The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-02-13
PRACTICAL PSYCHOLOGY.

much difference between psychology
and metaphysics as there is between
I intuition and instinct, between per
sonality and individuality.
The metaphysician tells us that
mind is that underlined somewhat as
opposed to nonentity." When asked:
What is mind? he answers; Never
matter. What is matter?-"never
| mind"
| Metaphysics is the science of the
mind; psychology, the science Of the
soul. If we regard metaphysics as
| the science of the mind, we should
| designate which mind. Has a man
two minds? Most assuredly; as dis
tinctively separate as day and night
| One is the mind of the body (the
function of the physical brain): the
other, the mind of the soul. The one
is mortal; the other, immortal.
These are sometimes called "the
conscious" and "subconscious," but, as
such, the terms are misleading mas.
much as they suggest two phases of
one mind instead of Gas they shoulD
two distinctively different minds.
Herein lies the root of the whole mat
ter; the very cornerstone of "the
new psychology" We are not dealing
with duality of mind. but with dual
minds. For that reason / much pre-
fer, and shall hereafter designate
them, the objective and subjective.
The objective" mind is the func-
ton of the physical brain. It's media
are the five physical senses. 1t comes
with the body, develops with the body
perishes with the body. 1t controls
all voluntary motion. 1t depends
upon the body for its existence. It's
highest faculty is reasoning 1t rea-
sons deductively and inductively.
The subjective" mind is the func-
tion of the soul The soul is a dis
tinct entity and as such possesses in
dependent powers and functions, hav-
ing mental organization of its own.
1t does not depend upon the body for
it's existence. The highest faculty Is
intuition. 1t is the seat of the emo
tons and the storehouse of memory
in fact, the memory is absolutely per-
feet. Everything you have ever read
or heard or seen or said or thought is
registered In your subjective mind. In
the case of one rescued from drown
ing (and / speak from personal expe-
rience) the curtain Is thrust back and
the objective mind receives a quick,
panoramic view of a lifetime The
subjective" mind controls all the 81.
lent, involuntary and vegetative func.
tions. 1t is amenable to control by
suggestion. Being intuitive, it rea-
sons only deductively.
1t the subjective mind performs
its highest functions when the OBJ.
jective senses are in allegiance under
ordinary conditions, however, the
objective" mind has the floor
Soul and Body
On the material plane we have been
given material body to serve mate.
rial purposes. 1t is merely the tene.
ment of the soul; therefore it were
better to say: my soul has a body"
not my body has a soul" The soul is
paramount.
l look upon the soul as spark OF
divinity, and as such 1t possesses all
, the potentialities of the Divine -
omniscence, omnipotence, omnipres
ence; these, of course, only in the de
gree of the spark to the whole-the
soul to the All Soul.
, Then, with this premise, we may
, logically conclude that man is immor
tai. Let us put 1t in the form of a
syllogism:
, The soul is thinking agent.
thinking agent cannot be sew
cred into parts.
That which cannot be severed can
not be destroyed.
: Therefore the soul cannot be de
!, stroyed.
The belief in immortality has al
, least this much in its favor-the neg
, alive cannot be proved. If immortal
,, ity is not true, it matters little wheth
, er anything else is true or not.
There have been many attempts Il
locate the soul. Because 1t cannot b,
, located; because the surgeon canno
. hnd II and dissect it with his scalpel
, the materialist declares there is M
soul, and there is no God therefor,
the materialist has no difficulty in ac
: cepting evolution, On this point
quite agree with Felix Adler: IF W,
are descended from an anthropoid ap
n on the physical side, we are not de
scended from him, in any strict sens
OF the word, on our rational side: TO
as life is born of life. so reason is borl
. OF reason; and il the anthropoid an
does not possess reason as we DOS
a sess II, 1t cannot be said that on GU
4 rational side we are his progeny"
s 1t strikes me that If there is a miss
L Ing link in the chain of physical eve
S luton there is surely missing lin
}. in the chain of rational evolution.
e The highest faculty in man is int
y ition (soul perceptlon); the highes
o faculty in the animal-or In the an
t mai nature Of man-is instinct. Id
not think with my friend, the lat