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The theory of dynamic thought. From
the preceding chapters, we have learned that

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one, the forms of force or
radiant energy known as light, heat,

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magnetism, and electricity are modes of
motion arising from the original motion of the

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particles of substance molecules, atoms,
corpuscles, or electrons, and that such

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original motions of the particles arises from
the operation of the law of attraction.

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Two that the forms of attractive force
or energy known as gravitation, cohesion,

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adhesion, atomic attraction, chemical affinity
or chemism, and corpuscular attraction also arise

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from the operation of the law of
attraction. Three that from the above it

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follows that all manifestations of force and
energy and inorganic substance viz. Both radiant

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energy in its forms of light,
heat, magnetism, electricity, et cetera,

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and also attractive energy in its forms
of gravitation, cohesion, adhesion,

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chemical affinity, or atomic ilas attraction
and corpuscular attraction, arise from the operation

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of the law of attraction. It
will be well to remember that the fact

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that some of the above forms of
radiant force or energy, such as heat,

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light, magnetism, and electricity may
arise from motion transmitted from other substance,

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does not alter the matter. For
if they arise from waves from some

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other substance, it merely follows that
the original motion that gave rise to the

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waves arose from the operation of the
law of attraction. Or if they arise

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from interrupted motion, it merely follows
that the motion that is interrupted may be

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traced back to original motion that arose
from the operation of the law of attraction.

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So that all mechanical power and all
the forms of energy or forced producing

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the same omitting for the moment,
the forms of energy or force of living

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organisms, which will be described later
on, arise from the operation of the

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law of attraction. Now, for
the next step, we have seen that

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the operation of the law of attraction
results from vital mental action on the part

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of the life and mind prints inherent
in the nature of the particles of substance.

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Consequently, all forms of energy and
force arising from the operation of the

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law of attraction, the latter being
the result of vital mental action. Then

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it follows that all forms of energy
and force having its origin and the law

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of attraction are manifestations of vital mental
action. But this is not all,

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for we have not considered the energy
and force abiding in and manifested by what

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are called living organisms, such as
human, animal, and plant life,

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which are manifested by the physical organisms
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plant. In order to avoid a
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we will omit all but a passing
reference to the theories that seek to identify

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the action of the cells of organic
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life. For remember that organic substance
has its molecules, atoms and corpuscles,

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as well as its higher combinations known
as cells. And we will seek the

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ultimate source of all forms of force
and energy exhibited by organic life, and

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that which lies back of physical action. We need no argument here, for

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all will readily recognize that behind the
physical action of man, animal, and

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plant lies life and mind, and
that therefore all force and energy arising from

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such action must be manifestations of vital
mental action. And so, summing up

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our conclusions regarding force and energy and
motion and then an organic substance, we

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arrive at an understanding of the basic
proposition of the theory of dynamic thought,

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which is as follows. Basic proposition
that all forms and exhibition of force,

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energy, motion, and power are
manifestations of vital mental action, and that

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consequently, at the last, there
is no force but vital mental force,

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no energy but vital mental energy,
no motion but vital mental motion, no

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power but vital mental power. It
is possible that the average reader will fail

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to recognize the tremendous importance of the
above proposition. It is most revolutionary and

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is not only directly opposed to the
materialistic theory which makes matter the dominant factor,

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the only factor in fact in life, but it is also far different

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from the opinion of the average person
who has been taught to think of blind

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force, dead matter, mechanical energy, power of machinery, engines, etc.

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And yet you are invited to go
back over the path that leads up

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to the theory and test and examine
every bit of the road for weak spots,

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insecure bridges, etc. The writer
feels that the work will bear examination.

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He thinks that he has succeeded not
only in proving that one the universe

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is alive in thinking, and two
that mind is dominant, but he believes

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also that he has made at least
partially understandable the old occult and metaphysical aphorism

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that has been heard so much in
these later days. The statement that all

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is mind, mind is all the
only fact need inns now is proof of

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the old occult theory that matter or
substance blends gradually into mind, and that

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in the end is found to have
its origin there. So far science has

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not given us this proof, but
it begins to look that way, although

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science does not dream of what lies
at the end of the road she is

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traveling. She tells us that she
sees matter melting into force or energy,

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and that perhaps the universe may be
found to be energy or force at the

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last. But she ignores the fact
that her investigations have already proven to those

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who know how to combine them,
that mind is back of force, that

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all force is mental force at the
last. And so you see, it

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is not so far a cry from
matter to mind. In these days of

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the twentieth century, the bridge is
being erected by the materialists, but the

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mentalist will be the first to cross
over it. But there are many important

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questions ahead of us for consideration and
relation to the theory of dynamic thought,

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and we must hasten on to them. One of the first questions it must

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be considered is that of the trendansmission
of force, energy, or motion.

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Science has told us that light travels
in his contagious, that heat travels in

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his contages, that electricity travels in
his contages, that magnetism travels in his

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contages, But it has failed to
find evidences of cohesive force or adhesive force,

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or the force of gravitation, or
the force of chemical affinity or the

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force of corpuscular affinity being contagious.
And although it recognizes that they must travel

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beyond the limits of the bodies manifesting
them, yet it has hazarded no theory

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or hypothesis worthy of the name to
account for the phenomenon. It informs us

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that light, heat, magnetism,
and electricity travel via waves of the ether

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at the rate of one hundred eighty
four thousand miles per second, and that

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when they reach their destination, the
ether waves set up similar vibrations in the

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substance with which they come in contact. The only explanation of the method or

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medium of travel is the Aristotle's either
theory, which, while generally accepted as

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a working hypothesis, never the less
brings abroad smile to the face of any

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thoughtful scientist who considers it in detail. As for the medium of the transmission

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of gravitation, cohesion, chemical affinity, and molecular affinity, science is mute.

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All that she says is that gravitation
is believed to travel instantaneously over distances,

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that it takes light traveling at the
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miles per second over two thousand years
to travel verily. Gravitation defies scientific theories

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and estimates, and laughs at the
either. Let us see if the dynamic

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thought theory throws any light on the
subject. The first step in the solution

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of the problem of the transferring and
communication of energy is the remembrance of the

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fact that the energy is purely mental, be it gravitation, affinity, or

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attraction on the one hand, or
light, heat, magnetism, or electricity

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on the other, It is all
mental force. Attraction in all of its

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forms has been recognized as mental action, and the vibrations that cause light,

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heat, magnetism, and electricity have
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attraction, and therefore a mental This
being the case, would it not be

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wise for us to look for a
solution of the transmission of force and energy

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in the region from which it originated, the mental region. Does not this

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seem reasonable? Should not the explanation
for mental effects be sought in a mental

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cause, and should not the medium
between mind and mind be looked for in

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the mental region. Taking the liberty
of peeping into some of the succeeding chapters

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of this book, getting a little
ahead of the story, as it were,

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let us consider the operation of mind
in the higher forms of life without

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argument or proof. At this point, let us remember the well founded statements

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of fact in the old occult teachings
as well, that the mind is not

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confined to the limits of the body, but extends as an aura for some

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distance beyond its physical form. Let
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under the general subject of thought transference, thought transmission, telepathy, or the

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best term of all, telesthesia,
meaning literally far off. Since the writer

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imagines that he hears the yell of
derision go up at this point from the

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materialistic personage or the man on the
street who has been induced to read this

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book by some well meaning friend thought
transference fiddle sticks, we may hear him

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cry in imagination. But let this
reader remember, fiddle sticks or no fiddle

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sticks, that thought transmission is a
proven fact, and that thousands of people

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know it to be so absolutely from
their own experience. It is too late

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in the day for sneers at the
mention of the term. Well, then,

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since force is mental, and we
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the phenomenon of transmission of force,
does it not seem natural to consider thought

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transmission in that connection? Answering a
possible objection of some critical reader to the

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effect that before sensation may be received, the receiver must have sense organs a

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very good objection, but one that
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read on Hackel, the distinguished scientist, in his endeavor to prove that man's

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senses are but a development of something
in inorganic, has called our attention to

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the fact that molecules and atoms are
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He makes quite a point of this
in his latest works and remarks,

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among many other things, showing his
positive view on the subject of sensation in

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the inorganic world. I cannot imagine
the simplest chemical and physical process without attributing

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the movements of the material particles to
unconscious sensation, and again the idea of

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chemical affinity consists in the fact that
the various chemical elements perceive the qualitative differences

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in other elements, experience pleasure or
revulsion at contact with them, and execute

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specific movements. On this ground,
He also quotes approvingly the remarks of Negilli,

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who said, if the molecules possess
something that is related, however distantly,

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to sensation, it must be comfortable
to be able to follow their attractions

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and repulsions, uncomfortable when they are
forced to do otherwise. Haekel also says

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that, in his opinion, the
sensations in animal and plant life are acted

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by a long series of evolutionary stages, with the simpler forms of sensation that

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we find in the inorganic elements and
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not this strong enough, Perhaps we
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assume that even the atoms, molecules, and corpuscles have something like sensation.

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Someone may now object that Hackel speaks
of contact between the particles, and that

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sensation by contact, even in an
atom, is far different from the sensation

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without contact at a short distance.
Quite right. But if the objector will

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take the trouble to review the teaching
of science regarding the relation of the particles,

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he will see that the particles are
never exactly in contact, except in

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moments of collision, which, by
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corpuscles, as we have shown,
have plenty of room in which to move

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about. But they move in orbits
around each other the atoms combined, but

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there is always room between them,
as may be seen by reference to the

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teachings regarding the ether which fills up
the cracks according to the theory, and

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the molecules also have plenty of rooms, may be seen by reference to that

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part of the subject, particularly to
the comparison of the drop of water magnified

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to the size of the Earth,
in which the molecules would appear about the

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size of the original drop, with
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In fact, as we have been
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particles are attracted only to a certain
distance at which they resist the impulsor attraction

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and stand off a bit. They
will not be forced to near without creating

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disturbances and manifestations of force, and
if they are separate beyond a certain distance,

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the attractive power ceases to operate.
But there is always some room between

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them, and they bridge over that
room and exert and receive the attractive power

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in some way. This is true
not only of the particles, but of

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the great bodies, like the earthen
planets, that are attracted and attract over

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great distances. Now for the question, how do they exert sense and attractive

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power over the great comparative distance?
Great comparatively as well in atom, as

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in planet and sun. Someone may
answer the question closing the last paragraph with

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the word electricity. Very good.
Electricity, like the ether, comes in

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quite handy when one is forced to
explain something not known. Electricity, like

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the glacial period. Aristotle's either natural
laws and suggestion, is a most handy

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weapon of argument, and often acts
as a preventative to further inquiry and investigation

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until some sufficiently irreverend of precedent arises
to ask but why and how and starts

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the ball rolling again. But electricity
will not answer in this case. For

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the rate of the travel of electricity
is well known one hundred eighty four thousand

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miles per second, which fast as
it is assumes the crawl of a slow

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freight when compared with the instantaneous rate
of travel of gravitation. And then electricity

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requires a medium and gravitation does not, And in many other ways the two

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were seen to be totally different.
And in the case of the space between

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the atom and molecule and corpuscle,
it is no more reasonable to say electricity

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than it would be to say heat
or light, and magnetism is not available

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for obvious reasons. Remember that electricity, light, and heat are caused by

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motion resulting from attraction, and the
child cannot procreate the parent. Heat,

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light, and electricity may beget each
other, and they do, And gravitation

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may procreate heat, light and electricity, but heat, light and electricity cannot

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procreate gravitation never and light, heat
and electricity require replenishing from the common source

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of energy, but gravitation is self
sufficient and asks no replenishing or storage battery

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or powerhouse electricity. Heat and light
come and go, appearing, manifesting and

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disappearing, swallowed up by each other
or by substance. But gravitation is always

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there, unchangeable, unwavering, immutable, invariable, something above matter, and

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force, something majestic, all inspiring, sublime. Does it take a wild

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flight of the imagination to see that
this something that is not matter and not

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force must be a manifestation of mind. Let us first apply this idea of

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thought transference to the operation of the
law of attraction between the corpuscles, atoms,

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and molecules of substance. Particles of
substance. Particles are believed to move

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to or away from each other in
accordance with the workings of attraction and affinity

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in its varying degrees. First,
they must desire to move, not desire

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in the developed sense that we feel
it, but still elementary feeling or inclination

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or tendency. Call it what you
will, but it remains rudimentary mental emotion,

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an e motion leading to motion.
This is not a pun. Look

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up the meaning of the word of
motion and you will see its application.

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Then, following the desire comes the
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The particles act to gratify desire in
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Remember, they exert the attractive force, which the writer believes to be mental

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force transmitted by mind projection, a
mental or psychic bond or connection. Being

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thus established. By means of this
bond of mind, the particle endeavors to

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one draw itself to the object,
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In the case of the molecule,
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mutual and evidenced by into all molecules
alike, providing they be within molecular distance,

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as science calls it. But in
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to be different, for there is
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affinity. This election or choice is
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relative likes and dislikes of certain kinds
of elements, as we have seen in

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previous chapters. Although to be sure, these elements are all made out of

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the same stuff in different combinations.
The details of corpuscular attraction are not known,

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so it cannot be told whether preferences
exist, or whether, in the

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words of the Street, all corpuscles
look alike to each other. It would

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appear, however, that there must
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They would always form in the same
combinations, always act alike to each

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other, as they are alike in
other actions, and thus there would be

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but one element or kind of atom
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known. To be sure, in
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one kind of atom formed would be
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other elements or atoms were modifications of
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the scientists of the nineteenth century.
But as Kipling would say, that is

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another story. To return to the
particle which we left trying to draw the

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other particle to itself and itself toward
the other. There is no material connection

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between them, and electricity and magnetism
will not answer. So what is to

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be done? Evidently the particle knows, for it exerts a drawing power of

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force by means of the mental connection, and the two come together. The

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particle evidently is able to exert a
repelling or moving away power by reversing the

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process, the mental bond acting as
the medium. This may cause a smile,

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because we have never seen an instance
of bodies pulling them themselves together by

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intangible bonds, haven't we? Then? How about two pieces of magnetized steel

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or two electrified substances. Oh that's
different, you say, why different?

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Isn't the bond intangible? And haven't
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mental actions? Also? Oh but
well, oh, yes, that's it.

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Perhaps the attracting force is magnetism or
electricity. No, that will not

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do, for we have seen that
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not producers of it. The attraction
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not after them. You are mixing
calls and effect. And even if you

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were right, and you cannot be, wouldn't the electrical or magnetic force be

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called into operation and directed by the
mental action arising from the desire? You

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cannot get away from mental action when
you study the law of attraction. But

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how about the fact that the heat
causes particles to change their vibrations and draw

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apart, and all that sort of
thing, and electricity likewise, you may

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ask, surely this takes the matter
away from mental action, doesn't it.

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Well, the writer thinks that the
phenomenon referred to only helps prove his theory,

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and he will endeavor to so prove
to you. The consideration of the

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facts related in this chapter leads us
to a supplemental proposition to our basic proposition,

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which may be stated as follows.
Supplemental proposition one. Not only is

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the law of attraction the manifestation of
a mental process or idle mental action,

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but also the actual force or energy
used in bringing the particles of substance in

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closer relation in accordance with that law
is in its nature of idle mental force

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or energy operating between bodies or particles
of substance without a material medium