With direct action on our sensations and emotions and repetition of the suggestion, this subtle power finally penetrates the very core of our subconscious brains, overriding reason. All effective advertising operates on the fundamental tenet that you must first be persuaded to believe before you will act to make a purchase. We've indulged in a vitamin binge in recent years.
Tomatoes have been regarded as harmful for millennia. Prior to some brave individual trying them and surviving, no one ventured to eat them. In spite of being deemed unfit for human eating, millions of people consume tomatoes today. On the other hand, the meek spinach nearly ended itself in the trash can after the United States Government determined that it did not have the nutritional benefits that had been credited to it for years. Several people accepted this as true and stopped serving Popeye's preferred dish.
There is no doubt that the founders of all significant religious movements were well aware of the influence of repeated suggestions and had success using them to achieve far-reaching effects. Our moms and fathers, as well as their parents and parents before them, were indoctrinated with religious beliefs from the moment they were born.
Undoubtedly, that kind of belief involves white magic.
When you realize that only the things you become aware of can injure or bother you, sayings like "What we don't know won't hurt us" and "Ignorance is bliss" take on greater meaning. All of us are familiar with the tale of the man who took action despite not knowing it could be done.
According to psychologists, as infants, our only two anxieties are our fear of falling and loud noises. All of our other phobias are inherited from our parents or arise from our experiences; they derive from what we are told, hear, and see.
I prefer to see men and women as strong oak trees that can hold their ground amidst the various crosscurrents of ideas swirling about them. Nevertheless, an excessive amount of people are like young trees that eventually develop in the direction of a strong wind of thinking that blows in opposition to them, affected by every slight breeze.
There are numerous instances of thinking and suggestion being powerful in the Bible. You can find out if even Jacob realized their strength by reading Genesis Chapter 30, verses 36 to 43. According to the Bible, he created spotted and marked cattle, sheep, and goats by inserting tree rods in the watering troughs where the animals drank, partially stripping the rods of their bark to give them the appearance of being spotted and marked. You would have anticipated that the flocks became pregnant before the spotted rods and gave birth to animals that were "ring streaked, speckled, and spotted." Jacob also became incredibly wealthy, incidentally.
Also, skilled in persuasion, Moses. The Israelites traveled to the promised land of milk and honey thanks to him using it on them for forty years. David slew the powerful, heavily armed Goliath with a pebble from a slingshot, acting on the persuasive forces at work in him.
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