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purpose which you desire to translate into its physical or monetary equivalent.
The subconscious acts first on the dominating desires which have been mixed
with emotional feeling, such as faith.

Consider this in connection with the instructions given in the chapter on DESIRE,
for taking the six steps there outlined, and the instructions given in the chapter
on the building and execution of plans, and you will understand the importance
of the thought conveyed.

THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND WORKS DAY AND NIGHT.

Through a method of procedure, unknown to man, the subconscious mind draws
upon the forces of Infinite Intelligence for the power with which it voluntarily
transmutes one's desires into their physical equivalent, making use, always of the
most practical media by which this end may be accomplished.

You cannot entirely control your subconscious mind, but you can voluntarily
hand over to it any plan, desire, or purpose which you wish transformed into
concrete form. Read, again, instructions for using the subconscious mind, in the
chapter on autosuggestion.

There is plenty of evidence to support the belief that the subconscious mind is the
connecting link between the finite mind of man and Infinite Intelligence. It is the
intermediary through which one may draw upon the forces of Infinite Intelligence
at will. It, alone, contains the secret process by which mental impulses are modi-
fied and changed into their spiritual equivalent. It, alone, is the medium through

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which prayer may be transmitted to the source capable of answering prayer.

The possibilities of creative effort connected with the subconscious mind are stu-
pendous and imponderable. They inspire one with awe.

I never approach the discussion of the subconscious mind without a feeling of lit-
tleness and inferiority due, perhaps, to the fact that man's entire stock of knowl-
edge on this subject is so pitifully limited. The very fact that the subconscious
mind is the medium of communication between the thinking mind of man and
Infinite Intelligence is, of itself, a thought which almost paralyzes one's reason.

After you have accepted, as a reality, the existence of the subconscious mind, and
understand its possibilities, as a medium for transmuting your DESIRES into