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silent word has not. The gray matter of the brain and nerves, vibrates with the spoken word, as the violin string does to the stroke of the bow, and each vibration helps to make the cells responsive to the thought the words convey. It is wise to take possession of every factor that will help us in the development of Mastery. In the beginning of my study thirty years ago, I would repeat the chosen words till I became unconscious. Tennyson says he went into a trance through repeating and concentrating upon his own name. You choose an Affirmation in line with some desire. Talk to yourself in line of that desire. Place yourself, in imagination, in a chair opposite yourself and talk to yourself. In imagination, see yourself there. If you are in the habit of doubting your ability in any line, tell your SELF that you have power, that you are a son of God, that you can do anything. Keep at it till you begin to fill up with power, till you feel as if you had taken stimulant, till the brain begins to reel. Let it reel till you fall to chair, lounge or floor unconscious and lie there till you awaken, saying, "I have won! I have won!"

Take a case of absent treatment! You wish to heal. Go into a room by yourself. Sit down by lounge, couch or bed. Imagine the patient there. See him, or her, lying there before you. Imagination is the CREATIVE faculty. Develop this power till you can FEEL that he is there. Then talk to him as IF he was there. He IS there when you SEE him there, for there is no space to thought. In this way, you can heal or help in any desired way. Learn to so concentrate upon this patient that you are oblivious of everything else.

Imagine him well. He is well. Spirit knows no sickness. You are to see the spirit well and full of life. Tell him so. You will, in this way, learn to concentrate when you desire. A lady once came to me for treatment of her daughter. I agreed and, when the mother left, I sat down by my treating lounge. I brought the