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,very ,truly ,yours                     
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,,the                                   
,,science ,,of                          
,,being ,,well                          
,,by                                    
,,wallace ,d4 ,,wattles                 
,author of ,the ,science of ,getting    
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,,published ,,by                        
,,elizabeth ,,towne                     
,,holyoke1 ,,mass4                      
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,,wallace ,d4 ,,wattles     ,,contents  
,,page         ,,preface                
#e      ,i4 ,,the ,,principle ,,of      
,,health                       #i       
,,ii4 ,,the ,,foundation ,,of ,,faith   

#ag    ,,iii4 ,,life ,,and ,,its        
,,organisms                       #bg   
,,iv4 ,,what ,,to ,,think               
#ce      ,v4 ,,faith                    
#df     ,,vi4 ,,use ,,of ,,the ,,will   
#ef    ,,vii4 ,,health ,,from ,,god     
#fe   ,,viii4 ,,summary ,,of ,,the      
,,mental ,,actions                #gd   
,,ix4 ,,when ,,to ,,eat                 
#hj      ,x4 ,,what ,,to ,,eat          
#hi     ,,xi4 ,,how ,,to ,,eat          
#ii    ,,xii4 ,,hunger ,,and ,,appetites
                        #ajh   ,,xiii4  
,,in ,a ,,nutshell                      
#aaf    ,,xiv4 ,,breathing              
#abe     ,,xv4 ,,sleep                  
#acc    ,,xvi4 ,,supplementary          
,,instructions                  #aci    
,,xvii4 ,a ,,summary ,,of ,,the         
,,science ,,of ,,being ,,well      #aea 
,,preface4   ,this volume is the second 
of a series1 the first of which is ,,the
 ,,science ,,of ,,getting ,,rich4 ,as   
that book is intended solely for those  
who want money1 so this is for those who

 want health1 and who want a practical  
guide and handbook1 not a philosophical 
treatise4 ,it is an instructor in the   
use of the universal ,principle of      
,life1 and my effort has been to explain
 the way in so plain and simple a       
fashion that the reader1 though he may  
have given no previous study to ,new    
,thought or metaphysics1 may readily    
follow it to perfect health4 ,while     
retaining all essentials1 ,i have       
carefully eliminated all non-essentials2
 ,i have used no technical1 abstruse1 or
 difficult language1 and have kept the  
one point in view at all times4  ,as its
 title asserts1 the book deals with     
science1 not speculation4 ,the monistic 
theory of the universe--the theory that 
matter1 mind1 consciousness1 and life   
are all manifestations of one           
,substance--is now accepted by most     
thinkers2 and if you accept this theory1
 you cannot deny the logical conclusions
 you will find herein4 ,best of all1 the
 methods of thought and action          

prescribed have been tested by the      
author in his own case1 and in the case 
of hundreds of others during twelve     
years of practice1 with continuous and  
unfailing success4 ,i can say of the    
,science of ,being ,well that it works2 
and that wherever its laws are complied 
with1 it can no more fail to work than  
the science of geometry can fail to     
work4 ,if the tissues of your body have 
not been so destroyed that continued    
life is impossible1 you can get well2   
and if you will think and act in a      
,certain ,way1 you will get well4  ,if  
the reader wishes to fully understand   
the monistic theory of the cosmos1 he is
 recommended to read ,hegel and         
,emerson2 to read also ,the ,eternal    
,news1 a pamphlet by ,j4 ,j4 ,brown1    
#cjj ,cathcart ,road1 ,govanhill1       
,glasgow1 ,scotland4 ,some enlightenment
 may also be found in a series of       
articles by the author1 which were      
published in ,the ,nautilus1 ,holyoke1  
,mass41 during the year #aiji1 under the

 title1 ,what ,is ,truth8  ,those who   
wish more detailed information as to the
 performance of the voluntary           
functions--eating1 drinking1 breathing1 
and sleeping--may read ,new ,science of 
,living and ,healing1 ,letters to a     
,woman's ,husband1 and ,the             
,constructive ,use of ,foods1 booklets  
by ,w4 ,d4 ,wattles1 which may be       
obtained from the publishers of this    
book4 ,i would also recommend the       
writings of ,horace ,fletcher1 and of   
,edward ,hooker ,dewey4 ,read all these1
 if you like1 as a sort of buttress to  
your faith2 but let me warn you against 
making the mistake of studying many     
conflicting theories1 and practicing1 at
 the same time1 parts of several        
different systems2 for if you get well1 
it must be by giving your ,,whole ,,mind
 to the right way of thinking and       
living4 ,remember that the ,,science    
,,of ,,being ,,well claims to be a      
complete and sufficient guide in every  
particular4 ,concentrate upon the way of

 thinking and acting it prescribes1 and 
follow it in every detail1 and you will 
get well2 or if you are already well1   
you will remain so4 ,trusting that you  
will go on until the priceless blessing 
of perfect health is yours1 ,i remain1  
,very truly yours1                      
,,wallace ,d4 ,,wattles4     ,,chapter  
,i4  ,,the ,,principle ,,of ,,health4   
,in the personal application of the     
,science of ,being ,well1 as in that of 
the ,science of ,getting ,rich1 certain 
fundamental truths must be known in the 
beginning1 and accepted without         
question4 ,some of these truths we state
 here3--  ,the perfectly natural        
performance of function constitutes     
health2 and the perfectly natural       
performance of function results from the
 natural action of the ,principle of    
,life4 ,there is a ,principle of ,life  
in the universe2 it is the ,one ,living 
,substance from which all things are    
made4 ,this ,living ,substance          
permeates1 penetrates1 and fills the    

interspaces of the universe2 it is in   
and through all things1 like a very     
refined and diffusible ether4 ,all life 
comes from it2 its life is all the life 
there is4  ,man is a form of this       
,living ,substance1 and has within him a
 ,principle of ,health4 7,the word      
,principle is used as meaning source47  
,the ,principle of ,health in man1 when 
in full constructive activity1 causes   
all the voluntary functions of his life 
to be perfectly performed4  ,it is the  
,principle of ,health in man which      
really works all healing1 no matter what
 system or remedy is employed2 and this 
,principle of ,health is brought into   
,constructive ,activity by thinking in a
 ,certain ,way4  ,i proceed now to prove
 this last statement4 ,we all know that 
cures are wrought by all the different1 
and often opposite1 methods employed in 
the various branches of the healing art4
 ,the allopath1 who gives a strong dose 
of a counter-poison1 cures his patient2 
and the homeopath1 who gives a          

diminutive dose of the poison most      
similar to that of the disease1 also    
cures it4 ,if allopathy ever cured any  
given disease1 it is certain that       
homeopathy never cured that disease2 and
 if homeopathy ever cured an ailment1   
allopathy could not possibly cure that  
ailment4 ,the two systems are radically 
opposite in theory and practice2 and yet
 both cure most diseases4 ,and even the 
remedies used by physicians in any one  
school are not the same4 ,go with a case
 of indigestion to half a dozen doctors1
 and compare their prescriptions2 it is 
more than likely that none of the       
ingredients of any one of them will be  
in the others4 ,must we not conclude    
that their patients are healed by a     
,principle of ,health within themselves1
 and not by something in the varying    
remedies8  ,not only this1 but we find  
the same ailments cured by the osteopath
 with manipulations of the spine2 by the
 faith healer with prayer1 by the food  
scientist with bills of fare1 by the    

,christian ,scientist with a formulated 
creed statement1 by the mental scientist
 with affirmation1 and by the hygienists
 with differing plans of living4 ,what  
conclusion can we come to in the face of
 all these facts but that there is a    
,principle of ,health which is the same 
in all people1 and which really         
accomplishes all the cures2 and that    
there is something in all the systems   
which1 under favorable conditions1      
arouses the ,principle of ,health to    
action8 ,that is1 medicines1            
manipulations1 prayers1 bills of fare1  
affirmations1 and hygienic practices    
cure whenever they cause the ,principle 
of ,health to become active2 and fail   
whenever they do not cause it to become 
active4 ,does not all this indicate that
 the results depend upon the way the    
patient thinks about the remedy1 rather 
than upon the ingredients in the        
prescription8  ,there is an old story   
which furnishes so good an illustration 
on this point that ,i will give it here4

 ,it is said that in the middle ages1   
the bones of a saint1 kept in one of the
 monasteries1 were working miracles of  
healing2 on certain days a great crowd  
of the afflicted gathered to touch the  
relics1 and all who did so were healed4 
,on the eve of one of these occasions1  
some sacrilegious rascal gained access  
to the case in which the wonder-working 
relics were kept and stole the bones2   
and in the morning1 with the usual crowd
 of sufferers waiting at the gates1 the 
fathers found themselves shorn of the   
source of the miracle-working power4    
,they resolved to keep the matter quiet1
 hoping that by doing so they might find
 the thief and recover their treasures2 
and hastening to the cellar of the      
convent they dug up the bones of a      
murderer1 who had been buried there many
 years before4 ,these they placed in the
 case1 intending to make some plausible 
excuse for the failure of the saint to  
perform his usual miracles on that day2 
and then they let in the waiting        

assemblage of the sick and infirm4 ,to  
the intense astonishment of those in the
 secret1 the bones of the malefactor    
proved as efficacious as those of the   
saint2 and the healing went on as       
before4 ,one of the fathers is said to  
have left a history of the occurrence1  
in which he confessed that1 in his      
judgment1 the healing power had been in 
the people themselves all the time1 and 
never in the bones at all4  ,whether the
 story is true or not1 the conclusion   
applies to all the cures wrought by all 
the systems4 ,the ,power that ,heals is 
in the patient himself2 and whether it  
shall become active or not does not     
depend upon the physical or mental means
 used1 but upon the way the patient     
thinks about these means4 ,there is a   
,universal ,principle of ,life1 as      
,jesus taught2 a great spiritual        
,healing ,power2 and there is a         
,principle of ,health in man which is   
related to this ,healing ,power4 ,this  
is dormant or active1 according to the  

way a man thinks4 ,he can always quicken
 it into activity by thinking in a      
,certain ,way4  ,your getting well does 
not depend upon the adoption of some    
system1 or the finding of some remedy2  
people with your identical ailments have
 been healed by all systems and all     
remedies4 ,it does not depend upon      
climate2 some people are well and others
 are sick in all climates4 ,it does not 
depend upon avocation1 unless in case of
 those who work under poisonous         
conditions2 people are well in all      
trades and professions4 ,your getting   
well depends upon your beginning to     
think--and act--in a ,certain ,way4     
,the way a man thinks about things is   
determined by what he believes about    
them4 ,his thoughts are determined by   
his faith1 and the results depend upon  
his making a personal application of his
 faith4 ,if a man has faith in the      
efficacy of a medicine1 and is able to  
apply that faith to himself1 that       
medicine will certainly cause him to be 

cured2 but though his faith be great1 he
 will not be cured unless he applies it 
to himself4 ,many sick people have faith
 for others but none for themselves4    
,so1 if he has faith in a system of     
diet1 and can personally apply that     
faith1 it will cure him2 and if he has  
faith in prayers and affirmations and   
personally applies his faith1 prayers   
and affirmations will cure him4 ,faith1 
personally applied1 cures2 and no matter
 how great the faith or how persistent  
the thought1 it will not cure without   
personal application4 ,the ,science of  
,being ,well1 then1 includes the two    
fields of thought and action4 ,to be    
well it is not enough that man should   
merely think in a ,certain ,way2 he must
 apply his thought to himself1 and he   
must express and externalize it in his  
outward life by acting in the same way  
that he thinks4     ,,chapter ,,ii4     
,,the ,,foundations ,,of ,,faith4       
,before man can think in the ,certain   
,way which will cause his diseases to be

 healed1 he must believe in certain     
truths which are here stated3--  ,all   
things are made from one ,living        
,substance1 which1 in its original      
state1 permeates1 penetrates1 and fills 
the interspaces of the universe4 ,while 
all visible things are made from ,it1   
yet this ,substance1 in its first       
formless condition is in and through all
 the visible forms that ,it has made4   
,its life is in ,all1 and its           
intelligence is in ,all4  ,this         
,substance creates by thought1 and its  
method is by taking the form of that    
which it thinks about4 ,the thought of a
 form held by this substance causes it  
to assume that form2 the thought of a   
motion causes it to institute that      
motion4 ,forms are created by this      
substance in moving itself into certain 
attitudes or positions4 ,when ,original 
,substance wishes to create a given     
form1 it thinks of the motions which    
will produce that form4 ,when it wishes 
to create a world1 it thinks of the     

motions1 perhaps extending through ages1
 which will result in its coming into   
the attitude and form of the world2 and 
these motions are made4 ,when it wishes 
to create an oak tree1 it thinks of the 
sequences of movement1 perhaps extending
 through ages1 which will result in the 
form of an oak tree2 and these motions  
are made4 ,the particular sequences of  
motion by which differing forms should  
be produced were established in the     
beginning2 they are changeless4 ,certain
 motions instituted in the ,formless    
,substance will forever produce certain 
forms4  ,man's body is formed from the  
,original ,substance1 and is the result 
of certain motions1 which first existed 
as thoughts of ,original ,substance4    
,the motions which produce1 renew1 and  
repair the body of man are called       
functions1 and these functions are of   
two classes3 voluntary and involuntary4 
,the involuntary functions are under the
 control of the ,principle of ,health in
 man1 and are performed in a perfectly  

healthy manner so long as man thinks in 
a certain way4 ,the voluntary functions 
of life are eating1 drinking1 breathing1
 and sleeping4 ,these1 entirely or in   
part1 are under the direction of man's  
conscious mind2 and he can perform them 
in a perfectly healthy way if he will4  
,if he does not perform them in a       
healthy way1 he cannot long be well4 ,so
 we see that if man thinks in a certain 
way1 and eats1 drinks1 breathes1 and    
sleeps in a corresponding way1 he will  
be well4  ,the involuntary functions of 
man's life are under the direct control 
of the ,principle of ,health1 and so    
long as man thinks in a perfectly       
healthy way1 these functions are        
perfectly performed2 for the action of  
the ,principle of ,health is largely    
directed by man's conscious thought1    
affecting his sub-conscious mind4  ,man 
is a thinking center1 capable of        
originating thought2 and as he does not 
know everything1 he makes mistakes and  
thinks error4 ,not knowing everything1  

he believes things to be true which are 
not true4 ,man holds in his thought the 
idea of diseased and abnormal           
functioning and conditions1 and so      
perverts the action of the ,principle of
 ,health1 causing diseased and abnormal 
functioning and conditions within his   
own body4 ,in the ,original ,substance  
there are held only the thoughts of     
perfect motion2 perfect and healthy     
function2 complete life4 ,god never     
thinks disease or imperfection4 ,but for
 countless ages men have held thoughts  
of disease1 abnormality1 old age1 and   
death2 and the perverted functioning    
resulting from these thoughts has become
 a part of the inheritance of the race4 
,our ancestors have1 for many           
generations1 held imperfect ideas       
concerning human form and functioning2  
and we begin life with racial           
sub-conscious impressions of            
imperfection and disease4  ,this is not 
natural1 or a part of the plan of       
nature4 ,the purpose of nature can be   

nothing else than the perfection of     
life4 ,this we see from the very nature 
of life itself4 ,it is the nature of    
life to continually advance toward more 
perfect living2 advancement is the      
inevitable result of the very act of    
living4 ,increase is always the result  
of active living2 whatever lives must   
live more and more4 ,the seed1 lying in 
the granary1 has life1 but it is not    
living4 ,put it into the soil and it    
becomes active1 and at once begins to   
gather to itself from the surrounding   
substance1 and to build a plant form4   
,it will so cause increase that a seed  
head will be produced containing thirty1
 sixty1 or a hundred seeds1 each having 
as much life as the first4  ,life1 by   
living1 increases4  ,life cannot live   
without increasing1 and the fundamental 
impulse of life is to live4 ,it is in   
response to this fundamental impulse    
that ,original ,substance works1 and    
creates4 ,god must live2 and he cannot  
live except as he creates and increases4

 ,in multiplying forms1 ,he is moving on
 to live more4  ,the universe is a      
,great ,advancing ,life1 and the purpose
 of nature is the advancement of life   
toward perfection2 toward perfect       
functioning4 ,the purpose of nature is  
perfect health4  ,the purpose of        
,nature1 so far as man is concerned1 is 
that he should be continuously advancing
 into more life1 and progressing toward 
perfect life2 and that he should live   
the most complete life possible in his  
present sphere of action4  ,this must be
 so1 because ,that which lives in man is
 seeking more life4  ,give a little     
child a pencil and paper1 and he begins 
to draw crude figures2 ,that which lives
 in him is trying to express ,itself in 
art4 ,give him a set of blocks1 and he  
will try to build something2 ,that which
 lives in him is seeking expression in  
architecture4 ,seat him at a piano1 and 
he will try to draw harmony from the    
keys2 ,that which lives in him is trying
 to express ,itself in music4 ,that     

which lives in man is always seeking to 
live more2 and since man lives most when
 he is well1 the ,principle of ,nature  
in him can seek only health4 ,the       
natural state of man is a state of      
perfect health2 and everything in him1  
and in nature1 tends toward health4     
,sickness can have no place in the      
thought of ,original ,substance1 for it 
is by its own nature continually        
impelled toward the fullest and most    
perfect life2 therefore1 toward health4 
,man1 as he exists in the thought of the
 ,formless ,substance1 has perfect      
health4 ,disease1 which is abnormal or  
perverted function--motion imperfectly  
made1 or made in the direction of       
imperfect life--has no place in the     
thought of the ,thinking ,stuff4  ,the  
,supreme ,mind never thinks of disease4 
,disease was not created or ordained by 
,god1 or sent forth from him4 ,it is    
wholly a product of separate            
consciousness2 of the individual thought
 of man4 ,god1 the ,formless ,substance1

 does not see disease1 think disease1   
know disease1 or recognize disease4     
,disease is recognized only by the      
thought of man2 ,god thinks nothing but 
health4  ,from all the foregoing1 we see
 that health is a fact or ,,truth in the
 original substance from which we are   
all formed2 and that disease is         
imperfect functioning1 resulting from   
the imperfect thoughts of men1 past and 
present4 ,if man's thoughts of himself  
had always been those of perfect health1
 man could not possibly now be otherwise
 than perfectly healthy4  ,man in       
perfect health is the thought of        
,original ,substance1 and man in        
imperfect health is the result of his   
own failure to think perfect health1 and
 to perform the voluntary functions of  
life in a healthy way4 ,we will here    
arrange in a syllabus the basic truths  
of the ,science of ,being ,well3--      
,there is a ,thinking ,substance from   
which all things are made1      and     
which1 in its original state1 permeates1

 penetrates1 and      fills the         
interspaces of the universe4 ,it is the 
life of ,all4       ,the thought of a   
form in this ,substance causes the form2
 the      thought of a motion produces  
the motion4 ,in relation to man1        
the thoughts of this ,substance are     
always of perfect      functioning and  
perfect health4       ,man is a thinking
 center1 capable of original thought2   
and his      thought has power over his 
own functioning4 ,by thinking           
imperfect thoughts he has caused        
imperfect and perverted                 
functioning2 and by performing the      
voluntary functions of life      in a   
perverted manner1 he has assisted in    
causing disease4       ,if man will     
think only thoughts of perfect health1  
he can      cause within himself the    
functioning of perfect health2 all the  
,power of ,life will be exerted to      
assist him4 ,but this healthy           
functioning will not continue unless man
 performs the external1      or         

voluntary1 functions of living in a     
healthy manner4       ,man's first step 
must be to learn how to think perfect   
health2      and his second step to     
learn how to eat1 drink1 breathe1 and   
sleep in a perfectly healthy way4 ,if   
man takes these two steps1      he will 
certainly become well1 and remain so4   
,,chapter ,,iii4  ,,life ,,and ,,its    
,,organisms4   ,the human body is the   
abiding place of an energy which renews 
it when worn2 which eliminates waste or 
poisonous matter1 and which repairs the 
body when broken or injured4 ,this      
energy we call life4 ,life is not       
generated or produced within the body2  
it produces the body4  ,the seed which  
has been kept in the storehouse for     
years will grow when planted in the     
soil2 it will produce a plant4 ,but the 
life in the plant is not generated by   
its growing2 it is the life which makes 
the plant grow4  ,the performance of    
function does not cause life2 it is life
 which causes function to be performed4 

,life is first2 function afterward4  ,it
 is life which distinguishes organic    
from inorganic matter1 but it is not    
produced after the organization of      
matter4  ,life is the principle or force
 which causes organization2 it builds   
organisms4  ,it is a principle or force 
inherent in ,original ,substance2 all   
life is ,one4  ,this ,life ,principle of
 the ,all is the ,principle of ,health  
in man1 and becomes constructively      
active whenever man thinks in a certain 
way4 ,whoever1 therefore1 thinks in this
 ,certain ,way will surely have perfect 
health if his external functioning is in
 conformity with his thought4 ,but the  
external functioning must conform to the
 thought2 man cannot hope to be well by 
thinking health1 if he eats1 drinks1    
breathes1 and sleeps like a sick man4   
,the universal ,life ,principle1 then1  
is the ,principle of ,health in man4 ,it
 is one with original substance4 ,there 
is one ,original ,substance from which  
all things are made2 this substance is  

alive1 and its life is the ,principle of
 ,life of the universe4 ,this ,substance
 has created from itself all the forms  
of organic life by thinking them1 or by 
thinking the motions and functions which
 produce them4  ,original ,substance    
thinks only health1 because ,it knows   
all truth2 there is no truth which is   
not known in the ,formless1 which is    
,all1 and in all4 ,it not only knows all
 truth1 but it has all power2 its vital 
power is the source of all the energy   
there is4 ,a conscious life which knows 
all truth and which has all power cannot
 go wrong or perform function           
imperfectly2 knowing all1 it knows1 too 
much to go wrong1 and so the ,formless  
cannot be diseased or think disease4    
,man is a form of this original         
substance1 and has a separate           
consciousness of his own2 but his       
consciousness is limited1 and therefore 
imperfect4 ,by reason of his limited    
knowledge man can and does think        
wrongly1 and so he causes perverted and 

imperfect functioning in his own body4  
,man has not known too much to go wrong4
 ,the diseased or imperfect functioning 
may not instantly result from an        
imperfect thought1 but it is bound to   
come if the thought becomes habitual4   
,any thought continuously held by man   
tends to the establishment of the       
corresponding condition in his body4    
,also1 man has failed to learn how to   
perform the voluntary functions of his  
life in a healthy way4 ,he does not know
 when1 what1 and how to eat2 he knows   
little about breathing1 and less about  
sleep4 ,he does all these things in a   
wrong way1 and under wrong conditions2  
and this because he has neglected to    
follow the only sure guide to the       
knowledge of life4 ,he has tried to live
 by logic rather than by instinct2 he   
has made living a matter of art1 and not
 of nature4 ,and he has gone wrong4     
,his only remedy is to begin to go      
right2 and this he can surely do4 ,it is
 the work of this book to teach the     

whole truth1 so that the man who reads  
it shall know too much to go wrong4     
,the thoughts of disease produce the    
forms of disease4 ,man must learn to    
think health2 and being ,original       
,substance which takes the form of its  
thoughts1 he will become the form of    
health and manifest perfect health in   
all his functioning4 ,the people who    
were healed by touching the bones of the
 saint were really healed by thinking in
 a certain way1 and not by any power    
emanating from the relics4 ,there is no 
healing power in the bones of dead men1 
whether they be those of saint or       
sinner4  ,the people who were healed by 
the doses of either the allopath or the 
homeopath were also really healed by    
thinking in a certain way2 there is no  
drug which has within itself the power  
to heal disease4  ,the people who have  
been healed by prayers and affirmations 
were also healed by thinking in a       
certain way2 there is no curative power 
in strings of words4  ,all the sick who 

have been healed1 by whatsoever system1 
have thought in a certain way2 and a    
little examination will show us what    
this way is4  ,the two essentials of the
 ,way are ,faith1 and a ,personal       
,application of the ,faith4  ,the people
 who touched the saint's bones had      
faith2 and so great was their faith that
 in the instant they touched the relics 
they ,,severed ,,all ,,mental           
,,relations ,,with ,,disease1 ,,and     
,,mentally ,,unified ,,themselves ,,with
 ,,health4  ,this change of mind was    
accompanied by an intense devotional    
,,feeling which penetrated to the       
deepest recesses of their souls1 and so 
aroused the ,principle of ,health to    
powerful action4 ,by faith they claimed 
that they were healed1 or appropriated  
health to themselves2 and in full faith 
they ceased to think of themselves in   
connection with disease and thought of  
themselves only in connection with      
health4  ,these are the two essentials  
to thinking in the ,certain ,way which  

will make you well3 first1 claim or     
appropriate health by faith2 and1       
second1 sever all mental relations with 
disease1 and enter into mental relations
 with health4 ,that which we make       
ourselves1 mentally1 we become          
physically2 and that with which we unite
 ourselves mentally we become unified   
with physically4 ,if your thought always
 relates you to disease1 then your      
thought becomes a fixed power to cause  
disease within you2 and if your thought 
always relates you to health1 then your 
thought becomes a fixed power exerted to
 keep you well4  ,in the case of the    
people who are healed by medicines1 the 
result is obtained in the same way4     
,they have1 consciously or              
unconsciously1 sufficient faith in the  
means used to cause them to sever mental
 relations with disease and enter into  
mental relations with health4 ,faith may
 be unconscious4 ,it is possible for us 
to have a sub-conscious or inbred faith 
in things like medicine1 in which we do 

not believe to any extent objectively2  
and this sub-conscious faith may be     
quite sufficient to quicken the         
,principle of ,health into constructive 
activity4 ,many who have little         
conscious faith are healed in this way2 
while many others who have great faith  
in the means are not healed because they
 do not make the personal application to
 themselves2 their faith is general1 but
 not specific for their own cases4  ,in 
the ,science of ,being ,well we have two
 main points to consider3 first1 how to 
think with faith2 and1 second1 how to so
 apply the thought to ourselves as to   
quicken the ,principle of ,health into  
constructive activity4 ,we begin by     
learning ,what to ,think4     ,,chapter 
,,iv4  ,,what ,,to ,,think4   ,in order 
to sever all mental relations with      
disease1 you must enter into mental     
relations with health1 making the       
process positive not negative2 one of   
assumption1 not of rejection4 ,you are  
to receive or appropriate health rather 

than to reject and deny disease4        
,denying disease accomplishes next to   
nothing2 it does little good to cast out
 the devil and leave the house vacant1  
for he will presently return with others
 worse than himself4 ,when you enter    
into full and constant mental relations 
with health1 you must of necessity cease
 all relationship with disease4 ,the    
first step in the ,science of ,being    
,well is1 then1 to enter into complete  
thought connection with health4  ,the   
best way to do this is to form a mental 
image or picture of yourself as being   
well1 imagining a perfectly strong and  
healthy body2 and to spend sufficient   
time in contemplating this image to make
 it your habitual thought of yourself4  
,this is not so easy as it sounds2 it   
necessitates the taking of considerable 
time for meditation1 and not all persons
 have the imaging faculty well enough   
developed to form a distinct mental     
picture of themselves in a perfect or   
idealized body4 ,it is much easier1 as  

in ,the ,science of ,getting ,rich1 to  
form a mental image of the things one   
wants to have2 for we have seen these   
things1 or their counterparts1 and know 
how they look2 we can picture them very 
easily from memory4 ,but we have never  
seen ourselves in a perfect body1 and a 
clear mental image is hard to form4  ,it
 is not necessary or essential1 however1
 to have a clear mental image of        
yourself as you wish to be2 it is only  
essential to form a ,,conception of     
perfect health1 and to relate yourself  
to it4 ,this ,conception of ,health is  
not a mental picture of a particular    
thing2 it is an understanding of health1
 and carries with it the idea of perfect
 functioning in every part and organ4   
,you may ,,try to picture yourself as   
perfect in physique2 that helps2 and you
 ,,must think of yourself as doing      
everything in the manner of a perfectly 
strong and healthy person4 ,you can     
picture yourself as walking down the    
street with an erect body and a vigorous

 stride2 you can picture yourself as    
doing your day's work easily and with   
surplus vigor1 never tired or weak2 you 
can picture in your mind how all things 
would be done by a person full of health
 and power1 and you can make yourself   
the central figure in the picture1 doing
 things in just that way4 ,never think  
of the ways in which weak or sickly     
people do things2 always think of the   
way strong people do things4 ,spend your
 leisure time in thinking about the     
,strong ,way1 until you have a good     
conception of it2 and always think of   
yourself in connection with the ,strong 
,way of ,doing ,things4 ,that is what ,i
 mean by having a ,conception of        
,health4  ,in order to establish perfect
 functioning in every part1 man does not
 have to study anatomy or physiology1 so
 that he can form a mental image of each
 separate organ and address himself to  
it4 ,he does not have to treat his      
liver1 his kidneys1 his stomach1 or his 
heart4 ,there is one ,principle of      

,health in man1 which has control over  
all the involuntary functions of his    
life2 and the thought of perfect health1
 impressed upon this ,principle1 will   
reach each part and organ4 ,man's liver 
is not controlled by a liver-principle1 
his stomach by a digestive principle1   
and so on2 the ,principle of ,health is 
,one4  ,the less you go into the        
detailed study of physiology1 the better
 for you4 ,our knowledge of this science
 is very imperfect1 and leads to        
imperfect thought4 ,imperfect thought   
causes imperfect functioning1 which is  
disease4 ,let me illustrate3 ,until     
quite recently1 physiology fixed ten    
days as the extreme limit of man's      
endurance without food2 it was          
considered that only in exceptional     
cases could he survive a longer fast4   
,so the impression became universally   
disseminated that one who was deprived  
of food must die in from five to ten    
days2 and numbers of people1 when cut   
off from food by shipwreck1 accident1 or

 famine1 did die within this period4    
,but the performances of ,dr4 ,tanner1  
the forty-day faster1 and the writings  
of ,dr4 ,dewey and others on the fasting
 cure1 together with the experiments of 
numberless people who have fasted from  
forty to sixty days1 have shown that    
man's ability to live without food is   
vastly greater than had been supposed4  
,any person1 properly educated1 can fast
 from twenty to forty days with little  
loss in weight1 and often with no       
apparent loss of strength at all4 ,the  
people who starved to death in ten days 
or less did so because they believed    
that death was inevitable2 an erroneous 
physiology had given them a wrong       
thought about themselves4 ,when a man is
 deprived of food he will die in from   
ten to fifty days1 according to the way 
he has been taught2 or1 in other words1 
according to the way he thinks about it4
 ,so you see that an erroneous          
physiology can work very mischievous    
results4  ,no ,science of ,being ,well  

can be founded on current physiology2 it
 is not sufficiently exact in its       
knowledge4 ,with all its pretensions1   
comparatively little is really known as 
to the interior workings and processes  
of the body4 ,it is not known just how  
food is digested2 it is not known just  
what part food plays1 if any1 in the    
generation of force4 ,it is not known   
exactly what the liver1 spleen1 and     
pancreas are for1 or what part their    
secretions play in the chemistry of     
assimilation4 ,on all these and most    
other points we theorize1 but we do not 
really know4 ,when man begins to study  
physiology1 he enters the domain of     
theory and disputation2 he comes among  
conflicting opinions1 and he is bound to
 form mistaken ideas concerning himself4
 ,these mistaken ideas lead to the      
thinking of wrong thoughts1 and this    
leads to perverted functioning and      
disease4 ,all that the most perfect     
knowledge of physiology could do for man
 would be to enable him to think only   

thoughts of perfect health1 and to eat1 
drink1 breathe1 and sleep in a perfectly
 healthy way2 and this1 as we shall     
show1 he can do without studying        
physiology at all4  ,this1 for the most 
part1 is true of all hygiene4 ,there are
 certain fundamental propositions which 
we should know2 and these will be       
explained in later chapters1 but aside  
from these propositions1 ignore         
physiology and hygiene4 ,they tend to   
fill your mind with thoughts of         
imperfect conditions1 and these thoughts
 will produce the imperfect conditions  
in your own body4 ,you cannot study any 
science which recognizes disease1 if you
 are to think nothing but health4  ,drop
 all investigation as to your present   
condition1 its causes1 or possible      
results1 and set yourself to the work of
 forming a conception of health4  ,think
 about health and the possibilities of  
health2 of the work that may be done and
 the pleasures that may be enjoyed in a 
condition of perfect health4 ,then make 

this conception your guide in thinking  
of yourself2 refuse to entertain for an 
instant any thought of yourself which is
 not in harmony with it4 ,when any idea 
of disease or imperfect functioning     
enters your mind1 cast it out instantly 
by calling up a thought which is in     
harmony with the ,conception of ,health4
  ,think of yourself at all times as    
realizing conception2 as being a strong 
and perfectly healthy personage2 and do 
not harbor a contrary thought4  ,,know  
that as you think of yourself in unity  
with this conception1 the ,original     
,substance which permeates and fills the
 tissues of your body is taking form    
according to the thought2 and know that 
this ,intelligent ,substance or mind    
stuff will cause function to be         
performed in such a way that your body  
will be rebuilt with perfectly healthy  
cells4  ,the ,intelligent ,substance1   
from which all things are made1         
permeates and penetrates all things2 and
 so it is in and through your body4 ,it 

moves according to its thoughts2 and so 
if you hold only the thoughts of        
perfectly healthy function1 it will     
cause the movements of perfectly healthy
 function within you4  ,hold with       
persistence to the thought of perfect   
health in relation to yourself2 do not  
permit yourself to think in any other   
way4 ,hold this thought with perfect    
faith that it is the fact1 the truth4   
,it is the truth so far as your mental  
body is concerned4 ,you have a mind-body
 and a physical body2 the mind-body     
takes form just as you think of         
yourself1 and any thought which you hold
 continuously is made visible by the    
transformation of the physical body into
 its image4 ,implanting the thought of  
perfect functioning in the mind-body    
will1 in due time1 cause perfect        
functioning in the physical body4  ,the 
transformation of the physical body into
 the image of the ideal held by the     
mind-body is not accomplished           
instantaneously2 we cannot transfigure  

our physical bodies at will as ,jesus   
did4 ,in the creation and recreation of 
forms1 ,substance moves along the fixed 
lines of growth it has established2 and 
the impression upon it of the health    
thought causes the healthy body to be   
built cell by cell4 ,holding only       
thoughts of perfect health will         
ultimately cause perfect functioning2   
and perfect functioning will in due time
 produce a perfectly healthy body4 ,it  
may be as well to condense this chapter 
into a syllabus3--      ,your physical  
body is permeated and fitted with an    
,intelligent     ,substance1 which forms
 a body of mind-stuff4 ,this mind-stuff 
controls the functioning of your        
physical body4 ,a thought of     disease
 or of imperfect function1 impressed    
upon the mind-stuff1     causes disease 
or imperfect functioning in the physical
 body4     ,if you are diseased1 it is  
because wrong thoughts have made        
impressions on this mind-stuff2 these   
may have been either your     own       

thoughts or those of your parents2 we   
begin life with many     sub-conscious  
impressions1 both right and wrong4 ,but 
the natural     tendency of all mind is 
toward health1 and if no thoughts are   
held in the conscious mind save those of
 health1 all internal     functioning   
will come to be performed in a perfectly
 healthy     manner4      ,the ,power of
 ,nature within you is sufficient to    
overcome all     hereditary impressions1
 and if you will learn to control your  
thoughts1 so that you shall think only  
those of health1 and if     you will    
perform the voluntary functions of life 
in a perfectly     healthy way1 you can 
certainly be well4     ,,chapter ,v4    
,,faith4   ,the ,principle of ,health is
 moved by ,faith2 nothing else can call 
it into action1 and only faith can      
enable you to relate yourself to health1
 and sever your relation with disease1  
in your thoughts4  ,you will continue to
 think of disease unless you have faith 
in health4 ,if you do not have faith you

 will doubt2 if you doubt1 you will     
fear2 and if you fear1 you will relate  
yourself in mind to that which you fear4
  ,if you fear disease1 you will think  
of yourself in connection with disease2 
and that will produce within yourself   
the form and motions of disease4 ,just  
as ,original ,substance creates from    
itself the forms of its thoughts1 so    
your mind-body1 which is original       
substance1 takes the form and motion of 
whatever you think about4 ,if you fear  
disease1 dread disease1 have doubts     
about your safety from disease1 or if   
you even contemplate disease1 you will  
connect yourself with it and create its 
forms and motions within you4  ,let me  
enlarge somewhat upon this point4 ,the  
potency1 or creative power1 of a thought
 is given to it by the faith that is in 
it4  ,thoughts which contain no faith   
create no forms4  ,the ,formless        
,substance1 which knows all truth and   
therefore thinks only truth1 has perfect
 faith in every thought1 because it     

thinks only truth2 and so all its       
thoughts create4  ,but if you will      
imagine a thought in ,formless          
,substance in which there was no faith1 
you will see that such a thought could  
not cause the ,substance to move or take
 form4  ,keep in mind the fact that only
 those thoughts which are conceived in  
faith have creative energy4 ,only those 
thoughts which have faith with them are 
able to change function1 or to quicken  
the ,principle of ,health into activity4
  ,if you do not have faith in health1  
you will certainly have faith in        
disease4 ,if you do not have faith in   
health1 it will do you no good to think 
about health1 for your thoughts will    
have no potency1 and will cause no      
change for the better in your           
conditions4 ,if you do not have faith in
 health1 ,i repeat1 you will have faith 
in disease2 and if1 under such          
conditions1 you think about health for  
ten hours a day1 and think about disease
 for only a few minutes1 the disease    

thought will control your condition     
because it will have the potency of     
faith1 while the health thought will    
not4 ,your mind-body will take on the   
form and motions of disease and retain  
them1 because your health thought will  
not have sufficient dynamic force to    
change form or motion4  ,in order to    
practice the ,science of ,being ,well1  
you must have complete faith in health4 
,faith begins in belief2 and we now come
 to the question3 ,what must you believe
 in order to have faith in health8  ,you
 must believe that there is more        
health-power than disease-power in both 
yourself and your environment2 and you  
cannot help believing this if you       
consider the facts4 ,these are the      
facts3--       ,there is a ,thinking    
,substance from which all things are    
made1      and which1 in its original   
state1 permeates1 penetrates1 and       
fills the interspaces of the universe4  
,the thought of a form1 in this         
,substance1 produces the form2      the 

thought of a motion institutes the      
motion4 ,in relation to      man1 the   
thoughts of ,original ,substance are    
always of perfect      health and       
perfect functioning4 ,this ,substance1  
within and      without man1 always     
exerts its power toward health4         
,man is a thinking center1 capable of   
original thought4 ,he has      a        
mind-body of ,original ,substance       
permeating a physical body2      and the
 functioning of his physical body is    
determined by the      ,,faith of his   
mind-body4 ,if man thinks with faith of 
the      functioning of health1 he will 
cause his internal functions to      be 
performed in a healthy manner1 provided 
that he performs the      external      
functions in a corresponding manner4    
,but if man      thinks1 with faith1 of 
disease1 or of the power of disease1 he 
will cause his internal functioning to  
be the functioning of      disease4     
,the ,original ,intelligent ,substance  
is in man1 moving toward      health2   

and it is pressing upon him from every  
side4 ,man lives1      moves1 and has   
his being in a limitless ocean of       
health-power2      and he uses this     
power according to his faith4 ,if he    
appropriates it and applies it to       
himself it is all his2 and if      he   
unifies himself with it by unquestioning
 faith1 he cannot      fail to attain   
health1 for the power of this ,substance
 is all      the power there is4  ,a    
belief in the above statements is a     
foundation for faith in health4 ,if you 
believe them1 you believe that health is
 the natural state of man1 and that man 
lives in the midst of ,universal        
,health2 that all the power of nature   
makes for health1 and that health is    
possible to all1 and can surely be      
attained by all4 ,you will believe that 
the power of health in the universe is  
ten thousand times greater than that of 
disease2 in fact1 that disease has no   
power whatever1 being only the result of
 perverted thought and faith4 ,and if   

you believe that health is possible to  
you1 and that it may surely be attained 
by you1 and that you know exactly what  
to do in order to attain it1 you will   
have faith in health4 ,you will have    
this faith and knowledge if you read    
this book through with care and         
determine to believe in and practice its
 teachings4  ,it is not merely the      
possession of faith1 but the personal   
application of faith which works        
healing4 ,you must claim health in the  
beginning1 and form a conception of     
health1 and1 as far as may be1 of       
yourself as a perfectly healthy person2 
and then1 by faith1 you must claim that 
you ,,are ,,realizing this conception4  
,do not assert with faith that you are  
going to get well2 assert with faith    
that you ,,are well4  ,having faith in  
health1 and applying it to yourself1    
means having faith that you are healthy2
 and the first step in this is to claim 
that it is the truth4  ,mentally take   
the attitude of being well1 and do not  

say anything or do anything which       
contradicts this attitude4 ,never speak 
a word or assume a physical attitude    
which does not harmonize with the claim3
 ,i am perfectly well4 ,when you walk1  
go with a brisk step1 and with your     
chest thrown out and your head held up2 
watch that at all times your physical   
actions and attitudes are those of a    
healthy person4 ,when you find that you 
have relapsed into the attitude of      
weakness or disease1 change instantly2  
straighten up2 think of health and      
power4 ,refuse to consider yourself as  
other than a perfectly healthy person4  
,one great aid--perhaps the greatest    
aid--in applying your faith you will    
find in the exercise of gratitude4      
,whenever you think of yourself1 or of  
your advancing condition1 give thanks to
 the ,great ,intelligent ,substance for 
the perfect health you are enjoying4    
,remember that1 as ,swedenborg taught1  
there is a continual inflow of life from
 the ,supreme1 which is received by all 

created things according to their forms2
 and by man according to his faith4     
,health from ,god is continually being  
urged upon you2 and when you think of   
this1 lift up your mind reverently to   
,him1 and give thanks that you have been
 led to the ,truth and into perfect     
health of mind and body4 ,be1 all the   
time1 in a grateful frame of mind1 and  
let gratitude be evident in your speech4
  ,gratitude will help you to own and   
control your own field of thought4      
,whenever the thought of disease is     
presented to you1 instantly claim       
health1 and thank ,god for the perfect  
health you have4 ,do this so that there 
shall be no room in your mind for a     
thought of ill4 ,every thought connected
 in any way with ill health is          
unwelcome1 and you can close the door of
 your mind in its face by asserting that
 you are well1 and by reverently        
thanking ,god that it is so4 ,soon the  
old thoughts will return no more4       
,gratitude has a twofold effect2 it     

strengthens your own faith1 and it      
brings you into close and harmonious    
relations with the ,supreme4 ,you       
believe that there is one ,intelligent  
,substance from which all life and all  
power come2 you believe that you receive
 your own life from this substance2 and 
you relate yourself closely to ,it by   
feeling continuous gratitude4 ,it is    
easy to see that the more closely you   
relate yourself to the ,source of ,life 
the more readily you may receive life   
from it2 and it is easy also to see that
 your relation to ,it is a matter of    
mental attitude4 ,we cannot come into   
physical relationship with ,god1 for    
,god is mind-stuff and we also are      
mind-stuff2 our relation with ,him must 
therefore be a mind relation4 ,it is    
plain1 then1 that the man who feels deep
 and hearty gratitude will live in      
closer touch with ,god than the man who 
never looks up to ,him in thankfulness4 
,the ungrateful or unthankful mind      
really denies that it receives at all1  

and so cuts its connection with the     
,supreme4 ,the grateful mind is always  
looking toward the ,supreme1 and is     
always open to receive from it2 and it  
will receive continually4  ,the         
,principle of ,health in man receives   
its vital power from the ,principle of  
,life in the universe2 and man relates  
himself to the ,principle of ,life by   
faith in health1 and by gratitude for   
the health he receives4  ,man may       
cultivate both faith and gratitude by   
the proper use of his will4             
,,chapter ,,vi4  ,,use ,,of ,,the       
,,will4   ,in the practice of the       
,science of ,being ,well the will is not
 used to compel yourself to go when you 
are not really able to go1 or to do     
things when you are not physically      
strong enough to do them4 ,you do not   
direct your will upon your physical body
 or try to compel the proper performance
 of internal function by will power4    
,you direct the will upon the mind1 and 
use it in determining what you shall    

believe1 what you shall think1 and to   
what you shall give your attention4     
,the will should never be used upon any 
person or thing external to you1 and it 
should never be used upon your own body4
 ,the sole legitimate use of the will is
 in determining to what you shall give  
your attention1 and what you shall think
 about the things to which your         
attention is given4  ,all belief begins 
in the will to believe4  ,you cannot    
always and instantly believe what you   
will to believe2 but you can always will
 to believe what you want to believe4   
,you want to believe truth about health1
 and you can will to do so4 ,the        
statements you have been reading in this
 book are the truth about health1 and   
you can will to believe them2 this must 
be your first step toward getting well4 
,these are the statements you must will 
to believe3--       ,that there is a    
,thinking ,substance from which all     
things are      made1 and that man      
receives the ,principle of ,health1     

which is      his life1 from this       
,substance4       ,that man himself is  
,thinking ,substance2 a mind-body1      
permeating a physical body1 and that as 
man's thoughts are1 so      will the    
functioning of his physical body be4    
,that if man will think only thoughts of
 perfect health1 he      must and will  
cause the internal and involuntary      
functioning of      his body to be the  
functioning of health1 provided that his
      external and voluntary functioning
 and attitude are in      accordance    
with his thoughts4  ,when you will to   
believe these statements1 you must also 
begin to act upon them4 ,you cannot long
 retain a belief unless you act upon it2
 you cannot increase a belief until it  
becomes faith unless you act upon it2   
and you certainly cannot expect to reap 
benefits in any way from a belief so    
long as you act as if the opposite were 
true4 ,you cannot long have faith in    
health if you continue to act like a    
sick person4 ,if you continue to act    

like a sick person1 you cannot help     
continuing to think of yourself as a    
sick person2 and if you continue to     
think of yourself as a sick person1 you 
will continue to be a sick person4  ,the
 first step toward acting externally    
like a well person is to begin to act   
internally like a well person4 ,form    
your conception of perfect health1 and  
get into the way of thinking about      
perfect health until it begins to have a
 definite meaning to you4 ,picture      
yourself as doing the things a strong   
and healthy person would do1 and have   
faith that you can and will do those    
things in that way2 continue this until 
you have a vivid ,,conception of health1
 and what it means to you4 ,when ,i     
speak in this book of a conception of   
health1 ,i mean a conception that       
carries with it the idea of the way a   
healthy person looks and does things4   
,think of yourself in connection with   
health until you form a conception of   
how you would live1 appear1 act1 and do 

things as a perfectly healthy person4   
,think about yourself in connection with
 health until you conceive of yourself1 
in imagination1 as always doing         
everything in the manner of a well      
person2 until the thought of health     
conveys the idea of what health means to
 you4 ,as ,i have said in a former      
chapter1 you may not be able to form a  
clear mental image of yourself in       
perfect health1 but you can form a      
conception of yourself as acting like a 
healthy person4  ,form this conception1 
and then think only thoughts of perfect 
health in relation to yourself1 and1 so 
far as may be possible1 in relation to  
others4 ,when a thought of sickness or  
disease is presented to you1 reject it2 
do not let it get into your mind2 do not
 entertain or consider it at all4 ,meet 
it by thinking health2 by thinking that 
you are well1 and by being sincerely    
grateful for the health you are         
receiving4 ,whenever suggestions of     
disease are coming thick and fast upon  

you1 and you are in a tight place1 fall 
back upon the exercise of gratitude4    
,connect yourself with the ,supreme2    
give thanks to ,god for the perfect     
health ,he gives you1 and you will soon 
find yourself able to control your      
thoughts1 and to think what you want to 
think4 ,in times of doubt1 trial1 and   
temptation1 the exercise of gratitude is
 always a sheet anchor which will       
prevent you from being swept away4      
,remember that the great essential thing
 is to ,,sever ,,all ,,mental           
,,relations ,,with ,,disease1 ,,and ,,to
 ,,enter ,,into ,,full ,,mental         
,,relationship ,,with ,,health4 ,this is
 the ,,key to all mental healing2 it is 
the whole thing4 ,here we see the secret
 of the great success of ,christian     
,science2 more than any other formulated
 system of practice1 it insists that its
 converts shall sever relations with    
disease1 and relate themselves fully    
with health4 ,the healing power of      
,christian ,science is not in its       

theological formulae1 nor in its denial 
of matter2 but in the fact that it      
induces the sick to ignore disease as an
 unreal thing and accept health by faith
 as a reality4 ,its failures are made   
because its practitioners1 while        
thinking in the ,certain ,way1 do not   
eat1 drink1 breathe1 and sleep in the   
same way4  ,while there is no healing   
power in the repetition of strings of   
words1 yet it is a very convenient thing
 to have the central thoughts so        
formulated that you can repeat them     
readily1 so that you can use them as    
affirmations whenever you are surrounded
 by an environment which gives you      
adverse suggestions4 ,when those around 
you begin to talk of sickness and death1
 close your ears and mentally assert    
something like the following3--         
,there is ,one ,substance1 and ,i am    
that ,substance4       ,that ,substance 
is eternal1 and it is ,life2 ,i am that 
,substance1 and ,i am ,eternal ,life4   
,that ,substance knows no disease2 ,i am

 that ,substance1 and ,i am             
,health4  ,exercise your will power in  
choosing only those thoughts which are  
thoughts of health1 and arrange your    
environment so that it shall suggest    
thoughts of health4 ,do not have about  
you books1 pictures1 or other things    
which suggest death1 disease1 deformity1
 weakness1 or age2 have only those which
 convey the ideas of health1 power1 joy1
 vitality1 and youth4 ,when you are     
confronted with a book1 or anything else
 which suggests disease1 do not give it 
your attention4 ,think of your          
conception of health1 and your          
gratitude1 and affirm as above2 use your
 will power to fix your attention upon  
thoughts of health4 ,in a future chapter
 ,i shall touch upon this point again2  
what ,i wish to make plain here is that 
you must think only health1 recognize   
only health1 and give your attention    
only to health2 and that you must       
control thought1 recognition1 and       
attention by the use of your will4  ,do 

not try to use your will to compel the  
healthy performance of function within  
you4 ,the ,principle of ,health will    
attend to that1 if you give your        
attention only to thoughts of health4   
,do not try to exert your will upon the 
,formless to compel ,it to give you more
 vitality or power2 it is already       
placing all the power there is at your  
service4  ,you do not have to use your  
will to conquer adverse conditions1 or  
to subdue unfriendly forces2 there are  
no unfriendly forces2 there is only ,one
 ,force1 and that force is friendly to  
you2 it is a force which makes for      
health4  ,everything in the universe    
wants you to be well2 you have          
absolutely nothing to overcome but your 
own habit of thinking in a certain way  
about disease1 and you can do this only 
by forming a habit of thinking in       
another ,certain ,way about health4     
,man can cause all the internal         
functions of his body to be performed in
 a perfectly healthy manner by          

continuously thinking in a ,certain     
,way1 and by performing the external    
functions in a certain way4  ,he can    
think in this ,certain ,way by          
controlling his attention1 and he can   
control his attention by the use of his 
will4  ,he can decide what things he    
will think about4     ,,chapter ,,vii4  
,,health ,,from ,,god4   ,i will give a 
chapter here to explaining how man may  
receive health from the ,supreme4 ,by   
the ,supreme ,i mean the ,thinking      
,substance from which all things are    
made1 and which is in all and through   
all1 seeking more complete expression   
and fuller life4 ,this ,intelligent     
,substance1 in a perfectly fluid state1 
permeates and penetrates all things1 and
 is in touch with all minds4 ,it is the 
source of all energy and power1 and     
constitutes the inflow of life which    
,swedenborg saw1 vitalizing all things4 
,it is working to one definite end1 and 
for the fulfillment of one purpose2 and 
that purpose is the advancement of life 

toward the complete expression of ,mind4
 ,when man harmonizes himself with this 
,intelligence1 it can and will give him 
health and wisdom4 ,when man holds      
steadily to the purpose to live more    
abundantly1 he comes into harmony with  
this ,supreme ,intelligence4  ,the      
purpose of the ,supreme ,intelligence is
 the most ,abundant ,life for all2 the  
purpose of this ,supreme ,intelligence  
for you is that you should live more    
abundantly4 ,if1 then1 your own purpose 
is to live more abundantly1 you are     
unified with the ,supreme2 you are      
working with ,it1 and it must work with 
you4 ,but as the ,supreme ,intelligence 
is in all1 if you harmonize with it you 
must harmonize with all2 and you must   
desire more abundant life for all as    
well as for yourself4 ,two great        
benefits come to you from being in      
harmony with the ,supreme ,intelligence4
  ,first1 you will receive wisdom4 ,by  
wisdom ,i do not mean knowledge of facts
 so much as ability to perceive and     

understand facts1 and to judge soundly  
and act rightly in all matters relating 
to life4 ,wisdom is the power to        
perceive truth1 and the ability to make 
the best use of the knowledge of truth4 
,it is the power to perceive at once the
 best end to aim at1 and the means best 
adapted to attain that end4 ,with wisdom
 comes poise1 and the power to think    
rightly2 to control and guide your      
thoughts1 and to avoid the difficulties 
which come from wrong thinking4 ,with   
wisdom you will be able to select the   
right courses for your particular needs1
 and to so govern yourself in all ways  
as to secure the best results4 ,you will
 know how to do what you want to do4    
,you can readily see that wisdom must be
 an essential attribute of the ,supreme 
,intelligence1 since ,that which knows  
all truth must be wise2 and you can also
 see that just in proportion as you     
harmonize and unify your mind with that 
,intelligence you will have wisdom4     
,but ,i repeat that since this          

,intelligence is ,all1 and in all1 you  
can enter into ,its wisdom only by      
harmonizing with all4 ,if there is      
anything in your desires or your purpose
 which will bring oppression to any1 or 
work injustice to1 or cause lack of life
 for any1 you cannot receive wisdom from
 the ,supreme4 ,furthermore1 your       
purpose for your own self must be the   
best4  ,man can live in three general   
ways3 for the gratification of his body1
 for that of his intellect1 or for that 
of his soul4 ,the first is accomplished 
by satisfying the desires for food1     
drink1 and those other things which give
 enjoyable physical sensations4 ,the    
second is accomplished by doing those   
things which cause pleasant mental      
sensations1 such as gratifying the      
desire for knowledge or those for fine  
clothing1 fame1 power1 and so on4 ,the  
third is accomplished by giving way to  
the instincts of unselfish love and     
altruism4 ,man lives most wisely and    
completely when he functions most       

perfectly along all of these lines1     
without excess in any of them4 ,the man 
who lives swinishly1 for the body alone1
 is unwise and out of harmony with ,god2
 that man who lives solely for the cold 
enjoyments of the intellect1 though he  
be absolutely moral1 is unwise and out  
of harmony with ,god2 and the man who   
lives wholly for the practice of        
altruism1 and who throws himself away   
for others1 is as unwise and as far from
 harmony with ,god as those who go to   
excess in other ways4  ,to come into    
full harmony with the ,supreme1 you must
 purpose to ,,live2 to live to the      
utmost of your capabilities in body1    
mind1 and soul4 ,this must mean the full
 exercise of function in all the        
different ways1 but without excess2 for 
excess in one causes deficiency in the  
others4 ,behind your desire for health  
is your own desire for more abundant    
life2 and behind that is the desire of  
the ,formless ,intelligence to live more
 fully in you4 ,so1 as you advance      

toward perfect health1 hold steadily to 
the purpose to attain complete life1    
physical1 mental1 and spiritual2 to     
advance in all ways1 and in every way to
 live more2 if you hold this purpose you
 will be given wisdom4 ,he that willeth 
to do the will of the ,father shall     
,,know1 said ,jesus4 ,wisdom is the most
 desirable gift that can come to man1   
for it makes him rightly self-governing4
  ,but wisdom is not all you may receive
 from the ,supreme ,intelligence2 you   
may receive physical energy1 vitality1  
life force4 ,the energy of the ,formless
 ,substance is unlimited1 and permeates 
everything2 you are already receiving or
 appropriating to yourself this energy  
in an automatic and instinctive way1 but
 you can do so to a far greater degree  
if you set about it intelligently4 ,the 
measure of a man's strength is not what 
,god is willing to give him1 but what   
he1 himself1 has the will and the       
intelligence to appropriate to himself4 
,god gives you all there is2 your only  

question is how much to take of the     
unlimited supply4  ,professor ,james has
 pointed out that there is apparently no
 limit to the powers of men2 and this is
 simply because man's power comes from  
the inexhaustible reservoir of the      
,supreme4 ,the runner who has reached   
the stage of exhaustion1 when his       
physical power seems entirely gone1 by  
running on in a ,certain ,way may       
receive his second wind2 his strength is
 renewed in a seemingly miraculous      
fashion1 and he can go on indefinitely4 
,and by continuing in the ,certain ,way1
 he may receive a third1 fourth1 and    
fifth wind2 we do not know where the    
limit is1 or how far it may be possible 
to extend it4 ,the conditions are that  
the runner must have absolute faith that
 the strength will come2 that he must   
think steadily of strength1 and have    
perfect confidence that he has it1 and  
that he must continue to run on4 ,if he 
admits a doubt into his mind1 he falls  
exhausted1 and if he stops running to   

wait for the accession of strength1 it  
will never come4 ,his faith in strength1
 his faith that he can keep on running1 
his unwavering purpose to keep on       
running1 and his action in keeping on   
seem to connect him to the source of    
energy in such a way as to bring him a  
new supply4  ,in a very similar manner1 
the sick person who has unquestioning   
faith in health1 whose purpose brings   
him into harmony with the source1 and   
who performs the voluntary functions of 
life in a certain way1 will receive     
vital energy sufficient for all his     
needs1 and for the healing of all his   
diseases4 ,god1 who seeks to live and   
express himself fully in man1 delights  
to give man all that is needed for the  
most abundant life4 ,action and reaction
 are equal1 and when you desire to live 
more1 if you are in mental harmony with 
the ,supreme1 the forces which make for 
life begin to concentrate about you and 
upon you4 ,the ,one ,life begins to move
 toward you1 and your environment       

becomes surcharged with it4 ,then1 if   
you appropriate it by faith1 it is      
yours4 ,ye shall ask what ye will1 and  
it shall be done unto you4 ,your ,father
 giveth not his spirit by measure2 he   
delights to give good gifts to you4     
,,chapter ,,viii4  ,,summary ,,of ,,the 
,,mental ,,actions4   ,let me now       
summarize the mental actions and        
attitudes necessary to the practice of  
the ,science of ,being ,well3 first1 you
 believe that there is a ,thinking      
,substance1 from which all things are   
made1 and which1 in its original state1 
permeates1 penetrates1 and fills the    
interspaces of the universe4 ,this      
,substance is the ,life of ,all1 and is 
seeking to express more life in all4 ,it
 is the ,principle of ,life of the      
universe1 and the ,principle of ,health 
in man4  ,man is a form of this         
,substance1 and draws his vitality from 
it2 he is a mind-body of original       
substance1 permeating a physical body1  
and the thoughts of his mind-body       

control the functioning of his physical 
body4 ,if man thinks no thoughts save   
those of perfect health1 the functions  
of his physical body will be performed  
in a manner of perfect health4  ,if you 
would consciously relate yourself to the
 ,all-,health1 your purpose must be to  
live fully on every plane of your being4
 ,you must want all that there is in    
life for body1 mind1 and soul2 and this 
will bring you into harmony with all the
 life there is4 ,the person who is in   
conscious and intelligent harmony with  
,all will receive a continuous inflow of
 vital power from the ,supreme ,life2   
and this inflow is prevented by angry1  
selfish or antagonistic mental          
attitudes4 ,if you are against any part1
 you have severed relations with all2   
you will receive life1 but only         
instinctively and automatically2 not    
intelligently and purposefully4 ,you can
 see that if you are mentally           
antagonistic to any part1 you cannot be 
in complete harmony with the ,whole2    

therefore1 as ,jesus directed1 be       
reconciled to everybody and everything  
before you offer worship4  ,want for    
everybody all that you want for         
yourself4  ,the reader is recommended to
 read what we have said in a former     
work,a concerning the ,competitive mind 
and the ,creative mind4 ,it is very     
doubtful whether one who has lost health
 can completely regain it so long as he 
remains in the competitive mind4      ,a
 ,the ,science of ,getting ,rich4       
,being on the ,creative or ,good-,will  
plane in mind1 the next step is to form 
a conception of yourself as in perfect  
health1 and to hold no thoughts which   
are not in full harmony with this       
conception4 ,have ,,faith that if you   
think only thoughts of health you will  
establish in your physical body the     
functioning of health2 and use your will
 to determine that you will think only  
thoughts of health4 ,never think of     
yourself as sick1 or as likely to be    
sick2 never think of sickness in        

connection with yourself at all4 ,and1  
as far as may be1 shut out of your mind 
all thoughts of sickness in connection  
with others4 ,surround yourself as much 
as possible with the things which       
suggest the ideas of strength and       
health4  ,have faith in health1 and     
accept health as an actual present fact 
in your life4 ,claim health as a        
blessing bestowed upon you by the       
,supreme ,life1 and be deeply grateful  
at all times4 ,claim the blessing by    
faith2 know that it is yours1 and never 
admit a contrary thought to your mind4  
,use your will-power to withhold your   
attention from every appearance of      
disease in yourself and others2 do not  
study disease1 think about it1 nor speak
 of it4 ,at all times1 when the thought 
of disease is thrust upon you1 move     
forward into the mental position of     
prayerful gratitude for your perfect    
health4  ,the mental actions necessary  
to being well may now be summed up in a 
single sentence3 ,form a conception of  

yourself in perfect health1 and think   
only those thoughts which are in harmony
 with that conception4  ,that1 with     
faith and gratitude1 and the purpose to 
really live1 covers all the             
requirements4 ,it is not necessary to   
take mental exercises of any kind1      
except as described in ,chapter ,,vi1 or
 to do wearying stunts in the way of    
affirmations1 and so on4 ,it is not     
necessary to concentrate the mind on the
 affected parts2 it is far better not to
 think of any part as affected4 ,it is  
not necessary to treat yourself by      
auto-suggestion1 or to have others treat
 you in any way whatever4 ,the power    
that heals is the ,principle of ,health 
within you2 and to call this ,principle 
into ,constructive ,action it is only   
necessary1 having harmonized yourself   
with the ,all-,mind1 to claim by ,,faith
 the ,all-,health2 and to hold that     
claim until it is physically manifested 
in all the functions of your body4  ,in 
order to hold this mental attitude of   

faith1 gratitude1 and health1 however1  
your external acts must be only those of
 health4 ,you cannot long hold the      
internal attitude of a well person if   
you continue to perform the external    
acts of a sick person4 ,it is essential 
not only that your every thought should 
be a thought of health1 but that your   
every act should be an act of health1   
performed in a healthy manner4 ,if you  
will make every thought a thought of    
health1 and every conscious act an act  
of health1 it must infallibly follow    
that every internal and unconscious     
function shall come to be healthy2 for  
all the power of life is being          
continually exerted toward health4 ,we  
shall next consider how you may make    
every act an act of health4             
,,chapter ,,ix4  ,,when ,,to ,,eat4     
,you cannot build and maintain a        
perfectly healthy body by mental action 
alone1 or by the performance of the     
unconscious or involuntary functions    
alone4 ,there are certain actions1 more 

or less voluntary1 which have a direct  
and immediate relation with the         
continuance of life itself2 these are   
eating1 drinking1 breathing1 and        
sleeping4 ,no matter what man's thought 
or mental attitude may be1 he cannot    
live unless he eats1 drinks1 breathes1  
and sleeps2 and1 moreover1 he cannot be 
well if he eats1 drinks1 breathes1 and  
sleeps in an unnatural or wrong manner4 
,it is therefore vitally important that 
you should learn the right way to       
perform these voluntary functions1 and  
,i shall proceed to show you this way1  
beginning with the matter of eating1    
which is most important4  ,there has    
been a vast amount of controversy as to 
when to eat1 what to eat1 how to eat1   
and how much to eat2 and all this       
controversy is unnecessary1 for the     
,right ,way is very easy to find4 ,you  
have only to consider the ,law which    
governs all attainment1 whether of      
health1 wealth1 power1 or happiness2 and
 that law is that you must do what you  

can do now1 where you are now2 do every 
separate act in the most perfect manner 
possible1 and put the power of faith    
into every action4  ,the processes of   
digestion and assimilation are under the
 supervision and control of an inner    
division of man's mentality1 which is   
generally called the sub-conscious mind2
 and ,i shall use that term here in     
order to be understood4 ,the            
sub-conscious mind is in charge of all  
the functions and processes of life2 and
 when more food is needed by the body1  
it makes the fact known by causing a    
sensation called hunger4 ,whenever food 
is needed1 and can be used1 there is    
hunger2 and whenever there is hunger it 
is time to eat4 ,when there is no hunger
 it is unnatural and wrong to eat1 no   
matter how great may ,,appear to be the 
need for food4 ,even if you are in a    
condition of apparent starvation1 with  
great emaciation1 if there is no hunger 
you may know that ,,food ,,cannot ,,be  
,,used1 and it will be unnatural and    

wrong for you to eat4 ,though you have  
not eaten for days1 weeks1 or months1 if
 you have no hunger you may be perfectly
 sure that food cannot be used1 and will
 probably not be used if taken4         
,whenever food is needed1 if there is   
power to digest and assimilate it1 so   
that it can be normally used1 the       
sub-conscious mind will announce the    
fact by a decided hunger4 ,food1 taken  
when there is no hunger1 will sometimes 
be digested and assimilated1 because    
,nature makes a special effort to       
perform the task which is thrust upon   
her against her will2 but if food be    
habitually taken when there is no       
hunger1 the digestive power is at last  
destroyed1 and numberless evils caused4 
,if the foregoing be true--and it is    
indisputably so--it is a self-evident   
proposition that the natural time1 and  
the healthy time1 to eat is when one is 
hungry2 and that it is never a natural  
or a healthy action to eat when one is  
not hungry4 ,you see1 then1 that it is  

an easy matter to scientifically settle 
the question when to eat4 ,,always eat  
when you are hungry2 and ,,never eat    
when you are not hungry4 ,this is       
obedience to nature1 which is obedience 
to ,god4  ,we must not fail1 however1 to
 make clear the distinction between     
hunger and appetite4 ,hunger is the call
 of the sub-conscious mind for more     
material to be used in repairing and    
renewing the body1 and in keeping up the
 internal heat2 and hunger is never felt
 unless there is need for more material1
 and unless there is power to digest it 
when taken into the stomach4 ,appetite  
is a desire for the gratification of    
sensation4 ,the drunkard has an appetite
 for liquor1 but he cannot have a hunger
 for it4 ,a normally fed person cannot  
have a hunger for candy or sweets2 the  
desire for these things is an appetite4 
,you cannot hunger for tea1 coffee1     
spiced foods1 or for the various        
taste-tempting devices of the skilled   
cook2 if you desire these things1 it is 

with appetite1 not with hunger4 ,hunger 
is nature's call for material to be used
 in building new cells1 and nature never
 calls for anything which may not be    
legitimately used for this purpose4     
,appetite is often largely a matter of  
habit2 if one eats or drinks at a       
certain hour1 and especially if one     
takes sweetened or spiced and           
stimulating foods1 the desire comes     
regularly at the same hour2 but this    
habitual desire for food should never be
 mistaken for hunger4 ,hunger does not  
appear at specified times4 ,it only     
comes when work or exercise has         
destroyed sufficient tissue to make the 
taking in of new raw material a         
necessity4  ,for instance1 if a person  
has been sufficiently fed on the        
preceding day1 it is impossible that he 
should feel a genuine hunger on arising 
from refreshing sleep4 ,in sleep the    
body is recharged with vital power1 and 
the assimilation of the food which has  
been taken during the day is completed2 

the system has no need for food         
immediately after sleep1 unless the     
person went to his rest in a state of   
starvation4 ,with a system of feeding1  
which is even a reasonable approach to a
 natural one1 no one can have a real    
hunger for an early morning breakfast4  
,there is no such thing possible as a   
normal or genuine hunger immediately    
after arising from sound sleep4 ,the    
early morning breakfast is always taken 
to gratify appetite1 never to satisfy   
hunger4 ,no matter who you are1 or what 
your condition is2 no matter how hard   
you work1 or how much you are exposed1  
unless you go to your bed starved1 you  
cannot arise from your bed hungry4      
,hunger is not caused by sleep1 but by  
work4 ,and it does not matter who you   
are1 or what your condition1 or how hard
 or easy your work1 the so-called       
no-breakfast plan is the right plan for 
you4 ,it is the right plan for          
everybody1 because it is based on the   
universal law that hunger never comes   

until it is ,,earned4  ,i am aware that 
a protest against this will come from   
the large number of people who enjoy    
their breakfasts2 whose breakfast is    
their best meal2 who believe that their 
work is so hard that they cannot get    
through the forenoon on an empty        
stomach1 and so on4 ,but all their      
arguments fall down before the facts4   
,they enjoy their breakfast as the toper
 enjoys his morning dram1 because it    
gratifies a habitual appetite and not   
because it supplies a natural want4 ,it 
is their best meal for the same reason  
that his morning dram is the toper's    
best drink4 ,and they ,,can get along   
without it1 because millions of people1 
of every trade and profession1 ,,do get 
along without it1 and are vastly better 
for doing so4 ,if you are to live       
according to the ,science of ,being     
,well1 you must ,,never ,,eat ,,until   
,,you ,,have ,,an ,,earned ,,hunger4    
,but if ,i do not eat on arising in the 
morning1 when shall ,i take my first    

meal8  ,in ninety-nine cases out of a   
hundred twelve o'clock1 noon1 is early  
enough2 and it is generally the most    
convenient time4 ,if you are doing heavy
 work1 you will get by noon a hunger    
sufficient to justify a good-sized meal2
 and if your work is light1 you will    
probably still have hunger enough for a 
moderate meal4 ,the best general rule or
 law that can be laid down is that you  
should eat your first meal of the day at
 noon1 if you are hungry2 and if you are
 not hungry1 wait until you become so4  
,and when shall ,i eat my second meal8  
,not at all1 unless you are hungry for  
it2 and that with a genuine earned      
hunger4 ,if you do get hungry for a     
second meal1 eat at the most convenient 
time2 but do not eat until you have a   
really earned hunger4 ,the reader who   
wishes to fully inform himself as to the
 reasons for this way of arranging the  
mealtimes will find the best books      
thereon cited in the preface to this    
work4 ,from the foregoing1 however1 you 

can easily see that the ,science of     
,being ,well readily answers the        
question3 ,when1 and how often shall ,i 
eat8 ,the answer is3 ,eat when you have 
an earned hunger2 and never eat at any  
other time4     ,,chapter ,x4  ,,what   
,,to ,,eat4   ,the current sciences of  
medicine and hygiene have made no       
progress toward answering the question1 
,what shall ,i eat8 ,the contests       
between the vegetarians and the meat    
eaters1 the cooked food advocates1 raw  
food advocates1 and various other       
schools of theorists1 seem to be        
interminable2 and from the mountains of 
evidence and argument piled up for and  
against each special theory1 it is plain
 that if we depend on these scientists  
we shall never know what is the natural 
food of man4 ,turning away from the     
whole controversy1 then1 we will ask the
 question of nature herself1 and we     
shall find that she has not left us     
without an answer4  ,most of the errors 
of dietary scientists grow out of a     

false premise as to the natural state of
 man4 ,it is assumed that civilization  
and mental development are unnatural    
things2 that the man who lives in a     
modern house1 in city or country1 and   
who works in modern trade or industry   
for his living is leading an unnatural  
life1 and is in an unnatural            
environment2 that the only natural man  
is a naked savage1 and that the farther 
we get from the savage the farther we   
are from nature4 ,this is wrong4 ,the   
man who has all that art and science can
 give him is leading the most natural   
life1 because he is living most         
completely in all his faculties4 ,the   
dweller in a well-appointed city flat1  
with modern conveniences and good       
ventilation1 is living a far more       
naturally human life than the           
,australian savage who lives in a hollow
 tree or a hole in the ground4  ,that   
,great ,intelligence1 which is in all   
and through all1 has in reality         
practically settled the question as to  

what we shall eat4 ,in ordering the     
affairs of nature1 ,it has decided that 
man's food shall be according to the    
zone in which he lives4 ,in the frigid  
regions of the far ,north1 fuel foods   
are required4 ,the development of brain 
is not large1 nor is the life severe in 
its labor-tax on muscle2 and so the     
,esquimaux live largely on the blubber  
and fat of aquatic animals4 ,no other   
diet is possible to them2 they could not
 get fruits1 nuts1 or vegetables even if
 they were disposed to eat them2 and    
they could not live on them in that     
climate if they could get them4 ,so1    
notwithstanding the arguments of the    
vegetarians1 the ,esquimaux will        
continue to live on animal fats4  ,on   
the other hand1 as we come toward the   
tropics1 we find fuel foods less        
required2 and we find the people        
naturally inclining toward a vegetarian 
diet4 ,millions live on rice and fruits2
 and the food regimen of an ,esquimaux  
village1 if followed upon the equator1  

would result in speedy death4 ,a natural
 diet for the equatorial regions would  
be very far from being a natural diet   
near the ,north ,pole2 and the people of
 either zone1 if not interfered with by 
medical or dietary scientists1 will be  
guided by the ,all ,intelligence1 which 
seeks the fullest life in all1 to feed  
themselves in the best way for the      
promotion of perfect health4 ,in        
general1 you can see that ,god1 working 
in nature and in the evolution of human 
society and customs1 has answered your  
question as to what you shall eat2 and  
,i advise you to take ,his answer in    
preference to that of any man4  ,in the 
temperate zone the largest demands are  
made on man in spirit1 mind1 and body2  
and here we find the greatest variety of
 foods provided by nature4 ,and it is   
really quite useless and superfluous to 
theorize on the question what the masses
 shall eat1 for they have no choice2    
they must eat the foods which are staple
 products of the zone in which they     

live4 ,it is impossible to supply all   
the people with a nut-and-fruit or raw  
food diet2 and the fact that it is      
impossible is proof positive that these 
are not the foods intended by nature1   
for nature1 being formed for the        
advancement of life1 has not made the   
obtaining of the means of life an       
impossibility4 ,so1 ,i say1 the         
question1 ,what shall ,i eat8 has been  
answered for you4 ,eat wheat1 corn1 rye1
 oats1 barley1 buckwheat2 eat           
vegetables2 eat meats1 eat fruits1 eat  
the things that are eaten by the masses 
of the people around the world1 for in  
this matter the voice of the people is  
the voice of ,god4 ,they have been led1 
generally1 to the selection of certain  
foods2 and they have been led1          
generally1 to prepare these foods in    
generally similar ways2 and you may     
depend upon it that in general they have
 the right foods and are preparing them 
in the right way4 ,in these matters the 
race has been under the guidance of     

,god4 ,the list of foods in common use  
is a long one1 and you must select      
therefrom according to your individual  
taste2 if you do1 you will find that you
 have an infallible guide1 as shown in  
the next two chapters4  ,if you do not  
eat until you have an ,,earned hunger1  
you will not find your taste demanding  
unnatural or unhealthy foods4 ,the      
woodchopper1 who has swung his axe      
continuously from seven in the morning  
until noon does not come in clamoring   
for cream puffs and confectionery2 he   
wants pork and beans1 or beefsteak and  
potatoes1 or corn bread and cabbage2 he 
asks for the plain solids4 ,offer to    
crack him a few walnuts and give him a  
plate of lettuce1 and you will be met   
with huge disdain2 those things are not 
natural foods for a workingman4 ,and if 
they are not natural foods for a        
workingman1 they are not for any other  
man2 for work hunger is the only real   
hunger1 and requires the same materials 
to satisfy it1 whether it be in         

woodchopper or banker1 in man1 woman or 
child4  ,it is a mistake to suppose that
 food must be selected with anxious care
 to fit the vocation of the person who  
eats4 ,it is not true that the          
woodchopper requires heavy or solid     
foods and the bookkeeper light foods4   
,if you are a bookkeeper1 or other brain
 worker1 and do not eat until you have  
an ,,earned hunger1 you will want       
exactly the same foods that the         
woodchopper wants4 ,your body is made of
 exactly the same elements as that of   
the woodchopper1 and requires the same  
materials for cell-building2 why1 then1 
feed him on ham and eggs and corn bread 
and you on crackers and toast8 ,true1   
most of his waste is of muscle1 while   
most of yours is of brain and nerve     
tissue2 but it is also true that the    
woodchopper's diet contains all the     
requisites for brain and nerve building 
in far better proportions than they are 
found in most light foods4 ,the world's 
best brain work has been done on the    

fare of the working people4 ,the world's
 greatest thinkers have invariably lived
 on the plain solid foods common among  
the masses4  ,let the bookkeeper wait   
until he has an earned hunger before he 
eats2 and then1 if he wants ham1 eggs1  
and corn bread1 by all means let him eat
 them2 but let him remember that he does
 not need one-twentieth of the amount   
necessary for the woodchopper4 ,it is   
not eating hearty foods which gives the 
brain worker indigestion2 it is eating  
as much as would be needed by a muscle  
worker4 ,indigestion is never caused by 
eating to satisfy hunger2 it is always  
caused by eating to gratify appetite4   
,if you eat in the manner prescribed in 
the next chapter1 your taste will soon  
become so natural that you will never   
,,want anything that you cannot eat with
 impunity2 and you can drop the whole   
anxious question of what to eat from    
your mind forever1 and simply eat what  
you want4 ,indeed1 that is the only way 
to do if you are to think no thoughts   

but those of health2 for you cannot     
think health so long as you are in      
continual doubt and uncertainty as to   
whether you are getting the right bills 
of fare4  ,take no thought what ye shall
 eat1 said ,jesus1 and he spoke wisely4 
,the foods found on the table of any    
ordinary middle-class or working class  
family will nourish your body perfectly 
if you eat at the right times and in the
 right way4 ,if you want meat1 eat it2  
and if you do not want it1 do not eat   
it1 and do not suppose that you must    
find some special substitute for it4    
,you can live perfectly well on what is 
left on any table after the meat has    
been removed4  ,it is not necessary to  
worry about a varied diet1 so as to get 
in all the necessary elements4 ,the     
,chinese and ,hindus build very good    
bodies and excellent brains on a diet of
 few variations1 rice making almost the 
whole of it4 ,the ,scotch are physically
 and mentally strong on oatmeal cakes2  
and the ,irishman is husky of body and  

brilliant of mind on potatoes and pork4 
,the wheat berry contains practically   
all that is necessary for the building  
of brain and body2 and a man can live   
very well on a monodiet of navy beans4  
,form a conception of perfect health for
 yourself1 and do not hold any thought  
which is not a thought of health4       
,,never eat until you have an ,,earned  
,,hunger4 ,remember that it will not    
hurt you in the least to go hungry for a
 short time2 but it will surely hurt you
 to eat when you are not hungry4  ,do   
not give the least thought to what you  
should or should not eat2 simply eat    
what is set before you1 selecting that  
which pleases your taste most4 ,in other
 words1 eat what you want4 ,this you can
 do with perfect results if you eat in  
the right way2 and how to do this will  
be explained in the next chapter4       
,,chapter ,,xi4  ,,how ,,to ,,eat4   ,it
 is a settled fact that man naturally   
chews his food4 ,the few faddists who   
maintain that we should bolt our        

nourishment1 after the manner of the dog
 and others of the lower animals1 can no
 longer get a hearing2 we know that we  
should chew our food4 ,and if it is     
natural that we should chew our food1   
the more thoroughly we chew it the more 
completely natural the process must be4 
,if you will chew every mouthful to a   
liquid1 you need not be in the least    
concerned as to what you shall eat1 for 
you can get sufficient nourishment out  
of any ordinary food4  ,whether or not  
this chewing shall be an irksome and    
laborious task or a most enjoyable      
process1 depends upon the mental        
attitude in which you come to the table4
  ,if your mind and attitude are on     
other things1 or if you are anxious or  
worried about business or domestic      
affairs1 you will find it almost        
impossible to eat without bolting more  
or less of your food4 ,you must learn to
 live so scientifically that you will   
have no business or domestic cares to   
worry about2 this you can do1 and you   

can also learn to give your undivided   
attention to the act of eating while at 
the table4  ,when you eat1 do so with an
 eye single to the purpose of getting   
all the enjoyment you can from that     
meal2 dismiss everything else from your 
mind1 and do not let anything take your 
attention from the food and its taste   
until your meal is finished4 ,be        
cheerfully confident1 for if you follow 
these instructions you may ,,know that  
the food you eat is exactly the right   
food1 and that it will agree with you to
 perfection4  ,sit down to the table    
with confident cheerfulness1 and take a 
moderate portion of the food2 take      
whatever thing looks most desirable to  
you4 ,do not select some food because   
you think it will be good for you2      
select that which will taste good to    
you4 ,if you are to get well and stay   
well1 you must drop the idea of doing   
things because they are good for your   
health1 and do things because you want  
to do them4 ,select the food you want   

most2 gratefully give thanks to ,god    
that you have learned how to eat it in  
such a way that digestion shall be      
perfect2 and take a moderate mouthful of
 it4  ,do not fix your attention on the 
act of chewing2 fix it on the ,,taste of
 the food2 and taste and enjoy it until 
it is reduced to a liquid state and     
passes down your throat by involuntary  
swallowing4 ,no matter how long it      
takes1 do not think of the time4 ,think 
of the taste4 ,do not allow your eyes to
 wander over the table1 speculating as  
to what you shall eat next2 do not worry
 for fear there is not enough1 and that 
you will not get your share of          
everything4 ,do not anticipate the taste
 of the next thing2 keep your mind      
centered on the taste of what you have  
in your mouth4 ,and that is all of it4  
,scientific and healthful eating is a   
delightful process after you have       
learned how to do it1 and after you have
 overcome the bad old habit of gobbling 
down your food unchewed4 ,it is best not

 to have too much conversation going on 
while eating2 be cheerful1 but not      
talkative2 do the talking afterward4    
,in most cases1 some use of the will is 
required to form the habit of correct   
eating4 ,the bolting habit is an        
unnatural one1 and is without doubt     
mostly the result of fear4 ,fear that we
 will be robbed of our food2 fear that  
we will not get our share of the good   
things2 fear that we will lose precious 
time--these are the causes of haste4    
,then there is anticipation of the      
dainties that are to come for dessert1  
and the consequent desire to get at them
 as quickly as possible2 and there is   
mental abstraction1 or thinking of other
 matters while eating4 ,all these must  
be overcome4  ,when you find that your  
mind is wandering1 call a halt2 think   
for a moment of the food1 and of how    
good it tastes2 of the perfect digestion
 and assimilation that are going to     
follow the meal1 and begin again4 ,begin
 again and again1 though you must do so 

twenty times in the course of a single  
meal2 and again and again1 though you   
must do so every meal for weeks and     
months4 ,it is perfectly certain that   
you ,,can form the ,fletcher habit if   
you persevere2 and when you have formed 
it1 you will experience a healthful     
pleasure you have never known4  ,this is
 a vital point1 and ,i must not leave it
 until ,i have thoroughly impressed it  
upon your mind4 ,given the right        
materials1 perfectly prepared1 the      
,principle of ,health will positively   
build you a perfectly healthy body2 and 
you cannot prepare the materials        
perfectly in any other way that the one 
,i am describing4 ,if you are to have   
perfect health1 you ,,must eat in just  
this way2 you can1 and the doing of it  
is only a matter of a little            
perseverance4 ,what use for you to talk 
of mental control unless you will govern
 yourself in so simple a matter as      
ceasing to bolt your food8 ,what use to 
talk of concentration unless you can    

keep your mind on the act of eating for 
so short a space as fifteen or twenty   
minutes1 especially with all the        
pleasures of taste to help you8 ,go on1 
and conquer4 ,in a few weeks1 or months1
 as the case may be1 you will find the  
habit of scientific eating becoming     
fixed2 and soon you will be in so       
splendid a condition1 mentally and      
physically1 that nothing would induce   
you to return to the bad old way4  ,we  
have seen that if man will think only   
thoughts of perfect health1 his internal
 functions will be performed in a       
healthy manner2 and we have seen that in
 order to think thoughts of health1 man 
must perform the voluntary functions in 
a healthy manner4 ,the most important of
 the voluntary functions is that of     
eating2 and we see1 so far1 no especial 
difficulty in eating in a perfectly     
healthy way4 ,i will here summarize the 
instructions as to when to eat1 what to 
eat1 and how to eat1 with the reasons   
therefor3--  ,,never eat until you have 

an ,,earned hunger1 no matter how long  
you go without food4 ,this is based on  
the fact that whenever food is needed in
 the system1 if there is power to digest
 it1 the sub-conscious mind announces   
the need by the sensation of hunger4    
,learn to distinguish between genuine   
hunger and the gnawing and craving      
sensations caused by unnatural appetite4
 ,hunger is never a disagreeable        
feeling1 accompanied by weakness1       
faintness1 or gnawing feelings at the   
stomach2 it is a pleasant1 anticipatory 
desire for food1 and is felt mostly in  
the mouth and throat4 ,it does not come 
at certain hours or at stated intervals2
 it only comes when the sub-conscious   
mind is ready to receive1 digest1 and   
assimilate food4  ,eat whatever foods   
you want1 making your selection from the
 staples in general use in the zone in  
which you live4 ,the ,supreme           
,intelligence has guided man to the     
selection of these foods1 and they are  
the right ones for all4 ,i am referring1

 of course1 to the foods which are taken
 to satisfy hunger1 not to those which  
have been contrived merely to gratify   
appetite or perverted taste4 ,the       
instinct which has guided the masses of 
men to make use of the great staples of 
food to satisfy their hunger is a divine
 one4 ,god has made no mistake2 if you  
eat these foods you will not go wrong4  
,eat your food with cheerful confidence1
 and get all the pleasure that is to be 
had from the taste of every mouthful4   
,chew each morsel to a liquid1 keeping  
your attention fixed on the enjoyment of
 the process4 ,this is the only way to  
eat in a perfectly complete and         
successful manner2 and when anything is 
done in a completely successful manner1 
the general result cannot be a failure4 
,in the attainment of health1 the law is
 the same as in the attainment of       
riches2 if you make each act a success  
in itself1 the sum of all your acts must
 be a success4 ,when you eat in the     
mental attitude ,i have described1 and  

in the manner ,i have described1 nothing
 can be added to the process2 it is done
 in a perfect manner1 and it is         
successfully done4 ,and if eating is    
successfully done1 digestion1           
assimilation1 and the building of a     
healthy body are successfully begun4 ,we
 next take up the question of the       
quantity of food required4     ,,chapter
 ,,xii4  ,,hunger ,,and ,,appetites4    
,it is very easy to find the correct    
answer to the question1 ,how much shall 
,i eat8 ,you are never to eat until you 
have an earned hunger1 and you are to   
stop eating the instant you ,,begin to  
feel that your hunger is abating4 ,never
 gorge yourself2 never eat to repletion4
 ,when you begin to feel that your      
hunger is satisfied1 know that you have 
enough2 for until you have enough1 you  
will continue to feel the sensation of  
hunger4 ,if you eat as directed in the  
last chapter1 it is probable that you   
will begin to feel satisfied before you 
have taken half your usual amount2 but  

stop there1 all the same4 ,no matter how
 delightfully attractive the dessert1 or
 how tempting the pie or pudding1 do not
 eat a mouthful of it if you find that  
your hunger has been in the least degree
 assuaged by the other foods you have   
taken4  ,whatever you eat after your    
hunger begins to abate is taken to      
gratify taste and appetite1 not hunger  
and is not called for by nature at all4 
,it is therefore excess2 mere           
debauchery1 and it cannot fail to work  
mischief4  ,this is a point you will    
need to watch with nice discrimination1 
for the habit of eating purely for      
sensual gratification is very deeply    
rooted with most of us4 ,the usual      
dessert of sweet and tempting foods is  
prepared solely with a view to inducing 
people to eat after hunger has been     
satisfied2 and all the effects are evil4
 ,it is not that pie and cake are       
unwholesome foods2 they are usually     
perfectly wholesome if eaten to satisfy 
hunger1 and ,,not to gratify appetite4  

,if you want pie1 cake1 pastry or       
puddings1 it is better to begin your    
meal with them1 finishing with the      
plainer and less tasty foods4 ,you will 
find1 however1 that if you eat as       
directed in the preceding chapters1 the 
plainest food will soon come to taste   
like kingly fare to you2 for your sense 
of taste1 like all your other senses1   
will become so acute with the general   
improvement in your condition that you  
will find new delights in common things4
 ,no glutton ever enjoyed a meal like   
the man who eats for hunger only1 who   
gets the most out of every mouthful1 and
 who stops on the instant that he feels 
the edge taken from his hunger4 ,the    
first intimation that hunger is abating 
is the signal from the sub-conscious    
mind that it is time to quit4  ,the     
average person who takes up this plan of
 living will be greatly surprised to    
learn how little food is really required
 to keep the body in perfect condition4 
,the amount depends upon the work2 upon 

how much muscular exercise is taken1 and
 upon the extent to which the person is 
exposed to cold4 ,the woodchopper who   
goes into the forest in the winter time 
and swings his axe all day can eat two  
full meals2 but the brain worker who    
sits all day on a chair1 in a warm room1
 does not need one third and often not  
one tenth as much4 ,most woodchoppers   
eat two or three times as much1 and most
 brain workers from three to ten times  
as much as nature calls for2 and the    
elimination of this vast amount of      
surplus rubbish from their systems is a 
tax on vital power which in time        
depletes their energy and leaves them an
 easy prey to so-called disease4 ,get   
all possible enjoyment out of the taste 
of your food1 but never eat anything    
merely because it tastes good2 and on   
the instant that you feel that your     
hunger is less keen1 stop eating4  ,if  
you will consider for a moment1 you will
 see that there is positively no other  
way for you to settle these various food

 questions than by adopting the plan    
here laid down for you4 ,as to the      
proper time to eat1 there is no other   
way to decide than to say that you      
should eat whenever you have an ,,earned
 ,,hunger4 ,it is a self-evident        
proposition that that is the right time 
to eat1 and that any other is a wrong   
time to eat4 ,as to what to eat1 the    
,eternal ,wisdom has decided that the   
masses of men shall eat the staple      
products of the zones in which they     
live4 ,the staple foods of your         
particular zone are the right foods for 
you2 and the ,eternal ,wisdom1 working  
in and through the minds of the masses  
of men1 has taught them how best to     
prepare these foods by cooking and      
otherwise4 ,and as to how to eat1 you   
know that you must chew your food2 and  
if it must be chewed1 then reason tells 
us that the more thorough and perfect   
the operation the better4  ,i repeat    
that success in anything is attained by 
making each separate act a success in   

itself4 ,if you make each action1       
however small and unimportant1 a        
thoroughly successful action1 your day's
 work as a whole cannot result in       
failure4 ,if you make the actions of    
each day successful1 the sum total of   
your life cannot be failure4 ,a great   
success is the result of doing a large  
number of little things1 and doing each 
one in a perfectly successful way4 ,if  
every thought is a healthy thought1 and 
if every action of your life is         
performed in a healthy way1 you must    
soon attain to perfect health4 ,it is   
impossible to devise a way in which you 
can perform the act of eating more      
successfully1 and in a manner more in   
accord with the laws of life1 than by   
chewing every mouthful to a liquid1     
enjoying the taste fully1 and keeping a 
cheerful confidence the while4 ,nothing 
can be added to make the process more   
successful2 while if anything be        
subtracted1 the process will not be a   
completely healthy one4  ,in the matter 

of how much to eat1 you will also see   
that there could be no other guide so   
natural1 so safe1 and so reliable as the
 one ,i have prescribed--to stop eating 
on the instant you feel that your hunger
 begins to abate4 ,the sub-conscious    
mind may be trusted with implicit       
reliance to inform us when food is      
needed2 and it may be trusted as        
implicitly to inform us when the need   
has been supplied4 ,if ,,all food is    
eaten for hunger1 and ,,no food is taken
 merely to gratify taste1 you will never
 eat too much2 and if you eat whenever  
you have an ,,earned hunger1 you will   
always eat enough4 ,by reading carefully
 the summing up in the following        
chapter1 you will see that the          
requirements for eating in a perfectly  
healthy way are really very few and     
simple4  ,the matter of drinking in a   
natural way may be dismissed here with a
 very few words4 ,if you wish to be     
exactly and rigidly scientific1 drink   
nothing but water2 drink only when you  

are thirsty2 drink whenever you are     
thirsty1 and stop as soon as you feel   
that your thirst begins to abate4 ,but  
if you are living rightly in regard to  
eating1 it will not be necessary to     
practice asceticism or great self-denial
 in the matter of drinking4 ,you can    
take an occasional cup of weak coffee   
without harm2 you can1 to a reasonable  
extent1 follow the customs of those     
around you4 ,do not get the soda        
fountain habit2 do not drink merely to  
tickle your palate with sweet liquids2  
be sure that you take a drink of water  
whenever you feel thirst4 ,never be too 
lazy1 too indifferent1 or too busy to   
get a drink of water when you feel the  
least thirst2 if you obey this rule1 you
 will have little inclination to take   
strange and unnatural drinks4 ,drink    
only to satisfy thirst2 drink whenever  
you feel thirst2 and stop drinking as   
soon as you feel thirst abating4 ,that  
is the perfectly healthy way to supply  
the body with the necessary fluid       

material for its internal processes4    
,,chapter ,,xiii4  ,,in ,a ,,nutshell4  
,there is a ,cosmic ,life which         
permeates1 penetrates1 and fills the    
interspaces of the universe1 being in   
and through all things4 ,this ,life is  
not merely a vibration1 or form of      
energy2 it is a ,living ,substance4 ,all
 things are made from it2 it is ,all1   
and in all4  ,this ,substance thinks1   
and it assumes the form of that which it
 thinks about4 ,the thought of a form1  
in this substance1 creates the form2 the
 thought of a motion institutes the     
motion4 ,the visible universe1 with all 
its forms and motions1 exists because it
 is in the thought of ,original         
,substance4  ,man is a form of ,original
 ,substance1 and can think original     
thoughts2 and within himself1 man's     
thoughts have controlling or formative  
power4 ,the thought of a condition      
produces that condition2 the thought of 
a motion institutes that motion4 ,so    
long as man thinks of the conditions and

 motions of disease1 so long will the   
conditions and motions of disease exist 
within him4 ,if man will think only of  
perfect health1 the ,principle of       
,health within him will maintain normal 
conditions4  ,to be well1 man must form 
a conception of perfect health1 and hold
 thoughts harmonious with that          
conception as regards himself and all   
things4 ,he must think only of healthy  
conditions and functioning2 he must not 
permit a thought of unhealthy or        
abnormal conditions or functioning to   
find lodgment in his mind at any time4  
,in order to think only of healthy      
conditions and functioning1 man must    
perform the voluntary acts of life in a 
perfectly healthy way4 ,he cannot think 
perfect health so long as he knows that 
he is living in a wrong or unhealthy    
way2 or even so long as he has doubts as
 to whether or not he is living in a    
healthy way4 ,man cannot think thoughts 
of perfect health while his voluntary   
functions are performed in the manner of

 one who is sick4 ,the voluntary        
functions of life are eating1 drinking1 
breathing1 and sleeping4 ,when man      
thinks only of healthy conditions and   
functioning1 and performs these         
externals in a perfectly healthy manner1
 he must have perfect health4  ,in      
eating1 man must learn to be guided by  
his hunger4 ,he must distinguish between
 hunger and appetite1 and between hunger
 and the cravings of habit2 he must     
,,never eat unless he feels an ,,earned 
,,hunger4 ,he must learn that genuine   
hunger is never present after natural   
sleep1 and that the demand for an early 
morning meal is purely a matter of habit
 and appetite2 and he must not begin his
 day by eating in violation of natural  
law4 ,he must wait until he has an      
,earned ,hunger1 which1 in most cases1  
will make his first meal come at about  
the noon hour4 ,no matter what his      
condition1 vocation1 or circumstances1  
he must make it his rule not to eat     
until he has an ,,earned ,,hunger2 and  

he may remember that it is far better to
 fast for several hours after he has    
become hungry than to eat before he     
begins to feel hunger4 ,it will not hurt
 you to go hungry for a few hours1 even 
though you are working hard2 but it will
 hurt you to fill your stomach when you 
are not hungry1 whether you are working 
or not4 ,if you never eat until you have
 an ,earned ,hunger1 you may be certain 
that in so far as the time of eating is 
concerned1 you are proceeding in a      
perfectly healthy way4 ,this is a       
self-evident proposition4  ,as to what  
he shall eat1 man must be guided by that
 ,intelligence which has arranged that  
the people of any given portion of the  
earth's surface must live on the staple 
products of the zone which they inhabit4
 ,have faith in ,god1 and ignore food   
science of every kind4 ,do not pay the  
slightest attention to the controversies
 as to the relative merits of cooked and
 raw foods2 of vegetables and meats2 or 
as to your need for carbohydrates and   

proteins4 ,eat only when you have an    
earned hunger1 and then take the common 
foods of the masses of the people in the
 zone in which you live1 and have       
perfect confidence that the results will
 be good4 ,they will be4 ,do not seek   
for luxuries1 or for things imported or 
fixed up to tempt the taste2 stick to   
the plain solids2 and when these do not 
taste good1 fast until they do4 ,do not 
seek for light foods2 for easily        
digestible1 or healthy foods2 eat what  
the farmers and workingmen eat4 ,then   
you will be functioning in a perfectly  
healthy manner1 so far as what to eat is
 concerned4 ,i repeat1 if you have no   
hunger or taste for the plain foods1 do 
not eat at all2 wait until hunger comes4
 ,go without eating until the plainest  
food tastes good to you2 and then begin 
your meal with what you like best4  ,in 
deciding how to eat1 man must be guided 
by reason4 ,we can see that the abnormal
 states of hurry and worry produced by  
wrong thinking about business and       

similar things have led us to form the  
habit of eating too fast1 and chewing   
too little4 ,reason tells us that food  
should be chewed1 and that the more     
thoroughly it is chewed the better it is
 prepared for the chemistry of          
digestion4 ,furthermore1 we can see that
 the man who eats slowly and chews his  
food to a liquid1 keeping his mind on   
the process and giving it his undivided 
attention1 will enjoy more of the       
pleasure of taste than he who bolts his 
food with his mind on something else4   
,to eat in a perfectly healthy manner1  
man must concentrate his attention on   
the act1 with cheerful enjoyment and    
confidence2 he must taste his food1 and 
he must reduce each mouthful to a liquid
 before swallowing it4 ,the foregoing   
instructions1 if followed1 make the     
function of eating completely perfect2  
nothing can be added as to what1 when1  
and how4  ,in the matter of how much to 
eat1 man must be guided by the same     
inward intelligence1 or ,principle of   

,health1 which tells him when food is   
wanted4 ,he must stop eating in the     
moment that he feels hunger abating2 he 
must not eat beyond this point to       
gratify taste4 ,if he ceases to eat in  
the instant that the inward demand for  
food ceases1 he will never overeat2 and 
the function of supplying the body with 
food will be performed in a perfectly   
healthy manner4  ,the matter of eating  
naturally is a very simple one2 there is
 nothing in all the foregoing that      
cannot be easily practiced by any one4  
,this method1 put in practice1 will     
infallibly result in perfect digestion  
and assimilation2 and all anxiety and   
careful thought concerning the matter   
can at once be dropped from the mind4   
,whenever you have an earned hunger1 eat
 with thankfulness what is set before   
you1 chewing each mouthful to a liquid1 
and stopping when you feel the edge     
taken from your hunger4  ,the importance
 of the mental attitude is sufficient to
 justify an additional word4 ,while you 

are eating1 as at all other times1 think
 only of healthy conditions and normal  
functioning4 ,enjoy what you eat2 if you
 carry on a conversation at the table1  
talk of the goodness of the food1 and of
 the pleasure it is giving you4 ,never  
mention that you dislike this or that2  
speak only of those things which you    
like4 ,never discuss the wholesomeness  
or unwholesomeness of foods2 never      
mention or think of unwholesomeness at  
all4 ,if there is anything on the table 
for which you do not care1 pass it by in
 silence1 or with a word of             
commendation2 never criticise or object 
to anything4 ,eat your food with        
gladness and with singleness of heart1  
praising ,god and giving thanks4 ,let   
your watchword be perseverance2 whenever
 you fall into the old way of hasty     
eating1 or of wrong thought and speech1 
bring yourself up short and begin again4
  ,it is of the most vital importance to
 you that you should be a               
self-controlling and self-directing     

person2 and you can never hope to become
 so unless you can master yourself in so
 simple and fundamental a matter as the 
manner and method of your eating4 ,if   
you cannot control yourself in this1 you
 cannot control yourself in anything    
that will be worth while4 ,on the other 
hand1 if you carry out the foregoing    
instructions1 you may rest in the       
assurance that in so far as right       
thinking and right eating are concerned 
you are living in a perfectly scientific
 way2 and you may also be assured that  
if you practice what is prescribed in   
the following chapters you will quickly 
build your body into a condition of     
perfect health4     ,,chapter ,,xiv4    
,,breathing4   ,the function of         
breathing is a vital one1 and it        
immediately concerns the continuance of 
life4 ,we can live many hours without   
sleeping1 and many days without eating  
or drinking1 but only a few minutes     
without breathing4 ,the act of breathing
 is involuntary1 but the manner of it1  

and the provision of the proper         
conditions for its healthy performance1 
falls within the scope of volition4 ,man
 will continue to breathe involuntarily1
 but he can voluntarily determine what  
he shall breathe1 and how deeply and    
thoroughly he shall breathe2 and he can1
 of his own volition1 keep the physical 
mechanism in condition for the perfect  
performance of the function4  ,it is    
essential1 if you wish to breathe in a  
perfectly healthy way1 that the physical
 machinery used in the act should be    
kept in good condition4 ,you must keep  
your spine moderately straight1 and the 
muscles of your chest must be flexible  
and free in action4 ,you cannot breathe 
in the right way if your shoulders are  
greatly stooped forward and your chest  
hollow and rigid4 ,sitting or standing  
at work in a slightly stooping position 
tends to produce hollow chest2 so does  
lifting heavy weights--or light weights4
  ,the tendency of work1 of almost all  
kinds1 is to pull the shoulders forward1

 curve the spine1 and flatten the chest2
 and if the chest is greatly flattened1 
full and deep breathing becomes         
impossible1 and perfect health is out of
 the question4  ,various gymnastic      
exercises have been devised to          
counteract the effect of stooping while 
at work2 such as hanging by the hands   
from a swing or trapeze bar1 or sitting 
on a chair with the feet under some     
heavy article of furniture and bending  
backward until the head touches the     
floor1 and so on4 ,all these are good   
enough in their way1 but very few people
 will follow them long enough and       
regularly enough to accomplish any real 
gain in physique4 ,the taking of health 
exercises of any kind is burdensome and 
unnecessary2 there is a more natural1   
simpler1 and much better way4  ,this    
better way is to keep yourself straight1
 and to breathe deeply4 ,let your mental
 conception of yourself be that you are 
a perfectly straight person1 and        
whenever the matter comes to your mind1 

be sure that you instantly expand your  
chest1 throw back your shoulders1 and   
straighten up4 ,whenever you do this1   
slowly draw in your breath until you    
fill your lungs to their utmost         
capacity2 crowd in all the air you      
possibly can2 and while holding it for  
an instant in the lungs1 throw your     
shoulders still further back1 and       
stretch your chest2 at the same time try
 to pull your spine forward between the 
shoulders4 ,then let the air go easily4 
,this is the one great exercise for     
keeping the chest full1 flexible1 and in
 good condition4 ,straighten up2 fill   
your lungs ,,full2 stretch your chest   
and straighten your spine1 and exhale   
easily4 ,and this exercise you must     
repeat1 in season and out of season1 at 
all times and in all places1 until you  
form a habit of doing it2 you can easily
 do so4 ,whenever you step out of doors 
into the fresh1 pure air1 ,,breathe4    
,when you are at work1 and think of     
yourself and your position1 ,,breathe4  

,when you are in company1 and are       
reminded of the matter1 ,,breathe4 ,when
 you are awake in the night1 ,,breathe4 
,no matter where you are or what you are
 doing1 whenever the idea comes to your 
mind1 straighten up and ,,breathe4 ,if  
you walk to and from your work1 take the
 exercise all the way2 it will soon     
become a delight to you2 you will keep  
it up1 not for the sake of health1 but  
as a matter of pleasure4  ,do not       
consider this a health exercise2 never  
take health exercises1 or do gymnastics 
to make you well4 ,to do so is to       
recognize sickness as a present fact or 
as a possibility1 which is precisely    
what you must not do4 ,the people who   
are always taking exercises for their   
health are always thinking about being  
sick4 ,it ought to be a matter of pride 
with you to keep your spine straight and
 strong2 as much so as it is to keep    
your face clean4 ,keep your spine       
straight1 and your chest full and       
flexible for the same reason that you   

keep your hands clean and your nails    
manicured2 because it is slovenly to do 
otherwise4 ,do it without a thought of  
sickness1 present or possible4 ,you must
 either be crooked and unsightly1 or you
 must be straight2 and if you are       
straight your breathing will take care  
of itself4 ,you will find the matter of 
health exercises referred to again in a 
future chapter4  ,it is essential1      
however1 that you should breathe ,,air4 
,it appears to be the intention of      
nature that the lungs should receive air
 containing its regular percentage of   
oxygen1 and not greatly contaminated by 
other gases1 or by filth of any kind4   
,do not allow yourself to think that you
 are compelled to live or work where the
 air is not fit to breathe4 ,if your    
house cannot be properly ventilated1    
move2 and if you are employed where the 
air is bad1 get another job2 you can1 by
 practicing the methods given in the    
preceding volume of this series--,,the  
,,science ,,of ,,getting ,,rich4 ,if no 

one would consent to work in bad air1   
employers would speedily see to it that 
all work rooms were properly ventilated4
 ,the worst air is that from which the  
oxygen has been exhausted by breathing2 
as that of churches and theaters where  
crowds of people congregate1 and the    
outlet and supply of air are poor4 ,next
 to this is air containing other gases  
than oxygen and hydrogen--sewer gas1 and
 the effluvium from decaying things4    
,air that is heavily charged with dust  
or particles of organic matter may be   
endured better than any of these4 ,small
 particles of organic matter other than 
food are generally thrown off from the  
lungs2 but gases go into the blood4  ,i 
speak advisedly when ,i say other than  
food4 ,air is largely a food4 ,it is the
 most thoroughly alive thing we take    
into the body4 ,every breath carries in 
millions of microbes1 many of which are 
assimilated4 ,the odors from earth1     
grass1 tree1 flower1 plant1 and from    
cooking foods are foods in themselves2  

they are minute particles of the        
substances from which they come1 and are
 often so attenuated that they pass     
directly from the lungs into the blood1 
and are assimilated without digestion4  
,and the atmosphere is permeated with   
the ,one ,original ,substance1 which is 
life itself4 ,consciously recognize this
 whenever you think of your breathing1  
and think that you are breathing in     
life2 you really are1 and conscious     
recognition helps the process4 ,see to  
it that you do not breathe air          
containing poisonous gases1 and that you
 do not rebreathe the air which has been
 used by yourself or others4  ,that is  
all there is to the matter of breathing 
correctly4 ,keep your spine straight and
 your chest flexible1 and breathe pure  
air1 recognizing with thankfulness the  
fact that you breathe in the ,eternal   
,life4 ,that is not difficult2 and      
beyond these things give little thought 
to your breathing except to thank ,god  
that you have learned how to do it      

perfectly4     ,,chapter ,,xv4  ,,sleep4
   ,vital power is renewed in sleep4    
,every living thing sleeps2 men1        
animals1 reptiles1 fish1 and insects    
sleep1 and even plants have regular     
periods of slumber4 ,and this is because
 it is in sleep that we come into such  
contact with the ,principle of ,life in 
nature that our own lives may be        
renewed4 ,it is in sleep that the brain 
of man is recharged with vital energy1  
and the ,principle of ,health within him
 is given new strength4 ,it is of the   
first importance1 then1 that we should  
sleep in a natural1 normal1 and         
perfectly healthy manner4  ,studying    
sleep1 we note that the breathing is    
much deeper1 and more forcible and      
rhythmic than in the waking state4 ,much
 more air is inspired when asleep than  
when awake1 and this tells us that the  
,principle of ,health requires large    
quantities of some element in the       
atmosphere for the process of renewal4  
,if you would surround sleep with       

natural conditions1 then1 the first step
 is to see that you have an unlimited   
supply of fresh and pure air to breathe4
 ,physicians have found that sleeping in
 the pure air of out-of-doors is very   
efficacious in the treatment of         
pulmonary troubles2 and1 taken in       
connection with the ,way of ,living and 
,thinking prescribed in this book1 you  
will find that it is just as efficacious
 in curing every other sort of trouble4 
,do not take any half-way measures in   
this matter of securing pure air while  
you sleep4 ,ventilate your bedroom      
thoroughly2 so thoroughly that it will  
be practically the same as sleeping out 
of doors4 ,have a door or window open   
wide2 have one open on each side of the 
room1 if possible4 ,if you cannot have a
 good draught of air across the room1   
pull the head of your bed close to the  
open window1 so that the air from       
without may come fully into your face4  
,no matter how cold or unpleasant the   
weather1 have a window open1 and open   

wide2 and try to get a circulation of   
pure air through the room4 ,pile on the 
bedclothes1 if necessary1 to keep you   
warm2 but have an unlimited supply of   
fresh air from out of doors4 ,this is   
the first great requisite for healthy   
sleep4  ,the brain and nerve centers    
cannot be thoroughly vitalized if you   
sleep in dead or stagnant air2 you must 
have the living atmosphere1 vital with  
nature's ,principle of ,life4 ,i repeat1
 do not make any compromise in this     
matter2 ventilate your sleeping room    
completely1 and see that there is a     
circulation of outdoor air through it   
while you sleep4 ,you are not sleeping  
in a perfectly healthy way if you shut  
the doors and windows of your sleeping  
room1 whether in winter or summer4 ,have
 fresh air4 ,if you are where there is  
no fresh air1 move4 ,if your bedroom    
cannot be ventilated1 get into another  
house4  ,next in importance is the      
mental attitude in which you go to      
sleep4 ,it is well to sleep             

intelligently1 purposefully1 knowing    
what you do it for4 ,lie down thinking  
that sleep is an infallible vitalizer1  
and go to sleep with a confident faith  
that your strength is to be renewed2    
that you will awake full of vitality and
 health4 ,put purpose into your sleep as
 you do into your eating2 give the      
matter your attention for a few minutes1
 as you go to rest4 ,do not seek your   
couch with a discouraged or depressed   
feeling2 go there joyously1 to be made  
whole4 ,do not forget the exercise of   
gratitude in going to sleep2 before you 
close your eyes1 give thanks to ,god for
 having shown you the way to perfect    
health1 and go to sleep with this       
grateful thought uppermost in your mind4
 ,a bedtime prayer of thanksgiving is a 
mighty good thing2 it puts the          
,principle of ,health within you into   
communication with its source1 from     
which it is to receive new power while  
you are in the silence of               
unconsciousness4  ,you may see that the 

requirements for perfectly healthy sleep
 are not difficult4 ,first1 to see that 
you breathe pure air from out of doors  
while you sleep2 and1 second1 to put the
 ,within into touch with the ,living    
,substance by a few minutes of grateful 
meditation as you go to bed4 ,observe   
these requirements1 go to sleep in a    
thankful and confident frame of mind1   
and all will be well4 ,if you have      
insomnia1 do not let it worry you4      
,while you lie awake1 form your         
conception of health2 meditate with     
thankfulness on the abundant life which 
is yours1 breathe1 and feel perfectly   
confident that you will sleep in due    
time2 and you will4 ,insomnia1 like     
every other ailment1 must give way      
before the ,principle of ,health aroused
 to full constructive activity by the   
course of thought and action herein     
described4  ,the reader will now        
comprehend that it is not at all        
burdensome or disagreeable to perform   
the voluntary functions of life in a    

perfectly healthy way4 ,the perfectly   
healthy way is the easiest1 simplest1   
most natural1 and most pleasant way4    
,the cultivation of health is not a work
 of art1 difficulty1 or strenuous labor4
 ,you have only to lay aside artificial 
observances of every kind1 and eat1     
drink1 breathe1 and sleep in the most   
natural and delightful way2 and if you  
do this1 thinking health and only       
health1 you will certainly be well4     
,,chapter ,,xvi4  ,,supplementary       
,,instructions4   ,in forming a         
conception of health1 it is necessary to
 think of the manner in which you would 
live and work if you were perfectly well
 and very strong2 to imagine yourself   
doing things in the way of a perfectly  
well and very strong person1 until you  
have a fairly good conception of what   
you would be if you were well4 ,then    
take a mental and physical attitude in  
harmony with this conception2 and do not
 depart from this attitude4 ,you must   
unify yourself in thought with the thing

 you desire2 and whatever state or      
condition you unify with yourself in    
thought will soon become unified with   
you in body4 ,the scientific way is to  
sever relations with everything you do  
not want1 and to enter into relations   
with everything you do want4 ,form a    
conception of perfect health1 and relate
 yourself to this conception in word1   
act1 and attitude4  ,guard your speech2 
make every word harmonize with the      
conception of perfect health4 ,never    
complain2 never say things like these3  
,i did not sleep well last night2 ,i    
have a pain in my side2 ,i do not feel  
at all well to-day1 and so on4 ,say ,i  
am looking forward to a good night's    
sleep to-night2 ,i can see that ,i      
progress rapidly1 and things of similar 
meaning4 ,in so far as everything which 
is connected with disease is concerned1 
your way is to forget it2 and in so far 
as everything which is connected with   
health is concerned1 your way is to     
unify yourself with it in thought and   

speech4  ,this is the whole thing in a  
nutshell3 make yourself one with ,health
 in thought1 word1 and action2 and do   
not connect yourself with sickness      
either by thought1 word1 or action4  ,do
 not read ,doctor ,books or medical     
literature1 or the literature of those  
whose theories conflict with those      
herein set forth2 to do so will         
certainly undermine your faith in the   
,way of ,living upon which you have     
entered1 and cause you to again come    
into mental relations with disease4     
,this book really gives you all that is 
required2 nothing essential has been    
omitted1 and practically all the        
superfluous has been eliminated4 ,the   
,science of ,being ,well is an exact    
science1 like arithmetic2 nothing can be
 added to the fundamental principles1   
and if anything be taken from them1 a   
failure will result4 ,if you follow     
strictly the way of living prescribed in
 this book1 you will be well2 and you   
certainly ,,can follow this way1 both in

 thought and action4  ,relate not only  
yourself1 but so far as possible all    
others1 in your thoughts1 to perfect    
health4 ,do not sympathize with people  
when they complain1 or even when they   
are sick and suffering4 ,turn their     
thoughts into a constructive channel if 
you can2 do all you can for their       
relief1 but do it with the health       
thought in your mind4 ,do not let people
 tell their woes and catalogue their    
symptoms to you2 turn the conversation  
to some other subject1 or excuse        
yourself and go4 ,better be considered  
an unfeeling person than to have the    
disease thought forced upon you4 ,when  
you are in company of people whose      
conversational stock-in-trade is        
sickness and kindred matters1 ignore    
what they say and fall to offering a    
mental prayer of gratitude for your     
perfect health2 and if that does not    
enable you to shut out their thoughts1  
say good-by and leave them4 ,no matter  
what they think or say2 politeness does 

not require you to permit yourself to be
 poisoned by diseased or perverted      
thought4 ,when we have a few more       
hundreds of thousands of enlightened    
thinkers who will not stay where people 
complain and talk sickness1 the world   
will advance rapidly toward health4     
,when you let people talk to you of     
sickness1 you assist them to increase   
and multiply sickness4  ,what shall ,i  
do when ,i am in pain8 ,can one be in   
actual physical suffering and still     
think only thoughts of health8  ,yes4   
,do not resist pain2 recognize that it  
is a good thing4 ,pain is caused by an  
effort of the ,principle of ,health to  
overcome some unnatural condition2 this 
you must know and feel4 ,when you have a
 pain1 think that a process of healing  
is going on in the affected part1 and   
mentally assist and co-operate with it4 
,put yourself in full mental harmony    
with the power which is causing the     
pain2 assist it2 help it along4 ,do not 
hesitate1 when necessary1 to use hot    

fomentations and similar means to       
further the good work which is going on4
 ,if the pain is severe1 lie down and   
give your mind to the work of quietly   
and easily co-operating with the force  
which is at work for your good4 ,this is
 the time to exercise gratitude and     
faith2 be thankful for the power of     
health which is causing the pain1 and be
 certain that the pain will cease as    
soon as the good work is done4 ,fix your
 thoughts1 with confidence1 on the      
,principle of ,health which is making   
such conditions within you that pain    
will soon be unnecessary4 ,you will be  
surprised to find how easily you can    
conquer pain2 and after you have lived  
for a time in this ,scientific ,way1    
pains and aches will be things unknown  
to you4  ,what shall ,i do when ,i am   
too weak for my work8 ,shall ,i drive   
myself beyond my strength1 trusting in  
,god to support me8 ,shall ,i go on1    
like the runner1 expecting a second     
wind8  ,no2 better not4 ,when you begin 

to live in this ,way1 you will probably 
not be of normal strength2 and you will 
gradually pass from a low physical      
condition to a higher one4 ,if you      
relate yourself mentally with health and
 strength1 and perform the voluntary    
functions of life in a perfectly healthy
 manner1 your strength will increase    
from day to day2 but for a time you may 
have days when your strength is         
insufficient for the work you would like
 to do4 ,at such times rest1 and        
exercise gratitude4 ,recognize the fact 
that your strength is growing rapidly1  
and feel a deep thankfulness to the     
,living ,one from whom it comes4 ,spend 
an hour of weakness in thanksgiving and 
rest1 with full faith that great        
strength is at hand2 and then get up and
 go on again4 ,while you rest do not    
think of your present weakness2 think of
 the strength that is coming4  ,never1  
at any time1 allow yourself to think    
that you are giving way to weakness2    
when you rest1 as when you go to sleep1 

fix your mind on the ,principle of      
,health which is building you into      
complete strength4  ,what shall ,i do   
about that great bugaboo which scares   
millions of people to death every       
year--,constipation8  ,do nothing4 ,read
 ,horace ,fletcher on ,the ,a ,b ,z or  
,our ,own ,nutrition1 and get the full  
force of his explanation of the fact    
that when you live on this scientific   
plan you need not1 and indeed cannot1   
have an evacuation of the bowels every  
day2 and that an operation in from once 
in three days to once in two weeks is   
quite sufficient for perfect health4    
,the gross feeders who eat from three to
 ten times as much as can be utilized in
 their systems have a great amount of   
waste to eliminate2 but if you live in  
the manner we have described it will be 
otherwise with you4  ,if you eat only   
when you have an ,,earned ,,hunger1 and 
chew every mouthful to a liquid1 and if 
you stop eating the instant you ,,begin 
to be conscious of an abatement of your 

hunger1 you will so perfectly prepare   
your food for digestion and assimilation
 that practically all of it will be     
taken up by the absorbents2 and there   
will be little--almost                  
nothing--remaining in the bowels to be  
excreted4 ,if you are able to entirely  
banish from your memory all that you    
have read in doctor books and patent    
medicine advertisements concerning      
constipation1 you need give the matter  
no further thought at all4 ,the         
,principle of ,health will take care of 
it4  ,but if your mind has been filled  
with fear-thought in regard to          
constipation1 it may be well in the     
beginning for you to occasionally flush 
the colon with warm water4 ,there is not
 the least need of doing it1 except to  
make the process of your mental         
emancipation from fear a little easier2 
it may be worth while for that4 ,and as 
soon as you see that you are making good
 progress1 and that you have cut down   
your quantity of food1 and are really   

eating in the ,scientific ,way1 dismiss 
constipation from your mind forever2 you
 have nothing more to do with it4 ,put  
your trust in that ,principle within you
 which has the power to give you perfect
 health2 relate ,it by your reverent    
gratitude to the ,principle of ,life    
which is ,all ,power1 and go on your way
 rejoicing4  ,what about exercise8      
,every one is the better for a little   
all-round use of the muscles every day2 
and the best way to get this is to do it
 by engaging in some form of play or    
amusement4 ,get your exercise in the    
natural way2 as recreation1 not as a    
forced stunt for health's sake alone4   
,ride a horse or a bicycle2 play tennis 
or tenpins1 or toss a ball4 ,have some  
avocation like gardening in which you   
can spend an hour every day with        
pleasure and profit2 there are a        
thousand ways in which you can get      
exercise enough to keep your body supple
 and your circulation good1 and yet not 
fall into the rut of exercising for your

 health4 ,exercise for fun or profit2   
exercise because you are too healthy to 
sit still1 and not because you wish to  
become healthy1 or to remain so4  ,are  
long continued fasts necessary8         
,seldom1 if ever4 ,the ,principle of    
,health does not often require twenty1  
thirty1 or forty days to get ready for  
action2 under normal conditions1 hunger 
will come in much less time4 ,in most   
long fasts1 the reason hunger does not  
come sooner is because it has been      
inhibited by the patient himself4 ,he   
begins the fast with the ,,fear if not  
actually with the hope that it will be  
many days before hunger comes2 the      
literature he has read on the subject   
has prepared him to expect a long fast1 
and he is grimly determined to go to a  
finish1 let the time be as long as it   
will4 ,and the sub-conscious mind1 under
 the influence of powerful and positive 
suggestion1 suspends hunger4  ,when1 for
 any reason1 nature takes away your     
hunger1 go cheerfully on with your usual

 work1 and do not eat until she gives it
 back4 ,no matter if it is two1 three1  
ten days1 or longer2 you may be         
perfectly sure that when it is time for 
you to eat you will be hungry2 and if   
you are cheerfully confident and keep   
your faith in health1 you will suffer   
from no weakness or discomfort caused by
 abstinence4 ,when you are not hungry1  
you will feel stronger1 happier1 and    
more comfortable if you do not eat than 
you will if you do eat2 no matter how   
long the fast4 ,and if you live in the  
scientific way described in this book1  
you will never have to take long fasts2 
you will seldom miss a meal1 and you    
will enjoy your meals more than ever    
before in your life4 ,get an earned     
hunger before you eat2 and whenever you 
get an earned hunger1 eat4     ,,chapter
 ,,xvii4  ,a ,,summary ,,of ,,the       
,,science ,,of ,,being ,,well4   ,health
 is perfectly natural functioning1      
normal living4 ,there is a ,principle of
 ,life in the universe2 it is the       

,living ,substance1 from which all      
things are made4 ,this ,living          
,substance permeates1 penetrates1 and   
fills the interspaces of the universe4  
,in its invisible state it is in and    
through all forms2 and yet all forms are
 made of it4 ,to illustrate3 ,suppose   
that a very fine and highly diffusible  
aqueous vapor should permeate and       
penetrate a block of ice4 ,the ice is   
formed from living water1 and is living 
water in form2 while the vapor is also  
living water1 unformed1 permeating a    
form made from itself4 ,this            
illustration will explain how ,living   
,substance permeates all forms made from
 ,it2 all life comes from ,it2 it is all
 the life there is4  ,this ,universal   
,substance is a thinking substance1 and 
takes the form of its thought4 ,the     
thought of a form1 held by it1 creates  
the form2 and the thought of a motion   
causes the motion4 ,it cannot help      
thinking1 and so is forever creating2   
and it must move on toward fuller and   

more complete expression of itself4     
,this means toward more complete life   
and more perfect functioning2 and that  
means toward perfect health4  ,the power
 of the living substance must always be 
exerted toward perfect health2 it is a  
force in all things making for perfect  
functioning4  ,all things are permeated 
by a power which makes for health4  ,man
 can relate himself to this power1 and  
ally himself with it2 he can also       
separate himself from it in his         
thoughts4  ,man is a form of this       
,living ,substance1 and has within him a
 ,principle of ,health4 ,this ,principle
 of ,health1 when in full constructive  
activity1 causes all the involuntary    
functions of man's body to be perfectly 
performed4  ,man is a thinking          
substance1 permeating a visible body1   
and the processes of his body are       
controlled by his thought4  ,when man   
thinks only thoughts of perfect health1 
the internal processes of his body will 
be those of perfect health4 ,man's first

 step toward perfect health must be to  
form a conception of himself as         
perfectly healthy1 and as doing all     
things in the way and manner of a       
perfectly healthy person4 ,having formed
 this conception1 he must relate himself
 to it in all his thoughts1 and sever   
all thought relations with disease and  
weakness4  ,if he does this1 and thinks 
his thoughts of health with positive    
,,faith1 man will cause the ,principle  
of ,health within him to become         
constructively active1 and to heal all  
his diseases4 ,he can receive additional
 power from the universal ,principle of 
,life by faith1 and he can acquire faith
 by looking to this ,principle of ,life 
with reverent gratitude for the health  
it gives him4 ,if man will consciously  
accept the health which is being        
continually given to him by the ,living 
,substance1 and if he will be duly      
grateful therefor1 he will develop      
faith4  ,man cannot think only thoughts 
of perfect health unless he performs the

 voluntary functions of life in a       
perfectly healthy manner4 ,these        
voluntary functions are eating1         
drinking1 breathing1 and sleeping4 ,if  
man thinks only thoughts of health1 has 
faith in health1 and eats1 drinks1      
breathes1 and sleeps in a perfectly     
healthy way1 he must have perfect       
health4  ,health is the result of       
thinking and acting in a ,certain ,way2 
and if a sick man begins to think and   
act in this ,way1 the ,principle of     
,health within him will come into       
constructive activity and heal all his  
diseases4 ,this ,principle of ,heath is 
the same in all1 and is related to the  
,life ,principle of the universe2 it is 
able to heal every disease1 and will    
come into activity whenever man thinks  
and acts in accordance with the ,science
 of ,being ,well4 ,therefore1 every man 
can attain to perfect health4         99
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