Thought-Force in Business and Everyday Life

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Character Building By Mental Control.... The Art of Concentering...... io oewes eee The Practice of Concentering ......... Valedictory ....-+..ee. occ rccccecescencs PAGE 9 95 SALUTATORY. 9 SALUTATORY. Views of other writers—Erroneous theories—Vegetarianism—Celibacy— Vital fluid—Deep Breathing—Real progress made by investiga- tion, not by theories—Existence of personal magnetism unques- tioned—A self-evident truth—Results, not theories—No pet theories advanced—Accept nothing that you cannot demonstrate.

“Theories are but mighty soap-bubbles, with which the grown-up children of science amuse themselves.” The majority of writers upon this subject have devoted nearly all their efforts, as well as their space, to proving, first, that Per- sonal Magnetism really existed ; and, secondly, that the phenomenon was best accounted for by some pet theory of their own.

Some attribute the power of influencing men to the use of a vegetarian diet, notwithstanding the fact that some of the most “magnetic” in- dividuals “make graveyards of their stomachs.” Others insist that in celibacy and abstinence from sexual intercourse may be found the secret, notwithstanding the fact that the majority of “magnetic” individuals .do not differ in this respect from their less magnetic brothers.

Others hold that the “magnetic” force abounds in the air around us, and that, therefore, deep breathing will enable us to absorb great quantities of the vital fluid, charging ourselves with the force in the manner of the storage battery.

And so on, each with his little pet theory. Now, I have no fault to find with the systems above mentioned. Although not a strict vegetarian, I sympathize with those of that belief; although not leading a life of celibacy, I see much good in the doctrine of continence, and there can be no two opinions as to the merits of chastity ; whilst not accepting the theory of the absorp- tion of “magnetic force” from the earth’s atmosphere, I am a firm advocate of, and believer in, “deep breathing,” and believe that if 10 PERSONAL MAGNETISM. the same was universally practiced much sickness and physical weakness would disappear from the earth.