stressed. No doubt it has its value when thus spoken, but
the attitude of mind to which the word "pious" can be applied is
unfortunately not habitual with everyone. The average man in trying to
be "pious" might end by being merely artificial. But the child still
exists in the most mature of men. The "infantile" mode of repeating
the formula puts one in touch with deep levels of the Unconscious where
the child-mind still survives. Coue's remarkable successes have been
obtained by this means, and Baudouin advances no cogent reason for
changing it.

These instructions no doubt fall somewhat short of our ideal of a
thought entirely occupying the mind. But they are sufficient for a
beginning. The sovereign rule is to make no effort, and if this is
observed you will intuitively fall into the right attitude. This
process of Unconscious adaptation may be hastened by a simple
suggestion before beginning. Say to yourself, "I shall repeat the
formula in such a manner as to secure its maximum effect." This will
bring about the required conditions much more effectively than any
conscious exercise of thought.

On waking in the morning, before you rise, repeat the formula in
exactly the same manner.

Its regular repetition is the foundation stone of the Nancy method and
should never be neglected. In times of health it may be regarded as an
envoy going before to clear the path of whatever evils may lurk in the
future. But we must look on it chiefly as an educator, as a means of
leavening the mass of adverse spontaneous suggestions which clog the
Unconscious and rob our lives of their true significance.

Say it with faith. When you have said it your conscious part of the
process is completed. Leave the Unconscious to do its work
undisturbed. Do not be anxious about it, continually scanning yourself
for signs of improvement. The farmer does not turn over the clods
every morning to see if his seed is sprouting. Once sown it is left
till the green blade appears. So it should be with suggestion. Sow
the seed, and be sure the Unconscious powers of the mind will bring it
to fruition, and all the sooner if your conscious ego is content to let
it rest.

_Say it with faith_! You can only rob Induced Autosuggestion of its
power in one way--by believing that it is powerless. If you believe
this it becomes ipso facto powerless for you. The greater your faith
the more radical and the more rapid will be your results; thoug