Preface

All religions in the world have a single golden thread running through them. The lives and teachings of all prophets, seers, sages, and redeemers throughout history, as well as the lives of all men and women who possess true greatness and enduring power, are connected by a single golden thread. Everything they did and accomplished was done in perfect accordance with the law. What one person has achieved, everyone can achieve.

This same golden thread must enter the lives of all people, even in this busy everyday world, transforming powerlessness into strength, weakness and suffering into rich health and resilience, pain and anxiety into complete peace, and whatever kind of poverty it may be into abundance and prosperity.

Each person builds their own world. We build it from within, and at the same time, we draw things in from the outside. Thought is the power that we use to build. Because thought is power. Like attracts like; similar people create more of themselves, and similar people attract each other. The more spiritual a thought becomes, the more refined and powerful its effects are. This process of spiritualization is according to law, and it is within the reach of every person's ability.

Everything that appears in the visible world is first formed in an invisible realm. Before it is realized in reality, it takes shape in the realm of ideas; before it manifests as a material substance, it is first shaped in the spiritual realm. The invisible realm is the realm of causes. The visible realm is the realm of effects. The nature of the effect is always determined and conditioned by the nature of its cause.

The author aims to clearly and simply explain the great truths related to the spiritual power of thought that works on the inner self, and the fundamental law underlying its operation, in a way that even children can understand. The purpose is for everyone to grasp these concepts, incorporate them into their daily lives, and shape every detail of their life according to their desired outcome. For him, this ability to shape one's life through such power is not mere speculation or theory, but certain knowledge.

Throughout the entire universe, there is a divine connection. Within human will, and above it, and below it, God's will constantly works. To harmonize with it, to be in harmony with all higher laws and forces through it, and furthermore, to connect with them and work together – this is entering into this amazing chain of connections. This is the secret to all success. Through this, one can obtain unknown wealth and realize powers that were once only dreamed of.

R. W. T.

Boston, Massachusetts. November 1897.