What do you do before you go to sleep?

Dear Nischel
The power of auto suggestion was the brainchild of `Emile Coue`, a famous French Philosopher of 19th Century. He firmly believed that suggesting to oneself on waking up and before going to bed, slowly and repeatedly, that 'day by day , in every way , I am getting better and better, He used this as a tool of self improvement as well as in the treatment of several ailments too! His success rate was reported to be very high!
Using his so-called method ( which he called a trick) his patients of all sorts would get spectacular cures. In fact one English man, C. Harry Brooks who visited him would put the success rate as around 93%. The remaining 7% people would include those who were in the first place skeptical of Coue's trick and would not like to understand it and people who could not understand Coue's words possibly because of being mentally retarded.
The cures achieved by Coue's patients seemed to be unbelievable, but Coue always clearly explained to the visitors that he possessed no powers and the power lied within themselves.
As Coue puts it -- "Autosuggestion is a weapon that one must learn to use properly and effectively. It's like a double-edged sword which when learned properly to use , one can save one's life otherwise end up injuring or killing oneself.
His unique discovery was that will-power was the biggest obstacle in any cure. The cures were a result of using of imagination or positive autosuggestion to the exclusion of one's will-power.
Patients of all sorts would visit him. The list of malady included kidney problems, diabetes, memory loss, stammering, weakness, atrophy and all sorts of physical and mental illnesses.
Sri

 

Dear Chithra
My upanyasams are restricted to Mid Night Masalas! I will not stray into areas sanctified by you! (The fact is most of them go far over my thick head!):idontgetit:
Sri

 

Dear Rajmarun
If I were your eyes, I would beg you to let me close my tired lids! An extended day appears your cup of tea. I think you should have mercy upon yourself!
If books and music do not let you go to sleep, try reading Salman Rushdie or Saul Bellow!
Sri

 

Dear Nischel
Sorry I could not respond to your query as I was out of station for a couple of days on business.
Auto suggestion is a method by which you keep suggesting to yourself everyday whatever you desire to attain in life. The best time to arry out this exercise is immediately after waking up in the morning and before falling asleep at night. Those few minutes when you are still in bed in the morning and when sleep is about to possess you at night, you are in a semi conscious state when anything that you suggest to yourself gets imprinted in your subconscience. Action is triggered internally by your subconscience. This method is very effective in curing chronic ailments, negative features in our character etc. You can use it to look younger, stronger, whatever.
For example, if you suffer from chronic stomach pain, you can repeat to yourself, "Day by day, minute by minute, my stomach pain is getting better and better and soon it will vanish completely" This can be said in any language of your chouce.
Sri

 

Dear Anandchitra
I have no doubt that in giving anandham to each other, both of you are extremely generous! A happy couple is indeed a joy to behold!
Sri