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Preface - Introduction - The New Point of View - Educational Ideals - Equanimity - The Subconscious Mind - The Spiritual Ideal in Childhood - An Experiment in Education - The Expression of the Spirit - An Ideal Summer Conference - The Ministry of the Spirit - The Mystery of Pain and Evil - The Philosophical Ideal - The Criteria of Truth - Organic Perfection - Immortality - Index - p. 247

Is it possible to estimate the good that could be done by extending to humanity this priceless power of consciously maintaining poise, this trust in Nature, and this freedom from fear? Even the surgeon might be dispensed with in certain cases. An instance from my own life is at point.

About fifteen years ago I fell heavily upon the floor. I experienced no pain at the time; but a swelling appeared on the right leg, and I was lame for several months. All attempts to remove the obstruction by mental means were futile. On the contrary, the pain increased until I was compelled to give up all exercise. In due time an opening appeared near the knee; after a few weeks a sliver of bone, about two inches in length, was cast out, and the organism at once recovered. This was a year after the accident. It had required all that time to perform Nature's work. There was nothing to do but wait, and assuage the pain by an attitude of trust and poise.

But the chief purpose of this chapter is to emphasise the value of poise as a preventive. If equanimity is a habit of life, if the life is pure, if no medicines, impure foods, or stimulants are put into the body, the physical organism is lifted to the plane where disease is impossible. There must be a physical correspondence to the purity of mind. Merely to think healthful thoughts is not sufficient. The body must be controlled through and through. The life must be moderate in every particular, moderation in eating, moderation in physical work,

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