Success
You will never have a definite purpose in life, you will never have
self-confidence, you will never have initiative and leadership unless you first
create these qualities in your imagination and see yourself in possession of
them.
Just as the oak tree develops from the germ that lies in the acorn, and the bird develops from the germ that lies asleep in the egg, so will your material achievements grow out of the organized plans that you create in your imagination. First comes the thought; then, organization of that thought into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality.
The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination. The imagination is both interpretative and creative in nature. It can examine facts, concepts and ideas, and it can create new combinations and plans out of these. Through its interpretative capacity the imagination has one power not generally attributed to it; namely, the power to register vibrations and thought waves that are put into motion from outside sources, just as the radio-receiving apparatus picks up the vibrations of sound.
The principle through which this interpretative capacity of the imagination functions is called telepathy; the communication of thought from one mind to another, at long or short distances, without the aid of physical or mechanical appliances, in the manner explained in the Introductory Lesson of this course.
Telepathy is an important factor to a student who is preparing to
make effective use of imagination, for the reason that this telepathic capacity
of the imagination is constantly picking up thought waves and vibrations of
every description. So-called "snap-judgment" and "hunches," which prompt one to
form an opinion or decide upon a course of action that is not in harmony with
logic and reason, are usually the result of stray thought waves that have
registered in the imagination.
The recently developed radio apparatus has enabled us to understand that the elements of the ether are so sensitive and alive that all manner of sound waves are constantly flying here and there with lightning-like speed. You have only to understand the modern radio outfit to understand, also, the principle of telepathy.