2022 Reprint of the 1952 edition. The author advises that:

"This book is only so much paper, cardboard, and ink until you make it a guide to freedom, power, peace, and happiness by your understanding and by your use of the principles in it. It will accomplish its purpose and come alive in you only as you embody in your consciousness the eternal truths that it contains and as you put them to work.

If you read the book just for the sake of entertainment, you will be disappointed. But if you read it for the purpose of eliminating fear and worry from your life, you will become free from them. You will find the courage and faith that you seek.

What are the rules and principles essential to the mastery of fear and worry?

I. THE FIRST ONE IS RESOLUTION.

You must not only read with the hope of finding an escape from the restrictive influence of fear and worry, but you must also have an all-consuming determination to learn the way out of your dilemma. This book contains everything necessary for your release from the thralldom of fear and worry. Determine that you will make this freedom yours. Make your study the paramount thing in your life while you are making your demonstration. Say each day as you take up your study:

I KNOW THAT THE ACTIVITY OF THESE IDEAS PENETRATES ANY DOUBT OR APPREHENSION IN MY MIND, CASTS OUT MY FEAR, REMOVES MY UNCERTAINTIES, CLEARS AWAY ALL HINDRANCES, AND PERMITS THAT WHICH IS STRONG, COURAGEOUS, AND TRUE TO BE REALIZED. I HAVE ABSOLUTE FAITH THAT THE SUGGESTIONS I ACCEPT WILL BE MANIFESTED IN MY LIFE, TURNING MY FEARS INTO FAITH AND MY BONDAGE INTO FREEDOM." From the author's introduction.