The Magic Of Believing
Magic of Believing was written in 1948 by Claude Bristol. Bristol was a journalist for several years, including stints as a police reporter and as church editor of a large city newspaper. In this post he met people from every denomination and sect, and later read hundreds of books on psychology, religion, science, metaphysics and ancient magic. Gradually, Bristol began to see the 'golden thread' which runs through all religions and esoteric teachings: that belief itself has amazing powers.
Having spent years thinking about the power of thought, he had assumed others knew something about it too. He was wrong. Strangely, he found that most people go through life without realizing the effect that strong belief can have on reaching their goals--they leave their desires vague and so they get vague outcomes.
Here are three terrific takeaways from so many that Bristol discusses in his book:
- It may be riches or fame or position or knowledge that you want, for each person has his own ideas of what success means to him. But whatever you consider it to be, you must be willing to make the object the burning desire of your life if you really want to achieve it.
- While it is necessary for you to feel and think yourself successful, it is important for you to go one step further and actually see yourself as already successful.
- Far too many people are like saplings that are swayed by every little breeze and ultimately grow in a direction of some strong wind of thought that blows against them.
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