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Originally Posted by Elrond  How ironic that you have a quote of James Allen in your signature, and that you have talked about him in atleast one of your posts. He is a famous New Thought (Law of Attraction) author, though you probably know this.
"Allen's most famous book, As a Man Thinketh, was published in 1902. It is now considered a classic self-help book. Its underlying premise is that noble thoughts make a noble person, while lowly thoughts make a miserable person."
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EDIT: It might be that who you are quoting is another James Allen. |
Hi Elrond,
Yes, it's the same James Allen of As a Man Thinketh fame.
The debate over the merits of postive thought, VS, resting and trusting in our primordial state (and not forcing any thoughts, postive or otherwise upon ourselves), is certainly an interesting one; I'm sure both approaches have their place.
I posted something written by Ken Wilber recently, that perhaps illustrates this point:
I wanna sell my soul to the Devil
Also, I think what James Allen refers to, is something deeper, more fundamental, than a lot that passed for positive thinking, in this day and age.