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The Game - Law of Prosperity - Power of the Word - Law of Nonresistance - Law of Karma and the Law of Forgiveness - Casting the Burden (Impressing the Subconscious) - Love - Intuition or Guidance - Perfect Self-Expression or the Divine Design - Denials and Affirmations - Contents -

Chapter 3 - Understanding The Power of the Word - p. 22

"By thy words thou shalt be justified.
and by they words thou shalt be condemned"

A person knowing the power of the word, becomes very careful of his conversation. He has only to watch the reaction of his words to know that they do "not return void." Through his spoken word, man is continually making laws for himself. I knew a man who said, "I always miss a car. It invariably pulls out just as I arrive."

His daughter said: "I always catch a car. It's sure to come just as I get there." This occurred for years. Each had made a separate law for himself, one of failure, one of success. This is the psychology of superstitions.

The horse-shoe or rabbit's foot contains no power, but man's spoken word and belief that it will bring good luck creates expectancy in the subconscious mind, and attracts a "lucky situation." I find however, this will not "work" when man has advanced spiritually and knows a higher law. One cannot turn back, and must put away "graven images."

For example: Two men in my class had had great success in business for several

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