我很榮幸能在此為您呈獻《萬能鑰匙》的第一課內容。

如果你想在生活中獲得更多力量、健康或幸福，就必須先在內心培養出對這些事物的「意識」。

請將這些精神特質融入生活，直到它們成為你理所當然的一部分，那麼世界上就沒有任何事物能阻止你獲得它們。

外在世界的事物對於人類內在的強大力量來說，是具有可塑性與流動性的，人類正是藉由這股內在力量來主宰外在事物。

你其實不需要去「獲取」這種力量，因為你本來就擁有它；但你需要去理解、使用並控制它，讓自己充滿這股力量，進而無往不利。

隨著你不斷前進、累積動能、加深靈感、具體化計畫並增進理解，你會意識到這個世界並非死氣沉沉的木石堆，而是充滿生命力與美感、由人類跳動的心臟所構成的活體。

要與這樣的素材合作顯然需要足夠的理解力；但只要掌握了這份理解，你就會被新的光芒與力量所啟發，每天都能獲得自信與更強大的力量，並看著夢想成真，讓生命展現出比以往更深刻、更清晰的意義。

▋核心心法：思想決定你的世界

1.在任何存在層面上，「擁有越多，就能吸引越多」，而「損失只會導致更大的損失」，這是不變的真理。

2.心智是具有創造力的；我們生活中的境遇、環境和所有經歷，都是我們習慣性或主要心智態度的結果。

3.心智態度完全取決於我們的「思想」。因此，所有力量、成就和財富的秘密，都取決於我們的思維方式。

4.這是因為在我們能「做」之前，我們必須先「成為」那樣的人；我們能「做」多少取決於我們「是」什麼樣的人，而我們「是」什麼樣的人則取決於我們「想」些什麼。

5.我們無法展現自己不具備的力量。獲得力量的唯一方法是意識到它的存在，而除非我們明白「所有力量都來自於內在」，否則我們永遠無法真正意識到力量。

6.存在著一個「內在世界」——這是一個充滿思想、情感、力量、光芒、生命與美感的世界；雖然它看不見，但其力量卻無比強大。

7.這個內在世界是由「心智」所統治的。當我們發現這個世界時，就能找到每一個問題的解答與每一個結果的起因；既然內在世界受我們控制，那麼所有關於力量與財富的法則也都在我們的掌控之中。

8.「外在世界」是「內在世界」的倒影；外在所顯現的，正是內在所蘊含的。在內在世界裡，蘊藏著無限的智慧、力量與一切所需的無盡供給，等待著被展現與發展。如果我們能在內心認識到這些潛能，它們就會在現實世界中成形。

9.內在世界的和諧，會反映在外在世界的順遂環境與美好事物上。這是健康的基礎，也是所有偉大、力量、成就與成功的必要條件。

10.內在世界的和諧意味著我們有能力控制自己的思想，並自行決定任何經歷將如何影響我們。

11.內在的和諧會帶來樂觀與富足，而內在的富足將造就外在的富足。

12.外在世界反映了內在意識的環境與狀態。

13.如果我們在內在世界找到智慧，我們就會有足夠的理解力去察覺其中潛藏的奇妙可能性，並獲得力量讓這些可能性在外在世界中顯化。

14.當我們意識到內在世界的智慧並在心智上掌握它時，我們就實際擁有了將所需事物顯化出來的力量與智慧，進而實現最完整、和諧的發展。

15.內在世界是一個實用的世界；在這裡，充滿力量的人們會產生勇氣、希望、熱情、自信與信仰，這些特質賦予他們敏銳的智慧去預見願景，並具備將願景化為現實的實踐能力。

16.生命是一個從內而外「展開」的過程，而非從外在累積。我們在外在世界得到的一切，都是我們已經在內在世界所擁有之物。

17.所有的擁有都基於「意識」。所有的收穫都是意識累積的結果，而所有的損失則是意識渙散的結果。

18.心智的效率取決於和諧，不和諧意味著混亂；因此，想要獲得力量的人，必須與自然法則保持和諧。

▋連結內外世界的橋樑：兩種心智

19.我們透過「客觀心智」（objective mind）與外在世界產生連結。大腦是這個心智的器官，而腦脊髓神經系統讓我們有意識地與身體各部位溝通；這個神經系統對光、熱、氣味、聲音和味覺等一切感覺做出反應。

20.當這個客觀心智正確地思考、理解真理，並且透過腦脊髓神經系統傳送給身體的思想是具有建設性時，我們所感受到的將是愉悅與和諧的。

21.如此一來，我們就能將力量、活力等建設性力量注入體內。然而，所有生活中的痛苦、疾病、匱乏、限制與不和諧，同樣也是透過這個客觀心智的「錯誤思考」而被引入我們的生命中，使我們與破壞性力量連結。

22.我們透過「潛意識」（subconscious mind）與內在世界連結。太陽神經叢（solar plexus）是這個心智的器官；交感神經系統掌管著所有的主觀感覺，如喜悅、恐懼、愛、情感、呼吸、想像力等潛意識現象。正是透過潛意識，我們與「宇宙心智」（Universal Mind）相連，並與宇宙無限的建設性力量產生連結。

23.生命最大的秘密，就在於協調我們存在的這兩個中心，並理解它們的功能。有了這些知識，我們就能讓客觀與主觀心智有意識地合作，將有限的自我與無限的宇宙協調起來 。我們的未來完全掌握在自己手中，不再受任何反覆無常的外在力量所擺佈。

▋你與宇宙的共振

24.大家都同意，整個宇宙只存在一個無所不在的「意識」或法則。它佔據了所有的空間，本質上在任何地方都是相同的；它全能、全知且無所不在，所有的思想與事物都包含在它之中。

25.宇宙中只有一個能夠思考的意識；當它思考時，其思想就會成為客觀存在的事物。既然這個意識無所不在，它必然也存在於每個人的心中；每個人都是這個全能、全知、無所不在意識的顯化。

26.既然宇宙中只有一個能思考的意識，這必然意味著你的意識與宇宙意識是完全相同的 。換句話說，所有的心智都是同一個心智，這是一個無法迴避的結論。

27.聚集在你腦細胞中的意識，與聚集在其他人腦細胞中的意識是完全一樣的。每個人都只是宇宙心智的個體化展現。

28.宇宙心智是一種靜態的潛在能量。它只能透過個體來顯化，而個體也只能透過宇宙心智來顯化；兩者合而為一。

29.個人思考的能力，就是他對宇宙心智採取行動並使其顯化的能力。人類的意識僅存在於其思考能力之中。心智本身被認為是一種微妙的靜態能量，從中產生了被稱為「思想」的活動，這就是心智的動態階段。心智是靜態能量，思想是動態能量——它們是同一件事的兩個階段；因此，思想是靜態心智轉化為動態心智所形成的震動力量。

30.既然全能、全知且無所不在的宇宙心智包含了所有屬性，這些屬性必然也隨時以潛在的形式存在於每個人的心中。因此，當個人思考時，這個思想的本質會迫使它具象化為與其起源相符的客觀條件。

31.每一個思想都是一個「原因」，每一個處境都是一個「結果」。因此，你必須絕對控制自己的思想，以確保只帶來令人渴望的結果。

32.所有的力量都來自於內在，並且完全在你的掌控之中。它來自於精確的知識，以及對正確原則的自願實踐。

33.顯而易見地，當你透徹理解這個法則並能控制自己的思考過程時，你就能將其應用於任何情況。換句話說，你將與構成萬物基礎的「全能法則」產生有意識的合作。

▋改變命運的關鍵法則

34.宇宙心智是每一個存在的原子的生命法則；每一個原子都在不斷努力展現更多的生命力，它們都具有智慧，並努力實現其被創造的目的。

35.大多數人都只生活在外在世界中，鮮少有人發現內在世界 。然而，正是內在世界創造了外在世界；內在世界具有創造力，你在外在世界看到的一切，都是由你在內在世界中所創造出來的。

36.當你理解了內外世界之間的這種關係時，本系統將引導你意識到這股屬於你的力量。內在世界是「因」，外在世界是「果」；想要改變結果，你必須先改變原因。

37.你會立刻發現這是一個截然不同的全新觀念。大多數人試圖透過處理「結果」來改變結果，卻沒發現這只是把一種痛苦換成另一種痛苦罷了。為了消除不和諧，我們必須消除其原因，而這個原因只能在內在世界中找到。

38.所有的生長都是從內而外的。這在自然界中顯而易見，每一株植物、每一隻動物、每一個人都是這個偉大法則的活生生見證；千百年來人類最大的錯誤，就是一直向外尋求力量。

39.內在世界是宇宙的泉源，外在世界則是水流的出口。我們接收的能力，取決於我們是否認識到這個宇宙泉源、這個無限能量；每個人都是這個能量的出口，因此所有人都是一體的。

40.「認知」是一種心智過程，因此心智行動就是個人與宇宙心智的互動。既然宇宙心智是遍佈所有空間並賦予萬物生命的智慧，這種心智的行動與反作用力就是「因果法則」。因果的原則並不存在於個人，而是存在於宇宙心智中；它不是一個客觀的機能，而是一個主觀的過程，其結果會展現在無窮無盡的環境與經歷中。

41.為了表達生命，就必須有「心智」；沒有心智，任何事物都無法存在。所有存在的萬物，都是這唯一基礎物質的某種顯化；萬物皆由它創造，並不斷被重新創造。

42.我們生活在一個深不可測、極具可塑性的「心智物質」海洋中。這種物質永遠充滿生命力與活躍性，極度敏感，它會根據我們的心智需求塑造成形。思想就是塑造這種物質的模型或矩陣。

43.記住，法則的價值完全在於「應用」。對這個法則的實際理解，將能以豐盛取代貧窮、以智慧取代無知、以和諧取代混亂、以自由取代暴政；從物質和社會的角度來看，絕對沒有比這些更偉大的祝福了 。

▋🏆 第一週實作練習：掌握你的身體

  • 現在，開始實踐： 選一個你可以獨處且不被打擾的房間；舒適地挺直坐好，但不要癱軟。

  • 讓你的思緒自由游走，但請保持身體「完全靜止不動」 15 到 30 分鐘。

  • 持續這樣練習三到四天，或者一整週，直到你能完全控制自己的身體為止。

許多人會發現這非常困難，有些人則能輕鬆克服。

但在你準備好進階之前，絕對必須先取得對身體的完全控制。

下週你將會收到下一步的指示；在此之前，你必須先精通這個練習 。

▋💡 第一課 複習問答

1.外在世界與內在世界的關係是什麼？外在世界是內在世界的反射。

2.所有擁有的基礎是什麼？所有的擁有都基於意識。

3.個人如何與客觀世界連結？個人透過「客觀心智」與客觀世界連結；大腦是這個心智的器官。

4.個人如何與宇宙心智連結？個人透過「潛意識」與宇宙心智連結；太陽神經叢是這個心智的器官。

5.什麼是宇宙心智？宇宙心智是所有存在原子的生命法則。

6.個人如何對宇宙心智採取行動？個人的思考能力，就是他對宇宙心智採取行動並使其顯化的能力。

7.這種行動與反作用力的結果是什麼？其結果就是因果關係；每一個思想都是一個原因，每一個處境都是一個結果。

8.如何獲得和諧與令人渴望的生活條件？透過正確的思考來獲得。

9.所有混亂、不和諧、匱乏與限制的原因是什麼？混亂、不和諧、匱乏與限制都是錯誤思考的結果。

10.所有力量的來源是什麼？所有力量的來源都在內在世界，它是宇宙的泉源、無限的能量；而我們每個人都是這股能量的出口 。

INTRODUCTION - PART ONE

It is my privilege to enclose herewith Part One of The Master Key System.

Would you bring into your life more power, get the power consciousness, more health, get the health consciousness, more happiness, get the happiness consciousness.

Live the spirit of these things until they become yours by right.

It will then become impossible to keep them from you.

The things of the world are fluid to a power within man by which he rules them.

You need not acquire this power.

You already have it.

But you want to understand it; you want to use it; you want to control it; you want to impregnate yourself with it, so that you can go forward and carry the world before you.

Day by day as you go on and on, as you gain momentum, as your inspiration deepens, as your plans crystallize, as you gain understanding, you will come to realize that this world is no dead pile of stones and timber, but that it is a living thing! It is made up of the beating hearts of humanity.

It is a thing of life and beauty. It is evident that it requires understanding to work with material of this description, but those who come into this understanding, are inspired by a new light, a new force, they gain confidence and greater power each day, they realize their hopes and their dreams come true, life has a deeper, fuller, clearer meaning than before.

And, now, Part One....

PART ONE

  • That much gathers more is true on every plane of existence and that loss leads to greater loss is equally true.

  • Mind is creative, and conditions, environment and all experiences in life are the result of our habitual or predominant mental attitude.

  • The attitude of mind necessarily depends upon what we think. Therefore, the secret of all power, all achievement and all possession depends upon our method of thinking.

  • This is true because we must “be” before we can “do,” and we can “do” only to the extent which we “are,” and what we “are” depends upon what we “think.”

  • We cannot express powers that we do not possess. The only way by which we may secure possession of power is to become conscious of power, and we can never become conscious of power until we learn that all power is from within.

  • There is a world within – a world of thought and feeling and power; of light and life and beauty and, although invisible, its forces are mighty.

  • The world within is governed by mind. When we discover this world we shall find the solution for every problem, the cause for every effect; and since the world within is subject to our control, all laws of power and possession are also within our control.

  • The world without is a reflection of the world within. What appears without is what has been found within. In the world within may be found infinite Wisdom, infinite Power, infinite Supply of all that is necessary, waiting for unfoldment, development and expression. If we recognize these potentialities in the world within they will take form in the world without.

  • Harmony in the world within will be reflected in the world without by harmonious conditions, agreeable surroundings, the best of everything. It is the foundation of health and a necessary essential to all greatness, all power, all attainment, all achievement and all success.

  • Harmony in the world within means the ability to control our thoughts, and to determine for ourselves how any experience is to affect us.

  • Harmony in the world within results in optimism and affluence; affluence within results in affluence without.

  • The world without reflects the circumstances and the conditions of the consciousness within.

  • If we find wisdom in the world within, we shall have the understanding to discern the marvelous possibilities that are latent in this world within, and we shall be given the power to make these possibilities manifest in the world without.

  • As we become conscious of the wisdom in the world within, we mentally take possession of this wisdom, and by taking mental possession we come into actual possession of the power and wisdom necessary to bring into manifestation the essentials necessary for our most complete and harmonious development.

  • ​The world within is the practical world in which the men and women of power generate courage, hope, enthusiasm, confidence, trust and faith, by which they are given the fine intelligence to see the vision and the practical skill to make the vision real.

  • Life is an unfoldment, not accretion. What comes to us in the world without is what we already possess in the world within.

  • All possession is based on consciousness. All gain is the result of an accumulative consciousness. All loss is the result of a scattering consciousness.

  • Mental efficiency is contingent upon harmony; discord means confusion; therefore, he who would acquire power must be in harmony with Natural Law.

  • We are related to the world without by the objective mind. The brain is the organ of this mind and the cerebro-spinal system of nerves puts us in conscious communication with every part of the body. This system of nerves responds to every sensation of light, heat, odor, sound and taste.

  • When this mind thinks correctly, when it understands the truth, when the thoughts sent through the cerebro-spinal nervous system to the body are constructive, these sensations are pleasant, harmonious.

  • The result is that we build strength, vitality and all constructive forces into our body, but it is through this same objective mind that all distress, sickness, lack, limitation and every form of discord and inharmony is admitted to our lives. It is therefore through the objective mind, by wrong thinking, that we are related to all destructive forces.

  • We are related to the world within by the subconscious mind. The solar plexus is the organ of this mind; the sympathetic system of nerves presides over all subjective sensations, such as joy, fear, love, emotion, respiration, imagination and all other subconscious phenomena. It is through the subconscious that we are connected with the Universal Mind and brought into relation with the Infinite constructive forces of the Universe.

  • It is the coordination of these two centers of our being, and the understanding of their functions, which is the great secret of life. With this knowledge we can bring the objective and subjective minds into conscious cooperation and thus coordinate the finite and the infinite. Our future is entirely within our own control. It is not at the mercy of any capricious or uncertain external power.

  • All agree that there is but one Principle or Consciousness pervading the entire Universe, occupying all space, and being essentially the same in kind at every point of its presence. It is all powerful, all wisdom and always present. All thoughts and things are within Itself. It is all in all.

  • There is but one consciousness in the universe able to think; and when it thinks, its thoughts become objective things to it. As this Consciousness is omnipresent, it must be present within every individual; each individual must be a manifestation of that Omnipotent, Omniscient and Omnipresent Consciousness.

  • As there is only one Consciousness in the Universe that is able to think it necessarily follows that your consciousness is identical with the Universal Consciousness, or, in other words, all mind is one mind. There is no dodging this conclusion.

  • The consciousness that focuses in your brain cells is the same consciousness which focuses in the brain cells of every other individual. Each individual is but the individualization of the Universal, the Cosmic Mind.

  • The Universal Mind is static or potential energy; it simply is; it can manifest only through the individual, and the individual can manifest only through the Universal. They are one.

  • The ability of the individual to think is his ability to act on the Universal and bring it into manifestation. Human consciousness consists only in the ability of man to think. Mind in itself is believed to be a subtle form of static energy, from which arises the activities called ‘thought, ‘ which is the dynamic phase of mind. Mind is static energy, thought is dynamic energy -the two phases of the same thing. Thought is therefore the vibratory force formed by converting static mind into dynamic mind.

  • As the sum of all attributes are contained in the Universal Mind, which is Omnipotent, Omniscient and Omnipresent, these attributes must be present at all times in their potential form in every individual. Therefore, when the individual thinks, the thought is compelled by its nature to embody itself in an objectivity or condition which will correspond with its origin.

  • Every thought therefore is a cause and every condition an effect; for this reason it is absolutely essential that you control your thoughts so as to bring forth only desirable conditions.

  • All power is from within, and is absolutely under your control; it comes through exact knowledge and by the voluntary exercises of exact principles.

  • It should be plain that when you acquire a thorough understanding of this law, and are able to control your thought processes, you can apply it to any condition; in other words, you will have come into conscious cooperation with Omnipotent law which is the fundamental basis of all things.

  • The Universal Mind is the life principle of every atom which is in existence; every atom is continually striving to manifest more life; all are intelligent, and all are seeking to carry out the purpose for which they were created.

  • A majority of mankind lives in the world without; few have found the world within, and yet it is the world within that makes the world without; it is therefore creative and everything which you find in your world without has been created by you in the world within.

  • This system will bring you into a realization of power which will be yours when you understand this relation between the world without and the world within. The world within is the cause, the world without the effect; to change the effect you must change the cause.

  • You will at once see that this is a radically new and different idea; most men try to change effects by working with effects. They fail to see that this is simply changing one form of distress for another. To remove discord, we must remove the cause, and this cause can be found only in the world within.

  • All growth is from within. This is evident in all nature. Every plant, every animal, every human is a living testimony to this great law, and the error of the ages is in looking for strength or power from without.

  • The world within is the Universal fountain of supply, and the world without is the outlet to the stream. Our ability to receive depends upon our recognition of this Universal Fountain, this Infinite Energy of which each individual is an outlet, and so is one with every other individual.

  • Recognition is a mental process, mental action is therefore the interaction of the individual upon the Universal Mind, and as the Universal Mind is the intelligence which pervades all space and animates all living things, this mental action and reaction is the law of causation, but the principle of causation does not obtain in the individual but in the Universal Mind. It is not an objective faculty but a subjective process, and the results are seen in an infinite variety of conditions and experiences.

  • In order to express life there must be mind; nothing can exist without mind. Everything which exists is some manifestation of this one basic substance from which and by which all things have been created and are continually being recreated.

  • We live in a fathomless sea of plastic mind substance. This substance is ever alive and active. It is sensitive to the highest degree. It takes form according to the mental demand. Thought forms the mold or matrix from which the substance expresses.

  • Remember that it is in the application alone that the value consists, and that a practical understanding of this law will substitute abundance for poverty, wisdom for ignorance, harmony for discord and freedom for tyranny, and certainly there can be no greater blessing than these from a material and social standpoint.

  • Now make the application: Select a room where you can be alone and undisturbed; sit erect, comfortably, but do not lounge; let your thoughts roam where they will but be perfectly still for from fifteen minutes to half an hour; continue this for three or four days or for a week until you secure full control of your physical being.

  • Many will find this extremely difficult; others will conquer with ease, but it is absolutely essential to secure complete control of the body before you are ready to progress. Next week you will receive instructions for the next step; in the meantime you must have mastered this one.

PART ONE

Study Questions with Answers

1. What is the world without in its relation to the world within? The world without is a reflection of the world within.

2. Upon what does all possession depend? All possession is based on consciousness.

3. How is the individual related to the objective world? The individual is related to the objective world by the objective mind; the brain is the organ of this mind.

4. How is he related to the Universal Mind? He is related to the Universal Mind by the subconscious mind; the Solar Plexus is the organ of this mind.

5. What is the Universal Mind? The Universal Mind is the life principle of every atom which is in existence.

6. How can the Individual act on the Universal? The ability of the individual to think is his ability to act upon the Universal and bring it into manifestation.

7. What is the result of this action and interaction? The result of this action and interaction is cause and effect; every thought is a cause and every condition an effect.

8. How are harmonious and desirable conditions secured? Harmonious and desirable conditions are obtained by right thinking.

9. What is the cause of all discord, inharmony, lack and limitation? Discord, inharmony, lack and limitation are the result of wrong thinking.

10. What is the source of all powers? The source of all power is the world within, the Universal Fountain of Supply, the Infinite Energy of which each individual is an outlet.