Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-01-20
CulHUnte Mental P0z0er
And Get What YOu Want

no power but that which comes to
us from God and which He pos
sesses.
''The bodies of the next life are
not cumbersome and full of trou-
BILE as those of this plane some-
times are. 1 know, because of a
remarkable personal experience"
Visit From the Dead.
Mrs Behrend then told OF the
appearance to her of Judge Tro-
ward, whom she did not know to
be dead at the time of his vista
| ton.
"One night L awoke. 1t was
nearly 1 o'clock. | felt conscious
of presence in the room. l saw
dimly something that resembled
a man. | was terrified. 1 thought
of an intruder, a burglar. Then L
saw the shape was changing. grow
ing less dim, recognizable.
Then l knew it was Troward-
He held up his hand and COM
manded me not to be afraid, that
fear would make it impossible for
me to see him clearly.
Il tried to be calm, although my
heart was humping. l seemed to
hear what he said and yet I knew
there had been no sound of his
voice. 1t was like voiceless voice.
have come, he said. to take
you over on the other side. But
didn't want to go. told him. L
| thought of material things, my
new apartment, my automobile.
That shows now all our thoughts
are physical thoughts. But | re-
allied that if l wanted to learn
and do something for the human
family should not pass by this
opportunity.
Il finally agreed. l was conscious
of sensation like the effect of
an anaethetic. l felt released.
something in my mind seemed TO
snap. There was sound of buzz
ing. We We're going through space.
not on any physical vehicle or any
such means of transportation
"A luXuriant land, the one we
| reached. Similar to this. Trees
were in leaf, and on earth il was
the month of August. The seasons
seemed the same. Vegetation was
superb, but there were bare spots
just as we find here.
"All the faculties we have were
possessed by the people there. one
man was writing a book, another a
play, and Troward was going to
finish mathematical problem ne
had been working on.
Had Choice of Two States.
i seemed after a while to re-
/ turn home and the intake another
trip to the other side. Finally I
came back and saw my own body
on my bed. l viewed it with. n
teellng of impatience and curiosity.
l dldpt know whether | wanted TO
return TO 1t or 90 over and live i'm
the bodies Of the other plane.
Al last l willed to return IN n
came again the buzzing sensation
tIle snap IN the mind, and / dwelt
IN my own body again.
What we call death is like that.
IN" release of the spirit from the
ppdy. But there is no real death.
/ peleVe, since the next life is like
thls, but on "A higher plane.
Dld l want TO come back?
/ don't know. had the choice. T
felt' Of the two states"
DO you believe a dying man has
a cholce Of leaving his body or re-
naming In it to get weI?" Mrs.
Behrend was asked.
Yes [ do she replied "a
great physician said once tbat We
give our consent 10 die. You don't
dle unless you want to. That is
why 1t is so Important for a doctor
20 buoy up the courage and tbe
VIII TO live Of his patient.
Il do not go as far as some boo,
eiS VINO refuse the help of physi-
clahs. But 1 believe much heaiins.
can be accomplished by identify.
ing oneself with and realizing C;od
IL God there is no disease ne
we realize this we are healed.
me race thought is that we
must die To perpetuate the rac.
We can prolong life bv giving ~,
lhat idea The body is a neutral
substance and it has no power ex-
cept when under the control Of the
mInd. We cannot Iift a finger un-
less the mind viii il so.
Mental power can be cultivated.
Hut do you know if / said to every
one in the world, YOU may have
one wish granted you can get IL
Yourself most of us wouldn't
know just what one thing we want
ed, That is the trouble. Few peo-
pl' have a great overpowering de-
sire for some definite thing. The
wish is necessary fer its own con-
summation"
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