Sanjay Mohindroo

Rediscovering the Law of Mentalism.

Explore the ancient truth that all is mind. How history’s greatest thinkers lived by the Law of Mentalism.

The Universe as a Thought

There is a line in the Kybalion that stops you cold:

"THE ALL is Mind; the Universe is Mental."

This is the Law of Mentalism.

It means that everything we see, feel, and touch was once a thought. Not just your personal life. The stars. The oceans. The cosmos itself.

Mentalism is not about thinking positively. It's deeper. It's the idea that the Mind came first. That everything physical is shaped by thought.

From the temples of Egypt to the minds of modern physicists, this law echoed across time.

Let’s follow it through the ages. Through the thinkers who trusted the invisible.

The Hermetic Source: Hermes Trismegistus Speaks

The Law of Mentalism comes from the Hermetic teachings.

Hermes Trismegistus was a mythic figure—part Egyptian god, part Greek sage.

He wrote that the universe was born from thought.

He called it "The ALL" — the universal mind that contains everything.

For Hermes, the mind wasn’t inside us.

We were inside it.

This idea wasn’t fringe. It shaped Egypt, Greece, Arabia, and beyond.

It became the quiet foundation of mystic science.

Plotinus and the One Beyond All Form

In the 3rd century Rome, Plotinus took this further.

He said everything came from "The One." A formless mind.

It was beyond space. Beyond time.

We live in a cascade of emanations from that One.

The mind, Plotinus believed, was not limited to the brain.

It was the original layer of reality. It didn’t matter. It made a matter.

He called for a return to the source. Through thought. Through stillness.

His ideas laid the groundwork for Christian mysticism, Islamic Sufism, and Jewish Kabbalah.

The Sages of India: Mind as Maya

In the Vedic tradition, the mind was both a mirror and a creator.

The Mandukya Upanishad says:

"All this is consciousness."

Mind weaves the world. What you see is not outside you. It’s shaped by what’s within.

Shankara, the great Advaita philosopher, argued that the self is Brahman, universal consciousness.

And the universe? Maya. Not false. But shaped by mental projection.

They trained minds through mantra, focus, and silence.

To change the world, you change the mind.

Sufis and the Imagination of God

To the Sufi poets, mentalism wasn’t abstract. It was love.

Rumi said:

"Don’t seek the water. Become thirsty."

They believed the world was a dream in the mind of the Divine.

Ibn Arabi, a titan of Islamic mysticism, wrote about the Active Imagination.

To him, God was always imagining us. And we were co-dreaming.

What we think, feel, and picture is part of that divine current.

So, mental discipline was not about control. It was about love.

Renaissance Magi and the Mind That Moves Matter

During the Renaissance, Hermetic teachings were reborn.

Marsilio Ficino, philosopher and priest, translated Hermetic texts into Latin.

He taught that the soul links the mind and stars.

He believed in celestial medicine. That thinking in harmony could heal the body.

Giordano Bruno went further. He claimed the universe had infinite minds. Infinite life.

He was burned for saying so. But not before planting seeds in modern science.

Mentalism wasn't superstition. It was the lost key to knowing.

Modern Science and the Observer Effect

Fast forward to quantum physics.

Scientists like Max Planck, Niels Bohr, and John Wheeler said:

"Consciousness is not a product of matter. Matter is a product of consciousness."

Wheeler coined "It from Bit."

Reality, he said, arises from information. Information comes from observation.

In short, what you observe changes what is.

That’s the Law of Mentalism, wearing a lab coat.

Carl Jung and the Mind That Dreams Reality

Jung saw the mind as a mirror and a map.

He discovered that dreams weren’t nonsense. They were coded truth.

He found that myths across cultures shared the same shapes.

Archetypes. Patterns of thought that shape our lives.

He didn’t think we create reality alone.

But we shape our experience of it. Through our attention. Through meaning.

He called this "active imagination."

Mentalism in action.

Neville Goddard and the Power of Assumption

In the 20th century, Neville Goddard taught a radical idea:

"Imagination creates reality."

He wasn’t just teaching daydreaming.

He said your inner assumptions reflect as outer facts.

If you want to change something, you must assume the change first.

Live from it. Not toward it.

To him, consciousness wasn’t passive. It was the cause of all things.

Mentalism made personal.

Why This Law Still Matters

We are taught to think of the mind as private.

But what if it’s not?

What if every thought is part of something larger?

When you hold a vision. When you imagine healing. When you picture peace.

You shape the mental field.

Mentalism reminds us: nothing is "just in your head."

Your head is in something much bigger.

And your mind is not a receiver. It's a builder.

The Thought That Made Light

Every movement starts with an idea.

Every invention begins as a whisper.

Every shift in history came from a silent vision, long before action.

Mentalism is not about ignoring the outside.

It's about knowing where the inside begins.

You think. And the universe moves.