MIND AND THOUGHTS

 

                                      MIND BODY AND THOUGHTS

                                                              

                             THE ENTIRE WORK OF THE MEMORY IS PERFORMED IN THIS SUBCONSCIOUS REGION OF THE MIND. ONLY WHEN THE SUBCONSCIOUS RECORD IS REPRESENTED TO THE CONSCIOUS FIELD, AND RECOLLECTION OR REMEMBRANCE RESULTS, DOES THE MEMORIZED IDEA OR IMPRESSION EMERGE FROM THE SUBCONSCIOUS REGION. AN UNDERSTANDING OF THIS FACT SIMPLIFIES THE ENTIRE SUBJECT OF THE MEMROY, AND ENABLES US TO PERFECT PLANS AND METHODS WHEREBY THE MEMORY MAY BE DEVELOPED, IMPROVED AND TRAINED, BY MEANS OF THE DIRECTION OF THE SUBCONSCIOUS ACTIVITIES BY THE USE OF THE CONSCIOUS FACULTIES AND THE WILL.

                         BY ADOPTING THE OPINION THAT EVERY THOUGHT OR IMPRESSION THAT HAD ONECE BEEN CONSCIOUSLY BEFORE THE MIND IS EVER AFTERWARDS RETAINED, WE OBTAIN LIGHT ON MANY OBSCURE MENTAL PHENOMENA, AND ESPECIALLY DO WE DRAW FROM IT THE CONCLUTION OF THE PERFECTIBILITY OF THE MEMORY TO AN ALMOST UNLIMITED EXTENT.

                      ASSOCIATION BY CONTIGUITY IS THAT FORM OF ASSOCIATION BY WHICH AN IDEA IS LINKED, CONNECTED, OR ASSOCIATED WITH THE SENSATION, THOUGHT, OR IDEA IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING IT, AND THAT, WHICH DIRECTLY FOLLOWS IT. EACH IDEA, OR THOUGHT, IS A LINK IN A GREAT CHAIN OF THOUGHT BEING CONNECTED WITH THE PRECEDING LINK AND THE SUCCEEDING LINK. ASSOCIATION BY SIMILARITY IS THAT FORM OF ASSOCIATION BY WHICH AS IDEA, THOUGHT, OR SENSATION IS LINKED, CONNECTED, OR ASSOCIATED WITH IDEAS, THOUGHTS, OR SENSATIONS OF A SIMILAR KIND, WHICH HAVE OCCURED PREVIOUSLY OR SUBSEQUENTLY.