Into the Mystic Silence

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=110 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="040f0f21egerdp.jpg"> <div> <B><IMG SRC="041203c0.jpg" border=0 width="32" height="60" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#66334C" FACE="Arial" ><B>The Magic of Reading</B></FONT><B>      |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Magic of Reading"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="03ff2f02egerdp.jpg"> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="14">    <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="14">  <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="14">    <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="14"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="32fadd00.gif" border=0 width="173" height="208" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=370 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="042f0f03.jpg"> <div> <I>   Into the Mystic Silence   </I></div> <bR> <div> <B>How do you get things done in a crazy environment where chaos is the norm </B></div> <div> <B>and a person can't hear himself think?  Not easy to do, but the solution, which</B></div> <div> <B>Dr. Davis discovered in an old book by the wise American pragmatist William </B></div> <div> <B>James, just might transform your life.  </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Dr. Davis transports you back to a busy workplace in the late 1800s.  He finds a </B></div> <div> <B>man working serenely in a loud and crazy environment.  How does he do it?  The </B></div> <div> <B>answer to this question just may show you the way to perform better it your own </B></div> <div> <B>loud, fast-paced setting.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Into the Mystic Silence</B></div> <div> <IMG SRC="36f0f180.jpg" border=0 width="271" height="280" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B>You never know where the message that will solve your problem will come from.  Sometimes it comes in the form of a revelation. Sometimes it comes in the form of advice from others. Sometimes it comes in the form of material you read in books or even see on television.</B><B>  </B><B>One of</B><B> </B><B>Albert Schweitzer's pivotal moments (the decision to become a doctor and go to Africa) was the result of reading an article in a newspaper.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>In an old book called </B><I><B>The Varieties of Religious Experience</B></I><B> </B><B>by William James is</B><B> </B><B>a passage that I</B><B> </B><B>believe is</B><B> </B><B>priceless.  On page 105 James quotes an author writing around the year 1900 on something called New Thought, which appears to be ancient Eastern Philosophy about mind control.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Anyway, the passage that we can use describes a man in a busy office doing </B></div> <div> <B>something which makes him in my mind, quite remarkable:</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>"Entirely undisturbed by the many various sounds about him, this self-centered </B></div> <div> <B>faithful man would, in any moment of perplexity, draw the</B><B> </B><B>curtains of privacy so </B></div> <div> <B>about him that he would be as fully enclosed in his own psychic aura, and thereby </B></div> <div> <B>as</B><B> </B><B>effectually removed from all distractions, as though he were alone in some primeval </B></div> <div> <B>wood. Taking his difficulty with him into the mystic silence in the form of a direct </B></div> <div> <B>question to which he expected a certain answer, he would remain utterly passive until </B></div> <div> <B>the reply came, and never once through many years' experience did he find himself disappointed. "</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>It is in our power to cultivate the same wonderful habit!</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Here's what to do:</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>1.  Decide that you wish to be like the man in the busy office.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>2.  Either buy the William James book or make a photocopy of this page.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>3.  Every time you are beset with a problem, take your problem, in the form of a </B></div> <div> <B>question you wish answered, into the "mystic silence." It may help to physically  </B></div> <div> <B>touch the James book or the photocopy of this page, to help you recall what you </B></div> <div> <B>are doing.</B></div> <div> <B>     </B></div> <div> <B>Remain utterly passive until you have your reply!  If the man in the book could do it, </B></div> <div> <B>you can do it.  </B><B>By making it a point to succeed with this technique once, you will </B></div> <div> <B>prove you can do it any time.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>4.  When you successfully use this technique, appreciate fully the awesome power </B></div> <div> <B>and serenity it provides you.  Do you not feel a bit like Superman or Wonder Woman?</B></div> <div> <B>We learn what can be done by observing high-functioning people and emulating their </B></div> <div> <B>behavior.  This is why people starting out in the work world should attach themselves </B></div> <div> <B>to the best employers possible.   Always be careful when selecting your boss.  More </B></div> <div> <B>important than salary when you are starting out is learning how to work.   The best </B></div> <div> <B>person to work for is someone doing exactly what you would like to be doing ten,</B></div> <div> <B>twenty, or thirty years from now.  This should be a person who is skilled at what they </B></div> <div> <B>do and who you respect.  </B></div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>End</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id127.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ben Franklin University"><U><B>Ben Franklin University</B></U></A></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>