INNER CONSCIOUSNESS/PART 7
LESSON 7.
INNER-CONSCIOUS HELPERS
Many of you have heard the old fairy-tales and bits of
folk-lore relating to the kindly "brownies,” or "good fairies.” who,
feeling affection for, and gratitude toward, some poor tailor or cobbler who
had befriended them, would come at night, when the workman and his family were
asleep, and taking up the unfinished work that had been left on the table or
bench, would work diligently at it so that when the morning's sun roused the
worker from his slumbers he would find his unfinished task completed. The little
hands of the brownies would have fashioned the leather into shoes, then
stitched and pegged them; the cloth would be cut and made into garments; the
pieces of wood would be made into boxes, chests, furniture, chairs, etc. The
rough material had been prepared by the workman during the day; the brownies
would "do the rest.” But what has all this to do with the Inner
Consciousness, you may ask. Just this—that in the Inner Consciousness of each
of us there are forces which act much the same as would countless tiny mental
brownies or helpers who are anxious and willing to assist us in our mental
work, if we will but have confidence and trust in them. No, this is no
fairytale; it is a psychological truth expressed in the terms of the old fairy
tale.
By reference to Lessons III and VI, you will see
mentioned many instances of the work of these Inner Conscious Helpers. In
Lesson VI, especially, you will notice several instances in which well-known
authorities testified to the fact that there was a marked manifestation of
"automatic thinking” or "unconscious rumination,” by means of which
problems which had proved unsolvable by the conscious mind had been gradually
worked out by the Inner Consciousness, and the results then duly presented to
the field of outer consciousness. The facts are well known to psychologists and
many investigators have learned to use the law to their own benefit.
The process of calling
into service these Inner Conscious Helpers is similar to that by which we
constantly employ the Memory to recall some forgotten fact or name. We find
that we cannot recollect the desired fact, date or name, and instead of
racking our brains with an increased effort, we (if we have learned the secret)
pass on the matter to the Inner Consciousness, with a silent command
"remember this name for me,” and then go on with our ordinary work. After
a few minutes—or it may be hours—all of a sudden, pop! will come the missing
name or fact before us—flashed from the planes of the Inner Consciousness, by
the help of the kindly workers or "brownies” of those planes. The
experience is so common that we have ceased to wonder at it, and yet it is a wonderful
manifestation of the Inner Conscious workings of the mind. Stop and think a
moment, and you will see that this missing word does not present itself
accidentally or "just because.” There are mental processes at work for
your benefit, and when they have worked out the problem for you they gleefully
push it up from their plane on to the plane of the outer consciousness where
you may use it.
We know of no better way of illustrating the matter than
by this fanciful figure of the "mental brownies,” in connection with the
illustration of the "Mental Storehouse.” If you would learn to take
advantage of the work of the Inner Conscious Brownies, form a mental picture of
the Mental Storehouses on the several planes of the Inner Consciousness, in
which are stored all sorts of knowledge that you have placed there during your
lifetime, as well as the impressions that you have had passed on to you from the
past—whether that past be the lives of ancestors, or past lives of yourself,
take your choice regarding this. The information stored away has often been
placed in the storage rooms without any regard to systematic storing, or
arrangement, and when you wish to find something that has been stored away a
long time ago, the exact place being forgotten, you are compelled to call to
your assistance the little brownies of the mind, which you do by the silent
command of "recollect this for me.” These brownies are the same little
chaps that you charge with the task of waking you up at four o'clock tomorrow
morning when you must catch your train—and they obey you well. The same little
fellows will also flash into your consciousness the report, "l have an
engagement at two o'clock with Jones”—and looking up at your clock you can see
that it is just a quarter before the hour of your engagement.
Well, if you will examine carefully into a subject which
you wish to master, and will pass along the results of your observations to
these Inner Conscious brownies, you will find that they will work the raw
materials into shape for you in time. They will arrange, analyze, systematize,
collate and arrange in consecutive order the various details of information
which you have passed on to them, and will add thereto the various articles of
similar information that they will find stored away in the various recesses of
your memory. In this way they will group together various scattered bits of
knowledge that you have forgotten. And, right here, let us say to you that you
never absolutely lose anything that you have placed in your mind. You may be
unable to remember to recollect certain things, but they are not lost— sometime
later some associative connection will be made with some other fact, and lo!
the missing idea will be found fitted nicely into its place in the larger
idea—the work of our little brownies. Read the examples given in other lessons—
they can be reproduced by you or anyone who will cultivate the "knack” of
it. Remember Thompson's statement that: "In view of having to wait for the
results of these unconscious processes, I have proved the habit of getting
together material in advance, and then leaving the mass to digest itself until
I am ready to write about it.” This Inner Conscious digestion is the work of
our little mental brownies.
There are many ways of
setting the brownies to work. Nearly everyone has had some experience, more or
less, in the matter, although often it is done almost unconsciously and without
intent or knowledge. Perhaps the best way for the average person—or rather, for
the majority of persons—is to get as clear an idea of what you really want to
know as possible—as clear an idea or mental image of the question you want
answered— and then, after rolling it around in your mind, giving it a high
degree of voluntary attention, then, we say, pass it on to the Inner Conscious
planes, with the mental command, "Attend to this for me—work out the
answer, and then report to me,” or a similar order. This order may be made
silently, or aloud if you wish—the forming of the words seems to give force to
the order. Speak to the Inner Conscious workers just as you would to people in
your employ, firmly but kindly. And, then—and this is an important point—you
must accompany the order with an Earnest Expectation that your Will will be
carried out. The clearer your belief the better will be the result. A doubt
will interfere somewhat. The writer of this book once said:
"Earnest Desire— Confident Expectation—and Firm Demand—these form the
Triple Key of Occult Attainment.” And so it is, in this case as in many others.
Talk up to your Inner Consciousness, and firmly command it to do your work—but
also Earnestly Desire its accomplishment—and above all, Confidently Expect the
desired answer. And then forget all about the matter—throw it off of your
conscious mind, and attend to other tasks. And then in due time the answer will
be forthcoming, and will flash before your consciousness—perhaps not until the
very minute that you must decide upon the matter, or need the information. You
may give your brownies orders to report by such and such a time, if you
wish—just as you do when you tell them to awaken you for your train, or to
remind you of your appointment.
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