Mind and Its Origin

in this field for the restoration of used energy and the rebuilding and preservation of the body's tissues and functions. That is why good sleep is so refreshing.

POLARITY OF MIND: Mental well-being and function depend upon polarity, the same as physical well-being. Energy must flow in waves or currents, from pole to pole, to remain balanced. When the mind is linked to the Soul and under the sway of the higher aspect of its functions, ideals, principles, patterns of fair play and justice, trained to straight thinking, good habits, and interested in creative activity, then the Positive Pole of the Mind remains in control. Youthful enthusiasm, appreciativeness, devotion, religious training and wholesome interest in work and service are great stabilizers of the mind.

When the Conscious Mind swings into the negative attitude of resistance, fault-finding, hating or holding grudges, set mental, strained conditions, lack of appreciation and good will, then much energy is lost and the result is unhappiness and misery. Eventually the mind loses its polarity with the life-giving, Radiant Soul Force within, by isolation through self-willed desires and actions, called 'sins' in the Bible.

Locked-up mental conditions usually precede accidents, because the mind is more in the field of unawareness, or occupied with its "pet peeve", instead of constructive thinking. Failure to be alert causes many accidents. The resulting shock and pain usually break up the mental, pent-up pattern that caused the trouble in the field of lines of force. Cause and effect balance each other. According to the WISDOM OF THE EAST, there are no 'accidents'. It is all due to pent-up impulses and a lack of awareness of the causes of past actions, called "Karmic Debts", which must be paid or balanced. Every thought, word and deed has its own reaction in kind, sooner or later. We are living in the world of opposites, of good and bad, of cause and effect. Every cause has its effect, and every effect can be traced back to its cause. We are here to learn our lessons so that eventually we may graduate from this 'wheel' of opposites, of cause and effect.