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THE NATURAL LAWS OF SELF-HEALING:Harnessing Your Inner Imaging Power

to Restore Health and Reach Spirit

IMAGING NOTEBOOK

Producer: Theresa Puskar

Workbook: Theresa Puskar, Camilla Rees


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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I want to give credit to those persons who have been inspirational in the development of mywork teaching Western spiritual traditions and mental imagery to patients with physical, mental,and emotional challenges. Primary amongst them is Mme. Colette Aboulker-Muscat of Jerusalem

whom I have known for 29 years, and who has been the unquestionable foundation point of mywork. A psychotherapist, mystic, and healer, she was known in WWII for using mental imageryto heal soldiers given up for lost, and later decorated by General Eisenhower as one of the 5Mothers Who Saved the World for her role in organizing the underground resistance againstthe Nazis. During a nine-year apprenticeship Mme. Aboulker-Muscat taught me the futility ofhelping patients with their daily life on the horizontal plane without first fostering a connectionwith the vertical, unseen reality for deep healing. This formative, lifelong relationship led me toembark on a different path both personally and professionally almost three decades ago.

In addition, Valentin Tomberg and Robert Rhondell Gibson have been two shining lightswho have illuminated much for me. Tombergs Meditations on the Tarot has been a constantsource of wisdom and inspiration, and Gibsons The Science of Man has long been a seminalsource for key understanding of the natural laws of self-healing.

I am also tremendously grateful to my studentsthe thousands of health professionals andothers who have trained over the years at the American Institute for Mental Imagery and theBlue Gate School of Wisdom for the public. My lifes work in teaching this ancient understand-ing of the human mind in its historical and spiritual context would not have come to fruitionwithout each of you. And I am grateful to my patients, in whom I have been honored to bearwitness to extraordinary healing and transformation, reinforcing daily for me the importance ofteaching this work to more people.

Finally, I want to thank Nightingale-Conant, and in particular Dan Strutzel and TheresaPuskar, for seeing the potential and timeliness of The Natural Laws of Self-Healing, and CamillaRees, my partner, agent, and gifted healer in her own right, for making The Natural Laws of Self-Healing happen.

Since my work in mental imagery with patients began in 1974 there has been an ever-increasing interest in this process amongst the general population. And it has become popular-ized in the sports world with many reports coming to us of famous athletes using this processto create peak performance, such as Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, Andre Agassi, and TedWilliams. For professionals wishing to pursue it further, a number of academic journals havesprung up, includingImagination, Personality and Cognition (Yale University),American Journalof Mental Imagery (Marquette University), andInternational Journal of Mental Imagery. Clientsand students at the American Institute for Mental Imagery span all fields todayfrom patientswith acute, chronic, and life-threatening illness; mental health professionals; actors; artists;lawyers and CEOs. Should you wish training in mental imagery, please contact me through theAmerican Institute of Mental Imagery in New York.

Enjoy The Natural Laws of Self-Healing: Harnessing Your Inner Imaging Power to RestoreHealth and Reach Spiritbut dont take my word for anything in it. Experiment and see if whatyou learn is true for you!

With best wishes,

3 THE NATURAL LAWS OF SELF-HEALING


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Welcome to The Natural Laws of Self-

Healing:Harnessing Your Inner Imaging

Power to Restore Health and Reach Spirit. This

notebook has been created to assist you in

your healing. By using your own power of

mind through mental imagery, the Laws of

Balance and the natural Laws of Self-Healing,

you are provided with all you will need for

comprehensive, self-directed self-healing in

the Western tradition from any physical, men-

tal or emotional disturbance.

With over 30 years of experience, Dr.

Gerald Epstein has helped many people trans-

form their lives with his unique gift as anexpert on Western spiritual traditions and

mental imagery. In practicing the techniques

that Dr. Epstein outlines in this program, you

can work with the stress in your life without

becoming distressed over it. You will learn

how to access images from your own internal

wisdom, not from those dictated by external

sources. You become your own authority as

you learn to shed yourself of the shoulds in

your life. Above all else, you will start to live

in the present, no longer experiencing the dis-

tresses and pain of a life dictated by the past

and the future. Working with imagery teaches

youexperientially how to be present.

Dr. Epstein provides you with several

examples of powerful imaging processes

throughout the program, but encourages you

to find imaging techniques that come to you

spontaneously from the invisible realm and

are specifically tailored to your individual

needs. This notebook has been created toassist you in creating and tracking your own

imaging processes.

As a reminder, the imaging process is most

effective when done three times per day: in

the morning when you awaken, at sunset, and

just before you go to bed. It should be done in

7- or 21-day cycles, after which you should

rest for seven days then, if necessary, repeat

this practice again. Make sure that you do the

practice sitting up, not lying down. And

remember, do not discuss the exercise with

others during the 7- or 21-day cycle ... make it

sacred for yourself.

It would be very beneficial to tape yourself

so that you can guide yourself through the

technique. You can use this notebook to write

out the imaging process so that you can then

record it for yourself and play it as required.

Dr. Epstein also suggests that you focus on

imaging one area of imbalance at a time.

Practicing more than one technique in tan-

dem will most likely confuse you and perhaps

weaken the effects that the process can have.

There is a list on page 10 to assist you in

keeping track of imagery exercises you would

like to do in the future.

In order to gain the full benefits that this

program has to offer you, we suggest that you

take time out to act upon the invaluableinsights and strategies that have been out-

lined for you. Ideally, you should listen to

each audio session at least twice, preferably

three times. Listening to the audio session

several times allows it to sink into your sub-

conscious mind as you make more and more

discoveries each time that you listen. Be sure

to keep a notebook nearby as you are listen-

ing to the program, and be prepared to stop

the program when you hear an idea or tech-

nique that you are particularly drawn to and

would like to work with. Feel free to go to any

specific areas of interest that you are particu-

larly drawn to. You are encouraged to follow

your heart and focus on the subjects that you

resonate with the most.

THE NATURAL LAWS OF SELF-HEALING 4

INTRODUCTION


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I. APPLICATIONS OF IMAGERY IN THE WESTERN TRADITION

Restoration of health from physical, mental, or emotionaldisturbance (tumors, depression, infections, etc.).

Rapid relief from pain.

Uncovering hidden, sabotaging beliefs.

De-creating any hidden or conscious beliefs.

Reversing ingrained patterns of thought, mood, or behavior.

Restoring balance from stressful shocks.

Ending isolation through connecting to a supportive universe.

Sourcing self-esteem internally, not externally.

Ending false emergencies from man-made standards.

Amplifying potential, learning from oneself.

Learning to trust oneself.

Aligning with ones life path.

Ending the slave mentality.

Removing the inner terrorist.

Getting to the bottom of any issue.

Feeling more alive.

Accessing the passion to serve.

Removing resistance to succeed.

Living creatively.

Manifesting what one intends.

Clarity in decision-making.

Expanding learning capacity.

Birthing your future from the present.

Bringing closure to the past.

Experiencing relationships as open systems capable of unlimited growth.

Resolving past or present relationship challenges.

Ending the pain of interpersonal competition.

Reflecting and facilitating freedom for others.

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Effectiveness: Unlike self-help books,

tapes, and workshops telling people they

must change their beliefs to improve their

lives, Western imagery tools actually teach

themhow to do that. The majority of beliefs

operate at the background of our conscious-

ness. Thus, attempts to override negative

patterns of thought, mood, or behavior

using affirmations, determination, or

action ultimately fail because the perti-

nent beliefs were never identified and dis-

solved. Only through learning the language

of imagery can one discover these beliefs in

ones consciousness and then permanentlyremove them using imagery to restore

wholeness and health. Imagery is the only

effective means of working in the formless,

invisible, unconditional realm to change

direction and achievement in the visible

world.

As a revelatory process, imagery is also

superior to conventional medicine in uncov-

ering root issues related to physical health

challengesas it can speak volumes quickly

and it is a more desirable therapeutic

option in simply, elegantly, and noninvasively

triggering physiological changes through

the action of an image occurring in the

mind. Because the BodyMind is one and

does not differentiate between the origins of

an intervention, in almost every case it is

preferable to rapidly address a health chal-

lenge with imagery.

Speed: Imagery practice takes only secondsto a few minutes to perform, providing a

shock to the system like homeopathy. With

some situations, the results can be immedi-

ate or take only seven days. Others can take

either one, two, or three 21-day cycles for

the changes to take root, resting seven days

between each cycle. The speed of imagery

compares more favorably to most conven-

tional approaches to physical, mental, or

emotional health.

Self-authority based: Learning imagery

does not foster dependency on a health care

practitioner. Once the basics are learned,

imagery techniques can be applied in every

area of ones life on ones own. Unlike guid-

ed visualizations, classical Western imagery

also relies on the person to internally gener-

ate the solution or correction, instead ofbeing guided to a preferred end-point by

someone besides oneself. Finally, imagery

can be done privately without the need to

report the experience to anyone, fostering

self-healing and self-responsibility at the

same time.

Protects freedom: Practicing Western

imagery teaches how the mind can be used

to protect us from a constant onslaught of

external impressions, unsolicited advice,

hypnotic suggestion, and mis-education. It

teaches that there is no need to place blind

trust in external authorities, and through

it one comes to see that the pervasive mis-

placement of trust in external authorities

is the greatest threat to our freedom, both

individually and collectively.

MindBody connection: Using imagery, one

actually experiences the MindBody connec-tion. Imagery restores us to integration, or

the healthiest, most powerful, most life-

giving place to be. Practicing imagery also

restores the continuity between contempo-

rary life and the ancient, medieval and early


II. ADVANTAGES OF IMAGERY


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THE TEN LAWS OF BALANCE:

1. You and invisible reality are indivisible.

Dont let anything come between you.

2. Dont make graven images with the mind,nor create idols; dont idolize others.

3. Dont disparage the voice of unconditionaltruth speaking to/through you.

4. Remember the Sabbath; take a day whereyou reverse habitual activity.

5. Honor your father and your mother.

6. Dont commit murder, this includesdepression and all forms of self-murder.

7. Dont commit adultery, or mix two thingsthat naturally dont go together.

8. Dont steal.

9. Dont lie, spread rumors, gossip.

10. Dont covet (act in greed, avarice, jealousy,envy, comparison, or competition).

THE TWELVE FALSE BELIEFS:

False Belief #1: There Is Such a Thing AsChance.

False Belief #2: Experience Creates Belief.

False Belief #3: Function Follows Form.

False Belief #4: The Purpose of Living Is toAvoid Pain, While Seeking Pleasure.

False Belief #5: Outside Authorities KnowMore About Us Than We Do.

False Belief #6: Its Important to AvoidInferiority by Becoming Important.

False Belief #8: Its Important to Get AttentionSo As to Avoid Neglect.

False Belief #9: Its Important to Gain

Approval As to Avoid Disapproval.False Belief #10: Truth and Reality Are theSame.

False Belief #11: Gravity Only Runs in aDownward Direction.

False Belief #12: Death Is Inevitable.

THE TWELVE NATURAL LAWS OFSELF-HEALING:

1. Awareness and Observation. Becomingvigilant about how you are thinking.

2. Suspending the Skeptic. Making adjust-ments to your past mis-education.

3. Choosing to Become Present. Removingthe illusions of past and future.

4. Remembering and Responsibility. Takingyour divided self and making it a unity.

5. Equilibrium. Practicing the Ten Laws ofBalance.

6. Transformation. Changing your 12 false

beliefs.

7. Incorporating the Four Core Attributes ofBalance into Your Life: Proportion,Measure, Rhythm, and Pace.

8. Reversing. Stopping your habitual behav-iors and changing your beliefs.

9. Living the Three Ps: Purification,Perseverance, and Patience.

10. Invoking Your Self-Healer. Practicing yourimaging techniques for 21 days.

11. Intention. Taking your focus off ofgoals and setting your will in a specificdirection.

12. Commitment: Remaining steadfast tochanging your life through inner practice.


III LISTINGS OF THE TEN LAWS OF BALANCE, THE TWELVE FALSEBELIEFS, AND THE TWELVE NATURAL LAWS OF SELF-HEALING


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Dr. Epstein encourages you to create your

own personally tailored imaging processes. To

facilitate this process, we have included a list-ing of several body organs, glands, disease

states, and their related emotions. Every part

of the body has its correlated emotional rep-

resentations. This occurs by the law of analo-

gy. When you become aware of the emotional

correspondent you can begin using imagery

for that emotion, as well as imagery on the

physical level. Do an inventory of the physical

and emotional elements, and note those in

which you experience imbalance. We have

also included examples of cases that were

based on physical, mental, creative expres-

sion, relationship, and leadership issues.

To recap on the process, you should:

1. Take three relaxing breaths, focusing on

an elongated outbreath and normal

inbreath, breathing out through the

mouth and in through the nose.

2. State the name of the image exercise.

3. State the intention of your imaging

process in the present tense.

4. State the intended duration of the process

in the present tense. Do not worry about

clocking it. Your biological clock will take

care of that; it will stop your exercise at

the correct time.

For example: I am doing the Firemans Hose

Exercise to remove inflammation and its tak-

ing me 15 seconds.

Please Note: Do not speak with others about

your imagery process during the 7- or 21-day

cycle.


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V. YOURIMAGERY LOG:

In the space provided below, list any areas in your life in which you would like to apply the

imagery process. Remember that you should only focus on one issue at a time, so keep this log

so that you can track those that you would like to heal.

Physical Health: Past Relationships:

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Emotional Health: Current Relationships:

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Mental Health/ Intentions:

Patterns of Thinking:

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VI. THE CORRELATIONS BETWEEN PHYSICAL ISSUES AND EMOTIONS

Physical Issues Related Emotion

Adrenals Glands connected with stress response.

Autoimmune Toxicity issues, pollutants (many of the external variety).

Back Overburdened in relation to money and/or relationships .

Bladder Fear, chronic anger.

Bone disease Structural or foundational life issues at stake; feeling that something in lifeis crumbling.

Brain Overloaded with a mixture of swirling, troubling thoughts and high anxiety.

Broken bones Breaking from someone/something in your life.

Cancer Choosing not to go on living, depression over a loss; often toxicity related.

Diabetes Bitterness.

Ears Not wanting to hear something, turning a deaf ear to something.

Eyes Feelings of guilt, if afflicted; not wanting to see something; turning a blind eye.

Gall Bladder Envy, jealousy.

Heart Love, lust, heartache/heart break, loss of a loved one, heart-rendering,sexual desire, lusting after, eating ones heart out.

Kidneys Indecision, lack of will.

Knees Unwilling to stand up for self, bowing too much before someone, or refusingto become humble.

Large intestine Hatred, rage, holding onto a long, lost love.

Liver Anger to fury.

Lungs Dependency, internal crying, call for freedom.

Muscle spasms Constricted in life, contractions.

Neurological Loss of nerve, shock to the roots of our very being (usually connected withProblems sudden relationship disruption).

Ovaries Creativity or loss thereof.

Prostate Afflicted: unhappiness in relationship, unexpressed guilt feelings connectedwith extramarital affairs.

Shoulder Carrying too much responsibility.

Sinuses Crying, sadness.

Small intestine Feelings of neglect, anxiety.

Spleen Humorlessness.

Stomach Wants to control a situation.

Thymus Gland of courage (shrinks as you grow older, apes pound on it to createstrength).

Thyroid One foot in and one foot out the door, transition situation.

Tonsil/sore throat Feeling sore at someone or something.

Uterus Producing or lack thereof.

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Prostate Cancer

A man was diagnosed with advanced

metastatic prostate cancer and given threemonths to live. He had a PSA of 24 (05 nor-

mal range), needed to urinate 810 times a

night and was told there was nothing else

that could be done for him. He came to Dr.

Epstein in 1994 as a last resort. He was asked

to close his eyes and imagine himself in the

region of the cancer, seeing the disfigured

cells in the prostate and in the surrounding

lymph nodes. Then he was asked to bring in

whatever tool might be required to restore the

area to health. He imagined the arrival of a

small army, ferreting out the unhealthy cells

and destroying them one by one. When all the

cells remaining were healthy he was told to

open his eyes. He was instructed to repeat the

exercise for 21 days, three times a day. Before

the end of the 21-day cycle, the man no

longer needed to urinate in the night. He was

feeling very well. Dr. Epstein explained from

what the man described that it was likely he

was healed and no longer needed to comeback. The man had a sonogram several weeks

later that showed no cancer, and his PSA

returned to normal (0.2). He remains alive

and healthy nine years later.

This is an example of changes or corrections

made in the imaginal, invisible realm creating

physiological impact. The body doesnt differen-

tiate between the source of changephysical or

mentaland will respond physiologically to

changes initiated in either dimension. Because

we are a BodyMind, including the visible and

invisible, one can work in either dimension to

create physical change.


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Day 1: ____/____/_______ Date completed: ____/____/_______

I am doing the ____________________________________________________ exercise(Name of the Exercise)

to ________________________________________________________________________(Healing intention for doing the exercise)

and it is taking me ________________________________________________________(Intended duration of the exercise)

Write out the exercise, step-by-step, in the space provided below. Tape yourself describing the

exercise in your normal everyday voice, and play it back to yourself to guide you through the

exercise three times a day (first thing in the morning, at sundown, and before bed). You may also

wish to make note of your experiences and any transformations you undergo in relation to doing

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Depression

A woman presented with a 13-year history

of chronic depression. She was asked to closeher eyes and to describe what image would

describe the feeling of depression. She said,

The bottom of a pit. She was told to then

see herself at the bottom of that pit. She was

then asked to look around the pit and see if

she could find something that would help her

get out of the pit. She discovered a rope lad-

der with hooks on the end. She threw the

ladder up, the hooks engaging at the top. She

then saw herself climbing the ladder to the

top of the pit, noting how she felt lighter and

f reer as she was climbing. At the top of the

pit she saw a wide-open space with light,

sun, trees, and cows. When she opened her

eyes, she was depress i on -f ree for the first

time in 13 years. She repeated this exercis e

once a day for one week to reinforce her

decision to climb out of the pit. She has been

d epre s s io n-free ever since.

This is an example of imagery being used

as both a diagnostic and a therapeutic. The

woman revealed the meaning of her depression

imaginally and then changed the image to rap-

idly change the experience of depression.

Mere determination or affirmation to be

depression-free would never be successful on

its own if the root of the problem is not imme-

diately available in the forefront of our con-

sciousness. Using imagery, one can find the

root of the problem and solve it with a self-

generated, tailor-made corrective image.


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Creative Expression/Writers Block

A writer is blocked, unable to tap into the

creative flow. Dr. Epstein instructs him to seehimself in an elevator and have the elevator

go down five floors. When it stops, he is to

see himself walking down a long lit hallway

until he comes upon a door labeled with his

name in gold letters, thus: (your name)s writ-

ing room. He is to enter, close the door, and

describe the room he sees in detail. He is to

go over to the desk, see an empty pad there,

and sit down. He is to see himself starting to

write and to see sheets of paper flying off to

the right, stacking up on the table with the

title page on top, until he is satisfied he has

written enough.* He then sees himself leaving

the room, shutting the door, walking down

the hallway and getting into the elevator.

When the elevator reaches the fifth level he is

told to open his eyes. After this exercise the

creative juices are flowing and the writer is

able to produce.

This is an example of intentionally opening

our senses to allow life force to flow through us

in the imagination. The writer solves the prob-

lem in the mind to open up places that were

blocked preventing him from expression.

* If a computer is used, type on it and

see the sheets flying out of the printer.

Stack them to the right with the title page

on top.


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Relationship with a Boss

A man felt uncomfortable around his new

boss. He was afraid of upsetting him, felt hehad to do everything just right, and didnt feel

he could have open and honest communica-

tion with him. It turns out he once had a sim-

ilar relationship with another boss. That boss

had been volatile and domineering, and so he

quit. He remained angry with the former boss

and had lost contact.

The man was asked to close his eyes and

see himself sitting with his former boss. He

was to silently say to the boss anything that

had never been said that needed to be said,

and to speak from the deepest level of truth.

He could take as long as needed. Then he was

asked to imagine the boss responding from

the deepest place of truth and to hear every-

thing the boss had to say.

Imaginally, he first saw the deeper truth

that the job was not allowing him to have a

life beyond his work and that he brought that

frustration with him into the job and saw no

way out. He imagined himself saying to the

former boss that he was actually distraught

that his life was about meeting company

needs, with no time for himself, and that this

wasnt what he expected from life when he

put himself through college by working three

jobs. He saw himself saying to his boss that

he was leaving the company because he want-

ed a life, and this decision had nothing to do

with his boss whom he greatly admired and

would miss a great deal. He said he wasgrateful for the opportunity to work for some-

one that talented, and he hoped they could

stay in touch.

When it was the bosss turn in this imag-

inal exercise, he saw himself empathizing

deeply, offering to hire as many assistants as

the man needed. He told the man how much

he was valued, something he had never said

before, and thanked him profusely for his

candor, saying he never would have suspected

he was unhappy, as on the surface he seemed

content and performed well. The boss even

offered the man a sabbatical and/or the oppor-

tunity to transfer in the company. Finally, the

boss acknowledged he was sometimes domi-

neering and impatient and apologized if that

added to the mans stress. He acknowledged

how much he liked and enjoyed having theman in his group and how refreshing it was to

work with him. He said he would really miss

him if he left, but would be fully supportive if

that was his choice.

After this imaginal exercise the man felt

completion with the former boss and was no

longer angry. Whereas initially he had

thought the problem had been his boss,

through the imagery exercise he now saw he

created his outcome by not rising to his own

communication potential. He returned to

work at the new job and established an open,

communicative relationship with his current

boss and had no further problems.

This is an example of how imagery can be

used to complete the past in any relationship

whether with a former employer, a former

spouse, a parent, or a friend. Uncomfortable

memories of the past that continue to generate

stress or that perpetuate unproductive patterns

of thought, mood, behavior can be changed by

reinserting oneself in the past situation through

the imagination and seeing both parties com-

municate from their deepest truth. This is

because memories are malleable and subjective,


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and by changing the memory in the imaginal

realm through imaging reconciliation one can

erase the lingering mental or physical impact of

former experiences. This is true imagery, not

fantasy, as there is a productive action and

transformation that takes place. This case alsohighlights the distress we can bring upon our-

selves by letting the work life filter into personal

life, creating a disruption in the latter which

then adversely affects the former. So work life

and personal life need to be separated. This

error in the mans perspective was at the root of

his problem.



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Leadership/Decision-Making

The CEO of an early-stage medical tech-

nology company faced a dilemma. As apublically traded company, it was important

to the investment community that it meet

analysts projected earnings estimates or its

stock would likely drop. The CEOs R&D

department was behind schedule and new

products in development were scheduled to

come on stream much later than anticipated,

thus lowering revenues and earnings. He held

a meeting with the head of R&D, insisting

that they do everything possible to speed up

the new products launch to be on schedule,

but he was told that in order to meet the

launch deadlines that quality would have to

suffer, making the products less reliable and

possibly less safe for use with patients. The

CEO deliberated. He felt paralyzed, contract-

ed in fear. He knew his board expected better

performance of him, and investors would

be disappointed, which could impair the

companys valuation and financing potential.

He also knew there might be other ways ofmaking earnings look better if he chose to

play with the numbers.

The CEO was asked to close his eyes and

see himself standing behind a golden scale on

each end of which was a golden balance pan.

He was asked to make two lists describing the

advantages of each of the two directions1)

being completely honest regarding product

development and accounting and facing any

consequences and 2) forcing the numbers to

be in line with the estimates through account-

ing maneuvers or quality impairment. He was

asked to place the lists in each of the balance

pans and see how they weighed. The direction

became clear to him as the list to be honest

weighed much more and tipped the scale. The

CEO was mobilized to action, energized and

secure in his decision to present the business

as it was knowing that the benefits of honesty

in the short-term, the long-term, for him and

for others, far outweighed what he would

have to live with if he had chosen the other

path. The company stock did drop, financing

was impaired and cutbacks were required, a

period of contraction that lasted two years

before resumption of growth. During this

time, at the height of the Internet boom in

Silicon Valley, headhunters pursued his

employees daily but this CEO was blessed as

his entire team stuck by him to ride out thedifficulties.

This is an example of circumventing ones

logical mindwhich in this situation could

have come up with many good reasons to force

the numbers to meet analysts estimates.

Instead, the CEO received direction from an

analogical source, in the form of the image

exercise, allowing a true intuitive response. He

was mobilized to action with certainty and

faith. In each moment, we have the choice to

move toward either life or death. To move

toward life, one can use the unconditional

language of images to tap into intuition (or

unconditional thinking) and arrive at deci-

sions based on the whole of life, thereby dis-

solving perceptions one is enslaved in some

way by ones circumstances or by time. In

this way we are supported by our own self-love,

and our integrity becomes a magnet and moti-

vator for others. The CEO here might have tem-

porarily pleased people had he forced the num-bers to look better to meet the man-made earn-

ings expectations, but he and his employees

would have been compromised and many rela-

tionships ultimately impaired.


XI. ILLUSTRATION OF APPLIED IMAGERY


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this exercise.



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XII. 21-DAY IMAGING CHECKLIST

You may wish to copy this checklist and use it to track your imaging practices as you go

through each of them. The first set of boxes is for a 7-day cycle. If you wish to continue on

a 21-day regimen, you can track it by continuing to the bottom of the chart.

Morning Sundown Bedtime







(The end of a 7-day cycle)






Morning

Sundown

Bedtime









(The end of a 21-day cycle)



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XIII. LISTED BELOW ARE PARTICIPANTS OF THE LIVE NEW YORKDISCUSSION. WE GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGE THEM FORTHEIR VALUED INPUT IN THE PROGRAM:


Dr. Celia Blumenthal, M.D.

Psychiatrist

47 E. 87th Street, #6A

New York, NY 10128

212-410-9505

Linda Caigan, ACSW

Mental Imagery Therapist

914-698-4246

Anne Carbone, M.A.

Mental Imagery Therapist, Addictions

212-717-7192

Lydia Craigmyle, Ph.D.

Mental Imagery Psychologist

212-772-6827/212-254-5252

Chaya Deyo

Retired Special Education School Teacher

212-534-4536

Colin Greer

Director, New World Foundation

216 W. 89th Street, #12A

New York, NY 10024

212-787-4739

Holly Jaffe

Creative Director, Advertising

New York, NY

212-614-9005

John Horton

Commercial Pilot

631-423-8392

Joseph P. Kneafsey

Retired Civil Service Manager

718-4899-3014

Jennifer Lamonica, DC, CCN, LAc

Chiropractor, Acupuncturist, Nutritionist

Utilizing Kinesiology, Imagery & Face

Morphology

219 Beebe Road

Mineola, NY 11501

516-746-2025

Katherine Lee, CSW, Psychotherapist212-332-9163

Elizabeth Ann Manhart Barrett, RN; Ph.D.;

FAAN

Professor Emerita, Hunter College,

City University of New York;

Health Patterning Therapist using Imaging

and Therapeutic Touch

212-861-8228

Camilla Rees, M.B.A.

Leadership and Entrepreneur Consulting;

Imagery and Health Counseling; Corporate

Constellations

New York, N.Y.

212-876-6659

[email protected]

Rheba Rosenbluth, M.S.

Counselor, School Psychologist, Imagery Work

914-725-5810


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Adele P. Rosenkranz

Business Development Manager212-223-1882

Daniel Singer

Alexander Teacher & Imagery Therapist

212-932-1624

Susan Soph-Rivera, CSW

Clinical Social Worker in Private Practice

Schoolwide Counselor in Elementary School

So. Bronx

212-674-8357

If you wish to learn more about the

Mental Imagery Process,you can contact Dr. Epstein at:

The American Institute for Mental Imagery

16 East 96 Street, Suite 1 A

New York, NY 10128

Telephone: 212-369-4080

Fax: 212-369-5646

E Mail: [email protected]

Website: www.drjerryepstein.org

Please note that all that has been shared in this

program are solely the expressed opinions andbeliefs of Dr. Epstein and the participants of the

seminar.


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