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Chapter XIII: Practice of Suggestive Healing.2047
about some matter of importance, he seeks to have his hearer in a quiet,
thoughtful mood, rather than in the midst of worries, perplexities, business
cares, etc., when his attention is diverted away from the subject under
discussion—just so should the healer endeavor to have his patient maintain
a calm, relaxed, peaceful frame of mind during the treatment.
Attention. The patient should be induced to give the healer his entire
attention, as the measure of the effect of the treatment depends largely
upon the degree of attention given, and obtained. Consequently, it is well
to get the patient quieted down, before beginning the actual treatment.
The healer may talk to him in a quiet low tone of voice, bidding the patient
relax every muscle and take the tension from every nerve. He should adapt
the conversation to the individual requirements of the patient, speaking
only of those things calculated to promote quietness and calmness of mind,
and to carefully avoid subject’s likely to arouse antagonism and argument.
Remember, you are not there to convert the patient to any particular
belief of yours—you are to cure him. Let your manner and conversation be
Soothing and Quieting.
Voice. The Healer should pay much attention to cultivating a good
“Suggestive Voice.” It is difficult to describe just what is meant by this term,
but a few words of explanation may be of value. We do not mean that the
Healer should endeavor to become a skilled elocutionist, but we do mean
that he should be able to throw feeling and earnestness into his tone. He
should endeavor to have his Thought and Desire so permeate his tone that
the vibrations may be felt by the patient. His tone should be Vibrant and
Strong—not necessarily loud, but possessed of that peculiar quality that we
call Strength. The words should fairly vibrate, and penetrate into the mind
of the patient. A mental state of forgetting one’s self, and concentrating the
whole mind on the meaning of the words used will produce the result—
practice, of course, improving the gift and faculty. The tone should be
“Intense.”
The following exercises will aid the Suggestor: