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Speaker 1: The tenth lesson, Part one subconsciousing. In the ninth lesson,

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we called your attention to the fact that reasoning was

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not necessarily conscious in its operations, and that, in fact,

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a large part of the rational processes of the mind

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are performed below or above the field of consciousness. And

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in the eighth lesson we gave you a number of

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examples illustrating this fact. We also gave you a number

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of cases in which the subconscious field of the intellect

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worked out problems, and then, after a time, passed on

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to the conscious field of the intellect the solution of

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the matter. In this lesson we purpose instructing you in

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the methods by which this part of the intellect may

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be set to work for you. Many have stumbled upon

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bits of this truth for themselves, and in fact, the

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majority of successful men and women who have attained eminence

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in any walk of life have made more or less

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use of this truth, although they seldom understand the reason

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of it. Very few Western writers have recognized the work

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of this plain of the mind. They have given us

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full and ingenious theories and examples of the workings of

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the instinctive mind, and in some cases they have touched

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upon the workings and operations of the intuitional planes. But

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in nearly every case they have treated the intellect as

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something entirely confined to the conscious plane of mentation. In

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this they have missed some of the most interesting and

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valuable manifestations of subconscious mentation. In this lesson, we will

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take up this particular phase of mentation and trust to

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be able to point out the way to use it

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to the best advantage, giving some simple instructions that have

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been given by the Hindu teachers to their students for

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centuries past. Such instructions, of course, being modified by us

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to conform to the requirements and necessities of the Western

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student of today. We have taken the liberty of bestowing

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a new title upon this phase of mentation. We have

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thought it well to call it subconsciously. The word sub

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of course, means under below, and the word consciousing is

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a favorite term employed by Professor Elmer Gates and means

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receiving impressions from the mind in a general way. Subconscious ng,

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as used in this lesson, may be understood to mean

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using the subconscious mind under orders of the conscious mind.

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By referring to our eighth lesson, we see mention made

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of the case of the man who indulged in unconscious rumination,

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which happened to him when he read books presenting new

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points of view essentially opposed to his previous opinion. You

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will note that after days, weeks, or months, he found that,

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to his great astonishment, the old opinions were entirely rearranged

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and new ones lodged. There. On the same page you

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will see mentioned the case of Sir William Hamilton, who

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discovered an important law of mathematics while walking with his wife.

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In this case, he had been previously thinking of the

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missing link in his chain of reasoning, and the problem

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was worked out for him by the subconscious plane of

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his intellect. On the same page and the one following

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is found the case of doctor Thompson, who gives an

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interesting account of the workings of this part of his mind,

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which caused him at times to experience a feeling of

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the uselessness of all voluntary effort, coupled with the feeling

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that the matter was working itself clear in his mind.

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He tells us that at times he seemed to be

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merely a passive instrument in the hands of some person

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other than himself, who compelled him to wait until the

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work was performed for him by some hidden region of

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the mind. When the subconscious part of the mind had

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completed its work, it would flash the message to his

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conscious mind, and he would begin to write. On page

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one seventy eight, mention is also made of the great

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French chemist Bertelou, who relates that some of his best

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conceptions have flashed upon him as from the clear sky.

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In fact, the eighth Lesson is largely made up of

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examples of this kind, and we asked the student to

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reread the same in order to refresh his mind with

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the truth of the workings of the subconscious mentality. But

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you will notice in nearly all of the cases mentioned

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that those who related instances of the help of the

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subconscious mind had merely stumbled upon the fact that there

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was a part of the mind below consciousness that could

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and would work out problems for one if it could

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somehow be set in operation. And these people trusted to

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luck to start that part of the mind in operation.

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Or rather, they would saturate their conscious mind with a

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massive material like stuffing the stomach with food, and then

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bid the subconscious mind assort, separate, arrange, and digest the

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mental food, just as does the stomach and digestive apparatus

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digest the natural food outside of the realm of consciousness

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or volition. In none of the cases mentioned was a

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subconscious mind directed specifically to perform its wonderful work. It

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was simply hoped that it might digest the mental material

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with which it had been stuffed in pure self defense.

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But there is a much better way, and we intend

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to tell you about it. The Hindu yogis, or rather

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those who instruct their pupils in Raja yoga, give their

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students directions, whereby they may direct their subconscious minds to

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perform mental tasks for them, just as one may direct

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another to perform a task. They teach them the methods, whereby,

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after having accumulated the necessary materials, they may bid the

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subconscious mentality to sort it out, rearrange, analyze, and build

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up from it some bit of desired knowledge. More than this,

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they instruct their pupils to direct and order the subconscious

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mentality to search out and report to them certain information

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to be found only within the mind itself, some question

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of philosophy or metaphysics. And when such art has been acquired,

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the student or Yogi rest assured that the desired result

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will be forthcoming in due time, and consequently dismisses the

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matter from his conscious mind and busies himself with other matters,

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knowing that day and night, incessantly the subconsciousing process is

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going on, and that the subconscious mind is actively at

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work collecting the information or working out the problem. You

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will see at once the great superiority of this method

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over the old hit or miss hope it will work

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plan pursued by those who have stumbled upon bits of

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the truth. The yogi teacher begins by impressing upon his

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students the fact that the mind is capable of extending

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outward toward an object, material or mental, and by examining

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it by methods inherent in itself, extracting knowledge regarding the

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object name. This is not a startling truth, because it

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is so common, every one employing it more or less

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every day. But the process by which the knowledge is

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extracted is most wonderful, and really is performed below the

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plane of consciousness, the work of the conscious mind being

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chiefly concerned in holding the attention upon the object. We

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have spoken of the importance of attention in previous lessons

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which it will be well for you to reread at

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this time. When the student is fully impressed with the

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detail tells of the process of attention and the subsequent

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unfoldment of knowledge, the Yogi proceeds to inform him that

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there are other means of obtaining knowledge about an object,

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by the employment of which the attention may be firmly

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directed toward the object, and then afterwards held there unconsciously.

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That is a portion of the attention, or a subconscious

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phase of mentation, which will hold the subconscious mind firmly

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upon the work until accomplished, leaving the conscious attention and

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mentality free to employ itself with other things. The Yogis

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teach the students that this new form of attention is

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far more intense and powerful than is the conscious attention,

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for it cannot be disturbed or shaken or distracted from

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its object, and that it will work away at its

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task for days, months, years, or a lifetime if necessary,

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according to the difficulty of the task, and in fact

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carries its work over from one life to another unless

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recalled by the will. They teach student that in every

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one's life there is going on a greater or less

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degree of this subconscious work carried on in obedience to

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a strong desire for knowledge, manifested in some former life,

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and bearing fruit only in the present existence. Many important

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discoveries have been made in obedience to this law, but

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it is not of this phase of the matter that

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we wish to speak in this lesson. The Yogi theory

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is that the subconscious intellectual faculty may be set to

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work under the directions of orders given by the will.

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All of you know how the subconscious mentality will take

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up an order of the will, or a strong wish

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that the person be awakened at a certain hour in

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order to catch a train, or in the same way,

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how the remembrance of a certain engagement at say four

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o'clock will flash into the mind when the hands of

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the clock approach the started hour. Nearly everyone can recall

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instances of this sort in his own experiences. But the

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Yogis go much further than this. They claim that that

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any and all faculties of the mind may be set

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going or working on any problem, if ordered thereto by

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the will. In fact, the Yogis and their advanced students

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have mastered this art to such a surprising extent that

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they find it unnecessary to do the drudgery of thinking

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in the conscious field, and refer to relegate such mental

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work to the subconscious, reserving their conscious work for the

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consideration of digested information and thought presented to them by

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the subconscious mind. Their directions to their students cover a

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great deal of ground and extend over a long period

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of time, and many of the directions are quite complicated

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and full of detail. But we think that we can

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give our students an abbreviated and condensed idea in a

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few pages of the lesson, and the remaining lessons of

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the course will also throw additional light on the subject

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of subconscious mental action and connection with other subjects. The

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Yogi takes the student when the latter is much bothered

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by a consideration of some knotty and perplexing philosophical subject.

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He bids the student relax every muscle, take the tension

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from every nerve, throw aside all mental strain, and then

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wait a few moments. Then the student is instructed to

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grasp the subject which he has had before his mind

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firmly and fixedly before his mental vision by means of concentration.

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subconscious mentality by an effort of the will, which effort

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is aided by forming a mental picture of the subject

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as a material substance or bundle of thought, which is

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being bodily lifted up and drop down a mental hatchway

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or trap door in which it sinks from sight. The

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student is then instructed to say to the subconscious mentality,

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I wish this subject thoroughly analyzed, arranged, classified, and whatever

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else is desired, and then the results hand it back

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to me. Attend to this. The student is taught to

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speak to them the subconscious mentality, just as if it

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were a separate entity of being which had been employed

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to do the work. He is also taught that confident

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expectation is an important part of the process, and that

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the degree of success depends upon the degree of this

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confident expectation. In obstinate cases, the student is taught to

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use the imagination freely until he is able to make

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a mental image or picture of the subconscious mind doing

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what is required of it. This process clears away a

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mental path for the feet of the subconscious mind, which

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it will choose thereafter, as it prefers to follow the

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line of least resistance of course, much depends upon practice.

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Practice makes perfect, you know, in everything else, and subconsciousing

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is no exception to the rule. The student gradually acquires

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a proficiency in the art of subconsciousing, and thereafter devotes

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his time to acquiring new facts for mental digestion, rather

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than bestowing it upon the mechanical act of thinking. But

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a very important point to be remembered is that the

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will power back of the transferred thought material, which will

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power is the cause of the subconscious action, depends very

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greatly upon the attention and interests given to the acquired material.

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This mass of thought material, which is to be digested

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and threshed out by the subconscious mind, must be well

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saturated with interest and attention in order to obtain the

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best results. In fact, interest and attention are such important

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aids to the will that any consideration of the development

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and acquirement of will power is practically a development and

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acquirement of attention and interest. The student is referred to

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previous lessons in this course, in which the importance of

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interest and attention is explained and described. In acquiring the

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mass of thought material which is to be passed on

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to the subconscious digestion, one must concentrate a great degree

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of interest and attention upon each item of thought material

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gathered up. The gathering of this thought material is a

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matter of the greatest importance and must not be lightly

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passed by. One cannot hastily gather together all sorts of

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thought material and then expect the subconscious mind to do

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its work properly. It will not, in fact, and the

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student proceeding upon any such erroneous supposition is doomed to disappointment.

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The proper way to proceed is to take up each

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bit of thought material in turn, and examine it with

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the greatest possible interest and consequently the greatest attention. And then,

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after having fairly saturated it with this interested attention, place

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it with the pile of material, which after a while

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is to be passed on to the subconscious mentality. Then

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take up the next bit of material, and, after giving

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it similar treatment, pass it along to the pile also. Then,

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after a while, when you have gathered up the main

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facts of the case, proceed to consider the mass as

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a whole with interest and attention, giving it, as it were,

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a general treatment. Then drop it down the trap door

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into the subconscious mind with a strong command attend to

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this thought material, coupled with a strong expectant belief that

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your order will be obeyed. The idea underlying this treatment

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of the thought material with interest and attention is that

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by so doing a strong mental image is created which

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may be easily handled by the subconscious mind. Remember that

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you are passing on thoughts for the subconsciousness to act upon,

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and that the more tangible and real these thoughts are,

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the better can they be handled. Therefore, any plan that

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will build these thoughts up into real things is the

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plan to pursue, and attention and interest produce just this result.

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we would say that the idea may be grasped by

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the illustration of boiling an egg, whereby the fluid white

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and yoke becomes solid and real. Also, the use of

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a shaving brush by a man, by which the thin

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one lather is gradually worked up into a rich, thick,

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creamy mass is an illustration. Again, the churning of butter

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is a favorite illustration of the Hindoos, who thus call

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the attention of their students to the fact that thought material,

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if worked upon with attention and interest becomes thought forms

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that may be handled by the mind just as the

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hands handle a material object. We ask you to think

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of these illustrations, for when you once grasp the idea

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that we wish to convey to you, you will have

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the secret of great thinking powers within your grasp. And

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this power of subconsciousing is not confined alone to the

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consideration of philosophical questions. On the contrary, it is applicable

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to every field of human thought, and may be properly

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employed in any and all of them. It is useful

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in solving the problems of every day life and work,

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as well as to the higher flights of the human mind.

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And we wish every one of our students to realize

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that in this simple lesson we are giving them the

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key to a great mental power. To realize just what

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we are offering to you, we would remind you of

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the old fairy tales of all races, and which there

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is to be found one or more tales telling of

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some poor cobbler, or tailor, or carpenter, as the case

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may be, who had, by his good deeds, gained favor

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with the brownies or good fairies, who would come each

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night when the man and his family were asleep and

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proceed to complete the work that the artisan had laid

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out for the morrow. The pieces of leather would be

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made into shoes, the cloth would be sewed into garments,

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the wood would be joined and nailed together into boxes, chairs, benches,

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and what not. But in each case the rough materials

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were prepared by the artisan himself during the day. Well,

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that is just what we are trying to introduce to you,

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a clan of mental brownies, loving and kindly disposed toward you,

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who are anxious and willing to help you in your work.

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All you have to do is give them the proper

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materials and tell them what you want done, and they

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will do the rest. But these mental brownies are a

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part of your own mentality, remember, and no alien and

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foreign entities, as some have imagined. A number of people

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who have accidentally discovered this power of the subconscious mind

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to work out problems and to render other valuable service

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to its owner, have been led to suppose that the

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aid really came from some other entity or intelligence. Some

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have thought that the messages came from friends in the

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spirit land, and others have believed that some high intelligence

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God or his angels was working in their behalf. Without

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discussing spirit communication or divine messages, in both of which

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we believe, with certain provisional reservations, we feel justified in

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saying that the majority of cases of this kind may

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be referred to the subconscious working of one's own mentality.

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Part two. Each of us has a friend in our

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own mind, a score of them, in fact, who delight

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in performing services for us if we will but allow

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them to do so. Not only have we a higher

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self to whom we may turn for comfort and aid

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in times of deep distress and necessity, but we have

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these invisible mental workers on the subconscious plane who are

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very willing and glad to perform much of our mental

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work for us, if we will but give them the

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material in proper shape. It is very difficult to impart

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specific directions for obtaining these results, as each case must

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depend to a great extent upon the peculiar circumstances surrounding it.

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But we may say that the main thing needed is

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to licken to shape the material, and then pass it

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on to the subconscious mind in the manner spoken of

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a few moments ago. Let us run over a few

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cases wherein this principle may be applied. Let us suppose

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that you are confronted with the problem consisting of an

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uncertainty as to which of two or more courses to

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adopt in some affair of life. Each course seems to

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have some advantages and disadvantages, and you seem unable to

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pass upon the matter clearly and intelligently. The more you try,

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the more perplexed and worried do you become. Your minds

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aims to tire of the matter and manifest a state

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which may be called mental nausea. This state will be

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apparent to any one who has had much thinking to do.

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The average person, however, persists in going over the matter,

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notwithstanding the tired condition of the mind and its evident

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distaste for a further consideration of the subject. They will

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keep on forcing it back to the mind for consideration,

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and even at night time, will keep thrashing away at

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the subject. Now, this course is absurd. The mind recognizes

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that the work should be done by another part of itself,

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its digestive region in fact, and naturally rebels that the

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finishing up machinery being employed in work unsuited for it.

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According to the subconsciousing plan, The best thing for the

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man to do would be for him first to calm

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and quiet his mind. Then he should arrange the main

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features of the problem, together with the minor details, in

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their proper places. Then he should pass them slowly before

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him in review, giving a strong interest and attention to

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each fact in detail as it passes before for him,

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but without the slightest attempt to form a decision or

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come to a conclusion. Then, having given the matter an

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interested and attentive review, let him will that it pass

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on to a subconscious mind, forming the mental image of

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dropping it through the trap door, and at the same

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time giving the command of the will attend to this

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for me. Then dismiss the matter from your conscious mind

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by an effort of command of the will. If you

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find it difficult to do this, you may soon acquire

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the mastery by a frequent assertion, I have dismissed this

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matter from my conscious mind, and my subconscious mind will

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attend to it for me. Then endeavor to create a

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mental feeling of perfect trust and confidence in the matter,

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and avoid all worry or anxiety about it. This may

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be somewhat difficult at the first trial, but will become

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a natural feeling after you have gained the confidence arising

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from successful results. In several cases, the matter is one

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of practice, and like anything else that is new, must

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be acquired by perseverance and patience. It is well worth

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the time and trouble, and once acquired, will be regarded

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as something in the nature of a treasure discovered in

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an unexpected place. The sense of tranquility and content of

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calm and confidence that comes to one who has practiced

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this plan will of itself be worth all the trouble,

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not to speak of the main result. To one who

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has acquired this method, the old worries, fretting, and general

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stewed up filling will seem like a relic of barbarism.

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The new way opens up a whirl of new feelings

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and content. In some cases, the matter will be worked

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out by the subconscious mind in a very short time,

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and in fact we have known cases in which the

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answer would be flashed back almost instantly, almost like an inspiration.

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But in the majority of cases more or less time

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is required. The subconscious mind works very rapidly, but it

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takes time to arrange the thought material properly and to

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shape it into the desired forms. In the majority of cases,

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it is well to let the matter rest until the

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next day, a fact that gives us a clue to

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the old advice to sleep over an important proposition before

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passing a final decision. If the matter does not present

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itself the following day, bring it up again before the

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conscious mind for review. You will find that it has

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shaped itself up considerably and is assuming definite form and clearness.

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But right here, and this is important, do not make

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the mistake of again dissecting it and meddling with it

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and trying to arrange it with your conscious mind, But

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instead give it attention and interest in its new form,

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and then pass it back again to the subconscious mind

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for further work. You will find an improvement each time

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you examine it. But write here another word of caution.

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Do not make the mistake of yielding to the impatience

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of the beginner and keep on repeatedly bringing up the

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matter to see what is being done. Give it time

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to have the work done on it. Do not be

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like the boy who plant its seeds, and who each

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day would pull them up to see whether they had

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sprouted and how much. Sooner or later, the subconscious mind

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will of its own choice, lift up the matter, and

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present it to you in its finished shape for the

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consideration of the conscious mind. The subconscious mind does not

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insist that you shall adopt its views or accept its work,

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but merely hands out to you the results of its sorting, classifying,

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and arranging. The choice and will still remains yours, but

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you will often find that there is seen to be

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one plan or path that stands out clearly from the others,

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and you will very likely adopt that one. The secret

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is that the subconscious mind, with its wonderful patience and care,

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has analyzed the matter and has separated things before apparently connected.

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It has also found resemblances and has combined things heretofore

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considered opposed to each other. In short, it has done

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for you all that you could have done with the

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expenditure of great work and time, and done it well.

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And then it lays the matter before you for your

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consideration and verdict. Its whole work seems to have been

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in the nature of assorting, dissecting, analyzing, and arranging the evidence,

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and then presenting it before you in a clear, systematic shape.

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It does not attempt to exercise the judicial prerogative or

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function but seems to recognize that its work ceases with

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the presentation of the edited evidence, and that of the

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conscious mind begins at the same point. Now, do not

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confuse this work with that of the intuition, which is

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a very different mental phase or plane. This subconscious working

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just mentioned plays an entirely different part. It is a

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good servant and does not try to be more. The intuition,

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on the contrary, is more like a higher friend, a

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friend at court, as it were, who gives us warnings

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and advice in our directions. We have told you how

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to make use of this part of the mind consciously

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and knowingly, so as to obtain the best results and

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to get rid of worry and anxiety attended upon unsettled questions.

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But in fact every one of us makes more or

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less use of this part of the mind, uncomm anxiously

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and not realizing the important part it plays in our

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mental life. We are perplexed about a matter and keep

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it on our minds until we are forced to lay

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it aside by reason of some other demand, or when

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we sink to sleep. Often, to our surprise we will

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find that when we next think of it, the matter

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has somehow cleared up and straightened itself out, and we

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seem to have learned something about it that we did

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not know before. We do not understand it and are

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apt to dismiss it as just one of those things.

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In these lessons, we are attempting to explain some of

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those things, and to enable you to use them consciously

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and understandingly, instead of by chance, instinctively and clumsily. We

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are teaching you mastery of the mind. Now to apply

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the rule to another case, Suppose you wish to gather

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together all the information that you possess relating to a

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certain subject. In the first place, it is certain that

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you know a very great deal more about any subject

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than you think you do. Stored away in the various

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recesses of the mind or memory, if you prefer that term,

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are stray bits of information and knowledge concerning almost any subject.

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But these bits of information are not associated with each other.

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You have never attempted to think attentively upon the particular

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question before you, and the facts are not correlated. In

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the mind. It is just as if you had so

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many hundred pounds of anything scattered throughout the space of

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a large warehouse, a tiny bit here and a tiny

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bit there, mixed up with thousands of other things. You

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may prove this by sitting down some time and letting

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your thoughts run along the lines of some particular subject,

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and you will find emerging into the field of consciousness

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all sorts of information that you had apparently forgotten, and

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each fitting itself into its proper place. Every person has

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had experiences of this kind. But the work of gathering

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together the scattered scraps of knowledge is more or less

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tedious for the conscious mind, and the subconscious mind will

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do the work equally well with the wear and on

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the attention. In fact, it is the subconscious mind that

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always does the work, even when you think it is

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the conscious mind. All the conscious mind does is to

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hold the attention firmly upon the object before it, and

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then let the subconsciousness pass the material before it. But

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this holding the attention is tiresome work, and it is

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not necessary for it to expend its energies upon the

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details of the task, For the work may be done

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in an easier and simpler way. The best way is

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to follow a plan similar to the one mentioned a

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few pages back, that is, to fix the interested attention

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firmly upon the question before you until you manage to

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get a clear, vivid impression of just what you want answered.

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Then pass the whole matter into the subconscious mind with

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a command attend to this, and then leave it. Throw

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the whole matter off of your mind, and let the

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subconscious work go on. If possible, let the matter run

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along until the next morning, and then take it up

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for consideration, when, if you have proceeded properly, you will

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find the matter worked out, arranged in logical sequence, so

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that your conscious attention will be able to clearly review

502
00:28:11,319 --> 00:28:17,279
the string of facts examples, illustrations, experiences, et cetera relating

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to the matter in question. Now, many of you will

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say that you would like this plan to work in

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cases in which you have not the time to sleep

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over it. In such cases, we will say that it

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is possible to cultivate a rapid method of subconsciousing, and

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in fact, many business men and men of affairs have

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stumbled upon a similar plan, driven to the discovery by necessity.

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They will give a quick, comprehensive, strong flash of attention

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upon the subject, getting right to the heart of it,

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and then will let it rest in the subconscious mind

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for a moment or two killing a minute or two

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of time in preliminary conversation until the first flash of

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answer comes to them. After the first flash, and taking

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hold to the first loose end of the subject that

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presents itself to them, they will unwind a string of

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information and talk about the subject that will surprise even themselves.

519
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Many lawyers have acquired this knowledge and are what is

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00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:17,039
known as resourceful. Such men are often confronted with questions

521
00:29:17,279 --> 00:29:21,759
of conditions utterly unsuspected by them a moment before. Practice

522
00:29:21,799 --> 00:29:24,440
has taught them the folly of fear and the loss

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of confidence at such moments, and has also impressed upon

524
00:29:28,039 --> 00:29:30,880
them the truth that something within them will come to

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the rescue. So, presenting a confident error, they will manage

526
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to say a few platitudes or commonplaces while the subconscious

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mind is most rapidly gathering its materials for the answer.

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In a moment, an idea passes before his conscious and

529
00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:51,160
eager attention, sometimes so rapidly that it is almost impossible

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to utter them, and lo, the danger is over, and

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a brilliant success is often snatched from the jaws of

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an apparent failure and defeat. In such cases, the mental

533
00:30:00,480 --> 00:30:04,039
demand upon the sub conscious mind is not voiced in words,

534
00:30:04,359 --> 00:30:07,799
but is the result of a strong mental need. However,

535
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if one gives a quick verbal command attend to this,

536
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the result will be heightened. We have known of cases

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of men prominent in the world's affairs who made a

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practice of smoking a cigar during important business interviews, not

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because they particularly cared for tobacco, but because they had

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learned to appreciate the value of a moment's time for

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the mind to gather itself together. As one man expressed it,

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a question would be asked, or a proposition advanced, suddenly

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demanding an immediate answer, under the watchful eyes of the

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other party. The question party tried not to show by

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his expression any indication of searching for an answer for

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obvious reasons, so instead he would take a long puff

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at the cigar, then a slow attentive look at the

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ashes on its tip, and then another moment consumed in

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flicking the ash into the receptacle. And then came the

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answer slowly well as to that or some other words

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00:31:02,960 --> 00:31:06,160
of that kind, prefacing the real answer, which he had

552
00:31:06,200 --> 00:31:09,279
been rapidly framed by the subconscious mind, in time to

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be uttered in its proper place. The few moments of

554
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time gained had been sufficient for the sub conscious mind

555
00:31:15,200 --> 00:31:17,839
to gather up its materials and the matter to be

556
00:31:17,839 --> 00:31:21,400
shaped properly without any appearance of hesitation on the part

557
00:31:21,480 --> 00:31:24,599
of the answerer. All of this required practice, of course,

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but the principle may be seen through it all and

559
00:31:27,400 --> 00:31:30,799
in every similar case. The point is that the man

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in such cases set some hidden part of his mind

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to work for him, and when he begins to speak,

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the matter is at least roughly licked into shape for him.

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Our students will understand, of course, that this is not

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advice to smoke cigars doing interviews of importance, but is

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merely given to illustrate the principle. We have known other

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men to twirl a lead pencil in their fingers in

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a lazy sort of fashion, and then drop it at

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the important moment. But we must cease giving examples of

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this kind. Less be accused of giving instructions in worldly

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wisdom instead of teaching the use of the mind. The

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impressive pause of the teacher before answering his pupil's question

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00:32:10,240 --> 00:32:12,759
is also an example of the workings of this law.

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One often says, stop, let me think a moment, and

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during his pause, he does not really consciously think at all,

575
00:32:21,960 --> 00:32:25,319
but stares ahead in a dreamy fashion, while his subconscious

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00:32:25,359 --> 00:32:28,599
mind does the work for him. Although he little suspects

577
00:32:28,599 --> 00:32:31,960
the nature of the operation, one has but to look

578
00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:35,359
around him to realize the importance and frequent application of

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this truth. And not only may the subconscious mind be

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00:32:39,319 --> 00:32:42,799
used in the directions indicated on preceding pages, but in

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00:32:42,880 --> 00:32:46,079
nearly every perplexity and problem of life. May it be

582
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called upon for help. These little subconscious brownies are ever

583
00:32:50,480 --> 00:32:53,000
at our disposal, and seem to be happy to be

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00:32:53,039 --> 00:32:57,039
of service to us, and so far from being apt

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00:32:57,039 --> 00:32:59,519
to get us in a position of false dependence, it

586
00:32:59,640 --> 00:33:02,920
is calculated to make us self confident, for we are

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calling upon a part of ourselves, not upon some outside intelligence.

588
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If those people who never feel satisfied unless they are

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00:33:11,160 --> 00:33:14,599
getting advice from others would only cultivate the acquaintance of

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00:33:14,640 --> 00:33:18,000
this little home adviser within them, they would lose that

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00:33:18,079 --> 00:33:21,359
dependent attitude and frame of mind, and would grow self

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00:33:21,359 --> 00:33:25,160
confident and fearless. Just imagine the confidence of one who

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00:33:25,240 --> 00:33:27,799
feels that he has within him a source of knowledge

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00:33:28,079 --> 00:33:30,400
equal to that of the majority of those with whom

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00:33:30,440 --> 00:33:33,160
he is likely to come in contact, and he feels

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00:33:33,240 --> 00:33:35,960
less afraid to face them and look them fearlessly in

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the eyes. He feels that his mind is not confined

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00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:43,960
to the little field of consciousness, but is an area

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00:33:44,079 --> 00:33:49,440
infinitely greater, containing a massive information, undreamed of everything that

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00:33:49,480 --> 00:33:52,839
the man has inherited or brought with him from past lives.

601
00:33:53,400 --> 00:33:57,119
Everything that he has read, heard, or seen or experienced

602
00:33:57,160 --> 00:34:00,240
in this life is hidden away there in some order

603
00:34:00,279 --> 00:34:03,440
of that great subconscious mind. And if he will but

604
00:34:03,680 --> 00:34:07,200
give the command, the essence of all that knowledge is his.

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The details may not be presented to his consciousness. Often

606
00:34:11,519 --> 00:34:14,440
it is not for very good occult reasons, but the

607
00:34:14,480 --> 00:34:17,679
result or essence of the knowledge will pass before his attention,

608
00:34:18,239 --> 00:34:22,639
with sufficient examples and illustrations or arguments to enable him

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00:34:22,639 --> 00:34:26,119
to make out a good case for himself. In the

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next lesson, we will call your attention to other features

611
00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:32,280
and qualities of this great field of mind, showing you

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how you can put it to work and master it.

613
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Remember always the eye is the master, and its mastery

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00:34:40,519 --> 00:34:44,360
must always be remembered and asserted over all phases and

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00:34:44,440 --> 00:34:47,599
planes of the mind. Do not be a slave to

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00:34:47,679 --> 00:34:56,320
the subconscious but be its master mantrum or affirmation. I

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00:34:56,480 --> 00:34:59,320
have within me a great area of mind that is

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00:34:59,440 --> 00:35:02,960
under my de man and subject to my mastery. This

619
00:35:03,159 --> 00:35:05,440
mind is friendly to me and is glad to do

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00:35:05,559 --> 00:35:08,599
my bidding and obey my orders. It will work for

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me when I ask it, and is constant, untiring, and faithful.

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00:35:13,519 --> 00:35:17,559
Knowing this, I am no longer afraid, ignorant, or uninformed.

623
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The eye is master of it all and is asserting

624
00:35:21,599 --> 00:35:28,840
its authority. I am master over body, mind, consciousness, and subconsciousness.

625
00:35:29,360 --> 00:35:34,280
I am I, a center of power, strength, and knowledge.

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00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:39,599
I am I, and I am Spirit, a fragment from

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00:35:39,679 --> 00:35:44,679
the divine flame. End of the tenth lesson