Evening star., 1922-12-17
COueisno and Common Sense;
Physical and Psychic Also Vital
Man a Three-Fold Being, Requiring
Obedience to Eternal La,vs Governing
Soul and Body, as Well as Mind.

that it Immediately sets To work TO
materialiZe these thoughts-actually
to make them come true.
Coue further believes that the con-
scious mind and will should be sub
ordinate to. and work in full Coop
Grafton with. the great master mind
the unconscious-and that we should
so control our thoughts as to feed
into the great storehouse of our be-
constructive thought. He insists
(and correctly SOD that the will
should not interpose itself upon and
confuse the creative and constructive
outpourings of the great unconscious.
II is believed that the backbone of
Coue's principle lies in Chirst's earn
est and philosophical plea that we
resist not evil. but overcome evil
with good" Practically applied ,un-
der Coue's principle. this means that
the will should not be employed in
combating and resisting unhealthful
and destructive thought: distressing
circumstance: degrading environ
ment. or any negation in life. But
that, on the other hand. the will
should be used only in an affirma
tive way in creating in the conscious
mind only healthful and constructive
thought. and in establishing opposite
and desirable circumstance and en-
vironment. When the will is in con-
fiict with an idea or Thought. the
idea invariably gains the day and the
thought resists all efforts of the will
to dislodge it. Therefore. when a
bad thought enters the conscious
mind do not resist it-simply replace
1t with good thought. Make of
this simple process an active and
continuous habit and IA new world. "a
beautiful life will open up to you.
Where II Works and Fails
For comparative purposes. two di-
visions are made of disease as com
monty understood and as il exists in
the auman body. One is functional;
the other organic. In purely func-
tional disease. only the functioning of
the organ is affected. With organic
disease. however, the organ itself is
involved and diseased and usually ac-
companied by functional disorders.
Functional disease frequently has it's
origin in wrong states of mind. Or
two. or all three sources: Body,
mind or soul. Cd. 1t may be Great
ed in the body through wrong living,
such as improper feeding: physical
staSnation: lack of personal hygiene.
and general abuse or misuse of the
body. go. 1t may be induced.
through reflex. by contrary and in
-
in the soul. (3). And it often arises
from wrong mental processes. so SIM
ply and wonderfully explained by
Coue.
CD Where disease originates in
wrong thinking. Coue's principles are
really marvellous in the rapidity and
effectiveness with which they elimi-
nate such disease and restore health.
The larger part of Coue's cures are
believed to be confined to this class
of cases.
90 Where disease is a reflex from
disordered states of being lodged
deep within the soul. Coue's princi-
pies. properly employed. will often
create faith. establish a positive and
buoyant state of mind and open up
the foodgates of healing forces for
their entry into and liberation
throughout the body-all of which
may or may not reach and remove the
obscure and underlying cause hidden
in the deep and mysterious recesses
of the soul.
(3) Disease caused by repeated vio-
lation's of natures laws on the phySi-
cal plane. whether organic or func-
tional. such as wrong feeding. body
stagnation and abuse. bad hygiene.
excessive use of drugs and stimulants,
together with all other violations of
the laws of physics. of chemistry. or
OF just plain common sense. certainly
cannot be dislodged or materially
modified by the use of Coue's princi-
pies alone. To rely solely upon such
principles under these circumstances
is to convict oneself Of unsound
mind: to become an object of derision
and a candidate for cemeterial berth
The great bulk of human misery
and disease. however, now so agoniZ-
ingly expressed in world chaos and
the rapid disntegration of our much
i
cial order, springs from disobedience
of the eternal laws on all three planes
of being
We must. therefore. place life Gn-
health and disease) upon a
basis broader and more universal
than the Coue principle or any other
mental formula.
Wan a Three-FOld Being.
Sages of all ages have recognized
man as a three-fold beine-as posses
sing body, mind and soul. In point of
fact. man is like an arch-one side
being the body. another the mind.
and the keystone the soul To the
extent that both sides and keystone
are evenly proportioned and balanced.
just to that extent will the arch be
perfect. So with man; if the three
elements of which he is composed
are likewise proportioned and bal
anced in their relation each to the
other and to the laws of the universe.
he will be perfectly free of disease
and disorder throughout his whole
being. He will be "all good" and no
this triune balance and three-fold
harmony does man emerge into mas
ter.
There exist eternal and inviolab BILE
laws of the Creator governing every
minute phase of life relating to body.
n,,1 in, fhni A1 IN,
themselves. to each other. and to the
universe. Compliance with these laws
brings compensation in degree. Vio-
lation of such laws metes out retribu
tive justice in like degree. Violation
of the law governing the body by re-
hex action damage mind and soul and
cause disease of body. Disobedience
to the law relating to the mind brings
disease and disorder to the body and
inlpoverishes the soul. while dis
organizing and devitaliZing the mind.
Pervcrsion of the law affecting the
soul drags down both mind and body
and poisons the soul.
Therefore, to invoke law on the
mental plane Through Coueism, for
example) cannot possibly nuIlify and
Offset physical disease resulting pure
ly from wrong living. Nor can a men,
tai trick or process: alone. remove
disease ni OF body where e. the the roots S
I'S CIV" III SuHh uetp
into the recesses of the soul. To do
so would be to beat down and de-
stroy the Gibraltar of creation-the
great law of compensation. To attempt
it is to invite ultimate disaster.
Teamwork Required.
Teamwork on the part of the whole
man is the only answer. He must.
first be clean in his heart-right with
and right with the world.
His emotions and impulses must be
must be harmony in his
soul. Next, he must live according to