THE UNIVERSAL LAW OF COSMIC HABITFORCE 1015do not choose to become the rider of Life, you are sure to be forced
to become the horse. Life either rides or is ridden. It never stands still.
THE EGO, THE MASTER MIND, AND
COSMIC HABITFORCEEveryone knows that practically everything we do, from the time we
begin to walk, is the result of habit. Walking and talking are habits.
Our manner of eating and drinking is a habit. Our relationships with
others, whether they are positive or negative, are the results of habits.
But few people understand why or how we form habits.
Habits are inseparably related to the human ego, which is a greatly
misunderstood subject. The word ego is of Latin origin and it means
I, but it is a common error to believe the ego to be only a medium for
expression of vanity.
The ego is the driving force behind all forms of human action,
and it is the medium for translating desire into faith. Therefore we
must know something of its nature and possibilities in order that we
may guide it to the attainment of definite ends.
The power of the ego is fixed entirely by the application of auto-
suggestion, or self-suggestion, and the starting point of all individual
achievements is to inspire one's ego with a "success consciousness."
The person who succeeds must do so by impressing on their ego the
object of their desires, and removing from it all forms of limitation,
fear, and doubt which lead to the dissipation of the power of the ego.
A person's ego is the sum total of their thought habits that have
been affixed through the automatic operation of the law of Cosmic
Habitforce. It determines the manner in which they relate to all other
people. It is one's greatest asset or greatest liability, according to the
way they relate themself to it.
The egoist who makes themself offensive through the expression
of their ego is one who has not discovered how to relate themself to
their ego in a constructive manner. Constructive application of the