Perfect health is mine , and the 
Law of Harmony operates in my mind and body. Beauty, love, peace,  
and abundance are mine. The principle of right action and divine order  
govern my entire life. I know my major premise is based on t he 
eternal truths of life, and I know, feel, and believe that my  
 36  subconscious mind responds according to the nature of my conscious 
mind think-ing.” 
He wrote me as follows: “I repeated the above statements slowly, 
quietly, and lovingly several times a day knowing that they wer e 
sinking deep down into my subconscious mind, and that results must 
follow. I am deeply grateful for the interview you gave me, and I 
would like to add that all departments of my life are changing f or the 
better. It works!” 
• The subconscious does not argue controversially 
Your subconscious mind is all-wise and knows the answers to all 
questions. It does not argue with you or talk back to you. It does not 
say, “You must not impress me with that.” For ex-ample, when y ou 
say, “I can’t do this.” “I am too old now.” “I can’t meet this 
obligation.” “I was born on the wrong side of the tracks.” “I don’t 
know the right politician,” you are impregnating your subconsciou s 
with these negative thoughts, and it responds accordingly. You are 
actually blocking your own good, thereby bringing lack, limitation,  
and frustration into your life. When you set up obstacles, impediments, and delays in your 
conscious mind, you are denying the wisdom and intelli-gence 
resident in your subconscious mind. You are actually say-ing in e ffect 
that your subconscious mind cannot solve your problem. This leads to 
mental and emotional congestion, fol-lowed by sickness and neurotic 
tendencies. To realize your desire and overcome your frustration, affirm  boldly 
several times a day: “The infinite intelligence which gav e me this 
desire leads, guides, and reveals to me the perfect plan for t he 
unfolding of my desire. I know the deeper wisdom of my 
subconscious is now responding, and what I feel and claim wi thin is 
expressed in the without. There is a balance, equilibrium, and 
equanimity.” 
If you say, “There is no way out; I am lost; there is no way out  of 
this dilemma; I am stymied and blocked,” you will get no answ er or  
 37  response from your subconscious mind. If you want the subconscious 
to work for you, give it the right request, and attain its co-op eration. It 
is always working for you. It is con-trolling your heartbeat thi s minute 
and also your breathing. It heals a cut on your finger, and its tendency 
is lifeward, forever seeking to take care of you and preserve you. Your 
subconscious has a mind of its own, but it accepts your patter ns of 
thought and imagery. When you are seeking an answer to a problem, your sub-conscious  
will respond, but it expects you to come to a decision and to a t rue 
judgment in your conscious mind. You must acknowledge the answer 
is in your subconscious mind. However, if you say, “I don’t think 
there is any way out; I am all mixed up and confused; why don’t I get 
an answer?” you are neutralizing your prayer. Like the soldie r 
marking time, you do not get anywhere. Still the wheels of your mind, relax, let go, and quietly affirm:  “My 
subconscious knows the answer. It is responding to me now. I give  
thanks because I know the infinite intelligence of my subc onscious 
knows all things and is revealing the perfect answer to me  now. My 
real conviction is now setting free the majesty and glory of m y 
subconscious mind. I rejoice that it is so.” 
• Review of highlights 
1. Think good, and good follows. Think evil, and evil follows. You 
are what you think all day long. 2. Your subconscious mind does not argue with you. It ac-cepts 
what your conscious mind decrees. If you say, “I can’t afford it,” it 
may be true, but do not say it. Select a better thought, decree, “ I’ll buy 
it. I  accept it in my mind.” 
3. You have the power to choose. Choose health and happiness. You 
can choose to be friendly, or you can choose to be unfriendly. Choose  
to be co-operative, joyous, friendly, lovable, and the whole world  will 
respond. This is the best way to develop a wonderful personality. 38  4. Your conscious mind is the “watchman at the gate.” Its chief 
function is to protect your subconscious mind from false impres sions. Choose to believe that something good can happen and is happening 
now. Your greatest power is your capacity to choose. Choose 
happiness and abundance. 5. The suggestions and statements of others have no power to hurt  
you. The only power is the movement of your own thought. You can 
choose to reject the thoughts or statements of others and affir m the 
good. You have the power to choose how you will react. 6. Watch what you say. You have to account for every idle word. Never say, “I will fail; I will lose my job; I can’t pay the rent.” Your 
subconscious cannot take a joke. It brings all these things to pass . 7. Your mind is not evil. No force of nature is evil. It depends how 
you use the powers of nature. Use your mind to bless, heal, and inspire 
all people everywhere. 8. Never say, “I can’t.” Overcome that fear by substituting  the 
following, “I can do all things through the power of my own 
subconscious mind.”  
9. Begin to think from the standpoint of the eternal truths and 
principles of life and not from the standpoint of fear, ignora nce, and 
superstition. Do not let others do your think-ing for you. Choose your  
own thoughts and make your own decisions. 10. You are the captain of your soul (subconscious mind) and the 
master of your fate. Remember, you have the capacity to choos e. 
Choose life! Choose love! Choose health! Choose happiness! 11. Whatever your conscious mind assumes and believes to be true, 
your subconscious mind will accept and bring to pass. Believe in good 
fortune, divine guidance, right action, and all the blessings of life. 39  3 
The Miracle-Working Power of Your 
Subconscious 
The power of your subconscious is enormous. It inspires you, it 
guides you, and it reveals to you names, facts, and scenes from the 
storehouse of memory. Your subconscious started your heartbeat, 
controls the circulation of your blood, and regulates your digestion, 
assimilation, and elimination. When you eat a piece of bread, your subconscious mind transmutes 
it into tissue, muscle, bone, and blood. This process is beyond the ken 
of the wisest man who walks the earth. Your subconscious mind 
controls all the vital processes and functions of your body and knows  
the answer to all problems. Your subconscious mind never sleeps, never rests. It is al- ways on 
the job. You can discover the miracle-working power of your 
subconscious by plainly stating to your subconscious prior to sleep 
that you wish a certain specific thing accomplished. You will  be 
delighted to discover that forces within you will be re-leased, l eading 
to the desired result. Here, then, is a source of power and wisdom  
which places you in touch with omnipotence or the power that moves  
the world, guides the planets in their course, and causes the sun to 
shine. Your subconscious mind is the source of your ideals, aspira-tions, 
and altruistic urges. It was through the subconscious mind that 
Shakespeare perceived great truths hidden from the average man of 
his day. Undoubtedly, it was the response of his sub-conscious mind  
that caused the Greek sculptor, Phidias, to por-tray beauty, order, 
symmetry, and proportion in marble and bronze. It enabled the Ita lian 
artist, Raphael, to paint Madonnas, and Ludwig van Beethoven to 
compose symphonies. 40  In 1955 I lectured at the Yoga Forest University, Rishikesh, India, 
and there I chatted with a visiting surgeon from Bombay. He tol d me 
about Dr. 
James Esdaille, a Scotch surgeon, who worked in Bengal before 
ether or other modern methods of anesthesia were discovered. Between 1843 and 1846, Dr. Es-daille performed about four hundred 
major operations of all kinds, such as amputations, remova l of tumors 
and cancerous growths, as well as operations on the eye, ear,  and 
throat. All operations were conducted under mental anesthesia on ly. This Indian doctor at Rishikesh informed me that the postoper ative 
mortality rate of patients operated on by Dr. Esdaille wa s ex-tremely 
low, probably two or three percent. Patients felt no pain, and  there 
were no deaths during the operations. Dr. Esdaille suggested to the subconscious minds of all his pati ents, 
who were in a hypnotic state, that no infection or septic cond ition 
would develop. You must remember that this was be-fore Louis Pasteur, Josep h 
Lister, and others who pointed out the bacterial origin of diseas e and 
causes of infection due to unsterilized instruments and virulent  
organisms. This Indian surgeon said that the reason for the low mor-tali ty rate 
and the general absence of infection, which was re-duced to a 
minimum, was undoubtedly due to the suggestions of Dr. Esdaille to 
the subconscious minds of his patients. They responded according t o 
the nature of his suggestion. It is simply wonderful, when you conceive how a surgeon, over one 
hundred twenty years ago, discovered the miraculous wonder-working 
powers of the subconscious mind. Doesn’t it cause you to be seiz ed 
with a sort of mystic awe when you stop and think of the 
transcendental powers of your subconscious mind? Consider its 
extrasensory perceptions, such as its ca-pacity for clairv oyance and 
clairaudience, its independence of time and space, its capac ity to 
render you free from all pain and suffering, and its capacity to get the  
 41  answer to all problems, be they what they may. All these a nd many 
more reveal to you that there is a power and intelligence within you 
that far tran-scends your intellect, causing you to marvel at the 
wonders of it ail. All these experiences cause you to rejoic e and 
believe in the miracle-working powers of your own subconscious 
mind. • Your subconscious is your Book of Life 
Whatever thoughts, beliefs, opinions, theories, or dogmas you write,  
engrave, or impress on your subconscious mind, you shall experience  
them as the objective manifestation of circum-stances, condi tions, and 
events. What you write on the inside, you will experience on the outside. You have two sides to your life, objective and subjective, visi ble and 
invisible, thought and its manifestation. Your brain receives your thought, which is the organ of your 
conscious reasoning mind. When your conscious or ob-jective mind 
accepts the thought completely, it is sent to the solar plexus , called the 
brain of your mind, where it becomes flesh and is made manifest i n 
your experience. As previously outlined, your subconscious cannot argue. It acts only 
from what you write on it. It accepts your verdict or the conclusions of 
your conscious mind as final. This is why you are always writi ng on 
the book of life, because your thoughts become your experiences. The 
American essayist, Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “Man is what he 
thinks all day long.” 
• What is impressed in the subconscious is expressed 
William James, the father of American psychology, said that t he 
power to move the world is in your subconscious mind. Your 
subconscious mind is one with infinite intelligence and boundless 
wisdom. It is fed by hidden springs, and is called the law of life. Whatever you impress upon your subconscious mind, the latter wil l 
move heaven and earth to bring it to pass. 42  You must, therefore, impress it with right ideas and construc-t ive 
thoughts. The reason there is so much chaos and misery in the world is 
because people do not understand the interaction of their consci ous 
and subconscious minds. When these two principles work in accord, 
in concord, in peace, and synchronously together, you will have heath, 
happiness, peace and joy. There is no sickness or discord when the  
conscious and subconscious work together harmoniously and 
peacefully. The tomb of Hermes was opened with great expectancy and a se nse 
of wonder because people believed that the greatest secret of the ages 
was contained therein. The secret was as within, so without; as above, 
so below. In other words, whatever is impressed hi your subconscious mind is 
expressed on the screen of space. This same truth was pr oclaimed by 
Moses, Isaiah, Jesus, Buddha, Zoroaster, Laotze, and all the illumine d 
seers of the ages Whatever you feel as true subjectivel y is expressed 
as conditions, experiences, and events. Motion and emotion must 
balance. As in  heaven [your own mind], so on earth [in your body and 
environment]. This is the great law of life. You will find throughout all nature the law of action and reaction, of 
rest and motion. These two must balance, then there will be h armony 
and equilibrium. You are here to let the life principle flow t hrough 
you rhythmically and harmoniously. The intake and the outgo must be 
equal. The impression and the expression must be equal. All your 
frustration is due to unful-filled desire. If you think negatively, destructively, and viciously, these tho ughts 
generate destructive emotions which must be expressed and find a n 
outlet. These emotions, being of a negative nature, are frequently expressed 
as ulcers, heart trouble, tension, and anxieties. What is your idea or feeling about yourself now? Every part of your 
being expresses that idea. Your vitality, body, fi-nancial sta tus,  
 43  friends, and social status represent a perfect re-flectio n of the idea you 
have of yourself. This is the real mean-ing of what is impressed in your sub conscious 
mind, and which is expressed in all phases of your life. We injure ourselves by the negative ideas, which we enter- tain. How often have you wounded yourself by getting angry, fearful, 
jealous, or vengeful? These are the poisons that enter your 
subconscious mind. You were not born with these negative attitude s. 
Feed your subconscious mind life-giving thoughts, and you will wipe 
out all the negative patterns lodged therein. As you continue to do this, 
all the past will be wiped out and remembered no more. • The subconscious heals a malignancy of the skin 
A personal healing will ever be the most convincing evi-dence of  
the healing power of the subconscious mind. Over forty years ag o I 
resolved a malignancy of the skin through prayer. Medical ther apy 
had failed to check the growth, and it was get-ting progressiv ely 
worse. A clergyman, with a deep psychological knowledge, ex-plained to 
me the inner meaning of the 139th Psalm wherein it says, In thy book 
all my members were written, which in con-tinuance were fashi oned, 
when as yet there was none of them. He explained that the term book 
meant my subconscious mind, which fashioned and molded all my 
organs from an invisible cell. He also pointed out that inasmuch as my 
subconscious mind made my body, it could also recreate it and he al it 
according to the perfect pattern within it. This clergyman showed me his watch and said, “This had a maker , 
and the watchmaker had to have the idea first in mind before the  
watch became an objective reality, and if the watch was out  of order, 
the watchmaker could fix it.” My friend re-minded me that the 
subconscious intelligence, which created my body, was like a  
watchmaker, and it also knew exactly how to heal, restore, and direct 
all the vital functions and processes of my body, but that I ha d to give  
 44  it the perfect idea of health. This would act as cause, and the  effect 
would be a healing. I prayed in a very simple way as follows: “My body and al l its 
organs were created by the infinite intelligence in my sub -conscious 
mind. It knows how to heal me. Its wisdom fashioned all my organs, 
tissues, muscles, and bones. This infinite healing presence wi thin me 
is now transforming every atom of my being making me whole and 
perfect now. I give thanks for the healing I know is taking pla ce now. Wonderful are the works of the creative intelligence within me.” 
I prayed aloud for about five minutes two or three times a da y 
repeating the above simple prayer. In about three months my sk in was 
whole and perfect. As you can see, all I did was give life-giving patterns of wholeness, 
beauty, and perfection to my subconscious mind, thereby oblitera ting 
the negative images and patterns of thought lodged in my 
subconscious mind which were the cause of all my trouble. Nothing  
appears on your body except when the mental equivalent is first in 
your mind, and as you change your mind by drenching it with 
incessant affirmatives, you change your body. This is the basis of all 
healing. . . . Marvelous are thy works; and that my soul [subconscious 
mind] knoweth right well. PSALM 139:14. • How the subconscious controls all functions of the body 
While you are awake or sound asleep upon your bed, the ceaseless , 
tireless action of your subconscious mind controls all the vit al 
functions of your body without the help of your con-scious mind. For 
example, while you are asleep your heart con-tinues to beat 
rhythmically, your lungs do not rest, and the proc-ess of inhalation 
and exhalation, whereby your blood absorbs fresh air, goes on just the  
same as when you are awake. Your subconscious controls your 
digestive processes and glandular secretions, as well as a ll the other 
mysterious operations of your body. The hair on your face continues 
to grow whether you are asleep or awake. Scientists tell us that the  
 45  skin secretes much more perspiration during sleep than during t he 
waking hours. Your eyes, ears, and other senses are active during sleep. Fo r 
instance,   many of our great scientists have received answe rs to 
perplexing problems while they were asleep. They saw the an-sw ers in 
a dream. Oftentimes your conscious mind interferes with the normal rhythm  
of the heart, lungs, and functioning of the stomach and intestines b y 
worry, anxiety, fear, and depression. These pat-terns of thought 
interfere with the harmonious functioning of your subconscious mind. When mentally disturbed, the best procedure is to let go, rela x, and 
still the wheels of your thought processes. Speak to your subconscious mind, telling it to take over in pea ce, 
harmony, and divine order. You will find that all the functions of your 
body will become normal again. Be sure to speak to your 
subconscious mind with authority and convic-tion, and it will confor m 
to your command. Your subconscious seeks to preserve your life and restore you t o 
health at all costs. It causes you to love your children, which a lso 
illustrates an instinctive desire to preserve all life . Let us suppose you 
accidentally ate some bad food. Your sub-conscious mind would 
cause you to regurgitate it. If you in-advertently took some poison, your subconscious powers 
would proceed to neutralize it. If you completely entrusted your self to 
its wonderworking  power, you would be entirely restored to health. • How to get the subconscious to work for you 
The first thing to realize is that your subconscious mind is al ways 
working. It is active night and day, whether you act upon it or not . Your subconscious is the builder of your body, but you cannot 
consciously perceive or hear that inner silent process. Your busi ness is 
with your conscious mind and not your subconscious mind. Just keep 
your conscious mind busy with the expectation of the best, and make  
 46  sure the thoughts you habitually think are based on whatsoever thi ngs 
are lovely, true, just, and of good report. Begin now to take c are of 
your con-scious mind, knowing in your heart and soul that your 
subcon-scious mind is always expressing, reproducing, and 
manifesting according to your habitual thinking. Remember, just as water takes the shape of the pipe it f lows 
through, the life principle in you flows through you according to the 
nature of your thoughts. Claim that the healing presence in your 
subconscious is flowing through you as harmony, health, peace, joy, 
and abundance. Think of it as a living intelligence, a lovely 
companion on the way. Firmly believe it is continually flowing 
through you vivifying, inspiring, and prospering you. It will respond  
exactly this way. It is done unto you as you believe. • Healing principle of the subconscious restores atrophied  optic 
nerves 
There is the well-known, duly authenticated case of Madame Bire of 
France, recorded in the archives of the medical department of 
Lourdes, France. She was blind; the optic nerves were atrophi ed and 
useless. She visited Lourdes and had what she termed a mira culous 
healing. Ruth Cranston, a Protestant young lady who investigated and 
wrote about healings at Lourdes in McCalls magazine, November, 
1955, writes about Madame Bire as follows: “At Lourdes she rega ined 
her sight incredibly, with the optic nerves still lifeless  and useless, as 
several doctors could testify after repeated examinations. A month 
later, upon re-examination, it was found that the seeing mechanism  
had been restored to normal. But at first, so far as medical  
examination could tell, she was seeing with ‘dead eyes.’” 
I have visited Lourdes several times where I, too, wit-nessed some 
healings, and of course, as we shall explain in the next c hapter, there 
is no doubt that healings take place at many shrines throughout the 
world, Christian and non-Christian. 47  The waters of the shrine did not heal Madame Bire, to whom we 
just referred, but by her own subconscious mind, which responded to 
her belief. The healing principle within her subconscious mind responded to 
the nature of her thought. Be-lief is a thought in the subconscious  
mind. It means to accept something as true. The thought accepted  
executes itself automatically. Undoubtedly, Madame Bire went to the shrine with expectancy and 
great faith, knowing in her heart she would re-ceive a heali ng. Her 
subconscious mind responded accordingly, releasing the ever-pres ent 
healing forces. The subconscious mind, which created the eye, can  
certainly bring a dead nerve back to life. What the creativ e principle 
created, it can recreate. Accord-ing to your belief is it done unto you. • How to convey the idea of perfect health to your subconscious  
mind 
A Protestant minister I knew in Johannesburg, South Africa, told me 
the method he used to convey the idea of perfect health to his 
subconscious mind. He had cancer of the lung. His technique, as give n 
to me in his own handwriting, is ex-actly as follows: “Severa l times a 
day I would make certain that I was completely relaxed menta lly and 
physically. I relaxed my body by speaking to it as follows, ‘My  feet 
are relaxed, my ankles are relaxed, my legs are relaxed, my a bdominal 
muscles are relaxed, my heart and lungs are relaxed, my head is 
relaxed, my whole being is completely relaxed.’ After about f ive 
minutes I would be in a sleepy drowsy state, and then I affirme d the 
fol-lowing truth, ‘the perfection of God is now being expressed  
through me. The idea of perfect health is now filling my sub-
conscious mind. The image God has of me is a perfect image, and  my 
subconscious mind recreates my body in perfect accord-ance wi th the 
perfect image held in the mind of God.’” This minister had a 
remarkable healing. This is a simple easy way of conveying  the idea 
of perfect health to your subconscious mind. 48  Another wonderful way to convey the idea of health to your 
subconscious is through disciplined or scientific imagina-tion. I told a 
man who was suffering from functional paralysis to make a v ivid 
picture of himself walking around in his office, touching the des k, 
answering the telephone, and doing all the things he ordinarily woul d 
do if he were healed. I explained to him that this idea and mental picture of perfe ct health 
would be accepted by his subconscious mind. He lived the role and actually felt himself back in the off ice. He 
knew that he was giving his subconscious mind some-thing definite  to 
work upon. His subconscious mind was the film upon which the picture was 
impressed. One day, after several weeks of frequent conditioning of the m ind 
with this mental pic-ture, the telephone rang by prearrangement  and 
kept ringing while his wife and nurse were out. The telephone wa s 
about twelve feet away, but nevertheless he managed to answer  it. He 
was healed at that hour. The healing power of his subconscious mind responded to his 
mental imagery, and a healing followed. This man had a mental block, which prevented impulses from the 
brain reaching his legs; therefore, he said he could not wal k. When he 
shifted his attention to the healing power within him, the powe r 
flowed through, his focused attention, enabling him to walk. Whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall recei ve. MATT. 21:22. • Ideas worth remembering 
1. Your subconscious mind controls all the vital processes of  your 
body and knows the answer to all problems. 2. Prior to sleep, turn over a specific request to your subc on-scious 
mind and prove its miracle-working power to yourself. 49  3. Whatever you impress on your subconscious mind is ex-pressed 
on the screen of space as conditions, experiences, and events. Therefore, you should carefully watch all ideas and thoughts 
entertained in your 
conscious mind. 4. The law of action and reaction is universal. Your thought is 
action, and the reaction is the automatic response of your 
subconscious mind to your thought. Watch your thoughts! 5. All frustration is due to unfulfilled desires. If you dwell on 
obstacles, delays, and difficulties, your subconscious mind res ponds 
accordingly, and you are blocking your own good. 6. The Life Principle will flow through you rhythmically and 
harmoniously if you consciously affirm: “I believe that the 
subconscious power which gave me this desire is now fulfill- ing it 
through me.” This dissolves all conflicts. 7. You can interfere with the normal rhythm of your heart, lungs, 
and other organs by worry, anxiety, and fear. Feed your subconscious 
with thoughts of harmony, health, and peace, and all the functions of 
your body will become nor-mal again. 8. Keep your conscious mind busy with the expectation of the best , 
and your subconscious will faithfully reproduce your habitual 
thinking. 9. Imagine the happy ending or solution to your problem, feel the 
thrill of accomplishment, and what you imagine and feel will be  
accepted   by your subconscious mind and bring it to pass. 50  4 
Mental Healings in Ancient Times 
Down through the ages men of all nations have somehow 
instinctively believed that somewhere there resided a healing  power 
which could restore to normal the functions and sensa-tions of man’s 
body. They believed that this strange power could be invoked under 
certain conditions, and that the alleviation of human suffering would 
follow. The history of all nations presents testimony in support of this 
belief. In the early history of the world the power of secretly in-f luencing 
men for good or evil, including the healing of the sick, was said to be 
possessed by the priests and holy men of all nations. Healing of the 
sick was supposed to be a power derived directly by them f rom God,  
and the procedures and processes of healing varied throughout th e 
world. The healing processes took the form of supplications to  God 
attended by various cere-monies, such as the laying on of hands, 
incantations, the applica-tion of amulets, talismans, rings, r elics, and 
images. For example, in the religions of antiquity priests in the anci ent 
temples gave drugs to the patient and practiced hypnotic sugg estions 
prior to the patient’s sleep, telling him that the gods would vis it him in 
his sleep and heal him. Many healings fol-lowed. Obviously, all th is 
was the work of potent suggestions to the subconscious mind. After the performance of certain mysterious rites, the de-vot ees of 
Hecate would see the goddess during sleep, provided that before going 
to sleep they had prayed to her according to weird and fantas tic 
instructions. They were told to mix lizards with resin, frankincense, and myrrh, 
and pound all this together in the open air under the crescent m oon. Healings were reported in many cases following this grotesque  
procedure. 51  It is obvious that these strange procedures, as mentioned in the 
illustrations given, favored suggestion and acceptance by the 
subconscious mind of these people by making a powerful app eal to 
their imagination. Actually, in all these healings, the sub-conscious mind of the subject 
was the healer. In all ages unofficial healers have obtained remarkable re-sults in 
cases where authorized medical skill has failed. This gives  cause for 
thought. How do these healers in all parts of the world effect t heir 
cures? The answer to all these healings is due to the blind beli ef of the 
sick person, which released the healing power resident in his 
subconscious mind. Many of the remedies andmethods employed  
were rather strange and fantastic which fired the imagination of the 
patients, causing an aroused emo-tional state. This state of mind 
facilitated the suggestion of health, and was accepted both by t he 
conscious and subconscious mind of the sick. This will be elabor ated 
on further in the next chapter. • Biblical accounts on the use of the subconscious powers 
What things soever ye desire, when ye pray believe that ye re ceive 
them, and ye shall have them. MARK 11:24. Note the difference in tenses. The inspired writer tells us to believe 
and accept as true the fact that our desire has already b een 
accomplished and fulfilled, that it is already completed, and t hat its 
realization will follow as a thing in the future. The success of this technique depends on the confident conviction 
that the thought, the idea, the picture is already a fact in mind. In or der 
for anything to have substance in the realm of mind, it must be 
thought of as actually existing there. Here in a few cryptic words is a concise and specific di rec-tion for 
making use of the creative power of thought by im-pressing up on the 
subconscious the particular thing, which you desire. Your thought,  
idea, plan, or purpose is as real on its own plane as your ha nd or your  
 52  heart. In following the Biblical tech-nique, you completely elim inate 
from your mind all considera-tion of conditions, circumstances, or 
anything, which might im-ply adverse contingencies. You are planting  
a seed (concept) in the mind, which, if you leave it undisturbed, w ill 
infallibly germinate into external fruition. The prime condition, which Jesus insisted upon, was faith. Over an d 
over again you read in the Bible, According to your faith is it done 
unto you. If you plant certain types of seeds in the ground, you have faith t hey 
will grow after their kind. This is the way of seeds, and trus ting the 
laws of growth and agricul-ture, you know that the seeds will come  
forth after their kind. Faith as mentioned in the Bible is a wa y of 
thinking, an attitude of mind, an inner certitude, knowing that the ide a 
you fully accept in your conscious mind will be embodied in your sub-
conscious mind and made manifest. Faith is, in a sense, accept- ing as 
true what your reason and senses deny, i.e., a shutting out of the litt le, 
rational, analytical, conscious mind and embracing an attitude of  
complete reliance on the inner power of your subconscious mind. A classical instance of Bible technique is recorded in MA TTHEW 
9:28-30. And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to 
him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yea, Lord. Then touched he their eyes, sayi ng, 
according to your faith be it unto you. And their eyes were opened ; 
and Jesus straitly charged them, saying, see that no man know it. In the words according to your faith be it unto you , you can see that 
Jesus was actually appealing to the co-operation of the sub conscious  
mind of the blind men. Their faith was their great expectancy, t heir 
inner feeling, their inner conviction that something miraculous w ould 
happen, and that their prayer would be answered, and it was. T his is 
the time-honored technique of healing, utilized alike by all heal ing 
groups throughout the world regardless of religious affiliation. In the words see that no man know it, Jesus enjoins the newly 
healed  
 53  patients not to discuss their healing because they might be subjected 
to the skeptical and derogatory criticisms of the unbeliev ing. This 
might tend to undo the benefits they had received at the hand of Jes us 
by depositing thoughts of fear, doubt, and anxiety in the subconsci ous 
mind ... for with authority and power he commandeth the un-clean 
spirits , and they came out. LUKE 4:36. When the sick came to Jesus to be healed, they were healed by t heir 
faith together with his faith and understanding of the healing pow er of 
the subconscious mind. Whatever he decreed, he felt inwardly to b e 
true. He and the people needing help were in the one universal  
subjective mind, and his silent inner know-ing and conviction of the 
healing power changed the negative destructive patterns in the  
patients’ subconscious. The resultant healings were the au tomatic  
response to the internal mental change. His command was his app eal 
to the subconscious mind of the patients plus his awareness,  feeling, 
and absolute trust in the response of the subconscious mind to t he 
words which he spoke with authority. • Miracles at various shrines throughout the world 
It is an established fact that cures have taken place at various shri nes 
throughout the world, such as in Japan, India, Europe, and America. I 
have visited several of the famous shrines in Japan. At the  world 
famous shrine called Diabutsu is a gigantic divinity of bronze where 
Buddha is seated with folded hands, and the head is inclined in an 
attitude of profound contemplative ecstasy. It is 42 feet in height and 
is called the great Buddha. Here I saw young and old making offerings at its feet. Money, f ruit,  
rice, and oranges were offered. Candles were lit, incense was  burned, 
and prayers of petition recited. The guide explained the chant of a young girl as she mur-mured a 
prayer, bowed low, and placed two oranges as an offer-ing. She als o 
lit a candle. He said she had lost her voice, and it was res tored at the 
shrine. She was thanking Buddha for restor-ing her voice. She had t he 
simple faith that Buddha would give her back her singing voice if  she  
 54  followed a certain ritual, fasted, and made certain offerings. Al l this 
helped to kindle faith and expectancy, resulting in a conditioning of 
her mind to the point of belief. Her subconscious mind responded t o 
her belief. To illustrate further the power of imagination and blind beli ef I will 
relate the case of a relative of mine who had tuber-culosis. H is lungs 
were badly diseased. His son decided to heal his father. He ca me 
home to Perth, Western Australia, where his father lived, and sa id to 
him that he had met a monk who had returned from one of the healing 
shrines in Europe. This monk sold him a piece of the true cr oss. He 
said that he gave the monk the equivalent of $500 for it. This young man had actually picked up a splinter of wood from the 
sidewalk, went to the jeweler’s, and had it set in a ring so tha t it 
looked real. He told his father that just touching the ring or the cross-hea led 
many. He inflamed and fired his father’s imagination to the po int that 
the old gentleman snatched the ring from him, placed it over his chest, 
prayed silently, and went to sleep. In the morning he was heale d. All 
the clinic’s tests proved negative. You know, of course, it was not the splinter of wood from the 
sidewalk that healed him. It was his imagination aroused to an intense 
degree, plus the confident expectancy of a perfect healing. Imagination was joined to faith or subjective feeling, and the un ion of 
the two brought about a healing. The father never learned of the t rick 
that had been played upon him. If he had, he probably would have had 
a relapse. He remained com-pletely cured and passed away fifteen 
years later at the age of 89. • One universal healing principle 
It is a well-known fact that all of the various schools of healing 
effect cures of the most wonderful character. The most ob vious 
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. 55  It will now be in order to recall to your mind z 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 t he 
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 your 
body. I venture to believe that all the readers of this book are famil iar with 
the fact that symptoms of almost any disease can be induced i n 
hypnotic subjects by suggestion. For example, a subject in t he 
hypnotic state can develop a high temperature, flushed face, or chills 
according to the nature of the suggestion given. By experime nt, 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 peppe r; 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. T he 
healing of the disease can also take place mentally. You realize that remarkable healings take place through oste opathy, 
chiropractic medicine, and naturopathy, as well as through all t he 
various religious bodies throughout the world, but it is obvious that all 
of these healings are brought about through the subconscious mi nd—
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, “Na ture  
 56  heals it!” Nature refers to natural law, the law of the s ubconscious 
mind, or selfpreservation, which is the function of the subconsciou s 
mind. The instinct of self-preserva-tion is the first law of nature. Your 
strongest instinct is the most potent of all autosuggestions. • Widely different theories 
It would be tedious and unprofitable to discuss to any great ext ent 
the numerous theories advanced by different religious sects and p rayer 
therapy groups. There are a great number who claim that becaus e their 
theory produces results it is, therefore, the correct one. This , as 
explained in this chapter, cannot be true. You are aware that there are all types of healing. Franz A nton 
Mesmer, an Austrian physician (1734-1815) who prac-ticed in Pari s, 
discovered that by applying magnets to the dis-eased body, he could  
cure that disease miraculously. He also performed cures wit h various 
other pieces of glass and metals. He discontinued this form of healing 
and claimed that his cures were due to “animal magnetism,” 
theorizing that this substance was projected from the heale r to the 
patient. His method of treating disease from then on was by hyp-notism, 
which was called mesmerism in his day. Other physicians sai d that all 
his healings were due to suggestion and nothing else. All of these groups, such as psychiatrists, psychologists, osteo paths, 
chiropractors, physicians, and all the churches are using the one 
universal power resident in the subconscious mind. Each may 
proclaim the healings are due to their theory. The process of all 
healing is a definite, positive, mental attitude, an inner att itude, or a 
way of thinking, called faith. Healing is due to a confident expectancy, 
which acts as a powerful sugges-tion to the subconscious mind 
releasing its healing potency. One man does not heal by a different power than another. It is tru e 
he may have his own theory or method. There is only one process of 
healing and that is faith. There is only one heal-ing power, nam ely,  
 57  your subconscious mind. Select the theory and method you prefer. You can rest assured, if you have faith, you shall get results. • Views of Paracelsus 
Philippus Paracelsus, a famous Swiss alchemist and physi-c ian, who 
lived from 1493 to 1541, was a great healer in his day. He stated wha t 
is now an obvious scientific fact when he uttered these words,  
“Whether the object of your faith be real or false, you wil l 
nevertheless obtain the same effects. Thus, if I believ ed in Saint 
Peter’s statue as I should have believed in Saint Peter him self, I shall 
obtain the same effects that I should have obtained from Saint  Peter. But that is superstition. Faith, however, produces miracles; and  
whether it is true or false faith, it will always produce t he same 
wonders.” 
The views of Paracelsus were also entertained in the six-tee nth 
century by Pietro Pomponazzi, an Italian philosopher and 
contemporary of Paracelsus, who said, “We can easily conceive t he 
marvelous effects which confidence and imagination can produce, 
particularly when both qualities are reciprocated be-tween t he subjects 
and the person who influences them. The cures attributed to the influence of certain relics are the effec t of 
their imagination and confidence. Quacks and philosophers know that 
if the bones of any skeleton were put in place of the saint ’s bones, the 
sick would none the less experience beneficial effects, if the y believed 
that they were veritable relics.” 
Then, if you believe in the bones of saints to heal, or if you be lieve 
in the healing power of certain waters, you will gel results because of 
the powerful suggestion given to your sub-conscious mind. It is the 
latter that does the healing. 58  • Bernheitn’s experiments 
Hippolyte Bernheim, professor of medicine at Nancy, France, 1910-
1919, was the expounder of the fact that the suggestion of the 
physician to the patient was exerted through the subconscious mind. Bernheim, in his Suggestive Therapeutics, page 197, tells a story of 
a man with paralysis of the tongue which had yielded to no form of 
treatment. His doctor told the patient that he had a new instrument with whic h 
he promised to heal him. He introduced a pocket thermometer into the 
patient’s mouth. The patient imagined it to be the instrument , which 
was to save him. In a few moments he cried out joyfully t hat he could 
once more move his tongue freely. “Among our cases,” continues Bernheim, “facts of the same sort  
will be found. A young girl came into my office, hav-ing suffered  
from complete loss of speech for nearly four weeks. After making sure 
of the diagnosis, I told my students that loss of speech sometim es 
yielded instantly to electricity, which might act simply by  its 
suggestive influence. I sent for the induction apparatus. I ap plied my 
hand over the larynx and moved a little, and said, ‘Now you can speak 
aloud.’ In an instant I made her saw ‘a,’ then ‘b,’ then ‘Mari a.’ She 
continued to speak distinctly; the loss of voice had disappeared.” 
Here Bernheim is showing the power of faith and expect-ancy on 
the part of the patient, which acts as a powerful sugges-t ion to the 
subconscious mind. • Producing a blister by suggestion 
Bernheim states that he produced a blister on the back of a pa tient’s 
neck by applying a postage stamp and suggesting to the patie nt that it 
was a fly-plaster. This has been confirmed by the experime nts and 
experiences of many doctors in many parts of the world, whic h leave 
no doubt that structural change, are a possible result of or al suggestion 
to patients. 59  • The cause of bloody stigmata 
In Hudson’s Law of Psychic Phenomena, page 153, he states, 
“Hemorrhages and bloody stigmata may be induced in certain subjec ts 
by means of suggestion. “Dr. M. Bourru put a subject into the somnambulistic con-diti on, 
and gave him the following suggestion: ‘At four o’clock this  
afternoon, after the hypnosis, you will come into my office, sit dow n 
in the armchair, cross your arms upon your breast, and your nose wil l 
begin to bleed.’ At the hour appointed the young man did as directe d. 
Several drops of blood came from the left nostril. “On another occasion the same investigator traced the pa-ti ent’s 
name on both his forearms with the dull point of an instru-ment. Then 
when the patient was in the somnambulistic con-dition, he said, ‘A t 
four o’clock this afternoon you will go to sleep, and your arms will 
bleed along the lines which I have traced, and your name will ap pear 
written on your arms in letters of blood.’ He was watched at four 
o’clock and seen to fall asleep. On the left arm the letters  stood out in 
bright relief, and in several places there were drops of blood. The 
letters were still visible three months afterward, alt hough they had 
gradu-ally grown faint.” 
These facts demonstrate at once the correctness of the two 
fundamental propositions previously stated, namely, the con-sta nt  
amenability of the subconscious mind to the power of suggestion  and 
the perfect control, which the subconscious mind exercises, over the 
functions, sensations, and conditions of the body. All the foregoing phenomena dramatize vividly abnormal conditions 
induced by suggestion, and are conclusive proof that as a man 
thinketh in his heart [subconscious mind] so is he. • Healing points in review 
1. Remind yourself frequently that the healing power is in your own 
subconscious mind. 60  2. Know that faith is like a seed planted in the ground; it grows af ter 
its kind. Plant the idea (seed) in your mind, water and fertilize it with  
expectancy, and it will manifest. 3. The idea you have for a book, new invention, or play is real in 
your mind. This is why you can believe you have it now. Believe in  
the reality of your idea, plan, or invention, and as you do, it will 
become manifest. 4. In praying for another, know that your silent inner knowing of 
wholeness, beauty, and perfection can change the nega-tive patte rns of 
the other’s subconscious mind and bring about wonderful results. 5. The miraculous healings you hear about at various shrines are due 
to imagination and blind faith which act on the subconscious mind, 
releasing the healing power. 6. All disease originates in the mind. Nothing appears on the body 
unless there is a mental pattern corresponding to it. 7. The symptoms of almost any disease can be induced in you by 
hypnotic suggestion. This shows you the power of your thought. 8. There is only one process of healing and that is faith. There is 
only one healing power, namely, your subconscious mind. 9. Whether the object of your faith is real or false, you will  get 
results. Your subconscious mind responds to the thought in your mind. Look upon faith as a thought in your mind, and that will suffice. 61  5 
Mental Healings in Modern Times 
Everyone is definitely concerned with the healing of bodily 
conditions and human affairs. What is it that heals? Where is thi s 
healing power? These are questions asked by everyone. The ans wer is 
that this healing power is ha the subconscious mind of each pers on, 
and a changed mental attitude on the part of the sick person r eleases 
this healing power. No mental or religious science practitioner, psychologist, 
psychiatrist, or medical doctor ever healed a patient. There i s an old 
saying, “The doctor dresses the wound, but God heals it.” The 
psychologist or psychiatrist proceeds to remove the mental bloc ks in 
the patient so that the healing principle may be re-leased, restoring the 
patient to health. Likewise, the surgeon removes the physica l block 
enabling the healing currents to function normally. No physici an, 
surgeon, or mental science practitioner claims, “he healed the p atient.” 
The one healing power is called by many names—Nature, Life, God, 
Creative Intelligence, and Subconscious Power. As previously outlined, there are many different methods used to 
remove the mental, emotional, and physical blocks which inhibit the 
flow of the healing life principle animating all of us. The healing 
principle resident in your subconscious mind can and will, if pr operly 
directed by you or some other person, heal your mind and body of all 
disease. This healing principle is operative in all men regardless of 
creed, color, or race. You do not have to belong to some particular  
church in order to use and participate in this healing process. Your 
subconscious will heal the burn or cut on your hand even though you 
profess to be an atheist or agnostic. The modern mental therapeutic procedure is based on the truth th at 
the infinite intelligence and power of your subcon-scious mind 
responds according to your faith. The mental science practition er or 
minister follows the injunction of the Bible, i.e., he goes into his closet  
 62  and shuts the door, which means he stills his mind, relaxes, lets g o, 
and thinks of the infinite healing presence within him. He clos es the 
door of his mind to all out-side distractions as well as appea rances, 
and then he quietly and knowingly turns over his request or desire  to 
his subcon-scious mind, realizing that the intelligence of hi s mind will 
answer him according to his specific needs. The most wonderful thing to know is this: Imagine the end desired 
and feel its reality; then the infinite life principle wi ll respond to your 
conscious choice and your conscious request. This is the meaning of  
believe you have received, and you shall receive. This is what the 
modern mental  scientist does when he practices prayer therapy. • One process of healing 
There is only one universal healing principle operating through 
everything—the cat, the dog, the tree, the grass, the wind, the ea rth—
for everything is alive. This life principle op-erates t hrough the 
animal, vegetable, and mineral kingdoms as instinct and the law  of 
growth. Man is consciously aware of this life principle, and he  can 
consciously direct it to bless himself in countless ways. There are many different approaches, techniques, and methods in 
using the universal power, but there is only one process of he aling, 
which is faith, for according to your faith is it done unto you. • The law of belief 
All religions of the world represent forms of belief, and these belie fs 
are explained in many ways. The law of life is belief. W hat do you 
believe about yourself, life, and the universe? It is done unto you, as 
you believe. Belief is a thought in your mind, which causes the power of your 
subconscious to be distributed into all phases of your life  according to 
your thinking habits. You must realize the Bible is not talking about 
your belief in some ritual, ceremony, form, institution, man, or 
formula. It is talking about belief itself. The belief of y our mind is  
 63  simply the thought of your mind. If thou canst believe, all things are 
possible to him that believeth. MARK 9:23. It is foolish to believe in something to hurt or harm you. Remem ber, 
it is not the thing believed in that hurts or harms you, but th e belief or 
thought in your mind, which creates the result. All your experienc es, 
all your actions, and all the events and circumstances of your life are 
but the reflections and reac-tions to your own thought. • Prayer therapy is the combined function of the con-scious and 
subconscious mind scientifically directed 
Prayer therapy is the synchronized, harmonious, and in-telligent  
function of the conscious and subconscious levels of mind specifica lly 
directed for a definite purpose. In scientific prayer or praye r therapy, 
you must know what you are doing and why you are doing it. You 
trust the law of healing. Prayer therapy is sometimes refe rred to as 
mental treatment, and an-other term is scientific prayer. In prayer therapy you consciously choose a certain idea, mental 
picture, or plan which you desire to experience. You realize your 
capacity to convey this idea or mental image to your subconsci ous by 
feeling the reality of the state assumed. As you remain fait hful in your 
mental attitude, your prayer will be answered. Prayer therapy  is a 
definite mental action for a definite specific purpose. Let us suppose that you decide to heal a certain difficulty by p rayer 
therapy. You are aware that your problem or sickness, whateve r it 
may be, must be caused by negative thoughts charged with fea r and 
lodged in  your subconscious mind, and that if you can succeed in 
cleansing your mind of these thoughts, you will get a healing. You, therefore, turn to the healing power within your own 
subconscious mind and remind yourself of its infinite power and 
intelligence and its capacity to heal all conditions. As you dwe ll on 
these truths, your fear will begin to dissolve, and the recoll ection of 
these truths also corrects the erroneous beliefs. 64  You give thanks for the healing that you know will come, and then 
you keep your mind off the difficulty until you feel guided, after an 
interval, to pray again. While you are praying, you absolutely refuse to  
give any power to the negative con-ditions or to admit for a second 
that the healing will not come. This attitude of mind brings ab out the 
harmonious union of the conscious and subconscious mind, which 
releases the healing power. • Faith healing, what it means, and how blind faith works 
What is popularly termed faith healing is not the faith me ntioned in 
the Bible, which means knowledge of the inter-action of the consci ous 
and subconscious mind. A faith healer is one who heals without any 
real scientific understanding of the powers and forces involved. He  
may claim that he has a special gift of healing, and the sick  person’s 
blind belief in him or his powers may bring results. The voodoo doctor in South Africa and other parts of the world may 
heal by incantations, or touching the so-called bones of saints , or 
anything else may heal a person, which cause the patients to hones tly 
believe in the method or process. Any method, which causes you to move from fear and worry to faith 
and expectancy, will heal. There are many persons, each of  whom 
claims that because his personal theory produces re-sults, i t is, 
therefore, the correct one. This, as already explained in thi s chapter, 
cannot be true. To illustrate how blind faith works: You will recall our dis-c ussion 
of the Swiss physician, Franz Anton Mesmer. In 1776 he claimed 
many cures when he stroked diseased bodies with artificial  magnets. Later on he threw away his magnets and evolved the theory of anima l 
magnetism. This he held to be a fluid, which pervades the univer se, 
but is most active in the human organism. He claimed that this magnetic fluid, which was going forth from 
him to his patients, healed them. People flocked to him, and many 
wonderful cures were affected. 65  Mesmer moved to Paris, and while there the Government appointed 
a commission composed of physicians and members of the Academy 
of Science, of which Benjamin Franklin was a member, to investi gate 
his cures. The report admitted the lead-ing facts claimed by Mesmer , but held 
that there was no evidence to prove the correctness of his mag netic 
fluid theory, and said the effects were due to the imaginat ion of the 
patients. Soon after this, Mesmer was driven into exile, and died in 1815. Shortly afterwards, Dr. Braid of Manchester undertook to show that 
magnetic fluid had nothing to do with the produc-tion of the hea lings 
of Dr. Mesmer. Dr. Braid discovered that patients could be thrown 
into hypnotic sleep by suggestion, dur-ing which many of the well -
known phenomena ascribed to mag-netism by Mesmer could be 
produced. You can readily see that all these cures were undoubtedly broug ht 
about by the active imagination of the patients together wi th a 
powerful suggestion of health to their subconscious minds. All thi s 
could be termed blind faith, as there was no understand-ing in those 
days as to how the cures were brought about. • Subjective faith and what it means 
You will recall the proposition, which need not be repeated a t 
length, that the subjective or subconscious mind of an indi-vidua l is as 
amenable to the control of his own conscious or objective mind as  it is 
by the suggestions of another. It follows that whatever may b e your 
objective belief, if you will assume to have faith activ ely or passively, 
your subconscious mind will be controlled by the suggestion, and your 
desire will be fulfilled. The faith required in mental healings is a purely subjective  faith, 
and it is attainable upon the cessation of active oppositi on on the part 
of the objective or conscious mind. 66  In the healing of the body it is, of course, desirable to se-cur e the 
concurrent faith of both the conscious and subconscious mind. However, it is not always essential if you will enter int o a state of 
passivity and receptivity by relaxing the mind and the body a nd 
getting into a sleepy state. In this drowsy state your pa ssivity becomes 
receptive to subjective impression. Recently, I was asked by a man, “How is it that I got a heali ng 
through a minister? I did not believe what he said when, he told me 
that there is no such thing as disease and that matter does not exist.” 
This man at first thought his intelligence was being in-sult ed, and he 
protested against such a palpable absurdity. The explanation i s simple. He was quieted by soothing words and told to get into a perfectly 
passive  condition, to say nothing, and think of nothing for the tim e 
being. His minister also became passive, and affirmed quietl y, 
peacefully, and constantly for about one half hour that this man would 
have perfect health, peace, harmony, and wholeness. He felt immens e 
relief and was restored to health. It is easy to see that his subjective faith had been made m anifest by 
his passivity under treatment, and the suggestions of perfect 
healthfulness by the minister were conveyed to his sub-conscious 
mind. The two subjective minds were then en rapport. The minister was not handicapped by antagonistic auto-suggesti ons 
of the patient arising from objective doubt of the power of the healer 
or the correctness of the theory. In this sleepy, drowsy state the 
conscious mind resistance is reduced to a minimum, and results 
followed. The subconscious mind of the patient being necessarily  
controlled by such suggestion exercised its functions in acc ordance 
therewith, and a healing followed. • The meaning of absent treatment 
Suppose you learned that your mother was sick in New York City 
and you lived in Los Angeles. Your mother would not be physically 
present where you are, but you could pray for her. It is the Father  
within which doeth the work. 67  The creative law of mind (subconscious mind) serves you and wil l 
do the work. Its response to you is automatic. Your treatment is for the 
purpose of inducing an inner realization of health and harmony in 
your mentality. This inner realization, acting through the subconscious mind, 
operates through your mother’s subconscious mind as there is but one 
creative mind. Your thoughts of health, vitality, and perfection operate through the  
one universal subjective mind, and set a law in motion on the 
subjective side of life, which manifests through her body as a healing. In the mind principle there is no time or space. It is the sa me mind 
that operates through your mother no matter where she may be. I n 
reality there is no absent treatment as opposed to present tr eatment for 
the universal mind is omnipresent. You do not try to send out thoughts 
or hold a thought. Your treat-ment is a conscious movement of 
thought, and as you become conscious of the qualities of health, well-
being, and relaxation, these qualities will be resurrected in the 
experience of your mother, and results will follow. The following is a perfect example of what is called abs ent 
treatment. Recently, a listener of our radio program in Los Angeles pra yed as 
follows for her mother in New York who had a coronary thrombosis: 
“The healing presence is right where my mother is. Her bodily 
condition is but a reflection of her thought-life like shadows ca st on 
the screen. I know that in order to change the images on the scre en I 
must change the projection reel. My mind is the projection r eel, and I 
now project in my own mind the image of wholeness, harmony, and 
perfect health for my mother. The infinite healing presence,  which 
created my mother’s body and all her organs is now saturating every 
atom of her being, and a river of peace, flows through every cell of her 
body. The doctors are divinely guided and directed, and whoever 
touches my mother is guided to do the right thing. I know that dise ase 
has no ultimate reality; if it had, no one could be healed. I now align  
 68  myself with the infinite principle of love and life, and I know and 
decree that harmony, health, and peace are now being expressed in my  
mother’s body.”  
She prayed in the above manner several times daily, and her m other 
had a most remarkable recovery after a few days, much to th e 
amazement of her specialist. He complimented her on her great  faith 
in the power of God. The conclusion arrived at in the daughter’s mind set the creative  law 
of mind in motion on the subjective side of life, which manifested  
itself through her mother’s body as perfect health and harmony. What  
the daughter felt as true about her mother was simultaneously 
resurrected in the experience of her mother. • Releasing the kinetic action of the subconscious mind 
A psychologist friend of mine told me that one of his lungs was 
infected. X rays and analysis showed the presence of tuber-cul osis. At 
night before going to sleep he would quietly affirm, “Every ce ll, 
nerve, tissue, and muscle of my lungs are now being made whole, 
pure, and perfect. My whole body is being restored to health and 
harmony.” 
These are not his exact words, but they represent the es-se nce of 
what  he affirmed. A complete healing followed in about a month’ s 
time. Subsequent X rays showed a perfect healing. I wanted to know his method, so I asked him why he re-peated the  
words prior to sleep. Here is his reply, “The kinetic act ion of the 
subconscious mind continues throughout your sleep-time period. Hence, give the subconscious mind something good to work on as you 
drop off into slumber.” This was a very wise answer. In t hinking of 
harmony and perfect health, he never mentioned his trouble by name. I strongly suggest that you cease talking about your ail-ments o r 
giving them a name. The only sap from which they draw life is  your 
attention and fear of them. Like the above-mentioned psychologist ,  
 69  become a mental surgeon. Then your troubles will be cut off li ke dead 
branches are pruned from a tree. If you are constantly naming your aches and symptoms, you inhibit 
the kinetic action, which means the release of the healing power  and 
energy of your subconscious mind. Further-more, by the law of your 
own mind, these imaginings tend to take shape, as the thing I greatly 
feared. Fill your mind with the great truths of life and walk forwar d in 
the light of love. • Summary of your aids to health 
1. Find out what it is that heals you. Realize that correct d irec-tions 
given to your subconscious mind will heal your mind and body. 2. Develop a definite plan for turning over your requests or desi res 
to your subconscious mind. 3. Imagine the end desired and feel its reality. Follow it through, and 
you will get definite results. 4. Decide what belief is. Know that belief is a thought in your mi nd, 
and what you think you create. 5. It is foolish to believe in sickness and something to hurt or to  
harm you. Believe in perfect health, prosperity, peace, wealth, and 
divine 
guidance. 6. Great and noble thoughts upon which you habitually dwell 
become great acts. 7. Apply the power of prayer therapy in your life. Choose a cert ain 
plan, idea, or mental picture. Mentally and emo-tionally unite wi th 
that idea, and as you remain faithful to your mental attitude, y our 
prayer will be answered. 8. Always remember, if you really want the power to heal, you c an 
have it through faith, which means knowledge of the working of your 
conscious and subconscious mind. Faith comes with understanding. 70  9. Blind faith means that a person may get results in healing w ithout 
any scientific understanding of the powers and forces involved. 10.
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        Perfect health is mine, and the 
Law of Harmony operates in my mind and body. Beauty, love, peace,  
and abundance are mine. The principle of right action and divine order  
govern my entire life. I know my major premise is based on t he 
eternal truths of life, and I know, feel, and believe that my  
 36  subconscious mind responds according to the nature of my conscious 
mind think-ing. ” 
He wrote me as follows: “I repeated the above statements slowly, 
quietly, and lovingly several times a day knowing that they wer e 
sinking deep down into my subconscious mind, and that results must 
follow. I am deeply grateful for the interview you gave me, and I 
would like to add that all departments of my life are changing f or the 
better. It works. ” 
• The subconscious does not argue controversially 
Your subconscious mind is all-wise and knows the answers to all 
questions. It does not argue with you or talk back to you. It does not 
say, “You must not impress me with that. ” For ex-ample, when y ou 
say, “I can’t do this. ” “I am too old now. ” “I can’t meet this 
obligation. ” “I was born on the wrong side of the tracks. ” “I don’t 
know the right politician,” you are impregnating your subconsciou s 
with these negative thoughts, and it responds accordingly. You are 
actually blocking your own good, thereby bringing lack, limitation,  
and frustration into your life. When you set up obstacles, impediments, and delays in your 
conscious mind, you are denying the wisdom and intelli-gence 
resident in your subconscious mind. You are actually say-ing in e ffect 
that your subconscious mind cannot solve your problem. This leads to 
mental and emotional congestion, fol-lowed by sickness and neurotic 
tendencies. To realize your desire and overcome your frustration, affirm  boldly 
several times a day: “The infinite intelligence which gav e me this 
desire leads, guides, and reveals to me the perfect plan for t he 
unfolding of my desire. I know the deeper wisdom of my 
subconscious is now responding, and what I feel and claim wi thin is 
expressed in the without. There is a balance, equilibrium, and 
equanimity. ” 
If you say, “There is no way out; I am lost; there is no way out  of 
this dilemma; I am stymied and blocked,” you will get no answ er or  
 37  response from your subconscious mind. If you want the subconscious 
to work for you, give it the right request, and attain its co-op eration. It 
is always working for you. It is con-trolling your heartbeat thi s minute 
and also your breathing. It heals a cut on your finger, and its tendency 
is lifeward, forever seeking to take care of you and preserve you. Your 
subconscious has a mind of its own, but it accepts your patter ns of 
thought and imagery. When you are seeking an answer to a problem, your sub-conscious  
will respond, but it expects you to come to a decision and to a t rue 
judgment in your conscious mind. You must acknowledge the answer 
is in your subconscious mind. However, if you say, “I don’t think 
there is any way out; I am all mixed up and confused; why don’t I get 
an answer. ” you are neutralizing your prayer. Like the soldie r 
marking time, you do not get anywhere. Still the wheels of your mind, relax, let go, and quietly affirm:  “My 
subconscious knows the answer. It is responding to me now. I give  
thanks because I know the infinite intelligence of my subc onscious 
knows all things and is revealing the perfect answer to me  now. My 
real conviction is now setting free the majesty and glory of m y 
subconscious mind. I rejoice that it is so. ” 
• Review of highlights 
1. Think good, and good follows. Think evil, and evil follows. You 
are what you think all day long. 2. Your subconscious mind does not argue with you. It ac-cepts 
what your conscious mind decrees. If you say, “I can’t afford it,” it 
may be true, but do not say it. Select a better thought, decree, “ I’ll buy 
it. I  accept it in my mind. ” 
3. You have the power to choose. Choose health and happiness. You 
can choose to be friendly, or you can choose to be unfriendly. Choose  
to be co-operative, joyous, friendly, lovable, and the whole world  will 
respond. This is the best way to develop a wonderful personality. 38  4. Your conscious mind is the “watchman at the gate. ” Its chief 
function is to protect your subconscious mind from false impres sions. Choose to believe that something good can happen and is happening 
now. Your greatest power is your capacity to choose. Choose 
happiness and abundance. 5. The suggestions and statements of others have no power to hurt  
you. The only power is the movement of your own thought. You can 
choose to reject the thoughts or statements of others and affir m the 
good. You have the power to choose how you will react. 6. Watch what you say. You have to account for every idle word. Never say, “I will fail; I will lose my job; I can’t pay the rent. ” Your 
subconscious cannot take a joke. It brings all these things to pass. 7. Your mind is not evil. No force of nature is evil. It depends how 
you use the powers of nature. Use your mind to bless, heal, and inspire 
all people everywhere. 8. Never say, “I can’t. ” Overcome that fear by substituting  the 
following, “I can do all things through the power of my own 
subconscious mind. ”  
9. Begin to think from the standpoint of the eternal truths and 
principles of life and not from the standpoint of fear, ignora nce, and 
superstition. Do not let others do your think-ing for you. Choose your  
own thoughts and make your own decisions. 10. You are the captain of your soul (subconscious mind) and the 
master of your fate. Remember, you have the capacity to choos e. Choose life. Choose love. Choose health. Choose happiness. 11. Whatever your conscious mind assumes and believes to be true, 
your subconscious mind will accept and bring to pass. Believe in good 
fortune, divine guidance, right action, and all the blessings of life. 39  3 
The Miracle-Working Power of Your 
Subconscious 
The power of your subconscious is enormous. It inspires you, it 
guides you, and it reveals to you names, facts, and scenes from the 
storehouse of memory. Your subconscious started your heartbeat, 
controls the circulation of your blood, and regulates your digestion, 
assimilation, and elimination. When you eat a piece of bread, your subconscious mind transmutes 
it into tissue, muscle, bone, and blood. This process is beyond the ken 
of the wisest man who walks the earth. Your subconscious mind 
controls all the vital processes and functions of your body and knows  
the answer to all problems. Your subconscious mind never sleeps, never rests. It is al- ways on 
the job. You can discover the miracle-working power of your 
subconscious by plainly stating to your subconscious prior to sleep 
that you wish a certain specific thing accomplished. You will  be 
delighted to discover that forces within you will be re-leased, l eading 
to the desired result. Here, then, is a source of power and wisdom  
which places you in touch with omnipotence or the power that moves  
the world, guides the planets in their course, and causes the sun to 
shine. Your subconscious mind is the source of your ideals, aspira-tions, 
and altruistic urges. It was through the subconscious mind that 
Shakespeare perceived great truths hidden from the average man of 
his day. Undoubtedly, it was the response of his sub-conscious mind  
that caused the Greek sculptor, Phidias, to por-tray beauty, order, 
symmetry, and proportion in marble and bronze. It enabled the Ita lian 
artist, Raphael, to paint Madonnas, and Ludwig van Beethoven to 
compose symphonies. 40  In 1955 I lectured at the Yoga Forest University, Rishikesh, India, 
and there I chatted with a visiting surgeon from Bombay. He tol d me 
about Dr. James Esdaille, a Scotch surgeon, who worked in Bengal before 
ether or other modern methods of anesthesia were discovered. Between 1843 and 1846, Dr. Es-daille performed about four hundred 
major operations of all kinds, such as amputations, remova l of tumors 
and cancerous growths, as well as operations on the eye, ear,  and 
throat. All operations were conducted under mental anesthesia on ly. This Indian doctor at Rishikesh informed me that the postoper ative 
mortality rate of patients operated on by Dr. Esdaille wa s ex-tremely 
low, probably two or three percent. Patients felt no pain, and  there 
were no deaths during the operations. Dr. Esdaille suggested to the subconscious minds of all his pati ents, 
who were in a hypnotic state, that no infection or septic cond ition 
would develop. You must remember that this was be-fore Louis Pasteur, Josep h 
Lister, and others who pointed out the bacterial origin of diseas e and 
causes of infection due to unsterilized instruments and virulent  
organisms. This Indian surgeon said that the reason for the low mor-tali ty rate 
and the general absence of infection, which was re-duced to a 
minimum, was undoubtedly due to the suggestions of Dr. Esdaille to 
the subconscious minds of his patients. They responded according t o 
the nature of his suggestion. It is simply wonderful, when you conceive how a surgeon, over one 
hundred twenty years ago, discovered the miraculous wonder-working 
powers of the subconscious mind. Doesn’t it cause you to be seiz ed 
with a sort of mystic awe when you stop and think of the 
transcendental powers of your subconscious mind. Consider its 
extrasensory perceptions, such as its ca-pacity for clairv oyance and 
clairaudience, its independence of time and space, its capac ity to 
render you free from all pain and suffering, and its capacity to get the  
 41  answer to all problems, be they what they may. All these a nd many 
more reveal to you that there is a power and intelligence within you 
that far tran-scends your intellect, causing you to marvel at the 
wonders of it ail. All these experiences cause you to rejoic e and 
believe in the miracle-working powers of your own subconscious 
mind. • Your subconscious is your Book of Life 
Whatever thoughts, beliefs, opinions, theories, or dogmas you write,  
engrave, or impress on your subconscious mind, you shall experience  
them as the objective manifestation of circum-stances, condi tions, and 
events. What you write on the inside, you will experience on the outside. You have two sides to your life, objective and subjective, visi ble and 
invisible, thought and its manifestation. Your brain receives your thought, which is the organ of your 
conscious reasoning mind. When your conscious or ob-jective mind 
accepts the thought completely, it is sent to the solar plexus, called the 
brain of your mind, where it becomes flesh and is made manifest i n 
your experience. As previously outlined, your subconscious cannot argue. It acts only 
from what you write on it. It accepts your verdict or the conclusions of 
your conscious mind as final. This is why you are always writi ng on 
the book of life, because your thoughts become your experiences. The 
American essayist, Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “Man is what he 
thinks all day long. ” 
• What is impressed in the subconscious is expressed 
William James, the father of American psychology, said that t he 
power to move the world is in your subconscious mind. Your 
subconscious mind is one with infinite intelligence and boundless 
wisdom. It is fed by hidden springs, and is called the law of life. Whatever you impress upon your subconscious mind, the latter wil l 
move heaven and earth to bring it to pass. 42  You must, therefore, impress it with right ideas and construc-t ive 
thoughts. The reason there is so much chaos and misery in the world is 
because people do not understand the interaction of their consci ous 
and subconscious minds. When these two principles work in accord, 
in concord, in peace, and synchronously together, you will have heath, 
happiness, peace and joy. There is no sickness or discord when the  
conscious and subconscious work together harmoniously and 
peacefully. The tomb of Hermes was opened with great expectancy and a se nse 
of wonder because people believed that the greatest secret of the ages 
was contained therein. The secret was as within, so without; as above, 
so below. In other words, whatever is impressed hi your subconscious mind is 
expressed on the screen of space. This same truth was pr oclaimed by 
Moses, Isaiah, Jesus, Buddha, Zoroaster, Laotze, and all the illumine d 
seers of the ages Whatever you feel as true subjectivel y is expressed 
as conditions, experiences, and events. Motion and emotion must 
balance. As in  heaven [your own mind], so on earth [in your body and 
environment]. This is the great law of life. You will find throughout all nature the law of action and reaction, of 
rest and motion. These two must balance, then there will be h armony 
and equilibrium. You are here to let the life principle flow t hrough 
you rhythmically and harmoniously. The intake and the outgo must be 
equal. The impression and the expression must be equal. All your 
frustration is due to unful-filled desire. If you think negatively, destructively, and viciously, these tho ughts 
generate destructive emotions which must be expressed and find a n 
outlet. These emotions, being of a negative nature, are frequently expressed 
as ulcers, heart trouble, tension, and anxieties. What is your idea or feeling about yourself now. Every part of your 
being expresses that idea. Your vitality, body, fi-nancial sta tus,  
 43  friends, and social status represent a perfect re-flectio n of the idea you 
have of yourself. This is the real mean-ing of what is impressed in your sub conscious 
mind, and which is expressed in all phases of your life. We injure ourselves by the negative ideas, which we enter- tain. How often have you wounded yourself by getting angry, fearful, 
jealous, or vengeful. These are the poisons that enter your 
subconscious mind. You were not born with these negative attitude s. Feed your subconscious mind life-giving thoughts, and you will wipe 
out all the negative patterns lodged therein. As you continue to do this, 
all the past will be wiped out and remembered no more. • The subconscious heals a malignancy of the skin 
A personal healing will ever be the most convincing evi-dence of  
the healing power of the subconscious mind. Over forty years ag o I 
resolved a malignancy of the skin through prayer. Medical ther apy 
had failed to check the growth, and it was get-ting progressiv ely 
worse. A clergyman, with a deep psychological knowledge, ex-plained to 
me the inner meaning of the 139th Psalm wherein it says, In thy book 
all my members were written, which in con-tinuance were fashi oned, 
when as yet there was none of them. He explained that the term book 
meant my subconscious mind, which fashioned and molded all my 
organs from an invisible cell. He also pointed out that inasmuch as my 
subconscious mind made my body, it could also recreate it and he al it 
according to the perfect pattern within it. This clergyman showed me his watch and said, “This had a maker, 
and the watchmaker had to have the idea first in mind before the  
watch became an objective reality, and if the watch was out  of order, 
the watchmaker could fix it. ” My friend re-minded me that the 
subconscious intelligence, which created my body, was like a  
watchmaker, and it also knew exactly how to heal, restore, and direct 
all the vital functions and processes of my body, but that I ha d to give  
 44  it the perfect idea of health. This would act as cause, and the  effect 
would be a healing. I prayed in a very simple way as follows: “My body and al l its 
organs were created by the infinite intelligence in my sub -conscious 
mind. It knows how to heal me. Its wisdom fashioned all my organs, 
tissues, muscles, and bones. This infinite healing presence wi thin me 
is now transforming every atom of my being making me whole and 
perfect now. I give thanks for the healing I know is taking pla ce now. Wonderful are the works of the creative intelligence within me. ” 
I prayed aloud for about five minutes two or three times a da y 
repeating the above simple prayer. In about three months my sk in was 
whole and perfect. As you can see, all I did was give life-giving patterns of wholeness, 
beauty, and perfection to my subconscious mind, thereby oblitera ting 
the negative images and patterns of thought lodged in my 
subconscious mind which were the cause of all my trouble. Nothing  
appears on your body except when the mental equivalent is first in 
your mind, and as you change your mind by drenching it with 
incessant affirmatives, you change your body. This is the basis of all 
healing. Marvelous are thy works; and that my soul [subconscious 
mind] knoweth right well. PSALM 139:14. • How the subconscious controls all functions of the body 
While you are awake or sound asleep upon your bed, the ceaseless, 
tireless action of your subconscious mind controls all the vit al 
functions of your body without the help of your con-scious mind. For 
example, while you are asleep your heart con-tinues to beat 
rhythmically, your lungs do not rest, and the proc-ess of inhalation 
and exhalation, whereby your blood absorbs fresh air, goes on just the  
same as when you are awake. Your subconscious controls your 
digestive processes and glandular secretions, as well as a ll the other 
mysterious operations of your body. The hair on your face continues 
to grow whether you are asleep or awake. Scientists tell us that the  
 45  skin secretes much more perspiration during sleep than during t he 
waking hours. Your eyes, ears, and other senses are active during sleep. Fo r 
instance,   many of our great scientists have received answe rs to 
perplexing problems while they were asleep. They saw the an-sw ers in 
a dream. Oftentimes your conscious mind interferes with the normal rhythm  
of the heart, lungs, and functioning of the stomach and intestines b y 
worry, anxiety, fear, and depression. These pat-terns of thought 
interfere with the harmonious functioning of your subconscious mind. When mentally disturbed, the best procedure is to let go, rela x, and 
still the wheels of your thought processes. Speak to your subconscious mind, telling it to take over in pea ce, 
harmony, and divine order. You will find that all the functions of your 
body will become normal again. Be sure to speak to your 
subconscious mind with authority and convic-tion, and it will confor m 
to your command. Your subconscious seeks to preserve your life and restore you t o 
health at all costs. It causes you to love your children, which a lso 
illustrates an instinctive desire to preserve all life. Let us suppose you 
accidentally ate some bad food. Your sub-conscious mind would 
cause you to regurgitate it. If you in-advertently took some poison, your subconscious powers 
would proceed to neutralize it. If you completely entrusted your self to 
its wonderworking  power, you would be entirely restored to health. • How to get the subconscious to work for you 
The first thing to realize is that your subconscious mind is al ways 
working. It is active night and day, whether you act upon it or not. Your subconscious is the builder of your body, but you cannot 
consciously perceive or hear that inner silent process. Your busi ness is 
with your conscious mind and not your subconscious mind. Just keep 
your conscious mind busy with the expectation of the best, and make  
 46  sure the thoughts you habitually think are based on whatsoever thi ngs 
are lovely, true, just, and of good report. Begin now to take c are of 
your con-scious mind, knowing in your heart and soul that your 
subcon-scious mind is always expressing, reproducing, and 
manifesting according to your habitual thinking. Remember, just as water takes the shape of the pipe it f lows 
through, the life principle in you flows through you according to the 
nature of your thoughts. Claim that the healing presence in your 
subconscious is flowing through you as harmony, health, peace, joy, 
and abundance. Think of it as a living intelligence, a lovely 
companion on the way. Firmly believe it is continually flowing 
through you vivifying, inspiring, and prospering you. It will respond  
exactly this way. It is done unto you as you believe. • Healing principle of the subconscious restores atrophied  optic 
nerves 
There is the well-known, duly authenticated case of Madame Bire of 
France, recorded in the archives of the medical department of 
Lourdes, France. She was blind; the optic nerves were atrophi ed and 
useless. She visited Lourdes and had what she termed a mira culous 
healing. Ruth Cranston, a Protestant young lady who investigated and 
wrote about healings at Lourdes in McCalls magazine, November, 
1955, writes about Madame Bire as follows: “At Lourdes she rega ined 
her sight incredibly, with the optic nerves still lifeless  and useless, as 
several doctors could testify after repeated examinations. A month 
later, upon re-examination, it was found that the seeing mechanism  
had been restored to normal. But at first, so far as medical  
examination could tell, she was seeing with ‘dead eyes. ’” 
I have visited Lourdes several times where I, too, wit-nessed some 
healings, and of course, as we shall explain in the next c hapter, there 
is no doubt that healings take place at many shrines throughout the 
world, Christian and non-Christian. 47  The waters of the shrine did not heal Madame Bire, to whom we 
just referred, but by her own subconscious mind, which responded to 
her belief. The healing principle within her subconscious mind responded to 
the nature of her thought. Be-lief is a thought in the subconscious  
mind. It means to accept something as true. The thought accepted  
executes itself automatically. Undoubtedly, Madame Bire went to the shrine with expectancy and 
great faith, knowing in her heart she would re-ceive a heali ng. Her 
subconscious mind responded accordingly, releasing the ever-pres ent 
healing forces. The subconscious mind, which created the eye, can  
certainly bring a dead nerve back to life. What the creativ e principle 
created, it can recreate. Accord-ing to your belief is it done unto you. • How to convey the idea of perfect health to your subconscious  
mind 
A Protestant minister I knew in Johannesburg, South Africa, told me 
the method he used to convey the idea of perfect health to his 
subconscious mind. He had cancer of the lung. His technique, as give n 
to me in his own handwriting, is ex-actly as follows: “Severa l times a 
day I would make certain that I was completely relaxed menta lly and 
physically. I relaxed my body by speaking to it as follows, ‘My  feet 
are relaxed, my ankles are relaxed, my legs are relaxed, my a bdominal 
muscles are relaxed, my heart and lungs are relaxed, my head is 
relaxed, my whole being is completely relaxed. ’ After about f ive 
minutes I would be in a sleepy drowsy state, and then I affirme d the 
fol-lowing truth, ‘the perfection of God is now being expressed  
through me. The idea of perfect health is now filling my sub-
conscious mind. The image God has of me is a perfect image, and  my 
subconscious mind recreates my body in perfect accord-ance wi th the 
perfect image held in the mind of God. ’” This minister had a 
remarkable healing. This is a simple easy way of conveying  the idea 
of perfect health to your subconscious mind. 48  Another wonderful way to convey the idea of health to your 
subconscious is through disciplined or scientific imagina-tion. I told a 
man who was suffering from functional paralysis to make a v ivid 
picture of himself walking around in his office, touching the des k, 
answering the telephone, and doing all the things he ordinarily woul d 
do if he were healed. I explained to him that this idea and mental picture of perfe ct health 
would be accepted by his subconscious mind. He lived the role and actually felt himself back in the off ice. He 
knew that he was giving his subconscious mind some-thing definite  to 
work upon. His subconscious mind was the film upon which the picture was 
impressed. One day, after several weeks of frequent conditioning of the m ind 
with this mental pic-ture, the telephone rang by prearrangement  and 
kept ringing while his wife and nurse were out. The telephone wa s 
about twelve feet away, but nevertheless he managed to answer  it. He 
was healed at that hour. The healing power of his subconscious mind responded to his 
mental imagery, and a healing followed. This man had a mental block, which prevented impulses from the 
brain reaching his legs; therefore, he said he could not wal k. When he 
shifted his attention to the healing power within him, the powe r 
flowed through, his focused attention, enabling him to walk. Whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall recei ve. MATT. 21:22. • Ideas worth remembering 
1. Your subconscious mind controls all the vital processes of  your 
body and knows the answer to all problems.
The subconscious mind does not argue or debate with us, but rather accepts our thoughts and beliefs, and responds accordingly.
What is the role of the subconscious mind in responding to our thoughts and beliefs?
The key is to consciously affirm and believe in the desired outcome, and then let go and allow the subconscious mind to work.
What is the key to using the subconscious mind for healing?
Affirmations are crucial in shaping our thoughts and beliefs, and the subconscious mind will respond to them, bringing about the desired outcome.
What is the importance of affirmations in the subconscious mind?
Yes, the subconscious mind has the power to heal, as demonstrated by numerous examples in the text, including the story of Dr. Esdaille's patients and the case of Madame Bire.
Can the subconscious mind heal physical ailments?
One can do this by affirming and visualizing the desired outcome, and then letting go and allowing the subconscious mind to respond, as demonstrated in the examples of the minister's healing and the story of the Indian surgeon.
How can one convey the idea of perfect health to their subconscious mind?