IMAGINATIONAnd, with a look made oj all sweet accord,
Answered, "The names oj those who love the Lord."
"A n d" IS mine one. ?))'d sal Ab au. "N ay, not so, ))
Replied the angel. Abou spoke more low,
But cheerily still; and said, "I pray thee, then,
Write me as one that loves his jellow men.))
The angel wrote, and vanished. The next night
It came again, with a great wakening light,
And showed the names whom love oj God had blessed.
And, lo! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest!387Civilization itself owes its existence to such poets as Leigh Hunt, in
whose fertile Imaginations have been pictured the higher and nobler
standards of human relationship. "Abou Ben Adhem" is a poem that will
never die, thanks to this poet who pictured in his Imagination the hope
of an ideal that is constructive.
THE POWER OF IMAGINATION
The major trouble with this world today lies in our lack of under-
standing of the power of Imagination, for if we understood this great
power we could use it as a weapon with which to wipe out poverty and
misery and injustice and persecution, and this could be done in a single
generation. This is a rather broad statement, and no one understands
better than I how useless such a statement would be if the principle on
which it is founded were not explained in the most practical of terms.
Therefore, let me describe what is meant.
I will devote no time to proving that telepathy is a reality. To make
this description understandable we must simply accept the principle of
telepathy, in the sense that every thought we release is registering itself
in the minds of other people.
You have often heard of "mob psychology," which is nothing more
nor less than some strong, dominating idea that has been created in