The Power of Psychic
- Concentration
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LESSON
XV. CONCENTRATE SO YOU WILL NOT FORGET
A man
forgets because he does not concentrate his mind on his
purpose,
especially at the moment he conceives it. We remember
only
that which makes a deep impression, hence we must first
deepen
our impressions by associating in our minds certain ideas
that are
related to them.
We will
say a wife gives her husband a letter to mail. He does
not
think about it, but automatically puts it in his pocket and
forgets
all about it. When the letter was given to him had he
said to
himself, "I will mail this letter. The box is at the next
corner
and when I pass it I must drop this letter," it would have
enabled
him to recall the letter the instant he reached the mail
box.
The same
rule holds good in regard to more important things. For
example,
if you are instructed to drop in and see Mr. Smith while
out to
luncheon today, you will not forget it, if, at the moment
the
instruction is given, you say to yourself something similar
to the
following:
"When
I get to the corner of
I shall
turn to the right and call on Mr. Smith." In this way the
impression
is made, the connection established and the sight of
the
associated object recalls the errand.
The
important thing to do is to deepen the impression at the very
moment
it enters your mind. This is made possible, not only by
concentrating
the mind upon the idea itself, but by surrounding
it with
all possible association of ideas, so that each one will
reinforce
the others.
The mind
is governed by laws of association, such as the law that
ideas
which enter the mind at the same time emerge at the same
time,
one assisting in recalling the others.
The
reason why people cannot remember what they want to is that
they
have not concentrated their minds sufficiently on their
purpose
at the moment when it was formed.
You can
train yourself to remember in this way by the
Psychic
- Concentration of the attention on your purpose, in accordance
with the
laws of association.
When
once you form this habit, the attention is easily centered
and the
memory easily trained. Then your memory, instead of
failing
you at crucial moments, becomes a valuable asset in your
every-day
work.
Exercise
in Memory Psychic - Concentration. Select some picture; put it on
a table
and then look at it for two minutes. Concentrate your
attention
on this picture, observe every detail; then shut your
eyes and
see how much you can recall about it. Think of what the
picture
represents; whether it is a good subject; whether it
looks
natural. Think of objects in foreground, middle ground,
background;
of details of color and form. Now open your eyes and
hold
yourself rigidly to the correction of each and every
mistake.
Close eyes again and notice how much more accurate your
picture
is. Practice until your mental image corresponds in every
particular
to the original.
Nature
is a Wonderful Instructor. But there are very few who
realize
that when we get in touch with nature we discover
ourselves.
That by listening to her voice, with that curious,
inner
sense of ours, we learn the oneness of life and wake up to
our own
latent powers.
Few
realize that the simple act of listening and concentrating is
our best
interior power, for it brings us into close contact with
the
highest, just as our other senses bring us into touch with
the
coarser side of human nature. The closer we live to nature
the more
developed is this sense. "So called" civilization has
over
developed our other senses at the expense of this one.
Children
unconsciously realize the value of Psychic - Concentration--for
instance:
When a Child has a difficult problem to solve, and gets
to some
knotty point which he finds himself mentally unable to
do--though
he tries his hardest--he will pause and keep quite
still,
leaning on his elbow, apparently listening; then you will
see, if
you are watching, sudden illumination come and he goes on
happily
and accomplishes his task. A child instinctively but
unconsciously
knows when he needs help, he must be quiet and
concentrate.
All
great people concentrate and owe their success to it. The
doctor
thinks over the symptoms of his patient, waits, listens
for the
inspiration, though quite unconscious, perhaps, of doing
so. The
one who diagnoses in this way seldom makes mistakes. An
author
thinks his plot, holds it in his mind, and then waits, and
illumination
comes. If you want to be able to solve difficult
problems
you must learn to do the same.
The Power of Psychic
- Concentration
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