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Chapter XV: Self-Suggestion.2059
Chapter XV: Self-Suggestion.
s a man thinketh in his heart so is he,” is an old saying the truth of which
“A becomes more and more apparent to us each year. In the chapter in
which we showed the effect of the mind on the body you will notice that
the majority of the physical troubles brought about by thought-influence
were brought about by the thought of the person themselves—by selfsuggestion,
so to speak. A man’s physical health is largely a matter of his
self-suggestion. If he maintains a mental attitude of health, strength and
fearlessness, he manifests accordingly. And if he goes about with a mind
filled with ideas and thoughts of a depressing nature his body will likewise
respond.
Fear is the great cause of disease. Fear acts as a poison upon the physical
system, and its effects are manifest in many directions. Remove fear and you
have removed the cause of the trouble, and the symptoms will gradually
disappear.
But all this we have stated elsewhere—and this book must be a book of
practice, rather than of theory. The question is how may one treat himself, or
herself, by self-suggestion.
The answer is quite simple—it is that the person may give himself just
the suggestions that he would give a patient, following the advice and