One of our students told me that he was invited to speak at
a banquet. He said he was panic-stricken at the thought of
speaking before a thousand people. He overcame his fear this
way: For several nights he sat down in an armchair for about
five minutes and said to himself slowly, quietly, and positively,
“I am going to master this fear. I am overcoming it now. I
speak with poise and confidence. I am relaxed and at ease.” He
operated a definite law of mind and overcame his fear.
The subconscious mind is amenable to suggestion and is
controlled by suggestion. When you still your mind and relax,
the thoughts of your conscious mind sink down into the
subconscious through a process similar to osmosis, whereby
fluids separated by a porous membrane intermingle. As these
positive seeds, or thoughts, sink into the subconscious area,
they grow after their kind, and you become poised, serene,
and calm.