Inside The Vortex

The many current books, DVDs and seminars about the Law of Attraction are all based on ideas which have been around for a very long time. But they each bring their own unique perspective to this universal truth, and so they all carry their own value, as each seeker of enlightenment latches on to the explanation which makes the most sense to him or her.

So it is with the book from which I’ve been sharing these excerpts. It was written by U.S. Andersen almost 60 years ago, but I have found many wondrous ideas in it that have crystallized the Law of Attraction for me. In this passage, the author appeals to the logical part of our minds, which craves a scientific explanation behind the reasons and origins of the very building blocks of life and the physical world itself — the energy that vibrates within all matter.

Note: I share these excerpts not to skirt any intended copyright law, but rather to turn people on to this published work. It is my hope that anyone who finds these passages intriguing and/or inspiring make an effort to seek out their own copy of “Three Magic Words”, for there is far more of transcendent value within its pages than I could possibly share here.

The universe hums like a great harp string
Resounding a mighty chord
Answ’ring each thought by returning a thing
From the place where all things are stored

THE UNIVERSE IS LAW

As far as the eye can see, the mind project, and the spirit perceive, there is nothing but eternal and immutable law! Working with the tiniest unit of matter he can visualize, man observes that the atom has a nucleus and moving parts which circle this nucleus in never-ending motion. Working with the largest unit of matter which he can visualize, man observes that the Solar System has a nucleus and moving parts which circle this nucleus in never-ending motion. How strange that the smallest and largest units we know are identical in their construction! Indeed, it is as if there were many mirrors in the mind, reflecting one eternal law in infinite gradations of size. How small and lost we seem as we perceive the vast reaches of infinity. Yet all our perceptions exist in mind, and just as surely as we perceive them, we are the center of them.

Our premise is that thoughts make things; and in order to substantiate such a transcendent truth, we must turn to the beginning of all form. What is the one basic substance that permeates all space and all time? If we take apart a substance and discover atoms, and we take apart the atom and unleash energy, we must eventually say that the basic thing behind all form and all creation is energy. What, then, is this energy? It obviously does not explode helter-skelter throughout all space, but rather becomes apparent only in matter or in movement, and always such matter or movement attains an intelligent existence or moves in an intelligent direction. The design and flow of all energy is such as to leave no doubt that basic and eternal in the universe are everlasting and immutable laws of action which alone account for the accumulation of substance into form. Inherent in these laws are movement and activation which set up the atom and the solar system alike, without regard to size. Indeed, lacking a specific viewpoint or a scale of relativity, the solar system and the atom are identical, as they assuredly must be in the Universal Subconscious Mind.

This Universal Subconscious Mind, this first cause, this infinite plan and energy, then, is the stuff from which all things are made. In its pure form, if indeed it is ever perceived as such, it is represented only by intelligent movement, or by a word which seems much more concisely to describe it: Law. Its first intelligible manifestation is in a center of force which on the smallest scale we know is represented by the atom; and on the largest scale we know is represented by the Solar System. Nothing extraneous to the law calls into being these centers of force; it is the nature of the law to manifest them, for the law is one of life and movement and energy which by its own nature congregates itself into units of similar frequency in a vibrating universe.

To consider this further, let us attempt to visualize all space as consisting only of vibration. We need not ask ourselves what it is that vibrates, nor postulate as to what causes the vibration, for the vibration is intelligence alone and the force it exerts is of intelligence alone. The vibrations in pure universal intelligence are established on many different frequencies and all vibrations of one frequency are inevitably attracted together to form a unit. This unit, this center of corresponding vibrations, we know as an atom, or as the Solar System, the first sign of visible form, the first evidence of tangible matter, called into existence by the very nature of infinite law acting within and upon itself.

The formed atom also sets up a vibration and seeks out other atoms of a corresponding vibration, and in this coalescence of units vibrating on the same frequency there is formed matter as we know it in our physical world.

Thus matter is formed from intelligence; and more important, intelligence is in matter, in fact, intelligence is matter. Since intelligence must be conscious, it is an indisputable fact that we are surrounded by a living universe, that there is consciousness in all things.

THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE ATOM

Thomas Edison was extremely preoccupied with what he termed “the obvious choice of the atom” in its infinite acceptances and rejections of the myriad combinations of chemistry. When two chemicals were put together in solution and some of the atoms of one combined with some of the atoms of the other, Mr. Edison was forced to ask himself why those particular atoms and not some of the others, and indeed, why any of the atoms at all? The only answer he could possibly conceive was that the atoms of each chemical exercised a conscious choice whether they would or wouldn’t combine with the atoms of the other chemical. Now Mr. Edison certain aired no views as to the self-consciousness of the atom, but only of the intelligence or consciousness of the atom; in other words, the ability of the atom to make a choice.

The atom, the building block of the universe, is a center of force, and the atom is conscious!

Working in accordance with the law or universal intelligence, the atom seeks out other atoms which vibrate at a corresponding rate, and the coalescence of such atoms forms that which we designate as inanimate matter: water, earth, air, and minerals.

SPIRIT INTO MATTER

The great Universal Subconscious Mind acting upon itself according to the laws of its own nature sets up centers of force which are conscious and which attract other similar centers of force to form matter. This matter by the very nature of its overall consciousness (the sum total of the consciousness of all of its atoms) resolves itself into a particular form and seeks ever to know more about itself.

Form is but the result of consciousness, and consciousness is but the result of thought, and thought is simply a contact and a borrowing from the Universal Intelligence that pervades all things.

Thought makes form! Thought makes things!

It is so amazing to me to find older writings which resonate so perfectly with much newer teachings, and which, in fact, help to supplement the new ones in such a brilliant way. Must be the Law of Attraction in action again! :-)

I hope you have enjoyed these excerpts. I will try to share some more in a few weeks.

Blessings!

Today’s excerpt from U.S. Andersen’s 1954 book “Three Magic Words” is a bit longer and more in-depth than the previous two, but I urge you to stick with it, because this is truly life-changing stuff.

Modern experiments at places like CERN — where they are searching for the so-called “God particle” — only serve to verify the truths contained within the following passage. This is where metaphysics and spirituality meet — and have a rockin’ party. ;-)

BRIEF REVIEW

* The single function of the Subconscious Mind, or Universal Mind, is to manifest into form or circumstance the seed of thought.
* Man has complete freedom of choice in the kind of thoughts he wishes to plant in the garden of the Subconscious Mind.
* The proper use of spiritual law is acceptance and faith.
* You cannot demand anything from the Universal Subconscious Mind by willing it to happen.
* Guidance and inspiration in the paths of truth and achievement can be yours through faith and reliance in the power greater than you are.

You are now experimenting with the greatest force in nature. We caution you not to become so wrapped up in it that you forget your daily life. Do not search for contact with the Subconscious Mind to the exclusion of the exercise of the Conscious Mind, for as a human being your goal must be to achieve a perfect balance between the two. Men and women of genius are those in whom there is a perfect balance between the Subconscious Mind and the Conscious Mind. It is balance we strive for, balance between the great creative power of the Universal Subconscious Mind and the Conscious Mind.

Work at your meditation joyfully and confidently. Cast aside all doubt and morbidity and effort and strain. You don’t have to make anything; it is already made. You only want to use it correctly. Accept! Believe! Know! Relax! The universe will provide you with all you desire.

THE ETERNAL SUBSTANCE

“In the beginning the word” does not imply that the beginning of the Universal Mind was a result of the word, but rather the beginning of our physical universe as we know it today.

It has only been very lately that our probings at the elemental substances of nature have yielded us the knowledge that mass and density are purely relative. The astounding discovery of science that there is no such thing as a solid mass has revised the thinking of the entire world. Even as you read this and consider that the chair upon which you are now sitting is simply a collection or particles which are moving about with the rapidity of express trains, your very credulity is threatened. When you consider further that there is a thousand times more free space between each of those particles that there is mass in the particles themselves, you are seized with the uncomfortable sensation that you are sitting on nothing. Now if you will hold this thought for a moment and consider that your own body is similarly made up of a collection of free-moving particles widely separated by space and moving about in frenzied agitation, then of a sudden you will see the affinity between the chair and yourself. You are both made of the same substance, which is simply a collection of the only substance there is; and the only differences between you and the chair are of form and consciousness.

MASS AND ENERGY ARE ONE

Thus far we have only been able to say in general terms that mass is potential energy and energy is potential mass; that a certain weight of uranium, for example, is capable of unleashing a certain amount of power; and that a certain amount of power is capable of creating a certain amount of uranium. And the only possible further conclusion, based on pure scientific research, is that there is only one substance from which everything physical is made and there is only one substance from which all energy is made and this energy, or substance, is infinite in time and space; it has no beginning and no end thus is everywhere at all times, and all of it is anywhere at any time.

This may prove to be a substantial dose to digest, but if you are going to throw off the shackles of limited thinking, you must strive to free yourself from conceptions of form, mass, space, and time as ultimate reality. You must say to yourself that you know that the physical world as you see it could not possibly answer the question of your own existence, so the answer must be elsewhere.

We now know that matter and energy are one, that there is only one substance or energy or intelligence in all things. Since in its pure form, we can recognize this energy as nothing but invisible power, unintelligible to our five senses, there is not the slightest valid reason to assume that it is anything else than constant and never changing in its basic nature; that it always has been and always will be; in other words, that it is infinite.

Infinity or God, eternal substance, eternal intelligence, that thing which is everything and yet is but one thing, that thing which is everywhere and yet is in but one place, that thing which is all time and yet is but one time, that thing which is all form and yet is but one form. Infinite, eternal, only one, and never changing, that to which all things are known and in which every physical object has its being — this is God, and all of God is in us this moment, right now, and all the moments to come.

ULTIMATE REALITY

If we have lost you now, it is only because your conception of the final reality of the physical world is so strong that for the moment it will not dissolve before your efforts to free your mind.

For example, if we say in all truth that the chair on which you are now sitting is composed of sheer energy which is in a constant state of movement, the Conscious Mind says, “No! I feel it, and it is hard. It has a certain shape and color, and it is real. I can leave it today, and it will be here when I return tomorrow. It cannot move by itself, for only I or someone who is capable of moving can move it. It is not alive; it is inanimate. It is a chair, and I know what a chair is.”

This is a typical example of the reasoning of the Conscious Mind, but to consider it final reality is a bleak prospect indeed.

This is not to propose that you ignore the chair and attempt to walk through it, for you are likely to wind up with a nasty fall. This is only to state that the physical objects and circumstances of our world cannot be final reality. If they are, then this life is all there is and each human being is a poor thing buffeted around by a mad and ironic fate, and this consciousness of yours that is such an astounding thing is nothing but an accident. The great plan and design of the universe could not possibly permit such an appalling accident. You, your consciousness, must fit into this great design just as all other things fit; and the detail and purpose of all life is of such wonder and complexity that there could be nothing else behind it all than an intelligence of infinite scope and power.

You live in this intelligence. You have your very being there. This intelligence is the only mind there is; it responds to us as we recognize it, and it responds entirely by suggestion. What a towering wondrous world! We may call upon the power of all creation simply through thought and conviction. Nothing is impossible to man, for the intelligence in which he lives gives him anything he can visualize and have faith in.

So let us not allow our Conscious Minds to trick us into believing that the physical world is the ultimate reality. But let us constantly reach outward for the infinite intelligence that is ours. Let us know that all form and circumstance must first originate on the plane of thought, that the first cause of all creation is simply thought and conviction. Let us know that we can contact the Universal Mind for the answers to all of our problems, that we create all of our own circumstance by giving birth to them in our minds, that nothing, nothing in all the universe, can stop our thoughts from becoming real in our experience, for that is the law of life and of living.

All things and all circumstances must first be created on the mental plane. When such creation is clear-cut and born of faith and conviction, nothing can stop this image from becoming real. Once this image has come into your mind and you have accepted it, you have done all that it is necessary for you to do. The physical circumstance you desire may come from a direction you expect or it may come in such a way and such a manner as you have never dreamed. Don’t strain or urge or become impatient. Simply have faith and let go. Remember, whatever you observe closely causes you to entertain an element of doubt. You have nothing to do but create the mental image with complete faith, and with that simple act the process is completely done. Be assured that the image will become real in your physical world, for you are dealing with law and law alone.

You will succeed, for you cannot fail. You are dealing with life force, are a part of life force, and power through self-realization is the destiny of man.

I will try to post another excerpt in a week or two. Until then, blessings and Happy Holidays!

As with any of the so-name self-help books, I take note of the passages which resonate with me, and discard the ones that don’t. But there is so much gold in the book “Three Magic Words” — written in 1954 by U.S. Andersen — that I was inspired to share some of it here with you.

What follows is a second excerpt which I have selected, to carry on the themes discussed in the first excerpt, and which I hope to continue in further posts. Enjoy!

There are only two things you can do for yourself. One is conception, and the other is conviction. All the work of creation rests with another than you. For no man is responsible for anything in this life except his thought and his belief. All else is the working of the great creative Universal Mind, beside which the largest atomic plant in the universe is like a gnat on the face of the earth.

You must allow the Subconscious Mind to create your desires into actuality. If you desire money, let it be an assurance, a conviction that the law must resolve. Then without doubt the money will be yours. But don’t vacillate about it. Don’t on the one hand, complain that you do not have enough, and on the other, say that you don’t care to have a lot. See-saw, see-saw goes the Subconscious Mind and exactly nothing happens.

You must dare to be convinced on whatever it is that shapes up as a problem to you. Dare to make a decision, take a side, be convinced. Let that decision manifest itself in actuality.

Through the great law of attraction, all things come to him who believes in them; and every circumstance of your life inevitably has been attracted to you by your own beliefs. You are, literally, a product of your own thought. You are what you think; only that, nothing more.

Now it is absolutely impossible for you to make this power do anything. You cannot by sheer force of will bend this power to suit your needs. You’ve got to accept, not demand. You can’t will anything. This does not mean a doctrine of resignation, far from it. It simply means that you recognize that it is not you who does the creating; it is a power greater than you are. This power creates what you believe and manifests to you what you are prepared to accept.

Be sure you understand this. All your will for money will avail you nothing, for that is the wrong use of spiritual law. Money will be created in your experience only if you realize and know that there is abundance all about you and you accept it. In other words, you don’t demand money; you don’t force money with the idea that there is not enough to go around and you don’t have enough of it. You accept money; there is a great abundance of it about you, and you know that. Therein lies the true use of spiritual law as against the isolated exercising of the individual’s will. For the force of your will against the Universal Mind must inevitably set up that same thing in your experience, so that you see opposition instead of cooperation.

Expect and accept. Know and experience. Be positive and thankful. For the great laws of attraction and creation are laws of attunement and never divulge their secrets to those who batter at the door with force.

Who has not seen a child completely accepting all good with an open heart and a knowingness? Only the “don’ts” we fear-conditioned adults impose on this God-like young mind ever set up conditioned “can’ts”, “impossibles”, lack and limitation. For the child accepts all good as a natural course of events, depends completely on all good being directed to it simply because of its desire. Accept. Know and accept. Those are the secrets of all prayer and meditation.

I love that. I shall try to share more in a week or so. Blessings!