A writer along the lines of Mental Science, which is really based on the principles which have been stated in this book, has the following to say regarding his system:  “Wonderful results arise by reason of what has been called ‘The Law of Attraction,’ by the workings of which each person is continually drawing to himself the people, things, objects, and even circumstances in harmony and accord with his prevailing mental states.  Like attracts like, and the mental states determine that which one draws to himself.  If you are not satisfied with what is coming to you, start to work and change your mental attitudes and mental states, and you will see a change gradually setting in, and then the things that you want will begin to come your way. * * * A most important fact about the effect of mental vibrations upon people lies in the principle that one is more affected by vibrations in harmony with his own accustomed feelings and mental states, than by those of an opposite nature.  A man who is full of evil schemes, and selfish aims, is more apt to be caught up by similar vibrations than one who lives above that plane of thought.  He is more easily tempted by evil suggestions and influences, than one to whom these things are abhorrent.  And the same is true on every plane.  A man whose mental attitude is one of confidence and fearlessness, is not apt to be affected by vibrations of a negative, pessimistic, gloomy nature, and vice versa.  Therefore, if you wish to receive the vibrations of the thoughts and feelings of others, you must place yourself in a mental attitude corresponding with those vibrations which you wish to receive.  And if you wish to avoid vibrations of a certain kind, the best way is to rise above them in your own mind, and to cultivate the mental states opposite them.  The positive always overcomes the negative—­and optimistic mental states are always positive to pessimistic mental states.”

Another writer on, and practitioner of Mental Science, in America, several years ago, explained her theory and practice by means of the term “corelation of thoughts and things.”  She held that when one thought positively, clearly and forcibly of a thing, he “related” himself to that thing, and tended to attract it to him, and to be attracted toward it.  She held that true wisdom consists in so managing our thoughts that we shall relate ourselves only to those things which we know to be desirable and beneficial to ourselves, and to avoid thinking of those which are harmful and detrimental to us.  The student of this book will see how this practical Mental Scientist was really using the same principles that we have examined and become acquainted within this book, although she called them by another name, and explained them by another theory.  At the bottom of all the teachings and theories you will always find the one same basic principle and universal law.