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Its words are living words and are externalized in beautiful, healthy, bodily substance.

Try the effect upon the Subconscious Mind of vigorous, positive, living words. When you are weak affirm that you are strong. Remember the hypnotized subject, who, through suggestion, acquired such tremendous power, though his muscles were flabby and his body puny. The only difference between hypnotic suggestion and auto-suggestion is that in the former the conscious mind of the subject is made quiescent, and is thus unable to foist its doubts on the Subconscious Mind, so that the latter, not being handicapped by doubt, can accept the suggestion and act upon it without hindrance. In auto-suggestion you will have doubt to contend with, so it will take longer to get results, but if you persist, you will finally cast out doubt and thus obtain a clear channel for Infinite Power to flow through you from centre to circumference.

Even though you are overwhelmed by poverty, sickness and sorrow, affirm the opposite. Say with all the earnestness you can muster: I am rich, I am well, I am happy. Say it again and again, day after day, though all things conspire to give the lie to your words. If you do this faithfully you will at last enable the Subconscious Mind to make your words come true.

If you throw bicarbonate of soda into an acid, you correct its acidity. By a law certain and unvarying you can sweeten by affirmation the sourest states of body and environment.

I have proved this in my own life, and knowing

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