Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1904-09-01
LET US THINK.
BY Grace N. Brown.

It is such a beautiful thing to be
awake. 90 be conscious, to be aware.
as 1t were, Of infinite things. Surely
we Will open our minds to the ex.
preston Of life which is our divine
right.
The great trouble with most of US
is that we do not think. We allow all
kinds Of thoughts to go tumbling
through our minds and all sorts OF
emotions to take possession of our
hearts, but do we control those
thoughts? Are we master of our emo
tscns and consequently of ourselves?
This world is dear, beautiful home
II we only knew 1t. Everything Is
here that we need to use in mould
ing our lives into absolute perfection.
Why do we seem so supremely obliv-
fous to our own power that we allow
conditions to creep into our lives
which are foreign to our tastes and
destructive to our happiness? Why,
did we say? Simply because we do
not think. We do not know how to
think
IL is truly surprising how many peo.
pie are realizing the great importancc
OF understanding mind-control. In or.
der to control the conditions of the
lie, we must concentrate and con-
serve the forces. and 1t can only
De done by controlling the thought.
IL does seem strange sometimes,
doesn't 1t, to hear some of these new.
thought teachers say there is no nee
essity for people to be poor on any
plane. financially, physically or men,
tally; that We have all power within.
and that the mighty power OF attract
Ing opulence from the universal life
Is ours? We are apt to say: That is
Only theory. The misery in the
world proves 1t is not true" But the,.
nave touched a mighty keynote os
truth and the constant overcoming
OF misery in the world proves the
statement to be true.
1t is not only possible. but II is tho
duty Of every human being, to so
master his thought that he is mas.
ter OF his speech and action as well.
There Is good deal said abou:
the new thought these days. Every.
one seems to have a different idea or
IT Many schools Of its various ~
preston are springing up all over the
world. After all, what is the new
thought? Is it possible there can be
anything new. or Is II only that men
are becoming conscious of them.
se.ves. -
1t reminds me of a young friend of
mine who in fun picked up a pair of
eye glasses a comrade had taken Off
for moment. and put them on her
own eyes. They happened to be suit
ed to her and Immediately a new
world was opened to her astonished
gaze. She had not realized that she
was near sighted. but when she saw
the leaves distinct on the trees and
all nature revealing itself to her, her
happiness knew no bounds, and she
could net resist telling everyone
what a beautiful world she had dis
covered.
II not that the way with some Of us
wlo are commencing to get acquaint-
ed with ourselves and our possibili.
ties! We want to tell everybody
and get all of our friends to try our
glasses.
II Is not that there Is anything
new. We have always been sur
rounded and inflled with natures
finer forces. We have always been
in touch with infinite things. only
We have not been conscious OF t.
III only We could so live in that
consciousness that all inharmony
would evolve into harmony. When
one commences to see into the causes
OF things. how he longs to adjust and
to work always to help right these
seeming wrongs!
A human being Is the greatest mag.
net In existence. and he attracts
what he thinks. Not what he thinks
fiightily and externally. oh. no. What
he thinks In his heart. "As a man
thinketh In his heart so Is he." He Is
an exact microcosm Of the universe,
and has within himself every ele-
ment and every force In the universe.
Therefore. he has the power to at
tract what he requires for the harmo-
nious expression OF universal and in.
diyidual life