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1) I Dare You!
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Considered to be one of the most important self-help books ever written, "I Dare You!" was first published in 1931 by William Danforth, the founder of the Ralston-Purina pet food company and the American Youth Foundation. Danforth was a successful entrepreneur who spent much of his life helping and counseling young people and founded a youth camp in Michigan dedicated to mentoring youth. In this influential work, he expounded on his belief that a...
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The Game of Life and How to Play It is a short work of metaphysics by American artist, illustrator, and New Thought teacher Florence Scovel Shinn. Published in 1925, this book explores the foundations of Shinn's philosophy - that what one puts out into the world is what one receives back.
Shinn began her career as an artist and illustrator, drawing for Harper's magazine and several popular novels. After her marriage to artist Everett Shinn ended...
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Doubt and fear hold men in bondage of sickness and failure. Often times as you attempt something new, doubt comes into your mind. The way to overcome is to increase your faith and awareness of your deep, spiritual potencies. Opportunity always knocks at your door.
Dr. Murphy deals especially with mental and spiritual laws that promote peace, health, and happiness. Every chapter of this book should aid the reader in a greater understanding of the...
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The Power of Your Subconscious Mind has been a bestseller since its first publication in 1963, selling many millions of copies since its original publication. It is one of the most brilliant and beloved spiritual self-help works of all time, which can help you heal yourself, banish your fears, sleep better, enjoy better relationships and just feel happier. The techniques are simple and results come quickly. You can improve your relationships, your...
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First published in 1955, "Believe in Yourself" by Dr. Joseph Murphy, the Irish-American author and New Thought minister with a Ph.D. in Psychology, is the inspiring and fascinating book on the power of self-confidence and positive thinking. Dr. Murphy draws on the experiences of highly successful and talented people, such as inventors, artists, and businessmen, to show that believing in your dreams and your own potential is the secret to great success....
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This book can change your life!
It is a powerful, and overwhelmingly persuasive introduction to Neville Goddard's cosmic philosophy. Widely known as one of the most practical and dynamic spiritual thinkers of our time Neville challenges you to put his ideas to the test in Your Faith Is Your Fortune. Learn to apply Neville's timeless principles right now to improve your life, finances, social standing, and sense of purpose as well as the lives of...
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The Master Key System was a source of inspiration for the book and blockbuster film The Secret. Originally published in 1912 as a correspondence course, it teaches that everything around us was first developed as a thought, the powerful catalyst for turning any idea into a reality.
Beautifully designed, this 324-page complete authoritative edition with an easy to read font for a great reader experience includes a new afterword by Joe Vitale, the...
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Here are the secrets to 'Mental Chemistry'. In this book you will learn how to improve your life by removing some kinds of thoughts and adding others. It works much like conventional chemistry: if you change the elements in a molecule you change the molecule. By changing elements of the way you think you will learn how to become a different, better, happier, and more successful you. Long before Michael Losier and James Arthur Ray reminded the world...
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You've heard much in recent years about positive thinking. Out of the recessions and lean years another term has been born: "prosperous thinking." The word "prosper" means "to flourish, succeed, thrive, to experience favorable results." This book plainly shows how prosperous thinking has helped people in every walk of life to experience these results. Furthermore, it shows how prosperous thinking can do these things for you, too! As you read this...
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The present paper is an attempt to formulate a positive theory of motivation, which will satisfy these theoretical demands and at the same time conform to the known facts, clinical and observational as well as experimental. It derives most directly, however, from clinical experience. This theory is, I think, in the functionalist tradition of James and Dewey, and is, fused with the holism of Wertheimer, Goldstein, and Gestalt Psychology, and with the...
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William Walker Atkinson's "Thought Vibration or The Law of Attraction in the Thought World" is a classic treatise of new age philosophy. Atkinson examines the nature of mental thought and its power to affect ones life in a thought-provoking discourse that elucidates the power of positive mental thought. Written in the early 1900s, "Thought Vibration", a classic of self-help literature, is as applicable today as when it was first written.
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'Creative Mind and Success' is a guide to mental wellness and success. Like 'Science of the Mind', this book focuses on how the power of positive thinking can better your life, but it has more of a focus on financial well-being. This book is clearly a precursor to 'The Law of Attraction' and 'The Secret'. Earnest Shurtleff Holmes was the founder of the Church of Religious Science. Religious Science, like many New Thought faiths, emphasizes positive...
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The Science of Mind is the revolutionary religious proposal written by Ernest Shurtleff Holmes. Originally published in 1926, The Science of Mind posits that people can transform their lives by actively engaging their minds into religious activities. Holmes was the creator of the Religious Science spiritual movement, which was part of the larger New Thought movement. The group believed that science, philosophy, and religion could all be connected...
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A notable product of the 19th-century New Thought revolution, Charles Fillmore's Unity movement combined esoteric and metaphysical principles with traditional Christian elements. This key to Fillmore's original form of religious expression, a core text of the Unity movement, interprets the hidden meanings of the Bible's myriad names, places, and events.
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Why does one man succeed and another fail? There is an answer. And, it will be found in this book. Often the rules for success are so simple and so obvious they aren't even seen. But, when you search for them, you, too, can find them. And, during the search something wonderful happens-you acquire knowledge, you gain experience and you become inspired. And, then you begin to realize the necessary ingredients for success.
All of these things and more...
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The Law of Success was a precursor to Napoleon Hill's Think and Grow Rich. Hill was well known for researching what made millionaires different from the common man. The sixteen lessons in this book perfectly crystallize everything you will need to know to succeed during these hard economic times. Many of today's best known self help books take their core concepts from this book. The Secret, the Power of Positive Thinking, the Millionaire Next Door,...
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Collected here are all four of Florence Scovel Shinn's landmark books. Her wisdom and advice are timeless. In these four books you will discover the power of the spoken word and how to invoke the Law of Attraction. In the Game of Life and How to Play It, Florence Scovel Shinn gives us the rules to the game of life. But more importantly she also gives us a manual that instructs us on how to win the game. A wonderful and simple-to-follow book on the...
18) Just so stories
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Twelve stories about animals, insects, and other subjects include "How the Alphabet Was Made," "How the Camel Got His Hump," and "The Elephant's Child."
19) The Upanishads
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The Upanishads are a collection of texts that contain some of the central philosophical concepts of Hinduism. They are based on principles like samsara, brahman, atman, karma, dharma and moksha and form the core of Indian philosophy. This version is an English translation by Swami Paramananda as part of his mission to spread the eastern teachings of Hinduism to the Western world. Easy to understand and simply written, the thought behind this text...
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Autobiography of a Yogi is at once a beautifully written account of an exceptional life and a profound introduction to the ancient science of Yoga and its time-honored tradition of meditation. Profoundly inspiring, it is at the same time vastly entertaining, warmly humorous and filled with extraordinary personages.
Self-Realization Fellowship's editions, and none others, include extensive material added by the author after the first edition was published,...
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