THE POWER OF THOUGHT          

          Thought is the unseen cause of the totality of our lives.  It is the motivator behind everything that we create, do and feel.  To walk across a room, we must think of it first.  To create a painting, we imagine it first.  To feel joyful, we first believe the moment is wonderful.  Without thoughts, we would do nothing and feel nothing.

          Thought is invisible energy that causes emotions, ideas and actions. But can thought also cause events?  Can it affect our physical bodies and material things?

          Scientists think so.  They have found that any experiment is affected by the expectations of the researcher or observer.  For that reason, they conduct experiments using "double blind" procedures.  Eastern philosophers certainly believe it is so.  For thousands of years, they have propounded the idea that thought is creative, even of matter and events.

          How does thought affect events and matter?  That question deserves a careful and lengthy answer, but for our purposes here, a short answer must suffice.

          When we deal with the unseen, we must go beyond traditional science, which studies only that which our physical senses can know.  We must look for the answer in philosophic understanding, and more recently, in quantum physics.

          Unseen energy is the basis of all matter.  Quantum physicists now tell us that atoms are comprised of only about ten percent matter, and that approximately ninety percent of what we call "matter" is actually fluctuating impulses of energy.  And you thought your kitchen table was solid!

          You also thought your body was solid.  And yet, now we know that the body, composed of atoms, is also only about ten percent solid mass.  The rest of it is invisible energy.  You and all the people around you are really made of invisible, vibrational energy.  Try to hold that mental picture for a moment.

          Thought, as an unseen vibrational energy, possesses the same qualities of pulsating energy as the kitchen table or the body's cells, but with important additional qualities.  Thought is self-conscious, directive energy.  Thought is the maestro, the sculptor, and the creator of our lives because it manages, directs and organizes all the other vibrational energies.  It's that simple.

          Now, how can we use this information?  It must be used in a practical way in our lives, rather than sitting immobile like a statue of the philosophical "Thinker"  -- nice to look at, but it won't go with the living room decor.

          There is much we can do with the information that thought can affect what happens to us.  Your potential wealth, health and happiness are within your control.  Through directed thought, you determine your opportunities and successes.

          We have been creating our lives with our thoughts, as beliefs, attitudes, emotions and statements, we just haven't been aware of it.  Much of our thought has been weak and without impact because it has been indecisive, confused, scattered and contradictory.  Scattered thought is impotent, but focused thought is like a laser beam of power. 

          You can have anything you want in life, as long as you are able to consistently hold that ideal or goal in your mind and emotions.  As soon as you begin to use your thoughts creatively, you will know without any doubt, that this is true.   And when you know it with deep certainty, you will be filled with a rush of excitement and joy, because you will have found the key to life.

          You will only really know as you practice and use your abilities.  This book, as a training course, will guide you with information and techniques.  It's then up to you to use these transformational tools for practical change in your life.