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
< r /> 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