It has taken humanity thousands of years to learn that it has the power to control its own destiny. From the Bible we have the assurance: ‘As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.’. The old Greek philosophers understood something of the meaning of thought.
‘What we expect,’ said Aristotle ‘that we find.’ ‘What we wish’, said Demosthenes, ‘that we believe’. And Shakespeare is credited with the saying ‘There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.’ It is one thing to know a principal, another to apply it
The first principle fundamental to the understanding of the operation of thought is, that we are surrounded by an infinite intelligence. The possibility of healing physical disease, changing environment, attracting friends and demonstrating supply through the power of right thinking, rests entirely on the theory that we are surrounded by an Infinite Mind, which reacts to our thought according to Law.
We are living in an Intelligent Universe, which response to our mental states. To the extent that we learn to control these mental states, we shall automatically control our environment. This is why we are studying the power of thought as we approach the subject of spiritual mind healing. This is what is meant by the practical application of this science to the problems of everyday living. The result of this mental work is what is meant by demonstration.
In the great Universal Mind, man is the center of intelligence, and every time he thinks he sets mind in action.
And So It Is.