The following excerpts are from The Game of Life and How to Play It by Florence Scovel Shinn.  Any emphasis is original.

Anything forced into manifestation through personal will, is always “ill got,” and has “ever bad success.”  

Man is admonished, “My will be done not thine,” and the curious thing is, man always gets just what he desires when he does relinquish personal will, thereby enabling Infinite Intelligence to work through him.  

“Stand ye still and see the salvation of the Lord” (law)…. 

Let go, and take your mental hands off; put it in God’s Hands, and use this statement:  “I put this situation in the hands of Infinite Love and Wisdom …  

It is learning to “stand still,” which seems so difficult for man. (p. 42-43) 

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When man knows his own powers and the workings of his mind, his great desire is to find an easy and quick way to impress the subconscious with good, for simple and intellectual knowledge of the Truth will not bring results…. 

[One of] the easiest way[s] is in “casting the burden….” 

“The only thing which gives anything weight in nature, is the law of gravitation, and if a boulder could be taken high above the planet, there would be no weight in that boulder; and that is what Jesus Christ meant when he said: “My yoke is easy and my burden is light.” 

He had overcome the world vibration, and functioned in the fourth dimensional realm, where there is only perfection, completion, life and joy. 

He said: “Come to me all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”  “Take my yoke upon you, for my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” 

We are also told in the fifty-fifth Psalm, to “cast thy burden upon the Lord.”  Many passages in the Bible state that the battle is God’s not man’s and that man is always to “stand still” and see the Salvation of the Lord.  

This indicates that the superconscious mind (or Christ within) is the department which fights man’s battle and relieves him of burdens…. 

[M]an violates law if he carries a burden, and a burden is an adverse thought or condition, and this thought or condition has its root in the subconscious. 

It seems almost impossible to make any headway directing the subconscious from the conscious, or reasoning mind, as the reasoning mind (the intellect) is limited in its conceptions, and filled with doubts and fears. 

How scientific it then is, to cast the burden upon the superconscious mind (or Christ within) where it is “made light,” or dissolved into its “native nothingness….” 

We read, “The Christ in you the hope of glory …”   

I have noticed, in “casting the burden,” after a little while, one seems to see clearly.  It is impossible to have clear vision, while in the throes of carnal mind.  Doubts and fear poison the mind and body and imagination runs riot, attracting disaster and disease. 

In steadily repeating the affirmation, “I cast this burden on the Christ within, and go free,” the vision clear, and with it a feeling of relief, and sooner or later comes the manifestation of good, be it health, happiness or supply.   

[O]ften, before the big demonstration “everything seems to go wrong,” and deep depression clouds the consciousness.  It means that out of the subconscious are rising the doubts and fears of the ages.  These old derelicts of the subconscious rise to the surface, to be put out.  

It is then, that man should clap his cymbals, like Jehoshaphat, and give thanks that he is saved, even though he seems surrounded by the enemy (the situation of lack or disease)….  

[O]ne [must] remain in the dark … until one can see in the dark,” and casting the burden enables one to see in the dark. (p. 48-51) 

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“In the twinkling of an eye,” man’s release will come when he realizes there is no power in evil.   

The material world will fade away, and the fourth dimensional world, the “World of the Wondrous,” will swing into manifestation.  

“And I saw a new heaven, and new earth—and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain; for the former things are passed away.” (p. 55) 

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When you are no longer disturbed by [whatever/whomever is disturbing you, it/they] will cease … as you are attracting [the annoyance] through your own emotions. (p. 57) 

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Man’s will should be used to back the universal will.  “I will that the will of God be done.” 

It is God’s will to give every man, every righteous desire of his heart, and man’s will should be used to hold the perfect vision, without wavering. 

The prodigal son said: “I will arise and go to my Father.” 

It is, indeed, often an effort of the will to leave the husks and swine of mortal thinking.  It is so much easier, for the average person, to have fear than faith; so faith is an effort of the will. (p. 71-72) 

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Man often receives a set-back when he is “too sure of himself,” which means he is trusting to his personality and not the “Father within….” 

The student must form the habit of “practicing the Presence of God” every minute.  “In all thy ways acknowledge him,” nothing is too small or too great.  

Some times an insignificant incident may be the turning point in a man’s life. 

Robert Fulton, watching some boiling water, simmering in a tea kettle, saw a steamboat!… 

[S]tudent[s] often keep back [their] demonstration through resistance or pointing the way. 

[They pin their] faith to one channel only, and dictates just the way he desires the manifestation to come, which brings things to a standstill. 

“My way, not your way!” is the command of Infinite Intelligence.  Like all Power, be it steam or electricity, it must have a nonresistant engine or instrument to work through, and man is that engine or instrument.  

Over and over again, man is told to “stand still.”  

“Oh Judah, fear not; but tomorrow go out against them, for the Lord will be with you.  You shall not need to fight this battle; set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the Lord with you….”  

[You must become] nonresistant and undisturbed and … all suffering [must cease]. 

The student’s goal is Poise!  Poise is Power, for it gives God-Power a chance to rush through man, to “will and to do Its good pleasure.” 

Poised, he thinks clearly, and makes “right decisions quickly.”  “He never misses a trick.” 

Anger blurs the visions, poisons the blood, is the root of many diseases, and causes wrong decision leading to failure. 

It has been named one of the worst “sins,” as its reaction is so harmful.  The student learns that in metaphysics sin has a much broader meaning than in the old teaching.  “Whatsoever is not of faith is sin.” (p. 78-80) 

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[M]an should never compromise: “Having done all—Stand.”  This is sometimes the most difficult time of demonstrating.  The temptation comes to give up, to turn back, to compromise. 

“He also serves who only stands and waits.” 

Demonstrations often come at the eleventh hour because man then lets go, that is, stops reasoning, and Infinite Intelligence has a chance to work. 

“Man’s dreary desires are answered drearily, and his impatient desires, long delayed or violently fulfilled….” 

Two attitudes of mind cause loss: depreciation … or fear of loss, which makes a picture of loss in the subconscious.  

When a student is able to let go of his problem (cast his burden) he will have instantaneous manifestation. (p. 89-90)