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has never divulged, Nature wraps up in the impulse of STRONG DESIRE "that
something" which recognizes no such word as impossible, and accepts no such
reality as failure.

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NAPOLEON HILL THINK AND GROW RICH

Chapter 3

Faith Visualization of, and Belief in Attainment of

Desire

The Second Step toward Riches

FAITH is the head chemist of the mind. When FAITH is blended with the vibra-
tion of thought, the subconscious mind instantly picks up the vibration, trans-
lates it into its spiritual equivalent, and transmits it to Infinite Intelligence, as in
the case of prayer.

The emotions of FAITH, LOVE, and SEX are the most powerful of all the major
positive emotions. When the three are blended, they have the effect of "coloring"
the vibration of thought in such a way that it instantly reaches the subconscious
mind, where it is changed into its spiritual equivalent, the only form that induces
a response from Infinite Intelligence.

Love and faith are psychic; related to the spiritual side of man. Sex is purely bio-
logical, and related only to the physical. The mixing, or blending, of these three
emotions has the effect of opening a direct line of communication between the
finite, thinking mind of man, and Infinite Intelligence.

How To Develop Faith

There comes, now, a statement which will give a better understanding of the
importance the principle of auto-suggestion assumes in the transmutation of de-
sire into its physical, or monetary equivalent; namely: FAITH is a state of mind
which may be induced, or created, by affirmation or repeated instructions to the
subconscious mind, through the principle of auto-suggestion.

As an illustration, consider the purpose for which you are, presumably, reading
this book. The object is, naturally, to acquire the ability to transmute the intangi-