Does this give you a glimpse of the mighty power you have under your control, where you can by such positive statements, uttered when knowing their truth, change conditions to what you want to manifest?

WE WILL now present another phase of the cause of children’s ailments that needs to be carefully considered by parents. From it you will see how definitely responsible you are for what your child suffers—whether you are aware of it or not.

First, we will restate the law, “It is what you think and hold in consciousness as being so that outmanifests.” This of course applies to all the things you think and believe (or hold in consciousness as being so) and which you find yourself often voicing, and includes all the negative and destructive things you say in the home to the children, to your husband or to your neighbors and friends. And how many of such are said without your realizing it; how many criticizing, condemnatory, irritable, catty, hateful things are said during the day, and how many bitter, resentful, envious or jealous feelings are carried around in the heart!

Think you these negative, destructive thought vibrations sent forth into the mental atmosphere of the home and neighborhood are harmless and have no effect upon anyone?

On the contrary, can you not realize that your consciousness is a part of the consciousness of your home, neighborhood and city, and that for every negative and destructive thought you send forth you are responsible and must pay, until you redeem it This means that you and yours must suffer until all are redeemed—for their consequences go on and on in the mental atmosphere, affecting and influencing all of a sensitive and negative nature who cannot or do not know how to protect themselves.

This is no fanciful picture we are showing you; but it is the actual cause of all the trouble, inharmony and sickness that appears in your home and community. For what you call epidemics, flu, and infantile diseases, such as measles, mumps, chicken-pox, whooping-cough, diphtheria, scarlet-fever, etc., are but the results of different kinds of negative and destructive forces sent forth by foolish minds who do not know what they are