A CURIOUS ILLUSTRATION.
A point has neither length, breadth, nor thickness. Move it in thought any distance in one direction, and you have the line. Move the line FROM its direction any distance, you have the surface. Move the surface OUT of its plane any distance, you have the solid. Thus you have obtained length, breadth, thickness, line, surface, solid, motion, space, time, number, structure, body, and, in the attention, mind,—and scores of other factors (study out a long list),—by means of that which has no length, no breadth, no thickness.
The real YOU is that point. YOU move and describe a line of life. This line, repeated, becomes habit, which moved through time, makes conduct, and right conduct, projected through life, yields magnetism.
If you live only on surface I, you are mere animal. If you
project, that surface through to III, you are a fine moral person.
If you project surface II through to surface IV, you are magnetic.
If you combine these solids, YOU are the Ideal Pyramid, "I AM
POWER."
Let us add the following:
"Culture is not measured by the greatness of the field which is covered by our knowledge, but by the nicety with which we can perceive relations in that field, whether great or small."
This book desires that you become acquainted with the unused portions of your nature.
In order to this, you are now invited to make a long regime of mining out the magnetic significance of—
THE FOUR PYRAMIDS.
I
Harmony—
Exercise—Recreation
—Air—Sleep—Water
—Food—Regularity—Digestion
—Cleanliness—Economy—
Scientific Body-Building and Using.
I. Pyramid of Physical Health
II
Will—Muscular
Development
—Nervous Condition
—Inner Energy—
Responsiveness—Self Control—Staying
Power—Health—Body-Tone—
Personal Qualities—Physical Characteristics.
II. Pyramid of Physical Magnetism.
III
Peace—Will
—Righteousness—
Love—Knowledge
Faith—Hope—Courage—
Body-Health—Right Heredity—
Right Environment—Right Training.
III. Pyramid of Moral Health.
IV
Will—Alertness
—Fidelity—
Hope—Courage—
Confidence—Honor—Thought—
Faith in System—Physical
Basis: Health—Body-Magnetism.
IV. Pyramid of Personal Magnetism.
You are now invited to write out all the possible TRUE combinations of these four pyramids, and particularly to observe the following