Working with the Law (2) (continued)
I knew a woman who once lived in a beautiful home in an exclusive suburban district with every comfort that wealth could supply to make her happy. This home was a large rambling house, facing a beautiful lake, with green terraces sloping to its edge.
Flower gardens, perfectly kept, were scattered freely along each path throughout the estate. She had many servants to help her, and from observation her life was just about *Instant website promotion! Free color text links!as complete as one might dream about. But, with all this wealth and beauty, the woman was heard to remark to her friends that she hoped the day would come when she would be relieved of the big house and all its problems and could live in a trunk.
She wanted a room to herself, for herself, and just large enough to move about without
any extra space to dust and to keep clean.
A few years elapsed. Her husband died and left the estate to her. She sold the
home at a sacrifice. Her other holdings depreciated so much in value through unwise
investments and transfers that she had but a small income left.
She went to live with a sister, and, true to her wish, she now has a small room
on the third floor and practically lives in a trunk. Whether she is happier now than
before I do not know, but I doubt it. One thing I do know; that is, she gradually led
herself to the small room and privations when her consciousness began to grow small
and limited. She unconsciously touched the creative principle and supplied it with ideas
of smallness and privacy and limitation which materialized within a few years’ time.
As we assimilate in mind these ideas or mental pictures, we, knowingly or
unknowingly, exercise a power to produce them. This creative process continues
working night and day until the idea is completed. We cannot picture thoughts of
poverty, failure, disease and doubt, and expect in return to enjoy wealth, success,
health, and courage. It just can’t be done, any more than the photographer can take a
beautiful picture of a homely creature.
