As A Man Thinketh

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As A Man Thinketh

by

James Allen

Inhale and Exhale Peace

Thy Birthright

 

Truth is One

Men call it by various names

 

The Mission of Peacae

Sri Santi Ashram, Totapalli Hills

Santi Ashram P.O. Sankavaram (Via)

East Godavari Dist. 533 446, A.P.

 

THOUGHT AND CHARACTER

 

The aphorism, " As a man thinketh in his heart so is he " not only

embraces the whole of a man's being but is so comprehensive as to

reach out to every condition and circumstance of his life. A man is

literally what he thinks, his character being the complete sum of all

his thoughts.

 

As the plant springs from and could not be without the seed, so every

act of a man springs from the hidden seeds of thought, and could not

have appeared without them. This applies equally to those acts

called " spontaneous " and " unpremeditated " as to those which are

deliberately executed.

 

Act is the blossom of th ought, and joy and suffering are its fruits;

thus does a man garner in the sweet and bitter fruitage of his own

husbandry.

 

" Thought in the mind hath made us. What we are by thought was wrought

and built. If a man's mind hath evil thoughts, pain comes on him as

comes the wheel behind the ox ..... In purity of thought, joy follows

him as his own shadow ... sure " .

 

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