DEVELOPING THE SPIRITUAL CONSCIOUSNESS: Page 71

pulling, attracting, charming. This is the Feminine phase of Mental energy. When you combine the two, the positive and the negative electrodes in the human brain, your suggestions whether turned in upon your sub-conscious self or projected outward, command an irresistible position; in fact, they influence the imagination, reason, or will of another man in an uncontrolled man: this is what comes through the practice of Concentration. We should learn to make use of both; whether we are suggesting auto-ally or outwardly. What is concentration? Holding the mind to a point. There are two phases of concentration: a lower and a higher. We shall take up the first only. You are not prepared for the second. Only those whose soul-un-foldment is an actualized fact can practice it and they will not need these teachings. They are their own teachers. Resolve upon the performance of a certain mental work with concentration, say for half an hour at the beginning. Then carry it out. Do it every day ; each time prolonging the duration of the exercise. Suppose you cannot find a mental task. Here is one: First of all "relax" mentally and physically, yet remain alert and steady. Now: Take this virtue: Chastity. Read literature on this subject. That will provide you with the requisite information and supply many missing links. Study it from the physical, mental, and spiritual viewpoints. Then sit up and calmly think