In giving treatments along the lines of Personal Thought Induction, the practitioner should always bear in mind this one fundamental principle of practice, viz., Thought Induction is silent Mental Suggestion. With this fundamental principle once firmly fixed in his mind, the practitioner will not likely go very far wrong in giving the treatments.

There is, of course, a little practice required in order that the practitioner may acquire confidence and ease, and get rid of the awkwardness which usually attends the practice of unfamiliar processes. He will do well to practice and rehearse before a mirror, or when alone by himself, in order to acquire a confident bearing and ease of manner when giving treatments of this kind.

Many practitioners who have received personal instruction from me have gained great benefit from practicing the treatment before a mirror along the general lines indicated below.

Practice Exercise: Stand before your mirror, and treat your reflected image therein just as if it were another person. Begin by treating it for any complaint which may occur to you. You nm no risk whatsoever in doing this-no danger of "taking on" a complaint-for your treatments are always constructive and upbuilding, and never along the lines of diseased conditions. In practice, and in actual treatments, you should always hold the mental picture of the desired condition-not that of the diseased condition; and always make your silent suggestions along the lines of positive upbuilding, stating the conditions you wish to produce, and never those which you wish to remove. Always point out the mental road you wish the Corporeal Mind to follow.

In practicing before the mirror, you should throw yourself into the exercise in full earnestness. Do not indulge in flippant and frivolous play regarding treatments-throw earnestness into your thoughts and mental pictures. Do not merely think the idea of what*you wish to silently suggest to the imaginary patient; but actually think the words in which you would express the idea if you were speaking to the patient. This formation of words in the mind, and the projection of them in Thought Induction is very important. There is, of course, no magic in the words themselves, but nevertheless the action of the mind in crystallizing the idea into words gives concentrated force to them, and they are projected with greatly increased power into the mind of the patient. In giving Thought Induction treatments then, remember to think in actual words. Form the actual words in your mind.

In these practice exercises, and in giving actual treatments to patients while in their presence, you should follow the same general rules which are followed in giving audible Mental Suggestion. That is to say, you should throw the same degree of earnestness into the silent words that you would in the spoken words. You should encourage the same feeling of force and power within yourself-the same raising of your own vibrations so that they may become positive to those of the patient. You should remember the principle of Repetition, as mentioned in connection with Mental Suggestion; and manage to repeat the same silent mental commands or suggestions a number of times.

Remember, always, that you are actually and really addressing the Corporeal Mind of the patient in these silent treatments, just as truly as when you address the conscious mind of the person in an ordinary spoken course of instructions, commands or advice. The more that you are able to realize this actual process the more force and power will you manifest. The subconscious mind, in all of its phases, is very quick to sense the degree of earnestness and belief, or the degree of lightness and unbelief, in the mind of the practitioner; and it responds in the same degree. It is like a child or an intelligent animal -very keen to perceive shades of feeling or belief, truth or untruth.

In giving actual treatments by Personal Thought Induction, you should instruct the patient to sit quietly in a comfortable position- have a cozy, comfortable chair in your treating-room for this purpose. It is well to have your treating-room as quiet as possible, and as free and never along the lines of diseased conditions. In practice, and in actual treatments, you should always hold the mental picture of the desired condition-not that of the diseased condition; and always make your silent suggestions along the lines of positive upbuilding, stating the conditions you wish to produce, and never those which you wish to remove. Always point out the mental road you wish the Corporeal Mind to follow.

In practicing before the mirror, you should throw yourself into the exercise in full earnestness. Do not indulge in flippant and frivolous play regarding treatments-throw earnestness into your thoughts and mental pictures. Do not merely think the idea of what*you wish to silently suggest to the imaginary patient; but actually think the words in which you would express the idea if you were speaking to the patient. This formation of words in the mind, and the projection of them in Thought Induction is very important. There is, of course, no magic in the words themselves, but nevertheless the action of the mind in crystallizing the idea into words gives concentrated force to them, and they are projected with greatly increased power into the mind of the patient. In giving Thought Induction treatments then, remember to think in actual words. Form the actual words in your mind.

In these practice exercises, and in giving actual treatments to patients while in their presence, you should follow the same general rules which are followed in giving audible Mental Suggestion. That is to say, you should throw the same degree of earnestness into the silent words that you would in the spoken words. You should encourage the same feeling of force and power within yourself-the same raising of your own vibrations so that they may become positive to those of the patient. You should remember the principle of Repetition, as mentioned in connection with Mental Suggestion; and manage to repeat the same silent mental commands or suggestions a number of times.