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MIND MECHANISM
Being the Eighth of a Series of
Twelve Volumes on the Applications
THE
ISSUED UNDER
THE AUSPICES OF
SOCIETY OF APPLIED
PSYCHOLOGY
COPYRIGHT I 9 14
BY THE APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY PRESS
SAN FRANCISCO
CONTENTS
Chapter
I.
DAWNING CONCEPT
THE TWENTIETH CENTURY "NEW WORLd"
THE FETICH OF THE **NEW THOUGHT*'
THE CLAMOR OF TRANSITION
A
II.
6
7
III.
I
4
16
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20
TERM CONFUSION
21
25
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28
"subconscious"
CONCEPT THE business MAN NEEDS
3^
39
630036
29
3
34
35
Contents
Chapter
IV.
pae.
FUNDAMENTAL CONCLUSIONS
43
A SCIENTIFIC CONCEPT OF PRACTICAL UTILITY 46
THE SEQUENCE OF SCIENCE
52
ULTIMATE MENTAL ELEMENTS
53
SEEING A SUBCONSCIOUS COMPLEX
55
ORIGIN OF THE THOUGHT - STREAM
57
V.
Chapter
IN
new and
The
facts
marshal our
tific
mind
method
now
for us to
facts, to indicate
the scien-
and phases.
to
make
use of
them
in
way.
Your mental
operations
determine
To
intelli-
conception of your
mind
as a
Concept
Applied Psychology
A
The Twentieth
the
way
and happi-
to health, success
Century
"New World"
neSS.
The
ties
would have
outside of consciousness
last
investigation
It
that
is
only
of
and other
men have
fifty,
scientific
This
discovery
offers
possibilities
from discoveries
matter.
in the
world
spiritual side of
and powers
as
compared with
man
to the
reveals energies
relatively great
the
of
"mind"
when
of fifty
Mind Mechanism
ning that
Franklin
clouds.
Vast numbers of
enlisted in them.
cults.
in all
are
walks
Newspapers
ments.
abound
in articles
There
all
is
and
magazines
concerning them.
Yet
dawn-
Nearly
all
these
"psychic" move-
entity,
distinct
*,,
"'^ncw
c..-,,,c.'/.
World"
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The Fetich
gftite
'Neiv Thought"
mina
of
^ source of information
jattgj.
j^ay
to the
"subconscious
\^Q
mind"
as to
what
It
is
is
the fad
and women's
fetich of the
"New
clubs.
It
Thought."
is
It
much
the
is
as
mind
it
assert that as a
we are acquainted.
are who address it famil-
Some
there
look upon
it
as
Others
"
Mind Mechanism
on the one hand, while
tions
n
at
the
The Clamor
same time
it
identical in substance
is
re-
ligious belief.
For some
it
is
the
With
others
And amid
mighty dead.
all this
clamor of enthu-
mind"
its
words
'
story
There
"may
is
be told in three
none.'
Transition
of
THE
CONCEPTUAL MODELS
OF SCIENCE
^i-'irx
Chapter
II
THE
CONCEPTUAL MODELS
OF SCIENCE
WOULD
IT
proach
there
this subject,
exists
such
Test of the
to ap-
about which
wide-spread
You
intelligently among
cannot discriminate
first
own mind
the
formulating in your
rules
to
be guided in
arriving at a decision.
You must
subconscious,
in
I I
more
scientific
Truly
Scientific
Applied Psychology
2,
Test of the
Scienfific
to
the
test
of
conformity
It
you must
is
first
frame your
To
do
test.
contains
certain
w^ell-defined
ele-
ments.
The
to find out
is
enter
You
to-
model
may test
as a
conscious.
Mind Mechanism
13
"scien-
Men
talk
mind only
phenomena
As
have
to
do with the
of matter.
classified
human knowledge
is
a science,
human
experience
classified facts
as
another.
to
no more truly
Mathematics
is
than history.
The
historian,
scientific
if
he pur-
is
rules as
manis
the
mathematician.
That which
distinguishes science on
sncuufic
Symbolism
Applied Psychology
I A,
Classifications
and
the one
Generalisations
method used
in their investigation.
Whatever
w^hether
istry
it
problem
the
may
astronomy
or
but the
facts,
its
is
history, w^hether
it
be,
chem-
language
or
mind
relates to
or
or
employed
in
its
may
scientific-
solution.
human
experience.
These
facts
it
The
scientist classifies
relating to his
That
and Generalization.
is
evidence
problem
to say,
all
all
the facts
into sequences.
he groups together
of the
known
as
instances in
Mind Mechanism
which one
rrom
A.
another,
i r
follows upon
such a collection
And
this
if
general
properly accredited
a vast
number
that
principle
to say, if in
is
of instances "
is
B"
invari-
upon "A"
ognized
Now,
which
then
"
this principle
as a Scientific
is
rec-
Law.
physical
They
contain no reference to
realities
that
anyone
ever
They
form
are written
possible.
in
the
broadest
,,j
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They
"Particles"
'Electrons"
that
is
to say, in
terms not of
The
any other
attracts
Or
atom
is
composed
who framed
never saw a
man
^'
the
of " elec-
own tiny
Now, New-
its
law of gravity,
ry knowledge of an "electron."
*'
any
electron"
and
"particle"
The
are,
in
Mind Mechanism
to
The
ether, of
is
all
to
In a way,
to
much
it
it
is
and
as
imagined
as
friction.
and "lines" of
as
being with-
occupying no
space.
realities.
letters of algebra,
they are
[Vcightiess.
'^^
/'^Jj'/J.""
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Predicting
Future
Events
"merely symbolic
terms employed by
lem.
to
They
sence
and
are
therefore
technically
known as concepts.
The value of the whole system
in the fact that
to
by
it
we
lies
are enabled
facts of experience
to the
widest pos-
way predict
Now, what may
in this
and
future events.
constitute the es-
It
depends upon
Mind Mechanism
The
may be
another. The
one
of no consequence
19
to
'
is
an
To
the chemist
To
of atoms.
neither
it is
is it
an aggregate
a living thing
of fragrant beauty.
may be
point of view.
Each
investigator sees
which
is
pertinent to
cept of another.
in its
own
Each
all
of value only
field of research.
In an earlier volume
that
is
we
pointed out
through the
senses.
The
to
senses are
us
our
'i'^'f ,,
Each
Man
^''^-^
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2o
What Science
Works zvith
outCF world.
All experience
^
is
sensory
^
modern
man, whatever
that
he
is
his
He
is
"things
perfectly
sense-impressions
realities, the
scientific
considers
subject,
dealing with
themselves."
that
No
science.
are
in
aware
the
only
else
mental world.
is
What,
gists
then,
do
as for
scientists,
everyone
psycholo-
when
they
Mind Mechanism
The answer
is
this:
The
psycholo-
Icnn
Confusion
gist
They
Each
selects
from
The
physicist
The
psychologist
story of the
is
writing the
world of experience
in
to
You must
Applied Psychology
22
Term
drawn from
the dissecting-room.
You
Confusion
must not
try to get
qualities of brain
When
to the essential
and nerve
tissue.
of an idea in
certain
down
memory
muscular
brings with
activities,
it
you must
of a brain
cell,
Chapter
III
WITH
these
distinctions
Brain-Facts
you are
Mind-Facts
clearly in mind,
in a position to
examine
In the midst of
all
the diversity of
men and
rep-
may
opinion
be said
among
to
predominate.
summarize
1.
scientific
Some
these.
psychologists
mental phenomena
less
Let us briefly
as
regard
all
25
Applied Psychology
26
This
Braiu-Facts
ity.
Mind-Fa'ct
scriptive
IS
the point of
psychologists."
view of
" de-
With them,
ward
bration"
that
is
to say,
brain action,
which we arc
brain-cell activities, of
unconscious.
with the
al
persons,
the
facts
personalities," the
bodily
operations,
of
facts
as
"dissociated
of automatic
expressions
of
mind
activity.
ately
activity.
ity
may
by mind
activ-
action.
Mind Mechanism
^7
upon bodily
brain action
111
the body,
and
to
II
look
to
is
Nerve
tween two
You
ideas.
Your theory
sciousness
of the
to
frame mental
Your theory
of the subconscious
must
It
Mixing
\
crvc-Fibcrs
ideas
li^uh
Applied Psychology
2,
The "FringeConsciousness
Only
in this
way
of
efficiency in
in
your daily
highest degree of
employ to the
fullest extent
your mental
energies.
2.
by some
which
at
any mo-
lies just
attention.
used
field of consciousness
ment
is
By them
the subconscious
is
To them
merely
the
subconsciousness means
marginal
horizon
And,
or
in this
"sub" implies
Mind Mechanism
29
It
is
way
the term
"subconscious" represents no
scientific
conception whatever.
term used
It
is
simply a
recognized
consciousness
in
The
com-
as
facts.
conscious"
that in
is
which
it
is
em-
men and
normal.
To
these
men
subconscious
disso-
normal
" consciousness,
-spht-off"
/>
Applied Psychology
split-off"
Ideas
owner
in his
normal
state
is
unaware of
their existence.
consist
lost sensations, as
or they
may
we
Now,
knowledge of
his
secondary con-
Mind Mechanism
existence of the other,
it is
^ j
by deduction a
which
is
ward
from
its
out-
but by
in-
and
his
own
sense-perception of
them.
then,
not
its
essential nature
in
is
is
dinary consciousness.
If
Prince
Conception
raiis short
Applied Psychology
Conception
moment
Falls Short
his pri-
mary
pered in his
Janet
matic writing
as
manifestation of
subconsciousness just as he
would speak
No attempt is made to
reason back of
came
about.
how
it
They do
call
the subconscious.
it is
com-
Mind Mechanism
mon
33
phenomena
present."
than
the
this,
steadily gaining
opinion
ground among
is
investi-
is
abnormal mental
action.
There
among them
a general tendency
to
Now,
to
to limit the
term subconscious
the character
far
short
of
we have
referred
to, falls
your requirements.
mind
that
//
you
your
toncettion
;?:/,,,,,,,
More
tions of
life.
Applied Psychology
'lA
Dual
They
In the luxuri-
The
conscious"
is
" sub-
of the term
word
is
which
that in
it is
em-
One
is
sense-impressions,
mind
sciousness, the
the
mind
the
of these
mind
of
of
con-
Mind Mechanism
turn conducts
ties
all
"minds"
our immediate
relation to
it.
rr>i
activi/
It
en-
is
It has
world.
existence.
It
is
for each
man
his indi-
This
writers,
the
lay
distinctly metaphysical
and
last
is
theory,
that
of
is
is
it
is
" subconscious-
in
Summarizing
we
find
idealistic
Speculation
he other of these
the subjective.
is
a r
Applied Psychology
36
Prevailing
Conceptions
of the
1.
That
employed by
'Subconscious"
tify
is
phenomena belonging
to entirely
That
although
these
observed
facts
many
authorities so un-
fortunately confuse
psychologist,
seem
to
make
seem
to
terms.
3.
men
That through
the
facts,
explanations
that
may
Mind Mechanism
''rciaiUng
Conceptions
,,
excursions
into
the
in a scien-
They
dream
are
forest
of
That
of the
subconscious
that
may
properly
it
be
as
defines
it
concurrent consciousness,
as a
a " co-consciousness,"
made up
of active
primary consciousness.
You must
definitions are
You
its
phases, shall
of the
"Subconscious"
make
Applied Psychology
Prevailing
broad
generalizations
possible,
and
mind
full
Conceptions
of the
its
"Subconscious"
lations of
men.
we have
outlined falls
The
theory
is
speculative
falls
and- metaphysical
unscientific.
The
conception of the
men
of scientific
it
it
Now,
subconscious,
same time
which
sufficiently
shall
to
at
the
how
be
show you
Mind Mechanism
*!
km
in
you
to solve
every prob-
factor.
career.
in
The
and must
at the
comprehensive
same time be
to
sufficiently
account for
all
forms
is
a scientific ex-
^onccpnue
^'''^1"'
^'""
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J.O
Concept the
Business
Man
Needs
planatioii of
n
Well
^-
as a scientific
normal mental
And,
to
^*
as
i
/:
explanation of ab-
processes.
to the
concept: First,
it
must be expressed
in
ond,
it
in
//
must explain
can be found
to
no facts
to
apply.
AN INVENTION
FOR DEVELOPING
POWER
Chapter IV
AN INVENTION
FOR DEVELOPING
POWER
N THE volumes
more
something
tentatively
facts.
subconscious.
to
did
put forward
conclusions
What we
have
to
do now
these conclusions
may
of
we
merely
than
We
number
embodying some
as
we
everyday
first set
use.
Consequently
we
shall
43
^""^'""^'"'''
Conclusions
catalogue
is
Applied Psychology
A A
Fundinncntal
Conclusions
you
just
what
the subconscious
tell
is.
First
many.
Second
Every
human body
is
the
to
sense-impres-
telligences, each of
utilizes
its
special function
reproduction of
cell intelligences
control
nerve
instinctively
formance of
the
which
embodied
system
its
under
the body.
a supervisory
on without our
carry
the
These
the sympathetic
in
knowledge or volition
subconsciously
kind.
and
that
is
to say,
vital functions of
Mind Mechanism
Third
All
experiences,
sensory
.
whether perceived
or
45
not,
wnetner
pre-
served.
Fourth
Every
produce some
Fifth
call
^^
attention'*
consciousness
pressions
excepting
trained
Sixth
and
all
incoming sense-im-
all
suggested memories
those
to select
The
which
it
has
been
and admit.
attention
is
subject to
ruudamcuiai
Conclusions
Applied Psychology
A,6
AScientific
Concept of
Practical
Utility
\yg
propositions
these
Stated
h^LYC
again
in order to refresh your memory
^
concerning them. It might be well for
.
you briefly
to
which
of reasoning by
these various
may be
mind
We
submit
now
subconscious that
This
at.
the
is
more
as logical
facts.
a conception of the
fills
all
the require-
scientific
Subconsciousness
individual
mind
is
not
methods.
all there
is
embraced
of the
in the
it
As
with which
man comes
into the
As
such,
it
is
the
sum
a
total of
It
is
that department of
directs the
the body
mind which
vital functions.
It
the repository in
is
remem-
bered or forgotten.
Subconsciousness
of ideas, emotions
from which
is
is
drawn
the elements of
a vast reservoir
which consciousness
is
consists in
made up
of ''thoughts"
warehouse of the
The
its
contents
is
drawn from
the
and motor
im.-
past.
ideas, emotions
j
,,
scuutitic
(-"'"^^t" "/
rnictical
f^'m^ty
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48
A
Scientific
Concept of
Practical
''
''^'
pulses
t/ius
retained in subconsciousness
,
processes
the
of
mind
as-
into
or
latent
which becomes
in subconsciousness
potential
energy
kinetic or circulating
the
sciousness.
to
changing
momentary
This energy
some form
is
con-
an impulse
of muscular activity, so
associated with
it
cular motion.
in subconscious-
it
not only an
appropriate
inherent
the
to
cessful, are
ness, they
drawn
tend
into
your conscious-
outwardly manifest
to
may
he appropriate
to
your part
in the
if
complexes or ideas
constituting mental
fortune,
active in
disease
pictures
and
mis-
death
of
become
to
de-
and other
to restrain
vital organs of
Scienilfic
pTutina
while
at the
same
^'''''>'
r
A
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down with
Scienivfic
"practical
^f self-ubasement, dejection
Utility
feelings
and melan-
choly.
The
comes active
upon the
in consciousness,
relation in
which
it
it
be-
depends
stands to
flicting ideas or
your mind's
ties
eye. Its
emotional quali-
impulses
more
If,
to
and
its
or less restrained.
Mind Mechanism
51
'
Scieutinc
Concept of
ideas
then
present,
the
mental picture
is
reality,
commonly
For
more
called ^'belief."
''faith" or ''belief"
nor. less
is
nothing
This
is
conceive
binds
it
Our
true
it
tie
that
happenings
in
your
Practical
Utilitv
Applied Psychology
The Sequence
of Science
principles
We want you
that
we have
characterizes
first,
to
observe particularly
the collection
facts, as in
we have deduced.
scientific
and
methods:
classification of
a conception
to
been evolved
in just this
way.
Kepler
the planets
around the
and demon-
moved in elliptical
sun. Newton subse-
Mind Mechanism
facts
and
as a
means
53
masses of matter.
Our
in
terms
it
is
and
ultimate
of
all
With
these elements
we have
still
already-
further frame,
sum up
past mental
How
action.
from
abnormal psychology!
Applying our
we
conclude
it
may
at times,
is
through an ab-
iin,uitc
'Elements
Applied Psychology
rj_
Ultimate
Elements
normal or deranged
functioning
become
attention or dissociation,
up
into
of
different composition.
may be
of these consciousnesses
systematically organized,
them
is
split
sciousnesses
Each
of
but one of
more
and
mary
consciousness.
is
In
this
way
are
feeling in
loss
of
to dis-
sociated "personalities."
You
can
now
see that
of the subconscious
is
our conception
very different
outlined them.
It
is
as
of
we have
conception that
Mi?id Mechanism
55
set
for yourself.
It
is
CumMcx
wholly a psychical
as
distin-
tion.
whole
In
this
level of
conception you
mere
rise
above the
facts to the
plane of pure
Have you
ever seen or
abstractions.
heard or
felt
"subconscious com-
or in any
way been
conscious of a
The very
proposition
in
is
absurdly self-contradictory.
.^c^wj^a
Subconscious
nor the
infinitely
small
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Seems
some-
less ether.
If the subconscious
thing that
it
anyone
dium
to
is
would be impossible
of the senses, so
is
for
the infinitely
would be impossible
it
to perceive
through the
for anyone
senses.
mind
perfect
On
the contrary,
harmony with
it is
in
is
that there
rectly at
is
Mind Mechanism
mere mental
the
that
function.
It
may
57
even be
phases
subconscious
of
the
is
com-
man.
It
may
moments
before the
of
profound
life of
consciousness inter-
may
from
is
be that
reflectiveness,
nearest to
this
stream
upward through
subconsciousness
into
con-
origin of ihr
v/mi'm
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Ovigin of the
ThoughtStream
rcason.
And,
,
earlier book,
you learned
as
.
it
in
is
unnecessary to the
that
we
causes.
an
should
determine
ends
"first"
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LAWS OF SUCCESSACHIEVEMENT
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mark
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Success
we
nal
fundamental
shall here
ciples
that
principles
Achievement,
to
of
which
as
established.
I.
All
All
bodily
activity
is
caused,
6i
Fuvdnmcntai
'^axvs of
Achievement
Applied Psychology
52
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