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Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 http://archive.org/details/creativevisualizOOwieh Creative Visualization to anyone about my plan, it would never have materialized. As a ten-year-old I read many books. Most of the stories I read and enjoyed were about the wild West of America, the Indians, the cowboys, and prairies. Constant reading developed my imagination and in time my mind was made up to go to the western part of the United States. Night after night, while in bed (and supposedly asleep), I would picture in my mind the prairies, woods and hills, and mentally see myself roaming the open spaces. Unwittingly I charged my subconscious mind with the thought of being there, for I consciously spoke the words: "I am in America, I am over there." Never having seen these places, I had to create the picture out of my own imagination. And I held that image in my mind throughout all the years to come. HOW I was ever to get to America never once entered my mind. / just knew I was going there! As the years passed, while holding the thought of going to America, a sudden desire seized me: While going to America, I would also see Japan. At the age of fourteen I asked my parents for permission to study the English language,, which they gladly granted. friends and acquaintances, hearing of this, were scornful: "Hm! studying English, just wasting money. It'll never do him any good." Often I was tempted to defend myself by telling them I was preparing myself so that, when I reached America, I would know something about the language. But I did not. I remained silent and let them have their

fun. When I reached the age of seventeen, I left home and traveled from state to state, city to city, to see something of my own country. I worked here and there, wherever and whenever I could get a job. This was planned two However, weeks ahead withlast twoday of my friends who were trip to go along with me. on the theybest changed their plans, leaving me tc go on alone. But I refused to let this dampen my spirits. Continuous visualization of that one and only objective (that of seeing America), had developed the determination to travel. In fact I became too restless to remain at any one place for long. And although it had hurt me to go alone, the urge to travel would not be denied. My studies for the time were discontinued. With the approach of winter I received a letter from my mother asking me to return home for the winter months. This I did. But the following spring (1922), now eighteen years of age, I was ready to leave once more, this time for good. Previous to my leaving home, several of my friends who had gone to Hamburg to get a ship to go to sea returned saying gloomily: "It's impossible to get a ship. There are too many experienced seamen out of work. And able seamen are on the preferred lists." When I told them that I wanted to go to Hamburg (I still didn't mention America), they tried hard to dissuade me, but did not succeed. They had, however, implanted in my mind a barrier, and for the first time I almost doubted whether my plan would be successful. Even to my own family, when they inquired as to what my intentions were, all I ever told them was: "I have an aim, but I cannot tell you what it is." All they knew was that I wanted to go to Hamburg, Germany's largest harbor. In HAMBURG

I arrived in Hamburg by train and after finding a place to stay, decided to look the town over a couple of days. On the third day I went to the seamen's hiring hall. It was crowded with unemployed men. Going to the clerk at the window, I stated my request. He asked me a number of questions, the first of which was: had I ever been on a ship? Ever been on the ocean? Ever been seasick? As all my answers were negative, the clerk said: "Young man, we have thousands of seamen out of work, men with fifteen and twenty years' experience. We cannot take care of them. My advice to you is to go home where you came from. I am very sorry." Looking around the hall I realized that there wasn't a chance in a million for me ever to get a ship. So I decided to get a job somewhere else for the time being. Times were hard in Hamburg and unemployment was high. To get a job it was necessary to go to the employment office and register and then wait your turn to be called. This might take weeks or even months. Well, I had very little money left and in order to eat and have a place to sleep, I had to find work. If I went home I would not only be the laughing stock of the neighborhood but my whole plan would blow up. I decided, "No, I am not going to be a quitter." A couple of days later in a restaurant, by mere chance, I met an old man who seemed to take a liking to me. He said: "I can get you a job." He told me he knew the owner of a barge who was looking for a young, husky youngster like myself. I explained to him that I wasn't interested in working on a barge but I would like a job close to the seamen's hiring hall, just in case something turned up. I preferred a ob in the city. "I tell you, young man," my new-found friend continued: "Once you've worked on a barge you can always get a job as a seaman on any big ship. So you see, it is to your own advantage."

Put that way, it looked pretty good to me. Next day he introduced me to the skipper-owner, and I had my first job in Hamburg —on a barge. There were three of us. The skipper, a man named Hans and myself. Hans and I shared the same cabin while the skipper slept at the opposite end of the barge. There are many of these barges in Germany. They haul goods from one state to another. We each had to do our own cooking and although I went hungry more than once I kept thinking here is where I get my first training as an apprentice seaman. For my daily menu I peeled three potatoes, cut them into quarters, added some salt and water and boiled them. When the potatoes were done I added two bouillon cubes, and my soup was ready. Into a frying pan I put a little lard and a little flour and did the best I could to make some gravy for my potatoes. I didn't know a thing about cooking and never went to the trouble to learn. We made one trip tosee Berlin returned to Hamburg. liked the work, I couldn't any and future in it, and to keep onAlthough doing myIown cooking was too much for me. Having accumulated a little money, I quit my job. Going back to the seamen's hiring hall I tried my luck once more. I told them I had worked on a barge, but was told: "That doesn't mean a thing. Anybody can do that kind of work with no experience." A couple of boys who had overheard, stepped up and asked me if I was looking for a boat. When I said I was, they told me: "They need a first mate at the other window over there. See if you can get on." I was so excited I couldn't think. I dashed over to the other window and asked for the job. The clerk looked at me, then said: "Those boys are just having a little fun with you." Then it dawned on me and I felt pretty silly. Without another word, I walked out of the hall. For several days I hung around that hiring hall. One day as I was leaving, a seaman approached me. "Son, are you looking for a ship?" he asked. I told him I was and he said: "I can get you one. In fact the Kanto (not the real name), is going to dock

tomorrow afternoon and I know the captain well. If I tell him you are a friend of mine he will give you a job." This seaman, whose name was Fritz and who was between thirty-five and forty years old, took me to a restaurant and introduced me to the proprietor. "Wilhelm," he shouted to the proprietor, "I am going to get this boy a ship." Wilhelm looked at me and he must have felt sorry for me because he said, "He can't get you a boat." His expression told me that he meant well and seemed to have contempt for Fritz. I've always listened to advice, whether good or bad, and now resolved to listen but to be on guard. Fritz asked me to buy lunch and drinks, which I did, gladly. A little later two other seamen joined us. During their conversation, I heard one of the men s ay that Wilhelm had some sort of connection and would be in a position to help a fellow get a ship. After lunch I parted from Fritz, promising to see him again the next day. The following morning I paid for his breakfast, and later for his lunch and drinks. In the afternoon we took one of the launches that make the rounds to the different piers where ocean-going vessels are docked. Fritz asked a watchman for information and was told that the Kanto had pulled out several hours earlier, but the Ranny (not the real name) would be due here at Pier 8 in two days, and he also knew her captain. He said he was sure I could get on that one. I promised to meet him somewhere downtown the following m orning. Arriving at the appointed place next day, I saw Fritz talking to two young fellows. His back was toward me and he didn't see me. I heard him telling those boys the same story he had told me. I was convinced then that Wilhelm was right and that Fritz was preying upon young, inexperienced boys, getting all he could out of them in the way of food and drinks. Going back to the restaura nt, I asked Wilhelm if he would help me get a ship. He refused politely, saying he had no connections and was unable to aid me in this respect. He did, however, promise to hold my mail

should any arrive for me. I made it a point to drop around once a week to check on my mail, and each time I invited Wilhelm to have a drink. In this way we got to know one another better. Germany at that time was in a state of inflation. On payday longshoremen came ashore with suitcases, hat boxes, shopping bags and sacks in which they carried their week's wages. Their earnings were millions of marks in small denominations. Prices began to rise from day to day. If you paid 25,000 marks for an article one day, the next day it would cost 30,000 marks and the third day the same article would be 40,000 marks. Once again my funds were getting low and I sold my gold watch and other belongings. Knowing that I couldn't go on like that indefinitely, I started to think my way out. Reasoning that in order to get a ship I must prove that I had been on the water, I had a sudden flash of inspiration. That night I began to visualize a fishing boat. I visualized myself on that boat. I am on a fishing boat. Mentally I spoke to my subconscious mind: "I am on a fishing boat. I am on a fishing boat." With that thought and picture in my mind I went to sleep. On a fishing boat The morning of the third day I went down to the seamen's hiring hall again. Soon a fisherman walked in. He was looking for a helper. He asked several of the fellows standing around if they wanted a job, but all declined. Boldly I stepped up and asked for the job. "Have you had any experience?" the fisherman asked me. "No, but I have worked on a barge." "A barge is not a fishing boat. Sorry, I cannot use you." Turning from me he walked away, contacting one man after another, but none seemed to want the job. Never admitting to being licked, I followed him wherever he went, silently praying that he wouldn't find anyone. Suddenly he whirled toward me and said:

"All right, the job is yours." There were at least a hundred men in the hall, all waiting for a job. But although! the fisherman offered good pay nobody wanted that sort of work. My determination and will to obtain it since it would mean so much in furthering my objective won out. My silent prayer was answered. I remained with the fisherman for six weeks, just long enough to get a good letter of recommendation and to be able to prove that I had been on the water—which, in turn, would aid me in getting an ocean-going vessel. While on the fishing boat all I had left to wear was a pair of thin trousers and a jacket—no underwear of any kind. It was the end of October and out on the open sea the wind blew from all directions. My clothes were wet and I was shivering with cold. I pumped water out of the boat until midnight while the fisherman lay in his bunk with no concern at all for me. One such night, as the skipper lolled in his bunk devouring pears from a basket at his side, I worked at the pumping until ready to drop from cold and exhaustion. Later, as together we pulled in the net, my fingers were so cold and stiff I was barely able to grasp the net and hold on, to say nothing of being able to pull it in. Sick at heart and near frozen as I was, I nevertheless made a vow to myself to stick it out for a while longer. When I finally did leave the fishing boat, I looked around once more in Hamburg forhim employment. distant relative owned a factory in themy city, and through I secured aAjob. While working at this job, I kept eyes open for a better opportunity, biding my time. The invisible speaker Several months passed. During that time I had contacted Wilhelm at the restaurant at least once a week, calling for my mail and making it a point to treat him to a drink. One day—it was Tuesday afternoon, between three and four, (note the day and the time)—a voice startled me, speaking loudly and distinctly:

"Andrew, get your boat now or never!" I wheeled to face the speaker, but to my amazement there was no one. I could not understand it. I swear I heard it, yet there was no one within 15 feet of me. Still, I felt as thou gh someone stood right behind me and spoke. Suddenly it dawned on me: It must have been an inner voice. Immediately I left my job and went to see Wilhelm. All the while I had the strange feeling that I was being guided. I found myself with courage and nerve I had never known before. I had just enough money for carfare and one drink. I treated Wilhelm, saying: "Wilhelm I want to make you a proposition." "Let me hear it," he answered. "Get me a ship and I will pay you 30,000 marks." "All right," Wilhelm replied, and the agreement was made. At that time 30,000 marks represented about five dollars in American money. A week passed and I again called upon my friend. Seeing me, Wilhelm shouted: "Man, oh man, I had a German sailing boat for you, but didn't know where to reach you." Then I remembered. I had forgotten to leave my address. "Well, that's too bad," I answered as though it didn't matter too much anyway. Upon leaving I gave him the name of the factory and the telephone number where I could be reached, and with it the letter of recommendation I had from the fisherman. Although I had lost out on a ship, I consoled myself with the thought that probably the sailing vessel wasn't going my way—which was to America. One week later—again on Tuesday afternoon between three and four, mind you—I received a phone call. It was from Wilhelm and he sounded nervous—but not as nervous as I felt when he told me he had a large Norwegian steamer for me and that the captain

wished to see me right away. At once I left my work and went to the restaurant where I found the captain and the Norwegian Consul waiting for me. In his hand the captain held my letter of recommendation which had been given to him by Wilhelm. The two men looked me over very carefully. Finally the captain asked me in English: "Do you speak English?" "Yes, a little." "I see you have been fishing on high water?" he said in a questioning voice. Replying in the affirmative and answering to his satisfaction other queries he made, I was finally overjoyed to hear him say: "All right, come aboard tomorrow, March M." Words cannot to express the happiness I felt. Settling my13th, debt nine with A. Wilhelm, I returned the factory to notify them I was leaving. Aboard the s.s. "golden gate" When I came aboard the next morning I met my predecessor, a young Hollandish fellow, who instructed me in the work I was to do. My job was messboy for the officers only. A few days later I signed a contract to sail from Hamburg around the world and back to Hamburg again. My salary was seventy-five kronen a month, at that time about sixteen dollars in American money. All of a sudden it dawned on me that if I was to return to Hamburg how could I possibly reach my objective? Doubt crept into my mind, and once more my faith wavered. An inner urge finally got the better of me and I decided once more to bide my time. At this point I would like to mention that when you depend upon your subconscious mind, you always get there. Not always the shortest— indeed, often the longest— way because it is necessary at times to make a detour to reach your objective. Consciously you may feel yourself going the wrong way, yet your subsonscious mind urges you on in that

direction, the reason being that it is the only right thing to do. It is important to remember that we are not to guide our subconscious mind, rather we must m ust let the subconscious guide us. We give it an objective, then nourish it until it becomes externalized. A few days I boarded the ship we sailed forwe Newcastle, England. From thereafter we went to Narvick, Norway, where spent Easter. Sometime in April, while crossing the Atlantic Ocean, we encountered a slight storm, the first storm at sea I had ever experienced, and it was fascinating to see the high waves splash over the deck; to listen to the roaring waves, furiously rising and sinking, then breaking in fury over the decks again, and to hear the howling of the wind. The ship rolled from side to side while I stood for hours on deck watching and listening, at times with the feeling that those angry waves were beckoning me to come down. IN AMERICA Sometime in May we arrived at Newport News, Virginia. So this was the land of the free I had heard so much about. At last I had landed in the country I had dreamed of and visualized for nine long years. The thought was thrilling! On the second day after our arrival, while I was sitting in my cabin writing a letter, the door opened and a German sailor stuck his head through. "Andrew," he said, "Come and have your contract changed. I overheard the Chief Mate ask the Captain what he intended to do about you, and the Captain said:'We will just increase his pay.'" Strangely enough, that sailor had never been in my cabin before, and I wondered why he should do me that favor now. Like a flash of lightning it struck me—here was my chance. I rushed to the Captain's cabin and found there quite a commotion. All the foreigners were getting their contracts changed, but not the Norwegians. Here is what had happened:

The day we arrived in harbor there were some ships that could not leave due to a shortage of men. An agent came aboard offering the men better pay. Naturally they deserted our ship and went to the other. To keep the rest of their men, the Captain and the Norwegian Consul decided to increase the men's pay and change their contracts. When I confronted the Captain he said he would raise my pay, but would like my contract to remain the same. However, I said that unless he changed my contract I too would leave. Going to the Chief Engineer and the Chief Mate, I asked them to help themselves at the next meal as I was planning to leave the ship. The officers went to the Captain who, in return, sent the steward to ask me to stay. He told me the Captain was willing to compromise. My contract was changed, reading from the U. S. A. to the Far East and return. My wages dollars month, more than double. But itwere was increased the changetoofthirty-five the contract thatamattered so much. I was so happy that I went about my work with renewed vigor and in high spirits. From Virginia we sailed to the West Indies, Panama Canal and other ports. After leaving Canada, we arrived once again in the U. S. A. It was in one of the small harbors in the State of Washington where we loaded lumber for the Far East, where I spent my first Independence Day in America. It was an experience. A HEARTY WELCOME We were docked the town. From the ship I could hear firecrackers, automobile hornsnear honking, music playing. It was all very gay. Going ashore I saw flags hanging from the windows, floating from house tops, on cars—everywhere. The streets were jammed and lined with cars and on an open lot a merry-go-round was going, its calliope blaring forth. People were happily laughing and singing in holiday spirit. In my ignorance and naivete, I got the idea all this celebration was in honor of our arrival. I walked the streets, my chest thrust out, smiling at everyone I met, thinking to myself: "Well, here I am, I too am from that ship." Yes, I felt proud, very proud indeed. I didn't ask questions and it

was not until a few days later that I discovered the celebration was for Independence Day, the Fourth of July. The U. S. A. had its first laugh on me! TO JAPAN AND RETURN From Washington we sailed to Japan. It was a lovely voyage. Two days after we left Japan we received a radio message of a terrible earthquake that rocked the land. We just escaped that disaster. On the 12th of September we arrived back in the United States, at San Francisco, California. On the way back to the States I had informed the officers that I intended leaving the ship at the next port. Each day the Chief Engineer came into the mess hall to see me, with a Bible under his arm, asking me to remain aboard. He told me of all the hardships and the unemployment in America, of the struggle it would be for a young, inexperienced man to behis here alone. However, I was troubled and my heart ached for I didn't want to hurt feelings. my mind was made up and no one could change it. The following morning, September 13th, 1923, I asked for my discharge. I went ashore to make my home temporarily in San Francisco. Nine months later I took out my first citizenship papers. These are the highlights of my story, but it would not be complete without a few details of great importance... Review ou remember that, to start out I had an objective in mind. That objective was to get to the western part of the United States. Furthermore I had to create the image out of my own imagination. Lastly, I kept my objective a complete secret. Had I revealed that secret my plan would never have materialized. Remember, any time you speak to someone of your future plans, your plans are no longer a secret. The power of the subconscious mind is with you and your secret. Utter one word regarding your secret and you lose that power. It is like having a bird under your hat. Raise your hat for just

an instant and the bird is gone. ou will recall that I studied English at home. In my studies I was preparing myself for my future. The Captain had asked me if I spoke English. Fortunately I did. My thoughts flashed back to the people at home who hadlanguage. laughed and said it was a waste of money I for me to study the English In preparing myself beforehand now was able to take advantage of the opportunity that I had long waited for. Another thing: it might seem that I had been badly stung by the seaman, Friz, back in Hamburg. True, it cost me money to pay for lunches and drinks for him, but without him I would never have met Wilhelm. and had it not been for Wilhelm I would not have gotten that Norwegian steamer. So I really gained. Previous to that, due to all years of visualizing, succeeded in getting that fishing boat in those two days. Why was it, withIall the unemployed men around, none wanted that job? It paid well. I got it because I had in mind a clear and definite objective and I was willing to work and suffer to attain it. Also I felt sure I would realize my desire if I were strong enough mentally to bring it about. The time was ripe for me to go after that ship, although I didn't know it. The subconscious mind, always on the alert, made itself known to me in the guise of the Voice. Please recall too the seeming coincidenc e of the day and the hour—Tuesday afternoon, between three and four—first the voice, then Wilhelm's phone weeks the sameGuidance. day, the same hour. Coincidence? No,call my two friends. Nolater; coincidence. That contract which I signed in Hamburg almost made me lose faith. But the subconscious made itself f elt by the inner urge to sign on the ship, even though at the time, it meant return to Hamburg which I did not want. Had I followed my conscious mind's prompting, I would have torn down all that I had built up. ou remember how strangely my contract was changed in the U. S. A. Although it was not important, nevertheless my desire to see Japan came to pass. The earthquake occurred right after we left Japan. I might

have been killed. Many people were. Mark this well: As long as you have a job to do, visualize it strongly and clearly. Mentally speak to your subconscious and you will feel within yourself that your objective is slowly but surely coming to pass. You need never fear death before your objective is materialized. Conclusion According to the Immigration Laws, 1923 was the only year in my favor to enter this country under the circumstances which I did. Had the time been either before or after 1923, the law would have been against me. Nor would I have gotten my first papers. You understand now why I did not listen to the Chief Engineer. Notice how the entire procedure was step by step, each leading to the next, each a connecting link in the chain of events leading to my ultimate goal. guidance all hasobstacles protected me, smoothed the rough road and helped meThis to overcome and surmount the many difficulties that beset my way. When there was no opening, my awakened subconscious made one, even though it meant going the long way around. When the proper time arrives you may be sure the subconscious mind goes into action. It sends you a message in some manner and by some means. It may, as it did in my case, speak to you through what is called clairaudience. (You recall my hearing a voice which spoke loudly and distinctly, telling me it was now or never in regard to getting a ship.) Observe how wonderfully everything was timed, right down to my arrival in the United States. I did not know that 1923 was the only year in my favor. But the subconscious knew! Despite all the hardships and difficulties, I held my creative vision with determination, I kept my faith and I kept secret. So I could not fail. My dreams of roaming the prairies, the woods and the hills of western America have been realized. All has come to pass. Preview

We are taught from childhood things to say and how to say them, shown what to do and how to do it, our elders doing our thinking for us. Up until the time we were old enough to feed and clothe ourselves, all this was done for us. In due time we gained control of our physical actions. We learned to swim, play football, climb mountains and do many other strenuous exercises which we looked upon as a matter of course. Athletic activities develop the body but do little to develop mental action. In infancy we were taught how to stand and walk to develop body muscles. Little was done to teach us to think. No amount of physical exercise and athletic activity will develop brain power. The brain, housed in a bony structure inside the head, is to a deplorable extent left to shift for itself. So that, when the per son has reached adulthood, although he may have full control of physical actions and body muscles, he is often sadly lacking in proper control of his mental actions. I contend that, had we been taught to develop mentally to keep pace with physical development, much misery and many situations of maladjustment could have been averted. Nevertheless it is not too late to begin a mentality-building regime. I suggest that, as you advance in your mental development, you train your children to develop mental control and power, in the way that I am now going to instruct you. They, and their childrens' children, will be forever grateful to you. II—KNOW THYSELF Much time and effort istruly spenteducated in training tradewithout or profession. To become it isourselves necessaryfor to astudy ceasing—to continue one's education. Most important of all studies is the study of self-knowledge. "Know thyself!" You will then understand others. Following the rules and abiding by them cannot help but make you a better and more positive person. The results will show in your daily affairs and will become manifest to your friends. Why is it that so many people refuse to recognize their own faults and shortcomings? Such people blunder through life losing friends and making enemies. People should stop and take stock of themselves. They

should remember to use the Golden Rule, simplest of all precepts: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." How many men have lost their chances for promotions or an increase in salary, or otherwise failed in their ambitions because they lacked understanding in how to deal with other people. A salesman, in order to be successful must sell himself first, his product secondly. A physician needs his patients, therefore he should like and understand them. The same is true of a lawyer, mechanic, garage or service man, grocer or any professional business man. He needs his patients, clients, and customers. He can't get along without them. He is dependent upon them, not they upon him. Therefore he should be able to adjust himself to those he serves by his own volition; he is the recipient of their respect and admiration. If people would only realize that we were put in this world for a purpose. What that purpose is may not always be disclosed. We had no choice but to be born, yet while we are here we might as well make our stay as pleasant as possible, scattering a little happiness as we go. From a purely selfish standpoint, they should remember that all of this happiness is bound to reflect right back on the one who scatters it. To understand people, better, you should first study yourself. Be as interested in developing a pleasing personality as you are in becoming an expert in your life's work. Once you know yourself you have a better understanding of others. It is important, then, to analyze yourself, to spotlight your negative qualities and make an eff ort to overcome them. Life is a series of overcomings. Overcoming each fault or shortcoming is a milestone in the progress of the soul. It all revolves around the rare and priceless gift of getting along with others. Understanding others and being able to analyze their motives and being tolerant of their shortcomings helps us to correct our own. The importance of self-knowledge and individual development will be explained later in a further discussion of the Positive and Negative. The man who spends his leisure time in idle pursuits has little or no

time to study and impr ove himself. When we are seeking amusement constantly, it is impossible to develop creatively to the fullest extent. The person who devotes some time to study and to self-advancement is the person to whom the future belongs. He prepares for it. The well-balanced, well-adjusted individual usually is one who sensibly divides his time between work, recreation and self-improvement. Try to discover your own weaknesses and replace them with strong, positive qualities. Know yourself. Knowing yourself means building upward from a solid foundation. Don't fail to accept constructive criticism. Don't flare up and tell your honest critics to mind their own business. You are safeguarding your best interests when you heed their words of outspoken honesty. Be your own severest critic. Get into the habit of analyzing yourself. Try to see yourself as your most critical friend s see you. Weed out all negative thoughts. ever got very farSuch ahead who may weighted down with a burdenNo ofone negative thoughts. people claimhimself they never had an opportunity. Actually opportunities were there all the time, all about them, but they were blinded by denial and negation. Another thing: don't pretend. Be natural. There is no other person in the world like yourself. So be yourself. But if your natural self can stand improvement, for goodness sake, start improving! The best way to get along with the other fellow is to make him f eel important. Remember, there is no one as important to the individual as himself. Treat as an individual. think you think he is fake. wonderful, andhim you've won a friend. Let Buthim be sincere about it. Don't Insincerity is as negative as any other kind of negation. And just as apparent. In conversation, don't be a road hog. Remember, the other fellow has ideas he's bursting to express. It is often a good policy, and the better part of wisdom, to be an interested listener. Do a lot of listening. You learn a lot that way. And you sure make friends. Don't alibi. There's only a shade of difference between an alibi and an outright lie. How refreshing to hear someone say, "I'm sorry. I don't

have an excuse. It's my fault." Or, "I should have started earlier." Keep your worries to yourself. Better still, try not to worry. Worry is an insidious form of negative thinking. It can tear down the whole structure which has been so carefully built by positive and constructive thinking if you permit it to get in its undermining work. Worry is like termites. It bores from within. "How can I keep from worrying," you say, "when I have so many problems, much trouble, and many debts?" The best way to quit worrying is to consciously change your attitude— your thinking—from negative to positive. Try it, right now. Whatever is troubling you, let go. Free your mind, if only for a little while, from the burden. Know positively that the problem is already solved. How miraculously this works you will never know—until you try it. More on the subject of f reeing the conscious mind later. Bite your tongue on your gripes. Pessimism is a disease. Futher-more it is contagious. Dont be guilty of spreading the germs of cynicism, pessimism and hatred. The world is bombarded with this kind of negative thinking. If you catch yourself in a despairing mood and thinking negatively, look in the mirror. You'll see why people are avoiding you, if they are. To eliminate self-consciousness, quit thinking about yourself. Try putting the other fellow at ease and you'll make a good impression. Think in terms of You instead of I. Speak clearly, distinctly and convincingly. Put warmth and enthusiasm in your voice. Get the ring of sincerity into it. Try to put the other person at ease and you will forget yourself. You, too, will then be at ease. It's all in the mind. Now let's talk about your mind. Our Minds

According to science we have two minds, a fore brain called the cerebrum and known as the conscious mind. The second is the back brain, called the cerebellum, located at the back of the neck, better known as the s ubconscious mind. Think of a scale with the pivot as an indicator. On one side we have the conscious mind which tips the scale, on the other side is the subconscious mind. Normally the weight on both sides should be even with the pivot at the exact center. Rarely, however, is this the case. Our problem now is to equalize the scale and get the pivot to the exact center and to keep it there. We use the conscious mind daily, hourly, during our waking hours. We attempt to solve our problems, to make decisions, voice opinions, absorb knowledge—in short we depend exclusively upon the conscious mind. There is a tendency, when things don't turn out right in our affairs, to blame everyone and everything for our misfortunes. A case in point is that of Mrs. M. M., we will call her, an elderly widow of means and without children. Mrs. M. M. goes overboard in her sympathy and concern with the problems of others. When someone suffers, she suffers. When another grieves, she grieves, weeping with the afflicted one. And she is ready to smile and be happy if the other person expresses happiness. In other words, Mrs. M. M. is the mercurial, too-sensitive type, overconcerned with everyone else's troubles. She derives a certain satisfaction out of gave brooding over the andstrain. sorrows others.ofAs a result, her nerves way under theworries excessive Theofburden other peoples' troubles became too heavy to bear and she now is considered a mental case. "God, what have I done to deserve this punishment? Haven't I always helped others, been good to everyone and now ..." Over and over she reiterates this melancholy query. How wrong to blame "God," or anyone else for her misfortune. Hasn't she brought it upon herself?

Daily we use ou r conscious mind. Fr om childhood we lear n how to u se our feet, our hands; how to maintain correct posture; how to play and how to act. But we are not taught the correct use of the mind. While at work, at play and while indulging in thoughts of fear, worry, or negation of any kind, you are using the conscious mind which is in contact with the outer world through the medium of the five s enses— seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, and feeling. Let's take a homely illustration of the daily life of the average man. Walking home he sees a new model car and, taking a fancy to it, makes up his mind to have one just like it. He is intrigued by a new type house and decides that is just what h e wants for his new home. Passing a store window, he sees a new spring suit on display. Thinks it would look swell on him, decides to buy it next pay day. At home his wife tells him her neighbor called her in to show her a new set of dishes she purchased at a great are so beautiful little." He promises to getbargain—"they her a set of the same dishes. and cost so He listens to a tale of woe and is adversely influenced. A sudden stab of pain reminds him of the rheumatic condition that has been annoying him of late. To put this annoyance out of his mind this victim of life's cross-currents and buffeting winds turns on the radio, is entertained by a daily serial in which is portrayed (all too realistically) more of the problems and vicissitudes of life— human relationships at cross purposes—and he gets a kick out of worrying vicariouly about how it's all going to turn out. Following the serial, a radio commercial touts the dubious worth of a new kind of pill or tablet, and he thinks: "Maybe that will help me. I guess I'll try it." Then comes a news broadcast and his sympathies are transferred from imaginary characters to real heroes—men on the battlefield—and his concern now is for the outcome of the present crises. This train of thought is interrupted by the ringing of the telephone—a bit of bad news about a friend's hard luck. During the rest of the evening the radio drones on, spewing out its war and crime and strike and unemployment and recession news. Picking up the newspaper, headlines

scream the stories in bold type and buried in inside pages. Looking over the day's mail just before preparing his stomach for a restless night with some indigestible late snack, this victim of all the adverse winds that blow through a twenty-four-hour day glances through the day's mail. Bills, bills, bills, a request for a donation, a letter from a friend who's had bad financial reverses. The doorbell rings and there, personifying bad news, stands an acquaintance with a woebegone tale of domestic troubles. So the day passes. He retires to bed with a millstone around his neck, the combined weight of all the grief and trouble and bloodshed and deceit and skulduggery of the world—both real and imaginary—that fill his day. It makes the night intolerable. Of course the poor soul can't fall asleep. He's tense, his mind is full of forebodings. It jumps from one disaster and worrisome subject to another. He mulls over the problems of the others trying to solve them. In his bungling way he is trying to be helpful when, all the time, he is merely adding negation to negation, doing his friends and the world infinitely more harm than good by sending out thoughts of worry, depression and even his sympathy which in itself is negative because non-helpful, non-creative. In this welter of chaos and turmoil, with both mind and body tied up in knots, he finally falls into a troubled sleep out of she er exhaustion. Picture this man the next day and that night and the next day and the next night, and so on, the victim of his own negative thinking. Unless he consciously changes his thinking from negative to positive, from adverse to constructive, from destructive to uplifting, the weight of his worries will finally and inevitably get him down into an early grave or, even worse, into an institution, the refuge of many to whom life's burdens become too great to be borne. SUCH are the escapists whose escapism from their own and the world's ills cause hospitals and mental institutions to overflow with the wreckage of human failure to adjust and to normalize. While the subject we chose to illustrate this point may be said to be Mr. Average Man insofar as the daily bombardment of shock and adversity is concerned, the extreme ends to which negative thinking can carry one

are not average. Fortunately for the human race, a majority of men and women are able to keep their heads in the face of the world's ills and their own. These extreme cases cannot be minimized. The conscious mind of such a person is like a cluttered attic. It is a storage place of a conglomeration of needless and worthless items. To find anything of value there the unfortunate owner of such mental furnishings must f orce his way past the clutter and brush away the cobwebs. He finds himself blocked at every turn since there is no order, no system. Worry, hate, fear, greed, failure and dread of failure constitute some of the worst stumbling blocks in the conscious mind. The hum an mind is capable of carrying just so much excess weight. You are physically able to carry safely, let us say, one hundred pounds. How long would you be able to stand up under a load of two hundred and fifty pounds or more? It is estimated that less than ten percent our mental are conscious, the other ninety percent being of subconsc iousprocesses or unconscious. Therefore, if we depend solely upon the conscious action for results we are less than ten percent efficient. What then should be done to eliminate inefficiency? Well, if you found a glass of water to be impure, you wouldn't drink it, would you? I am sure you would not. You would get a glass of fresh, pure water. Do the same with your conscious mind. First clear it of all negative dregs and sediment ofover negative thinking are poisonous. Thethoughts. consciousThe mind maintains con trol the individual. It has him in an iron grip. Because it feeds upon negation in the form of wrong thinking, it can keep him in a state of mental confusion. The intelligent individual can do something about this. Let him separate the chaff from the wheat as does the farmer. Grief, worry, idle speculation, hate and so on down the whole dreary list, are to be consciously and firmly discarded. Good mental nutrition demands a well balanced regime of right thinking, positive action and constructive vision.

When I first began such a regime for myself, I was conscious of the need to cleanse and to purify the waters of the spirit, to discard the chaff of wrong thinking. In other words, I knew I had to change my mental diet. Just recognizing the need was not enough. I found newspapers, lurid literature, sensational pictures and the radio's daily output still clouding and poisoning my thinking. My honest efforts to "clean house" and switch to a more healthful mental diet were in vain. The same old claptrap screamed at me in print, blaring forth from the radio and bombarding me from every source. My mind was in a turmoil and I couldn't figure out why. Deliberately, one day I left the city. Where I went there was no radio and seldom did I see a newspaper. I was alone and practically isolated. I did have one book. It was a good one. This book I read and re-read. In its pages I found the solution to my problem. When I returned to the city the first thing I did was to read a newspaper. What I saw on the front page depressed me. The radio too bothered me. Life, with all its petty and tragic troubles and multitudinous worries, tried its best to crowd in on me. But now I refused to be bogged down by the flotsam and jetsam strewn by the waves of life beating against my shores. Now, at last, I was able to withstand the tide. I had tried so hard to improve my thinking, consciously attempting to rise above negative and destructive ideas, that when I read the paper I found the news so distasteful and contrary to my new-found ideas and ideals that I was determined to refuse to entertain any but constructive and harmonious thoughts. Since it is next to impossible to direct one's mind into constructive channels when one is surrounded and bombarded by destructive thoughts, I made up my mind not to allow such thinking to intrude upon my consciousness. Consequently for one year I did not listen to the radio or read fiction magazines, and when I picked up the paper it was to read only such items as were not disturbing or contrary to my new way of thinking. Why did J dc that?

Suppose you are a professional boxer. You are scheduled to appear for a fight in the ring four weeks from today. Wouldn't you keep yourself in training every day for the next four weeks? Surely you would. You would condition yourself for the big event. Well, I did much the same thing. Seeing that I could not better myself by remaining in a negative environment, I knew I had to make a change to mental surroundings which would more closely harmonize with my own thoughts. Please do not misunderstand. I do not mean that you should sacrifice your radio, your newspaper, and other publications for all time. No, not at all. Do it just long enough to gain sufficient development and control of your conscious mind. Once you have reached that stage, then you are in the driver's seat and nothing need bother you or affect you adversely again. Since you are able at will to accept or discard any negative ideas, nothing now can shake your faith—faith, that is, in yourself, your own inner powers and in the supreme power. While you are going through the first stages of your development, serving your novitiate as it were, be careful to avoid people and conditions that are disturbing. If you meet pessimism, doubt, gloom, or trouble of any kind, silently combat the condition with postive, constructive thinking. Do not deny that such conditions are wrong. Rather affirm that their opposites are true and right. For example, should you encounter a pessimist who grumbles that the country is going to the dogs and that calamity is sure to strike, do not disagree vehemently. Such a person is endowed with a stonewall mind and you'll only beat your head against that wall for nothing. Go your way affirming in your own mind that the people and the leaders of this country are gradually coming to a great spiritual awakening of the destiny America is to play in bringing about world peace and better global conditions. Let the pessimist tilt at his own imaginary windmills and wage his own battles. You ally yourself on the constructive side. Take the golden kernels of the wheat and let the chaff blow to the f our winds of adversity. They blow not for you. For you the teachings of this book are

given. Approach any subject with an open mind. This will aid in furthering your success and happiness. It is in general harmonious with your own ideas. The conscious mind, which sees and hears everything, is often overburdened and taxed to the limit. This is Our the reason forshould tippingbethe scale and throwing the pivot way off center. job then to relieve the conscious mind of some of its burden. To do this it is necessary to gain full control of it. Equalize that scale! Ill—THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND The subconscious is the all-powerful mind. It knows no defeat, limit, lack, failure; neither does it recognize obstacles or the "impossible." It is your faithful servant, ready to obey your commands when you address it. Evidence the subconscious mind at The worksubconscious is seen in premonitions dreams ofof things which come to pass. functions in or this respect in greater or lesser degree in all of us. Such experiences are more common to those who are psychic or spiritually inclined. Let us return to the scale. We know the pivot is off center, one side tipped by the conscious mind, while the other, the subconscious, is up. Until now we have been using the conscious mind almost exclusively. The conscious mind has carried the burden, having full control of our actions. Like a spoiled child, it wants to be it, to have its own way at all times. As long as the conscious maintains control, we are nothing but slaves. Pictures of Chinese coolies show them carrying a long pole across the back of the neck. At each end of the pole is a heavy load, equally divided to maintain perfect balance. What would happen if the coolie would attempt to carry sixty pounds on one end and twenty pounds on the other? The load would be one sided, so that he could not possibly manage it. So it is with our scale. While the conscious mind is in action every day, the su bconscious remains inactive. Were we to gain control of the

conscious mind and take some of the load from it, adding it to the subconscious the scale would balance, the pivot would reach exact center. Thus we have reached perfect harmony between the two minds. Until now we have placed our faith in the conscious, relying upon it for our success, happiness—whatever it is we strive for. This mind, which we thought to be our real power, kept us in a state of confusion. The spirits were up one day, down the next. If one day we achieved some success, the next day we would meet with failure. Things went right one day and all wrong the next. Always we were in a state of confusion and uncertainty. Depending upon guidance from the conscious mind, we are a ship without a rudder tossed about on life's stormy seas, struggling to stay afloat and hoping to reach a safe harbor. What the rudder is to the ship, the subconscious mind is to the human being. Like electricity, greatest power in the world, which runs factories, farms, homes, the subconscious is the power of the human being. ou recall that the conscious mind tipped the scale while the other side, representing the subconscious, is weightless. For this, the real power in our being, has lain dormant and undeveloped. The subconscious works entirely in darkness, having no connection with the outer world. In order to produce, say tomatoes, you dig a hole in the ground, drop the seeds, pat the dirt around to cover them. Given water and sun, they will —you are satisfied—grow and you will have some nice tomatoes from your garden. You have absolute faith. Meanwhile, what is taking place in the darkness of the soil? The seeds germinate, sending their roots downward to seek nourishment from the soil and sending shoots upward toward the light. If the little branch seeking the light encounters resistance, it does not try to force its way through the stone or whatever obstacle it encounters, nor does the fragile shoot attempt to push the stone out of its way. Instead, it sensibly travels around it. If all goes well, eventually you have tomatoes. Remember, their growth began in the darkness of the soil.

The principle regarding the subconscious mind is the same. Its great power lies hidden in the darkness where it can be put to work for you. It is analogous to the iceberg two-thirds submerged in the water out of sight. Now, how can we put the subconscious mind to work seeing that it has no contact with the outside world? Remember the tomatoes? You planted a seed which absorbed nourishment from soil and sun. You gave the tender plants care. In due time you were rewarded with the fruits of your intelligent planting. It took more than a few nights for this to come about. The rewards ustified the time and effort. We can do the same thing with the subconscious mind and may confidently expect the rewards to be infinitely greater and richer. Instead of planting a seed, we plant an objective—give the subconscious a definite task to perform, then swing conscious into line of with the subconscious. The latter will thenthe take care of allmind the activities the conscious. More of the objective later. Having given the subconscious an objective, the next step is lo see to it that this objective will be realized, namely, by swinging into action. We know the conscious mind is in contact with the outside world through the medium of the five s enses. In fact it is always active, seldom at rest a moment. Combined to the load it carries we continue to add more. The subconscious on the other hand, having no connection with the outer world, is dependent upon some form of contact to bring it into action. What do we mean by swinging into action? A match will not do you any good unless you strike it. Striking supplies the action. An electric light bulb will not give forth light until you turn the switch. Turning the switch on means action. All electricity—the greatest power in the material world—is useless until it is harnessed and put to work. Putting it to work means action. The same is true of the s ubconscious mind. When we give it something to do we must bring it into action in order to get results. Once we get it going we must keep giving it nourishment. Or, another example:

The child is entirely dependent upon his parents to feed and care for him until he is old enough to do these things for himself. Neglect the child, stop feeding and caring for him and he will die from lack of nourishment and proper care. The subconscious is like the child, dependent upon us to nourish it and bring this embryo giant to full strength and manhood. Fortunately, however, development of the s ubconscious is a much quicker process than the rearing of a child. Although it has lain dormant for years, it can be aroused and made to do your bidding when the conscious mind swings into action. Without action and care, your garden would never have produced. This is the point I want to make: Whenever you swing into action and take care of the subconscious, it will in tu rn take care of you. With this dynamic power you can change your life to whatever you wish it to be. Coming back once again to the and It the pivot: Until the alone, conscious mind maintained fullscale control. enjoyed itself now working having no desire for a partner. To equalize the scale we must see to it that both minds work in perfect harmony. The conscious mind must be disciplined, not by force, but trained patiently to stay in line with the subconscious mind. Conscious must recognize its superior in the subconscious. When both minds cooperate in perfect harmony, the scale will equalize and the pivot move toward the center. Let's see that it stays there. Equalize that scale! IV—CONSCIOUS vs. SUBCONSCIOUS ou will be s urprised how the fu nction of the conscious mind will affect the subconscious. As previously explained, under "Our Minds," the conscious mind is influenced by everything it sees and hears. We keep enlarging the burden of the conscious mind and in this way remain more or less in a state of mental uncertainty. Now hear what the effect is upon the subconscious.

Suppose you see a new car and immediately fall in love with it. You decide this is the car you want, then your conscious mind transmits the message to the su bconscious which, in tu rn, throws its great power behind it and sets about fulfilling your desire. No sooner has the power of the subconscious directed its attention to the car than your conscious mind flits to the desire for a new house. Aga in the conscious mind has transferred the thought to the subconscious. The subconscious, without judgement of its own and dependent upon direction from the conscious, must divide its force, giving fifty percent to the car and the other fifty percent to the house. Soon the conscious finds a new fancy and again the force of the subconscious is diverted, this time cut into thirds, each objective receiving one third. Next the eyes may be attracted to a new refrigerator, radio, new furnishings, or whatever. Each time the willing giant must divert some of its power to include these additional fancies. By this time the power of the subconscious is so divided that each objective receives but feeble stimulus. Its great force is so scattered that no one objective is realized. The conscious accepts everything it sees and hears. It starts everything but fails to finish anything, thus making it impossible for the subconscious mind to make any headway . This is not the fault of the subconscious mind. The conscious, not having a definite objective, jumped from one thing to another, never waiting for results. The subconscious, having received its direction from the other mind and overloaded by it, is unable to achieve. Furthermore, the negative pole has strongly influenced the action of the positive. This is the reason why there are so many pessimists in the world. Placing their faith in the conscious mind, they are led around in circles by it getting nowhere. The negative tendencies are so much more developed by use than the positive ones. Just so long as the conscious attempts to guide and direct the subconscious, there will be trouble and failure. When the conscious m ind is trained to follow the s ubconscious mind as the leader then and only then will success be assured. There are very few people who have complete happiness. A man may be successful in business, yet lack happ iness in h is home. Or one may enjoy

perfect home atmosphere and fail to find success on the outside. Why not be successful in your work and at the same time enjoy perfect harmony at home? As long as you are guided by the conscious mind, total happiness is unobtainable. success in both. Get both minds working in harmony and you will attain Our task then mus t be to develop the subconscious by giving it some work to do, then swing it into action, and it will automatically take care of the conscious. It will keep it in check. In this way the conscious will be deprived of its liberty and maintained under control. The conscious, which until now did not have a steady purpose and kept wandering here and there, back and forth, will be under complete rule and guidance of the subconscious. Since the positive dominates and the negative serves, the subconscious will direct the function of the conscious mind in all its activities. As soon as the harmony of both minds is reached the circuit is closed, the scale will be evenly balanced and the pivot moves toward center. John T. is married and has a family. For six weeks he worked for a construction company as a laborer, then being dissatisfied, quit. He found work in a foundry. Three weeks later he again quit work. For one full year he kept changing jobs. John didn't care to learn a trade from the ground up. He wanted to start at the top and draw big pay. His idea was to work for a couple of weeks at one place, then be promoted with an increase in salary. That didn't work. Next he went into business for himself, engaging a couple of men to do the work while he played the big shot. Buying more material than he needed, he fou nd himself heavily in debt to several wholesale firms. John was not a business man and due to mismanagement was compelled to disco ntinue in business. Once again he went to work, this time in a shipyard. Several months passed, then one day when he called for his check he was informed that it had been attached. His creditors had finally caught up with him. Leaving the shipyard he sought work elsewhere. Followed by his

creditors, he kept changing jobs. John, like a fugitive from the chain gang, is running away from something he cannot escape. Under the influence of the conscious mind he is always in a quandary, always going around in circles. Bill V.,and in common with many people, things. He wants goes after them. Billother is a hard andenjoys steadygood worker. Disposing of his old car, he bought a new one. While paying for the car he moved into a new home, buying additional furniture and a fur coat for his wife. Repairs and changes were called for in the home, all causing a heavy burden. His expenses increased while his income remained on the same level as before. Always a happy-go-lucky fellow, Bill began to grow moody and irritable. His friends avoided him. He is guided by his conscious mind and a sense of reasoning is lacking. What is the trouble with John and Bill? John had one objective, namely to get to be a big shot in a hurry. He failed. Bill, on the other hand, had too many objectives at one time—he "bit off more than he could chew." Keep in mind: Whatever you are going to do, whatever your desires, wherever you wish to go, you must have an objective. When you do this you have accomplished your goal. A thousand examples could be cited. A mountain climber wants to reach the peak. That is his objective. Despite all the hardships and obstacles, he keeps climbing until he reaches the top. A fisherman has an objective when he sets out in his boat. He weathers storms and rough seas to accomplish his objective. We have seen how the conscious mind accepts everything it sees and hears and transmits it to the subconscious which, in turn, fails because it was given too many objectives. Its power was divided, each objective receiving but a feeble stimu lus. Therefore, have but one objective at a time. If you want a new car, let the car be your objective. Should it be a new home, then let that be your

objective. If it is a better paying job or a promotion, let this be your objective. Always take the one nearest you. When you have reached that goal, set up another immediately. Like the marathon runner who runs first one mile, then two, then three, gradually increasing his distance, take it in your stride. Concentration To help you, let me give you the method I used. I have a floor lamp at home containing a hundred-watt light bulb. Before the lamp is an easy chair in which I sit with the light behind me. Nearby is a table. Sometimes I u se my pocket watch but most of the time an alarm clock. This alarm clock sits on the table in such a way that the light rays of ihe lamp reflect upon it. I have found it best to turn it at right angles toward the light and myself so that the reflection of theme. light leaves a tiny white spot upon the face of the clock which is facing First I do my breathing exercise so as to be able to relax. Next I gaze at that small white spot and on nothing else continuously for fifteen minutes without blinking my eyes. At first it is hard not to blink but as you keep it up you find it easier. When tears come to your eyes, just wipe them away. At the end of fifteen minutes, go to bed. Do not read after this exercise. Just go to sleep. I might mention here that the table is about six feet away, opposite me. Use your own to the distance, it where upon it is most convenient forjudgement you. In thisasmanner you learnplacing to concentrate one thing at a time. It is not absolutely necessary to use a watch or a clock, but select a bright spot where the light reflects upon it, a small object no larger than a quarter. The smaller the object the better it is. Keep it is. Keep your mind a blank and just look at that spot. Do not smoke while doing this exercise. Burning incense is good. ou have learned to do two exercises. The first one to make your mind blank and the second being to concentrate on one thing at a time. After

practicing this for awhile you may receive impressions. When you do, make a note of them. Have paper and pencil at hand. As you continue in this practice, the impressions will become more frequent. Do not for a moment doubt them. Accept them as they come. You are developing something which will greatly aid y ou to look into the fu ture. Remember that as long as your mind is a blank you will be in a receptive state to receive. Coming back to our objective, first clear your mind by making it a blank. Next inject one thought —just one, no more. Hold on to it and nourish it until it becomes externalized, then inject another immediately in its place. Once you succeed in getting results, by all means keep it up and you will find that each succeeding thought will come quicker. It may be compared with the three speeds of an automobile. Starting in low you go very slowly, then shift into second gear and travel faster and finally you shift into high gear for speed and maintain it. A little while ago I spoke of one thought only. Due to its great impo tance I cannot emphasize singleness of thought too strongly. Y ou have taken pictures with a camera. A roll of film gives you a certain number of negatives. After you have taken your first picture you roll up the film to number two, getting it ready for the next picture. When that is taken you roll up the film to number three, four and so on. What happens if you forget to roll up the film? You would be taking two pictures on the same plate or film with the results that both pictures are spoiled. It is the same thing with the mind. If we take more than one objective at one time the results are zero. On the other hand, if we take only one at a time, we are going to succeeed. Intoxication vs. the Subconscious Mind Have you noticed the personality change in a person under the influence of intoxicating stimulants? We've all seen the energetic, successful businessman change after an excessive amount of alcohol—enough to puncture the fine tissues of

consciousness—from one whose judgement and dynamic energy we have admired to an entirely different person. His thinking processes are retarded, action becomes childish, foolish and he is apt to revert to the past. His brain functions like the three speeds of an automobile, by going into reverse. He's unable to plan or speak coherently. His mentality drops still further until his physical self fails completely to respond to the nerve center of the brain. Just what is taking place in that man's mind? The conscious mind which guides him in h is every day affairs (which mind is as we know the wrong one to depend upon), is deadened by over-indulgence in alcohol. Thus his idea of his future plans is dulled, giving way to old memories and long-ago happenings that had lain dormant in the subconscious. He is incapable of discussing anything except the past. Mentally he is living there, his future forgotten. He becomes tiresomely repetitious in his vague reminiscences. Both minds, the conscious and the subconscious, which should be coordinated, are split—one mind deadened and the other rampant, with the results that his senses of reasoning and understanding are stultified. Through the five s enses, the conscious mind keeps us in touch with the outside world. When this mind is our willing servant, and to such we can make demands upon it. We're privileged to draw upon its unlimited resources. This mind lies dormant, a powerful ally for our good, if we use the proper method of control. Either we gain control or it will control us. Whe rein lies the difference? If we are in control of it the subconscious mind will work for us, show us the way to success, solve problems, present new ideas. On the other hand if it controls us, then we may live in the past, our progress retarded. ________ As an example, children with the conscious mind still undeveloped, are controlled to a large extent by the subconscious. They do things of which they are unaware for which they can give no explanation. In the same way one who indulges in alcohol to excess loses control of his conscious mind, becoming a victim of the lower part of the subconscious. One lives in the past, pities himself, another whines while another boasts, reverting to childhood vagaries.

Beware the man in his cups who has in the past had a grudge against you, for it is almost certain to flare up anew. In order to get along with him while he is in this condition it is necessary to agree with him, make concessions to him, in short, humor him as one would an unreasonab le child. V—THE MYSTERY OF THE GREAT UNKNOWN Science has solved and unraveled many mysteries. Not until recently has science undertaken the task of solving the greatest mystery of all—that of the subconscious mind. Progress has been slow and much remains unexplained. Theories have been advanced, solutions offered and countless books have been written on the su bject, but the su bconscious mind still eludes the scientists and remains largely undefined. When a baby is born it possesses the same wonderful spiritual mechanism and physical attributes as the adult, the only difference being that the babe is spiritually, mentally and physically unde44 CREATIVE VISUALIZATION veloped. It is said that from the day the baby draws its first breath his entire future is recorded upon a film contained in the subconscious mind. This acts as a movie projector. The subconscious, having no contact with the outside world, depends upon direction from the conscious mind which is in tune with the outer world through the medium of the five senses. In infancy both minds work together harmony. If mind, the child could lead follow undistracted guidance of hisinsubconscious it would a perfect life. the As the child is guided through his formative years by parents and teachers, his conscious mind develops and he learns to depend more and more upon it, thereby losing contact with the subconscious. This mind, through inactivity, becomes dormant. If parents would refrain from injecting fear into a child's mind, and endeavor to help him develop and use his subconscious, the child would grow up to become a super ior human being. While the conscious mind is being trained in all the affairs of daily life it

likewise leads the child into pitfalls. The subconscious mind, srcinally the guide in its life, gradually becomes a storage place in which all past thoughts are stored. The film housed in the subconscious mind accepts all negative impressions taken by the conscious mind and, due to doublf exposure on the film, the pictures become distorted. The srcinal clear record is gradually erased or completely blurred over. Thus the conscious mind is able to assume the power of the subconscious and, instead of working together in harmony, they get out of step with one another. As the child grows older his fears multiply, as do his worries and complexes. Trifles become mountains. Burdens increase and unless constructive action is taken to gain control of the conscious, as the child grows to an adult, he is apt to wind up a nervous wreck. One of the greatest proofs we have of the power of the subconscious mind is in children, many of whom, before reaching maturity, display an uncanny sense of foresight. This is because, during that time, the subconscious still is working in close harmony with the conscious mind. As the child comes to depend more and more upon the conscious, this foresight, like an unused muscle in the body, becomes atrophied and useless. The negative contained in the movie projector of the subconscious mind may be compared with a road map which gives all the direction and information necessary for a happy journey through life. If the individual would follow this direction he would never go wrong. The road map with which you were equipped at birth is infallible. It is Godgiven, and priceless. The conscious mind, through wrong training and having assumed control, disregards the map and stumbles wilfully along wrong paths and blind alleys. VI—PSYCHIC EYE As the conscious is guided by the five senses, we can readily see that it is dependent upon what our eyes see and our ears hear. But when we are asleep or dreaming why do we see with the eyes closed? Even in daylight

when we gaze abstractedly into space, not consciously aware of what is going on around us, we see images and hear voices. This is known as day-dreaming. The explanation is, when we close our eyes to the outer world and relax, the psychic eye takes over. The psychic eye is located in the center of the forehead between the eyes just above the nose. This eye is not under control of the conscious mind but under the power a nd influence of the subconscious mind. When we are asleep, or completely relaxed, the subconscious mind automaticall y takes over. It is then that the psychic eye goes into action. While the subconscious acts as a camera and does the actual work, the psychic eye is like a screen upon which the action of the subconscious is recorded. The action of a dream as it occurs may be explained as follows: The subconscious mind, which is like a camera, contains an abundance of film (including a complete pattern of our future life), and since the conscious mind gained control over the subconscious it also leaves strong negative impressions on the film, so that eventually the camera becomes a storage tank of past thoughts. The srcinal film on the camera containing the pattern of our future life is not developed and therefore lies dormant. The negative impressions give the film a double exposure, blurring the srcinal and partially destroying it. Then, while dreaming, the subconscious selects any one of a thousand thoughts that are stored away and which cast a reflection upon the psychic eye. The same is true with our hearing. People often hear a voice and this is known as clairaudience. This voice cannot be heard by any other person but only by the individual to whom it comes. Just as the psychic eye is connected through a nerve to the subconscious, so our ears are connected through a minute membrane to another nerve of the subconscious. Sounds are recorded upon this tiny membrane which we may call the "psychic ear." The psychic ear is much more sensitive than the physical ear which records sounds and sends them to the brain center and to the conscious mind. When we are thoroughly exhausted and fall into a deep slumber, either

we do not dream or else if we do we do not remember our dream upon awakening. The reason for this is that in order to bring the psychic eye or psychic ear into operation we must be absolutely relaxed. Relaxation gives our conscious mind a rest, while the su bconscious takes over. It is like shu tting off one light and turning on another. In order to bring the psychic eye and ear into operation at will it must be developed by means of relaxation and concentration. At first we should learn to control the conscious mind, as only in this way are we uninfluenced by what our ears and eyes register. We may compare the subconscious and the conscious mind with longand short-wave radio. The broadcast, or long-wave reception in radio, is limited. Often one station interferes with another, causing a confusion of sound. Our conscious mind is limited in its thinking. A thousand and one thoughts are forever present and clamoring for attention, causing these thoughts to interfere with one another and thus dep riving one of the ability to think clearly. The short wave, on the other hand, is unlimited in its pick-up and its possibilities are tremendous. The same is true of the subconscious mind. There is no limit to its power and accomplishment. Should you have a problem, here is one good way to find its solution. At night before going to sleep, mentally review your problem. Then ask for a solution. Repeat this several times to yourself. Fall asleep with the thought that the problem will be solved satisfactorily. Next morning, forget about it. The following night repeat the procedure of the first night, and keep on doing this until the solution comes. It may come to you in a flash upon awakening in the morning, or at some time during the day. Again it may come to you in a dream. Often a silent vow will help. Little Carl wanted very much to visit his grandmother, but his mother said "No," that he had been disobedient. So much did Carl want to go that he pleaded: "If you let me go I promise to be a good boy." "All right," his mother said, "If you behave, you may go." You see, by that vow or promise to do something in return Carl was able to do the thing

he wanted to do. Remember, he got his way by doing something in return for the privilege granted. On February 10, 1946, there appeared in the magazine section of the Sunday Oregonian anher article Madame a seeress who failed to foresee ownconcerning misfortuneone in the future.Duze, The psychic had accumulated considerable wealth in telling the fortunes of others, yet because she had been unable to foretell her own husband's infidelity and ensuing divorce action, she was held up to ridicule. It is the common lot of soothsayers to be ridiculed, yet there are many true seers who do possess this gift of prophesying for others. Why then are these people unable to "see" their own future? One might well ask the same about a physician who heals thousands of people but is incapable himself when ill, making it necessary to call in another doctoroftohealing treat him. An undertaker prepares the bodies of the dead for burial but another must perform these rites for him. And so on. The profession of law has many different branches. One lawyer practices criminal law, another is a corporation lawyer, still another specializes in divorce cases, and so forth. Now this is likewise true with a psychic medium. Those mediums who are in the business for the purpose of making a livelihood are not apt to be concerned about reading their own future. There those however whoexperiences f ollow psychic pursuits forfaith in pleasure or asare a hobby. Many have justifying their the ability to foretell future events. There undoubtedly is some occult power (some say it is divine) which if developed will enable a person to foretell his or her own future. Frequently we read accounts of a life being saved or disaster averted through precognition, or a premonition or dream or maybe just a hunch. This psychic power can be attained by anyone willing to spend the time in study and practice. Those who possess the gift are in a position to help and advise others to their benefit. A seer will tune into

your vibration and tell you whatever comes to him. In order to foretell his own fu ture he would have to get in touch with his own vibratio n. This is a study in itself and it may take years to develop the gift. The greatest teacher of all, Jesus, who healed the sick, revived the dead and performed miracles for others was h imself h elpless when h e was nailed to the cross. Why? He had the power to help others but that power was not intended to be used for his own benefit It is true that anyone can foresee his future, even to the point of foretelling the day of his death. But to do this the individual must get in touch with his own vibration. The conscious mind must be under control and in complete harmony with the subconscious mind. This takes time and infinite patience and few are willing to spend the time in the required relaxation and practice. Urginc of the inner voice We have explained the action and control of the conscious and subconscious minds. There is a voice which is said to be induced into the conscious mind which, unless driven out and forever silenced, will enter the subconscious. Once its influence is felt there, the results may be dire and far reaching. This voice, which for the want of a better term we shall refer to as the Inner Voice, first whispers to the conscious mind. In order to banish its evil promp t ings, one must h ave full control of his conscious mind. Permeating and clouding the conscious, it eventually enters the subconscious. When this happens one may be said to be a victim of the inner voice. Just what is the reason for this strange and baleful phenomenon? The moment we arise in the morning until we retire at night, w e use the body, arms, hands and feet. Consciously or unconsciously we use these bodily muscles. We do not use our mind to this extent, consequently much of the time it is dormant, easy prey to idle or mischievous whisperings of internal urgings. During one of these idle moments when the mind is unoccupied, an inner voice may make its unseen presence felt. The voice enters the conscious mind to cloud and clog it. If, on the other hand, we are in full

control of ou r conscious mind, it is easy to cast out this influence as one turns off a light and switches on another. Lacking control, one may become a slave to the voice. When this voice whispers evil, it is the direct antithesis of that other voice—"the still, small voice" of our better self. It is believed by many that the spirits or the vibrations of those who have died violent deaths in any form hover over the earth and wait their chance to form contact with living persons. Spirits of people who have been murdered, they say, send vibrations through the ether and inject the thought of murder into the minds of their victims. Many bel ieve this to be the reason why some people kill without motive, unable to give any explanation as to why they committed the deed, often saying a voice whispered to them to kill. The wraith of a suicide, according to this theory, desires some living person follow himno down the suicide path to oblivion. All too a man, fortoapparently reason, suddenly becomes depressed to often the point of ending his life. Others who have been under terrible mental strain are unable to rid themselves of the promptings transferred from conscious to subconscious mind. These victims may s uffer a sudden mental breakdown and have to be committed to an institution. When I was about sixteen years old I witnessed a strange incident in one of the fashionable hotels in a European city. A man passing through the lobby toward the dining room came face to face with another man leaving the dining room. Suddenly, without the slightest provocation, he began slapping the other man's face. A fight ensued. It happened that I knew and admired both of these men. They, however, were strangers to one another, never having seen each other or met before this violent encounter. Upon being asked why he did such a thing, the one who slapped the other replied in a bewildered manner: "I don't know. I just had an urge to do it." A fifteen-year old boy said: "I sat on the edge of the roof of a five-story building with my feet supported by the drain pipe when I heard a voice tell me to jump! Jump! Look down! Now you're getting

dizzy. Instead," said the youngster, "I crawled back into the attic." Recently a middle aged man told me that when he drives along the highway and sees another car coming toward him he has an urge to "smack right into him." Although each case voice intohad thesufficient consciousness of over the the individual,inyet both thethe man andcrept the boy control conscious mind to resist. Had this not been so, and they had followed the inner promptings, disaster would surely have befallen. In moments of weakness or in emotional crises, an impulse to rob, to commit arson or some other crime against society may overwhelm a person to the extent that he commits the act. In some cases the impluse may be self-induced, in others the evil prompting may come from a departed spirit's vibration. No one is entirely free from such influence. However, the difference between yielding to the evil impulses and resisting the able temptation tooff dothe violence lies inothers self-control it. Some are to throw urge while yield. or the lack of The tragedy is that when these impulses cloud the mind, the victim visualizes negatively. This is destructive visualization, and the stark fact remains that resulting tragedies are on the increase to an alarming degree. A perfect example are those people who are mentally ill, for some of them forever hear voices. We call them nuts. It should be the other way around for they really do hear voices and whisperings but are unable to explain We onconscious the other mind hand are so engrossed in our petty grief and worries it. that our hasn't even a moment's time to relax. In order to hear the inner voice one's mind must be a blank. Let me illustrate it another way. As long as the door to my house is locked no one can get in. But, if I were to unlock the door then anybody could walk in. As long as we keep our conscious mind occupied the inner voice cannot reach us. We must make our mind a blank and then we receive those whisperings and sounds. With those that are mentally ill, their mind is a total blank and they are able to receive one impression after another.

When a man knows that he is about to die he often exerta every bit of his strengh to utter some s ounds, which sends vibra tions into the air. Those vibrations remain indefinitely. Years later, perhaps when completely relaxed, you may happen to get in tune with this man. Then you will be able to pick up those very words he spoke before he departed this world. Sounds spoken hundreds of years ago can be drawn from the air provided you are able to get in tune with those vibrations. This may sound fantastic yet train yourself and you will find out. VII—POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE Look around your house, check up on floor lamp, table lamp, toaster, waffle iron, washing machine, refrigerator, radio, etc. From each there is a cord coming out connected with plug-ins or sockets. Should you cut the outside insulation you would find two separate wires. One of these wires is the positive and runs from the socket to the object, while the other, being negative, leads from the object back again to the light socket, thus completing the circuit. Were you to sever one of those two wires you would be cutting off the electricity, with the result that your light or other electrical appliance would be without power. This goes to prove that in order to form a circuit or a circle we must have a positive and negative. One is to transfer the energy from the source of supply to the object, the other from the object back again to the source of supply. There must be a positive and a negative in everything in order to complete a circuit or a circle, without which there can be no motion. Geology teaches us that the North Pole is the positive, while the South Pole is the negative. Compare this with our two minds. The subconscious is our positive mind. T he conscious mind is the negative mind. When in perfect harmony, these two minds form a circuit. I am sure you understand now that the conscious or negative mind which we have been using and depending on, in which we placed our faith deeming it our powerful mind, is in reality only secondary. It not only kept confusing us but we were kept in a state of mental turmoil. It caused our ups and downs. You found that if you

were happy in one thing, you were unhappy or disturbed in another. You succeeded in one thing and failed in another. Complete happiness and success is lacking. ou now see that by using this one m ind only the circuit remained incomplete. This accounts for the scale being unbalanced, the pivot off center. For exa pie, a radio which is out of adjustment will squeal and whistle, two stations will come in together at one time, and the result is confusion and annoyance. Have the radio properly adjusted so that all stages work in harmony, and it will be a pleasure to listen to it. Even your car must be timed properly so that all cylinders work together, otherwise it wouldn't have enough power to climb hills. So it is with our two minds. When you succeed in getting both to work in harmony—when the balance is perfect— you automatically bring about equalization of the scale and the pivot will move toward center, thus completing your circuit. Previously I pointed out in "Know Thyself" that when we fit ourselves for a job, we form one half of the circuit and we usually are satisfied to let it go at that. When we fail we blame everyone but ourselves. However, if we were to develop our minds properly we would form the other half of the circuit, thus completing it. Let us take, for example, a salesman. A good salesman knows his product. Having the ability to sell this product forms one part of the circuit. Developing himself, or knowing himself—his good and bad points—will form the other part of the circuit, thus completing it. A good salesman will sell himself first, his product secondly. Having acquired a good personality and knowing himself he will be successful in dealing with others. This is the reason: Both of his minds are evenly balanced. The subconscious and the conscious mind work in perfect harmony. As you know the positive dominates and governs. The subconscious mind, being the all-powerful mind and therefore the positive mind, holds the conscious or negative in check. The positive mind attracts and people in return will be attracted

toward you as a magnet attn< Is steel filings. our actions are governed by the all-powerful mind, the subconscious or positive mind. Furthermore, understanding yourself, you will in turn better understand others. "Do unto others as you would have others do unto you." The same thing goes for doctors and lawyers. They too need their clients as the merchant needs his customers in order to be successful in business or the professions. To get a customer is one thing, to keep him is another. This takes a hu man magnet, like the salesman. In the past we have placed our faith in the conscious or negative mind which serves while the all-powerful mind governing the subconscious remained idle. Don't think, however, that you can dispose of the conscious and depend solely on the subconscious. That will never do. Both minds are required. They must work together in harmony. O nly in this way will you have the positive and the negative to complete the circuit. VIII—POSITIVE WORDS Besides injecting an image on the screen it is important to speak to the subconscious mind. Positive words must be used. They must be accompanied by a determination of driving force. Be positive. Be brief. Be specific. Be clear-cut. Be sure. Try to use positive words in your daily conversation and thinking. Impress upon your mind to speak, act, and think positively. They're as essential as the daily food you eat and they will find their respective places. Do not expect a change overnight. You will notice an improvement in yourself and your activities shortly. Speak convincingly. Speak positively. Do not say, "You don't happen to have the time, mister?" or "You don't know where Grand Ave. is, do you?" These are negative. Develop a positive vocabulary of words. Practice and use them daily. Before retiring sit down in the the quiet of your room and select the words you need most at present and, in thought, repeat them over and

over. With eyes closed, mentally see them on your screen. At first they will come somewhat blurred but as you continue they will become clearer. When this happens you know you have mastered them. Take one word at a time and when that appears clear, take and sonight. on until you have used them attempt to the get next themone all in one It may take several daysall. forDo not mastery, so use one word at a time. Master it. Here is the method I us ed: Let us select the word Power. First I relax. My mind is a blank. Next I visualize the screen. Slowly I repeat the word, "P-o-w-e-r, P-o-w-e-r, P-ow-e-r," three times. Then I take the first letter of the word which is P, and get that on the screen. Continuously appears within the screen. "PoWhen it comesrepeating in clearly"P-P-P-P" I take theuntil first itand second letters together. Po-Po-Po." When I see "PO" inside the screen I add the next letter to it. After "POW" comes "POWE," then comes "POWER," the full word. Practice this very slowly and do not skip any letters. To begin with take the first letter of any word, then when this appears clear within your screen, add the next letter and the next until you have covered the entire word, then slowly repeat the word a few times. Once you master a word it will immediately show the ef fect in your daily affairs. This exercise is a slow, tedious task at first and requires patience. Later when you have advanced sufficiently in your studies, you can take any word—the whole word at once— and visualize it, but this too must be done slowly. Compare this to learning to ride a bicycle. You don't learn it the first day, you try again the next and so on until you master it. Remember to be absolutely relaxed. Do not strain or force it. Let no negative words or thoughts intrude. Positive thinking is constructive. Nagative thinking is destructive. Be Positive.

IX—SPEAKING TO THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND When you speak to the subconscious mind do so in thought only, not verbally but mentally. Visualizing and mental speaking go hand in hand. When you inject an image within your screen, mentally you command the su bconscious mind to bring about your desire. Here is an illustration of the right and the wrong way: Suppose you desire a fur coat. Don't say, "I wish I had a fur coat." Or, "How can I get a fur coat?" Or, "If I only had the money to buy myself a fur coat." These expressions are negative and will not bring results. First of all, don't be the wishing kind. Don't build castles in the air. Most people do. They wish they had this or that, but fail to do anything constructive it. When things out the way theyout want them to, theyabout say, "This is a heck ofdon't a life.turn Nothing ever turns the way I plan." Do not confuse the words "wishing" and "planning." Wishing is like dreaming. We wish and then forget about the wish. But if we plan, then we must back up the planning with action. We must be alert to opportunities to further our plans. Plan with action. Without action planning, like wishing, is negative. Getting back to that fur coat. First of all decide what kind of a fur you want. Mink? Silver fox? Sable?, etc. Once you have decided that, you have established a definite objective. Then speak something like this: "I have a fur coat," (naming the kind of fur and the color). When you speak thus, visualize yourself as having the kind of coat you want; see it—already in your possession. See yourself wearing it. Secretly see your friends admiring it. Have faith. When you speak thus to your subconscious mind, do not worry about where that coat is to come from, how you are going to pay for it or whether you can afford it. Entertaining such thoughts indicates doubting

the power of the subconscious, And when you lack faith you are supporting the conscious or negative mind. Therefore, just know that the fur coat is yours. Hold that thought in mind and leave everything else to the subconscious. It has its own way of working out the problems. Support it by your whole-hearted cooperation. By maintaining a positive thought at all times you are like a magnet which, when charged with electricity, will lift tons. After you have accomplished your objective, immediately start upon another. Do not stop. Keep the ball rolling. When you want money, don't think in terms of many thousands of dollars right away. Not that you wouldn't get it. Chances are you would, provided you are sufficiently developed and are capable of visualizing in large amounts. However, it is better not to go to extremes in the beginning. In visualizing, as in most things, we must crawl before we walk. Go at it step by step. If you want five thousand dollars, do not visualize the full amount if you are a beginning student. But visualize, say, about two hundred and fifty dollars. When you have received that amount, increase to a thousand. Then two thousand, five thousand, and so on. Always feel that you have the amount you are visualizing in your billfold by mentally seeing the greenbacks there. Speak thus: "I have two hundred and fifty dollars." And know that you do possess it. "I have one thousand dollars." "I have two thousand." "I have five thousand," and so on. Following are a few of the m ost widely used sentences, statements which I do not want you to use, ever... • Wrong I wish I had .... Why can't I go ... . If only I were feeling better . . . . How can I get ... . If only it wouldn't hurt any more .... Correct I have .... I am going .... I feel fine .... I have .... I am well .... These are but a few of the many used daily. Again I say, never use the words, wish, want, why, had, how or if. Omit these words, for their use makes one consciously aware of the conscious mind, the very thing you

want to forget. Make your sentences short. You will notice that I have used the personal pronoun in each correct sentence. I do this because "I" is one of the most powerful words one can u se. When you say "I" you should be in an absolutely positive frame of mind. Some years ago I had much trouble with my knees. This was the result of an injury to the pelvic region. At times I walked twenty blocks and at other times I could walk only five blocks before my knees would give way. Someti mes it was just one knee, at other times both knees bothered me. Whenever my knee gave me any trouble I would visualize the knee to be well, at the same time caressing it with the palm of my hand, mentally speaking: "I am well. It is all right.'' As soon a* the statement was made I got my mind off the pain and ontc something else. At times it would be the left knee, at other t* es the right one, then Every time I spoke aches vanished. reason theboth painknees. kept recurring. This went the on for several years.For Yousome may wonder why I did not consult a doctor. I had been under medical care, but in my case I could get no relief from the heat treatment I was given and so wai finally released by the attending physician as partially disabled permanently. My occupation required me to kneel a great deal and kneeling put me in agony, so much so that at times it seemed impossible to straighten up. Then one day while caressing my knees and speaking in thought, the pain disappeared as usual but in about fifteen minutes it was back more intense than ever. Suddenly I remembered that I had spoken to my wife about how wonderful it is to be able to speak a few magic words and have the pain disappear. I also recalled that I had spoken to friends about this and each time I did so the pain reappeared. It sounds queer, doesn't it? All at once it was clear why the aches returned. As soon as I spoke of it I became consciously aware of the pain and it returned. From that moment on I resolved never to speak of it to anyone again. It has been three years now since I have had that pain. ^^^^^ Here is the lesson to be derived and to apply: Whatever ails you, speak

mentally to your subconscious mind and immediately get your conscious mind off the condition by forgetting about it. If you don't speak to anyone about it, your ailment will cease. The conscious mind is at all times trying to remind you of it, but do not listen to it. When you have gained control of your conscious mind as previously instructed, you are ready to reap the reward by being able instantly to shut out any thoughts from your conscious mind. It works like a light switch which you turn on and off. Here is what actually takes place: When in thought you speak to the subconscious mind, you tell it to take charge of the situation and the subconscious in turn throws its great weight and unlimited power with full force behind it to rebuild the body, or to bring about your desire, for it has this power. Very seldom have we given the subconscious the opportunity to exercise its power, therefore this giant has lain dormant. Instead of being master we remained slaves to our conscious mind. This power has been given us to develop and to use, so by all means, let us put it to work. X—BREATHING At the end of the day's activities, sit alone in your room. Relax completely and banish all thoughts from your mind by making it a blank. Keep it that way for at least fifteen minutes. At first this is difficult. For one whose mind is churning with a thousand negative and disturbing thoughts,position it will seem impossible. But persevere. Assume a comfortable and well try tonigh relax. Even so you'll find a million thoughts will intrude. Thing s you haven't thought of for years will flit into your mind. Instead of relaxing, your body tenses and your nerves seem on edge. Now what is wrong here? ou are trying to force yourself to relax. Not only that but you are trying forcibly to thrust every thought out of your mind. This is the hard way— the wrong way. Because force should never be used. Here is an illustration of the wrong use of force: As a youngster I wanted to learn to swim. What did I do? The instant I

got into the water, I tried with powerful strokes to force the water out of my way. In a few seconds I was exhausted. Time and time again I tried this way. Results were the same. I wasn't swimming. I was merely working hard and getting nowhere. Now, anyone who swims or has ever watched a swimmer in the water, knows that the art of swimming correctly, gracefully and seemingly effortlessly, lies in the rhythmical play of the muscles and proper breathing. Not forcing one's way through the water, but rather propelling one's self along by means of rhythmical strokes. It is the same when you wish to relax. You cannot force yourself to relax. Neither can you force thoughts out of you mind. But once you learn to relax naturally and gain control of your conscious mind you are able at will to accept or discard thoughts without effort. By that I mean simply that it becomes so natural to you that there seems to be no effort whatever. Here's how you can master this in the sh ortest possible time: Take an ordinary straight chair, sit erect without touching the back of the chair. Your spine should be erect and free. Next take a deep slow breath through the nostrils while pulling the naval in and forcibly up. Tilt your head slightly back holding your breath as long as possible. Move your head forward slowly exhaling through the mouth. At first you might feel a little dizzy, your face may become flushed. This is to be expected the first couple of times but it won't bother you after you become accustomed to it. also three feel a times, pleasant sensation surging through your body. DoYou thiswill at least then bring your body into relaxation. You will find it easy to relax now. Close your eyes as though you were ready to go to sleep, but do not fall asleep. The reason for closing the eyes is s o that you will see nothing. With nothing to attract your attention it is easier for you to keep your mind a blank. Feet should be flat on the floor, not crossed. After you have done this for awhile, to go one step further after the breathing exercise while relaxed, open your eyes looking at some object some distance away. Choose a small, bright, shining object not larger

than a quarter, preferably the size of a dime. Hold the gaze steady trying not to blink your eyes. While gazing keep your eyes only half open so as to cause a frown on your forehead. Let nothing disturb you, either mentally or physically. If your eyes become watery from the effort of holding them open unblinkingly, gently wipe them and go right on. Besides benefitting the eyes themselves, this exercise helps to clear your mind of thoughts. After practicing this exercise you can do this at will, unconsciously. You can do this on the bus, at work, in a crowd, anywhere, any time, you feel the need of mental relaxation. Noises will not disturb you when you are in a relaxed state of mind. You are in an entirely different environment. You tune out the noise. Whatever object you choose for the focal point of your gazing, let it be at some disumce—as fai awa> as it is possible to see it. Here is one method I ha e used (Lach person selects the one best su ited to his needs, however.) Whenever I rode on a streetcar I would stand either behind or beside the motorman. if it was at night, I selected a small light far in the distance, the smaller the better. Fixing my gaze on that small light without blirir ing, I held it until we got within a block or two of it. By this time it was a big light. I then selected another light in the distance and repeated the same procedure, keeping up the exercise until I arrived at my destination. During this time there was, of course, plenty of noise, but it failed to bother me as I didn't pay the slightest attention to it. During daylight hours I chose some bright object in the distance. Try this the next time you ride a streetcar or bus. Any bright, small, distant object will do. Before fixing your gaze upon it, take at least one long, deep breath. With your gaze upon it, think of nothing else but that bright spot. Your thoughts may w T aver at first, but after a few times you will gain the control you desire. Nothing will enter your mind. You will then have learned the art of relaxing amidst noise and confusion—trulv effective relaxation. Get into the habit of breathing regularly and deeply. Without air you cannot live two minutes. Air is free and there is plenty of it all around us, which may be one reason it is not properly appreciated. It has no

price tag. The more air you get into your system the better health you enjoy. What water and sunshine are to flowers and plants air is to the human body—a vital necessity. Much of the human race forever because human beings have not learned fully theispower of ailing, breath.largely Ordinary surface breathing is not enough as nine-tenths of the oxygen inhaled is exhaled with th j next breath, thus leaving but one-tenth of the air, which is insufficient. When you breathe deeply, holding your breath, the oxygen remains in your body energizing all your vital organs and nerve system. Practice breathing in this way two minutes each day. You will soon notice a remarkable change and improvement. Indeed, many minor ills may be eliminated. For peopleexercises who are are short winded or those who have a deep cough, these breathing especially helpful. More on the power of breath Man can live without food for three weeks, without water for two weeks, but he cannot live without air for more than two minutes. Because air is free and plentiful it is little appreciated and many people fail to get the full benefit from it. Many common ailments can be attributed to improper breathing. Nine-tenths of the oxygen inhaled one moment is exhaled the next, leaving only one tenth of the air in our system. This one tenth is insufficient to s ustain health and well-b eing. Our organs and nervous system need oxygen and plenty of it. Failure to obtain the required amount of oxygen will result in all kinds of afflictions. Lack of oxygen hampers circulation, the lungs cannot function efficiently, causing us to become short-winded. All parts of the body suffer thereby. Without water and sunshine, plant life withers and dies. What water is to the gardens and fields, air is to the human body. By inhaling plenty of fresh air, and I mean inhaling properly, the organs are vitalized and energized. The nervous system is changed from a state of tenseness to

one of relaxation. Ailments which have failed to respond to medical treatment have been known to disappear immediately when right breathing methods were adopted. Pain and suffering can be relieved and alleviated. A few cases in point: H. S. worked for me and the first couple of weeks when he came to the shop he coughed deeply and repeatedly at frequent intervals. Before he ate his noon lunch he took his cough medicine. After lunch however the cough started again. After observing him for some time I decided to do something about it. I had him sit down and take his first lesson in breathing. Next day when he came to work his cough was gone! Before that he had gone to the doctor every other week and had spent much money for medical fees and medication. This was some time ago and H. S. has not coughed since nor has he had to visit a doctor. All he did was spend two minutes in breathing exercises each day. I told this incident to Mrs. C. B. and didn't give it another thought until three days later when I saw her again and she reminded me, saying: "I had been in the habit of waking up during the night suffering from arthritis and unable to go back to sleep. In the morning my hands hurt so badly I couldn't even comb my hair. Well, I took the breathing exercise and got immediate relief! Now I sleep better and have no more pains and aches. I feel like a new woman!" Why is il that so many complaints cannot be relieved by medicine? Medical science accomplishes wonders. Yet actually physicians rely too much on medication to solve all ills. Many hu man ills could be overcome by doing away with the cause. Jesus said: "You will do even greater wonders than I have done if you believe." No one can help you unless you first help yourself. XI—VISUALIZATION Many times I have heard people remark: "I wish I knew how to visualize." Although they do not realize it, they are visualizing every waking hour of the day. Often, however, it is the wrong kind of visualization, the kind that is destructive to both mind and body. Since they are under control of the conscious mind their negative qualities are

well developed while the positive tendencies are prati-cally non-existent. They are not consciously aware of their actions but are apt to blunder on hoping that fate will turn all to their favor. Once more I must stress the point of how important it is for one to analyze himself and discard all negative thinking, substituting positive qualities. Let me give you a few examples of everday visualization common to all: Suppose one of your relatives is coming to town. You have not seen him for several years and you are to meet him at the depot. At once you form a mental picture of what he may look like today. Has he grown taller? He used to be clean-shaven. Has he a mustache now? I don't suppose his complexion has changed unless he got a tan in Florida. And so on, all sorts of questions come to mind regarding his appearance. The mental image you formed in your mind was visualization by curiosity. Another example of visualization by curiosity: You see a crowd of people in the street. Your curiosity is aroused and you visualize a fight or a smash-up or something of the sort. While at work, you receive a phone call from your wife that your only son is hurt in an accident. You rush home in your car. Your speed endangers your own life and the lives of others. Your worry causes you to visualize your only son maimed for life or maybe dying. This kind of visualization, caused by worry, may have serious reaction due to the mental strain it causes. You should guard against such imaging. Should you be held up by a robber at the point of a gun, you would probadly hand over your cash without a struggle. Why? Out of fear. You fear the gun may go off and you see yourself sh ot, bleeding from your wounds. Visualization out of fear. Visualization through worry and fear is negative, and highly destructive thinking may end up in hysterics, insanity, or worse. When you read a story you unconsciously visualize the action of the story. Years later you are able to relate the story, not as you read but as you pictured it. This kind of visualization I call induced visualization.

The good derived from it depends on the kind of book or magazine you read. Emotionally unstable minds are too easily influenced, their life shaped by what they read. Many a young man has turned criminal because of this induced visualization of the wrong kind. On the other hand if one chooses books dealing with theories or principles that are constructive and educational, he is building up a solid foundation for the future. Mental pictures are impressed upon the mind and remain there for years to come. There are countless kinds of induced visualization. The picture impressed upon the mind when one sees a motion picture is one type. Thought pictures make the model, a formless substance. To visualize wrongly may result in disaster. 64 CREATIVE VISUALIZATION XII—CREATIVE TYPE OF VISUALIZATION The kind of visualization that brings results is the creative type. This will bring you whatever your heart desires. It is within your own power to accomplish your purpose whether it's a new car, a home, an increase in salary or whatever. An honest effort to study, and confidence in yourself, plus faith and patience is all that is required. In creative visualization you actually create an image or a picture in your own subconscious mind, then hold on to it until it becomes reality. It sounds simple and actually it is. Now pay close attention to the next lesson. First repeat the breathing Exercise so as to be able to relax properly. Then take a piece of thin tissue paper, such as oranges are sometimes wrapped in, not larger than the size of a penny. Wet it with your tongue and put it on top of your nose right between your eyes. Get a mirror about 3 x 10 inches and set it upright before you on a table. Use a 100watt light bulb in the chandelier and be sure your back is to the light and the mirror is facing it. The light need not reflect on the mirror, but there should be no darkness or shadow on it. Sit between the light and the mirror. The chair should be a straight one. Keep your back free by sitting straight with f eet flat on the floor.

Relaxed, your mind a total blank, gaze into the mirror at the orange spot with the eyes half-closed. Try not to blink. Do this for five minutes at first, then increase one m inute each day until you can do it fifteen minutes withou t effort. There should be no disturbanc e. If someone has been smoking in the room it is advisable to purify the air by burning incense as this greatly strengthens the reception of the vibrations received. In a short time you should be well enough advanced to go one step further. After your lesson go straight to bed. On subsequent experiments, when you finish the above exercise, turn off the light and close your eyes, mentally imagining in place of the orange spot a small white screen. Mentally I imagine seeing a screen one inch by two inches in place of the orange spot. If I want to inject a picture into my mind, first of all I relax completely, my mind a total blank. Then mentally I visualize the screen, waiting a few moments until it is clear enough before my vision. Having already selected an object I wish to visualize I inject an image of the object to the screen and hold it At this point I must draw your attention to the fact that when you are relaxed and waiting for the screen to clear, you cannot help but get impressions. When they come, jot them down in a notebook. You will find later that all the impression you thus receive are correct. At the beginning it may take a little time before you get the screen clear, but after you develop sufficiently it will be only a few seconds. Furthermore you will be able to visualize the screen whether you are sitting down, standing up, idle or working, eyes closed or open. Once you master all four exercises nothing can stop you from going ahead. The most important part is yet to come. For a moment let us go back to my own story again. You recall that when I visualized myself in America it took nine years to get here. Nine long years of visualization. ou may think this was a long time. Remember, I was only a child of ten when I started. For eight years an inner urge prompted me that the time had come for me to leave home. Fourteen months later I landed on American soil. Four months later I found myself permanently in the western part of the U. S. A., the destination of my dreams.

The point I wish to bring out is that in all those years of visualization I had developed myself mentally. While in Hamburg an occasion arose to change my objective temporarily. I was in need of actual experience on the high seas. I thought that in order to obtain this, my best bet would be to get work on a fishing boat. Visualizing a fishing boat I succeeded after two days in obtaining one. Never change your objective once you start. This advice still holds. However sometimes one must make a detour when in direct line with the objective. As soon as you have reached your goal, mentally return to the srcinal again. If however for any reason you detour from your objective to anything which is not in direct line, then I advise you not to do so simply because it will upset your entire plan. To explain in another way: If you were to go on a long trip in your car and found the road blocked by a landslide there would be a sign somewhere along the road marked, "Detour." While you made that detour you would be off your course for a little while but somewhat later you would turn back into your srcinal direction. The detour I made was for only two days. When I had reached my goal I switched back immediately to my srcinal objective. This proves just one thing, namely, that when you are well enough advanced in your studies you will be able to reach your objective in days or even hours. Whatever your goal, first of all form your definite objective. Second, get into relaxation, then visualize onobjective your screen and,screen. just asAfter soon you as the screen appears clear, inject your on the have made your mind blank, visualize and have faith. Be sure that it will materialize. As mentioned before, when you planted tomatoes you first put the seed into the ground. The seed in this case is the same as the objective above. Once the seed or objective has been placed the next thing to do is to nourish it. By nourishing I mean to repeat your visualization procedure. Before going further into the subject of visualization it is necessary to switch to another subject momentarily.

XIII—CORRECT METHOD OF VISUALIZATION our success depends entirely upon applying the correct method of mental picturing for results. I have mentioned the types which can be destructive both to mind and body. While we are not now dealing with the negative side, it is well to speak for a moment of that phase of visualization. If you know a dog bites, you stay away from that dog. So it is with visualization. When you do it the wrong way, you hurt yourself mentally and physically. So let's do it the right way. You've no doubt had the experience of thinking of one person in particular when suddenly you meet that person. You're apt to say: "Well, what a coincidence, I was just thinking of you!" But it was no coincidence. It just happened that by chance your mind was a total blank for an instant when you thought of that person, and you immediately injected that into your subconscious mind with such f orce that it came about all at once. This is the working out of a natural law. In explaining the correct method, it is necessary to go into detail and I ask your co-operation in being patient and memorizing these details. For they are the deciding factors between success and failure. Let us s ay you have seen a person whom you would like to meet. You have no idea who this attractive person is, where she or he lives or works. Your objective is to effect a meeting. Then place all your faith in your subconscious mind. Don't worry about the "how," the "when." That is negative working againstRelax the subconscious. to yourthat room where thereand is no disturbance. and mentally Go visualize screen. It is better to have your eyes closed so that nothing in the room will attract your attention. As soon as the screen appears clear before your vision, inject the image of the person you long to meet. Hold the image as long as possible. Speak thus: "I see you again, a-g-a-i-n. I h-a-v-e you. ou are mine, mine." Keep repeating slowly; slowly impress upon your subconscious mind this thought and the picture. At first the picture inside the screen will be somewhat blurred but it will gradually clear up. It may take several days

or even weeks, depending upon how well-advanced you are, before you see the image clearly. Again you may see it the first time you try. When the person finally does appear on the screen, go a step further. Mentally see yourself taking her out to a dance, for a ride, or whatever you may wish to do to entertain her. Keep speaking to her in thought. Once the image within the s creen comes clear then you know your object is reached. During all the time you were visu alizing the person something was taking place in his or her mind. Although unable to explain it, the person feels attracted to you. The thought wave you sent out will be received and although the person is not consciously aware of you, the fact of the matter is that you are going to meet again and the reaction this time will be favorable. When you next see the person it is up to you to take the initiative. The beauty of it is that under guidance by the subconscious mind, you cannot fail. Here's another example: Say your objective is a car. First decide what make of car you want and what model. What color—black, blue, gray, green? Once you decide the make, type and color, stay with it. Do not change your mind. Inject into the screen the image of the exact kind of car you want. Speak in thought to your subconscious: "I have it. I own it," (naming the car's make). Feel yourself in possession of the car. See yourself driving it, going places. Notice particularly how well it handles, how smoothly it rides. Never a time price limit. Just ask for whatever heart desires,set and havelimit, faith or in ayourself. Imagine yourself to be theyour owner of the car and leave everything else to the subconscious. It is amazing, the way it has of working out your problems and bringing about your desires! Once your objective is accomplished, set another immediately. ou'll find the second easier of attainment, and each successive objective easier yet. When you gain momentum, maintain it. As confidence increases, your power likewise will increase. If you want a new home, make up your mind what kind of home you want—the number of rooms, exposure, location, etc. If you see a picture in a magazine of the kind of home you desire, cut it out and keep it in your room where you will see

it every day. Impress that picture upon your mental screen. Feel yourself living in it already. Know that it is yours. Repeat the same procedure as before until your picture is externalized and the home yours. Let us assume you are in a tight spot. You are arrested or taken prisoner by an enemy. The objective here would naturally be freedom. So you would select the word "free" to visualize. Mentally say: "I am free. F-RE-E, F-R-E-E." In so doing feel yourself free. See yourself surrounded by your own people. Note the familiar surroundings of your home. See yourself doing the things you would be doing if you were at home. During all this time, visualize the word, "free" Here you will learn something of great interest. Namely, that the four letters will not appear alike inside the screen. At first the word will come in very faintly and upon closer observation you discover that the first letter is heavier than the other three, which are dimly outlined. Slowly—it may even take weeks—the letter "R" takes shape until it too is heavily outlined. By now you have two letters in heavy outline while the other two are barely discernible. If you watch closely you find the third letter getting heavier. At first you see that one third of that third letter is taking shape and slowly it approaches the half-way mark, then three-quarters and finally the entire third letter "E" appears the same as the other two letters. Now you have three letters of the four-letter word, "free." However we still have one more letter to complete the word. Do the same thing with the last "E" until the entire word "free" appears within your screen. Remember all letter s must be equally heavy, tha t is they must have reached the same strength, then you know you are actually going to be "free." Strange as all this may seem to you, my friends, it does work! There are so many people in reed of one thing or another that I am going to give a few more illu strations. Should you be in need of fuel for house heating and are at the time financially embarrassed, there is absolutely no reason why you should not have the fu el. Mentally visualize the fuel you need as already coming

to your house. See the men delivering it. See it in the proper bin or tank and know that you actually have it. Never let it enter your mind that you may not have the money with which to pay for it, because when you get the fuel the chances are your financial d ifficulties will be overcome. If, by accident, you misplace something—this happens to us all now and then—don't turn everything upside down and spend time searching for the lost object. Do this: Inject into your screen the object you wish to locate, hold it for a moment, then go about your regular activities. Some time soon, when your mind happens to be a blank, a flash will come to you where the object of y,our search is hidden. When that impression comes, by all means check up on it. Keep yourself mentally active at all times. Thus you are nourishing your subconscious mind and at the same time strengthening your purpose. Mr. and Mrs. T. P. had been happily married for ten years when seemingly out of a clear sky nothing was left the wif e but memories. Her husband had become entangled with another woman. This woman, a Miss K., telephoned Mrs. T. P. and bluntly asked her to give her husband a divorce. The wife, stunned, asked the girl if she knew that Mr. T. P. had three children, the youngest just two weeks old. Becoming insulting, the woman replied that T. P. had told her he had one child only. But, she stated rudely: "I don't care, if he has a dozen kids. I want to marry him!" Conscience-stricken, T. P. joined the Navy, telling his wife he was sorry and ashamed. However he corresponded with Miss K., who followed him from coast to coast wherever he was stationed. At length he wrote his wife asking her to sell the house and send him his half of the interest. The wife was heartbroken. She told him she still loved him, in spite of what he had done, and was ready to forgive him if only he would come back. Her pleas were of no avail. She spoke frequently of committing suicide. About this time she came to me for advice. Inasmuch as I am a close friend of the family I was well-acquainted with the facts. First of all I talked her out of doing bodily harm to herself. I instilled confidence in her and assured her that if s he would f ollow instructions, she would eventually regain the love of her husband. And that furthermore, he would return to his family. Here are the instructions I gave her:

1. Have absolute faith in yourself. 2. Before going to sleep at night hold the thought that your husband is returning to his family. Mentally visualize yourself with him at your side. See yourself talking to him, loving him. Imagine that he is home to stay. Keep this up every night. 3. Do not speak to anyone about it. 4. When you write to your husband, never refer to the past, nor chide him. Several months passed. Then Mrs. T. P. received the impression, while meditating, that her husband was coming home on a furlough, arriving the coming Sunday. She told her friends and neighbors about her husband's furlough and went about preparing his favorite dishes. On Sunday, dinner was still in the oven when in walked Mr. T. P. His wife greeted him affectionately saying: was waiting you to come today. have your favorite dinner. It will be"Iready in a fewfor minutes!" Mr. T. P.'s I surprise was complete. No, his wife did not tell him how she knew. She wisely kept him guessing. He stayed with his family a few days, then returned to his post. However, even though he came home to his family, he still had not given up the other woman—yet. But things began slowly to change. Until this time he had no wish to drop Miss K., and even had he wanted to do so he would not have dared because she threatened to kill him if he ever left. She was quite capable of doing it too. And he knew it. A few more months passed and Mrs. T. P.'s faith waxed stronger every day, while at the same time an unexplainable change took place between her husband and the other woman. T. P. found new interest in his wife, writing less and less f requently to Miss K. Finally his letters to Miss K. ceased altogether. And here is a strange thing. Miss K. later phoned Mrs. T. P. and apologized to her for her conduct, saying that she would send T. P.'s belongings to his home. Since then T. P. has been home on furlough twice and both he and his wife have made extensive plans for the f uture of their children and their mutual home. Thoughts directed into the right channel, plus faith and perseverance,

prevailed over the evil forces, thus restoring happiness to the wife and children. One point I might mention is that T. P. has noted a change in his wife and often asks: "Honey, you're so different. Who is behind all this?" Her answer is: "Nobody. I just feel different!" And so this little story of a threatened domestic tragedy has a happy ending, all because of faith and perseverance. XIV—VISUALIZING THE SURROUNDINGS Whenever you visualize, it is important to include the surroundings in your picture. Not to do so would be like painting an oceangoing vessel upon the canvas without including the water and the sky. It would be a dull painting indeed. Like a landscape without trees, grass or flowers, it would not be complete. Therefore to complete the picture of your desiring, you must add the surroundings. For instance, if you wanted to go to the ocean beach, mentally visualize yourself Seeimagine the waves, feel yourself or lying in the sand, smell thethere. salt air, yourself climbingplaying the cliffs. See yourself tramping the beach, swimming, or bathing in the surf. In thought you are there enjoying yourself by the s ea. Another illustration: Your desire is to have one of your friends drop in to visit you in your home. You are seated in an easy chair. Opposite is the davenport. To your right is a floor lamp, a large console radio and smoking stand. Between you and the davenport is a small coffee table holding cigarettes, ash tray and a vase of flowers. Get the entire of your room within your visualize screen. See yourself surrounded byfurnishings these familiar furnishings. Mentally your expected friend seated opposite you on the davenport. Imagine yourself speaking to him, keeping up a flow of conversation. Note his actions. See him smoking, relaxing in the pleasant home atmosphere. Whatever you visualize, get all the surroundings including yourself and the other person within the screen. When you are visualizing for a piece of property, get the house and lot, trees and shrubs—everything that belongs to the property within your screen. Always see yourself surrounded by all the things you desire.

If you wish to go on a trip, visualize the place you wish to visit. If you should desire a position in a hospital, mentally see yourself surrounded by everything belonging to a hospital—the personnel, doctors and nurses, the patients, the operating rooms, beds, and so on. Equip the hospital and make it complete. If you wish a job in an electrical store, see yourself surrounded by electrical equipment of all kinds—testing apparatus, meters, wires, lighting fixtures, etc. ou may say,"How can I visualize surroundings which I haven't as yet seen with my own eyes?" This is simple. Just here is where your imagination comes in. Create in your mind the things you desire most, then you mus t use your imagination as to what the surro undings should consist of, how they would look, or the way you wish it to be. Inasmuch as a home serves as a good illustration, let us create in imagination a picture of a home which might be your dream home. Let us say it is a one-story house painted white with red roof and shutters. It has a living room, dining room, two bedrooms, kitchen, pantry, bath room, furnace and fireplace. There is a nice green lawn enclosed by a white picket fence. The garage has overhead doors. The house faces east, is located in the suburbs. It is situated on a slight rise commanding an attractive view. ou see it is well to figure out all the details regarding what you desire and to feel sure that when you acquire your home it will be everything that you visualized. Have faith that it will materialize as you picture it, and never for a moment doubt it. Once the objective has been reached, that is, you have the home of your desires, your confidence and power will increase. Set yourself another objective. Remember to surround it with all details. Complete the picture, then visualize it. The architect, when designing a building, first assembles all the details, then draws a blueprint and finally turns over the blueprint to a contractor who builds the edifice according to the plans and specifications. You do the same thing by getting the details first, then forming the blueprint, impressing that blueprint upon your screen. Then, through action, you bring into the objective world the completed

and materialized dream. Should your objective be a person, get the face and features of the individual precisely within your screen—color of hair, eyes, complexion coloring and all details. If there are any scars or distinguishing marks of any kind, include these too. Then proceed to visualize. XV—YOUR GREAT POWER Just as an attorney must understand law in order to practice it, a physician must know medicine and possess a knowledge of anatomy before he can practice, and an electrician must have a thorough knowledge of electricity in order to handle his job, so must we understand the law of the Universe and co-operate with it in order to have our desires realized. The more faith and enthusiasm we put into our mental imaging, the sooner will it work out for us. To work with the higher law we mu st understand the function of itsit is operation. The results obtained depend on the wisdom with which being directed. A radio engineer seeks the quiet of his study where he begins to visualize a new kind of design for his future radio designs. The bridge engineer mentally visualizes a new structure first, then he must iron out its kinks before it can take form in the objective world. Many of the greatest inventions of today were at one time merely an idea which someone visualized and which later became real. Radio is one of the greatest inventions we have and millions enjoy listening to it. For whatever station you want you tune in to the proper frequency. not satisfied with what comesIfover that station, a fraction of a turn ofIfthe dial and you have another. all local stations are operating, you may have trouble at times keeping two stations from coming in together. This is called station interference. With us it is the same thing. Mentally we can tune in on anything we wish. If you have a relative living three thousand miles distant you can, in a split second, tune in on him. Should you have someone stationed say, ten thousand miles away, in a fraction of a second your mind can be tuned in on him. The air is forever in motion and is filled with millions of thoughts. No

distance is too great for the mind to reach. You can tune in on anything you wish when you are mentally in harmony with it. The human being is like a radio receiving and sending set. You can send out and receive thoughts, provided you are mentally adjusted. However if we are mentally in a turmoil, then one thought will come in after another. The vision of your screen will be blurred and the result is zero. This may be compared with station interference. Now you will understand what a marvelous power you possess within yourself, and which until now has been lying dormant. You have the power to think whatever you wish and to create that which you desire. Put it to work by awakening your power and developing it. Having done that, keep on nourishing it and it will take care of you. When you plant tomatoes in your garden, you drop the seed, let it have water and sunshine and, in your own mind, you are satisfied the seed will produce. In visualizing, you inject the image (seed) into the screen (ground), hold it, mentally speak tc your subconscious mind, have faith and nothing in the world can stop it from coming about. XVI—IMAGINARY ILLNESS Doctors say the illnesses of a great many people are imaginary. These victims of thought hypnosis, (hypochondriacs), are not ruled by reason, but let their imaginations run away from them. Here are a few of the most frequent causes of such illness: 1. Inactivity. 2. Apathy. 3. Lack of sympathy. 4. Lack of companionship. 5. Egomaniac tendencies. There are other causes, but in my opinion, inactivity tops them all. Having nothing to do, those who are chronically inactive think constantly of themselves and their bodies. They are acutely aware of every little ache and pain. Their conscious or negative mind possesses full control over their mental and physical action. Feeling sorry for themselves, they interpr et as illness or its symptoms each little twinge of pain or hurt. Fearful of getting worse, they make the rounds of doctors who, if honest, will frankly tell them there appears to be nothing wrong. Their reaction is usually, "He doesn't know. I had better see

another doctor." And on it goes. They crave sympathy, these deluded folk, and if you listen to them they will regale you with a list of their ills. They never suspect that what they want and what they need are two quite different things. Given sympathy and coddling, they never improve. Give them something to occupy their minds and take their attention from their bodily afflictions, chances are they will get well. Physicians these days are far too busy to lavish attention on sympathy-seekers. The wars have changed all that. Here is a case in point: A friend with whom my family and I spent an evening greeted us upon our arrival with the remark: "Oh, dear, I have worked so hard all day, my back aches and my sides bother me. I am in pain all over. . . ." And so ran her complaints. We had brought our portable electric phonograph with a selection of classical records. After listening to a few of these numbers, Mrs. E. T. declared, "It's funny. But I feel fine now." Mrs. E. T. wasn't really sick. She just imagined herself to be. Listening to enjoyable music had taken her mind off her body. I have many times listened to this kind of recital of imaginary aches and pains, and after sympathizing for a moment, I change the subject, directing the conversation into more interesting and constructive channels. After a little time I ask: "Well, how do you feel now?" Nine times out of ten the answer is: "Just fine!" The instant you get them to take their minds off their bodies, they are no longer conscious of the little aches and twinges. My daughter, at eleven, told us of an incident that happened at school. In her own words she related it: "A little girl at school told me that her leg hurt her, and she kept on complaining so I changed the subject to get her mind off her body, and about five minutes later I asked her: 'How is your leg now?' And she said: 'Oh, it doesn't hurt any more!'" What did my daughter do? Nothing but get her little friend's mind off herself and her body. And, presto! the "pain" was gone. Charles Haanel, in his book Mental Chemistry, says: "By thinking too much of our ailments, we create fresh ones.... Thinking is a creative process and since 99% of the people are negatively inclined, so their

thinking is destructive rather than constructive. We think more of illness than of health; insufficient rather than sufficient; more of hate than kindness; more of death than life; and by entertaining such thoughts we hu rt ourselves as well as ou r loved ones." There are those people who are full of aches and pains in the morning upon arising. They often go back to bed again, thus forming a habit which will be difficult to overcome. The solution then would be to keep your mind off the body and yourself. If someone were to gossip to you about one of your friends, you would turn your back and ignore the slanderer, wouldn't you? If your leg itches, your hand or foot or head or back or sides hurt—and you know there is nothing wrong—try to ignore the sensation by thinking of something more pleasant. This is a good way to train yourself. It will be hard at first, but eventually you will master it. And another victory has been won! Our organism and bodily functions, such as breathing, digesting, etc., are taken care of by the subconscious mind, and we can best cooperate with it by keeping our conscious mind off the body. Last summer I went to the beach and while hiking through some bushes, my bare right wrist came in contact with poison ivy, leaving it fiery red and with five blisters. Had I scratched it, it would have become even more irritated. So, instead, I rolled my sleeve down and mentally spoke: "It will be all right in an hour." Just about an hour later when I looked at the wrist again it was perfectly normal. The fiery red and the five blisters had vanished. Yes, it itched terribly at first, but I refused to pay any attention to it, and by keeping my conscious mind off my body and thinking of something else, I soon forgot all about it until the hour was up. Understand, I am not immune to sickness. But I do know how to keep my mind off my body. You can do this too. I wish to emphasize that whenever medical attention is needed, get it. If you are in need of medicine, by all means take it. If you sprain or break a bone, avail yourself of medical attention at once. Then, having received medical aid, begin to put your subconscious mind to work. Get your conscious mind off your body or the injured member. See yourself well. Visualize your injured member as entirely normal, as before the accident. Speak in thought to your subconscious, saying: "I

am well. I am walking." Never visualize any injuries. Always see your body well and normal. If necessary, return to the doctor. He gives you physical aid while you, in turn, give yourself mental encouragement. our recovery will be so much speedier, the pain so much less. As stated before, there must be a negative and positive in order to complete a circuit. Medical assistance gives you one part of the circuit, while your mental concentration furnishes you with the other half. Thus the circuit is completed. Let us take, for instance, an earache. Put a drop of warm olive oil or special ear medicine into the ear, close it up with a little cotton and speak in thought: "I am well. I feel fine now." Then get your conscious mind off your ear and onto something else. If you burn your hand and your doctor prescribes medicine for the burn, use that medicine, then speak in thought: "It's all right. I'm feeling fine." While you speak thus, have faith in yourself and feel that there is nothing wrong. Act as though nothing had happened. Mentally visualize your hand well and normal.

What I am about to say may sound strange, but I am sure you will understand the meaning behind the statements. Every country, large or small, is governed by some form of government. Each government has its head. Should the head of the government fail to maintain control over theThe people, rebel with resultbeing. that a The new head comes into control. samethey is true with thethe human body with its millions of tiny cells, nerves and organs is ruled by the head (the government), whose main seat is the cerebellum, or back brain. This cerebellum, known as the subconscious mind, controls the functions of the body and its operation. As long as it does, we are immune to pain or illness. ou have read of Hindus who lie upon spikes or put pins into the body, or walk on hot coals barefooted. These and many other forms of torture they perform without any pain sensation. Why? Because the body is under complete control of the subconscious mind, hence they feel no pain. These men, called fakirs, spend years training themselves from childhood to gain absolute control over the body. But if and when the body gains control over the head (the subconscious), then there will be felt the slightest pain. The body registers hurt—seeming almost to attract hurt, misery. This is because the body is in a state of rebellion. And it will remain in that state until the rebellion is suppressed and full control is gained. Let me repeat: When you always body well and to be normal, never visualize thevisualize, injury. See and see feelyour and know yourself well and in perfect health. Speak positively to the subconscious. See yourself doing the things you do when well. Within the screen see your body healthy and normal. While doing this really feel that you are better and before you know, you will notice a decided improvement. If by accident you bump your knee so that it hurts, massage it slightly with the palm of your hand and mentally speak: "It's all right now." Then forget about it by switching your mind to something else. Do the same with a slight headache or a bruise or any temporary hurt. The palm of your hand in this case forms one part of the circuit, your mental

concentration the other part, thus giving you a complete circuit. This requires a little practice, but once you learn to do it, you will be surprised at the results. Surprised and pleased. If the food you have eaten—either too much or too rich—leaves you with indigestion, take some soda and water and tell yourself: "I feel fine. I'm all right now." In this case the soda forms one part of the circuit instead of the palm of your hand. You might say: "If I take soda I'll start feeling better anyway." Yes, but how long will it take? With the mental suggestion it is only a matter of a moment or so until you feel f ine again. A physician treating a critically ill patient provides the medical aid necessary, in this way forming one half of the circuit while the patient, putting forth the mental effort to get well, provides the other. Thus the combined effort on the part of doctor and patient serves to bring about recovery. If, on the other hand, all the effort is on the part of the physician, the patient not caring whether he lives or dies, then recovery would be doubtful—a long drawn-out struggle at best. Associates often are a greater problem than illness itself. Let's talk for a moment about these well-meaning but pestiferous people. I mean those who delight in doling out useless advice and dwelling on harrowing deathbed scenes. Take the case of Mrs. M. A., ill with pneumonia and under a doctor's care in her own home. Friends and neighbors vied with each other in offering advice and of sympathy. One just elderly woman told of a sad ago I knew a man living across the street from uscase: who"Three had theyears same thing, and it's awful. He died after two weeks illness!" Now, wasn't that encouraging! Another sympathetic friend had another happening to relate: "Our neighbor's little girl had to be taken to the hospital three weeks ago. She doesn't seem to be getting any better at all." And so on, ad nauseam. The tales of illness and woe went on, Mrs. M. A. becoming mentally and emotionally more disturbed each day. Naturally her condition became worse. A few days later, there came visiting a friend who had the good

taste and the good sense to speak encouragingly and cheerfully to the patient. From that moment on Mrs. M. A. began to improve and have confidence in her recovery. I may sound pretty rabid on this subject of destructive thinking and talking, but I consider such crepe-hangers pests whose negative and contagious influence should, like harmful insects, be exterminated. It is so important, when visiting the sick, to manifest good cheer, encouragement and confidence. We can do so much to help the patient get well by vibrating right thoughts and helping the poor patient get his mind off his illness and upon other things. He lies there at the mercy of all who are permitted to visit him. The least we can do is to inspire him with hope and confidence in his speedy recovery. So much depends upon the patient's mental attitude. Bring to the bedside thoughts to cheer; a radiant smile is like a ray of sunshine to brighten the room. The ill person should be spared another's grief and worries as his own spirits are apt to be low enough as it is. One of the greatest of all human tragedies is incurable disease. Next in order comes crippling physical handicap. To those who have lost the use of their limbs or any part of the body, the future seems hopeless indeed. Some are inclined to dwell on their misfortunes while others manifest such bravery as to bring tears to the eyes of family and friends. Yet pity and sympathy are not what these unfortunates need. They need to be revitalized with hope, encouragement to go on. Change their mental state from one of h opelessness to courage. Let them believe in something better, something to look forward to. When there is nothing to live for there is no hope, and without hope there is life without any real meaning. Jesus, the greatest teacher the world has ever known, who healed the sick and opened the eyes of the blind, said: "These things I do you shall do them too." So build up the faith of the sick and the handicapped. Remember, fear destroys. Faith builds.

"Only believe and all things are possible unto you" These are powerful words. They contain an active power germ which expands and projects itself in the direction your word is propelled. Ultimately they will manifest into physical expression. Medical science may be powerless in certain cases, but that need not necessarily mean that a condition is hopeless. If you build up faith and think you are going to be better, you will be better. But thinking alone won't do it. You must put forth effort. XVII—TO EASE PAIN Do this: Take a deep breath, exhale slowly, then hold. While holding your breath, hold the thought mentally that you are perfectly well and in good health. With your right hand go over the sore aching spot, merely touching it slightly, caressingly. Use no pressure or scratching as this would only irritate thethe condition making it worse. say toWhile yourself as you caress place, "It is all right now,Mentally it feels fine." doing this, believe in your power to banish the pain or hurt. Having gained control of your conscious mind you can, at will, be able to change the trend of thought away from pain and toward health and well being. As you remove your hand, immediately change your mental thought. Forget about ever having had a pain or ache. ou will find yourself relieved. You will have no pain. This may be permanent, but if there is a recurrence, repeat the procedure. Eventually you will successful overcoming pain you at the first If you faith andbe think you areingoing to be better, will be try. better. Butbuild up thinking alone won't do it. You must put forth effort. I have personally known two cases where the physical condition was considered hopeless. Medical science could not help. In each case the patient was a young girl. In each case the patient had the stamina to fight. Each staged a remarkable comeback. One of these young women became a dancer. The other became a champion swimmer. Such people had what others lacked, namely the mental stamina to fight. With nothing to lose but much to be gained, they fought a good fight and won. Their stories should be an inspiration to all who suffer the handicap of

illness or the crippling effects of disease or injury. ou have no doubt read stor ies of others who made a successful comeback in the face of terrific odds and the failure of medical science to help. // people like these can do it, so can others. So can you! Many ailments are caused by worry, lack of interest in a goal or an objective, a lazy or lackadaisical attitude or any one of a thousand negative thoughts. The important thing is to understand how to alleviate pain and negation by replacing these conditions with constructive and positive conditions. What takes place? Your conscious mind, being negative while your subconscious is lying dormant, the body is under the control of the conscious mind and is therefore subject to every little passing pain and ache. the the instrument of the by mind since mind The is in body touchiswith outside world meaand ns of the the f iveconscious senses, every pain or hurt is registered by the conscious mind. The first thing to do then is to discharge the negative force from the conscious mind. This we can do by taking a deep breath, slowly exhaling it and then stopping the breathing for a few seconds. While doing this, inject a strong positive thought and keep it there. In this way the body is torn away or dislocated from the conscious charge. Thus we are free from pain and other ills inflicted by our mental state, or the conscious mind. In all the Universe there is but one power, the power within yourself. As your confidence increases so will your power. The purpose of this little work is to try to help you u nlock the great trea sure house of resources within— how to tap these God-given resources and rely upon guidance from the positive, or subconscious mind. All space is filled with creative power. This power is amenable to suggestion. "As a man thinketh in his heart. . ." As you think in your heart, so are you. Believe your thought is powerful and it is powerful. However, in addition to thinking, action is required to bring about the results. We are learning how to do this, for which we may be fervently thankful.

XVIII—THE CARE OF THE BODY Much su ffering can be eased or elimina ted when we learn to switch our attention from the conscious mind to the su bconscious as easily as we would turn off a light switch. We were not, as has been said before, born to suffer, as many believe and as their religion teaches. With our greater understanding of the positive and negative minds we now see how it is that the governing of our bodies has been taken over by the mind least qualified to do that important work. Here now are some suggestions on how this control can be taken away from the conscious mind and returned t o the su bconscious where it belongs. They will help you to relieve suffering by employing the proper methods to obtain relief. When you feel an ache or pain, whether from illness or injury or merely imaginary hurt, do this: Take a slow deep breath through the nose, then exhale through the mouth. Stop breathing for a moment and with the palm of the right hand, gently caress the sore spot. Do not press on it or rub hard because such presure would make it worse, but merely touch the hurting spot and at the same time change your trend of thought by feeling perfectly normal and in good health. Mentally imagine yourself in the best health, then continue breathing again. You may be successful the very first time you try it. If not then, don't be discouraged. Try and try again. Practice makes perfect and you cannot expect to become expert overnight. Here is what actually takes place as you perform this exercise: The body which is strongly negative and in harmony with the conscious mind dominates your entire being and you are subjected to every little ache and pain. Since the body and the conscious mind are apt to take suggestions from anything we feel, see, hear, taste and smell, it is impossible to inject a positive thought strong enough to overcome this negation. Therefore to overcome the situation the body must be brought into a neutral state by temporarily suspending the breath. ou find as you do this that you will f eel absolutely no pain, sinc e the sense of feeling which is connected with the s ensory nerve center o f the brain is momentarily cut off, or paralyzed. The lungs which are part of the organs of the body also contain a negative charge and, as the breath

you inhale is positive, this positive charge passes through all the organs, giving the body strength, vitality and power. Negative thinking is destructive. You must be able to change your trend of thought wihin a second, else all your efforts will be in vain. By breath, and with the hand caressing the wound or sore spotholding lightly,the immediately change your trend of thought by thinking of something else—anything but the pain. Thus you drive away that negative charge and create a postive influence and the pain ceases. This will take a little practice but eventually you will win. That pain should never again appear as long as the body is under the guidance of the subconscious mind; in other words, is under control of the positive pole. Take a deep breath through the nose. Exhale through the mouth, then hold the breath—do not breathe—slightly touch the side of the head where the pain is and change your trend of thought by thinking of anything at allhas butceased. the pain, then continue breathing again, and you will find the pain When taking a deep breath it is important to remember to do so slowly, then hold the breath a second and slowly exhale. XIX—FACTS ABOUT ITCHING Among the five senses with which we are endowed is the sense of feeling (touch). This sense of feeling is much misu nderstood. When any part of the body itches the impulse is to scratch it and let it go at that, only to feelthe impelled scratch it It again minute oror sothe later. There is apalm reason for itchingtosensation. mayabe the ear nose or the of the hand. But what is the secret behind the itching? During the day when our conscious mind is in a constant state of confusion we are not thinking of the subconscious mind, although it is trying to reach us and give us a message. The subconscious never rests. When we sleep it takes care of the body functions. It also releases its power and relays messages in the form of dreams. During the day when the conscious mind is active, the only way the su bconscious can reach us is by means of a sensation that demands attention.

The only way the subconscious can contact us is by making some part of the body tingle with an itching sensation. When the palm itches, take the tips of the finger of the other hand and slightly caress it. At the same time make your mind a blank. Do not dig with your fingernails. Accept any thought that may come to you at the moment. It may be a signal from your subconscious. Many old-timers have their own ideas as to the meaning of itching. One says the right side of the nose itching means money coming, the left side a letter, the right hand indicates a meeting with an old friend, the left hand a surprise, and so on. It has been found to be really amazing how often these quaint old-time beliefs prove true. This does not mean that they have the same meaning for every one. O f course it is difficult during the itching period to take one's mind off the annoyance and make it a blank, as few are mentally developed or trained to relax at a moment's notice. However, one good rule to follow is to just slightly caress the spot (do not scratch), and try to think of something pleasant, and at the same time watch whatever may develop within he next few hours. Next time the same spot itches—it may be weeks or months or merely hours later— observe the meaning to see if it is the same as it was before. When you have discovered the meaning, keep it to yourself and let it remain a secret between yourself and your subconscious mind. Then more signs will f ollow! Remember, when you caress your itch it will stop the itching, whereas if you scratch it will become inflamed. I need not tell you what that may mean. XX—FEAR Fear is one of the greatest offenders of the conscious mind. You cannot advise someone to just forget his fears. It isn't as simple as» that. Fear is deep rooted within us. To get to the source of trouble psychologists go back to early childhood influences. Parents unwittingly cause fear complexes in their children. For example, an uninformed mother may be guilty of telling her child

stories about the "bogie man," the "big, bad wolf" or "Jack, the Giant Killer." The story told—and the pin-point seed of fear implanted—the mother turns off the light. If the youngster cries she tells him to "hush up or the bogie man will get you." He is frightened so perhaps she leaves the light on. Later when she returns to turn it off, she discovers the frightened child has burrowed under the covers. Why is the child afraid of the darkness? Why did he crawl under the covers? Because he is beginning to learn fear and is manifesting the first symptoms of it. All unknowingly the mother has implanted into his mind a seed, smaller than the point of a pin. As he grows older the seed grows too. What actually is taking place in the little one's mind? Mentally he visualizes the "bogie man," although of course he never has seen one. Yet in his imagination he is building up a block, a barrier which can handicap him as a hindrance in later life. This kind of visualizing is destructive and its results can be tragic. If the mother had taught her child constructive visualization, that is, giving him something constructive and worth while to visu alize, there would be no limit to his possibilities. Instead, in such a case as I have cited, the child's mind was wrongfully directed from the paths of success and happiness to a life of fear and hardships and potential failure. So, parents, I beg of you, if you would spare your child the effects of that terrible disease called fear, then never, under any circumstances impress upon your childrens' minds thoughts of fear and harm. Read and tell them stories that will amuse and inspire and instruct and not scare them. Teach them to know no fear. Impress upon their formative young minds that there is no su ch thing as fear. When they hear things—as of course they will in the course of events—tell them truthfully and matter-offactly that there are no such things as the bogie man, the big, bad wolf or giants and such. The evils of the fear thoughts in childhood are monstrous and farreaching. Once the victim grows to adulthood the tiny seed, planted so long ago, has been ampli fied millions of times until finally it reaches such proportions, weed-like, it chokes out constructive thoughts.

Fear is known to stay with people from earliest childhood to old age because it has taken root and remains an ever-present menace and a constant evil in their lives. A child depends upon our guidance. Not knowing the dangers, the hardships and tribulations of life, his mind is clear. He relaxes easily. There is plenty of space on the screen of his mind upon which to plant seeds—or impress pictures, whichever analogy you choose—which will grow with the young mind. While the mind is a blank screen awaiting impressions, implant there the thoughts of fearlessness, industry, honesty, success, beauty and happiness. He will not fully understand at first, but gradually the impressions and the pictures will grow and the young mind grows. When the inevitable questions arise, answer them to the best of your ability, explaining the meaning of the pictures you are trying to create for him. A house will not stand if the foundation is not solid. A life built upon fear and ignorance and negative thinking is likewise not a sound structure. There is danger of ultimate collapse. When you fear, you worry. Fear and worry go hand in hand, teaming up to permit ignorance, doubt, lack of confidence and negation to weigh us down. They constitute a millstone about the neck, crushing the poor victim to earth. So you see the importance of training your child to visualize rightly. Be as discriminatory in your choice of words with which to feed him mentally as you are careful in the preparation of the formula for his bodily needs. Remember, your suggestive words carry creative power in the infant's mind as well as in the older child's. If you wish your child to develop a backbone instead of a wishbone, teach him, amuse him and entertain him creatively. If a mistake has been made in his training—if, by some mischance, a fear thought has been allowed to enter his mind—by all means correct it at once. While he is young he may easily overcome it. But if he grows up with the fear rooted in his consciousness, it becomes a problem that only the rare individual is able to conquer. Science has made remarkable progress in assisting human beings to eliminate fears—psychologists explain that fear is ignorance—yet it must be borne in mind that anything deep-rooted must be rooted out. Like

weeds in the garden, pulled up they spring up again, but burn them out and they disappear for good. It is not easy to banish fear thoughts. You simply cannot forget something overnight that you have harbored in your mind for over a period of years. It is a slow process but, happily, it is possible by the proper method to overcome the handicap of fear. Believe me when I say it has taken me many months of daily study and practice to eliminate what has been rooted within me for more than thirty-eight years. By following the exercises as outlined in this book, you will, I promise, notice an improvement in yourself and will gradually gain control of your inner self. Fear is ignorance. Wisdom conquers fear. XXI—ON GOING TO SLEEP How oftenvictims we hear people exclaim, "I just can't go to sleep!" insomnia allow their negative minds to get the betterThese of them. They lie awake worrying about bills, their job or about some dear one far away, or they may wonder what tomorrow will bring or they may be fretting about their ailments. They toss and turn, conscious of every sound, until finally out of sheer exhaustion they drop off to sleep. Of course in the morning they feel tired and worn out, blaming it on lack of sleep. Actually what have they been doing? They slept some, yes, but such sleep as they had brought little or no rest. They lay there straining to think, thinking, they worry. Body and too tense to think, but theyinstead changeof from one position to another— onmind the side, then the stomach, legs pulled up or crossed or in some other contorted position making proper relaxation impossible. If you are tired enough, you can fall asleep anywhere, but it is not sleep alone you need. Your body and mind require absolute rest. When you sleep in a cramped position your body is not getting the needed rest, and when mentally tense with worry your mind is deprived of rest. It is not the amount of sleep—the hours of sleep— that refreshes and r estores the body and mind. You may sleep ten hours, dead to the world, and wake up

all in. On the other hand you may have only five hours of real rest and wake up feeling like a million. I've developed a method that has never failed me regardless of whether I felt tired or not. When I go to bed, inside of two minutes I am sound asleep. This works every night, not ust for a night or two. Following this method one is able to go to sleep whether lying down or sitting up. However to get the proper rest you should be in a reclining position in bed. Try this exercise. Lie flat on your back in bed, legs stretched out, not crossed. Take not less than three deep breaths slowly. After you inhale, hold the breath for a moment, then slowly exhale. Then let your entire body come into relaxation by letting go. Banish all thoughts from your mind and keep it a blank. Next, close your eyes and move them very slowly in a circular movement toward your nose in this manner: Your right eye moves slowly to the left toward your nose, then the left eye moves to the right toward the nose in an inward circular movement. Be sure you do this slowly. After doing this about three times you feel so drowsy you fall asleep immediately. Once you master this exercise you will never have any difficulty going to sleep. By lying flat on your back, relaxing every muscle in your body, you induce the needed physical rest. And by keeping the mind a blank, you gain the mental rest. Getting up on time If you want to get up at five o'clock in the morning, do this: With your mind a total inject the figure inside andsucceed. know that you are goingblank, to be up at five. Feel it."5" Keep thisthe upscreen until you After some time of practicing you will be able to awaken at any time you desire without an alarm clock. When you are in bed and just before you go to sleep, should there be a special problem on your mind which you wish to solve, let me offer this suggestion: Do not strain every nerve in your body by making it rigid and tense, nor give yourself a headache by trying to force an answer from your mind. But lie completely relaxed (absolutely flat on your back in bed), keep the mind clear, since only by clearing the mind will you be

able to receive an impression which will be the answer to your problem. As long as you have other things on your mind, one thought will interfere with the other, ca using a state of confusion. Keep your question in the background, your mind clear, and mentally visualize that screen. While perfectly relaxed, patiently wait for an impression to appear on the screen. If you don't get the answer the first night, repeat the following night and the night after that and so on until you master it. It is best to keep the eyes closed at all times. At times you will find, while lying in bed with your eyes closed, that you feel a picture or image wants to appear before your eyes. Yet, even without a light in the room, the very darkness itself is too bright. In this case take two towels, fold them double and tie them around your head to cover the eyes to make su re there is absolute dar kness. Then you will find that the picture will come in clear. The most peculiar part of it is that you will be able to distinguish every little detail in the picture. This is because of the darkness. Many great ideas have been developed in just this way. XXII—CURING YOURSELF OF BAD HABITS Following this system of studies you will be able to free yourself from any kind of bad habit. As stated before, there is a right way and a wrong way of doing things. It is said that it requires will power to eliminate a bad habit. That's right if you want to do it you all ofdon't a sudden. Butinwhy doBesides it the hard way? When you drive your car, start out high. being hard on your motor the chances are you wouldn't get going. There is perhaps one in a hundred who possesses sufficient will power to break a bad habit permanently. Not that the other ninety-nine don't have the best of intentions. They honestly want to quit the habit, but the effort proves too great and they wind up saying: "What's the use? I can't do it." It is important to remember that deep-seated habits of long standing take time to break. Horace Mann wrote: "Habit is a cable; we weave a

thread of it every day and at last we cannot break it." To keep our conscious minds from reminding us of what we want to forget is easier said than done, because people just aren't able to concentrate upon one thing at a time. Excessive smoking can become an insidious habit. I personally smoked, perhaps more than was good for me, but I derived some enjoyment from it. It was company for me, and since I did not inhale, I did not regard it as dangerous to my health. Upon retiring at night, lying flat on my back, I first did my breathing exercise to bring my body into relaxation. Then I visualized inside my screen a cigarette containing little white worms, and in thought I spoke to the subconscious mind: "They are bad, not good for you." I kept this up for about five minutes and the next morning when I lit a cigarette it had no taste. Furthermore I didn't enjoy it, so I threw it away. I repeated that exercise for two more nights in order to strengthen my purpose, after whichway I had no desire to smoke. That is about the best and easiest I know to cutany outmore smoking without going through mental agony. Occasionally I take a drink, sometimes even a second. But no more. Right there is where I stop. A few times I have taken intoxicating stimulants in excess, whereupon friends who didn't like the idea asked me to choose between them and liquor . Of course I chose my friends and to this day have had no regrets. To quit drinking I employed the same method as I used to stop smoking. Visualizing littleI worms inside thethose bottle. Every time after that when touchedcrawling a bottle,around mentally I saw disgusting worms crawling around, and a shudder gripped my entire body. I'm sure you wouldn't want to drink it either, knowing in imagination that it contained worms! Impress upon your subconscious mind, if you have a drinking problem, that each glass of liquor and each bottle contains worms—live, wriggling and loathsome. This was some years ago and I have since overcome the idea of the worms. But if I had to do it over again, I would repeat the same procedure for. I can assure you, it took some will power to take the first

drink again. Don't misunderstand me. I have not gone back to drinking. No, absolutely I have not. I do take a drink to be sociable, but I have no craving for any kind of intoxicant. Any time you wish to break yourself of a bad habit, visualize something bad about it, and in thought speak to your subsonscious mind against the habit you wish to break, visualizing at the same time the bad points about it. If things haven't gone right for you today, sit down and completely relax before retiring. Mentally review all the day's happenings (keeping your mind a blank), and you will have no trouble discovering your shortcomings. Like a flash of lightning it will strike your mind in the form of an impression. Then all you have to do is to resolve to do better next time. Out of the millions of habits, smoking and drinking may be considered perhaps the most common habits which, to most people, are the most important to get rid of. Just here let me emphasize one more point about habit, this time the habit of expression. I knew a man who, when asked where he had been, invariably answered: "In jail." Asked, "Where are you going?" the answer would be the same, "To jail." To him it was a stock answer and he kept it up until one day, through no fault of his own, he did land in jail! Unconsciously he had impressed upon his subconscious mind the word "jail," forming in thought a mold which eventually took form in the objective world. Be careful what you say! XXIII—CREATING YOUR DREAM Here we have the power of the subconscious at work. Has it ever occurred to >ou that when you dream you see faces and scenes you have never seen, or those you have not thought of for years? All the past is buried in the subconscious and since this mind has been lying dormant — in other words, you have no control over it—it picks at random happenings of long ago. To digress a moment, let us analyze the general belief about dreams. There is so much pro and con, some people believing in dreams, others disbelieving. You have often heard some one say: "I knew it would

happen." If you ask how they knew, the answer is apt to be something like, "Because I dreamed it last night." In 1944, on the 22nd of February, there appeared on the front page of the Oregon Journal an article about a woman in England who dreamed that an American Flying Fortress would be forced down and four men would be coming to her house seeking aid. The next day four men actually appeared asking for shelter. The woman said: "Come in, gentlemen, the table is all set for the four of you. I have been expecting you." The four airmen were speechless as she replied: "I dreamed it." And she explained her dream of the night before. Ever so often a newspaper article tells of the outcome of a dream. In many instances a dream is credited with saving a life. People are becoming more and more conscious of dreams and their significance. Many "dream books" are sold, the prices ranging from twenty-five cents upwards. However one bookMillions could possibly listhave and such explain all in the myriad things seen no in dreams. of people faith dreams that their lives are ruled by them. It is indeed remarkable how some people can tell upon awakening in the morning that, on this day, they must be extra careful. Recently I called upon a friend who, having worked late the night before, was still in bed. The first thing he did was tell me his dream. Then he handed me the keys to his car asking me to see if the starter was stuck. I investigated and, sure enough, it was stuck. Then he told me: "Something is going to happen, Andy. I dreamt of a train and whenever I do that there is an accident or a death." He related his dream: "There was a large construction bridge just completed. Suddenly a locomotive engine came out of a tunnel nearby going across the bridge. It had already passed the halfway mark when the bridge sagged. It didn't collapse but the weight of the engine sort of flattened the bridge down. At that moment the track where the engine stood formed a hump. All efforts to get the engine over the hump were in vain. I awoke after that." Late in the afternoon of that same day a load of wood was delivered to my friend's place and he went to work putting it in the basement. He

remained down there by the basement window while his son, about seventeen, threw the wood into the basement. About that time I arrived. Half an hour later, while they were still working, the boy threw a large stick of wood full force toward the window, striking his father. Staggering and only partially conscious the father came out of the basement. Helping him to my car I rushed him to the emergency hospital where he received proper treatment. That stick of wood had hit him on the left eyelid, cutting through and slightly scratching the surface of the eyeball. Had it been just a little deeper he would have lost his eye. While I was with him at the hospital he kept repeating: "I knew something would happen because it never failed before." Both these dreams came to pass the following day after this man had dreamed them. First the stuck starter, then the accident. Coincidence? ou could never make my friend believe that. Some people dream all the time, others say they scarcely ever do. There are those who claim they never dream. If interested I'd like to suggest that you get a book on dreams from the library. To prepare you for more scientific explanation of the phenomenon of dreams, I shall tell you a bit more. During the waking hours while at work or play, the forebrain (cerebrum) is at work. At night when we are asleep the cerebrum is at rest while the back brain (crebellum), is working. Supposing you fall asleep immediately andyour havedream a pleasant dream. you to wake up during theupon nightretiring you recall but pay littleWhen attention it. Turning over on the other side, you go back to sleep. Perhaps when you get up in the morning you can't remember a thing of what you dreamed. Now this isn't the case with everyone. I merely speak of those who claim they never dream. When you first awaken from the dream it is still vivid in your mind and you feel much refreshed. The second time you go to sleep you fall into an exhausted slumber and upon arising in the morning you not only feel tired but have forgotten your dream. If at any time you have an

important decision to make and you are in doubt as to what to do, take slow deep breaths and, while mentally looking inside your screen, hold your breath for a moment. Assuming a receptive attitude, watch for the impression that will appear on the screen. It will come like a flash of lighting, but you must be on the alert to catch it. It may come in the form of a symbol or a scene, a picture, or it may be in words. Pay close attention to the background. A light background is always favorable while a dark one is the opposite. Regarding symbols, it will not take you long to distinguish them W hen you h old your breath, the answer to the riddle of the symbols will come to you too. Again it may be a voice, a voice from within speaking to you. Always heed the advice of your subconscious because it will never, never direct you wrong. Impressions thus received are like a movie where one picture or scene follows and a ny interference is like the breaking of the reel in a motion another picture theatre. The clearness of the impression depends on the progress of your development. No impression indicates an inability to concentrate. Never try to gain your end by force, but rather by thinking through. You have the power within you. Develop it and put it to work to equalize that scale and to keep it there! If it is possible—and we know that it is—that the subconscious mind is able to cause you to dream bringing back memories of years gone by, then whysubconscious is it not reasonable to believe it possible getininmind harmony with the to create our dreams? With to this I tried various experiments and my efforts finally were rewarded. WTien I retired at night I felt completely relaxed, with my mind in a receptive attitude. Mentally visualizing the screen, I had only one question upon my mind: "What will happen tomorrow?" During the night I dreamed the following: When I arrived at the office in the morning I was met by my manager who asked me to step into his private office saying, 'Here is the five dollars I took out of your check yeste. Jay.'

The next morning when I reached the office the manager met me at the door and said: "I was waiting for you. Come into my office." Then he handed me a five-dollar bill saying, "This is yours." Of course I protested saying that, rightfully, it was his, but he wouldn't hear of it and insisted I take it. The dream I had the second and third night came to pass, in each case, the morning following. This proved conclusively to me that it is possible for anyone to create his own dreams by getting in tune with the subconscious mind. Did it ever occur to you that when you awake from a dream during the night and go back to sleep again, that your dream never continues where it left off? Either you fall into an exhausted slumber or dream of something entirely different. It is disappointing when you have a pleasant dream and wish to know the outcome to wake up in the middle of it. et it is possible to continue your dream after being disturbed. As soon as you wake up let nothing disturb you; mentally visualize your dream inside your screen; completely relax and go back to sleep. You will find your dream continuing where it left off. Here is another exercise for you. Repeat the first exercise, on breathing, and the exercise which induces sleep. Then visualize what you want to dream and keep your mind in a receptive attitude. If you want to go to a certain place, visualize yourself there. Or visualize yourself doing the thing you would like to do. Under no condition lie on your side in bed, but flat on your back. Do not have your legs drawn up, but stretched out. You cannot relax in a cramped position. It may be weeks before you get results and again you might succeed the first time you try. When you are in tune with the subconscious mind, thing s that will not u sually come to you will be drawn to you like a magnet attracting steel filings. Keep a record of all dreams and have absolute faith in yourself. If a warning comes, by all means heed it. When you find your dreams materialize do not tell anyone. Keep it to yourself. Only in this way will you succeed. Happy dreamings!

XXIV—HYPNOTISM EXPLAINED Like electricity, hypnotism is widely used. Yet again, like electricity, it is an unseen force. Hypnotism is used by the medical profession and in psychiatry as well. More and more it is used in childbirth to deaden pain, and in amnesia cases to restore memory. Great hospitals and other institutions apply hypnotic treatment, often with astounding results. Yet science still is unable to explain "the great unknown mind" which can be delved into and made to give up its secrets. The reason, in my humble opinion, why it is possible to accomplish such a feat by means of hypnotism is this: We have a conscious mind and a subconscious mind. Both minds should work in perfect harmony, but seldom do. The conscious mind is also known as the negative mind and is in constant touch with the outside world thro ugh the m edium of the five senses: seeing, hearing, touching, tasting and feeling. Fear negative related the conscious mind. has been said, is the more ofand fearclosely we inject into to a child's mind the moreAsnegative he becomes as he grows older. The more a man is guided by the conscious mind the more he fails in life. On the other hand the subconscious mind is the positive mind. It is the seat of power within us. This mind knows no lack, no defeat, no impossibility, no failure. Having no connection with the outside world it is dependent upon guidance from the conscious mind. This is the reason these two minds should work together in perfect harmony. When hurt our eyes see the injury, wethe feelbrain the pain. Seeing and feelingwe areget transferred to the nerve center of and registered there. Were it not for those two senses we would feel no pain. By means of hypnotism the conscious mind is deadened and so too are the physical senses. Only the su bconscious mind remains. With the conscious out of the way there is nothing to interfere with the subconscious. We are then "in tune" with the All-Powerful mind. Any questions asked will be truthfully answered by the subconscious mind. Auto-suggestion is a form of self-hypnosis and can be used with gratifying results when employed to inject constructive thoughts and

ideas into the subconscious. Much suff ering can be eased or entirely eliminated when we learn to switch our attention from the conscious to the s ubconscious. This we can do as easily as we would turn on or off a light switch. Does this sound ulously simple? It is just easy! We are notby born to suffer asridic so many believe. Suffering is that a condition created mortals because, in our ignorance, we believe in a greater power externally than that within. As an illustration of the difference between the two minds, many homes have collections of books whose only purpose in the home is for decoration or for effect. In such homes, where books are merely for the purpose of impressing the visitor, one usually finds ignorance and sham. On the other hand in places where books are read and studied there is manifest knowledge and wisdom and a thirst for learning. So it is with our mentalities. The conscious mind represents those books which serve only for show while the subconscious represents the open books which are studied for knowledge and wisdom. As everything in the universe must have a positive and a negative, else there can be no motion or activity, so is the conscious mind the negative pole while the subconscious is the positive. The positiv e pole governs while the negative serves. This is the way it is intended. However with most of humanity the reverse is true. The conscious mind, or negative pole, governs while the great subconscious mind merely serves. Let usour s eebody. now what reation this conscious mind (negative pole) upon It will bear repeating that the conscious mind is has in contact with the outside world through the senses. As the conscious mind has gained control of the body and since feeling is one part of the five senses we are thus aware of every little pain and a che. The suffering of the body is transferred to the sensory nerve center of the brain and registered there. In reality the body should remain under the guidance of the subconscious which controls all organs, neves and bodily functions. It does this so much better than the conscious could possibly do. However

the negative mind, being in command of all our activities, also assumes care of the body, thus exerting a strong negative influence over it. ou will now understand how, while we are conscious of every small pain and ache, the conscious, or negative, usurps a job which it is not qualified to do. XXV—THE POWER OF SILENT PRAYER Many have been helped by the power of prayer. Physically, Emotionally, Spiritually and Financially. Wonders have been wrought. Jesus said: "Ask, and it shall be given you. Seek, and you shall find." 1 have found that whenever I get in a tough spot a few words of silent prayer have kept me out of many difficulties, often averted disaster. Silent prayer must come from your heart and be accompanied by faith. Whenevera Ifew tackle a difficult job and itand seems to solve problem, words of silent prayer the hopeless job is finished, or my the problem solved. The same thing applied when I found myself in danger of losing my life. Like a miracle, accidents have been averted. Have Faith in God. He has faith in you. He leaves no prayer unanswered. If you are deathly ill or in danger of losing your life, get in harmony with God; make a vow in a silent word with God and He will guide you through. Many times one reads in newspapers and magazines of some famous man who has been shipwrecked and adrift without food and water for many days, all hope abandoned. Then suddenly he was saved. This same manman is found later on to be preaching the "Word God." God proved to this He had faith in him. In return that man of was so thankful to God he went like the apostles and preached his praise of God so that all who heard him might share with him this wonderful Faith. Which shou ld prove to us beyond a doubt when we receive something we should give something in return, for we cannot always be the receiver. As previously stated a man's mind is full of conflicting thoughts. Each thought contains just a fraction of energy. His thoughts are scattered in all directions, accomplishing nothing. However, when in serious difficulties, a man' s mind rests upon one thought only: his desire to find a solution. When the need is greatest he turns to God and prays.

Suddenly, all the conflicting thoughts disappear and only one thought is formed, backed up by a strong desire. All available energy is directed toward that one thought. His mind is in a state of receiving and thus opening a way for the subconscious mind to reach the conscious mind. When this happens the power of the subconscious mind takes over and solves our problem. In other words we say, "Our prayer was answered." Today I read an article on "Telepathic SOS," about a welder in Stoneham, Massachusetts, who was buried alive and how a friend of his 15 miles away picked up the vibrations of his plight and thus saved his life. How can science explain these strange phenomena? The average man's thought is scattered. He thinks of a hundred and one things at one time. In time of distress his mind narrows down to only one thought—that of safety. His desire to be saved is so strong that every ounce of energy he possesses is put into that one thought. As his plight incr eases his thought for help becomes stronger and stronger. We have all heard the expression: "Divided we fall, united we stand." By putting every effort into that one thought—your heart and soul and feeling all combined— that one thought reaches powerful proportions. It sends out mental vibrations and since distance is no barrier, those vibrations are picked up by another person whose mind is momentarily blank. Once those vibrations have been picked up that particular person again becomes curious and instantly concentrates on that one thought received— which thought becomes stronger the more his attention is directed toward it. At the end the urging gets control and that person is unable to resist any longer and thus follows through. XXVI—THOUGHT A car raced along the highway at fifty miles an hour when suddenly it began swaying and swerving. The driver slowed to thirty miles, thus retaining control of his vehicle. In the next town he stopped at a service station to check the tires. The left rear tire showed only ten pounds of air. After giving it the usual thirty-five pounds, he proceeded on his trip. Unaccountably, a faint thought entered his mind. Following an impulse he stopped at a cafe next to a service station. Minutes later when he returned to his car he discovered the same tire flat once again. Had he

continued his trip to the next town, which was twenty-one miles distant, he would have been obliged to change the tire himself since it was Sunday. This is mentioned because of the faint and feeble thought which came to the driver inItthe form an impulse get the out thought, and haveto dinner proceeding. was his of willingness toto heed "obeybefore that impulse," that saved the unpleasant task of changing tires. Had he disregarded the feeble thought he would not have been saved that annoyance. It is often the little things in life that count the most. Often a faint clue solves a murder. A small leak can sink a great ship. Since the subconscious is not in contact with the outside world it has an odd way of gaining attention. Sometimes it makes itself noticeable by causing us to itch somewhere on the body, which is a sign that we should free ourselves for a m oment from the conscious, then relax and get in tune the At this instant a faint feeble the thought willwith come tosubconscious. us. This we must heed because it is and a message subconscious mind is trying to give us. This ^s about the only way it has of attracting our attention. Those who are developed mentally and in the habit of relaxing a few minutes each day receive such messages clear and strong, either in thought or in some form of vision. The message might be in the nature of a warning that comes in the guise of a premonition. The reason the subconscious cannot reach us at any and all times is because the conscious mind occupies us twenty-four hours a day. There is a confusion of conflicting thoughts to shut off the subconscious entirely. Like a ray of sunshine trying to pierce through clouds, it throws a feeble ray into our consciousness in an attempt to get through to us, but more often than not, it cannot do so. If we could free ou rselves from these conflicting thoughts which occupy our conscious mind all day long by properly relaxing fifteen minutes a day, we would be able to receive all kinds of messages which would lead us toward success. XXVII—WHY FEAR DEATH?

As children we were told about the fearful things that would happen to us if we did anything wrong, or if we told an untruth we were informed the devil would come and get us. I have seen children look fearfully over their shoulders to see if he were after them, pitchfork, horns and all. This is very wrong and is often the very foundation of many of the complexes of the adult today. God is love. He created the universe in which we live. He created you and me. We are all His children. There is only one Father. Because of our great love for Him we turn to Him in trouble, sorrow and when the burdens seem too great to bear alone. It is to Him we turn for guidance when we have lost our way and know not which way to turn. In life most of us have to earn a livelihood . We mus t keep from breaking t he laws of man. We must try our very best to live up to the teachings of God. The worries, trials, heartaches, pain, suffering and the struggle for existence we endure in this life only prepare us for the coming one. Have you every really looked at a person in death? See how peaceful he looks. Do not grieve for him or pity him, for his soul lives on another plane. "Hath God not given to us eternal life?" Why fear death? It is but the closing of a door on this life, and the opening of another door on another life. Rev. 21:4: And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. Everything in life has a beginning and an ending. You cannot live forever. Sooner or later the present race will have vanished to be replaced by another. You shudder at the thought of dying. But why fear death? It means no more worries, heartaches, pain, suffering, billcollectors, taxes, struggling for existence. It comes like a healing lotion on a sore spot. Have you ever really looked at a person in death? See how peacefully he sleeps. You may think, "Oh, poor fellow, he was so young to die." Do not grieve for him, or pity him. His troubles are over. ou are s till struggling. In life we must prepare ourselves to earn a living. Most of us have to

earn a livelihood. We must keep from breaking the laws of men. We find we please one but displease another. Stop at a busy street corner and watch people go by for fifteen minutes. Note the tenseness on their faces, in their eyes which reveal fear or worry or some other emotion. Some try to smile while others look troubled. Some fret and complain, making life miserable for themselves as well as for their fellowmen. As children we were taught what would happen to us when we died. We are "doomed to hell," dammed to eternal fire, with never a moment's peace for our tortured souls. Often this teaching is so imbued in our minds that as we grow older the fear of death is intensified. Naturally we fear it if we believe this nonsense.. This sort of teaching is wicked and should be discarded. Red Indians and Arabs and certain other peoples are taught that when they on the field of battle they enter heaven and are received with greatdie splendor. Countless numbers of white soldiers have been taught that if they are killed, they "go to hell and burn forever!" What a horrible and abysmally ignorant teaching. Not until such teaching is replaced with truth about life after death will fear of death be abolished from the face of the earth. XXVIII—OLD PEOPLE AND BOOKS When I was a youngster I always preferred the company of older people. I used to enjoy to the stories they toldfun andofalso advice they could give listening me. My playmates often made the to oldthe people. Whenever they wanted to know something they consulted their young friends. One thing I realized as a little boy was that those old people have lived their lives and know what it is. They have gone through it while the young kids haven't started to live yet and don't know what is is all about. A few people learn to think when they are thirty. A few more when they reach forty and many more never learn to think. Being a slave to their conscious minds the thinking is done for them. They simply follow the leader.

In comparison to old people, we have books—good books. Books are written for you and me, to educate us. The first time we read a book it gives us an idea, the second time we read it, it explains the idea and after reading it the third time we achieve understanding and mastery. Let's look at it a little closer. If you were to build a radio, you would get the proper knowledge of "How to build a radio." Once you build it you get the experience of "how to do it." The second radio you build you will have a few ideas of your own— and you improve accordingly. In other words that book has saved you many months or years of finding out by yourself "how to do it." Whatever you study, use your knowledge by putting it to work immediately and your progress is assured. Those books were written by men who had spent many years in developing this knowledge and they were written for you and me to profit by it. XXIX—SEEK WITHIN YOURSELF When you get hurt or meet with some other kind of trouble you turn to friends for sympathy and to the church for peace of mind. In the church you find solace when the organ plays softly and beautiful hymns are sung. For a while you feel uplifted and then with a heavy heart you listen intently to the suf fering of someone else. Dejected, yo u leave for home, your mind saturated with negation. Didn't Jesus say: "Lock yourself in your room and pray?" What did He mean? He meant to go into a conference with yourself, analyze your trouble. There is an antidote for every poison. Destroy your negative thoughts and supplant them with positive ones. "As you sow—so you reap." If you plant the seed of a tree, a tree it is going to be. But if it is weed, then weed it is. Find the cause of your ailments and you kill the effects. The Bible tells us, "The Kingdom of heaven is within you." First of all make it a practice to sit for at least fifteen minutes by yourself before going to bed and just relax. Don't think of anything. This may be hard at first but gradually you succeed. Keep on trying. Next inject a positive thought of what you are going to do. For instance, say to yourself: "I feel

fine. I'm happy." Keep thinking it and at the same time feel it and be happy. Act it, feel it and live with it. Day after day add another positive thought. Pretty soon you'll be a different person. Your friends will be amazed at the sudden change. Don't brag about your success because this will react upon you and you'll find yourself back where you started. Rather be humble and thank God. Remember, you made the effort and God helps those that help themselves. XXX—YOU AND YOURSELF A wise man spends his time in constructive thinking—an ignorant man in destructive thinking. Water without any effort flows downstream. It requires a force or push to go uphill. A man, like electricity, takes the path of least resistance. Every man, from childhood on is controlled by his negative tendencies. Why? Because it needs no effort to think. They ust drift along like a ship without a rudder. High powered engines are needed to drive the rudders in order to turn the ship. Should a man attend a lecture he feels uplifted for awhile, but then perseverance is lacking and he falls back in the same rut. A pessimist is a man whose thinking is negative, and a negative individual is an ignoramus. Studying good books and applying the knowledge gained automatically changes his trend of thought. Just to read one or two books is not sufficient, for when one book is read it should be followed immediately by another. In this way the positive thoughts formed come into action, and your confidence increases. It's like putting money in the bank. Keep depositing, you increase your account and you can draw accordingly. But, you cannot draw if you haven't deposited. Therefore when you keep on reading you draw from the knowledge gained. However, if you quit you are limiting yourself. McDonald in his book, The Message of a Master, stated: "No great things are accomplished in the consciousness of personality for personality is limiting." By succeeding in painting, building, writing or creating, you must become the thought itself. Many men have su cceeded by means of inspiration. An architect draws the blueprint, the contractor builds the house according to the specifications of the blueprint. In this case the

inspiration was the plan or blueprint. The money required for the project is the driving force towards accomplishment. XXXI—THE STORY OF A COLD As we stand upon the open plains we see for miles and miles into the distance. We are surrounded by air. We do not see the air, yet we feel it and know it is there. Just what is this air? If we close our eyes and mentally see into space with the psychic eye, completely relaxed, one can see billions upon billons of tiny molecules floating through space. Lighter than a feather they swirl through the atmosphere first going this way then the other, whichever way the next breeze directs them. In a city where the air is poisoned by smoke from chimneys, automobiles and other man-made contraptions, the air is very much polluted. somehow disintegrates and millions of people breathe inThis the pollution unclean air. I've experienced a number of occasions where people lived in overheated rooms because they said they didn't want to catch a cold. The air is heavy, poorly-ventilated, and often it kept me from drawing a fresh breath of air. In fact I had trouble breathing at all. The moment they step outside into the fresh air they have a cold. If we take an ice-cold glass and set it on a hot stove, it breaks. Hot and cold ust don't mix. One slows down your circulation while the other blocks it. When two trains meet head on they collide, blocking the traffic. The same things applies when hot and cold air mix, they collide blocking the passage of breathing. XXXII-ARE YOU NUTS! Last night I stopped at a drug store for a cup of coffee. I felt someone tapping me on the shoulder. I turned around and saw a happy smiling face grinning at me. "Hello, Andy, how are you?" It was Jimmy, a fellow I had known for about a year. Jimmy is sort of a quiet chap and since his wife divorced him he's been moody and unhappy most of the time. He is still in love with her. Dressed in old clothes with a week's beard on him, I hardly recognized him. We exchanged a few words then he said, "Gosh, I'm so happy. I've never in my life felt this way before. I've been hunting

nine days, never seen a newspaper, listened to a radio or watched TV." He was bubbling over. Most people in this world are good people. They try to understand, sympathize, help whenever they can, and their emotions are tender. They read the daily paper, listen to the radio and watch TV. However, what they read and hear displeases them and they become emotionally upset. Their anger is aroused. Their nerves are not oi steel. The continued strikes, robberies, murder in the papers, plus the constant advertising on the radio and TV (try this try that, give for this and for that until it hu rts) becomes too much of a strain and eventually they break. Others become irritable, nervous and slowly find their way to a mental hospital. It is the same as nagging. Men leave home because they can take no more. Do you now wonder why we have so many mentally ill people? Like a spider spinning web,ofthey are totally I say, people's minds are notits made steel, they haveengulfed. feelings, Again they do the right thing, they give when they can, but too much is too much. They feel guilty, their conscious m ind is overburdened while the subconscious rebels. Losing control of both minds they crack under the strain. If one learns to control his conscious mind he assumes an attitude of indifference towards negation. He listens to what appeals to him and shuts his ears to anything which might upset him. Pay close attention to people who read the newspapers from cover to cover, who not only listen to all the commercials but actually buy everything. They are easily influenced. These people are commonly known as suckers because they bite on everything. Their goodheartedness, and good intention of being helpful to others as well as to themselves makes them an easy prey. Their conscious minds are in a constant whirl, never steady or in control of their actions. They are known as the pessimist and negative individuals. XXXIII—FOG LIGHT In the future when people have developed themselves to the point where they shut out the conscious mind and dig into the darkness of the

subconscious, then and only then will they be able to solve the mysteries which puzzle so many of our able scientists. They are looking for a cure for polio, cancer, heart disease and others too numerous to mention. One of the greatest problems is to find some light that will penetrate fog. To make a light shine brighter or stronger is bv no means the answer. At present tungsten is being used in lamps to heat the lamp to brilliance. However, tungsten is too weak an element. Instead of tungsten another element must be discovered. A small quantity of a new element is now available however. Later on it will be plentiful. This element when heated will get red hot and will lack the brilliance of the ordinary light bulb. In appearance it will resemble the element of an electric heater. The element contains a certain chemical which will outlast an ordinary light bulb a hundred times. This light does not necessarily penetrate the fog but it can be seen through the fog at a great distance. Jesus said "Ask and it shall be given unto you." Turn your problems over to the subconscious mind, keep an open mind, be patient and eventually the answer will come to you. We have the power within us at our disposal if we only learn to use it. Our scientists and engineers have the knowledge to develop and perform wonders in material things and if the same effort is spent in developing mentally to get in tune with the subconscious mind there will be no limit to what they will achieve. XXXIV—REINCARNATION Ever sinceinthe of Bridey Murphy, written by talk Morey Bernstein, appeared thestory newpapers, there has been much about whether or not we have lived before. People are inclined to be sceptics. But let's analyze a few facts. This is entirely my own opinion and it is up to you to believe or not to believe. Many people grow vegetables and flowers. As an illustration let's take a cucumber. The seed of this cucumber is removed and treated a certain way and then resold as a seed. No matter where the seed grew first it may be replanted hundreds of miles away to grow into a cucumber once more.

Isn't it likely then that when we die our body disintegrates while our soul travels through the ether and then sometime later is reborn in another place? Jesus stated: "In my Father's house are many mansions." Which means that there are many planets, or let us say "countries." Let us look back in the Bible: when one of Jesus' disciples asked, "Master, why is this beggar blind? What has he done?" Jesus answered, "He may have nothing done in this life but what he has done in his former life." Didn't Jesus point out right then and there that we are reborn? If we are to believe in the Bible doesn't this prove then to be true? Coming back to Bridey Murphy's story: she had been hypnotized and in a hypnotic state and admitted she lived once before and died at the age of 66. She was asked if she tried to speak to the living while she found herself in the other world. "Yes," she answered, "but they wouldn't listen." Why was she unable to communicate with the living? Because people's minds are in such a confusion, cluttered up with a thousand and one thoughts on worldly affairs, they couldn't possibly hear the voice of a deceased person. In order to hear the voice of a deceased person one must have an open mind and must get in tune with that person. We can best compare it with radio. You tune to a certain station operating on a certain frequency and you receive that particular station. If one is able to relax completely, make his mind a total blank and then mentally concentrate on that person who has passed on, he will then hear an inner voice whisper to him. This is called clairaudience. It may be the voice of a deceased person or of a living person thousands of miles away. Some people call it a premonition or hunch. XXXV—GOD—THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND. DEVIL— THE CONSCIOUS MIND. As a youngster I was taught in a Catholic school that God is everywhere, sees everything and knows all. If that is true then He mu st know and understand every language spoken on this earth. He must be at my side every minute of the day and at your side and the other fellow's side. I was at a loss concerning this at first but I finally came to a definite

conclusion. Let us analyze a few of the proverbs we so often hear from the Bible. "God created us in His own image." "The kingdom of heaven is within us." "It is the Father that dwelled in me." "The things I do—you shall do also." "Faith will move mountains." When I take these proverbs from the Bible I realize more than ever that God and the subconscious mind are one and the same. God is not visible nor is the subconscious mind. Both are all-powerful. The conscious mind is the devil. Beca use it is this mind which leads us into temptations due to the five senses. When our eyes see something, we want to possess it. When we taste something good, we want to eat it. When we feel something warm on our bodies, we want to wear it. When we smell something that strikes our fancies, we want to hold on. When we hear something pleasant or unpleasant, we believe it. We all remember the Bible story of Adam and Eve. Eve's eyes saw that apple, picked it and tasted it, and we know the consequences. The reason so many men are forever in trouble and our jails are filled to capacity is that they have no control over their conscious minds and are therefore tempted over and over again into temptation. To control your conscious mind means to exercise contro l over your five senses . Let me illustrate: To taste something delicious—we want to eat it. But, to overdo it means indigestion. To feel something doesn't mean for us to keep it. To smell smoke—we can also suffocate by it. Drinking water is healthful—but we can also dro wn in it. Therefore we must u se caution and moderation. More people suffer from a guilt complex than anything else. Their conscious minds bother them. In other words the devil has the upper hand. "Put your trust in God" is an old saying. Get your conscious mind and subconscious mind working in harmony and follow the golden rule: "Do unto others as you would have others do unto you."

XXXVI—TO REMEMBER It rains and snows, it storms and the sun shines upon all alike. A blizzard races on taking everything in its path. Regardless of who or what object is in its way, it does not change course but speeds forward at nothing. favors no one. The damage it does is impartialstopping and unknown to theItblizzard. As you get into action there will be reaction. Do not force your way. Do not willfully hurt others in order to gain your objective. Remember, "As you sow, so shall you reap." If you direct your knowledge with wisdom you will reach the heights, but if it is with ignorance or injustice there will be reaction, and the result may be disaster. If you are religious you have faith in God. Place the same faith in yourself and your ability. "Faith moves mountains." Having studied and practiced what you have learned, apply it intelligently and you will soon be master of yourself in the of your and action. You can conquering then make your life negative whatevertendencies you wish itintothought be. A homely simile: A separator separates the cream from the milk, and you must become a human separator able to separate the negative from the positive at will. When you are master, no contrary ideas can enter to disturb your peace of mind. Keep mentally active at all times. Because if you cease to think you cease to exist. In closing this chapter case emergency arises:let me give you one more h elpful suggestion in Don't blame it on fate! Once a thought is given out, power is dissipated, the forces scattered. A secret is only a secret when it is kept. Once told to another, it is no longer a secret. Here is the way your conscious mind will react upon your subconscious mind: You have succeeded in equalizing the scale, the pivot is at exact center. That means that the conscious mind and the su bconscious m ind are working in perfect harmony. The conscious mind is restless, anxiously waiting for a chance to gain control again. It is forever trying

to push the subconscious out of the way. When you speak to anyone, thus weakening your power, you are dissipating the power of the s ubconscious while the power of the conscious mind is being strengthened. More and more it is gaining control, with the result that the conscious or negative sid e of the scale tips down and the pivot is off center. Then you find yourself right back where you started. On the other hand, were you to keep your secret, the subconscious would hold the conscious mind in line, giving it no chance to pull away from the subconscious mind. In this way power is conserved and retained. Keep your secret to yourself! XXXVII—SECRECY By now you have become a master in visualization. You are able to relax without difficulty, to make your mind blank in a fraction of a minute. But in order to succeed you must know and obey the rule of secrecy. It is in silence that all great laws of nature operate. When you are fully developed and powerfully fortified, then and only then will you be in a position to pass your secret on to another. You will want to do this to help humanity. But do not be tempted to divulge the secret before that time. Because the moment you speak your power is weakened. We have said that a magnet charged with electricity will lift tons of steel. The instant you shut off the electricity the magnet is discharged and the weight of steel drops. It is the same with us . When we s peak to someone, we discharge the magnet and the power of attraction is gone. So keep your eecret locked tightly within yourself. For the more secrecy you keep in your affairs, the more power you will attain. When you attend any kind of gathering you will become the center of attraction, be singled out by others.

Maybe you have had the experience of being promised a raise. You couldn't keep the news to yourself, told everyone about it, and in the end something happened that you did not get the raise. Or perhaps you recall having planned a trip. You babbled about it and when the day arrived something happened that you couldn't go after all. Or you were promised a promotion, only to be disappointed. You thought, "Why should fate play such tricks on me: XXXVIII — HUMAN MAGNET When you have studied the lessons in Creative Visualization and applied the principles as given therein, you have become an advanced student in the science of visualization. You will possess control of your conscious mind. Many wonderful things will begin to happen. Doors will open up for you, people will turn to you, and opportunities will present themselves. You have just begun to live. You will have an open mind which willfront be filled constructive thoughts without It is like the open doorwith of a new house that's for sale. Your effort. open mind is an invitation to others to confide in you. our subconscious mind sends out vibrations of love and understanding and their conscious minds receive it. These vibrations are in tune reacting like a magnet. They attract. The subconscious works in silence. It cannot be seen. However, its strong power is there and can be felt. When you have reached this point of perfection, do not let the power of your development become predominant to the point where it will react destructively of constructively. appear humble and the give thanks to the instead Lord. Increase your powerRather, and popularity by helping unfortunate. Do not brag! Be modest! Do not try to capitalize or sell your power on the financial market for a lucrative price. It will not only harm you physically, but destroy your mental power. Jesus Christ, the greatest healer the world has ever known, healed the sick, raised the dead, not for monetary gain, but to help the poor and unfortunate.

The conscious mind fceing so overburdened that it tips the scale.

Showing a Chinese coolie carrying a heavy load on one side and lighter one on the other side.

(MS3WW Using the light reflection of an allarm clock for concentration

».a Selecting the white button of a light switch for concentration

Piece of orange paper.above the noee,between the eyee. Point of concentration as Been through a mirror.

Piece of orange paper. Point of concentration as seen through a mirror.

This is the screen in which we see our mental images.

Inducing sleep fcy moving the right eye slowly to the left.and the left eye slowly to So thethis right, towards the nose,in an inward circular movement. Caution: slowly.