article · Issue No. 8, August 1953 · p. 28

This Method... Is Faster Than Sleeping Drugs...!

هذه الطريقة ... اسرع من عقاقير التنويم...!

Now you can cast aside those pills that affect your general health, and take up a new and useful remedy!...

Man kills himself with the many drugs and remedies he uses to help him sleep, not knowing that they are a poison hastening the ruin of his life. The remedy here, however, is no more than an exercise easy to follow, without your expending any effort, or using special instructions or willpower. There is no doubt that this novel remedy will enable you to rest at ease, lying down wherever you may be and whatever your condition, for the rest of your life; and then a new feeling will come over you such as you never tasted before.

Lie down on your bed, relaxed; stretch your arms out at your sides, and your legs likewise; then close your eyes completely while performing the exercise. Here you must memorize a few phrases to repeat to yourself.

1 - Think of your left arm, saying: "I feel a heaviness in this arm of mine and a strong torpor, so that I can scarcely feel it from the top of the shoulder to the fingertips. My arm is very heavy; I cannot lift it however I try."

2 - Now shift your thought to your right arm, then repeat this phrase: "My right arm is heavy; I can scarcely feel its existence..."

3 - While you are thinking of your right arm, raise the left arm quickly: you will find that you are unable to do so, for it is so at rest that it seems completely detached from the muscles of the shoulder.

Now pass on to the next step of the exercise:

1 - Think of your left leg and confine your thought to it, then repeat this saying: "My leg grows so heavy that I can scarcely feel it to be a part of my being, from the top of the hip to the sole of the foot; I have no power to lift it at all."

2 - Now think quickly of your right leg, and confine your attention to it, repeating: "My right leg grows so heavy that I can scarcely feel its existence."

3 - While you are thinking of your right leg, try to lift the left leg: you will find that you are unable even to feel its existence.

Try repeating this exercise more than once, until you convince yourself, for the solution is purely psychological; and I am confident that you will fall asleep faster than you thought — a calm sleep like a child's slumber — and wake lively and cheerful, ready to begin your work in the best possible way.

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