Lempoisonnement mentalSpencer Lewis, Harvey by Harvey Spencer Lewis

Lempoisonnement mentalSpencer Lewis, Harvey Reviews

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  Christian MARRON

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  tylou75

  sans doute un peu vieillot, les idées exprimées dans cet ouvrage n'en sont pas moins utiles pour notre vie quotidienne
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  Grand Berserker

  C es une ordre spirituelle serieuse
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  Mystic Manifesting

  Aren't we all superstitious to some extent? We don't walk under ladders, we fear breaking a mirror, we cross our fingers for good luck, and we most certainly don't want to be the recipient of voodoo or other curses. Mental Poison was written to show that the harm credited to outside, hostile forces is in fact self generated through belief in these forces.Chapter 1 Hypnotism or Black Magic: Lewis discusses the curse under which the explorers who opened King Tut's tomb fell, many of whom died shortly thereafter under strange circumstances. Lewis discusses the possible explanations that were offered and provides convincing evidence that they were faulty conclusions.Chapter 2 Is Black Magic Possible?: In this chapter we are taught that superstitions and the belief in black magic and curses is what gives them their power.Chapter 3 The Psychology of Mental Reactions: Lewis writes, One such almost universal instinct is to refuse to accept and obey the command of another person without careful analysis and ultimate agreement with the intent and purpose of the command. He discusses the difference between command and suggestion and how one person can indirectly and subtly influence another through suggestion.Chapter 4 Strange Processes of the Human Mind: Using numerous examples of hypnotic suggestion, Lewis shows that if an individual accepts an idea without doubt or suspicion, it becomes a law unto that person that is able to affect his physical body. We all know from experience that a red hot poker pressed against our skin will produce a blister. But if a person under hypnosis who trusts the integrity of the operator is told a fountain pen is a red hot poker, they will actually see a hot poker and produce a blister just the same.Chapter 5 Methods of Administering Mental Poison: Three tendencies of the human mind that constrict our reasoning and leave us open to manipulation are: 1) We believe what we want to believe; 2) We believe that which agrees with our previous beliefs; 3) We believe in the superiority of our own conclusions over another's. We receive mental poison via three channels: 1) audible suggestions and comments; 2) visual suggestions; and 3) the pictorial and mental. Just think of all the flu season signs that spring up in fall, the list of symptoms in pharmaceutical commercials, or the kindly friend who says, You don't look so good today.Afterword Does Fear Enslave You? We are all controlled by fear, and the most common fear is that of the unknown. The presence of fear changes with knowledge: A child with no experience of fire is unafraid. An adult with some experience is afraid, whereas a fireman with great knowledge is not afraid. We create that which we fear by our fearful beliefs. Recall the parable of Plague who returned from killing 10,000 people and met Famine who praised his work of killing 100,000. Plague replied, I killed only 10,000; fear killed the rest.Bottom line: The universe and its Creator are benevolent and generous, and we have the power within our own minds to order our lives and live free of fear. We must understand how beliefs can affect health and happiness, and that a change in beliefs will change the outcome.I had a neighbor once who, filled with fear, shared with me every murder she saw on the news. I don't remember who wrote it, but they wrote that when someone comes to them with news, they ask, Is this about someone I know? Is this bad news? If the answer is no and yes, they refuse to hear it. I have adopted this wisdom.In my efforts to eliminate fear and manipulation, I have stopped listening to television and radio commercials, fear based news reports, and gossip, one of the most destructive of habits. It is a true poison that serves no purpose and hurts everyone involved. I prefer associating with younger minds than sitting around a table of old people complaining of every malady and passing on false information they absorbed from the television or their ignorant companions.Lewis offers a wise word of caution: it behooves every person carefully to guard his thoughts, words, gestures, and actions. The human mind is sensitive than either the most sensitive of photographic films or the most sensitive of microphones.