PERCEPTIVE POWER - ART OF OBSERVATION - William Walker Atkinson (1922) - HQ Full Book

This book deals with the subject of the Perceptive Power of the Mind. Its instruction includes an examination into and explanation of the Perceptive Faculties which are involved in the processes of Efficient Observation. It shows that the World of Experience of the individual depends upon the quality and quantity of the observation of that person.Sensation and Perception furnish the "raw materials of thought." Sensation awakens Perception, and Perception interprets the reports of Sensation. Reason then employs these interpreted reports as the material or stuff from which it weaves the glorious fabric of Thought. Therefore, as the old aphorism so aptly states it: "As we observe more accurately, we perceive more clearly, think more truly, remember more correctly, imagine more effectively, and judge more soundly." It informs you concerning the Laws of Attention, that marvelous mental power which has been likened to the perceptive lens of the microscope, because it brings to a focus the sensory reports from the outside world. The subject of Concentration is carefully considered, and effective methods of manifesting its power are presented. The use of the Attention constitutes one of the prime factors in the use of the Will. "Attention constitutes the better half of all intellectual power." Concentration is a characteristic of the mind of men who accomplish things in the world. This book points out the scientific methods of developing Attention and of training the Will in Concentration.