HUMAN ENGINEERING CHAPTER XI MIND-CULTIVATION WE humans have before us a task that is a difficult one, we have old customs and habits DY EHUMAN to contend with, that must be eliminated, and many people now realize this; but they have not the courage to face this problem and work on it the same as they would any other life problem. Now is there anything in human evolution that is more sadly in need of man's immediate attention? In a true and broad sense, is there any other science that mankind in general, through selfish motives, has more intentionally neglected to investigate and study from an honest view point? Is there any other Science that man has been more fearful or backward about? The time will come when the truth regarding Mind, will demonstrate itself, you cannot hold it back, for as Colton says: "The greatest friend of truth is time, her greatest enemy is prejudice and her constant companion is humility." And if one will only listen to that still small voice of consciousness, one will fully realize the significance of Colton's statement and its fitness regarding the evolution of "Mind." Now let us for the moment diverge or journey through the garden of plant life. In the cultivation of the plant life, the gardener in the first place never thinks of himself only from the view point of personal gain, and it is also true that the many improved gardening implements were reluctantly received by him because of that element of self-preservation or fear of losing on his investment. In a general and broad sense he has, nevertheless, attacked the problem from a humanly honest view point, with the result that today we have the science of the plant life fairly well under control. The gardeners have met their problems face to face. In this age they do not hesitate to remove old stumps and quack, they do not hesitate to turn the soil over, and add proper fertilizer, they do not hesitate to remove stones and various other obstacles that are holding back the growth and evolution of their gardening produce or plants, etc. They operate in a true sense with unprejudiced thoughts, they keep their channels clean and free to convey truth to their problem. They apply the truth in this instance because the elements of fear are a minority in their thoughts. Now as a matter of fact, the garden of human thoughts and actions is no different from that of the garden of plant life. We have the same common enemies that are persistently and continually interfering with growth and evolution; but unfortunately the same corresponding (untruths and false ideas, etc.) enemies of human evolution are in the majority, and with this condition existing, developing of human engineering from the dynamic metaphysical view point, is going to be an up-hill task. If you don't believe this statement just try your hand in developing a garden where nothing but weeds, stumps and quack are now in abundance. The sooner we manufacturing and business gardeners come to ourselves and realize that we are natural the same as bees and plants, that brilliancy and self-development will not evolve, or even be maintained, unless we continue studying ourselves with an open mind and a clear brain free from bondage, and by freedom from bondage, speaking in terms used in gardening, I mean freedom from "old stumps" and "quack," the sooner we will reach that state of evolution that will bring business to its ultimate standard of efficiency. Speaking in gardening parables, false ideas and illusions can truly be termed as "old stumps" and "quack." Now "quack," according to Webster, means a pretender, a fake, false ideas; quack in the garden of a human mind is false ideas injected into our brains from time to time by different humans who have and are now guiding us on through life. A stump is that part of a tree which remains in the ground after the trunk is cut down. Mental stumps are plentiful in the garden of the average human mind; they are false ideas that man cannot remove from his brain by ordinary methods; popular opinions are against him, courage fails him, and the only power that will remove them is mind-dynamite.* Think what it would mean in the development of man and business to eliminate these false individualizing mind impulses that are making life so complex; we must start with our boys and instill in their fertile brains the deeper and more positive laws of life, and to accomplish this we must give life the same chances that all other sciences have. Let us diverge for a while on other engineering courses now being taught in the several different col *Mind-dynamite is truth. leges at large, namely: electrical, mechanical, chemical, medical, commercial, financial, manufacturing, civil, legal, agricultural and others too numerous to mention; but, with all the numerous courses under development, we have yet to see our first college for the development of human engineers, in the true sense of the word, to handle the vast human problems involved in our great manufacturing and business enterprises. Human engineering from a scientific viewpoint is the real backer of all sciences, and this science should be incorporated in all the various engineering courses, as a part thereof. Let us pause for a moment and reflect. What effect would those engineers, so educated, have upon civilization? Would they not make greater progress as engineers starting out armed with a diploma of truth and love, and a thorough understanding of themselves gained through scientific research studies of the basic (mind) fundamentals under the direction of competent professors? Would not the several hundreds of these various engineers being turned into the great battlefield of business each year, have a high moral effect upon the manufacturing and business |