ed with the triumphant
qualities we lack. For a similar reason we should never employ a form
of words which connotes doubt. The phrases, "I should like to," "I am
going to try," if realised by the Unconscious, can only produce a state
of longing or desire, very different from the actual physical and
mental modifications we are seeking.

Finally, we should not speak of the desired improvement entirely as a
thing of the future. We should affirm that the change has already
begun, and will continue to operate more and more rapidly until our end
is fully attained.

Here are a few examples of special suggestions which may prove useful.

For deafness: Having closed the eyes and relaxed body and mind, say to
yourself something of this nature: "From this day forth my hearing will
gradually improve. Each day I shall hear a little better. Gradually
this improvement will become more and more rapid until, in a
comparatively short space of time, I shall hear quite well and I shall
continue to do so until the end of my life."

A person suffering from unfounded fears and forebodings might proceed
as follows: "From to-day onward I shall become more and more conscious
of all that is happy, positive and cheerful. The thoughts which enter
my mind will be strong and healthful ones. I shall gain daily in
self-confidence, shall believe in my own powers, which indeed at the
same time will manifest themselves in greater strength. My life is
growing smoother, easier, brighter. These changes become from day to
day more profound; in a short space of time I shall have risen to a new
plane of life, and all the troubles which used to perplex me will have
vanished and will never return."

A bad memory might be treated in some such terms as these: "My memory
from to-day on will improve in every department. The impressions
received will be clearer and more definite; I shall retain them
automatically and without any effort on my part, and when I wish to
recall them they will immediately present themselves in their correct
form to my mind. This improvement will be accomplished rapidly, and
very soon my memory will be better than it has ever been before."

Irritability and bad temper are very susceptible to autosuggestion and
might be thus treated: "Henceforth I shall daily grow more
good-humoured. Equanimity and cheerfulness will become my normal
states of mind, and in a short time all the little happenings of life
will be received in t