Thoughts Are Things

About This Book

It’s hard to believe that Prentice Mulford wrote this book in 1889, but like all wisdom and truth, it’s ageless and timeless.

This book is a series of essays on thoughts and how they affect our two minds: the mind of the body and the mind of the spirit. The mind of the body is limited and fights change. It thinks things must always be the way they’ve always been. The mind of the spirit trusts in the Supreme Power which made all things and knows that anything is possible if you believe.

Mulford was one of the first authors to explain the Law of Attraction in great detail. From Jesus to Buddha, all the great spiritual leaders preached that what we talk about and think about is what we attract to ourselves. Mulford explains that if a group of people talk about disease or suffering, they will eventually bring disease and suffering to themselves in some form. He explains that our physical appearance and youthfulness – or lack thereof – is greatly influenced by our thoughts. In fact, how often do you see a bright cheery demeanor on a pessimistic complainer? By the same token, have you ever seen an old person with wrinkles who shines with the effervescence of a child?

In our modern world of “multi-tasking” it’s interesting to see the results – in all its forms – of harried people who fail to focus on the moment.

This book is surprisingly refreshing and such a treasure trove of wisdom. I have found myself reading the same page many times and each time I find it to be much more than I first thought.

This is a virtual blueprint to successfully creating the thoughts and the life you desire.

About the Author

Prentice Mulford was one of the earliest pioneers of New Thought teaching. He was described as the strangest of men. He envisioned the airplane and radio and prophesized mental telepathy and practiced it. At 22 Prentice sailed to California. In Jamestown, California he was a gold miner, cook, school teacher, lecturer and observer of human nature, but made his fortune not from gold but by his interesting and imaginative articles and books. He was a fixture in San Francisco literary circles with the likes of Twain, Harte, and the Bohemian set in the 1860s.

In 1865 he became interested in mental and spiritual phenomena and lived in an old whaleboat cruising San Francisco Bay. After returning from a trip abroad, Prentice Mulford lived for the next 17 years as a hermit in the swamps of Passaic, New Jersey. It was there he wrote some of his finest works on mental/spiritual laws including his “The White Cross Library” dealing in the topic Thought Currents and How to Use Them.

His essays embody a particular philosophy, and represent a peculiar phase of insight into the mystery which surrounds man.

He is recognized as having been a pioneer in the thought that is now influencing people throughout the world, and his influence is very apparent in the writings of all the teachers of the same school that have followed him.

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