River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-01-09
UTILITY OF MENTAL TELEeRAPY

IeleBTdpHy.
/ will cite two cases in my own ex-
perience, each of them furnishing suf-
ficient proof of its efficacy.
"a Thirty years ago / boarded
train in Detroit, Mich, my objective
point being Boston, Mass. Later in
the day friend of mine left the same
place for small town in Illinois.
After leaving ST. Thomas on the
Grand Trunk railroad in Canada it
occurred to me that my friend in De-
troit should be in possession Of certain
facts of which he had DO knowledge.
/ learned from the conductor that the
train, being an express, would not
make another stop until arriving at
the station opposite Buffalo.
Az that would be too late and as
had no other alternative, l returned
to my seat and began to think intent
" of the situation (too intently for
my own good and more intently than
should. Just as / was about to give
I'D in consequence of the apparent
futility Of my effort to reach my friend
with the necessary thought it occurred
to me that the companion accompany
ing my friend to the train would be
less preoccupied and the more easily
impressed, therefore l held my
thought on him to ask our friend
question, the nature of which would
put him on his guard. 1t was done
instantly Gas / afterward ascertained)
and the object was accomplished. 1t
is needless to say that both parties
were greatly surprised, as the one
who propounded the question knew
nothing of the circumstance, but was
very much chagrined because of his
apparent audacity while the one who
was protected by the inquiry was
none the less puzzled at the apparent
knowledge of the one to whom he was
greatly indebted
90 Many years ago minister
with whom | had long been acquainted
in Cleveland, o., said to me on the
eve of his departure, 81 am going
West, but do not know where l will
be assigned. In case we should lose
track of each other for a time you
would better give me your permanent
address"
This l did. Eight years elapsed ere
a word passed between u.s.. In the
meantime l had left. Cleveland, but
had not changed my permanent mail
address. I desired to communicate
with him, but this I could not do
through the ordinary channels of COM
munication-mail or telegraph-the
telephone was not then in use. Here
was an opportunity to test the wire
less (mentaD telegraph.
/ wrote a message to myself as COM
ing from him, the purport of which
was a desire Con his part) to open up
correspondence. / held the note in
my hand, closed my eyes, focused my
mind on him, impressing him to write
as / had mentally dictated. This
did in the presence of a friend Ga
skeptic) as witness. In less than five
minutes 1 received the mental assur-
ance that always comes from a sue
cessful effort. | placed the copy-in
one sense, the original-on file.
About two weeks passed by when,
one day on the way to luncheon l was
impressed that his message was await
ing me- My impression was correct
all impressions are correct. When
not correct they are not Impressions;
i. e., they do not come from the SUBJ
jective mind.
Not only was the message there Ca
postal card from California;, but it
was an exact copy, verbatim ct litera-
tim, of that which / wrote.
Scores or similar cases could be
cited, but these two will suffice to en-
courage the earnest student in the fur
Their study and development of men
tai telegraphy."
One word more. When sending
message the greater success lies in
not arranging time and place with the
one to whom it is sent. / am we'll
aware the exact opposite is usually
taught, but it is not conducive to the
best results.
Passivity is positively essential for
the recipient Very few persons can
command passivity under those condi-
tons. They note the time and tkAa
begin to wonder if the message is be-
ing sent and then wonder what it is.
and finally wonder why they do not
get it. The result is that when they
begin to wonder they become mentally
active and are, therefore, in an un-
receptive condition.
Again, when sending a message do
not try to compel a person to do thus
and so, but, instead, impeJ them; l. e.,
impress them in such a way that the
desire to do seems to emanate wholly
from them, thus giving themselves the
credit.
Thought Transference.
There can be no mental teleg
raphy" without northumberland,
but there can be "thought-transfer-
ence" without mental biography"
1t should be remembered that men
tai telegraphy" is an act of volition,
while thought transference" often oc.
ours without the knowledge of the
person from whom it escapes, and its
escape is ofttimes regretted. The
following illustrations will make clear
my point:
Some years ago, in Chicago, would
occasionally dine with one of my pub
hshers at one of the popular restau-
rants. In a playful mood he would
toss coin to ascertain who would
pay for the dinner. AS often IS he
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