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led you to the present point by degrees, do you not? The ‘‘direct command”’’ is really a high form of the ‘‘ direct flash,’’ and is the method whereby the latter may be used to the high- est degree of effectiveness. In the ‘‘direct command’’ you flash your command to the mind of the other person, mentally, of course, but in exactly the same way that you would make an actual com- mand by spoken words, if the conditions ad- mitted of the same.

You form the words of the command in your mind, carrying with it as strong a mental picture as you can create, and then mentally flash the command to the other person with as much magnetic force as you can muster. 156 Personal Magnetism You will find it an aid to effectiveness, in the case of a contemplated demand upon some particular person, for a certain thing, to practice it before the mirror, using your own image as a ‘‘target’’—just as you did in the exercise previously given you.

You will find that a rehearsal of this kind will tend to increase your power at the time of the actual manifestation or command. It is impossible to give you specific instruc- tion for the carrying out of this program in special cases, for each person will have his or her own special requirements, the same depending upon the special circumstances of the case.

All that I can do is to give you the general directions, and then trust that you will have sufficient ingenuity to apply these general rules to your own particular cases and requirements. The general rules I have already given you.

Perhaps I can illustrate the application of the same by citing a few cases which have actually come under my own observation and experience. One of the most interesting cases of the kind that I have ever met with, was that of a professor in one of the American universi- ties.

This man, a specialist in his particular The Direct Command 157 line of scientific research, and a thorough master of his own particular subject, com- manded a large audience of readers of his books and magazine articles, but, at the same time was almost a failure in his class work, owing to his inability to gain and hold the attention of his students.

He came to me, in Paris, and explained his trouble. I gave him my short course in mental influence, etc., and drilled him well along the lines laid down in this book. I made him practice before an imaginary roomful of students, sending them a strong direct command of ‘‘Give me your full attention!’’ ‘‘Steady, now, your atten- tion—your full and complete attention to my words!’’ and ‘‘That’s right, you are giving me your full attention—now hold it firmly fixed on me!’’ and a similar stock of direct commands.

These commands were directed first to the ‘‘bell-wethers”’ of the class—those natural leaders who are to be found in each class, and then scattered among the class at large. The professor told me that, after a number of these imaginary class-room scenes, he could actually see the class before him, each face being distinct and plain, and that he could almost see the flash of his command reaching them. 158 Personal Magnetism When I thought that he had mastered the general principles, and acquired the tech- nique, I dismissed him, and he returned at once to the university in America.

I received several letters from him during the following year, and he testified to the complete success of the plan when put into actual effect. From the first day of his return he obtained and held the attention of his class, and to-day he is one of the best personal instructors in his university, or elsewhere for that matter.

In this case he applied the direct command to special individuals of the class, but the prin- ciple was the same as in the case of a single special individual, and differed from the pos- itive aura method. Another case was that of a promoter, now of international reputation, who formerly was unable to ‘‘close’’? many of his plans, owing to a lack of something in his mental makeup, he thought.