The Game Of Life(Illustrated) E-Book

Florence Scovel Shinn

• Herausgeber: Micheal Smith
• Kategorie: Religion und Spiritualität
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2024

Beschreibung

Special Illustrated Edition - Dive Deeper into "The Game of Life"

• Illustrated Edition: Contains 20 beautiful illustrations that breathe life into its teachings.
• Added Features: Includes a comprehensive summary, detailed characters list, and an inspiring author biography.
• Perfect for New and Returning Readers: Whether you're a first-time reader or revisiting this classic, this edition offers a fresh and enriched experience.Step into the enchanting world of "The Game of Life and How to Play It", a timeless classic penned by the visionary Florence Scovel Shinn. In this spiritual guidebook, Shinn illuminates the profound metaphysical laws that steer our destinies and the power of the mind in shaping our realities.

This book explains how ideas, words, and beliefs have the power to actualize one's desires through a combination of engaging anecdotes, profound insight, and useful guidance. Explore the art of optimistic thinking, the power of affirmations, and the delicate dance of fate and self-will.
This special illustrated edition enhances Shinn's teachings with visual allure, making the journey not only insightful but also visually captivating. Accompanied by a detailed summary, character listings, and an intimate biography of Florence Scovel Shinn, this edition is a treasure trove for those seeking spiritual enlightenment and personal transformation.
Embrace the game of life, understand its rules, and harness the power within to craft your desired destiny.
 

Leseprobe

THE GAME OF LIFE

BY

FLORENCE SCOVEL SHINN

ABOUT SHINN

Florence Scovel Shinn: Master of Metaphysical Musings

When Fate Paints with a Mystic Brush

Born under the burnished hue of a Philadelphia sunset on September 24, 1871, Florence Scovel was destined to be more than just an average voice in the chorus of the world. She was a storyteller by birthright, but as she matured, Florence metamorphosed into a visionary, bringing forth the profound interconnections between human faith, destiny, and the subtle art of positive thinking.

Childhood: A Canvas of Dreams

Raised in a household that thrummed with art and imagination, Florence's mother was an artist, and her father was a lawyer with a penchant for the poetic. Their union formed the perfect crucible for a young Florence, who, even as a child, began crafting tales that interwove the mundane and the mystical.

New York: The Crucible of Transformation

With dreams as vast as the skyline, Florence moved to New York. Here, she attended the Academy of Fine Arts and later married Everett Shinn, a muralist, and an integral part of the Ashcan School of artists. But as much as she was enveloped by art, there was a different calling that began to whisper in her ear: the world of metaphysical spirituality.

From Artist to Oracle

In the midst of the roaring twenties, when jazz echoed through the streets and flappers danced away their nights, Florence penned her magnum opus, "The Game of Life and How to Play It." This wasn't just a book; it was a testament to her belief in the power of positive affirmations and spiritual law.

Through her writings, Florence introduced the world to the idea that our thoughts and beliefs shape our realities. Before the self-help genre was a saturated market, she was a pioneer, teaching readers that words held power and that affirmations could change one's life.

Legacy: The Echo of Her Words

Florence Scovel Shinn may have left the mortal realm in 1940, but her teachings are still as resonant today as they were back then. Her books became guiding lights for those seeking solace, direction, and a better understanding of themselves.

In a world mired in the tangible, Florence dared to dive deep into the unseen. Through her writings, she carved a niche, not just as an author but as a beacon of hope, teaching generations that life wasn't just a game of chance but one where belief, faith, and positive affirmations could lead the way.

To know Florence Scovel Shinn is to understand the delicate dance between fate and free will, and the incredible power one holds to shape it.

SUMMARY

Florence Scovel Shinn's The Game of Life

Dive into a transformative journey with Florence Scovel Shinn's timeless classic, "The Game of Life and How to Play It." Drawing from spiritual wisdom and real-life anecdotes, Shinn unveils the metaphysical laws governing success and fulfillment. Learn how the power of positive affirmations, unwavering faith, and intuitive insights can shape your destiny. As you navigate the game board of life, this book serves as your guide, teaching you not only how to play but how to triumph. Embrace a world where words wield power, thoughts craft reality, and where every challenge is merely a stepping stone to success. Discover the rules, master the game, and shape your own destiny.

CHARACTERS LIST

Florence Scovel Shinn's The Game of Life  is not a narrative fiction with a cast of characters, like novels or short stories. Instead, it's a self-help and spiritual guidebook that delves into the power of positive thinking, metaphysical concepts, and the spiritual laws that govern success and fulfillment in life.

The book uses anecdotes and stories from various people's lives to illustrate its principles, but these are real-life examples rather than fictional characters. The "characters" in the book are actually the concepts, teachings, and principles Shinn discusses, such as the Law of Prosperity, the Law of Nonresistance, and the Law of Karma.

So, there isn't a traditional "characters list" for this book as you would expect from a novel. If you're interested in the main ideas or themes of the book, I can certainly outline those for you!

Contents

The Game

The Law Of Prosperity

The Power Of The Word

The Law Of Nonresistance

The Law Of Karma And The Law Of Forgiveness

Casting The Burden

Love

Intuition Or Guidance

Perfect Self-Expression Or The Divine Design

Denials And Affirmations

Denials And Affirmations

The Game

Most people consider life a battle, but it is not a battle, it is a game.

It is a game, however, which cannot be played successfully without the knowledge of spiritual law, and the Old and the New Testaments give the rules of the game with wonderful clearness. Jesus Christ taught that it was a great game of Giving and Receiving.

"Whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap." This means that whatever man sends out in word or deed, will return to him; what he gives, he will receive.

If he gives hate, he will receive hate; if he gives love, he will receive love; if he gives criticism, he will receive criticism; if he lies he will be lied to; if he cheats he will be cheated. We are taught also, that the imaging faculty plays a leading part in the game of life.

"Keep thy heart (or imagination) with all diligence, for out of it are the issues of life." (Prov. 4:23.)

This means that what man images, sooner or later externalizes in his affairs. I know of a man who feared a certain disease. It was a very rare disease and difficult to get, but he pictured it continually and read about it until it manifested in his body, and he died, the victim of distorted imagination.

So we see, to play successfully the game of life, we must train the imaging faculty. A person with an imaging faculty trained to image only good, brings into his life "every righteous desire of his heart"—health, wealth, love, friends, perfect self-expression, his highest ideals.

The imagination has been called, "The Scissors of The Mind, "and it is ever cutting, cutting, day by day, the pictures man sees there, and sooner or later he meets his own creations in his outer world. To train the imagination successfully, man must understand the workings of his mind. The Greeks said: "Know Thyself."

There are three departments of the mind, the subconscious, conscious and superconscious. The subconscious, is simply power, without direction. It is like steam or electricity, and it does what it is directed to do; it has no power of induction.

Whatever man feels deeply or images clearly, is impressed upon the subconscious mind, and carried out in minutest detail.

For example: a woman I know, when a child, always "made believe" she was a widow. She "dressed up" in black clothes and wore a long black veil, and people thought she was very clever and amusing. She grew up and married a man with whom she was deeply in love. In a short time he died and she wore black and a sweeping veil for many years. The picture of herself as a widow was impressed upon the subconscious mind, and in due time worked itself out, regardless of the havoc created.

The conscious mind has been called mortal or carnal mind.

It is the human mind and sees life as it appears to be. It sees death, disaster, sickness, poverty and limitation of every kind, and it impresses the subconscious.

The superconscious mind is the God Mind within each man, and is the realm of perfect ideas.

In it, is the "perfect pattern" spoken of by Plato, The Divine Design; for there is a Divine Design for each person.