Yogi Marquis Meditations

This is a 20-minute relaxation body scan and visualization. If you would like to relax, release guilt and stress, and feel amazing, this is the meditation for you. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/yogimarquis/support

When great difficulties arise, and troubles beset, regard your perplexity as a call to deeper thought and more vigorous action. Nothing will attack you that you are not capable of overcoming; no problem will vex you that you cannot solve. The greater your trial, the greater your test of strength, and the more complete and triumphant your victory. However complicated your maze of confusion may be, there is a way out of it, and the finding of that way will exercise your powers to the utmost, and will bring out all your latent skill, energy, and resource. When you have mastered that which threatens to master you, you will rejoice in a new-found strength. —- This meditation was written by James Allen the author of "As A Man Thinketh." Production, Voiceover, and Original Commentary by Yogi Marquis. --- About James Allen James Allen was born in Leicester, England, in 1864. He took his first job at age 15 to support his family after his father was murdered while looking for work in America. Allen was employed as a factory knitter and a private secretary until the early 1900s when he became increasingly known for his motivational writing. His 1903 work As a Man Thinketh earned him worldwide fame as a prophet of inspirational thinking and influenced a who's-who of self-help writers, including Napoleon Hill. (From https://us.macmillan.com/author/jamesallen) To learn more about James Allen Visit the James Allen Institute at https://www.jai.org.uk/ About Yogi Marquis Yogi Marquis is a writer, healer, and mystic. He is the host of the podcast “Yogi Marquis Meditations” and he serves as a VIP Coach with Celebrity Dating Coach, Damona Hoffman. Marquis’ yogic journey began as a guest on the Discovery Network Show “Guru2Go” where he was taught Breath of Fire to unleash his Kundalini. Since then, Yogi Marquis has appeared on several television shows including BET’s Hell Date, MTV’s Room 401, and Jimmy Kimmel Live. He has amazed crowds while sharing the stage with President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, and Academy Award Winner Jamie Foxx. Yogi Marquis has led workshops for organizations including Airbnb, Nextdoor, The Democratic National Committee, Uber/Postmates, Common Sense Media, and The Girls Club of Los Angeles. He has healed audiences with laughter at various comedy festivals, World Famous Comedy Store, and UCB Theater. Yogi Marquis holds a B.S. in Communication Studies from Northwestern University and is a certified breath-work and meditation teacher. He is currently writing his first book, An Autobiography of an Urban Yogi. ------ Follow Yogi Marquis: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/YogiMarquis Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yogimarquis/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@yogimarquis Twitter: https://twitter.com/YogiMarquis Medium: https://medium.com/@YogiMarquis Anchor: https://anchor.fm/yogimarquis #Meditation, #Affirmations, #Positivity, #Manifestation, #JamesAllen, #God, #Spirituality, #Mysticism, #Enlightenment, #Love, #Virtues, #Peace, #Abundance, #Prosperity, #AsAManThinketh, --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/yogimarquis/support

The storm may rage without, but it cannot affect us if there is peace within. As by the fireside there is security from the fiercest storm, so the heart that is steadfast in the knowledge of Truth abides in peace, though all around be strife and perturbation. The bitter opposition of men and the unrest of the world cannot make us bitter and restless unless we enter into and co-operate with it. Rather, if we have peace in our heart, will the outer turmoil cause our peace to deepen, to take firmer root, and to show forth more abundantly in works of peace for the softening of human hearts and the enlightening of human minds. Blessed is he who has no wrongs to remember, no injuries to forget, in whose pure heart no hateful thought about another can take root and flourish. —- This meditation was written by James Allen the author of "As A Man Thinketh." Production, Voiceover, and Original Commentary by Yogi Marquis. --- About James Allen James Allen was born in Leicester, England, in 1864. He took his first job at age 15 to support his family after his father was murdered while looking for work in America. Allen was employed as a factory knitter and a private secretary until the early 1900s when he became increasingly known for his motivational writing. His 1903 work As a Man Thinketh earned him worldwide fame as a prophet of inspirational thinking and influenced a who's-who of self-help writers, including Napoleon Hill. (From https://us.macmillan.com/author/jamesallen) To learn more about James Allen Visit the James Allen Institute at https://www.jai.org.uk/ About Yogi Marquis Yogi Marquis is a writer, healer, and mystic. He is the host of the podcast “Yogi Marquis Meditations” and he serves as a VIP Coach with Celebrity Dating Coach, Damona Hoffman. Marquis’ yogic journey began as a guest on the Discovery Network Show “Guru2Go” where he was taught Breath of Fire to unleash his Kundalini. Since then, Yogi Marquis has appeared on several television shows including BET’s Hell Date, MTV’s Room 401, and Jimmy Kimmel Live. He has amazed crowds while sharing the stage with President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, and Academy Award Winner Jamie Foxx. Yogi Marquis has led workshops for organizations including Airbnb, Nextdoor, The Democratic National Committee, Uber/Postmates, Common Sense Media, and The Girls Club of Los Angeles. He has healed audiences with laughter at various comedy festivals, World Famous Comedy Store, and UCB Theater. Yogi Marquis holds a B.S. in Communication Studies from Northwestern University and is a certified breath-work and meditation teacher. He is currently writing his first book, An Autobiography of an Urban Yogi. ------ Follow Yogi Marquis: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/YogiMarquis Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yogimarquis/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@yogimarquis Twitter: https://twitter.com/YogiMarquis Medium: https://medium.com/@YogiMarquis Anchor: https://anchor.fm/yogimarquis #Meditation, #Affirmations, #Positivity, #Manifestation, #JamesAllen, #God, #Spirituality, #Mysticism, #Enlightenment, #Love, #Virtues, #Peace, #Abundance, #Prosperity, #AsAManThinketh, --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/yogimarquis/support

Do not trouble about results, or be anxious as to the future; but be troubled about personal shortcomings, and be anxious to remove them; for know this simple truth--wrong does not result from right, and a good present cannot give birth to a bad future. You are the custodian of your deeds, but not of the results which flow from them. The deeds of today bring the happiness or sorrow of tomorrow. Be therefore concerned about what you think and do, rather than about what may or may not come to you; for he whose deeds are good does not concern himself about results, and is freed from fear of future ill. —- This meditation was written by James Allen the author of "As A Man Thinketh." Production, Voiceover, and Original Commentary by Yogi Marquis. --- About James Allen James Allen was born in Leicester, England, in 1864. He took his first job at age 15 to support his family after his father was murdered while looking for work in America. Allen was employed as a factory knitter and a private secretary until the early 1900s when he became increasingly known for his motivational writing. His 1903 work As a Man Thinketh earned him worldwide fame as a prophet of inspirational thinking and influenced a who's-who of self-help writers, including Napoleon Hill. (From https://us.macmillan.com/author/jamesallen) To learn more about James Allen Visit the James Allen Institute at https://www.jai.org.uk/ About Yogi Marquis Yogi Marquis is a writer, healer, and mystic. He is the host of the podcast “Yogi Marquis Meditations” and he serves as a VIP Coach with Celebrity Dating Coach, Damona Hoffman. Marquis’ yogic journey began as a guest on the Discovery Network Show “Guru2Go” where he was taught Breath of Fire to unleash his Kundalini. Since then, Yogi Marquis has appeared on several television shows including BET’s Hell Date, MTV’s Room 401, and Jimmy Kimmel Live. He has amazed crowds while sharing the stage with President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, and Academy Award Winner Jamie Foxx. Yogi Marquis has led workshops for organizations including Airbnb, Nextdoor, The Democratic National Committee, Uber/Postmates, Common Sense Media, and The Girls Club of Los Angeles. He has healed audiences with laughter at various comedy festivals, World Famous Comedy Store, and UCB Theater. Yogi Marquis holds a B.S. in Communication Studies from Northwestern University and is a certified breath-work and meditation teacher. He is currently writing his first book, An Autobiography of an Urban Yogi. ------ Follow Yogi Marquis: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/YogiMarquis Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yogimarquis/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@yogimarquis Twitter: https://twitter.com/YogiMarquis Medium: https://medium.com/@YogiMarquis Anchor: https://anchor.fm/yogimarquis #Meditation, #Affirmations, #Positivity, #Manifestation, #JamesAllen, #God, #Spirituality, #Mysticism, #Enlightenment, #Love, #Virtues, #Peace, #Abundance, #Prosperity, #AsAManThinketh, --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/yogimarquis/support

There is no greater happiness than to be occupied with good, whether it be good thoughts, good actions, or good employment; for every good thing is fraught with bliss, and evil cannot enter the heart or house that is tenanted by all that is good. The mind whose doors are guarded by good shuts out unhappiness as the well-sentried garrison shuts out the toe. Unhappiness can only enter through unguarded doors, and even then its power over the tenant is not complete unless it find him occupied with evil. Not to entertain evil thoughts; not to do bad actions; not to engage in worthless or questionable employment, but to resort to good in all things this is the source of supreme happiness. —- This meditation was written by James Allen the author of "As A Man Thinketh." Production, Voiceover, and Original Commentary by Yogi Marquis. --- About James Allen James Allen was born in Leicester, England, in 1864. He took his first job at age 15 to support his family after his father was murdered while looking for work in America. Allen was employed as a factory knitter and a private secretary until the early 1900s when he became increasingly known for his motivational writing. His 1903 work As a Man Thinketh earned him worldwide fame as a prophet of inspirational thinking and influenced a who's-who of self-help writers, including Napoleon Hill. (From https://us.macmillan.com/author/jamesallen) To learn more about James Allen Visit the James Allen Institute at https://www.jai.org.uk/ About Yogi Marquis Yogi Marquis is a writer, healer, and mystic. He is the host of the podcast “Yogi Marquis Meditations” and he serves as a VIP Coach with Celebrity Dating Coach, Damona Hoffman. Marquis’ yogic journey began as a guest on the Discovery Network Show “Guru2Go” where he was taught Breath of Fire to unleash his Kundalini. Since then, Yogi Marquis has appeared on several television shows including BET’s Hell Date, MTV’s Room 401, and Jimmy Kimmel Live. He has amazed crowds while sharing the stage with President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, and Academy Award Winner Jamie Foxx. Yogi Marquis has led workshops for organizations including Airbnb, Nextdoor, The Democratic National Committee, Uber/Postmates, Common Sense Media, and The Girls Club of Los Angeles. He has healed audiences with laughter at various comedy festivals, World Famous Comedy Store, and UCB Theater. Yogi Marquis holds a B.S. in Communication Studies from Northwestern University and is a certified breath-work and meditation teacher. He is currently writing his first book, An Autobiography of an Urban Yogi. ------ Follow Yogi Marquis: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/YogiMarquis Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yogimarquis/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@yogimarquis Twitter: https://twitter.com/YogiMarquis Medium: https://medium.com/@YogiMarquis Anchor: https://anchor.fm/yogimarquis #Meditation, #Affirmations, #Positivity, #Manifestation, #JamesAllen, #God, #Spirituality, #Mysticism, #Enlightenment, #Love, #Virtues, #Peace, #Abundance, #Prosperity, #AsAManThinketh, --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/yogimarquis/support

As the falling rain prepares the earth for the future crops of grain and fruit, so the rains of many sorrows showering upon the heart prepare and mellow it for the coming of that wisdom that perfects the mind and gladdens the heart. As the clouds darken the earth but to cool and fructify it, so the clouds of grief cast a shadow over the heart to prepare it for nobler things. The hour of sorrow is the hour of reverence. It puts an end to the shallow sneer, the ribald jest, the cruel calumny; it softens the heart with sympathy, and enriches the mind with thoughtfulness. Wisdom is mainly recollection of all that was learned by sorrow. Do not think that your sorrow will remain; it will pass away like a cloud. —- This meditation was written by James Allen the author of "As A Man Thinketh." Production, Voiceover, and Original Commentary by Yogi Marquis. --- About James Allen James Allen was born in Leicester, England, in 1864. He took his first job at age 15 to support his family after his father was murdered while looking for work in America. Allen was employed as a factory knitter and a private secretary until the early 1900s when he became increasingly known for his motivational writing. His 1903 work As a Man Thinketh earned him worldwide fame as a prophet of inspirational thinking and influenced a who's-who of self-help writers, including Napoleon Hill. (From https://us.macmillan.com/author/jamesallen) To learn more about James Allen Visit the James Allen Institute at https://www.jai.org.uk/ About Yogi Marquis Yogi Marquis is a writer, healer, and mystic. He is the host of the podcast “Yogi Marquis Meditations” and he serves as a VIP Coach with Celebrity Dating Coach, Damona Hoffman. Marquis’ yogic journey began as a guest on the Discovery Network Show “Guru2Go” where he was taught Breath of Fire to unleash his Kundalini. Since then, Yogi Marquis has appeared on several television shows including BET’s Hell Date, MTV’s Room 401, and Jimmy Kimmel Live. He has amazed crowds while sharing the stage with President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, and Academy Award Winner Jamie Foxx. Yogi Marquis has led workshops for organizations including Airbnb, Nextdoor, The Democratic National Committee, Uber/Postmates, Common Sense Media, and The Girls Club of Los Angeles. He has healed audiences with laughter at various comedy festivals, World Famous Comedy Store, and UCB Theater. Yogi Marquis holds a B.S. in Communication Studies from Northwestern University and is a certified breath-work and meditation teacher. He is currently writing his first book, An Autobiography of an Urban Yogi. ------ Follow Yogi Marquis: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/YogiMarquis Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yogimarquis/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@yogimarquis Twitter: https://twitter.com/YogiMarquis Medium: https://medium.com/@YogiMarquis Anchor: https://anchor.fm/yogimarquis #Meditation, #Affirmations, #Positivity, #Manifestation, #JamesAllen, #God, #Spirituality, #Mysticism, #Enlightenment, #Love, #Virtues, #Peace, #Abundance, #Prosperity, #AsAManThinketh, --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/yogimarquis/support

Victory of all kinds is preceded by a season of preparation. It can no more appear spontaneously and erratically than can a flower or a mountain. Like them, it is the culminating point in a process of growth, in a series of causes and effects. No mere wishing, no magic word, will produce worldly success; it must be achieved by an orderly succession of well-directed efforts. No spiritual victory will be achieved by him who imagines that it does not begin until the hour of temptation arrives. All spiritual triumphs are gained in the silent hour of meditation, and through a series of successes in lesser trials. The time of great temptation is the climax of a conquest that long preparation has made certain and complete. —- This meditation was written by James Allen the author of "As A Man Thinketh." Production, Voiceover, and Original Commentary by Yogi Marquis. --- About James Allen James Allen was born in Leicester, England, in 1864. He took his first job at age 15 to support his family after his father was murdered while looking for work in America. Allen was employed as a factory knitter and a private secretary until the early 1900s when he became increasingly known for his motivational writing. His 1903 work As a Man Thinketh earned him worldwide fame as a prophet of inspirational thinking and influenced a who's-who of self-help writers, including Napoleon Hill. (From https://us.macmillan.com/author/jamesallen) To learn more about James Allen Visit the James Allen Institute at https://www.jai.org.uk/ About Yogi Marquis Yogi Marquis is a writer, healer, and mystic. He is the host of the podcast “Yogi Marquis Meditations” and he serves as a VIP Coach with Celebrity Dating Coach, Damona Hoffman. Marquis’ yogic journey began as a guest on the Discovery Network Show “Guru2Go” where he was taught Breath of Fire to unleash his Kundalini. Since then, Yogi Marquis has appeared on several television shows including BET’s Hell Date, MTV’s Room 401, and Jimmy Kimmel Live. He has amazed crowds while sharing the stage with President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, and Academy Award Winner Jamie Foxx. Yogi Marquis has led workshops for organizations including Airbnb, Nextdoor, The Democratic National Committee, Uber/Postmates, Common Sense Media, and The Girls Club of Los Angeles. He has healed audiences with laughter at various comedy festivals, World Famous Comedy Store, and UCB Theater. Yogi Marquis holds a B.S. in Communication Studies from Northwestern University and is a certified breath-work and meditation teacher. He is currently writing his first book, An Autobiography of an Urban Yogi. ------ Follow Yogi Marquis: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/YogiMarquis Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yogimarquis/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@yogimarquis Twitter: https://twitter.com/YogiMarquis Medium: https://medium.com/@YogiMarquis Anchor: https://anchor.fm/yogimarquis #Meditation, #Affirmations, #Positivity, #Manifestation, #JamesAllen, #God, #Spirituality, #Mysticism, #Enlightenment, #Love, #Virtues, #Peace, #Abundance, #Prosperity, #AsAManThinketh, --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/yogimarquis/support

Every day is a new birth in time, holding out new beginnings, new possibilities, new achievements. The ages have witnessed the stars in their orbits, but this day hath no age witnessed. It is a new appearance, a new reality. It heralds a new life- -yea, a new order, a new society, a new age. It holds out new hopes, new opportunities, to all men. In it you can become a new man, a new woman. For you it can be the day of regeneration, renewal, rebirth. From the old past with its mistakes, failures, and sorrows, you can rise a new being, endued with power and purpose, and radiant with the inspiration of a new ideal. Be chaste in mind and body. Abandon sensual pleasures. Purge the mind of selfishness, and live a life of exalted purity. —- This meditation was written by James Allen the author of "As A Man Thinketh." Production, Voiceover, and Original Commentary by Yogi Marquis. --- About James Allen James Allen was born in Leicester, England, in 1864. He took his first job at age 15 to support his family after his father was murdered while looking for work in America. Allen was employed as a factory knitter and a private secretary until the early 1900s when he became increasingly known for his motivational writing. His 1903 work As a Man Thinketh earned him worldwide fame as a prophet of inspirational thinking and influenced a who's-who of self-help writers, including Napoleon Hill. (From https://us.macmillan.com/author/jamesallen) To learn more about James Allen Visit the James Allen Institute at https://www.jai.org.uk/ About Yogi Marquis Yogi Marquis is a writer, healer, and mystic. He is the host of the podcast “Yogi Marquis Meditations” and he serves as a VIP Coach with Celebrity Dating Coach, Damona Hoffman. Marquis’ yogic journey began as a guest on the Discovery Network Show “Guru2Go” where he was taught Breath of Fire to unleash his Kundalini. Since then, Yogi Marquis has appeared on several television shows including BET’s Hell Date, MTV’s Room 401, and Jimmy Kimmel Live. He has amazed crowds while sharing the stage with President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, and Academy Award Winner Jamie Foxx. Yogi Marquis has led workshops for organizations including Airbnb, Nextdoor, The Democratic National Committee, Uber/Postmates, Common Sense Media, and The Girls Club of Los Angeles. He has healed audiences with laughter at various comedy festivals, World Famous Comedy Store, and UCB Theater. Yogi Marquis holds a B.S. in Communication Studies from Northwestern University and is a certified breath-work and meditation teacher. He is currently writing his first book, An Autobiography of an Urban Yogi. ------ Follow Yogi Marquis: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/YogiMarquis Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yogimarquis/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@yogimarquis Twitter: https://twitter.com/YogiMarquis Medium: https://medium.com/@YogiMarquis Anchor: https://anchor.fm/yogimarquis #Meditation, #Affirmations, #Positivity, #Manifestation, #JamesAllen, #God, #Spirituality, #Mysticism, #Enlightenment, #Love, #Virtues, #Peace, #Abundance, #Prosperity, #AsAManThinketh, --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/yogimarquis/support

The days are lengthening. Each day now the sun rises a little higher, and the light lingers a little longer. So each day we can strengthen our character; each day we can open our heart a little more to the light of Truth, and allow the Sun of Righteousness to shine more highly in our mind. The sun does not increase in volume or intensity, but the earth turns toward it, and receives more as it turns. All that there is of Truth and Good is now. It does not increase or diminish, but as we turn toward it we receive of its radiance and beneficence in ever-increasing abundance and power. As the artisan acquires skill in fashioning the articles of his craft by daily and diligent practice with his tools, so do you acquire skill in fashioning good deeds by daily and diligent practice of the Truth. —- This meditation was written by James Allen the author of "As A Man Thinketh." Production, Voiceover, and Original Commentary by Yogi Marquis. --- About James Allen James Allen was born in Leicester, England, in 1864. He took his first job at age 15 to support his family after his father was murdered while looking for work in America. Allen was employed as a factory knitter and a private secretary until the early 1900s when he became increasingly known for his motivational writing. His 1903 work As a Man Thinketh earned him worldwide fame as a prophet of inspirational thinking and influenced a who's-who of self-help writers, including Napoleon Hill. (From https://us.macmillan.com/author/jamesallen) To learn more about James Allen Visit the James Allen Institute at https://www.jai.org.uk/ About Yogi Marquis Yogi Marquis is a writer, healer, and mystic. He is the host of the podcast “Yogi Marquis Meditations” and he serves as a VIP Coach with Celebrity Dating Coach, Damona Hoffman. Marquis’ yogic journey began as a guest on the Discovery Network Show “Guru2Go” where he was taught Breath of Fire to unleash his Kundalini. Since then, Yogi Marquis has appeared on several television shows including BET’s Hell Date, MTV’s Room 401, and Jimmy Kimmel Live. He has amazed crowds while sharing the stage with President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, and Academy Award Winner Jamie Foxx. Yogi Marquis has led workshops for organizations including Airbnb, Nextdoor, The Democratic National Committee, Uber/Postmates, Common Sense Media, and The Girls Club of Los Angeles. He has healed audiences with laughter at various comedy festivals, World Famous Comedy Store, and UCB Theater. Yogi Marquis holds a B.S. in Communication Studies from Northwestern University and is a certified breath-work and meditation teacher. He is currently writing his first book, An Autobiography of an Urban Yogi. ------ Follow Yogi Marquis: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/YogiMarquis Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yogimarquis/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@yogimarquis Twitter: https://twitter.com/YogiMarquis Medium: https://medium.com/@YogiMarquis Anchor: https://anchor.fm/yogimarquis #Meditation, #Affirmations, #Positivity, #Manifestation, #JamesAllen, #God, #Spirituality, #Mysticism, #Enlightenment, #Love, #Virtues, #Peace, #Abundance, #Prosperity, #AsAManThinketh, --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/yogimarquis/support

The deplorable failure of many outward and isolated reforms is traceable to the fact that their devotees pursue them as an end in themselves, failing to see that they are merely steps toward ultimate, individual perfection. All true reform must come from within, in a changed heart and mind. The giving up of certain foods and drinks, and the breaking away from certain outward habits, are good and necessary beginnings; but they are only beginnings, and to end there is to fall far short of a true spiritual life. It is good, therefore, to cleanse the heart, to correct the mind, and to develop the understanding, for we know that the one thing needed is a regenerate heart. —- This meditation was written by James Allen the author of "As A Man Thinketh." Production, Voiceover, and Original Commentary by Yogi Marquis. --- About James Allen James Allen was born in Leicester, England, in 1864. He took his first job at age 15 to support his family after his father was murdered while looking for work in America. Allen was employed as a factory knitter and a private secretary until the early 1900s when he became increasingly known for his motivational writing. His 1903 work As a Man Thinketh earned him worldwide fame as a prophet of inspirational thinking and influenced a who's-who of self-help writers, including Napoleon Hill. (From https://us.macmillan.com/author/jamesallen) To learn more about James Allen Visit the James Allen Institute at https://www.jai.org.uk/ About Yogi Marquis Yogi Marquis is a writer, healer, and mystic. He is the host of the podcast “Yogi Marquis Meditations” and he serves as a VIP Coach with Celebrity Dating Coach, Damona Hoffman. Marquis’ yogic journey began as a guest on the Discovery Network Show “Guru2Go” where he was taught Breath of Fire to unleash his Kundalini. Since then, Yogi Marquis has appeared on several television shows including BET’s Hell Date, MTV’s Room 401, and Jimmy Kimmel Live. He has amazed crowds while sharing the stage with President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, and Academy Award Winner Jamie Foxx. Yogi Marquis has led workshops for organizations including Airbnb, Nextdoor, The Democratic National Committee, Uber/Postmates, Common Sense Media, and The Girls Club of Los Angeles. He has healed audiences with laughter at various comedy festivals, World Famous Comedy Store, and UCB Theater. Yogi Marquis holds a B.S. in Communication Studies from Northwestern University and is a certified breath-work and meditation teacher. He is currently writing his first book, An Autobiography of an Urban Yogi. ------ Follow Yogi Marquis: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/YogiMarquis Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yogimarquis/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@yogimarquis Twitter: https://twitter.com/YogiMarquis Medium: https://medium.com/@YogiMarquis Anchor: https://anchor.fm/yogimarquis #Meditation, #Affirmations, #Positivity, #Manifestation, #JamesAllen, #God, #Spirituality, #Mysticism, #Enlightenment, #Love, #Virtues, #Peace, #Abundance, #Prosperity, #AsAManThinketh, --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/yogimarquis/support

Daily Enlightenment Affirmations & Meditations - Day 10 - Old Self to New Man The old must pass away before the new can appear. The old cottage must be demolished before the new mansion can appear upon its site. The old error must be destroyed before the new truth can come. ... The old self must be renounced before the new man can be born. When the old self of temper, impatience, envy, pride, and impurity has perished, then in its place will appear the new man of gentleness, patience, goodwill, humility, and purity. Let the old life of sin and sorrow pass; let the new life of Righteousness and joy come in. Then all that was old and ugly will be made new and beautiful. It is in the realization of this Principle where the Kingdom of Heaven, the abiding home of the soul, resides, and which is the source and storehouse of every permanent blessing. —- This meditation was written by James Allen the author of "As A Man Thinketh." Production, Voiceover, and Original Commentary by Yogi Marquis. --- About James Allen James Allen was born in Leicester, England, in 1864. He took his first job at age 15 to support his family after his father was murdered while looking for work in America. Allen was employed as a factory knitter and a private secretary until the early 1900s when he became increasingly known for his motivational writing. His 1903 work As a Man Thinketh earned him worldwide fame as a prophet of inspirational thinking and influenced a who's-who of self-help writers, including Napoleon Hill. (From https://us.macmillan.com/author/jamesallen) To learn more about James Allen Visit the James Allen Institute at https://www.jai.org.uk/ About Yogi Marquis Yogi Marquis is a writer, healer, and mystic. He is the host of the podcast “Yogi Marquis Meditations” and he serves as a VIP Coach with Celebrity Dating Coach, Damona Hoffman. Marquis’ yogic journey began as a guest on the Discovery Network Show “Guru2Go” where he was taught Breath of Fire to unleash his Kundalini. Since then, Yogi Marquis has appeared on several television shows including BET’s Hell Date, MTV’s Room 401, and Jimmy Kimmel Live. He has amazed crowds while sharing the stage with President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, and Academy Award Winner Jamie Foxx. Yogi Marquis has led workshops for organizations including Airbnb, Nextdoor, The Democratic National Committee, Uber/Postmates, Common Sense Media, and The Girls Club of Los Angeles. He has healed audiences with laughter at various comedy festivals, World Famous Comedy Store, and UCB Theater. Yogi Marquis holds a B.S. in Communication Studies from Northwestern University and is a certified breath-work and meditation teacher. He is currently writing his first book, An Autobiography of an Urban Yogi. ------ Follow Yogi Marquis: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/YogiMarquis Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yogimarquis/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@yogimarquis Twitter: https://twitter.com/YogiMarquis Medium: https://medium.com/@YogiMarquis Anchor: https://anchor.fm/yogimarquis #Meditation, #Affirmations, #Positivity, #Manifestation, #JamesAllen, #God, #Spirituality, #Mysticism, #Enlightenment, #Love, #Virtues, #Peace, #Abundance, #Prosperity, #AsAManThinketh, --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/yogimarquis/support

Do not despair because of failure. From your particular failure, there is a special greatness, a peculiar wisdom, to be gained; and no teacher can lead you to that greatness, that wisdom, more surely and swiftly than your experience of failure. In every mistake you make, in every fall you encounter, there is a lesson of vital import if you will but search it out; and he who will stoop to discover the good in that which appears to be disastrous will rise superior to every event, and will utilize his failures as winged steeds to bear him to a final and supreme success. Foolish men blame others for their lapses and sins, but let the truth-lover blame only himself. Let him acknowledge his complete responsibility for his own conduct. —- This meditation was written by James Allen the author of "As A Man Thinketh." Production, Voiceover, and Original Commentary by Yogi Marquis. --- About James Allen James Allen was born in Leicester, England, in 1864. He took his first job at age 15 to support his family after his father was murdered while looking for work in America. Allen was employed as a factory knitter and a private secretary until the early 1900s when he became increasingly known for his motivational writing. His 1903 work As a Man Thinketh earned him worldwide fame as a prophet of inspirational thinking and influenced a who's-who of self-help writers, including Napoleon Hill. (From https://us.macmillan.com/author/jamesallen) To learn more about James Allen Visit the James Allen Institute at https://www.jai.org.uk/ About Yogi Marquis Yogi Marquis is a writer, healer, and mystic. He is the host of the podcast “Yogi Marquis Meditations” and he serves as a VIP Coach with Celebrity Dating Coach, Damona Hoffman. Marquis’ yogic journey began as a guest on the Discovery Network Show “Guru2Go” where he was taught Breath of Fire to unleash his Kundalini. Since then, Yogi Marquis has appeared on several television shows including BET’s Hell Date, MTV’s Room 401, and Jimmy Kimmel Live. He has amazed crowds while sharing the stage with President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, and Academy Award Winner Jamie Foxx. Yogi Marquis has led workshops for organizations including Airbnb, Nextdoor, The Democratic National Committee, Uber/Postmates, Common Sense Media, and The Girls Club of Los Angeles. He has healed audiences with laughter at various comedy festivals, World Famous Comedy Store, and UCB Theater. Yogi Marquis holds a B.S. in Communication Studies from Northwestern University and is a certified breath-work and meditation teacher. He is currently writing his first book, An Autobiography of an Urban Yogi. ------ Follow Yogi Marquis: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/YogiMarquis Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yogimarquis/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@yogimarquis Twitter: https://twitter.com/YogiMarquis Medium: https://medium.com/@YogiMarquis Anchor: https://anchor.fm/yogimarquis #Meditation, #Affirmations, #Positivity, #Manifestation, #JamesAllen, #God, #Spirituality, #Mysticism, #Enlightenment, #Love, #Virtues, #Peace, #Abundance, #Prosperity, #AsAManThinketh, --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/yogimarquis/support

All the varied activities of human life are rooted in, and draw their vitality from, one common source, the human heart. The cause of all suffering and all happiness resides, not in the outer activities of human life, but in the inner activities of the heart and mind. And every external agency is sustained by the life which it derives from human conduct. The man who cannot endure to have his errors and shortcomings brought to the surface and made known, but tries to hide them, is unfit to walk the highway of Truth. He is not properly equipped to battle with and overcome temptation. He who cannot fearlessly face his lower nature cannot climb the rugged heights of renunciation. —- This meditation was written by James Allen the author of "As A Man Thinketh." Production, Voiceover, and Original Commentary by Yogi Marquis. --- About James Allen James Allen was born in Leicester, England, in 1864. He took his first job at age 15 to support his family after his father was murdered while looking for work in America. Allen was employed as a factory knitter and a private secretary until the early 1900s when he became increasingly known for his motivational writing. His 1903 work As a Man Thinketh earned him worldwide fame as a prophet of inspirational thinking and influenced a who's-who of self-help writers, including Napoleon Hill. (From https://us.macmillan.com/author/jamesallen) To learn more about James Allen Visit the James Allen Institute at https://www.jai.org.uk/ About Yogi Marquis Yogi Marquis is a writer, healer, and mystic. He is the host of the podcast “Yogi Marquis Meditations” and he serves as a VIP Coach with Celebrity Dating Coach, Damona Hoffman. Marquis’ yogic journey began as a guest on the Discovery Network Show “Guru2Go” where he was taught Breath of Fire to unleash his Kundalini. Since then, Yogi Marquis has appeared on several television shows including BET’s Hell Date, MTV’s Room 401, and Jimmy Kimmel Live. He has amazed crowds while sharing the stage with President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, and Academy Award Winner Jamie Foxx. Yogi Marquis has led workshops for organizations including Airbnb, Nextdoor, The Democratic National Committee, Uber/Postmates, Common Sense Media, and The Girls Club of Los Angeles. He has healed audiences with laughter at various comedy festivals, World Famous Comedy Store, and UCB Theater. Yogi Marquis holds a B.S. in Communication Studies from Northwestern University and is a certified breath-work and meditation teacher. He is currently writing his first book, An Autobiography of an Urban Yogi. ------ Follow Yogi Marquis: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/YogiMarquis Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yogimarquis/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@yogimarquis Twitter: https://twitter.com/YogiMarquis Medium: https://medium.com/@YogiMarquis Anchor: https://anchor.fm/yogimarquis #Meditation, #Affirmations, #Positivity, #Manifestation, #JamesAllen, #God, #Spirituality, #Mysticism, #Enlightenment, #Love, #Virtues, #Peace, #Abundance, #Prosperity, #AsAManThinketh, --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/yogimarquis/support

Daily Enlightenment Affirmations & Meditations - Day 7 - Higher Gifts Every step upward means the leaving of something behind and below. The high is reached only at the sacrifice of the low. The good is secured only by abandoning the evil. Knowledge is acquired only by the destruction of ignorance. Every acquisition has its price, which must be paid "to the last penny." Every animal, every creeping thing, possesses some gift, some power, which man, in his upward march, has laid down, which he has exchanged for some higher gift, or power. What greatness do good men forfeit by clinging to old selfish habits! Behind every humble sacrifice a winged angel waits to lift us up the heights of knowledge and wisdom. Let him who has attained divinity guard against falling back. Let him be careful in little things and be well fortified against the entrance of sin. —- This meditation was written by James Allen the author of "As A Man Thinketh." Production, Voiceover, and Original Commentary by Yogi Marquis. --- About James Allen James Allen was born in Leicester, England, in 1864. He took his first job at age 15 to support his family after his father was murdered while looking for work in America. Allen was employed as a factory knitter and a private secretary until the early 1900s when he became increasingly known for his motivational writing. His 1903 work As a Man Thinketh earned him worldwide fame as a prophet of inspirational thinking and influenced a who's-who of self-help writers, including Napoleon Hill. (From https://us.macmillan.com/author/jamesallen) To Learn more about James Allen Visit the James Allen Institute at https://www.jai.org.uk/ About Yogi Marquis Yogi Marquis is a writer, healer, and mystic. He is the host of the podcast “Yogi Marquis Meditations” and he serves as a VIP Coach with Celebrity Dating Coach, Damona Hoffman. Marquis’ yogic journey began as a guest on the Discovery Network Show “Guru2Go” where he was taught Breath of Fire to unleash his Kundalini. Since then, Yogi Marquis has appeared on several television shows including BET’s Hell Date, MTV’s Room 401, and Jimmy Kimmel Live. He has amazed crowds while sharing the stage with President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, and Academy Award Winner Jamie Foxx. Yogi Marquis has led workshops for organizations including Airbnb, Nextdoor, The Democratic National Committee, Uber/Postmates, Common Sense Media, and The Girls Club of Los Angeles. He has healed audiences with laughter at various comedy festivals, World Famous Comedy Store, and UCB Theater. Yogi Marquis holds a B.S. in Communication Studies from Northwestern University and is a certified breath-work and meditation teacher. He is currently writing his first book, An Autobiography of an Urban Yogi. ------ Follow Yogi Marquis: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/YogiMarquis Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yogimarquis/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@yogimarquis Twitter: https://twitter.com/YogiMarquis Medium: https://medium.com/@YogiMarquis #Meditation, #Affirmations, #Positivity, #Manifestation, #JamesAllen, #God, #Spirituality, #Mysticism, #Enlightenment, #Love, #Virtues, #Peace, #Abundance, #Prosperity, #AsAManThinketh, --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/yogimarquis/support

As the energetic man of business is not daunted by difficulties, but studies how to overcome them, so the man of ceaseless aspiration is not crushed into submission by temptations, but meditates how he may fortify his mind, for the tempter is like a coward, he only creeps in at weak and unguarded points. The tempted one should study thoughtfully the nature and meaning of temptation, for until it is known it cannot be overcome. He who is to overcome temptation must understand how it arises in his own darkness and error and must study, by introspection and meditation, how to disperse the darkness and supplant error by truth. A man must know himself if he is to know truth. Self-knowledge is the handmaid of self-conquest. —- This meditation was written by James Allen the author of "As A Man Thinketh." Production, Voiceover, and Original Commentary by Yogi Marquis. --- About James Allen James Allen was born in Leicester, England, in 1864. He took his first job at age 15 to support his family after his father was murdered while looking for work in America. Allen was employed as a factory knitter and a private secretary until the early 1900s when he became increasingly known for his motivational writing. His 1903 work As a Man Thinketh earned him worldwide fame as a prophet of inspirational thinking and influenced a who's-who of self-help writers, including Napoleon Hill. (From https://us.macmillan.com/author/jamesallen) To Learn more about James Allen Visit the James Allen Institute at https://www.jai.org.uk/ About Yogi Marquis Yogi Marquis is a writer, healer, and mystic. He is the host of the podcast “Yogi Marquis Meditations” and he serves as a VIP Coach with Celebrity Dating Coach, Damona Hoffman. Marquis’ yogic journey began as a guest on the Discovery Network Show “Guru2Go” where he was taught Breath of Fire to unleash his Kundalini. Since then, Yogi Marquis has appeared on several television shows including BET’s Hell Date, MTV’s Room 401, and Jimmy Kimmel Live. He has amazed crowds while sharing the stage with President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, and Academy Award Winner Jamie Foxx. Yogi Marquis has led workshops for organizations including Airbnb, Nextdoor, The Democratic National Committee, Uber/Postmates, Common Sense Media, and The Girls Club of Los Angeles. He has healed audiences with laughter at various comedy festivals, World Famous Comedy Store, and UCB Theater. Yogi Marquis holds a B.S. in Communication Studies from Northwestern University and is a certified breath-work and meditation teacher. He is currently writing his first book, An Autobiography of an Urban Yogi. ------ Follow Yogi Marquis: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/YogiMarquis Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yogimarquis/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@yogimarquis Twitter: https://twitter.com/YogiMarquis Medium: https://medium.com/@YogiMarquis #Meditation, #Affirmations, #Positivity, #Manifestation, #JamesAllen, #God, #Spirituality, #Mysticism, #Enlightenment, #Love, #Virtues, #Peace, #Abundance, #Prosperity, #AsAManThinketh, --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/yogimarquis/support

The Gates of Heaven are forever open, and no one is prevented from entering by any will or power but his own; but no one can enter the Kingdom of Heaven so long as he is enamored of, and chooses, the seductions of hell, so long as he resigns himself to sin and sorrow. There is a larger, higher, nobler, diviner life than that of sinning and suffering, which is so common in which, indeed, nearly all are immersed- a life of victory over sin, and triumph over evil; a life wise and happy, benign and tranquil, virtuous and peaceful. This life can be found and lived now, and he who lives it is steadfast in the midst of change; restful among the restless; peaceful, though surrounded by strife. —- This meditation was written by James Allen the author of "As A Man Thinketh." Production, Voiceover, and Original Commentary by Yogi Marquis. --- About James Allen James Allen was born in Leicester, England, in 1864. He took his first job at age 15 to support his family after his father was murdered while looking for work in America. Allen was employed as a factory knitter and a private secretary until the early 1900s when he became increasingly known for his motivational writing. His 1903 work As a Man Thinketh earned him worldwide fame as a prophet of inspirational thinking and influenced a who's-who of self-help writers, including Napoleon Hill. (From https://us.macmillan.com/author/jamesallen) To Learn more about James Allen Visit the James Allen Institute at https://www.jai.org.uk/ About Yogi Marquis Yogi Marquis is a writer, healer, and mystic. He is the host of the podcast “Yogi Marquis Meditations” and he serves as a VIP Coach with Celebrity Dating Coach, Damona Hoffman. Marquis’ yogic journey began as a guest on the Discovery Network Show “Guru2Go” where he was taught Breath of Fire to unleash his Kundalini. Since then, Yogi Marquis has appeared on several television shows including BET’s Hell Date, MTV’s Room 401, and Jimmy Kimmel Live. He has amazed crowds while sharing the stage with President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, Academy Award Winner Jamie Foxx, Senator Barbara Boxer, and Mayor Karen Bass. Yogi Marquis has led workshops for organizations including Airbnb, Nextdoor, The Democratic National Committee, Uber/Postmates, Common Sense Media, and The Girls Club of Los Angeles. He has healed audiences with laughter at the World Famous Comedy Store, UCB Theater, and the San Francisco Improv Festival. Yogi Marquis was certified as a breath-work and meditation teacher by renowned yoga instructor, Alex Nashton. He is currently writing his first book, An Autobiography of an Urban Yogi. ------ Follow Yogi Marquis: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/YogiMarquis Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yogimarquis/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@yogimarquis Twitter: https://twitter.com/YogiMarquis Medium: https://medium.com/@YogiMarquis --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/yogimarquis/support

Man attains in the measure that he aspires. His longing to be is the gauge of what he can be. To fix the mind is to foreordain the achievement. As man can experience and know all low things, so he can experience and know all high things. As he has become human, so he can become divine. The turning of the mind in high and divine directions is the sole and needful task.  What is impurity but the impure thoughts of the thinker? What is purity but the pure thoughts of the thinker? One man does not do the thinking of another. Each man is pure or impure of himself alone. The man of aspiration sees before him the pathway up the heavenly heights, and his heart already experiences a foretaste of the final peace. —-  This meditation was written by James Allen the author of "As A Man Thinketh." Production, Voiceover, and Original Commentary by Yogi Marquis. --- About the Author James Allen was born in Leicester, England, in 1864. He took his first job at age 15 to support his family, after his father was murdered while looking for work in America. Allen was employed as a factory knitter and a private secretary until the early 1900s, when he became increasingly known for his motivational writing. His 1903 work As a Man Thinketh earned him worldwide fame as a prophet of inspirational thinking and influenced a who's-who of self-help writers, including Napoleon Hill.  (From https://us.macmillan.com/author/jamesallen) To Learn more about James Allen Visit the James Allen Institute at https://www.jai.org.uk/ About Yogi Marquis Yogi Marquis is a writer, healer, and mystic. He is the host of the podcast “Yogi Marquis Meditations” and he serves as a VIP Coach with Celebrity Dating Coach, Damona Hoffman. Marquis’ yogic journey began as a guest on the Discovery Network Show “Guru2Go” where he was taught Breath of Fire to unleash his Kundalini. Since then, Yogi Marquis has appeared on several television shows including BET’s Hell Date, MTV’s Room 401, and Jimmy Kimmel Live. He has amazed crowds while sharing the stage with President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, Academy Award Winner Jamie Foxx, Senator Barbara Boxer, and Mayor Karen Bass. Yogi Marquis has led workshops for organizations including Airbnb, Nextdoor, The Democratic National Committee, Uber/Postmates, Common Sense Media, and The Girls Club of Los Angeles. He has healed audiences with laughter at the World Famous Comedy Store, UCB Theater, and the San Francisco Improv Festival. Yogi Marquis was certified as a breath-work and meditation teacher by renowned yoga instructor, Alex Nashton. He is currently writing his first book, An Autobiography of an Urban Yogi. ------ Follow Yogi Marquis: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/YogiMarquis Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yogimarquis/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@yogimarquis Twitter: https://twitter.com/YogiMarquis Medium: https://medium.com/@YogiMarquis --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/yogimarquis/support

This is a meditation from the acclaimed author James Allen who wrote the book "As A Man Thinketh." So long as animal conditions taste sweet to a man, he cannot aspire: he is so far satisfied; but when their sweetness turns to bitterness, then in his sorrow he thinks of nobler things. When he is deprived of earthly joy, he aspires to the joy which is heavenly. It is when impurity turns to suffering that purity is sought. Truly aspiration rises, phoenix-like, from the dead ashes of repentance, but on its powerful pinions man can reach the heaven of heavens. The man of aspiration has entered the way which leads to peace; and surely he will reach that end if he stays not nor turns back. If he constantly renews his mind with glimpses of the heavenly vision, he will reach the heavenly state. --- About the Author James Allen was born in Leicester, England, in 1864. He took his first job at age 15 to support his family, after his father was murdered while looking for work in America. Allen was employed as a factory knitter and a private secretary until the early 1900s, when he became increasingly known for his motivational writing. His 1903 work As a Man Thinketh earned him worldwide fame as a prophet of inspirational thinking and influenced a who's-who of self-help writers, including Napoleon Hill. (From https://us.macmillan.com/author/jamesallen) To Learn more about James Allen Visit the James Allen Institute at https://www.jai.org.uk/ Purchase James Allen's Daily Meditations in the James Allen Treasury (https://a.co/d/hF8fAar) ------ Follow Yogi Marquis: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/YogiMarquis Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yogimarquis/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@yogimarquis Twitter: https://twitter.com/YogiMarquis Medium: https://medium.com/@YogiMarquis --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/yogimarquis/support

Yogi Marquis Meditations - James Allen Day One This is a meditation from the acclaimed author James Allen who wrote the book "As A Man Thinketh." Let first things be put first; work before play; duty before enjoyment; and others before self: this is an excellent rule which cannot lead astray. To make a right beginning is half-way to victory. The athlete who makes a bad start may lose his prize; the merchant who makes a false start may lose his reputation; and the Truth-seeker who makes a wrong start may forego the crown of Righteousness. To begin with pure thoughts, sterling rectitude, unselfish purpose, noble aims, and an incorruptible conscience-this is to start right; this it is to put first things first, so that all other things will follow in harmonious order, making life simple, beautiful, successful, and peaceful. --- About the Author James Allen was born in Leicester, England, in 1864. He took his first job at age 15 to support his family, after his father was murdered while looking for work in America. Allen was employed as a factory knitter and a private secretary until the early 1900s, when he became increasingly known for his motivational writing. His 1903 work As a Man Thinketh earned him worldwide fame as a prophet of inspirational thinking and influenced a who's-who of self-help writers, including Napoleon Hill. (From https://us.macmillan.com/author/jamesallen) To learn more about James Allen Visit the James Allen Institute at https://www.jai.org.uk/ ------ Follow Yogi Marquis: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/YogiMarquis Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yogimarquis/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@yogimarquis Twitter: https://twitter.com/YogiMarquis Medium: https://medium.com/@YogiMarquis --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/yogimarquis/support

This is a meditation from the acclaimed author James Allen who wrote the book "As A Man Thinketh."  Frequently the man of passion is most eager to put others right; but the man of wisdom puts himself right. If one is anxious to reform then let him begin by reforming himself. The reformation of self does not end with the elimination of the sensual elements only; that is its beginning. It ends only when every vain thought and selfish aim is overcome. Short of perfect purity and wisdom, there is still some form of self-slavery or folly which needs to be conquered. On the wings of aspiration, man rises from earth to heaven, from ignorance to knowledge, from the under darkness to the upper light. Without it, he remains a groveling animal, earthly, sensual, unenlightened, and uninspired. --- About the Author James Allen was born in Leicester, England, in 1864. He took his first job at age 15 to support his family, after his father was murdered while looking for work in America. Allen was employed as a factory knitter and a private secretary until the early 1900s, when he became increasingly known for his motivational writing. His 1903 work As a Man Thinketh earned him worldwide fame as a prophet of inspirational thinking and influenced a who's-who of self-help writers, including Napoleon Hill.  (From https://us.macmillan.com/author/jamesallen) To Learn more about James Allen Visit the James Allen Institute at https://www.jai.org.uk/ ------ Follow Yogi Marquis: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/YogiMarquis Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yogimarquis/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@yogimarquis Twitter: https://twitter.com/YogiMarquis Medium: https://medium.com/@YogiMarquis --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/yogimarquis/support