Practical Mental Influence

...the point toward which they have been directed or aimed. Others are sent out with great strength and power, but instead of being directed toward any particular person or place, they are designed to sweep around in great whirlpools of energy, affecting everyone who happens to fall within their field of force.

You will easily understand that there is a great difference between thought-waves original: "Thought-Waves" sent out casually and unconsciously—without knowledge of the underlying laws of mental influence—and those projected with a full knowledge of the laws governing these phenomena phenomena: observable facts or events, specifically the mental "currents" being described here and directed by the powerful Will Will: in this context, the mental faculty used to focus and project intention with purpose of the sender. The force is the same, but its degree of power and the extent of its effect are determined by the circumstances in which it is sent.

The vibratory force of these thought-waves does not cease when the wave is first sent; rather, it persists for a long time afterward. Just as heat in a room remains long after the fire in the stove has been extinguished; just as the fragrance of a flower lingers in a room long after the flower has been removed; just as a ray of light travels through space for millions of miles and for centuries after the star itself has been blotted out of existence; and just as all forms of vibratory energy continue to manifest after the initial impulse has been withdrawn—so do the vibrations of thought con-