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seek to develop; and, like all life in its incipiency, 

 these germs atomic spirillse are extremely 

 delicate. Practice should always stop short of 

 brain-fatigue. 



The earnest student needs no admonition; but 

 the curious investigator who experiments with this 

 system of unfoldment and evolution is cautioned 

 that the mental attitude with which the study is 

 pursued affects most profoundly the results. The 

 poison of doubt, or any lack of confidence acts ef- 

 fectively to inhibit the realization of the bene- 

 fits sought. Trust and hopefulness open the chan- 

 nels for their fulfillment. Be not too keen for re- 

 sults. That attitude easily passes into anxiety and 

 disappointment. It is to the cheerfully expectant 

 that all great boons come. Let your greatest in- 

 terest be in the method; in the difficulties you en- 

 counter, and the ingenuity, the expedients, you 

 evolve in overcoming them. Remember that you 

 are investigating your own kingdom of conscious- 

 ness; a mysterious realm that will open out grad- 

 ually, disclosing resources, possibilities, and talents 

 wholly unsuspected. 



Do not dwell upon things external. It is 

 within you must endeavor to center all your con- 

 sciousness. Give no recognition to insistent sense- 

 perceptions; ignore everything external. Not by 

 denial of what obtrudes persistently, for that im- 

 plies recognition, but by steadfast affirmation of 



