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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
of service, and a new impetus came into the personal life of
the worker.
This incident well illustrates
the fact that the absorbing thought of our conscious life gives a dynamic
turn to the life of our subconsciousness. Had the last thought been one
of bondage to fatigue, the night would probably have been no more restful
than those which went before. It does not follow that it is always the
last thought which controls the night. But we may safely say that it is
the most positive thought. Moreover, there is something peculiarly effective
in a thought which lifts the mind. One ascends, as it were, above the clouds,
into the pure empyrean. One is detached for the time being from the sweeping
tide of anxieties and struggles. If sleep comes at such a moment the entire
individual is in the most favourable attitude for " nature's sweet
restorer" to do its best. We have barely begun to sound the possibilities
in this direction. Consider how much we might accomplish first for ourselves,
then for others--when we are fit to labour in their behalf,--by consecrating
ourselves afresh each night with some ideal of noble service in mind!
In the first place, this is
undoubtedly the most direct way to gain that power which shall restore
the tired organism, and put it in better health. For, as we have seen,
it is nature that heals. All that any means of regaining health can accomplish,
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