ANNOUNCEMENT
Categories:
Chapter I - The Twin-Verses
Books:
Mastery of Self
"For all may have,
If they dare choose, a glorious life"
--Herbert
I have received many letters from people who are distressed by
their fears To every such an one let me send this assured
message:
You can grow in your soul a perfect courage
The methods adapted to this ideal are simple, not impossible to
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any, and will become less and less difficult as you continue to
make them more and more a real part of your life
I do not say, "Be courageous"
I do not say, "Destroy your fears"
Such advice is common enough, but it is altogether barren unless
you know how to carry it out I hope, rather, to present methods
which shall be definite and practical, so that you will be able to
do the very thing needful These methods, in the large, I now
announce as follows:
FIRST METHOD: THE INSPIRATION OF THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND You are
invited, always through the reading of this book and during life,
to believe, assume and realize--
_I_ AM GROWING IN MY SOUL a PERFECT COURAGE
SECOND METHOD: THE ELIMINATION OF FEAR This is the negative phase
of our work Specific instructions will be given having to do with
every kind of fear I shall endeavor to suggest practical help to
all readers for each particular difficulty
THIRD METHOD: THE CULTURE OF SPIRITUAL COURAGE By the word
"spiritual" I mean not merely religious in the ordinary sense, but
rather that kind of courage which is just the breath and tone of
the White Life manifest in the human life The WHITE LIFE in you
is harmony with the White Life which is The Good, The Beautiful,
The True, The All-Health, The Father, The Infinite Soul of this
wonderful Universe in which we live If you come to harmony with
the White Life, your fears will vanish because you will then share
in the Courage of the Eternal Good
There are two kinds of courage:
THE COURAGE THAT DARES AND WINS; and
THE COURAGE THAT SMILES and RECEIVES
"And shall I with a Giant strive,
And charge a Dragon on the field?"
In these lines we have the first kind of courage It is good, but
there is a type which is vastly superior:
I AM THE COURAGE of THE SOUL HARMONIC WITH THE PERFECT WHOLE
These lines indicate the second kind of courage--than which there
is no higher "Herein is love with us made perfect, that we may
have boldness"
These are our methods They are commended to your approval I
shall try to state them plainly, going on from one fear to
another, and another, until the long list is disposed of, and
always shall I follow details of procedure similar to those set
forth in "POWER FOR SUCCESS," the ideal constantly being
EXACTLY WHAT TO DO and HOW TO DO EXACTLY THAT