The Power of Thought

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THE FIRST IN A NEW SERIES OF CLASSIC THEOSOPHICAL WRITINGS ADAPTED FOR TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY READERS !
In this work lies the wisdom that leads to peace. —¦ —Annie Besant
Thought is not just something subjective in our heads, says early Theosophist Annie Besant. Thought is power—real, objective power. Moreover, the thoughts we create have a life of their own. They have a kind of material reality that affects other people for good or ili—hence our responsibility to choose.
Teaching us to use the power of thought well is the purpose of this metaphysi-cal classic, first published in 1903 and now adapted for today's readers. Leading contemporary Theosophists have added practical exercises and modernized Besant's language to make her timeless truths accessible for learning how to
• increase consciousness, concentration, and memory
• develop what is best in our nature
• achieve a fuller life
• help others
• make ourselves a positive force in the world
The book is lucid, direct,... Tovább

Fülszöveg

THE FIRST IN A NEW SERIES OF CLASSIC THEOSOPHICAL WRITINGS ADAPTED FOR TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY READERS !
In this work lies the wisdom that leads to peace. —¦ —Annie Besant
Thought is not just something subjective in our heads, says early Theosophist Annie Besant. Thought is power—real, objective power. Moreover, the thoughts we create have a life of their own. They have a kind of material reality that affects other people for good or ili—hence our responsibility to choose.
Teaching us to use the power of thought well is the purpose of this metaphysi-cal classic, first published in 1903 and now adapted for today's readers. Leading contemporary Theosophists have added practical exercises and modernized Besant's language to make her timeless truths accessible for learning how to
• increase consciousness, concentration, and memory
• develop what is best in our nature
• achieve a fuller life
• help others
• make ourselves a positive force in the world
The book is lucid, direct, and profound, truly a classic. Read it, meditate on it, and, above ali, practice it. —Rav|;Ravindra, author oijfoga and the Teaching of Krishna
Annie Besant's book remains a tour de force. It is clearly a precursor of ali the new paradigm thinking about the mind. My congratulations to John Aigeo and Shirley Nicholson! —Amit Goswami, professor of physics at the University of Oregon and author of The Self-Aware Universe and The Visionary Window
Annie Besant (1847-1933) fought for women's rights in Britain, translated the Bhagavad Gita, worked with Gandhi for Indian independence, and sponsored Krishnamurti. She was international président of the Theosophical Society.
John Aigeo, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus at the University of Georgia, is the national President of the Theosophical Society in America.
Shirley J. Nicholson is past executive editor of the Theosophical Publishing House and former director of the Krotona School of Theosophy in Ojai, California. Vissza