Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-10-03
UNwISE TO USE
BRAIN TOO MUCH.
Danger of Over Exertion
by Excessive Thinking
Pointed Out.
SPEvIALlST SAYS 1T IL GOOD
PLAN TO TRY TO STOP
THINKING.


said prominent specialist.
Il use the word brain TO compre-
bend what we term the mind and the
process OF thinking. and not as a
physical object or medium which
directs our actions or through which
we. or the animated spirit. directs us.
just as theorists please 10 take it,
We will lok upon IT as thing with
which We may hold communion and
proceed upon that hypothesis.
"on the stage the prize idiot in
the cast. usually a young nobleman
or a dude. always raises laugh
when with a vacant stare and set fea-
lures he speaks his lines about the
effort of thinking and the wearying
effect such mental process produces
upon his physical being. He really
speaks greater truth than either
AAO Va NhN duhANhNt Adhio wi
thinking is an effort. be the thought
in itself ever so frothy and ephemer-
al, and could we lessen the process
OF thought at will, as an engineer
applies the air brakes TO his train,
much of the trouble and disease in
life would vanish like the meadow
vapor before the rays of the rising
sun.
1T is this impossible process en-
tirely TO still what is called the think
Ing process which is one of the most
interesting studies OF the specialist,
for 1t is, plainly speaking. the inabil-
ity of the individual TO eliminate GER
tain thoughts. or certain thought
from the brain cells, or to still II into
inactivity. which fills the insane asy-
lums, produces nervous wrecks in
other individuals and causes trouble
confusion and chaos all around in ev.
erday life.
Persons to whom this fact ap.
peals should endeavor to take their
own brain into communion with their
own selves; to set 1t up as another
person, with whom they may hold
converse. and the objective and sub
jective mind admits of this through
conscious action, and in some happy
and fortunate individuals through
unconscious action
"A little practice will make this
possible to the student, though his
progress will be by degrees and not
In one jump. He should first under
stand that thinking is largely a mat
ter of habit, that the brain is one
of the most willing organs in his
body at his command, and. honest
and faithful as It is to him. will
respond to his calls upon It. He
should therefore give it as much
needed rest as possible by the pro-
cess of sleep, and during waking
hours by not calling upon IL for
thought except when necessary. The
average person will put in ire
mendous amount OF unnecessary
thought effort upon the simplest
everyday matter OF life.
Again he will allow his objective
mind to cling to one or several
thoughts with persistent tenacity. In
this event he wears out particular
cells of his best friend, and where
this habit is maintained he often be-
comes a nuisance to his friends and
family by developing into what is
termed crank and at times he
exhausts these same cells in this
manner and lands In the asylum.
Most people use their brains too
much, either in utter idle waste or IN
oyerconcentrated work. and when
their best friend begins to show
mild resentment by showing signs Of
fatigue they ply IT with stimulants
which science or the distillery have
placed at their disposal Even under
these mean circumstances the brain.
disgusted though It is with such
shabby treatment goes on doing the
best II can for its owner until TEN.
porary insensibility. insanity or death
ensues.
1T will be found that cooperation
with the brain In the process Of still
ing thought is not as dinicult as
would be supposed for the brain will
remain puiescent II you will only per-
NIT II, and become strengthened