The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-08

New YORK City, July Are y0p
III Nonsense! To1 imagine It
Health i simply ! matter q be-
ton ~ putting Il fhrough 9 fegu-
lar coqrse OF discipline. you VIII
soon discover that really there Is
nothing It all the matter WITH yoq.
At least, 80 SAY the expQpents 9f
the new psyche thsrap eutic meth9a
Which Is neE proving popular n
familiar. term OF auto-spggestion
and slse ~ the new term c9asism,,
after Emile Cops, a French psychg-
therapist Of Nancy, who has lately
gained Fen9wn Tor bis sensati9psl
cures. Here gre the DIRECTIONS:
Every morning before you are
fully awake, and every night Inst
as yoH are on the verge Of sleep.
close your eyes and murmpr 20
times in Succession the following
rhythmic and reassuring sentence:
DAY BY day-in every FayI am
getting better and better
That is all there is to it-no
medicine, no exertion Of any kind,
and no doctors bills. No wonder.
then, that the new method is pop
ular. The idea seems to be that
the human Imagination is a silly,
impressionaple thing, incredibly
susceptible to suggestion, but new
erthe1ess capable Of welding q
powerful influence over the body.
Against its uncanny, primitive
strength the reasoning faculties OF
the brain are apparently helpless
Careful reasoning may assure you
for>instance, that your head is con-
gested and the mucous membrane
of your nostrils are inflamed as a
result Of cold contracted while
sitting in q dragght yesterday, but
il You are able to convince your
imagination that you haven't q cold
and never could have taken cold
from sitting in 2 draught. all the
annoying symptoms are likely tc
disappear. In order to do this
however, it is necessary to meet
your imagination on its own child
ish level with complete simplicity.
Let the auto-suggestion be made
With confidence. with faith" con-
tinue the directions. 1.-THE greater
the conviction, the more rapid and
certain will be the results.
Counting Knots Helps.
ut is well to be provided with
plenty of string with 20 knots tied
in it so that the counting can be
mechanical" In other words, the
conscious part of your brain must
not be suddenly aroused to action
by sudden quandary as to wheth.
er you have said the sentence Is Of
only IA times.
In addition to the large doses o.
optimism forced upon the imagina
ton every morning and night it i:
necessary to keep it strictly in hand
at all other times. Whenever ply.
steal or moral suffering is expert
enced, say the directions, affirm in
stantly to yourself that you will not
consciously encourage its existence
and that you will make it disap-
pear. "Then, il possible. close
your eyes and isolate yourself in
thought, pass your hands lightly
over the seat of the pain, or on the
forehead if the suffering be mental
and say as quickly as possible-'it's
going-as long as the suffering re-
mains. These exercises must b.
made without effort"
Professor Coue does not claim
that auto-suggestion will cure al
complaints, however malignant, bu
says it has been known to cure {
wide variety Of ailments ranging
from insomnia to paralysis. Oneo
these remarkable cures recentl!
took fplace before large assembl.
Of spectators when Coue was tn
honored guest of the Institute o
Auto-Suggestion of London, which
has its Offices in GrOsvenor Gar
dens. A woman patient, paralyzet
in one leg, was brought in car
riage and carried to the Office o
Professor Coue. AS she came il
the door in the arms Of attend