by Napoleon Hill
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"Now I remember that when I was a boy my father read aloud from Emile Coue's little book Self-Mastery Through Conscious Autosuggestion" He then looked al Napoleon Hill and said:
"It was you who pointed out in your book that if Emile Coue was successful in helping individuals avoid sickness and in bringing the sick back to good health, through conscious autosuggestion, autosuggestion could also be used to acquire riches or anything else one might desire 'Get rich through autosuggestion': that was my great discovery. It was a new concept to me." McCall then described the principles. It almost seemed as if he had memorized them from the book itself.
"You know: conscious autosuggestion is the agency of control through which an individual may voluntarily feed his subconscious mind on thoughts of a creative nature, or, by neglect, permit thoughts of a destructive nature to find their way into the rich garden of his mind
"When you read aloud twice daily the written statement of your desire for money with emotion and concentrated attention, and you see and feel yourself already in possession of the money, you communicate the object of your desire directly to your subconscious mind. Through repetition of this procedure, you voluntarily create thought habits, which are favorable to your efforts to transmute desire into its monetary equivalent.
"Let me say again: It is most important that when you read aloud the statement of your desire through which you are endeavoring to develop a money consciousness, you read with emotion and strong feeling.
"Your ability to use the principles of autosuggestion will depend very largely upon your capacity to concentrate upon a given desire until that desire becomes a burning desire.
"When I arrived home, out of breath for running, I immediately sat down at the dining room table and wrote: 'My definite major aim is to be a millionaire by I960.'" Still looking at Napoleon
Hill, be continued, "You mentioned that a person should be specific as to the amount of money he wants and set a date. I did."
Now, the man to whom we were talking was not the young Bill McCall who failed at the age of 19. He became known as the Honorable William V. McCall, the youngest man ever to become a member of the Australian Parliament; as the former chairman of the board of directors of the Coca-Cola subsidiary in Sydney; and as the director of 22 family-owned corporations. And as to riches ? he became a millionaire, and quite as rich as some of the men he had read about in the book from which he got the inspiration to explore the power of his subconscious mind with self-suggestion, (Incidentally, he became a millionaire four years ahead of schedule!)
Day by day in every way, I am getting better and better! You
will note we use the word "self-suggestion" as being synonymous with the term "conscious autosuggestion" used by Emile Coue.
McCall remembered that when he was a boy his father bad benefited from a great discovery found in a book of his day ? a discovery that every man, woman and child can effectively employ when he finds it for himself. Like Bill McCall and his father, you too can properly employ the power of conscious autosuggestion.
Now conscious autosuggestion was revealed to Emile Coue because he dared to explore the powers of his own mind and the minds of others. Before he made his great discovery, he used hypnosis to cure the physical illnesses of his patients. But after making his great discovery, which was in reality based on a simple natural law, he abandoned the use of hypnosis.
And how did he find and recognize this natural law?
Emile Coue's great discovery was made when he found the answer to some questions he asked himself. They were:
Question No. 1: Is it the suggestion of the doctor, or is it the suggestion in the mind of the patient, that effects a cure?
Answer: Coue proved conclusively that it was the mind of the patient that subconsciously or consciously made the suggestion to which his own mind and body reacted. Without either {unconscious) autosuggestion or conscious autosuggestion, external suggestions are not effective.
Question No. 2: If the suggestion of the doctor stimulates internal suggestion of the patient, why can't the patient use healthful, positive suggestions on himself? And why can't he refrain from harmful negative suggestions?
The answer to his second question came quickly: Anyone, even a child, can be taught to develop a positive mental attitude. The method is to repeat positive affirmations such as: Day by day, in every way, through the grace of God, I am getting better and better.
