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Title: Brains and how to get them
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Larson, Christian D. (Christian Daa), b. 1874
Subjects: New Thought
Publisher: Los Angeles, CA : New Literature Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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the process in each case. In each parttry to enter into the finer subconscious life, anddesire the awakening of this life with the deep-est and strongest desire possible. The entire ex-ercise may continue for ten or fifteen minutes, andmay be taken once or twice a day. Important—Pay no attention to the way youfeel after the exercise. You may feel drowsy oryou may feel mentally exhilarated. In either casekeep calm, retain your poise and loiow that everybrain cell in your possession has increased its vol-ume of life and power. Immediately after the ex-ercise relax mind and body. Let your thought passdown through the body so as to distribute equallyamong all the nerve centers the added life whichyou have gained. Then proceed to think of some-thing else. The art of concentration, when fairlywell mastered, may be exercised at any time. Touse spare moments for this work is a most excel-lent practice, because it will not interfere with theregular duties, and besides it will make those mo-
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FIG I. 1. Power. 2. Intellect 3. Aspiration Brains and How to Get Them 45 merits very interesting as well as highly valuableWe may promote brain building at any time whenengaged in work that is purely mechanical orthat does not require direct attention; and in fact,we should try to train ourselves to build the brainat all times, no matter what our work may be.We should train the forces of the mind to passthrough certain parts of the brain, so to speak,while doing their work, and we should expectthose forces to promote development whereverthey are directed to act. The energy employedin thinking should build brain cells and developmental faculties during the process of thought,no matter what that thought might be. The sameshould be expected of energy employed in studyor in any form of mental work, and all mentalenergy in action will promote brain and mind de-velopment when trained to do so. CHAPTER II MAKING EVERY BRAIN CELL ALIVE The greater the number of active brain cells,the greaterbrainshowtogetth00lars

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