Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    A Common Sense View of The Mind-Cure
    A Common Sense View of The Mind-Cure
    A Common Sense View of The Mind-Cure
    Ebook61 pages1 hour

    A Common Sense View of The Mind-Cure

    By Laura M. Westall

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    Experience the life-changing power of Laura M. Westall with this unforgettable book.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAndura Publishing
    Release dateNov 15, 2020
    ISBN9791220231831
    A Common Sense View of The Mind-Cure

    Read more from Laura M. Westall

    Related to A Common Sense View of The Mind-Cure

    Related ebooks

    Personal Growth For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Letter Of Gratitude

      Jul 6, 2021

      We’ve been friends for years and you’ve always been there for me. Now I want to be there for you – to thank you, support you and tell you how great you are. I appreciate our friendship and I want you to know that we will see each other soon and enjoy

      2 min read

    • Article

      The Healing Power Of CRYSTALS

      Jan 26, 2021

      During a recent interview, The Duchess of Sussex gave the public a peek into her inner sanctum and delighted wellness advocates. Peeping out from behind Meghan was a chunk of what appeared to be celestine, and crystal fans clocked it at once. Celesti

      1 min read

    • Article

      Dream happy, SLEEP HAPPY

      Jul 30, 2020

      Dream happy, SLEEP HAPPY
      1 min read

    • Article

      Learn to TRUST YOURSELF

      Sep 29, 2023

      Learn to TRUST YOURSELF
      2 min read

    • Article

      Coach Emotional Yourself Resilience To Greater

      Jun 16, 2020

      The ‘Psychologies’- endorsed ‘Find a coach’ directory, with Barefoot Coaching, provides readers with a choice of top coaches, all with postgraduate training accredited by the University of Chester and the International Coach Federation. Find a coach

      1 min read

    • Article

      Welcome To Mindful

      Apr 27, 2021

      By reading Mindful and sharing it with others, you’re helping to bring mindfulness practices into the world where the benefits can be enjoyed by all. Thank you! Print magazine & special topic publications 30 Day Mindfulness Challenge FREE! Guided med

      1 min read

    • Article

      Get Happy

      May 8, 2020

      Get Happy
      1 min read

    • Article

      How To Make Better Choices During Uncertainty

      Apr 29, 2020

      • Count your blessings. Look at what have rather than what you may have lost or missed out on, as this helps lower emotion and brings you into a more rational headspace. • Think in three time frames. Ask yourself what the impact of your decision will

      1 min read

    • Article

      Boost Self-esteem

      Oct 27, 2020

      1 DOWNLOAD HELLOMIND. This app (free on iOS and android) helps you battle low self-esteem. Let the app help you take back control from negative emotions and bad habits that are eating away at your self-worth. 2 STOP COMPARING YOURSELF TO OTHERS. This

      1 min read

    • Article

      How To Be Happier

      Jul 7, 2023

      How To Be Happier
      2 min read

    • Article

      4 Steps To Happiness

      Jul 10, 2020

      YOU HAVE AROUND 60-80,000 thoughts per day, according to neuroscientific research. Some of the research indicates that as much as 60 and 70 per cent of thought content can be negative in nature. It’s important to understand that most of your thoughts

      3 min read

    • Article

      Bridging The Gap: A Reformed Left-Brainer Steps Into True (Intuitive) Destiny

      Jul 18, 2021

      Estimated reading time: 4 minutes — I was born a problem solver. Maybe that is why I became a lawyer. I’ve always been the person people come to — even my mom will tell you she was regularly asking my opinion on how to solve something when I was 8 y

      2 min read

    • Article

      Mindful Wellness

      May 11, 2021

      It’s easy to say ‘yes, thank you’ to the things you want in life – the pleasant experiences, the positive news and the desired life events. But what about the things you don’t want, but end up with anyway – difficult times and bad news? How do you fi

      2 min read

    • Article

      FIND YOUR zen

      Oct 26, 2021

      One strategy that can help retain equanimity is learning how to adopt a calm mindset. ‘The benefits of doing so are that you can take a wider perspective and you can be intentional rather than reactive,’ says Gabrielle Treanor, a coach and founder of

      1 min read

    • Article

      UNLEASH YOUR Creative Spirit

      Apr 14, 2023

      UNLEASH YOUR Creative Spirit
      4 min read

    • Article

      Make The Most Of Your Morning

      Dec 19, 2019

      Make The Most Of Your Morning
      6 min read

    • Article

      6 quick CONFIDENCE boosters

      Sep 13, 2018

      6 quick CONFIDENCE boosters
      4 min read

    • Article

      The Power Of THANK YOU

      Jun 6, 2019

      The Power Of THANK YOU
      3 min read

    • Article

      From Inspiration to Creation

      Jan 9, 2019

      Creative inspiration is everywhere. No matter where I go I’m constantly seeing things that inspire my creative side. Today I thought I’d share with you how I take that original inspiration and turn it into a project. To say my sister and I are obsess

      4 min read

    • Article

      Practical Strategies to Strengthen Your Gratitude

      Mar 1, 2021

      Make it a point to write thank-you notes or letters in response to each gift or kind act - or simply as a show of gratitude for someone being in your life. Verbalise your recognition of the effort or cost involved and be specific. Adopting the ritual

      2 min read

    • Article

      Mindfulness Masterclass

      Apr 16, 2021

      Mindfulness Masterclass
      6 min read

    • Article

      Everything Is A Practice

      Dec 30, 2021

      If this is the year you want to take up yoga, then you’ve made a great choice! Yoga is the perfect way to keep on top of everyday life; it’s good for your body, mind and soul. No one regrets rolling out their mat and doing a short practice, even just

      1 min read

    • Article

      WHY ROUTINE Is Good For You

      May 13, 2020

      WHY ROUTINE Is Good For You
      1 min read

    • Article

      Love Yourself First

      Jul 16, 2021

      Love Yourself First
      1 min read

    • Article

      How To Be Happier

      Aug 4, 2023

      How To Be Happier
      1 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for A Common Sense View of The Mind-Cure

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

      Book preview

      A Common Sense View of The Mind-Cure - Laura M. Westall

      A Common Sense View of The Mind-Cure

      Laura M. Westall

      Out of the night that covers me,

      Dark as the pit from pole to pole,

      I thank whatever Gods may be

      For my unconquerable soul.

      It matters not how strait the gate,

      How charged with punishments the scroll,

      I am the master of my fate,

      I am the captain of my soul!

      — HENLEY

      INTRODUCTION

      THE Western world has been slow to recognize the power of the mind over the body by reason of the fact that our philosophers from very early times regarded the mind as an independent entity–a something to be considered quite apart from the body.

      Mind cannot move matter, they contended, because an impassable gulf exists between the two; and therefore a mental fact cannot possibly be represented by a corresponding physical fact. The body, in their thought, was simply the chosen tenement of the soul, and operated independently of it. And this view in a modified form is maintained even to the present day by the adherents of the old psychology or metaphysical school.

      But with the striking of the shackles from the insane by Dr. Pinel in France, with the work of Dr. Tuke in England and Dr. Rush in America, toward the latter half of the eighteenth century there sprang into being a new psychology, based upon the study of nerve-tissue and brain-action. The old psychology was speculative; the new is scientific. It has exchanged theory for the microscope.

      By this method it was soon demonstrated that the brain is the organ of mind, and that the nervous system is the channel of communication between the mind and the external world, or the means by which man is put into relation with his environment.

      The early phrenologists, in their attempts to localize brain function, popularized the former idea, while the brain-physiologists proved conclusively the indissoluble connection between the mind and the nervous system. Meanwhile the histologists, by their discovery of the nerve-cell and its processes, discovered the physical basis of association of ideas and memory.

      Toward the middle of the nineteenth century German scientists took up the problem; and Weber, with his law of variation, Fechner, with his psychophysical law, and Wundt, by his researches in physiological psychology, demonstrated the physical basis of mind. Henceforth psychology was to be reckoned among the natural sciences.

      As was to be expected, the charge of materialism has been flung at the new by the adherents of the old school. With them, to deny the independent existence of the soul was to rule God out of the universe. To affirm that mind and body are a unit is to negative the doctrine of immortality.

      While admitting the justice of the criticism of those extremists who assert that thought is a function of the brain or that the brain secretes thought as the liver secretes bile, it is unjust to that large body of monists who hold that, tho mind and body must be regarded as a unit, the soul-principle is the real ego or being, and the physical organism the vehicle of its expression or embodiment. As Dr. Carus puts it, Modern psychology does not destroy the soul, but merely a false view of the ego.

      Accepting the position that the brain is the immediate organ of mind, and that by means of his nervous system man gets into relation with his environment, our inquiry as to the influence which mind may exert upon matter may be conducted upon both rational and scientific lines.

      COMMON-SENSE VIEW OF

      THE MIND-CURE

      I

      THE MIND

      WE feel before we think; but this is merely another way of saying that mind is developed by means of sensations.

      Each one of us is possest of five senses–sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell; and if it were not for these we could acquire no knowledge. But by their operation we not only become self-conscious beings, but come into conscious relation with the world outside ourselves.

      A moment’s reflection will show this to be true. If, for instance, you could neither see nor hear nor touch your friend, could you form any idea of his character or personality? Would you even know that you had a friend? Or if you could neither see nor smell nor touch a rose, would not a thistle be just as acceptable?

      It is unnecessary to multiply examples. The simple fact is that if it were not for the activity of the senses, each one of us would live in a world of darkness and ignorance. We would have no fuller measure of life than a jellyfish.

      This is essentially the modern view. It was formerly held that each member of the human species entered upon life endowed with certain ideas–innate ideas, so-called–and hence the purpose of education, as the word implies, was to draw out of the mind what was already in it.

      But since modern science has studied the human brain with the microscope, we have learned that this was a wrong conception, and that the mind is really a growth or development from small and poor beginnings.

      The brain of the infant at birth, according to some authorities, contains all the brain cells, but they

      Enjoying the preview?
      Page 1 of 1