Man: King of Mind, Body and Circumstance

J$lan: ^mg of J$lmb, pobp anb Circumstance 19U James Allen James Allen (1864- 1912) "I looked around upon the world and saw that it was shadowed by sorrow and scorched by the fierce fires of suffering. And I looked for the cause. I looked around, but I could not find it.

I looked in books, but I could not find it. I looked within, and found there both the cause and the self- made nature of that cause. I looked again, and deeper, and found the remedy. I found one Law, the Law of Love; one Life, the life of adjustment to that Law; one Truth, the Truth of a conquered mind and a quiet and obedient heart.

And I dreamed of writing books which would help men and women, whether rich or poor, learned or unlearned, worldly or unworldly, to find within themselves the source of all success, all happiness, accomplishment, all truth. And the dream remained with me, and at last became substantial; and now I send forth these books into the world on a mission of healing and blessedness, knowing that they cannot fail to reach the homes and hearts of those who are waiting and ready to receive them."

Man: King of Mind, Body and Circumstance by James Allen 2 Contents Foreword 4 The Inner World of Thoughts 6 The Outer World of Things 9 Habit: Its Slavery and Its Freedom 12 Bodily Conditions 15 Poverty 18 Man's Spiritual Dominion 21 Conquest: Not Resignation 22 Man: King of Mind, Body and Circumstance by James Allen 3 Foreword The problem of life consists in learning how to live.

It is like the problem of addition or subtraction to the schoolboy. When mastered, all difficulty disappears, and the problem has vanished. All the problems of life, whether they be social, political, or religious, subsist in ignorance and wrong-living.

As they are solved in the heart of each individual, they will be solved in the mass of men. Humanity at present is in the painful stage of "learning". It is confronted with the difficulties of its own ignorance. As men learn to live rightly, learn to direct their forces and use their functions and faculties by the light of wisdom, the sum of life will be correctly done, and its mastery will put an end to all the "problems of evil".