The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-01-24
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less than one-tenth of that number. 1t
would not be exaggerating to state
that the nervous system of the'average
man attracts five thousand vibratory
waves per hour; the majority of them
coming thru the organs of hearing and
sight, but being of very simple nature
about seventy per cent pass into and
thru the brain by psycho-motor pro-
cesses, that is, unconsciouely.
l am not prepared to say how many
of them remain reflex acts or how
many are lost in transit, because it de-
pends on the complexity of the i'm
pressions themselves, for unless they
cause muscular contraction they can
not become voluntary; besides, we go
thru thousand different movements
that are purely automatic. Automatic
movements arising from neuro-psychic
energy or reflex acts, such as swinging
the arms, winking, etc., seldom If ever
become conscious; while those stimu-
lated by consciousness and becoming
unconscious by repeated execution,
remain so for a longer or shorter period,
being arrested in their progress by a
new transmission of energy; providing
it is sufficiently complicated to cause
muscular contraction. To put it diff
ferently, the man who chews gum is
conscious of the fact until he gets the
wad in a pliable condition and in work
ing harmony with the movements of
his jaws
In some cases the conscious prelim-
inaries are attended by gracefulness
but the moment the objective idea is
submerged by subjectivepess, the facial
muscles go awry remaining so until,
perhaps, he bites his tongue. Biting
the tongue will cause muscular con-
traction faster than anything 1 know
of, sometimes wrenching the tendons
of the neck in the fierce rebound of
the ivories.
The nerves of the tongue and eye,
with the exception of those in the cor
pus callOsum, are the most sensitive in
the entire system, and all matter
attracting them is. invariably, checked
or held in the objective section of the
brain because their greater sensitive.
ness creates quicker and more vital
reaction than that of the cOarser
nerves. Impressions reaching the cor.
pus-callosum thru taste or sight aud
becoming voluntary acts can, however
by repeated application become depen-
dent on psycho-motor energy for a
continuance of the functional move
ments.
The so-called mind, soul or spirit is
nothing more than millions of negative
impressions, gathered in the passing
show of a life time and indelibIy
stamped on the cellular tissues of the
cerebrum. They, alone, are the mold
ers of character and their purity OF
contamination attests to the weakness
or strength of physical functions that
conveyed them there. 1t is their enor.
nous number that places new thoughts
at a premium, for it is an undeniable
fact that the average individual thinks
less than four new thoughts per day
probably not that many in a week
We see, feel, hear, taste and smell the
same old thing day in and day out; il
may be changed in form but it is
nevertheless, the same old thing.
A new force attracting the nerves
meets with resistance in the very first
stage Of its passage; it confuses the
senses until we combine them all in a
usually, futile attempt to ascertain its
nature or cause. a striking demon.
stration of this fact can be observed by
presenting child with a new toy; that
is, something it has previously had nc
knowledge of. It need not, necessarily
be complicated or even attractive, be.
cause its strangeness alone will excite
every nerve in the system and, in ten
minutes, consume quantity of nerve.
energy equivalent to the natural
twenty-four hours supply. The brain
of child being in an embryo state OF
development, all nerve force entering
the cerebellum causes muscular con.
traction, stimulated by consciousness
because the subjective mind, or faculty
of reason is in still lower state OF