LESSON 55.

The sending and receiving of thought messages in the form of words or pictures without the assistance of the five senses is called Telepathy. Thought passes from mind to mind through the great ethereal ocean of communication between place to place. It is an electrical movement originating in the brain or gray matter and vibrating the ether. Thought is not only a dynamic force but is a real thing as any other material object. We cannot smell or taste thought, as we do not smell or taste the pure air. Thought sends out vibrations as light and heat do, but they are of a higher intensity. The chief usefulness of this science is that, however the distance may be, it in no way interferes either in projecting or receiving thoughts. You must not hurry over the practice, nor be eager enough to be a master of both time and space within a day. It is only practice that makes man perfect. When just once you have taken the study of this wonderful and interesting science you will never be satisfied to leave it alone, until you have become a perfect master of it. Of course there are people who can more easily project and receive thoughts than average men, but this can be attained by everyone who is willing to try it. So thought waves can be directed as well as received if sufficiently practiced.

Easy tests should at first be tried and gradually worked up to more difficult tests. The secret of success is earnest expectation. If you fail in the beginning do not be discouraged, but keep at it until you get good results and work smoothly. A proper training with the following exercises will make you an expert in Telepathy and will develop in yourself a confidence and aid you in acquiring the knack of sending out thought messages. You should do this for the sake of practice, and practice alone, and not merely for your amusement, and never for the amusement of your friends. You should never trifle with the mighty forces or exhibit them to satisfy the vulgar curiosity of others. When you have grasped the real significance of the law of mental control you will have no desire to parade your knowledge. On the other hand, you should keep continuously practicing with the firm understanding that you are paving a way to a higher use of your growing power.

This branch requires the aid of a friend, and it would be advantageous if he is one with whom you have practiced the exercises in Muscle Reading, or better if he himself is a practitioner of the science itself. As the practice requires a Projector as well as a Receiver, you may take whatever position you please, as success in either of them is gratifying. No doubt the position of the Receiver is a difficult one, requiring great tact and patience, so we give you instructions assuming that you take the position of a Receiver. Before taking any other tests please practice the following exercises, as they would show you what Thought can do.

LESSON 56.

When you go down a street, direct your attention upon some person walking just ahead of you within a distance of 10 feet or more and "will" firmly that he shall turn his head and look around in your direction. Your gaze should be focussed at the back of his neck just at the base of the brain. After a little practice you will get the required knack and you will be surprised at your success. Women are more susceptible to this mental influence than men. You may as well multiply the exercise by your own ingenuity and practice thoroughly.

LESSON 57.

Take a person who is sitting in an opposite row, not directly opposite to your position but a little towards the right or the left. Look direct opposite to you, so that if the person turns around he may not see that you are looking at him, and look at him through the corners of the eye. Think firmly that he will turn in the direction you are sitting and in a short time towards yourself; then direct the magnetic gaze in his face. It will produce a good effect.

LESSON 58.

Just when you pass in the roads turn your look towards any person, either going before you or approaching you; will firmly that he will turn either to the right or left and you will find that he unconsciously acts to your orders. If these exercises are well practiced you may perform wonderful feats.

Now to our regular work of a Receiver. As instructed above you must have a lot of patience. Both of you, you and your friend, must proceed with a firm determination to succeed in your efforts. Confidence is the greatest factor to be considered.

LESSON 59.

Have your friend take a seat in one end of a room and seat yourself in the other end. If you do not chance to have any screen or obstruction, etc., between you, have your eyes blindfolded. Let your friend take any article and look at it firmly; hold his attention to it; think that you will understand what it is. It is better if he looks at the article through a funnel or a tube made of paper (wide at one end and narrow at the other), as his attention will not then be drawn towards any other thing. In the beginning it would be better if you have many persons to look at the object through the tubes and all of them think that you will know what it is. After a short practice you may dispense with the services of all except your friend. This experiment must be tried with various objects. During the trials you must keep yourself in a perfectly relaxed state, ready to receive any impression that may come to you. You must in no way guess or conjecture the object. Your conjectures will mislead you a great deal and baffle your improvement. Ten minutes is sufficient for a single object. If you do not receive any impression, desist from practice that day. Do not verify your impressions at once. Have them all written. At the close of the experiments verify them, and some may prove to be right and some wrong. Do not grow disgusted. You cannot master this wonderful power in an hour. Patiently proceed with the exercises day by day, and in course of time you will be able to decipher all impressions very accurately.

LESSON 60.

Now ask your friends to think of a number, preferably below ten in the beginning, and then increase the digits. It would be better if they have it written on a piece of paper and proceed as above. After a short practice you will be able to give out very accurately the numbers thought of.

LESSON 61.

Let your friends think that you will do a certain action—say that you will enter into a room and go towards a table and take a book that is kept on it and bring it to the place they are. Blindfold your eyes and let one of your friends lead you into the room and leave you there. Let them all firmly think that you must proceed step by step. They must all be looking at you, and if you find anything in your way or go towards anything that may impede your progress they must warn you. Or even if you are wrong—say, swerve towards any wrong direction or go beyond the fixed place—they must all firmly think that you are wrong. You must very cautiously and slowly proceed step by step and thus always wait for the impressions you may receive. When you have approached the table they must firmly will that you must stretch your hand, lower it, or raise it, as required, and take hold of the object. (Thus after every action your friends must will firmly of the subsequent action. After you have well succeeded proceed to the following.

LESSON 62.

Now take one selected friend and proceed with this exercise. It would be better if you often change the Projector, as it would facilitate to receive various impressions that may vary in their intensity. You must not confine yourself to only one friend. Concentrate your mind on a friend who is at a distance and think that he will write to you on a certain date. He will surely do so. It would be better in the beginning if you take someone with whom you are in correspondence. Then will that he will write on a certain definite subject. When you have attained satisfactory progress, try this with persons whom you know but with whom you have no correspondence.

LESSON 63.

How to Send Out a Telepathic Message to Your Friend at a Distance.—Suppose you wish to intimate your friend at a distance a thought message, you should write out the message on a sheet of white paper and then intently look upon the suggestions. To assist you in concentrating your vision it is advisable to have a simple instrument constructed on a large sheet of paper. Take a large sheet of paper and roll it in the form of a tunnel, 2 feet long and 4 inches in diameter, broad at one end and narrow at the other. Now place the paper with the message before you upon a table. Sit near it in a chair and hold the funnel (broad end) to your eyes. This is done merely for the purpose of shutting from your view the surrounding objects and to assist you in the concentration of your vision upon the message. By looking at it constantly you will see the message growing dim. and indistinct. But do not allow such a thing to take place; by moving the pupils of the eye to and fro within the range of the paper you can avoid such. In this experiment the eye should not be allowed to grow fatigued. In case it shows any such fatigue, you should wink your eyes as often as possible. If you practice this exercise daily with previous notice to your friend, regarding the time of exercise, he will surely record very correctly your message.

By the aid of Telepathy people even at a distance of 500 to 1,000 miles can be influenced without any trouble whatever. Suppose you wish to have an interview with a stanger and to interest him in your plans and enterprises, you may influence him by the method already explained. To do this it will be better to go into a quiet room and either lie or sit down in an easy-chair and entirely relax your muscles and keep yourself in a state of passivity and also shut out all disturbing thoughts and think intently but calmly of the person whom you wish to influence. The eyes should be closed and the effort must be calm and steady and you may get a mental image of the person. If you have never seen the person before, make the figure mentally without any distinct features. When this stage is attained, repeat mentally what you wish to do and imagine him doing as you wish. Your thought waves will reach your man with the greater force and do the needful. This requires a great practice.