The Master Key System by Charles F. Haanel --- 14 CHAPTER FOURTEEN

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

You have found from your study thus far that thought is a spiritual activity and is
therefore endowed with creative power. This does not mean that some thought is
creative, but that all thought is creative. This same principle can be brought into
operation in a negative way, through the process of denial.
The conscious and subconscious are but two phases of action in connection with
one mind. The relation of the subconscious to the conscious is quite analogous to that
existing between a weather vane and the atmosphere.
Just as the least pressure of the atmosphere causes an action on the part of the
weather vane, so does the least thought entertained by the conscious mind produce
within your subconscious mind action in exact proportion to the depth of feeling
characterizing the thought and the intensity with which the thought is indulged.
It follows that if you deny unsatisfactory conditions, you are withdrawing the creative
power of your thought from these conditions. You are cutting them away at the root. You
are sapping their vitality.
Remember that the law of growth necessarily governs every manifestation in the
objective, so that a denial of unsatisfactory conditions will not bring about instant
change. A plant will remain visible for some time after its roots have been cut, but it will
gradually fade away and eventually disappear, so the withdrawal of your thought from
the contemplation of unsatisfactory conditions will gradually, but surely, terminate these
conditions.
You will see that this is an exactly opposite course from the one which we would
naturally be inclined to adopt. It will therefore have an exactly opposite effect to the one
usually secured. Most persons concentrate intently upon unsatisfactory conditions,
thereby giving the condition that measure of energy and vitality which is necessary in
order to supply a vigorous growth.

PART FOURTEEN

1. The Universal Energy in which all motion, light, heat, and color have their origin,
does not partake of the limitation of the many effects of which it is the cause, but it is
supreme over them all. This Universal Substance is the source of all Power, Wisdom and
Intelligence.
2. To recognize this Intelligence is to acquaint yourself with the knowing quality of
Mind and through it to move upon the Universal Substance, and bring it into harmonious
relations in your affairs.
3. This is something that the most learned physical science teacher has not attempted
-- a field of discovery upon which he has not yet launched; in fact, but few of the
materialistic schools have ever caught the first ray of this light. It does not seem to have
dawned upon them that wisdom is just as much present everywhere as are force and
substance.
4. Some will say, if these principles are true, why are we not demonstrating them?
As the fundamental principle is obviously correct, why do we not get proper results? We
do. We get results in exact accordance with our understanding of the law and our ability
to make the proper application. We secured no results from the laws governing
electricity until someone formulated the law and showed us how to apply it.
5. This puts us in an entirely new relation to our environment, opening up
possibilities previously undreamed of, and this by an orderly sequence of law which is
naturally involved in our new mental attitude.
6. Mind is creative and the principle upon which this law is based is sound and
legitimate and is inherent in the nature of things; but this creative power does not
originate in the individual, but in the Universal, which is the source and fountain of all
energy and substance, the individual is simply the channel for the distribution of this
energy. The individual is the means by which the Universal produces the various
combinations which result in the formation of phenomena.
7. We know that scientists have resolved matter into an immense number of
molecules; these molecules have been resolved into atoms, and the atoms into electrons.
The discovery of electrons in high vacuum glass tubes containing fused terminals of
hard metal, indicates conclusively that these electrons fill all space; that they exist
everywhere, that they are omnipresent. They fill all material bodies and occupy the
whole of what we call empty space. This, then, is the Universal Substance from which
all things proceed.
8. Electrons would forever remain electrons unless directed where to go to be
assembled into atoms and molecules, and this director is Mind. A number of electrons
revolving around a center of force constitutes an atom; atoms unite in absolutely regular
mathematical ratios and form molecules, and these unite with each other to form a
multitude of compounds which unite to build the Universe.
9. The lightest known atom is hydrogen and this is 1,700 times heavier than an
electron. An atom of mercury is 300,000 times heavier than an electron. Electrons are pure negative electricity, and as they have the same potential velocity as all other cosmic
energy, such as heat, light, electricity and thought, neither time nor space require
consideration. The manner in which the velocity of light was ascertained is interesting.
10. The velocity of light was obtained by the Danish astronomer Roemer in 1676, by
observing the eclipses of Jupiter's moons. When the earth was nearest to Jupiter, the
eclipse appeared about eight and one-half minutes too soon for the calculations, and
when the earth was most remote from Jupiter, they were about eight and one-half
minutes too late. Roemer concluded the reason to be that it required 17 minutes for light
from the planet to traverse the diameter of the earth's orbit, which measured the
difference of the distances of the earth from Jupiter. This calculation has since been
verified, and proves that light travels about 186,000 miles a second.
11. Electrons manifest in the body as cells, and possess mind and intelligence
sufficient for them to perform their functions in the human physical anatomy. Every part
of the body is composed of cells, some of which operate independently; others in
communities. Some are busy building tissue, while others are engaged in forming the
various secretions necessary for the body. Some act as carriers of material; others are the
surgeons whose work it is to repair damage; others are scavengers, carrying off waste;
others are constantly ready to repel invaders or other undesirable intruders of the germ
family.
12. All these cells are moving for a common purpose and each one is not only a living
organism, but has sufficient intelligence to enable it to perform its necessary duties. It is
also endowed with sufficient intelligence to conserve the energies and perpetuate its own
life. It must, therefore, secure sufficient nourishment and it has been found that it
exercises choice in the selection of such nourishment.
13. Each cell is born, reproduces itself, dies and is absorbed. The maintenance of
health and life itself depends upon the constant regeneration of these cells.
14. It is therefore apparent that there is mind in every atom of the body; this mind is
negative mind, and the power of the individual to think makes him positive, so that he
can control this negative mind. This is the scientific explanation for metaphysical
healing, and will enable anyone to understand the principle upon which this remarkable
phenomenon rests.
15. This negative mind, which is contained in every cell of the body, has been called
the subconscious mind, because it acts without our conscious knowledge. We have
found that this subconscious mind is responsive to the will of the conscious mind.
16. All things have their origin in mind, and appearances are the result of thought. So
that we see that things in themselves have no origin, permanency, or reality. Since they
are produced by thought, they can be erased by thought.
17. In mental, as in natural science, experiments are being made and each discovery
lifts man one step higher toward his possible goal. We find that every man is the
reflection of the thought he has entertained during his lifetime. This is stamped on his
face, his form, his character, his environment.
18. Back of every effect there is a cause, and if we follow the trail to its starting point,
we shall find the creative principle out of which it grew. Proofs of this are now so
complete that this truth is generally accepted.
19. The objective world is controlled by an unseen and, heretofore, unexplainable
power. We have, heretofore, personalized this power and called it God. We have now,
however, learned to look upon it as the permeating essence or Principle of all that exists
-- the Infinite or Universal Mind.
20. The Universal Mind, being infinite and omnipotent, has unlimited resources at its
command, and when we remember that it is also omnipresent, we cannot escape the
conclusion that we must be an expression or manifestation of that Mind.
21. A recognition and understanding of the resources of the subconscious mind will
indicate that the only difference between the subconscious and the Universal is one of
degree. They differ only as a drop of water differs from the ocean. They are the same in
kind and quality, the difference is one of degree only.
22. Do you, can you, appreciate the value of this all-important fact; do you realize
that a recognition of this tremendous fact places you in touch with Omnipotence? The
subconscious mind being the connecting link between the Universal Mind and the
conscious mind, is it not evident that the conscious mind can consciously suggest
thoughts which the subconscious mind will put into action, and as the subconscious is
one with the Universal, is it not evident that no limit can be placed upon its activities?
23. A scientific understanding of this principle will explain the wonderful results
which are secured through the power of prayer. The results which are secured in this
way are not brought about by any special dispensations of providence, but on the
contrary, they are the result of the operation of a perfectly natural law. There is,
therefore, nothing either religious or mysterious about it.
24. Yet there are many who are not ready to enter into the discipline necessary to think
correctly, even though it is evident that wrong thinking has brought failure.
25. Thought is the only reality; conditions are but the outward manifestations; as the
thought changes, all outward or material conditions must change in order to be in
harmony with their creator, which is thought.
26. But the thought must be clear cut, steady, fixed, definite, unchangeable; you
cannot take one step forward and two steps backward, neither can you spend twenty or
thirty years of your life building up negative conditions as the result of negative
thoughts, and then expect to see them all melt away as the result of fifteen or twenty
minutes of right thinking.
27. If you enter into the discipline necessary to bring about a radical change in your
life, you must do so deliberately, after giving the matter careful thought and full
consideration, and then you must allow nothing to interfere with your decision.
28. This discipline, this change of thought, this mental attitude will not only bring you
the material things which are necessary for your highest and best welfare, but will bring
health and harmonious conditions generally.
29. If you wish harmonious conditions in your life, you must develop an harmonious
mental attitude.
30. Your world without will be a reflection of your world within.
31. For your exercise this week, concentrate on Harmony, and when I say concentrate,
I mean all that the word implies; concentrate so deeply, so earnestly, that you will be
conscious of nothing but harmony. Remember, we learn by doing. Reading these lessons
will get you nowhere. It is in the practical application that the value consists.

Part Fourteen - Study Questions

131. What is the source of all Wisdom, Power and Intelligence?
132. Where do all motion, light, heat and color have their origin?
133. Where does the creative power of thought originate?
134. What is thought?
135. How is the Universal differentiated in form?
136. How is this accomplished?
137. What is the first form which the Universal takes so far as we know?
138. Where do all things have their origin?
139. What is the result of a change of thought?
140. What is the result of a harmonious mental attitude?