The Power of Psychic
- Concentration
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LESSON
XIX. A CONCENTRATED WILL DEVELOPMENT
New
Method. You will find in this chapter a most effective and
most
practical method of developing the will. You can develop a
strong
one if you want to. You can make your Will a dynamo to
draw to
you untold power. Exercises are given which will, if
practiced,
strengthen your will, just as you would strengthen
your
muscles by athletic exercises.
In
starting to do anything, we must first commence with
elementary
principles. Simple exercises will be given. It is
impossible
to estimate the ultimate good to be derived from the
mental
cultivation that comes through these attempts at
Psychic
- Concentration. Even the simple exercises are not to be thought
useless.
"In no respect," writes Doctor Oppenheim, "can a man
show a
finer quality of will-power than in his own private,
intimate
life." We are all subjected to certain temptations. The
Will
decides whether we will be just, or unjust; pure of thought;
charitable
in opinion; forbearing in overlooking other's
shortcomings;
whether we live up to our highest standard. Since
these
are all controlled by the Will, we should find time for
plenty
of exercises for training of the will in our daily life.
You, of
course, realize that your will should be trained. You
must
also realize that to do this requires effort that you alone
can
command. No one can call it forth for you.
To be
successful in these exercises you must practice them in a
spirit
of seriousness and earnestness. I can show you how to
train
your will, but your success depends upon your mastery and
application
of these methods.
New
Methods of Will-Training. Select a quiet room where you will
not be
interrupted; have a watch to determine the time, and a
note-book
in which to enter observations. Start each exercise
with
date and time of day.
Exercise
1
Time
decided on. Select some time of the day when most
convenient.
Sit in a chair and look at the door-knob for ten
minutes.
Then write down what you experienced. At first it will
seem strange
and unnatural. You will find it hard to hold one
position
for ten minutes. But keep as still as you can. The time
will
seem long for it will probably be the first time you ever
sat and
did nothing for ten minutes. You will find your thoughts
wandering
from the door-knob, and you will wonder what there can
be in
this exercise. Repeat this exercise for six days.
10 P. M. 2nd Day.
Notes.
You should be able to sit quieter, and the time should
pass
more quickly. You will probably feel a little stronger
because
of gaining a better control of your will. It will brace
you up,
as you have kept your resolution. 10 P. M. 3rd Day.
Notes.
It may be a little harder for you to concentrate on the
door-knob
as perhaps you had a very busy day and your mind kept
trying
to revert to what you had been doing during the day. Keep
on
trying and you will finally succeed in banishing all foreign
thoughts.
Then you should feel a desire to gain still more
control.
There is a feeling of power that comes over you when you
are able
to carry out your will. This exercise will make you feel
bigger
and it awakens a sense of nobility and manliness. You will
say,
"I find that I can actually do what I want to and can drive
foreign
thoughts out. The exercise, I can now see, is valuable."
10 P. M.
4th Day.
Notes.
"I found that I could look at the door-knob and
concentrate
my attention on it at once. Have overcome the
tendency
to move my legs. No other thoughts try to enter as I
have
established the fact that I can do what I want to do and do
not have
to be directed. I feel that I am gaining in mental
strength,
I can now see the wonderful value of being the master
of my
own will-force. I know now if I make a resolution I will
keep it.
I have more self-confidence and can feel my self-control
increasing.
10 P. M.
5th Day.
Notes.
"Each day I seem to increase the intensity of my
Psychic
- Concentration. I feel that I can center my attention on anything
I wish.
10 P. M.
6th Day.
Notes.
"I can instantly center my whole attention on the
door-knob.
Feel that I have thoroughly mastered this exercise and
that I
am ready for another."
You have
practiced this exercise enough, but before you start
another
I want you to write a summary of just how successful you
were in
controlling the flitting impulses of the mind and will.
You will
find this an excellent practice. There is nothing more
beneficial
to the mind than to pay close attention to its own
wonderful,
subtle activities.
Exercise
2
Secure a
package of playing cards. Select some time to do the
exercise.
Each day at the appointed time, take the pack in one
hand and
then start laying them down on top of each other just as
slowly
as you can, with an even motion. Try to get them as even
as
possible. Each card laid down should completely cover the
under
one. Do this exercise for six days.
1st Day.
Notes.
Task will seem tedious and tiresome. Requires the closest
Psychic
- Concentration to make each card completely cover the preceding
one. You
will probably want to lay them down faster. It requires
patience
to lay them down so slowly, but benefit is lost if not
so
placed. You will find that at first your motions will be jerky
and
impetuous. It will require a little practice before you gain
an easy
control over your hands and arms. You probably have never
tried to
do anything in such a calm way. It will require the
closest
attention of your will. But you will find that you are
acquiring
a calmness you never had before. You are gradually
acquiring
new powers. You recognize how impulsive and impetuous
you have
been, and how, by using your will, you can control your
temperament.
2nd Day.
Notes.
You start laying the cards down slowly. You will find that
by
practice you can lay them down much faster. But you want to
lay them
down slowly and therefore you have to watch yourself.
The
slow, steady movement is wearisome. You have to conquer the
desire
of wanting to hurry up. Soon you will find that you can go
slowly
or fast at will.
3rd Day.
Notes.
You still find it hard to go slowly. Your will urges you
to go faster.
This is especially true if you are impulsive, as
the
impulsive character finds it very difficult to do anything
slowly
and deliberately. It goes against the "grain." This
exercise
still is tiresome. But when you do it, it braces you up
mentally.
You are accomplishing something you do not like to do.
It
teaches you how to concentrate on disagreeable tasks. Writing
these
notes down you will find very helpful.
4th Day.
Notes. I
find that I am beginning to place the cards in a
mathematical
way. I find one card is not completely covering
another.
I am getting a little careless and must be more careful.
I
command my will to concentrate more. It does not seem so hard
to bring
it under control.
5th Day.
Notes. I
find that I am overcoming my jerky movements, that I can
lay the
cards down slowly and steadily. I feel that I am rapidly
gaining
more poise. I am getting better control over my will each
day, and
my will completely controls my movements. I begin to
look on
my will as a great governing power. I would not think of
parting
with the knowledge of will I have gained. I find it is a
good
exercise and know it will help me to accomplish my tasks.
6th Day.
Notes. I
begin to feel the wonderful possibilities of the will.
It gives
me strength to think of the power of will. I am able to
do so
much more and better work now, that I realize that I can
control
my will action. Whatever my task, my will is concentrated
on it. I
am to keep my will centered there until the task is
finished.
The more closely and definitely I determine what I
shall
do, the more easily the will carries it out. Determination
imparts
compelling force to the will. It exerts itself more. The
will and
the end act and react on each other.
7th Day.
Notes.
Now try to do everything you do today faster. Don't hurry
or
become nervous. Just try to do everything faster, but in a
steady
manner.
You will
find that the exercises you have practiced in
retardation
have steadied your nerves, and thereby made it
possible
to increase your speed. The will is under your command.
Make it
carry out resolutions rapidly. This is how you build up
your
self-control and your self-command. It is then that the
human
machine acts as its author dictates.
You
certainly should now be able to judge of the great benefit
that
comes from writing out your introspections each day. Of
course
you will not have the exact experiences given in these
examples,
but some of these will fit your case. Be careful to
study
your experiences carefully and make as true a report as you
can. Describe
your feelings just as they seem to you. Allow your
fancies
to color your report and it will be worthless. You have
pictured
conditions as you see them. In a few months, if you
again
try the same exercises, you will find your report very much
better.
By these introspections, we learn to know ourselves
better
and with this knowledge can wonderfully increase our
efficiency.
As you become used to writing out your report, it
will be
more accurate. You thus learn how to govern your
impulses,
activities and weaknesses.
Each
person should try to plan exercises that will best fit his
needs.
If not convenient for you to practice exercises every day,
take
them twice or three times a week. But carry out any plan you
decide
to try. If you cannot devote ten minutes a day to the
experiments
start with five minutes and gradually increase the
time.
The exercises given are only intended for examples.
Will
Training Without Exercise. There are many people that do not
want to
take the time to practice exercises, so the following
instructions
for training the will are given to them.
By
willing and realizing, the will grows. Therefore the more you
will,
the more it grows, and builds up power. No matter whether
your
task is big or small, make it a rule to accomplish it in
order to
fortify your will. Form the habit of focusing your will
in all
its strength upon the subject to be achieved. You form in
this way
the habit of getting a thing done, of carrying out some
plan.
You acquire the feeling of being able to accomplish that
which
lies before you, no matter what it is. This gives you
confidence
and a sense of power that you get in no other way. You
know
when you make a resolution that you will keep it. You do not
tackle
new tasks in a half-hearted way, but with a bold, brave
spirit.
We know that the will is able to carry us over big
obstacles.
Knowing this despair never claims us for a victim. We
have
wills and are going to use them with more and more
intensity,
thus giving us the power to make our resolutions
stronger,
our actions freer and our lives finer and better.
The
education of the will should not be left to chance. It is
only
definite tasks that will render it energetic, ready,
persevering
and consistent. The only way it can be done is by
self-study
and self-discipline. The cost is effort, time and
patience,
but the returns are valuable. There are no magical
processes
leading to will development, but the development of
your
will works wonders for you because it gives you
self-mastery,
personal power and energy of character.
Psychic
- Concentration of the Will to Win. The adaptability of persons to
their
business environment is more a matter of determination than
anything
else. In this age we hear a good deal of talk about a
man's
aptitudes. Some of his aptitudes, some of his powers, may
be
developed to a wonderful extent, but he is really an unknown
quality
until all his latent powers are developed to their
highest
possible extent. He may be a failure in one line and a
big
success in another. There are many successful men, that did
not
succeed well at what they first undertook, but they profited
by their
efforts in different directions, and this fitted them
for
higher things, whereas had they refused to adjust themselves
to their
environment, the tide of progress would have swept them
into
oblivion.
My one
aim in all my works is to try and arouse in the individual
the
effort and determination to develop his full capacities, his
highest
possibilities. One thing I want you to realize at the
start,
that it is not so much ability, as it is the will to do
that
counts. Ability is very plentiful, but organizing initiative
and
creative power are not plentiful. It is easy to get employes,
but to
get someone to train them is harder. Their abilities must
be
directed to the work they can do. They must be shown how,
while at
this work, to conserve their energy and they must be
taught
to work in harmony with others, for most business concerns
are
dominated by a single personality.
Concentrating
on Driving Force Within. We are all conscious, at
times,
that we have somewhere within us an active driving force
that is
ever trying to push us onward to better deeds. It is that
"force"
that makes us feel determined at times to do something
worth
while. It is not thought, emotion or feeling. This driving
force is
something distinct from thought or emotion. It is a
quality
of the soul and therefore it has a consciousness all its
own. It
is the "I will do" of the will. It is the force that
makes
the will concentrate. Many have felt this force working
within
them, driving them on to accomplish their tasks. All great
men and
women become conscious that this supreme and powerful
force is
their ally in carrying out great resolutions.
This
driving force is within all, but until you reach a certain
stage
you do not become aware of it. It is most useful to the
worthy.
It springs up naturally without any thought of training.
It comes
unprovoked and leaves unnoticed. Just what this force is
we do
not know, but we do know that it is what intensifies the
will in
demanding just and harmonious action.
The
ordinary human being, merely as merchandise, if he could be
sold as
a slave, would be worth ten thousand dollars. If somebody
gave you
a five thousand dollar automobile you would take very
good
care of it. You wouldn't put sand in the carburetor, or mix
water
with the gasoline, or drive it furiously over rough roads,
or leave
it out to freeze at night.
Are you
quite sure that you take care of your own body, your own
health,
your only real property, as well as you would take care
of a
five thousand dollar automobile if it were given to you?
The man
who mixes whiskey with his blood is more foolish than a
man
would be if he mixed water with gasoline in his car.
You can
get another car; you cannot get another body.
The man
who misses sleep lives irregularly--bolts his food so
that his
blood supply is imperfect. That is a foolish man
treating
himself as he would not treat any other valuable piece
of
property.
Do you
try to talk with men and women who know more than you do,
and do
you LISTEN rather than try to tell them what you know?
There
are a hundred thousand men of fifty, and men of sixty,
running
along in the old rut, any one of whom could get out of it
and be
counted among the successful men if only the spark could
be found
to explode the energy within them now going to waste.
Each man
must study and solve his own problem.
The Power of Psychic
- Concentration
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