Mind and Body; or, Mental States and Physical Conditions

SUBCONSCIOUS MIND

...scious will, and even in opposition to the conscious will."

Henry Wood Henry Wood (1834–1909) was a prominent American author in the New Thought movement, which emphasized the power of the mind over physical health. says of the Subconscious Mind: "It acts automatically upon the physical organism. It perceives original: "cognizes" external facts, conditions, limitations, and even the spread of disease original: "contagions", quite independent of its active counterpart The "active counterpart" refers to the conscious mind.. One may, therefore, 'catch' a disease and be unaware of any exposure. The subconsciousness has been unknowingly original: "unwittingly" trained to fear and accept it; and it is this mental quality, rather than the mere lifeless original: "inert" matter of the body, that gives in original: "succumbs". Matter is never the actor, but is always acted upon. This silent mental partner, in operation, seems to be a living, thinking personality, conducting affairs on its own account. It is a mixture of almost unimaginable variety, including wisdom and foolishness, logic and nonsense, and yet it maintains a single, organized system original: "unitary economy". It is a hidden force to be dealt with and educated, for it is often found to be disobedient original: "insubordinate" and unruly. It refuses to cooperate with its smaller but more active and wiser counterpart. It is very stubborn original: "set" in its views, and only changes its qualities and opinions very slowly. But,