7 Powerful lessons of As a Man Thinketh

"As a Man Thinketh" is a literary essay written by James Allen in 1903, inspired from the Biblical verse from the Book of Proverbs 23:7 -- "As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he." Allen has described this book as a self-help book that will help you to help yourself. It describes the way our thoughts impact our lives and how we tend to become what we think.



Although this book is all compiled with amazing lessons but some of the powerful lessons from this literary essay are given below:


1. THOUGHT AND CHARACTER

As a being of Power, Intelligence and Love, and the lord of his own thoughts, man holds the key to every situation, and contains within himself that regenerative agency by which he may make himself what he wills.


2. EFFECT OF THOUGHT ON CIRCUMSTANCES

Man's mind may be likened to a garden,  which may be intelligently cultivated or allowed to run wild; but whatever cultivated or neglected, it must, and will, bring forth. If no useful seeds are put into it, then an abundance of useless weeds-seeds will fall therein, and will continue to produce their kind.

3. EFFECT OF THOUGHT ON HEALTH AND BODY

The body is a delicate and plastic instrument, which responds readily to the thoughts by which it is impressed, and habits of thought will produce their own effects, good or bad, upon it.

3. THOUGHT AND PURPOSE

Thought allied fearlessly to purpose becomes creative force: he who knows this is ready to become something higher and stronger than a mere bundle of wavering thoughts and fluctuating sensations; he who does this- align his thoughts fearlessly with his purpose- has become the conscious and intelligent wielder of his mental powers.

4. THE THOUGHT- FACTOR IN ACHIEVEMENT

All that a man achieves and all that he fails to achieve is the direct result of his own thoughts. In a justly ordered universe, where loss of equipoise (equilibrium) would mean total destruction, individual responsibility must be absolute.

5. VISIONS AND IDEALS

Cherish your visions; cherish your ideals; cherish the music that stirs in your heart, the beauty that forms in your mind, the loveliness that drapes your purest thoughts, for out of them will grow all delightful conditions, all, heavenly environment; of these, if you but remain true to them, your world will at last be built.

6. SERENITY

The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. The strong, calm man is always loved and revered. Serene life- a life that dwells in the oceans of Truth, beneath the waves, beyond the reach of tempests, in the Eternal Calm !


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