Mind is the Master: The Complete James Allen Treasury

It was an interesting read. I also recommend this book - (Overcoming Death in the Pot) available on Amazon as print and ebook - https://a.co/d/aAUxA2h

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.

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.

Best compilation of books ever.

Great book

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.

It is a Treasury,as it says.Everyone on a spiritual journey,a journey of self inquiry or if alive,needs this book in their library.There are no words,to decribe what is waiting for you in these pages.

Het is een erg dik boek, in dun papier, in klein gedrukte tekst.Een beetje zoals een telefoongids van vroeger.Het is ook een softcover dus het boek dat al dik is, is ook nog eens zeer flexibel, houdt niet prettig vast of blijft niet liggen. Jammer.

James Allen is considered to be the forerunner of all modern self-help motivators.This is the second time I am buying this book. The first time I bought during the year 2011. Since several pages got tear out I am buying this again.1. This book is bound to create a psychological effect in your attitude if you read with interest and attention.2. I challenge that certain points expressed in this classic work cannot be found in any other works.3. For example in the short work " The mastery of destiny he has lucidly explained about the four levels of concentration.4. In his classical work " As a man thinketh" he has mentioned that we have the power to change our circumstances by changing our attitude.5. Our father of nation Mahatma Gandhi has been influenced by James Allen's literature.6. I request every peace finding soul to have this collection of master piece

Una lectura esencial y maravillosa. Un libro que pertenece a esa selecta categoría de los que cuestan mucho menos de lo que realmente valen.

My title is not chosen for nothing. When you take delivery of this book, you will simply be surprised at just how big it it is. It compares compatibly with a good size paperback study bible. In fact I would recommend you do as I did and strengthen the cover with some transparent fablon. That ought, I hope, to make it last a while longer. But the main reason for landing on Planet James Allen is, of course the content. I could quote him by the yard, but if there is only one example to give (and here I am in agony wanting to cite at least a hundred more beides at least), check out the poem on pp. 68-69 on the realization of selfless love: I stood upon the shore, and saw the rocks Resist the onslaught of the mighty sea, And when I thought how all the countless shocks They had withstood through an eternity, I said to wear away this solid main The ceaseless efforts of the waves are vain. But when I saw how they the rocks had rent, And saw the sand and shingles at my feet (Poor passive remnants of resistance spent) Tumbled and tossed where they the waters meet, Then I saw ancient landmarks 'neath the waves, And knew the waters held the stones their slaves. I saw the mighty work the waters wrought By patient softness and unceasing flow; How they the proudest promontory brought Unto their feet, and mosy hills laid low; How the soft drops the adamantine wall Conquered at last, and brought it to its fall. And then I knew that hard resisting sin Should yield at last to Love's soft ceaseless roll Coming and going, ever flowing in Upon the proud rocks of the human soul; That all resistance should be spent and past; And every heart yield unto it at last. The only possible objection to this material can come from an un-yielding warlike spirit. Man must find this way before it is too late. I decided that having this sheer amount of material at my disposal, I had to develop a coping strategy (don't laugh! you'll see what I mean when your copy arrives) and, for what it's worth, and this is by no means the last word on the subject (in fact, if you can think of anything better, please feel free to let me know), here is mine: I used the Book of Daily Meditations (p661) as a kind of Head Quarters, as it were, and as the subjects presented themselves, banched out into other areas. The effects of this are not something that will be felt on day one, but after a while (this is not medication - there's no "one size fits all" scenario here) you will find that you simply do different stuff and the other stuff?, well, you either don't do it or you do it differently. However, one thing that will happen on your first session is that you will at least want to be something better and after a while, and yes, still in session one, you will realise that that is doable. That's what did it for me. This is the ultimate book of nice guy. Its like taking the mind back to factory settings. Renew.