THE MYSTERY OF SEX TRANSMUTATION
The Tenth Step toward Riches
The meaning of the word “transmute” is, in simple language, “the
changing, or transferring of one element, or form of energy, into
another.”
The emotion of sex brings into being a state of mind. Because of
ignorance on the subject, this state of mind is generally associated
with the physical, and because of improper influences, to which most
people have been subjected, in acquiring knowledge of sex, things
essentially physical have highly biased the mind.
The emotion of sex has back of it the possibility of three constructive potentialities, they are:—
1. The perpetuation of mankind. 2. The maintenance of health, (as a
therapeutic agency, it has no equal). 3. The trans formation of
mediocrity into genius through transmutation.
Sex transmutation is simple and easily explained. It means the
switching of the mind from thoughts of physical expression, to thoughts
of some other nature.
Sex desire is the most powerful of human desires. When driven by
this desire, men develop keenness of imagination, courage, willpower,
persistence, and creative ability unknown to them at other times. So
strong and impelling is the desire for sexual contact that men freely
run the risk of life and reputation to indulge it. When harnessed, and
redirected along other lines, this motivating force maintains all of
its attributes of keenness of imagination, courage, etc., which may be
used as powerful creative forces in literature, art, or in any other
profession or calling, including, of course, the accumulation of
riches.
The transmutation of sex energy calls for the exercise of willpower,
to be sure, but the reward is worth the effort. The desire for sexual
expression is inborn and natural. The desire cannot, and should not be
submerged or eliminated. But it should be given an outlet through forms
of expression which enrich the body, mind, and spirit of man. If not
given this form of outlet, through transmutation, it will seek outlets
through purely physical channels.
A river may be dammed, and its water controlled for a time, but
eventually, it will force an outlet. The same is true of the emotion of
sex. It may be submerged and controlled for a time, but its very nature
causes it to be ever seeking means of expression. If it is not
transmuted into some creative effort it will find a less worthy outlet.
Fortunate, indeed, is the person who has discovered how to give sex
emotion an outlet through some form of creative effort, for he has, by
that discovery, lifted himself to the status of a genius.
Scientific research has disclosed these significant facts:
1. The men of greatest achievement are men with highly developed sex natures; men who have learned the art of sex transmutation.
2. The men who have accumulated great fortunes and achieved
outstanding recognition in literature, art, industry, architecture, and
the professions, were motivated by the influence of a woman.
The research from which these astounding discoveries were made, went
back through the pages of biography and history for more than two
thousand years. Wherever there was evidence available in connection with
the lives of men and women of great achievement, it indicated most
convincingly that they possessed highly developed sex natures.
The emotion of sex is an “irresistible force,” against which there
can be no such opposition as an “immovable body.” When driven by this
emotion, men become gifted with a super power for action. Understand
this truth, and you will catch the significance of the statement that
sex transmutation will lift one to the status of a genius.
The emotion of sex contains the secret of creative ability.Destroy
the sex glands, whether in man or beast, and you have removed the major
source of action. For proof of this, observe what happens to any
animal after it has been castrated. A bull becomes as docile as a cow
after it has been altered sexually. Sex alteration takes out of the
male, whether man or beast, all the FIGHT that was in him. Sex
alteration of the female has the same effect.
THE TEN MIND STIMULI
The human mind responds to stimuli, through which it may be “keyed
up” to high rates of vibration, known as enthusiasm, creative
imagination, intense desire, etc. The stimuli to which the mind
responds most freely are:—
1. The desire for sex expression
2. Love
3. A burning desire for fame, power, or financial gain, MONEY
4. Music
5. Friendship between either those of the same sex, or those of the opposite sex.
6. A Master Mind alliance based upon the harmony of two or more
people who ally themselves for spiritual or temporal advancement.
7. Mutual suffering, such as that experienced by people who are persecuted.
8. Auto-suggestion
9. Fear
10. Narcotics and alcohol.
The desire for sex expression comes at the head of the list of
stimuli, which most effectively “stepup” the vibrations of the mind and
start the “wheels” of physical action. Eight of these stimuli are
natural and constructive. Two are destructive. The list is here
presented for the purpose of enabling you to make a comparative study
of the major sources of mind stimulation. From this study, it will be
readily seen that the emotion of sex is, by great odds, the most
intense and powerful of all mind stimuli.
This comparison is necessary as a foundation for proof of the
statement that transmutation of sex energy may lift one to the status
of a genius. Let us find out what constitutes a genius.
Some wiseacre has said that a genius is a man who “wears long hair,
eats queer food, lives alone, and serves as a target for the joke
makers.” A better definition of a genius is, “a man who has discovered
how to increase the vibrations of thought to the point where he can
freely communicate with sources of knowledge not available through the
ordinary rate of vibration of thought.”
The person who thinks will want to ask some questions concerning
this definition of genius. The first question will be, “How may one
communicate with sources of knowledge which are not available through
the ORDINARY rate of vibration of thought?”
The next question will be, “Are there known sources of knowledge
which are available only to genii, and if so, WHAT ARE THESE SOURCES,
and exactly how may they be reached?”
We shall offer proof of the soundness of some of the more important
statements made in this book—or at least we shall offer evidence
through which you may secure your own proof through experimentation,
and in doing so, we shall answer both of these questions.
“GENIUS” IS DEVELOPED THROUGH THE SIXTH SENSE
The reality of a “sixth sense” has been fairly well established.
This sixth sense is “Creative Imagination.” The faculty of creative
imagination is one which the majority of people never use during an
entire lifetime, and if used at all, it usually happens by mere
accident. A relatively small number of people use, WITH DELIBERATION
AND PURPOSE AFORETHOUGHT, the faculty of creative imagination. Those who
use this faculty voluntarily, and with understanding of its functions,
are GENII.
The faculty of creative imagination is the direct link between the
finite mind of man and Infinite Intelligence. All so-called
revelations, referred to in the realm of religion, and all discoveries
of basic or new principles in the field of invention, take place
through the faculty of creative imagination.
When ideas or concepts flash into one’s mind, through what is
popularly called a “hunch,” they come from one or more of the following
sources:—
1. Infinite Intelligence
2. One’s subconscious mind, wherein is stored every sense impression
and thought impulse which ever reached the brain through any of the
five senses
3. From the mind of some other person who has just released the
thought, or picture of the idea or concept, through conscious thought,
or
4. From the other person’s subconscious storehouse.
There are no other KNOWN sources from which “inspired” ideas or “hunches” may be received.
The creative imagination functions best when the mind is vibrating
(due to some form of mind stimulation) at an exceedingly high rate. That
is, when the mind is functioning at a rate of vibration higher than
that of ordinary, normal thought.
When brain action has been stimulated, through one or more of the
ten mind stimulants, it has the effect of lifting the individual far
above the horizon of ordinary thought, and permits him to envision
distance, scope, and quality of THOUGHTS not available on the lower
plane, such as that occupied while one is engaged in the solution of
the problems of business and professional routine.
When lifted to this higher level of thought, through any form of
mind stimulation, an individual occupies, relatively, the same position
as one who has ascended in an airplane to a height from which he may
see over and beyond the horizon line which limits his vision, while on
the ground. Moreover, while on this higher level of thought, the
individual is not hampered or bound by any of the stimuli which
circumscribe and limit his vision while wrestling with the problems of
gaining the three basic necessities of food, clothing, and shelter. He
is in a world of thought in which the ORDINARY, work-a-day thoughts
have been as effectively removed as are the hills and valleys and other
limitations of physical vision, when he rises in an airplane.
While on this exalted plane of THOUGHT, the creative faculty of the
mind is given freedom for action. The way has been cleared for the
sixth sense to function, it becomes receptive to ideas which could not
reach the individual under any other circumstances. The “sixth sense”
is the faculty which marks the difference between a genius and an
ordinary individual.
The creative faculty becomes more alert and receptive to vibrations,
originating outside the individual’s subconscious mind, the more this
faculty is used, and the more the individual relies upon it, and makes
demands upon it for thought impulses. This faculty can be cultivated
and developed only through use.
That which is known as one's conscience operates entirely through the faculty of the sixth sense.
The great artists, writers, musicians, and poets become great,
because they acquire the habit of relying upon the “still small voice”
which speaks from within, through the faculty of creative imagination.
It is a fact well known to people who have “keen” imaginations that
their best ideas come through so called “hunches.”
There is a great orator who does not attain to greatness, until he
closes his eyes and begins to rely entirely upon the faculty of
Creative Imagination. When asked why he closed his eyes just before the
climaxes of his oratory, he replied, “I do it, because, then I speak
through ideas which come to me from within.”
One of America’s most successful and best known financiers followed
the habit of closing his eyes for two or three minutes before making a
decision.
When asked why he did this, he replied, “With my eyes closed, I am able to draw upon a source of superior intelligence.”
The late Dr. Elmer R. Gates, of Chevy Chase, Maryland, created more
than 200 useful patents, many of them basic, through the process of
cultivating and using the creative faculty. His method is both
significant and interesting to one interested in attaining to the
status of genius, in which category Dr. Gates, unquestionably belonged.
Dr. Gates was one of the really great, though less publicized
scientists of the world.
In his laboratory, he had what he called his “personal communication
room.” It was practically sound proof, and so arranged that all light
could be shut out. It was equipped with a small table, on which he kept
a pad of writing paper. In front of the table, on the wall, was an
electric pushbutton, which controlled the lights. When Dr. Gates
desired to draw upon the forces available to him through his Creative
Imagination, he would go into this room, seat himself at the table,
shut off the lights, and CONCENTRATE upon the KNOWN factors of the
invention on which he was working, remaining in that position until
ideas began to “flash” into his mind in connection with the UNKNOWN
factors of the invention.
On one occasion, ideas came through so fast that he was forced to
write for almost three hours. When the thoughts stopped flowing, and he
examined his notes, he found they contained a minute description of
principles which bad not a parallel among the known data of the
scientific world.
Moreover, the answer to his problem was intelligently presented in
those notes. In this manner Dr. Gates completed over 200 patents, which
had been begun, but not completed, by “half-baked” brains. Evidence of
the truth of this statement is in the United States Patent Office.
Dr. Gates earned his living by “sitting for ideas” for individuals
and corporations. Some of the largest corporations in America paid him
substantial fees, by the hour, for “sitting for ideas.”
The reasoning faculty is often faulty, because it is largely guided
by one’s accumulated experience. Not all knowledge, which one
accumulates through “experience,” is accurate. Ideas received through
the creative faculty are much more reliable, for the reason that they
come from sources more reliable than any which are available to the
reasoning faculty of the mind.
The major difference between the genius and the ordinary “crank”
inventor, may be found in the fact that the genius works through his
faculty of creative imagination, while the “crank” knows nothing of
this faculty. The scientific inventor (such as Mr. Edison, and Dr.
Gates), makes use of both the synthetic and the creative faculties of
imagination.
For example, the scientific inventor, or “genius, begins an
invention by organizing and combining the known ideas, or principles
accumulated through experience, through the synthetic faculty (the
reasoning faculty). If he finds this accumulated knowledge to be
insufficient for the completion of his invention, he then draws upon
the sources of knowledge available to him through his creative faculty.
The method by which he does this varies with the individual, but this
is the sum and substance of his procedure:
1. HE STIMULATES HIS MIND SO THAT IT VIBRATES ON A HIGHER-THAN-
AVERAGE PLANE, using one or more of the ten mind stimulants or some
other stimulant of his choice.
2. HE CONCENTRATES upon the known factors (the finished part) of his
invention, and creates in his mind a perfect picture of unknown factors
(the unfinished part), of his invention. He holds this picture in mind
until it has been taken over by the subconscious mind, then relaxes by
clearing his mind of ALL thought, and waits for his answer to “flash”
into his mind.
Sometimes the results are both definite and immediate. At other
times, the results are negative, depending upon the state of development
of the “sixth sense,” or creative faculty. Mr. Edison tried out more
than 10,000 different combinations of ideas through the synthetic
faculty of his imagination before he “tuned in” through the creative
faculty, and got the answer which perfected the incandescent light. His
experience was similar when he produced the talking machine.
There is plenty of reliable evidence that the faculty of creative
imagination exists. This evidence is available through accurate analysis
of men who have become leaders in their respective callings, without
having had extensive educations. Lincoln was a notable example of a
great leader who achieved greatness, through the discovery, and use of
his faculty of creative imagination. He discovered, and began to use
this faculty as the result of the stimulation of love which he
experienced after he met Anne Rutledge, a statement of the highest
significance, in connection with the study of the source of genius.
The pages of history are filled with the records of great leaders
whose achievements may be traced directly to the influence of women who
aroused the creative faculties of their minds, through the stimulation
of sex desire.
Napoleon Bonaparte was one of these. When inspired by his first
wife, Josephine, he was irresistible and invincible. When his “better
judgment” or reasoning faculty prompted him to put Josephine aside, he
began to decline. His defeat and St. Helena were not far distant.
If good taste would permit, we might easily mention scores of men,
well known to the American people, who climbed to great heights of
achievement under the stimulating influence of their wives, only to drop
back to destruction AFTER money and power went to their heads, and
they put aside the old wife for a new one.
Napoleon was not the only man to discover that sex influence, from
the right source, is more powerful than any substitute of expediency,
which may be created by mere reason.
The human mind responds to stimulation! Among the greatest, and most
powerful of these stimuli is the urge of sex. When harnessed and
transmuted, this driving force is capable of lifting men into that
higher sphere of thought which enables them to master the sources of
worry and petty annoyance which beset their pathway on the lower plane.
Unfortunately, only the genii have made the discovery. Others have
accepted the experience of sex urge, without discovering one of its
major potentialities—a fact which accounts for the great number of
“others” as compared to the limited number of genii.
For the purpose of refreshing the memory, in connection with the
facts available from the biographies of certain men, we here present
the names of a few men of outstanding achievement, each of whom was
known to have been of a highly sexed nature. The genius which was
theirs, undoubtedly found its source of power in transmuted sex energy:
GEORGE WASHINGTON NAPOLEON BONAPARTE WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE ABRAHAM
LINCOLN RALPH WALDO EMERSON ROBERT BURNS THOMAS JEFFERSON ELBERT HUBBARD
ELBERT H. GARY OSCAR WILDE WOODROW WILSON JOHN H. PATTERSON ANDREW
JACKSON ENRICO CARUSO
Your own knowledge of biography will enable you to add to this list.
Find, if you can, a single man, in all history of civilization, who
achieved outstanding success in any calling, who was not driven by a
well developed sex nature. If you do not wish to rely upon biographies
of men not now living, take inventory of those whom you know to be men
of great achievement, and see if you can find one among them who is not
highly sexed.
Sex energy is the creative energy of all genii. There never has
been, and never will be a great leader, builder, or artist lacking in
this driving force of sex.
Surely no one will misunderstand these statements to mean that ALL
who are highly sexed are genii! Man attains to the status of a genius
ONLY when, and IF, he stimulates his mind so that it draws upon the
forces available, through the creative faculty of the imagination.
Chief among the stimuli with which this “stepping up” of the vibrations
may be produced is sex energy. The mere possession of this energy is
not sufficient to produce a genius. The energy must be transmuted from
desire for physical contact, into some other form of desire and action,
before it will lift one to the status of a genius.
Far from becoming genii, because of great sex desires, the majority
of men lower themselves, through misunderstanding and misuse of this
great force, to the status of the lower animals.
WHY MEN SELDOM SUCCEED BEFORE FORTY
I discovered, from the analysis of over 25,000 people, that men who
succeed in an outstanding way, seldom do so before the age of forty,
and more often they do not strike their real pace until they are well
beyond the age of fifty. This fact was so astounding that it prompted
me to go into the study of its cause most carefully, carrying the
investigation over a period of more than twelve years.
This study disclosed the fact that the major reason why the majority
of men who succeed do not begin to do so before the age of forty to
fifty, is their tendency to DISSIPATE their energies through over
indulgence in physical expression of the emotion of sex. The majority
of men never learn that the urge of sex has other possibilities, which
far transcend in importance, that of mere physical expression. The
majority of those who make this discovery, do so after having wasted
many years at a period when the sex energy is at its height, prior to
the age of forty-five to fifty. This usually is followed by noteworthy
achievement.
The lives of many men up to, and sometimes well past the age of
forty, reflect a continued dissipation of energies, which could have
been more profitably turned into better channels. Their finer and more
powerful emotions are sown wildly to the four winds. Out of this habit
of the male, grew the term, “sowing his wild oats.”
The desire for sexual expression is by far the strongest and most
impelling of all the human emotions, and for this very reason this
desire, when harnessed and transmuted into action, other than that of
physical expression, may raise one to the status of a genius.
One of America’s most able business men frankly admitted that his
attractive secretary was responsible for most of the plans he created.
He admitted that her presence lifted him to heights of creative
imagination, such as he could experience under no other stimulus.
One of the most successful men in America owes most of his success
to the influence of a very charming young woman, who has served as his
source of inspiration for more than twelve years.
Everyone knows the man to whom this reference is made, but not everyone knows the REAL SOURCE of his achievements.
History is not lacking in examples of men who attained to the status
of genii, as the result of the use of artificial mind stimulants in
the form of alcohol and narcotics.
Edgar Allen Poe wrote the “Raven” while under the influence of
liquor, “dreaming dreams that mortal never dared to dream before.”
James Whitcomb Riley did his best writing while under the influence
of alcohol. Perhaps it was thus he saw “the ordered intermingling of
the real and the dream, the mill above the river, and the mist above
the stream.”
Robert Burns wrote best when intoxicated, “For Auld Lang Syne, my dear, we’ll take a cup of kindness yet, for Auld Lang Syne.”
But let it be remembered that many such men have destroyed
themselves in the end. Nature has prepared her own potions with which
men may safely stimulate their minds so they vibrate on a plane that
enables them to tune in to fine and rare thoughts which come from—no
man knows where! No satisfactory substitute for Nature’s stimulants has
ever been found.
It is a fact well known to psychologists that there is a very close
relationship between sex desires and spiritual urges—a fact which
accounts for the peculiar behavior of people who participate in the
orgies known as religious “revivals,” common among the primitive types.
The world is ruled, and the destiny of civilization is established,
by the human emotions. People are influenced in their actions, not by
reason so much as by “feelings.” The creative faculty of the mind is
set into action entirely by emotions, and not by cold reason. The most
powerful of all human emotions is that of sex. There are other mind
stimulants, some of which have been listed, but no one of them, nor all
of them combined, can equal the driving power of sex.
A mind stimulant is any influence which will either temporarily, or
permanently, increase the vibrations of thought. The ten major
stimulants, described, are those most commonly resorted to.
Through these sources one may commune with Infinite Intelligence, or
enter, at will, the storehouse of the subconscious mind, either one’s
own, or that of another person, a procedure which is all there is of
genius.
A teacher, who has trained and directed the efforts of more than
30,000 sales people, made the astounding discovery that highly sexed
men are the most efficient salesmen. The explanation is, that the
factor of personality known as “personal magnetism” is nothing more nor
less than sex energy. Highly sexed people always have a plentiful
supply of magnetism. Through cultivation and understanding, this vital
force may be drawn upon and used to great advantage in the
relationships between people. This energy may be communicated to others
through the following media:
1. The hand-shake. The touch of the hand indicates, instantly, the presence of magnetism, or the lack of it.
2. The tone of voice. Magnetism, or sex energy, is the factor with
which the voice may be colored, or made musical and charming.
3. Posture and carriage of the body. Highly sexed people move briskly, and with grace and ease.
4. The vibrations of thought. Highly sexed people mix the emotion of
sex with their thoughts, or may do so at will, and in that way, may
influence those around them.
5. Body adornment. People who are highly sexed are usually very
careful about their personal appearance. They usually select clothing of
a style becoming to their personality, physique, complexion, etc.
When employing salesmen, the more capable sales manager looks for
the quality of personal magnetism as the first requirement of a
salesman. People who lack sex energy will never become enthusiastic nor
inspire others with enthusiasm, and enthusiasm is one of the most
important requisites in salesmanship, no matter what one is selling.
The public speaker, orator, preacher, lawyer, or salesman who is
lacking in sex energy is a “flop,” as far as being able to influence
others is concerned. Couple with this the fact, that most people can be
influenced only through an appeal to their emotions, and you will
understand the importance of sex energy as a part of the salesman’s
native ability. Master salesmen attain the status of mastery in
selling, because they, either consciously, or unconsciously, transmute
the energy of sex into SALES ENTHUSIASM! In this statement may be found
a very practical suggestion as to the actual meaning of sex
transmutation.
The salesman who knows how to take his mind off the subject of sex,
and direct it in sales effort with as much enthusiasm and determination
as he would apply to its original purpose, has acquired the art of sex
transmutation, whether he knows it or not.
The majority of salesmen who transmute their sex energy do so
without being in the least aware of what they are doing, or how they
are doing it.
Transmutation of sex energy calls for more will power than the
average person cares to use for this purpose. Those who find it
difficult to summon will-power sufficient for transmutation, may
gradually acquire this ability. Though this requires will-power, the
reward for the practice is more than worth the effort. The entire
subject of sex is one with which the majority of people appear to be
unpardonably ignorant. The urge of sex has been grossly misunderstood,
slandered, and burlesqued by the ignorant and the evil minded, for so
long that the very word sex is seldom used in polite society. Men and
women who are known to be blessed—yes, BLESSED—with highly sexed
natures, are usually looked upon as being people who will bear
watching. Instead of being called blessed, they are usually called
cursed.
Millions of people, even in this age of enlightenment, have
inferiority complexes which they developed because of this false belief
that a highly sexed nature is a curse. These statements, of the virtue
of sex energy, should not be construed as justification for the
libertine. The emotion of sex is a virtue ONLY when used intelligently,
and with discrimination. It may be misused, and often is, to such an
extent that it debases, instead of enriches, both body and mind. The
better use of this power is the burden of this chapter.
It seemed quite significant to the author, when he made the
discovery that practically every great leader, whom he had the privilege
of analyzing, was a man whose achievements were largely inspired by a
woman. In many instances, the “woman in the case” was a modest,
self-denying wife, of whom the public had heard but little or nothing.
In a few instances, the source of inspiration has been traced to the
“other woman.” Perhaps such cases may not be entirely unknown to you.
Intemperance in sex habits is just as detrimental as intemperance in
habits of drinking and eating. In this age in which we live, an age
which began with the world war, intemperance in habits of sex is
common. This orgy of indulgence may account for the shortage of great
leaders. No man can avail himself of the forces of his creative
imagination, while dissipating them. Man is the only creature on earth
which violates Nature’s purpose in this connection. Every other animal
indulges its sex nature in moderation, and with purpose which
harmonizes with the laws of nature. Every other animal responds to the
call of sex only in “season.” Man’s inclination is to declare “open
season.”
Every intelligent person knows that stimulation in excess, through
alcoholic drink and narcotics, is a form of intemperance which destroys
the vital organs of the body, including the brain. Not every person
knows, however, that over indulgence in sex expression may become a
habit as destructive and as detrimental to creative effort as narcotics
or liquor.
A sex-mad man is not essentially different than a dope-mad man! Both
have lost control over their faculties of reason and willpower. Sexual
overindulgence may not only destroy reason and willpower, but it may
also lead to either temporary, or permanent insanity. Many cases of
hypochondria (imaginary illness) grow out of habits developed in
ignorance of the true function of sex.
From these brief references to the subject, it may be readily seen
that ignorance on the subject of sex transmutation, forces stupendous
penalties upon the ignorant on the one hand, and withholds from them
equally stupendous benefits, on the other.
Widespread ignorance on the subject of sex is due to the fact that
the subject has been surrounded with mystery and beclouded by dark
silence. The conspiracy of mystery and silence has had the same effect
upon the minds of young people that the psychology of prohibition had.
The result has been increased curiosity, and desire to acquire more
knowledge on this “verboten” subject; and to the shame of all
lawmakers, and most physicians —by training best qualified to educate
youth on that subject- information has not been easily available.
Seldom does an individual enter upon highly creative effort in any
field of endeavor before the age of forty. The average man reaches the
period of his greatest capacity to create between forty and sixty.
These statements are based upon analysis of thousands of men and women
who have been carefully observed. They should be encouraging to those
who fail to arrive before the age of forty, and to those who become
frightened at the approach of “old age,” around the forty-year mark.
The years between forty and fifty are, as a rule, the most fruitful.
Man should approach this age, not with fear and trembling, but with
hope and eager anticipation.
If you want evidence that most men do not begin to do their best
work before the age of forty, study the records of the most successful
men known to the American people, and you will find it.
Henry Ford had not “hit his pace” of achievement until he had passed the age of forty.
Andrew Carnegie was well past forty before he began to reap the reward of his efforts.
James J. Hill was still running a telegraph key at the age of forty. His stupendous achievements took place after that age.
Biographies of American industrialists and financiers are filled
with evidence that the period from forty to sixty is the most
productive age of man. Between the ages of thirty and forty, man begins
to learn (if he ever learns), the art of sex transmutation. This
discovery is generally accidental, and more often than otherwise, the
man who makes it is totally unconscious of his discovery. He may
observe that his powers of achievement have increased around the age of
thirty- five to forty, but in most cases, he is not familiar with the
cause of this change; that Nature begins to harmonize the emotions of
love and sex in the individual, between the ages of thirty and forty,
so that he may draw upon these great forces, and apply them jointly as
stimuli to action.
Sex, alone, is a mighty urge to action, but its forces are like a
cyclone-they are often uncontrollable. When the emotion of love begins
to mix itself with the emotion of sex, the result is calmness of
purpose, poise, accuracy of judgment, and balance. What person, who has
attained to the age of forty, is so unfortunate as to be unable to
analyze these statements, and to corroborate them by his own
experience?
When driven by his desire to please a woman, based solely upon the
emotion of sex, a man may be, and usually is, capable of great
achievement, but his actions may be disorganized, distorted, and totally
destructive. When driven by his desire to please a woman, based upon
the motive of sex alone, a man may steal, cheat, and even commit murder.
But when the emotion of LOVE is mixed with the emotion of sex, that
same man will guide his actions with more sanity, balance, and reason.
Criminologists have discovered that the most hardened criminals can
be reformed through the influence of a woman’s love. There is no record
of a criminal having been reformed solely through the sex influence.
These facts are well known, but their cause is not.
Reformation comes, if at all, through the heart, or the emotional
side of man, not through his head, or reasoning side. Reformation
means, “a change of heart.” It does not mean a “change of head.” A man
may, because of reason, make certain changes in his personal conduct to
avoid the consequences of undesirable effects, but GENUINE REFORMATION
comes only through a change of heart-through a DESIRE to change.
Love, Romance, and Sex are all emotions capable of driving men to
heights of super achievement. Love is the emotion which serves as a
safety valve, and insures balance, poise, and constructive effort. When
combined, these three emotions may lift one to an altitude of a
genius.
There are genii, however, who know but little of the emotion of
love. Most of them may be found engaged in some form of action which is
destructive, or at least, not based upon justice and fairness toward
others. If good taste would permit, a dozen genii could be named in the
field of industry and finance, who ride ruthlessly over the rights of
their fellow men. They seem totally lacking in conscience. The reader
can easily supply his own list of such men.
The emotions are states of mind. Nature has provided man with a
“chemistry of the mind” which operates in a manner similar to the
principles of chemistry of matter. It is a well known fact that, through
the aid of chemistry of matter, a chemist may create a deadly poison
by mixing certain elements, none of which are—in themselves—harmful in
the right proportions. The emotions may, likewise, be combined so as to
create a deadly poison. The emotions of sex and jealousy, when mixed,
may turn a person into an insane beast.
The presence of any one or more of the destructive emotions in the
human mind, through the chemistry of the mind, sets up a poison which
may destroy one’s sense of justice and fairness. In extreme cases, the
presence of any combination of these emotions in the mind may destroy
one’s reason.
The road to genius consists of the development, control, and use of
sex, love, and romance. Briefly, the process may be stated as follows:
Encourage the presence of these emotions as the dominating thoughts
in one’s mind, and discourage the presence of all the destructive
emotions. The mind is a creature of habit. It thrives upon the
dominating thoughts fed it. Through the faculty of willpower, one may
discourage the presence of any emotion, and encourage the presence of
any other. Control of the mind, through the power of will, is not
difficult. Control comes from persistence, and habit. The secret of
control lies in understanding the process of transmutation. When any
negative emotion presents itself in one’s mind, it can be transmuted
into a positive, or constructive emotion, by the simple procedure of
changing one’s thoughts.
THERE IS NO OTHER ROAD TO GENIUS THAN THROUGH VOLUNTARY SELF EFFORT!
A man may attain to great heights of financial or business
achievement, solely by the driving force of sex energy, but history is
filled with evidence that he may, and usually does, carry with him
certain traits of character which rob him of the ability to either
hold, or enjoy his fortune. This is worthy of analysis, thought, and
meditation, for it states a truth, the knowledge of which may be
helpful to women as well as men. Ignorance of this has cost thousands
of people their privilege of HAPPINESS, even though they possessed
riches.
The emotions of love and sex leave their unmistakable marks upon the
features. Moreover, these signs are so visible, that all who wish may
read them. The man who is driven by the storm of passion, based upon
sex desires alone, plainly advertises that fact to the entire world, by
the expression of his eyes, and the lines of his face. The emotion of
love, when mixed with the emotion of sex, softens, modifies, and
beautifies the facial expression. No character analyst is needed to
tell you this— you may observe it for yourself.
The emotion of love brings out, and develops, the artistic and the
aesthetic nature of man. It leaves its impress upon one’s very soul,
even after the fire has been subdued by time and circumstance.
Memories of love never pass. They linger, guide, and influence long
after the source of stimulation has faded. There is nothing new in
this. Every person, who has been moved by GENUINE LOVE, knows that it
leaves enduring traces upon the human heart. The effect of love
endures, because love is spiritual in nature. The man who cannot be
stimulated to great heights of achievement by love, is hopeless-he is
dead, though he may seem to live.
Even the memories of love are sufficient to lift one to a higher
plane of creative effort. The major force of love may spend itself and
pass away, like a fire which has burned itself out, but it leaves
behind indelible marks as evidence that it passed that way. Its
departure often prepares the human heart for a still greater love. Go
back into your yesterdays, at times, and bathe your mind in the
beautiful memories of past love. It will soften the influence of the
present worries and annoyances. It will give you a source of escape
from the unpleasant realities of life, and maybe—who knows?—your mind
will yield to you, during this temporary retreat into the world of
fantasy, ideas, or plans which may change the entire financial or
spiritual status of your life.
If you believe yourself unfortunate, because you have “loved and
lost,” perish the thought. One who has loved truly, can never lose
entirely. Love is whimsical and temperamental. Its nature is ephemeral,
and transitory. It comes when it pleases, and goes away without
warning. Accept and enjoy it while it remains, but spend no time
worrying about its departure. Worry will never bring it back.
Dismiss, also, the thought that love never comes but once. Love may
come and go, times without number, but there are no two love
experiences which affect one in just the same way. There may be, and
there usually is, one love experience which leaves a deeper imprint on
the heart than all the others, but all love experiences are beneficial,
except to the person who becomes resentful and cynical when love makes
its departure.
There should be no disappointment over love, and there would be none
if people understood the difference between the emotions of love and
sex. The major difference is that love is spiritual, while sex is
biological. No experience, which touches the human heart with a
spiritual force, can possibly be harmful, except through ignorance, or
jealousy.
Love is, without question, life’s greatest experience. It brings one
into communion with Infinite Intelligence. When mixed with the emotions
of romance and sex, it may lead one far up the ladder of creative
effort. The emotions of love, sex, and romance, are sides of the eternal
triangle of achievement-building genius. Nature creates genii through
no other force.
Love is an emotion with many sides, shades, and colors. The love
which one feels for parents, or children is quite different from that
which one feels for one’s sweetheart. The one is mixed with the emotion
of sex, while the other is not.
The love which one feels in true friend ship is not the same as that
felt for one’s sweetheart, parents, or children, but it, too, is a form
of love.
Then, there is the emotion of love for things inanimate, such as the
love of Nature’s handiwork. But the most intense and burning of all
these various kinds of love, is that experienced in the blending of the
emotions of love and sex. Marriages, not blessed with the eternal
affinity of love, properly balanced and proportioned, with sex, cannot
be happy ones—and seldom endure. Love, alone, will not bring happiness
in marriage, nor will sex alone. When these two beautiful emotions are
blended, marriage may bring about a state of mind, closest to the
spiritual that one may ever know on this earthly plane.
When the emotion of romance is added to those of love and sex, the
obstructions between the finite mind of man and Infinite Intelligence
are removed.
Then a genius has been born!
What a different story is this, than those usually associated with
the emotion of sex. Here is an interpretation of the emotion which
lifts it out of the commonplace, and makes of it potter’s clay in the
hands of God, from which He fashions all that is beautiful and
inspiring. It is an interpretation which would, when properly
understood, bring harmony out of the chaos which exists in too many
marriages. The disharmonies often expressed in the form of nagging, may
usually be traced to lack of knowledge on the subject of sex. Where
love, romance and the proper understanding of the emotion and function
of sex abide, there is no disharmony between married people.
Fortunate is the husband whose wife understands the true
relationship between the emotions of love, sex, and romance. When
motivated by this holy triumvirate, no form of labor is burdensome,
because even the most lowly form of effort takes on the nature of a
labor of love.
It is a very old saying that “a man’s wife may either make him or
break him,” but the reason is not always understood. The “making” and
“breaking” is the result of the wife’s understanding, or lack of
understanding of the emotions of love, sex, and romance.
Despite the fact that men are polygamous, by the very nature of
their biological inheritance, it is true that no woman has as great an
influence on a man as his wife, unless he is married to a woman totally
unsuited to his nature. If a woman permits her husband to lose
interest in her, and become more interested in other women, it is
usually because of her ignorance, or indifference toward the subjects of
sex, love, and romance. This statement presupposes, of course, that
genuine love once existed between a man and his wife.
The facts are equally applicable to a man who permits his wife’s interest in him to die.
Married people often bicker over a multitude of trivialities. If
these are analyzed accurately, the real cause of the trouble will often
be found to be indifference, or ignorance on these subjects.
Man’s greatest motivating force is his desire to please woman! The
hunter who excelled during prehistoric days, before the dawn of
civilization, did so, because of his desire to appear great in the eyes
of woman. Man’s nature has not changed in this respect. The “hunter”
of today brings home no skins of wild animals, but he indicates his
desire for her favor by supplying fine clothes, motor cars, and wealth.
Man has the same desire to please woman that he had before the dawn of
civilization. The only thing that has changed, is his method of
pleasing. Men who accumulate large fortunes, and attain to great
heights of power and fame, do so, mainly, to satisfy their desire to
please women.
Take women out of their lives, and great wealth would be useless to
most men. It is this inherent desire of man to please woman, which
gives woman the power to make or break a man.
The woman who understands man’s nature and tactfully caters to it,
need have no fear of competition from other women. Men may be “giants”
with indomitable will-power when dealing with other men, but they are
easily managed by the women of their choice.
Most men will not admit that they are easily influenced by the women
they prefer, because it is in the nature of the male to want to be
recognized as the stronger of the species. Moreover, the intelligent
woman recognizes this “manly trait” and very wisely makes no issue of
it.
Some men know that they are being influenced by the women of their
choice—their wives, sweethearts, mothers or sisters—but they tactfully
refrain from rebelling against the influence because they are
intelligent enough to know that NO MAN IS HAPPY OR COMPLETE WITHOUT THE
MODIFYING INFLUENCE OF THE RIGHT WOMAN. The man who does not
recognize this important truth deprives himself of the power which has
done more to help men achieve success than all other forces combined.
Napoleon Hill
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