the ind; your subconscious is always controlled by the dominant idea. Your subconscious will accept the strongest of two contradictory propositions. The effortless way is better.
If you say, “I want a healing, but I can't get it,” “I try so hard,” “I force myself to pray,” “I use all of the will power I have,” you must realize that your error lies in your effort. Never try to compel the subconscious mind to accept your idea by exercising will power. Such attempts are doomed to failure and you get the opposite of what you prayed for.
The following is a rather common experience. Students, when taking examinations and reading through their papers, find that all their knowledge has suddenly deserted them. Their minds become appalling blanks and they are unable to recall one relevant thought. The more they grit their teeth and summon the powers of the will, the further the answers seem to flee. But, when they have left the examination room and the mental pressure relaxes, the answers they were seeking flow tantalizingly back into their minds. Trying to force themselves to remember was the cause of their failure. This is an example of the law of reversed effort whereby you get the opposite of what you asked or prayed for.
The Conflict Of Desire & Imagination Must Be Reconciled
To use mental force is to presuppose that there is opposition. When you mind is concentrated on the means to overcome a problem, it is no longer concerned with the obstacle. Matthew 18:19 says, If two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.
Who are these two? It means the harmonious union between your conscious and subconscious on any idea, desire or mental image. When there is no longer any quarrel in either part of your mind your prayer will be answered. The two agreeing may also be represented as you and your desire, your thought and feeling, your idea and emotion, your desire and imagination.
You avoid all conflict between your desires and imagination by entering into a drowsy, sleepy state which brings all effort to a minimum. The conscious mind is submerged to a great extent when in a sleepy state. The best time to impregnate your subconscious occurs prior to sleep and just after we awaken. In this state the negative thoughts and imagery which tend to neutralize your desire and so prevent acceptance by your subconscious mind no longer present themselves. When you imagine the reality of the fulfilled desire and feel the thrill of accomplishment, your subconscious brings about the realization of your desire.
A great many people solve all their dilemmas and problems by the play of their controlled, directed and disciplined imagination, knowing that whatever they imagine and feel as true will and must come to pass.
The following will clearly illustrate how a young girl overcame the conflict between her desire and her imagination. She desired a harmonious solution to her legal problem, yet her mental imagery was constantly on failure, loss, bankruptcy and poverty. It was a complicated lawsuit and there was one postponement after another with no solution in sight.
At my suggestion, she got into a sleepy, drowsy state each night prior to sleep and she began to imagine the happy ending, feeling it to the best of her ability. She knew that the image in her mind had to agree with her heart's desire. Prior to sleep she began to dramatize as vividly as possible her lawyer having an animated discussion with her regarding the outcome. She would ask him questions, and he would answer her appropriately. He would say to her over and over again, “There has been a perfect, harmonious solution. The case has been settled out of court.” During the day when fear thoughts came into her mind, she would run her mental movie with gestures, voice and sound equipment. She could easily imagine the sound of his voice, smile and mannerism. She ran this mental picture so often it became a subjective pattern, a regular train track. At the end of a few weeks her attorney called and confirmed objectively what she had been imagining and feeling as true subjectively.
This is really what the Psalmist meant when he wrote, Let the words of my mouth (your thoughts, mental images, good) and the meditations of my heart (your feeling, nature, emotion) be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord (the law of your subconscious mind), my strength, and my redeemer (the power and wisdom of your subconscious mind can redeem you from sickness, bondage and misery). Psalm 19:14.
Ideas Worth Remembering
1. Mental coercion or too much effort shows anxiety and fear which block your answer. Easy does it.
2. When your mind is relaxed and you accept an idea, your subconscious goes to work to execute the idea.
3. Think and plan independently of traditional methods. Know that there is always an answer and a solution to every problem.
4. Do not be overly concerned with the beating of your heart, with the breathing of your lungs or the functions of any part of your anatomy. Lean heavily upon your subconscious and proclaim frequently that divine right action is taking place.
5. The feeling of health produces health, the feeling of wealth produces wealth. How do you feel?
6. Imagination is your most powerful faculty. Imagine what is lovely and of good report. You are what you imagine yourself to be.
7. You avoid conflict between your conscious and subconscious in the sleepy state. Imagine the fulfillment of your desire over and over again prior to sleep. Sleep in peace and wake in joy.
Chapter Nine
How to Use the Power of Your Subconscious for Wealth
If you are having difficulties, if you are trying to make ends meet, it means you have not convinced your subconscious mind that you will always have plenty and some to spare. You know men and women who work a few hours a week and make fabulous sums of money. They do not strive or slave hard. Do not believe the story that the only way you can become wealthy is by the sweat of your brow and hard labor. It is not so; the effortless way of life is the best. Do the thing you love to do and do it for the joy and thrill of it.
I know an executive in Los Angeles who receives a salary of $75,000 yearly. Last year he went on a nine month cruise seeing the world and its beauty spots. He said to me that he had succeeded in convincing his subconscious mind that he is worth that much money. He told me that many men in his organization getting about one hundred dollars a week knew more about the business than he did, and could manage it better, but they had no ambition, no creative ideas and were not interested in the wonders of their subconscious mind.
Wealth Is Of The Mind
Wealth is simply a subconscious conviction on the part of the individual. You will not become a millionaire by saying, “I am a millionaire, I am a millionaire.” You will grow into a wealth consciousness by building into your mentality the idea of wealth and abundance.
Your Invisible Means Of Support
The trouble with most people is that they have no invisible means of support. When business falls away, the stock market drops or they lost their investments, the seem helpless. The reason for such insecurity is that they do not know how to tap the subconscious mind. They are unacquainted with the inexhaustible storehouse within.
A man with a poverty type mind finds himself in poverty-stricken conditions. Another man with a mind filled with ideas of wealth is surrounded with everything he needs. It was never intended that man should lead a life of indigence. You can wealth, everything you need and plenty to spare. Your words have power to cleanse
