Ralph Waldo Trine

The Higher Powers of Mind and Spirit by Ralph Waldo Trine is basically a treatise on what we might call 'the inner life expressed in the outer life'. The author was deeply committed to the teaching of Jesus that, "the kingdom of God is within you," and that there are 'higher powers of mind and spirit.' Because of this fact he seeks to emphasize that personal salvation is not to be the prime focus of the believers concern, but rather, how to express the nature of the kingdom in our acts and thoughts in the many affairs of the world around us. According to him "to strike the right balance in life is one of the supreme essentials of all successful living."

The Higher Powers of Mind and Spirit is a self help classic by Ralph Waldo Trine. We are all dwellers in two kingdoms, the inner kingdom, the kingdom of the mind and spirit, and the outer kingdom, that of the body and the physical universe about us. In the former, the kingdom of the unseen, lie the silent, subtle forces that are continually determining, and with exact precision, the conditions of the latter. To strike the right balance in life is one of the supreme essentials of all successful living.