CWSV Volume 4, In Woods of God-Realisation
The idea of a movement called up in a subject in or out of hypnosis has a tendency to induce the movement. But in waking life this idea is neutralized by other ideas. Materializing idea = attention. Psychologically speaking what we mean by attention is the power of...
CWSV Volume 4, In Woods of God-Realisation
The venomous snake, which is the symbol of all that is most detested and detestable in the animal kingdom, never closes its eyes. Only in our sleep are the weapons forged with which we can contend the evil. Our existence begins in sleep. The foetus sleeps almost...
CWSV Volume 4, In Woods of God-Realisation
The Commander-in-Chief of the Haylians could not venture a pitched battle with the battalions of Napoleonic veterans, but let not let them sleep by making a feint of attacking them as soon as the French troops got to sleep at night. This way in a few weeks an army of...
CWSV Volume 4, In Woods of God-Realisation
We are always drawn to a familiar thing in a strange garb or abnormal position: Cf our own men in a strange country; familiar ideas in foreign books etc. What we actually demand is the thing itself and not the way to obtain it, and of ways the most direct is the best;...
CWSV Volume 4, In Woods of God-Realisation
Carlyle to Emerson: Do not disturb yourself about turning better; write as it is given you, and not till it be given you, and never mind a whit. He that cannot keep himself quiet is of a morbid nature. “I write to implore you to be careful of your health. You...
