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PRACTICAL MENTAL INFLUENCE: Law of Attraction Secret to Mental Influence & Personal Power - William Walker Atkinson · THE SECRET LAW OF ATTRACTION: Manifest Wealth, Success & Abundance

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  Speaker 1: Practical Mental Influence by William Walker Atkinson, nineteen o eight.
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  Speaker 1: A course of lessons on mental vibrations, psychic influence, personal magnetism, fascination,
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  Speaker 1: psychic self protection, et cetera, et cetera, containing practical instruction, exercises, directions,
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  Speaker 1: et cetera, capable of being understood, mastered, and demonstrated by
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  Speaker 1: any person of average intelligence. Chapter one, The law of vibration.
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  Speaker 1: Students of history find a continuous chain of reference to
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  Speaker 1: the mysterious influence of one human mind over that of others.
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  Speaker 1: In the earliest records, traditions, and legends may be found
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  Speaker 1: reference to the general belief that it was possible for
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  Speaker 1: an individual to exert some weird, uncanny power over the
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  Speaker 1: minds of other persons which would influence the latter for
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  Speaker 1: good or evil. And more than this, the student will
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  Speaker 1: find an accompanying belief that certain individuals are possessed of
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  Speaker 1: some mental power which bet means even things and circumstances
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  Speaker 1: to its might. A way back in the dim past
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  Speaker 1: of man's history on this planet, this belief existed, and
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  Speaker 1: it has steadily persisted in spite of the strenuous opposition
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  Speaker 1: of material science, even unto the present day. The years
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  Speaker 1: have not affected the belief, and in these dawning days
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  Speaker 1: of the twentieth century it has taken on a new
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  Speaker 1: strength and vitality, for its adherents have boldly stepped to
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  Speaker 1: the front and confronting the doubting materialistic thinkers have claimed
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  Speaker 1: the name of science for this truth, and have insisted
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  Speaker 1: that it be taken once and for all from the
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  Speaker 1: category of superstition, credulity, and ignorant fantasy. Were it not
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  Speaker 1: so pitiable, it would be amusing to glance at the presumptuous, complaisant, smug,
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  Speaker 1: self satisfied position of the materialistic school of thinkers, who
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  Speaker 1: would brush aside as a foolish delusion, that which many
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  Speaker 1: of the wisest men of past ages have accepted and
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  Speaker 1: taught as the truth. The modern know it alls would
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  Speaker 1: sneer contemptuously at facts that are known to be of
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  Speaker 1: actual occurs in the daily lives of thousands of intelligent people,
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  Speaker 1: and which the experience of humankind has demonstrated for many centuries,
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  Speaker 1: in all lands and among all races. The whole trouble
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  Speaker 1: lies in the dogmatic assumption of the materialistic school that
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  Speaker 1: what is known as mind is merely some peculiar action
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  Speaker 1: of the material brain, some writers even holding that the
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  Speaker 1: brain secretes thought just as the liver secretes bile. They
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  Speaker 1: refuse to see that the operation of mind is a
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  Speaker 1: manifestation of some supperlative form of energy far higher than
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  Speaker 1: the forms of energy known as electricity, magnetism, light, heat, gravitation, cohesion,
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  Speaker 1: et cetera. Because mental energy does not register on their
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  Speaker 1: instruments designed to catch and register the vibrations of these
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  Speaker 1: lower forms of energy, they conclude that the higher mental
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  Speaker 1: energy does not exist. Having formulated a theory to suit
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  Speaker 1: their materialistic conceptions, they try to ignore all facts not
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  Speaker 1: consistent with their theory. If they find a fact that
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  Speaker 1: will not squeeze into their narrow theory, well, so much
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  Speaker 1: the worse for the fact, as a writer has said,
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  Speaker 1: and they promptly ignore or dispute it. As a matter
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  Speaker 1: of truth, the investigator is not compelled to resort to
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  Speaker 1: metaphysical explanations to account for the phenomena of mental influence.
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  Speaker 1: The very facts of physical science itself, if rightly interpreted,
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  Speaker 1: will give the clue to the mystery, and will point
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  Speaker 1: the steps of the honest investigator towards the path where
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  Speaker 1: he may find the solution of the perplexing riddle. Although
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  Speaker 1: we know that the real solution lies in the metaphysical realm. Still,
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  Speaker 1: even physical science will corroborate the facts of its metaphysical
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  Speaker 1: sister science, and instead of contradicting the latter, will actually
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  Speaker 1: go far toward furnishing analogous facts and principles that will
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  Speaker 1: serve to give the scientist a physical basis for a
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  Speaker 1: theory of metaphysical facts. The student will see at once that,
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  Speaker 1: so far as physical science is concerned, it must begin
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  Speaker 1: at the phenomenon of thought transference, for in that phase
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  Speaker 1: of the subject may be found an elementary principle in
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  Speaker 1: evidence in many other forms of phenomena. We have given
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  Speaker 1: many instances of thought transference in the two preceding volumes
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  Speaker 1: of this series, entitled mind reading and sycomency, respectively, and
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  Speaker 1: so we need not repeat the same in this place.
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  Speaker 1: The main fact is that thought transference does exist and
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  Speaker 1: may be accounted for upon purely scientific grounds without calling
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  Speaker 1: in the truths of metaphysical thought. We know that this
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  Speaker 1: is a strong statement and a positive assertion, but we
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  Speaker 1: also know that the same may be demonstrated. Let us
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  Speaker 1: consider this phase of the subject. In the first place,
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  Speaker 1: physical science teaches that underlying all forms, degrees, and apparent
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  Speaker 1: differences in matter and energy, there is to be found
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  Speaker 1: a manifestation of some elementary energy, which manifests in what
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  Speaker 1: is known as vibrations. Everything in the material world is
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  Speaker 1: in vibration, ever manifesting a high degree of motion. Without vibration,
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  Speaker 1: there would be no such thing as a material universe.
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  Speaker 1: From the electronic corpusals which science teaches compose the atom up,
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  Speaker 1: through the atom and molecule, until the most complex forms
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  Speaker 1: of matter are manifested, there is the ever present vibration,
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  Speaker 1: and through all forms of energy light, heat, electricity, magnetism,
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  Speaker 1: and the rest, vibration is also ever present. In fact,
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  Speaker 1: physical science itself teaches that not only is vibration the
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  Speaker 1: basic force underlying other forces and the various forms of matter,
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  Speaker 1: but also that the apparent differences between the various forms
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  Speaker 1: of matter and also between the various forms of energy,
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  Speaker 1: are caused simply and solely by the varying degrees of
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  Speaker 1: vibration manifested. Just as the difference between the lowest tone
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  Speaker 1: that can be distinguished by the ear of man and
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  Speaker 1: the highest note that can be distinguished by the same
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  Speaker 1: organ of sense is merely a difference of the rate
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  Speaker 1: of vibration, just as is the difference between the dull
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  Speaker 1: red color at one end of the spectrum and the
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  Speaker 1: violet at the other end, with the intervening colors known
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  Speaker 1: as indigo, blue, green, yellow, and orange, with all the
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  Speaker 1: combinations of shades arising from them. Just as the difference
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  Speaker 1: between the greatest degree of cold known to science and
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  Speaker 1: the greatest degree of heat that can be conceived of.
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  Speaker 1: Just as these great differences do solely and wholly to
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  Speaker 1: varying rates of vibration, so is the difference between any
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  Speaker 1: and all forms of matter or force simply a matter
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  Speaker 1: of the rate of vibration. In short, all material and
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  Speaker 1: physical things are simply manifestations of different rates of vibration,
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  Speaker 1: and notwithstanding their apparent differences, are all merely manifestations of
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  Speaker 1: some infinite and eternal energy from which all things proceed,
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  Speaker 1: their differences resulting merely from the different degree of vibration
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  Speaker 1: being manifested in them. Remember that this is not vague
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  Speaker 1: philosophy or ery metaphysics, or spiritualistic vagaries to quote from
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  Speaker 1: the materialistic writers, but facts claimed and admitted by the
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  Speaker 1: greatest physical scientists of the age as a reference to
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  Speaker 1: their lectures and text books, will prove to anyone and
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  Speaker 1: more than this, any intelligent physical scientist will tell you
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  Speaker 1: that science has every reason to believe that there are
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  Speaker 1: great fields of energy and force, the vibrations of which
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  Speaker 1: are far too high for even the delicate instruments of
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  Speaker 1: science to record, but which nevertheless exist and manifest effects.
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  Speaker 1: It was only the other day that science was able
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  Speaker 1: to catch that X rays and other forms of high radioactivity.
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  Speaker 1: And yet these rays and forces had always existed. And
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  Speaker 1: tomorrow science will perfect instruments capable of registering still higher
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  Speaker 1: forms of energy, and by and by some scientists will
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  Speaker 1: perfect an instrument that will register and record the subtle
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  Speaker 1: vibrations of thought. And perhaps in time someone will perfect
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  Speaker 1: that instrument so that it will not only record such
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  Speaker 1: thought vibrations and waves, but like the phonograph, it will
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  Speaker 1: be able to reproduce and send forth similar vibrations, so
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  Speaker 1: that others may feel the thoughts, just as they now
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  Speaker 1: hear the sounds from the phonograph. Such a prediction is
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  Speaker 1: no more wonderful than would have been the prediction of
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  Speaker 1: the telephone, the phonograph, the wireless telegraph, and sundry other
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  Speaker 1: discoveries and inventions a hundred years ago. Did you ever
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  Speaker 1: think that there are colors that the eye cannot see,
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  Speaker 1: but which delicate instruments clearly register. In fact, the rays
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  Speaker 1: of light which sunburn the face and which register on
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  Speaker 1: the photographic plate are not visible to the eye. The
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  Speaker 1: eye sees the lower rays, but the higher ones are
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  Speaker 1: detected only by instruments adapted for the purpose. Your eye
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  Speaker 1: cannot see the X ray as it passes through the room,
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  Speaker 1: but the plate will catch it, and by its light
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  Speaker 1: a photograph may be made. The rays of light visible
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  Speaker 1: to the eye are only the lower ones. The higher
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  Speaker 1: ones are far beyond the power of the eye to record,
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  Speaker 1: and beyond even the range of the most delicate instrument.
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  Speaker 1: There exist rays and waves of light of such high
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  Speaker 1: vibratory rate as to defy even its power to record.
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  Speaker 1: Did you ever know that there are sounds unheard by
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  Speaker 1: human ears that the microphone will catch in magefy The
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  Speaker 1: scientific imagination dreams of instruments that will catch the songs
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  Speaker 1: of the mite like insects, and magnify them until they
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  Speaker 1: can be distinguished. There are waves of electricity that may
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  Speaker 1: pass through your body, unperceived by you, and yet powerful
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  Speaker 1: enough to run machinery or light electric lights. Listen to
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  Speaker 1: the words of certain eminent scientists. Professor Aleisha Gray, a
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  Speaker 1: celebrated scientist and teacher, has said there is much food
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  Speaker 1: for speculation in the thought that there exists sound waves
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  Speaker 1: that no human ear can hear, and color waves of
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  Speaker 1: light that know I can see. The long, dark, soundless
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  Speaker 1: space between forty thousand and four hundred trillion vibrations per second,
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  Speaker 1: and the infinity of range beyond seven hundred trillion vibrations
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  Speaker 1: per second where light ceases in the universe of motion
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  Speaker 1: makes it possible to indulge in speculation. Professor Williams, the
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  Speaker 1: well known scientific writer, has said there is no gradation
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  Speaker 1: between the most rapid undulations or tremblings that produce our
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  Speaker 1: sensations of sound and the slowest of those which give
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  Speaker 1: rise to our sensations of gentlest warmth. There is a
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  Speaker 1: huge gap between them, wide enough to include another world
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  Speaker 1: of motion, all lying between our world of sound and
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  Speaker 1: our world of heat and light. And there is no
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  Speaker 1: good reason whatever for supposing that matter is incapable of
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  Speaker 1: such intermediate activity. Or that such activity may not give
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  Speaker 1: rise to intermediate sensations, provided there are organs for taking
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  Speaker 1: up and sensifying their movements. And so you see that
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  Speaker 1: in a scientific theory of vibrations there may be found
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  Speaker 1: plenty of room for a scientific explanation of all that
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  Speaker 1: is claimed by the adherents of the truth of mental influence,
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  Speaker 1: without getting out of the region of physical science, and
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  Speaker 1: without invading the plane of metaphysics. And there are many
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  Speaker 1: more proofs from the same source, which we may touch
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  Speaker 1: upon as we proceed. There is but one truth, and
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  Speaker 1: it manifests on all planes, the spiritual, the mental, and
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  Speaker 1: the physical, and its manifestations agree and coincide. So no
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  Speaker 1: mentalist need fear the test of physical science, for each
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  Speaker 1: plane will bear out the facts and phenomena of the
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  Speaker 1: ones below or above it. The three are but varying
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  Speaker 1: phases of the one. In this little work we shall
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  Speaker 1: hug close to the plane of physical science, because by
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  Speaker 1: so doing we will be able to make the subject
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  Speaker 1: much clearer to many than if we had attempted to
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  Speaker 1: express the teaching in metaphysical terms. There is no contradiction.
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  Speaker 1: In the end. Each bit of truth must dovetail into
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  Speaker 1: every other bit for all our parts of the whole
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  Speaker 1: Chapter two thought Waves. In our last chapter, we have
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  Speaker 1: seen that vibration was to be found underlying all manifestations
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  Speaker 1: of energy and all forms of matter. We also quoted
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  Speaker 1: two distinguished scientists whose words showed that there were fields
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  Speaker 1: of vibratory energy not filled by any known forms of energy,
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  Speaker 1: the inference being that, inasmuch as there are no gaps
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  Speaker 1: in nature's processes, these unknown fields must be outaccupied by
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  Speaker 1: certain forms of energy not known as yet to physical science.
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  Speaker 1: The teachings of the occultists of all lands and ages,
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  Speaker 1: as also those of modern mental science, are to the
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  Speaker 1: effect that the mind, in its manifestation of thought in
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  Speaker 1: the brain, generates a form of energy of intensely high vibration,
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  Speaker 1: which energy may be and is projected in vibratory waves
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  Speaker 1: from the brain of the thinker, and which then affects
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  Speaker 1: the brains of other persons within its field of influence.
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  Speaker 1: All students of mental influence have noticed the close resemblance
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  Speaker 1: that is manifested between the phenomena of electrical and magnetic
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  Speaker 1: energy on the one hand, and the phenomena of mental
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  Speaker 1: energy on the other. So close is the analogy that
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  Speaker 1: one may take the proven facts of science relating to
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  Speaker 1: electrical and magnetic phenomena and confidently proceed with the certainty
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  Speaker 1: of finding a strikingly close correspondence in the field of
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  Speaker 1: mental phenomena. And the recognition of this fact is helping
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  Speaker 1: the workers in the mental field to group together the
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  Speaker 1: varied phenomena that come under their notice and to work
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  Speaker 1: out the theory and practice of mental influence. In the
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  Speaker 1: first place, it is now a fact well known and
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  Speaker 1: accepted by investigators that the generation of thought and the
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  Speaker 1: manifestation of mental states occasions burning up of brain matter
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  Speaker 1: and the consequent production of a form of energy of
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  Speaker 1: high vibratory power. Physiologists recognize this fact, and the text
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  Speaker 1: books make reference to it. Experiments have shown that the
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  Speaker 1: temperature of the brain is increased in accordance with the
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  Speaker 1: intensity of feeling in thought, and that there is undoubtedly
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  Speaker 1: a generation of energy and a consumption of brain matter
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  Speaker 1: which bears a very close resemblance to the process of
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  Speaker 1: the generation of electrical energy. And this being conceded, it
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  Speaker 1: follows that this energy, once released, must be emanated or
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  Speaker 1: sent forth from the brain in a manner akin to
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  Speaker 1: the emanation of other known forms of energy one e.
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  Speaker 1: In the form of waves of vibratory force. Light and
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  Speaker 1: heat travel in this way. So do electricity and magnetism,
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  Speaker 1: so do the forces of radioactivity. And the investigators of
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  Speaker 1: mental influence have demonstrated by their experiments that there are
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  Speaker 1: such things as thought waves, thought radiation, thought induction, and
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  Speaker 1: many other phases of manifestation similar to that exhibited by
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  Speaker 1: electricity and magnetism. Flamaria, the well known and eminent French scientist,
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  Speaker 1: has said on this subject, we sum up, therefore, are
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  Speaker 1: preceding observations by the conclusion that one mind can act
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  Speaker 1: at a distance upon another without the habitual medium of
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  Speaker 1: words or any other visible means of communication. It appears
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  Speaker 1: to us altogether unreasonable to reject this conclusion. If we
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  Speaker 1: accept the facts, this conclusion will be abundantly demonstrated. There
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  Speaker 1: is nothing unscientific, nothing romantic in admitting that an idea
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  Speaker 1: can influence a brain from a distance. The action of
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  Speaker 1: one human being upon another from a distance is a
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  Speaker 1: scientific fact. It is as certain as the existence of Paris,
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  Speaker 1: of Napoleon, of Oxygen, or of Syria. The same authority
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  Speaker 1: also states there can be no doubt that our physical
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  Speaker 1: force creates a movement in the ether, which transmits itself
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  Speaker 1: afar like all movements of ether, and becomes perceptible to
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  Speaker 1: brains in harmony with our own. The transformation of a
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  Speaker 1: psychic action into an ethereal movement and the reverse may
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  Speaker 1: be analogous to what takes place on a telephone, where
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  Speaker 1: the receptive plate, which is identical with the plate at
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  Speaker 1: the other end, reconstructs the sonorous movement transmitted not by
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  Speaker 1: means of sound, but by electricity. But these are only comparisons.
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  Speaker 1: When a thought or feeling is generated in the mind
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  Speaker 1: or brain of a person, the energy generated flows forth
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  Speaker 1: from the brain of the person in the forms of
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  Speaker 1: waves of mental energy, spreading from the immediate neighborhood of
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  Speaker 1: the thinker to a distance proportion to the strength of
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  Speaker 1: the thought or feeling. These thought waves have the property
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  Speaker 1: of awakening similar vibrations in the minds of other persons
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  Speaker 1: coming within their field of force, according to the laws
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  Speaker 1: of mental induction, which law shall be explained in the
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  Speaker 1: next chapter. As we proceed with our consideration of the
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  Speaker 1: subject of mental influence in the succeeding chapters, we shall
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  Speaker 1: see the many and varied forms of manifestation of thought waves.
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  Speaker 1: At this point we shall merely view the phenomena in
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  Speaker 1: a general way. Thought waves are manifested in a variety
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  Speaker 1: of forms and phases. Some are the waves emanated from
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  Speaker 1: the minds of all thinkers, unconsciously and without purpose, and
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  Speaker 1: usually without much force. Others are sent forth with great
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  Speaker 1: force and travel far, manifesting a degree of influence commensurate
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  Speaker 1: with the force with which they are projected. Others are
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  Speaker 1: directed purposely towards certain individuals or places, and travel along
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  Speaker 1: rapidly in a straight line to the point towards which
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  Speaker 1: they have been directed or aimed. Others are sent forth
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  Speaker 1: with great strength and power, but instead of being directed
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  Speaker 1: toward any particular person or place, are designed to sweep
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  Speaker 1: around in great whirlpools of energy, affecting all who happen
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  Speaker 1: to fall within their field of force. You will readily
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  Speaker 1: understand that there is a great difference between thought waves
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  Speaker 1: sent forth idly and unconsciously, and without knowledge of the
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  Speaker 1: underlying laws of mental influence, and those projected with a
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  Speaker 1: full knowledge of the laws governing the phenomena, and urged
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  Speaker 1: on and directed by a powerful will of the sender.
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  Speaker 1: The force is the same, but the degree of its
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  Speaker 1: power and the measure of its effect is determined by
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  Speaker 1: the conditions of its sending forth. The vibratory force of
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  Speaker 1: these thought waves does not cease with the sending forth
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  Speaker 1: of the wave, but persists for a long time afterward,
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  Speaker 1: just as heat in a room persists long after the
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  Speaker 1: fire in the stove has been extinguished, just as the
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  Speaker 1: perfume of the flower exists in a room long after
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  Speaker 1: the flower has been removed, just as a ray of
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  Speaker 1: light travels through space for millions of miles and for
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  Speaker 1: centuries after the star itself has been blotted out of existence.
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  Speaker 1: Just as any in all forms of vibratory energy persists
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  Speaker 1: in manifestation after the initial impulse has been withdrawn, so
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  Speaker 1: do the vibrations of thought continue long after the thought. Yes,
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  Speaker 1: long after the brain which set them forth has passed
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  Speaker 1: into dust. There are many places today filled with the
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  Speaker 1: thought vibrations of minds long since passed out of the body.
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  Speaker 1: There are places filled with the strong vibrations of tragedies
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  Speaker 1: long since enacted. There every place has an atmosphere of
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  Speaker 1: its own, arising from the thought vibrations set in motion
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  Speaker 1: by the various persons who have inhabited or occupied them.
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  Speaker 1: Every city has its own mental atmosphere which has its
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  Speaker 1: effect upon persons moving into them. Some are lively, some dull,
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  Speaker 1: some progressive, some old fogeyish, some moral, some immoral. The
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  Speaker 1: result of the character of the early settlers and leading
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  Speaker 1: spirits of the places, Persons moving into these towns are
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  Speaker 1: affected by the atmosphere and either sink to the general
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  Speaker 1: level or else, if strong enough, help to change the
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  Speaker 1: mental tone of the place. Sometimes a change in conditions
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  Speaker 1: bring a large influx of new people to the town,
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  Speaker 1: and the mental wave of the newcomers tend to bring
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  Speaker 1: about a marked change in the local mental atmosphere. These
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  Speaker 1: facts have been noticed by many observing people who were
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  Speaker 1: perhaps not familiar with the laws and principles underlying the phenomena.
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  Speaker 1: Many have, of course, noticed the differing atmospheres of stores, offices,
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  Speaker 1: and other places of business. Some of such places give
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  Speaker 1: one an air of confidence and trust. Others create a
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  Speaker 1: feeling of suspicion and distrust. Some convey an impression of active,
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  Speaker 1: wide awake management, while others impress one as being behind
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  Speaker 1: the times and suffering from alert active management. Did you
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  Speaker 1: ever stop to think that these different atmospheres were caused
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  Speaker 1: by the prevailing mental attitudes of those in charge of
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  Speaker 1: the places. The managers of business places send forth thought
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  Speaker 1: waves of their own, and their employees, naturally falling into
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  Speaker 1: the pace set for them, send forth similar vibrations, and
• 19:53
  Speaker 1: before long the whole place is vibrating on a certain scale.
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  Speaker 1: Let a change in the management occur, and see what
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  Speaker 1: a stre change soon manifests itself. Did you ever notice
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  Speaker 1: the mental atmospheres of the houses you happen to visit?
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  Speaker 1: You may experience and recognize all of the varying notes
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  Speaker 1: in the mental scale of their occupants. From some threshold's
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  Speaker 1: harmony manifests itself, while others breathe in harmony as soon
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  Speaker 1: as you step over the threshold. Some radiate mental warmth,
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  Speaker 1: while others seem as cold as an iceberg. Think for
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  Speaker 1: a moment and recall the various houses or places you visit,
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  Speaker 1: and see how the mental vibrations of the inmates manifest
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  Speaker 1: themselves to a visitor. The low quarters of our cities,
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  Speaker 1: the dens of vice and haunts of dissipation, vibrate with
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  Speaker 1: the character of thought and feeling of those inhabiting them,
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  Speaker 1: and the week will visitor is thus tempted, and in
• 20:46
  Speaker 1: the same way, certain places are filled with strong, helpful,
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  Speaker 1: elevating vibrations which tend to lift up and elevate those
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  Speaker 1: coming within their circle of influence. Thought and feeling are
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  Speaker 1: contagious by reason of the law of vibration and mental induction.
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  Speaker 1: When this law is understood, the individual is enabled to
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  Speaker 1: protect and improve himself. Such knowledge brings strength. Chapter three
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  Speaker 1: Mental induction. As we stated in the preceding chapter, the
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  Speaker 1: phenomena of mental influence bear a striking analogy to that
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  Speaker 1: of electrical or magnetic energy. Not only is this so
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  Speaker 1: in the phase of wave motion and transmission, but also
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  Speaker 1: in the phase of induction, as we shall see presently.
• 21:30
  Speaker 1: In physical science, the term induction is used to indicate
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  Speaker 1: that quality in a manifestation of energy which tends to
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  Speaker 1: reproduce in a second object the vibrations manifesting in the
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  Speaker 1: first object. Without direct contact between the two bodies, a
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  Speaker 1: magnet will induce magnetism in another object removed from it.
• 21:47
  Speaker 1: In space, an electrified object will tend to produce similar
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  Speaker 1: vibrations in another object by induction. Over great spaces, heat
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  Speaker 1: waves travel along the ether and tend to produce heat,
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  Speaker 1: fire vibrations in objects far removed, notably in the case
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  Speaker 1: of the sun and the Earth. Even sound waves will
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  Speaker 1: affect other objects in this way, as in the well
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  Speaker 1: known instance of the glass or vase singing in response
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  Speaker 1: to the musical notes sounded afar Off. In fact, we
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  Speaker 1: see and hear by processes similar to those described, and
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  Speaker 1: in this same manner do the thought waves carry the
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  Speaker 1: vibrations of the mind, sending them forth to great distances
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  Speaker 1: or lesser ones, tending to set up similar vibrations in
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  Speaker 1: the minds of other persons within their field of force. Thus,
• 22:34
  Speaker 1: a person feeling a strong degree of anger will pour
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  Speaker 1: forth waves of that degree of mental vibration, which, coming
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  Speaker 1: in contact with the brains of other persons, tend to
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  Speaker 1: set up a similar feeling or emotion, and thus cause
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  Speaker 1: the person to feel cross or peevish, or even to
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  Speaker 1: manifest a similar angry state of mind. We all know
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  Speaker 1: how easily a fight is started by a very angry
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  Speaker 1: person in a room sending forth violent vibrations. One has
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  Speaker 1: but to remember the instances of mob violence to see
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  Speaker 1: how easily the contagion of hate and anger spread among
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  Speaker 1: people who allow themselves to be influenced. And not only
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  Speaker 1: is this true of undesirable emotions and feelings, but also
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  Speaker 1: of desirable ones. The influence of a good man who
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  Speaker 1: happens to be strong mentally spreads among those around him,
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  Speaker 1: influencing them. For good orators, actors, preachers, and teachers send
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  Speaker 1: forth strong mental currents which tend to produce mental conditions
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  Speaker 1: on the part of their hearers, corresponding to the feeling
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  Speaker 1: held by the mind of the speaker. When you remember
• 23:35
  Speaker 1: how this speaker swayed your feelings, or how that actor
• 23:38
  Speaker 1: made you weep with pity, shiver with fear, or laugh
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  Speaker 1: with joy, you will see how mental induction acts. But
• 23:45
  Speaker 1: not only is this true when we are in the
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  Speaker 1: actual presence of the person sending out the thought waves,
• 23:50
  Speaker 1: but it is equally true that we are influenced by
• 23:52
  Speaker 1: persons far removed from us in space, often without their
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  Speaker 1: knowledge or intent, although sometimes in the case of one
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  Speaker 1: who understands the principle with full knowledge and intent. The
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  Speaker 1: ether with which space is filled carries these thought waves
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  Speaker 1: in all directions, and the surface of the Earth, particularly
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  Speaker 1: in the densely occupied portions, is filled with these waves.
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  Speaker 1: These waves carrying the mental vibrations coming in contact with
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  Speaker 1: each other tend to set up combinations on one hand,
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  Speaker 1: or else neutralize each other on the other hand. That
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  Speaker 1: is to say, if two sets of waves of a
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  Speaker 1: similar nature meet, there is likely to be a combination
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  Speaker 1: formed between them, just as between two chemicals having an
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  Speaker 1: affinity for each other. In this way, the mental atmospheres
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  Speaker 1: of places, towns, houses, et cetera. Are formed. On the
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  Speaker 1: other hand, if two currents of opposing vibrations come in
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  Speaker 1: contact with each other, there will be manifested a conflict
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  Speaker 1: between the two, in which each will lose power in
• 24:52
  Speaker 1: proportion to its weakness, and the result will be either
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  Speaker 1: a neutralization of both, or else a combination having vibrations
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  Speaker 1: of an average rate. For instance, if two currents of
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  Speaker 1: mental energy meet, one being a thought of love and
• 25:05
  Speaker 1: the other of hate, they will neutralize each other if
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  Speaker 1: they are equal, or if one be stronger than the other,
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  Speaker 1: it will persist, but robbed of much of its strength.
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  Speaker 1: If it were not for this neutralizing effect, we would
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  Speaker 1: be largely at the mercy of stray currents of thought.
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  Speaker 1: Nature protects us in this way, and also by rendering
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  Speaker 1: us immune to a considerable extent. But nevertheless, we are
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  Speaker 1: affected by these waves to a considerable extent unless we
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  Speaker 1: have learned to throw them off by a knowledge of
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  Speaker 1: the laws and an enforcement of them by practice. We
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  Speaker 1: all know how great waves of feeling spread over a town, city,
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  Speaker 1: or country, sweeping people off their balance. Great waves of
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  Speaker 1: political enthusiasm or war spirit, or prejudice for war against
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  Speaker 1: certain people or groups of people, sweep over places and
• 25:52
  Speaker 1: cause men to act in a manner that they will
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  Speaker 1: afterward regret. When they come to themselves and consider their
• 25:57
  Speaker 1: acts in cold blood. They will bewa maid by demagogues
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  Speaker 1: or magnetic leaders who wish to gain their votes or patronage,
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  Speaker 1: and they will be led into acts of mob violence
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  Speaker 1: or similar atrocities by yielding to these waves of contagious thought.
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  Speaker 1: On the other hand, we all know how great waves
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  Speaker 1: of religious feeling sweep over a community upon the occasion
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  Speaker 1: of some great revival, excitement, or fervor. The effect of
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  Speaker 1: these thought waves, so far as the power of induction
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  Speaker 1: is concerned, of course, depends very materially upon the strength
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  Speaker 1: of the thought or feeling being manifested in the mind
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  Speaker 1: sending them forth. The majority of persons put but little
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  Speaker 1: force into the mental manifestations. But here and there is
• 26:38
  Speaker 1: to be found a thinker whose thought waves are practically
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  Speaker 1: a stream of living will, and which of course have
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  Speaker 1: a very strong inductive effect upon the minds of others
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  Speaker 1: with whom the waves come in contact. But it likewise
• 26:49
  Speaker 1: follows that a number of persons thinking along the same
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  Speaker 1: lines will produce a great volume of power by a
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  Speaker 1: combination of their thought currents into great streams of mental force.
• 26:59
  Speaker 1: Then and again, there is another feature of the case
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  Speaker 1: that we must not lose sight of, and that is
• 27:04
  Speaker 1: the attraction between minds, by virtue of which one draws
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  Speaker 1: to himself the thought waves of others whose thoughts are
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  Speaker 1: in accord with his own. The contrary is true, for
• 27:13
  Speaker 1: there is a repulsion between the minds of persons and
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  Speaker 1: the thought waves of others antagonistic to their thoughts. To
• 27:20
  Speaker 1: quote a well worn and much used expression to illustrate
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  Speaker 1: this truth, like attracts like, and birds of a feather
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  Speaker 1: flock together. There is ever an operation, this marvelous law
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  Speaker 1: of attraction and repulsion of mental energy, persons allowing their
• 27:35
  Speaker 1: thoughts to run along certain lines, and permitting the feelings
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  Speaker 1: to be expressed in certain ways draw to themselves the
• 27:41
  Speaker 1: thought waves and mental influences of others key to the
• 27:44
  Speaker 1: same mental keynote, and likewise they repel the waves and
• 27:48
  Speaker 1: influences of an opposing nature. This is an important fact
• 27:52
  Speaker 1: to remember in one's everyday life. Good attracts good and
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  Speaker 1: repels evil. Evil attracts evil and repairs good. The predominant
• 28:02
  Speaker 1: mental attitude serves to attract similar influences and to repel
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  Speaker 1: the opposing ones. Therefore, watch carefully the character and nature
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  Speaker 1: of your thoughts. Cultivate the desirable ones, and repress the
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  Speaker 1: undesirable ones. Verily, as a man thinks in his heart,
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  Speaker 1: so is he. Some thought waves, sent forth with but
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  Speaker 1: little strength, travel slowly and do not proceed very far
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  Speaker 1: from their place of emanation, but creep along like some
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  Speaker 1: smoke or fog, lazily and yielding. Other thoughts, charged with
• 28:32
  Speaker 1: a greater intensity of desire or will dart forth vigorously
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  Speaker 1: like an electric spark, and often travel great distances. The
• 28:40
  Speaker 1: weak thought waves do not last a very long time,
• 28:43
  Speaker 1: but fade away or become neutralized or dissipated by stronger forces.
• 28:48
  Speaker 1: But the strong thoughts persist for a long time, retaining
• 28:52
  Speaker 1: much of their vitality and energy. In the same manner,
• 28:55
  Speaker 1: the thought waves of a person will continue to vibrate
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  Speaker 1: around him wherever he goes, and those coming in contact
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  Speaker 1: with him will be impressed by the character of his vibrations.
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  Speaker 1: In this way, some men send forth gloomy vibrations, which
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  Speaker 1: you feel when you come in contact with them. Others
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  Speaker 1: radiate good, cheer, courage, and happiness, which conditions are induced
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  Speaker 1: in those with whom they come in contact. Many people
• 29:19
  Speaker 1: manifest these qualities so strongly that one can notice the
• 29:22
  Speaker 1: effect the moment such persons enter a room. They carry
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  Speaker 1: their atmospheres with them, and the same is induced in
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  Speaker 1: the minds of others around them. In the same way,
• 29:32
  Speaker 1: some people carry with them vibrations of will power and
• 29:35
  Speaker 1: masterfulness which beat upon the minds of others, making them
• 29:38
  Speaker 1: feel the power of such persons and conquering their own
• 29:41
  Speaker 1: will power and changing their desires. Others manifest a strong
• 29:45
  Speaker 1: power of fascination or attraction in a similar manner, which
• 29:49
  Speaker 1: tends to draw others to them and to their desires
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  Speaker 1: and wishes. Not only does this principle operate in the
• 29:56
  Speaker 1: phase of general mental atmospheres, but also in the phase
• 29:59
  Speaker 1: of direct persersonal influence. All forms of mental influence operate
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  Speaker 1: along the lines of mental induction. As herein described. The
• 30:08
  Speaker 1: principle is the same in all cases and instances, although
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  Speaker 1: the manner of operation varies according to the particular phase
• 30:14
  Speaker 1: of the phenomena manifested. Remember this as we proceed, and
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  Speaker 1: you will be able to understand the subject much better.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter four Mental Concentration. The two principal factors in the
• 30:28
  Speaker 1: manifestation of mental influence in all of its forms are
• 30:32
  Speaker 1: what are known as one concentration and two mental imagining.
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  Speaker 1: The first of these factors shall be considered in this chapter,
• 30:40
  Speaker 1: the succeeding chapter taking up the consideration of the second factor.
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  Speaker 1: Concentration is a word derived from two Latin words i e. Cohn,
• 30:50
  Speaker 1: a prefix meaning to and centrum meaning center or fixed
• 30:55
  Speaker 1: central point. The two words combined mean literally to bring
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  Speaker 1: to a common point, to focus, et cetera. Thus, the
• 31:04
  Speaker 1: word concentration is seen to mean literally the act or
• 31:08
  Speaker 1: state of bringing to a fixed point or focus. Borrowing
• 31:12
  Speaker 1: an analogous illustration from physical science, we readily see that
• 31:16
  Speaker 1: the highest forms of energy, force or power are manifested
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  Speaker 1: by bringing the force to a focus. Center or common point,
• 31:23
  Speaker 1: thereby directing to that point the entire energy employed, instead
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  Speaker 1: of allowing it to become dissipated over a larger area.
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  Speaker 1: The electricity generated by a battery or dynamo, if allowed
• 31:35
  Speaker 1: to diffuse itself over a large surface, manifests but a
• 31:38
  Speaker 1: small degree of the power that may be obtained from
• 31:40
  Speaker 1: it by compelling it to discharge itself from a small
• 31:42
  Speaker 1: point of focus. The same is true regarding the power
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  Speaker 1: of steam, which manifests great power by being forced to
• 31:49
  Speaker 1: discharge itself through a small point or opening, instead of
• 31:52
  Speaker 1: being permitted to spread itself widely in the air. The
• 31:56
  Speaker 1: same law applies to gunpowder, which manifests forced by by
• 32:00
  Speaker 1: its gases being compelled to escape through the small gun
• 32:02
  Speaker 1: barrel instead of spreading in all directions, which it would
• 32:05
  Speaker 1: do if unconfined. Another familiar example is that of the
• 32:09
  Speaker 1: sunglass or burning glass, which brings the rays of the
• 32:13
  Speaker 1: sun to a common point or focus, greatly intensifying the
• 32:16
  Speaker 1: heat and light. By reason thereof, the occult masters have
• 32:20
  Speaker 1: ever impressed upon their pupils the importance and necessity of
• 32:23
  Speaker 1: acquiring the power of mental concentration, and all trained and
• 32:27
  Speaker 1: developed occultists have practiced and persevered towards this end, the
• 32:30
  Speaker 1: result being that some of them attained almost miraculous mental
• 32:33
  Speaker 1: powers and influence. All occult phenomena is caused in this way,
• 32:38
  Speaker 1: and all occult power depends upon it. Therefore, the student
• 32:42
  Speaker 1: of mental influence should devote much thought, time and practice
• 32:46
  Speaker 1: to this most important branch of the subject. It is
• 32:49
  Speaker 1: a fact known to all students of mental phenomena that
• 32:52
  Speaker 1: very few persons possess more than a very small degree
• 32:55
  Speaker 1: of concentration. They allow their mental forces to become scattered
• 32:59
  Speaker 1: and dissipate in all directions, and obtain little or no
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  Speaker 1: results from the same. In the degree that a man
• 33:05
  Speaker 1: is able to concentrate, so is he able to manifest
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  Speaker 1: mental power. A man's power of mental concentration is, to
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  Speaker 1: a great extent, his measure of greatness. Mental concentration, in practice,
• 33:18
  Speaker 1: consists in focusing the mind upon a given subject or
• 33:21
  Speaker 1: object firmly and fixedly, and then holding it there for
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  Speaker 1: a certain time, fully intent upon its object, and not
• 33:28
  Speaker 1: allowing itself to be diverted or attracted from its object.
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  Speaker 1: It likewise consists in the correlative power of then detaching
• 33:36
  Speaker 1: the mind from that subject or object and either allowing
• 33:39
  Speaker 1: it to rest or else focusing it upon another object.
• 33:43
  Speaker 1: In other words, it either gives undivided attention or else
• 33:46
  Speaker 1: inhibits or shuts off attention from given subject or object.
• 33:51
  Speaker 1: To the reader who has had no experience along the
• 33:54
  Speaker 1: lines of mental concentration, it may seem like a very
• 33:57
  Speaker 1: easy task to focus the mind upon a subject and
• 34:00
  Speaker 1: then hold it there firmly and fixedly. But a little
• 34:04
  Speaker 1: practice will undeceive such a person and will bring him
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  Speaker 1: to a realizing sense of the difficulty of the task.
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  Speaker 1: The mind is a very restless thing, and its tendency
• 34:13
  Speaker 1: is to dance from one thing to another, darting here
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  Speaker 1: and there, soon tiring of continued attention, and like a
• 34:19
  Speaker 1: spoiled child, seeking a new object upon which to exercise itself.
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  Speaker 1: On the other hand, many people allow their minds to
• 34:27
  Speaker 1: concentrate involuntarily upon whatever may strike the fancy, and forgetting
• 34:33
  Speaker 1: everything else. They give themselves up to the object, attracting
• 34:36
  Speaker 1: their attention for the moment, often neglecting duties and important interests,
• 34:40
  Speaker 1: and becoming day dreamers instead of firm thinkers. This involuntary
• 34:45
  Speaker 1: concentration is a thing to be avoided, for it is
• 34:48
  Speaker 1: the allowing of the attention to escape the control of
• 34:50
  Speaker 1: the will. The mental concentration of the occultists is a
• 34:54
  Speaker 1: very different thing, and is solely in control of the will,
• 34:58
  Speaker 1: being applied when desirable, and taken off or inhibited when desirable.
• 35:03
  Speaker 1: The trained occultist will concentrate upon a subject or object
• 35:06
  Speaker 1: with a wonderful intensity, seemingly completely absorbed in a subject
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  Speaker 1: or object before him, and oblivious to all else in
• 35:13
  Speaker 1: the world. And yet the task accomplished or the given
• 35:17
  Speaker 1: time expired, he will detach his mind from the object
• 35:20
  Speaker 1: and will be perfectly fresh, watchful, and wide awake to
• 35:23
  Speaker 1: the next matter before him. There is every difference in
• 35:27
  Speaker 1: being controlled by involuntary attention, which is a species of
• 35:30
  Speaker 1: self hypnotization, and the control of the attention, which is
• 35:33
  Speaker 1: an evidence of mastery. The secret of mental concentration lies
• 35:38
  Speaker 1: in the control of the attention, and the control of
• 35:41
  Speaker 1: the attention lies in the exercise of the will. A
• 35:45
  Speaker 1: celebrated French psychologist has well said, the authority is subject
• 35:49
  Speaker 1: to the superior authority of the ego. I yield it
• 35:53
  Speaker 1: or I withhold it as I please. I directed and
• 35:56
  Speaker 1: turn to several points. I concentrated upon each point as
• 36:00
  Speaker 1: long as my will can stand the effort. Sully says,
• 36:04
  Speaker 1: attention may be roughly defined as the active self direction
• 36:07
  Speaker 1: of the mind to any object which presents itself at
• 36:09
  Speaker 1: the moment, all of the occult authorities begin teaching their
• 36:14
  Speaker 1: pupils attention as the first step toward mental concentration. They
• 36:18
  Speaker 1: instruct the pupil to examine some familiar object and endeavor
• 36:22
  Speaker 1: to see as many details as possible in the object. Then,
• 36:26
  Speaker 1: after hearing the pupil's report, the master sends him back
• 36:29
  Speaker 1: to the task, bidding him seek for new details, and
• 36:32
  Speaker 1: so on, until at last the pupil has discovered about
• 36:34
  Speaker 1: all concerning the object that can be discovered. The next
• 36:38
  Speaker 1: day a new object is given him, and the process
• 36:41
  Speaker 1: is repeated. First simple objects are given, and then more
• 36:45
  Speaker 1: complex ones, until at last objects of great complexity are
• 36:48
  Speaker 1: easily mastered. In this way, not only is the power
• 36:52
  Speaker 1: of close observation highly developed, but the faculty of attention
• 36:56
  Speaker 1: becomes so highly strengthened that the pupil is able to
• 36:58
  Speaker 1: exert the greatest amount of mental concentration with scarcely the
• 37:02
  Speaker 1: consciousness of effort. And such a person then becomes a
• 37:06
  Speaker 1: very giant in the manifestation of mental influence, for he
• 37:10
  Speaker 1: is able to hold his mind one pointed, as the
• 37:13
  Speaker 1: Orientals describe it, until he has focused and directed a
• 37:16
  Speaker 1: mighty degree of mental influence toward the desired object. Among
• 37:20
  Speaker 1: the practices imposed upon their pupils by the occult masters
• 37:23
  Speaker 1: may be named mathematics, drawing, analysis, et cetera. You will
• 37:28
  Speaker 1: readily see why this is. To begin with, mathematics requires
• 37:33
  Speaker 1: the undivided attention of the student. Unless he concentrates upon
• 37:38
  Speaker 1: his examples, he will not be able to work out
• 37:40
  Speaker 1: their solution. And according to the principle in nature that
• 37:44
  Speaker 1: practice makes perfect and that exercise develops power, the practice
• 37:48
  Speaker 1: of the mind along lines requiring voluntary attention and mental
• 37:52
  Speaker 1: concentration will inevitably result in the acquirement of the mental
• 37:55
  Speaker 1: control and power which renders possible the strongest manifestation of
• 37:59
  Speaker 1: mental influences. The person who uses mental influence must certainly
• 38:04
  Speaker 1: possess the power of focusing the force to a common
• 38:06
  Speaker 1: point in order to manifest the greatest amount of power
• 38:10
  Speaker 1: and influence. And that faculty of focusing results from the
• 38:14
  Speaker 1: training of the mind along the lines of concentration and
• 38:17
  Speaker 1: concentration arises from the mastery of voluntary attention. So there
• 38:22
  Speaker 1: you have the whole matter in a nutshell. So your
• 38:25
  Speaker 1: first step toward acquiring mental influence should be to cultivate
• 38:28
  Speaker 1: voluntary attention. We might fill page after page with exercises
• 38:34
  Speaker 1: designed to strengthen your faculty of voluntary attention, but what
• 38:37
  Speaker 1: would be the use. The best plan is to set
• 38:40
  Speaker 1: you to work to find something upon which to concentrate.
• 38:43
  Speaker 1: For the very search will develop attention. Look around you
• 38:47
  Speaker 1: for some object to study in detail. Then concentrate your
• 38:50
  Speaker 1: attention upon it until you have seen all there is
• 38:53
  Speaker 1: about it to be seen. Then take up another object
• 38:55
  Speaker 1: and pursue the practice further. Take a page this page,
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  Speaker 1: if you will, and count the number of words on it.
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  Speaker 1: Then see how many words are required to fill each
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  Speaker 1: line on an average. Then see how many letters there
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  Speaker 1: are in each word in each line on the whole page.
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  Speaker 1: Then go over the page and see if any words
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  Speaker 1: are misspelled, or if any of the letters are imperfect,
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  Speaker 1: et cetera. In short, get acquainted with this page until
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  Speaker 1: you know all about it. Then take up another page, and,
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  Speaker 1: after studying it in the same way, compare the two
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  Speaker 1: and so on. Of course, This will be very dry
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  Speaker 1: and tedious unless you take an interest in it, and
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  Speaker 1: the interest may be aroused by remembering just what the
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  Speaker 1: exercise is designed for. After practicing this way for a
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  Speaker 1: short time each day, you will begin to find that
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  Speaker 1: you are able to bestow greater attention upon objects upon
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  Speaker 1: which you are trying to manifest mental influence. You are
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  Speaker 1: developing concentration, and that is the great secret of the
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  Speaker 1: use of mental influence, and ex explains the differences in
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  Speaker 1: its manifestation among men. Think over this chapter five, mental imaging.
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  Speaker 1: In our last chapter we called your attention to the
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  Speaker 1: first of the two principal factors in the manifestation of
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  Speaker 1: mental influence, namely mental concentration. In the present chapter, we
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  Speaker 1: shall consider the second factor tending to render possible the
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  Speaker 1: said manifestation, namely mental imaging. What is known as a
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  Speaker 1: mental image in occultism is the mental creation, in the
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  Speaker 1: imagination of a picture of the things, events, or conditions
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  Speaker 1: that one desires to be manifested or materialized in actual effect.
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  Speaker 1: A moment's thought will show you that unless you know
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  Speaker 1: just what you desire, you can take no steps toward
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  Speaker 1: attaining it on any plane of manifestation, and the more
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  Speaker 1: clearly your desires are perceived in your imagination, the clearer
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  Speaker 1: is the work of proceeding toward the realization of that desire.
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  Speaker 1: A mental image gives you a framework of upon which
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  Speaker 1: to work. It is like the drawing of the architect
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  Speaker 1: or the map of the explorer. Think over this for
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  Speaker 1: a few moments until you get the idea firmly fixed
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  Speaker 1: in your mind. And now the same rule holds good
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  Speaker 1: on the plane in which the manifestations of mental influence
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  Speaker 1: take place. The occultist first builds up in his imagination
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  Speaker 1: a mental image or picture of the conditions he wishes
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  Speaker 1: to bring about, and then by concentrating his influence through
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  Speaker 1: and around the picture, he is able to manifest his
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  Speaker 1: influence strongly, instead of in a haphazard way, as is
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  Speaker 1: the case with the majority of people who do not
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  Speaker 1: understand the laws and principles underlying the manifestations of the
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  Speaker 1: forces of mind. The mental image gives shape and directions
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  Speaker 1: to the force which is being concentrated upon the desired
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  Speaker 1: object or subject. It may be compared to the image
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  Speaker 1: on the glass of the magic lantern through which the
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  Speaker 1: focused rays of the lamp pass The result being that
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  Speaker 1: a corresponding image is reproduced upon the screen or curtain
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  Speaker 1: beyond the anal ergy is a very close one, indeed,
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  Speaker 1: if we remember that the minds of the majority of
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  Speaker 1: people are more or less blank screens or curtains upon
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  Speaker 1: which play the pictures produced there by outside influences, suggestions, environments,
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  Speaker 1: et cetera. For very few people realize their individuality, and
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  Speaker 1: are merely reflections of the thoughts and ideas of other people.
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  Speaker 1: An eminent authority, Sir Francis Galton, who was one of
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  Speaker 1: the leading authorities upon psychology of preceding generations, has said
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  Speaker 1: on this subject, the free action of a high visualizing
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  Speaker 1: faculty is of much importance in connection with the higher
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  Speaker 1: processes of generalized thought. A visual image is the most
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  Speaker 1: perfect form of mental representation, whatever the shape, position, and
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  Speaker 1: relations of objects to space are concerned. The best workmen
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  Speaker 1: are those who visualize the whole of what they propose
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  Speaker 1: to do before they take a tool in their hands. Strategists,
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  Speaker 1: artists of all denominations, physicists who contrive new experiments, and
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  Speaker 1: in short, all who do not follow routine have need
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  Speaker 1: of it. A faculty that is of importance in all
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  Speaker 1: technical and artistic occupations that gives accuracy to our perceptions
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  Speaker 1: and justice to our generalizations, is starved by lazy disuse,
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  Speaker 1: instead of being cultivated judiciously in such a way as
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  Speaker 1: will on the whole bring the best return. I believe
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  Speaker 1: that a serious study of the best way of developing
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  Speaker 1: and utilizing this faculty, without prejudice to the practice of
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  Speaker 1: abstract thought and symbols, is one of the many pressing
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  Speaker 1: desiderata in the yet unformed science of education. And what
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  Speaker 1: Galton has said of the value of the use of
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  Speaker 1: this faculty of the mind in the affairs of the
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  Speaker 1: material plane, so it is likewise true of the manifestations
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  Speaker 1: on the mental plane. You know that the clearer a
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  Speaker 1: mental picture you possess of anything that you want, the
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  Speaker 1: better do you know just what you do want? And
• 43:48
  Speaker 1: the better you know the latter, the better able are
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  Speaker 1: you to take steps to get it. Many people go
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  Speaker 1: through life wanting something but not really knowing just what
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  Speaker 1: they do want. Is it any wonder that they do
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  Speaker 1: not realize or materialize their desires any better? And the
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  Speaker 1: same thing holds good on the plane of the manifestation
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  Speaker 1: of mental influence. If one wishes to materialize anything by
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  Speaker 1: the use of the influence. Is he not handicapped by
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  Speaker 1: a lack of a mental image of just what he
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  Speaker 1: wants to materialize? And is he not helped very much
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  Speaker 1: by the creation of a mental pattern or plan in
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  Speaker 1: the shape of a mental picture through and around which
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  Speaker 1: he may direct his thought currents. The occultists manifesting the
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  Speaker 1: greatest degree of mental influence acquire by practice this art
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  Speaker 1: of creating mental images of that which they wish to materialize.
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  Speaker 1: They train their imaginations in this way until the very
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  Speaker 1: act of creating the mental image acts strongly toward the
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  Speaker 1: actual materialization of the thing itself. They see the desired
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  Speaker 1: thing or event as actually existing in their minds before
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  Speaker 1: they attempt to concentrate their thought waves upon the task
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  Speaker 1: of accomplishing it. Then, the mental picture being completed in
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  Speaker 1: standing in strong outline, they focus their mental force through it.
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  Speaker 1: Just as in the case of the magic lantern before
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  Speaker 1: referred to and lo, the picture is reproduced on the
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  Speaker 1: screen of mentality of other people. The imagination may be
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  Speaker 1: strengthened in many ways, the principle being constant and persistent
• 45:16
  Speaker 1: practice the practice of recalling to the memory of scenes
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  Speaker 1: previously witnessed, and then either describing them to others or
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  Speaker 1: else drawing a rough picture of them will help in
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  Speaker 1: this matter. Describe to other scenes that you have witnessed, occurrences,
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  Speaker 1: details of appearances, et cetera, et cetera. Until you are
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  Speaker 1: able to reproduce mentally the aspects and appearances of the things.
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  Speaker 1: Then you may begin to draw mental pictures of things
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  Speaker 1: desired as if they were being drawn on the screen
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  Speaker 1: of your mind. See mentally the things is actually occurring.
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  Speaker 1: Create a little playhouse of your own in your mind,
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  Speaker 1: and there enact the plays that you wish to witness
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  Speaker 1: in actual life. When you have acquired this, you will
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  Speaker 1: be able to project your mental pictures on the screen
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  Speaker 1: of objectivity in actual life with far greater effect. In
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  Speaker 1: thinking of this subject, you would do well to remember
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  Speaker 1: the illustration of the magic lantern, for the figure is
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  Speaker 1: a good one and will enable you to carry the
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  Speaker 1: idea better in your mind. You see, in giving you
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  Speaker 1: this suggestion, we are really telling you to form a
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  Speaker 1: mental picture of the mental magic lantern using the illustration
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  Speaker 1: given you See how much easier it is for you
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  Speaker 1: to think of it in this way, and how much
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  Speaker 1: easier it is for you to manifest it in practice.
• 46:30
  Speaker 1: Build your mental images by degrees, commencing with the general
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  Speaker 1: outlines and then filling in the details. Always commence by
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  Speaker 1: trying simple and easy things, and then working up to
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  Speaker 1: the more complex and difficult feats. And now a word
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  Speaker 1: of warning at this point, do not allow your imagination
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  Speaker 1: to run away with you. Do not become a dreamer
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  Speaker 1: of dreams and a doer of nothing. You must master
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  Speaker 1: your imagination and make it your servant and not your master.
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  Speaker 1: You must make it do your bidding instead of allowing
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  Speaker 1: it to dictate to you. You will see in the
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  Speaker 1: succeeding chapters the important part that mental imaging plays in
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  Speaker 1: the different phases of mental influence, Even when we do
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  Speaker 1: not refer directly to it by name. You will see
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  Speaker 1: that the idea sought to be conveyed by one mind
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  Speaker 1: to another, the feeling, desire or mental states sought to
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  Speaker 1: be transferred from one mind to others, must and does
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  Speaker 1: depend very materially for strength upon the clearness and completeness
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  Speaker 1: of the mental image held in the mind of the
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  Speaker 1: person seeking to do the influencing the projector of the
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  Speaker 1: mental image of his mental magic lantern upon the screen
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  Speaker 1: of the minds of others. Carry this principle well in
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  Speaker 1: mind that you may see its operation in its different forms.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter six Fascination. In this and the next chapter, we
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  Speaker 1: shall present to you information regarding the effect of mental
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  Speaker 1: influence manifested when there is personal contact between the persons
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  Speaker 1: using the power and the person affected. Then we shall
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  Speaker 1: pass on to a consideration of the effect produced when
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  Speaker 1: the persons are not in direct contact with each other.
• 48:05
  Speaker 1: There are two general forms of the direct use of
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  Speaker 1: mental influence, which, although somewhat resembling each other, may still
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  Speaker 1: be separated into two classes. The first we shall call
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  Speaker 1: fascination and the second hypnotism. By fascination we mean the
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  Speaker 1: manifestation of mental influence when the two persons are together
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  Speaker 1: without passes or the usual hypnotic methods. By hypnotism we
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  Speaker 1: mean the uses of the power also when the two
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  Speaker 1: parties are together but accompanied by passes or hypnotic methods.
• 48:36
  Speaker 1: Under the head of fascination are to be found the
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  Speaker 1: manifestations generally known as personal magnetism, charming, et cetera. It
• 48:44
  Speaker 1: is quite commonly employed in varying degrees by many persons,
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  Speaker 1: often without their conscious knowledge of the principles employed. Many
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  Speaker 1: persons are possessed of the power of fascination naturally and
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  Speaker 1: without having studied or practiced the principles. Many others, not
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  Speaker 1: originally possessing the power, have acquired by study and practice,
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  Speaker 1: the power to influence people in this way. For it
• 49:08
  Speaker 1: must be known, the power may be acquired by study
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  Speaker 1: and practice, just as may any other power of mind
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  Speaker 1: and body. To some, it is easy, to others difficult,
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  Speaker 1: But all may acquire a very great degree of the
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  Speaker 1: power by intelligent study and practice of the underlying principles.
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  Speaker 1: Fascination is one of the oldest forms of the manifestations
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  Speaker 1: of mental influence. It was known to and employed by
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  Speaker 1: the earliest races of men. It is even found among
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  Speaker 1: the lower animals, who pursue their prey or capture their
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  Speaker 1: mates by its use. A recent writer on the subject
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  Speaker 1: has defined the word used in this connection as acting
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  Speaker 1: upon by some powerful or irresistible influence, influencing by an
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  Speaker 1: irresistible charm, alluring, exciting, irresistibly or powerfully charming, captivating or attracting,
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  Speaker 1: powerfully influenceluencing the imagination, reason, or will of another in
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  Speaker 1: an uncontrollable manner. Enchanting, captivating, or alluring powerfully or irresistibly.
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  Speaker 1: As we have just said, this power is observable even
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  Speaker 1: among the lower animals. In some cases, instances are related
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  Speaker 1: by naturalists in which scorpions have fascinated other insects, causing
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  Speaker 1: them to circle around and around, until finally the insect
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  Speaker 1: would plunge down right within striking distance of the scorpion,
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  Speaker 1: which would then devour its prey. Birds of prey unquestionably
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  Speaker 1: fascinate their game, and men who have been brought in
• 50:34
  Speaker 1: contact with wild tigers, lions, et cetera, have testified that
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  Speaker 1: they felt paralyzed in some manner, their legs refusing to
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  Speaker 1: obey their will, and their minds seeming to become numbed
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  Speaker 1: and stunned. Those who have seen a mouse in the
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  Speaker 1: presence of a cat will testify to the effect of
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  Speaker 1: some power exerted by the latter. Birds in the presence
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  Speaker 1: of cats and serpents also manifest symptoms of a conquered will,
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  Speaker 1: and naturalists cite many instances of the employment of this
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  Speaker 1: force by birds seeking to captivate and charm their mates
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  Speaker 1: at the beginning of the season. Among men, it has
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  Speaker 1: been noticed that certain individuals possessed this power to a
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  Speaker 1: great degree, some of the great men of ancient and
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  Speaker 1: modern times having been so filled with the power that
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  Speaker 1: they could manage their followers almost as one would move automatons.
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  Speaker 1: Julius Caesar had this power developed to a great degree,
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  Speaker 1: and used it from youth to his last days. He
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  Speaker 1: was worshiped almost as a god by his soldiers, who
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  Speaker 1: would undertake almost any task at his bidding. Napoleon also
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  Speaker 1: possessed this charm to a wonderful degree. It enabled him
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  Speaker 1: to control men with whom he came in contact, and
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  Speaker 1: to bend them to his will. He rose from a
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  Speaker 1: poor student to the dignity and power of the Emperor
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  Speaker 1: of France. When banished to Elba, he escaped, and, landing
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  Speaker 1: in France, he alone and unarmed, confronted the ranks of
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  Speaker 1: the French army drawn up to capture him, and walking
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  Speaker 1: towards the soldiers, compelled the latter to throw down their
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  Speaker 1: guns and flock to support. He entered Paris at the
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  Speaker 1: head of the great army which had been sent forth
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  Speaker 1: to capture him. This is no wild legend, but a
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  Speaker 1: sober fact of history, and in our own times we
• 52:12
  Speaker 1: see how certain leaders of men sweep people before them
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  Speaker 1: and move them around like pawns on the chessboard of life.
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  Speaker 1: All of the above mentioned phenomena come under the head
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  Speaker 1: of fascination and is the result of the emanation of
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  Speaker 1: streams of active thought waves from the mind of a person,
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  Speaker 1: the same being strongly concentrated and directed towards those whom
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  Speaker 1: the person wishes to affect. The person forms a strong
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  Speaker 1: thought in his mind and sends it out to the
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  Speaker 1: other charged with the force of a concentrated will, so
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  Speaker 1: that the other person feels it most strongly and forcibly.
• 52:42
  Speaker 1: The fundamental idea is the forming of the thought and
• 52:45
  Speaker 1: then sending it out to the other person. For instance,
• 52:49
  Speaker 1: if you wish a person to like you, he should
• 52:51
  Speaker 1: form in your mind this thought that person likes me,
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  Speaker 1: fixing it in your own mind as a fact, then
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  Speaker 1: project to him the concentrated thought you like me, you
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  Speaker 1: like me very much, with an air of assurance and confidence,
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  Speaker 1: and the other person is bound to feel the effect
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  Speaker 1: unless he or she has acquired a knowledge of the
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  Speaker 1: subject and is using self protection. The thought should be
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  Speaker 1: sent forth with the strength that usually accompanies a strong
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  Speaker 1: spoken statement. But you must not actually speak the words aloud.
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  Speaker 1: You should merely say them strongly in your mind. If
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  Speaker 1: you wish to produce an effect or impression upon another person,
• 53:28
  Speaker 1: the same process may be used, changing the thought and
• 53:31
  Speaker 1: vibrations to the idea that you have a stronger will
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  Speaker 1: than the other person and are able to overcome his
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  Speaker 1: will using the silent message of I am stronger than you.
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  Speaker 1: My will overcomes yours, et cetera. Some successful agents and
• 53:44
  Speaker 1: salesmen use the following method in reaching their customers. They
• 53:48
  Speaker 1: form a thought that the other person desires their goods
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  Speaker 1: very much, and then they send out the thought way
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  Speaker 1: of that you desire my goods, you want them very much,
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  Speaker 1: you have an irresistible longing for them, et cetera. Others
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  Speaker 1: use the following when they wish another to comply with
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  Speaker 1: their wishes. You will do as I say, will do
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  Speaker 1: as I say. You will yield to me fully and completely,
• 54:09
  Speaker 1: et cetera. You will readily see from the above examples
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  Speaker 1: that the whole principle employed in any and all of
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  Speaker 1: these cases consists of the thought of what the person
• 54:20
  Speaker 1: wishes the other to do, held firmly in the mind,
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  Speaker 1: and the projection of that thought to the other silently
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  Speaker 1: in the shape of unspoken words. In the above you
• 54:30
  Speaker 1: have the whole secret of fascination condensed to a small space.
• 54:34
  Speaker 1: You will understand, of course, that the words are only
• 54:37
  Speaker 1: means of concentrating in vitalizing the thought. Animals merely feel desires,
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  Speaker 1: but are able to fascinate by the strength of them.
• 54:45
  Speaker 1: Although they cannot use words, and one person may fascinate
• 54:50
  Speaker 1: another without understanding a word of his language, the real
• 54:53
  Speaker 1: strength coming from the strength of the desire behind the words.
• 54:57
  Speaker 1: The formation of the desire thought into words is is
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  Speaker 1: merely for the purpose of concentrating and focusing the thought.
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  Speaker 1: For words are concentrated symbols of ideas, thoughts, or feelings.
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  Speaker 1: The exact process of sending forth the thought wave to
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  Speaker 1: the other is difficult to describe. You know how you
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  Speaker 1: feel when you say something very forcible and emphatic to
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  Speaker 1: another person. You can fairly feel the force of the
• 55:22
  Speaker 1: words being hurled at the other person. Well, cultivate that
• 55:26
  Speaker 1: same power in sending forth the unspoken word in the
• 55:29
  Speaker 1: above manner, and you will soon be able to notice
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  Speaker 1: the effect of the thought on the other. It may
• 55:34
  Speaker 1: help you to imagine that you can see the force
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  Speaker 1: flying from you to the other. The imagination properly used
• 55:40
  Speaker 1: helps very much in these matters, for it creates a
• 55:43
  Speaker 1: mental path over which the force may travel. You must
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  Speaker 1: not act awkwardly when sending out the thought waves, but
• 55:50
  Speaker 1: converse in an ordinary manner, sending your thought waves between
• 55:53
  Speaker 1: your speeches, when the other person is talking to you,
• 55:56
  Speaker 1: or at any pause in the conversation. It is always
• 55:59
  Speaker 1: well to send first a powerful thought wave before the
• 56:02
  Speaker 1: conversation is opened, preferably while you are approaching the person,
• 56:07
  Speaker 1: And it is likewise well to terminate the interview with
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  Speaker 1: a parting shot of considerable strength. You will find that
• 56:14
  Speaker 1: these thought waves are of far greater power than spoken words.
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  Speaker 1: And then again you can, in this way send out
• 56:20
  Speaker 1: impressions that you could not utter in spoken words for
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  Speaker 1: obvious reasons. And now do you see how you have
• 56:26
  Speaker 1: been affected by persons who have influenced you at times
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  Speaker 1: in your past life. Now that you know the secret,
• 56:32
  Speaker 1: you will be in a measure immune from further impressions
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  Speaker 1: from others. And when you read our concluding chapter entitled
• 56:39
  Speaker 1: self Protection, you will be able to surround yourself with
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  Speaker 1: a protective armour through which the thought waves cannot penetrate,
• 56:44
  Speaker 1: but which will turn aside the shafts directed towards you.
• 56:48
  Speaker 1: Chapter seven, hypnotic influence. As we have mentioned in a
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  Speaker 1: previous lesson, there is a general resemblance between the manifestation
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  Speaker 1: of mental influence known as fascination, and that known as
• 57:01
  Speaker 1: hypnotic influence. In the manifestation known as fascination, the influence
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  Speaker 1: is exerted solely by thought waves passing from mind to mind,
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  Speaker 1: without a physical medium or channel other than the ether.
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  Speaker 1: In hypnotic influence, on the contrary, the influence is heightened
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  Speaker 1: by means of passes, strokings, or eye influence. In hypnotic influence,
• 57:22
  Speaker 1: the mind of the person affected, whom we shall call
• 57:25
  Speaker 1: that the subject is rendered passive by a flow of
• 57:27
  Speaker 1: mental energy calculated to render it more or less drowsy
• 57:30
  Speaker 1: or sleepy, and therefore less calculated to set up powers
• 57:34
  Speaker 1: of resistance to the thought waves of the person using
• 57:36
  Speaker 1: the influence. But the power employed is the same in
• 57:40
  Speaker 1: all cases, no matter whether they fall under the classification
• 57:44
  Speaker 1: of fascination or whether that of hypnotic influence. The two
• 57:48
  Speaker 1: classes of manifestation, as a matter of fact, really blend
• 57:51
  Speaker 1: into each other, and it is difficult to draw a
• 57:54
  Speaker 1: dividing line in some cases. Hypnotic influence is a form
• 57:58
  Speaker 1: of that which was formerly termed Mesmerism, which name was
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  Speaker 1: given to it in honor of its discoverer, Frederick Anton Mesmer,
• 58:05
  Speaker 1: who practiced this form of mental influence during the latter
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  Speaker 1: half of the eighteenth century. As a fact, however, the
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  Speaker 1: force and its use was known to the ancient centuries
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  Speaker 1: before Mesmer's time, the latter person having merely rediscovered it.
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  Speaker 1: Mesmer taught that the power was based upon the presence
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  Speaker 1: of a strange universal fluid which pervaded everything, and which
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  Speaker 1: had a peculiar effect upon the nerves and brains of people.
• 58:30
  Speaker 1: He and his followers believed that it was necessary to
• 58:32
  Speaker 1: put the subjects into a sound sleep before they could
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  Speaker 1: be influenced. But both of these ideas have given way
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  Speaker 1: to the new theories on the subject now held by
• 58:41
  Speaker 1: investigators and students of the subject. It is now known
• 58:45
  Speaker 1: that the magnetic fluid believed in by Mesmer and his
• 58:48
  Speaker 1: followers is nothing else than the currents of thought waves
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  Speaker 1: emanating from the mind of the operator, and it is
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  Speaker 1: also known that the deep sleep condition is not necessary
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  Speaker 1: to render the will of the subjects subserving, and to
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  Speaker 1: that of the operator. It is also now known that
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  Speaker 1: the nerves of the arms and fingers afford a highly
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  Speaker 1: sensitive conductor for the mental currents which may be propelled
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  Speaker 1: over them to the mind of the subject or to
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  Speaker 1: his nerves and muscles. This fact is explained by the
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  Speaker 1: well known scientific fact that the material of which the
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  Speaker 1: nerves are composed is almost identical with that of the brain.
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  Speaker 1: In fact, the nervous system may be spoken of as
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  Speaker 1: a continuation of the brain itself. It is now also
• 59:27
  Speaker 1: known that the eye has a peculiar property of transmitting
• 59:30
  Speaker 1: the mental currents along the rays of light entering it,
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  Speaker 1: and from thence to the eyes of the other person.
• 59:36
  Speaker 1: The above fact explains the phenomena of hypnotic influence as
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  Speaker 1: it is now known to science. The question of suggestion
• 59:43
  Speaker 1: also has a bearing on the subject, as we shall
• 59:46
  Speaker 1: see presently, modern operators do not produce the deep sleep condition,
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  Speaker 1: usually except in cases when it is desired to produce
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  Speaker 1: some form of psychic phenomena apart from the subject of
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  Speaker 1: mental influence, that is, in which they are merely inducing
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  Speaker 1: the deep hypnotic condition in order to get the subject
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  Speaker 1: into a psychic condition in which the phenomena mention may
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  Speaker 1: be manifested or exhibited. We shall not enter into this
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  Speaker 1: phase of the subject in this book, for it is
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  Speaker 1: outside of the immediate subject. The modern hypnotic investigator merely
• 1:00:17
  Speaker 1: induces a passive state in the mind, nerves, or muscles
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  Speaker 1: of the subject sufficient to reduce the powers of resistance,
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  Speaker 1: and then he gives his orders or verbal suggestions, accompanied
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  Speaker 1: by a projection of his thought waves into the mind
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  Speaker 1: of the subject. In order to illustrate the subject, we
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  Speaker 1: will give you a few experiments which may be easily
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  Speaker 1: performed by any one manifesting the power of concentration and
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  Speaker 1: thought projection. There is, of course, a great difference in
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  Speaker 1: the degrees of impressionability of different persons to hypnotic influence,
• 1:00:47
  Speaker 1: that is to say, difference of degrees of resistance. Some
• 1:00:51
  Speaker 1: persons will interpose a strong resistance, while others will set
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  Speaker 1: up a very feeble resistance which is easily beaten down
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  Speaker 1: by the will of the operator. In the following experiments,
• 1:01:02
  Speaker 1: you had better begin by getting some person who is
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  Speaker 1: perfectly willing for the experiment, and who will not interpose
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  Speaker 1: a resistance, but who is willing to become passive some
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  Speaker 1: person friendly to you and interested in the experiments we mean.
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  Speaker 1: Begin by having the person stand before you. Then make
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  Speaker 1: sweeping passes in front of the person from head to feet.
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  Speaker 1: Then make a few passes in front of the face
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  Speaker 1: of the subject, then along his arms. Then take hold
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  Speaker 1: of his hands and hold them a little while looking
• 1:01:31
  Speaker 1: him straight in the eyes. Make all passes downward, avoid
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  Speaker 1: levity or laughter, and maintain a serious, earnest expression and
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  Speaker 1: frame of mind. Then, standing in front of the subject,
• 1:01:44
  Speaker 1: tell him to take his will off of his legs
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  Speaker 1: and stand perfectly passive and relaxed. Then, looking him straight
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  Speaker 1: in the eyes, say to him, now I am going
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  Speaker 1: to draw you forward toward me by my mental power.
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  Speaker 1: You will feel yourself falling forward toward me. Don't resist,
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  Speaker 1: but let yourself come toward me. I will catch you.
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  Speaker 1: Don't be afraid. Now come, come, come, now, you're coming
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  Speaker 1: this way, coming here, You're coming, that's right, et cetera.
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  Speaker 1: You will find that he will begin to sway toward you,
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  Speaker 1: and in a moment or two, will fall forward in
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  Speaker 1: your arms. It is unnecessary to say that you should
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  Speaker 1: concentrate your mind steadily upon the idea of his falling forward,
• 1:02:24
  Speaker 1: using your will firmly to that effect. It will help
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  Speaker 1: matters if you hold your hands on each side of
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  Speaker 1: his head, but just in front of him, not touching him, however,
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  Speaker 1: and then draw away your hands toward yourself, saying at
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  Speaker 1: the same time, come, now, come, your coming, et cetera.
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  Speaker 1: This experiment may be reversed by standing behind the subject
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  Speaker 1: and drawing him backward. Be sure and catch him in
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  Speaker 1: your arms when he falls, and protect him from a
• 1:02:50
  Speaker 1: fall to the floor. In the same manner, you may
• 1:02:53
  Speaker 1: fasten his hands together, telling him that he cannot draw
• 1:02:56
  Speaker 1: them apart. Or you may start him revolving his head
• 1:03:00
  Speaker 1: and then giving him orders that he cannot stop them.
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  Speaker 1: Or you may draw him all around the room after you,
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  Speaker 1: following your finger that you have pointed at his nose.
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  Speaker 1: Or you may make him experience a feeling of heat
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  Speaker 1: and pain by touching your finger to his hand and
• 1:03:14
  Speaker 1: telling him that it is hot. All of the familiar
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  Speaker 1: simple experiments may be performed successfully upon a large percentage
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  Speaker 1: of persons in this way by following the above general directions.
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  Speaker 1: We shall not go into detail of the higher experiments
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  Speaker 1: in hypnotism, as that forms a special subject. By itself.
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  Speaker 1: We give the above experiments merely for the purpose of
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  Speaker 1: showing you that the phenomena of hypnotic influence do not
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  Speaker 1: require any magnetic fluid theory, and is all explainable upon
• 1:03:44
  Speaker 1: the hypothesis of mental influence by means of thought waves
• 1:03:47
  Speaker 1: and mental induction. In the above experiments, be sure you
• 1:03:51
  Speaker 1: take off the influence afterward by making upward passes and
• 1:03:55
  Speaker 1: willing that the influence pass off. Do not neglect this
• 1:04:01
  Speaker 1: in your experiments. If you care to undertake them, you
• 1:04:03
  Speaker 1: will soon discover the power of your eye upon the
• 1:04:06
  Speaker 1: other persons. You will be able to almost feel the
• 1:04:09
  Speaker 1: force passing from your gaze to theirs. And this is
• 1:04:12
  Speaker 1: true in the case of the passes and strokings of
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  Speaker 1: the hands. You will feel the vibratory waves flowing from
• 1:04:19
  Speaker 1: your hands into their nervous system. It is wonderful what
• 1:04:22
  Speaker 1: power is aroused in a person. After conducting a few
• 1:04:25
  Speaker 1: experiments along these lines, those who care to follow the
• 1:04:29
  Speaker 1: subject further are referred to a forthcoming book of this
• 1:04:32
  Speaker 1: series to be issued shortly and which will be called
• 1:04:35
  Speaker 1: The New Hypnotism, in which full instructions will be given
• 1:04:38
  Speaker 1: in the higher phenomena in complete detail, and now a
• 1:04:42
  Speaker 1: word of warning. Beware of people who are always putting
• 1:04:46
  Speaker 1: their hands on you, or patting or stroking you, or
• 1:04:49
  Speaker 1: wishing to hold your hands a long time. Many persons
• 1:04:53
  Speaker 1: do this from force of habit and innocently, but others
• 1:04:56
  Speaker 1: do so with the intention of producing a mild form
• 1:04:59
  Speaker 1: of hypnotic inas influence upon you. If you meet such
• 1:05:02
  Speaker 1: persons and find them attempting anything of this sort, you
• 1:05:06
  Speaker 1: can counteract their influence by sending them a strong thought
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  Speaker 1: current as stated in our last chapter, sending them the
• 1:05:12
  Speaker 1: thought you can't affect me. I am too strong for you.
• 1:05:15
  Speaker 1: You can't play your tricks on me. It is a
• 1:05:18
  Speaker 1: good plan to practice this counteracting force when you are
• 1:05:21
  Speaker 1: shaking hands with a magnetic person who seems to affect people.
• 1:05:26
  Speaker 1: You will soon be able to distinguish these people by
• 1:05:28
  Speaker 1: a certain force about them and a peculiar expression in
• 1:05:31
  Speaker 1: their eyes. Do not be afraid to look them in
• 1:05:34
  Speaker 1: their eyes at the same time, using your protective will
• 1:05:37
  Speaker 1: upon them. Caution young girls against allowing young men to
• 1:05:41
  Speaker 1: be too free in using their hands and caressing them,
• 1:05:44
  Speaker 1: And a word of advice to young men of your
• 1:05:46
  Speaker 1: family would not be out of place in this respect,
• 1:05:49
  Speaker 1: there are many cases of sex attraction leading to very
• 1:05:52
  Speaker 1: deplorable results arising from a conscious or unconscious use of
• 1:05:56
  Speaker 1: this simple form of hypnotic influence. The danger lies in
• 1:06:00
  Speaker 1: the fact that it renders one passive to other influences
• 1:06:04
  Speaker 1: and more readily led into temptation and to yield to
• 1:06:06
  Speaker 1: the desires or will of the other person. A word
• 1:06:10
  Speaker 1: to the wise should be sufficient. The use of this
• 1:06:13
  Speaker 1: power for immoral purposes is a terrible crime and brings
• 1:06:16
  Speaker 1: down upon the user deplorable results. As all occultists know
• 1:06:19
  Speaker 1: and teach, everyone should learn to resist such influences when
• 1:06:24
  Speaker 1: exerted upon them. Forewarned is forearmed. Chapter eight, Influencing at
• 1:06:31
  Speaker 1: a distance. In the two preceding chapters, we invited your
• 1:06:35
  Speaker 1: consideration of the manifestation of mental influence when the user
• 1:06:38
  Speaker 1: or projector of the force was in actual contact with
• 1:06:41
  Speaker 1: or in presence of, the person or persons he was
• 1:06:44
  Speaker 1: aiming to influence. In this chapter and the one immediately
• 1:06:48
  Speaker 1: following it, we shall pass to a consideration of the
• 1:06:51
  Speaker 1: manifestation of the influence when the persons affected are removed
• 1:06:54
  Speaker 1: in space from the person using the influence. The general
• 1:06:58
  Speaker 1: public are familiar in a ject or away with the
• 1:07:00
  Speaker 1: phenomena of hypnotism, and to a lesser degree, with the
• 1:07:03
  Speaker 1: phenomena of fascination in its more common forms of personal magnetism,
• 1:07:07
  Speaker 1: et cetera. But as regards the use of the influence
• 1:07:11
  Speaker 1: at a distance, people are more or less skeptical owing
• 1:07:13
  Speaker 1: to a lack of knowledge of the subject. And still
• 1:07:17
  Speaker 1: every day is bringing to the mind of the public
• 1:07:19
  Speaker 1: new facts and instances of such influence, and the teaching
• 1:07:22
  Speaker 1: of the various cults along these lines is now awakening
• 1:07:25
  Speaker 1: a new interest in the subject and a desire to
• 1:07:28
  Speaker 1: learn something regarding the laws and principles underlying the same.
• 1:07:32
  Speaker 1: As strange as it may appear at first glance, the
• 1:07:35
  Speaker 1: principles underlying mental influence at a distance are precisely the
• 1:07:38
  Speaker 1: same as those underlying the use of the influence when
• 1:07:41
  Speaker 1: the persons are in the presence of each other. A
• 1:07:44
  Speaker 1: little thought must show the truth of this. In the
• 1:07:47
  Speaker 1: case of present influence, the mental currents flow across an
• 1:07:50
  Speaker 1: intervening space between the two minds. There is a space
• 1:07:53
  Speaker 1: outside of the two minds to be traversed by the currents,
• 1:07:57
  Speaker 1: and a moment's thought will show you that the difference
• 1:07:59
  Speaker 1: beat between present influence and distant influence is merely a
• 1:08:02
  Speaker 1: matter of degree, a question of a little more or
• 1:08:05
  Speaker 1: less space to be traversed by the currents. Do you
• 1:08:08
  Speaker 1: see this plainly? Well? Then this being so, it follows
• 1:08:13
  Speaker 1: that the methods used must be identical. Of course, in
• 1:08:16
  Speaker 1: the case of personal influence, the added effect of the
• 1:08:19
  Speaker 1: voice manner, suggestive methods, the I et cetera are present,
• 1:08:25
  Speaker 1: which render the result more easily obtained and causes the
• 1:08:29
  Speaker 1: rapport condition to be more easily established. But with this exception,
• 1:08:33
  Speaker 1: the methods are identical, and even the advantages accruing from
• 1:08:37
  Speaker 1: the exceptions mentioned may be duplicated by practice and development.
• 1:08:40
  Speaker 1: In the case of distant influence, there are a number
• 1:08:44
  Speaker 1: of methods given by the authorities in this matter of
• 1:08:46
  Speaker 1: distant influencing, but they are all based upon the same
• 1:08:49
  Speaker 1: principles named in the previous chapters of this book. E Vibrations,
• 1:08:54
  Speaker 1: thought waves, mental induction, concentration, and mental imaging. In these words,
• 1:08:59
  Speaker 1: you have the key to the soul subject. The rest
• 1:09:01
  Speaker 1: is all a matter of practice and development and variation.
• 1:09:05
  Speaker 1: One of the most elementary and yet one of the
• 1:09:08
  Speaker 1: most effective methods known to occultists is that of creating
• 1:09:11
  Speaker 1: a mental image of the person treated, for that is
• 1:09:14
  Speaker 1: the common term among modern writers on the subject, in
• 1:09:17
  Speaker 1: the sense of imagining him to be seated in a
• 1:09:19
  Speaker 1: chair in front of the person treating him at a distance.
• 1:09:22
  Speaker 1: The treatter proceeds to give both verbal commands and at
• 1:09:25
  Speaker 1: the same time directs thought waves toward the imaginary person
• 1:09:28
  Speaker 1: seated before him. This process establishes a psychic condition between
• 1:09:33
  Speaker 1: the treaterer and the actual person, although the latter may
• 1:09:36
  Speaker 1: be removed from the treat by many miles of space.
• 1:09:40
  Speaker 1: This was the method of the ancient magicians and wonder
• 1:09:42
  Speaker 1: workers and has always been a favorite among persons pursuing
• 1:09:46
  Speaker 1: these experiments or desirous of mentally influencing others at a distance.
• 1:09:51
  Speaker 1: A variation of the above, very common in former days,
• 1:09:55
  Speaker 1: was to mold a clay or wax figure, calling it
• 1:09:57
  Speaker 1: by the name of the person treated, and identify eyeing
• 1:10:00
  Speaker 1: it in the mind and imagination with the other person.
• 1:10:03
  Speaker 1: A variation is also noticed in the cases where a photograph,
• 1:10:07
  Speaker 1: lock of hair, article of clothing, et cetera is used
• 1:10:10
  Speaker 1: in this way as a psychic connecting link between the
• 1:10:13
  Speaker 1: two persons. The practitioners of black magic witchcraft and other
• 1:10:18
  Speaker 1: nefarious perversions of mental influence seem to prefer these methods,
• 1:10:21
  Speaker 1: although on the contrary, they are used with the very
• 1:10:24
  Speaker 1: best results today by many in giving beneficial treatments to
• 1:10:28
  Speaker 1: absent patients, friends, and others whose welfare is desired. The
• 1:10:32
  Speaker 1: only effect the mental image of the person or the picture,
• 1:10:35
  Speaker 1: et cetera. As is the fact that by these means
• 1:10:39
  Speaker 1: a psychic connecting link is set up along which the
• 1:10:42
  Speaker 1: thought waves travel more readily. In the above forms of treatment,
• 1:10:46
  Speaker 1: the treater treats the mental image, picture, et cetera precisely
• 1:10:50
  Speaker 1: as he would if the person were actually present. He
• 1:10:53
  Speaker 1: forgets for the time being that the person may be
• 1:10:55
  Speaker 1: hundreds of miles away, and concentrates his influence on the
• 1:10:58
  Speaker 1: image or picture, et cetera, because the latter is really
• 1:11:03
  Speaker 1: the starting point of the psychic chain which leads direct
• 1:11:06
  Speaker 1: to the person. The treator sends his thought waves toward
• 1:11:09
  Speaker 1: the object, and in some cases actually talks mentally to
• 1:11:13
  Speaker 1: the person by means of the medium mentioned. He may
• 1:11:16
  Speaker 1: give commands, arguments, remonstrances, persuasion, et cetera, just as if
• 1:11:22
  Speaker 1: the person were actually present. In short, he acts as
• 1:11:26
  Speaker 1: if the person were sitting before him, wide awake and
• 1:11:29
  Speaker 1: receptive to his influence. Another way employed by some is
• 1:11:34
  Speaker 1: to begin darting thought waves toward the other person, forming
• 1:11:37
  Speaker 1: in the imagination a gradually lengthening psychic wire composed of
• 1:11:41
  Speaker 1: thought vibrations. Those practicing this form state that when the
• 1:11:45
  Speaker 1: psychic wire is projected sufficiently far, and it travels with
• 1:11:49
  Speaker 1: incredible speed and comes in contact with the mind of
• 1:11:53
  Speaker 1: the other person, the treator feels at once that contact
• 1:11:56
  Speaker 1: has been established by a peculiar faint shock similar to
• 1:11:59
  Speaker 1: that of a very very mild galvanic current. Then the
• 1:12:02
  Speaker 1: treater proceeds to send his thought currents along the psychic
• 1:12:05
  Speaker 1: wire in the same manner as if the person were
• 1:12:07
  Speaker 1: actually in his presence, as described under the head of
• 1:12:10
  Speaker 1: fascination in a preceding chapter. In fact, such treatment and
• 1:12:15
  Speaker 1: the others mentioned in this chapter are really and practically
• 1:12:19
  Speaker 1: long distance fascination. Another form of distant treatment consists in
• 1:12:24
  Speaker 1: forming that astral tube mentioned in other books of this series.
• 1:12:28
  Speaker 1: The astral tube is set up in a similar manner
• 1:12:30
  Speaker 1: to the psychic wire and projected toward the person desired
• 1:12:34
  Speaker 1: to influence. It is formed in the imagination as a
• 1:12:37
  Speaker 1: vortex ring similar to the little ring of smoke puffed
• 1:12:41
  Speaker 1: out by the cigar smoker, only larger about six inches
• 1:12:45
  Speaker 1: to one foot wide, or better still, like the ring
• 1:12:49
  Speaker 1: of smoke ejected from the stack of a locomotive, sometimes
• 1:12:51
  Speaker 1: when it is puffing rapidly. This vortex ring is then
• 1:12:55
  Speaker 1: seen in the imagination by the use of the will
• 1:12:58
  Speaker 1: to lengthen out in the ship shape of a tube
• 1:13:00
  Speaker 1: which rapidly extends and travels towards the person treated in
• 1:13:04
  Speaker 1: a manner identical with that of the psychic wire. This
• 1:13:08
  Speaker 1: tube is known to occultists as the astral tube, and
• 1:13:11
  Speaker 1: is employed in various forms of occult and psychic phenomena,
• 1:13:14
  Speaker 1: such as clairvoyance and other forms of psychomancy. As described
• 1:13:18
  Speaker 1: by us in our volume of this series so entitled,
• 1:13:21
  Speaker 1: those following this method of distant influencing report that they
• 1:13:25
  Speaker 1: recognize the completion of the tube by a sensation of
• 1:13:27
  Speaker 1: stoppage and a feeling of rapport having been established between
• 1:13:31
  Speaker 1: themselves and the other person. In some cases they report
• 1:13:35
  Speaker 1: that they are able to faintly see the figure of
• 1:13:38
  Speaker 1: the other person in miniature at the other end of
• 1:13:39
  Speaker 1: the tube, but this is undoubtedly due to the possession
• 1:13:42
  Speaker 1: of psychomatic powers suddenly awakened into effect the tube. Once established,
• 1:13:48
  Speaker 1: the treatment is proceeded with as if they were in
• 1:13:50
  Speaker 1: the actual presence of the person treated. In many respects,
• 1:13:54
  Speaker 1: that psychic wire and that astral tube methods are similar,
• 1:13:58
  Speaker 1: and a statement concerning one is generally true of the other.
• 1:14:02
  Speaker 1: There are two other methods frequently used in distant influencing,
• 1:14:05
  Speaker 1: which we shall now briefly describe. The first of these
• 1:14:09
  Speaker 1: two methods consists in sitting or standing in a quiet place,
• 1:14:12
  Speaker 1: or rather in some place in which you can concentrate.
• 1:14:15
  Speaker 1: The advanced occultist can find peace in the midst of
• 1:14:17
  Speaker 1: the noise, and then directing your thought waves toward the
• 1:14:21
  Speaker 1: other person, forming in the imagination a mental picture of
• 1:14:24
  Speaker 1: the force flying from you toward the other like tiny
• 1:14:27
  Speaker 1: sparks of electricity or of a subtle fluid. This mental
• 1:14:31
  Speaker 1: picture tends to give a concentrative force to the current,
• 1:14:34
  Speaker 1: which renders them powerful and sends them direct to the
• 1:14:37
  Speaker 1: desired spot. The second of these two methods is that
• 1:14:40
  Speaker 1: used by the most advanced occultists, who have advanced beyond
• 1:14:43
  Speaker 1: the use of the methods described just now. These people
• 1:14:47
  Speaker 1: simply stand or sit quietly and concentrate their minds until
• 1:14:51
  Speaker 1: they attain the state of mental calm known to many
• 1:14:53
  Speaker 1: as the silence. Then they create a strong mental picture
• 1:14:57
  Speaker 1: of the person treated, surrounded by the conditions desire to
• 1:15:00
  Speaker 1: be created, or doing the things desire to be done.
• 1:15:04
  Speaker 1: This is one of the highest forms of mental influence,
• 1:15:06
  Speaker 1: and really approaches a higher phase of influence than that
• 1:15:09
  Speaker 1: of the mental plane, as generally known. A picture of
• 1:15:13
  Speaker 1: a person held in a mind in this way, the
• 1:15:15
  Speaker 1: person being seen in perfect robust health and happy and successful,
• 1:15:20
  Speaker 1: tends to materialize the same conditions in the person in
• 1:15:23
  Speaker 1: real life. This form of treatment, however, is possible only
• 1:15:27
  Speaker 1: to those of great concentration and who have mastered the
• 1:15:30
  Speaker 1: act of mental imaging, and who also possess creative will
• 1:15:33
  Speaker 1: power to a marked degree. Some degree of success in it, however,
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  Speaker 1: is open to nearly every student who practices along these lines.
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  Speaker 1: Before practicing any of these experiments, read what we have
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  Speaker 1: said in the chapter on magic Black and White, and
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  Speaker 1: guard against employing the power for evil purposes, For the
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  Speaker 1: fate of the Black Magician is a sad one. Chapter
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  Speaker 1: nine Influencing en Mass. In our last chapter, we considered
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  Speaker 1: the manifestation of mental influence at a distance. In so
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  Speaker 1: far as was concerned the influencing of one or more
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  Speaker 1: persons by another, there is another phase of the subject
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  Speaker 1: which must not be overlooked, and that is the influencing
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  Speaker 1: of large numbers of people by some active, strong projector
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  Speaker 1: of mental influence. This form of the manifestation of the
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  Speaker 1: power is known as mental influencing en mass. N mass,
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  Speaker 1: of course, means in a body or in a crowd,
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  Speaker 1: and mental influencing and mass means the use of the
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  Speaker 1: influence in the phase of exerting a strong, attracting or
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  Speaker 1: directing power to the mind of the crowd, or rather
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  Speaker 1: the public or a large number of people. This form
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  Speaker 1: of the use of the power is that consciously or
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  Speaker 1: unconsciously exerted by the great leaders of men in the
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  Speaker 1: fields of statesmanship, politics, business, finance, or military life. You
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  Speaker 1: will at once recall a number of the so called
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  Speaker 1: great men of history, from ancient times down to our
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  Speaker 1: own times, who seem to exert a wonderfully, almost miraculous
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  Speaker 1: effect upon the minds of the people, causing men to
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  Speaker 1: see things through the eyes of the strong man, and
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  Speaker 1: making of all instruments to carry out the ideals, will
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  Speaker 1: or desires of these great masters of mental influence, and
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  Speaker 1: on a smaller scale, are the majority of the successful
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  Speaker 1: people who depend upon public support. In fact, this influence
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  Speaker 1: in some degree is used by nearly all who succeed
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  Speaker 1: in any form of business or profession in which success
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  Speaker 1: calls for the attracting of other people toward the occupation
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  Speaker 1: of the person in question. This may seem like a
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  Speaker 1: strange thought to many, but it is known to occultists
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  Speaker 1: as a truth. Notwithstanding, the most common form of influencing
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  Speaker 1: in mass is the lesser degree manifestation along unconscious lines,
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  Speaker 1: manifested by the majority of people by reason of their
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  Speaker 1: desire for the success of certain things. By desire, we
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  Speaker 1: do not mean the mere wanting or wishing state of mind,
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  Speaker 1: but rather that eager, longing, craving, demanding mental state that
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  Speaker 1: evinces a hungry reaching out for the desired thing. You
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  Speaker 1: will notice that the men and women who get things
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  Speaker 1: are generally those who are possessed of a strong, burning
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  Speaker 1: desire for the things in question, which prompts them to
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  Speaker 1: be more or less aggressive in the search for satisfaction
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  Speaker 1: of the desire possessing them. These people are constantly sending
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  Speaker 1: out strong waves of thought vibrations, which has a drawing,
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  Speaker 1: attracting influence upon all with whom they come in contact,
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  Speaker 1: and tending to draw such persons towards the center of attraction,
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  Speaker 1: which is of course the mind of the person sending
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  Speaker 1: out such thoughts. And in the same way, a person
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  Speaker 1: possessed of a strong fear of a thing will send
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  Speaker 1: out similar attracting waves which have a tendency to attract
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  Speaker 1: or draw to him the people calculated to bring about
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  Speaker 1: the materialization of the thing feared. This may sound paradoxical,
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  Speaker 1: but the secret lies in the fact that in both
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  Speaker 1: the case of desire and fear, the mind forms the
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  Speaker 1: mental image which tends to become materialized. Fear, after all,
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  Speaker 1: is a form of expectation which, alas too often, tends
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  Speaker 1: to materialize itself. The thing that I have feared hath
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  Speaker 1: come upon me, says Job, and in that saying he
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  Speaker 1: has stated the experience of the race. The way to
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  Speaker 1: fight things you may fear is to create a burning
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  Speaker 1: desire for the opposite thing. Other persons who have either
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  Speaker 1: studied the principles of mental influence or else have stumbled
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  Speaker 1: upon certain facts concerning the same improve upon this elementary
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  Speaker 1: form of influencing and mass just mentioned. They send out
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  Speaker 1: the thought waves consciously and deliberately, directing the mental image
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  Speaker 1: and holding strongly to it, so that in time their
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  Speaker 1: sweeps of mental currents reach further and further away and
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  Speaker 1: bring a greater number of people under the influence and
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  Speaker 1: into the field of attraction. They treat the public end
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  Speaker 1: mass by holding the strong mental picture of that which
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  Speaker 1: they desire, and then sending out strong thought currents of
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  Speaker 1: desire in all directions, willing that those coming within their
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  Speaker 1: radius shall be attracted towards the purson and toward the
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  Speaker 1: ideas expressed in the mental image projected in all directions.
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  Speaker 1: The constant dwelling upon some special object or subject by
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  Speaker 1: men who have developed concentration, strong wills, and fixity of purpose,
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  Speaker 1: has the effect of sending out from the mind of
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  Speaker 1: that person great circles constantly widening of thought waves which
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  Speaker 1: sweep ever outward, like waves in a pawd caused by
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  Speaker 1: dropping in a stone. These waves reach and effect a
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  Speaker 1: great number of people and interest them in the subject
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  Speaker 1: upon which the person is thinking. This kept up day
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  Speaker 1: after day with the force inherent in a strong centered
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  Speaker 1: mind will in time effect a great number of people,
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  Speaker 1: and will render them at least interested in the object
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  Speaker 1: or subject thought of, and the indifference has been overcome,
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  Speaker 1: other appeals to the minds of these people will be
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  Speaker 1: far more likely to reach them than otherwise, For interest
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  Speaker 1: is the first step toward attention, and attention is another
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  Speaker 1: step toward action. Of course, there are very many people
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  Speaker 1: sending out circles of thought waves, and these currents come
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  Speaker 1: in contact with each other and tend to neutralize each
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  Speaker 1: But now and then a particularly strong man will send
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  Speaker 1: out waves that will persist even after meeting other currents,
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  Speaker 1: and will reach the minds of the public in spite
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  Speaker 1: of the opposition. These thought currents have the personality of
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  Speaker 1: the sender and reflect the character of his will, be
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  Speaker 1: it strong or weak. The mental influence sent out by
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  Speaker 1: a strong business man in a town will soon make
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  Speaker 1: itself felt in a subtle manner, and the store becomes
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  Speaker 1: a center of attractive influence, although the public does not
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  Speaker 1: understand just why. In the same way, some lawyers spring
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  Speaker 1: into public favor, although not possessing greater ability than their
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  Speaker 1: legal brethren, and popular preachers make their influence felt in
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  Speaker 1: a community in similar ways, although often they are not
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  Speaker 1: conscious of just what force they are using, their only
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  Speaker 1: knowledge being that they have a feeling of inward strength
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  Speaker 1: and an attractive influence over people, and at the same
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  Speaker 1: time a burning ardent desire to draw people their way,
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  Speaker 1: and as strong will to back it up with. And
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  Speaker 1: these are just the mental qualities which create and manifest
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  Speaker 1: the strongest kind of mental influence. And besides, these people
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  Speaker 1: almost invariably know just what they want. There is no
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  Speaker 1: mere vague wishing about them. They make a clear mental
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  Speaker 1: picture of the things that they wish to bring about,
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  Speaker 1: and then they bend every effort toward materializing the picture.
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  Speaker 1: Everything they do towards accomplishing their ends gives an additional
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  Speaker 1: impetus to their constantly widening, in constantly strengthening circle of
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  Speaker 1: power and influence. Some masters of this art of influencing
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  Speaker 1: the public create a mental picture of themselves sending out
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  Speaker 1: great volumes of thought waves for a time, and then
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  Speaker 1: afterward mentally imparting a rotary motion to the waves, until
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  Speaker 1: at last they form a mental whirlpool, rushing round and
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  Speaker 1: round and always sucking in towards the center. An effort
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  Speaker 1: of this kind acts on the mental plane just as
• 1:22:50
  Speaker 1: a physical whirlpool acts on the physical plane. That is,
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  Speaker 1: it draws into its power all that comes in contact
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  Speaker 1: with its force. This is one of the most powerful
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  Speaker 1: forms of influencing en mass, and is used with great
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  Speaker 1: effect by many of the strong men of this age
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  Speaker 1: who have acquainted themselves fully with the secrets of the
• 1:23:09
  Speaker 1: ancient occultists. Ancient occultism and modern finance seem far apart,
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  Speaker 1: but they are really working together to further the interests
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  Speaker 1: of some of these powerful minds of the day, and
• 1:23:19
  Speaker 1: the public is paying the bill. You will readily see
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  Speaker 1: from what has been said that an individual who has
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  Speaker 1: cultivated the faculty of concentration, and has acquired the art
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  Speaker 1: of creating sharp, clear, strong mental images, and who, when
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  Speaker 1: engaged in an undertaking, will so charge his mind with
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  Speaker 1: the idea of success, will be bound to become an
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  Speaker 1: attracting center. And if such an individual will keep his
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  Speaker 1: mental picture ever in his mind, even though it be
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  Speaker 1: in the background of his mind when he is attending
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  Speaker 1: to the details and planning of his affairs, if he
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  Speaker 1: will give his mental picture a prominent place in his
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  Speaker 1: mental gallery, taking a frequent glance at it, and using
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  Speaker 1: his will upon it to create new scenes of actual success.
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  Speaker 1: He will create for himself a center of race idiating
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  Speaker 1: thought that will surely be felt by those coming within
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  Speaker 1: its field of influence. Such a man frequently sees people
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  Speaker 1: coming to him and his enterprises and falling in line
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  Speaker 1: with his plans. He mentally sees money flowing into him
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  Speaker 1: and all of his plans working out right. In short,
• 1:24:18
  Speaker 1: he mentally imagines each step of his plans a little
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  Speaker 1: ahead of the time for their execution, and he concentrates
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  Speaker 1: forcibly and earnestly upon them. It is astonishing to witness
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  Speaker 1: how events, people, circumstances, and things seem to move in
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  Speaker 1: place in actual life, as if urged by some mighty
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  Speaker 1: power to serve to materialize the conditions so imaged in
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  Speaker 1: the mind of the man. But understood there has got
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  Speaker 1: to be active mental effort behind the imaging. Day Dreamers
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  Speaker 1: do not materialize thought. They merely dissipate energy. The man
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  Speaker 1: who converts thought in activity and material being throws energy
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  Speaker 1: into the task and puts forth his will power through
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  Speaker 1: the picture on the slide. With the rays of the will,
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  Speaker 1: there will be no picture projected, no matter how beautifully.
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  Speaker 1: The imagination has pictured it thought pictured in mental images,
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  Speaker 1: and then vitalized by the force of the desire, and
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  Speaker 1: will tend to objectify themselves into material being, that is,
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  Speaker 1: the whole thing in a nutshell. Chapter ten, The need
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  Speaker 1: of the knowledge. Although the true scientific principles underlying the
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  Speaker 1: subject of mental influence have been but recently recognized and
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  Speaker 1: taught to the general public, still the knowledge is far
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  Speaker 1: from being new. The occultists of the old civilizations undoubtedly
• 1:25:33
  Speaker 1: understood the underlying principles and used them in practice, thus
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  Speaker 1: gaining an ascendency over the masses. And more than this,
• 1:25:41
  Speaker 1: the masses themselves had a more or less comprehensive knowledge
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  Speaker 1: of the working principles of the subject. For we find
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  Speaker 1: among all peoples, in all times, records of the use
• 1:25:50
  Speaker 1: of this power, under one name or another, under one
• 1:25:54
  Speaker 1: form or another, mental influence has been operated and used
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  Speaker 1: from the earliest times, and today, even in the most
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  Speaker 1: remote portions of the globe, and among the most savage
• 1:26:04
  Speaker 1: and barbarous races, we find instances of the employment of
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  Speaker 1: this force. The forms of the manifestation of mental influence
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  Speaker 1: are many and varied. In some cases it manifests under
• 1:26:15
  Speaker 1: the form of a fascinating attracting power exerted by some people,
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  Speaker 1: which causes such persons to draw or attract other persons
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  Speaker 1: to them. Persons are allured or charmed by others possessing
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  Speaker 1: this power, and their affections are taken captive by this
• 1:26:30
  Speaker 1: mysterious force. Some persons are spoken of as fascinating, possessing
• 1:26:35
  Speaker 1: powers of charming, having winning ways, having great personal magnetism,
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  Speaker 1: et cetera. Others exert another form of the power in
• 1:26:44
  Speaker 1: the driving of and compelling others to do their bidding,
• 1:26:47
  Speaker 1: and people speak of them as having a compelling will,
• 1:26:49
  Speaker 1: being able to work their will on those around them,
• 1:26:52
  Speaker 1: possessing dominating powers, et cetera. Then we witness the varied
• 1:26:57
  Speaker 1: phenomena of hypnotism, mesmerism, psychologism, et cetera. We are also
• 1:27:03
  Speaker 1: brought face to face with the wonderful effects of mental
• 1:27:06
  Speaker 1: science under one form or another, under this name or
• 1:27:10
  Speaker 1: that term, with the many forms of treatments followed by
• 1:27:13
  Speaker 1: the different schools and cults. Then we read in the
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  Speaker 1: pages of history about the mysterious powers recorded under the
• 1:27:19
  Speaker 1: name of witchcraft, hexism, Buddhism, black magic, including the Hawaiian
• 1:27:24
  Speaker 1: Cahuna work, and turning back the pages of history to
• 1:27:29
  Speaker 1: ancient Rome, Greece, Persia, and Egypt, not to speak of
• 1:27:33
  Speaker 1: India ancient and modern, we find innumerable instances of the
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  Speaker 1: employment of and knowledge of mental influence in some of
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  Speaker 1: its forms. And although many will seek to deny the fact,
• 1:27:44
  Speaker 1: scientific investigators and students realize that there is but one
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  Speaker 1: real underlying principle under and back of all of the
• 1:27:50
  Speaker 1: various forms of manifestation. The good results and the evil
• 1:27:55
  Speaker 1: results all arise from the employment of the same force.
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  Speaker 1: Strange as it may appear first thought, the secret lies
• 1:28:02
  Speaker 1: in the fact that this mental influence is a great
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  Speaker 1: natural force, just as is electricity or any other natural
• 1:28:08
  Speaker 1: force or energy, And like these other natural forces, it
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  Speaker 1: may be and is used for both good and evil purposes.
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  Speaker 1: The electricity, which runs our machines, lights our houses, and
• 1:28:21
  Speaker 1: performs countless other beneficent tasks in the service of man,
• 1:28:24
  Speaker 1: is also used to electrocute criminals, and the unfortunate person
• 1:28:28
  Speaker 1: who touches up live wire may be struck with instant death.
• 1:28:32
  Speaker 1: The sun, which warms our earth and renders life possible,
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  Speaker 1: also kills countless persons exposed to its rays on the desert,
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  Speaker 1: or even in our large cities. Fire, that great friend
• 1:28:43
  Speaker 1: of man, which has been one of the most potent
• 1:28:45
  Speaker 1: factors in the evolution of the race from barbarism to civilization,
• 1:28:49
  Speaker 1: is also a mighty enemy, destroying both property and lives. Water,
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  Speaker 1: that most necessary element which renders life possible, and which
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  Speaker 1: is necessary to grow our grain and to perform countless
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  Speaker 1: other good services for us, also acts as an enemy
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  Speaker 1: at times, drowning people and sweeping away their homes. Gravitation,
• 1:29:09
  Speaker 1: which holds all things in place, from suns and stars
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  Speaker 1: down to the tiniest atom of matter, also causes people
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  Speaker 1: to fall to their death from high places, or brings
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  Speaker 1: down on their heads objects from above them. In short,
• 1:29:22
  Speaker 1: every natural force or power is capable of producing either
• 1:29:25
  Speaker 1: beneficent or baleful effects to man, according to the circumstances
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  Speaker 1: of the case. We recognize these things and accept them
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  Speaker 1: as a law of nature. And yet some would deny
• 1:29:37
  Speaker 1: the identity of the power of mental influence as manifested
• 1:29:40
  Speaker 1: in its good and bad uses. There be people who
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  Speaker 1: ascribe to God all the good qualities of mental influence
• 1:29:47
  Speaker 1: and ascribe to the devil all of its evil uses.
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  Speaker 1: These people have primitive minds. Their counterparts are seen in
• 1:29:54
  Speaker 1: those who would credit God with the helpful rain or sun,
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  Speaker 1: and who ascribe to the devil the same things when
• 1:30:00
  Speaker 1: when there occurs a flood or a drought. Such reasoning
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  Speaker 1: is worthy only of the savage mind. The forces are
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  Speaker 1: natural forces, and work according to their own laws, inherent
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  Speaker 1: in their constituent qualities and nature, and are in that
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  Speaker 1: sense above good and evil. When they work for man's
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  Speaker 1: interest and comfort, man calls them good. When they work
• 1:30:21
  Speaker 1: harm and discomfort to him, man calls them bad. But
• 1:30:24
  Speaker 1: the force remains unchanged, being neither good nor bad. And
• 1:30:29
  Speaker 1: thus it is with the power of mental influence. It
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  Speaker 1: is above good and bad in itself. It is a
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  Speaker 1: great natural force, capable of being used for either weal
• 1:30:39
  Speaker 1: or woe to mankind. But remember this, there is this difference.
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  Speaker 1: While the force in itself is neither good nor bad,
• 1:30:47
  Speaker 1: the individual who employs it may be and is good
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  Speaker 1: or bad according to its use. Just as a man
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  Speaker 1: commits a good or bad act when he uses his
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  Speaker 1: gun to slay a wild beast attacking another man, or
• 1:31:00
  Speaker 1: else turns it upon his brother or neighbor, as the
• 1:31:02
  Speaker 1: case may be, so is a man good or bad
• 1:31:06
  Speaker 1: according to his use of mental influence. The merit or
• 1:31:10
  Speaker 1: demerit lies in the intention and purpose of the user,
• 1:31:13
  Speaker 1: not in the force or power employed by him. Therein
• 1:31:16
  Speaker 1: lies the difference. On all sides of us. We may
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  Speaker 1: see the manifestation of the possession of mental influence. We
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  Speaker 1: see men who are able to sway those around them
• 1:31:26
  Speaker 1: in some mysterious and wonderful way, either by their powers
• 1:31:29
  Speaker 1: of persuasion or by their dominant will power. Some spring
• 1:31:34
  Speaker 1: into prominence and powers suddenly in a way unaccountable to
• 1:31:37
  Speaker 1: those who are ignorant of the secret of mental influence.
• 1:31:41
  Speaker 1: As we have said in a previous chapter, certain people
• 1:31:44
  Speaker 1: seem to have something about them that makes them attractive
• 1:31:47
  Speaker 1: or successful in their relations with other people. The personal
• 1:31:51
  Speaker 1: magnetism of leaders manifests itself strongly, some having this power
• 1:31:56
  Speaker 1: to such an extent that the masses follow them like
• 1:31:58
  Speaker 1: a great flock of sheep after the bell weather with
• 1:32:01
  Speaker 1: the tinkling bell around his neck. We have all come
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  Speaker 1: in contact with the agent or salesman who managed in
• 1:32:07
  Speaker 1: some way to sell us things that we did not
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  Speaker 1: want and had no use for. And after he had gone,
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  Speaker 1: we wondered and wondered how it all happened. If we
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  Speaker 1: had but understood the laws of mental influence, this could
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  Speaker 1: not have happened. We have all felt ourselves, at some
• 1:32:22
  Speaker 1: time or another in our lives, in the presence of
• 1:32:24
  Speaker 1: individuals who almost compelled us to do what we knew
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  Speaker 1: in our hearts we should not do. A knowledge of
• 1:32:30
  Speaker 1: the laws of mental influence would have enabled us to
• 1:32:32
  Speaker 1: have overcome the temptation. And not only in the case
• 1:32:36
  Speaker 1: of personal interviews have we been affected. There is a
• 1:32:39
  Speaker 1: far more subtle and dangerous use of the power i e.
• 1:32:44
  Speaker 1: In the shape of distant influence, or absent treatment, as
• 1:32:48
  Speaker 1: it has been called, And the increase in the interest
• 1:32:51
  Speaker 1: and knowledge of occult matters during the past twenty years
• 1:32:53
  Speaker 1: has resulted in a widely diffused knowledge of this great
• 1:32:56
  Speaker 1: force and its consequent employment worthily and unwe worthily by
• 1:33:00
  Speaker 1: many people who are thereby enabled to gain an influence
• 1:33:03
  Speaker 1: over their neighbors and fellow men who are not familiar
• 1:33:06
  Speaker 1: with the laws of the force. It would surprise many
• 1:33:10
  Speaker 1: people if they knew that some of the multimillionaires of
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  Speaker 1: the country and some of its greatest politicians and leaders,
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  Speaker 1: were secret students of occultism and who were using their
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  Speaker 1: forces upon the masses of the people. Not only this,
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  Speaker 1: but there are schools of occultism which teach their pupils
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  Speaker 1: the theory, practice, and art of mental influence under one
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  Speaker 1: name or another, under this guise or that, the result
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  Speaker 1: being that there are a greater number of people equipped
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  Speaker 1: for the use of this force and instructed in the
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  Speaker 1: practice of employing it. Turned out every year than is
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  Speaker 1: generally imagined. There are schools for salesmanship giving disguised instruction
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  Speaker 1: in the art of mental influence. Nearly every large concern
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  Speaker 1: employing selling agents has private instructors for their men, who
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  Speaker 1: teach them the principles of mental influence disguised under the
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  Speaker 1: name of psychology of business or some such name. And
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  Speaker 1: besides these, there are a number of people who have
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  Speaker 1: studied at the feet of some of the great metaphysical
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  Speaker 1: semi religious cults of the day, who have received instruction
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  Speaker 1: in mental influence disguised under the name of some creed
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  Speaker 1: or religious teachings, who have departed from the moral principles
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  Speaker 1: inculcated by their teachers, and who are using their knowledge
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  Speaker 1: in the shape of treatments of other persons for the
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  Speaker 1: purpose of influencing them to accede to their wishes, or
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  Speaker 1: to act so as to bring financial gain to the
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  Speaker 1: person giving the treatment. The air is full of this
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  Speaker 1: black magic to day, and it is surely time that
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  Speaker 1: the general masses were instructed on this subject. And this
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  Speaker 1: is the purpose of this little book, published and sold
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  Speaker 1: at a popular price, in order to bring it within
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  Speaker 1: the reach of the purses of the plain people who
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  Speaker 1: have been exploited and influenced by those who have acquired
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  Speaker 1: a knowledge of the principles of mental influence, and who
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  Speaker 1: are using it unworthily upon their fellow men. There is
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  Speaker 1: self protection possible to all, and this little book purpose
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  Speaker 1: is to teach you how to use it. Chapter eleven. Magic,
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  Speaker 1: black and White. The use of the word magic in
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  Speaker 1: connection with mental influence is quite ancient. Occultists make a
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  Speaker 1: clear distinction between the use of mental influence in a
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  Speaker 1: manner conducive to the welfare of others and its use
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  Speaker 1: in a selfish, base manner calculated to work harm on others.
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  Speaker 1: Both forms are common and are frequently mentioned in all
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  Speaker 1: occult writings. White magic has many forms, both in its
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  Speaker 1: ancient manifestations and in these latter days of revived occult knowledge.
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  Speaker 1: The use of mental influence in this way generally takes
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  Speaker 1: the form of kindly treatments of persons by others having
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  Speaker 1: their welfare at heart. In this particular class fall the
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  Speaker 1: various treatments of the several cults and schools of what
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  Speaker 1: is known as mental science or similar names. These people
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  Speaker 1: make a practice of giving treatments, both present and absent,
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  Speaker 1: for the purpose of healing physical ailments and bringing about
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  Speaker 1: a normal physical condition of health and strength. Similar treatments
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  Speaker 1: are given by some to bring about a condition of
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  Speaker 1: success to others by imparting to the minds of such
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  Speaker 1: persons the vibrations of courage, confidence, energy, et cetera, which
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  Speaker 1: surely make for success along the lines of material occupation,
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  Speaker 1: et cetera. In the same way, one may treat adverse
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  Speaker 1: conditions surrounding others, bringing the force of the mind and
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  Speaker 1: will to bear on these conditions with the idea of
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  Speaker 1: changing the prevailing vibrations and bringing harmony from in harmony
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  Speaker 1: and success from failure. The majority of persons not informed
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  Speaker 1: along these lines are surrounded by a mental atmosphere arising
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  Speaker 1: from the prevailing mental states thoughts, feelings, et cetera, and
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  Speaker 1: also arising from the thought currents which they have attracted
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  Speaker 1: to them by the law of mental attraction. These mental atmospheres,
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  Speaker 1: when once firmly settled around a person, render it most
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  Speaker 1: difficult for him to break away from their vibrations. He
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  Speaker 1: struggles and fights, but the prevailing vibrations are beating down
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  Speaker 1: upon him all the way time, and must produce a
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  Speaker 1: strong effect upon even persons of strong wills, unless indeed
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  Speaker 1: they have fully acquainted themselves with the laws of mental
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  Speaker 1: influence and have acquired the power of concentration. The habit
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  Speaker 1: of a lifetime perhaps has to be overcome. And besides,
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  Speaker 1: the constant suggestive vibrations from the mental atmosphere are constantly
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  Speaker 1: bringing a pressure to bear upon the person, so that
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  Speaker 1: indeed he has a mighty task before him to throw
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  Speaker 1: off the old conditions, unaided and alone. And so, while
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  Speaker 1: individual effort is preferable, there comes a time in the
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  Speaker 1: lives of many people when a helping hand, or rather
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  Speaker 1: a helping mind, is of great service and aid. The
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  Speaker 1: person coming to the mental aid of a person needing
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  Speaker 1: his or her services is performing a most worthy and
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  Speaker 1: proper act. We hear a great deal about interfering with
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  Speaker 1: other people's minds in such kind and worthy treatments. But
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  Speaker 1: in many cases there is but little real interference done.
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  Speaker 1: The work of the helper is really in the nature
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  Speaker 1: of neutralizing, in dissipating the unfavorable mental influence surrounding the
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  Speaker 1: other person, and thereby giving the other person a chance
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  Speaker 1: to work out his own mental salvation. It is true
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  Speaker 1: that every one must do his own work, but help
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  Speaker 1: of a kind above indicated is surely most worthy and proper.
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  Speaker 1: In these white magic treatments, the person giving the treatments
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  Speaker 1: forms the mental picture of the desired condition in his mind,
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  Speaker 1: and then sends his thought currents to the other person,
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  Speaker 1: endeavoring to reproduce the mental picture in the mind or
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  Speaker 1: thought atmosphere of the other person. The best way of
• 1:38:30
  Speaker 1: doing this, of course, is to assert mentally that the
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  Speaker 1: desired condition actually exists. One may be of great help
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  Speaker 1: and aid to others in this way, and there is
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  Speaker 1: no good reason why it should not be done. And
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  Speaker 1: now for the reverse side of the shield, we wish
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  Speaker 1: it were possible to avoid even a mention of this
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  Speaker 1: hateful form and manifestation of mental influence. But we feel
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  Speaker 1: that ignorance is no protection, and that it is useless
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  Speaker 1: and foolish to pursue the policy of the ostrich, which
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  Speaker 1: sticks its head in the sand when pursued that not
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  Speaker 1: seeing the hunter, the latter may not see him. We
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  Speaker 1: believe that it is better to look things in the face,
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  Speaker 1: particularly where it is a case of foreworn being forearmed.
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  Speaker 1: It is a fact known to all students of occultism
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  Speaker 1: that black magic has been frequently employed in all times
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  Speaker 1: to further the selfish base aims of some people. And
• 1:39:20
  Speaker 1: it is also known to advanced thinkers today that even
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  Speaker 1: in this enlightened age, there are many who do not
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  Speaker 1: scruple to stoop to the use of this hateful practice
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  Speaker 1: in order to serve their own ends, notwithstanding the punishment
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  Speaker 1: that occultists no await such persons. The annals of history
• 1:39:35
  Speaker 1: are full of records of various forms of witchcraft, conjuration,
• 1:39:39
  Speaker 1: and similar forms of black magic. All the much talked
• 1:39:43
  Speaker 1: of forms of putting spells upon people are really forms
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  Speaker 1: of black magic, heightened by the fear and superstition of
• 1:39:50
  Speaker 1: those affected. One has but to read the history of
• 1:39:53
  Speaker 1: witchcraft to see that there is undoubtedly some force at
• 1:39:56
  Speaker 1: work behind all of the appalling superstition and ignorance shown
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  Speaker 1: by the people of those times. What they attributed to
• 1:40:03
  Speaker 1: the influence of people in league with the devil really
• 1:40:06
  Speaker 1: arose from the use of black magic or an unworthy
• 1:40:09
  Speaker 1: use of mental influence, the two things being one. An
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  Speaker 1: examination of the methods used by these witches, as shown
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  Speaker 1: by their confessions, give us a key to the mystery.
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  Speaker 1: These witches would fix their minds upon other people or
• 1:40:24
  Speaker 1: their animals, and by holding a concentrated mental picture there
• 1:40:27
  Speaker 1: would send forth thought waves affecting the welfare of the
• 1:40:30
  Speaker 1: persons being adversely treated, which would influence and disturb them
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  Speaker 1: and often bring on sicknesses. Of course, the effect of
• 1:40:39
  Speaker 1: these treatments were greatly heightened by the extreme ignorant fear
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  Speaker 1: and superstition held by the masses of people at the time,
• 1:40:45
  Speaker 1: For fear is ever a weakening factor in mental influence,
• 1:40:48
  Speaker 1: and the superstitions and credulity of the people caused their
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  Speaker 1: minds to vibrate in such a manner as to render
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  Speaker 1: them extremely passive to the adverse influences being directed against them.
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  Speaker 1: It is well known that the Voodoos of Africa and
• 1:41:02
  Speaker 1: similar cults, among other savage races practice black magic among
• 1:41:06
  Speaker 1: their people with great effect. Among the natives of Hawaii,
• 1:41:09
  Speaker 1: there are certain men known as Cahunas, who pray people
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  Speaker 1: sick or well, whichever way they are paid for. These
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  Speaker 1: instances could be multiplied, had we the space and inclination
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  Speaker 1: to proceed further with the matter. And in our own
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  Speaker 1: civilized lands, there are many people who have learned the
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  Speaker 1: principles of mental influence, and who are using the same
• 1:41:30
  Speaker 1: for unworthy purposes, seeking to injure others and defeat their undertakings,
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  Speaker 1: or else trying to bring them around to their own
• 1:41:36
  Speaker 1: the treaterers point of view and inclinations. The modern revival
• 1:41:41
  Speaker 1: of occult knowledge has operated along two lines. On the
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  Speaker 1: one hand, we see and hear of the mighty power
• 1:41:48
  Speaker 1: for good mental influence is exerting among the people today,
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  Speaker 1: raising up the sick, strengthening the weak, putting courage into
• 1:41:54
  Speaker 1: the despondent, and making successes of failures. But on the
• 1:41:58
  Speaker 1: other hand, the hateful, selfishness and greed of unprincipled persons
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  Speaker 1: in taking advantage of this mighty force of nature and
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  Speaker 1: prostituting it to their own hateful ends without heeding the
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  Speaker 1: dictates of conscience or the teaching of religion or morality.
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  Speaker 1: These people are sowing a baleful wind which will result
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  Speaker 1: in their reaping a frightful whirlwind on the mental plain.
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  Speaker 1: They are bringing down upon themselves pain and misery in
• 1:42:21
  Speaker 1: the future. At this point we wish to utter a
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  Speaker 1: solemn warning to those who have been, or are tempted,
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  Speaker 1: to employ this mighty force for unworthy purposes. The laws
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  Speaker 1: of the mental plane are such that as one sows,
• 1:42:34
  Speaker 1: so shall he reap. The mighty law of attraction acts
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  Speaker 1: with the accuracy of a machine, and those who seek
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  Speaker 1: to entangle others in a net of mental influence, sooner
• 1:42:43
  Speaker 1: or later are caught by their own snare. The black
• 1:42:47
  Speaker 1: magician involves himself in a mental whirlwind which sooner or
• 1:42:50
  Speaker 1: later sweeps him off his feet and dashes him to pieces.
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  Speaker 1: He is sucked down into the whirlpool of his own making,
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  Speaker 1: and is dragged down to the lowest depths. These are
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  Speaker 1: not idle remarks, but a statement of certain laws of
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  Speaker 1: nature operating on the mental plane, which all should know
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  Speaker 1: and heed. And to those who may feel appalled at
• 1:43:10
  Speaker 1: this mention of the existence and possibilities of black magic,
• 1:43:13
  Speaker 1: we would say that there is one thing to be remembered,
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  Speaker 1: and that is that good always overcomes evil. On the
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  Speaker 1: mental plane, a good thought always has the power to
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  Speaker 1: neutralize the evil one, and a person whose mind is
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  Speaker 1: filled with love and faith may combat a multitude whose
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  Speaker 1: minds are filled with hate and evil. The tendency of
• 1:43:30
  Speaker 1: all nature is upward and toward good, and he who
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  Speaker 1: would pull it back toward evil sets himself against the
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  Speaker 1: law of spiritual evolution, and sooner or later falls a
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  Speaker 1: victim to his folly. And then remember this thought. Waves
• 1:43:45
  Speaker 1: find entrance only to those minds which are accustomed to
• 1:43:48
  Speaker 1: think similar thoughts. He who thinks hate may be affected
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  Speaker 1: by hate thoughts, while he whose mind is filled with
• 1:43:54
  Speaker 1: faith and love is surrounded by a resistant armor which
• 1:43:57
  Speaker 1: repels the invading waves and causes them to be deflected
• 1:44:00
  Speaker 1: or else driven back to their senders. Bad thoughts, like
• 1:44:04
  Speaker 1: chickens come home to roost, thoughts are like boomerangs in
• 1:44:09
  Speaker 1: their tendency to return to their sender. To the poison
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  Speaker 1: of black magic. Nature gives the antidote of right thinking.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter twelve self Protection. The reader of the preceding chapters
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  Speaker 1: will see the power of mental influence in its various
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  Speaker 1: phases of manifestation, and will recognize the possibility of the
• 1:44:29
  Speaker 1: force being used to influence himself. The question that will
• 1:44:33
  Speaker 1: naturally arise in the mind of every student and investigator
• 1:44:35
  Speaker 1: of this important subject, and which comes to all at
• 1:44:38
  Speaker 1: some time, is how may I protect myself from the
• 1:44:41
  Speaker 1: use of this power against myself? How may I render
• 1:44:45
  Speaker 1: myself immune from these influences which may be directed against me.
• 1:44:49
  Speaker 1: It is true that we and other writers on the
• 1:44:52
  Speaker 1: subject have shown you that one is far less liable
• 1:44:55
  Speaker 1: to influence if you will maintain a mental atmosphere of
• 1:44:57
  Speaker 1: high vibration, that is, keeping one self self surrounded by
• 1:45:00
  Speaker 1: a thought atmosphere filled with vibrations of the highest kind
• 1:45:03
  Speaker 1: of thoughts, and free from thoughts and desire of a
• 1:45:06
  Speaker 1: base selfish character which tends to attract similar thoughts. In
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  Speaker 1: this way, one creates a state of mental hygienic cleanliness
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  Speaker 1: which renders him immune from the contagious thoughts of the
• 1:45:17
  Speaker 1: selfish plane of desire, et cetera. This should be remembered
• 1:45:21
  Speaker 1: and taken advantage of by everyone, For just as physical
• 1:45:24
  Speaker 1: cleanliness gives no congenial lodgment for the germs of disease,
• 1:45:28
  Speaker 1: so mental cleanliness refuses to admit the mental microbes. But
• 1:45:32
  Speaker 1: there is a method far more efficacious than even the
• 1:45:35
  Speaker 1: above mentioned plan. And this method is really that employed
• 1:45:39
  Speaker 1: by the Adepts in Occultism, and the method and practice
• 1:45:42
  Speaker 1: taught the initiates of the occult brotherhoods and lodges all
• 1:45:45
  Speaker 1: over the world. Let us consider it here in the
• 1:45:49
  Speaker 1: first place, without entering into a statement of the details
• 1:45:52
  Speaker 1: of the high occult teachings, we wish to inform you
• 1:45:55
  Speaker 1: that the basic principle of all such teaching and instruction
• 1:45:58
  Speaker 1: is the fact that within each of us, in the
• 1:46:00
  Speaker 1: very center of the being of each individual, in the
• 1:46:04
  Speaker 1: very heart of hearts of the immortal Ego, is what
• 1:46:06
  Speaker 1: occultists know as the flame of the Spirit. This is
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  Speaker 1: what you recognize in consciousness as the I Am consciousness,
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  Speaker 1: that consciousness of being which is far above the consciousness
• 1:46:17
  Speaker 1: of personality or the things of personality. It is that
• 1:46:21
  Speaker 1: consciousness which informs each individual unmistakably that he is actually
• 1:46:25
  Speaker 1: an individual being. This consciousness comes to the individual by
• 1:46:30
  Speaker 1: reason of his contact with the great one life of
• 1:46:32
  Speaker 1: the universe. It is the point of contact between the
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  Speaker 1: part and the All, and in this part of a
• 1:46:38
  Speaker 1: man's consciousness coupled with the sense of being in high
• 1:46:41
  Speaker 1: there resides a spark from the divine flame of life
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  Speaker 1: and power, which is what has been called the will
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  Speaker 1: of man. Now do not mistake us and confuse this
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  Speaker 1: with the so called will of personality, which is merely
• 1:46:53
  Speaker 1: a desire, or else a certain firmness which often is
• 1:46:56
  Speaker 1: little more than stubbornness. This inner will is real power,
• 1:47:00
  Speaker 1: and when once recognized, may be drawn upon as a
• 1:47:02
  Speaker 1: source of unending and unfailing strength. The occult adepts have
• 1:47:07
  Speaker 1: developed the consciousness of this power within and use it freely.
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  Speaker 1: This is the result of years of practice and correct
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  Speaker 1: living and thinking. But still each and every person may
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  Speaker 1: draw upon this source of strength within them to aid
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  Speaker 1: them in the life and to repel the thought vibrations
• 1:47:24
  Speaker 1: of the lower plane. This consciousness may be developed by
• 1:47:28
  Speaker 1: a realization of its existence, and by a practice of
• 1:47:31
  Speaker 1: bringing the idea in every day consciousness, by thought, meditation,
• 1:47:35
  Speaker 1: and practice. The very fact of our having called your
• 1:47:39
  Speaker 1: attention to its existence has awakened within the mind of
• 1:47:41
  Speaker 1: you who are reading these lines a new strength and
• 1:47:43
  Speaker 1: sense of power. Think a moment and see whether you
• 1:47:47
  Speaker 1: do not feel a dawning sense of a strength within
• 1:47:49
  Speaker 1: you that you have not realized so fully before this moment.
• 1:47:53
  Speaker 1: A continued recognition in your every day consciousness of this
• 1:47:56
  Speaker 1: something within will develop your ability to manifest it, particularly
• 1:48:01
  Speaker 1: in an hour of need. Will it spring to your assistance,
• 1:48:03
  Speaker 1: giving you a sense of a part of yourself crying
• 1:48:06
  Speaker 1: out to you in words of encouragement, I am here.
• 1:48:09
  Speaker 1: Be not afraid. It is very difficult to give you
• 1:48:13
  Speaker 1: this method in written or printed words, But if you
• 1:48:15
  Speaker 1: will enter fully into a recognition of this inward power,
• 1:48:18
  Speaker 1: you will find yourself developing a new power of resisting
• 1:48:20
  Speaker 1: outside influences that will astonish you. When you come in
• 1:48:25
  Speaker 1: contact with people who are seeking to influence you in
• 1:48:27
  Speaker 1: any of the ways mentioned in the preceding chapters of
• 1:48:30
  Speaker 1: this book, or in other ways, you will find yourself
• 1:48:32
  Speaker 1: able to defy their mental attacks by simply remembering the
• 1:48:35
  Speaker 1: strength inherent in your eye, aided by the statement made
• 1:48:39
  Speaker 1: silently to yourself, I am an immortal spirit, using the
• 1:48:42
  Speaker 1: will within my ego. With this mental attitude, you may
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  Speaker 1: make the slightest mental effort in the direction of throwing
• 1:48:49
  Speaker 1: out from your mind vibrations which will scatter the adverse
• 1:48:51
  Speaker 1: influences in all directions, and which, if persisted in, will
• 1:48:55
  Speaker 1: cause the other person to become confused and anxious to
• 1:48:58
  Speaker 1: let you alone. With this consciousness held in mind, your
• 1:49:02
  Speaker 1: mental command to another let me alone, I cast off
• 1:49:06
  Speaker 1: your influence by the power of my spirit will act
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  Speaker 1: so strongly that you will be able to actually see
• 1:49:11
  Speaker 1: the effect at once. If the other person be stubborn
• 1:49:15
  Speaker 1: and determined to influence you by words of suggestion, coaxing, threatening,
• 1:49:19
  Speaker 1: or similar methods, look him or her straight in the eyes,
• 1:49:22
  Speaker 1: saying mentally, I defy you. My inner power casts off
• 1:49:26
  Speaker 1: your influence. Try this the next time that any one
• 1:49:30
  Speaker 1: attempts to influence you, either verbally or by thought waves,
• 1:49:33
  Speaker 1: and see how strong and positive you will feel, and
• 1:49:35
  Speaker 1: how the efforts of the other person will fail. This
• 1:49:39
  Speaker 1: sounds simple, but the little secret is worth thousands of
• 1:49:42
  Speaker 1: dollars to every individual who will put it into practice.
• 1:49:45
  Speaker 1: Above all, put out of your mind all fear of
• 1:49:48
  Speaker 1: other persons. The feeling of fear prevents you from manifesting
• 1:49:52
  Speaker 1: the power within you to its full extent. Cast out
• 1:49:56
  Speaker 1: fear as unworthy and hurtful, not only in the case
• 1:50:00
  Speaker 1: of personal influence, in the actual presence of the other
• 1:50:02
  Speaker 1: person may be defeated in this way, but the same
• 1:50:05
  Speaker 1: method will act equally as well in the matter of
• 1:50:07
  Speaker 1: repelling the mental influence of others directed against you in
• 1:50:10
  Speaker 1: the form of absent treatments, et cetera. If you feel
• 1:50:14
  Speaker 1: yourself inclining toward doing something which in your heart you
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  Speaker 1: feel that is not to your best interests judged from
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  Speaker 1: a true standpoint, you may know that consciously or unconsciously,
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  Speaker 1: someone is seeking to influence you in this way. Then
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  Speaker 1: smile to yourself and make the statements mentioned above or
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  Speaker 1: some similar one, and, holding the power of the Spirit
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  Speaker 1: within your I firmly in your mind, send out a
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  Speaker 1: mental command, just as you would in the case of
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  Speaker 1: the actual presence of the person himself or herself. You
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  Speaker 1: may also deny the influencing power out of existence by
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  Speaker 1: asserting mentally, I deny your power to influence me. You
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  Speaker 1: have no such power over me. I am resting on
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  Speaker 1: my knowledge of spirit and its will within me. I
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  Speaker 1: deny your power out of existence. This form of denial
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  Speaker 1: may be used either in the case of absent influence
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  Speaker 1: or personal influence. The rule is the same in all cases.
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  Speaker 1: In repelling these absent influences, you will at once experience
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  Speaker 1: a feeling of relief and strength, and will be able
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  Speaker 1: to smile at the defeated efforts of the other person.
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  Speaker 1: If you feel sufficiently broad and full of love for mankind,
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  Speaker 1: you may then treat the other person for his error,
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  Speaker 1: sending him thoughts of love and knowledge, with the idea
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  Speaker 1: of dispelling his ignorance and selfishness and bringing him to
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  Speaker 1: a realization of the higher truths of life. You will
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  Speaker 1: doubtless have many interesting experiences arising from thus repelling these attacks.
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  Speaker 1: In some cases, you will find that the next time
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  Speaker 1: you meet the person in question, he will appear confused
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  Speaker 1: and puzzled and ill at ease. In other cases, the
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  Speaker 1: person will begin to manifest a new respect and regard
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  Speaker 1: for you and dispose to aid you instead of trying
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  Speaker 1: to influence you to his way and desire. In other cases,
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  Speaker 1: the person will still have the desire and will endeavor
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  Speaker 1: to argue you into doing that which he has tried
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  Speaker 1: to infl fluence you into doing by mental influence. But
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  Speaker 1: his efforts will fall flat and without effect, particularly if
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  Speaker 1: you give him another dose of the assertion of the
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  Speaker 1: power of the spirit within you. In the same way,
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  Speaker 1: you should call upon your higher self for aid and
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  Speaker 1: strength when you feel yourself being affected by any of
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  Speaker 1: the great mental waves of feeling or emotions sweeping over
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  Speaker 1: the public mind, and which have a tendency to stampede
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  Speaker 1: people into adopting certain ideas or of following certain leaders.
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  Speaker 1: In such case, the assertion of the eye within you
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  Speaker 1: will dissipate the influence around you, and you will find
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  Speaker 1: yourself standing in a center of peace, surrounded on all
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  Speaker 1: sides by the ocean of mental tumult and agitation, which
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  Speaker 1: is sweeping over or circling around the place. In the
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  Speaker 1: same way, you will be able to neutralize the unpleasant
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  Speaker 1: mental atmospheres of places, localities, houses, et cetera, and render
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  Speaker 1: yourself positive to and immune from the same. In short,
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  Speaker 1: we have given you here a recipe that may be
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  Speaker 1: used in any and every instance of the employment of
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  Speaker 1: mental influence. It may sound simple to you, but a
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  Speaker 1: little use of it will make you deem it the
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  Speaker 1: most important bit of practical knowledge you may possess.