The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-12-13
Unless it is Handled Right, Auto
Suggestion Dangerous, Says Coue

real illnesses. so strong Is its action ,
upon our organism.
Shut yourself up alone IN Toou'' 7
scat Yourself in an armchair, Close f,
your eyes TO avoid any distrac''"h'
and concentrate your mind tor a lew
moments on thinking
Such and such Il thing Is gong /"
d sappear." OF Such and such th'Ht
is coming TO pass.
/ The Power OF the viii.
! II YOU have really made the auto
surrestion-that is TO say, i your
Unconscious has aSstuilatcd the IDEA
that Won have presented TO it-you'
are astonished TO see the thlnE you
/ rave thought come 10 pass. iNo'"
that il IS the property OF ideas Auto
surpestion TO exist within US unre'
ocnized. and we can only Know OF
their existence by the effect they pro
duce).
, But above all. and this Is an asser'
tial point. the will must not be brought
into play IN practicing AutoSueSeS'
tom; for II the VIII Is not IN agree
ment with the imaginauon-H ONE
thinks. 81 will make such and suCh
thing happen. and the IMAGINATION
saws: You are willing Il, but II is MOI
going 10 he"-not only does one mo-
obtain what one wants. but even en-
actlv the reverse Is brought about.
This axiom IS OF capital import
anCe. Il explains why results are SO
unsatisf factory when, - trea'ih&
moral ailmeuts. one strives 70 re'euu-
cate the will. II is the training OF the
IMAGINATION which IS necessary II
Is thanks TO this shade OF difference
that my method has often succeedeU
where otherS-and those not the least
considered-haye failed.
From the puperous experiments
that I have made daily for twen'!
years. and which ! have examine"
with minute care. have been aoie 20
deduct the following conclusions
which | have summed up as laws;
/ When the Will and the magma
ton are antagon!sttc, 1t Is always the
IMAGINATION which wins. without any
exception.
. In the conflict between the VIII
and the imagination, the force OF the
Imagination IS direct ratio to the
square OF the will.
8. When the will and the magma
ton are IN agreement, one does not
add 10 the other, but one IS multiplied
by the other.
4, The imagination can be direct
ed.
(The expressions IN direct ratio TO
the square OF the will and is mutt
piled BY" are not vigorously exact
They are simply illustrations drawn
from mathematics destined to make
my meaning clearer.
A Dangerous instrument.
After what has just been said II
would seem that nobody ought 10 De
i'll That is quite true. Daring anu
unlikely as my statement may seem
every illness. whatever 1t may De- can
yield TO autosuggestion.
q do not say does always yield. but
can Weld, which Is a different tninS).
But In order to lead people to pra2'
tIse Conscious AutosugSeStlon. they
must be taught how, just as they are
'taught TO read or write or. play the
piano.
Autosuggestion is, as ! said above
an instrument that we possess at
birth, and With which we play uncon'
scIously all our life, as baby plays
with its rattle.
II Is however, dangerous instru'
ment; It can wound or even Kill you
II Won handle It imprudent!y and IN
consciously. 1t can on the contrary
save your life when you know how 10
employ it consciously. One can saw
OF 1t as Aesop said OF the tongue: III
IS at the same time the best and the
worst thing IN the world"
am now going TO show you how
everyone can profit by the oeneticen'
action Of Autosuggestton consciously
applied. In saying every one. | en-
aggerate a little, for there are two
classes OF persons IN whom, 1t IS Or
ficult to arouse conscious autosugges
ton:
!. The mentally undeveloped who
arc not capable OF UNDERSTANDING
what you say to them.
2. Those who are unwilling to I'M
derstand.
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