The Mastery of Destiny
By James Allen
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James Allen (1864-1912) was an English author, magazine editor and one of the founders of what would come to be known as the self-help genre. Including the works assembled by his wife after his death, Allen wrote 21 books, the most famous being As a Man Thinketh.
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The Mastery of Destiny - James Allen
Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE
CHAPTER 1. DEEDS, CHARACTER, AND DESTINY
CHAPTER 2. THE SCIENCE OF SELF-CONTROL
CHAPTER 3. CAUSE AND EFFECT IN HUMAN CONDUCT
CHAPTER 4. TRAINING OF THE WILL
CHAPTER 5. THOROUGHNESS
CHAPTER 6. MIND-BUILDING AND LIFE-BUILDING
CHAPTER 7. CULTIVATION OF CONCENTRATION
CHAPTER 8. PRACTICE OF MEDITATION
CHAPTER 9. THE POWER OF PURPOSE
CHAPTER 10. THE JOY OF ACCOMPLISHMENT
THE MASTERY OF DESTINY
BY
JAMES ALLEN
First digital edition 2019 by Maria Ruggieri
PREFACE
The discovery of the law of Evolution in the material world has prepared men for a knowledge of the law of cause and effect in the mental world. Thought is not less orderly and progressive than the material forms which embody thought; and not alone cells and atoms, but thoughts and deeds are charged with a cumulative and selective energy. In the realm of thought and deed, the good survives, for it is fittest
; the evil ultimately perishes. To know that the perfect law
of Causation is as allembracing in mind as in matter, is to be relieved from all anxiety concerning the ultimate destiny of individuals and of humanity For man is man and master of his fate
and the will in man which is conquering the knowledge of natural law will conquer the knowledge of spiritual law; the will which, in ignorance, chooses evil, will, as wisdom evolves and emerges, choose good. In a universe of law, the final mastery of evil by man is assured. His lesser destinies of separation and sorrow, defeat and death, are but disciplinary steps leading to the Great Destiny of triumphal mastery. He himself is unconsciously building, albeit with lacerated hands and labourbowed form, the Temple of Glory which is to afford him an eternal habitation of peace. In this volume, I have tried to set down some words indicative of this Law and this Destiny, and the manner of its working and its building; and have so arranged the subject-matter as to make the book a companion volume to The Life Triumphant. The first six, and the last, chapters first appeared in Bibby's Quarterly and Bibby's Annual, and it is by kind permission of the Editor, Mr. Joseph Bibby, that they are now brought together and published in volume form, the other three chapters having been added to make the book consecutive and complete.
James Allen.
Bryngoleu, Ilfracombe, England, April, 1909.
CHAPTER 1. DEEDS, CHARACTER, AND DESTINY
THERE is, and always has been, a widespread belief in Fate, or Destiny, that is, in an eternal and inscrutable Power which apportions definite ends to both individuals and nations. This belief has arisen from long observation of the facts of life. Men are conscious that there are certain occurrences which they cannot control, and are powerless to avert. Birth and death, for instance, are inevitable, and many of the incidents of life appear equally inevitable. Men strain every nerve for the attainment of certain ends, and gradually they become conscious of a Power which seems to be not of themselves, which frustrates their puny efforts, and laughs, as it were, at their fruitless striving and struggle. As men advance in life, they learn to submit, more or less, to this overruling Power which they do not understand, perceiving only its effects in themselves and the world around them, and they call it by various names, such as God, Providence, Fate, Destiny, etc. Men of contemplation, such as poets and philosophers, step aside, as it were, to watch the movements of this mysterious Power as it seems to elevate its favorites on the one hand, and strike down its victims on the other, without reference to merit or demerit.
The greatest poets, especially the dramatic poets, represent this Power in their works, as they have observed it in Nature. The Greek and Roman dramatists usually depict their heroes as having foreknowledge of their fate, and taking means to escape it; but by so doing they blindly involve themselves in a series of consequences which bring about the doom which they are trying to avert. Shakespeare’s characters, on the other hand, are represented, as in Nature, with no foreknowledge (except in the form of presentiment) of their particular destiny. Thus, according to the poets, whether the man knows his fate or not, he cannot avert it, and every conscious or unconscious act of his is a step towards it. Omar Khayyam’s Moving Finger is a vivid expression of this idea of Fate: