The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-01-08
geeraLd Readers Details of His Dsco1es

In another article snail Talk Oh
the diseases actually cured by auto
suggestion, and in general of its
sphere of curative possibilities Let
it be thoroughly realized that thought
or suggestion is able to mold 1.-THE
human body. as a sculptor chisels his
clay. Thought is an act, it is more
| than Bernheim believed when he
wrote: Suggestion is an idea which
can be transformed into action"
Certain it is that cases declared to
be incurable have been cured by auto
suggestion. And not only diseases of
functional nature. Sores and
wounds of long standing, which had
resisted all other treatments, have
been healed, rapidly by suggestion.
Was it not DR.. Carnot who said. 1.-THE
wounds of victorious soldiers heal
more rapidly than those of the van
/ quished?"
l can declare without hesitation
| that whatever the illness the prac-
tice of rational auto suggestion will
always effect an appreciable improve
ment in the patients condition. even
| if the disease itself be materially in
durable.
Putting 1t Into Practice
| After the preceding explanations
| of the theory of Interrogation. my
readers are certainly anxious to be
| initiated in the method of putting ii
| into actual practice. We have seen
| that oar physical organism is COM
pletely dominated by our subcon-
scious self which. obeying every sug-
gestion, of no matter what nature,
| transmits il as an order tc every
| fibre of the body. and that the lat
| ter responds or reacts immediately.
| The only obstacle to the perfect ac-
| compli shments of the operation is the
Intervention of the conscious will or
reason at the same time. What we
want to know, therefore, is the mech
anism by which we may acquire con-
troll of our subconscious self-in
| other words, achieve selfmastery
The ,methc d is simplicity itself. So
simple that it has been scoffed at as
all simple solutions of seemingly
complicated problems have Been
scoffed at. But its logic is irrefuta-
BILE, an / its effects are demonstrated
every day of our lives.
All that is necessary is to place
oneself in condition of mental pas
siveness, silence the voice of con-
scious analysis, and then deposit in
the ever-awake subconscious. the
idea or suggestion which one desires
to be realized
Every night, when YOU have COM
fortably settled yourself in bed and
are On the point of dropping off to
sleep, murmur in "a low but clear
voice, Just loud enough to be heard
by yourself. this little formula:
Every day, in every way, l am get
ting better and better" Recite the
phrase like litany, twenty times
or more; and in order to avoid dis
tracing your attention by the eff
fort of counting. it is an excellent
idea to tick the number off on piece
of string tied in twenty knots.
"Puerile," Perhaps. Yet it suf-
fces to set in motion in the desired
direction the stupendous forces of
which we may be masters, if we will.
1t is amere suggestion. but that sug
gestion cast into the mysterious
of the subconscious self
is instantaneously translated into an
active. living force.
The ancients well knew the power
often the terrible power-contained
in the repetition of a phrase or a
formula. The secret of the unde-
niable influence they exercised
through the old oracles resided prob
ably, nay, certainly, in the force of
suggestion.
Yes, my method of self-cure, by
auto-suggestion, is undoubtedly SIM
pie. 1t is easy to understand, and
just as easy to practice. Yet the
human mind is today what it was
in the days of oracles: il insist on
associating the Aheaiing of the body
or mind with complicated theories
and processes which, in reality, are
quite unnecessary Why complain
if things are made easy for you?
Does Not Need Details.
People may wonder why l am con-
tent to prescribe such a general and
apparently vague formula as every
day, in every way, l am getting bet
ter and better for all and every all
ment. The reason is, strange as it
may see, that our subconscious
mind does not Need the details. The
general suggestion that every Thing
'in every way" is going well Is quite
sufficient to set up the procedure
of persuasion which will carry it's
effects to the different organs and
improve every function. / have had
remarkable demonstration of this in
the course of my long teaching and
experiments. Time and again ] have
seen patients cured, not only of the
particular disease for which they
sought TelleI, out also VI uiS-
abilities which they had almost for
gotten.
The fact is, our subconscious
knows much more than we can ever
know ourselves about our physical
organism. Fortunately for us! Just
think what mess we should make
of things II we had to LOOK after
every function: breathing, digestion,
for instance. Who is it that takes
charge of such complicated job?
The subconscious mind. and il it ever
does its work badly, it is always be-
cause, in some way or another, we
have voluntarily meddled with it..
Every organ or function is connect
ed with and depends in some degree
upon others, and if the ordinary man
or woman were to begin ordering a
subconscious tinkering with par
ticular organ, he or, she would GER
tainly be obeyed, only the chances
are that something else would then
go wrong as a result of insufficient
knowledge or perhaps complete ig-
norance of physiology on the part
of the conscious mind.
So just leave 1t to the subcon-
scious. Avoid all effort. When you
recite your phrase every day, in
every way, l am getting better and
better" you must relax all strain
and tension. Do not seek to concen-
trate your thoughts. Concentration
is very valuable and necessary when
conscious reasoning is to be done.
but fatal to the success of auto
suggestion. Isolate yourself from
everything likely ITO distract your
attention, however. Close your eyes
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