1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:08,759 Lessen seven and eight of the power of concentration Lesson seven. The concentrated mental 2 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:15,480 demand. The mental demand is the potent force in achievement. The attitude of 3 00:00:15,519 --> 00:00:21,559 the mind affects the expression of the face, determines action, changes our physical 4 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:27,280 condition, and regulates our lives. I will not here attempt to explain the 5 00:00:27,359 --> 00:00:32,600 silent force that achieves results. You want to develop your mental power so you 6 00:00:32,679 --> 00:00:36,640 can affect the thing sought, and that is what I want to teach you. 7 00:00:37,640 --> 00:00:43,560 There is wonderful power and possibility in the concentrated mental demand. This, 8 00:00:44,320 --> 00:00:49,880 like all other forces, is controlled by laws. It can, like other 9 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:57,960 forces, be wonderfully increased by consecutive, systematized effort. The mental demand must 10 00:00:57,960 --> 00:01:02,960 be directed by every power of the mind, and every possible element should be 11 00:01:03,039 --> 00:01:08,120 used to make the demand materialize. You can so intently desire a thing that 12 00:01:08,159 --> 00:01:15,480 you can exclude all distracting thoughts. When you practice this singleness of concentration until 13 00:01:15,519 --> 00:01:22,239 you attain the end sought, you have developed a will capable of accomplishing whatever 14 00:01:22,319 --> 00:01:26,040 you wish. As long as you can only do the ordinary things, you 15 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:30,760 will be counted in the mass of mediocrity. But just as quick as you 16 00:01:30,799 --> 00:01:37,879 surpass others by even comparatively small measure, you are classed as one of life's 17 00:01:37,879 --> 00:01:42,840 successes. So if you wish to emerge into prominence, you must accomplish something 18 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:48,920 more than the ordinary man or woman. It is easy to do this if 19 00:01:48,959 --> 00:01:53,760 you will but concentrate on what you desire and put forth your best effort. 20 00:01:53,719 --> 00:01:59,079 It is not the runner with the longest legs or the strongest muscles that wins 21 00:01:59,079 --> 00:02:02,400 the race, but the one that can put forth the greatest desire force. 22 00:02:04,439 --> 00:02:08,560 You can best understand this by thinking of an engine. The engine starts up 23 00:02:08,599 --> 00:02:15,680 slowly, the engineer gradually extending the throttle to the top notch. It is 24 00:02:15,759 --> 00:02:20,719 then keyed up to its maximum speed. The same is true of two runners. 25 00:02:21,360 --> 00:02:24,800 They start off together, and gradually they increase their desire to go faster. 26 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:30,560 The one that has the greatest intensity of desire will win. He may 27 00:02:30,599 --> 00:02:36,039 out distance the other by only a fraction of an inch, yet he gets 28 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:40,080 the laurels. The men that are looked upon as the world's successes have not 29 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:45,759 always been men of great physical power, nor at the start did they seem 30 00:02:45,879 --> 00:02:51,199 very well adapted to the conditions which encompass them. In the beginning. They 31 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:55,280 were not considered men of superior genius. But they won their success by their 32 00:02:55,319 --> 00:03:01,599 resolution to achieve results in their undertakings. By permitting no setback to dishearten them, 33 00:03:02,159 --> 00:03:07,520 no difficulties to daunt them, nothing could turn them or influence them against 34 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:13,919 their determination, they never lost sight of their goal. In all of us 35 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:19,240 there is this silent force of wonderful power. If developed, it can overcome 36 00:03:19,319 --> 00:03:24,719 conditions that would seem insurmountable. It is constantly urging us on to greater achievement. 37 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:30,879 The more we become acquainted with it, the better strategists we become, 38 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:36,159 the more courage we develop, and the greater the desire within us for self 39 00:03:36,199 --> 00:03:40,960 expression in activity along many lines. No one will ever be a failure if 40 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:47,080 he becomes conscious of this silent force within that controls his destiny. But without 41 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:52,280 the consciousness of this inner force, you will not have a clear vision, 42 00:03:52,800 --> 00:03:57,759 and external conditions will not yield to the power of your mind. It is 43 00:03:57,840 --> 00:04:02,240 the mental resolve that makes achievements possible. Once this has been formed, it 44 00:04:02,280 --> 00:04:08,719 should never be allowed to cease to press its claim until its object is attained. 45 00:04:09,759 --> 00:04:14,560 To make plans work out, it will at times be necessary to use 46 00:04:14,599 --> 00:04:19,600 every power of your mind. Patience, perseverance, and all the indomitable forces 47 00:04:19,639 --> 00:04:27,360 within one will have to be mustered and used with the greatest effectiveness. Perseverance 48 00:04:27,480 --> 00:04:31,199 is the first element of success. In order to persevere, you must be 49 00:04:31,319 --> 00:04:38,439 ceaseless in your application. It requires you to concentrate your thoughts upon your undertaking 50 00:04:38,920 --> 00:04:43,639 and bring every energy to bear upon, keeping them focused upon it until you 51 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:47,720 have accomplished your aim. To quit short of this is to weaken all future 52 00:04:47,759 --> 00:04:55,079 efforts. The mental demand seems an unreal power because it is intangible, but 53 00:04:55,199 --> 00:04:59,279 it is the mightiest power in the world. It is a power that is 54 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:01,759 free for you to to use. No one can use it for you. 55 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:08,920 The mental demand is not a visionary one. It is a potent force which 56 00:05:08,920 --> 00:05:13,560 you can use freely without cost. When you are in doubt, it will 57 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:17,319 counsel you. It will guide you when you are uncertain, when you are 58 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:21,720 in fear, it will give you courage. It is the motive power which 59 00:05:21,759 --> 00:05:28,519 supplies the energies necessary to the achievement of the purpose. You have a large 60 00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:36,040 storehouse of possibilities. The mental demand makes possibilities realities. It supplies everything necessary 61 00:05:36,079 --> 00:05:42,040 for the accomplishment. It selects the tools and instructs how to use them. 62 00:05:42,600 --> 00:05:46,720 It makes you understand the situation. Every time you make a mental demand, 63 00:05:47,199 --> 00:05:55,079 you strengthen the brain centers by drawing to you external forces. Few realize the 64 00:05:55,199 --> 00:05:59,959 power of a mental demand. It is possible to make your demand so strong 65 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:03,240 that you can impart what you have to say to another without speaking to him. 66 00:06:04,199 --> 00:06:08,680 Have you, ever, after planning to discuss a certain matter with a 67 00:06:08,759 --> 00:06:13,720 friend, had the experience of having him broached the subject before you had a 68 00:06:13,800 --> 00:06:17,040 chance to speak of it. Have you ever, in a letter, made 69 00:06:17,079 --> 00:06:21,439 a suggestion to a friend that he carried out before your letter reached him. 70 00:06:21,959 --> 00:06:27,639 Have you ever wanted to speak to a person who just then walked in or 71 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:32,040 telephoned. I have had many such responses to thought, and you and your 72 00:06:32,079 --> 00:06:40,079 friends have doubtless experienced them too. These two things are neither coincidences nor accidents, 73 00:06:40,480 --> 00:06:46,000 but are the results of mental demand launched by strong concentration. The person 74 00:06:46,040 --> 00:06:50,800 that never wants anything gets little To demand resolutely is the first step toward getting 75 00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:57,360 what you want. The power of the mental demand seems absolute, the supply 76 00:06:57,639 --> 00:07:03,199 illimitable. The mental demand and projects itself and causes to materialize the conditions and 77 00:07:03,279 --> 00:07:10,480 opportunities needed to accomplish the purpose. Do not think I overestimate the value of 78 00:07:10,519 --> 00:07:15,079 the mental demand. It brings the fuller life if used for only righteous purposes. 79 00:07:16,079 --> 00:07:19,920 Once the mental demand is made, however, never let it falter. 80 00:07:20,959 --> 00:07:26,160 If you do, the current that connects you with your desire is broken. 81 00:07:27,160 --> 00:07:31,040 Take all the necessary time to build a firm foundation so that there need not 82 00:07:31,199 --> 00:07:36,040 be even an element of doubt to creep in. Just the moment you entertain 83 00:07:36,160 --> 00:07:41,399 doubt, you lose some of the demand force, and force, once lost 84 00:07:41,519 --> 00:07:46,920 is hard to regain. So whenever you make a mental demand, hold steadfastly 85 00:07:46,040 --> 00:07:51,360 to it until your need is supplied. I want to repeat again that power 86 00:07:51,399 --> 00:07:58,439 of mental demand is not a visionary one. It is concentrated power only and 87 00:07:58,480 --> 00:08:03,759 can be used by you. It is not supernatural power, but requires a 88 00:08:03,839 --> 00:08:07,879 development of the brain centers. The outcome is sure when it is given with 89 00:08:07,959 --> 00:08:15,839 a strong, resolute determination. No person will advance to any great extent unless 90 00:08:15,839 --> 00:08:20,920 he recognizes this force within him. If you have not become aware of it, 91 00:08:20,399 --> 00:08:24,600 you have not made very much of a success of your life. It 92 00:08:24,680 --> 00:08:30,879 is this something that distinguishes that man from other men. It is this subtle 93 00:08:30,959 --> 00:08:35,240 power that develops strong personality. If you want a great deal, you must 94 00:08:35,279 --> 00:08:41,240 demand a great deal. Once you make your demand, anticipate its fulfillment. 95 00:08:41,080 --> 00:08:46,799 It depends upon us. We are rewarded according to our efforts. The power 96 00:08:46,840 --> 00:08:52,960 of mental demand can bring us what we want. We become what we determine 97 00:08:52,960 --> 00:08:58,919 to be. We control our destiny. Get the right mental attitude. Then, 98 00:08:58,960 --> 00:09:03,159 in accordance with your your ability, you can gain success. And every 99 00:09:03,240 --> 00:09:09,240 man of average ability, the ordinary man that you see about you, can 100 00:09:09,279 --> 00:09:15,519 be really successful, independent, free of worry, his own master, if 101 00:09:15,519 --> 00:09:20,720 he can manage to do just two things. First, remain forever dissatisfied with 102 00:09:20,840 --> 00:09:26,879 what he is doing and what he has accomplished. Second, develop in his 103 00:09:28,080 --> 00:09:33,399 mind a belief that the word impossible was not intended for him. Build up 104 00:09:33,399 --> 00:09:37,559 in his mind the confidence that enables the mind to use its power. Many, 105 00:09:37,919 --> 00:09:43,000 especially the older men, will ask, how can I build up that 106 00:09:43,120 --> 00:09:46,720 self confidence in my brain? How can I, after months and years of 107 00:09:46,799 --> 00:09:52,840 discouragement of dull plotting, suddenly conceive and carry out a plan for doing something 108 00:09:54,240 --> 00:09:58,519 that will make life worth while and change the monotonous routine? How can a 109 00:09:58,519 --> 00:10:03,320 man get out of a rut after he has been in it for years and 110 00:10:03,399 --> 00:10:07,679 has settled down to the slow jog trot that leads to the grave. The 111 00:10:07,799 --> 00:10:13,600 answer is the thing can be done, and millions have done it. One 112 00:10:13,600 --> 00:10:16,720 of the names most honored among the great men of France is that of Letree, 113 00:10:18,480 --> 00:10:22,080 who wrote and compiled the Great French Dictionary, a monument of learning. 114 00:10:22,799 --> 00:10:28,480 He is the man whose place among the forty immortals of France was taken by 115 00:10:28,519 --> 00:10:33,200 the Great Pasture when the latter was elected to the Academy. Letree began the 116 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:39,200 work that makes him famous when he was more than sixty years old. Lesson 117 00:10:39,360 --> 00:10:46,960 eight. Concentration gives mental poise. You will find that the man that concentrates 118 00:10:48,080 --> 00:10:52,000 is well poised, whereas the man that allows his mind to wander is easily 119 00:10:52,080 --> 00:10:58,000 upset. When in this state, wisdom does not pass from the subconscious storehouse 120 00:10:58,440 --> 00:11:05,840 into the consciousness. There must be mental quiet before the two consciousnesses can work 121 00:11:05,879 --> 00:11:09,879 in harmony. When you are able to concentrate, you have peace of mind. 122 00:11:11,039 --> 00:11:15,559 If you are in the habit of losing your poise, form the habit 123 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:20,399 of reading literature that has a quieting power. Just the second you feel your 124 00:11:20,440 --> 00:11:24,960 poise slipping, say peace, and then hold this thought in mind, and 125 00:11:26,039 --> 00:11:31,039 you will never lose your self control. There cannot be perfect concentration until there 126 00:11:31,080 --> 00:11:37,039 is peace of mind. So keep thinking peace, acting peace until you are 127 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:43,120 at peace with all the world. For when once you have reached this state, 128 00:11:43,679 --> 00:11:48,159 there will be no trouble to concentrate on anything you wish. When you 129 00:11:48,240 --> 00:11:52,720 have peace of mind, you are not timid or anxious, or fearful or 130 00:11:52,840 --> 00:11:58,120 rigid, and you will not allow any disturbing thought to influence you. You 131 00:11:58,200 --> 00:12:01,960 cast aside all fears and think of yourself as a spark of the divine being, 132 00:12:03,639 --> 00:12:09,320 as a manifestation of the one universal principle that fills all space and time. 133 00:12:09,320 --> 00:12:15,879 Think of yourself thus as a child of the infinite, possessing infinite possibilities. 134 00:12:16,919 --> 00:12:20,759 Write on a piece of paper, I have the power to do and 135 00:12:20,799 --> 00:12:24,879 to be whatever I wish to do and be. Keep this mentally before you, 136 00:12:26,360 --> 00:12:28,919 and you will find the thought will be of great help to you. 137 00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:35,240 The mistake of concentrating on your business while away. In order to be successful 138 00:12:35,279 --> 00:12:41,480 today, you must concentrate, but don't become a slave to concentration, and 139 00:12:41,600 --> 00:12:46,440 carry your business cares home. Just as sure as you do, you will 140 00:12:46,480 --> 00:12:50,559 be burning the life forces at both ends, and the fire will go out 141 00:12:50,679 --> 00:12:56,120 much sooner than was intended. Many men become so absorbed in their business that 142 00:12:56,200 --> 00:13:00,200 when they go to church they do not hear the preacher because their minds are 143 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:03,279 on their business. If they go to the theater, they do not enjoy 144 00:13:03,320 --> 00:13:07,759 it because their business is on their minds. When they go to bed, 145 00:13:07,879 --> 00:13:13,159 they think about business instead of sleep, and wonder why they don't sleep. 146 00:13:13,039 --> 00:13:18,519 This is the wrong kind of concentration and is dangerous. It is involuntary. 147 00:13:20,480 --> 00:13:24,559 When you are unable to get anything out of your mind, it becomes unwholesome, 148 00:13:24,039 --> 00:13:30,320 as any thought held continuously causes weariness of the flesh. It is a 149 00:13:30,360 --> 00:13:35,240 big mistake to let a thought rule you instead of ruling it. He who 150 00:13:35,279 --> 00:13:39,679 does not rule himself is not a success. If you cannot control your concentration, 151 00:13:41,240 --> 00:13:46,120 your health will suffer. So never becomes so absorbed with anything that you 152 00:13:46,159 --> 00:13:52,120 cannot lay it aside and take up another. This is self control. Concentration 153 00:13:52,399 --> 00:13:56,799 is paying attention to a chosen thought. Everything that passes before the eye makes 154 00:13:56,799 --> 00:14:01,960 an impression on the subconscious mind. But unless you pay attention to some certain 155 00:14:03,039 --> 00:14:07,240 thing, you will not remember what you saw. For instance, if you 156 00:14:07,279 --> 00:14:13,720 walk down a busy street without seeing anything that attracted your particular attention, you 157 00:14:13,759 --> 00:14:18,759 could not recall anything you saw. So you see only what attracts your attention. 158 00:14:18,720 --> 00:14:22,559 If you work, you only see and remember what you think about. 159 00:14:22,840 --> 00:14:28,840 When you concentrate on something, it absorbs your whole thought self study valuable. 160 00:14:30,799 --> 00:14:35,039 Everyone has some habits that can be overcome by concentration. We will say, 161 00:14:35,120 --> 00:14:39,720 for instance, you are in the habit of complaining or finding fault with yourself 162 00:14:39,879 --> 00:14:45,360 or others, or imagining that you do not possess the ability of others, 163 00:14:46,039 --> 00:14:48,639 or feeling that you are not as good as some one else, or that 164 00:14:48,720 --> 00:14:54,519 you cannot rely on yourself, or harboring any similar thoughts or thoughts of weakness. 165 00:14:54,879 --> 00:14:58,559 These should be cast aside, and instead thoughts of strength should be put 166 00:14:58,639 --> 00:15:03,080 in their place. Just remember, every time you think of yourself as being 167 00:15:03,120 --> 00:15:07,120 weak in some way, you are making yourself so by thinking you are. 168 00:15:09,080 --> 00:15:13,720 Our mental conditions make us what we are. Just watch yourself and see how 169 00:15:13,759 --> 00:15:18,399 much time you waste in worrying, fretting and complaining. The more of it 170 00:15:18,480 --> 00:15:22,000 you do the worse off you are. Just the minute you are aware of 171 00:15:22,039 --> 00:15:28,480 thinking a negative thought immediately changed to a positive one. If you start to 172 00:15:28,519 --> 00:15:33,240 think of failure, change to thinking of success. You have the germ of 173 00:15:33,279 --> 00:15:37,919 success within you. Care for it the same as the setting hen broods over 174 00:15:37,960 --> 00:15:41,320 the eggs, and you can make it a reality. You can make those 175 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:46,159 that you come in contact with feel as you do because you radiate vibrations of 176 00:15:46,200 --> 00:15:50,759 the way you feel, and your vibrations are felt by others. When you 177 00:15:50,840 --> 00:15:56,240 concentrate on a certain thing, you turn all the rays of your vibrations on. 178 00:15:56,320 --> 00:16:02,240 This thought is the directing power of all life's vibrations. If a person 179 00:16:02,279 --> 00:16:04,960 should enter a room with a lot of people and feel as if he were 180 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:10,480 a person of no consequence, no one would know he was there unless they 181 00:16:10,519 --> 00:16:14,679 saw him, and even if they did, they would not remember seeing him 182 00:16:15,080 --> 00:16:18,519 because they were not attracted towards him. But let him enter the room feeling 183 00:16:18,639 --> 00:16:25,039 he was magnetic and concentrating on this thought, others would feel his vibration. 184 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:30,399 So remember the way you feel, you can make others feel. This is 185 00:16:30,440 --> 00:16:36,320 the law. Make yourself a concentrated dynamo from which your thoughts vibrate to others. 186 00:16:37,039 --> 00:16:41,120 Then you are a power in the world. Cultivate the art of feeling, 187 00:16:41,639 --> 00:16:45,519 For as I said before, you can only make others feel what you 188 00:16:45,679 --> 00:16:49,120 feel. If you will study all of the great characters of history, you 189 00:16:49,159 --> 00:16:56,000 will find that they were enthusiastic. First they were enthusiastic themselves, and then 190 00:16:56,039 --> 00:17:00,440 they could arouse others enthusiasm. It is latent in it one. It is 191 00:17:00,480 --> 00:17:06,599 a wonderful force. When once aroused. All public men to be a success 192 00:17:06,720 --> 00:17:11,599 have to possess it. Cultivate it by concentration. Set aside some hour of 193 00:17:11,640 --> 00:17:18,440 the day wherein to hold rapt, converse with the soul, meditate with sincere 194 00:17:18,519 --> 00:17:22,480 desire, and contrite heart, and you will be able to accomplish that which 195 00:17:22,519 --> 00:17:29,039 you have meditated on. This is the keynote of success. Think, speak, 196 00:17:29,160 --> 00:17:33,039 and act just as you wish to be, and you will be that 197 00:17:33,240 --> 00:17:36,799 which you wish to be. You are just what you think you are, 198 00:17:37,240 --> 00:17:41,160 and not what you may appear to be. You may fool others, but 199 00:17:41,240 --> 00:17:45,319 not yourself. You may control your life and actions just as you can control 200 00:17:45,319 --> 00:17:49,319 your hands. If you want to raise your hand, you must first think 201 00:17:49,359 --> 00:17:53,240 of raising it. If you want to control your life. You must first 202 00:17:53,240 --> 00:17:59,160 control your thinking. Easy to do, is it not? Yes, it 203 00:17:59,279 --> 00:18:03,920 is if you will, but concentrate on what you think about, For he 204 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:11,359 only can that says he will. How can we secure concentration to this question? 205 00:18:11,680 --> 00:18:17,160 The first and last answer must be by interest and strong motive. The 206 00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:23,640 stronger the motive, the greater the concentration Eustace Miller, MD. The successful 207 00:18:23,720 --> 00:18:30,680 lives are the concentrated lives. The utterly helpless multitude that sooner or later have 208 00:18:30,759 --> 00:18:36,079 to be cared for by charity are those that were never able to concentrate and 209 00:18:36,119 --> 00:18:40,880 who have become the victims of negative ideas. Train yourself so you will be 210 00:18:40,920 --> 00:18:45,640 able to concentrate your thought and develop your brain power and increase your mental energy. 211 00:18:47,319 --> 00:18:49,759 Or you can be a slacker, a drifter, a quitter, or 212 00:18:49,799 --> 00:18:56,240 a sleeper. It all depends on how you concentrate or centralize your thoughts. 213 00:18:56,839 --> 00:19:00,200 Your thinking then becomes a fixed power, and you do not waste time thinking 214 00:19:00,240 --> 00:19:04,319 about something that would not be good for you. You pick out the thoughts 215 00:19:04,319 --> 00:19:08,400 that will be the means of bringing you what you desire, and they become 216 00:19:08,440 --> 00:19:15,839 a material reality. Whatever we create in the thought world will some day materialize. 217 00:19:15,400 --> 00:19:19,480 That is the law. Don't forget this. In the old days, 218 00:19:19,519 --> 00:19:26,079 men drifted without concentration. But this is a day of efficiency, and therefore 219 00:19:26,400 --> 00:19:30,240 all our efforts must be concentrated if we are to win any success worth the 220 00:19:30,359 --> 00:19:37,200 name. Why people often do not get what they concentrate on because they sit 221 00:19:37,279 --> 00:19:41,160 down in hopeless despair and expect it to come to them. But if they 222 00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:45,759 will just reach out for it with their biggest effort, they will find it 223 00:19:45,839 --> 00:19:52,079 is within their reach. No one limits us but ourselves. We are what 224 00:19:52,160 --> 00:19:57,039 we are today as the result of internal conditions. We can control the external 225 00:19:57,079 --> 00:20:03,079 conditions. They are subject to our will. Through our concentration, we can 226 00:20:03,119 --> 00:20:08,279 attract what we want because we become in rapport with the universal forces from which 227 00:20:08,319 --> 00:20:12,720 we can get what we want. You have watched races, no doubt, 228 00:20:14,279 --> 00:20:18,759 they all line up together. Each has his mind set on getting to the 229 00:20:18,839 --> 00:20:23,559 goal before the others. This is one kind of concentration. A man starts 230 00:20:23,599 --> 00:20:29,000 to think on a certain subject, he has all kinds of thoughts come to 231 00:20:29,079 --> 00:20:33,799 him, but by concentration he shuts out all these but the one he has 232 00:20:33,880 --> 00:20:38,359 chosen. Concentration is just a case of willing to do a certain thing and 233 00:20:38,440 --> 00:20:44,640 doing it. If you want to accomplish anything, first put yourself in a 234 00:20:44,720 --> 00:20:52,240 concentrating, reposeful, receptive, acquiring frame of mind in tackling unfamiliar work, 235 00:20:52,599 --> 00:20:57,119 make haste, slowly and deliberately, and then you will secure that interior activity, 236 00:20:57,519 --> 00:21:02,079 which is never possible when you are in a hurry or under a strain. 237 00:21:03,200 --> 00:21:07,319 When you think hard or try to hurry results too quickly, you generally 238 00:21:07,400 --> 00:21:12,039 shut off the interior flow of thoughts and ideas. You have, often, 239 00:21:12,119 --> 00:21:17,079 no doubt, tried hard to think of something but could not. But just 240 00:21:17,160 --> 00:21:19,599 as soon as you stopped trying to think of it, it came to you.