James Allen: Complete Collection

James Allen

• Publisher: Reading Time
• Year: 2019
• eBook ISBN: 9782379261572
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Business General

CONTENTS: 1901 - From Poverty to Power 1902 - As A Man Thinketh 1903 - All These Things Added 1903 - Through the Gates of Good or Christ and Conduct 1904 - Byways to Blessedness 1904 - Out From The Heart 1907 - Poems of peace; including the lyrical dramatic poem Eolaus 1908 - The Life Triumphant - Mastering the Heart And Mind 1909 - Morning And Evening Thoughts 1909 - The Mastery of Destiny 1910 - Above Life's Turmoil 1910 - From Passion to Peace 1911 - Eight Pillars of Prosperity 1911 - Man-King of Mind, Body and Circumstance 1912 - Light on Life's Difficulties 1913 - Foundation Stones to Happiness and Success 1913 - James Allen's book of meditations for Every Day in the Year 1914 - Men And Systems 1915 - The Shining Gateway 1919 - The Divine Companion

1. From poverty to power (1901)

or the realization of prosperity and peace

Foreword

I looked around upon the world, and saw that it was shadowed by sorrow and scorched by the fierce fires of suffering. And I looked for the cause. I looked around, but could not find it; I looked in books, but could not find it; I looked within, and found there both the cause and the self-made nature of that cause. I looked again, and deeper, and found the remedy.

I found one Law, the Law of Love; one Life, the Life of adjustment to that Law; one Truth, the truth of a conquered mind and a quiet and obedient heart. And I dreamed of writing a book which should help men and women, whether rich or poor, learned or unlearned, worldly or unworldly, to find within themselves the source of all success, all happiness, all accomplishment, all truth. And the dream remained with me, and at last became substantial; and now I send it forth into the world on its mission of healing and blessedness, knowing that it cannot fail to reach the homes and hearts of those who are waiting and ready to receive it.

James Allen.

Part I

The path of prosperity

Part I

The path of prosperity

1

The lesson of evil

Unrest and pain and sorrow are the shadows of life. There is no heart in all the world that has not felt the sting of pain, no mind has not been tossed upon the dark waters of trouble, no eye that has not wept the hot blinding tears of unspeakable anguish.

There is no household where the Great Destroyers, disease and death, have not entered, severing heart from heart, and casting over all the dark pall of sorrow. In the strong, and apparently indestructible meshes of evil all are more or less fast caught, and pain, unhappiness, and misfortune wait upon mankind.

With the object of escaping, or in some way mitigating this overshadowing gloom, men and women rush blindly into innumerable devices, pathways by which they fondly hope to enter into a happiness which will not pass away.

Such are the drunkard and the harlot, who revel in sensual excitements; such is the exclusive aesthete, who shuts himself out from the sorrows of the world, and surrounds himself with enervating luxuries; such is he who thirsts for wealth or fame, and subordinates all things to the achievement of that object; and such are they who seek consolation in the performance of religious rites.

And to all the happiness sought seems to come, and the soul, for a time, is lulled into a sweet security, and an intoxicating forgetfulness of the existence of evil; but the day of disease comes at last, or some great sorrow, temptation, or misfortune breaks suddenly in on the unfortified soul, and the fabric of its fancied happiness is torn to shreds.

So over the head of every personal joy hangs the Damocletian sword of pain, ready, at any moment, to fall and crush the soul of him who is unprotected by knowledge.

The child cries to be a man or woman; the man and woman sigh for the lost felicity of childhood. The poor man chafes under the chains of poverty by which he is bound, and the rich man often lives in fear of poverty, or scours the world in search of an elusive shadow he calls happiness.

Sometimes the soul feels that it has found a secure peace and happiness in adopting a certain religion, in embracing an intellectual philosophy, or in building up an intellectual or artistic ideal; but some overpowering temptation proves the religion to be inadequate or insufficient; the theoretical philosophy is found to be a useless prop; or in a moment, the idealistic statue upon which the devotee has for years been laboring, is shattered into fragments at his feet.

Is there, then, no way of escape from pain and sorrow? Are there no means by which bonds of evil may be broken? Is permanent happiness, secure prosperity, and abiding peace a foolish dream?

No, there is a way, and I speak it with gladness, by which evil can be slain for ever; there is a process by which disease, poverty, or any adverse condition or circumstance can be put on one side never to return; there is a method by which a permanent prosperity can be secured, free from all fear of the return of adversity, and there is a practice by which unbroken and unending peace and bliss can be partaken of and realized.

And the beginning of the way which leads to this glorious realization is the acquirement of a right understanding of the nature of evil.

It is not sufficient to deny or ignore evil; it must be understood. It is not enough to pray to God to remove the evil; you must find out why it is there, and what lesson it has for you.

It is of no avail to fret and fume and chafe at the chains which bind you; you must know why and how you are bound. Therefore, reader, you must get outside yourself, and must begin to examine and understand yourself.

You must cease to be a disobedient child in the school of experience and must begin to learn, with humility and patience, the lessons that are set for your edification and ultimate perfection; for evil, when rightly understood, is found to be, not an unlimited power or principle in the universe, but a passing phase of human experience, and it therefore becomes a teacher to those who are willing to learn.

Evil is not an abstract some thing outside yourself; it is an experience in your own heart, and by patiently examining and rectifying your heart you will be gradually led into the discovery of the origin and nature of evil, which will necessarily be followed by its complete eradication.

All evil is corrective and remedial, and is therefore not permanent. It is rooted in ignorance, ignorance of the true nature and relation of things, and so long as we remain in that state of ignorance, we remain subject to evil.

There is no evil in the universe which is not the result of ignorance,...

Table of contents

• Complete Works
• About James Allen
• 1. From poverty to power (1901)
• Foreword
• The path of prosperity
• The lesson of evil
• The world a reflex of mental states
• The way out of undesirable conditions
• The silent power of thought: controlling and directing one’s forces
• The secret of health, success and power
• The secret of abounding happiness
• The realization of prosperity
• The way of peace
• The power of meditation
• The two masters, self and truth
• The acquirement of spiritual power
• The realization of selfless love
• Entering into the infinite
• Saints, sages, and saviors: the law of service
• The realization of perfect peace
• 2. As a man thinketh (1902)
• Foreword
• Thought and Character
• Effect of Thought on Circumstances
• Effect of Thought on Health and the Body
• Thought and Purpose
• The Thought-Factor in Achievement
• Visions and Ideals
• Serenity
• 3. All These Things Added (1903)
• Foreword
• Entering the Kingdom
• The Soul’s Great Need
• The Competitive Laws and the Law of Love
• The Finding of a Principle
• At Rest in the Kingdom and All Things Added
• The Heavenly Life
• The Divine Centre
• The Eternal Now
• The "Original Simplicity"
• The Unfailing Wisdom
• The Might Of Meekness
• The Righteous Man
• Perfect Love
• Perfect Freedom
• Greatness And Goodness
• Heaven In The Heart
• 4. Through the Gates of Good (1903)
• Introduction
• The Gate And The Way
• The Law And The Prophets
• The Yoke And The Burden
• The Word And The Doer
• The Vine And The Branches
• Salvation This Day
• 5. Byways to Blessedness (1904)
• Foreword
• Right Beginnings
• Small Tasks and Duties
• Transcending Difficulties and Perplexities
• Burden-Dropping
• Hidden Sacrifices
• Sympathy
• Forgiveness
• Seeing No Evil
• Abiding Joy
• Silentness
• Solitude
• Standing Alone
• Understanding the Simple Laws of Life
• Happy Endings
• 6. Out from the Heart (1904)
• The Heart and The Life
• The Nature and Power of Mind
• Formation of Habit
• Doing and Knowing
• First Steps in The Higher Life
• Mental Conditions and Their Effects
• Exhortation
• 7. Poems of peace including the lyrical dramatic poem Eolaus (1907)
• Eolaus
• Buddha
• If men only understood
• Practice and perception
• Liberty
• Long I sought thee
• Reality
• To-morrow and to-day
• Star of wisdom
• Would you scale the highest heaven
• To them that seek the highest good
• One thing lacking
• Yashas
• The lowly way
• The music of the sea
• Love’s conquest
• To my daughter Nora on her tenth birthday
• The inward purity
• Self-sacrifice
• I take refuge in truth
• I, truth, am thy redeemer
• The white robe
• The righteous man
• Choice
• Truth triumphant
• O thou who would’st teach!
• If thou would’st right the world
• What of the night?
• Knowledge
• The end of evil
• Man divine
• Patience
• Restored
• On releasing a captive bird
• Art thou in sorrow?
• When I am pure
• Immortality
• Are you searching?
• 8. The Life Triumphant: Mastering the heart and mind (1908)
• Foreword
• Faith and Courage
• Manliness, Womanliness and Sincerity
• Energy and Power
• Self-Control and Happiness
• Simplicity and Freedom
• Right Thinking and Repose
• Calmness and Resource
• Insight and Nobility
• Man the Master
• Knowledge and Victory
• 9. Morning and evening thoughts (1909)
• First Morning
• First Evening
• Second Morning
• Second Evening
• Third Morning
• Third Evening
• Fourth Morning
• Fourth Evening
• Fifth Morning
• Fifth Evening
• Sixth Morning
• Sixth Evening
• Seventh Morning
• Seventh Evening
• Eight Morning
• Eight Evening
• Ninth Morning
• Ninth Evening
• Tenth Morning
• Tenth Evening
• Eleventh Morning
• Eleventh Evening
• Twelfth Morning
• Twelfth Evening
• Thirteenth Morning
• Thirteenth Evening
• Fourteenth Morning
• Fourteenth Evening
• Fifteenth Morning
• Fifteenth Evening
• Sixteenth Morning
• Sixteenth Evening
• Seventeenth Morning
• Seventeenth Evening
• Eighteenth Morning
• Eighteenth Evening
• Nineteenth Morning
• Nineteenth Evening
• Twentieth Morning
• Twentieth Evening
• Twenty-First Morning
• Twenty-First Evening
• Twenty-Second Morning
• Twenty-Second Evening
• Twenty-Third Morning
• Twenty-Third Evening
• Twenty-Fourth Morning
• Twenty-Fourth Evening
• Twenty-Fifth Morning
• Twenty-Fifth Evening
• Twenty-Sixth Morning
• Twenty-Sixth Evening
• Twenty-Seventh Morning
• Twenty-Seventh Evening
• Twenty-Eighth Morning
• Twenty-Eighth Evening
• Twenty-Ninth Morning
• Twenty-Ninth Evening
• Thirtieth Morning
• Thirtieth Evening
• Thirty-First Morning
• Thirty-First Evening
• 10. The Mastery of Destiny (1909)
• Deeds, Character, and Destiny
• The Science of Self-Control
• Cause and Effect in Human Conduct
• Training of the Will
• Thoroughness
• Mind-Building and Life-Building
• Cultivation of Concentration
• Practice of Meditation
• The Power of Purpose
• The Joy of Accomplishment
• 11. Above Life’s Turmoil (1910)
• Foreword
• True Happiness
• The Immortal Man
• The Overcoming of Self
• The Uses of Temptation
• The Man of Integrity
• Discrimination
• Belief, the Basis of Action
• The Belief that Saves
• Thought and Action
• Your Mental Attitude
• Sowing and Reaping
• The Reign of Law
• The Supreme Justice
• The Use of Reason
• Self-Discipline
• Resolution
• The Glorious Conquest
• Contentment in Activity
• The Temple of Brotherhood
• Pleasant Pastures of Peace
• 12. From Passion to Peace (1910)
• Foreword
• Passion
• Aspiration
• Temptation
• Transmutation
• Transcendence
• Beatitude
• Peace
• 13. Eight pillars of prosperity (1911)
• Preface
• Eight Pillars
• First pillar – Energy
• Second pillar – Economy
• Third pillar – Integrity
• Fourth pillar – System
• Fifth pillar – Sympathy
• Sixth pillar – Sincerity
• Seventh pillar – Impartiality
• Eighth pillar – Self-reliance
• The temple of prosperity
• 14. Man: king of mind, body, and circumstance (1911)
• Foreword
• The inner world of thoughts
• The outer world of things
• Habit: its slavery and its freedom
• Bodily conditions
• Poverty
• Man’s spiritual dominion
• Conquest: not resignation
• 15. Light on life’s Difficulties (1912)
• Foreword
• The Light That Leads to Perfect Peace
• Light on Facts and Hypotheses
• Light on the Law of Cause and Effect in Human Life
• Light on Values— Spiritual and Material
• Light on the Sense of Proportion
• Light on Adherence to Principle
• Light on the Sacrifice of the Self
• Light on the Management of the Mind
• Light on Self-Control: The Door of Heaven
• Light on Acts and Their Consequences
• Light on the Way of Wisdom
• Light on Disposition
• Light on Individual Liberty
• Light on the Blessing and Dignity of Work
• Light on Good Manners and Refinement
• Light on Diversities of Creeds
• Light on Law and Miracle
• Light on War and Peace
• Light on the Brotherhood of Man
• Light on Life’s Sorrows
• Light on Life’s Changes
• Light on the Truth of Transitoriness
• The Light That Never Goes Out
• 16. Foundation stones to happiness and success (1913)
• Preface
• Foreword
• Right principles
• Sound methods
• True actions
• True speech
• Equal-mindedness
• Good results
• 17. James Allen’s book of meditations for Every Day in the Year (1913)
• .
• Preface
• January
• February
• March
• April
• May
• June
• July
• August
• September
• October
• November
• December
• 18. Men and systems (1914)
• Introduction
• Their correlations and combined results
• Work, wages, and well-being
• The survival of the fittest as a divine law
• Justice in evil
• Justice and love
• Self-protection: animal, human, and divine
• Aviation and the new consciousness
• The new courage
• 19. The Shining Gateway (1915)
• Foreword
• The shining gateway of meditation
• Temptation
• Regeneration
• Actions and motives
• Morality and religion
• Memory, repetition, and habit
• Words and wisdom
• Truth made manifest
• Spiritual humility
• Spiritual strength
• 20. The Divine Companion (1919)
• Foreword
• The Divine Companion
• Truth as Awakener
• Truth as Consoler
• Truth as Redeemer
• Truth as Reconciler
• Truth as Protector
• The Divine Dialogue
• Of Seeking and Finding
• Of Entering the Way
• Of Discipline and Purification
• Of Renunciation
• Of Purity of Heart
• Of Righteousness
• Of Knowledge of the Law
• Benediction
• The Divine Messages
• The First Prophecy, called the Awakening
• The Second Prophecy, called the Messiah
• The Third prophecy, called the All - One
• The Fourth Prophecy, called Unrest
• The Fifth Prophecy, called Transition
• The Sixth Prophecy, called Peace
• The First Exhortation, concerning Purity
• The Second Exhortation, concerning Humility
• The Third Exhortation, concerning Love
• Instruction, concerning the Master
• Instruction, concerning the Law
• Instruction, concerning The Great Reality
• Discourse Concerning The Way of Truth