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struggle and the victory. If the spiritual energy is exhausted
before action has resulted, it will be overcome by the force
of Repulsion, and will be stored in the memory, as are all
other thought-forms when they have expended their energy.
(c) If the thought-form meets the withering feeling of
Indifference it depends upon the spiritual energy contained
in it whether it will be able to compel action, or simply leave
a weak impress upon the reflecting ether of the vital body
after its kinetic energy has been exhausted.
(2) Where no immediate action is called for by the
mental images of impacts from without, these may be
projected directly upon the reflecting ether, together with the
thoughts occasioned by them, to be used at some future
time. The spirit, working through the mind, has instant
access to the storehouse of conscious memory and may at
any time resurrect any of the pictures found there, endue
them with new spiritual force, and project them upon the
desire body to compel action. Each time such a picture is
thus used it will gain in vividness, strength and efficiency,
and will compel action along its particular line more readily
than on previous occasions, because it cuts grooves, and
produces the phenomenon of thought, “gaining” or
“growing” upon us by repetition.
(3) A third way of using a thought-form is when the
thinker projects it toward another mind to act as a
suggestion, to carry information, etc., as in thought-
transference, or it may be directed against the desire body of
anot her person to comp el action, as in the cas e of a hypnotist
influencing a victim at a distance. It will then act in
precisely the same manner as if it were the victim's own
thought. If in line with his proclivities it will act as per
paragraph 1a. If contrary to his nature, as described in 1b or