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The fear of OLD AGE

The fear of DEATH

All other fears are of minor importance, they can be grouped under these six
headings.

The prevalence of these fears, as a curse to the world, runs in cycles. For almost
six years, while the depression was on, we floundered in the cycle of FEAR OF
POVERTY. During the world-war, we were in the cycle of FEAR OF DEATH. Just
following the war, we were in the cycle of FEAR OF ILL HEALTH, as evidenced
by the epidemic of disease which spread itself all over the world.

Fears are nothing more than states of mind. One's state of mind is subject to
control and direction. Physicians, as everyone knows, are less subject to attack
by disease than ordinary laymen, for the reason that physicians DO NOT FEAR
DISEASE. Physicians, without fear or hesitation, have been known to physically
contact hundreds of people, daily, who were suffering from such contagious dis-
eases as small-pox, without becoming infected. Their immunity against the dis-
ease consisted, largely, if not solely, in their absolute lack of FEAR.

Man can create nothing which he does not first conceive in the form of an impulse
of thought. Following this statement, comes another of still greater importance,
namely, MAN'S THOUGHT IMPULSES BEGIN IMMEDIATELY TO TRANS-
LATE THEMSELVES INTO THEIR PHYSICAL EQUIVALENT, WHETHER
THOSE THOUGHTS ARE VOLUNTARY OR INVOLUNTARY. Thought impulses
which are picked up through the ether, by mere chance (thoughts which have
been released by other minds) may determine one's financial, business, profes-
sional, or social destiny just as surely as do the thought impulses which one cre-
ates by intent and design.

We are here laying the foundation for the presentation of a fact of great impor-
tance to the person who does not understand why some people appear to be
"lucky" while others of equal or greater ability, training, experience, and brain
capacity, seem destined to ride with misfortune. This fact may be explained by
the statement that every human being has the ability to completely control his
own mind, and with this control, obviously, every person may open his mind to

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the tramp thought impulses which are being released by other brains, or close the
doors tightly and admit only thought impulses of his own choice.