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
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,
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
in your mind;
these impressions in turn become manifested as facts and ex*
periences in your life. The builder visualizes the type of build-
ing he wants; he sees it as he desires it to be completed. His
imagery and thought-processes become a plastic mold from
which the building will emerge a beautiful or an ugly one, a
skyscraper or a very low one. His mental imagery is projected
as it is drawn on paper. Eventually, the contractor and his work-
ers gather the essential materials, and the building progresses
until it stands finished, conforming perfectly to the mental pat-
terns of the architect
I use the visualization technique prior to speaking from the
platform. I quiet the wheels of my mind in order that I may Practical Techniques in Mental Healings 79
present to the subconscious mind my images of thought. Then,
I picture the entire auditorium and the seats filled with men and
women, and each one of them illumined and inspired by the in-
finite healing presence within each one. I see them as radiant,
happy, and free.
Having first built up the idea in my imagination, I quietly
sustain it there as a mental picture while I imagine I hear men
and women saying, "I am healed," "I feel wonderful," "I've had
an instantaneous healing," "I'm transformed." I keep this up for
about ten minutes or more, knowing and feeling that each per-
son's mind and body are saturated with love, wholeness, beauty,
and perfection. My awareness grows to the point where in my
mind I can actually hear the voices of the multitude proclaim-
ing their health and happiness; then I release the whole picture
and go onto the platform. Almost every Sunday some people stop
and say that their prayers were answered.
Mental movie method
The Chinese say, "A picture
is worth a thousand words.**
William James, the father of American psychology,
stressed
the fact that the subconscious mind will bring to pass any pic-
ture held in the mind and backed by faith. Act as though I am>
and I mil be.
A number of years ago I was in the Middle West lecturing
in several states, and I desired to have a permanent location in
the general area from which I could serve those who desired
help. I traveled far, but the desire did not leave my mind. One
evening, while in a hotel in Spokane, Washington, I relaxed
completely on a couch, immobilized my attention, and in a
quiet, passive manner imagined that I was talking to a large
audience, saying in effect, "I am glad to be here; I have prayed
for the ideal opportunity."
I saw in my mind's eye the imaginary
audience, and I felt the reality of it all. I played the role of the
actor, dramatized this mental movie, and felt satisfied that this
picture was being conveyed to my subconscious mind, which
would bring it to pass in its own way. The next morning, on
awakening, I felt a great sense of peace and satisfaction, and in 80 Practical Techniques in Mental Healings
a few days* time I received a telegram asking me to take over an
organization in the Midwest, which I did, and I enjoyed it
immensely for several years.
The method outlined here appeals to many who have de-
scribed it as "the mental movie method.'* I have received nu-
merous letters from people who listen to my radio talks and
weekly public lectures, telling me of the wonderful results they
get using this technique
in the sale of their property. I suggest
to those who have homes or property
for sale that they satisfy
themselves in their own mind that their price
is right Then, I
claim that the Infinite Intelligence
is attracting to them the buyer
who really wants to have the property and who will love it and
prosper in it After having done this I suggest that they quiet
their mind, relax, let go, and get
into a drowsy, sleepy state
these impressions in turn become manifested as facts and ex*
periences in your life. The builder visualizes the type of build-
ing he wants; he sees it as he desires it to be completed. His
imagery and thought-processes become a plastic mold from
which the building will emerge a beautiful or an ugly one, a
skyscraper or a very low one. His mental imagery is projected
as it is drawn on paper. Eventually, the contractor and his work-
ers gather the essential materials, and the building progresses
until it stands finished, conforming perfectly to the mental pat-
terns of the architect
I use the visualization technique prior to speaking from the
platform. I quiet the wheels of my mind in order that I may Practical Techniques in Mental Healings 79
present to the subconscious mind my images of thought. Then,
I picture the entire auditorium and the seats filled with men and
women, and each one of them illumined and inspired by the in-
finite healing presence within each one. I see them as radiant,
happy, and free.
Having first built up the idea in my imagination, I quietly
sustain it there as a mental picture while I imagine I hear men
and women saying, "I am healed," "I feel wonderful," "I've had
an instantaneous healing," "I'm transformed." I keep this up for
about ten minutes or more, knowing and feeling that each per-
son's mind and body are saturated with love, wholeness, beauty,
and perfection. My awareness grows to the point where in my
mind I can actually hear the voices of the multitude proclaim-
ing their health and happiness; then I release the whole picture
and go onto the platform. Almost every Sunday some people stop
and say that their prayers were answered.
Mental movie method
The Chinese say, "A picture
is worth a thousand words.**
William James, the father of American psychology,
stressed
the fact that the subconscious mind will bring to pass any pic-
ture held in the mind and backed by faith. Act as though I am>
and I mil be.
A number of years ago I was in the Middle West lecturing
in several states, and I desired to have a permanent location in
the general area from which I could serve those who desired
help. I traveled far, but the desire did not leave my mind. One
evening, while in a hotel in Spokane, Washington, I relaxed
completely on a couch, immobilized my attention, and in a
quiet, passive manner imagined that I was talking to a large
audience, saying in effect, "I am glad to be here; I have prayed
for the ideal opportunity."
I saw in my mind's eye the imaginary
audience, and I felt the reality of it all. I played the role of the
actor, dramatized this mental movie, and felt satisfied that this
picture was being conveyed to my subconscious mind, which
would bring it to pass in its own way. The next morning, on
awakening, I felt a great sense of peace and satisfaction, and in 80 Practical Techniques in Mental Healings
a few days* time I received a telegram asking me to take over an
organization in the Midwest, which I did, and I enjoyed it
immensely for several years.
The method outlined here appeals to many who have de-
scribed it as "the mental movie method.'* I have received nu-
merous letters from people who listen to my radio talks and
weekly public lectures, telling me of the wonderful results they
get using this technique
in the sale of their property. I suggest
to those who have homes or property
for sale that they satisfy
themselves in their own mind that their price
is right Then, I
claim that the Infinite Intelligence
is attracting to them the buyer
who really wants to have the property and who will love it and
prosper in it After having done this I suggest that they quiet
their mind, relax, let go, and get
into a drowsy, sleepy state
which reduces all mental effort to a minimum. Then, they are to
picture the check in their hands, rejoice in the check, give thanks
for the check, and go off to sleep feeling the naturalness of the
whole mental movie created in their own mind. They must act as
though it were an objective reality, and the subconscious mind
will take it as an impression, and through the deeper currents
of the mind the buyer and the seller are brought together. A
mental picture held in the mind, backed by faith, will come to
pass.
* The Bandoin technique
Charles Baudoin was a professor
at the Rousseau Institute
in France. He was a brilliant psychotherapist and a research
director of the New Nancy School of Healing, who in 1910
taught that the best way to impress the subconscious mind was
to enter into a drowsy, sleepy state, or a state akin to sleep in
which all effort was reduced to a minimum. Then in a quiet,
passive, receptive way, by reflection, he would convey the idea
to the subconscious. The following
is his formula: "A very sim-
ple way of securing this (impregnation of the subconscious
mind) is to condense the idea which is to be the object of sug-
gestion, to sum it up in a brief phrase which can be readily Practical Techniques in Mental Healings 81
graven on the memory, and to repeat it over and over again as
a lullaby."
Some years ago, a young lady in Los Angeles was engaged
in a prolonged bitter family lawsuit over a will. Her husband
had bequeathed his entire estate to her, and his sons and daugh-
ters by a previous marriage were bitterly fighting to break the
will. The Baudoin technique was outlined to her, and this is
what she did: She relaxed her body in an armchair, entered into
the sleepy state and, as suggested, condensed the idea of her
need into a phrase consisting of six words easily graven on the
memory. "It is finished in Divine Order.
59 The significance to
her of these words meant that Infinite Intelligence operating
through the laws of her subconscious mind would bring about a
harmonious adjustment through the principle of harmony. She
continued this procedure every night for about ten nights. After
she got into a sleepy state, she would affirm slowly, quietly, and
feelingly the statement: "It is finished in Divine Order," over
and over again, feeling a sense of inner peace and an all-per-
vading tranquility; then she went off into her deep, normal sleep.
On the morning of the eleventh day, following the use of
the above technique, she awakened with a sense of well-being,
a conviction that it was finished. Her attorney
called her the
same day, saying that the opposing attorney and his clients were
willing to settle. A harmonious agreement was reached, and
litigation was discontinued
* The sleeping technique
By entering into a sleepy, drowsy state, effort is reduced to
a minimum. The conscious mind is submerged to a great extent
when in a sleepy
state. The reason for this is that the highest
degree of outcropping of the subconscious occurs prior to sleep
and just after we awaken. In this state the negative thoughts,
which tend to neutralize your desire and so prevent acceptance
by your subconscious mind, are no longer present
Suppose you want to get
rid of a destructive habit. Assume
a comfortable posture, relax your body, and be still. Get into 82 Practical Techniques in Mental Healings
a sleepy state, and in that sleepy state, say quietly, over and
over again as a lullaby, "I am completely
free from this habit;
harmony and peace of mind reign supreme." Repeat
the above
slowly, quietly, and lovingly for five or ten minutes night and
morning. Each time you repeat
the words the emotional value
becomes greater. When the urge comes to repeat the negative
picture the check in their hands, rejoice in the check, give thanks
for the check, and go off to sleep feeling the naturalness of the
whole mental movie created in their own mind. They must act as
though it were an objective reality, and the subconscious mind
will take it as an impression, and through the deeper currents
of the mind the buyer and the seller are brought together. A
mental picture held in the mind, backed by faith, will come to
pass.
* The Bandoin technique
Charles Baudoin was a professor
at the Rousseau Institute
in France. He was a brilliant psychotherapist and a research
director of the New Nancy School of Healing, who in 1910
taught that the best way to impress the subconscious mind was
to enter into a drowsy, sleepy state, or a state akin to sleep in
which all effort was reduced to a minimum. Then in a quiet,
passive, receptive way, by reflection, he would convey the idea
to the subconscious. The following
is his formula: "A very sim-
ple way of securing this (impregnation of the subconscious
mind) is to condense the idea which is to be the object of sug-
gestion, to sum it up in a brief phrase which can be readily Practical Techniques in Mental Healings 81
graven on the memory, and to repeat it over and over again as
a lullaby."
Some years ago, a young lady in Los Angeles was engaged
in a prolonged bitter family lawsuit over a will. Her husband
had bequeathed his entire estate to her, and his sons and daugh-
ters by a previous marriage were bitterly fighting to break the
will. The Baudoin technique was outlined to her, and this is
what she did: She relaxed her body in an armchair, entered into
the sleepy state and, as suggested, condensed the idea of her
need into a phrase consisting of six words easily graven on the
memory. "It is finished in Divine Order.
59 The significance to
her of these words meant that Infinite Intelligence operating
through the laws of her subconscious mind would bring about a
harmonious adjustment through the principle of harmony. She
continued this procedure every night for about ten nights. After
she got into a sleepy state, she would affirm slowly, quietly, and
feelingly the statement: "It is finished in Divine Order," over
and over again, feeling a sense of inner peace and an all-per-
vading tranquility; then she went off into her deep, normal sleep.
On the morning of the eleventh day, following the use of
the above technique, she awakened with a sense of well-being,
a conviction that it was finished. Her attorney
called her the
same day, saying that the opposing attorney and his clients were
willing to settle. A harmonious agreement was reached, and
litigation was discontinued
* The sleeping technique
By entering into a sleepy, drowsy state, effort is reduced to
a minimum. The conscious mind is submerged to a great extent
when in a sleepy
state. The reason for this is that the highest
degree of outcropping of the subconscious occurs prior to sleep
and just after we awaken. In this state the negative thoughts,
which tend to neutralize your desire and so prevent acceptance
by your subconscious mind, are no longer present
Suppose you want to get
rid of a destructive habit. Assume
a comfortable posture, relax your body, and be still. Get into 82 Practical Techniques in Mental Healings
a sleepy state, and in that sleepy state, say quietly, over and
over again as a lullaby, "I am completely
free from this habit;
harmony and peace of mind reign supreme." Repeat
the above
slowly, quietly, and lovingly for five or ten minutes night and
morning. Each time you repeat
the words the emotional value
becomes greater. When the urge comes to repeat the negative
habit, repeat the above formula out loud by yourself. By this
means you induce the subconscious to accept
the idea, and a
healing follows.
The "thank-yon" technique
In the Bible, Paul recommends that we make known our
requests with praise and thanksgiving. Some extraordinary re-
sults follow this simple method of prayer. The thankful heart is
always close to the creative forces of the universe, causing count-
less blessings to flow toward it by the law of reciprocal
relation-
ship, based on a cosmic law of action and reaction.
For instance, a father promises his son a car for gradua-
tion; the boy has not yet received the car, but he is very thank-
ful and happy, and is as joyous as though he had actually re-
ceived the car. He knows his father will fulfill his promise, and
he is full of gratitude and joy even though he has not yet received
the car, objectively speaking. He has, however, received it with
joy and thankfulness in his mind.
I shall illustrate how Mr. Broke applied
this technique with
excellent results. He said, "Bills are piling up, I am out of work,
I have three children and no money. What shall I do?" Regularly
every night and morning, for a period of about three weeks, he
repeated the words, "Thank you, Father, for my wealth," in a
relaxed, peaceful manner until the feeling or mood of thankful-
ness dominated his mind. He imagined he was addressing the
infinite power and intelligence within him knowing, of course,
that he could not see the creative intelligence or infinite mind.
He was seeing with the inner eye of spiritual perception, realiz-
ing that his thought-image of wealth was the first cause, relative
to the money, position, and food he needed. His thought-feeling
was the substance of wealth untrammeled by antecedent con Practical Techniques in Mental Healings 83
ditions of any kind. By repeating, "Thank you, Father," over
and over again, Ms mind and heart were lifted up to the point
of
acceptance, and when fear, thoughts of lack, poverty, and dis-
tress came into his mind, he would say, "Thank you, Father,"
as often as necessary. He knew that as he kept up the thankful
attitude he would recondition his mind to the idea of wealth,
which is what happened.
The sequel to his prayer is very interesting. After praying
in the above mentioned manner, he met a former employer
of
his on the street whom he had not seen for twenty years. The
man offered him a very lucrative position and advanced him
$500 on a temporary loan. Today, Mr. Broke is vice-president
of the company for which he works. His recent remark to me
was, "I shall never forget the wonders of 'Thank you, Father/
It has worked wonders for me."
The affirmative method
The effectiveness of an affirmation is determined largely by
your understanding of the truth and the meaning back of the
words, "In praying use not vain repetition" Therefore, the power
of your affirmation lies in the intelligent application of definite
and specific positives. For example, a boy adds three and three
and puts down seven on the blackboard. The teacher affirms
with mathematical certainty that three and three are six; there-
fore, the boy changes his figures accordingly. The teacher's
statement did not make three and three equal
six because the
latter was already a mathematical truth. The mathematical truth
caused the boy to rearrange the figures on the blackboard. It is
abnormal to be sick; it is normal to be healthy. Health is the
truth of your being. When you affirm health, harmony, and
peace for yourself or another, and when you realize these are
universal principles of your own being, you will rearrange the
negative patterns of your subconscious mind based on your
faith and understanding of that which you affirm.
means you induce the subconscious to accept
the idea, and a
healing follows.
The "thank-yon" technique
In the Bible, Paul recommends that we make known our
requests with praise and thanksgiving. Some extraordinary re-
sults follow this simple method of prayer. The thankful heart is
always close to the creative forces of the universe, causing count-
less blessings to flow toward it by the law of reciprocal
relation-
ship, based on a cosmic law of action and reaction.
For instance, a father promises his son a car for gradua-
tion; the boy has not yet received the car, but he is very thank-
ful and happy, and is as joyous as though he had actually re-
ceived the car. He knows his father will fulfill his promise, and
he is full of gratitude and joy even though he has not yet received
the car, objectively speaking. He has, however, received it with
joy and thankfulness in his mind.
I shall illustrate how Mr. Broke applied
this technique with
excellent results. He said, "Bills are piling up, I am out of work,
I have three children and no money. What shall I do?" Regularly
every night and morning, for a period of about three weeks, he
repeated the words, "Thank you, Father, for my wealth," in a
relaxed, peaceful manner until the feeling or mood of thankful-
ness dominated his mind. He imagined he was addressing the
infinite power and intelligence within him knowing, of course,
that he could not see the creative intelligence or infinite mind.
He was seeing with the inner eye of spiritual perception, realiz-
ing that his thought-image of wealth was the first cause, relative
to the money, position, and food he needed. His thought-feeling
was the substance of wealth untrammeled by antecedent con Practical Techniques in Mental Healings 83
ditions of any kind. By repeating, "Thank you, Father," over
and over again, Ms mind and heart were lifted up to the point
of
acceptance, and when fear, thoughts of lack, poverty, and dis-
tress came into his mind, he would say, "Thank you, Father,"
as often as necessary. He knew that as he kept up the thankful
attitude he would recondition his mind to the idea of wealth,
which is what happened.
The sequel to his prayer is very interesting. After praying
in the above mentioned manner, he met a former employer
of
his on the street whom he had not seen for twenty years. The
man offered him a very lucrative position and advanced him
$500 on a temporary loan. Today, Mr. Broke is vice-president
of the company for which he works. His recent remark to me
was, "I shall never forget the wonders of 'Thank you, Father/
It has worked wonders for me."
The affirmative method
The effectiveness of an affirmation is determined largely by
your understanding of the truth and the meaning back of the
words, "In praying use not vain repetition" Therefore, the power
of your affirmation lies in the intelligent application of definite
and specific positives. For example, a boy adds three and three
and puts down seven on the blackboard. The teacher affirms
with mathematical certainty that three and three are six; there-
fore, the boy changes his figures accordingly. The teacher's
statement did not make three and three equal
six because the
latter was already a mathematical truth. The mathematical truth
caused the boy to rearrange the figures on the blackboard. It is
abnormal to be sick; it is normal to be healthy. Health is the
truth of your being. When you affirm health, harmony, and
peace for yourself or another, and when you realize these are
universal principles of your own being, you will rearrange the
negative patterns of your subconscious mind based on your
faith and understanding of that which you affirm.
The result of the affirmative process of prayer depends on
your conforming to the principles of life, regardless of appear-
ances. Consider for a moment that there is a principle of mathe 84 Practical Techniques in Menial Healings
matics and none of error; there is a principle of truth but none
of dishonesty. There is a principle of intelligence but none of
ignorance; there is a principle of harmony and none of discord.
There is a principle of health but none of disease, and there is a
principle of abundance but none of poverty.
The affirmative method was chosen by the author for use
on Ms sister who was to be operated on for the removal of gall-
stones in a hospital in England. The condition described was
based on the diagnosis of hospital
tests and the usual X-ray pro-
cedures. She asked me to pray for her. We were separated
geographically about 6,500 miles, but there is no time or space
in the mind principle.
Infinite mind or intelligence
is present in
its entirety at every point simultaneously.
I withdrew all thought
from the contemplation of symptoms and from the corporeal
personality altogether. I affirmed as follows: "This prayer is
for my sister Catherine. She is relaxed and at peace, poised,
balanced, serene, and calm. The healing intelligence of her sub-
conscious mind which created her body is now transforming
every cell, nerve, tissue, muscle, and bone of her being according
to the perfect pattern of all organs lodged in her subconscious
mind. Silently, quietly,
all distorted thought patterns in her sub-
conscious mind are removed and dissolved, and the vitality,
wholeness, and beauty of the life principle are made manifest
in every atom of her being. She is now open and receptive to
the healing currents which are flowing through her like a river,
restoring her to perfect health, harmony, and peace. All dis-
tortions and ugly images are now washed away by the infinite
ocean of love and peace flowing through her, and it is so."
I affirmed the above several times a day, and at the end of
two weeks my sister had an examination which showed a re-
markable healing, and the X ray proved negative.
To affirm is to state that it is so, and as you maintain this
attitude of mind as true, regardless of all evidence to the con-
trary, you will receive an answer to your prayer. Your thought
can only affirm, for even if you deny something, you are actually
affirming the presence of what you deny. Repeating an affirma-
tion, knowing what you are saying and why you are saying it, Practical Techniques in Mental Healings 85
leads the mind to that state of consciousness where it accepts
that which you state as true. Keep on affirming the truths of life
until you get the subconscious reaction which satisfies.
The argumentative method
This method is just what the word implies.
It stems from
the procedure of Dr. Phineas Parkhurst Quimby of Maine. Dr.
Quimby, a pioneer in mental and spiritual healing, lived and
practiced in Belfast, Maine, about one hundred years ago. A
book called The Quimby Manuscripts, published in 1921 by
Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New York City, and edited by
Horatio Dresser, is available in your library. This book gives
newspaper accounts of this man's remarkable results in prayer
treatment of the sick. Quimby duplicated many of the healing
miracles recorded in the Bible. In brief, the argumentative
method employed according to Quimby consists of spiritual
reasoning where you convince the patient and yourself
that his
sickness is due to his false belief, groundless fears, and negative
patterns lodged in his subconscious mind. You reason it out
clearly in your mind and convince your patient that the disease
or ailment is due only to a distorted, twisted pattern of thought
your conforming to the principles of life, regardless of appear-
ances. Consider for a moment that there is a principle of mathe 84 Practical Techniques in Menial Healings
matics and none of error; there is a principle of truth but none
of dishonesty. There is a principle of intelligence but none of
ignorance; there is a principle of harmony and none of discord.
There is a principle of health but none of disease, and there is a
principle of abundance but none of poverty.
The affirmative method was chosen by the author for use
on Ms sister who was to be operated on for the removal of gall-
stones in a hospital in England. The condition described was
based on the diagnosis of hospital
tests and the usual X-ray pro-
cedures. She asked me to pray for her. We were separated
geographically about 6,500 miles, but there is no time or space
in the mind principle.
Infinite mind or intelligence
is present in
its entirety at every point simultaneously.
I withdrew all thought
from the contemplation of symptoms and from the corporeal
personality altogether. I affirmed as follows: "This prayer is
for my sister Catherine. She is relaxed and at peace, poised,
balanced, serene, and calm. The healing intelligence of her sub-
conscious mind which created her body is now transforming
every cell, nerve, tissue, muscle, and bone of her being according
to the perfect pattern of all organs lodged in her subconscious
mind. Silently, quietly,
all distorted thought patterns in her sub-
conscious mind are removed and dissolved, and the vitality,
wholeness, and beauty of the life principle are made manifest
in every atom of her being. She is now open and receptive to
the healing currents which are flowing through her like a river,
restoring her to perfect health, harmony, and peace. All dis-
tortions and ugly images are now washed away by the infinite
ocean of love and peace flowing through her, and it is so."
I affirmed the above several times a day, and at the end of
two weeks my sister had an examination which showed a re-
markable healing, and the X ray proved negative.
To affirm is to state that it is so, and as you maintain this
attitude of mind as true, regardless of all evidence to the con-
trary, you will receive an answer to your prayer. Your thought
can only affirm, for even if you deny something, you are actually
affirming the presence of what you deny. Repeating an affirma-
tion, knowing what you are saying and why you are saying it, Practical Techniques in Mental Healings 85
leads the mind to that state of consciousness where it accepts
that which you state as true. Keep on affirming the truths of life
until you get the subconscious reaction which satisfies.
The argumentative method
This method is just what the word implies.
It stems from
the procedure of Dr. Phineas Parkhurst Quimby of Maine. Dr.
Quimby, a pioneer in mental and spiritual healing, lived and
practiced in Belfast, Maine, about one hundred years ago. A
book called The Quimby Manuscripts, published in 1921 by
Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New York City, and edited by
Horatio Dresser, is available in your library. This book gives
newspaper accounts of this man's remarkable results in prayer
treatment of the sick. Quimby duplicated many of the healing
miracles recorded in the Bible. In brief, the argumentative
method employed according to Quimby consists of spiritual
reasoning where you convince the patient and yourself
that his
sickness is due to his false belief, groundless fears, and negative
patterns lodged in his subconscious mind. You reason it out
clearly in your mind and convince your patient that the disease
or ailment is due only to a distorted, twisted pattern of thought
which has taken form in his body. This wrong belief in some
external power and external causes has now externalized itself
as sickness, and can be changed by changing the thought pat-
terns.
You explain
to the sick person
that the basis of all healing
is a change of belief. You also point out that the subconscious
mind created the body and all its organs; therefore, it knows
how to heal it, can heal it, and is doing so now as you speak.
You argue in the courtroom of your mind that the disease is a
shadow of the mind based on disease-soaked, morbid thought-
imagery. You continue to build up all the evidence you can
muster on behalf of the healing power within, which created all
the organs in the first place, and which has a perfect pattern of
every cell, nerve, and tissue within it Then, you render a verdict
in the courthouse of your mind in favor of yourself or your
patient. You liberate the sick one by faith and spiritual under 86 Practical Techniques in Mental Healings
standing. Your mental and spiritual evidence is overwhelming;
there being but one mind, what you feel as true will be resur-
rected in the experience
of the.
: patient This procedure
is essen-
tially the argumentative method used by Dr. Quimby of Maine
from 1849 to 1869,
The absolute method Is like -modern sound
wave therapy
" Many people throughout the world practice
this form of
prayer treatment with wonderful results. The person using the
absolute method mentions the name of the patient, such as John
Jones, then quietly and silently thinks of God and His qualities
and attributes, such as, God is all bliss, boundless love, infinite
intelligence, all-powerful, boundless wisdom, absolute harmony,
indescribable beauty, and perfection. As he quietly thinks along
these lines he is lifted up in consciousness into a new spiritual
wave length, at which times he feels the infinite ocean of God's
love is now dissolving everything unlike itself in the mind and
body of John Jones for whom he is praying. He feels all the
power and love of God are now focused on John Jones, and
whatever is bothering or vexing him is now completely neutral-
ized in the presence
of the infinite ocean of life and love.
The absolute method of prayer might be likened to the
sound wave or sonic therapy recently shown me by a distin-
guished physician in Los Angeles. He has an ultra sound wave
machine which oscillates at a tremendous speed and sends sound
waves to any area of the body to which it is directed. These
sound waves can be controlled, and he told me of achieving re-
markable results in dissolving
arthritic calcareous deposits, as
well as the healing and removal of other disturbing conditions.
To the degree that we rise in consciousness by contemplat-
ing qualities and attributes of God, do we generate spiritual
electronic waves of harmony, health, and peace. Many remark-
able healings follow this technique
of prayer.
A cripple walks
Dr. Phineas Parkhurst Quimby, of whom we spoke previ-
ously in this chapter, used the absolute method in the latter years Practical Techniques in Mental Healings 87
of Ms healing career. He was really the father of psychosomatic
medicine and the first psychoanalyst. He had the capacity to
diagnose clairvoyantly the cause of the patient's trouble, pains,
and aches.
The following is a condensed account of the healing of a
cripple as recorded in Quimby's Manuscripts:
Quimby was called on to visit a woman who was lame,
aged, and bedridden. He states that her ailment was due to the
fact that she was imprisoned by a creed so small and contracted
that she could not stand upright and move about. She was living
in the tomb of fear and ignorance; furthermore, she was talcing
the Bible literally, and it frightened her. "In this tomb," Quimby
external power and external causes has now externalized itself
as sickness, and can be changed by changing the thought pat-
terns.
You explain
to the sick person
that the basis of all healing
is a change of belief. You also point out that the subconscious
mind created the body and all its organs; therefore, it knows
how to heal it, can heal it, and is doing so now as you speak.
You argue in the courtroom of your mind that the disease is a
shadow of the mind based on disease-soaked, morbid thought-
imagery. You continue to build up all the evidence you can
muster on behalf of the healing power within, which created all
the organs in the first place, and which has a perfect pattern of
every cell, nerve, and tissue within it Then, you render a verdict
in the courthouse of your mind in favor of yourself or your
patient. You liberate the sick one by faith and spiritual under 86 Practical Techniques in Mental Healings
standing. Your mental and spiritual evidence is overwhelming;
there being but one mind, what you feel as true will be resur-
rected in the experience
of the.
: patient This procedure
is essen-
tially the argumentative method used by Dr. Quimby of Maine
from 1849 to 1869,
The absolute method Is like -modern sound
wave therapy
" Many people throughout the world practice
this form of
prayer treatment with wonderful results. The person using the
absolute method mentions the name of the patient, such as John
Jones, then quietly and silently thinks of God and His qualities
and attributes, such as, God is all bliss, boundless love, infinite
intelligence, all-powerful, boundless wisdom, absolute harmony,
indescribable beauty, and perfection. As he quietly thinks along
these lines he is lifted up in consciousness into a new spiritual
wave length, at which times he feels the infinite ocean of God's
love is now dissolving everything unlike itself in the mind and
body of John Jones for whom he is praying. He feels all the
power and love of God are now focused on John Jones, and
whatever is bothering or vexing him is now completely neutral-
ized in the presence
of the infinite ocean of life and love.
The absolute method of prayer might be likened to the
sound wave or sonic therapy recently shown me by a distin-
guished physician in Los Angeles. He has an ultra sound wave
machine which oscillates at a tremendous speed and sends sound
waves to any area of the body to which it is directed. These
sound waves can be controlled, and he told me of achieving re-
markable results in dissolving
arthritic calcareous deposits, as
well as the healing and removal of other disturbing conditions.
To the degree that we rise in consciousness by contemplat-
ing qualities and attributes of God, do we generate spiritual
electronic waves of harmony, health, and peace. Many remark-
able healings follow this technique
of prayer.
A cripple walks
Dr. Phineas Parkhurst Quimby, of whom we spoke previ-
ously in this chapter, used the absolute method in the latter years Practical Techniques in Mental Healings 87
of Ms healing career. He was really the father of psychosomatic
medicine and the first psychoanalyst. He had the capacity to
diagnose clairvoyantly the cause of the patient's trouble, pains,
and aches.
The following is a condensed account of the healing of a
cripple as recorded in Quimby's Manuscripts:
Quimby was called on to visit a woman who was lame,
aged, and bedridden. He states that her ailment was due to the
fact that she was imprisoned by a creed so small and contracted
that she could not stand upright and move about. She was living
in the tomb of fear and ignorance; furthermore, she was talcing
the Bible literally, and it frightened her. "In this tomb," Quimby
said, "was the presence and power of God trying to burst the
bands, break through the bonds, and rise from the dead." When
she would ask others for an explanation of some passage of the
Bible, the answer would be a stone; then she would hunger for
the bread of life. Dr. Quimby diagnosed her case as a mind
cloudy and stagnated, due to excitation and fear, caused by the
inability to see clearly the meaning of the passage of the Bible
which she had been reading. This showed itself in the body by
her heavy and sluggish feeling which would terminate as paral-
ysis.
At this point Quimby asked her what was meant in the Bible
verses: Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto Him
that sent me. Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where
I am, thither ye cannot come. JOHN 7:33-34. She replied
that it
meant Jesus went to heaven. Quimby explained what it really
meant by telling her that being with her a little while meant his
explanation of her symptoms, feelings, and their causes; i.e., he
had compassion and sympathy for her momentarily, but he could
not remain in that mental state. The next step was to go to Him
that sent us which, as Quimby pointed out, was the creative
power of God in all of us.
Quimby immediately traveled in his mind and contem-
plated the divine ideal; i.e., the vitality, intelligence, harmony,
and power of God functioning in the sick person. This is why
lie said to the woman, "Therefore, where I go you cannot couae, gg Practical Techniques in Mental Healings
for you are in your narrow, restricted belief, and I am in health."
This prayer and explanation produced an instantaneous sensa-
tion, and a change came over her mind. She walked without
her crutches! Quimby said it was one of the most singular of
all his healings. She was, as it were, dead to error, and to bring
her to life or truth was to raise her from the dead. Quimby
quoted the resurrection of Christ and applied
it to her own Christ
or health; this produced
a powerful
effect on her. He also ex-
plained to her that the truth which she accepted was the angel
or idea which rolled away the stone of fear, ignorance, and
superstition, thereby, releasing the healing power of God which
made her whole.
* The decree method
Power goes into our word according to the feeling and faith
behind it. When we realize the power that moves the world is
moving on our behalf and is backing up our word, our confidence
and assurance grow. You do not try and add power to power;
therefore, there must be no mental striving, coercion, force, or
mental wrestling. A young girl used the decree method on a young man who
was constantly phoning her, pressing her for dates, and meeting
her at her place of business; she found it very
difficult to get rid
of him. She decreed as follows: "I release ......... unto God.
He is in his true place
at all times. I am free, and he is free.
I now decree that my words go forth into infinite mind and it
brings it to pass.
It is so." She said he vanished and she has
never seen him since, adding, "It was as though the ground
swallowed him up."
Thou shall decree a thing, and it shall be established unto
thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways. JOB 22:28.
Serve yourself with scientific truth
1. Be a mental engineer and use tried and proven techniques
desire is ypraJicture the fulfillment of your
^Sfm^MM^^
i ^ C. I I Practical Techniques in Mental Healings 89
desire now and feel its reality, and you wiH experience the
joy of the answered prayer,
3. Desire to accomplish things the easy way with the sure
aid of mental science.
4. You can build radiant health, success, and happiness by the
thoughts you think in the hidden studio of your mind.
5. Experiment scientifically until you personally prove that
bands, break through the bonds, and rise from the dead." When
she would ask others for an explanation of some passage of the
Bible, the answer would be a stone; then she would hunger for
the bread of life. Dr. Quimby diagnosed her case as a mind
cloudy and stagnated, due to excitation and fear, caused by the
inability to see clearly the meaning of the passage of the Bible
which she had been reading. This showed itself in the body by
her heavy and sluggish feeling which would terminate as paral-
ysis.
At this point Quimby asked her what was meant in the Bible
verses: Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto Him
that sent me. Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where
I am, thither ye cannot come. JOHN 7:33-34. She replied
that it
meant Jesus went to heaven. Quimby explained what it really
meant by telling her that being with her a little while meant his
explanation of her symptoms, feelings, and their causes; i.e., he
had compassion and sympathy for her momentarily, but he could
not remain in that mental state. The next step was to go to Him
that sent us which, as Quimby pointed out, was the creative
power of God in all of us.
Quimby immediately traveled in his mind and contem-
plated the divine ideal; i.e., the vitality, intelligence, harmony,
and power of God functioning in the sick person. This is why
lie said to the woman, "Therefore, where I go you cannot couae, gg Practical Techniques in Mental Healings
for you are in your narrow, restricted belief, and I am in health."
This prayer and explanation produced an instantaneous sensa-
tion, and a change came over her mind. She walked without
her crutches! Quimby said it was one of the most singular of
all his healings. She was, as it were, dead to error, and to bring
her to life or truth was to raise her from the dead. Quimby
quoted the resurrection of Christ and applied
it to her own Christ
or health; this produced
a powerful
effect on her. He also ex-
plained to her that the truth which she accepted was the angel
or idea which rolled away the stone of fear, ignorance, and
superstition, thereby, releasing the healing power of God which
made her whole.
* The decree method
Power goes into our word according to the feeling and faith
behind it. When we realize the power that moves the world is
moving on our behalf and is backing up our word, our confidence
and assurance grow. You do not try and add power to power;
therefore, there must be no mental striving, coercion, force, or
mental wrestling. A young girl used the decree method on a young man who
was constantly phoning her, pressing her for dates, and meeting
her at her place of business; she found it very
difficult to get rid
of him. She decreed as follows: "I release ......... unto God.
He is in his true place
at all times. I am free, and he is free.
I now decree that my words go forth into infinite mind and it
brings it to pass.
It is so." She said he vanished and she has
never seen him since, adding, "It was as though the ground
swallowed him up."
Thou shall decree a thing, and it shall be established unto
thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways. JOB 22:28.
Serve yourself with scientific truth
1. Be a mental engineer and use tried and proven techniques
desire is ypraJicture the fulfillment of your
^Sfm^MM^^
i ^ C. I I Practical Techniques in Mental Healings 89
desire now and feel its reality, and you wiH experience the
joy of the answered prayer,
3. Desire to accomplish things the easy way with the sure
aid of mental science.
4. You can build radiant health, success, and happiness by the
thoughts you think in the hidden studio of your mind.
5. Experiment scientifically until you personally prove that
there is always a direct response from the infinite intelli-
gence of your subconscious mind to your conscious think-
ing.
6. Feel the joy and restfulness in foreseeing the certain accom-
plishment of your desire. Any mental picture which you
have in your mind is the substance of things hoped for and
the evidence of things not seen.
7. A mental picture
is worth a thousand words. Your subcon-
scious will bring to pass any picture held in the mind backed
by faith.
8. Avoid all effort or mental coercion in prayer. Get into a
sleepy, drowsy state and lull yourself to sleep feeling and
knowing that your prayer is answered.
9. Remember that the thankful heart is always close to the
10. To affirm is to state that it is so, and as you maintain this
attitude of mind as true, regardless of all evidence to the
contrary, you will receive an answer to your prayer,
11. Generate electronic waves of harmony, health, and peace
by thinking of the love and the glory of God.
12. What you decree and feel as true will come to pass. Decree
harmony, health, peace, and abundance. 7
The Tendency of the
Subconscious Is Lifewari
Over 90 percent of your mental life is subconscious, so
men and women who fail to make use of this marvelous power
live within very narrow limits.
Your subconscious processes are always Bfeward and con-
structive. Your subconscious is
' the builder of your body and
maintains all its vital functions. It is on the job 24 hours a day
and never sleeps.
It is always trying to help and preserve you
from harm.
Your subconscious mind is in touch with infinite life and
boundless wisdom, and its impulses and ideas are always life-
ward. The great aspirations, inspirations, and visions for a
grander and nobler life spring from the subconscious. Your pro-
foundest convictions are those you cannot argue about rationally
because they do not come from your conscious mind; they come
from your subconscious mind. Your subconscious speaks to you
in intuitions, impulses, hunches, intimations, urges, and ideas,
and it is always telling you to rise, transcend, grow, advance,
adventure, and move forward to greater heights. The urge to
love, to save the lives of others comes from the depths of your
subconscious. For example, during the great San Francisco
earthquake and fire of April 18, 1906, invalids and cripples who had been confined to bed for long periods of time, rose up
and performed some of the most amazing feats of bravery and
endurance. The intense desire welled up within them to save
others at all costs, and their subconscious responded accord-
ingly. The Tendency of the Subconscious Is Lifeward 9 1
Great artists, musicians, poets, speakers, and writers tune
in with their subconscious powers and become animated and
inspired. For example, Robert Louis Stevenson, before he went
to sleep, used to charge Ms subconscious with the task of evolv-
ing stories for him while he slept. He was accustomed to ask
his subconscious to give him a good, marketable thriller when his
bank account was low. Stevenson said the intelligence of his
deeper mind gave him the story piece by piece,
like a serial
This shows how your subconscious will speak lofty and wise
sayings through you which your conscious mind knows nothing
about
Mark Twain confided to the world on many occasions that
he never worked in his life. All his humor and all his great writ-
ings were due to the fact that he tapped the inexhaustible reser-
voir of his subconscious mind.
How the body portrays the workings of the mind
The interaction of your conscious and subconscious mind
requires a similar interaction between the corresponding system
of nerves. The cerebrospinal system is the organ of the conscious
mind, and the sympathetic system is the organ of the subcon-
gence of your subconscious mind to your conscious think-
ing.
6. Feel the joy and restfulness in foreseeing the certain accom-
plishment of your desire. Any mental picture which you
have in your mind is the substance of things hoped for and
the evidence of things not seen.
7. A mental picture
is worth a thousand words. Your subcon-
scious will bring to pass any picture held in the mind backed
by faith.
8. Avoid all effort or mental coercion in prayer. Get into a
sleepy, drowsy state and lull yourself to sleep feeling and
knowing that your prayer is answered.
9. Remember that the thankful heart is always close to the
10. To affirm is to state that it is so, and as you maintain this
attitude of mind as true, regardless of all evidence to the
contrary, you will receive an answer to your prayer,
11. Generate electronic waves of harmony, health, and peace
by thinking of the love and the glory of God.
12. What you decree and feel as true will come to pass. Decree
harmony, health, peace, and abundance. 7
The Tendency of the
Subconscious Is Lifewari
Over 90 percent of your mental life is subconscious, so
men and women who fail to make use of this marvelous power
live within very narrow limits.
Your subconscious processes are always Bfeward and con-
structive. Your subconscious is
' the builder of your body and
maintains all its vital functions. It is on the job 24 hours a day
and never sleeps.
It is always trying to help and preserve you
from harm.
Your subconscious mind is in touch with infinite life and
boundless wisdom, and its impulses and ideas are always life-
ward. The great aspirations, inspirations, and visions for a
grander and nobler life spring from the subconscious. Your pro-
foundest convictions are those you cannot argue about rationally
because they do not come from your conscious mind; they come
from your subconscious mind. Your subconscious speaks to you
in intuitions, impulses, hunches, intimations, urges, and ideas,
and it is always telling you to rise, transcend, grow, advance,
adventure, and move forward to greater heights. The urge to
love, to save the lives of others comes from the depths of your
subconscious. For example, during the great San Francisco
earthquake and fire of April 18, 1906, invalids and cripples who had been confined to bed for long periods of time, rose up
and performed some of the most amazing feats of bravery and
endurance. The intense desire welled up within them to save
others at all costs, and their subconscious responded accord-
ingly. The Tendency of the Subconscious Is Lifeward 9 1
Great artists, musicians, poets, speakers, and writers tune
in with their subconscious powers and become animated and
inspired. For example, Robert Louis Stevenson, before he went
to sleep, used to charge Ms subconscious with the task of evolv-
ing stories for him while he slept. He was accustomed to ask
his subconscious to give him a good, marketable thriller when his
bank account was low. Stevenson said the intelligence of his
deeper mind gave him the story piece by piece,
like a serial
This shows how your subconscious will speak lofty and wise
sayings through you which your conscious mind knows nothing
about
Mark Twain confided to the world on many occasions that
he never worked in his life. All his humor and all his great writ-
ings were due to the fact that he tapped the inexhaustible reser-
voir of his subconscious mind.
How the body portrays the workings of the mind
The interaction of your conscious and subconscious mind
requires a similar interaction between the corresponding system
of nerves. The cerebrospinal system is the organ of the conscious
mind, and the sympathetic system is the organ of the subcon-
scious mind. The cerebrospinal system is the channel through
which you receive conscious perception by means of your five
physical senses and exercise control over the movement of your
body. This system has its nerves in the brain, and it is the chan-
nel of your volitional and conscious mental action.
The sympathetic system, sometimes referred to as the in-
voluntary nervous system, has its center in a ganglionic mass at
the back of the stomach known as the solar plexus, and is some-
times spoken of as the abdominal brain. It is the channel of
that mental action which unconsciously supports the vital func-
tions of the body.
The two systems may work separately or synchronously.
Judge Thomas Troward
*
says, "The vagus nerve passes out of
the cerebral region as a portion
of the voluntary system, and
* The Edinburgh Lectures on Mental Science (New York: Robert McBride
& Co., 92 The Tendency oj the Subconscious Is Lifeward
through it we control the vocal organs; then it passes onward to
the thorax sending out branches to the heart and lungs; finally,
passing through the diaphragm,
it loses the outer coating which
distinguishes the nerves of the voluntary system and becomes
identified with those of the sympathetic system, so forming a
connecting link between the two and making the man physically
a single entity.
"Similarly different areas of the brain indicate their con-
nection with the objective and subjective
activities of the mind
respectively, and speaking
in a general way we may assign the
frontal portion of the brain to the former and the posterior
portion to the latter, while the intermediate portion partakes of
the character of both."
A rather simple way of looking
at the mental and physical
interaction is to realize that your conscious mind grasps an idea
which induces a corresponding
vibration in your voluntary sys-
tem of nerves. This in turn causes a similar current to be gen-
erated in your involuntary system of nerves, thus handling the
idea over to your subconscious mind which is the creative me-
dium. This is how your thoughts become things.
Every thought entertained by your conscious mind and ac-
cepted as true is sent by your brain to your solar plexus, the
brain of your subconscious mind, to be made into your flesh,
and to be brought forth into your world as a reality.
There is an intelligence which fakes care of the body
When you study
the cellular system and the structure of the
organs, such as eyes, ears, heart, liver, bladder, etc., you learn
they consist of groups of cells which form a group intelligence
whereby they function together and are able to take orders
which you receive conscious perception by means of your five
physical senses and exercise control over the movement of your
body. This system has its nerves in the brain, and it is the chan-
nel of your volitional and conscious mental action.
The sympathetic system, sometimes referred to as the in-
voluntary nervous system, has its center in a ganglionic mass at
the back of the stomach known as the solar plexus, and is some-
times spoken of as the abdominal brain. It is the channel of
that mental action which unconsciously supports the vital func-
tions of the body.
The two systems may work separately or synchronously.
Judge Thomas Troward
*
says, "The vagus nerve passes out of
the cerebral region as a portion
of the voluntary system, and
* The Edinburgh Lectures on Mental Science (New York: Robert McBride
& Co., 92 The Tendency oj the Subconscious Is Lifeward
through it we control the vocal organs; then it passes onward to
the thorax sending out branches to the heart and lungs; finally,
passing through the diaphragm,
it loses the outer coating which
distinguishes the nerves of the voluntary system and becomes
identified with those of the sympathetic system, so forming a
connecting link between the two and making the man physically
a single entity.
"Similarly different areas of the brain indicate their con-
nection with the objective and subjective
activities of the mind
respectively, and speaking
in a general way we may assign the
frontal portion of the brain to the former and the posterior
portion to the latter, while the intermediate portion partakes of
the character of both."
A rather simple way of looking
at the mental and physical
interaction is to realize that your conscious mind grasps an idea
which induces a corresponding
vibration in your voluntary sys-
tem of nerves. This in turn causes a similar current to be gen-
erated in your involuntary system of nerves, thus handling the
idea over to your subconscious mind which is the creative me-
dium. This is how your thoughts become things.
Every thought entertained by your conscious mind and ac-
cepted as true is sent by your brain to your solar plexus, the
brain of your subconscious mind, to be made into your flesh,
and to be brought forth into your world as a reality.
There is an intelligence which fakes care of the body
When you study
the cellular system and the structure of the
organs, such as eyes, ears, heart, liver, bladder, etc., you learn
they consist of groups of cells which form a group intelligence
whereby they function together and are able to take orders