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The Shining Gateway

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The Shining Gateway by James Allen

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Wisdom From The Prophet of Meditation

In this work we find the Prophet of Meditation in one of his deepest and yet most lucid expositions. How wonderfully he deals with fundamental principles! In this work you will find no vague statement of generalities, for James Allen enters with tender reverence into every detail of human experience. It is as though he came back to The Shining Gate, and, standing there, he reviewed all the way up which his own feet have travelled, passing over no temptation that is common to man; knowing that the obstacles that barred his ascending pathway, or the clouds that at times obscured his vision, are the common experiences of all those who have set their faces towards the heights of Blessed Vision. As we read his words now, he seems to stand and beckon to us, saying, “Come on, my fellow Pilgrims; it is straight ahead to the Shining Gateway; I have blazed the track for you.” In sending forth this, another posthumous volume from his pen, we have no doubt but that it will help many an aspiring soul up to the heights, until at last they too stand within The shining Gateway.

Editor’s foreword
The Shining Gateway of Meditation
Temptation
Regeneration
Actions and Motives
Morality and Religion
Memory, Repetition, and Habit
Words and Wisdom
Truth Made Manifest
Spiritual Humility
Spiritual Strength
A Note From The Publisher

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Happiness and Marriage

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Happiness and Marriage by Elizabeth Towne

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Attracting The Life And Love You Desire

In this wonderfully powerful book, Elizabeth Towne leads us through the intricate labyrinth of love, sex and marriage.
Whatever comes together is drawn together by the Law of Attraction. Whatever is held together is held by that same Law of Attraction. This is just as true in unhappy marriages as in happy ones. If two people are distinctly enough individualized; that is, if they understand and command themselves sufficiently; their attraction and marriage will bring to them only pleasure. If they are not distinctly enough individualized there will be a monkey-and-parrot experience whilst they are working out the wisdom for which they were attracted. The Law of Attraction draws people together that they may learn. There is but one Life, which is growth in wisdom and knowledge. There is but one Death, which is refusal to learn.

CHAPTERS

TO BE HAPPY THOUGH MARRIED.
A TALE OF WOE.
TO BE LOVED.
THE PHARISEE UP-TO-DATE.
SO NEAR AND YET SO FAR.
MARRIAGE CONTRACTS.
SOME HINTS AND A KICK.
THE HEART OF WOMAN.
THE LAW OF INDIVIDUALITY.
HARMONY AT HOME.
A MYSTERY.
THE FAMILY JAR.
THE TRUTH ABOUT DIVORCE.
THE OLD, OLD STORY.

“It requires but one to strike the keynote of respect and personal freedom in marriage; the other will soon come into harmony.”

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Mastery of Destiny

admin — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 20:17:01 +0000

The Mastery of Destiny by James Allen

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The Science of Creating Your Perfect Life

The Mastery of Destiny is a seminal work from James Allen. Although not as poetic and well known as “As A Man Thinketh”, this book is by far the most insightful and to the point. What ever you are seeking in knowledge, understanding and results in your life this book provides the blueprint you need. As you read this book you will gain an awareness of your character, and how it relates to your destiny in life. From there the rest of the book will show you exactly how to ensure your destiny is exactly what you truly desire.

Chapters

Deeds, Character, and Destiny
The Science of Self-Control
Cause and Effect in Human Conduct
Training of the Will
Thoroughness
Mind-Building and Life-Building
Cultivation of Concentration
Practice of Meditation
The Power of Purpose
The Joy of Accomplishment
A Note From The Publisher

Of all the books of James Allen’s I have read this is by far my favourite. The words touched my life in a highly personal and effective way. Though I believe they were so personal, not because my life is any different to yours, but because these core truths will deeply touch anyone.

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Meditations for Every Day in the Year

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:46:40 +0000

Meditations for Every Day in the Year by James Allen

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Releasing Your Inner Truth—Day by Day

366 Daily Meditations.
To change your life you must change your unconscious thinking, so that your automatic responses to the things that occur in your day-to-day life are positive and productive. But, unconscious thoughts by their nature are not easily controlled or changed without deep shifts in core beliefs and habits.
Out habits of thought are the things that lead us on an on-going basis to vote the same way, to enjoy the same entertainment, to work in the same industry. And, if we want to change any of those things we have to make a concerted effort. If we want to change career to a new industry then there is a period of study, of adjustment, of learning and practising in order to install the new skills and habits needed.
For some the change comes naturally and without effort, for others the change is a struggle, but in both cases skill improves with focused conditioning. A specialist in any profession becomes so through continued practice and training—time spent honing their skill and techniques.
The daily practice of focusing on a single factor, reflecting on a single subject and allowing the truth within to enter through relaxed meditation brings a level of inner peace and awareness that deeply enhances life. To continue this practice for an entire year results in a life changed and enhanced beyond anything ever experienced before.
In this book 366 thoughts have been isolated to allow you to focus on a single subject and to find the inner meaning that will take your life one step forward each day. Over the course of the year your awareness will grow and your joy in the subject will deepen.
Reading these texts each day, I have found that it is profoundly rewarding to simply read the text, slowly, in a quiet place and to then lay the book aside a allow the meaning in the words to permeate my consciousness, re-reading the text as many times as it takes to allow my mind to work through the meaning entirely.
As the days progress your life will become conditioned to think in a different way and your life will shift little-by-little every day, until you find it is completely transformed.

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The Divine Companion

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:34:56 +0000

The Divine Companion by James Allen

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Taking You through Life in Truth

Life is by its nature a journey with many twists and turns—a voyage of discovery, with few road signs and many hidden bends. In The Divine Companion is your guide in life, a council you can call on to steer you on your chosen path, leading you back to the thinking that bring clarity of thought and a view of Truth. In these pages you will find the wisdom of the life of James Allen, written bit by bit over his entire literary career, the insights and understanding are there whenever you need them.

Chapters

Foreword

Part I: The Divine Companion

Part II: The Divine Dialogue

Part III: The Divine Messages

A Note From The Publisher

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Liberty

admin — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:34:07 +0000

A Poem by James Allen, from the book
‘Poems of Peace’

The unwise say, ” Our sufferings are unjust,
Our pains and woes rise from the scattered dust
Of sinful ancestors; we are not free;
Our fathers robbed us of our liberty
By what they did; and we are weak and frail
Because they erred; they fell, and we must fail.

“Our drunkenness comes from their love of wine;
Our lusts their revels made; and we divine
Our manifold diseases by the ways
In which they walked; and as they trod the maze
Made by their feet, so we must likewise tread,
For we are bound and driven by the dead.”

Thy sins are thine, O man! and from thy deeds
Thy life, with all its weal and woe, proceeds;
By self, and not by others, thou art bound;
In thine own will and heart the root is found
Of all thy lack of peace; open thou thine eyes,
Leave the dead past, and look within; be wise.

Make pure thy heart, and thou wilt make thy life
Rich, sweet, and beautiful, unmarred by strife;
Guard well thy mind, and, noble, strong, and free,
Nothing shall harm, disturb or conquer thee;
For all thy foes are in thy heart and mind;
There also thy salvation thou wilt find.

Mind is the Master-power that moulds and makes.
And Man is Mind and evermore he takes
The Tool of Thought, and, shaping what he wills,
Brings forth a thousand joys, a thousand ills:—
He thinks in secret, and it comes to pass;
Environment is but his looking-glass.

In his own heart he fosters dark desires,
Or strives for good, or loftily aspires;
In his own life he reaps what he has sown,
Or pain or peace, he garners in his own.
Thou man, that bowest to heredity,
Know this—the Law of life is Liberty,

By Thought we rise; by Thought we fall; by Thought
We stand or go: all destiny is wrought
By its swift potency; and he who stands
Master of Thought, and his desires commands,
Willing and weaving thoughts of Love and Might,
Shapes his high end in Truth’s unerring Light.

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Man: King of Mind, Body and Circumstance

admin — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:10:20 +0000

Man: King of Mind, Body and Circumstance by James Allen

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Mastering the Laws of Happiness, Inner Power and Prosperity

One of the biggest problems in life consists in learning how to live. After all we do not come with an owners manual or much in the way of professional training. If we learn to master the laws that govern life and prosperity, then life is easy and joyous, but if we never find the way, then life is hard and a perpetual struggle. It is like the problem of addition or subtraction for a child. When they master the techniques, all difficulty disappears, and the problem has vanished. All the problems of life, whether they be social, political, or religious, are only problems because of ignorance and wrong-living. As they are solved in the heart of each individual, they will be solved in the mass of humanity. As a race, we are at present is in the painful stage of “learning”. We are confronted with the difficulties of our own ignorance. But as we learn to live rightly, learn to direct our efforts and use our functions and faculties by the light of wisdom, the sum of life will be correctly done, and its mastery will put an end to all the “problems of evil.” To the wise, all such problems have ceased. Now it is your turn to mast the laws that govern the results we get and release your inner power and become King of your mind, body and circumstance.

Chapters

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Foundation Stones to Happiness And Success

admin — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 13:48:41 +0000

Foundation Stones to Happiness And Success by James Allen

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The concept of happiness and success is one that has been written about and talked about since man first began to look for more than he found in the trees and planes around him.
At the heart of all success must be the concept of happiness, in one of my own writings I wrote the line “Happiness if not the result of success, it is the fuel of success”, and I know that without first finding that place within you that is forever happy, any material success is very hollow. True happiness always comes from within and when it is found the path to success is an easy one. When the search for success is an external search for happiness, neither one is ever really found.
To build a life that has deep meaning and wonderful results, it is necessary to begin with right principles, the foundation upon which the decisions of your life are made. From these principles your values and beliefs will be molded into sound methods for the progression of desires and ambitions. Without such sound methods the path will become unclear and the destination – confusion and disillusionment.
Once the methods are clear and the destiny set the only thing to do is to take decisive and true actions to move your life forward inexorably towards the outcome of you dreams. There is no other way to get your desired results.
In creating happiness and a sense of goodness within it is important to keep in mind the principles you stand for in kindness to others and fairness within yourself. Therefore true speech and equal-mindedness, both for yourself and others will ultimately end in good results.
That is the basic premise of this book and one that will guide you and keep you on life’s journey.

Chapters
Publisher’s preface
Editor’s preface
Foreword
Right principles
Sound methods
True actions
True speech
Equal-mindedness
Good results

As the world seems to change so much from year to year as people come and go in our lives and the things of a few years ago disappear so quickly. And yet, underneath it all people remain the same and the basic problems and desires continue from generation to generation. In this book Allen has laid down the foundations that result in a life worth living.

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The Eight Pillars of Prosperity

admin — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:20:49 +0000

The Eight Pillars of Prosperity by James Allen

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Have you ever set a goal for prosperity, put in place a plan to make it happen and worked diligently on it to bring it to fruition only to have to best efforts come to nothing? Have you done it more than once?
When it comes to wealth there is one thing that only the truly enlightened teachers agree on – one thing that will completely determine the outcome of any great endeavour that will lead inexorably to a prosperous life. There are many books on prosperity and wealth creation, bedut few of them provide the complete story.
Money is above all else the result of energy flow, in fact some writers go as far as to say money is energy, either way, your energy is the key to your wealth. If your energy flow is blocked then your money flow will also be blocked.
James Allen writes: “Energy is one of the primary forces: without it nothing can be accomplished. It is the basic element in all forms of action. The entire universe is a manifestation of tireless, though inscrutable energy. Energy is, indeed, life, and without it there would be no universe, no life.”
I this book James Allen breaks down the creation of wealth into the 8 pillars, starting fundamentally with energy as the first pillar. Often other teachers leave the flow of energy until much later, but Allen has identified that in fact it is the essential element that must be put in place before anything else will work.
Then and only then does he move on to the rest of the stages.

Chapters:

- Preface
- Eight pillars
- First pillar – Energy
- Second pillar – Economy
- Third pillar – Integrity
- Fourth pillar – System
- Fifth pillar – Sympathy
- Sixth pillar – Sincerity
- Seventh pillar – Impartiality
- Eighth pillar – Self-reliance
- The temple of prosperity

Each of the 8 pillars is carefully crafted to provide you with a cohesive journey from where you are to where you want to be – to your temple of prosperity.

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Byways to Blessedness

admin — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 21:40:10 +0000

Byways to Blessedness by James Allen

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In life we sometimes see the way as unclear and confused, even when we have a clear view of the destination we seek. Whether it is a simple idea to have a life that is free from struggle and stress, one that is easy and peaceful, or whether we seek great goals that will inspire and produce great awe, our inner journey will always govern the outer destination.
When we seek great results then it is always important to begin, and to begin with the end in mind. Life is a series of steps on the road, ultimately, to death, and along the way we have choices to make that will govern every aspect of that journey. What we think, believe and do are inexorably linked and cannot be separated. The only real difference between a successful person and an unsuccessful one, or a happy person and an unhappy person is held in our thoughts.
Only through controlling our thoughts can we control our life. When you are in complete control of your life you will attain all that you truly desire.
It has been said many times throughout the ages that desire is the first step of any attainment, and this is true, it is also true to say that your desires are governed by your beliefs and values. When you values, beliefs and desires are all in alignment then you are always destined to succeed in your desires and will ultimately find what you seek.
All this stems from our thought processes, the things we have been raised to believe and the values that have been taught to us throughout life’s rich experiences.
Whenever you look at your life then you are looking at the results of your thoughts, only your own thoughts created your own life. This is a level of responsibility that sometimes take a lot of accepting, but once you do then the keys to you future are in your own hands (as they always were).
In this wonderful book, James Allen leads us through the levels and stages of thought that create the world manifest in them. From right beginnings, Allen teaches us about the small tasks and duties we should follow. How to transcend difficulties, drop burdens and about the hidden sacrifices that make a real difference. Beyond that he also powerfully leads us through the thought processes that lead to success and happiness, teaching the value of sympathy, forgiveness and the art of seeing no evil.
With abiding joy in your heart the goals of life become pleasurable vocations instead of tasks to be completed and things to be possessed. He teaches us the value of silence and solitude in building the character within that will allow you to be the person you need to be to create the life you desire. Many people seek happiness in others, when true happiness allows you to stand alone and run your own life. One you fully understand the simple laws of life you will have a series of happy ending to look forward to throughout the remainder of your days.

Chapters:

Foreword
Right Beginnings
Small Tasks and Duties
Transcending Difficulties and Perplexities
Burden-Dropping
Hidden Sacrifices
Sympathy
Forgiveness
Seeing No Evil
Abiding Joy
Silentness
Solitude
Standing Alone
Understanding the Simple Laws of Life
Happy Endings

I love the works of James Allen and always have so it is little surprise that I highly recommend this book. I know you will enjoy it as much as I have.

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The Shining Gateway

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Happiness and Marriage

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Mastery of Destiny

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Meditations for Every Day in the Year

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The Divine Companion

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Liberty

A Poem by James Allen, from the book‘Poems of Peace’

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Man: King of Mind, Body and Circumstance

Mastering the Laws of Happiness, Inner Power and Prosperity

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Foundation Stones to Happiness And Success

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The Eight Pillars of Prosperity

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A Poem by James Allen, from the book
‘Poems of Peace’