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The Tenth Lesson: Sub-Consciousing.643
merely a passive instrument in the hands of some person other than himself,
who compelled him to wait until the work was performed for him by some
hidden region of the mind. When the subconscious part of the mind had
completed its work, it would flash the message to his conscious mind, and
he would begin to write.
Mention is also made of the great French chemist Berthelot, who relates
that some of his best conceptions have flashed upon him as from the clear
sky. In fact, the Eighth Lesson is largely made up of examples of this kind, and
we ask the student to re-read the same, in order to refresh his mind with the
truth of the workings of the sub-conscious mentality.
But you will notice in nearly all the cases mentioned, that those who
related instances of the help of the sub-conscious mind had merely stumbled
upon the fact that there was a part of the mind below consciousness that
could and would work out problems for one, if it could somehow be set in
operation. And these people trusted to luck to start that part of the mind in
operation. Or rather, they would saturate their conscious mind with a mass of
material, like stuffing the stomach with food, and then bid the subconscious
mind assort, separate, arrange and digest the mental food, just as does the
stomach and digestive apparatus digest the natural food—outside of the
realm of consciousness or volition. In none of the cases mentioned was the
subconscious mind directed specially to perform its wonderful work. It was
simply hoped that it might digest the mental material with which it had been
stuffed—in pure self defense. But there is a much better way, and we intend
to tell you about it.
The Hindu Yogis, or rather those who instruct their pupils in “Raja Yoga,”
give their students directions whereby they may direct their sub-conscious
minds to perform mental tasks for them, just as one may direct another
to perform a task. They teach them the methods whereby, after having
accumulated the necessary materials, they may bid the sub-conscious
mentality to sort it out, rearrange, analyze, and build up from it some bit
of desired knowledge. More than this, they instruct their pupils to direct