The Washington herald., 1917-07-01
DR.. MARDENs UPLIFT TALKS,
By oRIsoN SWEET MARDEN.
Author d Pushing to the Front" Etc
How to B. We'll and Happv.

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Dr. Richard c. Cabot. of the Har-
ward Medical School says that the
medical environment is the most un-
favorable to the patients recovery.
SICK people who are STEPPED in the
meoical atmosphere. where they con-
! stantly hear the talk Of disease
symptoms. ind It very dificuIt TO ger
away from the sick thought They
are saturated with IL when the rninS
ought to be filled with just the oppos-
lite. The should be in an atmospbere
where everything around them vii,
suggest health. instead of sickness
and disease.
Someone has said that to think OF
the presence and power of God as 4
healing life force, Is to come in ac-
tual mental contact with that presence
To continue this thought by sturdy
affirmation Of healing truth will at
tune the mind to harmony with that
benefcent power, lifting 1t out Of the
darkness and heaviness OF mortal
thinking into the brightness and joy
that is the result Of thinking God 5
thought after Him"
We do not realize the power os
thought, because we do not appreciate
the fact that We actually come IN
contact with whatever we think about
or contemplate. This contact is no
less real because ii is mental; and IL
has power to influence the body. as
well as the mind.
II you want to be. and to keep, well.
happy, vigorous. normal as the Gre
ator meant you TO be. never think
OF yourself as weak, diseased, sick
deficient in any faculty. in any fonc-
ton. On the contrary always think
Of yourself as perfect and immortal,
and your mind will tend TO respond to
this demand for wholeness and CON-
pleteness.
The image OF unfortunate symptoms.
every sick or weak suggestion har-
bored in the mind are fatal to the
realization of the ideal. Sick Thoughts
weak, deficient thoughts, make y
weak deficient body and a crippled
mentality. Think wholeness, think
completeness. regarding yourself. L
you really believe that you are made
in your Makers image you cannot
think too magnificently Of yourself.
No matter how your body may seem
to contradict this ideal OF yourself,
persist in holding it, and the weak
nesses. deficiencies. discords which
hinder your progress will gradually
give way TO the dominance of the di-
vine image in you. The life prs
cesses within you will build the out
ward manifestation of this sublime
image Of yourself. and you will be-
come normal. Godlike
Some people unconsciously keep the
body in a diseased condition by dwell
ing on disease, by holding the thought
u. k>a
sick. I recently heard of a woman
who had been i'll for a long time. who
went 10 a mental healer for advice.
She said she wanted to tell him
frankly that although she had suf-
fered a great deal, she didn't really
know whether It was Gods will that
she should get well, and she didn't
know whether it would be quite right
for her 10 take the chances OF dis
pleasing God by taking steps to get
we'll!
Among other troubles, this woman
had a tumor On her neck. and she
Insisted that the healer should see
how very bad il was. for she said he
couldn't possibly help her uEless he
knew all about il, her symptoms and
all the details concerning the tumor.
She had dwelt upon her troubles and
defects so long that she was obsessed
with them. She couldn't see or think
Of anything else.
The healer told her that he didn't
want TO hear anything about her
troubles, because a healer must see
only the person God made-the per
feet, whole. complete being. with
strong. robust health. otherwise he
couldn't help any one. He instructed
her to hold the same thought, the
thought Of her wholeness and COM
pleteness. to hold in mind only the
ideal which her Creator had of her,
not to think of any blemish, weakness
or disease.
The woman obeyed instructions and
under the influence OF this dominant
health thought. through the persistent
holding Of the health ideal, her tumor
gradually grew smaller. shriveled up
and finally all her troubles disap-
peared.
Such healings support the fact that
the body is but objectified thought,
and that when the thought is changed
the body also must change. The
habit of always thinking OF ourselves,
whole. perfect. would gradually revo-
lutionize our lives and health.
The reality of ourselves. the truth
OF our being is the omnipresent God,
otherwise we could not exist. 1t is
no outside power which comes to our
rescue and heals US, sustains US. holds
us up. and guides us. 1t is the Gre
ative God power within us. This ere
ative power is inherent in every cell
of your body. in every particle Of
matter. We literally live and move
and have our being in God.
A realization of this truth, an ever
increasing consciousness of our one
ness with the Supreme Power will
bring ever-increasing serenity Of mind
and health of body. An ever-increas-
ing sense of our divine connection will
increase our mental sense Of we'll
being, of security, of safety from all
that would injure US or destroy our
happiness.
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