The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-01-18

The most potent factor in life is
thought. 4 think, therefore, | am
says philosophy through Descartes, and
certainly the faculty of thinking is
the essential prerogative of man-'As
a man thinketh so is he" Five cen
| turtles before those words were ut
tered Buddha taught that I'VE are
what we think" and still for ages be-
| fore Buddha, the Brahmin held the
idea that creation was the result of
thought. "Braham thought himself as
4 the father of men and became such"
If we look into life we shall find
that thought and thinking are the
powers that have brought into exist
ence business customs, religion and
| governments A house was once an
| idea in a mans mind, the idea grew
into thoughts and the thoughts, work
ing upon mud or wood, or stone,
fashioned a house Others thinking
over the primitive shelter produced
| improvements until temples and
palaces grew in the mind of man
and as they grew they externalized
themselves into objects. How came in
to existence the mighty world of bust
ness with it's fleets covering the seas,
it's telegraphs uniting into one vast
system the remotest parts Of the earth,
it's factories filled with machinery OF
giant power? Whence came it? From
the mind of man! But the mind OF man
consists of the thoughts of collective
humanity.
What is true of the whole race is
true of the individual. Thought moulds
us. The persistent thought of care, of
worry, of fretfulness, of hope, of
strength writes itself upon brow,
mouth and eyes, it speaks in the tone
of the voice and the movements of the
hands. Thought will not be concealed.
We deceive ourselves if we think it can
be hidden; it radiates from us MAX
ing an invisible atmosphere touching
all who approach us. 1t photographs
itself on the rooms we live in, it floats
through the house, and people enter
ing therein, can feel its gloom or its
brightness.
Thinking is a force that produces
forms Thoughts are things, living
things. We people our environment
with them Soul essence is thought
essence, that is, the very substance
of the rational thinking soul is thought
substance
DR.. Baraduc of Paris has succeeded
in photographing thought forms. A
great many persons nowadays can
see these mental images so plainly that
drawings have been made of some OF
the most pronounced among them
Anger has been seen as a fiery ex-
plosion tearing to pieces the soul at
mosphere. A cruel vindictive thought
is a flash of lurid Tightening. Love
takes the form of rosy flowers and
clouds. Selfishness throws out hooks
Thus our thought fill the air around
us and affect those who come within
their influence. We can hurt or helI
without uttering a word. The strong
thought clearly defined imposes itself
upon mind whose thoughts are less
; powerful and here we find the prin
cipal element in hypnotism. The
strong thought holds captive thu
weaker one Proof upon proof can bt
accumulated that our thoughts maxi
us or mar us and that in thought w
: must seek for the cause Of act.
A great fear paralyzes and some
times kills. sorrow and anxiety affec
the digestion and spoil the best appe
tite. A hidden grief will sap vitalit,
while happiness will frequently cure
Thus thought affects the vital func
tons.
Happiness and misery are menta
conditions. and being such, are unde
our control. For there is a power i
impatience, cure anxiety and reveal
us the secret of sorrow.
b. Mind is a vast kingdom and all on
sensations, emotions, desires, affection
belong to it. These are desire
:, thoughts. Feeling is only very IL
u tense thought. Besides these desire
! thoughts, there are the many image
reflected into our minds from tn
minds of others, mere chance conner
taking possession of our inner hous
and doing as they will. The ordinar
mind is full of confusion on accour
of these unwelcome visitors; it doe
re not know that it can bring peace an
- stiffness into the disorder by gettin
"a acquainted with itself, by willing to
master of the house within Tt
OF outer house is important but when v
;, understand that the outer is built c
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