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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


Charity, 195, 244
Choice, 149, i6o, 17o, 199,
2$4,. 279, 332, 348
Christianity, 27, 28, 136 Communion with God, 45,
69, 136, 152, 275 Concentration, attention and, 144-148, 299; described,
162, 244, 298, 309, 311; how gained, 275, 314, 318, 322; defined, 310
Conduct, as a test, 2, 16, 28,
42, 43, 126, 128, 143, 171, 187, 242; religion and, 14; attitude and, 49, 16o; belief and, 96, 124, 128, 16o; mind and, 96, x27, 144, 147, 225; rule of,
ideal
of, power of, 255; deal
of, 264
Consciousness, stream of, 7, ix, 81, 89, x18, 150, 154, 206, 309; source of, 22; ground of, 34, 4o; higher, 40; limitations of, 48, 87; sensation and, 78; fundamental, 79, 83, 84, I26; nature of, 79, 84, 85, 88, 89, 137, 174, 302; the soul and, 8o; the brain and, 8o; as given, 84; thought and, 85, 87; the world and, 85, 87, 132, 140; beginning of, 89; activity and, 8991 ; efficacy of, III ; relativity of, 138; the will and, i 6o ; spontaneous, 226; see also Subconsciousness
Contrast, the law of, 41, 203-
213, 335, 336, 340, 341 Co-ordination, 202, 216, 218 Creation, 19, 29, 43, 52, 64,
67, 154
Creeds, 2, 7, 262
Crime, 115, 194, 196 Democritus, 58
Descartes, III
Design, sx, 58
Desire, 96, 159, 161, 164, 165,
215, 225-228, 264 Dhammapada, 142
Directions of mind, 96-x1o, 144-152, 16o-164, 173,183,0 192, 193, 199; and prayer, 237; and ideals, 247, 273; • and healing, 292
Disease, 146, 174-194, 205,
Divine order, the, 5o, 51, 70, 138, 236
Dresser, ,A..G., 190
Duality of self, I x 7, 202-
221, 228, 338, 340, 344
Ego, the, 76, 335; see also Self
Emerson, 33, 40, 248, 272
Emotion, religious, 36; illusions of, 120, 126; power of, 153, 192, 288-294; undesirable, 162; conflicts of, 202, et seq.; ecstatic, 212
Empirical method, the, 3, 17, 126, 171
Empiricism, 4, 12, 17
Energy, 54, 58, 62
Environment, I, 4, 5, 8, it, 29, 51, 63, 127, 169, 241; place of, 344, 345
Equanimity, 159, 176, 2II, 233
Equilibritim, 164, 174,' 179,
188, 193, 213, 289, 293 Eternity, 217, 274, 280-282,
322, 339, 345
Evil, 41, 154, 168, 171, 189, 194, 197; nature of, 336, 342
Evolution, philosophy of,
3, 24, 28, 29; God and, 24,

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