Correspondence, L.W. Billingsley to H.E. George

L. W. B I L L I N G S L E Y . R . J . G R E E N E . R. H. H A G E L I N. W att? lHincolntMeb. Lincoln, Mebr., January 16, 1906 My dear sir and friend:- I am informed "by your brother, Dr. P. S. George, that you are not feeling quite so well as you did some time ago, when you left Lincoln. I regret to hear this, and I presume that the warm climate and the beautiful flowers, -and Nature in all her inviting ft^tirs, which she displays so generously in southern California, will bring you out of your ailment. Looking on the bright side of things, and having an optimistic view of life, has been part of the religion of you and your brother heretofore during my short acquaintance with you^ and, I am certain that you will not abandon that philosophy now. If we think healthy thoughts, and believe in them, and have faith, they*will have beneficent effect on our nerves, and upon all the billions of cells in the human body. Back of every human action lies thought. Thought is at the back of all literature, of all art, of all society and of all civilization, in fact, back of everything that concerns man. With the best of wishes for your success, I remain, Mr. H. E. George Los Angeles, California Lincoln Neb., Frida IOMiSEMS©1* I HE!' world Is ndVer fond of the per­il son who is perennial chairman of lL - a grlevasofie^-committee. / * 7 ^ 4 v \4jne fellow who" evef-**** ,>a big chunk o f trouble in. his anatomy W q©s among his fellows snarling ’.out his ^ipes and worries; He recalls to .your irijbd 1 a bear with af sore head, or a hulldog Wttjj One ear chewed off. th h igiis w mg’ and (going to the dogs, ar. n has de$ re t o ,arise ou t o f th at menti § ^?^ffpsls in to dyspepsia an th e blues, |n d Soofi becom es an all aroun in ritiisanhe* | # * * * There ark but few who can make a ful| measur^mfut of their own faults, am spread tha mantle of charity over others| The world has but little Use for the per­son who Us eternally on the kick—whc| makes it a business', td hang'out the soile< laundry' of other people. Every communn ty has (its infliction of chronic kickers. They want everything by their yard-| stick of - opi nion.:-^ba.pt. X», "W. Billingsley, I/incoln, f ...... Neb7 ' In' Suggesitlbn. | Epaerson the Prophet of Concord said: “Do not bark against the bad, but chant the beauties of the good.” The growling I carping,' fault finding Brutus, the world I shuns, as it. does, all persons who are continuously looking bn the dark side, of 1 things. « • * Make it one. of your regular habits to I look at, and think of the good points of your friends, associates as well as yOur I enemies, and environments. If you have (ho good word for your neighbors and, associates then you had better keep still | about them, as their, sins and shortcom­ings will find them out, In due season, | without any,help from you. ? ,* • • Hate, malice, envy., anger and peevish, ness are rank poisons, and if given free play will poison your blood, poison your food, poison your efforts, bring you failure in business, lose your friend's, blight your hopes, impair your energies and greatly shorten your life. . . . Many persons diligently and persistent­ly hunt for worry In the weather. They gay “ it is awful hot,” “ too-cold,’’ -too wet," "too dry,” “ too windy,” “ too dus­ty,” too anything; while the chief cause of their discomfiture is an unhappy men­tal make-up, supplemented by a diseased liver and stomach. You accentuate aild make conditions worse by speaking ill of the weather and making it an enemy. * The world has little patience in listen­ing to .tales of woe, petty troubles and dis- | appointments. If a person becomes thor­oughly soaked with the idea that every-1 MENTAL BALLAST (By Capt. L..W. Billingsley.) " Comets often perform singular gira-tions and cut curious capers through the sky, as they do not have the bal­last and equilibrium found in the stars and planets. Borne narrow- and audacious people often amuse or dis­gust or arouse pity in one with their comet flim flams. O O O To be one sided is a mark of either narrowness, want of sense or laziness, for it is an easier matter to look at the side next to you than to go to the other r side and take a look and make up your opinions. It requires less thinking and investigation to be 3>ne sided. O O O Some are very ready to condemn that which they do not like, and to commend that which they favor. -Na­ture smiles on all alike, avoiding warped, one sided methods. Success­ful people look on all sides of matters relating to their affairs in life. O O O We And' hypocrisy among doctors, lawyers, preachers, merchants, farm­ers and all classes, but because you know two or three of that kind in a class don’t be so narrow as to con­demn the whole class; yet many do that very thing. You will find the good and bad in all trades, professions and business. O O O ' Mental poise is essential to secure the best results in the affairs of this life. Some persons literally bang and bruise the best in themselves by their rash mental attitudes. Presence of mind is mind hot thrown off its bal­ance. O O O Moderation in all things gives you enjoyment and success. We often slam the door in the face of modera­tion. We often eat to much, over­work, stay up too late, say some mean thing of another, flare up over some little thing, or do some other inconsid­erate thing without moderation. Do not “ chew the rag” over -and- oyer about a trouble, but quietly find the cause of the trouble and remove the cause and do not let it bob up day after day. The longer a thing is brooded over the bigger it gets. Discussion of Psychic Questions* L. W . Billingsley, Attorney, Lincoln, Neb., has read and delivered to Tkeosophical branches and New Psychology clubs, theses and lectures on the subjects mentioned below in the past few years. - Societies and clubs investigating psychic and occult subjects, desiring to hear him on the subjects named can secure his services' by communicating with and arranging with him for the same. 1. Are Thoughts Things? (In print.) 2. Constructive Power of Thought. (In print.) H Primary Causes th'at Menace Modern Society, (iu print.) 4. Phenomena of Spiritualism, &c. (In print.) 5. The Divine Self. (In duplicate.) 8. The Four Great Religious. (In duplicate.) 7. The Human Aura. 8. The Search for Truth. (In duplicate.) 9. Dynamics of Thought. (In duplicate.) 10. Tolerance. 11. The Psychic Powers of Man. (In duplicate and iu print.) 12. Problems of Life 13. Vibrations. 14. Lessons of Ruins. (In duplicate.) If. Mental Aspects of Faith. (Iu duplicate.) 15. Can we Control our Dreams. (In duplicate.) 17. Slavery o f Worry and Fear. 18. Intuition. 19. Problem of Death. (In duplicate.) 20. Theosophy and the New Psychology. 21. Personality and Individuality. 22. Are the Claims of Psyeho-Therepy Teuable? (In duplicate.) 23. The Great Mystery. 24. Observations on the New Psychology. (In duplicate.) 25. Three Theories of the Soul. (In duplicate.) 28. Can Man Control His Environments, &c. 1 (In duplicate.) 27. Auto-Suggestion. (In duplicate.) 28. Self Culture. 29. The Religion of Science. (In duplicate.) 30. Thought Phenomena. 31. Heredity and Justice. 32. What Theosophy Is. (In duplicate.) 33. Personal Magnetism and Hypnotism. 34. Universal Evolution. 35.. Problems of Life. 36. Karma of the Spaniards. 37. The Pro and Con of Spiritism. 38. Evil’s Place in Evolution. 39. Is Theosophy a basis of All Religions? 40. , Agnosticism. 41. Evolution of Occultism. 42. Seif Instruction. (In duplicate.) 43. Mau’s Mental Evolution. 44. Evolution o f Spirit. 45. The Yogi Philosophy. (In preparation.) 46. Spirit Phenomena. (In print.) 47. Theosophy and Progress. 48. Telepathy or Thought Transference.