CHAPTER VI

PERCEPTION

What is perception? The difference between sensation and perception. How and what we perceive. The laws of perception. The part in perception played by the attention. The nature and laws of apperception. The role of perception in the acquisition of knowledge. How different persons may have far different perceptions arising from the same sensations. Why the Master Mind is a master perceiver. Cultivated sight-perception. Developed sound perception. Other forms of trained perception. How to develop efficient perception .....................................69

CHAPTER VII

ATTENTION

What is attention? Concentrated consciousness. Focalized will. The two chief offices of attention. Attention constitutes the better-half of all intellectual power. Reflex attention. Voluntary attention. The power of concentrated voluntary attention. Instances of the marvelous force of concentration. Attention the key to genius. The exercise of attention leads to development of the master will. Attention and interest. Voluntary attention is the sword of power in the hands of the Master Mind...............................86

CHAPTER VIII

THE MASTERY OF PERCEPTION

The laws of voluntary attention. How to cultivate attentional interest. How to hold the attention firmly concentrated. How to rest the attention. The secret of transmutation of interest. The methods of a celebrated scientist. How to apply the concentrated attention. How to quicken the power of perception. Numerous valuable exercises in perceptive culture and development. The Oriental methods of perception training. Other valuable methods and exercises. What the Master Mind can acquire by perception.......97

CHAPTER IX

EXERCISES IN PERCEPTION

Valuable and practical detailed instruction and exercises in efficient perception. How to develop the power of rapid and accurate observation. Ear-perception. The cause of "poor hearing" removed. How to develop keen hearing. Idea values depend upon clear perception. Attention-interest the great factor in efficient perception, and how it may be developed. Building strong perceptive foundations. Building clear perceptive outlines. How to classify perceptive details. The law of perceptive association....112

CHAPTER X

THE MASTER OF EMOTION

Emotion the power behind the throne of will. The force and motive power of feeling. Feeling is the secret of interest. Feeling is the guardian of the gates of knowledge. How feelings affect judgments, ideals, beliefs, and actions. How thought is deflected by emotion. The distinction between feeling and emotion. The quantity and quality of feelings. Pleasure and pain. Inner states and outer actions. The dynamic power of desire, and how it manifests in action. Desire is the steam of action.........................128

CHAPTER XI

THE CATEGORIES OF FEELING

The various classes of likes and dislikes. The elemental feelings, which are concerned with our physical welfare and comfort. The affections, which are concerned with the welfare of others. The social feelings, which are concerned with championship and society. The moral feelings, which are concerned with the ethical relations. The religious feelings, which are concerned with worship, devotion, and religious experiences. The aesthetic feelings, which are concerned with the sense of beauty, taste, and art. The intellectual feelings which are concerned with intellectual attainment. How the Master Mind rules the emotional kingdom....................146