: Florence Scovel Shinn
: The Game of Life and How to Play It
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'The Game of Life and How to Play It' is a classic self-help book written by Florence Scovel Shinn in the early 20th century. This timeless work offers a unique insight into the philosophy of life and how a person's beliefs and attitudes can shape his or her destiny. Through anecdotes, personal stories and spiritual teachings, Florence Scovel Shinn presents a pragmatic approach to living a full and successful life. The synopsis of 'The Game of Life and How to Play It' focuses on the central idea that our words, thoughts and actions have a profound impact on our reality. The author emphasizes the importance of choosing positive thoughts and words, rather than focusing on fear and negativity. Shinn advocates the power of affirmation and how this tool can transform lives, manifesting desires and goals. The book also addresses topics such as faith, intuition and self-confidence, offering practical strategies for overcoming obstacles and achieving goals. 'The Game of Life and How to Play It' is an inspirational guide for those seeking to improve their lives through a change of mindset and a greater connection to divine power. This work endures as a valuable resource for personal growth and spiritual empowerment.'

Florence Scovel Shinn (1871-1940) was an American metaphysical author and spiritual teacher. Her works, including The Game of Life and How to Play It, focus on the power of positive thinking, affirmations, and spiritual laws for success. She inspired self-help literature with teachings on faith, visualization, and manifestation.

THE GAME


Most people consider life a battle, but it is not a battle, it is a game.

It is a game, however, which cannot be played successfully without the knowledge of spiritual law, and the Old and the New Testaments give the rules of the game with wonderful clearness. Jesus Christ taught that it was a great game ofGiving and Receiving.

“Whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap.” This means that whatever man sends out in word or deed, will return to him; what he gives, he will receive.

If he gives hate, he will receive hate; if he gives love, he will receive love; if he gives criticism, he will receive criticism; if he lies he will be lied to; if he cheats he will be cheated. We are taught also, that the imaging faculty plays a leading part in the game of life.

“Keep thy heart (or imagination) with all diligence, for out of it are the issues of life.” (Prov. 4:23.)

This means that what man images, sooner or later externalizes in his affairs. I know of a man who feared a certain disease. It was a very rare disease and difficult to get, but he pictured it continually and read about it until it manifested in his body, and he died, the victim of distorted imagination.

So we see, to play successfully the game of life, we must train the imaging faculty. A person with an imaging faculty trained to image only good, brings into his life “every righteous desire of his heart”—health, wealth, love, friends, perfect self-expression, his highest ideals.

The imagination has been called, “The Scissors of The Mind,” and it is ever cutting, cutting, day by day, the pictures man sees there, and sooner or later he meets his own creations in his outer world. To train the imagination successfully, man must understand the workings of his mind. The Greeks said: “Know Thyself.”

There are three departments of the mind, thesubconscious, conscious and superconscious. The subconscious, is simply power, without direction. It is like steam or electricity, and it does what it is directed to do; it has no power of induction.

Whatever man feels deeply or images clearly, is impressed upon the subconscious mind, and carried out in minutest detail.

For example: a woman I know, when a child, always “made believe” she was a widow. She “dressed up” in black clothes and wore a long black veil, and people thought she was very clever and amusing. She grew up and married a man with whom she was deeply in love. In a short time he died and she wore black and a sweeping veil for many years. The picture of herself as a widow was impressed upon the subconscious mind, and in due time worked itself out, regardless of the havoc created.

The conscious mind has been called mortal or carnal mind.

It is the human mind and sees life as itappears to be. It sees death, disaster, sickness, poverty and limitation of every kind, and it impresses the subconscious.

Thesuperconscious mind is the God Mind within each man, and is the realm of perfect ideas.

In it, is the “perfect pattern” spoken of by Plato,The Divine Design; for there is aDivine Design for each person.

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