And it is in our attempt to regulate the thought of the heart, which means the same as the thought of the subconscious, that a number of half truths have arisen in modern systems of belief. In the first place, we have believed that it was thought in general that moulds the personality of man. And we have tried to change our thought on the surface without any regard to the fact that no thought can affect the system until it becomes subconscious. In the second place we have tried to change thought by acting directly upon our own minds without taking into consideration the environments in which we might be placed at the time. In the third place we have tried to master mind and thought by simply using will force, paying no attention to the law through which the will must act in order to demonstrate and exercise this larger self-control.

Concerning the first mistake nothing further need be stated. The preceding pages have made the fact clear that the thought of the heart is synonymous with the mental actions of the subconscious mind, and that no change can be brought about in the mind or the body until the desired change in the actions of the subconscious has been produced. And in this connection it is well to state that every thought, desire or action of the conscious mind will, if deeply felt, become subconscious.

Another fact, of equal importance is that the personal man is not the result simply of what he thinks,