WHAT IAM SAYING HERE IS THAT THINKING IN A POSITIVE WAY ABOUT A PRESENT EVENT OR CIRCUMSTANCE NOT ONLY CHANGES OUR PRESENT EXPERIENCE OF THAT EVENT OR CIRCUMSTANCE , BUT SETS IN MOTION ENERGIES THAT CREATE FUTURE EVENTS.WHAT IAM SAYING HERE IS THAT AN EXTRAORDINARY LIFE EMERGIES FROM A CHANGE IN YOUR IDEA ABOUT FUTURE CHANGE. WHAT YOU PROJECT , YOU PRODUCE. WHAT YOU CONCLUDE , YOU CREATE. AND ALL THAT KINDA STUFF :@}....ALL RELIGIONS TEACH THE SAME DOCTRINE . ON THIS PARTICULAR SUBJECT , ON HOW LIFE WORKS & WHAT MAKES THE WORLD GO'ROUND EVERY DOGMA AGREES ; AS YOU BELIEVE , SO IT WILL BE DONE UNTO YOU JAMES ALLLEN WROTE AN EXTRAORDINARY LITTLE TRACT ON THIS SUBJECT, TITLED"AS A MAN THINKETH". THE JAMES ALLEN WEBSITE SAYS THAT THIS MYSTICAL AUTHOR ( 1864 - 1912 ) WROTE IN HIS OWN POWERFUL WORDS WHAT THE BUDDA TAUGHT; ALL THAT WE ARE IS THE RESULT OF WHAT WE HAVE THOUGHT.ALLENS TEXT HAS IT IN THIS WAY "AS AMN THINKETH IN HIS HEART , SO IS HE.".ALLEN TEACHES TWO ESSENTIAL TRUTHS : TODAY WE ARE WHERE ARE THOUGHTS HAVE TAKEN US, AND WE ARE THE ARHITECT -- FOR BETTER OR WORSE -- OF OUR FUTURE. ....AUTHOR N.D. WALSH