It is a well-known fact that all of the various schools of
healing effect cures of the most wonderful character. The
most obvious conclusion, which strikes your mind, is that
there must be some underlying principle, which is common to
them all, namely, the subconscious mind, and the one process
of healing is faith.
It will now be in order to recall to your mind once more
the following fundamental truths:
First that you possess mental functions, which have been
distinguished by designating one the conscious mind and the
other the subconscious mind.
Secondly, your subconscious mind is constantly amenable
to the power of suggestion. Furthermore, your subconscious mind has complete
control of the functions, conditions, and sensations of
body. I venture to believe that all the readers of this book are
familiar with the fact that symptoms of almost any disease can
be induced in hypnotic subjects by suggestion. For example, a
subject in the hypnotic state can develop a high temperature,
flushed face, or chills according to the nature of the suggestion
given. By experiment, you can suggest to the person that he is
paralyzed and cannot walk: it will be so. By illustration, you
can hold a cup of cold water under the nose of the hypnotic
subject and tell him, “This is full of pepper; smell it!” He will
proceed to sneeze. What do you think caused him to sneeze,
the water or the suggestion?
If a man says he is allergic to Timothy grass, you can place
a synthetic flower or an empty glass in front of his nose, when
he is in a hypnotic state, and tell him it is Timothy grass. He
will portray the usual allergic symptoms. This indicates that the
cause of the disease is in the mind. The healing of the disease
can also take place mentally.
You realize that remarkable healings take place through
osteopathy, chiropractic medicine, and naturopathy, as well as
through all the various religious bodies throughout the world,
but it is obvious that all of these healings are brought about
through the subconscious mind the only healer there is.
Notice how it heals a cut on your face caused by shaving
It knows exactly how to do it.
The doctor dresses the wound and says, “Nature heals
it!” Nature refers to natural law, the law of the subconscious
mind, or self-preservation, which is the function of the
subconscious mind. The instinct of self-preservation is the
first law of nature. Your strongest instinct is the most potent
of all autosuggestions.