Suggestion

Laws of suggestion
The Four P's

1. All suggestions must be Positive. The subconscious mind can only understand positive suggestions. It needs to be told what to do, rather than what not to do. "Don't think of rainbows" is the same as "Think of rainbows." Negative suggestions not only don't work, they waste time.

2. All suggestion must be made in the Present. The subconscious mind only understands "now." Suggestions that are given for "tomorrow" or some unspecified future date will not become active. They will stay on hold until it is "tomorrow" or "later." The problem is that it is never "tomorrow", it is always "today". It is never "later", it is always "now". Suggestions for a specific future time can be given effectively if you imagine that it is that future time "now" as you give the suggestion.

3. The power of suggestion is increased by Practice. As the subconscious mind does not understand time, imagining something for one minute or less can be the same as imagining it for twenty minutes. It is much more powerful to imagine something twenty times for a minute each time than once for twenty minutes.

4. The power of suggestion is based on Passion. Emotion is the primary language of the subconscious mind. The words and pictures are the steering wheel, they set the direction, but emotion is the gas pedal. Emotion is the factor that determines how much power suggestions will have. The ultimate power of suggestion is determined by x number of repetitions given at Y emotional amplitude.