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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

of the body are maintained involuntarily; that is, subconsciously. We are conscious of these functions only when discord arises. The sensation of pain acquaints us with the fact that we have overstepped the mark, that we have lost our equanimity, or that something has disturbed the rhythmic action or equilibrium of the body. In the same way, the effects of mental changes upon the body are produced subconsciously; we are unaware of them in so far as they are moderate and normal. If my heart beats violently, or if I feel a sensation of fatigue, I do not consciously act upon the heart, the nerves, or the muscles. I become mentally calm and restful. The body immediately begins to respond through the hidden activities of the subconscious mind.

This apparently trivial statement is important because it shows how a serene thought or health-bearing suggestion may be felt even to the extremities of the body, although there be no conscious effort to apply it. The subconscious mind attends to all this. Only give it the right turn, only impress upon it the kind of thought which you wish embodied, and you will find subconsciousness ready to carry it out in proportion to the confidence and emphasis with which the command is given. Just as the decision to awake at a given hour in the morning is followed by a restful night and a prompt awakening at the proper time, or a disturbed, wakeful night, according as the command is given quietly or anxiously, so every suggestion bestowed upon this

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