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talismans, medicines, herbs, token, are necessary to the attainment of power.

This is an error. Any form, formula, position of body or potion; any point of compass; any condition of environment; believed to be, or found at any time to be of assistance, is of present assistance; and may be used as long as it is regarded merely as a means to a development that will enable one to dispense with it. Used that it may be outgrown.

But, the moment any particular thing, or condition, is considered necessary, it becomes a fetter and a limitation; here lies the danger of all such aids.

The only necessary condition is your mental attitude. Horace Greely said; "The only way to resume specie payments is to resume;" the kindergarten motto is, "Learn to do by doing." In like manner I say to my reader: "The only way to concentrate is to concentrate." No outside aid is necessary and the use of aids, unless guided by the thought of mere temporary assistance's, is attended with the serious danger of limitation. Any place, any time, is the proper place and time. Any chosen thought is the right thought. The ideal of Concentration is Ability at any time to so concentrate at will upon a chosen thought as to become oblivious of objective environment. This ability extends to business transactions, social intercourse, literary and oratorical exercises, and all forms of psychic manifestations, and all forms of healing.

Not long ago while waiting in hall for lecture and chatting with friends I was called upon to give an absent treatment. It was successful. A friend met me on the street, handed me a letter with request that I