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have been mixed with any of the positive emotions, or any of the negative emo-
tions, may reach, and influence the subconscious mind.

From this statement, you will understand that the subconscious mind will trans-
late into its physical equivalent, a thought impulse of a negative or destructive na-
ture, just as readily as it will act upon thought impulses of a positive or construc-

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tive nature. This accounts for the strange phenomenon which so many millions of
people experience, referred to as "misfortune," or "bad luck." There are millions
of people who BELIEVE themselves "doomed" to poverty and failure, because of
some strange force over which they BELIEVE they have no control. They are the
creators of their own "misfortunes," because of this negative BELIEF, which is
picked up by the subconscious mind, and translated into its physical equivalent.

This is an appropriate place at which to suggest again that you may benefit, by
passing on to your subconscious mind, any DESIRE which you wish translated
into its physical, or monetary equivalent, in a state of expectancy or BELIEF that
the transmutation will actually take place. Your BELIEF, or FAITH, is the ele-
ment which determines the action of your subconscious mind. There is nothing to
hinder you from "deceiving" your subconscious mind when giving it instructions
through autosuggestion, as I deceived my son's subconscious mind.

To make this "deceit" more realistic, conduct yourself just as you would, if you
were ALREADY IN POSSESSION OF THE MATERIAL THING WHICH YOU
ARE DEMANDING, when you call upon your subconscious mind.

The subconscious mind will transmute into its physical equivalent, by the most
direct and practical media available, any order which is given to it in a state of
BELIEF, or FAITH that the order will be carried out.

Surely, enough has been stated to give a starting point from which one may,
through experiment and practice, acquire the ability to mix FAITH with any or-
der given to the subconscious mind.

Perfection will come through practice. It cannot come by merely reading instruc-
tions.

If it be true that one may become a criminal by association with crime, (and this is
a known fact), it is equally true that one may develop faith by voluntarily suggest-
ing to the subconscious mind that one has faith. The mind comes, finally, to take
on the nature of the influences which dominate it. Understand this truth, and you
will know why it is essential for you to encourage the positive emotions as domi-