Life — March 16, 1911 — page 38: what you’re looking at

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MILLIONS OF TIONS TO TESTIFY TO IT. WING to our recent scheme of obtaining amateur mediums and clairvoyants, we are now, we are happy to say, turning away help, and it be- comes simply a question of raising the standard of our vibration-subscription department. Our little mental pamphlet, ‘“‘How to Be a has béen doing splendid work. Many individuals, hitherto blind to the fact that they contained the centre of immense vibratory power, have been awakened by this pamphlet. For the benefit of the small circle cf purely physical readers left in the world, who are still groping about reading the physical Lire, which we understand is issued weekly, we give the following direc- tions: The term Yogi comprehends all the varying stages of the physical life. If you are inclined to sce visions, you may know that you have power. Can you put yourself in the place of another? That's one sign. If you are a married man, can you instinctively be- gin to feel when your wife is getting an uncontrollable de- sire to go shopping? That's a sign that you have power. Or if you are a lady, and divine where your husband may be spending the evening, when he telephones that he is working, that is also a sign. In count- less little ways you can easily teil whether you are gifted with second sight. If so, begin by remaining for an hour a day in the passive, or jellyfish, state. This is because in our coarse physical way we are all evolved from protoplasm. The jellyfish is the first form of protoplasm. The jellyfish contains more protoplasm to the square inch than any other physical illu- sion. By becoming a jellyfish mentally, therefore, you re- vert to first conditions, and place yourself in a receptive attitude to receive the earlier vibratory influences that are constantly circling around this planct. Do this for half an hour before each meal, and at the same time long, in your mind, to be like Gee. Ime. Mit. This able man, as everybody knows, is the wonderful manager of our Thought Bureau, and to him we owe everything. Before he came with us, the Mental Life was a mere nothing. A single second-rate yogi, with only one mental typewriter assistant, did almost the entire business of the office. But Gee. Ime. Mit. was a man of real power, a wonder- ful harmonic centre of blue and yellow combinations that we have never seen the equal of. IMAGINARY NEW SUBSCRIP- LIFE He is, in fact, the whole Mental Life. Concentrate, there- fore, on Gee. Ime. Mit. and wish to be like him. You will now reach the simple trance stage, where you will be able to go into easy trances occasionally. Don't be dis- couraged if you cannot always do this, The habit of going into a real trance at will must be acquired by constant prac- tice. And in learning to do this, be sure and get the right control. When you are in a trance, please understand that you are in a position to be controlled by the first spirit that comes along. This happens until you can gather enough individual vibratory power to go on by yourself. You should therefore make an engagement ahead with some reliable spirit, who will act as a control. You can do this by inserting an ad in the Mental Life—concentrate and frame the message and it will be duly recorded; don’t forget to send along the mental cash at the same time. We accept no ads unless paid for mentally in advance. It is important to get the right control; otherwise you may get into trouble. One of the best recording yogis we have was, carly in her carecr, controlled by the spirit of a Hoboken dressmaker, who nearly talked us all to death before we could switch on an- other control. Avoid all In- dians. They have been associ- ating with Sixth Avenue me- diums so long that they have lost all their dignity. After this, your path is easy. You will gradually enter into Prana, and be able to record vibrations from anywhere. Your joy will know no bounds. When you have reached this stage, apply at our office, and we will submit you to a test. If you can correctly take on four thousand mental subscribers an hour, you will do. We pay liberally, and give all yogis a two weeks’ vacation in the summer. During this period you can transport your- self mentally to any fashionable hotel in the land, and we will get you reduced rates. Meanwhile, we have received the following communication: Gee. Ime. Mit.: What is your object? If, as you claim, you have so many million subscribers to the Mental Life, why doesn’t the country show the effects of it? There ought to be a wave of joy sweep over us, instead of an increasesd era of high prices. Can't you lower the tariff a little, or get an honest inter- borough system in New York? Any little thing like that will be an evidence of good faith on your part. Give us a sign. G—— W- (Concluded on page 555) comicbooks.com