James Allen
Si il y a un auteur que j'aime relire c'est James Allen. On peut lire sa biographie ici (en langue anglaise). Je n'ai lu que "As a man thinketh" et "The path of Prosperity". Je n'ai pas trouvé ses ouvrages en langue française mais si vous lisez l'anglais, je vous recommande vivement de les lire.
D'après plusieurs commentaires que j'ai lu, "As a man Thinketh" est son ouvrage le plus abouti. Il parle de manière simple de la relation que l'homme entretien avec ses pensées et comment elles influencent sa vie à tous les niveaux. Le titre complet est évocateur "As a Man thinketh, so is He".
Si la lecture peut parfois nous laisser penser que ce qu'il écrit tombe sous le sens, il me fait comprendre à moi certaines choses que je comprends déjà certainement mais que je n'analyse pas aussi bien qu'il le fait. C'est à lire et à relire.
Juste un ou deux petits extraits:
"There can be no progress, no achievement without sacrifice, and a man's worldly success will be in the measure that he sacrifices his confused animal thoughts, and fixes his mind on the development of his plans, and the strengthening of his resolution an self-reliance. And the higher he lifts his thoughts, the more manly, upright and righteous he becomes, the greater will be his success, the more blessed and enduring will be his achievements." (p.29)
"A man becomes calm in the measure that he understands himself as a thought-evolved being, for such knowledge necessitates the understanding of others as the result of thought, and as he develops a right understanding, and sees more and more clearly the internal relations of things by the action of cause and effect, he ceases to fuss and fume and worry and grieve, and remains poised, steadfast and serene. [...] The strong calm man is always loved and revered. He is like a shad-giving tree in a thirsty land or a sheltering rock in a storm." (p.35)
D'après plusieurs commentaires que j'ai lu, "As a man Thinketh" est son ouvrage le plus abouti. Il parle de manière simple de la relation que l'homme entretien avec ses pensées et comment elles influencent sa vie à tous les niveaux. Le titre complet est évocateur "As a Man thinketh, so is He".
Si la lecture peut parfois nous laisser penser que ce qu'il écrit tombe sous le sens, il me fait comprendre à moi certaines choses que je comprends déjà certainement mais que je n'analyse pas aussi bien qu'il le fait. C'est à lire et à relire.
Juste un ou deux petits extraits:
"There can be no progress, no achievement without sacrifice, and a man's worldly success will be in the measure that he sacrifices his confused animal thoughts, and fixes his mind on the development of his plans, and the strengthening of his resolution an self-reliance. And the higher he lifts his thoughts, the more manly, upright and righteous he becomes, the greater will be his success, the more blessed and enduring will be his achievements." (p.29)
"A man becomes calm in the measure that he understands himself as a thought-evolved being, for such knowledge necessitates the understanding of others as the result of thought, and as he develops a right understanding, and sees more and more clearly the internal relations of things by the action of cause and effect, he ceases to fuss and fume and worry and grieve, and remains poised, steadfast and serene. [...] The strong calm man is always loved and revered. He is like a shad-giving tree in a thirsty land or a sheltering rock in a storm." (p.35)
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