To use mental force is to presuppose that there is
opposition. When your mind is concentrated on the means to overcome a problem, it is no longer concerned with the obstacle
MATTHEW 18:19 says, If two of you shall agree on earth as touching
anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father wbich
is in heaven. Who are these two? It means the harmonious union
r agreement between your conscious and subconscious on any
, or mental image. When there is no longer any quarrel
two agreeing may also be represented as you and your desire,
your thought and feeling, your idea and emotion, your desire
and imagination. You avoid all conflict between your desires and
imagination by entering into a drowsy, sleepy state which brings
all effort to a minimum. The conscious mind is submerged to a
great extent when in a sleepy state. The best time to impregnate
your subconscious is prior to sleep. The reason for this is that
the highest degree of outcropping of the subconscious occurs
prior to sleep and just after we awaken.
In this state the negative thoughts and imagery which
tend to neutralize your desire and so prevent acceptance by
your subconscious mind no longer present themselves. When
you imagine the reality of the fulfilled desire and feel the
thrill of accomplishment, your subconscious brings about the
realization of your desire.
A great many people solve all their dilemmas and problems
by the play of their controlled, directed, and disciplined
imagination, knowing that whatever they imagine and feel
as true will and must come to pass. The following will clearly
illustrate how a young girl overcame the conflict between her
desire and her imagination. She desired a harmonious solution
to her legal problem, yet her mental imagery was constantly
on failure, loss, bankruptcy, and poverty. It was a complicated
lawsuit and there was one postponement after another with no
solution in sight.
At my suggestion, she got into a sleepy, drowsy state
each night prior to sleep, and she began to imagine the
happy ending, feeling it to the best of her ability. She knew
that the image in her mind had to agree with her heart’s
desire. Prior to sleep she began to dramatize as vividly
possible her lawyer having an animated discussion with her
regarding the outcome. She would ask him questions, and
he would answer her appropriately. He would say to her
over and over again, “There has been a perfect, harmonious
solution. The case has been settled out of court.” During
the day when fear thoughts came into her mind, she would
run her mental movie with gestures, voice, and sound
equipment. She could easily imagine the sound of his voice,
smile, and mannerism. She ran this mental picture so often,
it became a subjective pattern, a regular train track. At the
end of a few weeks her attorney called her and confirmed
objectively what she had been imagining and feeling as true
subjectively.
This is really what the Psalmist meant when he wrote,
Let the words of my mouth [your thoughts, mental images, good]
and the meditations of my heart [your feeling, nature, emotion]
be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord [the law of subconscious
mind], my strength, and my redeemer [the power and wisdom
of your subconscious mind can redeem you from sickness,
bondage, and misery]. PSALM 19:14.