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New Method. You will find in this chapter a most effective and
most practical method of developing the will. You can develop a
strong one if you want to. You can make your Will a dynamo to draw
to you untold power. Exercises are given which will, if practiced,
strengthen your will, just as you would strengthen your muscles
by athletic exercises.
In starting to do anything, we must first commence with elementary
principles. Simple exercises will be given. It is impossible to
estimate the ultimate good to be derived from the mental cultivation
that comes through these attempts at Psychic - Concentration. Even
the simple exercises are not to be thought useless. "In no respect,"
writes Doctor Oppenheim, "can a man show a finer quality of will-power
than in his own private, intimate life." We are all subjected to
certain temptations. The Will decides whether we will be just, or
unjust; pure of thought; charitable in opinion; forbearing in overlooking
other's shortcomings; whether we live up to our highest standard.
Since these are all controlled by the Will, we should find time
for plenty of exercises for training of the will in our daily life.
You, of course, realize that your will should be trained. You must
also realize that to do this requires effort that you alone can
command. No one can call it forth for you.
To be successful in these exercises you must practice them in a
spirit of seriousness and earnestness. I can show you how to train
your will, but your success depends upon your mastery and application
of these methods.
New Methods of Will-Training. Select a quiet room where you will
not be interrupted; have a watch to determine the time, and a note-book
in which to enter observations. Start each exercise with date and
time of day.
Exercise 1
Time decided on. Select some time of the day when most convenient.
Sit in a chair and look at the door-knob for ten minutes. Then write
down what you experienced. At first it will seem strange and unnatural.
You will find it hard to hold one position for ten minutes. But
keep as still as you can. The time will seem long for it will probably
be the first time you ever sat and did nothing for ten minutes.
You will find your thoughts wandering from the door-knob, and you
will wonder what there can be in this exercise. Repeat this exercise
for six days.
10 P. M. 2nd Day.
Notes. You should be able to sit quieter, and the time should pass
more quickly. You will probably feel a little stronger because of
gaining a better control of your will. It will brace you up, as
you have kept your resolution. 10 P. M. 3rd Day.
Notes. It may be a little harder for you to concentrate on the
door-knob as perhaps you had a very busy day and your mind kept
trying to revert to what you had been doing during the day. Keep
on trying and you will finally succeed in banishing all foreign
thoughts. Then you should feel a desire to gain still more control.
There is a feeling of power that comes over you when you are able
to carry out your will. This exercise will make you feel bigger
and it awakens a sense of nobility and manliness. You will say,
"I find that I can actually do what I want to and can drive foreign
thoughts out. The exercise, I can now see, is valuable."
10 P. M. 4th Day.
Notes. "I found that I could look at the door-knob and concentrate
my attention on it at once. Have overcome the tendency to move my
legs. No other thoughts try to enter as I have established the fact
that I can do what I want to do and do not have to be directed.
I feel that I am gaining in mental strength, I can now see the wonderful
value of being the master of my own will-force. I know now if I
make a resolution I will keep it. I have more self-confidence and
can feel my self-control increasing.
10 P. M. 5th Day.
Notes. "Each day I seem to increase the intensity of my Psychic
- Concentration. I feel that I can center my attention on anything
I wish.
10 P. M. 6th Day.
Notes. "I can instantly center my whole attention on the door-knob.
Feel that I have thoroughly mastered this exercise and that I am
ready for another."
You have practiced this exercise enough, but before you start another
I want you to write a summary of just how successful you were in
controlling the flitting impulses of the mind and will. You will
find this an excellent practice. There is nothing more beneficial
to the mind than to pay close attention to its own wonderful, subtle
activities.
Exercise 2
Secure a package of playing cards. Select some time to do the exercise.
Each day at the appointed time, take the pack in one hand and then
start laying them down on top of each other just as slowly as you
can, with an even motion. Try to get them as even as possible. Each
card laid down should completely cover the under one. Do this exercise
for six days.
1st Day.
Notes. Task will seem tedious and tiresome. Requires the closest
Psychic - Concentration to make each card completely cover the preceding
one. You will probably want to lay them down faster. It requires
patience to lay them down so slowly, but benefit is lost if not
so placed. You will find that at first your motions will be jerky
and impetuous. It will require a little practice before you gain
an easy control over your hands and arms. You probably have never
tried to do anything in such a calm way. It will require the closest
attention of your will. But you will find that you are acquiring
a calmness you never had before. You are gradually acquiring new
powers. You recognize how impulsive and impetuous you have been,
and how, by using your will, you can control your temperament.
2nd Day.
Notes. You start laying the cards down slowly. You will find that
by practice you can lay them down much faster. But you want to lay
them down slowly and therefore you have to watch yourself. The slow,
steady movement is wearisome. You have to conquer the desire of
wanting to hurry up. Soon you will find that you can go slowly or
fast at will.
3rd Day.
Notes. You still find it hard to go slowly. Your will urges you
to go faster. This is especially true if you are impulsive, as the
impulsive character finds it very difficult to do anything slowly
and deliberately. It goes against the "grain." This exercise still
is tiresome. But when you do it, it braces you up mentally. You
are accomplishing something you do not like to do. It teaches you
how to concentrate on disagreeable tasks. Writing these notes down
you will find very helpful.
4th Day.
Notes. I find that I am beginning to place the cards in a mathematical
way. I find one card is not completely covering another. I am getting
a little careless and must be more careful. I command my will to
concentrate more. It does not seem so hard to bring it under control.
5th Day.
Notes. I find that I am overcoming my jerky movements, that I can
lay the cards down slowly and steadily. I feel that I am rapidly
gaining more poise. I am getting better control over my will each
day, and my will completely controls my movements. I begin to look
on my will as a great governing power. I would not think of parting
with the knowledge of will I have gained. I find it is a good exercise
and know it will help me to accomplish my tasks.
6th Day.
Notes. I begin to feel the wonderful possibilities of the will.
It gives me strength to think of the power of will. I am able to
do so much more and better work now, that I realize that I can control
my will action. Whatever my task, my will is concentrated on it.
I am to keep my will centered there until the task is finished.
The more closely and definitely I determine what I shall do, the
more easily the will carries it out. Determination imparts compelling
force to the will. It exerts itself more. The will and the end act
and react on each other.
7th Day.
Notes. Now try to do everything you do today faster. Don't hurry
or become nervous. Just try to do everything faster, but in a steady
manner.
You will find that the exercises you have practiced in retardation
have steadied your nerves, and thereby made it possible to increase
your speed. The will is under your command. Make it carry out resolutions
rapidly. This is how you build up your self-control and your self-command.
It is then that the human machine acts as its author dictates.
You certainly should now be able to judge of the great benefit
that comes from writing out your introspections each day. Of course
you will not have the exact experiences given in these examples,
but some of these will fit your case. Be careful to study your experiences
carefully and make as true a report as you can. Describe your feelings
just as they seem to you. Allow your fancies to color your report
and it will be worthless. You have pictured conditions as you see
them. In a few months, if you again try the same exercises, you
will find your report very much better. By these introspections,
we learn to know ourselves better and with this knowledge can wonderfully
increase our efficiency. As you become used to writing out your
report, it will be more accurate. You thus learn how to govern your
impulses, activities and weaknesses.
Each person should try to plan exercises that will best fit his
needs. If not convenient for you to practice exercises every day,
take them twice or three times a week. But carry out any plan you
decide to try. If you cannot devote ten minutes a day to the experiments
start with five minutes and gradually increase the time. The exercises
given are only intended for examples.
Will Training Without Exercise. There are many people that do not
want to take the time to practice exercises, so the following instructions
for training the will are given to them.
By willing and realizing, the will grows. Therefore the more you
will, the more it grows, and builds up power. No matter whether
your task is big or small, make it a rule to accomplish it in order
to fortify your will. Form the habit of focusing your will in all
its strength upon the subject to be achieved. You form in this way
the habit of getting a thing done, of carrying out some plan. You
acquire the feeling of being able to accomplish that which lies
before you, no matter what it is. This gives you confidence and
a sense of power that you get in no other way. You know when you
make a resolution that you will keep it. You do not tackle new tasks
in a half-hearted way, but with a bold, brave spirit. We know that
the will is able to carry us over big obstacles. Knowing this despair
never claims us for a victim. We have wills and are going to use
them with more and more intensity, thus giving us the power to make
our resolutions stronger, our actions freer and our lives finer
and better.
The education of the will should not be left to chance. It is only
definite tasks that will render it energetic, ready, persevering
and consistent. The only way it can be done is by self-study and
self-discipline. The cost is effort, time and patience, but the
returns are valuable. There are no magical processes leading to
will development, but the development of your will works wonders
for you because it gives you self-mastery, personal power and energy
of character.
Psychic - Concentration of the Will to Win. The adaptability of
persons to their business environment is more a matter of determination
than anything else. In this age we hear a good deal of talk about
a man's aptitudes. Some of his aptitudes, some of his powers, may
be developed to a wonderful extent, but he is really an unknown
quality until all his latent powers are developed to their highest
possible extent. He may be a failure in one line and a big success
in another. There are many successful men, that did not succeed
well at what they first undertook, but they profited by their efforts
in different directions, and this fitted them for higher things,
whereas had they refused to adjust themselves to their environment,
the tide of progress would have swept them into oblivion.
My one aim in all my works is to try and arouse in the individual
the effort and determination to develop his full capacities, his
highest possibilities. One thing I want you to realize at the start,
that it is not so much ability, as it is the will to do that counts.
Ability is very plentiful, but organizing initiative and creative
power are not plentiful. It is easy to get employes, but to get
someone to train them is harder. Their abilities must be directed
to the work they can do. They must be shown how, while at this work,
to conserve their energy and they must be taught to work in harmony
with others, for most business concerns are dominated by a single
personality.
Concentrating on Driving Force Within. We are all conscious, at
times, that we have somewhere within us an active driving force
that is ever trying to push us onward to better deeds. It is that
"force" that makes us feel determined at times to do something worth
while. It is not thought, emotion or feeling. This driving force
is something distinct from thought or emotion. It is a quality of
the soul and therefore it has a consciousness all its own. It is
the "I will do" of the will. It is the force that makes the will
concentrate. Many have felt this force working within them, driving
them on to accomplish their tasks. All great men and women become
conscious that this supreme and powerful force is their ally in
carrying out great resolutions.
This driving force is within all, but until you reach a certain
stage you do not become aware of it. It is most useful to the worthy.
It springs up naturally without any thought of training. It comes
unprovoked and leaves unnoticed. Just what this force is we do not
know, but we do know that it is what intensifies the will in demanding
just and harmonious action.
The ordinary human being, merely as merchandise, if he could be
sold as a slave, would be worth ten thousand dollars. If somebody
gave you a five thousand dollar automobile you would take very good
care of it. You wouldn't put sand in the carburetor, or mix water
with the gasoline, or drive it furiously over rough roads, or leave
it out to freeze at night.
Are you quite sure that you take care of your own body, your own
health, your only real property, as well as you would take care
of a five thousand dollar automobile if it were given to you?
The man who mixes whiskey with his blood is more foolish than a
man would be if he mixed water with gasoline in his car.
You can get another car; you cannot get another body.
The man who misses sleep lives irregularly--bolts his food so that
his blood supply is imperfect. That is a foolish man treating himself
as he would not treat any other valuable piece of property.
Do you try to talk with men and women who know more than you do,
and do you LISTEN rather than try to tell them what you know?
There are a hundred thousand men of fifty, and men of sixty, running
along in the old rut, any one of whom could get out of it and be
counted among the successful men if only the spark could be found
to explode the energy within them now going to waste.
Each man must study and solve his own problem.
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