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Chapter XIX: The Control of the Involuntary System.1881
the expected time and that you wish them to get ready and do their work,
so that when the time arrives everything will be normal. As you near the
time, call the group’s attention that the time is growing shorter and that it
must attend to its business. Do not give the commands in a trifling manner
but as if you really meant them—and you must mean them—and they will
be obeyed. We have seen many cases of irregular menstruation relieved in
this way in from one to three months. This may sound ridiculous to you, but
all we can say is to try it for yourself. We have not space to point out the
method to be employed for each complaint, but you will readily see just
what organ or group controls the seat of the trouble from what we have
said in other chapters, and then give it its orders. If you do not know what
organ is causing the trouble, you at least know the region of the disturbance
and may direct your commands to that part of the body. It is not necessary
for you to know the name of the organ—just direct your commands to the
spot and say to it: “Here You, etc.” This book is not intended as a treatise
upon the cure of disease, its object being to point out the road to health by
preventing disease, but these little hints at restoring normal functioning to
organs which have been misbehaving may help you somewhat.
You will be surprised at the measure of control which you may gain over
your body by following the above method and variations of the same.
You will be able to relieve your headaches by directing the blood to flow
downward; you will be able to warm your cold feet by ordering the blood
to flow to them in increased quantities, the Prana, of course, going along
also; you may equalize the circulation, thus stimulating the entire body; you
may relieve tired portions of the body. In fact, there is no end of the things
you may do along this line if you have but the patience to try. If you do not
know just what commands to give you may say to the part, “Here you, get
better—I want this pain to leave—I want you to do better,” or something
similar. But all this requires practice and patience, of course. There is no
royal road to its accomplishment.