recognize that each individual is a unique being - that the other fellow has likes and dislikes of his own - and there is really no such thing as a norm.

When you come under the care of a psychologist or teacher who only has his own norm to go by, he will try to bend you to that pattern because he thinks it is right. We must all realize that we each are an individual creation and have an expression unlike anyone else's.

For these reasons, metaphysics is such a safe beautiful thing. We do not try to change people. We try only to get them in touch with themselves. When that happens, they find their own inner release, and the change occurs.

There is another way of changing personality which has become much more popular with the psychological field. That is the use of the charm schools:

"We have a wonderful way to change your personality!" they will tell you. If you are a woman, they tell you to come in and they will give you a new hairdo, new makeup and teach you how to walk and dress. But out you go, and you are one and the same unchanged person.

You can never do anything from the outside. You may get a lift --- I think every woman gets a lift out of buying a new hat --- but that is not going to change you.

A man may go out and get a new hairdo (yes, they sometimes do!) but it does not change the personality. Yet, just look at all the ads --- a woman on the radio not only changes your figure but wants you to come to her with your problems. Another famous school teaches you how to make friends and influence people. It uses psychological stunts; mental gymnastics.

The trouble is that none of these things ever work. You are going to stick to your own type of personality. There is just one way to change it, and that is to change the subconscious mind. That is what produced it. Then not only is your personality changed, but your thoughts change. That is why we call this the New Thought religion. You get a completely new picture - inside and out, by thinking New Thoughts.