own
thought and see what you will find. You
will find that it is an established belief
there that business is not good. Your
are not feeling a sense of activity. You
will not find within your thought any
feeling of success. You are not expecting
many customers.
Now
suppose someone comes along and says to
you: "What is the matter? Why are
you not doing more business?" This
is about what the answer would be: "People
don't seem to want what I have to sell."
Or perhaps something like this: "I
am too old to compete with modern methods,"
Or even: "Well times are hard."
All this is negative thought.
Now
this man to whom you are talking does
not believe a word you have said. He knows
that causation is in mind and not in matter,
and he says: "The whole thing is
in your own mind; the trouble with you
is that you don't feel that you are a
success."
Perhaps
you have heard of something of this before;
if so you will ask him what he means,
or perhaps you thing he is talking about
something peculiar; but we are taking
it for granted that you are so anxious
to do something to make your business
a success that you will be willing to
try anything, so you ask him to explain.
He begins by telling you all is Mind;
nothing moves but Mind moves it and that
you are a center in this Mind. You do
not understand how this relates in any
way to your business, but he goes on to
say that your thought decides whether
your business shall be a success or a
failure. Here you become indignant, and
ask if he means to tell you that you want
to fail. Of course he knows that you do
not, and he explains that while you wish
success, you are thinking failure, fearing
it, and
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