and also that we can change our thought without changing our thinking. But here we must remember that thought, and thought forces, as well as mental images and ideas, invariably come from thinking. Therefore we must change our thinking before we can change our habits of thought or our subconscious thought.

To think, is to actually exercise the mind in forming definite conceptions about something; that is, to try to understand that about which we may be thinking. To change our thinking it is therefore necessary to change our conceptions of those things with which we may come in daily contact. That is, we must not only change our ideas about ourselves and about certain abstract principles, but we must change our minds about everything in our environment. We must try to gain a higher viewpoint in our relation to all things, thereby gaining a better conception and a truer understanding of all things. In brief, we must remove the imperfect beliefs of the subconscious, because it is the beliefs of the subconscious, that cause man to be what he is, and establish a higher understanding of truth along all lines in the place of those beliefs.

Many metaphysicians and students of idealism define environment as a mere reflection of the mind of the individual. Therefore, according to their philosophy, environment will change immediately the individual himself changes. But that this is a