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existence, could be weighed. Thought, after being sent forth, is of a
cloudy appearance, bearing the color belonging to it, as de scribed in
our lesson on the Aura. It is like a thin vapor (the degree of density
varying) , and is just as real as the air around us or the vapor of steam
or the numerous gases with which we are acquainted. And it has power,
just as have all of these forms of vapor which we have just mentioned.
In this place let us mention that when a thought is sent forth with
strength, it usually carries with it a certain amount of Prana, which
gives it additional power and strength, and often produces startling
effects. The Prana practically "vitalizes" it in some cases, and makes of it
almost a living force. We will have more to say on this point a little later
on.
So, friends and students, please remember always that when we speak
of thoughts being real things, we mean just what we say. It may be
necessary for
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you to fix this fact in your minds by picturing the mind as sending forth
thought emanations. Some find the picture of the throwing off of light-waves
an easy way to fix the idea in their minds. Others prefer the illustration of
the throwing off of heat by a stove. Others find it easier to think of a flower
throwing off a strong perfume. And one student (now far advanced)
preferred to think of thought emanations as akin to the steam being
projected from a boiling tea kettle. Take your choice or invent illustrations of
your own, but get the idea fixed in your minds some way. It is much easier
to work out these things by means of a material illustration than to attempt
to carry an abstract idea in the mind.
While, as a rule, the power of thought of a certain kind depends upon the
strength with which it has been projected, there is another element of
strength which enables thoughts to manifest power. We allude to the
tendency of thought to attract to itself other thoughts of a similar nature
and thus combine force. Not only does thought along any lines tend to
attract to the thinker corresponding thought attracted from the
thought-atmosphere within the field of attraction, but thoughts have a
tendency to flock together - to coalesce, to blend together. The average
thought-atmosphere of a community is the composite thoughts of the
people composing that community. Places, like persons, have their
peculiarities, their characteristics, their strong
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and weak points, their prevailing atmosphere. This fact is apparent to all
who have thought at all upon these lines, but the matter is usually
dismissed without any attempt at explanation. But it must be apparent that
the place itself is not an entity, and that these characteristics are not
inherent in them, but must have some cause or origin. The occultist knows
that this thought-atmosphere of a village, town, city, or nation is the
composite thought of those dwelling in it or who have previously dwelt
there. Strangers coming into the community feel the changed atmosphere
about it, and, unless they find it in harmony with their own mental
character, they feel uncomfortable and desire to leave the place. If one, not
understanding the laws operating in the thought world, remains long in a
place, he is most likely to be influenced by the prevailing
thought-atmosphere, and in spite of himself a change begins to be manifest
in him and he sinks or rises to the level of the prevailing thought.
In the older countries the characteristics of the leading cities of the nation
have grown more or less alike, although there are still many points of
difference which the stranger at once feels when he visits them. But in
America, where the country is larger and newer, the differences to be
noticed in localities are most marked. This is true not only in different
sections of the country, but in cities near each other. Let the thoughtful
stranger visit in turn the leading
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cities of the United States, and he will be struck with the spirit of each
place, each having its own personality and characteristics, the result of
certain lines of thought on the part of the early settlers of the place, which
in turn affected the newcomers, who added their thought emanations to the
atmosphere of the place, and so on, from time to time, until the several
cities have grown farther apart in their characteristics than have many
different nationalities. Let the stranger visit in turn, say Boston, New York,
Philadelphia, Chicago, Denver, and San Francisco, and he will notice the
greatest differences in the characteristics of each place. This difference does
not appear so strongly when he talks to individual citizens, but is quite
noticeable when he opens himself up to the "spirit of the place." People
often speak of these characteristics as "the air" of the place, and the real
explanation has been given above - it is the thought-atmosphere of the
town. These characteristics may be modified or even greatly changed by a
new set of people settling in a town. A few energetic thinkers will send forth
strong waves of thought in their everyday life, which will soon color the
composite thought of the place. The thought of one strong thinker will
overcome the weak, purposeless thought of very many people who send
forth only negative thoughts. The positive is a sure antidote to the negative.
In the same way the "spirit" of the nation is a composite of the
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"spirit" of its several parts. If one removes to a town in which the greatest
energy is being manifested, he soon feels the effect of the positive thought
around him, which awakens similar thoughts within himself. If one removes
to a sleepy, "dead" community, his activities will become deadened and he will
gradually sink to the level of the town. Of course, the man or woman who has
built up a strong, positive individuality will not be affected so easily as the one
of opposite characteristics, and, in fact, he may even act as a leaven for the
mass; but in a general way the average person is greatly influenced by the
composite thought-atmosphere of the locality in which he spends most of his
time.
In the same way dwellings, business-places, buildings, etc., take on the
predominant thought of those inhabiting, them or who have dwelt in them.
Some places are notoriously "unlucky," and, although this condition may be
reversed by the man or woman of strong will, the average person is affected by
it. Some houses carry with them an atmosphere of sunshine, good fellowship,
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