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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

away where they may be quickly recalled even after the lapse of many years. Thus the subconscious mind is a storehouse constantly being enlarged. Of course the effectiveness with which it responds to suggestion depends upon the type of mind. A stupid consciousness is supported by a dull subconsciousness. The deeper self of the educated man is overflowing with possibilities of subconscious action. The power of subconsciousness therefore depends on the degree and kind of education.

Let us trace the conscious activity from its apex, where the attention is concentrated, down through what some writers have called "the pyramid of thought," which insensibly blends with the subconscious. Let the actively conscious thought in this case be the analysis of the term "subconsciousness." Let the earth on which the pyramid rests represent the great realm of the subconscious. Below the apex of thought there are minor associated thoughts, which rise for a moment from subconsciousness, are looked at in relation to the point in question, then dismissed. Lower still, allied thoughts rise which are immediately dismissed because they are not germane to the subject.

Still lower, there is a steady play of consciousness arising from the objects around. For example, the movement of my pen on the paper, the books and magazines on the desk, the hard surface of the desk on which my body is leaning, the delicious sunny air of a beautiful summer morning, the singing of the birds, etc.—all these tend to become

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