Esoteric V10: July 1896 - Iapsop.com

t!i8 CoscESTRATION. [Octo her
directing this magic power, Discrimination, man may gather
and gJ"Ow from whatever plane of exiRtence he may be found
able to love. The effort to guide and gove•·n that Aphere of
lm•e and Aympathy to the higheRt and holie11t and be11t is the
numtal attitude which cauRes the individual to open the door
and welcome DiRCrimination as that heavenly visitant Wisdom :
and, in 110 far as she is enthroned in the mind, nothing but
1•ight thoughts, right feelings, and right 11esir·es will be permitted
to ente;. the individual cmu1cinnsness.
[To be continued.]
CONCENTRATION.
It i11 rt>latecl of a distinguished man-one of the fiMit 11cholar11
of America at the pre11ent day-that, when he was fitting for
collt>ge. he fonnd himself 11pending two hom·s a day in preparing
his Latin lt>sRon. lie t1ete•·minel1 that he woultl get that
le11son in a.n honr and fifty minute~. The next day, and Mnhsequent
11ays, when he Rat dnwn tn learn hi11 Latin, he hent every
ene•·gy tn alloomplish it in the shortest pn11sible time. lie
fuund h.v daily t•·ials t.hat he wa11 getting it in an hour and forty
minutflll, an•1 that the time •·eqnirt>d wa11 g1'11wing daily a little
le-1!1. Concentrating all hi,-. pnwt>s•>~ np•m the t:L>~k, Jay hy ,Jay,
he snon found him11elf 11ptm1ling only 1L11 hom· a1111 a half upon
it, then fifteen minute>~ loAM, 1\1111 wa11 11o•m mastering it in an
hour: and, continuing his effm·ts, within a few monthR tht>
daily lesson conld he }t'aJ·ne•l in )t'A!I than half an hnnr !-a
thi~g ah110lntely impo~