East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-20
PSYCHOLOGY AND sELF-HELP.

upon the other half.
self-independence is practically de-
stroyed by this tendency. Mankind
rather depends upon the knowledge
and experiences of another than to
cultivate the individual mind and
| mentality and depend upon itself!
The New Thought lectures or lee
| lures of Psychology which have been
! delivered in Pendleton by Prof ].
Cameron Diamond of San Francisco,
this week, have been attended by but
| few people, showing the widespread
! Indifference in anything which will
make the individual more forceful
! for good. more Independent of others
| direction, more capable of curing the
| ills of the body and brushing away
the vexations of the mind.
Psychology. or soul study is not a
mysticism. 1t is not an irreligious
! fad nor a skeptical delusion. 1t is
! plain scientific system, based upon
! truths that cannot be denied nor con-
troverted by all the selfish systems in
the world, and it is one of the noblest
and inspiring studies thar ever enter
tanned the mind of man. because it
teaches the study of man and his soul
with relation to his conduct and life
in the world.
1t teaches that the mind can be
made master of the body and that
the spiritual nature can be made to
diffuse its sunshine over all surround
ings, without cost and without price
It teaches that the mind can bid
the animal nature to down. it can bid
the sensuous and debased thoughts to
down, and allow the spiritual man,
the true man, in the image of his
maker to rise supreme over environ
ment and become truly the master
of his fate.
These things are not accomplished
by mystical processes, either. They
lie within the reach of every human
being who will grasp the fact that the
mind is the controlling force, and not
the passion or the degrading inclina-
ton. They can be accomplished by
every thinking human being who is
, willing to study self from the stand
| M N &c willing m
sacrifice the selfishness and vanities
of the present order and become a
forceful motive power in the world
through a knowledge of self.
In all the modern universities and
in all modern lines of thought one
prime fact is being prominence, ant
that is that mental suggestion /!
largely instrumental in all the activi
ties of the world.
The mental influence of one MAJ
over another shapes half the histor!
of the race. The laweyr becomes i'm
- bued with the fact that he can make ;
just case out of your difficulties anC
you drop into his way of thinking ant
>, make a fight and lose. The physician
studies your case and says you hav
Il typhoid and you get under the influ
ence of his thinking and you will hav
= typhoid in spite of his skill. TIL
&c shark comes along with mining stool
~ for sale. You know of the frauds Il
c that line and you refuse to buy Blu
: he tells his story, gets you to see tn
IA proposition through his eyes and 20
? buy and are defrauded. Petty jeal
+ ousies arise in neighborhoods. TIL
W gossip mongers encourage it. The
~ make you see 1t through their eye
&c and at last you are a prejudiced, mar
or row. meddlesome man, without caus'
q And so on down the line. Mental sue
70 gestion dictates the activity of ha
is the world. If it can dictate policie
10 and activities that are harmful an
expensive, is 1t not as reasonable to be
lieve it can dictate the opposite?