Professor William James of Harvard University, says – ‘We are just now witnessing very copious unlocking of new ideas through the converts of metaphysical or other forms of spiritual philosophy. The ideas are healthy-minded and optimistic.
The power, small or great, comes in various shapes to the individual; power not to ‘mind’ things that used to vex one; power to concentrate one’s mind; good cheer; good temper; a firmer and more elastic tone. The most saintly person I have ever known is a friend now suffering from cancer of the breast. I do not assume to be the judge of the wisdom or unwisdom of her disobedience to the doctors but cite her case solely as an example of what an idea can do. Her ideas have kept her practically a well-woman for months after she would otherwise have given up and gone to bed. They have annulled pain and weakness and given her a cheerful, active life, a life unusually beneficent to those around her.’
Source: Akhand Jyoti March=April 2020