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- Herausgeber: Guiding Beam
- Kategorie: Ratgeber
- Sprache: Englisch
"Your destiny is in your hands, and your thoughts are the tools." The Mastery of Destiny, written by the acclaimed James Allen, author of the classic As Man Thinketh, is a profound guide that explores the power of the mind in shaping your life. Originally published in the early 20th century, this work continues to resonate as one of the most insightful personal development books in the realm of self-help and philosophy books. This timeless piece is essential reading for anyone who wants to develop a growth mindset, enhance their emotional intelligence, and tap into the limitless power of their subconscious mind. If you're looking to elevate your life, cultivate positive thinking, and connect with your inner self, this book offers the wisdom and tools needed for genuine transformation. Allen's teachings guide readers to understand the role of mind control, the influence of the law of attraction, and the profound impact of spiritual growth on our destinies. Sneak Peek "True happiness is found within, in the calmness of mind and the purity of thought." In The Mastery of Destiny, James Allen reveals the path to inner peace and fulfillment. Through chapters focused on mindful living and the power of positive thinking, readers are encouraged to practice mindfulness meditation and meditation techniques that nurture a state of conscious living. Allen's exploration of the subconscious mind provides practical steps on how to harness your mental powers, guiding you toward success and personal mastery. Synopsis The Mastery of Destiny teaches readers how to achieve greatness by mastering the mind, developing emotional intelligence, and embracing personal growth. It offers practical insights into how the law of attraction works, the importance of self-improvement, and how to cultivate a growth mindset to unlock one's potential. With a strong emphasis on meditation and mindfulness, Allen demonstrates how consistent practice of mindfulness exercises and mental visualization can lead to a deeper connection with your spirituality and ultimately, spiritual healing. Drawing from principles similar to the Silva Method, this book provides a roadmap to transform negative thought patterns into positive, empowering beliefs. It highlights the power of emotional intelligence training, self-development, and the integration of mindful living practices to achieve clarity, purpose, and fulfillment. By understanding the concepts of conscious living and the emotional quotient, readers can break free from limiting beliefs and align with their true path to destiny. Why You Should Read This Book The Mastery of Destiny is more than just another entry in the category of motivational books; it is a guide to unlocking the deepest potentials of your mind and spirit. Perfect for readers interested in personal development books, philosophy books, and those looking to explore self-help practices, this book offers a unique combination of teachings that will help you embrace spiritual growth and achieve personal development. This book is ideal for anyone seeking to develop a growth mindset, understand the subconscious mind, or explore the connections between mindfulness and personal achievement. It's a treasure for those on a journey of self-improvement, searching for ways to bring inner peace, prosperity, and fulfillment into their lives. "Master Your Destiny Today!" – Unlock the timeless wisdom of James Allen and take control of your future. Download Now!
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Contents
Deeds, Character, and Destiny
There is, and always has been, a wide-spread belief in Fate, or Destiny, that is, in an eternal and inscrutable Power which apportions definite ends to both individuals and nations. This belief has arisen from long observation of the facts of life. Men are conscious that there are certain occurrences which they cannot control, and are powerless to avert. Birth and death, for instance, are inevitable, and many of the incidents of life appear equally inevitable. Men strain every nerve for the attainment of certain ends, and gradually they become conscious of a Power which seems to be not of themselves, which frustrates their puny efforts, and laughs, as it were, at their fruitless striving and struggle. As men advance in life, they learn to submit, more or less, to this overruling Power which they do not understand, perceiving only its effects in themselves and the world around them, and they call it by various names, such as God, Providence, Fate, Destiny, etc.
Men of contemplation, such as poets and philosophers, step aside, as it were, to watch the movements of this mysterious Power as it seems to elevate its favourites on the one hand, and strike down its victims on the other, without reference to merit or demerit. The greatest poets, especially the dramatic poets, represent this Power in their works, as they have observed it in Nature. The Greek and Roman dramatists usually depict their heroes as having foreknowledge of their fate, and taking means to escape it; but by so doing they blindly involve themselves in a series of consequences which bring about the doom which they are trying to avert. Shakespeare’s characters, on the other hand, are represented, as in Nature, with no foreknowledge (except in the form of presentiment) of their particular destiny. Thus, according to the poets, whether the man knows his fate or not, he cannot avert it, and every conscious or unconscious act of his is a step towards it.
Omar Khayyam’s “Moving Finger” is a vivid expression of this idea of Fate:
“The Moving Finger writes, and having writ, Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a line, Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.”Thus, men in all nations and times have experienced in their lives the action of this invincible Power or Law, and in our nation to-day this experience has been crystallized in the terse proverb, “Man proposes, God disposes.”
But, contradictory as it may appear, there is an equally wide-spread belief in man’s responsibility as a free agent.
All moral teaching is an affirmation of man’s freedom to choose his course and mould his destiny; and man’s patient and untiring efforts in achieving his ends are declarations of consciousness of freedom and power. This dual experience of fate on the one hand, and freedom on the other, has given rise to the interminable controversy between the believers in Fatalism and the upholders of Free-will—a controversy which was recently revived under the term “Determinism versus Freewill.“
Between apparently conflicting extremes there is always a “middle way” of balance, justice, or compensation which, while it includes both extremes, cannot be said to be either one or the other, and which brings both into harmony; and this middle way is the point of contact between two extremes. Truth cannot be a partisan, but, by its nature, is the Reconciler of extremes; and so, in the matter which we are considering, there is a “golden mean” which brings Fate and Free-will into close relationship, wherein, indeed, it is seen that these two indisputable facts in human life, for such they are, are but two aspects of one central law, one unifying and all-embracing principle, namely, the law of causation in its moral aspect.
Moral causation necessitates both Fate and Free-will, both individual responsibility and individual predestination, for the law of causes must also be the law of effects, and cause and effect must always be equal; the train of causation, both in matter and mind, must be eternally balanced, therefore eternally just, eternally perfect. Thus every effect may be said to be a thing preordained, but the predetermining power is a cause, and not the fiat of an arbitrary will.
Man finds himself involved in the train of causation. His life is made up of causes and effects. It is both a sowing and a reaping. Each act of his is a cause which must be balanced by its effects. He chooses the cause (this is Free-will), he cannot choose, alter, or avert the effect (this is Fate); thus Free-will stands for the power to initiate causes, and destiny is involvement in effects. It is therefore true that man is predestined to certain ends, but he himself has (though he knows it not) issued the mandate; that good or evil thing from which there is no escape, he has, by his own deeds, brought about.
It may here be urged that man is not responsible for his deeds, that these are the effects of his character, and that he is not responsible for the character, good or bad, which was given him at his birth. If character was “given him” at birth, this would be true, and there would then be no moral law, and no need for moral teaching; but characters are not given ready-made, they are evolved; they are, indeed, effects, the products of the moral law itself, that is—the products of deeds. Character is the combined result of an incalculable number of deeds, is, in reality, an accumulation of deeds which has been piled up, so to speak, by the individual during vast ages of time and through innumerable lives, by a slow process of orderly evolution. A man’s birth into this life, with his complex character, to which he considers himself irresponsibly predestined, was determined by his own deeds in former lives.
Man is the doer of his own deeds; as such he is the maker of his own character; and as the doer of his deeds and the maker of his character, he is the moulder and shaper of his destiny. He has the power to modify and alter his deeds, and every time he acts he modifies his character, and with the modification of his character for good or evil, he is predetermining for himself new destinies—destinies disastrous or beneficent in accordance with the nature of his deeds. Character is destiny itself; as a fixed combination of deeds, it bears within itself the results of those deeds. These results lie hidden as moral seeds in the dark recesses of the character, awaiting their season of germination, growth, and fruitage.
Those things which befall a man are the reflections of himself; that destiny which pursued him, which he was powerless to escape by effort, or avert by prayer, was the relentless ghoul of his own wrong deeds demanding and enforcing restitution; those blessings and curses which come to him unbidden are the reverberating echoes of the sounds which he himself sent forth.
It is this knowledge of the Perfect Law working through and above all things; of the Perfect Justice operating in and adjusting all human affairs, that enables the good man to love his enemies, and to rise above all hatred, resentment, and complaining; for he knows that only his own can come to him, and that, though he be surrounded by persecutors, his enemies are but the blind instruments of a faultless retribution; and so he blames them not, but calmly receives his accounts, and patiently pays his moral debts. But this is not all; he does not merely pay his debts; he takes care not to contract any further debts. He watches himself and makes his deeds faultless. While paying off evil accounts, he is laying up good accounts. By putting an end to his own sin, he is bringing evil and suffering to an end.
