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Your Invisible Power: Order of Visualization and How to Attract to Yourself the Things You Desire (New Thought Edition - Secret Library)

Your Invisible Power delves into the practice of visualization as a means to manifest one's desires. The New Thought Edition emphasizes the principles of positive thinking and self-improvement. The Secret Library suggests that this book contains additional, exclusive content. more

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Genevieve Behrend
Genevieve Behrend

Genevieve Behrend was a renowned American author and success coach. Born in 1881 and passing away in 1960, she is best known for her contributions to the fields of personal growth and self-actualization. Her book, 'The Law of Attraction,' has had a profound impact on modern success literature. more

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“The power within you which enables you to form a thought-picture is the starting point of all there is.”

“A feeling that greater possessions, no matter of what kind they may be, will of themselves bring contentment or happiness, is a misunderstanding. No person, place, or thing can give you happiness. They may give you cause for happiness and a feeling of contentment, but the JOY of Living comes from within.”

“There is a Reality which is Indivisible, One, Alone, the Source and Being of all; not a thing, nor even a mind, but pure Spirit or clear Consciousness; and we are That and nothing but That, for That is our true Nature; and the only way to find It is to look steadily within, where are to be found utmost peace, unfading joy, and eternal life itself.”

“The result of observing only the universe is anxiety. Only observing the Observer of the universe will put a stop to a man's worrying and fussing and scheming. When his interest is diverted inwards he naturally relaxes his hold - his stranglehold - on the outer world. Having withdrawn his capital and paid it into his own Central Bank (where it appreciates to infinity), he has nothing to lose out there and no reason for interfering. He knows how to let things be and work out in their own time. He's in no hurry. Knowing the Self, he can hardly fail to trust its products.”

“I don't think that writing, real writing, has much to do with affirming belief--if anything it causes rifts and gaps in belief which make belief more complex and more textured, more real. Good writing unsettles, destroys both the author and the reader. From my perspective, there always has to be a tension between the writer and the monolithic elements of the culture, such as religion.”