Mind and body, or, mental states and physical conditions / by William Walker Atkinson.

  • William Walker Atkinson
Date:
1912
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Credit: Mind and body, or, mental states and physical conditions / by William Walker Atkinson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    moth, there is and must be Mind. There can be no Life without Mind. Mind, indeed, is held to be the very livingness’’ of Life— the greater the degree of manifestation of Mind, the higher the degree of Tufe. More- over, the New Psychology informs us that upon the activities of the Subconscious Mind depend all the processes of physical life— that the Subconscious Mind is the essence of what was formerly called the Vital Force— and is embodied in every cell, cell-group or organ of the body. And, that this Subcon- scious Mind is amenable to suggestion, good and evil, from the conscious mind of its owner, as well as from outside. When the subject of the influence of Mental States upon Physical Conditions is studied, one sees that the Physical Condition is merely the reflec- tion of the Mental State, and the problem seems to be solved, the mystery of Health and Disease solved. But in this, as in every- thing else, there is seen to be an opposing phase—the other side of the shield. Let us look at the other side of the question: Just as we find that wherever there is liv- ing substance there is Mind, so do we find
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