in the Queen Street Hall, Edinburgh, in 1904, which are subsequently published in that same year.



"The Edinburgh and Doré Lectures on Mental Science" by Thomas Troward, "A Groundbreaking Collection of Lectures That Shaped the Evolution of New Thought." [originally published 1904]

Judge Troward (1847-1916) served as Her Majesty's Divisional Judge of the North Indian Punjab from 1869 until his retirement in 1896 at which point he devoted himself to "his great interest in metaphysical and esoteric studies" (from the Publisher's Foreword).  This is the text for the course I have just started on Troward's Edinburgh Lectures, which William James considered a classic in the field. 

I think doing things that improve oneself are so important, like taking classes and reading instructive books, but then I forget what I've done and become discouraged.  What am I doing? I ask myself.  What have I accomplished?  So, as a reminder, today at the gym I made this mental list: in the past ten weeks I have

1.) gone to the gym three times a week every week without fail
2.) not smoked
3.) not had any Diet Coke
4.) not had a cookie, a piece of cake, a slice of Pizza, or white bread
5.) not consumed any recreational drugs of any kind
6.) not consumed any alcohol whatsoever
7.) lost approximately 19 pounds
8.) not tried to kill a single human being.  Not one.

This obviously excludes a count of the number of good deeds, amount of time devoted to prayer and meditation and/or any charitable acts.  I try to be modest. 

And in certain circles I am still going to hell.