Mental Science Notes AND PSYCHOLOGY.

Southern Cross, Volume 15, Issue 51, 28 March 1908, Page 7

Mental Science Notes AND PSYCHOLOGY.

(By “Mental Scientist*'). Last week I was speaking of thought power and its influence on the human body, and I trust my readers will have grasped this one fact—that thoughts are living things which can be used for -good or evil, and it behoves each and all of us to make the best use of our thoughts, for we must reap what w.e sow. It is the law: —remember it. .Man stands at the head of evolved -beings ; he is' the flower and fruitage of evolution. the epitomt l of all that is beneath (him, because in him is vested the creative thought power of the infinite. The mind, should be the master, and the body the servant of the mind. But. is such ih v case vdtb the average man. rnhesitatingly we must answer “Xo !” The average man and woman allows the body to control the mind, and with what result ? Disease, pain, and disharmony. These conditions must of necessity manifest in the human body when the mind is interfered with, and the body gets away "on its own.”

How few of us there are who aro nor .slaves to some habit on desire ; in many instances we know that wo should not do such and such a thing - , knowing - that it is not good for us to do it, and yet we 'do 'it persistently. simply because we have allowed the desire to grow beyond the control of the will, and in this way we become slaves to some desire- Every man. and woman should learn to cultivate the will and control the mind and the body. The desira of nature in each and all of us isa constantly seeking expression throuJja the mind and, body. Our minds should have absolute control. Every feeling, thought, and desire should be under control of the will. Children should be taught from infancy how to control themselves. It is a common thing to see a child ask its parents for a thing, and on being refused, start to cry until it gets it, whether it is good for it or not matters- little many cases, so long as it satisfies the child and stops it crying, ami it is just here that the seed is sown, that must sooner or later be reaped by both parent and child, the reaping bringing sorrow and pain to all concerned. The child does not forget. and the next thing it sees that appeals to its childish fancy, it. ]deads for it, and commences to play tip the moment it is refused, knowing that it will, if it keeps on long enough, gain that which it desires. When that child grows up it is practically unlit for the struggle for life. Why? Hecau.se one part of its character has been developed at the expense of the whole. It lias little or no self-control, and it lives to gratify self and the desires that make themselves! felt, whatever they may be. Mow many foie, noble, and promising lives have been cut short through lacking self-control? I was very pleased to notice that "'Physical Cuiturist,” in his notes one week this -month spoke up so fearlessly in defence of .Bernarr McFadden, who is one of the most able, if not the most able, exponent ol physical culture in the world gt the present time. Bernarr fUcFadden is a mental scientist -as well as a physical cuiturist, and his teachings are of the very highest mentally, morally, and physically. .McFaclden has done much to raise the standard of morality amongst ol<L and young throughout the world both by his life and -by his teachings. I have read quite a number of his works, and the whole trend of his teachings, so far as I can see, is to develop in man that which is highest and noblest —to cultivate selfcontrol and make the best use of life. Had we a few more teachers so fearless and outspoken as he, the world would not contain to-day so many wrecks of humanity, who are physically and mentally unsound. (To be continued').