Understanding the Desire-Force

You can do little by yourself in Life, be you ever sothe electric waves from the dynamo, influencing all
strong and able. Life is a complex thing, and individualswho come within the field of force. Desire-Force is a
are interdependent upon each other for the doings ofreal, active, effective force of Nature, and serves to
things.attract, draw and bring to a center that which is in line
One Individual, segregated from all the other Individuals,with the nature of the Desire.
could accomplish little or nothing along the lines of outerThe much talked of Law of Attraction, of which so
activity.much is heard in Mental Science and the New
He must form combinations, arrangements, harmoniesThought, depends largely upon the force and power of
and agreements with others, and in accordance withDesire. Desire- Force is at the center of the Law of
environments and things, that is, he must create andAttraction. There is a tendency in Nature to attract and
use the proper environments and things, and draw todraw to the center of a Desire the things which are
himself others with whom he must form combinations,needed to fulfill that Desire. One's ``own will come to
in order to do things.him'' by reason of his natural force, which lies behind
And these persons, things and environments come toand underneath the entire phenomena of Mental
him -- and he to them -- by reason of this great LawInfluence.
of Attraction.This being so, does it not become at once apparent
And the way he sets into operation this great Law ofwhy one who wishes to accomplish anything should
Attraction is by the operation of his Desire, and alongbe sure to create a strong Desire for it, and at the
the lines of Mental Imagery. Do you see the connectionsame time be sure to acquire the art of Visualization
now? So be careful to form, cultivate and manifest theso as to form a clear Mental Picture of the thing
right Desires --hold to them firmly, strongly andDesired -- a clear mold in which the materialized reality
constantly, and you will set into operation this greatmay manifest? Have you ever come in contact with
Law, which forms an important part of the Secret ofany of the great men of modern business life?
Success.If you have seen these people in action, you will have
Desire-Force is the motive power leading the activitiesbecome conscious of a subtle, mysterious something
of Life. It is the basic vital power, which animates theabout them -- a something that you could actually feel
minds of living things and urges them forth to action.-- a something that seemed to draw you to fit in to
Without strong Desire no one accomplishes anythingtheir schemes, plans, and desires almost by an
worthy of the name -- and the greater the desire theirresistible force. These people are all people of the
greater will be the amount of energy generated andstrongest kind of Desire -- their Desire-Force manifests
manifested, everything else being equal.strongly and affects those with whom they come in
That is to say, that given a dozen men of equalcontact.
intellect, physical health and mental activity -- equal inNot only this, but their Desire-Force flows from them in
everything else except Desire, in short, the ones ingreat waves, which occultists inform us soon
whom the greatest Desire resides and is manifestedmanifests a circular, or whirlpool- like motion, swung
will outstrip the others in attainment -- and of theseround and around the center of the Desire -- these
winners the one in who Desire burns like anmen become actual cyclones of Desire into which
unquenchable flame will be the one who will Masternearly everything that comes within its sweep is
the others by the force of his primitive elementaryaffected and swept into the vortex. Have we not
power.evidences of this in the cases of all the great leaders
Not only does Desire give to the man that inwardof men -- can we not see the operation of that mighty
motive which leads to the enfoldment of the powerlaw of attraction which brings to them their own?
within himself, but it does more than this; it causes toWe are apt to call this Will- Power, and so it is in a
radiate from him the finer and more subtle mental andway, back and under the Will in such cases is to be
vital forces of his nature, which, flowing forth in allfound the ardent, burning Desire that is the motive
directions like the magnetic waves from the magnet, orforce of the attractive power.