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Title: Character Building Thought Power
Author: Ralph Waldo Trine
Narrator: Ralph Waldo Trine
Format: Unabridged
Length: 56 mins
Language: English
Release date: 11-18-11
Publisher: M-Y Books Ltd
Genres: Self Development, Motivation & Inspiration
Publisher's Summary:
Unconsciously, we are forming habits every moment of our lives. Some are habits of a desirable nature; some are those of a most undesirable nature. Some, though not so bad in themselves, are exceedingly bad in their cumulative effects, and cause us at times much loss, much pain and anguish. In contrast, the opposites of these habits would bring us much peace and joy, as well as a continually increasing power. Have we it within our power to determine at all times what types of habits shall take form in our lives? In other words, is habit-forming, character-building, a matter of mere chance, or have we it within our own control? This book describes a method whereby old, undesirable, earth-binding habits can be broken, and new, desirable, heaven lifting habits can be acquired, a method whereby life in part or in its totality can be changed, provided one is sufficiently in earnest to know and, knowing it, to apply the law.
Members Reviews:
Trine, yes. This book, no.
I'm a fan of Trine, having read the classic "In Tune with the Infinite" twice (I highly recommend it) and a couple of his other books. This slim 32-page book though sounded very familiar and for good reason--it's merely an excerpt from one of Trine's longer books and repackaged here as if it's a new and original work. Stay away.
a good start, but still not enough
"Life is not, we may say, for mere passing pleasure, but for the highest unfoldment that one can attain to, the noblest character that one can grow, and for the greatest service that one can render to all mankind."
Even though Trine wrote over a dozen high successful books (Henry Ford cited In Tune with the Infinite as the sole reason for his success), this particular one may fall short for readers wanting more. And even though it can be read in an hour or so, it's packed with a few too many ideas (including an odd digression into happiness as we age) that might be better suited in other works. For the most part, the book is about the "thoroughly scientific" and "immutable" law of attraction, something Trine believed "cannot be reiterated too often". By understanding and working in harmony with this law, "it will work for our highest good and will take us wheresoever we desire". By opposing and resisting this law, "it will eventually break us to pieces".
Much like in As A Man Thinketh, the element of chance is totally ignored: "Personally, I do not believe there is any such thing as chance in the whole of human life, nor even in the world or the great universe in which we live," Trine writes. "The one great law of cause and effect is absolute; and effect is always kindred to its own peculiar cause, although we may have at times to go back considerably farther than we are accustomed to in order to find the cause, the parent of this or that effect, or actualised, though not necessarily permanently actualised, condition." So much for humility.
Despite the potentially off-putting religious overtones (not to mention talk of lives before birth and lives after death), there's an important message about personal development. "Every human life can be made indeed most glorious, however humble it may begin, or however humble it may remain or exalted it may become," Trine explains.