How to Have a Clear Head

1905

The man who desires to have a clear head, a brain keenly alive to the subtle influences of the universe about him, alert to respond to every call made upon it by the bodily organs under its supervision — ready to receive impressions from the infinite Source of universal thought, and capable of thinking the high thoughts of God after Him, must live simply, abstemiously, naturally, and must avoid every harmful and inferior food.

He will select the choicest foodstuffs. These consist of fruits, nuts, dextrinized grains — that is, well toasted grain preparations, toasted bread, toasted wheat flakes, etc. He will eat sparingly, never to repletion. He will exercise out of doors at least two or three hours daily, living as much of the time as possible in the open air. He will sleep eight hours at night. He will take a vigorous cold bath every morning on rising, and will take at least two or three times a week, a warm, cleansing bath, just before going to bed at night.

He will conserve for useful work every energy of mind and body. He will endeavor to live righteously in the largest sense of the word.