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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

At the same time it is desirable to prolong the present existence until we shall have derived the full benefit from it. Many people pass out of this life because they are killed by powerful drugs. Many leave because of their fears, or because in a fit of despondency they desire to die. There is positive evidence that some at least have the power to postpone or hasten their going by an act of will. I once had an opportunity to observe, during many months, a case where death was frequently warded off while there was a strong desire to live, but finally hastened so that great suffering ensued, when the person in question thought the time had come when she "might as well die."

A lady friend informed me that twice in her life she had been so ill, and so nearly out of the body, that it rested with her to snap a thread, as it were, to decide whether the moving to go was stronger than the call to stay.

Again, death might be averted in thousands of cases by the right understanding. Those who have arrived at the plane of spiritual self-help, and those who know what their sensations mean, are able to pass through acute experiences which would be sufficient to send the untrained soul out of the body. If the fears be kept down, and a calm, even state of mind be maintained, one can pass through almost any experience, and retain one's physical hold of life. It is pitiful to think how many pass out of this life because of ignorance of these great truths.

It is also possible to prolong life by studying the

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