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Post Posted: Jul 20th, 2008 at 6:55am Post subject: The Power of Concentration Reply with quote

It always amazes me when I find a great book that has been around a long time, but for some reason I hadn't read it until recently.

I know we already voted, so we will probably have to add this book when we get done with our current list. However, feel free to read it if you are interested...

By the way, have any of you guys read this book yet?

The Power of Concentration by Theron, Q Dumont

Here is an excerpt from the beginning of the book (first two paragraphs - sorry if there are any grammatical or other errors):

Lesson I - Concentration Finds the Way

Everyone has two natures. One wants us to advance and the other wants to pull us back. The one that we cultivate and concentrate on decides what we are at the end. Both natures are trying to gain control. The will alone decides the issue. A man by one supreme effort of the will may change his whole career and almost accomplish miracles. You may be that man. You can be if you Will to be, for Will can find a way or make one.

I could easily fill a book, of cases where men plodding along in a matter-of-fact way, were all at once aroused and as if awakening from a slumber they developed the possibilities within them and from that time on were different persons. You along can decide when the turning point will come. It is a matter of choice whether we allow our diviner self to control us or whether we will be controlled by the brute within us. No man has to do anything he does not want to do. He is therefore the director of his life if he wills to be. What we are to do, is the result of our training. We are like putty, and can be completely controlled by our will power.

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Post Posted: Jul 20th, 2008 at 1:31pm Post subject: Re: The Power of Concentration Reply with quote

You can add it to the list anytime, but it won't be on the reading list until the next vote. I added one too late too but that's fine, we'll get to them eventually.

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Wes202


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Post Posted: Aug 2nd, 2008 at 3:47am Post subject: Re: The Power of Concentration Reply with quote

cool, will give it a vote on next round

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