13 Principles to Manifesting Money Principle 2
“FAITH – Visualization of and belief in attainment of Desire” ~ Napoleon Hill
Principle 2 – FAITH
‘Faith’ is the second of thirteen principles Napoleon Hill described in his book, Think & Grow Rich. Hill states that “Faith is the head chemist of the mind.” Blending Faith with thought, this vibration is instantly communicated to The Universe / Infinite Intelligence. It is a state of mind and can be created in the mind using Affirmations – repeated instructions to the subconscious mind using the principle of auto-suggestion.
By following Hill’s instructions you will eventually convince your subconscious that you truly believe and are expecting to receive whatever you ask for. Furthermore, based on your Belief – the precursor to Faith – your subconscious then sends you ideas for the definite plans (step 4 of turning ‘Desire’ into money in the last post) to get or achieve what you ask for.
‘Faith’ is a state of mind which you can develop as you wish. Any ‘thought energy,’ good or bad, that is repeated or lived in our life is passed on to the subconscious, is finally accepted and soon acted on by the subconscious, which then manifests this ‘thought energy’ into a physical equivalent. In fact, mixing any emotion or feeling with ‘thought energy’ will influence the subconscious, which then manifests it physically.
How often have you heard someone say, “I have the worst luck…everything goes wrong for me”? Does this person truly have ‘bad luck’ – or is he creating and manifesting his ‘bad luck’ situations by repeatedly telling everyone his story with great emotion about how everything goes wrong in his life because he has ‘bad luck?’ The sad thing is the only one truly listening to his sad story is his subconscious, which soon accepts it as truth and acts on it by manifesting more ‘bad luck’ situations! Of course, this person blames everyone else for his ‘bad luck’ – not taking responsibility for creating his own ‘luck’ through his words and thoughts.
Millions of people rather believe they are doomed to having ‘bad luck’ than take responsibility for their thoughts and actions. They create their own misfortunes by holding onto this negative belief in ‘bad luck.’ “Both Poverty and Riches are the Offspring of Thought” ~ N. Hill
This so called ‘bad luck’ can easily be changed by eliminating all the negative thoughts around ‘luck’ and replacing them with their opposite, positive thoughts, and repeating them daily with feeling, whenever the negative pops into your mind or is spoken. But practice is the key – it cannot be achieved by just reading the instructions! You must take action!
Encourage positive thoughts and emotions (feelings) by eliminating the negative. Your mind must be in a positive state before ‘Faith’ can overcome the subconscious mind and start giving positive instructions to be accepted and carried out. Hill states, “Faith is
…the ‘eternal elixir’ which gives life power and action to the impulse of thought!
…the only known antidote for failure!
…the basis of all ‘miracles’ and all mysteries which cannot be analyzed by the rules of science!
…the starting point of all accumulation of riches!”
It is a well known, proven fact that a person will come to believe whatever he repeats, whether it’s true or false. Once he believes it as truth, he will attract vibrations that harmonize with this truth and draw situations and experiences of the same harmonic vibration.
But how do you actually DO this? Try using Hill’s four simple, tangible steps to re-train your subconscious:
• Repeat the positive thought of an idea, purpose or plan regularly
• Resolve to eliminate the influences of any negative environment
• Take honest inventory of mental assets and liabilities (ie – no self confidence)
• Write out a statement of the positive thoughts you want in your life, memorize it and repeat it several times daily
Through conscious auto-suggestion any person can take himself to heights of achievement to stagger the imagination! But you must make a conscious effort to control your thinking and thoughts…haphazard does not work.
“There are no limitations to the Mind except those we acknowledge.” ~ Napoleon Hill
Now that you have taken action on the 4 steps to achieving ‘Faith,’ read the next article in the series to learn the third principle in “13 Principles to Manifesting Money” …based on information gleaned from Napoleon Hill’s book, Think & Grow Rich
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(The excerpts noted in this and the following articles in this series are not meant to replace or supplant reading Napoleon Hill’s complete book Think & Grow Rich. My intention is to pique your interest and your desire to read Hill’s book by providing an overview of its concepts. In fact, I highly encourage you to read the entire book, re-read it, then read it again. No matter if reading a few marked passages or entire chapters, I always reap from this book some new understanding to apply in my life. And we never know what will stir the ‘AHA’ or mindset shift that begins our Journey to Success!)
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