The Secret Knowledge of Believing

Unlocking Your Inner Potential - Have you ever wondered what the secret ingredient is that makes some people achieve incredible things? Claude M. Bristol spent years reading thousands of books on psychology, metaphysics, ancient magic, and more, searching for that one thing that makes it all click. And guess what? He claims to have found it. It's a simple yet profound concept that runs through all successful teachings: belief. It's time to find out how belief can help you to achieve your goals!

This article was inspired after watching - "The Secret Knowledge Of Believing" on YouTube. (See & download a transcription of this video below).

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The Golden Thread: Belief

After diving into countless books, a clear pattern emerged. The golden thread weaving through every successful teaching is belief. It's the secret sauce that allows people to experience healing, climb the ladder of success, and achieve phenomenal results.

But what exactly is belief? It's that unwavering conviction, that deep-seated knowing that something is possible. It's the force that propels you forward, even when things get tough.

I know what you are thinking; how can belief be so powerful? Frankly, it's not easily explained. But trust me, the impact of belief is undeniable. There's genuine magic in believing, and that "magic of believing" became the phrase around which my thoughts steadily revolved.

Desire: The Starting Point

If you want to achieve anything worthwhile, it all starts with desire. You've got to want it! But here's the thing: desire alone isn't enough. It's the spark that ignites the flame, but belief is the fuel that keeps it burning.

Have you heard the saying, "thought attracts"? It hints at the Law of Attraction. Your thoughts are like magnets, drawing towards you whatever you focus on.

The Double-Edged Sword of Thought

Think about this: "thought attracts that upon which it is directed." It was Job who said, "For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me." Our fears are just as creative as our positive thoughts. They're magnetic, attracting trouble to us just as surely as positive thoughts attract positive results.

So, what does this mean for you? No matter the character of your thought, it does create after its kind. Once this sinks into your consciousness, you get some inkling of the awesome power you have to use. It can be scary. But when you understand how it works, you can start using this amazing power in your life.

Thought Vibration: Pitch, Intensity, and Power

I believe that thoughts create and exercise control far beyond any limits yet known to man. They create only according to their:

• Pitch
• Intensity
• Emotional quality
• Depth of feeling
• Vibratory plane

Think of your thoughts like radio waves. They have a wavelength and wattage. Just like a radio station, your thoughts have a creative force in exact ratio to their constancy, intensity, and power.

Let me clarify that because it's a bit of a mind-bender. We don't know for sure what thought is. Is it a form of electrical energy? Is it something else entirely?

Thoughts and Electricity: A Personal Analogy

I've experimented with high-frequency electricity, pioneered by the genius Nikola Tesla. So, whenever I think of thought and its radiations and vibrations, I instinctively link them up with electricity and its phenomena. In this manner, they become more understandable to me.

Have you ever walked across a room in a high altitude and felt an electric spark when you touched something metal? That's static electricity generated by friction. It gives you an idea of how electricity can be developed through the body. That is how I see the link between thoughts and electricity.

The Unilluminated Mind: Exploring the Subconscious

Sigmund Freud brought the world's attention to a powerful force within us. It's an unilluminated part of the mind, separate from the conscious mind. It's constantly at work, shaping our thoughts, feelings, and actions.

Others have called this division of our mental existence by different names:

• The soul
• The super-ego
• The inner power
• The super-consciousness
• The unconscious
• The subconscious

It isn't an organ, or physical matter, such as we know the brain to be. Nevertheless, it is there. From the beginning of recorded time, man has known that it exists.

The ancients often referred to it as the spirit. Paracelsus called it the will. Some have referred to it as conscience, the creator of the still small voice within. Still, others called it intelligence and have asserted that it is a part of the Supreme intelligence to which we are all linked.

Whatever you call it, I prefer the word "subconscious." It's recognised as the essence of life, and the limits of its powers are unknown. As the  video suggests, the subconscious mind is a storage room of everything that is currently not in your conscious mind, like previous life experiences, your beliefs, your memories and your skills.

The Subconscious: A Constant Companion

The subconscious never sleeps. It comes to our support in times of great trouble. It warns us of impending danger. Often, it aids us in what seems impossible. It guides us in many ways. And when properly employed, it performs so-called miracles.

Perhaps the most effective method of bringing the subconscious into practical action is through mental pictures. But how do we get the subconscious to do all this stuff?

Mental Pictures: Visualisation

The most effective method of activating the subconscious is through mental pictures. You need to perfect a mental image of the thing or situation as you would have it exist in physical form. This is usually referred to as visualisation.

But before this visualisation can work, you must really believe. As the video description mentions, programming your subconscious can be done through hypnosis, as the subconscious mind learns by repetition and not by logic. You can convince someone to believe in something by repeating your argument again and again rather than using logic.

Deep-Seated Belief: The Catalyst

I'm referring to deep-seated belief, a firm and positive conviction that goes through every fibre of your being. It is a phase of emotion, a spiritual force, or a type of electrical vibration. But it's the force that brings outstanding results.

Belief sets the Law of Attraction into operation. It enables sustained thought to correlate with its object. It's the secret ingredient that turns your desires into reality.

Belief's Transformative Power

Belief changes the tempo of the mind, or thought frequency. It is like a huge magnet, drawing subconscious forces into play. It changes your whole aura and affects everything about you, often people and objects at great distances. It brings startling results into your individual sphere of life.

If you really believe something can happen, you'll act in ways that make it more likely to happen. And when you combine that with the power of your subconscious mind, anything is possible.

Repetition: A Universal Principle

After studying various mystical religions and different teachings, one is impressed with the fact that they all have the same basic modus operandi, and that is through repetition. The repeating of certain mantras, words, formulas, or just plain humbo jumbo is common with witch doctors, voodoo high priests, hexers, and many other followers of strange cults. They use them to evoke the spirits or work black magic.

You'll find the same principle at work in chants, incantations, litanies, daily lessons, and the frequent praying of the Buddhist and Muslims alike. It's also in the affirmation of the theosophists and the followers of unity, absolute truth, new thought, and Divine Science. In fact, it is basic to all religions, although here it is white magic instead of black magic.

Suggestion: The Key to Phenomenal Results

This brings us to the law of suggestion, through which all forces operating within its limits are capable of producing phenomenal results. It's the power of suggestion and autosuggestion. It is your own to yourself, or heterosuggestion coming to you from outside sources, that starts the machinery into operation or causes the subconscious mind to begin in its creative work.

Right here is where affirmations and repetitions play their part. It's the repetition of the same chant, the same incantation, and the same affirmations that lead to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

Hitler's Use of Suggestion: A Cautionary Tale

This is the same identical force and the same mechanics that Hitler used in building up the German people to attack the world. A reading of Mine Camp will verify that. Dr. Pierre Janet, a famous French psychologist, explained that Hitler had a remarkable understanding of the law of suggestion and its different forms of application.

It was with uncanny skill and masterly showmanship that he mobilised every instrument of propaganda in his mighty campaign of suggestion. Hitler openly stated that the psychology of suggestion was a terrible weapon in the hands of anyone who knew how to use it.

How Hitler Manipulated Belief

So, how did he work it? How did he make the Germans believe what he wanted them to? And once that belief took hold, how did they start their Campaign Of Terror? Slogans, huge signs, posters, and massed flags appeared throughout Germany. Hitler's picture was everywhere.

"One Reich, one folk, one leader" became the chant. It was heard everywhere. Other slogans included:

• "Today we own Germany, tomorrow the entire world"
• "Germany has waited long enough"
• "Stand up, you are the aristocrats of the Third Reich"
• "Germany is behind Hitler to a man"

Hundreds of others bombarded the people 24 hours a day from billboards, sides of buildings, the radio, and the press. Every time they moved, turned around, or spoke to one another, they got the idea that they were a superior race. Under the hypnotic influence of this belief, strengthened by repeated suggestion, they started out to prove it.

Unfortunately for them, other nations also had strong National beliefs that eventually became the means of bringing defeat to the Germans. So, belief can be used for good or evil. It's up to you to choose how you'll wield this powerful force.

All is Within: Reality and Consciousness

I know that it is difficult for the average person who knows nothing of the subject to accept the idea that all is within. But surely the most materialistic person must realise that, as far as he himself is concerned, nothing exists on the outside plane unless he has knowledge of it or unless it becomes fixed in his Consciousness. It is the image created in his mind that gives reality to the world outside of him. It's all about your perspective.

Happiness: An Inside Job

Happiness, sought by many and found by few, is a matter entirely within ourselves. Our environment and the everyday happenings of Life have absolutely no effect on our happiness, except as we permit mental images of the outside to enter our Consciousness.

Happiness is wholly independent of position, wealth, or material possessions. It is a state of mind which we ourselves have the power to control. And that control lies with our thinking. How good is that?

The Hardest Task: To Think

Emerson said, "What is the hardest task in the world? To think." This is so true when one considers that most of us are victims of mass thinking and feed upon suggestions from others. We let other people decide what we should think and believe.

But you have the power to break free from that. You can choose your own thoughts. You can create your own reality.

Cause and Effect: A Guiding Principle

We all know that the law of cause and effect is inviolable. Yet how many of us ever pause to consider its workings? The entire course of a man's life has many times Been Changed by a single thought which, coming to him in a flash, became a mighty power that altered the whole current of human events.

History is replete with the stories of strong-minded, resolutely willed individuals who, steadfastly holding to their inner convictions, have been able to inspire their fellow man and, in the face of tremendous and determined opposition, have literally created out of nothing great businesses, huge Empires, and new worlds. They had no Monopoly of thought power. They simply used it!

Unlocking Your Potential: Use Your Power

You and every man and woman have thought power. All you have to do is use it. You will then become the person you envisage in your imagination.

Know yourself, know your power. Faithfully use the cards and the mirror techniques, and you will get results far beyond your fondest expectations. It might sound crazy, but it works!

The Creative Magic of Believing

Just believe that there is a genuine creative magic in believing, and Magic there will be. Belief will supply the power which will enable you to succeed in everything you undertake. Back your belief with a resolute will, and you will become unconquerable, a master of men among men yourself!

So, what are you waiting for? Start believing in yourself. Start visualising your dreams. And get ready to experience the magic of belief!

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Transcript of "The Secret Knowledge of Believing" - By : Claude M. Bristol

I have read literally thousands of books on Modern psychology metaphysics ancient magic voodooism yogism theosophy Christian Science, Unity truth, new thought and many other dealings. It's what I call mind stuff. Many of these books were nonsensical, others strange and many, very profound.

Gradually I discovered that there is a golden thread that runs through all the teachings and makes them work for those who sincerely accept and apply them. That thread can be named in a single word; belief.

It is the same element or factor belief which causes people to be cured through mental healing, enables others to climb the ladder of success and gets phenomenal results for all who accept it. Why belief as a miracle worker is something that cannot be satisfactorily explained, but have no doubt about it it there's genuine magic in believing. The magic of believing became a phrase around which my thoughts steadily revolved.

I've tried to put down these thoughts as simply and as clearly as I could so that everyone can understand. My hope is that anyone who listens will be helped in reaching their goal in life.

So you begin with desire, if you ever hope to achieve anything or gain more than you have now. However, as we shall see, there is more to it than mere desire. It has been said that thought attracts that upon which it is directed. Thought attracts that upon which it is directed.

It was Job who said for the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me. Our fearful thoughts are just as creative or just as magnetic and attracting troubles to us as are the constructive and positive ones, and attracting positive results, so no matter what the character of the thought, it does create after its kind.

When this sinks into a man's Consciousness he gets some inkling of the a inspiring power which is his to use. I cling to the theory that while thoughts do create and exercise control far beyond any limits yet known to man, they create only according to their pitch intensity, emotional quality, depth of feeling or vibratory plane. In other words comparable to the wavelength and wattage of a radio station, thoughts have a creative or controlling force in the exact ratio of their constancy, intensity and power.

Let me try to clarify that while many explanations have been offered no one knows whether thought is a form of electrical energy or something else yet to be defined, but I have been an experiment in that branch of electricity known as high frequency, pioneered by the great genius Nica Tesla.

Whenever I think of thought and its radiations and vibrations I instinctively link them up with electricity and its phenomena. In this manner they become more understandable to me. All persons living in high altitudes have felt and sometimes observed, the electric spark resulting from walking across the room then touching some metallic substance. That of course is a form of static electricity generated by friction. It gives you an idea of how one kind of electricity can be developed through the body.

Sigmund Freud the famous Austrian psychoanalyst brought the world's attention to the hypothesis, that there was a powerful force within us. An unilluminated part of the Mind separate from the conscious mind, constantly at work molding our thoughts feelings and actions. Others have called this division of our mental existence the soul. Some call it the super ego, the inner power the super Consciousness, the unconscious, the subconscious and various other names. It isn't an organ or so-called physical matter such as we know the brain to be. Nevertheless it is there and from the beginning of recorded time, man has known that it exists. The Ancients often referred to it as the spirit. Paracelsus called it the will, others have called it the Mind an adjunct to the brain. Some have referred to it as conscience, the creator of the still Small Voice Within. Still others called it intelligence and have asserted that it is a part of the "Supreme Intelligence" to which we are all linked, no matter what we call it.

I prefer the word subconscious. It is recognized as the essence of of life and the limits of its powers are unknown. It never sleeps, it comes to our support in times of great trouble. It warns us of impending danger and often it aids Us in what seems impossible. It guides us in many ways and when properly employed perform so-called Miracles.

Perhaps the most effective method of bringing the subconscious into practical action is through the process of making mental pictures, using the imagination, perfecting an image of the thing or situation as you would have it exist in physical form. This is usually referred to as visualization however before this visualization can work you must really believe. I refer now to deep-seated belief, a firm and positive conviction that goes through every fiber of your being, when you believe at heart and soul as the saying goes.

Now call it a phase of emotion a spiritual force a type of electrical vibration, anything you please, but that's the force that brings outstanding results. It sets The Law of Attraction into operation and enables sustained thought to correlate with its object. This belief changes the tempo of the mind or thought frequency, and like a huge magnet draws the subconscious forces into play, changing your whole Aura and affecting everything about you, and often people and objects at Great distances.

It brings into your individual sphere of Life results that are sometimes startling. After studying the various mystical religions and different teachings and systems of Mind stuff, one is impressed with the fact that they all have the same basic modus operandi and that is through repetition ,the repeating of certain mantras, words, formulas or just plain humbo jumbo is common with witch doctors, Voodoo high priests hexers and many other followers of strange Cults.

They use them to evoke the spirits or work black magic. One finds the same principle at work in chants, incantations, litanies, daily lessons, also the frequent praying of the Buddhist and Muslims alike, the affirmation of the theosophists and the followers of unity. The absolute truth, new thought, Divine Science. In fact it is basic to all all religions.  Although here it is "white magic" instead of black magic.

This brings us to the law of suggestion, through which all forces operating within its limits are capable of producing phenomenal results. That is it is the power of suggestion and auto suggestion, your own to yourself or heterosuggestion, coming to you from outside sources. That starts the Machinery into operation or causes the subconscious mind to begin in its creative work and right here is where the affirmations and repetitions play their part.

It's the repetition of the same chant, the same incantation, the same affirmations, that lead to belief and once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen. This is the same identical force and the same mechanics that Hitler used in building up the German people to attack the world a reading of Mein Kamph. I will verify that Dr Renee Fel a famous French psychologist explained it by saying that Hitler had a remarkable understanding of the law of suggestion, and its different forms of application. He was with uncanny skill and masterly showmanship that he mobilized every instrument of propaganda in his mighty campaign of suggestion.

Hitler openly stated that the psychology of suggestion was a terrible weapon in the hands of anyone who knew how to use it. Let's see how he worked it to make the Germans believe what he wanted them to, and once that belief took hold how they started their campaign of terror. Slogans, huge signs, posters, massed flags appeared throughout Germany. Hitler's picture was everywhere. One Reich, one folk, one leader became the chant. It was heard everywhere. Today we own Germany, tomorrow the entire world.

The marching song of the German youths came from thousands of throats daily. Such slogans as Germany has waited long enough, stand up you are the aristocrats of the Third Reich. Germany then empowered Hitler to first one man, and hundreds others bombarded the people 24 hours a day from billboards, sides of buildings, the radio and the Press. Every time they moved, turned around or spoke to one another, they got the idea that they were a superior race.  And under the hypnotic influence of this belief, strengthened by repeated suggestion, they started out to prove it.

Fortunately for us, there were other nations who also had strong national beliefs that eventually became the means of bringing defeat to the Germans. I know that it is difficult for the average person who knows nothing of the subject, to accept the idea that all is within. But surely the most materialistic person must realize that as far as he himself is concerned, nothing exists on the outside plane unless he has knowledge of it, or unless it becomes fixed in his consciousness

It is the image created in his mind that gives reality to the world outside of him  Happiness sought by many and found by few therefore is a matter entirely within ourselves, our environment, and the everyday happenings of life have absolutely no effect on our happiness, except as we permit mental images of the outside to enter our Consciousness. Happiness is wholly independent of position, wealth or material possessions.  It is a state of mind which we ourselves have the power to control. And that control lies with our thinking.

Emerson said what is the hardest task in the world, to think. Obviously this is so when one considers that most of us are victims of mass thinking and feed upon suggestions from others. We all know that the law of cause and effect is inviolable yet how many of us ever pause to consider its workings? The entire course of a man's life has many times Been Changed by a single thought, which coming to him in a flash, became a mighty power that altered the whole current of human events.

History is replete with the stories of strong-minded, resolutely willed individuals who steadfastly holding to their inner convictions, have been able to inspire their fellow man. And in the face of tremendous and determined opposition have literally created out of nothing, great businesses, huge empires and new worlds.  They had no monopoly of thought power. You and every man and woman have it. All you have to do is is use it. You will then become the person you envisage in your imagination.

Know yourself, know your power! Faithfully use the cards and the mirror techniques and you will get results far beyond your fondest expectations. Just believe that there is a genuine creative magic in believing, and Magic there will be.  For belief will supply the power which will enable you to succeed in every everything you undertake. Back your belief with a resolute will and you will become unconquerable a master of men among men yourself.

"Know Thyself" - Socrates

"If you believe in your heart, and doubt not..." - Matthew 21:21