Self Mastery Through Conscious Autosuggestion

“When the imagination and will power are in conflict, are antagonistic, it is always the imagination which wins, without any exception.”“Every day in every way I'm getting better and better.”Although commonly known to the layman as a technique that can affect the physical world, bring wealth, and even add to one's intelligence, autosuggestion is actually a technique intended to complement the use of medicine. It was developed by apothecary Emile Coué from the late 1800's to the early 1900's. In 1932, German psychiatrist Johannes Schultz developed and published autogenic training, a relaxation technique influenced by the Coué method. The Coué method centers on a routine repetition of a particular expression according to a specified ritual in a given physical state at the beginning and at the end of each day. Against the belief that a strong conscious will constitutes the best path to success, Coué maintained that curing some of our troubles requires a change in our subconscious/unconscious thought, which can only be achieved by using our imagination. Although stressing that he was not primarily a healer but one who taught others to heal themselves, Coué claimed to have effected organic changes through autosuggestion.