The Treasure House Within You 25
from the law of averages. Certainly, there can be no more won-
derful blessing than these from a mental, emotional, and ma-
terial standpoint.
Most of the great scientists, artists, poets, singers, writers,
and inventors have a deep understanding of the workings of the
conscious and subconscious minds.
One time Caruso, the great operatic tenor, was struck with
stage fright. He said his throat was paralyzed due to spasms
caused by intense fear which constricted the muscles of his
throat. Perspiration poured copiously down his face. He was
ashamed because in a few minutes he had to go out on the stage,
yet he was shaking with fear and trepidation. He said, "They
will laugh at me. I can't sing." Then he shouted in the presence
of those behind the stage, "The Little Me wants to strangle the
Big Me within."
He said to the Little Me, "Get out of here, the Big Me
wants to sing through me."
By the Big Me, he meant the limitless power and wisdom
of Ms subconscious mind, and he began to shout, "Get out, get
out, the Big Me is going to sing!"
His subconscious mind responded releasing the vital forces
within him. When the call came, he walked out on the stage and
sang gloriously and majestically, enthralling the audience.
It is obvious to you now that Caruso must have understood
the two levels of mind the conscious or rational, and the sub-
conscious or irrational levelf Your subconscious mind is reac-
tive and responds to the nature of your thoughts:! When your
conscious mind (the Little Me) is full of fear, worry; and anxiety,
the negative emotions engendered in your subconscious mind
(the Big Me) are released and flood the conscious mind with a
sense of panic, foreboding, and despair. When this happens, you
can, like Caruso, speak affirmatively and with a deep sense of
authority to the irrational emotions generated
in your deeper
mind as follows: "Be still, be quiet, I am in control, you must
obey me, you are subject to my command, you cannot intrude
where you do not belong."
It is fascinating and intensely interesting to observe how 26 The Treasure House Within You
you can speak authoritatively and with conviction to the irra-
tional movement of your deeper
self bringing silence, harmony*
and peace to your mind The subconscious is subject to the con-
scious mind, and that is why it is called subconscious or sub-
jective.
* Outstanding differences and modes of operation
You will perceive the main differences by the following
il-
lustrations: The conscious mind is like the navigator or captain
at the bridge of a ship. He directs the ship and signals orders to
men in the engine room, who in turn control all the boilers,
instruments, gauges,
etc. The men in the engine room do not
know where they are going; they follow orders. They would go
on the rocks if the man on the bridge issued faulty or wrong
instructions based on his findings with the compass, sextant, or
other instruments. The men in the engine room obey him be-
cause he is in charge and issues orders which are automatically
obeyed. Members of the crew do not talk back to the- captain;
they simply carry out orders.
The captain
is the master of his ship, and his decrees are
carried out. Likewise, your conscious mind is the captain and
the master of your ship, wjich represents your body, environ-
ment, and all your affair^f Your subconscious mind takes the
orders you give it b^sed upofl what your conscious mind believes
and accepts as true.)
When you repeatedly say to people,
"I can't afford it," then
your subconscious mind takes you at your word and sees to it
that you will not be in a position
to purchase what you want
As long as you persist in saying, "I can't afford that car, that trip
from the law of averages. Certainly, there can be no more won-
derful blessing than these from a mental, emotional, and ma-
terial standpoint.
Most of the great scientists, artists, poets, singers, writers,
and inventors have a deep understanding of the workings of the
conscious and subconscious minds.
One time Caruso, the great operatic tenor, was struck with
stage fright. He said his throat was paralyzed due to spasms
caused by intense fear which constricted the muscles of his
throat. Perspiration poured copiously down his face. He was
ashamed because in a few minutes he had to go out on the stage,
yet he was shaking with fear and trepidation. He said, "They
will laugh at me. I can't sing." Then he shouted in the presence
of those behind the stage, "The Little Me wants to strangle the
Big Me within."
He said to the Little Me, "Get out of here, the Big Me
wants to sing through me."
By the Big Me, he meant the limitless power and wisdom
of Ms subconscious mind, and he began to shout, "Get out, get
out, the Big Me is going to sing!"
His subconscious mind responded releasing the vital forces
within him. When the call came, he walked out on the stage and
sang gloriously and majestically, enthralling the audience.
It is obvious to you now that Caruso must have understood
the two levels of mind the conscious or rational, and the sub-
conscious or irrational levelf Your subconscious mind is reac-
tive and responds to the nature of your thoughts:! When your
conscious mind (the Little Me) is full of fear, worry; and anxiety,
the negative emotions engendered in your subconscious mind
(the Big Me) are released and flood the conscious mind with a
sense of panic, foreboding, and despair. When this happens, you
can, like Caruso, speak affirmatively and with a deep sense of
authority to the irrational emotions generated
in your deeper
mind as follows: "Be still, be quiet, I am in control, you must
obey me, you are subject to my command, you cannot intrude
where you do not belong."
It is fascinating and intensely interesting to observe how 26 The Treasure House Within You
you can speak authoritatively and with conviction to the irra-
tional movement of your deeper
self bringing silence, harmony*
and peace to your mind The subconscious is subject to the con-
scious mind, and that is why it is called subconscious or sub-
jective.
* Outstanding differences and modes of operation
You will perceive the main differences by the following
il-
lustrations: The conscious mind is like the navigator or captain
at the bridge of a ship. He directs the ship and signals orders to
men in the engine room, who in turn control all the boilers,
instruments, gauges,
etc. The men in the engine room do not
know where they are going; they follow orders. They would go
on the rocks if the man on the bridge issued faulty or wrong
instructions based on his findings with the compass, sextant, or
other instruments. The men in the engine room obey him be-
cause he is in charge and issues orders which are automatically
obeyed. Members of the crew do not talk back to the- captain;
they simply carry out orders.
The captain
is the master of his ship, and his decrees are
carried out. Likewise, your conscious mind is the captain and
the master of your ship, wjich represents your body, environ-
ment, and all your affair^f Your subconscious mind takes the
orders you give it b^sed upofl what your conscious mind believes
and accepts as true.)
When you repeatedly say to people,
"I can't afford it," then
your subconscious mind takes you at your word and sees to it
that you will not be in a position
to purchase what you want
As long as you persist in saying, "I can't afford that car, that trip
to Europe, that home, that fur coat or ermine wrap," you can
rest assured that your subconscious mind will follow your or-
ders, and you will go through life experiencing the lack of all
these things.
Last Christmas Eve a beautiful young university student
looked at an attractive and rather expensive traveling bag in
a store window. She was going home to Buffalo, New York, for
the holidays. She was about to say, "I can't afford that bag," The Treasure House Within You 27
when she recalled something she had heard at one of my lec-
tures which was, "Never finish a negative statement; reverse it
immediately, and wonders will happen in your life."
She said, "That bag is mine. It is for sale. I accept it men*
tally, and my subconscious sees to it that I receive it.**
At eight o'clock Christmas Eve her fiance presented her
with a bag exactly the same as the one she had looked at and
mentally identified herself with at ten o'clock the same morning.
She had filled her mind with the thought of expectancy and
released the whole thing to her deeper mind which has the
"know-how" of accomplishment
This young girl, a student at the University of Southern
California, said to me, "I didn't have the money to buy that
bag, but now I know where to find money and all the things I
need, and that is in the treasure house of eternity within me."
Another simple illustration is this: When you say, "I do not
like mushrooms," and the occasion subsequently comes that you
are served mushrooms in sauces or salads, you will get
indi-
gestion because your subconscious mind says
to you, "The boss
(your conscious mind) does not like mushrooms." This is an
amusing example of the outstanding differences and modes of
operation of your conscious and subconscious minds.
A woman may say, "I wake up at three o'clock, if I drink
coffee at night" Whenever she drinks coffee, her subconscious
mind nudges her, as if to say, "The boss wants you to stay
awake tonight"
Your subconscious mind works twenty-four hours a day
and makes provisions for your benefit, pouring all the fruit of
your habitual thinking into your lap.
* How her subconscious responded
A woman wrote me a few months ago as follows: "I am
seventy-five years old, a widow with a grown family. I was liv-
ing alone and on a pension, I heard your lectures on the powers
of the subconscious mind wherein you said that ideas could be
conveyed to the subconscious mind by repetition, faith, and
expectancy* 28 The Treasure House Within You
"I began to repeat frequently with feeling, 1 am wanted.
I am happily married to a kind, loving, and spiritual-minded
man. I am securer
"I kept on doing this many times a day for about two
weeks, and one day at the corner drugstore, I was introduced
to a retired pharmacist
I found him to be kind, understanding,
and very religious. He was a perfect answer to my prayer.
Within a week he proposed
to me, and now we are on our
honeymoon in Europe. I know that the intelligence within my
subconscious mind brought both of us together
in divine order."
.This woman discovered that the treasure house was within
he^Her prayer was felt as true in her heart, and her affirmation
sank down by osmosis into her subconscious mind, which is the
creative medium^ The moment she succeeded in bringing about
a subjective embodiment, her subconscious mind brought about
the answer through the law of attraction. Her deeper mind, full
of wisdom and intelligence, brought both of them together in
divine order.
Be sure that you think on whatsoever things are true, what-
soever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever
things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things
are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any
rest assured that your subconscious mind will follow your or-
ders, and you will go through life experiencing the lack of all
these things.
Last Christmas Eve a beautiful young university student
looked at an attractive and rather expensive traveling bag in
a store window. She was going home to Buffalo, New York, for
the holidays. She was about to say, "I can't afford that bag," The Treasure House Within You 27
when she recalled something she had heard at one of my lec-
tures which was, "Never finish a negative statement; reverse it
immediately, and wonders will happen in your life."
She said, "That bag is mine. It is for sale. I accept it men*
tally, and my subconscious sees to it that I receive it.**
At eight o'clock Christmas Eve her fiance presented her
with a bag exactly the same as the one she had looked at and
mentally identified herself with at ten o'clock the same morning.
She had filled her mind with the thought of expectancy and
released the whole thing to her deeper mind which has the
"know-how" of accomplishment
This young girl, a student at the University of Southern
California, said to me, "I didn't have the money to buy that
bag, but now I know where to find money and all the things I
need, and that is in the treasure house of eternity within me."
Another simple illustration is this: When you say, "I do not
like mushrooms," and the occasion subsequently comes that you
are served mushrooms in sauces or salads, you will get
indi-
gestion because your subconscious mind says
to you, "The boss
(your conscious mind) does not like mushrooms." This is an
amusing example of the outstanding differences and modes of
operation of your conscious and subconscious minds.
A woman may say, "I wake up at three o'clock, if I drink
coffee at night" Whenever she drinks coffee, her subconscious
mind nudges her, as if to say, "The boss wants you to stay
awake tonight"
Your subconscious mind works twenty-four hours a day
and makes provisions for your benefit, pouring all the fruit of
your habitual thinking into your lap.
* How her subconscious responded
A woman wrote me a few months ago as follows: "I am
seventy-five years old, a widow with a grown family. I was liv-
ing alone and on a pension, I heard your lectures on the powers
of the subconscious mind wherein you said that ideas could be
conveyed to the subconscious mind by repetition, faith, and
expectancy* 28 The Treasure House Within You
"I began to repeat frequently with feeling, 1 am wanted.
I am happily married to a kind, loving, and spiritual-minded
man. I am securer
"I kept on doing this many times a day for about two
weeks, and one day at the corner drugstore, I was introduced
to a retired pharmacist
I found him to be kind, understanding,
and very religious. He was a perfect answer to my prayer.
Within a week he proposed
to me, and now we are on our
honeymoon in Europe. I know that the intelligence within my
subconscious mind brought both of us together
in divine order."
.This woman discovered that the treasure house was within
he^Her prayer was felt as true in her heart, and her affirmation
sank down by osmosis into her subconscious mind, which is the
creative medium^ The moment she succeeded in bringing about
a subjective embodiment, her subconscious mind brought about
the answer through the law of attraction. Her deeper mind, full
of wisdom and intelligence, brought both of them together in
divine order.
Be sure that you think on whatsoever things are true, what-
soever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever
things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things
are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any
Hippolyte Bernheim, professor of medicine at Nancy,
France, 1910-1919, was the expounder of the fact that the
suggestion of the physician to the patient was exerted through
the subconscious mind.
Bernheim, in his Suggestive Therapeutics, page 197, tells a
story of a man with paralysis of the tongue which had yielded
to no form of treatment. His doctor told the patient that he had
a new instrument with which he promised to heal him. He intro Mental Healings in Ancient Times 63
duced a pocket thermometer into the patient's mouth. The
patient imagined it to be the instrument which was to save him*
In a few moments he cried out joyfully that he could once more
move Ms tongue freely.
"Among our cases,
55 continues Bernheim, "facts of the
same sort will be found. A young girl came into my office, hav-
ing suffered from complete loss of speech for nearly four weeks.
After making sure of the diagnosis, I told my students that loss
of speech sometimes yielded instantly to electricity, which might
act simply by its suggestive influence. I sent for the induction
apparatus. I applied my hand over the larynx and moved a little,
and said, 'Now you can speak aloud.* In an instant I made her
saw 'a,* then *b,* then 'Maria.' She continued to speak distinctly;
the loss of voice had disappeared."
Here Bemheim is showing the power of faith and expect-
ancy on the part of the patient which acts as a powerful sugges-
tion to the subconscious mind.
9 Producing a blister by suggestion
Bernheim states that he produced a blister on the back of a
patient's neck by applying a postage stamp and suggesting to
the patient that it was a fly-plaster. This has been confinned by
the experiments and experiences of many doctors in many parts
of the world, which leave no doubt that structural changes are a
possible result of oral suggestion to patients.
9 The cause of bloody stigmata
In Hudson's Law of Psychic Phenomena, page 153, he states,
"Hemorrhages and bloody stigmata may be induced in certain
subjects by means of suggestion.
"Dr. M. Bourru put a subject
into the somnambulistic con-
dition, and gave him the following suggestion: 'At four o'clock
this afternoon, after the hypnosis, you will come into my office,
sit down in the armchair, cross your arms upon your breast,
and your nose will begin to bleed.* At the hour appointed
the
young man did as directed. Several drops
of blood came from
the left nostril 64 Mental Healings in Ancient Times
"On another occasion the same investigator traced the pa-
tient's name on both his forearms with the dull point of an instru-
ment. Then when the patient was in the somnambulistic con-
dition, lie said, 'At four o'clock this afternoon you will go to
sleep, and your arms, will bleed along
the lines which I have
traced, and your name will appear
written on your arms in
letters of blood/ He was watched at four o'clock and seen to
fall asleep. On the left arm the letters stood out in bright relief,
and in several places
there were drops of blood. The letters were
still visible three months afterward, although they had gradu-
ally grown faint.'*
These facts demonstrate at once the correctness of the two
fundamental propositions previously stated, namely, the con-
stant amenability
of the subconscious mind to the power of
suggestion and the perfect control which the subconscious mind
exercises over the functions, sensations, and conditions of the
body.
All the foregoing phenomena dramatize vividly abnormal
conditions induced by suggestion, and are conclusive proof that
as a man thinketh in his heart [subconscious mind] so is he.
Healing points in review
1. Remind yourself frequently
that the healing power is in your
own subconscious mind.
2. Know that faith is like a seed planted
France, 1910-1919, was the expounder of the fact that the
suggestion of the physician to the patient was exerted through
the subconscious mind.
Bernheim, in his Suggestive Therapeutics, page 197, tells a
story of a man with paralysis of the tongue which had yielded
to no form of treatment. His doctor told the patient that he had
a new instrument with which he promised to heal him. He intro Mental Healings in Ancient Times 63
duced a pocket thermometer into the patient's mouth. The
patient imagined it to be the instrument which was to save him*
In a few moments he cried out joyfully that he could once more
move Ms tongue freely.
"Among our cases,
55 continues Bernheim, "facts of the
same sort will be found. A young girl came into my office, hav-
ing suffered from complete loss of speech for nearly four weeks.
After making sure of the diagnosis, I told my students that loss
of speech sometimes yielded instantly to electricity, which might
act simply by its suggestive influence. I sent for the induction
apparatus. I applied my hand over the larynx and moved a little,
and said, 'Now you can speak aloud.* In an instant I made her
saw 'a,* then *b,* then 'Maria.' She continued to speak distinctly;
the loss of voice had disappeared."
Here Bemheim is showing the power of faith and expect-
ancy on the part of the patient which acts as a powerful sugges-
tion to the subconscious mind.
9 Producing a blister by suggestion
Bernheim states that he produced a blister on the back of a
patient's neck by applying a postage stamp and suggesting to
the patient that it was a fly-plaster. This has been confinned by
the experiments and experiences of many doctors in many parts
of the world, which leave no doubt that structural changes are a
possible result of oral suggestion to patients.
9 The cause of bloody stigmata
In Hudson's Law of Psychic Phenomena, page 153, he states,
"Hemorrhages and bloody stigmata may be induced in certain
subjects by means of suggestion.
"Dr. M. Bourru put a subject
into the somnambulistic con-
dition, and gave him the following suggestion: 'At four o'clock
this afternoon, after the hypnosis, you will come into my office,
sit down in the armchair, cross your arms upon your breast,
and your nose will begin to bleed.* At the hour appointed
the
young man did as directed. Several drops
of blood came from
the left nostril 64 Mental Healings in Ancient Times
"On another occasion the same investigator traced the pa-
tient's name on both his forearms with the dull point of an instru-
ment. Then when the patient was in the somnambulistic con-
dition, lie said, 'At four o'clock this afternoon you will go to
sleep, and your arms, will bleed along
the lines which I have
traced, and your name will appear
written on your arms in
letters of blood/ He was watched at four o'clock and seen to
fall asleep. On the left arm the letters stood out in bright relief,
and in several places
there were drops of blood. The letters were
still visible three months afterward, although they had gradu-
ally grown faint.'*
These facts demonstrate at once the correctness of the two
fundamental propositions previously stated, namely, the con-
stant amenability
of the subconscious mind to the power of
suggestion and the perfect control which the subconscious mind
exercises over the functions, sensations, and conditions of the
body.
All the foregoing phenomena dramatize vividly abnormal
conditions induced by suggestion, and are conclusive proof that
as a man thinketh in his heart [subconscious mind] so is he.
Healing points in review
1. Remind yourself frequently
that the healing power is in your
own subconscious mind.
2. Know that faith is like a seed planted
in the ground; it grows
after its kind. Plant the idea (seed) in your mind, water and
fertilize it with expectancy, and it will manifest
3. The idea you have for a book, new invention, or play is real
in your mind. This is why you can believe you have it now.
Believe in the reality of your idea, plan, or invention, and
as you do, it will become manifest.
4. In praying for another, know that your silent inner knowing
of wholeness, beauty, and perfection can change the nega-
tive patterns of the other's subconscious mind and bring
about wonderful results.
5. The miraculous healings you hear about at various shrines Mental Healings in Ancient Times 65
are due to imagination and blind faith which act on the
subconscious mind, releasing the healing power.
6. AH disease originates in the mind. Nothing appears on the
body unless there is a mental pattern corresponding
to it.
7. The symptoms
of almost any disease can be induced in you
by hypnotic suggestion. This shows you the power of your
thought.
8. There is only one process of healing and that is faith. There
is only one healing power, namely, your subconscious mind.
9. Whether the object
of your faith is real or false, you will get
results. Your subconscious mind responds to the thought in
your mind. Look upon faith as a thought in your mind, and
that will suffice. 5
IE Modern Times
Everyone Is definitely concerned with the healing of bodily
conditions and human affairs. What is it that heals? Where is
this healing power? These are questions asked by everyone. The
answer is that this healing power is in the subconscious mind
of each person, and a changed mental attitude on the part of
the sick person releases this healing power.
No mental or religious science practitioner, psychologist,
psychiatrist, or medical doctor ever healed a patient. There is an
old saying, "The doctor dresses the wound, but God heals it."
The psychologist or psychiatrist proceeds to remove the mental
blocks in the patient so that the healing principle may be re-
leased, restoring the patient
to health. Likewise, the surgeon
removes the physical block enabling the healing currents to
function normally. No physician, surgeon, or mental science
practitioner claims that "he healed the patient." The one healing
power is called by many names Nature, Life, God, Creative
Intelligence, and Subconscious Power.
As previously outlined, there are many different methods
used to remove the mental, emotional, and physical blocks which
inhibit the flow of the healing life principle animating all of us.
The healing principle resident in your subconscious mind can
and will, if properly directed by you or some other person, heal
your mind and body of all disease. This healing principle
is
operative in all men regardless of creed, color, or race. You do
not have to belong to some particular church in order to use
and participate in this healing process. Your subconscious will
66 Mental Healings in Modem Times 67
heal the burn or cut on your hand even though you profess
to
be an atheist or agnostic.
The modern mental therapeutic procedure is based on the
truth that the infinite intelligence and power of your subcon-
scious mind responds according to your faith. The mental science
practitioner or minister follows the injunction of the Bible, i.e.,
he goes into his closet and shuts the door, which means he stills
his mind, relaxes, lets go, and thinks of the infinite healing
presence within him. He closes the door of his mind to all out-
side distractions as well as appearances, and then he quietly
and knowingly turns over his request or desire to his subcon-
scious mind, realizing that the intelligence of his mind will
answer him according to his specific needs.
after its kind. Plant the idea (seed) in your mind, water and
fertilize it with expectancy, and it will manifest
3. The idea you have for a book, new invention, or play is real
in your mind. This is why you can believe you have it now.
Believe in the reality of your idea, plan, or invention, and
as you do, it will become manifest.
4. In praying for another, know that your silent inner knowing
of wholeness, beauty, and perfection can change the nega-
tive patterns of the other's subconscious mind and bring
about wonderful results.
5. The miraculous healings you hear about at various shrines Mental Healings in Ancient Times 65
are due to imagination and blind faith which act on the
subconscious mind, releasing the healing power.
6. AH disease originates in the mind. Nothing appears on the
body unless there is a mental pattern corresponding
to it.
7. The symptoms
of almost any disease can be induced in you
by hypnotic suggestion. This shows you the power of your
thought.
8. There is only one process of healing and that is faith. There
is only one healing power, namely, your subconscious mind.
9. Whether the object
of your faith is real or false, you will get
results. Your subconscious mind responds to the thought in
your mind. Look upon faith as a thought in your mind, and
that will suffice. 5
IE Modern Times
Everyone Is definitely concerned with the healing of bodily
conditions and human affairs. What is it that heals? Where is
this healing power? These are questions asked by everyone. The
answer is that this healing power is in the subconscious mind
of each person, and a changed mental attitude on the part of
the sick person releases this healing power.
No mental or religious science practitioner, psychologist,
psychiatrist, or medical doctor ever healed a patient. There is an
old saying, "The doctor dresses the wound, but God heals it."
The psychologist or psychiatrist proceeds to remove the mental
blocks in the patient so that the healing principle may be re-
leased, restoring the patient
to health. Likewise, the surgeon
removes the physical block enabling the healing currents to
function normally. No physician, surgeon, or mental science
practitioner claims that "he healed the patient." The one healing
power is called by many names Nature, Life, God, Creative
Intelligence, and Subconscious Power.
As previously outlined, there are many different methods
used to remove the mental, emotional, and physical blocks which
inhibit the flow of the healing life principle animating all of us.
The healing principle resident in your subconscious mind can
and will, if properly directed by you or some other person, heal
your mind and body of all disease. This healing principle
is
operative in all men regardless of creed, color, or race. You do
not have to belong to some particular church in order to use
and participate in this healing process. Your subconscious will
66 Mental Healings in Modem Times 67
heal the burn or cut on your hand even though you profess
to
be an atheist or agnostic.
The modern mental therapeutic procedure is based on the
truth that the infinite intelligence and power of your subcon-
scious mind responds according to your faith. The mental science
practitioner or minister follows the injunction of the Bible, i.e.,
he goes into his closet and shuts the door, which means he stills
his mind, relaxes, lets go, and thinks of the infinite healing
presence within him. He closes the door of his mind to all out-
side distractions as well as appearances, and then he quietly
and knowingly turns over his request or desire to his subcon-
scious mind, realizing that the intelligence of his mind will
answer him according to his specific needs.
The most wonderful thing to know is this: Imagine the end
desired and feel its reality; then the infinite life principle
will
respond to your conscious choice and your conscious request.
This is the meaning of believe you have received, and you shall
receive. This is what the modern mental scientist does when he
practices prayer therapy.
* One process of healing
There is only one universal healing principle operating
through everything
the cat, the dog, the tree, the grass, the
wind, the earth for everything
is alive. This life principle op-
erates through the animal, vegetable, and mineral kingdoms as
instinct and the law of growth. Man is consciously aware of this
life principle, and he can consciously
direct it to bless himself
in countless ways.
There are many different approaches, techniques, and
methods in using the universal power, but there is only one
process of healing, which is faith, for according to your faith is
it done unto you.
The law of belief
All religions of the world represent forms of belief, and
these beliefs are explained in manv wavs. The law of life is be 68 Mental Healings in Modern Times
lief. What do you believe about yourself, life, and the universe?
It is done unto you as you believe.
Belief is a thought in your mind which causes the power
of your subconscious to be distributed into all phases of your
life according to your thinking
habits. You must realize the Bible
is not talking about your belief in some ritual, ceremony, form,
institution, man, or formula. It is talking about belief itself. The
belief of your mind is simply the thought of your mind- // thou
canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.
MARK 9:23.
It is foolish to believe in something to hurt or harm you.
Remember, it is not the thing believed in that hurts or harms
you, but the belief or thought in your mind which creates the
result. All your experiences,
all your actions, and all the events
and circumstances of your life are but the reflections and reac-
tions to your own thought
* Prayer therapy is the combined function of the con-
scious and subconscious mind scientifically directed
Prayer therapy
is the synchronized, harmonious, and in*
telligent function of the conscious and subconscious levels of
mind specifically directed for a definite purpose. In scientific
prayer or prayer therapy, you must know what you are doing
and why you are doing it. You trust the law of healing. Prayer
therapy is sometimes referred to as mental treatment, and an-
other term is scientific prayer.
In prayer therapy you consciously choose a certain idea,
mental picture, or plan which you desire to experience. You
realize your capacity
to convey this idea or mental image to
your subconscious by feeling the reality of the state assumed.
As you remain faithful in your mental attitude, your prayer will
be answered. Prayer therapy is a definite mental action for a
definite specific purpose.
Let us suppose that you decide to heal a certain difficulty by
prayer therapy. You are aware that your problem or sickness,
whatever it may be, must be caused by negative thoughts charged
with fear and lodged in your subconscious mind, and that if you Mental Healings in Modern Times 69
can succeed in cleansing your mind of these thoughts, you will
get a healing.
You, therefore, turn to the healing power within your own
subconscious mind and remind yourself of its infinite power
and intelligence and its capacity to heal all conditions. As you
dwell on these truths, your fear will begin to dissolve, and the
recollection of these truths also corrects the erroneous beliefs.
You give thanks for the healing that you know will come,
and then you keep your mind off the difficulty until you feel
desired and feel its reality; then the infinite life principle
will
respond to your conscious choice and your conscious request.
This is the meaning of believe you have received, and you shall
receive. This is what the modern mental scientist does when he
practices prayer therapy.
* One process of healing
There is only one universal healing principle operating
through everything
the cat, the dog, the tree, the grass, the
wind, the earth for everything
is alive. This life principle op-
erates through the animal, vegetable, and mineral kingdoms as
instinct and the law of growth. Man is consciously aware of this
life principle, and he can consciously
direct it to bless himself
in countless ways.
There are many different approaches, techniques, and
methods in using the universal power, but there is only one
process of healing, which is faith, for according to your faith is
it done unto you.
The law of belief
All religions of the world represent forms of belief, and
these beliefs are explained in manv wavs. The law of life is be 68 Mental Healings in Modern Times
lief. What do you believe about yourself, life, and the universe?
It is done unto you as you believe.
Belief is a thought in your mind which causes the power
of your subconscious to be distributed into all phases of your
life according to your thinking
habits. You must realize the Bible
is not talking about your belief in some ritual, ceremony, form,
institution, man, or formula. It is talking about belief itself. The
belief of your mind is simply the thought of your mind- // thou
canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.
MARK 9:23.
It is foolish to believe in something to hurt or harm you.
Remember, it is not the thing believed in that hurts or harms
you, but the belief or thought in your mind which creates the
result. All your experiences,
all your actions, and all the events
and circumstances of your life are but the reflections and reac-
tions to your own thought
* Prayer therapy is the combined function of the con-
scious and subconscious mind scientifically directed
Prayer therapy
is the synchronized, harmonious, and in*
telligent function of the conscious and subconscious levels of
mind specifically directed for a definite purpose. In scientific
prayer or prayer therapy, you must know what you are doing
and why you are doing it. You trust the law of healing. Prayer
therapy is sometimes referred to as mental treatment, and an-
other term is scientific prayer.
In prayer therapy you consciously choose a certain idea,
mental picture, or plan which you desire to experience. You
realize your capacity
to convey this idea or mental image to
your subconscious by feeling the reality of the state assumed.
As you remain faithful in your mental attitude, your prayer will
be answered. Prayer therapy is a definite mental action for a
definite specific purpose.
Let us suppose that you decide to heal a certain difficulty by
prayer therapy. You are aware that your problem or sickness,
whatever it may be, must be caused by negative thoughts charged
with fear and lodged in your subconscious mind, and that if you Mental Healings in Modern Times 69
can succeed in cleansing your mind of these thoughts, you will
get a healing.
You, therefore, turn to the healing power within your own
subconscious mind and remind yourself of its infinite power
and intelligence and its capacity to heal all conditions. As you
dwell on these truths, your fear will begin to dissolve, and the
recollection of these truths also corrects the erroneous beliefs.
You give thanks for the healing that you know will come,
and then you keep your mind off the difficulty until you feel
guided, after an interval, to pray again. While you are praying,
you absolutely refuse to give any power to the negative con-
ditions or to admit for a second that the healing will not come.
This attitude of mind brings about the harmonious union of the
conscious and subconscious mind, which releases the healing
power.
Faith healing, what It means, and how
blind faith works
What is popularly termed faith healing
is not the faith
mentioned in the Bible, which means a knowledge of the inter-
action of the conscious and subconscious mind. A faith healer
is one who heals without any real scientific understanding of the
powers and forces involved. He may claim that he has a special
gift of healing, and the sick person's blind belief in him or his
powers may bring results.
The voodoo doctor in South Africa and other parts of the
world may heal by incantations, or a person may be healed by
touching the so-called bones of saints, or anything
else which
cause the patients to honestly believe in the method or process.
Any method which causes you to move from fear and worry
to faith and expectancy will heal. There are many persons, each
of whom claims that because his personal theory produces
re-
sults, it is, therefore, the correct one. This, as already explained
in this chapter, cannot be true.
To illustrate how blind faith works: You will recall our dis-
cussion of the Swiss physician, Franz Anton Mesmer. In 1776
he claimed many cures when he stroked diseased bodies with 70 Mental Healings in Modem Times
artificial magnets.
Later on he threw away his magnets and
evolved the theory of animal magnetism. This he held to be a
fluid which pervades
the universe, but is most active in the
human organism.
He claimed that this magnetic
fluid which was going
forth
from him to his patients healed them. People
flocked to him, and
many wonderful cures were effected.
Mesmer moved to Paris, and while there the Government
appointed a commission composed of physicians and members
of the Academy of Science, of which Benjamin Franklin was a
member, to investigate
his cures. The report admitted the lead-
ing facts claimed by Mesmer, but held that there was no evidence
to prove the correctness of his magnetic fluid theory, and said
the effects were due to the imagination of the patients.
Soon after this, Mesmer was driven into exile, and died in
1815. Shortly afterwards, Dr. Braid of Manchester undertook
to show that magnetic fluid had nothing to do with the produc-
tion of the healings of Dr. Mesmer. Dr. Braid discovered that
patients could be thrown into hypnotic sleep by suggestion, dur-
ing which many of the well-known phenomena ascribed to mag-
netism by Mesmer could be produced.
You can readily see that all these cures were undoubtedly
brought about by the active imagination of the patients together
with a powerful suggestion of health to their subconscious minds.
All this could be termed blind faith as there was no understand-
ing in those days
as to how the cures were brought about.
Subjective faith and what it means
You will recall the proposition, which need not be repeated
at length, that the subjective or subconscious mind of an indi-
vidual is as amenable to the control of his own conscious or
objective mind as it is by the suggestions of another. It follows
that whatever may be your objective belief, if you will assume
to have faith actively or passively, your subconscious mind will
be controlled by the suggestion, and your desire will be fulfilled.
The faith required
in mental healings
is a purely subjective Mental Healings in Modern Times 71
faith, and it is attainable upon the cessation of active opposition
on the part of the objective or conscious mind
In the healing of the body it is, of course, desirable to se-
you absolutely refuse to give any power to the negative con-
ditions or to admit for a second that the healing will not come.
This attitude of mind brings about the harmonious union of the
conscious and subconscious mind, which releases the healing
power.
Faith healing, what It means, and how
blind faith works
What is popularly termed faith healing
is not the faith
mentioned in the Bible, which means a knowledge of the inter-
action of the conscious and subconscious mind. A faith healer
is one who heals without any real scientific understanding of the
powers and forces involved. He may claim that he has a special
gift of healing, and the sick person's blind belief in him or his
powers may bring results.
The voodoo doctor in South Africa and other parts of the
world may heal by incantations, or a person may be healed by
touching the so-called bones of saints, or anything
else which
cause the patients to honestly believe in the method or process.
Any method which causes you to move from fear and worry
to faith and expectancy will heal. There are many persons, each
of whom claims that because his personal theory produces
re-
sults, it is, therefore, the correct one. This, as already explained
in this chapter, cannot be true.
To illustrate how blind faith works: You will recall our dis-
cussion of the Swiss physician, Franz Anton Mesmer. In 1776
he claimed many cures when he stroked diseased bodies with 70 Mental Healings in Modem Times
artificial magnets.
Later on he threw away his magnets and
evolved the theory of animal magnetism. This he held to be a
fluid which pervades
the universe, but is most active in the
human organism.
He claimed that this magnetic
fluid which was going
forth
from him to his patients healed them. People
flocked to him, and
many wonderful cures were effected.
Mesmer moved to Paris, and while there the Government
appointed a commission composed of physicians and members
of the Academy of Science, of which Benjamin Franklin was a
member, to investigate
his cures. The report admitted the lead-
ing facts claimed by Mesmer, but held that there was no evidence
to prove the correctness of his magnetic fluid theory, and said
the effects were due to the imagination of the patients.
Soon after this, Mesmer was driven into exile, and died in
1815. Shortly afterwards, Dr. Braid of Manchester undertook
to show that magnetic fluid had nothing to do with the produc-
tion of the healings of Dr. Mesmer. Dr. Braid discovered that
patients could be thrown into hypnotic sleep by suggestion, dur-
ing which many of the well-known phenomena ascribed to mag-
netism by Mesmer could be produced.
You can readily see that all these cures were undoubtedly
brought about by the active imagination of the patients together
with a powerful suggestion of health to their subconscious minds.
All this could be termed blind faith as there was no understand-
ing in those days
as to how the cures were brought about.
Subjective faith and what it means
You will recall the proposition, which need not be repeated
at length, that the subjective or subconscious mind of an indi-
vidual is as amenable to the control of his own conscious or
objective mind as it is by the suggestions of another. It follows
that whatever may be your objective belief, if you will assume
to have faith actively or passively, your subconscious mind will
be controlled by the suggestion, and your desire will be fulfilled.
The faith required
in mental healings
is a purely subjective Mental Healings in Modern Times 71
faith, and it is attainable upon the cessation of active opposition
on the part of the objective or conscious mind
In the healing of the body it is, of course, desirable to se-
cure the concurrent faith of both the conscious and subconscious
mind. However, it is not always essential if you will enter into a
state of passivity and receptivity by relaxing the mind and the
body and getting into a sleepy
state. In this drowsy state your
passivity becomes receptive
to subjective impression*
Recently, I was asked by a man, "How is it that I got a
healing through a minister? I did not believe what he said when
he told me that there is no such thing
as disease and that matter
does not exist."
This man at first thought Ms intelligence was being
in-
sulted, and he protested against such a palpable absurdity. The
explanation is simple. He was quieted by soothing words and
told to get into a perfectly passive condition, to say nothing, and
think of nothing for the time being. His minister also became
passive, and affirmed quietly, peacefully, and constantly
for
about one half hour that this man would have perfect health,
peace, harmony, and wholeness. He felt immense relief and was
restored to health.
It is easy to see that his subjective
faith had been made
manifest by his passivity under treatment, and the suggestions of
perfect healthfulness by the minister were conveyed to his sub-
conscious mind. The two subjective minds were then en rapport.
The minister was not handicapped by antagonistic auto-
suggestions of the patient arising from objective doubt of the
power of the healer or the correctness of the theory. In this
sleepy, drowsy state the conscious mind resistance is reduced to
a minimum, and results followed. The subconscious mind of the
patient being necessarily controlled by such suggestion
exercised
its functions in accordance therewith, and a healing followed
The meaning of absent treatment
Suppose you learned that your mother was sick in New
York City and you lived in Los Angeles. Your mother would 72 Mental Healings in Modern Times
not be physically present where you are, but you could pray for
her. It is the Father within which doeth the work.
The creative law of mind (subconscious mind) serves you
and will do the work. Its response
to you
is automatic. Your
treatment is for the purpose
of inducing an inner realization of
health and harmony in your mentality. This inner realization,
acting through the subconscious mind, operates through your
mother's subconscious mind as there is but one creative mind.
Your thoughts of health, vitality, and perfection operate through
the one universal subjective mind, and set a law in motion on
the subjective side of life which manifests through her body as a
healing.
In the mind principle there is no time or space.
It is the
same mind that operates through your mother no matter where
she may be. In reality there is no absent treatment as opposed to
present treatment for the universal mind is omnipresent. You
do not try to send out thoughts or hold a thought. Your treat-
ment is a conscious movement of thought, and as you become
conscious of the qualities of health, well-being, and relaxation,
these qualities will be resurrected in the experience
of your
mother, and results will follow.
The following is a perfect example of what is called absent
treatment Recently, a listener of our radio program in Los
Angeles prayed as follows for her mother in New York who had
a coronary thrombosis: "The healing presence
is right where my
mother is. Her bodily condition is but a reflection of her thought-
life like shadows cast on the screen. I know that in order to
change the images on the screen I must change the projection
reel. My mind is the projection reel, and I now project in my
own mind the image of wholeness, harmony, and perfect health
for my mother. The infinite healing presence which created my
mind. However, it is not always essential if you will enter into a
state of passivity and receptivity by relaxing the mind and the
body and getting into a sleepy
state. In this drowsy state your
passivity becomes receptive
to subjective impression*
Recently, I was asked by a man, "How is it that I got a
healing through a minister? I did not believe what he said when
he told me that there is no such thing
as disease and that matter
does not exist."
This man at first thought Ms intelligence was being
in-
sulted, and he protested against such a palpable absurdity. The
explanation is simple. He was quieted by soothing words and
told to get into a perfectly passive condition, to say nothing, and
think of nothing for the time being. His minister also became
passive, and affirmed quietly, peacefully, and constantly
for
about one half hour that this man would have perfect health,
peace, harmony, and wholeness. He felt immense relief and was
restored to health.
It is easy to see that his subjective
faith had been made
manifest by his passivity under treatment, and the suggestions of
perfect healthfulness by the minister were conveyed to his sub-
conscious mind. The two subjective minds were then en rapport.
The minister was not handicapped by antagonistic auto-
suggestions of the patient arising from objective doubt of the
power of the healer or the correctness of the theory. In this
sleepy, drowsy state the conscious mind resistance is reduced to
a minimum, and results followed. The subconscious mind of the
patient being necessarily controlled by such suggestion
exercised
its functions in accordance therewith, and a healing followed
The meaning of absent treatment
Suppose you learned that your mother was sick in New
York City and you lived in Los Angeles. Your mother would 72 Mental Healings in Modern Times
not be physically present where you are, but you could pray for
her. It is the Father within which doeth the work.
The creative law of mind (subconscious mind) serves you
and will do the work. Its response
to you
is automatic. Your
treatment is for the purpose
of inducing an inner realization of
health and harmony in your mentality. This inner realization,
acting through the subconscious mind, operates through your
mother's subconscious mind as there is but one creative mind.
Your thoughts of health, vitality, and perfection operate through
the one universal subjective mind, and set a law in motion on
the subjective side of life which manifests through her body as a
healing.
In the mind principle there is no time or space.
It is the
same mind that operates through your mother no matter where
she may be. In reality there is no absent treatment as opposed to
present treatment for the universal mind is omnipresent. You
do not try to send out thoughts or hold a thought. Your treat-
ment is a conscious movement of thought, and as you become
conscious of the qualities of health, well-being, and relaxation,
these qualities will be resurrected in the experience
of your
mother, and results will follow.
The following is a perfect example of what is called absent
treatment Recently, a listener of our radio program in Los
Angeles prayed as follows for her mother in New York who had
a coronary thrombosis: "The healing presence
is right where my
mother is. Her bodily condition is but a reflection of her thought-
life like shadows cast on the screen. I know that in order to
change the images on the screen I must change the projection
reel. My mind is the projection reel, and I now project in my
own mind the image of wholeness, harmony, and perfect health
for my mother. The infinite healing presence which created my
mother's body and all her organs is now saturating every atom
of her being, and a river of peace flows through every cell of
her body. The doctors are divinely guided and directed, and
whoever touches my mother is guided to do the right thing. I
know that disease has no ultimate reality;
if it had, no one could
be healed. I now align myself with the infinite principle of love Mental Healings in Modern Times 73
and life, and I know and decree that harmony, health, and peace
are now being expressed in my mother's body."
She prayed in the above manner several times daily, and
her mother had a most remarkable recovery after a few days,
much to the amazement of her specialist He complimented her
on her great faith in the power of God
The conclusion arrived at in the daughter's mind set the
creative law of mind in motion on the subjective side of life,
which manifested itself through her mother's body as perfect
health and harmony. What the daughter felt as true about her
mother was simultaneously resurrected in the experience
of her
mother.
Releasing the kinetic action of the subconscious mind
A psychologist friend of mine told me that one of Ms lungs
was infected. X rays and analysis showed the presence of tuber-
culosis. At night before going to sleep he would quietly affirm,
"Every cell, nerve, tissue, and muscle of my lungs are now being
made whole, pure, and perfect. My whole body is being restored
to health and harmony."
These are not his exact words, but they represent the es-
sence of what he affirmed. A complete healing followed in about
a month's time. Subsequent X rays showed a perfect healing,
I wanted to know his method, so I asked him why he re*
peated the words prior
to sleep. Here is his reply, 'The kinetic
action of the subconscious mind continues throughout your
sleep-time period. Hence, give the subconscious mind something
good to work on as you drop off into slumber." This was a very
wise answer. In thinking of harmony and perfect health, he
never mentioned his trouble by name.
I strongly suggest that you cease talking about your ail-
ments or giving them a name. The only sap from which they
draw life is your attention and fear of them. Like the above
mentioned psychologist, become a mental surgeon. Then your
troubles will be cut off like dead branches are pruned from a tree.
If you are constantly naming your aches and symptoms,
you inhibit the kinetic action, which means the release of the 74 Mental Healings in Modem Times
healing power and energy
of your
subconscious mind. Further-
more, by the law of your own mind, these imaginings tend to
take shape, As the thing I greatly feared.
Fill your mind with
the great truths of life and walk forward in the light of love,
Summary of your aids to health
1, Find out what it is that heals you. Realize that correct direc-
tions given
to your
subconscious mind will heal your mind
and body.
2. Develop a definite plan for turning over your requests or
desires to your subconscious :
4. Decide what belief is. Know that belief is a thought
in your
mind, and what you think you create.
5. It is foolish to believe in sickness and something to hurt or
to harm you.
Believe in perfect
wealth, and divine guidance.
6. Q^^^f^^Y^^ts upon which you habitually dwell
become great acts,
7. Apply the power of prayer therapy
in your life. Choose a
certain plan, idea, or mental picture. Mentally and emo-
tionally unite with that idea, and as you remain faithful to
your mental attitude, your prayer
will be answered.
8. Always remember, if you really want the power to heal,
you can have it through faith, which means a knowledge of
the working of your conscious and subconscious mind. Faith
Understanding.
sans that af^^^^g^results
of her being, and a river of peace flows through every cell of
her body. The doctors are divinely guided and directed, and
whoever touches my mother is guided to do the right thing. I
know that disease has no ultimate reality;
if it had, no one could
be healed. I now align myself with the infinite principle of love Mental Healings in Modern Times 73
and life, and I know and decree that harmony, health, and peace
are now being expressed in my mother's body."
She prayed in the above manner several times daily, and
her mother had a most remarkable recovery after a few days,
much to the amazement of her specialist He complimented her
on her great faith in the power of God
The conclusion arrived at in the daughter's mind set the
creative law of mind in motion on the subjective side of life,
which manifested itself through her mother's body as perfect
health and harmony. What the daughter felt as true about her
mother was simultaneously resurrected in the experience
of her
mother.
Releasing the kinetic action of the subconscious mind
A psychologist friend of mine told me that one of Ms lungs
was infected. X rays and analysis showed the presence of tuber-
culosis. At night before going to sleep he would quietly affirm,
"Every cell, nerve, tissue, and muscle of my lungs are now being
made whole, pure, and perfect. My whole body is being restored
to health and harmony."
These are not his exact words, but they represent the es-
sence of what he affirmed. A complete healing followed in about
a month's time. Subsequent X rays showed a perfect healing,
I wanted to know his method, so I asked him why he re*
peated the words prior
to sleep. Here is his reply, 'The kinetic
action of the subconscious mind continues throughout your
sleep-time period. Hence, give the subconscious mind something
good to work on as you drop off into slumber." This was a very
wise answer. In thinking of harmony and perfect health, he
never mentioned his trouble by name.
I strongly suggest that you cease talking about your ail-
ments or giving them a name. The only sap from which they
draw life is your attention and fear of them. Like the above
mentioned psychologist, become a mental surgeon. Then your
troubles will be cut off like dead branches are pruned from a tree.
If you are constantly naming your aches and symptoms,
you inhibit the kinetic action, which means the release of the 74 Mental Healings in Modem Times
healing power and energy
of your
subconscious mind. Further-
more, by the law of your own mind, these imaginings tend to
take shape, As the thing I greatly feared.
Fill your mind with
the great truths of life and walk forward in the light of love,
Summary of your aids to health
1, Find out what it is that heals you. Realize that correct direc-
tions given
to your
subconscious mind will heal your mind
and body.
2. Develop a definite plan for turning over your requests or
desires to your subconscious :
4. Decide what belief is. Know that belief is a thought
in your
mind, and what you think you create.
5. It is foolish to believe in sickness and something to hurt or
to harm you.
Believe in perfect
wealth, and divine guidance.
6. Q^^^f^^Y^^ts upon which you habitually dwell
become great acts,
7. Apply the power of prayer therapy
in your life. Choose a
certain plan, idea, or mental picture. Mentally and emo-
tionally unite with that idea, and as you remain faithful to
your mental attitude, your prayer
will be answered.
8. Always remember, if you really want the power to heal,
you can have it through faith, which means a knowledge of
the working of your conscious and subconscious mind. Faith
Understanding.
sans that af^^^^g^results
in healing
scienM^nderstandi|g oy^e powers and
forceslnvoT
10. Learn to pray for"your loved ones who may be ill. Quiet
your mind, and your thoughts of health, vitality, and per-
fection operating through the one universal subjective mind
will be felt and resurrected in the mind of your loved one. 6
in
An engineer has a technique and a process for building a
bridge or an engine. Like the engineer, your mind also has a
technique for governing, controlling, and directing your life.
You must realize that methods and techniques
are primary*
In building the Golden. Gate bridge, the chief engineer
understood mathematical principles,
stresses and strains* Sec-
ondly, he had a picture of the ideal bridge across the bay. The
third step was his application of tried and proven methods by
which the principles were implemented until the bridge took
form and we drive on it. There also are techniques and methods
by which your prayers are answered. If your prayer is answered,
there is a way in which it is answered, and this is a scientific
way. Nothing happens by chance. This is a world of law and
order. In this chapter you will find practical techniques
for the
unfolding and nurture of your spiritual
life. Your prayers must
not remain up in the air like a balloon. They must go somewhere
and accomplish something in your life*
When we come to analyze prayer we discover there are
many different approaches and methods. We will not consider
in this book the formal, ritual prayers used in religious services*
These have an important place in group worship. We are imme-
diately concerned with the methods of personal prayer
as it is
applied in your daily life and as it is used to help others.
Prayer is the formulation of an idea concerning something
we wish to accomplish. Prayer is the soul's sincere desire. Your
desire is your prayer* It comes out of your deepest needs and it
15 76 Practical Techniques in Mental Healings
reveals the things you want in life. Blessed are they that hunger
and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. That is
really prayer, life's hunger and thirst for peace, harmony, health,
joy, and all the other blessings of life.
The passing-over technique for impregnating
the subconscious
This consists essentially in inducing the subconscious mind
to take over your request
as handed it by the conscious mind.
This passing-over
is best accomplished
in the reverie-like state.
Know that in your deeper mind is Infinite Intelligence and In-
finite Power. Just calmly think over what you want; see it com-
ing into fuller fruition from this moment forward. Be like the
little girl who had a very bad cough and a sore throat. She de-
clared firmly and repeatedly,
"It is passing away now. It is pass-
ing away now." It passed away in about an hour. Use this tech-
nique with complete simplicity and naivete.
* Your subconscious will accept your blueprint
If you were building a new home for yourself and family,
you know that- you would be intensely interested in regard to
the blueprint for your home; you would see to it that the builders
conformed to the blueprint. You would watch the material and
select only the best wood, steel, in fact, the best of everything.
What about your mental home and your mental blueprint for
happiness and abundance? All your experiences and everything
that enters into your life depend upon the nature of the mental
building blocks which you use in the construction of your
mental home.
If your blueprint
is full of mental patterns of fear, worry,
anxiety, or lack, and if you are despondent, doubtful, and cyni-
cal, then the texture of the mental material you are weaving into
your mind will come forth as more toil, care, tension, anxiety,
scienM^nderstandi|g oy^e powers and
forceslnvoT
10. Learn to pray for"your loved ones who may be ill. Quiet
your mind, and your thoughts of health, vitality, and per-
fection operating through the one universal subjective mind
will be felt and resurrected in the mind of your loved one. 6
in
An engineer has a technique and a process for building a
bridge or an engine. Like the engineer, your mind also has a
technique for governing, controlling, and directing your life.
You must realize that methods and techniques
are primary*
In building the Golden. Gate bridge, the chief engineer
understood mathematical principles,
stresses and strains* Sec-
ondly, he had a picture of the ideal bridge across the bay. The
third step was his application of tried and proven methods by
which the principles were implemented until the bridge took
form and we drive on it. There also are techniques and methods
by which your prayers are answered. If your prayer is answered,
there is a way in which it is answered, and this is a scientific
way. Nothing happens by chance. This is a world of law and
order. In this chapter you will find practical techniques
for the
unfolding and nurture of your spiritual
life. Your prayers must
not remain up in the air like a balloon. They must go somewhere
and accomplish something in your life*
When we come to analyze prayer we discover there are
many different approaches and methods. We will not consider
in this book the formal, ritual prayers used in religious services*
These have an important place in group worship. We are imme-
diately concerned with the methods of personal prayer
as it is
applied in your daily life and as it is used to help others.
Prayer is the formulation of an idea concerning something
we wish to accomplish. Prayer is the soul's sincere desire. Your
desire is your prayer* It comes out of your deepest needs and it
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reveals the things you want in life. Blessed are they that hunger
and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. That is
really prayer, life's hunger and thirst for peace, harmony, health,
joy, and all the other blessings of life.
The passing-over technique for impregnating
the subconscious
This consists essentially in inducing the subconscious mind
to take over your request
as handed it by the conscious mind.
This passing-over
is best accomplished
in the reverie-like state.
Know that in your deeper mind is Infinite Intelligence and In-
finite Power. Just calmly think over what you want; see it com-
ing into fuller fruition from this moment forward. Be like the
little girl who had a very bad cough and a sore throat. She de-
clared firmly and repeatedly,
"It is passing away now. It is pass-
ing away now." It passed away in about an hour. Use this tech-
nique with complete simplicity and naivete.
* Your subconscious will accept your blueprint
If you were building a new home for yourself and family,
you know that- you would be intensely interested in regard to
the blueprint for your home; you would see to it that the builders
conformed to the blueprint. You would watch the material and
select only the best wood, steel, in fact, the best of everything.
What about your mental home and your mental blueprint for
happiness and abundance? All your experiences and everything
that enters into your life depend upon the nature of the mental
building blocks which you use in the construction of your
mental home.
If your blueprint
is full of mental patterns of fear, worry,
anxiety, or lack, and if you are despondent, doubtful, and cyni-
cal, then the texture of the mental material you are weaving into
your mind will come forth as more toil, care, tension, anxiety,
and limitation of all kinds.
The most fundamental and the most far-reaching activity
in life is that which you build into your mentality every waking
hour. Your word is silent and invisible; nevertheless, it is real. Practical Techniques in Mental Healings 77
You are building your mental home all the time, and your
thought and mental imagery represent your blueprint. Hour by
hour, moment by moment, you can build radiant health, success,
and happiness by the thoughts you think, the ideas which you
harbor, the beliefs that you accept, and the scenes that you re-
hearse in the hidden studio of your mind. This stately mansion,
upon the construction of which you are perpetually engaged, is
your personality, your identity in this plane, your whole life
story on this earth.
Get a new blueprint; build silently by realizing peace, har-
mony, joy, and good will in the present moment By dwelling
upon these things and claiming them, your subconscious will
accept your blueprint and bring all these things to pass. By their
fruits ye shall know them.
9 The science and art of true prayer
The term "science" means knowledge which is co-ordi-
nated, arranged, and systematized. Let us think of the science
and art of true prayer as it deals with the fundamental principles
of life and the techniques and processes by which they can be
demonstrated in your life, as well as in the life of every human
being when he applies them faithfully. The art is your technique
or process, and the science behind it is the definite response of
creative mind to your mental picture or thought.
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find;
knock, and it shall be opened unto you. MATTHEW 7:7.
Here you are told you shall receive that for which you ask.
It shall be opened to you when you knock, and you shall find
that for which you are searching. This teaching implies the
definiteness of mental and spiritual laws. There is always a direct
response from the Infinite Intelligence of your subconscious
mind to your conscious thinking.
If you ask for bread, you will
not receive a stone. You must ask believing, if you are to receive.
Your mind moves from the thought to the thing. Unless there is
first an image in the mind, it cannot move, for there would be
nothing for it to move toward. Your prayer, which is your men-
tal act must be accepted as an image in your mind before the 78 Practical Techniques in Mental Healings
power from your subconscious will play upon it and make it
productive. You must reach a point of acceptance
in your mind,
an unqualified and undisputed
state of agreement.
This contemplation should be accompanied by a feeling of
joy and restfulness in foreseeing the certain accomplishment of
your desire. The sound basis for the art and science of true
prayer is your knowledge and complete
confidence that the
movement of your
conscious mind will gain a definite response
from your subconscious mind which is one with boundless wis-
dom and infinite power. By following this procedure, your pray-
ers will be answered.
* Tie visualization teclmique
The easiest and most obvious way to formulate an idea is
to visualize it, to see it in your mind's eye as vividly as if it were
alive. You can see with the naked eye only what already
exists
in the external world; in a similar way, that which you can
visualize in your mind's eye already exists in the invisible realms
of your mind. Any picture which you have in your mind is the
substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not
seen. What you form in your imagination is as real as any part
of your body. The idea and the thought are real and will one
day appear in your objective world if you are faithful to your
mental image.
This process of thinking forms impressions
The most fundamental and the most far-reaching activity
in life is that which you build into your mentality every waking
hour. Your word is silent and invisible; nevertheless, it is real. Practical Techniques in Mental Healings 77
You are building your mental home all the time, and your
thought and mental imagery represent your blueprint. Hour by
hour, moment by moment, you can build radiant health, success,
and happiness by the thoughts you think, the ideas which you
harbor, the beliefs that you accept, and the scenes that you re-
hearse in the hidden studio of your mind. This stately mansion,
upon the construction of which you are perpetually engaged, is
your personality, your identity in this plane, your whole life
story on this earth.
Get a new blueprint; build silently by realizing peace, har-
mony, joy, and good will in the present moment By dwelling
upon these things and claiming them, your subconscious will
accept your blueprint and bring all these things to pass. By their
fruits ye shall know them.
9 The science and art of true prayer
The term "science" means knowledge which is co-ordi-
nated, arranged, and systematized. Let us think of the science
and art of true prayer as it deals with the fundamental principles
of life and the techniques and processes by which they can be
demonstrated in your life, as well as in the life of every human
being when he applies them faithfully. The art is your technique
or process, and the science behind it is the definite response of
creative mind to your mental picture or thought.
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find;
knock, and it shall be opened unto you. MATTHEW 7:7.
Here you are told you shall receive that for which you ask.
It shall be opened to you when you knock, and you shall find
that for which you are searching. This teaching implies the
definiteness of mental and spiritual laws. There is always a direct
response from the Infinite Intelligence of your subconscious
mind to your conscious thinking.
If you ask for bread, you will
not receive a stone. You must ask believing, if you are to receive.
Your mind moves from the thought to the thing. Unless there is
first an image in the mind, it cannot move, for there would be
nothing for it to move toward. Your prayer, which is your men-
tal act must be accepted as an image in your mind before the 78 Practical Techniques in Mental Healings
power from your subconscious will play upon it and make it
productive. You must reach a point of acceptance
in your mind,
an unqualified and undisputed
state of agreement.
This contemplation should be accompanied by a feeling of
joy and restfulness in foreseeing the certain accomplishment of
your desire. The sound basis for the art and science of true
prayer is your knowledge and complete
confidence that the
movement of your
conscious mind will gain a definite response
from your subconscious mind which is one with boundless wis-
dom and infinite power. By following this procedure, your pray-
ers will be answered.
* Tie visualization teclmique
The easiest and most obvious way to formulate an idea is
to visualize it, to see it in your mind's eye as vividly as if it were
alive. You can see with the naked eye only what already
exists
in the external world; in a similar way, that which you can
visualize in your mind's eye already exists in the invisible realms
of your mind. Any picture which you have in your mind is the
substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not
seen. What you form in your imagination is as real as any part
of your body. The idea and the thought are real and will one
day appear in your objective world if you are faithful to your
mental image.
This process of thinking forms impressions