And he differs very materially from the views of those who claim that Mind is but a property, or quality, or something proceeding from Matter or Force, or Matter-Force, or Force-Matter--according to the views of the respective schools. He takes an entirely different and opposite position. He holds that all that we call Matter (or Substance) and Mind (_as we know it_) are but aspects of something infinitely higher, and which may be called the "Cosmic Mind." He holds that _what we call_ "Mind" is but a partial manifestation of the Cosmic Mind. And that Substance or Matter is but a cruder or grosser form of that which we call Mind, and which has been manifested in order to give Mind a Body through which to operate. But this view he merely states in passing, for he makes no attempt to demonstrate or prove the same, his idea being that it forms a different part of the general subject than the phase of "Dynamic Thought," to the consideration of which this book is devoted. He also differs very materially from the Materialistic school in his conception of Force or Energy. Instead of regarding Force as a distinct principle, and as something of which Mind is but a form, he walks boldly out into the arena of Scientific Thought, and throwing down his gauntlet, proclaims his theory that "There is no such thing as Force apart from Life and Mind"--"All Force and Energy is the product of Life and Mind--all Force, Energy and Motion result from Vital-Mental Action--all Force, Energy and Motion is Vital-Mental Force, Energy and Motion."--"The Mind abiding in and permeating all Substance, not only has the power to Think, but also the power to Act, and to manifest Force and Energy, which are its inherent and essential properties." He also takes the position that Mind is in and about and around Everything. And that "Everything is Alive and Thinking." And that there is no such things as "Dead-Matter," or "Blind-Force," but that all Substance, even to the tiniest Particle, is permeated with Life and Mind, and that all Force and Motion is caused and manifested by Mind. He holds that all forms of Force, Energy and Motion, from the Attraction of the Particles of Matter, and their movements in response thereto, up to the Attraction of Gravitation, and the response of the Worlds, and Suns, and Stars, and Planets, thereto--are forms of Mental Energy and Force, and Action. And that from the tiniest atom, or particle, to the greatest Sun--all obey this Great Action of Mind--this Great Force of Mind--this Great Energy of Mind--this Great Power of Mind. And upon this rock--this rock of Truth, he believes it to be--he takes his stand, and announces his belief, and bids all-comers take notice of what he believes to be a germ-thought that will grow, develop, and increase so that it will eventually permeate all Scientific Thought as the years roll along. He calls this theory "The Theory of Dynamic Thought." CHAPTER III THE UNIVERSALITY OF LIFE AND MIND