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thought; and, on general principles, the central thought of this volume -- the power of silence -- is at once the quickest and surest means of self-help. It is this power, and the attitude which invites it, which one should be conscious of -- not of the pain, the fatigue, or the depression from which one wishes to be free. This power is shut out during trouble. There is resistance to it, and contract- ion in some part of the body. In order to overcome this resistance, one should "open out" inwardly, try to find the inward centre where the power is pressing through, or the centre of repose described in the foregoing chapter. Simply to search for it, and to rely upon this quickening power, is sufficient not only to draw the attention away from physical sensation, but   to be immensely refreshed by the renewing presence. For, through this experience of receptivity -- it is an experience rather than a process of thought --- one becomes connected with a  boundless reservoir of life and healing power. The healing process is, in fact, one form of receiving life. We do not originate life. We use it, we are animated by it; for it already exists.   Our individual life is a sharing of universal life. We possess it by living it; and to partake of it is the commonest yet the highest privilege of man.

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