Ideal Suggestion Through Mental Photography

...a newcomer, especially if it is a disruptive one. History repeatedly records the declaration, "There is no room in the inn." Every new development, even in physical science, has had to travel a difficult path before reaching an established position. In the higher fields of religion, government, law original: "jurisprudence", ethics, and economics, every new advancement has started in a humble place original: "been cradled in a manger," a biblical reference to the birth of Jesus, signifying that great truths often begin in lowly or overlooked circumstances.. The authority and self-sufficiency of existing institutions never leave any space unclaimed. While the most striking examples of this rule are found further back in history, even in the relatively recent past, slavery was claimed to be not only right but supported by Divine and biblical authority—and this was the case in the North as well as the South.

It would be illogical to expect any exception to this rule in the acceptance of such a radical advancement as mental healing—or, more accurately, the recognition of the law of mental causation The principle that thoughts and mental states are the primary causes of physical health and conditions in the body.. It is viewed as an intruder. If accepted, its philosophy will require a re-examination of systems that are honored for their ancient origins original: "hoary antiquity" and high social standing. Institutions that have exercised unquestioned authority, that are fortified behind barriers of intellectual scholasticism A traditional method of learning that relies heavily on established authorities and rigid doctrines., and that possess social and financial power, instinctively feel that their inability to be wrong original: "infallibility" is being challenged. Stacks of heavy, dusty books original: "tomes" thus become nothing more than relics of past speculation.