The Game of Life and How to Play It is a short work of metaphysics by American artist, illustrator, and New Thought teacher Florence Scovel Shinn.
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If one asks for success and prepares for failure, she writes, he will get the situation he has prepared for.
This can be done through affirmations, and by behaving as if one already has the gifts they seek.
In order to convince the subconscious mind, one must only bring that which serves it through one\'s consciousness.
It observes and impresses the subconscious with its interpretations of what it sees - and these are often negative thoughts.
The conscious mind sees Life as it appears to be.
As Shinn writes, The subconscious mind has no sense of humor and people often joke themselves into unhappy experiences.
Even joking can lead to that which we fear.
But if we submit to doubts and negative self-talk, we can create the very circumstances that we hope to avoid.
This can be a wonderful thing if we\'re able to direct this power to our own benefit.
It has the ability to bring about the events that the conscious mind observes or images.
The subconscious is power, without direction.
Drawing from the Bible and anecdotes as her primary sources, she explores the subconscious, conscious, and superconscious minds, and how they work together either in service of or opposition to our wants and desires.
Plagued with fear and self-doubt, it\'s a constant struggle to maintain control of one\'s thoughts.
But while she refers to it as a game, Shinn acknowledges that it\'s not an easy one to play.
Man\'s thoughts, deeds and words, return to him sooner or later, with astounding accuracy.
Her primary philosophy, explained in The Game of Life and How to Play It, is that, The Game of Life is a Game of boomerangs.
Her lectures and talks in New York City were well-attended, and she was a popular personality in the movement.
After her marriage to artist Everett Shinn ended in 1912, she began to explore the nature of Life more thoroughly, and became a writer and well-known teacher of New Thought.
Shinn began her career as an artist and illustrator, drawing for Harper\'s magazine and several popular novels.
Published in 1925, this book explores the foundations of Shinn\'s philosophy - that what one puts out into the world is what one receives back.
The Game of Life and How to Play It is a short work of metaphysics by American artist, illustrator, and New Thought teacher Florence Scovel Shinn
