TRAIN YOUR BRAIN
TO GET GOOD RESULTS
TRAINING THE EYE
BEFORE THE MEMORY CAN BE STORED WITH SIGHT IMPRESSIONS - BEFORE THE MIND CAN RECOLLECT OR REMEMBER SUCH IMPRESSIONS - THE EYE MUST BE USED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE ATTENTION. WE THINK THAT WE SEE THINGS WHEN WE LOOK AT THEM, BUT IN REALITY WE SEE BUT FEW THINGS, IN THE SENSE OF REGISTERING CLEAR AND DISTINCT IMPRESSIONS OF THEM UPON THE TABLETS OF THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND. WE LOOK AT THEM RATHER THAN SEE THEM.
A BODY MAY BE IMAGED ON THE RETINA WITHOUT INSURING PERCEPTION. THERE MUST BE AN EFFORT TO CONCENTRATE THE ATTENTION UPON THE MANY THINGS THAT THE WORLD PRESENTS TO OUR SENSES. A TEACHER ONCE SAID TO THE PUPILS OF A LARGE SCHOOL, ALL OF WHOM HAD SEEN COWS, I SHOULD LIKE TO FIND OUT HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW WHETHER A COW'S EARS ARE ABOVE, BELOW, BEHIND, OR IN FRONT OF HER HORNS.
I WANT ONLY THOSE PUPILS TO RAISE THEIR HANDS WHO ARE SURE ABOUT THE POSITION AND WHO WILL PROMISE TO GIVE A DOLLAR TO CHARITY IF THEY ANSWER WRONG'. ONLY TWO HANDS WERE RAISED. THEIR OWNERS HAD DRAWS COWS AND IN ORDER TO DO THAT HAD BEEN FORCED TO CONCENTRATE THEIR ATTENTION UPON THE ANIMALS. FIFTEEN PUPILS WERE SURE THAT THEY HAD SEEN CATS CLIMB TREES AND DESCEND THEM. THERE WAS UNANIMITY OF OPINION THAT THE CATS WENT UP HEADS FIRST. WHEN ASKED WHETHER THE CATS CAME DOWN HEAD OR TAIL FIRST, THE MAJORITY WAS SURE THAT THE CATS DESCENDED, AS THEY WERE NEVER KNOWN TO DO. ANY ONE WHO HAD EVER HAD EVER NOTICED THE SHAPE OF THE CLAWS OF ANY BEAST OF PREY COULD HAVE ANSWERED THE QUESTION WITHOUT SEEING AN ACUTAL DESCENT.
FARMER'S BOYS WHO HAVE OFTEN SEEN COWS AND HORSES LIE DOWN AND RISE, ARE SELDOM AND RISE, ARE SELDOM SURE WHETHER THE ANIMALS RISE WITH THEIR FORE OR HIND FEET FIRST, OR WHETHER THE HABIT OF THE HORSE AGREES WITH THAT OF THE COW IN THIS RESPECT. THE ELM TREE HAS ABOUT ITS LEAF A PECULIARITY WHICH ALL OUGHT TO NOTICE THE FIRST TIME THEY SEE IT, AND YET ONLY ABOUT FIVE PER CENT OF A CERTAIN SCHOOL COULD INCORPORATE IN A DRAWING THIS PECULIARITY, ALTHOUGHT IT IS SO EASILY OUTLINED ON PAPER. PERCEPTION, TO ACHIEVE SATISFACTORY RESULTS, MUST SUMMON THE WILL TO ITS AID TO CONCENTRATE THE ATTENTION. ONLY THE SMALLEST PART OF WHAT FALLS UPON OUR SENSES AT ANY TIME IS ACTUALLY PERCEIVED.
THE WAY TO TRAIN THE MIND TO RECEIVE CLEAR SIGHT-IMPRESSIONS, AND THEREFORE TO RETAIN THEM IN THE MEMORY IS SIMPLY TO CONCENTRATE THE WILL AND ATTENTION UPON OBJECT OF SIGHT, ENDEAVORING TO SEE THEM PLAINLY AND DISTINCTLY, AND THEN TO PRACTICE RECALLING THE DETAILS OF THE OBJECT SOME TIME AFTERWARD. IT IS ASTONISHING HOW RAPIDLY ONE MAY IMPROVE IN THIS RESPECT BY A LITTLE PRACTICE. AND IT IS AMAZING HOW GREAT A DEGREE OF PROFICIENCY IN THIS PRACTICE ONE MAY ATTAIN IN A SHORT TIME.
PERCEPTION, TO ACHIEVE SATISFACTORY RESULTS, MUS SUMMON THE WILL TO ITS AID TO CONCENTRATE THE ATTENTION. ONLY THE SMALLEST PART OF WHAT FALLS UPON OUR SENSES AT ANY TIME IS ACTUALLY PERCEIVED.
THE WAY TO TRAIN THE MIND TO RECEIVE CLEAR SIGHT-IMPRESSIONS, AND THEREFORE TO RETAIN THEM IN THE MEMORY IS SIMPLY TO CONCETRATE THE WILL AND ATTENTION UPON OBJECTS OF SIGHT, ENDEAVORING TO SEE THEM PLAINLY AND DISTINCLY, AND THEN TO PRACTICE RECALLING THE DETAILS OF THE OBJECT SOME TIME AFTERWARD.
THE DESIRE TO ACCOMPLISH THE TASK ADDS AND CREATES AN ARTIFICIAL INTEREST JUST AS EFFECTIVE AS THE NATURAL FEELING. IT IS ALL A MATTER OF ATTENTION, INTEREST (NATURAL OR INDUCED) AND PRACTICE.
BY CHANGING YOUR MENTAL FOCUS, BY MEAS OF WILL AND ATTENTION YOU WILL BE ABLE TO CURE YOURSELF OF THE CARELESS METHODS OF SEEING AND OBSERVING THAT HAVE BEEN HINDRANCES TO YOUR SUCCESS. YOU HAVE BEEN BLAMING IT ON YOUR MEMORY, BUT THE FAULS IS WITH YOUR PERCEPTION.
IN ORDER TO REMEMBER THE THINGS THAT PASS BEFORE YOUR SIGHT, YOU MUST BEGIN TO SEE WITH YOUR MIND, INSTEAD OF WITH YOUR RETINA. LET TEH IMPRESSION GET BEYOND YOUR RETINA AND INTO YOUR MIND.
