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Thought Power by Will-power

Every sensual thought rejected, every temptation resisted, every harsh word withheld,
every noble aspiration encouraged, helps you to develop will-power or soul-force and takes you
nearer and nearer to the Goal. 

With strong feeling, repeat mentally: “My will is powerful, pure and irresistible. OM OM
OM. I can do everything through my will. OM OM OM. I have an invincible will. OM OM OM.”
Will is the dynamic soul-force. When it operates all the mental powers such as the power
of judgment, power of memory, power of grasping, power of conversation, reasoning power,
power of discrimination, power of reflection and inference—all these come into instant play.
Will is the king of mental powers. When rendered pure and irresistible, thought and will
can work wonders. Will becomes impure and weak through vulgar passions, love of pleasures
and desires. The lesser the number of desires, the stronger is the thought power, and the will.
When sexual energy, the muscular energy, anger, etc., are transmuted into the will-force they are
controlled. There is nothing impossible on earth for a man of strong will-power.
When you give up an old habit of drinking coffee, you have controlled to a certain extent
the sense of taste, destroyed one Vasana, and have eliminated the craving for it. As there is
freedom from the efforts to procure coffee and also from the habit of taking it, you will gain
some peace. The energy involved in the hankering for coffee, and which was agitating you, will
now be converted into the power of will. By this conquest over one desire, you gain will-power;
and if you conquer some fifteen such desires, your will-power will be fifteen times stronger and
more powerful. And this conquest, by imparting strength to the will, will help you conquer other
desires, too.
Unruffled state of the mind, poise, cheerfulness, inner strength, capacity to turn out
difficult works, success in all undertakings, power to influence people, a magnetic and dynamic
personality, magnetic aura on the face, sparkling eyes, steady gaze, powerful voice,
magnanimous gait, unyielding nature, fearlessness, etc., are some of the signs or symptoms that
indicate that one’s will is growing.