Three Sticks — Something for Everyone

According to Napoleon Hill and Dennis Kimbro in Think and Grow Rich: A Black Choice there are 8 mental laws. These laws are the laws that govern all thinking. These are also the laws that God uses to govern our lives. Over time, I will explore the Christian underpinnings of each of these laws.

The success of the The Secret has brought the laws or principles that govern life to the forefront of popular thought. I am encouraged that these foundational laws are becoming known not just to the successful, but to others who yearn for a better life. I think that it is important to explore these laws especially their relationship to biblical scriptures to help us understand their place in our lives.

1. What You Think Upon, Grows - This law states that whatever you think about becomes your existence. According to Kimbro and Hill, “you are a living magnet, constantly drawing to you the things, people and circumstances that are in accord with your thoughts.
2. Law of Cause and Effect (The Path Principle) - The direction you set in your life will determine your destination in life.
3. Use or Lose - The is the concept that practice make perfect.
4. Law of Correspondence (The BE - DO - HAVE Principle) - “First, within, then without.” To have what you want in your life you have to first conceive of it in your mind.
5. Law of Substitution - The only way to remove a negative thought from your mind is to substitute another thought in its stead.
6. Law of Belief - Anything that you believe with feeling will become real in your life.
7. Law of Attraction - You will attract to yourself those things in your life that are most like yourself. If you are positive, you will attract positive things to your life and vice versa.
8. Law of Compensation - You must give freely, without any thought of reward. If you give while thinking of reward you aren’t giving, but are instead investing.

These are the 8 Mental Laws that govern thinking and life. I will explore them each in upcoming posts.

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