the "temper habit." 10 9 8

ممكن التركيز بشي يحتاج تركيز عالي تخرج من الغضب

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The man that has not learned how to use his will rarely decides things for himself, but allows his resolutions to be changed by others. He fluctuates from one opinion to another, and of course does not accomplish anything out of the ordinary, while his brother with the trained will takes his place among the world's leaders.

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resolutions: a formal decision or statement agreed on by a group of people, especially after a vote قرارات

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initiative the ability to make decisions and take action without waiting for someone to tell you what to doمبادر

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perseverance:determination to keep trying to achieve something in spite of difficulties – use this to show approvalالمثابرة: العزيمة

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LESSON VII. THE CONCENTRATED MENTAL DEMANDالدرس السابع. الطلب العقلي المركز

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There is wonderful power and possibility in the concentrated Mental Demand. This, like all other forces, is controlled by laws. It can, like all other forces, be wonderfully increased by consecutive, systematized effort.

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sought

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the past tense and past participle of SEEK

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You can best understand this by thinking of an engine. The engine starts up slowly, the engineer gradually extending the throttle to the top notch. It is then keyed up to its maximum speed. The same is true of two runners. They start off together and gradually they increase their desire to go faster. The one that has the greatest intensity of desire will win.

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In order to persevere you must be مثابره ceaseless in your application. It requires you to concentrate your thoughts upon your undertaking and bring every energy to bear upon keeping them focused upon it until you have accomplished your aim. يجب أن يكون متواصلًا في طلبك

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No one can use it for you. The Mental Demand is not a visionary one. It is a potent force, which you can use freely without cost. When you are in doubt it will counsel you. It will guide you when you are uncertain. When you are in fear it will give you courage.البصيرة

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It is the motive power which supplies the energies necessary to the achievement of the purpose. You have a large store house of possibilities. The Mental Demand makes possibilities realities. It supplies everything necessary for the accomplishment, it selects the tools and instructs how to use them. It makes you understand the situation. Every time you make a Mental Demand you strengthen the brain centers by drawing to you external forces.

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Power of Mental Demand is not a visionary one. It is concentrated power only, and can be used by you. It is not supernatural power, but requires a development of the brain centers. The outcome is sure when it is given with a strong resolute determination

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We are rewarded according to our efforts. The Power of Mental Demand can bring us what we want. We become what we determine to be. We control our own destiny.

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daunt

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to make someone feel afraid or less confident about something

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dull plodding

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Plodding :slow or thorough and not exciting

التثاقل البليد

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monotonous routine?

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boring because of always being the same

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LESSON VIII. CONCENTRATION GIVES MENTAL POISEاتزان( a calm confident way of behaving,)

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You will find that the man that concentrates is well poised, whereas the man that allows his mind to wander is easily upset. When in this state wisdom does not pass from the subconscious storehouse into the consciousness. There must be mental quiet before the two consciousnesses can work in harmony. When you are able to concentrate you have peace of mind.

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If you are in the habit of losing your poise, form the habit of reading literature that has a quieting power. Just the second you feel your poise slipping, say, "Peace," and then hold this thought in mind and you will never lose your self-control.

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There cannot be perfect concentration until there is peace of mind. So keep thinking peace, acting peace, until you are at peace with all the world. For when once you have reached this state there will be no trouble to concentrate on anything you wish.

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I have the power to do and to be whatever I wish to do and be." Keep this mentally before you

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لدي القدرة على أن أفعل وأن أكون ما أريد أن أفعله وأكون ". احتفظ بهذا عقليًا أمامك

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AwayIn order to be successful today, you must concentrate, but don't become a slave to concentration, and carry your business cares home

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If they go to the theater they do not enjoy it because their business is on their minds. When they go to bed they think about business instead of sleep and wonder why they don't sleep. This is the wrong kind of concentration and is dangerous. It is involuntary.لاارادي

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SEE you start to think of failure, change to thinking of success.

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This is the law. Make yourself a concentrated dynamo from which your thoughts vibrate to others.

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"Think, speak and act just as you wish to be, And you will be that which you wish to be."

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Cultivate it by concentration. Set aside some hour of the day, wherein to hold rapt converse with the soul. Meditate with sincere desire and contrite heart and you will be able to accomplish that which you have meditated on. This is the keynote of success."

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How can we secure concentration? To this question, the first and last answer must be: By interest and strong motive. The stronger the motive the greater the concentration.—Eustace Miller, M. D.

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Why People Often Do Not Get What They Concentrate On. Because they sit down in hopeless despair and expect it to come to them. But if they will just reach out for it

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Through our concentration we can attract what we want, because we became enrapport with the Universal forces, from which we can get what we want.

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If you want to accomplish anything first put yourself in a concentrating, reposeful, receptive, acquiring frame of mind. In tackling unfamiliar work make haste slowly and deliberately and then you will secure that interior activity, which is never possible when you are in a hurry or under a strain. When you "think hard" or try to hurry results too quickly, you generally shut off the interior flow of thoughts and ideas. You have often no doubt tried hard to think of something but could not, but just as soon as you stopped trying to think of it, it came to you.

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LESSON IX. CONCENTRATION CAN OVERCOME BAD HABITS

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Habits make or break us to a far greater extent than we like to admit. Habit is both a powerful enemy and wonderful ally of concentration. You must learn to overcome habits which are injurious to concentration, and to cultivate those which increase it.

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The large majority of people are controlled by their habits and are buffeted around by them like waves of the ocean tossing a piece of wood. They do things in a certain way because of the power of habit.

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Most of us are forming new habits all the time. Very often, if you repeat something several times in the same way, you will have formed the habit of doing it that way.

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"All our life, so far as it has definite form, is but a mass of habits—practical, emotional, and intellectual—systematically organized, for our weal or woe, and bearing us irresistibly toward our destiny whatever the latter may be."

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But you can still break any habit by strong concentration on its opposite.

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First Maxim:"We must make our nervous system our ally instead of our enemy."

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Second Maxim:حكمة - قول مأثور"In the acquisition of a new habit as in the leaving off of an old one, we must take care to launch ourselves with as strong and decided an initiative as possible."

Every time you keep a resolution you break the chain that enslaves you.

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Third Maxim:"Never allow an exception to occur till the new habit is securely rooted in your life."

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Fourth Maxim:"Seize the very first possible opportunity to act on every resolution you make, and on every emotional prompting you may experience in the direction of the habits you aspire to gain.

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A tendency to act, becomes effectively engrained in us in proportion to the uninterrupted frequency with which the actions actually occur, and the brain `grows' to their use one

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If you keep your resolutions you form a most valuable habit. If you break them you form a most dangerous o

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Fifth Maxim:"Keep the faculty of effort alive in you by a little gratuitous exercise every day

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Habits mean less risk, less fatigue, and greater accuracy

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If you have a strong will, you can tenaciously and persistently concentrate on removing the bad habit and in a very short time the good habit will gain the upper hand.

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If, when we have something difficult to solve, we would be silent like the child, we can get the inspiration when it comes; we will know how to act, we will find there is no need to hurry or disturb ourselves, that it is always wiser to wait for guidance from within, than to act on impulse from Without.

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LESSON X. BUSINESS RESULTS THROUGH CONCENTRATION

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A successful business is not usually the result of chance. Neither is a failure the result of luck. Most failures could be determined in advance if the founders had been studied.

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The person that does not carry his desires into action is only a dreamer. Desire is a great creative force, if it is pure, intense and sustained

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You must use every mental force you can master. The more these are used the more they increase. Therefore the more you accomplish today the more force you will have at your disposal with which to solve your problems tomorrow.

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Feel yourself a success, believe you are a success and thus put yourself in the attitude that demands recognition and the thought current draws to you what you need to make you a success.

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Don't be afraid of big undertakings. Go at them with grit, and pursue methods that you think will accomplish your purpose

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What others have done you can do. You may even do what others have been unable to do.

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The man that decides according to what he thinks right and who learns from every mistake acquires a well balanced mind that gets the best results. He gains the confidence of others

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spasmodic

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happening for short irregular periods, not continuously

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He is known as the man that knows what he wants, and not as one that is as changeable as the weather

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Reliable firms want to do business with men of known qualities, with men of firmness, judgment and reliability

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A successful business is not hard to build if we can concentrate all our mental forces upon it.

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Plan each day's activities carefully and you can reach any height you aim at.

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Plan to do so much work during the day and you will be astonished to see how much more you will do, than on other days, when you had not decided on any certain amount.

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I have demonstrated that the average business working force could do the same amount of work in six hours that they now do in eight, without using up any more energy.

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The natural leader always draws to himself, by the law of mental attraction, ideas in his chosen subject that have ever been conceived by others.

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Every great task that has ever been accomplished has first been merely a vision in the mind of its creator. Detail after detail has had to be worked out in his mind from his first faint idea of the enterprise. Finally a clear idea was formed and then the accomplishment, which was only the material result of the mental concept, followed.

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What we are actually doing today was carefully thought out and planned by others in the past.

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Your higher self never winces, so be a man and allow the powers of the higher self to manifest and you will find you have plenty of strength and you will feel better when you are tackling difficult propositions.

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dodging, dodge

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to move quickly to avoid someone or something

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flinching, flinch

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to move your face or body away from someone or something because you are in pain, frightened, or upsetflinch atShe flinched at the touch of his hand.

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faculty

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natural ability, such as the ability to see, hear, or think clearly

a particular skill that someone has talent

الاراده

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LESSON XI. CONCENTRATE ON COURAGE

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Courage is the backbone of man. The man with courage has persistence. He states what he believes and puts it into execution. The courageous man has confidence.

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Lack of courage destroys your confidence in yourself.

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Look upon everything within your power as a possibility instead of as merely a probability a

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Cowardiceالجبن

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lack of courage OPP bravery

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dissipates

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to gradually become less or weaker before disappearing completely,يتبدد

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As we are creatures of habits, we should avoid persons that lack courage

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If any fear-thoughts come to you cast them off as you would the deadly viper.

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Remember, you as master of your mind control its every thought, and here is a good one to often affirm, "I have courage because I desire it; because I need it; because I use it and because I refuse to become such a weakling as cowardice produces."

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Just the moment you allow someone to influence you against what you think is right, you lose that confidence in yourself that inspires courage and carries with it all the forces which courage creates.

Just the moment you begin to swerve انحرف in your plan you begin to carry out another's thought and not your own. You become the directed and not the director.

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moralist

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someone who has very strong beliefs about what is right and wrong and how people should behave – used to show disapprovala narrow-minded moralistالأخلاقي

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Fear paralyzes energy.

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When you believe with all your mind and heart and soul that you can do something, you thereby develop the courage to steadily and confidently live up to that belief.

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contagious

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A disease that is contagious can be passed from person to person by touch → infectiousمعدي

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renders

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to cause someone or something to be in a particular condition

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How to Overcome Depression and Melancholia. حزن

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You can also drive away moods by simply choosing and fully concentrating on an agreeable subject

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everyone that possesses the power to think has the power to overcome ignorance and evil.

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LESSON XII. CONCENTRATE ON WEALTH

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The forces of mind like wealth can be directed either for good or evil. A little rest will re-create forces. Too much rest degenerates into laziness, and brainless, dreamy longings

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Thousands of persons work hard who never grow wealthy. Others with much less effort acquire wealth. Seeing possibilities is another step toward acquiring wealth.

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Any man that has ever amounted to anything has never done a great deal of detail work for long periods at any given time. He needs his time to reflect. He does not do his duties today in the same way as yesterday, but as the result of deliberate and concentrated effort, constantly tries to improve his methods

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Work organize in harmonic way and regular way

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Thoughts are moving forces; great powers. Thoughts of wealth attract wealth. Therefore, if you desire wealth you must attract the forces that will help you to secure it.

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Business success today depends on foresight, good judgment, grit, firm resolution and settled purpose.

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in acquiring wealth is to surround yourself with good influences—good thought, good health, good home and business environment and successful business associates

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LESSON XIII. YOU CAN CONCENTRATE, BUT WILL YOU?

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The forces of mind like wealth can be directed either for good or evil. A little rest will re-create forces. Too much rest degenerates into laziness, and brainless, dreamy longings

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Thousands of persons work hard who never grow wealthy. Others with much less effort acquire wealth. Seeing possibilities is another step toward acquiring wealth.

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Any man that has ever amounted to anything has never done a great deal of detail work for long periods at any given time. He needs his time to reflect. He does not do his duties today in the same way as yesterday, but as the result of deliberate and concentrated effort, constantly tries to improve his methods.

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The other day I attended a lecture on Prosperity. I knew the lecturer had been practically broke for ten years. I wanted to hear what he had to say. He spoke very well. He no doubt benefited some of his hearers, but he had not profited by his own teachings.

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Thoughts are moving forces; great powers. Thoughts of wealth attract wealth. Therefore, if you desire wealth you must attract the forces that will help you to secure it.

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Business success today depends on foresight, good judgment, grit, firm resolution and settled purpose.

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in acquiring wealth is to surround yourself with good influences—good thought, good health, good home and business environment and successful business associates

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LESSON XIII. YOU CAN CONCENTRATE, BUT WILL YOU?

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What would you like to do, that you are not doing? If you think you should be "getting on" better, why don't you? Study yourself carefully.

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There are two things absolutely necessary for success—energy and the will to succeed.

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slightly ,something unimportant or not valuable

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to try to deal with a difficult problem

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The trouble with most persons is that just as soon as they see their way blocked they lose courage. They forget that usually there is a way around the difficulty.

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They think they are going to encounter obstacles, and they look for them instead of for means to overcome them. The result is that they increase their obstacles instead of diminishing them. Have you ever undertaken something that you thought would be hard, but afterwards found it to be easy

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So start out on your journey with the idea that the road is going to be clear for you, and that if it is not you will clear the way.

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"He who has a firm will," says Goethe,

"molds the world to himself.""People do not lack strength," says Victor Hugo; "they lackWill."

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The tides are continually changing, and tomorrow or some other day they will turn to your advantage if you are a willing and are an ambitious worker.

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"Don't look upon your present position as your permanent one. Keep your eyes open,

when your opportunity comes. Be ever alert and on the watch for opportunities. Remember, we attract what we set our minds on. If we look for opportunities, we find them.

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LESSON XIV. THE ART OF CONCENTRATING BY MEANS OF PRACTICAL EXERCISES

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Select some thought, and see how long you can hold your mind on it. It is well to have a clock at first and keep track of the time

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Don't let any other thought drift in.

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لا تدع أي فكرة أخرى تنجرف إلى الداخل.

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Make it a daily habit of concentrating on this thought for, say, ten minutes.

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Regardless of your present condition, see yourself as you would like to be and be blind to everything else.

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I want to impress upon your mind that the habit of forming mental images is of the greatest value. It has always been used by successful men of all ages, but few realize its full importance

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Exercises In Concentration. The rays of the sun, when focused upon an object by means of a sun glass, produce a heat many times greater than the scattered rays of the same source of light and heat.

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cosmic energy

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relating to space or the universe2) extremely large

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When you focus your attention upon an object your every action, voluntary and involuntary, is in the direction of attaining that object. If you will focus your energies upon a thing to the exclusion of everything else, you generate the force that can bring you what you want.

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When the mind is properly strengthened by the impulse of the will it becomes a more powerful transmitter of thought, because it has more force.

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If you are in your room first see that your windows are up and the air is good. Lie down flat on your bed without a pillow. See that every muscle is relaxed. Now breathe slowly, filling the lungs comfortably full of fresh air; hold this as long as you can without straining yourself; then exhale slowly.

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Now relax and let the spirit work in and through you and assist you to accomplish what you wish.

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Don't let any doubts or fears enter. Just feel that what you wish is going to manifest. Just feel it already has, in reality it has, for just the minute you wish a thing to be done it manifests in the thought world. Whenever you concentrate just believe it is a success.

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Keep up this feeling and allow nothing to interfere and you will soon find you have become the master of concentration. You will find that thispractice will be of wonderful value to you, and that rapidly you will be learning to accomplish anything that you undertake.

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Exercise 1Sit in a comfortable chair and see how still you can keep.

You will have to center your attention on sitting still.

Watch and see that you are not making any involuntary muscular movements.

By a little practice you will find you are able to sit still without a movement of the muscles for fifteen minutes.

At first I advise sitting in a relaxed position for five minutes.

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Exercise 2Sit in a chair with your head up and your chin out, shoulders back.

Raise your right arm until it is on the level with your shoulder, pointing to your right.

Look around, with head only, and fix your gaze on your fingers, and keep the arm perfectly still for one minute.

Do the same exercise with left arm.

When you are able to keep the arm perfectly steady, increase the time until you are able to do this five minutes with each arm.

Turn the palm of the hand كف اليد

downward when it is outstretched, as this is the easiest position. If you will keep your eyes fixed on the tips of the fingers you will be able to tell if you are keeping your arm perfectly still.

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Exercise 3

Fill a small glass full of water, and grasp it by the fingers;

put the arm directly in front of you.

Now fix the eyes upon the glass and try to keep the arm so steady that no movement will be noticeable.

Do this first for one moment and then increase it to five.

Do the exercise with first one arm and then the other.

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Exercise 4Watch yourself during the day and see that your muscles do not become tense or strained. See how easy and relaxed you can keep yourself.

Cultivate a self-poised manner, ازرع أسلوبًا قائمًا على الاتزان الذاتي

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If you are in the habit of letting noises upset you, just exercise control; when the door slams, or something falls, etc., just think of these as exercises in self-control. You will find many exercises like this in your daily routine.

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Exercise 5Move your chair up to a table, placing your hands upon it, clenching the fists, keeping the back of the hand on the table, the thumb doubled over the fingers. Now fix your gaze upon the fist for a while,

then gradually extend the thumb, keeping your whole attention fixed upon the act, just as if it was a matter of great importance.

Then gradually extend your first finger, then your second and so on until you open the rest.

Then reverse the process, closing first the last one opened and then the rest, and finally you will have the fist again in the original position with the thumb closed over the finger.

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Do this exercise with the left hand. Keep up this exercise first with one hand and then the other until you have done it five times with each hand. In a few days you can increase it to ten times.

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Exercise 6Put the right hand on knee, both fingers and thumb closed, except the first finger, which points out in front of you. Then move the finger slowly from side to side, keeping the attention fixed upon the end of the finger. You can make up a variety of exercises like these. It is good training to plan out different ones. The main point you should keep in mind is that the exercise should be simple and that the attention should be firmly fixed upon the moving part of the body.

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Your attention will no doubt be rebellious, but control it and do not let it control you.

The person that can concentrate can gain full control over his body and mind and be the master of his inclinations; not their slave. When you can control yourself you can control others

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Exercise 7Concentration Increases the Sense of Smell.

When you are out in the air, be on the alert for the different odors. You will find the air laden with all kinds, but let your concentration upon the one selected be such that a scent of its fragrance in after years will vividly recall the circumstances of this exercise.

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Exercise 8Concentration on the Within. Lie down and thoroughly relax your muscles. Concentrate on the beating of your heart. Do not pay any attention to anything else

If, at any time, you feel weak in any part of the body, will that an extra supply of blood shall go there. For instance, if your eyes feel tired, picture the blood coming from the heart, passing up through the head and out to the eyes.

heart that they have actually stopped it from beating for five minutes.

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Exercise 9Concentrating on Sleep. What is known as the water method is, although very simple, very effective in inducing sleep.Put a full glass of clear water on a table in

your sleeping room. Sit in a chair beside the table and gaze into the glass of water and think how calm it is. Then picture yourself , getting into just as calm a state. In a short time you will find the nerves becoming quiet and you will be able to go to sleep.

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Exercise 10Concentration Will Save Energy and Appearance

Any movement of the face that causes the skin to wrinkle will eventually cause a permanent wrinkle. As the face is like a piece of silk, you can make a fold in it a number of times and it will straighten out of itself, but, if you continue to make a fold in it, it will in time be impossible to remove it.By Concentration You Can Stop the Worry Habit.

the habit of becoming irritable or nervous at the least little thing

start to breathe deeply; say, "I will not be so weak; I am master of myself," and you will quickly overcome your condition.

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Exercise 11By Concentration You Can Control Your Temper. If you are one of those that flare up at the slightest "provocation" and never try to control yourself, just think this over a minute.

Everyone makes mistakes and, instead of becoming angry at their perpetrators, just say to them, "Be more careful next time." This thought will

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All lack of self-control can be conquered if you will but learn to concentrate.

I have had many persons tell me that this affirmation and daily review made a wonderful difference in their lives

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Exercise 12.Practice Talking Before a Glass. Make two marks on your mirror on a level with your eyes, and think of them as two human eyes

looking into yours. Your eyes will probably blink a little at first. Do not move your head, but stand erect. Concentrate all your thoughts on keeping your head perfectly still.

Three minutes a day is long enough for the practice of this exercise.

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While standing before the mirror practice deep breathing. See that there is plenty of fresh air in the room, and that you are literally feasting on it. You will find that, as it permeatesيتخلل every cell, your timidityالخجل will disappear. It has been replaced by a sense of peace and power.

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Exercise 13The Control of Sensations. Think how you

would feel if you were cool; then how you would feel if you were cold; again, how you would feel if it were freezing. In this state you would be shivering all over. Now think of just the opposite conditions; construct such a vivid واضحimage of heat that you are able to experience the sensation of heat even in the coldest atmosphere. It is possible to train your imagination until you do this, and it can then be turned to practical account in making undesirable conditions bearable.

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For instance, if you feel yourself getting hungry or thirsty and for any reason you do not wish to eat, do not think of how hungry or thirsty you are, but just visualize yourself as finishing a hearty meal. Again, when you experience pain, do not increase it by thinking about it, but do something to divert your attention, and the pain will seem to decrease.

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Exercise 14The Eastern Way of Concentrating. Sit in a chair with a high back in upright position. Press one finger against the right nostril. Now take a long, deep breath, drawing the breath in gently as you count ten

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Exercise 15Controlling Desires. Desire, which is one of the hardest forces to control, will furnish you with excellent exercises in concentration

learning to control these desires, you can wonderfully strengthen your powers of concentration. Remember, you have all you can do to attend to your own business. Do not waste your time in thinking of others or

in gossiping about them.If, from your own observation, you learn something about another person that is detrimental, keep it to yourself.

If you are in the habit of getting excited when you hear unpleasant news, just control yourself and receive it without any exclamation of surprise. Say to yourself, "Nothing is going to cause me to lose my self-control

You will be looked upon as a cool-headed business man, and this in time becomes a valuable business asset.

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Exercise 16When You Read.

An excellent exercise is to read some short story and then write just an abridged statement.

After you have practiced a number of these simple exercises read a book for twenty minutes and then write down what you have read. The chances are that at first you will not remember very many details, but with a little practice you will be able to write a very good account of what you have read. The closer the concentration the more accurate the account will be.

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Exercise 17Concentration Overcomes Bad Habits.

You are not a weakling; you can stop this habit if you want to. This habit is bad and you want to break it." Just imagine that you are some one else giving this advice

If you will just form the mental image of controlling yourself as another person might, you will take a delight in breaking bad habits

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Exercise 18Watch Concentration. Sit in a chair and place a clock with a second hand on the

table. Follow the second hand with your eyes as it goes around. Keep this up for five minutes, thinking of nothing else but the second hand,

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Exercise 19Faith Concentration. A belief in the power to concentrate is of course very important.

a considerable extent and therefore you have faith in the power of concentration, but you can still become a much stronger believer in it.

picture what is wanted as already yours, and yours it surely will be.

Do you ever feel distrust in yourself? If You do, just ask yourself, which self do I mistrust? Then say: my higher self cannot be affected.

Then think of the wonderful powers of the higher self. There is a way to overcome all difficulties, and it is a delight for the human soul to do so

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ideal

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the best or most suitable that something could possibly be SYN perfect

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LESSON 17. IDEALS DEVELOPED BY CONCENTRATION

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You must have the mental image if you are to produce the material thing. Everything is first created in the mind.

Your happiness and success depend upon your ideals.

By concentrating on each step as you go along, you can save a lot of waste steps and will be able to choose a straight path instead of a roundabout road

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well-poised

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حسن الإستعداد

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You must give some hours to concentrated, consistent, persistent thought. You must study yourself and your weaknesses.

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LESSON XVIII18. MENTAL CONTROL THROUGH CREATION

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to destroy something or someone completely

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If you are anxious that some friend or relative should succeed, think of this person as becoming successful. Picture him in the position you would like to see him in. If he has a weakness, desire and command that it be strengthened; think of his shortcomings which belong to his negative nature as being replaced by positive qualities. Take a certain part of the day to send him thoughts of an up-building nature.

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it gives us ability to do greater things. The bigger the attempt undertaken, the greater the things accomplished in the future.

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The person becomes aware that the attitude of the mind has a power of controlling, directing and governing other forces

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If the environment of your place of business is not helpful, it will be harmful. That is why a change of position will often do a person a great deal of good.

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LESSON XIX. A CONCENTRATED WILL DEVELOPMENT

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You can make your Will a dynamo to draw to you untold power. Exercises are given which will, if practiced, strengthen your will, just as you would strengthen your muscles by athletic exercises.

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spirit of seriousness and earnestness.

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روح الجدية والجد.

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Select a quiet room where you will not be interrupted; have a watch to determine the time, and a note-book in which to enter observations. Start each exercise with date and time of day.

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Exercise 1

Time decided on. Select some time of the day when most convenient. Sit in a chair and look at the door-knob for ten minutes

Repeat this exercise for six days

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3rd Day.

This exercise will make you feel bigger and it awakens a sense of nobility and manliness

"I find that I can actually do what I want to and can drive foreign thoughts out. The exercise, I can now see, is valuable."

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4th Day.Notes. "I found that I could look at the door-knob and concentrate my attention on it at once.

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5th Day.Notes. "Each day I seem to increase the intensity of my concentration. I feel that I can center my attention on anything I wish.

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6th Day.Notes. "I can instantly center my whole attention on the door-knob. Feel that I have thoroughly mastered this exercise and that I am ready for another."

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There is nothing more beneficial to the mind than to pay close attention to its own wonderful, subtle activities.

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Exercise 2Secure a package of playing cards. Select some time to do the exercise. Each day at the appointed time, take the pack in one hand and then start laying them down on top of each other just as slowly as you can, with an even motion. Try to get them as even as possible. Each card laid down should completely cover the under one. Do this exercise for six days.

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1st Day.Notes. Task will seem tedious and tiresome.

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2nd Day.

You start laying the cards down slowly

You have to conquer the desire of wanting to hurry up

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3rd Day.

You still find it hard to go slowly

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4th Day.

I find that I am beginning to place the cards in a mathematical way.

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5th Day.Notes. I find that I am overcoming my jerky movement

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poiseاتزان

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6th Day.Notes. I begin to feel the wonderful possibilities of the will

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7th Day.Notes. Now try to do everything you do today faster. Don't hurry or become nervous. Just try to do everything faster, but in a steady manner.

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introspectionsالاستبطان

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the process of thinking deeply about your own thoughts, feelings, or behaviour

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This is how you build up your self-control and your self-command.

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try the same exercises, you will find your report very much better

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You thus learn how to govern your impulses, activities and weaknesses.

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The only way it can be done is by self-study and self-discipline. The cost is effort, time and patience, but the returns are valuable.

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render

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to cause يقدم،يجعل

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Concentration of the Will to Win

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aptitude

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natural ability or skill, especially in learning

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oblivion

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something is completely forgotten

نسيان

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make you become interested, اثاره

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Ability is very plentiful, but organizing initiative and creative power are not plentiful. It

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All great men and women become conscious that this supreme and powerful force is their ally in carrying out great resolutions.حليف في تنفيذ قرارات كبيرة

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Are you quite sure that you take care of your own body, your own health, your only real property, as well as you would take care of a five thousand dollar automobile if it were given to you?

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You can get another car; you cannot get another body.

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Each man must study and solve his own problem.

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LESSON XX. CONCENTRATION REVIEWED

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I have found it an excellent idea to read a book through first, and then re-read it, and when you come to an idea that appeals to you, stop and think about it, then if applicable to you, repeat it over and over, that you will be impressed by it. In this way you can form the habit of picking out all the good things you read and these will have a wonderful influence on your character.

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لقد وجدت أنها فكرة ممتازة أن تقرأ كتابًا أولاً ، ثم أعيد قراءته ، وعندما تأتي بفكرة تعجبك ، توقف وفكر فيها ، ثم إذا كان ذلك مناسبًا لك ، كررها مرارًا وتكرارًا ، ستنبهر به. بهذه الطريقة يمكنك تكوين عادة انتقاء كل الأشياء الجيدة التي تقرأها وسيكون لها تأثير رائع على شخصيتك.

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I want to impress you to concentrate on what you do, instead of performing most of your workunconsciously or automatically, until you have formed habits that give you the mastery of your work and your life powers and forces.

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"Opportunity knocks at every man's door." Those that are successful hear the knock and grasp the chance

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You are aided by both visible and invisible forces when you concentrate on either "to do" or "to be."

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I am stronger than others. Think of this whenever you go against a strong opponent.

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Whenever you feel like saying, "I can't," say instead, "I possess all will and I can use as much as I wish."

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I am going to choose my own thoughts, and to hold them as long as I choose. I am going to shut out all thoughts that weaken or interfere; that make me timid. My Will is as strong as anyone's else. While going to work the next morning, repeat this over

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Keep this up for a month and you will find you will have a better opinion of yourself. These are the factors that make you a success. Hold fast to them always.

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Hang on to that thought ceaselessly until you have attained your object.

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Think before you speak and direct your conversation to the subject under discussion.

Talk slowly, steadily and connectedly.

be deliberate in all you do.

Assume static attitudes without moving a finger or an eyelid, or any part of your bo

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Read long articles and recall the thread of the argument. Associate yourself with people who are steady, patient and tireless in their thought, action and work. See how long you can sit still and think on one subject without interruption.

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The secret of accomplishment is concentration, or the art of turning all your power upon just one point at a time.

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you choose to work contrary to the law you will burn in its crucible, so I want you to learn to concentrate intelligently on becoming in harmony with your higher self. Hold the thought: "I-will-live-for-my-best. I-seek-wisdom, self-knowledge, happiness-and-power-to-help-others. I-act-from-the-higher-self, therefore-only-the-best-can-come-to-me

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LESSON II. THE SELF-MASTERY: SELF-DIRECTION POWER OF CONCENTRATION

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faculties (autonomic) are in an untrained condition, the impulses, passions, emotions, thoughts, actions and habits of the person suffer from lack of regulation, and the procedure of mental concentration is not good, not because the mind is necessarily weak in the autonomic department of the faculties, but because the mind is not properly trained.

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autonomic, autonomy

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freedom that a place or an organization has to govern or control itself , independence

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LESSON XV. CONCENTRATE SO YOU WILL NOT FORGET

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You can train yourself to remember in this way by the concentration of the attention on your purpose, in accordance with the laws of association

Exercise in Memory Concentration. Select

some picture; put it on a table and then look at it for two minutes. Concentrate your attention on this picture, observe every detail; then shut your eyes and see how much you can recall about it. Think of what the picture represen

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LESSON XVI. HOW CONCENTRATION CAN FULFILL YOUR DESIRE

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the Infinite helps only he who helps himself

Special "Providence." Man will not receive help from the Infinite except to the extent that he believes and hopes and prays for help from this great source.

By this law what you at first see as a dream becomes a reality.

This image becomes a thought-seed that attracts thoughts of a similar nature. Around this thought, when it is once planted in the imagination or creative region of the mind,

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Form the habit of thinking of something you wish to accomplish for five minutes each day. Shut every other thought out of consciousness. Be confident that you will succeed; make up your mind that all obstacles that are in your way will be overcome and you can rise above any environment.

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By forming a strong mental image of your desire, you plant the thought-seed which begins working in your interest

If you fully grasp mentally the thought of success and hold it in mind each day, you gradually make a pattern or mold which in time will materialize

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condemning

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disapprove to say very strongly that you do not approve of something or someone, especially because you think it is morally wrong

punish

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enterprise

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a company, organization, or business

large and complicated project, especially one that is done with a group of other people initiative

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Whatsoever thing ye desire when ye pray, pray as if ye had already received and ye shall have."

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