The Osceola times., 1886-05-15
BOSTON THEOSOPHY.
A Disciple of the Mind Cure Ex-
plains His Philosophy.

had talk with an advanced theo-
sophist yesterday. He claims for GER
tain Boston theosophists that they have
discovered many of the secrets of 'adept-
hood" or, as some might term it,
''magic. But he makes no mystery of
necromancy about it, simply asserting
that results equivalent to miracles can
and will be soon wrought through the
potency of the control of mind over
matter In other words, he argues that
thought is an element as real as water
or metal, though invisible. That its
power to affect results is in proportion
60 the ability to concentrate it and the
will power TO send it out, just as stream
of water issuing from hose pipe is
powerful in proportion to the amount
concentrated and the pressure or power
which projects it; that the power of so
concentrating thought is dependent on
a certain mental training; that such
power constantly increases through
such training and that some of
the relative possibilities of such
training will be the rejuvenation of
the body, the attainment of a perpetual
maturity, which will never run into old
age or the loss of any power, mental or
physcal but. on the contrary, a steady
increase. as well as the realization of a
perfect health and immunity from dis
ease-and the ability for an almost in
Simultaneous resting and recuperation of
mind and body at any time during our
waking hours-no matter how great
the fatigue.
'How do you accomplish thatp" /
asked of him.
"Simply by including the passive
state of mind. In other words, by ceas-
ing to think of anything for few mo-
ments. Interpreted in another way. it
is drawing into ones self People have
no idea how much strength they expend
in simply thinking, Every thought
represents an outlay of force. People
think ten thousand useless, burthen-
some. fretful things daily. which had
better not been thought at all. Now,
this withdrawal into ones self rests the
interior being. 1t enables it to fill up
with new force, which constant thinking
exhausts.
What is the process Of Withdrawing
into one selfP'
PUT your mind on spot on the
wall for two minutes. Or live for the
same length of time in some rccollec-
ton pleasant to memory. Don't strain
to do this. just let your body be quiet
and in as easy position as possible.
You will find after little persistency in
trying that the rest you so bring will
come easier, and that your restlessness
will gradually depart. 1t is useful ex-
pertinent to make while travelling on
the horse cars or while waiting for the
train or tardy friend, or in any situa-
ton where you have nothing in particu-
lar to do and are tired ofdoing II. Try
it, il costs nothing. You can so gain
some strength of body and clear
ness of mind. That represents dollars
and cents. 1t was secret of the first
Napoloon's whereby he enabled him.
self to endure the immense strain OF
body and mind during his campaigns.
II is one Of the secrets Of the Hindoo
adept, whereby he can put his body in
a state so as to be buried alive and re-
suscitated after months Of such burial.
That this has been done is well at
tested fact. That a class of men in
India do possess extraordinary powers.
apparently contradictory to the known
laws of nature, many British officers
have testified. They had simply cult
waited the powers Of their interior
beings, and like any other powers these
grow by exercise.
What do you mean by ones in
tsrior beingp"
Your real self, which is not youI
body. Your real invisible seN, of which
the body y but the instrument You
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