http://the-master-key.net Presenting Charles Haanel's classic book of self development Mon, 21 May 2007 09:33:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Steve Pavlina talks about testing things to failure. He speaks of not being afraid to try something new - to test the boundaries of a new idea. He advises: When you do test, however, don’t be timid about it. Use testing to seek out the limits of your abilities. ... http://the-master-key.net/testing-to-failure-and-the-way-of-many-paths/ Not that there is anything wrong with it, but The Secret appears to contain a lot of the same ideas as The Master Key. Both owe a little something to Ralph Waldo Trine's In Tune With The Infinite, which in turn owes something to late nineteenth-century western mystery tradition and ... http://the-master-key.net/the-secret-vs-the-master-key/ This blog is a labour of love for me - it was my late father's wish that Charles Haanel's classic book of self development should be turned into a fee-free website. I'll probably put a "donation" thing in place so that people can contribute if they want to, but that ... http://the-master-key.net/welcome-to-the-master-key/ 1. When the scientists first put the Sun in the center of the Solar System and sent the earth spinning around it, there was immense surprise and consternation. The whole idea was self-evidently false; nothing was more certain than the movement of the Sun across the sky, and anyone could ... http://the-master-key.net/part-twenty-four/ 1. The money consciousness is an attitude of mind; it is the open door to the arteries of commerce. It is the receptive attitude. Desire is the attractive force which sets the current in motion and fear is the great obstacle by which the current is stopped or completely reversed, ... http://the-master-key.net/part-twenty-three/ 1. Knowledge is of priceless value, because by applying knowledge we can make our future what we wish it to be. When we realize that our present character, our present environment, our present ability, our present physical condition are all the result of past methods of thinking, we shall begin ... http://the-master-key.net/part-twenty-two/ 1. The real secret of power is consciousness of power. The Universal Mind is unconditional; therefore, the more conscious we become of our unity with this mind, the less conscious we shall become of conditions and limitations, and as we become emancipated or freed from conditions we come into a ... http://the-master-key.net/part-twenty-one/ 1. The spirit of a thing is that thing; it is necessarily fixed, changeless and eternal. The spirit of you is -- you; without the spirit you would be nothing. It becomes active through your recognition of it and its possibilities. 2. You may have all the wealth in Christendom, but ... http://the-master-key.net/part-twenty/ 1. The search for truth is no longer a haphazard adventure, but it is a systematic process, and is logical in its operation. Every kind of experience is given a voice in shaping its decision. 2. In seeking the truth we are seeking ultimate cause; we know that every human experience ... http://the-master-key.net/part-nineteen/ 1. There is a change in the thought of the world. This change is silently transpiring in our midst, and is more important than any which the world has undergone since the downfall of Paganism. 2. These present revolution in the opinions of all classes of men, the highest and most ... http://the-master-key.net/part-eighteen/