The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-09-03
USEFUL THOUGHT WAVES.
Dlscord in Ones Own Mind Creates Dis
t%urbance in Others

DASSoAu III oHcO o"H mlnO NEcACe0 i
turbance In Others.
What volumes of potential energy
are wasted, n far worse, in negative
and discordant mental activities! We
are not thinking feY. ourselves, but for
the world. With the shuttle Of thought
IN the loom of mind, we are weaving
the m~ulti-colored fabric of conditions,
and these not merely immaterial but
to be outwardly actualized and mani
tested, says the Arena. If one in his
W soul strikes the discordant notes
OF anger, envy, a%varice, selfishness, or
even those seemingly more harmless
ones of simple fear, weakness, grief.
pessimism or depression, he is Great
ing and vibrating those conditions far
and near, thereby stirring the cores
ponding chords in other souls into
sympathetic activity. The sphere of
outward action is limited, while that Of
thought is boundless. Mere doing
MAKE ephemeral reputation, while
quality of thinking determines, or
rather is, vital character. Every ones
thought-images are being constantly
impressed upon both himself and 9TH
ers. His mind is a busy factory where
conditions are positively manufactured.
he weaves their quality, consciously
or unconsciOusly, into every nerve
muscle or tissue of his own body. His
materialistic thought tethers him in a
little circle of limitation, while bound
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occupation. His mental pictures Of
evil, disorder and disease photograph
themselves no only upon his own
mine and body but upon those of his
fellows. One cannot afford to think
much about evil, even for the well-in-
tentioned purpose Of it's suppression.
The true remedy is it's displacement.
Thought-space given to it confers real
ism, familiarity and finally dominion.
To silence discordant strings in our
selves or others We must vibrate their
opposites. TO truly sympathize with a
friend who is quivering with trouble or
sorrow is not to drop into his rhythm
and intensity it as is usual-but to
lift his consciousness by striking a
higher chord in unison. The road to
mental and physical IMMIGRATION lies
through the dynamics of formative
thought. Our way to elevate other
lives is also through their creative
mental energies. When the art of pro-
jecting thought vibrations on a high
plane is systematically cultivated, and
the Commemorative habit developed, po-
teEcy for good is increased a hundred
fold. Force is no longer squandered in
worse than useless discordant mega
tons, but intelligently conserved in
positive vigor and exuberance. Pur-
poseful thought ministration, spiritual
and pure in quality, accurately and
scientifically projected, like an arrow
toward a target, will be the great har-
monizing and uplifting agency that
will transform the world. Vibrations
of love, peace, spirituality, health, san
ity and harmony will be radiated in
overwhelming circles, striking respon-
sive unisons that are only waiting for
a well-directed concordant impulse.
The dynamics of mind, when generally
utilized, will be the sovereign balm
that with scientific accuracy will heal
all the infelicities of society. It will
usher in not only reform but regenera-
ton. In it's copious fullness it will
overflow from the altitude of spiritual
development, until the subordinate
planes of intellectually, ethics, thera-
peutics, sociology, economics and
physics are swept, purified and uplifted.
The highest includes everything be-.
low.
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