Charles Baudoin was a professor at the Rousseau Institute
in France. He was a brilliant psychotherapist and a research
director of the New Nancy School of Healing, who in 1910
taught that the best way to impress the subconscious mind was
to enter into a drowsy, sleepy state, or a state akin to sleep in
which all effort was reduced to a minimum. Then in a quiet,
passive, receptive way, by reflection, he would convey the idea
to the subconscious.
The following is his formula: “A very simple way of
securing this (impregnation of the subconscious mind) is to
condense the idea, which is to be the object of suggestion, to sum it up in a brief phrase, which can be readily graven on the
memory, and to repeat it over and over again as a
Some years ago, a young lady in Los Angeles
in a prolonged bitter family lawsuit over a will. Her husband
had bequeathed his entire estate to her, and his sons, and
daughters by a previous marriage were bitterly fighting to break
the will. The Baudoin technique was outlined to her, and this is
what she did: She relaxed her body in an armchair, entered into
the sleepy state and, as suggested, condensed the idea of her
need into a phrase consisting of six words easily graven on the
memory. “It is finished in Divine Order.” The significance to
her of these words meant that Infinite Intelligence operating
through the laws of her subconscious mind would bring about
a harmonious adjustment through the principle of harmony.
She continued this procedure every night for about ten nights.
After she got into a sleepy state, she would affirm slowly,
quietly, and feelingly the statement: “It is finished in Divine
Order,” over and over again, feeling a sense of inner peace and
an all-pervading tranquility; then she went off into her deep,
normal sleep.
On the morning of the eleventh day, following the use
of the above technique, she awakened with a sense of well-
being, a conviction that it was finished. Her attorney called her
the same day, saying that the opposing attorney and his clients
were willing to settle.
A harmonious agreement was reached, and litigation was
discontinued.