THE POWER OF YOUR THOUGHTS

 

                                 

                                      THE MIND POWER 

                                           KEY POINTS

                    THE SUBCONSCIOUS REGIONS OF THE MIND ARE THE GREAT STROEHOUSES OF THE MENTAL RECORDS OF IMPRESSIONS FROM WITHIN AND WITHOUT.

                     ONE OF THE MOST COMMON CAUSES OF POOR ATTENTION IS TO BE FOUND IN THE LACK OF INTESTEST. WE ARE APT TO REMEMBER THE THING IN WHICH WE HAVE BEEN A HIGH DEGREE OF ATTENTION GIVEN.

                       INTEREST MAY BE DEVELOPED BY VOLUNTARY ATTENTION BESTOWED AND HELP UPON AN OBJECT.

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                      THE THREE REQUISITES OF CULTIVATING ATTENTION:

                   DETERMINE TO USE THE WILL

                   DEVELOP STRONG BURNING DESIRE TO ACQUIRE 

                   THE ART OF VOLUNTARY ATTENTION

                   PRACTICE THIS FAITHFULLY.

                                        

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                         THERE ARE THREE GENERAL RULES THAT MAY BE GIVEN IN THIS MATTER OF BESTOWING THE VOLUNTARY ATTENTION IN THE DIRECTION  OF ACTUALLY SEEING THINGS, INSTEAD OF MERELY LOOKING AT THEM. THE FIRST : MAKE YOURSELF TAKE AN INTEREST IN THE THING. THE SECOND : SEE IT AS IF YOU WERE TAKING NOTE OF IT IN ORDER TO REPEAT ITS DETAILS TO A FRIEND - THIS WILL FORCE YOU TO "TAKE NOTICE". THE THIRD : GIVE TO YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS A MENTAL COMMAND TO TAKE NOTE OF WHAT YOU ARE LOOOKING AT.

                     REMEMBER FIRST, LAST AND ALWAYS, THAT BEFORE YOU CAN REMEMBER OR RECOLLECT, YOU MUST FIRST PERCEIVE: AND THAT PERCEPTION IS POSSIBLE ONLY THROUGH ATTENTION AND RESPONDS IN DEGREE TO THE LATTER.

                        FABULOUS MEMORIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED FROM ANCIENT TIMES AND CONTINUE TODAY. THEY ARE NOT LIMITED TO GENIUSES OF PEOPLE WITH IN-BORN TALENT. IT IS MANIFESTED IN PEOPLE AT ALL STRATA OF SOCIETY. ANYBODY WITH THE DESIRE TO ACQUIRE THIS SKILL CAN DO BY FOLLOWING THE PRINCIPLES TO BE DISCUSSED.

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                      YOU ARE FAR LESS LIABLE TO SUCCUMB TO BAD MENTAL INFLUENCE IF YOU SURROUND YOURSELF WITH A THOUGHT ATMOSPHERE FILLED WITH THE HIGHEST KIND OF THOUGHTS AND FREE FROM THOUGHTS AND DESIRE OF A BASE, SELFISH CHARACTER.

                       THERE RESIDES A SPARK FROM THE DIVINE FLAME OF LIFE AND POWER, WHICH IS CALLED THE INNER WILL, AND WHEN ONCE RECOGNIZED WILL BE A SOURCE OF UNENDING AND UNFAILLING STRENGTH.

                      PUT OUT OF YOUR MIND ALL FEAR OF OTHER PERSONS. CAST OUT FEAR AS UNWORTHY AND HURTFUL.

                    ASSERTION OF THE "I" WITHIN YOU WILL DISSIPATE THE INFLUENCE AROUND YOU, AND WILL NEUTRALIZE UNPLEASANT MENTAL ATMOSPHERES AND RENDER YOU IMMUNE FROM THE SAME.

                    THE MAJORITY OF PERSONS ARE SURROUNDED BY A MENTAL ATMOSPHERE ARISING FROM THE PREVAILING MENTAL STATES, THOUGHTS, FEELINGS, ETC. AND ALSO ARISING FROM THE THOUGHT-CURRENTS WHICH THEY HAVE ATTRACTED TO THEM BY THE LAW OF MENTAL ATTRACTION. THEY MAY BE GOOD OR EVIL.

                    THE WORK OF THE HELPER IS REALLY NEUTRALIZING AND DISSIPATING THE UNFAVORABLE MENTAL INFLUENCES SURROUNDING THE PEOPLE SEEKING HELP, AND THEREBY GIVING THESE PEOPLE A CHANCE TO WORK OUT THEIR OWN MENTAL SALVATION.

                    WE SEE AND HEAR OF THE MIGHTY POWER FOR GOOD MENTAL INFLUENCE THAT IS EXERTING AMONG THE PEOPLE TODAY, RAISING UP THE SICK, STRENGTHENING THE WEAK, PUTTING COURAGE INTO THE DESPONDENT AND MAKING SUCCESSESS OF FAILURES. ON THE OTHER HAND THERE IS THE HATEFUL SELFISHNESS AND GREED OF UNPRINCIPLED PERSONS IN TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THIS MIGHTY FORCE OF NATURE AND PROSTITUTING IT TO THEIR OWN HATEFUL ENDS.

                   THOSE WHO THINK HATE MAY BE AFFECTED BY HATE THOUGHTS, WHILE THOSE WHOSE MIND IS FILLED WITHG FAITH DEFLECT INVADING WAVES OR ELSE DRIVE THEM BACK TO THEIR SENDERS.

HOW TO DEVELOPE YOUR SELF-CONFIDENT

 

                

                        FEATURE OF NATURAL SPEAKING

                       WE ARE GOING TO DISCUSS HERE SOME OF THE FEATURES OF NATURAL SPEAKING IN ORDER TO MAKE THEM MORE CLEAR, MORE VIVID. I HAVE HESITATED ABOUT DOING IT, FOR SOMEONE IS ALMOST SURE TO SAY, "AH, I SEE, JUST FORCE MYSELF TO DO THESE THINGS AND I'LL BE ALL RIGHT". NO, YOU WON'T, FORCE YOURSELF TO DO THEM AND YOU WILL BE ALL WOODEN AND ALL MECHANICAL.

                     YOU USED MOST OF THESE PRINCIPLES YESTERDAY IN YOUR CONVERSATION, USED THEM AS UNCONSCIOUSLY AS YOU DEGESTED YOUR DINNER LAST NIGHT. THAT IS THE WAY TO USE THEM. IT IS THE ONLY WAY. AND IT WILL COME, AS FAR AS PUBLIC SPEAKING IS CONCERNED, AS WE HAVE ALREADY SAID, ONLY BY PRACTICE.

                       FIRST : STRESS IMPORTANT WORDS,

                       SUBORDINATE UNIMPORTANT ONES

                      IN CONVERSATION, WE HIT ONE SYLLABUS IN A WORD, AND HIT IT HARD, AND HURRY OVER THE OTHERS LIKE A PAY CAR PASSING A STRING OF HOBOES. FOR EXAMPLE, MASSACHUSETTS, AFLICTION, AT TRACTIVENESS, ENVIROMMENT. WE DO ALMOST THE SAME THING WITH A SENTENCE. WE MAKE ONE OR TWO IMPORTANT WORDS TOWER UP LIKE A SKYSCRAPER.

                     THIS IS NOT A STRANGE OR UNUSUAL PROCESS I AM DESCRIBING, LISTEN. YOU CAN HEAR IT GOING ON ABOUT YOU ALL THE TIME. YOU YOURSELF DID IT A HUNDRED, MAYBE A THOUSAND, TIMES YESTERDAY. YOU WILL DOUBLES DO IT A HUNDRED TIMES TOMORROW.

                 HERE IS AN EXAMPLE. READ THE FOLLOWING QUOTATION, STRIKING THE WORKS IN BIG TYPE HARD. RUN OVER THE OTHERS QUICKLY. WHAT IS THE EFFECT?

                I HAVE SUCCEEDED IN WHATEVER I HAVE UNDERTAKEN, BECAUSE I HAVE WILLED IT. I HAVE NEVER HESITATED WHICH HAS GIVEN ME AN ADVANTAGE OVER THE REST OF MANKIND" -NAPOLEON.

                  THIS IS NOT THE ONLY WAY TO READ THERE LINES. ANOTHER SPEAKER WOULD DO IT DIFFERENTLY PERHAPS. THERE ARE NO ORONCLAD RULES FOR EMPHASIS. IT ALL DEPENDS.

                  READ THESE SELECTIONS ALOUD IN AN EARNEST MANNER, TRYING TO MAKE THE IDEAS CLEAR AND CONVINCING. DON'T YOU FIND YOURSELF STRESSING THE BIG, IMPORTANT WORDS AND HURRYING OVER THE OTHERS?

                     IF YOU THINK YOU ARE BEATEN, YOU ARE.

                     IF YOU THINK YOU DARE NOT, YOU DON'T

                     IF YOU'D LIKE TO WIN, BUT THINK YOU CAN'T

                     IT'S ALMOST A CINCH YOU WON'T

                     LIFE'S BATTLES DON'T ALWAYS GO

                    TO THE STRONGER OF FASTER MAN.

                     BUT SOON OR LATE THE MAN WHO WINS

                     IS THE ONE WHO THINKS HE CAN.

                                                                                  ----- ANONYMOUS

HOW TO TALK WITH SELF-CONFIDENT

 

                      

                             THE WAY DOCTOR CONWELL 

                                PLANNED HIS SPEECHES

                   THERE ARE NOT, AS I HAVE ALREADY SAID, ANY INFALLIBLE RULES THAT WILL SOLVE THE QUESTION OF THE BEST ARRAGEMENT. THERE ARE NO DESIGNS OR SCHEMES OR CHARTS THAT WILL FIT ALL OR EVEN A MAJORITY OF SPEECHES. YET HERE ARE A FEW SPEECH PLANS THAT WILL PROVE USUABLE IN SOME INSTANCES. THE LATE DR.RUSSELL H. CONWELL, THE AUTHOR OF THE FAMOUS ACRES OF DIAMONDS - ONCE INFORMED ME THAT HE HAD BUILD MANY OF HIS INNUMERABLE SPEECHES OF THIS OUTLINE:

                     1. STATE YOUR FACTS.

                     2. ARGUE FROM THEM.

                     3. APPEAL FOR ACTION.

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                       MANY STUDENTS OF THIS COURSE HAVE FOUND THIS PLAN VERY HELPFUL AND STIMULATING.

                     1. SLOW SOMETHING THAT IS WRONG.

                     2. SHOW HOW TO REMEDY IT.

                     3. ASK FOR COOPERATION.

                       OR TO PUT IT IN ANOTHER WAY:

                   1. HERE IS A SITUATION THAT OUGHT TO BE REMEDIED.

                   2. WE OUGHT TO DO SO ABOUT THE MATTER.

                   3. YOU OUGHT TO HELP FOR THESE REASONS. 

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                 YET ANOTHER SPEECH PLAN COULD BE :

                  1. SECURE INTERESTED ATTENTION.

                  2. WIN CONFIDENCE.

                  3. STATE YOUR FACTS, EDUCATE PEOPLE REGARDING THE MERITS OF YOUR PROPOSITION.

                  4.  APPEAL TO THE MOTIVES THAT MAKE MEN ACT.

                    SECRETS OF GREAT SPEAKERS

                  WOODROW WILSON

                     "I BEGIN", SAID WOODROW WILSON WHEN ASKED TO EXPLAIN HIS METHODS, "WITH A LIST OF THE TOPICS I WANT TO COVER,  ARRANGING THEM IN MY MIND IN THEIR NATURAL RELATIONS - THAT IS, I FIT THE BONES OF THE THING TOGHETER, THEN I WRITE IT OUR IN SHORTHAND. I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ACCUSTOMED TO WRITING IN SHORTHAND, FINDING IT A GREAT SAVER OF TIME. THIS DONE. I COPY IT ON MY OWN TYPEWRITER, CHANGING PHRASES, CORRECTING SENTENCE,  AND ADDING MATERIAL AS I GO ALONG".

                              THEODORE ROOSEVELT

                       THEODORE ROOSEVELT PREPARED HIS TALKS IN THE CHARACTERISTIC ROOSEVELTIAN MANNER: HE DUG ALL THE FACTS, REVIEWED THEM, APPRAISED THEM, DETERMINED THEIR FINDINGS, ARRIVED AT HIS CONCLUSONS, ARRIVED WITH A FEELING OF CERTAINLY THAT WAS UNSHAKABLE.

                    THEN, WITH A PAD OF NOTES BEFORE HIM, HE STARTED DICTATING AND HE DICTATE HIS SPEECH VERY RAPIDLY SO THAT IT WOULD HAVE RUSH SPONTANEITY AND THE SPIRIT OF LIFE. THEN HE OVER THIS TYPEWRTTEN COPY, REVISED IT, DICTATED IT ALL OVER AGAIN. "I NEVER WON ANYTHING ". SAID HE, "WITHOUT HARD LABOUT AND THE EXERCISE OF MY BEST JUDGMENT AND CAREFUL PLANNING AND WORKING LONG IN ADVANCE."

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                  OFTEN HE CALLED IN CRITICS TO LISTEN TO HIM AS HE DICTATED OR READ HIS SPEECH TO THEM. HE REFUSED TO DEBATE WITH THEM THE WISDOM OF WHAT HE HAD SAID. HIS MIND WAS ALREADY MADE UP ON THAT POINT, AND MADE UP IRREVOCABLY. HE WANTED TO BE TOLD, NOT WHAT TO SAY, BUT HOW TO SAY IT. AGAIN AND AGAIN HE WENT OVER HIS TYPEWRITTEN COPIES, CUTTING, CORRECTING, IMPROVING. THAT WAS THE SPEECH THAT THE NEWSPAPERS PRINTED. OF COURSE, HE DID NOT MEMORIZE IT. HE SPOKE EXTEMPORANEOUSLY. SO THE TALK HE ACTUALLY DELIVERED OFTEN DIFFERED SOMEWHAT FROM THE PUBLISHED AND POLISHED ONE. BUT THE TASK OF DICTATING AND REVISING WAS EXCELLENT PREPARATION. IT MADE HIM FAMILIAR WITH HIS MATERIAL, WITH THE ORDER OF HIS POINTS. IT GAVE HIM A SMOOTHNESS AND SURENESS AND POLISH THAT HE COULD HARDLY HAVE OBTAINED IN ANY OTHER FASHION.

HOW TO LOOK AT PEOPLE AT FIRST SIGHT

 

                     

                               HOW TO LINK YOUR FACT

                                             TOGETHER

                                    VERY GOOD, BUT HOW ARE WE TO SET ABOUT WEAVING OUT FACTS INTO SYSTEMIC REACTION WITH EACH OTHER ? THE ANSWER IS : BY FINDING THEIR MEANING, BY THINKING THEM OVER. FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU WILL ASK AND ASWER THESE QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY NEW FACT, THAT PROCESS WILL HELP TO WEAVE IT INTO A SYSTEMIC RELATION WITH OTHER FACTS.

                             (1) WHY IS THIS SO?

                             (2) HOW IS THIS SO?

                             (3) WHEN IS IT SO?

                             (4) WHERE IS IT SO?

                             (5) WHO SAID IT IS SO?

                           IF IT IS A STRANGER'S NAME, FOR EXAMPLE, AND IT IS A COMMON ONE, WE CAN PERHAPS TIE IT TO SOME BUSINESS IS UNSUAL, WE CAN TAKE OCCASION TO SAY SO. THIS OFTEN LEADS THE STRANGER TO TALK ABOUT HIS NAME. FOR EXAMPLE WHILE WRITING THIS CHAPTER, I WAS INTRODUCED TO A MRS.SOTER. I REQUESTED HER TO SPELL THE NAME AND REMARKED UPON ITS UNUSUALNESS. "YES", SHE REPLIED, " IT IS VERY UNCOMMON. IT IS A GREEK WORD MEANING "THE SAVIOUR" THEN SHE TOLD ME ABOUT HER HUSBAND'S PEOPLE WHO HAD COME FROM ATHENS AND OF THE HIGH POSITIONS THEY HAD HELD IN THE GOVERNMENT THERE. I HAVE FOUND IT QUITE EASY TO GET PEOPLE TO TALK ABOUT THEIR NAMES, AND IT  ALWAYS HELPS ME TO REMEMBER THEM.

                        OBSERVE THE STRANGER'S LOOKS SHARPLY. NOTE THE COLOUR OF HIS EYES AND HIS HAIR, AND LOOK CLOSELY AT HIS FEATURES NOTE HOW HE IS DRESSED. LISTEN TO HIS MANNER OF TALKING, NOTE HOW HE IS DRESSED. LISTEN TO HIS MANNER OF TALKING. GET A CLEAR, KEEN, VIVID IMPRESSION OF HIS LOOKS AND PERSONALITY, AND ASSOCIATE THESE WITH HIS NAME. THE NEXT TIME THESE SHARP IMPRESSIONS RETURN TO YOUR MIND, THEY WILL HELP BRING THE NAME WITH THEM.

                     HAVEN'T YOU HAD THE EXPERIENCE, WHEN MEETING A MAN FOR THE SECOND OR THIRD TIME, TO DISCOVER THAT ALTHOUGH YOU COUND REMEMBER HIS BUSINESS OR PROFESSION, YOU COULD NOT RECALL HIS NAME? THE REASON IS THIS, A MAN'S BUSINESS IS SOMETHING DEFINITE AND CONCENTRATE. IT HAS A MEANING, IT WILL ADHERE LIKE A COURT PLASTER WHILE HIS MEANINGLESS NAME WILL ROLL AWAY LIKE FAILING ON A STEEP ROOF. CONSEQUENTLY TO MAKE SURE OF YOUR ABILITY TO RECALL A MAN'S NAME, FASHION A PHRASE ABOUT IT THAT WILL TIE IT UP TO HIS BUSINESS. THERE CAN BE NO DOUBT WHATEVER ABOUT THE EFFICACY OF THIS METHOD. FOR EXAMPLE, TWENTY MEN, STRANGERS TO ONE ANOTHER, RECENTLY MET IN AN ATHLETIC CLUB TO STUDY THIS COURSE. EACH MAN WAS ASKED TO RISE, AMOUNCE HIS NAME AND BUSINESS. A PHRASE WAS THEN MANUFACTURED TO CONNECT THE TWO, AND , WITHIN A FEW MINUTES, EACH PERSON PRESENT COULD REPEAT THE NAME OF EVERY OTHER INDIVIDUALS IN THE ROOM. BUSINESS WERE FORGOTTEN, FOR THEY WE LINKED TOGETHER. THEY ADHERED.

                      HERE ARE THE FIRST TEN NAMES, IN ALPHATICAL ORDER, FROM THE GROUP, AND HERE ARE THE CRUDE PHRASES THAT WERE USED TO TIE THE NAMES TO THE BUSINESS.

POWERFUL POINTS OF YOUR BRAIN

 

                                      THE BRAIN POWER

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                           FASCINATION IS THE MANIFESTATION OF MENTAL INFLUENCE WHEN THE TWO PERSONS ARE TOGETHER, WITHOUT PASSESS OR THE USUAL HYPNOTIC METHODS. HYPNOTISM IS THE USE OF THE POWER, ALSO, WHEN THE TWO PARTIES ARE TOGETHER, BUT ACCOMPANIED BY PASSESS OR HYPNOTIC METHODS.

                         FASCINATION IS ONE OF THE OLDEST FORMS OF THE MANIFESTATION OF MENTAL INFLUENCE. IT CONSISTS OF ACTING UPON BY SOME POWERFUL OR IRRESTIBLE INFLUENCE, POWERFUL FORCE, INFLUENCING THE IMAGINATION, REASON OR WILL OF ANOTHER IN AN UNCONTROLLABLE MANNER. 

                      FASCINATION IS THE RESULT OF THE EMANATION OF STREAMS OF ACTIVE THOUGHT- WAVES FROM THE MIND OF A PERSON, CONCENTRATED AND DIRECTED TOWARD THOSE WHOM THE PERSON WISHES TO AFFECT.

                     (1) THE THOUGHT OF WHAT YOU WISH THE OTHER TO DO IS HELD FIRMLY IN THE MIND, AND 

                      (2) THAT THOUGHT IS PROJECTED TO THE OTHER, SILENTLY, IN THE SHAPE OF UNSPOKEN WORDS.

                                 HYPNOTIC INFLUENCE

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                      MODERN HYPNOTIC INVESTIGATORS MERELY INDUCE A PASSIVE STATE IN THE MIND, NERVES OR MUSCLES OF THE SUBJECT SUFFICIENT TO REDUCE THE POWERS OF RESISTENCE, AND THEN GIVE ORDERS OR "VERBAL SUGGESTIONS" ACCOMPANIED BY A PROJECTION OF THEIR THOUGHT-WAVES INTO THE MIND OF THE SUBJECT.

                       WITH A LITTLE EXPERIMENTING IN USING THIS TECHNIQUE, YOU WILL SOON DISCOVER THE POWER OF YOUR EYE UPON THE OTHER PERSONS. YOU WILL BE ABLE TO ALMOST FEEL THE FORCE PASSING FROM YOUR GAZE TO THEIRS. AND THIS IS TRUE IN THE CASE OF THE PASSESS AND STROKING OF THE HANDS. YOU WILL FEEL THE VIBRATORY WAVES FLOWING FROM YOUR HANDS INTO THEIR NERVOUS SYSTEM. IT IS WONDERFUL WHAT POWER IS AROUSED.

                       BEWARE OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ALWAYS PUTTING THEIR HANDS TO YOU, OR PATTING OR STROKING YOU, OR WISHING TO HOLD YOUR HANDS A LONG TME. MANY PERSONS DO THIS FROM FORCE OF HABIT, AND INNOCENTLY, BUT OTHERS DO SO WITH THE INTENTION OF PRODUCING A MILD FORM OF HYPNOTIC INFLEUNCE UPON YOU. YOU CAN COUNTERACT THEIR INFLUENCE BY SENDING THEM THE THOUGHT. "YOU CANNOT AFFECT ME - I AM TOO STRONG FOR YOU - YOU CANNOT PLAY YOUR TRICKS ON ME".

                                          INFLENCING 

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                     THE PRINCIPLES UNDERLYING MENTAL INFLENCE AT A DISTANCE ARE PRECISELY THE SAME AS THOSE UNDERLYING THE USE OF INFLUENCE WHEN THE PERSONS ARE IN THE PRESENCE OF EACH OTHER.

                     ONE OF THE MOST ELEMENTARY, AND YET ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE METHODS KNOWN TO OCCULTISTS IS THAT OF CREATING A METAL IMAGE OF THE PERSON "TREATED" IN THE SENSE OF IMAGINING THE SUBJECT TO BE SEATED IN A CHAIR IN FRONT OF THE PERSON TREATING HIM OR HER AT A DISTANCE. THE TREATOR PROCEEDS TO GIVE  BOTH VERBAL COMMANDS, AND AT THE SAME TIME DIRECTS THOUGHT-WAVES TOWARD THIS IMAGINARY PERSON. THIS PROCESS ESTABLISHES A PSYCHIC CONDITION BETWEEN THE TREATOR AND THE ACTUAL PERSON, ALTHOUGH THE LATTER MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE TREATOR BY MANY MILES OF SPACE.

TRAIN YOUR BRAIN

 

                                      THE BRAIN POWER

                                THE NUMBER OF PERSONS WHO NEVER OR RARELY FORGET A NAME IS EXCEEDINGLY SMALL, THE NUMBER OF THOSE WHO HAVE A POOR MEMORY FOR THEM IS VERY LARGE. THE REASON FOR THIS IS PARTLY A DEFECT OF MENTAL DEVELOPMENT AND PARTLY A MATTER OF HABIT. IN EITHER CASE IT MAY BE OVERCOME BY EFFORT.

                                  THE DIFFICULTY IN THE RECOLLECTION OF NAMES IS CAUSED BY THE FACT THAT NAMES IN THEMSELVES ARE UNINTERESTING AND THEREFORE DO NOT ATTRACT OR HOLD THE ATTENTION, AS DO OTHER OBJECTS PRESENTED TO THE MIND. SOUND IMPRESSIONS ARE APT TO BE MORE DIFFICULT OF RECOLLECTION THAN SIGHT IMPRESSIONS, BUT THE LACK OF INTERESTING QUALITIES IN NAMES IS BELIEVED TO BE THE PRINCIPLE OBSTACLE AND DIFFICULTY.

                          SUGGESTIONS ON IMPROVING 

                                   MEMORY OF NAMES :

                       * MAKE A STUDY OF NAMES - START A COLLECTION - AND YOU WILL HAVE NO TROUBLE IN DEVELOPING A MEMORY FOR THEM.

                        * LISTEN CAREFULLY TO THE NAME. INSTEAD OF MERELY CATCHING A VAGUE SOUND OF A NAME, LISTEN TO IT SO CLEARLY AND DISTINCTLY THAT A FIRM REGISTRATION IS OBTAINED ON THE RECORDS OF YOUR MEMORY.

                        * REPEAT THE NANE AFTER HEARING IT TO STRENGTHEN THE IMPRESSION . IF IT IS AN UNUSUAL NAME, WRITE IT DOWN SEVERAL TIMES, AT THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY, THUS OBTAINING THE BENEFIT OF A DOUBLE SENSE IMPRESSION, ADDING EYE IMPRESSION TO EAR IMPRESSION.

                       THE PHASES OF MEMORY MAY BE DIVIDED INTO TWO GENERAL CLASSES, NAMELY 1. MEMORY OF SENSE IMPRESSIONS, AND 2. MEMORY OF IDEAS.

                        MEMORY OF SENSE IMPRESSIONS OF COURSE INCLUDES THE IMPRESSIONS RECEIVED FROM ALL OF THE FIVE SENSES, SIGHT, HEARING, TASTE, TOUCH AND SMELL. BUT WHEN WE COME DOWN TO A PRACTICAL EXAMINATION OF SENSE IMPRESSIONS RETAINED IN THE MEMORY, WE FIND THAT THE MAJORITY OF SUCH IMPRESSIONS ARE THOSE OBTAINED THROUGH THE TWO RESPECTIVE SENSES OF SIGHT AND HEARING.

 

                          THE MORE IMPRESSIONS THAT YOU CAN MAKE REGARDING A THING, THE GREATER ARE THE CHANCES OF YOUR EASILY RECOLLECTING IT. LIKEWISE, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ATTACH AN IMPRESSION OF A WEAKER SENSE. TO THAT OF A STRONGER ONE, IN ORDER THAT THE FORMER MAY BE MEMORIZED FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU HAVE GOOD EYE MEMORY, AND A POOR EAR MEMORY, IT IS WELL TO ATTACH SOUND IMPRESSIONS TO THE SIGHT IMPRESSIONS. 

HOW TO REMEMBER GOOD THINGS (MIND POWER)

 

                                               THE BRAIN

                                   REMEMBERING FACT

                             READ WITH ATTENTION . THIS IS THE RULE THAT TAKES PRECEDENCE OF ALL OTHERS. IT STANDS INSTEAD OF A SCORE OF MINOR DIRECTIONS. INDEED IT COMPREHENDS THEM ALL, AND IS THE GOLDEN RULE.

                                IT IS NOT NECESSARY, NOR IS IT ADVISABLE TO ATTEMPT TO MEMORIZING THE TEXT OF A BOOK, EXCEPTING, PERHAPS, A FEW PASSAGES THAT MAY SEEM WORTHY TO BE TREASURED UP WORD FOR WORD. THE PRINCIPLE THING TO BE REMEMBERED ABOUT A BOOK IS ITS MEANING - WHAT IT IS ABOUT.

                               IF THE BOOK IS A HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY, AUTOBIOGRAPHY, NARRATIVE OR STORY OF FACT OR FICTION, YOU WILL FIND IT OF VALUE TO VISUALIZE ITS OCCURENCES AS THE STORY UNFOLDS.

                           IN ORDER TO FULLY ACQUAINT YOURSELF WITH A BOOK, BEFORE READING IT YOU SHOULD FAMILIRIZE YOURSELF WITH ITS GENERAL CHARACTER. TO DO THIS YOU SHOULD PAY ATTENTION TO THE FULL TITLE, AND THE SUBTITLE, IF THERE BE BY. YOU SHOULD READ THE PERFACE AND STUDY CAREFULLY THE TABLE OF CONTENTS.

                          WHEN LISTENING TO A SEMON, SPEECH OR DISCOURSE, ATTEND TO WHAT IS SAID, AND RECORD IN YOUR MIND SO THAT WHEN YOU REVIEW IT AFTERWARDS, YOU WILL BE PRESENTED WITH A GOOD SYNOPSIS OF IT. YOUR OBJECTIVE IS TO ABSORB AND RECORD THE IDEAS AND GENERAL THOUGHT EXPRESSED. INTEREST - ATTENTION - PRACTICE - REVIEW - THESE ARE THE IMPORTANT POINT IN MEMORY.

                                          NUMBERS

                        THE GREAT DIFFICULTY IN REMEMBERING NUMBERS, TO THE MAJORITY OF PERSONS, IS THE FACT THAT NUMBERS "DO NOT MEAN ANYTHING TO THEM" THAT IS, THAT NUMBERS ARE THOUGHT OF ONLY IN THEIR ABSTRACT PHASE AND NATURE, AND ARE CONSEQUENTLY FAR MORE DIFFICULT TO REMEMBER THAN ARE IMPRESSIONS RECEIVED FROM THE SENSE OF SIGHT OR SOUND. THE REMEDY, HOWEVER, BECOMES APPARENT WHEN WE RECOGNIZE THE SOURCE OF THE DIFFICULTY. THE REMEDY IS : MAKE THE NUMBER THE SUBJECT OF THE SENSE OF IMPRESSIONS OF SIGHT OR SOUND, OR BOTH, ACCORDING TO WHICH ARE THE BEST DEVELOPED IN YOUR PARTICULAR CASE.

                  A GOOD WAY TO MEMORIZE DATES, SPECIAL NUMBERS CONNECTED WITH EVENTS, ETC, IS TO VISUALIZE THE PICTURE OF THE EVENT WITH THE PICTURE OF THE DATE OR NUMBER, THUS COMBINING THE TWO THINGS INTO A MENTAL PICTURE, THE ASSOCIATION OF WHICH WILL BE PRESENTED WHEN THE PICTURE IS RECALLED.

                   IN MEMORY, THE THREE RULES ARE , "INTEREST , ATTENTION AND EXERCISE" AND THE LAST IS THE MOST IMPORTANT, FOR WITHOUT IS THE OTHERS FAIL.

                   LET FIGURES AND NUMBERS "MEAN SOMETHIG" TO YOU, AND THE REST WILL BE MERELY A MATTER OF DETAIL.

                                              FACES

                         THE ABILITY TO REMEMBER FAES IS POSSESSED BY ALL PERSONS, BUT IN VARYING DEGREES. THOSE IN WHOM IT IS WELL DEVELOPED SEEM TO RECOGNIZE THE FACES OF PERSONS WHOM THEY MET YEARS BEFORE, AND TO ASSOCIATE THEM WITH THE CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH THEY LAST MET THEM, EVEN WHERE THE NAME ESCAPES THE MEMORY. OTHERS SEEM TO FORGET A FACE THE MOMENT IT PASSESS FROM VIEW, AND FAIL TO RECOGNIZE THE SAME PERSONS WHOM THEY MET ONLY A FEW HOURS BEFORE.

                    THE STUDY OF A GOOD ELEMENTARY WORK ON PHYSIOGNOMY IS RECOMMEDED TO THOSE WISHING TO DEVELOP THE FACULTY OF REMEMBERING FACES, FOR IN SUCH A WORK THE STUDENT IS LED TO NOTICE TEH DIFFERENT KINDS OF NOSES, EARS, EYES, CHINS, FOREHEADS, ETC, SUCH NOTICE AND RECOGNITION TENDING TO INDUCE AN INTEREST IN THE SUBJECT OF FEATURES.

                   A GOOD PLAN IN DEVELOPING THIS FACULTY IS TO VISUALIZE THE FACES OF PERSONS YOU HAVE MET DURING THE DAY, IN THE EVENING. TRY TO DEVELOP THE FACULTY OF VISUALIZING THE FEATURES OF THOSE WHOM YOU KNOW - THIS WILL START YOU OFF RIGHT. DRAW THEM IN YOUR MIND - SEE THEM WITH YOUR MIND'S EYE, UNTIL YOU VISUALIZE THE FEATURES OF VERY OLD FRIENDS, THEN DO THE SAME WITH ACQUAINTANCES, AND SO ON, UNTIL YOU ARE ABLE TO VISUALIZE THE FEATURES OF EVERY ON YOU "KNOW". THEN START ON TO ADD TO YOUR LIST BY RECALLING IN THE IMAGINATION, THE FEATURES OF STRANGERS WHOM YOU MEET. BY A LITTLE PRACTICE OF THIS KIND YOU WILL DEVELOP A GREAT INTEREST IN FACES AND YOUR MEMORY OF THEM, AND THE POWER TO RECALL THEM WILL INCREASES RAPIDLY.