Mind is the Master: The Complete James Allen Treasury Paperback – December 24, 2009

I purchased this for my husband and he loves this book. Prayerfully this will help to shape his mind in such a way that ushers in true transformation vs behavior modification. He continues to rave about this book and I am noticing a slight change in his thinking since diving in.

James Allen never disappoints a good books to read. Golden wisdoms and he is my favorite author. I would recommend reading his books to all.

James Allen is a classic writer in Self-Help literature and this book is a TREASURE of wisdom. Since I've read "As a Man Thinketh" my life HAS changed for the better as I understood the point being made: my life is a mirror image of my inner self. It's not enough to just wish a better life - I need to strive for it in my heart, in my mind - change and mold my inner world and these changes in me will reflect in my outer world. Balance - without it, one is doomed to suffering. We have to re-align ourselves with our dreams and go for it - life is short, can't wait for things to get better, can't afford the excuses for procrastination we are all guilty of. The point in your life is not merely to know yourself but to make a better you, what you envision as an ideal you. As a society we've been mislead to believe that our salvation is in the hands of some higher authority - it was a creation of a slave mindset, one of dependency and thus of weakness, impotency. But we are not if we take the charge and assume the responsibility for our own selves. We have the beauty and the power within us as well as the ugly and the weak - the only difference is where your faith lies, you become what you choose. Our society is sick because we are sick. It's directly proportional. The poor state of affairs in the world is just a reflection of us en mass, the waste of the vanity we are guilty of. The world is going to change for the better when we ourselves are going to choose to grow into better beings, there's no other way. Choose your destiny. Jump-start your life. Evolve. Change the world.P.S. I believe, we live in revolutionary times - there's a mass awakening taking place. I don't know if we are going to repeat the history (as we've done it so many times) but I know that if we learn to conquer our fears and understand the forces of nature in and out of ourselves, we'll be able to build a better living for us all. Good and Bad forces are within us all, they complement each other and give a meaning to each other - one is meaningless without the other. Two magnetic poles, two opposing sides creating the motion of time, the vortex of life. Perfectly captured in the Eastern philosophical symbol of Yin-Yan: duality, balance, inclusivity, attraction, perpetual motion, infinity, repetition.

I did return this book. It just wasn’t what I was looking for. I’m not saying it wasn’t a good book.

I read As a Man Thinketh over 30 years ago. I did not realize until this year that James Allen wrote 19 books. Every page in this book has been clear and powerful and inspiring. I'm so glad I bought this complete collection of his work. It will be my side for a very long time.

Best compilation of books ever.

James Allen is a human treasure. His writings are wonderful and still relevant a hundred+ years later. So happy to have his writings in one book. But the publisher chose to put it in an enormous volume. Like, this thing is HUGE and unwieldy. Not one person who has ever read a book in their life designed this thing. I've no idea why it was done this way, but I supposed I should be happy with the workout I'm gonna get reading this thing.Note to publisher: Please, for the love of all that is holy, reprint this book in a binding that actual human hands can handle. If a Bible with 1200 pages can be half the size of this 880 book, that's not normal.

First read as a man thinketh and was hesitant to buy this big of a book but it has proven to be more than I could ever imagine. I will forever look back on these writings and my readings of them as a pinnacle point in my life that I am forever grateful for. I frequently look back on all my underlines and find peace and refuge, confirmations of the beauties of life and the worthiness of pursing them.