Larson - Your Forces and How to Use Them

Your Forces and How to Use Them
From a 1912 edition.

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"There are a million energies in man. What may we not become when we learnto use them all." This is the declaration of the poet; and though poetry is usuallyinspired by transcendental visions, and therefore more or less impressed withapparent exaggerations, nevertheless there is in this poetic expression far moreactual, practical truth than we may at first believe.

How many energies there are in man, no one knows; but there are so many thateven the keenest observers of human activity have found it impossible to countthem all. And as most of these energies are remarkable, to say the least, and someof them so remarkable as to appear both limitless in power and numberless inpossibilities, we may well wonder what man will become when he learns to usethem all.

When we look upon human nature in general we may fail to see much improvement in power and worth as compared with what we believe the race has been inthe past; and therefore we conclude that humanity will continue to remain aboutthe same upon this planet until the end of time. But when we investigate the livesof such individuals as have recently tried to apply more intelligently the greaterpowers within them, we come to a different conclusion. We then discover thatthere is evidence in thousands of human lives of a new and superior race of people a race that will apply a much larger measure of the wonders and possibilities that exist within them.

It is only a few years, not more than a quarter of a century, since modern psychology began to proclaim the new science of human thought and action, so that wehave had but a short time to demonstrate what a more intelligent application ofour energies and forces can accomplish. But already the evidence is coming infrom all sources, revealing results that frequently border upon the extraordinary.Man can do far more with himself and his life than he has been doing in the past;he can call into action, and successfully apply, far more ability, energy and worththan his forefathers ever dreamed of. So much has been proven during this briefintroductory period of the new-age. Then. what greater things may we not reasonably expect when we have had fifty or a hundred years more in which to developand apply those larger possibilities which we now know to be inherent in us all.

It is the purpose of the following pages, not only to discuss these greater powersand possibilities in man, but also to present practical methods through whichthey may be applied. We have been aware of the fact for centuries that there ismore in man than what appears on the surface, but it is only in recent years thata systematic effort has been made to understand the nature and practical use ofthis "more," as well as to work out better methods for the thorough and effectiveapplication of those things on the surface which we have always employed.

In dealing with a subject that is so large and so new, however, it is necessary tomake many statements that may, at first sight, appear to be unfounded, or at leastexaggerations. But if the reader will thoroughly investigate the basis of such statements as he goes along, he will not only find that there are no unfounded statements or exaggerations in the book, but will wish that every strong statementmade had been made many times as strong.

When we go beneath the surface of human life and learn what greater thingsare hidden beneath the ordinary layers of mental substance and vital energy, wefind man to be so wonderfully made that language is wholly inadequate to describe even a fraction of his larger and richer life. We may try to give expressionto our thoughts, at such times, by employing the strongest statements and themost forceful adjectives that we can think of; but even these prove little betterthan nothing; so therefore we may conclude that no statement that attempts todescribe the "more" in man can possibly be too strong. Even the strongest fails tosay one thousandth of what we would say should we speak the whole truth. Weshall all admit this, and accordingly shall find it advisable not to pass judgementupon strong statements but to learn to understand and apply those greater powers within ourselves that are infinitely stronger than the strongest statement thatcould possibly be made.

Those minds who may believe that the human race is to continue weak and imperfect as usual, should consider what remarkable steps in advance have recentlybeen taken in nearly all fields of human activity. And then they should rememberthat the greater powers in man, as well as a scientific study of the use of his lesserpowers, have been almost wholly neglected. The question then that will naturallyarise is, what man might make of himself if he would apply the same painstaking science to his own development and advancement as he now applies in otherfields. If he did, would we not, in another generation or two, witness unmistakable evidence of the coming of a new and superior race, and would not strongmen and women become far more numerous than ever before in the history ofthe world?

Each individual will want to answer these questions according to his own point ofview, but whatever his answer may be, we all must agree that man can be, becomeand achieve far more than even the most sanguine indications of the present maypredict. And it is the purpose of the following pages to encourage as many peopleas possible to study and apply these greater powers within them so that they maynot only become greater and richer and more worthy as individuals, but may alsobecome the forerunners of that higher and more wonderful race of which we allhave so fondly dreamed.

PROMISE YOURSELF

To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind. To talk health,happiness and prosperity to every person you meet. To make all your friendsfeel that there is something in them. To look at the sunny side of everything andmake your optimism come true. To think only of the best, to work only for thebest, and to expect only the best. To be just as enthusiastic about the success ofothers as you are about your own. To forget the mistakes of the past and presson to the greater achievements of the future. To wear a cheerful countenance atall timed and give every living creature you meet a smile. To give so much timeto the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticise others. To betoo large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear; and too happy topermit the presence of trouble. To think well of yourself and to proclaim this factto the world, not in loud words but in great deeds. To live in the faith that thewhole world is on your side so long as you are true to the best that is in you.