Evening star., 1923-01-05

instruments. Now, il is in our power
to turn the tables and 10 discipline
suggestion, and direct il in IN" way
we ourselves wish; then II becomes
auto we have taken the
reins into our own hands. and have
become masters of the most marvel
Gus instrument conceivable. Nothing
is impossible to US, except, OF course,
that which is contrary to the laws OF
nature and the universe.
How are we to attain this COM
mand? We must first thoroughly
grasp at leaRt the elements of the
mechanism of the mental portion OF
The mental personality Is composed
of the conscious and the subconScious.
1t is generally believed that the power
and acts of man depend almost c.
clusively upon his conscious sell. il
Is beginning 10 be understood, how
ever, that compared with the i'm
mensity of the role of the subcor-
scious, that of the conscious self is
as a little islet in a vast ocean. SUP.
ject TO storm and tempest.
The subconscious is a permanent,
ultra sensitive Photographic plate
which nothing escapes. 1t registers
all things, all thoughts. from the most
insignificant to the most sublime. But
1t is more than that. 1t Is the source
of creation and inspiration; 1T is the
mysterious power tndL
ideas and effects their nlaIErializa-
tion in the conscious form of action.
If we agree that the point of de-
parture OF our joys, our sorrows. our
ills. our Well-beinE. our aspirations,
of all our emotions, is in our Subcon-
SciouS self. then We may logically de-
duet that every idea terminated in
our mind has a tendency to realiHa
ton
The Case of the Lemon.
Hundreds of examples drawn from
little incidents of everyday existence
enable US to verify the truth Of all
this. To illustrate the action OF
thought on the emotive faculties. We
have but to remember any grave ac-
which we have been a witness; Inn
mediately to feel the sensations of
pain or horror, with greater or less
intensity, according to our individual
temperament.
A simpler and perhaps even more
striking example is the classic one
of the lemon. Imagine that you are
sucking a juicy, sour lemon. and your
mouth will inevitably and inStan-
taneously begin to water. What has
happened. Simply this: Under the in
fluence of the idea the glands have
dant quantity of saliva-almost as
much, in fact. as if you had actually
taken a bite a real lemon. Again,
just think of a scratching pencil be-
ing drawn peTpendicularly over a
slate and you cannot avoid Shudder-
ing and screwing up your face under
the shock. while contracted nerves
send a shiver from the back of the
head all down your spine.
We must. therefore. realize that it
is impossible to separate the physical
from the mental. the body from the
mind: that they are dependent upon
each other: that they are really one
The mental element, however, is al
ways dominant. Our physical organ
ism is governed by il. So that we
actually make or mar our own health
and destinies according 10 the ideas
at work in our subconscfous. /
mean by this that We are absolutely
free TO implant whatever ideas we
desire in our subconsciouS self. which
is a neyer-nagging recorder. and
those ideas determine the whole trend
of our material, mental and moral
being. 1t is just as easy to whisper
into our receptive subconscious the
idea of health as it Is to moan over
our troubles; and those who do may
be certain of the result. because as
I hope / have convinced them, it is
based on natures laws.
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