FOREWORD

...that we are unable to intelligently consider Mind unless it is embodied in living substance. The idea of Mind, independent of its physical original: "substantial" embodiment, becomes a mere abstraction that is impossible to visualize—something like color independent of a colored object, or light without an illuminated substance.

And just as we find that mental states influence physical conditions, so do we find that physical conditions influence mental states. Consequently, the problem of life, health, and disease once more loses its simplicity, and the mystery deepens again. The deeper we dig into the subject, the more we are impressed by the universal principle of action and reaction that is so apparent in all phenomena original: "phenomena"; here referring to observable events or natural occurrences.. The mind acts upon the body; the body reacts upon the mind. Cause and effect become blurred, and the reasoning becomes circular—like a ring, it has no beginning and no end. Its beginning may be any place we prefer, and its ending likewise.

The only reconciliation is to be found in the fundamental working hypothesis working hypothesis: A theory used as a starting point for further study, even if it has not yet been proven. which holds that both mind and body—both men-