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Preface - Introduction - The New Point of View - Educational Ideals - Equanimity - The Subconscious Mind - The Spiritual Ideal in Childhood - An Experiment in Education - The Expression of the Spirit - An Ideal Summer Conference - The Ministry of the Spirit - The Mystery of Pain and Evil - The Philosophical Ideal - The Criteria of Truth - Organic Perfection - Immortality - Index - p. 247

as involuntary as the result produced on a peasant working in the fields in France when a company of soldiers passed near by and the commander shouted an order; the peasant, who had been a soldier, immediately stopped his work and with his hoe assumed the position commanded.

I have no sooner returned this volume to the messenger, who immediately returns it to its subconscious shelf, than another is brought to me, and I recall that one morning, three years ago, when I boarded the train at Hartford, Conn., for Boston, there suddenly came to consciousness this thought, "There will be an accident, but you will be all right." Accordingly, I confidently started on my journey. All went well until the train reached Wellesley, fifteen miles from Boston. Suddenly the train stopped with sufficient force to throw some of the passengers from their seats. Enquiry revealed the fact that the engine had broken down. The prophecy delivered from the subconscious world was verified; an accident had happened, but I was unhurt. Those who discipline their subconscious minds will frequently have experiences of a similar nature.

But the subconscious mind does not merely register, retain, and forewarn; it possesses an assimilative function. Listen to a lecture, or read a book, then turn to some other occupation or subject, equally absorbing, and you will find that not even the presence of this new interest or activity has interfered with your subconscious thought on the first

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