Psychology simplified

Preface

This book in being' brought before the public is not intended to take the place of any other book on the subject of psychology. There is not a thought, sentence or solution of a proposition in the entire book that is borrowed from anyone. I have reached my conclusions in this book by observation and demonstrations. A book of this nature has been in my mind for thirty years, but I preferred to wait to give it to the world until I had reached the years of maturity. Now having lived fifty-five years I am giving to the world the fruits of my labors. I hope and pray that it will serve the purpose for which your humble servant has given it.

September the 23, 1918. • instructed upon receiving it as to the purpose for which it was given. As it came to us, so will it pass from us ; by it we know r each and everything, coming into our lives. It enables us to separate the things we like from the things we dislike ; by it we choose and cling to those we love, those w T ho are near and dear to us for various reasons ; by it we despise and shun those whom we dislike ; by it we justify and by it we condemn. It is our all in time of peace and it never fails us in time of danger ; without it we would be valueless to our fellowman. We prize it above the wealth of the material universe. It cannot be bought or sold but the fruits of it can be. The entire wealth of the world is produced by it ; by it we think, these thoughts we clothe with words and express them ; by this process we are increasing or extending the dominion of the mind.

The mind of man is subject to evolution. It maintains his identity as a man. It is composed of life and intelligence and is dependent upon the spirit for its life and the soul for its intelligence.

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The ether in the atmosphere is the medium through which the mind transmits thoughts from mind to mind. The mind formulates all messages and governs the transmission of the message both by mental telepathy and oral suggestion. It possesses, inherently, the power to adjust itself to other minds or to put itself in tune with other minds. It is indivisible and can pursue but one line of thought to a definite conclusion at one and the same time, otherwise, it would become confused and indefinite. It is dependent upon a higher intelligence than that possessed by man for its origin, maintenance and intelligence to act. It came by a scientific law guided by infinite intelligence. Its primary source is creative. It increases and maintains its existence by evolution.

When the brain of man becomes impaired, the action of the mind becomes indefinite. The scientific law governing its action operates through the brain. When the convolution of the brain predominating the life of a man becomes impaired to the extent that it is unfitted for service, insanity is the inevitable result.

S Psychology Simplified

The mind is not subject to a chemical analysis. It can only be defined by the work it performs. It is the mind of man that evolves the way by which the barren plains have been penetrated and have made it possible for their virgin soils to blossom as the rose. It was mind that paved the entire way of transportation, from the stage to the aeroplane. Mind has made it possible to transmit wireless messages to any part of the material universe on land and on sea. It has put man in touch with man and nation in touch with nation. It has made it possible for a message to travel faster than our solar system, giving to us what has transpired hours before we reach that period of time on our journey of life. It controls the silent subtle forces within man and has made man what he is. It controls the entire destiny of the material universe and silently and scientifically forms the destiny of kings, dominions and nations ; by it our entire life is vividly portrayed to us. It is the primary source of all psychological phenomena existing, from the simplest to the most profound. It can penetrate the visible and invisible and give a definite and scientific

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solution of them if man will make it possible for him to receive it.

The dormant condition of the avenues in the brain is the only thing intervening between man and the solution of psychic manifestations. Mind can remove the existing conditions in the brain and put man in touch with the solution of these things.

The mind of man is the fountain from which psychic problems emanate. Their origin can be traced to the human mind. There is no psychic phenomena that can be produced in the absence of mind. By a proper development of the avenues of the brain each and every psychic phenomena can be accurately solved and its cause and purpose fully known by man.

The evolution of mind is dependent upon the ■evolution of the brain, which constitutes the basis for its operation. If you wish to solve the unsolved things of a psychic nature you must prepare the instrument by and through which the mind operates in order to be able to do so. It is possible for you to prepare your mind to act intelligently in solving all questions of this nature.

The mind if given access to each avenue in the brain and the permission to use them intelligently can give the exact cause of all psychic manifestations and it can produce them accurately and at will. A working hypothesis for them can be evolved by the mind.

The mind is limited by the instrument through which it operates. As you gain a knowledge of that instrument you are increasing the possibilities of your mind. The mind uses every part of the instrument that you make it possible for it to use. The brain of man is the only instrument and the only medium through which mind operates. The mind can,, under a properly developed brain, extract facts from inanimate objects and give that which is. contained within its invisible depths.

Mind can unravel the mysteries of past ages and give the cause producing these mysterious things. Mind can solve all mysteries when the brain is sufficiently developed for it to act intelligently. The mind is the home of

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mysteries. They have no other existence and can exist only in the mind of man.

To know thyself is to have gained an intelligent knowledge of that which gives form and existence to the things which are mysterious to you. The only reason a mystery exists is because of the unprepared condition of your brain which limits the power of your mind and prevents it from penetrating and solving the thing done, which would remove all mystery surrounding that thing.

Mind can solve every mysterious thing in the material universe with a properly developed brain which will give to the mind an unlimited field in which to operate.

Mind can penetrate the great wall of thought intervening between the mortal and immortal and obtain intelligence inexpressible. Mind can penetrate each and every plane of life, yet it is impossible for a man to exist upon only one plane at one and the same time. He can evolve from plane to plane, until he reaches the highest plane upon which man can live while on earth.

The evolution of your brain is that which makes it possible to evolve to a higher plane of life. The only limitation the mind has is the brain in which it exists and operates. Each brain is subject to the will of the one possessing that brain.

Chapter II. EVOLUTION OF MIND

After many years of careful study and demonstration I have arrived at conclusions which I hope will assist, to some extent at least, in clearing away the mist which seemingly surrounds this subject.

Before a teacher can impart knowledge on a subject he must first understand the subject himself. One must have access to the light before he can turn the light on. The reason we have not been able to solve many psychological propositions is because of the obstacles and restrictions that have been thrown around them. Many have become discouraged and given up the fight in solving questions of this nature when they were almost in possession of the key that would unlock the door to the unlimited.

In the study of psychology and its effects upon the human being I shall speak of it as the limited and the unlimited. I shall discuss this subject thoroughly both from a limited and unlimited standpoint.

Man is a triune being. This fact can be demonstrated to the entire satisfaction of every one who is willing to take as evidence the scientific facts which we are able to extract from the primary principles manifested in the life of every human being.

The psychic manifestations observed during life do not emanate from the body, brain or material mind of man. They are only mediums through which intelligence is expressed. Their existence and work are confined to this life only. The body and brain are subject to a chemical analysis. The material mind cannot be so analyzed. It receives the intelligence from the soul mind and transforms it into human intelligence. It is limited to the brain in whcih it operates and ceases to exist when dissolution of the body and brain occur.

The soul and soul mind are not subject to a chemical analysis. They are not composed of material substance and are not limited to this plane of life.

Our souls emanated from the Great Soul and the limitations of mortality are not applicable to it and do not in any way effect it's existence. It dwells in this house of clay during our sojourn here and when this house can no longer supply it with a dwelling place it passes to a higher and purer plane of life.

The work of the body, brain and material mind are limited to their development and they are dependent upon the soul and soul mind for intelligence to perform each act by which they maintain their existence and fill their purpose on this material plane of life.

The soul is immortal, therefore, it is unseen. All human intelligence emanates from the soul. Human intelligence is limited, therefore the . power of the soul operating through the human being is limited. That brings us face to face with the subject of why human intelligence is limited.

Evidently the Greal Soul, from which our souls emanated, is unlimited, to illustrate, light is limited but the source of all light is unlimited. You may have a brilliant light in a room, you can limit that light by closing the doors and drawing the shades which serves to restrict the light to the room only, now by the simple process of opening the doors and raising the shades you remove these restrictions and let the light penetrate the darkness.

The brain is a house in which the material mind dwells. If we close up all of the avenues of the brain, through which light emanates from the soul, then we would become darkness to the world in so far as intelligence is concerned. If by evolution of mind the avenues of light in our brain were opened, we would become light to the world, then comes the question, why is our soul limited?

The body, with all its parts, is a dwelling place for the soul, which is the real being. Our bodies, as a whole, are subject to and under the direction of the soul. This is true normally but V we have become so abnormal that we use physical means to limit that which was intended to be unlimited. We are limited by ourselves and those around us. Every one is just what he and those around him have made him.

We limit ourselves by admitting that we cannot accomplish certain things, for instance ;

we say that we cannot free ourselves of disease, neither can we keep ourselves free after having become freed. Those around us say that it is impossible for us to do so, declaring that such is beyond human power to accomplish. We accept this and by so doing we limit ourselves and fail to accomplish that which the Creator intended we should accomplish.

Our bodies, with all their parts, are instruments of the reaJLJpeing and they were originally intended to be wholly under its control. The head is the only real governing power of the body, this being true, when and why did the real governing power lose its power to govern? It lost this power the instant it declared its inability to govern. The reason why it made this declaration was FEAR, the great enemy, the one that caused the downfall of humanity and is continually filling the world with sickness, sorrow, weakness and disolution.

Fear is today one of the apparently immovable obstacles in the way of advancement. Often w r e say we are going to break the shackles and free humanity from darkness and superstition and, through fear of failure, we confine our steps to the footprints of those who have lived before us.

What a sublime thought to be able to bind fear and banish failure and step out where there are no footprints of past ages, turn on the light where total darkness reign supreme, remove the obstacles and extend the limit little by little until fear has lost its power to control us and failure has ceased to follow in our pathway. It requires an effort on our part to accomplish this.

Only those have become great in the eyes of the world who have dared to step upon untrodden ground and have refused to be limited. By a strong arm and a powerful mind they have climbed the ladder of fame and have plucked the golden fruit which, through fear, others have failed to reaeh. (fato

In as much as fear is a hindrance to us in our investigation of this, the most wonderful of all themes, I will banish it from my mind in my search for the key that will unlock the door to the -unlimited, to the storehouse from which all scientific laws emanate.

The Great Soul is the source of all truth relative to every, scientific proposition, which alone can remove the mystery and darkness that has so long blinded the eyes and, baffled the brain of an intelligent race of human beings.

The soul is the source of all human intelligence. The avenues of the brain are the channels through which the soul operates. There are, at least, forty-two avenues through which it can be made possible for the soul to transmit intelligence on as many different subjects. By properly developing these avenues you are, evolving a material mind.

The soul of the human being is limited in performing the work originally intended for it to do, by the dormant undeveloped avenues in the brain. This being true, we can see plainly why it is, that the soul itself, being unlimited, is limited in performing its work through the brain.

Knowledge is that which develops every avenue of the brain. Knowledge dispels the darkness from the peculiar work of every scientific law in the material universe. Knowledge is the key that will unlock every avenue of the brain and little by little we can see the light from the soul penetrating these avenues and imparting knowledge to those around us.

I look about me and see the footprints of those who have gone on before me, then I realize that I am only doing that which some one else has done, making it possible for me to do. It is a rare occurrence that we will find a person who will get up courage enough to make the effort to explore the unexplored fields of scientific research and give to the world some food for thought.

The primary source of knowledge is the thing itself of which we desire a knowledge, for instance, we analyze a stone, and by doing so we gain a knowledge of its composition. The stone is the only thing in the material universe that can impart to the human being that knowledge. This is true of every thing animate and inanimate, from the smallest to the greatest.

When we gain a knowledge of one stone, that does not give us a knowledge of all stones. Our knowledge is limited to that one stone, so we see by extending our knowledge, we are lessening our limitations.

If we do not know that a certain stone exists, it is no evidence that the stone does not exist but it is conclusive proof that we have no knowledge of its existence. Then by producing the stone, our doubt of its existence has been removed. Now we have a knowledge of its existence, yet we may be in total darkness as to its composition. An analysis of that stone will develop within us a perfect knowledge of the stone. Then we are not limited regarding that stone. In my process of reasoning I have not changed the stone in anyway, but I have added to my storehouse of knowledge, by the simple process of removing the darkness surrounding that stone. This is true of every other inanimate object.

The scientific law that governs a stone emanates from the same source that all scientific laws emanate, therefore, all scientific laws are related to each other. Each scientific law is limited to its peculiar line of work. The source from which all scientific laws emanate is unlimited. If it were possible to change a scientific law you would destroy the object governed by that law. If the law that governs a stone loose its power to govern, the stone would become dissolved. It would cease to be a stone and its properties would go to make up other objects.

It is beyond human power to change a scientific— law or to change in any way its method of government. You may. destroy the object governed by a scientific law and by so doing, defeat the purpose of the law but you cannot destroy or change the law in the least. The same is true of the scientific law that governs the human being.

We are living in the "Now," it is impossible for us to do otherwise. We can never live one minute of our past life over again, neither can we live one minute of the time in the future until the time arrives for us to do so.

Every human being is just as good as it is possible for him to be NOW. It would be impossible for him to be otherwise, because the soul makes no choice of the avenues of the brain through which it operates. The development of the avenues through which the soul operates are wholly dependent upon the one possessing the brain. If every avenue of the human brain were developed to its fullest capacity, then the soul would be able to perform anything known or unknown to the human being.

We are not limited because we were originally intended to be so but because we will not make the necessary effort to be otherwise. People in the past ages and even now, with few // exceptions are satisfied ;'to know the plain, simple things which can be learned from others and go through life with practically all of the avenues of their brains dormant. They are "dead, yet living". The avenues of their brains are locked up. They are like the room with a five hundred candle power light in it, with the doors locked and the shades all drawn. In the name of reason open the doors and raise the shades and let the soul penetrate the avenues of the brain and give light to the world around, as it was originally intended that it should do. We are limited because we will not be otherwise. Knowledge will unlock every avenue of the brain through which the unlimited operates. Then get knowledge, get understanding. An effort on your part will bring the desired result.

The soul or the real being within itself is unlimited but in its operation it is limited to the body in which it dwells. While it can and does operate independent of the body, in a sense, yet the body is its home, its dwelling place. All of the functions of the brain and body are under its direct control. Without it the body would dissolve and go back to its original state.

The soul emanated from the unlimited, and as like will produce like, the soul being related to the unlimited is limited only by the channels through which it operates. The material mind is susceptible to development by gaining a knowledge of things.

It was originally intended that the avenues of the brain were to be developed, otherwise, they would not be there, neither would we have the ability to develop them. All of the avenues of the brain that are developed are active and those receiving the greatest development are the most active and predominate our lives. By our continuaHhinking along a certain line we are increasing the possibilities of the material mind on that line of work.

No human being should be condemned for thinking, or for the kind of thoughts he thinks, we are not in the least responsible for so thinking. Our environments are responsible for the development of our brain. The brain being developed by certain environments make it impossible to think otherwise.

Thoughts are things. They have a real existence and when we entertain them, they become a part of us and we live them in our lives, regardless of whether they are good or evil.

Let every human being have what he has, think what he thinks, worship what he worships, until such time that you are in the position to give him something better than he has to take the place of that which he has. This too is accomplished by the evolution of mind. In this way we develop other avenues of the brain, which in time will change our thoughts and manner of living.

The question is often asked, "what is the soul and what part of the human being does it occupy?" To illustrate, we see a large factory operated by electricity with its machinery all in perfect running condition, when you turn the electric current on, all of the machinery begins to run. Each performs its work correctly, you cannot see the electric current that moves this immense amount of machinery.

This electric current is limited only by the machine through which it operates. The source from which it comes is unlimited. The peculiar construction of the dynamo gives to it the peculiar power to attract this current from the unlimited and conduct it through properly arranged channels to the place where it is applied to the machinery.

The soul fills the same place to the human being, that the electric current does to the factory. It occupies all space, yet it does not consume any. The source from which it emanated is unlimited but it is limited in the work it performs by the channels through which it operates.

If a man comes in contact with a live electric wire and the shock of the electric current proves fatal, you say it was the electric current that did it but if a man had hit him a blow with the same result you would say that it was the man that did it, when in fact both men came in contact with the instrument through which the current and the soul operates, towit : the wire and the man. You can remove the wire and the man, but you cannot destroy electricity and the soul.

By removing the current from the wire and the soul from the man, both would become absolutely^ harmless. The scientific laws that govern both emanate from the unlimited. If it were possible to suspend both laws, neither of them would exist.

The limited cannot control the unlimited, therefore it is useless to talk of changing the scientific laws that have for their origin and control the unlimited.

When the brain becomes active, the soul brings the entire physical being into action to accomplish the purpose evolved by that avenue, in other words, each avenue of the brain has at its command the co-operation of the entire being to execute what it plans to do.

Psychology is the primary source of every act performed by the human being. It has for its origin the soul, from which emanates every plan, thought, word, sentence and movement in the human being, and more than that, the intelligence that applies this power to the human being emanates from the soul.

How many times each day do you say, I do not know? Now, dear reader, if you will put on your thinking cap and go with me, I will see if I can open, to your entire satisfaction, the way to the unlimited. Did I hear you say, or do you think, that you are afraid we will never reach it? If so, as long as that fear is in your mind, just stay where you are. I want only those who have courage and hope to accompany me on this journey. I told you that I had bound fear and banished failure in undertaking this work, and so it MUST be.

There are two planes upon which we can live, the psychic and the physical. We cannot live wholly upon either plane. Our intellect prevents us from living exclusively upon the physical and the physical prevents us from living upon the psychic plane ; one or the other will predominate our lives.

The one in whose life the physical predominates, can only use the material things in his comparisons. Comparison is the only way by which any thing can be known. He becomes skeptical regarding the psychic side of life and of every thing of a psychic nature. The same is true of the one in whose life the psychic predominates. Everything is psychic to him, he loses sight of the physical side of life.

The one who is overdeveloped either way is unfortunate in being so, they cannot see the beauty and grandeur of the things so bountifully supplied for us. The one living upon both planes, who is equally developed physically and psychically can draw on the physical to clothe his psychic visions and on the psychic to give life and beauty to the physical. By so doing he is able to see and compare every object that exists if the avenues of the brain peculiar to that object are properly developed.

We should be very careful about our developments for therein lies the secret of success. When properly developed it w T ill lead us to a higher and purer plane of life, where success will crown our efforts.

Our intelligence is equal to the development of the brain. Knowledge is the road that leads to the unlimited. As we increase our knowledge, we are increasing the development of the brain. Which gives our intelligence a greater range of action, both upon the psychic and physical plane.

Knowledge is the proper understanding of the structure and development of every thing animate and inanimate. Intelligence transmits this knowledge through the avenues of the brain, which have been developed and prepared for action by the process of gaining this knowledge. This we call human intelligence, because it is limited in its action to the avenues in the brain.

The brain is the basis of operation for everything known in the material universe. There is not an instrument of any kind that can be operated without a physical basis nor is there in existence today an instrument that did not have its origin in the brain of man.

It is not possible for an instrument to be perfected in the absence of brain. Then the brain being material and the center from which all instruments and inventions emanated it would be impossible to evolve within the brain an instrument that did not require a physical basis for operation. Every mental science that is possible is dependent upon the brain for its basis of operation.

The human brain is the most wonderful instrument in the material universe, without it, it would be impossible to attract the life force from the atmosphere and conduct it to all of the tissues of the body.

It is not possible for a thought to be evolved and come into existence without the avenues in the brain being developed, neither can the mind evolve to a point of intelligence without the use of the brain and in the absence of the brain life could not be applied to the body of man. Then the center and final consummation of everything by man is the brain.

Some people have thought when they wished to accomplish a certain thing, that it ;was only necessary to call the All-Wise ; Creator's attention to their desire and He would bring about the^ results. There is no one who has accomplished a thing, it matters not how great that thing might have been, but that there was in the brain of that person the power to do so. The human brain has that power inherent in it.

The greater the development of the brain, the greater the power to accomplish a thing. If every avenue of the brain was developed that would make man absolutely unlimited from every standpoint.