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Meditation
The following illustration
from A Primer on Meditation points out what happens when the mind is
directed and focused on one thing: "M.A. Rosanoff
long associated with
Thomas Edison
had worked futilely for over a year to soften the wax of
phonograph cylinders by altering their chemical constitution. The results were
negative. Rosanoff relates how he mused night after night trying to 'mentally
cough up' every theoretical and practical solution. 'Then is came like a flash
of lightning. I could not shut waxes out of my mind
even in my sleep.
Suddenly
through headache and daze
I saw the solution. The first thing the
next morning
I was at my desk; and half an hour later I had a record in the
softened wax cylinder...This was the solution! I learned to think
waxes...waxes...waxes
and the answer came without effort
although months of
thought had gone into the mental mill.'"
Daily Bread.
The story goes that Henry
Ford once hired an efficiency expert to evaluate his company. After a few
weeks
the expert made his report
which was highly favorable except for one
thing.
"It's that man down
the hall
" said the expert. "Every time I go by his office he's just
sitting there with his feet on his deck. He's wasting your money."
"That man
"
replied Mr. Ford
"once had an idea that saved us millions of dollars. At
the time
I believe his feet were planted right where they are now."
Reader's Digest
August
1981.