This man acquired a practice of relaxing his body and
getting into a relaxed, drowsy, meditative state. Then he filled
his mind with the picture of the desired end, knowing his
subconscious mind could bring it about the easiest way. He
imagined his daughter congratulating him on his freedom, and
saying to him, “Daddy, it’s wonderful to have you home!” He
had lost his family through drink. He was not allowed to visit
them, and his wife would not speak to him.
Regularly, systematically, he used to sit down and meditate
in the way outlined. When his attention wandered, he made it
a habit to immediately recall the mental picture of his daughter
with her smile and the scene of his home enlivened by her
cheerful voice. All this brought about a reconditioning of his
mind. It was a gradual process. He kept it up.
He persevered knowing that sooner or later he would
establish a new habit pattern in his subconscious mind.
I told him that he could liken his conscious mind to a
camera, that his subconscious mind was the sensitive plate on
which he registered and impressed the picture. This made a
profound impression on him, and his whole aim was to firmly
impress the picture on his mind and develop it there. Films are
developed in the dark; likewise, mental pictures are developed
in the darkroom of the subconscious mind.