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If you think, “I have a headache,” and if you do not replace this suggestion by a positive one, then you are automatically suggesting that the body set up those conditions that will result in the continuation of the malady. You may take a break and we shall continue shortly. I will give you a commercial that is better than your Excedrin, you see. The short headache. We shall tell you how to have none at all.

For our guest: you should tell yourself frequently, “I will only react to constructive suggestions,” for this gives you some protection against your own negative thoughts and those of others. You can observe these laws in operation where you work and also, privately, when you are alone. A negative thought, if it is not erased, will almost certainly result in a negative situation, a momentary despondency, a headache, according to the original intensity of the thought.

Now: if you find yourself saying to yourself: “I have a headache,” you must immediately say “That is in the past. Now in this new moment, this new present, I am already feeling better.” Then immediately turn your attention away from your physical condition entirely. Concentrate upon something pleasant, or begin another task.

In this way you are no longer suggesting to the body that it reproduce headache conditions. The exercise may be repeated. This is basic, though the pendulum exercises, Joseph, are of great benefit particularly when added to this prescription.

[...] When you have a headache or a simple stomach upset, or if you have a chronic, annoying but not serious condition, such as trouble with your sinuses, or if you have hay fever — in those situations, remind yourself that your body does indeed have the capacity to heal itself.” [...]

[...] Instead of taking an aspirin for a headache, sit down, breathe quietly, and remind yourself that you are an integral part of the universe. [...] Such an exercise can often relieve a headache in no time. [...]

[...] When you have a headache or a simple stomach upset, or if you have a chronic, annoying but not serious condition, such as trouble with your sinuses, or if you have hay fever — in those situations, remind yourself that your body does indeed have the capacity to heal itself.

(To Sue after stating she had a headache.) You are simply upset over the implications of the probable selves and that caused the headache. [...]

[...] Then the headache can vanish. [...]

“If you think, ‘I have a headache,’ and if you do not replace this suggestion by a positive one, then you are automatically suggesting that the body set up those conditions that will result in the continuation of the malady. I will give you a commercial that is better than your Excedrin, you see, the short headache. [...]

With all her other troubles, Joan was frequently bothered by severe headaches. [...]

[...] A negative thought if not erased will almost certainly result in a negative condition: a momentary despondency, a headache, according to the intensity of the thought.

“Now, if you find yourself with a headache, say immediately, ‘That is in the past. [...]

(3:25.) What we are involved in mainly, however, are the characteristic periods of seeming amnesia, occurring usually involuntarily, often without any transition except perhaps for a headache.

[...] When a child is ill-disposed or cranky, or has a headache, or another disorder that does not appear to be serious, parents can utilize this idea: have the child imagine that you are giving it a “better and better pill.” [...]

While I want to emphasize that point, I also want to remind you that innately and ideally the body is quite equipped to heal itself, and certainly to cure its own momentary headache. [...]

[...] Speaking to her directly, Seth first mentioned the headache that had been plaguing her all day:

You are upset over the implication of probable selves, and that caused the headache. [...]

[...] Now, your headache can vanish. [...]

[...] It produced no aftereffects this evening, nor had it ever in earlier years beyond a very slight headache. Tonight I didn’t get the headache. [...]

Whenever you think that you have a headache simply because you have a headache; or you bump into a door simply because you bump into a door; or you have an accident simply because you happen to be in a particular place at a particular time; whenever you feel yourself powerless, then you think that accidents happen and that you have no control over them. [...]

Headache remedies are a case in point here. [...]

If you do not buy headache potions, your uncle or your neighbor may be out of business and not able to support his family, and therefore lack the means to buy your wares. [...]

[...] Mrs. Brian had a terrific headache while reading the article; suddenly she thought she felt Seth’s presence. [...]

[...] In that instant the headache vanished. [...]

[...] “When we danced one night I had a headache—do you remember?

[...] Our individual comes down with indigestion, or a headache. [...]

[...] Augustus One would first develop a splitting headache, and then this alien from outer space would arrive: the commanding male that Augustus One was not.

[...] The only aftereffect was a slight headache, as before, and this soon passed.

[...] At the same time, when he meditates and alters his consciousness, he immediately finds himself with a blinding headache, images of nude women, and fantasies of female goddesses out to tempt him from his celibate state.