The Sixth Sense: Its Cultivation and UseBrent, Charles Henry
Religion
The Sixth Sense: Its Cultivation and Use
Brent, Charles Henry
New Thought
Psychic forces may influence mightily the subconscious life of an infant
and promote healthy character, but have they any effect on physical
well-being? The reply would seem to be that, if at any time in the span
of a lifetime they work beneficently in this direction, it is probable
that they do so from the outset. It would be sheer waste of time to
adduce arguments to prove that healthy minds conduce directly to healthy
physique. The difficulty is to find the limit of such influence, so vast
is it. Physical well-being, however, is not an end in itself, and it is
a subversion of the human order to aim at health of mind or character
in order that our physique may be improved. So nicely is human nature
proportioned and adjusted that it is doubtful whether a person could
achieve physical health by becoming good with that sole end in view.
Physical health is not essential to a high degree of human efficiency,
though health of character is and therefore must be sought first because
of its priceless value. But it is our just assumption that a child
with a healthy body is more likely to have a normal inner personality
than if it had a sickly body. Outer and inner health act and react and
interact so that it is equally true to say that, given a healthy mind
and disposition, other things being equal, the body will have the best
opportunity of being normal and, whatever its condition, of being used to
the best advantage. There can be no consideration of higher importance
than to make a child sensitive as soon after birth as possible, to his
psychic, moral, and mystical environment. It will conduce to loftiness
of character and, for aught we know, to useful longevity and vigor of
physique.
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