Speaker 1: Personal atmosphere. The menative force emanating from each individual creates
a mental atmosphere around him which often extends a considerable
distance from his body, especially in the case of strong individuals,
whose mental atmosphere is felt when they enter a room
or public place. Persons whose personality is weaker have a
mental atmosphere extending only a few inches from their bodies,
and which is scarcely perceptible to those coming in contact
with them. The positive aura. The man of positive individuality
are man who feels himself to be a living electro
magnet carries with him an aura of mental atmosphere of
positive strength, which is plainly felt by those coming in
contact with him. People say about such a man that
he has something about him which impresses them, but which
they fail to understand. It will be worth your while
to study this mental atmosphere of some strong men with
whom you come in contact, for now that you have
the secret of the matter, that you may take some
valuable lessons from him. The air about strong individuals. As
I've said in my mental magic, I cannot very well
describe this air to you, for unless you have met
a man of this kind, you will not understand it.
But it is a very different thing from the pompous,
self sufficient, self important, fussy air and demeanor manifested by
the cheap imitators of these great men. The magnetic man
does not tell you how great or smart or important
he is. He leaves that for his cheap imitators. He
makes you feel his strength by his very manner and atmosphere,
without saying a word. He has that something about him
that people notice and wonder at, and that something comes
from his conscious orth unconscious relation to the universal will,
individuality not personality. In the above paragraph I have pointed
out to the student the kernel of the matter. The
little fellow who thinks he is one of the big
ones believes that his strength comes from his personality, and
sooner or later he trips himself up because of this error.
But the real big ones of life no better. They
may not understand it all, but some way they feel
that there is a something back of them from which
they are able to draw strength and power, and believing this,
they are filled with courage and daring and radiate their
strength on all sides. They may talk of their lucky
star or special providence, or else believe themselves to be
specially favored of God, as is the case with at
least one of the big men of modern finance. But
no matter what may be their special interpretations of them something,
they all recognize its existence and trust to it. And
this conviction and realization gives to the strong individuals that
air of calm, positive power, and self confidence that impresses
those with whom they come in contact, and which forms
their mental atmosphere. Back to first principles, and in giving
you instructions in the art of building for yourselves a
positive mental atmosphere, I can do no better than to
refer you back to the first principles, and again bid
you to realize that you are a dynamic focus, a
center of force in the great universal will, having the
dual attribute of will power and desire force. In short,
that you are a living electromagnet. Realization brings power. If
you will but get this realization firmly fixed in your mind,
you will automatically create for yourself a most positive mental
atmosphere that will be felt by all with whom you
come in contact. So, first, last, and all the time,
build up this realization. Say to yourself, I am a
living electromagnet. Think it out, dream it out, act it out,
and of course always realize what all this means. You
are the electromagnet through which is pouring the universal will power,
and in the degree that you will allow the current
to so flow through you, so will be the power
you are able to manifest. How to use the realization
When you wish to manifest a special degree of power,
just let this statement flame out in vivid letters in
your mind. When you feel that you are being approached
by some other person of strong will whom you do
not wish to influence, you just bring this statement into effect,
and you will actually see the effect of it upon
the other person. He will feel your strong mental health
atmosphere and will cease to try to affect you. And
even when there is no special need for making the
statement of power, it will be well for you to
keep it burning bright within you, for by so doing
you strengthen your realization, and your mental atmosphere reflects the
inner mental state, special mental atmospheres, so much for the
general mental atmosphere. As we proceed, we shall see that
the electromagnetic individual creates special mental atmospheres around him by
his mental states, depending upon his will or desire at
the time. Not only does his will and desire affect
other persons directly by means of mental currents, but menative
induction is also set up by the mental atmosphere without
any special effort on his part. Maintain your positivity. In
this place, I wish to call your attention to the
importance of always maintaining your positivity as a means of
mental training. Do not allow yourself to become negative to others,
even where there is nothing lost by doing so, For
by this neglect you create a negative habit which will
cause you trouble to overcome later. If a person comes
into your presence whose personality seems likely to dominate or
overpower yours by all means, interpose a mental resistance right
then and there. It is not necessary for you to
manifest the same in words, for that would make you
ridiculous in many cases. Nor is it necessary for you
to give any special physical expression to your mental state.
Simply look the person in the eye carelessly and without
any special effort, at the same time making the mental
statement I am a living electromagnet, and you will find
that your positivity will rise until it is equal with his,
and your feeling of negativity will disappear. In exceptional cases.
You may add mentally, I am as positive as you
how to create positive areas? It will be well for
you to practice the creation of special mental atmospheres in
order to establish the habit and thus render it easier
to avail yourself of the same on special occasions. Opportunities
of all kinds will present themselves to you in everyday life.
The gist of the matter is to surround yourself with
a mental aura of such a nature that people will
act toward you as you wish them to do. A
few examples may help you to get a clearer idea
of what I mean, so I herewith give you the same.
An interesting example, I know a lady living in Chicago
who was constantly complaining that people were always running over
her on State Street, the crowded retail street of the
great Western metropolis. She said that they were always crowding
her off the sidewalk and pushing, bumping, and jostling her
in a most annoying manner. She asked me for instructions
as to what thoughts she should use to prevent individuals
from so acting. I answered that I did not think
it was necessary to cant consider the separate individuals in
the case, but that she should treat the crowd as
a whole by means of a protective mental atmosphere. I
then advised her to build up a mental atmosphere around
this statement, people respect my rights. They will not unduly
impose on me in the street. I deny the power
of the crowd to impose on me. And she followed
this advice and in a short time had built up
a protective mental atmosphere which acted almost magically upon the crowd,
who stepped aside and gave her a full right of
way on the pavement. She would simply go on her way, calmly,
serenely and undisturbed, and the crowd let her alone. I
must add that I think that the original trouble arose
from a subconscious dislike to the crowds and an extreme
shrinking from people, the result being that this dislike acted
almost as does fear, and really attracted to her the
inference of people. The new mental atmosphere dispelled the old
one and gave her an additional positivity beside fear as
an attracting force. In this connection, I would call your
attention to that remarkable psychological fact that fear acts as
an attracting force in a negative way. If you want
a thing very much, you attract it to you, and
if you fear it very much, you do likewise. This
apparent contradiction has bothered many students of the subject, but
it seems very plain to me. I think the explanation
is that in both cases, a vivid mental picture is held,
and the attraction results along the line of visualization, which
always tends to materialize the mental image. Do you see
what I mean. Think over it a bit and you
will see it plainly the transformation of a human doormat.
Another case, from actual experience, another lady, also a resident
of Chicago, complained that the clerks in the great apartment
stores would not treat her courteously, but would keep her
waiting without paying her any attention, and in other ways
would treat her like a human doormat. She said she
would not have minded this so much if other women
were treated likewise, but that while she was ignored, others
would receive the greatest attention, the clerks falling over themselves
to wait upon them. I told her that she had
gradually built up around her a mental atmosphere of expectancy,
that she had fallen into the habit of expecting such treatment,
and consequently she got what she expected. I think that
in the beginning she had manifested a timid, humble, meek
worm of the dust state of mind when she entered
the big stores, which somewhat overawed her. And then after
this drew upon her the neglect of the clerks, who
seemed very ready to wipe their feet on human door mats.
She grew to regularly expect the shabby treatment. It was
not a matter of dress or anything of that kind,
for she dressed well, And for that matter, I know
women who dress poorly who never got any such treatment,
for they understand the underlying mental laws too well. For that.
It was simply a matter of a negative mental atmosphere.
As many of you will clearly see how the change occurred. Well,
I told her to brace up and create a new
mental atmosphere around this general statement. The clerks like me.
They liked to wait on me. They give me every attention.
They do this because they like me, and also because
I insist upon it as my right. The charm worked
in a short time, and now the good lady reports
that the clerks not only treat her well, but even
take the trouble to call her attention to desirable selections,
special bargains, and all the rest of it. The cure
was perfect. An analysis, I call your attention to the
above statement. Please note that the first part of it
operated along the lines of desire force, and the latter
part along the lines of will power. The statement of
the first mentioned lady, the one who objected to street crowding,
was altogether along the lines of will power. I asked
the students to study and dissect each of these cases,
because by doing so, they will be able to apply
the principles in cases coming under their own observation, and
also in their own cases.