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The Process of Creation, Growth, and Accomplishment
There is one single process of creation in the cosmos -- whether it involves the creation of the universe from a Divine source or creating outcomes through acts and intentions in our lives. It is a process that undergoes several stages -- from vision to manifestation. By consciously following that process, we create and accomplish in life. By following it perfectly and by bringing in the spiritual dimension, we enable unfailing, ultimate, rapid success -- i.e. luck.

The Process of Creation in Life
Regardless of the object, the field, the level or the magnitude of the goal, all accomplishment is governed by a common process, stages and principles. A single process is responsible for all creative acts – from an individual’s smallest, least significant acts to the manifestation of spirit as and in a material universe. That process governs the development of individual character and personality, the growth of businesses and other social organizations, and the political and economic development of nations. It expresses in every act – wherever ideas are conceived, goals are pursued, projects are executed  --  regardless of whether they are the creative acts of an artist or scientists or the routine acts of a housewife or laborer. All these are acts that accomplish something. All are levels and expressions of a common process governed by common principles. (MSS)

The Cosmic Process of Creation Applied in Our Own Lives
At the cosmic level the process of creation is the means by which the infinite, unmanifest and eternal spirit creates out of itself a finite, temporal material universe. An Infinite Being and Consciousness, all-knowing and all-powerful, creates, by itself becoming, a world peopled with apparently inanimate, inconscient objects and unconscious or semi-conscious, mortal creatures. Because that Infinite Reality is the origin, basis and real constitution of everything in the universe, the smallest infinitesimal act of the least significant individual in the most limiting circumstances imaginable is capable of revealing and unleashing the greatest opportunity resulting in the highest accomplishment. Often that infinite potential reveals in apparently chance events such as the first meeting of two strangers under the least expected conditions or the casual communication of a small but significant and life-changing information.

All creation, all accomplishment originates as an act of consciousness and an organization of that consciousness leading to the formation of a result. Sri Aurobindo describes this process of creation at the cosmic level in The Life Divine. (MSS)

The Divine's Power of Creation that is Available to Us
There are many properties of the Divine Reality. One is its poise as silent Witness of its creation. Others are its poise of supreme Love, ultimate Delight, infinite Wisdom, and Oneness and Unity of being. Another aspect of the Divine is its capacity to Create. Out of a conscious Decision of an Infinite Reality emerged a universe of Forms. Out of nothingness came an entire cosmos, demonstrating the Divine's infinite capacity to create.

What I would like to bring out here is that as forms of the body of the Divine, we have that same infinite capacity to create in our own lives as that of the Infinite Reality. We too have the ability to envision something unprecedented in our future and follow a process so that it manifests just as we intended. Just as the universe emerged from the Real Ideas of an Infinite consciousness, so too our heart's desire can be realized through an conception and idea originating in our minds.

I am not simply suggesting that we have the power to create, but we have the power to create perfect outcomes that come about instantaneously or very rapidly -- overcoming normally perceived limits of what is possible, and how cause and effect unfold. If we envision what we want, have the deep aspiration and will for it to come about, organize it in its details, carry it out in a timely manner with consummate skill and the very best of attitudes, and bring the spiritual Force to bear, we will evoke sudden good fortune that will descend on us like a miracle.

In this way, the process by which a universe of forms emerged from the Supreme is also available to us in our own lives. We are therefore also the Ishwara, the divine Creator in potential. We here in the body of God are capable of doing the same as He. In the end, that might be the greatest gift that the Supreme has endowed us with.

The Spiritual Essence and the Process of Creation
The essence of Indian spiritual thought rests on several principles. One is that the Spirit is One. I.e. that there is is one plane of universal existence. However, because we live on the surface of life, we perceive separation between our own individual existence and the outer universal reality, when in fact they are One. And yet, when I move to a deeper consciousness, I experience the spirit directly without the separative Me blocking that identity. I come to know that Oneness, which gives the greatest of Joy. A second precept is that if I go deep enough within, I will discover my true self' my Soul. And that soul is is a spark of the divine; a nook of the spirit that is harbored for the individual, though its source is everywhere.

Thus in the depths of consciousness, I discover that I am one with all things in the cosmos, including my environment and other, and that there is a a Soul in the deepest parts that is my own representative of the transcendent divine within. This means that in fact there are three essential spiritual principle: a transcendent divine reality, a universal reality in the cosmos that is One, and a personal True Individuality and Soul being.  When we move away from the surface, of sense, and discover our deeper consciousness, we move into identity with all three.

In the modern era however this understanding has begun to shift; or rather add another dimension. It also includes the dynamic dimension of life; otherwise known as the evolutionary principle. Thus the transcendent Reality is not only a spiritual essence, a being, a witness, but is also a creator Force; a power that enables forms of that spiritual Force to unfold in the universe. From out of the Reality emerged a Conscious-Force that then emerged as an invisible Energy in life out of which forms of it took shape -- from matter to human -- through a process of involution and evolution. Thus we see the dynamic, creative power of the transcend divine unfolding in time and space through matter, life forms, and mind, culminating in the human being.

It should also be pointed out that there is only one process of creation in the universe -- one that that we share with our Creator. Just as the universe emerged from a Divine source through a process, so too do we create and accomplish in life through a similar process. We humans envision what we want to become, willfully seek it out, organize it in all aspects, and carry it out with skills and right attitudes. This is the same process by which the universe emerged from a Divine Source.

Together the underlying spiritual reality and the process of creation work together to enable an underlying stable existence as well as a creative, dynamic existence in space and time.

Consciously Following the Process of Growth and Accomplishment
Normally, when we make progress, it is a result of our response to the pressures and challenges of life. This is for the most part an unconscious form of growth. Conscious growth, on the other hand, takes place when we self-conceive that which we want to become. We consciously grow when we aspire to accomplish something, organize the details of our vision, and then carry it out until our vision becomes a living reality. This is, in essence, the process of growth and accomplishment -- the most direct and powerful approach for bringing about long-lasting success and happiness in life. Action Plan: Consider taking up a new opportunity, or developing a new skill, or making a major change in your career, or adopting an important personal value in your life. Begin by envisioning what you want to accomplish, and from there establish the major goals to achieve that vision. Then organize the goals into practical strategies and plans of action. When you systematically carry them out -- supported by your highest high skills, your most positive attitudes, and by making the full, persevering effort -- the infinite potentials of life will suddenly open up before you!

The Process of Creation
The process of creation and accomplishment begins with a conception, a direction, is then organized into a power, which manifests as results. E.g. one man had the conception of that which he wanted achieve, had the will to achieve it, made the persevering effort to see it come about, and yet saw no results. What was missing was a better "organization" of his work; in terms of perfecting the details, in making it more accessible to the public, in developing his higher consciousness around the project, and in other ways.

The Process of Growth and Accomplishment
The process of growth and accomplishment that begins with one's self-conception, a vision, and culminates in great material results. This process is in fact the very same process that enables all creation to occur in life, and is also the very same process by which the universe manifest from a Divine reality. It is a process of creation that releases the infinite potential of life.

A Plan to Raise Our Consciousness by Making Use of the Process
We need to put a personal consciousness package together if we want to raise our consciousness. Here's an example: Consciousness goals: (1) Non-compulsiveness; (2) inner orientation that breeds stillness and mindfulness so compulsion is reduced; and (3) surrender to the Force, the Divine, the Mother -- in part because we don't have the capacity to do it alone, and in part because that Power works.

It is a matter of putting a personal consciousness package together, i.e. a personal strategic plan, and then dedicating one's self to it. Without a personal plan, nothing gets done; or if it does, it occurs very very slowly. It is why I have focused so much on the idea of the Process of Creation and Accomplishment this past decade. I.e. to develop a vision of what we want to accomplish, the will and desire for it to come about, the organization of the details, and carrying it out with determination and right attitudes.

In this case, it's not so much to accomplish a goal like winning a contract, but to elevate one's consciousness. Unless it's part of a plan that is executed, it will take forever -- i.e. our aspiration for improvement will quickly diffuse and be forgotten. If executed in the plan format, the energy is concentrated and vast results quickly follow. It comes as instantaneous miraculousness. You get all the results you ever dreamed -- in ALL facets of your life, not just in terms of consciousness -- very very quickly.

It's covered in the chapter in the book on Life Response called "Envisioning and Creating Our Future." Here, I am focusing on a plan to elevate one's CONSCIOUSNESS -- not an outer goal -- and rapidly realizing/attracting it INSIDE, while also evoking outer results, including greater success, love, etc.

I advocate a 30-day plan to give it focus, which concentrates the energy and quickly attracts results (a la 'The Secret'). The Upanishads spoke of this process 3000 years ago:

“You are what your deepest desire is. As is your desire, so is your intention. As is your intention, so is your will. As is your will, so is your deed. As is your deed, so is your destiny.” 

Following the Process of Accomplishment in Problem Solving
There is one fundamental process of creation in the universe. The same process that enabled the universe to emerge from a Divine source, is the process by which we create and accomplish in life. For us the process is to envision a goal, willfully want to accomplish it, organize the details and strategies and carry it out with skill and right attitude. If we do so, we will accomplish our goal and then some. We will also garner the sudden cooperation of life for our efforts. Sudden good fortune will descend on us from all directions.

This same approach can be applied to problem solving. Once we focus on a problem to be solved, intensely want to solve it, consider the details from all sides, and act skillfully and consciously to find solutions, they will quickly begin to appear. Even if we struggled with solutions earlier, now they will suddenly arise before us. They may arrive through intuitions of thought, where the solution simply springs into the mind from out of nowhere; or it may come in the form of a response from life, where good fortune suddenly comes to us from unlikely sources, such as a sudden phone call from an unknown party providing the complete resolution to our problem. The latter is what I call the miraculous-like phenomenon of “Life Response."

The key in solving the problem is to really forces on it, want it, and examine it and staying positive at every step. If we do that, life will cooperate and brings forth solutions from all sides, from outside, as well as from within.

On Accomplishment
Accomplishment issues from energy converted into power through direction and organisation. (MSS)

Process or Accomplishment
Aspiration releases energy, Will directs energy to become force, Organisation changes force into usable power, and skills create results out of power. (MSS)

Well Done Acts
Skilful hands, a clear vision, a concentrated attention, an untiring patience, and what one does is well done. (The Mother)
 

Effort Well-Directed
Effort well-directed breaks down all obstacles. (The Mother)

The Complete Act in the Process of Creation
Every day you are afforded the opportunity to create something perfect. When we follow the process of creation from vision to manifestation, we create such perfection -- and then some. This universal process can be seen in the largest of undertakings, as well as the smallest of acts. An example will illustrate.

You prepare breakfast every day for yourself. One day you have the will to make it, though you are a little fuzzy on the precise entity you want to create. Another day you now exactly what you want to create, yet you are not all that motivated to prepare it. A third day still you know what you want and have the will to create it, but have not thought through and organized the details of its execution. In each of these cases, --and there are a myriad of combinations -- the process of creation is not being followed, which leads to perfect outcomes; even the cooperation of life.

The process of creation in the act requires a vision of what you want to create, which is the conception of the undertaking. For it to actually take shape, it requires your will, desire, and drive. You then need to organize the details so that it can be created as intended. Then you carry out your organized plan through right skills to get the job done, and determination and positive attitudes to prevent any back sliding.

In the case of the breakfast, you know that you want eggs and toast, but the eggs need to have peppers and mushrooms in them. Your conception is clear. Now you have to have the energy, drive, and will to prepare the food. You also need to consider the details of the undertaking, such as which item to prepare first and other aspects of the organization of the cooking process. Along the way, you must have the necessary physical skills to make it happen. In addition, you need to feel positive at every stage, avoiding any negative attitudes or feelings that might retard the operation.

There is thus focus, intensity, organization, skill, and right consciousness in the process of creation and accomplishment. To start in the middle of the process (e.g. with will, but not goal and vision of what is to be truly achieved), or leave out one aspect, will create wanting results. To follow the process in right order and meet all its conditions will create a perfect outcome. Often it will be accompanied by instances of sudden good fortune, where positive developments from the surroundings suddenly and most unexpectedly move in your direction. It is the miracle that unfolds when we follow the process of creation in a given act -- large or small -- bringing out the infinite potentials of life to the here and now.

Valuing the Components of an Act that End in Success
The components of an act are energy that comes from interest, goal that gives the direction, organisation from which power issues, and skills that convert that power into results.

Each component goes to decide the quantum of money earned, but the earning itself depends on the harmonious functioning of all these components. None of these components can be missed or supplied in half-measure. When all the components are adequately present and harmoniously functioning, the result, the amount of money earned, is decided by the values of each component. (MSS)

Process of Creation of an Act: Self-Conception, Limitation, Absorption
-I had dripped the sweetener onto the sides of the bottle when pouring a little bit into my coffee. Also it dribbled onto the table top. I had done this many times before since the sweetener bottle arrived.

-The method was wrong – unconscious. I.e., no conscious energy was applied to it, to the act.

-Recognizing the clumsiness and mess of the past, I wanted to do it different this time.

-I conceived of a way of resting the bottle on the top of the cup, perpendicular, to give it balance.

-This is self-conception of thinking of an idea, and self-limitation to come up with this specific potential solution.

-I then did the pouring, and it came out in just the right quantity, i.e. perfect flow; and with no mess. It seemed like a perfect solution.

-This was self-absorption in the act, as I was entirely focused on executing my plan to the exclusion of all other matters, everything else.

-The execution was as near to perfect as I could imagine at the time.

-I not only executed the act as intended, but I now had the method of doing it in the future.

-In a way, the latter was the life response because I now could do it repeatedly without failure.

-Another response was the fact that I had now been graced with perceiving the process of creation is the smallest of acts.

-That was also a response to my last night’s efforts to begin to think of the specifics and then the integration of ides of the midsection of your book on Life Response, as explained above.

Process of Creative Living
A knowledge entered my mind. It gave me the will and released the energy to carry out an action relevant to the knowledge. I then carried out the act to fulfillment. This is the right process of creative living; i.e. the process of accomplishment and creation.

Ultimate Organization: Following the Process of Accomplishment
While these [cleanliness, orderliness, systemization, etc.]are, in essence, narrowly focused approaches, perhaps the ultimate power of personal organization is to consciously follow a process to fix the course of your future direction in life. When we follow the “process of creation,” we in essence use self-conceptive capacities of mind to plan and organize our future - turning our vision of what we want to accomplish, of what we want to become, into a living reality. By first envisioning our goal, then detailing how we intent to accomplish it, and then making the full, persevering effort to see it come about, we are organizing our future existence for accomplishment and success. Like other forms of organization, following this process can, under the right conditions, evoke magnificent responses from life.

One individual decided that instead of merely dashing out on a weekend outing to take photographs of the shoreline around the bay, he would first plan out his trip. As a result, every conceivable thing went right for him that day. In another instance, when a woman implemented a 30-day plan to secure a new job position, she very quickly received one - her first full-time position in nearly a decade of trying. In a third instance, a man who had avoided working on a project changed his point of view, and then followed this process in detail to insure that it ended a success. A moment after he emailed someone the finished product, he received an unexpected note offering him three months worth of work in a related area.

Follow the Process of Growth and Accomplishment
Normally, when we make progress, it is a result of our response to the pressures and challenges of life. This is for the most part an unconscious form of growth. Conscious growth, on the other hand, takes place when we self-conceive that which we want to become. We consciously grow when we aspire to accomplish something, organize the details of our vision, and then carry it out until our vision becomes a living reality. This is, in essence, the process of growth and accomplishment -- the most direct and powerful approach for bringing about long-lasting success and happiness in life. Action Plan: Consider taking up a new opportunity, or developing a new skill, or making a major change in your career, or adopting an important personal value in your life. Begin by envisioning what you want to accomplish, and from there establish the major goals to achieve that vision. Then organize the goals into practical strategies and plans of action. When you systematically carry them out -- supported by your highest high skills, your most positive attitudes, and by making the full, persevering effort -- the infinite potentials of life will suddenly open up before you!

Consciously Following the Process of Accomplishment
You can consciously follow a process that will enable you to quickly bring about your hearts’ desire. Rather than wait around for life to dictate its terms through Nature’s slow course, we can instead consciously take the inner initiative, and attract life to us, fulfilling our deepest desires in no time. In following the process, we not only accomplish what we set out to do, but we do so through instances of the wondrous phenomenon of life response. As we direct the course of our lives in this way, we truly begin to see that we can move the outer life from within. And as these experiences multiply, we begin to see that we can truly become the Masters of life, that we are beginning to experience a whole New Way of Living.

Conscious vs. Unconscious Growth
If we follow the process of a personal plan for improvement, we are essentially following a process of conscious growth, which enables is to grow accomplish ten times faster than without the plan or process. Unconscious growth on the other hand can take a very long time or a lifetime to occur, if at all. Unconscious development is normally the result of external pressures and the lure of external opportunities. As we evolve, as we become more conscious of our potential, we move from unconscious to conscious growth and development, which results in far greater accomplishment, success, and joy of being.

The Process is Direction, Organization, and Right Implementation
Direction -- This self-conscious process of personal growth and accomplishment begins with our vision of that which we want to become or attain, that in effect will enable us to move to the next highest level or plateau in our lives. We can then further develop that vision into a series of specific goals that we want to achieve. Such goals can be objective, such as wanting to double one's income or rise in one's career, or it can be more subjective, such as living out one's personal values or ideals. Even goals can be clarified and amplified into smaller formulations, which are the objectives in our plan for improvement. Objectives further elucidate the specifics of our goals.

Organization -- The process continues when we organize that vision, its goals and objectives, and our will into a power for achievement. That is achieved by further probing into these aspects and organizing them at a higher level, in greater detail. The details is the further working out of the specifics of the goals and objectives, including the best and most efficient methods for their achievement.  Organization also addresses he status of our own personal being, our capacities, even our own consciousness. This organization considers whether we have the skills and knowledge to achieve our goals, whether we are organized in our person -- such as level of orderliness, cleanliness, and punctuality -- whether we have the energy to see our vision through, whether we have the right attitudes for their achievement. All of these are forms of "organization;" which is in essence the further development of our directed energy into a power for achievement. Out of this organizational sub process we will be able to develop a clear set of action to dos that if carried out will turn our vision into a material reality.

Implementation and Results -- In the implementation phase we carry out our to dos in our plan of action through our greatest skill we have, and with the highest and most positive attitudes we muster up. We make a determined, persevering, and unflagging effort to see that all of the details of our plan is carried out.

The result of following this last stage of the process is that our original vision and goals turn into great results and achievement. In essence, our original energy that was directed into a force, and then organized into a power for accomplishment, is turned into material results of great accomplishment and success. In this energy conversion process, we turn our deepest aspirations into the greatest results and accomplishment. If our energies have been really concentrated then the results we achieve may transcend our initial vision and goals, ushering us onto a whole new plane of functioning in life. 

Follow Process for Ultimate Success
Following the process of growth and accomplishment to perfection enables ultimate success.

The Process of Creating Great Cinema: The Lord of the Rings
We see the qualities needed for great success in life by viewing director Jackson's qualities in bringing Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings to the screen. First, there is a great interest in bringing this work to the public. This is his vision. Second, he has specific goals in mind for carrying out that vision (e.g. make three films in one go round, raise $500 million, earn $3 billion in revenues, etc.) Third, we see that his interest includes deep values as demonstrated by his dedication to the deepest meaning and spirit of the books. This is the key hidden secret to his success! Fourth, there is his organization of the quantitative goals and qualitative goals (i.e. his values) into the myriad of objectives necessary for their achievement. E.g. the required departments, the project plans, the right marketing, finance, people, etc. This turns the directed energy into a vast power for accomplishment. Fourth, there are the right strategies and time-bound action to dos that will enable the objectives to be carried out in a myriad of details and through perfect skills. Fifth, there is an enormous, tireless, and persevering effort born of his great physical and vital energy (established in part by his very positive attitudes) to carry out the action to dos to perfection. Finally, and perhaps most interestingly, there is a great creativity and dynamism unleashed in the process, revealing the infinite variations, potentials, and possibilities of life. Together these ingredients are the recipe that enables an overwhelming success, and engenders a great Delight of Being. (One other thing: He has captured, got hold of, something deep that is emerging in the subconscious of society. He is a pioneer individual uncovering an aspect of an emerging higher consciousness in the world.)

How to Become Conscious; Make Progress
1. Know where you are. 2. Move in that plane (mental, vital, physical. etc.) to the positive side. 3. Acquire perfect skill and make it into a talent. (MSS, slightly modified)

Optimal Accomplishment
Optimal accomplishment in life is achieved through intense aspiration married to focused key values in life, implemented through maximum effort. Together they create great efficiency to accomplish in life. (That is, the greatest result with the least effort). Utilizing, surrendering to the spiritual Force creates the greatest scope and possibility for accomplishment, and is also the most efficient. 

Keys to a Successful Adventure, Endeavor
The keys to a successful adventure -- maybe any endeavor -- is great planning and an openness to the flow of events, of the becoming within the execution of that plan.

Developing, Committing To, and Organizing a New Endeavor Creates Mental, Vital, and Physical Energy
If you decide that you want to undertake a new endeavor, such as a new project or a new business venture, great energy will be required on your part. If however, you are able to think out clearly what you want, commit to it, and work out the specific details (i.e. organize your vision and goals), you will see your mental energy grow, which will then be followed by a rise in your vital/emotional energy and will, and then your physical energy, giving you the necessary propulsion to see your endeavor through to great success. In other words, by leading with your mentality, your mind's capacity for establishing direction and organization, you release the a vast energy of the other parts of your being that can take you to your goal in spades.

Self Conception is Spiritual Quality
Our ability to self-conceive that which we wish to be, to shape and create the world around ourselves is the capacity of man that exceeds our current human ways. In that sense it is a spiritual quality. (Paraphrase of MSS)

Truly Know Act as Process of Creation
To truly know an act is to see the process of creation (the involution) involved. (MSS, paraphrased)

Normal Capacity of the Mind to Accomplish
Capacity of the Mind to accomplish arises from a clear, well-formulated thought accepted by the vital and executed by the action of the body. This is the process the world follows. This can be raised in effectivity and its time requirement can be abridged to the point of abolition. (MSS)

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We see how we are using the power of mind to direct, organize, and accomplish in our lives. The process begins with our power of self-conception, gains the sanction of our emotions, organizes the details including those aspects of ourselves that need improvement, and then carrying out all of the details of the plan. Mind directs, and the vital/emotional, and physical aspects of our being follow. Mind directed is an evolutionary development and capacity of the human individual.

Process of Creation for the Individual
An aspiration is a force set in motion that is organized into a power by the organization of the details including the consciousness of the individual, business, collective that is turned into a power and then through its capacities and its actions manifests as a material reality.

There is thus force, aspiration/idea, organization, energy (i.e. organized power of force), and matter (manifestation, materialization of energy). 

The completed process of creation enables discovery of the New and a joy and delight of being.

Method of Progress to Next Highest Plane

Exhaust your energies at this level to go to the next higher level.

• Organisation exhausts each level and saturates that.
• When energy is organised into skill, energy is exhausted.
• The exhaustion becomes perfect when skill rises to perfect level of talents.
• The perfection helps growth when the attachment and interest which made perfection possible becomes disinterested detachment.
• When the disinterested detachment acquires energy of movement, it is aspiration.
• Aspiration in this sense makes progress possible.  (MSS)

1. Total commitment: Your decision, determination and desire to accomplish should be total and complete, to the point that it releases the full energies of your personality and generates an overflowing enthusiasm to convert that determination into action. Energy is the basis for all accomplishment. Human energy is released when your mind, emotions and vital personality fully endorse and eagerly pursue the same goal. Where there is inner conflict or hesitation or where you act out of an understanding or accepted ideal that the emotions do not fully endorse, the release of energy will be limited and therefore the results will be limited too. Total commitment is based on total knowledge and understanding of the requirements of the act and the role of both helpful and opposing forces.

2. Positive opinions and attitudes: All your thoughts, opinions, attitudes and motives concerning the activity should be fully positive. By ‘positive’ we mean free of all negative elements, such as falsehood, dishonesty, exaggeration, selfishness, jealousy, anger, irritation, impatience, greed, fear, laziness, etc. We are not saying that you must be transformed into a saint or a yogi or even an ideal human being, but with respect to the specific activity you should elevate your thoughts, feelings and attitudes to the highest level of which you are capable. You may be acting for your own personal benefit, which we may term selfish, but you are always capable of considering and carrying out that action in such a way that it does not harm and may also fully benefit other people associated with the act, such as the person with whom you are negotiating a sale or purchase. To be positive means that your energies are fully released and flow out in constructive expressions at the level of thought, words, feelings and acts, rather than getting caught up in inner or external conflicts and confrontations which waste the energy unproductively. In essence, this means to act out of the highest personal values of which you are capable with respect to every aspect of this activity.

3. Perfect execution: Make an exhaustive and complete physical effort. Achievement in any field requires an enormous investment of energy and painstaking physical execution. Unfailing success requires that the energy be full and the execution perfect. You cannot achieve unfailing success if your actions fall short in terms of the skill or effort or perseverance required for achievement in this field. (MSS)

Utilization of Energy to Achieve a Great Endeavor
If you have a quest to achieve something greatly, such as the desire to make $1M annually, first one needs considerable vital energy, whose quality expresses as dynamism. Second, that energy needs to be conserved; i.e. it needs to be focused; one's dynamism cannot be spread all over. Third, one needs to implement the venture through the energy conversion process that moves from conception and decision to organization to manifestation. Fourth, at each point you will need to maintain or reinforce your original aspiration. Anything less will result in a fallback. Aspiration normally comes from enjoyment which can flag for an individual on the way to the result. When it issues from within, aspiration is maintained or accelerated, because from within enjoyment and delight is never-ending.

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Now our vital -- i.e. our needs, emotions, and social sense -- lead the willing mind. Thus man is now essentially vital. His further destiny is to become mental-centric, i.e. mind should lead and the vital follow and sanction, whereas now the process is unconsciously the reverse for him.

Process of Creation of a Work of Non-Fiction
Organizing a book of non-fiction or similar work and its subcomponents (i.e. chapters, etc.) by first conceiving coherent ideas, then developing the logic of the arguments for those ideas, then coming up with appropriate illustrations to express the arguments, and then developing a concise, yet dynamic and creative presentation of the subject matter is to follow the essential process of creation and accomplishment in life (which itself mirrors the process of creation of the universe from a Divine source).