The San Francisco call., 1906-04-03

WISH every worker might read
| Morgan Robertsons article on self
i hypnosis in the current, number Oh
the Critic. The writer has pointed out
with great clearness how a worker
may become hypnotized into believing
any sort of detrimental thing about
himself simply through the Suggestions
given him-directly or telepathically-
by other persons.
He has shown how a mans abilities
may become restricted, his habits
spoiled, his health injured or his pros
poets ruined, simply through an idea
that is impressed upon his mind at
time when he is particularly 5uggesu-
BILE. This idea, the writer CONTENDS, De-
comes an actual obsession, TO escape
from which the victim should trace
out and run down to its source every
telepathic thought that has afnlcteo
him, every harmful suggestion given
him. and offset these influences Dy IN
telligent counter-suggestio
The drink habit, as indulged by Ut
cray men laboring under the deiusloh
that they cannot write well without
stimulants, is distinctly shown to be
the result of self-hypnosis.
whereas the article is written par
ticularIy for authors and other creatlVe
workers, the principles set forth IN IL
are, 1 believe, applicable to the PROB
lens of every human being.
IT is nv conviction that not alone In
the ranks of authors, artists and the
like do we find examples of sclf-hyp-
nosis, but that every member Oh ths
human family who is the victim Oh m
furious habits, or who suffers from m
harmony. unhappiness, disease or nom
success. is in the grip of an obsessins
idea. And l believe such idea can be
removed by the person himself; that
through his intelligent and repeated
use of pow erful counter-suggestion ne
can conquer the ideas or beliefs whlch
hamper and torment him.
believe that none of US is as much the
victim of actual limitations and defcien-
cies as he is of harmful beliefs ana IDEAS.
We hypnotize ourselves into believing we
are restricted by such and such conal-
lions: that we are handicapped by certain
inherited traits; that we are Kept from
achievement because of environment
or training, or lack of natural aputuae
for the work lying nearest-the work I'M
peratively ours to do.
In our blindness many OF US SHIFT the
blame upon fate or luck, complaining Dit
terly of the weaknesses. deficiencies ana
bandieaps with which nature has cursed
nc We forget to look for the cause In
ourselves. and do not see that In our own
minds is the energy that will free US from
the conditions that enslave US.
T have no doubt. If we could trace back
to their respective beginnings the various
evils and limitations that af1ict US, we
sbonld be amazed to find large number
~ them are directly due to the false sug-
eestions others have given US or that We
have given ourselves. suggestions which
we ignorant of our own dominion, have
nermitted TO dominate our thoughts, and
hence control our lives.
/ believe even our traits OF mind and
character are frequently established IN
this way. If a child IS repeatedly in
formed that he is stupid he soon finds 1t
irnpossible to be anything else. If he is
told that he is ill-tempered and bad. he
will become ill-tempered and bad. AS we
think, 50 we are.
1t would be well for US all to ask our
selves just how far we are letting our