The personal atmosphere: ten studies in poise and power
This little book is a reprint of a chapter bearing the same title which appeared in the first edition of “Power of Will.” The chapter seemed a trifle out of place and was omitted from the second edition of that work. It is now given separate existence.
Revision of its pages brought out from all directions a mass of suggestions and new material which might have swollen the volume to a much larger form. The original purpose of a small book, however, prevailed, and the ten studies were restricted to the present limit.
The older writing has become almost “a new creature/’ The love of creation determined thus much. Particularly has the subject enlarged in the ninth and tenth studies. These are especially commended to seekers after the rich¬ est conscious life. It is believed that the new form of the page-matter and the division into studies will prove helpful. I have the faith to believe that I am doing work that is really worthwhile. any declarations of practical values derived by patrons from the use of the Power-Book Library deepen that conviction.
Man is a person exhibiting in the body. The exhibit is in the part body itself, in part ‘‘conscious mind ” — by which is to be understood the entire sum-total of personal activities within the body that are not involved in automatic physiological processes. All the activities are of the self, but the self is a deeper reality than either the body or the mind. The mind is not the self; the self is active in various
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