As You Think: Second Edition
by James Allen, Marc Allen
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Author: James Allen, Marc AllenEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1998-04-15
ISBN: 1577310748
Number of pages: 112
Publisher: New World Library
Book Reviews of As You Think: Second Edition
Book Review: A book that changed my life
Summary: 5 Stars
I wrote a blog about this book on my website, [...]. It might be too much here as an Amazon review, but I'll give it a shot:
This book, written in 1904, took me from poverty to abundance. For about twenty years, I said it was the best book I've ever read (now it's number two; THE POWER OF NOW is number one). I put several phrases from the book, including the opening poem and the other poem in it, in big letters on my wall. These phrases, repeated hundreds of times, became imprinted in my mind, and to this day they spring to mind on occasion. They are powerful, life changing phrases -- the most powerful one, for me, is this:
You will become as great as your dominant aspiration....
If you cherish a vision, a lofty ideal in your heart,
you will realize it.
James Allen writes with a power and authority that affects some deep place within, and those two sentences of his have been life changing. That and the two poems -- they sum up everything I learned from AS YOU THINK. It opens with a short poem. There's a tradition in some Buddhist books where the wisdom of the book is contained in the title. If you understand the title, you don't need to read the book. Then there is a short opening poem; if you understand the poem, you don't need to read the book either, for it contains all the wisdom of the book. Here's the opening poem in AS YOU THINK:
Mind is the master power that molds and makes,
And we are Mind, and evermore we take
The tool of thought, and shaping what we will,
Bring forth a thousand joys, a thousand ills.
We think in secret, and it comes to pass --
Our world is but our looking glass.
Then, at the end of the second chapter, there is one more poem that also sums up and contains all the wisdom of the book:
You will be what you will to be;
Let failure find its false content
In that poor word environment,
But spirit scorns it, and is free.
It masters time, it conquers space,
It cows that boastful trickster Chance,
And bids the tyrant Circumstance
Uncrown, and take a servant's place.
The human Will, that force unseen,
The offspring of a deathless soul,
Can hew its way to any goal
Though walls of granite intervene.
Be not impatient in delay,
But wait as one who understands,
When spirit rises and commands,
The gods are ready to obey.
"Content" in the second line, of course means "contentment". And he uses "environment" in line three, and later "circumstance" very broadly -- he means everything in our world, inner and outer, that we can possibly use as an excuse, as a reason we can't "hew our way to any goal". Be not impatient in delay, he tells us, but wait and understand: When our spirit rises and dares to dream, and dares even to command ourselves to take the steps we can take toward that dream, then the whole universe rushes in to support us in realizing our dreams.
Here's what I learned from this great little book:
You are far greater, far more powerful, than you may think. You are part of a limitless field of creative possibilities.
As Eckhart Tolle puts it, in the frontispiece of THE POWER OF NOW:
"You are here to enable the divine purpose
of the Universe to unfold.
That is how important you are!"
Summary of As You Think: Second Edition
In 1904, a little-known Englishman named James Allen wrote a small book called As a Man Thinketh. A hundred years later, this book has become a self-empowerment classic. New World Library author and publisher Marc Allen updated this timeless gem, recasting obsolete language and polishing the author's message to highlight the universal principles of the original. James Allen's message has now reached a whole new generation of readers with As You Think. Great truths are simple and easy to express, and James Allen's insights into self-empowerment are just that: Personal power lies within the mind. Once awakened, there are no limits to what one can imagine and then achieve with the power of thought. The author shares deep insights into the essential relationship of a person's thoughts to personal character, life circumstances, physical health, life purpose, achievement, and personal serenity. As You Think is a simple yet powerful reminder that "all we achieve and all that we fail to achieve is the direct result of our own thoughts." We are the masters of our destinies.Self-Esteem Books
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