Evening star., 1923-01-16

convince some people that 1 do not
exercise a certain influence over them
When 1 tell them that they must
count upon themselves, not upon me,
they often reply: II don't care what
you say. you do WELD power, and
when 1 am with you i get better re-
suits than when l am alone. Well
that may be true in many cases. But
the reason is, as i have already indi-
Gated, that a person who has faith
enough to come to me Is already half
cured by that very faith.
There Is another aspect of the ques-
tion. II ] possessed any real power,
upon ALL Yet that is not the case
Upon some my influence is absolutely
nil; upon others it may be immense.
Nothing Invented.
Which proves that 1t is not and
cannot be an essential factor in the
efficacy of my system. 1t exists
merely in the Imagination of certain
persons, and as l have explained, l
hope conyincingly. in previous arti'
cles, the imagination Is all-powerful,
so In such instances II really does
aid recovery of health. But it would
be a sorry action to allow il to be
thought that personal contact with
me is necessary I want American
citizens all over the continent to un-
derstand that all they need is a
proper comprehension of the princi-
pies of autosuggestion-th is sim
plicity itself-toRether with belleI
in it's effectiveness.
I do not claim to have invented any
thing. have merely reduced to a
simple formula for everyday use ano
practice theories which were known
to be truths thousands OF years ago
Still less have 1 invented new fatth.
as some would appear to infer. The
other day a gentleman interviewed 20
by one of your newspapers described
my method of autosuggestion as a
direct challenge to the church.;
between religion and autosuggestion
Is medicine challenge to the
church? Autosuggestion is only the
use of natural forces and functions OF
our being and can be practiced by
Catholics and Protestants. Islamtsts
or Buddhists, without violating any
Of the precepts or doctrinal principles
of those churches or religions. DID
not st. Paul writes OF the faith that
moveth mountains? Surely 1t cannot
ties which the Creator himself has
given us!
Denies a'MiraeIes.-
Other religious leaders look askance
at autosuggestion because II has come
to be associated with alleged mira
cles" which I am supposed to have
worked. Now. miracles do not exist.
/ have never accomplished any and
never shall. AS a matter of fact. the
So called miraculous" cures are the
simplest and the most easily explain
ed OF all. They prove that actually
the sufferers only thought they were
sick Thought produced or pro-
ionged the symptoms. and in that re-
spect were really sick. But directly
they were made to realize that their
ills could be overcome by tmagina-
ton they were cured.
1t may seem rather unnecessary for
me to answer the few criticisms OF
which 1 have been the object in the
atmosphere of exceptionally sympa-
thetic interest in which l ind myself
But / am anxious to clear the path OF
my American tour of all misunder.
standings. l wish to be taken seri-
ously by serious-minded people.
want every one to be convinced that
the theories I advance, reduced as
they are to their simplest expression
are, nevertheless. built upon
groundwork of scientific fact.
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