The Milkman Bog

CHAPTER 12
THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND
THE CONNECTING LINK
The Eleventh Step toward Riches
THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND consists of a field of consciousness, in which
every impulse of thought that reaches the objective mind through any of the
five senses, is classified and recorded, and from which thoughts may be
recalled or withdrawn as letters may be taken from a filing cabinet.
It receives, and files, sense impressions or thoughts, regardless of their nature.
You may VOLUNTARILY plant in your subconscious mind any plan,
thought, or purpose which you desire to translate into its physical or monetary
equivalent. The subconscious acts first on the dominating desires which have
been mixed with emotional feeling, such as faith.
Consider this in connection with the instructions given in the chapter on
DESIRE, for taking the six steps there outlined, and the instructions given in
the chapter on the building and execution of plans, and you will understand
the importance of the thought conveyed.
THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND WORKS DAY AND NIGHT. Through a
method of procedure, unknown to man, the subconscious mind draws upon
the forces of Infinite Intelligence for the power with which it voluntarily
transmutes one’s desires into their physical equivalent, making use, always of
the most practical media by which this end may be accomplished. You cannot
entirely control your subconscious mind, but you can voluntarily hand over to
it any plan, desire, or purpose which you wish transformed into concrete form.
Read, again, instructions for using the subconscious mind, in the chapter on
autosuggestion.
There is plenty of evidence to support the belief that the
subconscious mind is the connecting link between the finite mind of
man and Infinite Intelligence. It is the intermediary through which
one may draw upon the forces of Infinite Intelligence at will. It,
alone, contains the secret process by which mental impulses are modified and
changed into their spiritual equivalent. It, alone, is the medium through which
prayer may be transmitted to the source capable of answering prayer.
The possibilities of creative effort connected with the subconscious mind are
stupendous and imponderable. They inspire one with awe.
I never approach the discussion of the subconscious mind without a feeling of
littleness and inferiority due, perhaps, to the fact that man’s entire stock of
knowledge on this subject is so pitifully limited. The very fact that the
subconscious mind is the medium of communication between the thinking
mind of man and Infinite Intelligence is, of itself, a thought which almost
paralyzes one’s reason.
After you have accepted, as a reality, the existence of the subconscious mind,
and understand its possibilities, as a medium for transmuting your DESIRES
into their physical or monetary equivalent, you will comprehend the full
significance of the instructions given in the chapter on DESIRE. You will also
understand why you have been repeatedly admonished to MAKE YOUR
DESIRES CLEAR, AND TO REDUCE THEM TO WRITING. You will also
understand the necessity of PERSISTENCE in carrying out instructions.
The thirteen principles are the stimuli with which you acquire the ability to
reach, and to influence your subconscious mind. Do not become discouraged,
if you cannot do this upon the first attempt. Remember that the subconscious
mind may be voluntarily directed only through habit, under the directions
given in the chapter on FAITH. You have not yet had time to master faith. Be
patient. Be persistent.
A good many statements in the chapters on faith and autosuggestion will be
repeated here, for the benefit of YOUR subconscious mind. Remember, your
subconscious mind functions voluntarily, whether you make any effort to
influence it or not. This, naturally, suggests to you that thoughts of fear and
poverty, and all negative thoughts serve as stimuli to your subconscious mind,
unless, you master these impulses and give it more desirable food upon which
it may feed.
The subconscious mind will not remain idle! If you fail to plant
DESIRES in your subconscious mind, it will feed upon the thoughts
which reach it as the result of your neglect. We have already explained that
thought impulses, both negative and positive are reaching the subconscious
mind continuously, from the four sources which were mentioned in the
chapter on Sex Transmutation.
For the present, it is sufficient if you remember that you are living daily, in the
midst of all manner of thought impulses which are reaching your
subconscious mind, without your knowledge. Some of these impulses are
negative, some are positive. You are now engaged in trying to help shut oil the
flow of negative impulses, and to aid in voluntarily influencing your
subconscious mind, through positive impulses of DESIRE.
When you achieve this, you will possess the key which unlocks the door to
your subconscious mind. Moreover, you will control that door so completely,
that no undesirable thought may influence your subconscious mind.
Everything which man creates, BEGINS in the form of a thought impulse.
Man can create nothing which he does not first conceive in THOUGHT.
Through the aid of the imagination, thought impulses may be assembled into
plans. The imagination, when under control, may be used for the creation of
plans or purposes that lead to success in one’s chosen occupation. All thought
impulses, intended for transmutation into their physical equivalent, voluntarily
planted in the subconscious mind, must pass through the imagination, and be
mixed with faith. The “mixing” of faith with a plan, or purpose, intended for
submission to the subconscious mind, may be done ONLY through the
imagination.
From these statements, you will readily observe that voluntary use of the
subconscious mind calls for coordination and application of all the principles.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox gave evidence of her understanding of the power of the
subconscious mind when she wrote:
“You never can tell what a thought will do
In bringing you hate or love—
For thoughts are things, and their airy wings
Are swifter than carrier doves.
They follow the law of the universe—
Each thing creates its kind,
And they speed O’er the track to bring you back Whatever went out from your
mind.”
Mrs. Wilcox understood the truth, that thoughts which go out from one’s
mind, also imbed themselves deeply in one’s subconscious mind, where they
serve as a magnet, pattern, or blueprint by which the subconscious mind is
influenced while translating them into their physical equivalent. Thoughts are
truly things, for the reason that every material thing begins in the form of
thought-energy.
The subconscious mind is more susceptible to influence by impulses of
thought mixed with “feeling” or emotion, than by those originating solely in
the reasoning portion of the mind. In fact, there is much evidence to support
the theory, that ONLY emotionalized thoughts have any ACTION influence
upon the subconscious mind. It is a well known fact that emotion or feeling,
rules the majority of people. If it is true that the subconscious mind responds
more quickly to, and is influenced more readily by thought impulses which
are well mixed with emotion, it is essential to become familiar with the more
important of the emotions. There are seven major positive emotions, and
seven major negative emotions. The negatives voluntarily inject themselves
into the thought impulses, which insure passage into the subconscious mind.
The positives must be injected, through the principle of auto-suggestion, into
the thought impulses which an individual wishes to pass on to his
subconscious mind. (Instructions have been given in the chapter on autosuggestion.)
These emotions, or feeling impulses, may be likened to yeast in a loaf of
bread, because they constitute the ACTION element, which transforms
thought impulses from the passive to the active state. Thus may one
understand why thought impulses, which have been well mixed with emotion,
are acted upon more readily than thought impulses originating in “cold
reason.”
You are preparing yourself to influence and control the “inner
audience” of your subconscious mind, in order to hand over to it
the DESIRE for money, which you wish transmuted into its
monetary equivalent. It is essential, therefore, that you understand
the method of approach to this “inner audience.” You must speak
its language, or it will not heed your call. It understands best the
language of emotion or feeling. Let us, therefore describe here the
seven major positive emotions, and the seven major negative emotions, so that
you may draw upon the positives, and avoid the negatives, when giving
instructions to your subconscious mind.
THE SEVEN MAJOR POSITIVE EMOTIONS
The emotion of DESIRE
The emotion of FAITH
The emotion of LOVE
The emotion of SEX
The emotion of ENTHUSIASM
The emotion of ROMANCE
The emotion of HOPE
There are other positive emotions, but these are the seven most powerful, and
the ones most commonly used in creative effort. Master these seven emotions
(they can be mastered only by USE), and the other positive emotions will be
at your command when you need them. Remember, in this connection, that
you are studying a book which is intended to help you develop a “money
consciousness” by filling your mind with positive emotions. One does not
become money conscious by filling one’s mind with negative emotions.
THE SEVEN MAJOR NEGATIVE EMOTIONS
(To be avoided)
The emotion of FEAR
The emotion of JEALOUSY
The emotion of HATRED
The emotion of REVENGE
The emotion of GREED
The emotion of SUPERSTITION
The emotion of ANGER
Positive and negative emotions cannot occupy the mind at the
same time. One or the other must dominate. It is your responsibility to make
sure that positive emotions constitute the dominating influence of your mind.
Here the law of HABIT will come to your aid. Form the habit of applying
and using the positive emotions!
Eventually, they will dominate your mind so completely, that the negatives
cannot enter it.
Only by following these instructions literally, and continuously, can you gain
control over your subconscious mind. The presence of a single negative in
your conscious mind is sufficient to destroy all chances of constructive aid
from your subconscious mind. If you are an observing person, you must have
noticed that most people resort to prayer ONLY after everything else has
FAILED! Or else they pray by a ritual of meaningless words. And, because it
is a fact that most people who pray, do so ONLY AFTER EVERYTHING
ELSE HAS FAILED, they go to prayer with their minds filled with FEAR and
DOUBT, which are the emotions the subconscious mind acts upon, and passes
on to Infinite Intelligence. Likewise, that is the emotion which Infinite
Intelligence receives, and ACTS UPON.
If you pray for a thing, but have fear as you pray, that you may not receive it,
or that your prayer will not be acted upon by Infinite Intelligence, your prayer
will have been in vain. Prayer does, sometimes, result in the realization of
that for which one prays. If you have ever had the experience of receiving that
for which YOU prayed, go back in your memory, and recall your actual
STATE OF MIND, while you were praying, and you will know, for sure, that
the theory here described is more than a theory.
The time will come when the schools and educational institutions of the
country will teach the “science of prayer.” Moreover, then prayer may be, and
will be reduced to a science. When that time comes, (it will come as soon as
mankind is ready for it, and demands it), no one will approach the Universal
Mind in a state of fear, for the very good reason that there will be no such
emotion as fear. Ignorance, superstition, and false teaching will have
disappeared, and man will have attained his true status as a child of Infinite
Intelligence. A few have already attained this blessing.
If you believe this prophesy is far- fetched, take a look at the
human race in retrospect. Less than a hundred years ago, men
believed the lightning to be evidence of the wrath of God, and feared
it. Now, thanks to the power of FAITH, men have harnessed the
lightning and made it turn the wheels of industry. Much less than a
hundred years ago, men believed the space between the planets to
be nothing but a great void, a stretch of dead nothingness. Now, thanks to this
same power of FAITH, men know that far from being either dead or a void,
the space between the planets is very much alive, that it is the highest form of
vibration known, excepting, perhaps, the vibration of THOUGHT. Moreover,
men know that this living, pulsating, vibratory energy which permeates every
atom of matter, and fills every niche of space, connects every human brain
with every other human brain.
What reason have men to believe that this same energy does not connect every
human brain with Infinite Intelligence? There are no toll- gates between the
finite mind of man and Infinite Intelligence. The communication costs nothing
except Patience, Faith, Persistence, Understanding, and a SINCERE DESIRE
to communicate. Moreover, the approach can be made only by the individual
himself. Paid prayers are worthless. Infinite Intelligence does no business by
proxy. You either go direct, or you do not communicate.
You may buy prayer books and repeat them until the day of your doom,
without avail. Thoughts which you wish to communicate to Infinite
Intelligence, must undergo transformation, such as can be given only through
your own subconscious mind. The method by which you may communicate
with Infinite Intelligence is very similar to that through which the vibration of
sound is communicated by radio. If you understand the working principle of
radio, you of course, know that sound cannot be communicated through the
ether until it has been “stepped up,” or changed into a rate of vibration which
the human ear cannot detect. The radio sending station picks up the sound of
the human voice, and “scrambles,” or modifies it by stepping up the vibration
millions of times. Only in this way, can the vibration of sound be
communicated through the ether. After this transformation has taken place, the
ether “picks up” the energy (which originally was in the form of vibrations of
sound), carries that energy to radio receiving stations, and these receiving sets
“step” that energy back down to its original rate of vibration so it is
recognized as sound. The subconscious mind is the intermediary, which
translates one’s prayers into terms which Infinite Intelligence can recognize,
presents the message, and brings back the answer in the form of a definite
plan or idea for procuring the object of the prayer.
Understand this principle, and you will know why mere words read
from a prayer book cannot, and will never serve as an agency of
communication between the mind of man and Infinite Intelligence.
Before your prayer will reach Infinite Intelligence (a statement
of the author’s theory only), it probably is transformed from its
original thought vibration into terms of spiritual vibration. Faith is
the only known agency which will give your thoughts a spiritual
nature. FAITH and FEAR make poor bedfellows. Where one is found,
the other cannot exist.