▋思想是決定成敗的唯一關鍵
有些人似乎毫不費力就能吸引成功、權力、財富和成就；有些人則必須經歷艱難險阻才能勉強達到目標。
但大多數人則完全無法實現他們的抱負、欲望和理想。
為什麼會這樣？
原因不可能出在身體條件上，否則體格最完美的人就會是最成功的人。
因此，人與人之間的差異必定在於「心智」——也就是我們大腦中的思想。
這意味著，心智必定就是那股創造的力量，是構成人與人之間唯一差異的關鍵。
正是心智，幫助我們克服了前進道路上的環境與各種障礙。
當你完全理解思想的創造力時，將會發現它的效果無比神奇。
然而，如果不加以正確地應用、勤奮實踐和全神貫注，就無法獲得這樣的成果。
學習者將會發現，主宰心智與精神世界的法則，就像物質世界的法則一樣固定且絕對。
因此，為了獲得想要的結果，我們必須了解並遵守這些法則，只要正確遵守，就一定能準確無誤地產生預期結果。
當你了解到「力量來自於內在」，明白自己之所以軟弱是因為過度依賴外界幫助，並毫不猶豫地全心投入自己的思想中時，你就能瞬間調整好自己、掌握主導權，進而創造奇蹟。
顯而易見的是，在這門最新、最偉大的科學領域中正取得驚人的進展，如果不去充分探索並利用這些進步，你很快就會遠遠落後，就像那些拒絕承認並接受電力法則的人一樣。
當然，心智同樣容易創造出不利的條件。
當我們有意識或無意識地在腦海中想像各種匱乏、限制與不和諧時，我們就會創造出這些負面情境。
這，正是許多人一直以來在無意識中做的事。
這項法則和其他所有法則一樣不偏袒任何人，而是無情地將每個人自己所創造的東西帶回給自己。
換句話說：「種什麼因，得什麼果」。
因此，「豐盛」取決於我們對豐盛法則的認知，以及我們是否明白心智不僅是創造者，更是萬物唯一的創造者。
在我們知道某件事可以被創造出來、並為此付出適當的努力之前，什麼都不可能被創造出來。
就像現今世界上的電力並沒有比五十年前多，但在有人發現電力的法則並加以運用之前，我們無法從中獲得好處。
而現在，既然法則已被理解，整個世界幾乎都被電力點亮了。
豐盛法則也是如此；只有那些認識到這項法則，並讓自己與之和諧共處的人，才能分享它帶來的好處。
▋運用科學精神看待思維的法則
如今，科學精神主導著每一個領域，因果關係不再被忽視。
規律與法則的發現，消除了人們生活中的不確定性和反覆無常，取而代之的是法則、理性和確定性。
人們現在明白，每一個結果背後都有一個充分且明確的原因。
因此，當人們想要達到某個特定的結果時，他們就會去尋找能夠實現這個結果的唯一條件。
所有法則的基礎都是透過歸納推理發現的，也就是將許多獨立的實例進行比較，直到找出引發它們的共同因素。
文明國家之所以能擁有繁榮與寶貴的知識，很大程度上歸功於這種研究方法。
這種方法延長了人類的壽命、減輕了痛苦、跨越了河流、照亮了黑夜、擴展了視野、消除了距離，並使人們能夠潛入深海、飛上天空。
因此，人們自然而然地試圖將這種系統化的優勢延伸到他們的「思維方式」上。
當人們清楚地發現某些結果是源於特定的思維方式時，剩下的工作就只是對這些結果進行分類了。
這是一種科學的方法，也是我們能夠保留自由與自主權利的唯一方法。
▋《萬能鑰匙》能為你帶來什麼？
《萬能鑰匙》（The Master Key）建立在絕對的科學真理之上。
它將展現潛藏在個人內在的可能性，並教導我們如何將這些潛力轉化為強大的行動力，帶來更多的能量、洞察力、活力與心智彈性。
掌握這些心智法則的學習者，將獲得一種能力去實現過去做夢也想不到的成果。
它解釋了如何正確使用心智的接收和主動元素，並教導學習者如何識別機會。
它能強化意志力和推理能力，並教導我們如何培養和充分利用想像力、欲望、情感和直覺能力。
《萬能鑰匙》教導我們的是運用真正的心智力量（Mind Power），它與催眠術、魔法或任何讓人誤以為可以「不勞而獲」的騙術毫無關係。
它能培養你的理解力，使你能夠控制身體與健康，並改善記憶力。
它能培養出罕見的洞察力，而這正是成功商人的顯著特徵，使人能看見困難同時也看見可能性，並敏銳地察覺近在咫尺的機會。
它還能開發你的心智力量，這意味著別人會本能地意識到你是一個有力量的人。
這意味著你能吸引人事物來到你身邊，成為別人口中「幸運」的人。
這也代表你已經理解了吸引力法則，並讓自己與無限的宇宙同頻共振。
心智力量就是創造力，它賦予你為自己創造事物的能力。
但這並不代表你有能力從別人那裡奪走東西。
大自然從不這樣做，它讓一根草長出的地方長出兩根草，而心智力量也能讓人們做到同樣的事。
它能摧毀恐懼、憂鬱，以及所有形式的匱乏與限制。
它能喚醒被埋沒的天賦，提供能量與活力。
埃爾伯特・蓋瑞（Elbert Gary，美國鋼鐵公司董事長）曾說：
「在大型商業企業的成功管理中，顧問和效率專家的服務是不可或缺的，但我認為，認識並採用正確的原則要重要得多。」
《萬能鑰匙》正是教導了正確的原則，並提供了將其投入實際應用的方法。
任何原則的唯一價值，就在於它的「應用」。
許多人讀了一輩子的書，卻從未在實踐上取得進展。
《萬能鑰匙》則提供了有效的方法，讓學到的原則能夠在日常經驗中被證明。
▋迎接新時代：精神與思想的力量
世界上的思想正在發生一場史無前例的革命。
近年來，科學的巨大發現揭示了無限的資源與令人意想不到的力量，一個新的文明正在誕生。
舊的習俗和殘酷正在消逝，取而代之的是願景、信仰與服務。
傳統的枷鎖正在褪去，思想得到了解放，真理正以完整的面貌在群眾面前升起。
整個世界正處於一種新意識的實踐前夕，人們正在重新認識自我內在的資源。
上個世紀見證了物質進步，而本世紀將產生心智與精神力量上最偉大的進展。
科學家甚至將能量歸結為「心智」，認為能量的最終本質就是「心智」或「意志」的直接運作表現。
讓我們來看看大自然中最強大的力量：
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在礦物世界中，一切是固定的。
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在動植物界，一切都在不斷變化。
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在大氣中，有熱、光和能量持續流動。
當我們從可見過渡到不可見的領域時，會發現能量處於最純粹、最活躍的狀態。
正如大自然最強大的力量是不可見的，人類最強大的力量也是看不見的「精神力量」。
而精神力量唯一能展現的方式，就是透過「思考」這個過程。
▋思想如何改變生理與周遭環境
每一個思想都會啟動特定的生理組織、大腦部位、神經或肌肉，這會在組織的結構上產生實際的物理變化。
因此，只要針對特定主題進行一定數量的思考，就能徹底改變一個人的生理結構。
這正是將失敗轉化為成功的過程。
當勇氣、力量、靈感與和諧的思想，取代了失敗、絕望、匱乏和限制的思想時，生理組織會隨之改變，個人將以全新的眼光看待生活。
他會重獲新生，並看見以前視而不見的成功機會。
那些成功的思想會輻射到周圍的人身上，吸引新的夥伴，這又進一步改變了他的環境。
因此，僅僅透過這個簡單的思維練習，一個人不僅改變了自己，也改變了他的環境與際遇。
我們正處於一個新時代的黎明，其可能性迷人且無限。
就像一個世紀前，擁有現代武器的人能輕易戰勝裝備落後的軍隊一樣。
現在，任何了解《萬能鑰匙》所蘊含潛力的人，都將擁有超越大眾的不可思議的優勢。
FOREWORD
Some men seem to attract success, power, wealth, attainment, with very little conscious effort; others conquer with great difficulty; still others fail altogether to reach their ambitions, desires and ideals.
Why is this so: Why should some men realize their ambitions easily, others with difficulty, and still others not at all?
The cause cannot be physical, else the most perfect men, physically, would be the most successful.
The difference, therefore, must be mental - must be in the mind; hence mind must be the creative force, must constitute the sole difference between men.
It is mind, therefore, which overcomes environment and every other obstacle in the path of men.
When the creative power of thought is fully understood, its effect will be seen to be marvelous.
But such results cannot be secured without proper application, diligence, and concentration.
The student will find that the laws governing in the mental and spiritual world are as fixed and infallible as in the material world.
To secure the desired results, then, it is necessary to know the law and to comply with it.
A proper compliance with the law will be found to produce the desired result with invariable exactitude.
The student who learns that power comes from within, that he is weak only because he has depended on help from outside, and who unhesitatingly throws himself on his own thought, instantly rights himself, stands erect, assumes a dominant attitude, and works miracles.
It is evident, therefore, that he who fails to fully investigate and take advantage of the wonderful progress which is being made in this last and greatest science, will soon be as far behind as the man who would refuse to acknowledge and accept the benefits which have accrued to mankind through an understanding of the laws of electricity.
Of course, mind creates negative conditions just as readily as favorable conditions, and when we consciously or unconsciously visualize every kind of lack, limitation and discord, we create these conditions; this is what many are unconsciously doing all the time.
This law as well as every other law is no respecter of persons, but is in constant operation and is relentlessly bringing to each individual exactly what he has created; in other words, “Whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap.”
Abundance, therefore, depends upon a recognition of the laws of Abundance, and the fact that Mind is not only the creator, but the only creator of all there is.
Certainly nothing can be created, before we know that it can be created and then make the proper effort.
There is no more Electricity in the world today than there was fifty years ago, but until someone recognized the law by which it could be made of service, we received no benefit; now that the law is understood, practically the whole world is lit by it.
So with the law of Abundance; it is only those who recognize the law and place themselves in harmony with it, who share in its benefits.
The scientific spirit now dominates every field of effort, relations of cause and effect are no longer ignored.
The discovery of a region of law marked and epoch in human progress. It eliminated the element of uncertainty and caprice mens lives, and substituted law, reason and certitude.
Men now understand that for every result there is an adequate and definite cause, so that when a given result is desired, they seek the condition by which alone this result may be attained.
The basis upon which all law rests was discovered by inductive reasoning which consists of comparing a number of separate instances with one another until the common factor which gives rise to them all is seen.
It is this method of study to which the civilized nations owe the greater part of their prosperity and the more valuable part of their knowledge; it has lengthened life, it has mitigated pain, it has spanned rivers, it has brightened the night with the splendor of day, extended the range of vision, accelerated motion, annihilated distance, facilitated intercourse, and enabled men to descend into the sea, and into the air, what wonder then that men soon endeavored to extend the blessings of this system of study to their method of thinking, so that when it became plainly evident that certain results followed a particular method of thinking it only remained to classify these results.
This is method is scientific, and it is the only method by which we shall be permitted retain that degree of liberty and freedom which we have been accustomed to look upon as an inalienable right, because a people is safe at home and in the world only if national preparedness mean such things as growing surplus of health, accumulated efficiency in public and private business of whatever sort, continuous advance in the science and art of acting together, and the increasingly dominant endeavor to make all of these and all other aspects of national development center and revolve about ascending life, single and collective, for which science, art and ethics furnish guidance and controlling motives.
The Master Key is based on absolute scientific truth and will unfold the possibilities that lie dormant in the individual, and teach how they may be brought into powerful action, to increase the person’s effective capacity, bringing added energy, discernment, vigor and mental elasticity.
The student who gains an understanding of the mental laws which re unfolded will come into the possession of an ability to secure results hitherto undreamed of, and which has rewards hardly to be expressed in words.
It explains the correct use of both the receptive and active elements of the mental nature, and instructs the student in the recognition of opportunity; it strengthens the will and reasoning powers, and teaches the cultivation and best uses of imagination, desire, the emotions and the intuitional faculty.
It gives initiative, tenacity of purpose, wisdom of choice, intelligent sympathy and a thorough enjoyment of life on its higher planes.
