Some time ago I talked to a young lady aged twenty-two.
She was taught that it was a sin to dance, to play cards, to swim
and to go out with men. She was threatened by her mother who
told her she would burn eternally in hell-fire if she disobeyed
her will and her religious teachings. This girl wore a black dress
and black stockings. She wore no rouge, lipstick, or any form
of make-up because her mother said that these things were sinful. Her mother told her that all men were evil, and that sex
was of the devil and simply diabolic debauchery.
This girl had to learn how to forgive herself as she was full
these false beliefs for the truths of life and a new estimate of
of guilt. To forgive means to give for. She had to give up all
herself. When she went out with young men in the office where
she worked, she had a deep sense of guilt and thought that
God would punish her. Several eligible young men proposed
to her, but she said to me, “It is wrong to marry. Sex is evil
and I am evil.” This was her conscience or early conditioning
speaking. She came to me once weekly for about ten weeks, and
I taught her the workings of the conscious and subconscious
mind as set forth in this book. This young girl gradually came
to see that she had been completely brainwashed, mesmerized,
and conditioned by an ignorant, superstitious, bigoted, and
frustrated mother. She broke away completely from her family
and started to Eve a wonderful life.
At my suggestion she dressed up and had her hair attended
to. She took lessons in dancing from a man, and she also took
driving lessons. She learned to swim, play cards, and had a
number of dates. She began to love life. She prayed for a
divine companion by claiming that Infinite Spirit would attract
to her a man who harmonized with her thoroughly. Eventually
this came to pass. As she left my office one evening, there was
a man waiting to see me and I casually introduced them. They
are now married and harmonize with each other perfectly.