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Intuitively he began to understand the physical connections between that kind of cold and sinus involvement, and his condition. (Gestures to include the whole body.) A cold is something that comes and goes, and is not permanent, and he is to see his other symptoms in that same light—not as he saw them earlier, as a permanent-like situation.

All, then, a lesson in the nature of beliefs as he applies them to his own body and behavior. A test case. “I will give myself this, and get rid of it, and then apply what I have learned to this other situation that has been bothering me.”

He was earlier afraid, you see, that his symptoms otherwise had become so real to others that they would continue to perceive them. In other words for a test case he produced a miniature symbolic situation physically materialized. Solving it is meant to give him the confidence that it can be done in this other area.

The cold for example is also bringing in particular an increased blood flow through the head and neck area, and also to the extremities. Certain stresses have been relieved physically. Bodily the cold creates a diversionary tactic—still a stress situation, but an impermanent one that changes momentarily the hormonal output.

It represents then alterations of beliefs toward a more beneficial condition. At one other time such a situation was set up. The cold’s duration was far briefer, through very intense, but his overall condition was better then.

Now before I leave you then for the night I will make a recommendation. The telephone situation as it occurred on two occasions lately brings up in both of you a beautiful case of beliefs, conflicting beliefs, on both of your parts. Whenever such charged situations happen they are always the result of beliefs not consciously examined. These have to do on both of your parts with ideas of spontaneity and communication. I refer to the Cec Lord event and the man calling the other evening.

It is not only that your joint ideas may conflict but that within yourselves you hold conflicting ideas regarding such situations. Such an exercise will also clear up other issues, and in areas that you do not suspect. Can I count on you both then to face the challenge, and do what I suggested?