The use of particular suggestions outlined in this chapter is of minor importanc

e compared with that of the

general formula Day by day, in every way, I'm getting better and better. The more de
eply Cou pursues
his investigations, the more fully he becomes convinced that all else is seconda
ry to this. It is not difficult to
make a guess as to why this should be. In the general formula the attention is f
ully absorbed by the idea of
betterment. The mind is directed away from all that hinders and impedes and fixe
d on a positive goal. In
formulating particular suggestions, however, we are always skating on the thin i
ce round our faults and
ailments, always touching on subjects which have the most painful associations.
So that our ideas have not the
same creative positiveness. However that may be, it is a matter of experience th
at the general formula is the
basis of the whole method, and