How to Create Positive Auras.

How to Create Positive Auras. It will be well for you to practice the creation of special mental Atmospheres in order to establish the habit and thus render it easier to avail yourself of the same on special occasions. Opportunities of all kinds will present themselves to you in everyday life. The gist of the matter is to surround yourself with a Mental Aura of such a nature that people will act toward you as you wish them to do. A few examples may help you to get a clearer idea of what I mean, so I herewith give you the same. Personal Atmosphere An Interesting Example. I know a lady, living in Chicago, who was constantly complaining that people were “always running over her” on State Street (the crowded retail street of the great Western metropolis). She said that they were always crowding her off the sidewalk and pushing, bumping and jostling her in a most annoying manner. She asked me for instructions as to what thought she should use to prevent individuals from so acting. I answered that I did not think it was necessary to consider the separate individuals in the case, but that she should “treat” the crowd as a whole, by means of a protective Mental Atmosphere. I then advised her to build up a Mental Atmosphere around this Statement: “People respect my rights; they will not unduly impose on me in the street; I deny the Power of the Crowd to impose on me.” And she followed this advice, and in a short time had built up a Protective Mental Atmosphere which acted almost magically upon the crowd, who stepped aside and gave her a full right-of-way on the pavement. She would simply go on her way calmly, serenely and undisturbed, and the crowd let her alone. I must add that I think that the original trouble arose from a subconscious dislike to the crowds and an extreme shrinking from people, the result being that this dislike acted

almost as does Fear, and really attracted to her the interference of people. The new Mental Atmosphere dispelled the old one and gave her an additional Positivity besides. Fear As An Attracting Force. In this connection I would call your attention to that remarkable psychological fact that Fear acts as an attracting force, in a negative way. If you want a thing very much you attract it to you—and if you fear it very much you do likewise. This apparent contradiction has bothered many students of the subject, but it seems very plain to me. I think the explanation is that in both cases a vivid Mental Picture is held, and the attraction results along the line of Visualization, which always tends to Materialize the Mental Image. Do you see what I mean? Think over it a bit and you will see it plainly.