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The Mystic Will - A Method of Developing and Strengthening the Faculties of the Mind, through the Awakened Will, by a Simple, Scientific Process Possible to Any Person of Ordinary Intelligence by Charles Godfrey Leland
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Now I have found that by suggesting to oneself before sleep, or
inducing self by Will or Forethought to work gladly and unweariedly
the next day, we do not _think_ about self or the quality of what we
do to any degree like what we would in working under ordinary
conditions. Truly it is not thoroughgoing or infallible in all cases,
but _then_ it must be helped by a little wide-awake self-conscious
will. But this is certainly true, that we can turn out _better_ work
when we urge our creative power to awake in the morn and act or aid,
than if we do not.

"For there are many angels at our call,
And many blessed spirits who are bound
To lend their aid in every strait and turn;
And elves to fly the errands of the soul,
And fairies all too glad to give us help,
If we but know how to pronounce the spell
Which calls them unto us in every need."

That spell I have shown or explained clearly enough.

And, finally, to recapitulate, Instinct in its earlier or simpler form
is the following laws of Nature which are themselves formed by motive
laws. In Man the living according to Tradition is instinct of a higher
order, and the one or the other is merely being ruled by Suggestion.
The more free Will is developed and guided by reflection, or varied
tradition and experience, the less instinct and the more intellect
will there be.


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