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Serving New Thought is pleased to present
Horatio W. Dresser's
The Power of Silence
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Preface to the New Edition -
The Point of View -
Immanent God -
World of Manifestation -
Nature of Existence -
Mental Life -
Meaning of Idealism -
Nature of Mind -
Meaning of Suffering -
Duality of Self -
Adjustment -
Poise -
Self-Help -
Entering the Silence -
The Outlook -
Contents -
Index
by activities. That is a hard-and-fast
fact of the greatest significance. The fundamental character of activity
clearly recognised, the practical problem is this, Granted all these activities,
how may I most wisely adjust myself to them? What kind of thoughts are
superficial, and what thoughts are followed by action? Obviously, it is
the thoughts that we enter into dynamically that affect our conduct; all
others are as fruitless as the theory of a speculative metaphysician who
invents his own world-scheme. The important point to consider, therefore,
is not the thought as such, but what we do with it and how we react upon
it.
Having sufficiently emphasised
the fundamental importance of activity, in so far as we are now concerned
with it, we may well give attention to the law that is exemplified in the
preceding inquiries into our mental life.
If we observe a little child
at play, we notice that it turns from this sport to that, from one plaything
to another, as rapidly as its attention is attracted. The first indication
of definite growth in the baby's mind is this concentration of its baby
eyes and its blossoming consciousness on some attractive object. The observant
mother early learns to govern the child largely through its interested
and skilfully directed attention. A little later she discovers that it
is far better both
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