The Mystery of Thought
Transference
Nona L. Brooks
Mysteries,
1924.
Divine Science Federation
Int’l
3rd Printing, 1977.
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We say, "How
wonderful! What marvelous things the
brain of man conceives," as each new
invention takes its place among the
marvels of the century. "What next?" we
ask. It is not the brain of man in the
accepted sense of the word brain, that is
producing the wonders of the age; it is
the Mind of God working through the brain
of man. All of this development that so
often seems to us mysterious, comes by
law; there is no chance in it to the one
who sees life as eternal progression.
Although the latest invention seems
greater than the one before it, each has
its own place in the line of development
that man is following. We think of great
achievements as mysterious. How can man
think out such wonderful things? Divine
Science teaches us not to marvel at the
brain power of men, but to recognize the
One Mind in action through these men who
are cooperating with the great forces of
the Universe.
The trend of
modern invention is toward the
annihilation or elimination of time and
space. To the one who believes in the
unity of life this is a hopeful sign; for
by means of the great mechanical devices
of this era of development men are
steadily being brought nearer and nearer
together. We are today closer to those on
the other side of the world owing to the
great discoveries of radio and wireless
than we were a hundred years ago to those
a few miles away. This is all part of the
law of progression.
I thrill
when I hear that a heart beat in
Schenectady was heard recently in San
Antonio. We shall not need assembly rooms
always; we shall sit in our homes, and
hear the Sunday morning sermon, as well
as the great musical programs, the
operas, and speeches that are being
broadcast now. From present indication we
shall sit in our homes, some day in the
not very distant future, and see the
actors, as well as hear them, give their
lines.
We who have
watched the onward movement of natural
science and invention with spiritual
insight have known that greater and still
greater developments would follow. The
world is becoming truly one. Let us by
our thinking and living speed the day
when the oneness of mankind will be not
only theorized over but practiced. It is
the bringing together of men in common
sympathy and clearer understanding that
is the great ideal for the world to
follow. The elimination of time and space
by mechanical means is wonderfully
significant of the unifying process that
is working in the Law of Life.
We are
almost tempted at times to think that in
the greatness of recent discoveries we
have heard the last words spoken in the
development of different phases of human
progress. Is there nothing more to be
said? I believe that there are greater
things still. When an inventor produced
the amplifier for the radio which made it
possible for ten thousand persons to hear
what ten had heard before, we thought a
final word had been spoken; then came the
microphone, another invention which is so
sensitive that it registers the sound if
I drop a crumb of bread upon my table.
This sound is registered many miles away.
Some of us are saying, "There can be
nothing greater than this." I say that
there are greater things in our midst
right now.
The idea of
radio is not new; the practical
application of it is. The next step in
the application of the principle is
mental radio, no doubt. This is thought
transference or telepathy. The
psychologists are testing out the method
of the transference of thought--and are
proving that it can be done. Mental radio
has been known by many people for years,
but they have said little about their
experience because they were awaiting
further developments. The natural
scientific men are not alone in their
discovery of thought transference; the
spiritual scientific women have seen this
possibility for a long time. Their
experiences have proved to them that
thought messages can be sent without any
mechanical means. Women have a deep
insight into the things of the Spirit;
this does not mean that men do not, but
they are more concerned with the outer
than women are--of necessity, of course.
They are focusing thought upon that which
is taking place in the outer conditions
of daily existence. It was a woman, you
remember, who first recognized the
Christ; and she found it difficult to
convince the men.
Mental
telepathy means that thought messages
sent out by me are caught by you. When
thought messages were broadcasted by
mental radio in years gone by, the
phenomenon was considered supernatural.
In the light of recent discoveries we
find that this is not outside of the law.
A great step had been taken; the
scientific world is depending less upon
material means.
There are
two ways of contacting others
metaphysically. We may reach them by
mental concentration; this method is used
by workers in applied psychology and
mental science. It has its analogy in
radio. The other method of contact is
spiritual. In this method we reach
another by knowing that there is only one
Mind, and commune with him through this
realization of unity. Let us for a moment
assume the office of the one who
forecasts. The spiritual method is the
way of the future. It will be applied
more and more as we think in terms of
unity. The elimination of distance and
time in our thought takes place as soon
as we are established in the
consciousness of the One Mind.
There is
most helpful work being done today by the
Spiritual scientists who are giving
messages of the truth of Being to all the
world. We in our treatments and silences
are doing what wireless telegraphy is
accomplishing by mechanical means. The
effect of our thinking is felt not only
in our midst and among the loved ones of
our home group; these thought messages
reach the uttermost parts of the earth.
We have no way of measuring the power of
thought; we know, however, that it is the
mightiest force in existence. No one
lives to himself alone. There is a
universal radio system. Any one may
listen in whose thought instrument is
attuned. It is becoming recognized among
natural scientists that every man is a
radio station, and that we are constantly
sending and receiving in the realm of
thought. The psychologists are testing
thought with instruments in order to
prove to the world that thoughts are
things. This is well; for the reports
that come from learned men in great
universities will be accepted by the
world at large.
Divine
Science teaches that since there is only
one Mind, the transference of thought is
by law; it is the natural method of
communication among men. I like to think
that we send thought blessings even to
what the world has called the dark
continent. I am sure that the natives in
Africa can be reached by thought messages
and blessed by these. Many of them are
tuning in.
Luther
Burbank tells many interesting incidents
of thought transference in a recent
magazine article in which he says that
his mother was able to receive and send
out thought messages. Mrs. Burbank was at
one time attending a wedding at some
distance from her home; she had intended
to remain in this town during the night.
Suddenly she became aware that her son
had broken his arm. She returned to her
home at once, to find that Luther’s
arm had been broken at just the time the
mental message had been received. Mr.
Burbank says that his sister, according
to tests made at the University of
California, was able seven times out of
ten, to receive messages sent to her
telepathically. He says that weak
thoughts must soon fall flat, while
strong ones may travel to the ends of the
earth, and that thoughts held in common
by large numbers of people must "swell
into a tremendous chorus." Think of the
privilege that is ours as
individuals--that of lifting up the
thought of the world. Every positive
thought is an uplifting power. The ideal
for the race is unity of thought. Is it
true that the confused condition of the
world today can be traced to the negative
thoughts that the human race has been and
still is generating and transmitting? We
might well heed these words. We do not
give sufficient attention to the power of
our thoughts.
Mr. B.F.
Mills told an amusing incident of thought
transference which proves that we must
not be too strenuous in our attempts to
get a message across. Mr. Mills and a
friend of his, by the name of Thompson,
who were especially congenial mentally,
decided to try an experiment in thought
transference. They agreed that the
experiment should be made at ten that
evening. About six-thirty Mr. Mills was
planning casually what message he should
send to his friend. I will ask him when
he last heard from his friend Anthony,
and tell him to write to Anthony at once.
Mr. Mills then dismissed the subject. At
ten o’clock he set to work to
concentrate with great vigor on the
message to Mr. Thompson. He felt assured
that such strenuous thought-work could
not be done without results. At
ten-thirty they were in communication.
"Well, Thompson, what did you get?" asked
Mr. Mills. "Not much of anything," was
his friend’s reply. Mr. Mills was
greatly disappointed. "Well, didn’t
you get something?" Mr. Thompson in a
vague way answered, "I got something
about an automobile. What did you really
send?"
"I asked you
when you had heard from Anthony, and
added that you must write to him at
once." "That’s queer," said Mr.
Thompson, "at six-thirty I seized with
the greatest desire to write to Anthony,
and I did." It was at six-thirty that Mr.
Mills was planning his message to Mr.
Thompson in a casual, easy way. The ten
o’clock message had been blocked by
the strenuous efforts of the sender to
get it across.
Healing and
all thought transference should be
carried on with lack of effort, quiet
certainty and confidence. Do not treat
with screwed up faces and try to send out
thought messages by making strenuous
efforts. When our thought is directed
toward the right thing, the realization
of the truth of Being, we shall not be
troubled by outer conditions. Let us not
be diverted from the Big Thing by the
lesser thing, the phenomenon. We should
fix our thought upon the truth of the
experience, not upon the experience
itself. The truth is that good is
omnipresent, and that he who is attuned
to the harmonious activity of the
universe of form will receive and
likewise send out worth-while messages.
Are we using the perfect thought power
which is God-Mind in action? Are we ever
more or less disturbed by the thought
that there are many negative messages out
on the waves of ether? We are told that
this is true. We need not be disturbed,
however, by these waves of thought; we
shall not be affected by these unless we
open ourselves to them. The great
broadcasting process is ever at work; let
us cooperate in the universal system by
opening ourselves only to that which is
true and by sending out only that which
is positive.
I look back
now upon the experiences my grandmother
had in thought transference; her power
was considered supernatural at that time.
My grandfather with four other pioneers
started out to explore the unbroken West.
He had reached what we now call Missouri.
This part of our continent seemed far
away then; it took three weeks to get a
letter from the West in my
grandfather’s day. Grandmother
dreamed one night that my grandfather had
passed on; those in her family who tried
to comfort her with the thought that it
was only a dream after all, were assured
that her dream was true. In three weeks a
letter bearing the news of my
grandfather’s passing was received.
In those days what to many seemed
supernatural, to me seems the most
natural thing in the world.
Another
instance of thought transference
interested me. Four of us were driving
around Denver in the days of open
carriages; two of our party were
strangers out to see the city. In the
midst of a conversation in which we were
all engaging, one of the guests said,
"Pardon me, I am called upon to give a
treatment; please go right on with your
conversation." After a time of silence
she joined in the conversation again, and
nothing more was said about the incident.
Some time after this I met my friend, and
she told me that at the time when she
dropped out of the conversation the day
of our drive, she did so because a call
had come from her husband who seemed to
be in great need. She responded to his
call for help by beginning to treat at
once. Her help had been needed; for she
received word from her husband that at
the time of receiving the impression of
his need the walls of the mine in which
he was working had caved in. He was
buried in the dirt for a time, but after
being carried out regained consciousness,
and was found to have escaped injury.
Right
thinking is the basis of powerful living.
When we are tempted to think a thought of
criticism, hatred, fear, envy, let us
immediately meet the temptation, and come
up over it. Someone else might be
likewise tempted to open himself to the
negative, and our wrong thought may find
lodgment and do more harm than we think.
While we are in a negative condition
mentally, we are open to what we call the
evil messages of others. But as long as
we are positive in our thinking, we are
safe in the Good.
I have had
innumerable experiences in thought
transference; in fact, they are daily
occurrences.
When we
think of ourselves as broadcasting and
receiving stations, is there not a thrill
that comes with the thought? Reflect for
a moment on the privilege that is
ours--that of helping to uplift the
world. Let us keep our station in tune
with the good and the true; then none of
the negative thoughts can possibly reach
us. Negative thoughts are evils--temporal
of course. I would prefer, however, to
face one good-sized devil than a thousand
sneaking ones in the form of wrong
thoughts. If only the race would wake up
to the truth, and guard its thinking, for
there seems to be what we may call race
thought--an attitude toward life that is
infixed in the race. Some psychologists
have much to say about what they call the
subconscious--the reservoir of race
conceptions that seem to be a force in
the world. What kind of thoughts are you
and I contributing to the race
consciousness? Remember that our
responsibility is that all of our
thinking be constructive. The world needs
lifting up out of the concept of
separation into the realization of
love.
The greatest
of all methods of thought transference is
spiritual realization of the unity of all
men. There are many of our brothers
seeking the best; let it come
persistently from you and me. I often
think, as I speak, and look into the
eager faces of the audience before me, of
our invisible audiences in other cities
and other countries; those who are
searching to find God. Let us feed the
spiritually hungry. This means
cooperation with the law of love. There
are seekers everywhere--in homes,
schools, and offices--and there are
broadcasters everywhere. Remember that we
can broadcast truth from the kitchen as
well as from the platform. Let us be sure
that we are receiving our messages from
Spirit, and then, broadcast these and no
others to the world.
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