The mirror., 1923-02-22

aspirations in behalf of the sleeping
child; firm in the belief that the sub
conscious mind, of such an infant will
absorb her thoughts to such an extent that
her desires will be realized.
Gee Whiz! The little darling had
ought to feel like kicking the Stats out Of
his cradle, and to thrash about in perfect
delight at such a prospect What be-
nighted lot we have been, throughout all
the ages to have gone to all the worry
and trouble of teaching and praying, for
the realization of our aspirations to take
tangible form in the future lives of our
children. All that we ever needed to
have done was to keep on reciting the
simple but magic formula over the sleep
ing form of the little one, and its sub
conscious mind would do the rest. That
being the case, every boy in the land will
someday be President, and every girl will
ultimately marry millionaire. Alladin's
lamp has finally been outdone.
l trust that none will misnterpret my
words as being wholesale indictment of
auto-suggestion for that is not at all the
writer's intention. I am merely protesting
against what appears to me to be sort
of fanaticism. There is, today, general
tendency to adopt almost everything and
make fad of it, and, like a hobby, to
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much real truth it may contain. In my
humble way, I am striving to be broad
minded enough to receive any theories
that may be advanced, subject it to the
light of reason, and accept it only as far
as the dictates of intelligent thought will
permit. That there is some truth en-
bodied in auto-suggestion, 1 very readily
concede. 1t is likened, to some extent
to telepathy, and telepathy, or thought
transference, is an acknowledged fact
Every person is more or less sensitive to
the thoughts or presence of others, even
though unseen. Have you ever happened
to walk along the street, and suddenly
have the feeling that someone was looking
at you or watching you, and then turn,
to discover that some Individual was
really gazing at you very intently? Have
you ever entered darkened room and
sensed the presence of another person there,
and then, upon switching on the light be
greeted by friend who asked, chow did
you know that I was here?" When
hurrying along a crowded street, how
often have you been attracted, or repul-
sed, by the personality of some total
stranger? Personal magnetism? Yes
telepathy, or thought transference.
Upon one occasion, 1 was seated in a
lady's home conversing with her, when
suddenly she turned pale and became
very excited. ooh dear Something
dreadful has happened to my husband"
she cried, and swooned. l called her
daughter, and we had barely succeeded
in reviving her, when the telephone rang.
The daughter, answering the phone, re-
ceived the sad tidings of her fathers
death in an accident, nearly twenty miles
away. Spiritualism? No! As the hus-
band and father died, his thoughts were
of his family, and he tried to leave
message for them, but all that could be
understood was, "tell-Lucy-!" And
his thought message had arrived before
the phone message. Surely, true case
of telepathy, and it really is of very fire.
Quent occurrence.
Does not the note of a cornet, sounded
in room wherein there is a piano, cause
the string of that instrument to vibrate
in the same note as that of the cornet?
Try it. It's simple test of metaphysics,
akin to telepathy and auto-suggestion.
Now let us reconsider, for moment,
the incident of the death message which
have just related. For fear that some
reader may insist that spirits carried that
message, let me ask, do spirits carry the