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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
flows, and
it is a question what trains of thought to give attention to, what ones
to disregard or inhibit; for one must always give attention to something.
One cannot empty the mind. But one may fill it with a chosen series of
thoughts. To withdraw the attention from particular objects would be to
scatter one's powers and cultivate mere vagueness. This is precisely the
course one should not pursue. For it is development that is desired, not
reversion to the great "undifferentiated." To the cultivation
of this habit of vagueness is due nearly all that is undesirable in spiritual
meditation.
3. The notion that the mind
should be made a
"blank" is closely connected with another misunderstanding, namely, in regard
to concentration. In the first place, it has been erroneously supposed
that the mind can concentrate with no definite object to dwell upon; and
in the second place, it has been though that concentration is a sustained
act of voluntary attention. These suppositions are psychologically as ungrounded
as the notion
that there can be a mental state of pure
passivity.
It is a very common error to
conclude that if the attention shifts one lacks the power of concentration.
But careful observation confirms the statement
made by Professor James, that
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