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7. Necessary Conditions
In order to get perception of an object the thinking apparatus must be made passive and in order to improve the sensing faculties, three rules must be obeyed : (1) there must be an earnest desire; (2) there must be an appreciation of the faculty; (3) you must work to get the faculty.
The conditions necessary in order to become conscious of an object are that the object shall be in proximity to the end organ of sense; the mechanism for receiving the vibrations from the object must be rightly adjusted; the end organ must be pervaded by the immortal entity living in the body; and the mental processes of thinking, namely, comparing the perceived sensations, etc., must remain inactive. Then will the vibrations coming from the object arouse sensations in the individual; and then the
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