The Subsconscious Mind E-Book

Gertrude A. Bradford

• Herausgeber: David De Angelis
• Kategorie: Ratgeber
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2023

Beschreibung

WE HEAR so much these days about the importance of reaching the subconscious mind that it is very easy for one to assume that there is no other important factor in demonstration, yet there are two other factors equally, if not more important, i.e., arousing the interest of and gaining a response from the subconscious mind. No perfect demonstration can be made without each of these three factors receiving the proper consideration.
 
Reaching the subconscious mind is merely the preliminary process of demonstration, — like touching the keys of a piano is but the preliminary steps to producing music. To gain a response from the subconscious mind is as necessary in demonstrating material things as it is to awaken a response of tone from the keys of a piano in order to produce a demonstration of music.
 
However, in order to gain a response from the subconscious mind, its interest must be awakened for the determination of the subconscious mind lies at its point of interest, hence, the more interest awakened, the greater and quicker the response.

Leseprobe

THE SUBSCONSCIOUS MIND

How to Reach it and Arouse it for get what you want

Gertrude A. Bradford

Edition 2023

by David De Angelis

All Rights are Reserved

CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1: HOW TO REACH THE SUBCONSIOUS MIND

CHAPTER 2: HOW TO AROUSE THE INTEREST OP THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND

CHAPTER 3: HOW TO GAIN A RESPONSE FROM THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND

CHAPTER 4: HOW TO REACH THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND OF ANOTHER

CHAPTER 5: HOW TO HEAL AT A DISTANCE

CHAPTER 6: HOW TO HEAL A CHILD BY APPEAL TO HIS SUBCONSCIOUS MIND

CHAPTER 7: THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND AND CREATIVE WORK

CHAPTER 8: THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND AND THE HABIT OF SUCCEEDING

CHAPTER 9: THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND AND HEALTH

CHAPTER 10: THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND AND THE CUBE OF UNDESIRABLE HABITS

CHAPTER 11: THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND AND THE WORRY, HURRY HABIT

CHAPTER 1HOW TO REACH THE SUBCONSIOUS MIND

WE HEAR so much these days about the importance of reaching the subconscious mind that it is very easy for one to assume that there is no other important factor in demonstration, yet there are two other factors equally, if not more important, i.e., arousing the interest of and gaining a response from the subconscious mind. No perfect demonstration can be made without each of these three factors receiving the proper consideration.

Reaching the subconscious mind is merely the preliminary process of demonstration, — like touching the keys of a piano is but the preliminary steps to producing music. To gain a response from the subconscious mind is as necessary in demonstrating material things as it is to awaken a response of tone from the keys of a piano in order to produce a demonstration of music.

However, in order to gain a response from the subconscious mind, its interest must be awakened for the determination of the subconscious mind lies at its point of interest, hence, the more interest awakened, the greater and quicker the response.

Because of this fact, perfect demonstration must incorporate these three modes of directing the subconscious activities: reaching it, arousing its interest, and gaining its response.

The reverent attitude, coupled with an earnest, specific desire, is the surest and quickest method of reaching the subconscious mind, but the reverent attitude is gained in a variety of ways according to the individual and development, also to subconscious habits and convictions for it is easier for it to grasp ideas to which it has been the most closely related than it is to grasp suggestions entirely new and strange.

Remember, — the subconscious mind operates wholly by suggestion and whichever suggestions are more closely related to its dominant habits of activity will become crystallized into outer form more quickly than will suggestions which are new or only partly related to established habits. Therefore, the reverent attitude is gained more quickly by suggestions which follow most closely the natural trend of subconscious habit. Suggestion is classified into four groups: mental, verbal, physical, and veiled, and each is crystallized into material form as dominant conditions according to its quality.

If your childhood training has been deeply religious and you have a great respect for what you have been taught, then your subconscious mind will be quickly reached by repeating favorite passages of scripture or those which especially illustrate best the point you wish to make or cover. Repeat not only one but as many as you can think of pertaining to the subject at hand, continuing to quote until you are thrilled with reverence for your Creator and His Divine and beautiful promises to those who love to do His will.

If you are of a philosophical turn of mind, then use philosophical quotations to produce the desired result. There are transcendentally beautiful thoughts contained in Emerson's Essays, especially "Circles," "Self-Reliance" and "Friendship." The writings of Socrates, as well as many of the more modern writers, also express truths which should be familiar to everyone who is seeking release from the bondage of materialism and its effects which manifest as ill health, unhappiness, poverty, and sordid environment.

If poetry has always appealed to you, then, by all means, quote beautiful poetry. And if you love the artistic and Divine in whatever form you find it, then use whatever appeals to you most at the time. Kipling's "IF" expresses some especially beautiful thoughts.

The reverent attitude can also be easily attained through fervent prayer. But if you pray as to a God in the clouds, afar off, you will be bitterly disappointed in your God! Pray as to a kind, loving, friend who is sitting beside you, eagerly waiting and willing to do your slightest bidding instantly. When you are thrilled with the beauty and sincerity of that which you are repeating, then send out to this kind, loving, Friend your earnest desire in a concise but specific form with a confident feeling that what you ask will be granted, and that immediately. One can specify time and place in connection with sending forth one's desire, but one should never specify the channel through which it shall manifest. Divine Power should never be limited to human vision or conception. That is why so many people fail in demonstration. They insist upon Divine Mind manifesting their desires through the channels which they specify.

Faith is a feeling of confidence; therefore, if you send forth your desire in a reverent, confident manner, you reach your subconscious mind almost instantly.

Beautiful thoughts, like beautiful music, depict an insight into that which is Divine, that which reaches beyond the materiality of the commonplace, recognizing an Infinite Power and Wisdom that is sublime, fulfilling every desire of human longing.

If you are lacking in faith, that is, if you have been taught an orthodox creed, and that your God is only concerned with universal issues and is unconcerned with the personal problems of an ordinary sinner, such as yourself, then you need to quote passages of scripture that will convince your conscious and your subconscious minds that your Savior is an ever present Friend who is ready, and willing, and tenderly waiting, to supply your every need.

"Ask and ye shall receive, seek and ye shall find, knock and it shall be opened unto you." Matt. 7:7

"In all their affliction, He was afflicted and the angel of His presence saved them, and He bare them and carried them all the days of old." Isaiah 63:9

" Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings and not one of them is forgotten by God? Fear not therefore; ye are of more value than many sparrows." Luke 12:6-7

"And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind. But rather seek ye the Kingdom of God (Love); and all these things shall be added unto you. Fear not little flock for it is your father's good pleasure to give you the Kingdom." Luke 12:29-33

The following is good as a conclusive promise, — "This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears." (Or, as you hear it!) Luke 4:11

Time and energy is the Divine heritage of every human being and is the only substance used in fashioning our lives. This Truth clothes the statement of Thomas Jefferson, "All men are created equal," with the vesture of Divine Wisdom, notwithstanding the statements of his biographers to the contrary that he was a dreamer and more visionary than practical.

Time and energy are used by each individual in a constructive or destructive manner; according to the Divine Qualities or in opposition to them. That is what makes success or failure. Time and energy expressed as God intended, as Love, Truth, Faith, Gratitude, and Praise, must create success while time and energy expended as hate, fear, anger, worry, or unkind criticism, always react as failure. Thus, you reach your subconscious mind by using time and energy to express a reverent, unselfish desire to accomplish something definitely worthwhile and, "According to your faith be it done unto you."

I recall to mind a demonstration which clearly illustrates the points at issue.

An earnest student, new in the study and application of psychology, found it necessary to demonstrate a set of dishes. She was the mother of two children and their sole support. She maintained the home by selling stocks and bonds.

While the mother pursued her duties of bread winner, the care of the house was largely left to the two children and an inexperienced girl. The oldest child owned a pet dog which was considered by its young master much too valuable and high bred to eat from common china or tin, in lieu of which the hand-painted china was used without the knowledge of the mother; the girl was given a home with the family in exchange for the companionship she might give to the children while the mother was at work. She knew very little about the science of housekeeping and her method of washing dishes was very hard on the china, consequently the mother returned from a trip only to find her supply broken and limited to odds and ends, such as jelly glasses for drinking purposes, odd soup plates to supplement vegetable containers, and two or three cracked dinner plates.

She had been asked to entertain at dinner one of the officials of the company by whom she was employed and she had promised to do so. You can imagine her chagrin when she arrived home only to find that she lacked the necessary dishes with which to serve a dinner and the funds with which to purchase new ones! Her arrival was on a Tuesday, and she had promised to entertain the following Saturday! What could she do? It was a serious condition for she had no friends of whom she could borrow either money or dishes. The official she had been asked to entertain was practically a stranger and a very fastidious man, one who at least was entitled to a well-appointed table.

The afternoon of her arrival home, she had an errand which took her into the shopping district of the city and as she walked along, wondering what she could do to solve the disturbing problem, this query was forced into her consciousness, — "Why not let your knowledge of psychology solve your problem?" Well, why not indeed? If one could demonstrate health and love, why not a set of dishes? A science which could solve big problems could surely solve the small ones as well.

Had she not been taught that the Great Law could be applied to every problem and that it worked with mathematical precision when applied in a scientific manner? Did she dare trust to her meager knowledge of the Great Law when failure might result at the last moment? She analyzed her motives in the matter and felt that her desire was both unselfish and right for it was prompted by her regard for the sales manager who had shown her many courtesies. She finally decided to take a chance and pin her faith to the everlasting promise: "Ask and ye shall receive." This promise had been proven true too many times for it to fail her now when gratitude demanded that she meet the obligation of the moment.

Her final decision, following her meditation on the matter, was to apply Psychological Law and demonstrate a set of dishes. As harmony and order are Divine Laws, she knew that the demonstration of a set of dishes in keeping with the rest of her dining appointments would be in accord with what she had learned.

Following her decision, she had no time to devote to concentration until the following morning after she had set the house to rights and was alone for an hour or two.

Getting herself into a reverent attitude by repeating several beautiful passages of scripture, for her early training had been deeply religious and she still retained great respect for the beautiful truths of Biblical lore, she then sent her desire out into the Universal Ether in a clear, concise, manner and next proceeded to idealize that desire both by mental argument and concentration. She continued to concentrate for perhaps half an hour and then something interfered and her concentration was postponed until the following day, which was Thursday.

It was ten A.M. before an opportunity came for following the plan she had decided upon. Seating herself in her favorite "Sleepy Hollow" chair, close to the window where the sunshine streamed in upon her, she proceeded to get her physical body into a perfectly comfortable position.

The body is never perfectly comfortable until you are no longer conscious of any part of it. A dark room is to be avoided if possible, although many people advise meditation and concentration in a slightly darkened room and some advice a room completely darkened. But if you wish a quick demonstration, choose a room that is flooded with sunlight for that is God's way of energizing every creation. Destructive forces hover in dark places. Even a better way than a lighted room is to get out into the sunlight where the fresh air and the trees and flowers help to inspire one to acts of love and kindness.

The above-mentioned student preferred the great out of doors in which to do her meditating and concentrating but at the particular time mentioned, the press of circumstances seemed to prevent. So, instead of complaining at conditions, she adjusted herself to them by holding the agreeable attitude and realizing that her environment must change whenever she applied the science of right thinking to the problem in the right way. After getting herself into the reverent attitude, she again sent out her desire in a clear, concise, way, just as she had done on the previous day, the only change being that she visualized the desire in simple, specific, words until they stood out clear and strong as though written with white chalk upon a black board. She followed this with an intimate picture of her little family and invited guest sitting at the well-appointed dinner table having a most enjoyable time.

We will now turn the calendar back one year to the time when she had moved to her present location, a building containing six apartments and occupied by five other tenants who had all lived there for a much longer period than herself. During the entire year of her residence in the building, she had not made the acquaintance of any other tenant except the one who lived directly across the hall from her. Her two children knew most of the tenants but there had been no occasion for coming in contact with any but the family who had the adjoining apartment. The occupants of the two first floor apartments were wealthy and their ways lay along the pleasant paths of life; they needed neither the friendship nor the assistance of one who had to earn her livelihood. One family on the second floor, she had never even heard her children mention and the other occupant of that floor was only known to her by virtue of the fact that propinquity was an excellent excuse for borrowing, although this was usually done through the agency of the children, never in person, for she never paid back the articles borrowed so preferred not to come in contact with her neighbor on the top floor.