Books by James Allen

Spiritual meditation is the pathway to Divinity. It is the mystic ladder which reaches from earth to heaven, from error to Truth, from pain to peace. Every saint has climbed it; every sinner must sooner or later come to it, and every weary pilgrim that turns his back upon self and the world, and sets his face resolutely toward the Father's Home, must plant his feet upon its golden rounds. Without its aid you cannot grow into the divine state, the divine likeness, the divine peace, and the fadeless glories and unpolluting joys of Truth will remain hidden from you. Meditation is the intense dwelling, in thought, upon an idea or theme, with the object of thoroughly comprehending it, and whatsoever you constantly meditate upon you will not only come to understand, but will grow more and more into its likeness, for it will become incorporated into your very being, will become, in fact, your very self. If, therefore, you constantly dwell upon that which is selfish and debasing, you will ultimately become selfish and debased; if you ceaselessly think upon that which is pure and unselfish you will surely become pure and unselfish. Tell me what that is upon which you most frequently and intensely think, that to which, in your silent hours, your soul most naturally turns, and I will tell you to what place of pain or peace you are traveling, and whether you are growing into the likeness of the divine or the bestial.There is an unavoidable tendency to become literally the embodiment of that quality upon which one most constantly thinks. Let, therefore, the object of your meditation be above and not below, so that every time you revert to it in thought you will be lifted up; let it be pure and unmixed with any selfish element; so shall your heart become purified and drawn nearer to Truth, and not defiled and dragged more hopelessly into error.

This book is is a guide to meditation and the use of the power of positive thinking.

"Man is the doer of his own deeds; as such he is the maker of his own character; and as the doer of his deeds and the maker of his character, he is the molder and shaper of his destiny".

"In the midst of the world, darkened with many sins and sorrows, in which the majority live, there abides another world, lighted up with shining virtues and unpolluted joy, in which the perfect ones live"

James Allen was a British philosophical writer and poet and a pioneer of the self-help movement. At the turn of the 20th century, he was one of the most popular writers on spirituality, his many books comforting millions of readers with their simple, unpretentious wisdom about living a joyful life. "e;THE unceasing change, the insecurity, and the misery of life make it necessary to find some basis of certainty on which to rest if happiness and peace of mind are to be maintained. All science, philosophy, and religion are some many efforts in search of this permanent basis; all interpretations on the universe, whether from the material or spiritual side, are so many attempts to formulate some unifying principle or principles by which to reconcile the fluctuations and contradictions of life."e; - James Allen

Der (biblische) Ausspruch "Wie man im Herzen denkt, so ist man", beschreibt nicht nur das ganze Wesen eines Menschen, sondern ist so umfassend, daß er alle Bedingungen und Umstände seines Lebens mit einschließt.Alles, was ein Mensch erreicht und was er nicht erreicht, ist das direkte Ergebnis seiner eigenen Gedanken. Die Schwäche und Stärke eines Menschen, seine Reinheit und Unreinheit sind seine eigenen und nicht die eines anderen. Sie werden von ihm selbst herbeigeführt und nicht von einem anderen, und sie können auch nur von ihm selbst verändert werden, und niemals von einem anderen. Sein Zustand ist ebenfalls sein eigener und nicht der eines anderen Menschen. Sein Leiden und sein Glück entwickeln sich von innen.Wie er denkt, so ist er - wie er weiterhin denkt, so bleibt er.

The secret of becoming a better personSooner or later in life you ask yourself: Do I have to be what I am for the rest of my life? Or is there a way to become a better person? The answers are 'no' to the first and 'yes, absolutely' to the second one!What's more, striving to become a better person, is about the noblest thing you can do. Not only do you improve your own life, but the lives of others and thus the world at large, as well.Many readers consider 'Out from the Heart' as the sequel of James Allen's most famous book 'As a Man Thinketh'. It provides a more practical approach to his philosophy; it's the how-to version. James Allen accompanies you step by step on your way to become a master of your thoughts and thus your life and your experiences. If you read 'As a Man Thinketh' and considered it useful, you will find this follow-up book at least as enlightening. Your thoughts govern your life - learn how to control them now!