TRAIN YOUR BRAIN

 

                     

                            THE POWER OF YOUR  MIND

                           IT NEEDS VERY LITTLE ARGUMENT TO CONVINCE THE AVERAGE THINKING PERSON OF THE GREAT IMPORTANCE OF MEMORY. EVEN THEN VERY FEW BEGIN TO REALIZE JUST HOW IMPORTANT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE MIND THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE RETENTION OF MENTAL IMPRESSIONS. THE FIRST THOUGHT OF THE AVERAGE PERSON WHEN ASKED TO CONSIDER THE IMPORTANCE OF MEMORY IS ITS USE IN THE AFFAIRS OF EVERYDAY LIFE , ALONG DEVELOPED AND CULTIVATED LINES, AS CONTRASTED WITH THE LESSER DEGREES OF ITS DEVELOPMENT. IN SHORT, ONE GENERALLY THINKS OF MEMORY IN ITS PHASE OF "A GOOD MEMORY" AS CONTRASTED WITH THE OPPOSITE PHASE OF " A POOR MEMORY". BUT THERE IS A MUCH BROADER AND FULLER MEANING OF THE TERM THAT OF EVEN IMPORTANT PHASE.

                   IT IS TRUE THAT OUR SUCCEES IN OUR EVERYDAY, BUSINESS, PROFESSION, TRADE OR OTHER OCCUPATION DEPENDS VERY MATERIALLY UPON THE POSSESSION OF A GOOD MEMORY. OUR VALUE IN ANY WALK IN LIFE DEPENDS TO A GREAT EXTENT UPON THE DEGREE OF MEMORY WE MAY HAVE DEVELOPED. OUR MEMORY OF FACES, NAMES, FACTS, EVENTS, CIRCUMSTANCES AND OTHER THINGS CONCERNING OUR EVERYDAY WORK IS THE MEASURE OF OUR ABILITY TO ACCOMPLISH OUR TASKS. AND IN THE SOCIAL INTERCOURSE OF MEN AND WOMEN, 

                   THE POSSESSION OF A RETENTIVE MEMORY, WELL STOCKED WITH AVAILABLE FACTS, RENDERS ITS POSSESSOR A DESIRABLE MEMBER OF SOCIETY. AND IN THE HIGHER ACTIVITIES OF THOUGHT, THE MEMORY COMES AS AN INVALUABLE AID TO US IN MARSHALLING THE BITS AND SECTIONS OF KNOWLEDGE WE HAVE REQUIRED, AND PASSING THEM IN REVIEW BEFORE OUR COGNITIVE FACULTIES - THUS DOES THE SOUL REVIEW ITS MENTAL POSSESSIONS.

                       KEY POINTS

                     * MEMORY IS THE POWER TO REVIVE AGAIN IN OUR MINDS THOSE IDEAS THAT AFTER IMPRINTING, HAVE DISAPPEARED, OR HAVE BEEN LAID ASIDE OUT OF SIGHT.

                     * REMEMBRANE IS WHEN AN IDEA AGAIN RECURS WITHOUT ANY SPECIAL EFFORT ON OUR PART.

                     * RECOLLECTION IS WHEN THE MATTER SOUGHT AFTER BY THE MIND CAN ONLY BE BROUGH AGAIN INTO VIEW WITH PAIN AND ENDEAVOR.

                      UNTIL RECENT YEARS, THE ENTIRE EFFORTS OF MEMORY-DEVELOPERS WERE DIRECTED TO THE STRENGTHENING OF THAT PHASE OF THE MEMORY KNOWN AS "RECOLLECTION". - IDEAS OR IMPRESSIONS "SOUGHT AFTER BY THE MIND , AND WITH PAIN AND ENDEAVOR FOUND, AND BROUGHT AGAIN INTO VIEW". THE NEW PSYCHOLOGY GOES MUCH FURTHER THAN THIS.

                       IT INSTRUCTS THE STUDENT HOW THE MEMORY MAY BE STORED WITH CLEAR AND DISTINCT IMPRESSIONS WHICH WILL, THEREAFTER, FLOW NATURALLY AND INVOLUNTARILY INTO THE FIELD OF CONSCIOUSNESS WHEN THE MIND IS THINKING UPON THE ASSOCIATED SUBJECT OR LINE OF THOUGHT, AND WHICH MAY ALSO BE "RECOLLECT" BY A VOLUNTARY EFFORT WITH FAR LESS EXPENDITURE OF ENERGY THAN UNDER THE OLD METHODS AND SYSTEMS.

                         THE THREE ESSENTIALS IN THE   

                            CULTIVATION OF THE MEMORY ARE 

                                                 1. USE AND EXERCISE, REVIEW AND PRACTICE

                                                 2. ATTENTION AND INTEREST, AND 

                                                 3. INTELLIGENT ASSOCIATION

                          THE CULTIVATION OF THE MEMORY DEPENDS UPON TE PRACTICE ALONG CERTAIN SCIENTIFIC LINES ACCORDING TO WELL ESTABLISHED PSYCHOLOGICAL LAWS. THOSE WHO HOPE FOR A SURE "SHORT CUT" WILL BE DISSAPPOINTED, FOR NONE SUCH EXISTS. THE STUDENT OUGHT NOT TO BE DISSAPOINTED TO FIND THAT MEMORY IS NO EXCEPTION TO THE RULE OF IMPROVEMENT  BY PROPER METHODICAL AND LONG CONTINUED EXERCISE. THERE IS NO ROYAL ROAD,

                            NO SHORT CUT, TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF EITHER MIND OR MUSCLE. BUT THOSE WHO FOLLOW THE RULES WHICH PSYCHOLOGY HAS ESTABLISHED MAY KNOW THAT THEY ARE WALKING IN THE SHORTEST PATH, AND NOT WANDERING AIMLESSLY ABOUT.