Nuggets of the New Thought: Several Things That Have Helped People

I do not like writing a preface--it seems too much like an apology. I have no special apology to tender for offering this collection of New Thought nuggets. They may possess no literary merit, but they have helped men and women. With the exception of "The Secret of the I Am," these essays appeared from month to month in "New Thought," of which magazine I am associate editor. They were written hastily, principally upon the demand of the printer for "copy," and, for the most part, were printed just as they were written, there being no time for revision or polishing up. You may pick up any one of them and find many sentences needing straightening out--many thoughts which could be better expressed by the change of a few words. Knowing these things, I first thought that I would go over each essay and add a little here, and take away a little there, polishing up and burnishing as I went along. But when I looked over them, my heart failed me. There they were just as they were written--just as they were dug out of my mind--and I hadn't the heart to change them. I remembered the circumstances surrounding the writing of every one of them, and I let them alone. A "nugget" polished up would be no longer a nugget. And these thoughts are nuggets--I dug them myself. I will not say much regarding the quality of the metal--that is for you--but you see them just as they came from the mine--rough, unpolished, mixed with the rock, queerly shaped. If you think that they contain metal of sufficiently good quality, refine them, melt them and fashion them into something useful or ornamental. For myself, I like things with the bark on--with the marks of the hammer--with the original quartz adhering to the metal. But others are of different taste--they like everything to feel smooth to the touch. They will not like these nuggets. Alas, I cannot help it--I cannot produce the beautifully finished article--I have nothing to offer other than the crude product of the mine. Here they are, polish them up yourself if you prefer them in that shape--I will not touch them.

W. W. A. Chicago, October 2, 1902.

CONTENTS.

THE KEYNOTE.

"I Can and I Will"--The recognition--Equal to any task--A feeling of calm confidence--An abiding sense of power, reserve force and security--The Something within--The triple key to the door of attainment--The vibrations of Success 9

THE SECRET OF THE I AM.

The Ego--The physical plane--the mental plane--the new plane of consciousness--The Real Self--The "I"--The Temple of the Living Spirit--Development of the "I Am" consciousness.--The Higher Reason 12

"LET A LITTLE SUNSHINE IN."

The young people's song--Good "New Thought" doctrine--Plenty of sunshine in life, if you look for it--Don't make a dark dungeon of your mind--Throw open the windows of your soul--How to let a little sunshine in 17

THE HUNGER OF THE SOUL.

The soul, as well as the body and mind, requires nourishment --The want, a promise of the fulfillment--The law of unfoldment --Nourishment provided when it is needed--Provided for in the Divine Plan--The feast of good things 19

LOOK ALOFT.

The old sailor's advice--The warning cry--Peace and content-- Mental balance recovered--The glory of the Universe--All governed by Law--The Law manifests everywhere--A reverent feeling of calm, peaceful faith--Look aloft 24

TO-MORROW.

The work and cares of to-day easy if we do not worry about those of To-morrow--The mysterious To-morrow and its terrors--The way to meet the cares of To-morrow--To-morrow's opportunities will come as surely as To-morrow's cares--Law supreme--No need to be afraid--The real To-morrow 26

IN THE DEPTHS OF THE SOUL.

Stores of information; rich mines of knowledge; uncut gems and precious metal awaiting the discoverer--Psychic and spiritual faculties--Strange attraction of soul to soul--The Rock of Ages--The Voice of the Soul 29

FORGET IT.

Why worry about the past--Hugging old sorrows to your Bosom-- What to do with them--Don't Poison your life--Pain brings experience--Learning your lesson--How to get rid of a gloomy thought--Throw it away--Forget it 34

THE KINDERGARTEN OF GOD.