The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-05-14
Observation-Disclosures

The body Is simply a canvas upon
which the artist NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
his picture. portrays his ideals, by the
movement of the muscle directed through
flesh upon which the thought by con-
slant repetition of nerve impulse. has
wrought its indelible outline
Emerson says, III the body were Q
crystal watch you could not read the
workings Of the brain and the character
Of the thought more clearly than you
can read 1t as expressed in the physical
outline OF the body
The difference between tho dead and
the live body. the animate and mani
mate. is its direction by the mind and
soul. This is all that holds the body to-
gether-all that keeps its form.
Remove or separate the soul from the
body and It unites with oxygen. which
action disintegrates, and. through chem
ical processes. the compounds arc lib
Grated into the atmosphere for use in
other ombinations-other forms. The
body goes back to the simple elements.
oxygen. nitrogen, hydrogen. carbon. etc.
from which 1t was originally built.
Besides holding the body in form, the
thought. or mind in motion. keeps up its
chemical activity for sustaining its life.
tearing down and rebuilding constantly.
1 nc ACTIVITY OF the mlnQ, the thinking
process, moves II.
1t is given general form under fixed
laws. but to a degree, after one reaches
the age Of conscious activity. this think
Ing power molds the outline Of flesh. For
example. our thoughts buoy us or de-
press US. II they buoy US our body Is
buoyant and erect and keeps its Uniform
ly developed outline.
If ones thoughts have been unhappy
for long. the muscles Of the face and
the muscles in the front Of the body
droop. the vertebrae of the spine read
just themselves, the adjustment Of the
hip Joints. the knee joints change the
MUSCLES in the front Of the body be-
come relaxed and you have only to look
at the individual and know, without any
spoken word. that he has been unhappy.
Likewise constant redirection Of
thought. accompanied by muscular &C.
tivity to free muscles and nerves. will
change this outline and the same indi-
vidual can become erect in posture. ex-
pressing perfect uprightness Of mind and
body.
The body. operated by the mind
through the nerves. II used intelligently,
expresses ease and harmony: II not used
intelligently. inharmony or discord-dis-
ease. Ease Is harmony-disease inhar-
mony.
A certain character of thought persist
ed in for a definite time will direct the
nerves in accordance with this impulse:
the nerves continuously directing the
body with this characteristic impulse.
the body not only changes its chemical
formation. but 1t changes its shape. The
bones become differently adjusted in
their sockets. Some muscles contract
and others lengthen
Just as it requires constant. persistent.
everyday exercise in a given direction
to change the shape of a muscle. just SO
does it take definite, persistent, conscious
direction of thought to change the shape
Of brain cells. and instIgate another habit
Of thinking.
Happily no habit or shape of brain
or nerve cell is so fixed that 1t
cannot be changed by persistent redi-
rection of thought.
We say of one. What a sweet facet"
We mean by this, that the thoughts of
he individual have been sweet, and con-
slant repetition of these sweet and beau
tiful thoughts has nodded a beautiful
outline In facial muscles through nerve
impulse.
If one expects the nerve force to now
freely and normally. there must be no
pressure upon nerve ibres. One must
'orm the habit Of standing erect: must
'orm the habit Of sitting erect; must |
rec every muscle and fibre of tho body, |
rot only because the outflow Of nerve
impulse must be unrestricted. but the |
efiex action Of bodily activity affects |
he nerve return impulse, the position Of I
rain molecules and the reflex action up.
N character.