The name of the book is The Culture of Courage. Made by Google Notebook
The author is Frank Channing Haddock, M.S., Ph.D.. He is also noted as the Founder of The Power-Book Library and author of other works such as "Power of Will," "Power for Success," "The Personal Atmosphere," and "Business Power"
The specific edition cited is the Eleventh Edition, published in 1915 by The Pelton Publishing Co. in Meriden, Connecticut, and L. N. Fowler & Co. in London, England [2, 3].
The philosophy centers on the cultivation of the "Real Personality" for successful living in any endeavor. It positions individual culture as the "Highest Human Science" and making the most of oneself and one's career as the "Highest Human Art." The ultimate goal is Successful Being, Successful Living, Successful Doing, leading to Supreme Personal Well-Being and Actual Financial Betterment.
At its core, this philosophy teaches that fear is an alien and detrimental force, which can and should be entirely replaced by reason, courage, and harmony with the "White Life"—the Universal Goodness. It is designed to be highly practical, offering clear guidance on what to do and how to do it.
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Key Practices for Applying the Philosophy
🌱 Cultivate the Real Personality and the Four-Fold Life
- Believe, assume, and realize: "I Am Growing In My Soul a Perfect Courage." This is a continuous, self-affirming practice.
- Live the White Life: Align your life with purity, reason, honor, goodwill, and confident assurance. This harmony connects you with the "Perfect Whole"—the Good, the Beautiful, the True, the All-Health, the Infinite Soul of the Universe.
- Embrace Vital Education: View education as the evolution of consciousness. Your growth and achievement depend on expanding awareness.
- Recognize your inner power: All truth and strength already exist within you. Your task is to unfold, discover, and use them.
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🛡️ Eliminate Fear and Build Courage
- Replace fear with reason: Fear is a false construct, unlike instinct or reason. When fear arises, let reason assess its validity and dismiss it if unfounded.
- Affirm courage, deny fear: Actively reject the existence of error, disease, and fear in your life.
- Cultivate courageous beliefs and a valiant will: Your beliefs claim higher powers and manifest through effort.
- Develop personal worth: Reject self-belittlement. Affirm: "I am myself! I am power! I am worthwhile! I am free! I am courage!"
- Practice self-inspiration: Replace pressure with grace. Say, "It is given me to make the most of a wholesome mind." Let go of hurry and embrace life's gifts.
- Guard your mental intake: Reject unworthy, depressing thoughts. Banish worry, pessimism, and cynicism.
- Maintain purity in your sex-life: This preserves magnetic power and personal dignity.
- Cultivate self-control: Master physical and emotional disturbances through conscious affirmation.
- Face feared objects: Gradually expose yourself to them while asserting fearlessness.
- Minimize time-notion: Focus on the present. Affirm: "I am equal to the demands of the Now. Always shall I say this and be so equal."
- Use happy imagination: Replace unpleasant anticipations with visions of success and joy.
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💪 Optimize Health-Tone (Body, Mind, Soul)
- Achieve harmony: Live the White Life with a buoyant body and harmonic mind.
- Prioritize cleanliness: Both physical and inner cleanliness are essential. Affirm: "This robe I wear of unsoiled flesh keeps mind and spirit ever fresh."
- Sleep well: Early, sound sleep allows Universal Forces to restore harmony.
- Eat with affirmation: Believe that nourishment brings health and vitality.
- Balance work and play: See both as restorative and harmonizing forces.
- Use medicine wisely: Embrace remedies while recognizing the power of thought and harmony. Avoid bondage to any single method.
- Claim physical well-being: Project thought inward to influence your etheric movements and health.
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🤝 Master Social Interactions and External Circumstances
- Interpret personal signs: Learn to read others and adjust yourself accordingly.
- Practice Inner Etheric Control: Affirm: "I am now under perfect self-control, quiet, powerful, fearless..."
- Build the Imperial Wall of Exclusion: Create a protective barrier around your etheric field while remaining open to good influences.
- Interpret others correctly: Observe patiently and avoid fear-driven judgments.
- Humanize others: Approach everyone with peace and goodwill.
- Cultivate unselfishness: Recognize that worry for others often stems from self-concern.
- Assert individuality: Express your unique self without ostentation.
- Face public opinion freely: Weigh criticism against the intention of Nature. Disregard opinions that lack truth or do not promote human betterment.
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🔮 Harness Psychic Power and Expect Fulfillment
- Engage in psychic demand: Form clear, courageous, and rational demands for your future. Hold them as subconscious convictions.
- Align with Infinite Reality: The Universe responds to psychic demand through immutable laws.
- Trust in compensation: Even misfortune can lead to inner compensation. Build a rich inner life to offset external challenges.
- Redefine success: True success lies in developing your ability to create values essential to progress through will-directed thought and action.
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By consistently applying these principles, you cultivate permanent courage and personal mastery—leading to a life of harmony, prosperity, and fulfillment.?
