Full of Desires
查尔斯·汉尼尔 / Charles F. Haanel
There are only three things which can possibly be desired in the“world without”and each of them can be found in the“world within”. The secret of finding them is simply to apply the proper “mechanism” of attachment to the omnipotent power to which each individual has access.
The three things which all mankind desires and which are necessary for his highest expression and complete development are Health, Wealth and Love. All will admit that health is absolutely essential; no one can be happy if the physical body is in pain. All will not so readily admit that Wealth is necessary, but all must admit that a sufficient supply at least is necessary, and what would be considered sufficient for one, would be considered absolute and painful lack for another; and as Nature provides not only enough but abundantly, wastefully, lavishly, we realize that any lack or limitation is only the limitation which has been made by an artificial method of distribution. All will probably admit that Love is the third, or maybe some will say the first essential necessary to the happiness of mankind; at any rate, those who possess all three, Health, Wealth, and Love, find nothing else which can be added to their cup of happiness.
We have found that the Universal substance is“All Health”,“All Substance” and “All Love” and that the mechanism of attachment whereby we can consciously connect with this Infinite supply is in our method of thinking. To think correctly is therefore to enter into the“Secret Place of the Most High”.
What shall we think? If we know this we shall have found the proper mechanism of attachment which will relate us to “Whatsoever things we desire”. This mechanism may seem very simple when I give it to you, but read on; you will find that it is in reality the “Master Key”, the “Aladdin’s tamp”, if you please; you will find that it is the foundation, the imperative condition, the absolute law of well-doing, which means, well-being.
To think correctly, accurately, we must know the
“Truth”. The truth then is the underlying principle in every business or social relation. It is a condition precedent to every right action. It is the only solid ground in a world of doubt, conflict and danger.
How then are we to know the truth in order to attach this mechanism which will relate us to the Infinite?
We can make no mistake about this if we realize that truth is the vital principle of the Universal Mind and is Omnipresent. For instance, if you require health, a realization of the fact that the “I” in you is spiritual and that all spirit is one; that wherever a part is the whole must be, will bring about a condition of health, because every cell in the body must manifest the truth as you see it. If you see sickness, they will manifest sickness; if you see perfection they must manifest perfection. The affirmation,“I am whole, perfect, strong, powerful, loving, harmonious and happy”, will bring about harmonious conditions. The reason for this is because the affirmation is in strict accordance with the truth, and when truth appears every form of error or discord must necessarily disappear. He who has learned to bring the greatest spiritual truths into touch with the so-called lesser things of life has discovered the secret of the solution of his problem.
One is always quickened, made more thoughtful, by his nearness of approach to great ideas, great events, great natural objects, and great men. Lincoln is said to have begotten in all who came near him the feeling awakened when one approaches a mountain.
It is sometimes an inspiration to hear from someone who has actually put these principles to the test, someone who has demonstrated them in their own life. A letter from Frederick Andrews offers the following insight: