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The third meditation in U.S. Andersen’s THREE MAGIC WORDS closes the discussion on the topic of MIND, in which Andersen explains that the human mind is dualistic in nature, comprised of the Subconscious and the Conscious Mind.

Beyond The Pain & Pleasure Principle

The Conscious Mind is ruled by the PAIN & PLEASURE PRINCIPLE, in which it constantly “imagines escape from pain and flight into pleasure.” The sole purpose of the Conscious Mind is to ensure the survival of the organism. The Subconscious Mind, on the other hand, is composed of the very substance of infinite creation and is our connection to the divine.

Why Meditate?

I like this chapter because he really explains why daily meditation is so important. As we begin to understand that it is our thoughts that fuel the reality we experience, we discover that if we can consciously control our thoughts, our mental chatter, the endless cacophony of the monkeymind, we can begin to manifest in the physical world that which we think about. Meditation is the tool with which we learn to control our thoughts and thereby control our world.

ANDERSEN’S THIRD MEDITATION

For more information on the topic of the Mind, Andersen suggests The Edinburgh Lectures on Mental Science by Thomas Troward, a turn-of-the-century text that was supposedly the inspiration behind the film, “The Secret.”

Here’s the meditation:

I know and recognize my oneness with all things. I know that all form and all circumstance are the creation of an infinite intelligence that is in and around me. I know that all things are the result of conception and desire, that my world is ordered according to my own thoughts and convictions. Therefore I concentrate on harmony. I see nothing but cooperation and assistance. I know that we all seek the same answers and the same goals. I know that each person must follow a different path toward his vision, and I understand the searchings and the copings of everyone I know and see. I have sympathy and tolerance for all things and all people. i know that inasmuch as I help others I help myself. In my brother’s eye there is my own soul. In my friend’s smile there is my own humor. In my neighbor’s sorrow there is my own loss. I have compassion and understanding for all things, fore this life in which I have my being strives for understanding of itself. I deny error; it is simply progress toward truth. I know that it is impossible to fail when faith is present. I do not order things to be made in my time or in my place, but trust the Universal Mind in its own great knowledge of the time and the place and the need and the way. Each moment of each day brings my life closer to realization. The objects of my work are being accomplished this very minute. Success and harmony, peace, and confidence are mine.

I went back to Uell Stanley Andersen’s Three Magic Words this morning and was struck by the power of the daily meditations he provides at the conclusion of each lesson.

The first lesson in the book is about the nature of “The Lock.”  Andersen defines the Lock as the barrier imposed by Prompters in the Subconscious Mind that disrupts the proper use of the great power of the infinite.  These Prompters, he explains, are the forces existing in our Subconscious Mind that “cause our thinking to go astray.”  Why is this important?  Because according to Andersen, all power resides in thought.

Of course this idea isn’t entirely new.  The proponents of the so-called Law of Attraction movement, which includes many of the writers and thinkers portrayed in The Secret, Ester Hicks’ Abraham, Wayne Dyer, Tony Robbins, Deepak Chopra, you name it, all talk about similar concepts.

What I believe separates this relatively minor title, THREE MAGIC WORDS, from the vast majority of self-help drivel, is the superior craftsmanship of author Uell Stanley Andersen writing, which is so captivating one can’t help but passionately believe the words on the page as they apply to one’s own existence.  And I speak for the Monkey when I say this.

Do You Have 10 Minutes a Day?

Andersen suggests 10 minutes a day spent in meditation.  It must be noted that he strongly encourages one to be in solitude during the meditation sessions because besides contemplating the message of the meditation, he implores us to speak aloud the words of the meditation at least once.

First Meditation

“I know that I am pure spirit, that I always have been, and that I always will be. There is inside me a place of confidence and quietness and security where all things are known and understood. This is the Universal Mind, God, of which I am a part and which responds to me as I ask of it. This universal mind knows the answer to all of my problems, and even now the answers are speeding their way to me. I needn’t struggle from them; I needn’t worry or strive for them. When the time comes, the answers will be there. I give my problems to the great mind of God; I let go of them, confident that the correct answers wil return to me when they are needed. Through the great law of attraction, everything in life that I need for my work and fulfillment will come to me. It is not necessary that I strain about this, only believe. For in the strength of my belief, my faith will make it so. I see the hand of divine intelligence all about me, in the flower, the tree, the brook, the meadow. I know that the intelligence that created all these things is in me and around me and that I can call upon it for my slightest need. I know that my body is a manifestation of pure spirit and that spirit is perfect; therefore my body is perfect also. I enjoy life, for each day brings a constrant demonstration of the power and wonder of the universe and myself. I am confident. I am serene. I am sure. No matter what obstacle or undesirable circumstance crosses my path, I refuse to accept it, for it is nothing but illusion. There can be no obstacle or undesirable circumstance to the mind of God, which is in me, and around me, and serves me now.”