Evening star., 1923-01-08
Complete Inertia Necessary
To Success of COue Formula
Voice of Conscious analysis Must BE
l., ,StiIIed, Says Scientist, Before Repeat
ing Talismanic Sentence.

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.
Relax All Tension.
So just leave it 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 rel-x all strain
and tension. Do not seek to con-
centrate your thoughts. Concentra-
tion is very valuable and necessary
done. but fatal to the success of
autosuggestion. Isolate yourself from
everything likely to distract your
attention, however. Close your eyes
if possible. You can obtain mental
isolation in a crowd, in a street car,
if need be, and there is no reason
why you should not practice auto
suggestion in such conditions in the
daytime, always providing you sue
ceed in putting yourself in the right
state of paSSiVeneSS. At the risk of
being accused of tedious repetition.
| l must insist on the necessity of pas
siveneSS and inertia. Do not think
you must struggle to impose your
suggestion. The very fact of MAX
ing it an effort will bring into play
the conscious will and that will
actually raise barrier between the
subconscious and the suggestion and
prevent the latter from penetrating.
Now. from what | have said OF the
superiority of a general formula or
autoSuggeStion, it must not De
thought that l altogether discourage
the application of suggestion to spe-
citic complaints. On the contrary,
it is to be recommended unreservedly
in all cases where it is desired to re-
1 in
orders or alleviate their symptoms.
To Danish Pain.
For such purposes. here is my pro-
Cedure: To cause pain to vanish, rub
the affected spot lightly, but rapidly.
with your hand, at the same time re-
peating in an undertone, so swiftly
as to make of it a mere gable, the
words Ca passe" pronounced "sah
pass'D. In a few minutes the pain
should disappear. or at the very least
be considerably diminished The rea-
son for gabbling the words is to
avoid the risk of any other eX-
traneous or contrary thought slip
ping in through fissures which might
result from more distinct but
slower diction. For the same reason
advise English-speaking people TO
stick to the French version. it being
much easier to say Ca passe" quickly
than the longer and more awkward
expression sit is passing" or 1T is
going"
Sufferers from sleeplessness will
proceed in another way. Having set
tied themselves comfortably in bed,
they will repeat mot gabble). Il am
going to sleep. l am going to sleep"
in quiet placid. even voice, avoid
ing. of course. the slightest mental
effort to attain the desired result
repetition of the suggestion soon
makes itself felt: whereas if one
actually tries to sleep. the spirit of
wakefulness is kept alive by the
negative idea. according to the law
of converted effort. Insomnia. indeed.
affords a striking demonstration of
the disastrous effect of the eXertion
of the Will. the result of which is
just the contrary to the one desired
Cure for Stnmmering.
Stammering, again. is a painful
aff1iction which readily yields TO
autosuggestion. I have known cases
of cures being affected in one sitting.
though this, naturally, is rare. What
is the cause of stammering? Merely
the fear, or the idea, that one is going
to stammer If you can substitute
for that idea the conviction or the
suggestion that you are not going to
stutter, that if you can say ten words
without suffering there is no reason
eleventh, then you are cured.
Nervousness. timidity, lack of con-
ffdence and, still worse, nervous phe-
nomena can be eradicated by the
practice of autosugge for they
are simply the consequences of self
suggestion of wrong, unnatural
character. Those who suffer from
such infirmities must set up a diff
ferent train of suggestions by saying
Il am not nervous; | am well and
full of confidence; all is going we'll"
In a fit of anger try the effect of
suddenly murmuring Il am calm" and
you will be surprised.
There are quite a number of cases
of paralysis which are only due to
the patients belief in his or her in
ability to use the affected limb or
member. They can all be cured, eaSi-
ly, certainly. ImpIant the notion: II
can walk, l can move my arm Cor