Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-19

ing to a White House reception that
need cause panic The idea was implant-
ed In her mind that she would be per-
fectly self-possessed and that the right
thing to say at any time would quite
naturally come into her mind. She was
not only told this. but the idea was forced
into her mind by the power OF sugges-
ton from me as her teacher. I made
her know that she was capable OF meet
ing any emergency, and she was. She
was daily made to force that thought
in an all-dominating way into her mind.
so 1t Is with the public speaker. II he
believes that he is self-possessed and
master of the situation he is. If he has
had even small portion of mental train
ing as compared with the physical train
ing which the athlete gets, that idea is
dominant in his mind. He believes he is
master of the situation. and the result
is inevitable. He places his mind upon
one thing-his address-and holds 1t there
The seK-possession and assurance Of the
mentally trained salesman are equally
evident.
Another example of the value of mind
training and right thinking may be shown
by reciting the case of another society
girl / met in Washington. This girl had
great dramatic ability and her personal
ambition was for a stage success. The
only thing that prevented her adopting A
stage career was her timdity over the
criticism of her social friends. She. like
wise, needed to grasp thought hard and
strong. If she believed a stage career
the right thing for her she should make
her mind gladiator in the service Of that
idea. Likewise. by right thinking. she
should be shown the relative lack of i'm
portance of the comments that might be
called forth among her associates. Men
tai calisthenics which are bound to lead
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needed a workout in the mental gymna-
STUN.
when one has learned to think rightly
there is another power at hand. He may
project that thought upon others. All
thinkers now assert the reality of telep-
athy and mental suggestion. Everybody
has played the game wherein one person
goes out of the room and the others hide
some object to which the banished one is
guided upon his return by the concen-
trated thoughts Of the others. This prin-
ciple of thought suggestion may be de-
veloped amazingly.
LAS the athlete shoulders his way
through the throng, so is the man Of
trained mentality sure of himself among
his fellows. In his confidence he has an
idea which he wants to project. He
knows that he is right in the first place
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drive his idea at the other man as the
athlete might drive his fist. So the sales
man may force the idea upon the head of
a householder that he should buy ency-
clopedias or life insurance. So may the
evangelist convert his hearers. II such
men worked understandingly in a mental
gymnasium they would accomplish vastly
greater results.
I'm this connection the point is often
raised that IL these principles are correct
the mentally athletic but unprincipled
man might project things into the mind
of his associate that would lead to dis
astrously mean advantages. This Is not
true He who plays unfair in this men
tai gym is ruined. The whole success
of the development is through right think
ing. He who thinks evilly deranges the
whole machine and breaks down the
structure he has been building.
''Of course. this mentality has power to
heal. It has been used by all classes OF
healeys. The average PHYSICIANS pre-