Self-Development and the Way to Power: Stop Making Excuses And Start Taking Control Of Your Life!

by L.W. Rogers

"The time will come with each human being when he will step out of the great throng that drifts with the tide and enter upon the course of conscious evolution, assisting nature instead of ignoring her beneficent plan; and since it is but a question of time, the sooner a beginning is made the better, for the sooner will suffering cease."

Discover your Inner Powers and How to Develop Them to Experience Healthier, Happier and Wealthier Life. Self-Development and the Way to Power explains why we suffer and how we can disentangle ourselves from self imposed torment and unhappiness by finding our true purpose of life and living accordingly, in full measure and peak capacity.

"It is the natural right of every human being to be happy," writes L.W. Rogers in this important book. "Happiness is the normal condition, as natural as the landscapes and the seasons. It is unnatural to suffer and it is only because of our ignorance that we do suffer." The reason this powerful truth is often unknown is because we lack "the spiritual illumination that alone can light the way and enable us to move safely among the obstacles that lie before us." Much like walking through a long dark room with furniture in the way isn't hard if the lights are on, our journey through life becomes comfortable and swift when we are spiritually evolved.

"The universe is a training school for evolving intelligence -- a vast gymnasium for the development of moral fiber. We become mentally clever by playing at the game of life. We match our courage against its adversities and acquire fearlessness. We try our optimism against its disappointments and learn cheerfulness. We pit our patience against its failures and gain persistence. We are torn from the pinnacle of ambition by opponents and learn toleration of others. We fall from the heights of vanity and pride, and learn to be modest and humble. We encounter pain and sorrow and learn sympathy with suffering. It is only by such experiences that we can grow to rounded measure. It is only in an environment thus adapted to our spiritual development that we can evolve the latent powers within us."

Genres: Nonfiction, Personal Development, Self Help, Psychology

38 pages, Paperback

First published December 17, 2008

About the author

Louis William Rogers was an American lecturer and editor who served from 1920 to 1931 as General Secretary and President of the American Theosophical Society in the Theosophical Society based in Adyar. He was a man of great energy and vision, who organized dozens of lodges in the United States.

Reviews

[Maya · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book has some interesting ideas. Though the one that I disagree with is about evolution - that everything in the body is there for a reason and if it's not used over a period of time, then is will atrophy. Why is the appendix still there??
To quote Sheldon, everyone's favourite character from the Big Bang theory - If evolution were true, where are our wheels??

[Jimmy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Quick and Great Read

The content of this book will mostly benefit the reader who is seeking to understand the nature of his spirit and how to use it to gain success. The last ten pages were the only content which was useful to me, since the others are all just opinion and personal beliefs about the author's spiritual laws.

[Ok Dan · Rating 1 out of 5]

It was difficult to comprehend and it didn't captivate me at all. This book had a lot of potential, but it constantly used so much advanced vocabularies where it becomes monotonous and it begins to lose its flow - perhaps it's just me but that's my experience with this book.

Would I read another book from this author? I mean, I'm not sure, but at the moment I wouldn't due to this atrocity.

[Talonleron · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great

Nothing more than knowledgeable reading about developing self awareness as well as many other things you must read in this book I’m going to read it again just to read again

[Rhonda Stephens · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not what I expected it to be, but Illuminating none the less. I thought it would be geared more towards psychology than the occult, but I still enjoyed it. Short read, probably could have read beginning to end in a few hours, but I took my time with it.

[Vansh · Rating 4 out of 5]

A solid 4.4- by the first few paragraphs I knew in ±10 pages that this was going to be a 4/5 minimum. By the end, I knew I almost wanted to give it a 5/5. This man, if thought upon well manages to summarise all the lessons I've learned from reading Goggins, Peterson, Some Nietzsche, and Freedom model. His advice is profound, and the only thing I can say rationalising me not to give it a pure 5/5 is that it's too esoteric. A beautiful work unmeant to be read to converse with.

[Miranda Prather · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very short, very basic, but still it's good for two key moments in a person's life when they are trying to work toward really any goal 1) when starting out 2) when in moments of doubt. Some of the language might put certain people off the work, but really it could be about any way to heighten the spiritual side of life.

[Jason Cummins · Rating 5 out of 5]

An incredibly powerful book. I highly recommend this book to anyone looking to develop self mastery or self improvement.

[jimely flores · Rating 4 out of 5]

General

Discussion is mostly general. Mostly a synopsis of other works.it is however a good read for beginners who wants to know the basic