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Man's will is free. He can use or abuse Power as he sees fit, but of course he has to bear the penalty if he misuses Power. That is a part of his education in the mysteries of life and the laws of his being.

But to return to the subject — Thought is a Force, and whatever you think of yourself, that do you become, for Thought is not only a Force, but a Creative Force. If you think persistently that you have a disease you contract it; and on the contrary, if you have contracted the disease and can be made to think strongly enough that you are in perfect health, you rid yourself of the disease. Two subjects in hypnotic sleep, one with a cough and the other without, can be so treated by suggestion that when they awake from the sleep, the one who had the cough is free from it, while the other subject has contracted it. This is a singular fact but full of meaning, showing you how illusory are the diseases of the body and why New Thought can heal them.

You may have some internal trouble and you may think it is a cancer. If you think so persistently it will turn out to be a cancer, no matter what it was originally. Or, on the other hand, you may actually have a cancer, but if you can be made to think strongly enough that you have not one the cancer will disappear, on the same principle that the fly-blister, when subjected to negative suggestion, loses its power to affect the skin.

But how can you be persuaded that you have not