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Chapter XIII: The Ashes of the System.1839
plenty of pure, fresh water, and a regular habit of going to stool, and a little
“talking up” to the bowels, will do all that is necessary to keep one free from
constipation.
After you are through with the week of syringe treatment (and even
before that), start the normal use of drinking water, as we have explained in
our chapter on that subject. Get the two quarts of fluids inside of you each
day, and you will find quite an improvement. Then start the habit of going
to the stool at the same time each day, whether you feel an inclination or
not. You will gradually establish the habit, and nature is fond of falling into
habits. Then again, you may really need an evacuation and not be aware of it,
for you have deadened your nerve calls by repeated refusals to heed them,
and you will have to begin all over again. Don’t neglect this—it is simple but
effective.
You will find it advantageous to give yourself autosuggestions while
sipping your cup full of water. Say to yourself. “I am drinking this water in
order to supply my system with the fluids it needs. It will make my bowels
move freely and regularly, as nature intended.” Carry the idea in your mind
of what you are trying to accomplish, and you will be apt to get your results
quicker.
Now for an idea which may seem absurd to you, unless you understand
the philosophy back of it. (We will tell you how to do it now, and talk about
the philosophy in another chapter). This consists in “talking up” to the bowel.
Give the abdomen (along the lines of the colon) several gentle slaps with
the hand, and say to it (yes, talk to it): “Here, you Colon, I’ve given you a
good cleaning out, and made you fresh and clean—I am giving you all the
fluids you need to do your work properly—I am cultivating a regular habit
in order to give you a chance to do your work—and now you got to do it.”
Slap the region of the colon several times, saying, “And now you’ve got to
do it.” And you will find that the colon will do it. This seems like child’s play
to you, probably—you will understand the sense of it when you read the