The San Francisco call., 1905-06-11

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the whole matter bearing direct
ratio to the keenness of the mind until
those absolutely feeble-minded are
reached whom it is practically impos-
sible to influence at all.
However, so great is the writer's S
faith in this most marvellous agent for
the treatment of both physical and
moral disease, that even were all the
charges Of its opponents true it would
still be the greatest power for good
the world can produce.
And here / wish to give the only
warning needful to protect the in
dividual completely. When desiring
treatment by suggestion, choose sug-
gestionist whose ideals are high and
whose conceptions of life and hu-
manity are OF, the loftiest, for as you
can receive no higher impressions
than the operator is capable of feeling
it will be understood of how much
greater value is the benefit received if
the impression left with the patient
is that of mental uplift and buoy
ancy and brightness of mind which is
the concomitant of such an individual
Now what are the advantages to be
gained by the employment of psyche
suggestion over other therapeutic
measures?
In order to comprehend its opera
ton it will be necessary to understand
the workings of the complex mechan-
ism Of the body and to know that all
normal functions of the: body, includ-
ing the various automatic and in
voluntary acts, are under the complete
dominion and absolutely controlled by
the subjective mind. This is the view,
more or less, taken by a great many
people Of the present day without
much thought of how this is accom-
plished or the far-reaching effects of
the operation of this law.
In order to prove to ones self the
truth. of this statement it does not
need the aid of a scientist, but simply
the development of ones own powers
of observation. Every one has OBJ
served how emotions affect the physi-
cal body. shock from any cause fire.
quently actually stopping the heart for
several beats and arresting all normal
processes of the body. so that one fire.
quently hears the expression II was
produces headaches and divers physi-
cal disturbances with sometimes per-
manent results, but more frequently of
transitory character which disappear
as the mind RECEIVERS its equilibrium
and as quickly as possible adjusts the
delicate machinery to it's normal state.
Fear Is one of the most powerful de-
pressors to the whole nervous me-
chanism, producing a long train of
physical phenomena to establish it's
claim. Few people there are who are
not familiar with the effect Of excite
ment of any kind on the bowels and
kidneys; how the sight of another eat
ing will start the flow of saliva to a
hungry person: how mental strain
or the actively working mind will pre-
vent sleep and in an incredibly short
time a habit of insomnia is formed; !;
how the various mental states affect
the stomach, causing often nausea and
preventing the proper assimilation and
digestion of food, producing that COM
mon complaint nervous dyspepsia, y
and so affecting the entire metaboIism
of the body. And so 1 might go on
ad infinitum, with examples of the ef-
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fully complex mechanism. the sympa-
thetic nervous system. on every part
and function Of the. body.
Now 1t stands to reason that If the
mind can affect these functions so
readily as to throw them out of gear
they can be as readily readjusted when
out of harmony and made to perform
their duties in a normal manner by
this same mind, properly directed. That
this is not done by people of their own
volition is because this subjective mind
whereby these functions are controlled
is not consciously developed in the ma
jority Of people-the rule OF the OBJ
jective senses being paramount and
the individual not capable of getting
away from his physical environment
and impressions.
Therefore the use of psyche
ton.
With the patient asleep and so re-
moved from all physical and sense i'm
pressions the operator comes directly
in contact with that other self or pneu-
ma and by strong firm suggestions di-
rected to the health and we'll being of
the individual the automatic mind