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When you concentrate on a symptom you reinforce it. Ruburt should know this. I am not suggesting that you pretend the symptom does not exist, but that you quite deliberately give yourself constructive suggestion, and turn your attention immediately away quickly to other matters.

It will be highly advantageous now for him to renew projection attempts. His enthusiasm is returning as far as his work is concerned. This is automatically beneficial. Nightly suggestions should deal now with general health and vitality, and with pictures of anticipation for the following day’s activities.

Concentration should be upon his love of work, and enjoyment and simple pleasures. For now it is best that he not specifically give suggestions to any particular portion of the body, since he tends lately to concentrate upon that portion in a disadvantageous manner.

He felt guilty incidentally to some extent last weekend at leaving the house and putting off guests, as well he should, for his reasons were wrong.

I suggest that you change your environment and leave the apartment at times simply because there is such recognition of the symptoms within the apartment, and the change is beneficial. The breaking of habit patterns is beneficial, but this should involve a spontaneous, pleasant adventure.

Earlier suggestions given by me should be heeded. He should try and see himself walking winningly down the street. When you go dancing, it would help if he wore clothes that he has worn in the past when he danced well, you see. I did not recommend, I do not recommend, Ida’s clothing, for she has back difficulties, and these were known to you. (Ida is my brother Bill’s wife.)

Again do not ignore them, but do not let your comments act as a negative suggestion that already might reinforce those that he has inadvertently given himself. Comfort him when this is necessary, but the comforting should follow the lines of constructive suggestions: “You will feel better soon.”

Your attitude is also important, of course. It should not involve pity, for this reinforces the symptoms, but should involve a confident assurance, particularly when he is fearful—an encouragement on your part, of constructive activities, a comforting but not overindulgent attitude, you see.

The training in manipulation of consciousness of this kind is invaluable. There are at least three different kinds of projections that you should experience in the dream state, that will facilitate waking experiences. You should give yourself projection suggestions now as a matter of course before sleep.