From poverty to power E-Book

James Allen

• Herausgeber: Skyline
• Kategorie: Ratgeber
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2018

Beschreibung

I looked around upon the world, and saw that it was shadowed by sorrow and scorched by the fierce fires of suffering. And I looked for the cause. I looked around, but could not find it; I looked in books, but could not find it; I looked within, and found there both the cause and the self-made nature of that cause. I looked again, and deeper, and found the remedy. I found one Law, the Law of Love; one Life, the Life of adjustment to that Law; one Truth, the truth of a conquered mind and a quiet and obedient heart. And I dreamed of writing a book which should help men and women, whether rich or poor, learned or unlearned, worldly or unworldly, to find within themselves the source of all success, all happiness, all accomplishment, all truth. And the dream remained with me, and at last became substantial; and now I send it forth into the world on its mission of healing and blessedness, knowing that it cannot fail to reach the homes and hearts of those who are waiting and ready to receive it.

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James Allen

From poverty to power

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Table of contents

Foreword

Part I: The path of prosperity

Part II: The way of peace

Foreword

I looked around upon the world, and saw that it was shadowed by sorrow and scorchedby the fierce fires of suffering. And I looked for the cause. I looked around, but could notfind it; I looked in books, but could not find it; I looked within, and found there both thecause and the self-made nature of that cause. I looked again, and deeper, and found theremedy.I found one Law, the Law of Love; one Life, the Life of adjustment to that Law; oneTruth, the truth of a conquered mind and a quiet and obedient heart. And I dreamed ofwriting a book which should help men and women, whether rich or poor, learned orunlearned, worldly or unworldly, to find within themselves the source of all success, allhappiness, all accomplishment, all truth. And the dream remained with me, and at lastbecame substantial; and now I send it forth into the world on its mission of healing andblessedness, knowing that it cannot fail to reach the homes and hearts of those who arewaiting and ready to receive it.

Part I: The path of prosperity

1. The lesson of evilUnrest and pain and sorrow are the shadows of life. There is no heart in all the world thathas not felt the sting of pain, no mind has not been tossed upon the dark waters of trouble,no eye that has not wept the hot blinding tears of unspeakable anguish.There is no household where the Great Destroyers, disease and death, have not entered,severing heart from heart, and casting over all the dark pall of sorrow. In the strong, andapparently indestructible meshes of evil all are more or less fast caught, and pain,unhappiness, and misfortune wait upon mankind.With the object of escaping, or in some way mitigating this overshadowing gloom, menand women rush blindly into innumerable devices, pathways by which they fondly hopeto enter into a happiness which will not pass away.Such are the drunkard and the harlot, who revel in sensual excitements; such is theexclusive aesthete, who shuts himself out from the sorrows of the world, and surroundshimself with enervating luxuries; such is he who thirsts for wealth or fame, andsubordinates all things to the achievement of that object; and such are they who seekconsolation in the performance of religious rites.And to all the happiness sought seems to come, and the soul, for a time, is lulled into a