Remember
that poise and power are inseparably associated.
The calm
and balanced mind is the strong and great mind; the hurried and
agitated mind is the weak one. Whenever you fall into the
mental state of hurry you may know that you have lost the right
viewpoint; you are beginning to look upon the world, or some
part of it, as going wrong. At such times read Chapter Six of
this book; consider the fact that this work is perfect, now,
with all that it contains. Nothing is going wrong; nothing can
be wrong; be poised, be calm, be cheerful; have faith in God.
Next as to
habit, it is probable that your greatest difficulty will be to
overcome your old habitual ways of thought, and to form new
habits. The world is ruled by habit. Kings, tyrants, masters,
and plutocrats hold their positions solely because the people
have come to habitually accept them. Things are as they are
only because people have formed the habit of accepting them as
they are. When the people change their habitual thought about
governmental, social, and industrial institutions, they will
change the institutions.
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