The Master Mlnd The Key to Mental Power, Development andgifixclency By THERON O DUMONT Author of Personal Magnetism 'Practical Memory Training' 'Mental Therapeutics Sue cessful Salesmxnship 'Power of Conoontntion etc. etc. ADVANCED THOUGHT PUBLISHING C0 159 N STATE ST CHICAGO ILL. :Hausa REPRESENTATIVE! L N FOWLER & C0 'll I>°rilAre|d Ludd l¢Cl.'¢ London Enslmd COPYRIGHT, 1918 BY ADVANCED THOUGHT PUBLISHING 00. CHICAGO. ILL. CONTEN'I`S. CHAPTER I THE MASTER MIND What Is Mind? How the Mlnd Works. That Which Feels. Thinks and Wills. Mind Maste Versus Mind Slavery. The of Mental Slavery, Partial Mental ;'reedom, and Mental Mastery.Stage:e Secret of the New Psychology. How to Attaln the Power of Negative Thoughts, and Admlttlng Positlve Thoughts. HowExpelllrlxgto normously Increase the Power of theOnllivt The Art and Science of Transforming the Mental Slaveought-Machine.nto the Mental Master............. 7 CHAPTER I! THE MIND MASTER Donxlnlon, Power and of the Master Mlnd. The Central Authority of the Mental ReaSufgemacy. Sleeping Glant. the "Something Wlthln." The EgoWaklniltheor lnd Master, the Arouslng the Mental Realm. What the Is. and What It Is Able Soverel$\hoto Do en Its Power Is Aroused. "ThatEgoomethlng" Which Is Superlor to Feel- ing, Thought, or Wlll. The Reality Over and Above the Mental States Which Can Create Mental States It It Wlll. The Ultimate Reality of the "Self," The Secret of the I AM ....... ........ .. ............ ...19 CHAPTER III THE SLAVE WILL AND THE MASTER WILL The Inner-most Garment of the Ego. The Power ot Will. The In- dividuals of the Slave Wlll. Reflex Wlll Action. What to the Will When the Ego Awakes. Freedom of the Wlll PossibleHapgensnly to the Awakened The Man of the Master Wlll. The Relation of Wlll and Desire.Egg.ow the Ego Directs the Wlll. and Determines the Char- acter and Quality of Thought. The Dynamic Force of Concentrated Voluntary Attention .............. ..................... ..... ...... 34 CHAPTER IV POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE MENTALITY "As a Man Thinketh, So ls He." How the Awakened Ego May Create Positive Indlviduality and Personality. The Touchstone ot Positive How to Develop the Posltlve Mental and to RestralnMentallti.e Negative Mental States. Versus %lBllt|8S, Man Is a Mental Creator When His Master MEfolsmnd Asserts Itsegotlsm.f, and Expresses Itself ln Creative Action. The Mental Chariot Driver and What He Sclentldc Character Building. How the Master MindM15reatesAccoméalish.lrcumstances. and Controls Environment. .45 CHAPTER V THE SENSES AND SENSATION What Are the Senses? The Raw Materials of Mind. The Sense of Touch. The Sense of Sight. The Sense of Taste. The Sense ot Smell. The Sense of Hearing. The Omce of the Senses. What We Would Be Like Without the Senses. What An Additional Sense Would Do for Us. How the Ego Uses the Senses. The Mental Telegraph System, and How It Is Operated. How the Senses May Be Cultivated. Developed and Trained to Greater Etllclency, Under the Control of the CHAPTER VI PERCEPTION What Il Perception? The Difference Between Sensstlon and How and What We Percelve. The Laws of Perception. ThePercelptlon.art ln Played -by the Attention. The Nature and Laws of ApperceptPerceptionon. The Role of Perception in the Acquisition of Knowledge. How Different Persons May Have Far Different Per- ceptlons Arising From the Same Sensations. Why the Master Mind Is a Master Percelver. Cultivated Sight-Perception. Developed Sound Perception. Other Forms of Trained Perception How to Etllclent Perception ...... ........ .... Devel?9 CHAPTER VII ATTENTION What Is Attention? Concentrated Consciousness. Focallzed Wlll. The Two Chief Ofllces of Attention. Attention Constltutes the Better- I-Ialf of All Intellectual Power. Reflex Attention. Voluntary Attention. The Power of Concentrated Voluntary Attention. Instances of the Marvelous Force of Concentration. Attention the Key to Genlus. The Exercise of Attention Leads to Development of the Master Will. Attention and Interest. Voluntary Attention Is the Sword of Power ln the Hands of the Master Mind...... CHAPTER VIII THE MASTERY OF PERCEPTION The Laws of Voluntary Attention. How to Cultlvate Attentlonal Interest. How to Hold the Attention Firmly Concentrated. How to Rest the Attention. The Secret of Transmutatlon of Interest. The Methods of a Celebrated Scientist. How to Apply the Concentrated Attention. How to Quicken the Power of Perception. Numerous Valuable Exercises ln Perceptlve Culture and Development. The Oriental Methods of Perception Training. Other Valuable Methods and Exercises. What the Master Mind Can Acquire by Perception. ..... .97 CHAPTER IX EXERCISES IN PERCEPTION Valuable and Practical Detailed Instruction and Exercises in Efficient Perception. How to Develop the Power of and Accurate Observation. Ear-Perception. The Cause of "PoorRalgidearlng" Removed. How to Develop Keen Hearing. Idea Values Depend Clear Perception. Attention-Interest the Great Factor ln EmoUponent Perception, and How It May be Developed. Per- ce tlve Foundations. Clear PerceptlveBulldlnfOutl nes.Strorifow to Clgsslfy Perceptlve Details.BuildingT e Law of Perceptlve Association. .. .112 CHAPTER X THE MASTER OF EMOTION Emotion the Power Behind the Throne of WllL The Force and Motlve Power of Feeling. Feeling Is the Secret of Interest. Feellng Is the Guardian of the Gates of How Adect Judg- ments, Ideals, Beliefs and Actions.Knowledrgle.ow ThoughtFeelings Detlected by Emotion. The Distinction Between Feeling and Emotion. The Quantity and Quallt of Pleasure and Pain. Inner States and Outer Actions. The DynamcFeelings. Power of Desire, and How It Manlfests ln Actlon. Desire Is the Steam of CHAPTER XI - THE CATEGORIES OF FEELING The Various Classes of Likes and Dlsllkes. The Elemental Whlch Are Concerned With Our Physical Welfare and Comfort.Feellrig,e Affectlons, Which Are Concerned With the Welfare of Others. 'l'he Social Feelings, Which Are Concerned With Championship and Society. The Moral Feelings, Which Are Concemed With the Ethical Relations. The Religious Which Are Concerned With Worship, Devotion, and Feelings,Expe ences. The Aesthetic Feelings, Which Are Con- cemedRe%§lousith the Sense of Beauty, Taste. and Art. The Intellectual Feelings Which Are Concerned With Intellectual Attainment. How the Master Mind Rules the Emotional Klngdom....................146 CHAPTER III THE MASTERY OF DESIRE The Control of Desire by the Power of the Master Mind. How to Restraln Feelings Emotions, and Desires. and Desire. Habit and Desire. Mental Images andPhgggalIre.Exglresslonltlvatlon ot Opposlte Desires. How to Cultlvate Emotions, and Desires. Eltect of Physical Expression. ElectFeellne,of Ha lts of Expression. Elfect of Visualisation. Weedlng the Garden of Desire. The Laws of Char- acter Bulldlng. How the Master Mind Builds a Character to Sult Itself and 'rnrougn which to menuy Express Itself....................1¢f CHAPTER XIII THE MASTER OF THOUGHT What Is. The Processes ot How Man Has Evolved ThrougThoughtThought. The Master MindThought.Th nks Wlth a The States of The Secret of Effective Analysis. PUQOBQ.son. The Pairs of OpposThought.tes. Classlllcatlon. Generalization. HowComgaT Are Tled Into Bundles. The Mental Drawers and Plgeon-Holes.ou§htsow to Store Away Knowledge The Science of Mental Con- ception. General Ideas. ConceSclentidcalg.ts vs. ental Images. Verbal S hols (Th ht.ThMteMlIThink|WhatItVVlllstThll2nd þÿ%°wi' ¬"vv1u..°°1-m'§k.f.... CHAPTER XIV MASTERY OF REASONING Mental Concepts and General Classes of Ideas. Conceptual Terms. Reasoning: What It Means. Reasoning hy Examples. Rea- soning by Induction. Observation.Analogy.ypothesls. Testing. Verltlcatlon. Laws andExamples.Pr nclples. Reasoning hy Deduction. The Principles of Deduction. The Iloglml Syllogism. The Premises and the Logical Conclusion. Fallacy, Sophlstry, and Casulstry. the Question." Circular Reasoning. Irrelevant Conclusions. "BegglrégFalse ause. Burden ot Proof. Abuse of Opponent. Prejudice. Illoglal Deduction. General Rules Regarding Correct Reasoning hy the Master Mlnd. ..205 CHAPTER XY SUBCONSCIOUS MENTALITY The "Other Consciousness." "Unconscious Cerebratlon." The Intra-Conscious Planes of Mind. Memory. Imagination, Subconsclous Thought. The Processes of Memory, Remembrance, Recollection, and Remlniscence. Memory Impressions. Memory Records and the Storage. The Rule of Association. Recalling Memory The Processes ot Imagination. Constructive Imsglnatlon. Imfrresslons.e Proc- esses of Subconscious Thought. Unconscious Logical Processes, In- of Genius. The "Mental Brownies." How to Develop Elllcient gplrationubconsclous Thought .... .... CHAPTER XVI THE MASTERY OF WILL The Modern Conception of Wlll. Wlll and Action. Deslre-Will. Dellberatlve-Wlll. Action-Will Training the Wlll. The Rules of Wlll Development. the Wlll Power. Welghlng the Motives. Cultivating theExertlngAttent on. the Hablt of Wlll Mastery. Training the Wlll to PerformAcngxlrlnglsagreeable Tasks, and the Reason Therefor. The James and Bain Formulas for Will Training. Inspiring Ideals for Will Culture. How to Invlnclhle Determination. Indefatlgable Wlll, Unwearled Wlll.Acglree Flrm Declslve Splrlt, the Forceful Purpose, the Iron Wlll. Not the Wood or Straw Will. Hammer or Anvil: Which? Make Your Choice. Flnls..............261 Digitized by Google; CHAPTER I THE MASTER MIND In this book there will be nothing said concerning metaphysical theories or philosophical hypotheses; instead, there will be a very strict adherence to the principles of psychology. There will be nothing said of "spirit" or "soul";