{"id":318,"date":"2010-11-18T01:52:29","date_gmt":"2010-11-18T06:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/?p=318"},"modified":"2011-04-18T02:14:56","modified_gmt":"2011-04-18T07:14:56","slug":"timeless-classsic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/timeless-classsic\/","title":{"rendered":"Timeless Classsic:  As a Man Thinketh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8220;The aphorism, &#8216;As a man thinketh in his heart so is he,&#8217; not only embraces the whole of a man&#8217;s being, but is so comprehensive as to reach out to every condition and circumstance of his life. A man is literally what he thinks, his character being the complete sum of all his thoughts.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/man_in_nature.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-319\" title=\"man_in_nature\" src=\"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/man_in_nature-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Man Contemplating:  As a Man Thinketh\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>&#8220;As the plant springs from, and could not be without, the seed, so every act of a man springs from the hidden seeds of thought, and could not have appeared without them. This applies equally to those acts called &#8220;spontaneous&#8221; and &#8220;unpremeditated&#8221; as to those which are deliberately executed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Act is the blossom of thought, and joy and suffering are its fruits; thus does a man garner in the sweet and bitter fruitage of his own husbandry.<\/p>\n<p>Thought in the mind hath made us. What we are<br \/>\nBy thought we wrought and built. If a man&#8217;s mind<br \/>\nHath evil thoughts, pain comes on him as comes<br \/>\nThe wheel the ox behind . . . If one endure in purity<br \/>\nof thought joy follows him as his own shadow &#8211; sure.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Man is a growth by law, and not a creation by artifice.\u00c2\u00a0 Cause and effect is as absolute and undeviating in the hidden realm of thought as in the world of visible and material things.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>These words from the book, <em>As A Man Thinketh<\/em> by James Allen describe the amazing power of thought and the human word.\u00c2\u00a0 It describes how the mind creates &#8230; based on the thoughts that it is fed.\u00c2\u00a0 To insure your mental creations are positive, all you need to do is to keep your thoughts on a positive track.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The aphorism, &#8216;As a man thinketh in his heart so is he,&#8217; not only embraces the whole of a man&#8217;s being, but is so comprehensive as to reach out to every condition and circumstance of his life. 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