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Science of M ind MAT, 1917KM. 40, m. S EditorialM I N D A T W O R K

One of the greatest geniuses the worldhas ever known was bom in Italy in 14)2

Leonardo da Vinci.The recent discovery in a Spanish

library of a presumed lost volume of hiswork has focused attention again on hisremarkable abilities.

His mind touched on and mastered

most of the knowledge of his day. Fired by intellectual curiosity and an insatiabledesire to create, he not only absorbedknowledge, but brought into tangibleform creations of all kinds. They stillcause the viewer to pause in awe andwonder.

Perhaps in the study of great men ofthis stature, there are lessons to be learned. Those who have evidenced the tremendous resources within the mind giveinspiration and challenge for today'syouth to seek the greater potential within themselves.

- W . H. K

IN THIS ISSUE

You are more of a computerthan you think you are. P. 1

How to have a wonderful day.P. 5

* What are you hunting for?P. 8

* Ideas that imprison you. P. 9

* The power greater than a prescription. P. 12

* A productive life. P. 21

* The secret of dollars and sense.P 29

* O n you say something nice?P. ii

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Ernest Holmes writes on "The Action of Prayer." He emphasizes thefact that it is a definite and specific movement of thought.

In "Science, Art, and Religion" the author points out that while thesethree areas of thinking are separate approaches to interpreting life, theyalso have a unitary foundation.

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Science of M indA PRACTICAL GUIDE TO FUL LER , RICHER LIVINGV O L U M E 40, No. 5 ft ft M A Y 1967

We all have a built-in guidance system, hut do we know how to use it?

T H E G U I D E W I T H I N

Noel Gardner

BUILT INTO you there is a servomechanism

similar to an electronic computer, or theautomatic guidance system of a modern missile.It strives to reach whatever goal you assign it,

provided you sincerely desire to reach the goaland believe it to be attainable to you. It cannot be deluded; for it is motivated by strongdesire and held on course by unwavering faith. With these directives in force, nothing canstand in your way. A l l opposition will crumble, for you thenhave the quality of faith thatmoves mountains.

Once yDu have "fed" the proper data (goal, desire, faith)into it, leave it alone and let itwork. Any conscious effort toforce it will only hinder it. Leftalone, it wil l lead your consciousm i n d spon taneous ly to the

sources of whatever knowledgeand skills you wil l need to fulfill your mission. It has workedfor successful men the worldover, and it wil l work for you.

Here is the authentic story ofa writer whose name I agreednot to use:

"I never finished high school,"he told me. "When I was seventeen my mind seemed to stopdeveloping. Until then, I had

been an average student; but

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gradually I became unable tocomprehend what I read, or tograsp and organize the material

presented in lectures. In short, Isimply couldn't learn adequatelyso I dropped out of school.

"During the next twenty-threeyears of my life I scarcely advanced educationally. Oh, Ilearned a semiskilled occupationthrough the endless repetition ofon-the-job training. I becameable to provide, though poorly,for my family of six. But I nevermatured. At forty I was still achild."

Silently he reflected for amoment, "Then something won

derful happened," he said. "Quite by accident, Napoleon Hill's book Think and Grow Richcame into my possession. I readit eagerly. I was so impressed andso inspired that I read it againand again. He wrote about the power of the subconscious mind,

about autosuggestion, faith, and'burning' desire. But above a ll, Iwas impressed with his conceptof infinite Intelligence God and how through our mind weare able to draw on this unlimited supply of knowledge.

"I believed what I read. Andeach time I read the book my belief grew stronger and my understanding expanded. My life

began to change. At first my

progress was slow because I hadsuch a narrow base to build on;

but as the base steadily broaden

ed, so did my gains. Within afew short fascinating years I became a successful businessman.Riches came in showers. Byriches I mean the good things oflife not al l money, althoughthat was included.

"Within another two years Ihad become a successful writer a skill that I knew nothing aboutuntil then. Moreover, I studiedeverything, finding that my ca pacity for learning was greaterthan ever before. I'm forty-eightnow, and that capacity is still

growing. As Emerson said,'When the student is ready theteacher will appear.' At least,that's the way it's been with me;I seem to be unconsciously led tothe right sources at the righttime.

"And what's more, since Iaccepted this great truth, believed it, and used it, my desireshave all been realized withoutany conscious effort to guidemyself through the details. Ikeep my conscious thoughts onthe goals I wish to reach, withfull faith that I will reach them,and let myself be led to them.It's almost incredible."

I know this man personally;his story is true. This thing

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works for him, and it wi l l workfor you. In reality, your goal-striver is working all the time

whether you know it or not working for or against you according to the directions you giveit. Unfortunately, you often initiate action detrimental to yourwell-being. But you can use itco ns tr uc ti ve ly by cultivatinghealthy desires.

Many would-be leaders of menhave succumbed to its wronguse; for the great Law of Minddoesn't evaluate, It only achieves.If through hate or resentmentyou desire to inflict harm onothers, this machinelike aspectof your being is automaticallyswitched on in that direction,

bringing your aims to fruition inyour own experience.

Having this tremendous poweris an awesome responsibility.Therefore, if you would receivethe good you desire, constantly

guard your thoughts; use your belief in good with conviction."Doubt" is belief in the negative,and can counteract the positivetendency you have set in motion. So, bar the door againstdoubt by unwavering faith!

Could it be stated more simplythan in the words of the greatTeacher: "According to yourfaith be it unto you"? For centuries few knew what Jesus was

talking about. Denying credit forhis miraculous works, he said:" . . . What things soever ye

desire, when ye pray, believethat ye receive them, and yeshall have them."

Perhaps you feel that you don'tdeserve to be happy or to havethe better things in life; or youmay often punish yourself because you feel guilty or unworthy. Of course, if that's whatyou desire, that's what you'll get.Such feelings direct your servo-mechanism to produce unhappi-ness, lack, illness, and so on. Butwhy not start cultivating the

better things of life? You can, bydirecting your thought to themand keeping it there.

Governments use this principlein the form of propaganda to induce the public to accept their policies; advertisers use it to getyou to buy their products; andyou use it constantly on yourself

without knowing it. You arewhat you are today because ofwhat you have led yourself to

believe you are. In this way youhave established your self-image good or bad. If you want tochange your image of yourself,you will change yourself. If youare not doing so now, why notcultivate an ideal image of yourself?

Remember, God created you

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in His image. You are Divineright now! In God you live andmove and have your being. You

have the potential to inherit allof His kingdom. God gave it toyou then set you free to discover it yourself. Now you knowthe principle of entering into thegood you desire, use it!

Today, as always, you havefree wil l and determinism. Thetwo coexist for they are bothtrue: free wil l to choose yourgoals, and determinism to guideyou to their realization.

I often hear the question,"How long does it take towork?" That, of course, depends

on the strength of your desire, thedegree of your faith in reachingyour goal, and the capacity you

have to receive it. Y ou can't poura quart of milk into a pint bottle. Neither can you write a prize-

w i n n i n g no vel wi th ou t thespecialized knowledge essentialto that achievement.

But whatever your goal may be, if you are sincere in yourdesire and determinism, yourservomechanism wil l guide youthrough the process of acquiringthe necessary skill and knowledge to accomplish your task.The time element is always commensurate with your effort andability. However, one thing iscertain: the sooner you start, thesooner you will reach your goal.

There's no time like now, andno place but right where youare!

RECEIVING

Praise be to my Father

Which is within me! He gives me all Good!

The more I conceive

The more I receive.For my Father is generous

To such a degree.

The more Good I can see.

The more I receive.

Tomi Lee Herod

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Do you control your days, or do lliev control you?

WhatADay! \ \ / Keith B. Wood , w

Hi 'THIS DAY was different right from the beginning.I knew it; I felt it. Right after waking up I wascertain that it would be a good day. Then after mydaily devotional reading I relaxed, and had that

wondrous feeling of knowing that God was withme and was showing me the way to peace andcontentment.

It was then that I decided to try His way for onewhole daytoday! As the tremendous potential ofit raced through my mind, I thought of the usualirksome, fearful, and upsetting situations that took

place every day. But I vowed that this day would be different; that if something went wrong, or notto my liking, I would bless it and look for thegood in it. I have a series of prayers I use from timeto time, and I decided that I would go through these

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one by one as I came up againsttrying situations.

As I walked downstairs for

breakfast there was a song in myheart and I thanked the GreatPresence for my fine wife, andfive wonderful children, and mymany blessings. We had a reasonably good income, and a fairlygood homenot yet paid for ofcourseand a four-year-old station wagon.

My first challenge came whenmy wife started complainingabout the leaky faucets, andasked why I hadn't hooked upthe new sink hose. Normally, Iwould have countered with rea

sons why I hadn't gotten aroundto fixing these, followed by a stiffright to her ego and a jab at hernot-always-so-good housekeeping. Instead, I silently blessed herand commented on how well shelooked. Then I said the first ofmy prayers, The Lord's Prayer, tomyself. Presto, she didn't sayanother word and I wasn't irritated. We had our breakfast in

peace and tranquillity, such aswe have seldom experienced.

As I drove to the office, theusual exasperations developed on

the five-mile drive from ourhome into town. Each time something occurred, like a car backing into the street without stop

ping, I would bless the driver

and say my next prayer, whichgoes like this: "God is our helpin every need. God does our

every hunger feed. God dwellswithin us, guides our way everymoment night and day." I don'tknow how the other drivers felt, but I do know how I felt andthat was relaxed and calm. Iwasn't bristling up and down my

back as usual. By the time Ireached the office I had beenthrough two more prayers andthe 23rd Psalm. But I felt like amillion and I fairly glided to mydesk. What a way to start a day!

After the usual morning routine of reading correspondence,

dictating letters and memos andmaking appointments, I had areal challenge to face a ratherimportant meeting for the com

pany. Usually, I would be fearfuland uncertain at one of thesemeetings; dreading the outcomeif anything should go wrong.

"Today will be different," Isaid to myself as I prepared mynotes for the meeting. Then Isaid a prayer along these lines:"Heavenly Father, Your Lightsurrounds us, Your Love enfoldsus, Your Power protects us, YourPresence watches over us. YourSubstance fulfills us; whereverwe are, You are." These weretremendous ideas; and best of all,I knew that they were true. I

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FOR WHAT ARE YOUREACHING?

YEARS AGO I clipped from a magazine and pasted into my scrapbooktwo illustrations of hands reachingupward.

T H E FIRST ILLUSTRATION shows

hands reaching upward in an effortto grasp money, fame, and power.T H E SECOND ILLUSTRATION shows

hands reaching upward to grasp love,intelligence, courage, and faith.

IT SEEMS TO ME that the peoplerepresented by the first group of

hands have put the cart before the horse. They are reaching for a milliondollars, a Cadillac, a beautiful new home before they have earned them.They are reaching for the reward before they have paid the price in personaldevelopment and service to others.

T H E PEOPLE REPRESENTED by the second group of hands are reaching forthe qualities that make for successful and effective living. These qualitiesare not beyond their reach. They can begin immediately to build them intotheir lives, and as they proceed to do so they will grow and move closer totheir goals.

As A MAN becomes a better man, magnetic forces within him go to workto attract the good to him. Happiness and success should not be reachedfor directly, for you'll find them beyond your reach. But reach for thequalities of character and personality that result in personal growth and lo!success and happiness will come to you.

JESUS STATED this powerful spiritual principle when he said: "But seekye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these thingsshall be added unto you."

STOP THINKING about material rewards. Stop reaching for things.

Reach instead for those qualities of the mind, heart, and spirit which willexpand your life.Do THIS, and you may not become a millionaire, but you are certain to

attain a sense of peace, happiness, and fulfillment that is beyond materialriches.

T h e

I C r e a t i v e

A d v e n t u r e

Wilford A . Peterson Author of

The Art of Living Books

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FREE YOURSELF

To refuse to forgive others punishes not them but ourselves.Others may not know if we feel

bitter about them, but our physical - mental - spiritual condition shows it. Ulcers develop, wesuffer insomnia, or our digestivetract becomes upset. How manytimes do we attribute indigestionor an upset stomach to what weeat; when often it is due to what

we think, how we feel, or whatwe say?

Jimmy Durante learned fromhis first wife, Jeanne, the needto forgive people. "Jeanne knewhow weak-minded people got,"Jimmy recalls. "Watching her

heart work, I learned what forgiveness is. One day she entrusted an acquaintance with aslight loan. When it was time toreturn it, the money wasn't there.The man told her that he wassorry, and added why he didn'thave it. Jeanne never asked for

it again." 'I feel resentment when I

ask and he refuses,' she said.'I don't want to feel resentment,so I'll never ask him any more.'

"I never want to feel resentment either, so if anyone owesme anything I never ask," Jimmyadds.

In the Gospels of Mark and

Luke we find an addition toJesus' instruction following"shake off the dust of your feet"

that is not found in Matthew'saccount. The added phrase is:"for a testimony against them."We may wonder about thesewords. Why, if we should, forgive and forget what people havedone to us, should we shake offthe dust of our feet "as a testimony against them"?

We may not know Jesus' motive for certain, but he may havemeant that we are not to condone what they did! We canoverlook, make allowances, forgive, and forget, but we can still

be realistic. W e need not be soirrational as to deny that we have been hurt or taken advantage of.By shaking off the dust of ourfeet as a testimony against persons who have harmed us, werecognize the wrong, but we donot allow it to defeat us.

We can in a sense imitate theoyster, which takes a bit offoreign matter that got inside itsshell and makes a gem of it, athing of beauty. When we resolve not to be defeated byhatred and hostility but to reactcreatively, the result can be agem of personal character.

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Joost A. Af. Meerloo, M.D.

The famed psychiatrist. Joost A. M.Meerloo. M.D.. advances some veryinteresting ideas on illness and its cure.Why some people get well when itseems they won't, and why others donot when they should are some of thesubjects he touches on. He is theauthor of numerous books and a frequent contributor to medical journals.

TH E AGE-OLD question of why people become sick and what

their sickness means to them hasno single answer, particularlywhen the problem is one ofmental illness. We now knowthat it is too simple to statemerely that bad germs or punishing gods interfere with our lives.

We have gradually learned toview disease not only as a conglomeration of bad signs andsymptoms but as an expressionof life that tells us somethingabout the eternal struggle offorces in the universe and thatwarns us of crisis and death. Thismore critical attitude is especiallyreflected in the modern interpretation of mental disease and the problem of what emotional andmental disturbances mean toman.

We can often simplify ourmethod of approach by askingourselves not what disease is andwhat causes it but by posing thequestion in a paradoxical way:How and why does man get

There is something in life whichis stronger and more spontaneousthan all the doctor's prescriptions,and unwittingly we all gamble onthese Divine forces. "The physiciandresses the wounds while Godheals."

Joost A . M . Meerloo

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better? How and why does heattain a state of living that satisfies him again?

Why and how do people recover from neurotic or mentalillnesses?

The greater our lack of verifiable facts, the greater the avalanche of biased literature regarding the ways psychotherapy andmental healing work. Studying it

all, one finds it very difficult indeed to discover wherein lies thequintessence of healing and cure.This is not so strange. Even inthe somatic branch of medicine,one cannot be completely sureabout the basic curative principles in different forms of

physio- and chemotherapy. A lthough the pure somaticists arefairly well agreed as to the clinical usefulness of special drugs,e.g., antibiotics, there is muchdifference of opinion in the fieldof theoretical explanation. Manyof these drugs do not have merely a sterilizing action, i.e., onlykilling the bad germs, but somehow also seem to stimulate thegeneral defensive and regenera

tive action of the organism.W h e n e v e r p sy ch o lo g ica l

methods enter the picture, withtheir increased dependence onwords and their semantic meaning, basic theoretical conceptsvary in accordance with the moreor less conscious philosophy ofthe scholar. As a result, the danger of both verbal and theoreticalconfusion increases. The adherents to rigid, orthodox schools of psychotherapy use various wordsand terms in different ways. This

plethora of confusing terminology, however, does not implythat there are not sufficient workable and practical clinical concepts to lead the eager student

safely through the labyrinth ofdiverse viewpoints and terms.The danger is that many acolytesare nursed into an increasingdependency on rigid theoreticalconcepts. Much of our theory ismore dependent on the enthusiastic acclaim of our audience

This article is from the book Illnessanil Cure by Joost A. M. Meerloo.M.D.. published and ' 1964 by Grunc& Stratton. Inc.. New York, and usedwith permission.

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and patients than on verifiablefacts.

I agree with lago Galdston

one of the former secretaries ofthe Academy of Medicine in

New Yorkthat every physicianand medical philosopher throughthe ages, has, perforce, based hiswork on some theoretical concept or hidden inner myth as tothe cause of disease and hasmade unobtrusive use of sometheory on the dynamics of cure,

both related to the prevailingnatural philosophy of his time.In our time, with its neglect of philosophy of method andknowledge in medicine, partly

stimulated by the triumphantexpansion of therapeutic possi bilities and attendant medicaments, many a therapist cherishes his own private concept ofwhat is going on in the recuperating patient. There is no usediscussing this with him because,

in our phase of medicine and psychiatry, we too often can justify our faulty concepts byreferring to our private experience that beclouded word in philosophy.

I want to limit my survey tothe fundamental problems and principles related to the processof healing and cure in the psychological treatment of patients.However, an understanding of

these curative principles is im possible without acknowledgment of the concepts of spon

taneous cure, pseudocure, andaftercure.

One of the most neglectedchapters in medicine is that ofspontaneous cure and recovery.The fact that a physician's interference is not always needed,hurts our narcissistic feelings andthe medical profession finds theidea of spontaneous recovery difficult to swallow. I am frequently criticized after lectures onemergency psychotherapy inwhich I have mentioned thatsometimes psychotherapeutic in

tervention is unnecessary. Yet,theoretically speaking, the lawsunder which spontaneous recovery takes place should belongto the most important branch ofmedicine. Well-studied instancesof spontaneous recovery have

been reported even in cancer.

This, of course, does not meanthat in cases of cancer we cantake chances on such spontaneous recovery. Statistically, thechance of malignant development without medical interference is much greater, and mostof the favorable factors involvedare as yet unknown to us. Butwe do know that self-regulating(homeostatic) mechanisms in theorganism can be restored spon-

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catharsis caused by manifold conscious or unconscious humancontacts. Alas, in a world where

deeper human contact and conversation are disappearing, peo ple find less opportunity for thisfree, unconscious exchange offeelings. As a result, they haveto go to the therapist and buyhis time.

A patient of mine who hadnever experienced any affectionin her life, neither from her parents nor from her relatives, andwho expressed this deprivationthrough withdrawn, sarcastic behavior, improved in her treatment only after she met a loving

and understanding young manwho was willing to breakthrough her character defensesand recognize her as the starvedand craving young child sheactually was.

Apart from the treatmentwhich had made this girl moreresponsive and understandingand less defensive toward encounters with men, there usuallyexist incidental good fortunes tohelp people in their personalcrises. Unfortunately, however,not every young lover is so

patient and understanding. T odeclare one's love is usually asking for love.

New relationships with different people may lead to cathar

sis and resolution of frustrations, just as moving to a differentcountry with new customs may.

But the opposite is also true:inner conservatism and homesickness may be too strong.

My point is that the study ofthe positive social healing andcathartic influences is just as im

portant for medicine and psychiatry as the study of social

frustrations. The more anxietythere is among people, the morecharlatans thrive on the fear inthe world. After World War II,France was flooded with morelay healers than physicians.

In several types of neurosis

and psychosis we occasionallywitness unexpected spontaneousremission and even cure, theorigin of which we do not know.That it occurs in cases of manic-depressive psychosis, especially ata later age, is well known. It is

partly due to a late maturation

of character defenses and agradual inner conquering of theresentments about early deprivation in life. More mysterious,however, are sudden spontaneous cures in long-lasting casesof catatonia a form of schizo phrenic psychosis. It is as if the patients suddenly find that theyhave had enough of their psychotic retreat from the world andgo back to reality. In one of

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Jeep and renewed contact withunconscious drives, without, however, a conscious awareness of it.

The same occurs in individualhypnosis. In some people suchmass regression may lead to renewed regeneration of functions;in others, to greater dependencyand submissiveness to those whoinduce the collective emotion. Ini l l participants, the mass ritualreleases repressed desires anddrives, usually denied in dailylife but now symbolically actedout by proxy in convulsive ecstasy. People leave the revival released from inner tensions.

Within psychotherapeut ic

treatment, a touching dramatization or interpretation (inwhich an actual occurrence is related to something from the far

past) may lead to the same sudden reaction.

What some therapists do technically with therapeutic electro-shock cures can be related to thissame provocation of a rather unknown crisis mechanism; at leastwe know from the consequent

psychoanalysis of patients sub jected to electroshock therapythat this experience started a newregister of inner evolvement forthem. Like the old mystics, theyexperienced their "horror" as a"dying and a new beginning."

Acute bodily disease can often

start favorable spontaneous psychic changes. Sometimes thesesymptoms of improvement re

main; sometimes the patients fall back into their neurosis or psychosis as soon as the ailment isover. Every acute diseasein thelives of mentally healthy personsas well as sick onescan arousein the patient a host of new insights, though he is not alwayswilling to use this new wisdom.Every crisis may be a condensedform of new learning and innerclarification.

During the last few years,more scientific attention has

been given to the alternation of

certain bodily diseases, for instance, colitis or stomach ulcer,with psychotic or neurotic manifestations. The body can be asubtle barometer of emotionalturmoil, and what we call"disease" is often the manifestation of a sensitive alarm system.

The physical disease may be adefense against psychic inner evilthat is hidden and repressed;the mental disturbance mayserve as an adjustment to physical calamities. Either of these processes may take place alternately, and both can be dealtwith therapeutically.

An awareness of spontaneouscure is all the more importantsince the exploration of involved

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dynamic understanding has begun to overshadow our knowledge of diagnosis and prognosis.A student may be too easilygratified by his greater understanding of underlying processes.In the past few years I have overheard several discussions aboutlong-lasting psychodynamic treatment of so-called "borderlinecases," a form of neuropsychosis

and behavior disturbance. Bleu-ler, one of our greatest psychiatric diagnosticians, would havedescribed this type of disturbanceas a psychotic exacerbation of a

psychopathic "anlage," or, in lesssophisticated terms, a temporary

increase of a very early, conditioned behavior disturbance, forwhich the prognosis of spontaneous recovery from the acuteoutburst nearly always is good.That means that even withouttreatment and emotional andintellectual rumination, a just-as-good spontaneous result couldhave been obtained. In one ofthese cases under my therapeutic

supervision, the trauma of givingup treatment of the patient wasalmost greater to the therapistthan the trauma of having had awrong insight about the patient's psychodynamics.

(To be concluded)

W H AT( Continued

had. Why can't every day belike this one? Then I realizedthat every day could. I had onlyto keep the spiritual channel

open for God to reach me withHis Good, and not block It withmy fears, frustrations, doubts,and pessimism. I did it for onewhole day, and I could do itagain and again. Just one day,one hour, one moment at a

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time; loving and blessing eachindividual and situation thatcame along, and being alert forGod's guidance.

Different was the day when Iactually believed: "There is OnePresence and Power in the universe and in our lives; the Presence and Power and Love ofGod." It made all the differencein my life.

Have You Written That Letter?Have we heard from you lately? We like to hear from our readers often, forit is only through your letters that we are able to give you more of what youwant to read. Won't you drop us a note today ?THE EDITOR

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JOHN PITTS. Ph.D.

P I I I L O S O P I 1 I C A L L Y S P L A K I J N C .(UnnetMlf ol London)Philosopher and PsychologistHas taught M B ' i ! ' Si a ndA-rie ff j n rc i ** Kt-s and 'St i e author ot SPYCMI books

THE D O MIN IO N OF D I N

There are some sounds we can hear only when strident noises arc hushed.They are the voices which come to us in the silence. Unfortunately, weusually miss them, for the element of quietness is one of the features mostconspicuously absent from our modern life. A writer on contemporary musicsays that we are living under "the dominion of din." That seems to betrue of life in general as well as of music.

Here are two illustrations of this fact.At the beginning of winter thousands of birds cross from north to south

on their way to sunnier climes. They fly high over our cities, but theycannot be heard above the roar of the traffic; nor can they be seen by thosewhose attention is fixed on mundane affairs. Yet, when the noise of citystreets dies down at night, the cries of migrating birds can be heard highoverhead.

Beneath the ancient Hebrew city of Shechem there run perennial streamsof water. During the hours of the day the tourist listens in vain for thesound of these hidden waters. But when night falls, and the bazaars areclosed, the music of the buried streams can be clearly heard.

There are voices in life like the strange cries of migrating birds and

the distant sound of running waters. But we never hear them save onlywhen other noises are hushed. And indeed we are so much in love with"the dominion of din" that we seem not to want to heed those voices ofgentle stillness that speak of the things that matter most.

Modern man suffers from the loss of solitude. He hates to be by himself lest he be lonely. He does not realize that true solitude is not identicalwith loneliness. Loneliness hurts, but solitude heals. To be "alone with theAlone" is an enriching experience. It is to escape the din by entering into

mystic communion with the eternal Spirit from whence everything proceeds.As Walter Savage Landor put it: " A solitude is the audience-chamberof God." And St. Theresa advised: "Consider what St. Augustine saidthat he sought God within himself. Settle yourself in solitude, and you willcome upon Him in yourself."

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Daily in our thoughts we write the storyof what our life will be tomorrow

SCRIPT FOR LIVING:^ 5 V T H E SI DNEY SH EL DO NS ' STORY

" P H R O U G H T H E timeless mir-X rored vision of Dr. ErnestHolmes, Founder of Religious

Science, diverge many lustrousfacets of life. Those who knewand loved him continue to findin his teachings a greater wealthof living. He was keenly awarethat man's spiritual responsi

bilities include living a worthwhile life.

This story of Dr. ErnestHolmes' influence is a love story

one of the happy kind so dearto the great man's heart. It isalso the true success story of twogifted people of the make-believeworld of entertainment. Its

principles are Northwestern University's Sidney Sheldon, now thefamous Oscar-winning writer-

Helen Munger

producer; and his beautiful wife,

Jorja Curtright, the Texas girlwho found her Prince Charmingin Hollywood. Centering theirlove is their eleven-year-olddaughter Mary, who personalizesin their "Script for Living" themeaningfulness of Mother's Day.

Sidney Sheldon, born in Chicago in 1917, was a teen-ager ofthe great depression. His biographical notes are an impressivetestimonial of what can be donewith love and faith in God.

Getting to the Sheldons fortheir story took almost two years.First, they had to go to New Yorkwhere Sidney was kept busy creating the very successful Patty DukeShow for television. Then theywere off to London and Rome

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for a time, still involved in thisseries. But they were never too busy to take hours in studying

and restudying Dr. Holmes' text book. Often they phoned back totheir Religious Science practitioner and teacher Patsy Turn- bull, and their friends in thePrayer Service of their ownChurch of Religious Science ofBeverly Hills, for treatment as

problems developed with thisshow. The Sheldons believe thisshow was a real demonstrationof effective prayer as taught byErnest Holmes.

"I'm honored that your editorhas chosen our story for the

magazine," was Sidney Sheldon'swarm greeting when I finallyreached his office on ScreenGems' impregnable busy lot. He put aside his current script for his NB C T V series / Dream of Jeannie to contribute his part ofhis greatest script for living his own love story, and the roleof Ernest Holmes.

"I must have been a ReligiousScientist in my thinking for along time," he related. "But itwas through my wife and ourmarriage that I seriously becameinterested in Dr . Holmes. Mywife is professionally known asJorja Curtright. She is a very beautiful, wonderful person. Th isis her picture." He handed me,

with evident pride, the one photograph prominent on his desk."And we are so blessed in God'sgift to us, our own talenteddaughter Mary, who is noweleven. We have the career success both Jorja and I dreamed ofas children, and a beautifulhome, health, happiness thereal things of life because wehave God as our partner. I ' l l letJorja tell you her own storywhen you visit with her andMary at our home."

Sitting down at a round conference table he reminisced. "Mywonderful mother always encouraged my dreams. She still

lives in Chicago. Like many peo ple of my childhood, we had tostruggle to make our place inlife. M y family had been of theRussian Orthodox Jewish faith,

but somehow my mother became acquainted with a littleUnity magazine for children,Wee Wisdom. She used some ofher precious household penniesto subscribe to it for me. I wasthen about ten and inclined todreaming and writing poetry.

"I began to build on mydreams, and to grow up. But itwas a struggle, for I was alwayssearching for God. I rememberwhen I was about fourteen, Ishook my fist at the sky one dayand said, 'God, I have to know if

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you are real. If you are, give mea sign.' Suddenly the clouds separated and a great kind face seem

ed to form in the sky above me.The answer frightened me sothat I turned and ran all the wayhome from Lake Michigan. Butit was a symbol that prodded meon in my search. I studied many

phases of metaphysics, and Imust have put some of the ideasin action.

"I attended many schools;wherever my father's job tookour family. Mother kept me believing and praying in thosedays. I managed to get a scholarship at Northwestern University.

I worked part-time as a checkroom attendant, but made thevarsity debate team when afreshman. When the depressioncame I had to leave school tohelp at home. I worked as factory hand, radio announcer, andsongwriter. At the age of seven

teen I had the opportunity todrive a car to Hollywood. Mymother agreed that I could go,

but I had to promise that if Icouldn't get a job at the end oftwo weeks, I would return home.

"Imagine launching a careerhere with only the few dollarsmy mother and I could scrape up

between us. Right off I went toParamount Studios. The gate-man asked what I wanted. I told

him that I wanted a job as awriter. He just laughed, and toldme to beat it. Of Mice and Men

was a favorite book with methen. I conceived the idea ofwriting a story treatment on thisand mailed it to the story department of every studio. I musthave done a good job for I received encouraging answers fromall of them. And before mymother's deadline, M G M calledme in for a job as reader.

"I was so happy and so grateful to Go d. I would go to thestudio around six in the morningand work t i l l late at night,thrilled to be alive and in the

work I knew was for me. I soldsome original stories and madewhat seemed to me fabulousmoney.

"Then World War II tookme away for a time and I servedin the Air Force as a pilot. Upondischarge, I collaborated on four

Broadway shows: The MerryWidow, Jackpot, Dream With

Music, and lastly Alice in Armsstarring Kirk Douglas. Returning to Hollywood, I wrote anoriginal story and sold it to DoreSenary who wrote the screen

play. It was called The Bachelorand the Bobby Soxer and starredGary Grant, Myrna Loy, andShirley Temple. It won me anAcademy Award and a contract

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at M G M as a producer-writer-director. I collaborated on thescreenplay of Easter Parade,

which won me the ScreenWriters Guild Award for theBest Musical of the year.

"But I still had not met thegirl I knew must be somewherefor me. Then one day in theM G M commissary I saw themost beautiful auburn-haired girllunching with ZsaZsa Gabor. Iwent over and asked ZsaZsa tointroduce me to Jorja. She wasin Hollywood trying to make hercareer in pictures, and I asked

both of them to come to myoffice for a talk. I knew right then

that I was in love and I recalltelling Jorja in Zsa Zsa's presence, "You don't know it, but youare going to be very importantin my life.' She was. Six monthslater we started our happymarriage.

"Although I had been literallysaturated with material gains, Ihad found them lacking. So itwas wonderful to find that Jorjaloved me as I loved her.

"It was after our marriage thatI had a flare-up over some minorcontract matter and cut loosefrom M G M . Where before therehad always been clear sailing,suddenly I found myself withexpensive living and a very limited income. Writing assignments

were at a premium, but I hadmy play Roman Candle whichwe took to Broadway. This

proved a costly venture, for evidently at that time ESP was stillsuspect. My show closed in acouple of weeks. However, sincethen it has become popular withcommunity theater groups. Someday I fully intend to produce itas a motion picture.

"Jorja and I were so happywhen Mary was born. But lifedoesn't always move accordingto the script men concoct. New

problems seemed to suddenlymove in. In an effort to solvethem, we took class instruction

together in Science of Mind andspent hours and hours in studying the textbook.

"But we didn't get back onour feet, financially, for a coupleof years. My wonderful wifehelped me in every way. Shewould listen to my story ideas

and encourage me. We also hadold friends in show business suchas the Lloyd Nolans and the JackSmiths, as well as new friendswe met at our church. Whenthings were really bad, I recallfinally getting a troublesomewriting assignment concludedand sold for a big star. When Icame home and told Jorja thatthe story was sold and I had acheck coming for $75,000, her

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tered the 'valley of the shadows.When that baby girl was born,the looks on the faces of my

doctor and my nurse and my hus band told me something wasvery wrong. Like many other unfortunate cases, the fleeting i l l -ness of German measles had affected our child. I could not beconsoled. During the time I wasin the hospital, however, writerIvy Wilson came to comfort meand Patsy Turnbull was calledin as my practitioner. They wereall so loving. The child could notcome home with me, but had to

be cared for in an institution."Sidney and I earnestly started

in then to learn more about Religious Science. W e attendedchurch and would spend hourstogether and with our devotedfriends. Mary was small at thetime and we shielded her, butthe pain in my heart and thefeeling of being lost continued.Somehow, I could not reconcilemyself to God for having let a

baby come into the world likethis little one. I loved it terribly,and prayed with Sidney for un

derstanding and strength fromGod who then seemed so faraway.

"The healing of my grief camesuddenly. I was driving alongSunset Boulevard from PatsyTurnbull's office. I began to re joice that this baby had beengiven to me and Sidney for whatnow seemed the purpose of drawing us into a renewed faith inlife and in God. My heart seemed to lift and the pain was released. It was not too much of asurprise when the next daySidney and I were told that ourlittle one had just left this ex

perience of life. She served her

mission in the brief two and ahalf months of her life and wenton, as Dr . Holmes so often ex plained, into another unfoldment.

"Someday," she concluded,"Sidney and I wi l l have Mary'schildren to love. They too willhave this wonderful understanding of love and of life's unfoldment, which Dr. Holmes taughtus to use in meeting and transcending our problems."

The best definition of wealththe only true definition, I thinkis the possession of whatever gives us happiness, contentment, or asense of one's significance in the scheme of things.

Ernest W. Watson

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A Scientist'sViewpoint

GEORGE E. DAVIS, Ph.D.-flesearc/? scientist in physics and biophysics.25 years in university teaching and government laboratories.

D AY S O F UNDERSTANDING

Considering the many almost unbclieveable scientific revelations in thisremarkable era, in every realm of life and in the universe, the seeminglygeneral lack of thoughtful perception of its religious significance is remarkable. It may be, however, that this impression is erroneous; the greatmajority of persons being reticent on religious subjects.

But if we are reticent, the Ol d Testament writers of the Boot of Psalmswere not. Many of them expressed their rapture as they contemplated the

beauty, majesty, and providence which God had revealed in all His works.Although these were not seen through the marvelously penetrating "eyes"of science, in centuries yet to come they were to reveal many of His mostdeeply hidden works.

Today wc have not only the infinitely various creations of beauty andmajesty such as those known to the Psalmist, but also those which thecombined and closely correlated efforts of thousands of devoted workers inmany fields of science have revealed. In these works of the Creator is ourclearest revelation of Himself; as we realize that in His creation we are aninseparably interwoven part, sharing, if we will, its loftiest possibilities of

understanding and accomplishment.Some of our greatest thinkers have discussed the relation between science

and religion. Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote: "Henceforth they (science andreligion) will dwell together in unity and goodwill. They will mutuallyillustrate the wisdom, power, and grace of God. Science will adorn andenrich religion; and religion will ennoble Jnd sanctify science." AlbertEinstein, world-renowned physicist and mathematician, wrote: "The most

beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of alltrue art and science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can nolonger pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: hiseyes are closed. . . . To know that what is impenetrable to us really exists,manifesting itself as the highest wisdom and the most radiant beautywhich our dull faculties can comprehend only in their most primitiveformsthis knowledge, this feeling is at the center of true religiousness."

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Money is fundamentally a spiritual idea, so what you think controls your abundance

Dollars and Sense

Ernest Holmes

MO N E Y IS A spiritual idea. Iknow of no secret doctrinethat wi l l tell us how to make amillion dollars in a month. But

I believe that there is an exact,unfailing law of perfect supply.We should come to see that

the supreme Intelligence in creating man must also have madea way by which he could be

provided for in harmony and in peace; and without depriving

anyone of that which belongs tohim. This must be a natural way.

We think of money as theevidence of success. It is the highest medium of exchange that therace has as yet been able to produce, and necessary to the needsof human life. Jesus knew this,and told his students to renderunto Caesar the things that areCaesar's.

Does the supply of money

depend upon location? It seemsto me that in all places peoplemake money; in all places thereare some who are rich and some

who are poor. G o to the smallesttown or to the largest city, andit is just the samesome are richand some are poor. Success doesnot depend on location.

Does it depend upon the kindof business? No. There may betwo men in the same kind of

business, equally well situated.One will make money, and frequently the other will fail. Doesit depend on education? No.Some uneducated men makemoney. Does it depend on a

This article is from the unpublishedworks of the late Ernest Holmes.World famous for his metaphysicalteachings, he wrote The Science of

Mind and many other books. He alsoestablished Science of Mind Magazine,and founded the United Church ofReligious Science.

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man's family circumstances? N o .Some of the wealthiest men inthe world began with nothing.

Upon what does success de pend? It must depend on a certain definite way of doing things.The man who succeeds musthave succeeded through a certainmethod. The man who failedmust have done differently. Go dhas provided a way by which wemay demonstrate success. I cannot go the way for you, nor canyou do that for me. Each mustwalk the way himself.

Now, as Browning said, "All 'slove, yet all's law." We are always dealing with a mental and

spiritual Law, which is an attribute of God. We have beengiven dominion over this Law,and when we come to understand It, we can master It.

Jesus understood the Law so perfectly that his word neverfailed to demonstrate his belief.The difference between Jesus andyou and me is this: His wordwas manifested immediately;our word is also creative, but ittakes longer to manifest becauseour understanding is not as com

plete as his.Let me illustrate it this way:

I once worked with a man whocould add up several columns offigures at once and get a correctanswer. I had to take the slower

but nonetheless sure method ofadding each column separately.We both got the same answer,

and we both did the same thingin getting it. One got it at once,the other got it by a slowermethod. Both were correct.

Now what is this natural Lawthat we can use? Let us see if itcan be stated so simply that allmay understand. W e are surrounded by a mental atmos

phere or natural medium of creativity which receives the im press of our thought and actsupon it. This Law has the powerto do anything, to produce anything, to create anything in ac

cord with the ideas given It.We must have some faith ifwe are to live fully, so why nothave a little more faith and live just that much more. This mental Law is an attribute of theDivine Spirit, and we wi l l getthe best results only as we use Itin the consciousness of the Spiritwithin us.

Jesus said so simply: "Havefaith in God." He knew that thatwould produce the required results. But if a thing is true, thereis a way in which it is true, andthe only tools of mind arethoughts! Therefore, we mustlook to thought to get our answer to the problem of success.

The man who is a success is a

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man who, whether he knows itor not, is using this natural Lawof Mind constructively. We are

all using this Law al l of thetime. Every time we think weare "starting something," so tospeak. Our word is our thought,so our word shall accomplish.

Man does not create, hesimply uses creativity; and thecreative Law of Mind is going totake up our word and bring backto us the thing that we havethought of. As Isaiah said longago: "So shall my word be thatgoeth forth out of my mouth:it shall not return unto me void,

but it shall accomplish thatwhich I please, and it shall pros

per in the thing whereto I sentit." Our thoughts do becomemanifest.

Money, then, the same as allother things, is a spiritual idea.Where did the idea come from?I believe the only answer is from

the Spirit. Jesus understood thata man has dominion over allthings when he turned water intowine for the benefit of hisfriends. Jesus either did or he didnot do this. For us to say that hedid not really do it, would be tomake of him a hypnotist.

This great man of sublimefaith did not have to resort tosuch a thing. He knew that aman who has sought first the

kingdom of heaven is given the power to do all things, and hasall things at his command. He

knew that humanity is surrounded by this Law of Mindand that we can use It as definitely as any other law. He said:"Verily, verily, I say unto you,He that believeth on me, theworks that I do shall he do also;and greater works than these

shall he do; because I go untomy Father."

Our thoughts are the instruments of Mind; therefore, theonly thing we have to work withis thought that thought willcome back to us as the thingsought. We create by thinking;thought is demonstrated whenwe have sufficiently impressedthe Law of Mind so as to haveIt return to us the thing desired.There is the ultimate method:Jesus' way. We cannot all attainto that because we are not able

to fully realize our Divine nature; nevertheless, the way isthere. W e may impress or register upon this all-surroundingLaw of Mind an image, whichis a thought of the thing wewish, just as we would make arecording. The thought wi l l thenreturn to us manifested, according to the pattern of our thought."As a man thinketh in his heart,so is he."

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What we should do is to consciously, persistently think thatthat good which we wish to have

is ours. It must be just as rightto have money as any othergood. It is dishonoring God notto have money, I believe. Jesusillustrates the beneficence of Godin the Parable of the ProdigalSon, in which the father says:"Son thou an ever with me, and

all that I have is thine." W e goagainst our own nature andagainst the Infinite which hascreated us when we do notdemonstrate success.

Everybody wants success. W emust each make up our own mindwhat it is we want, and trust absolutely. Every time we think,we are establishing a thoughtwhich is creative in a definitemanner. There is being createda living, moving, actual thing,and the Law of Mind begins toact upon it immediately. This

universal infinite Power takes upthe impress of our thought, nomatter what the thought may

be.W e are surrounded by this

Law through which a new creation becomes manifested for us.If we want money we must thinkin such a way as to bring us

money. We must think we havemoney. W e must think positively. W e cannot think two ways at

oncethat we have and that wehave not. There is no halfway

position in truth. Truth is themost radical thing on earth. Itis the opposite of a lie. So wecannot think we are going todemonstrate success if we allowourselves to feel we are going tofail.

Failure is the thought thatthere is not enough for all . Iknow of a certain man who,while yet new in this way ofthinking, lost all that he had.He went home and told his wife

that she was never to say theword failure to him. He said,"There is no such word, and Inever want it mentioned. I ama success." He knew how the Lawworks and in a short time he wasin business again, and is now a

most prosperous man. He toldme that everything he has he gotthrough his faith in the Law ofMind. He had faith that the Godwho made him also made away for him to live. He provedhis faith by the signs whichfollowed.

(Continued on page i9)

Four steps to achievement: Plan purposefully. Prepare prayerful) Proceed positively. Pursue persistently. William A. Ward

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It takes more than one good deed or good worda day to make life worthwhile

Don't Just - > lStand i ^ r

There, \ *SaySomethin

NiceCarol Amen

O N A recent Saturday morning, a friend of mine washurrying home from an errand

because his wife needed the carto keep a dental appointment. Ashe whizzed along the freeway hesaw an elegantly dressed matron

standing helplessly beside a carwhich had a flat. He braked andasked if he could help.

"Never mind the tire," thewoman said, "the auto club canfix that. But I'm on my way toa wedding and I'm afraid I'll belate. Maybe you could drive methere?"

My friend is a gentleman, anddespite his wife's dental date, he promptly chauffeured the lady to

the nuptials. After telling hisfamily of the incident, and feeling a moment's pleasure in having done a good deed, he forgot it.

But the woman didn't forget.That same afternoon, a florist's

truck delivered a huge pot ofyellow chrysanthemums with hername on a plain card. The woman had followed through with anact of appreciation.

It brought my friend up short.He's as well-intentioned as thenext person, but he admitted hewould never have taken thetrouble to express his gratitudeso eloquently had their situations been reversed.

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And why not? W hy, when itis so easy, do we not tell peopleif they have done something we

like? The old jingle had a point:Send me posies when I'm

living,Save your money when

I'm dead.How often it happens that the

thing we mean to say goes unsaid until it is too late. Why,when thoughtfulness, like someof the other best things in life, isfree, or as expensive as we canafford? By the mere exercise ofvocal cords we can tell the manager of a department store aboutthe clerk who went out of his

way to help with a difficult item.For the price of a stamp andstationery, we can write a formerteacher and say "Thanks."

Once, I did just thattold adistant teacher by letter how useful I'd found the tips on tableset t ing , personal grooming,clothes style, and sewing I'dlearned in her Home Economicsclass. Her answer a week or solater told of her family's move toa new community where, becauseshe was not teaching, she feltisolated, depressed, and "What'sthe use?" My letter had givenher a boost in a moment of self-doubt. " Yo u reminded me thatmy teaching meant somethingafter all," she wrote. "Even if I

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never teach again, it is good toknow."

A hospital administrator uses

praise as a good business practice. When he hears of a personor a department doing well, perhaps under difficult conditions,he investigates. And instead ofwaiting for a fault to criticize, hecalls attention to the virtue in amemo which can be posted forall to see. Not only does the notegive credit where it's due, butupswings in efficiency result.Who won't try harder for a bouquet than a brickbat?

Berton Braley made an eloquent pitch for such expressions

in his poem, Do It Now: If with pleasure you are view

ing any work a man is doing,

If you like him or you lovehim, tell him now.

Don't withhold your approbation till the parson makesoration

And he lies with snowy lilieson his brow;

No matter how you shout ithe won't really care about it;

He won't know how manyteardrops you have shed;

If you think some praise is duehim now's the time to slipit to him,

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Then, there's the encomiumyou can send along to a publicfigure or political representative.

Many people write to gripe;would you take the time to writeand praise a selfless act, or a

brave vote on an unpopularissue? And how wi l l the creatorsof stories, movies, T V programsknow they have reached you unless you tell them?

In my job as book reviewerfor a local newspaper, I plugalong week after week, oftenwondering if anyone reads mycolumn besides the editor of the paper. One day a total strangercalled and wanted to talk aboutmy review of a certain new book.I gulped a little. I had not likedthe book, and I'd said so. Perhapsthe caller was a relative of theauthor's! Then, beautiful wordscame over the wire. "I want tothank you," the lady said. "Yourreview helped me to see what it

was about the book that bothered me too." She went on to saythat while she didn't alwaysagree with me, she never missedmy column. Because somebodyout there had taken the troubleto communicate, I returned tomy typewriter with renewedenthusiasm.

Making contact with anotherhuman being is one of life's potentially rewarding experiences.

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How lucky we are, even underthe dark cloud of world problems, to be able to make our

voluntary contacts pleasurablea boon to the praiser as well asthe praised.

A friend told me that becauseher milkman had complied witha complicated party order in a

better-than-hoped-for manner,she wrote him a proper "Thankyou" note. On the next deliveryday she found a package ofcottage cheese along with herregular milk, and a message. Inspite of her husband's teasingabout a literary romance with themilkman, she was delighted toread: "In more than three yearson this route, you are the first person who ever thanked me foranything. I think you deserve a

pint of cottage cheese, on me,for that. Thank you."

A lecturer in a course I recently audited spoke of ways toward

professional and personal success. "To withhold praise when itis due," this business consultantsaid, "is worse than to steal aman's purse." Perhaps the secretlies in the four words when it isdue. If the recipient of the praiseknows it is justified, he willglow. If he squirms under theknowledge it is undeserved, hemight grow to earn it.

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babies and say "nice" things toget votes, few of us have justi-fication for coloring the truth

or gushing insincerities. Once, ata party, I was captivated by agallant stranger. "Never have Iseen such beautiful eyes. Myfavorite color," he purred at me."Deep in your eyes I see suffer-ing and humor and sympathy."

He had me convinced until Ilater overheard his opening re-marks to my neighbor. "Neverhave I seen such beautiful eyes.My favorite color." (Hers are

blue; mine, brown.) "In theirdepths I see suffering," and soforth. If you feel praise, say it;if

you say it, mean it.My aunt, on a trip to Nova

Scotia, drove all one Sunday andmissed church. When her partyfinally reached their lodge, theywere surprised to find an inter-denominational service scheduledfor 9:30 that evening. Thesimple vespers, provided byvolunteer college students aftertheir waitress and busboy dutieswere finished, impressed myaunt deeply. In reply to her

written letter of appreciation, themanager of the hotel stated thatwhile he was sure the worship

services were meaningful tomany people besides the studentsthemselves, very few had takenthe trouble to express their feel-ings. My aunt's words of thankshad discharged a debt that nomoney, even a lavish tip, could

pay for. It is a debt we owe to people who are thoughtful andwho make life happier by theiractions.

Too often it seems " in" or easyto shrug and complain about theworld situation. "What can justone person do?" is an often

heard excuse for passivity. W ecan do something. We can startwhere we live, and drop a pebbleof praise into the pool of pes-simism. The murkier the waters,the more chance to see a miracle.

There is a power in honest praise so contagious its concen-tric circles can spread through awhole family, an entire class-room, store, factory, or town.Don't just stand there; say some-thing nice.

If we cnance to love a loveless individual, to give to one bankrupt in

gratitude, to toil for the unappreciative, it is but a temporary deprivation for

us. The love, the gratitude, and the recompense will all come to us in time

from some source or many sources. It can not fail. E lla Wheeler Wilcox

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Ideas must be backed with meaningand emotion to have power

C O M M A N DP E R F O R M A N C E

Louise B. Lateiner

I N S T UDYING metaphysics manythink that the most difficultthing is to change from negativeto positive thought habits. Forme this was comparativelysimple. My difficulty came whenI tried to translate my constructive new way of thinking into

positive, dynamic action patterns.I found myself unable to prac

tice what I preached. When Ithought of, or talked about, the principles of life I was learning,everything was practical andlogical. But when it came timefor putting my knowledge touse, I knew that I had "faithwithout works."

Over and over again I was presented with opportunities tolive my faith, but always I sidestepped my chance and used my

/ Refused the Verdict...O N E OF A SERIES OF TR UE

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old familiar, unsuccessful techniques. Most of all , I needed tolearn the real meaning of serenity.

At last a day came when Iwas sitting in the waiting roomof our lawyer's suite of offices.My husband and the lawyer werein conference immediately priorto the closing of the sale of a

home my husband had built.Twice before the property hadalmost been sold. Al l the closing

papers were drawn up, only tohave both transactions collapseat the last moment. But this timeit was a sure thing and a largedeposit had been given to securethe deal.

In a little while the buyersarrived with their attorney andwere shown to the inner sanc-

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turn. For a few minutes all wasquiet, and -I waited confidentlyfor my husband to emerge, smil

ing and satisfied as I knew hewould be.

But suddenly there was a greatstir of activity and the partici

pants in the conference begancoming out and going back in by two's and three's, whisperingangrily. M y first thought was,"Oh, no, not again!" I began tofeel a rush of angry emotionsgathering within me as I watched the ominous and by nowfamiliar activity all about me.I had learned the signs of afailing transaction through bitter

experience.I sat very still as I observed

this unhappy scene. And abovethe immediate hubbub I becameaware of urgent, though silent,words of command: "Prove menow; prove me now!"

By a prodigious effort of enforced relaxation I sat back andrepeated to myself as though inanswer and consent, "Not mywil l ; not my wi l l , but Thine."

Many times over, I silently intoned the words so that no othersound could penetrate. I was like

the hub of a wheel, the eye of ahurricane, a dead center of calmin a whirling angry situation. Inthe healing quietude of God'sPeace, I was impervious to dis

cord.My only awareness was of

"letting go, and letting God"

give me the security of His guidance. I knew that one answer to prayer is "Later"; and I was content to wait if necessary for whatever was our highest good.

When the would-be buyersand their lawyer finally left, ourlawyer's secretary said to me,"I don't see how you could sitthere so calm under the circumstances!"

Had she been admiring mycomposure, the remark mighthave slipped by unnoticed. Butfar from admiration, she was

offering criticism and irritationa reaction I have seen occasionally when detachment or non-resistance is mistaken for indifference.

How could I explain myselfto her? How could I explain myself to me ? In an instant of timeI had jumped the hurdle, crossedover the boundary from "Preach-land" to "Practiceland." I hadexperienced the reality of obeying inner instructions, of grasping the moment and applying toit the ideas of truth I had onlytalked about before.

My story would not be com plete without an account of theeffect that evolved from thiscausation: The house was not

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sold at this time, but was soldlater at a higher price.

I have often thought of that

day in the lawyer's waiting room,for it could have become a

dreadfully bitter memory. Instead, it turned out to be theday when "the windows of heaven

poured out a blessing."

DOLLARS A N D SENSE(Continued from page 32)

Each of us can prove it too. ances. Truth is, and we are notWe must believe in season and

out of season that the thing wewish is at hand and being mademanifest to us. Our faith is thechannel through which the Spiritis to make the gift. Faith is anabsolutely positive and definiteway of thinking. It is thinkingthe truth in spite of all appear-

to listen to the people who do

not understand the Law and whoare always predicting some sortof failure. We are to know thatwe live and have our being inspiritual abundance, which isforever taking the form of ouracceptance of it.

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REFLECTIONS

Probably all of us have seen the reflection in a still lake of beautifultrees and flowers along the shore, and of clouds overhead. Mirror Lake inYosemite National Park reflects all this; plus the 7000-foot granite cliffsthat rise sheer and majestic, sometimes reaching the lowering clouds. Wecan hardly tell the reflection from the real thing when the lake is calm.But throw a stone into the lake, and the ripples destroy the scene beyondrecognition. The beauty is gone, leaving only a chaos of fuzzy lines.

As I stood beside this lakeshore one day, I was reminded how like thelake our lives are, mirroring the landscape which our thoughts have built.Slowly, and often painfully, we see that which we have thought become

part of our experienceboth good and bad. But no one else can do ourthinking for us; and no one else can build a successful life for us. Each

person has been made responsible for his own life experience.

But all of us at times will find ourselves exposed to the chaos thatconflict, turmoil, and confusion cast upon the waters of life. These arethe times to demonstrate our complete faith in Go d, and to look to Himfor guidance; to listen quietly to what the Divine Self is trying to reveal

to us. As Emerson said: "Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispersof God."

We are to let our mind mirror the truth that "with God all things are possible." We are to think on the things that are true, honest, just, pure,lovely, and good, as the Apostle Paul reminded the Philippians to do.In this way our hearts and minds are cleared of confusion and doubt sothat the ideas of God can bring calmness and order and beauty to ourlives again.

His Wisdom and Love still the waters and make clear our view. Ourexperiences once more reflect the peace and power and joy inherent in ourDivine nature. We enter a new grandeur of living as we thus let Godguide us in all our ways.

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A famous physicist takes a long look be yond the accepted scientific knowledge ofour universe, and feels compelled to cometo the conclusion that there is a greaterreality to be more fully comprehended.

BEYONDTHE ATOM

PA RT I I OF " B L U E P R I N T O F T H E U N I V E R S E "

W. F. G. Swann

O N E O F the great achievements of the last war was theinvention of radar, in which ob

jects like airplanes reflect electromagnetic waves of shortwavelength emitted from a home base,

back to the base. However, the principle of radar was known tothe bat long before. The bat is blind but he emits squeaks andchirps as he flies. These aresounds of very high pitch, andhigh pitch is the essential featurenecessary to enable the sounds todefine with precision, by their reflection, the object which reflectsthem. And so, by this device, the bat detects objects in his path.

At the beginning of the last

war, great use was made of dive bombing, by which principle the pilot was able to attain excessively high speeds by using the influence of gravity and yet causethe plane to rise again beforestriking the earth. However,

long before this, the gannet wasan expert in the art of dive

bombing. Perhaps he does notactually bomb, but he does getdown very rapidly to capturewhat he is after.

The use of smoke screens iscommon in modern naval war-

This ankle is based on an addressgiven by Dr. Swann a few years ago.at which time he granted permissionfor its use.

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fare. However, the octopus invented it. He squirts into theface of his enemy a dark liquid

something like India ink whichhe stores in a bag concealed within his body. Behind this smokescreen he can escape whenthreatened.

Incidentally, the octopus couldclaim a patent for another modern invention, namely, jet pro pulsion. He can emit from aspacious cavity within his bodya stream of water with high velocity. The reaction from this jetdrives him backwards as fast asan ordinary fish can swim andenables him to get out of the

way quickly when he so desires.His forward motion is limited toa crawling one, in which hisflexible arms and suckers participate.

Modern warfare has exploitedfully the potentialities of camouflage, but these potentialitieshave been used, from time immemorial, to a much greater perfection and in an enormousvariety of ways by the animalkingdom. Everyone knows of thechameleon.

It is only comparatively recently that man has used invisible light, in particular, infrared, as a means of locating ob jects when visible light is unsuitable or undesirable. However,

the rattlesnake knows of thisdevice. If you tape over a rattlesnake's eyes and swing a warm

electric bulb in front of his head,he will strike at the warm ob ject unerringly.

The power of the homing pigeon to return to his base isstill a mystery. Some evidencehas been given to support theview that he possesses apparatuswhich enables him, like a mariner, to make use of the earth'smagnetic influence.

It is strange that nature doesnot seem to have made verymuch use of electricity. Here indeed man, who is after all part

of nature, can claim some kudos.However, there is a creature, theelectric eel, who can generateelectrical potential differencesfrom four to six times as muchas those in our lighting circuits,and it has been said that he isable to provide a thousand watts

in electrical power, that is,enough to light 20 ordinary

bulbs. I am not prepared to sayhow long he could act as a

power plant in this matter.A l l students of acoustics know

of the potentialities of resonators.

However, the kangaroo rat israther an expert on the matter.He adopts two ways of hearing,one through the air and theother through the ground. For

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the Utter purpose he hat evolvedlarge resonance chambers whichtake up half of his skull space and

enable him to detect approaching danger through the groundvibrations which it produces.

It may not be too much stretchof the imagination to regard thearcherfish as using the principleof the antiaircraft gun. He likesflying insects but cannot reachthem from his habitat in thewater, so he shoots them downwith water flak, which he ejectsstraight at his quarry, causing theinsect to fall into the water,wet and battered, an easy prey tohis expectant mouth.

And among all of these com- plex mechanisms, perhaps themost marvelous are those com

prised in that conglomeration ofingenious devices, electrical, mechanical, acoustical, optical, andchemical, which serve the needsof the human body.

Some years ago, I had occasion to have constructed a device which could go into a glassvessel through a small openingand could then be opened upinto a desired form. The head ofour shop and I spent much timein meditating upon the best wayof accomplishing the desired end.Finally, I said, "Let us see hownature solved this problem.'* Forit seemed that efficient folding is

the kind of thing required in aflower. On examining the wayin which the folding was brought

about in a flower, it turned outthat that was the best method toadopt in our particular problemana we maae me oevice accora-injty.

It is a pretty good guess to assume that if there be any new

phenomenon which makes its ap pearance in the course of research, somewhere or other nature has used that principle, andit very frequently happens thatwhen unconscious nature, andthit part of nature which is man,have used a device, unconsciousnature has used it in better form.It is only fair to man to say thatsometimes this favorable condition is brought about by naturesuse of facilities unavailable tothe ordinary human experimenter. Thus, sometimes efficiency depends upon the small*

ness of the structure, or the largenumbers of similar kinds ofstructures. Man is limited in thesmallness to which he can reducethings and the numbers of themwhich he can make, but tndus*rrious nature is unlimited inthese matters and has no trade

union to curtail its activities.And with this picture before

us, what of the future? Thescience of physical astronomy

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tells us much of what has hap pened in the universe and whatis happening now. In the great

galaxies of space we see picturesof what we were a billion yearsago, and we see pictures of whatwe shall become in the future.And what do these pictures tellus? They suggest to us an earlier

picture where matter, as weknow it, did not exist at all , a pic

ture in which there were noatoms, let alone stars and planets.There was nothing but a conglomeration of electrons, andneutrons, surrounded by a blazeof radiation like light, but at atemperature of the order of amillion times that of the sun'stemperature; the glare exceeding by all conscious measure theglare of the sun. In that great inferno of light there was a fargreater glare of dark light,ultraviolet light and X-rays towhich the eye is insensitive. And

in that great cauldron many believe the atoms were born, andaccording to some theories, in avery short time the space ofhalf an hour.

Following this condition, by processes which would take longto describe in detail, the galaxiesof space, the stars, and the planets came into being. Even atthe present time the formation ofmatter, of atoms, is going on in

these stars. The great achievement of the creation of the universe in all its splendor went

steadily on its way and still progresses. The simpler atoms arecombining to produce morecomplicated atoms. The simplestatom, that of hydrogen, was thefirst to be formed and as, by the

processes of atomic laws, it buildsup into more complicated struc

tures, energy becomes released inthe process of building; energywhich is then radiated, as in thecase of our sun, from the sourceof its origin to space around.Were it not for this continualsource of energy, the sun wouldcool very rapidly as asrronomycounts time.

Sooner or later, however, wemay expect that all the hydrogenin the sun wil l become used upin the process, so that the mainsource of energy release wil l nolonger be available, and the sun

will cool. In so doing it wil l contract in size. Such contractionfrequently leads to an instabilityof stellar bodies, so that they ex

plode into smaller fragments ofvery dense material which coolmore quickly. Indeed, as we peerinto the greater universe, we findcertain stars which have attainedthis degree of old age, and itseems that in about ten or twelve billion years time we may expect

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to find nothing but the deadremnants of a glorious past, withthe universe no more than a

huge cemetery with no furtherlife or potentiality of activity.The spectacle is a depressing oneand we may well wonderwhether any real intent of a pur

pose would have been achiev

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