at the same time, silently stating to your mind just what you expect to do in the desired direction.  In stating your orders to your mind, always speak as if the thing were already accomplished at that particular moment.  Never say that it “will be,” but always hold fast to the “it is.”  The following will give you a good example of the mental statements, which of course should be accompanied by the concentrated idea of the thing, and the mental picture of yourself as being just what you state.

Here is the mental statement for the creation of a strong, positive psychic atmosphere:  “I am surrounded by an aura of strong, positive, dynamic thought-vibrations.  These render me positive to other persons, and render them negative to me.  I am positive of their thought-vibrations, but they are negative to mine.  They feel the strength of my psychic atmosphere, while I easily repel the power of theirs.  I dominate the situation, and manifest my positive psychic qualities over theirs.  My atmosphere creates the vibration of strength and power on all sides of me, which affect others with whom I come in contact.  My psychic atmosphere is strong and positive!”

The next step in Personal Influence is that of projecting your psychic power directly upon and into the mind of the other person whom you wish to influence.  Sometimes, if the person is quite negative to you, this is a very simple and easy matter; but where the person is near your own degree of psychic positiveness you will have to assert your psychic superiority to him, and get the psychic “upper hand” before you can proceed further.  This is accomplished by throwing into your psychic atmosphere some particularly strong mental statements accompanied by clear visualizations or mental pictures.

Make positive your psychic atmosphere, particularly towards the person whom you seek to influence, by statements and pictures something along the following lines:  “I am positive to this man”; “He is negative to me”; “He feels my power and is beginning to yield to it”; “He is unable to influence me in the slightest, while I can influence him easily”; “My power is beginning to operate upon his mind and feelings.”  The exact words are not important, but the idea behind them gives them their psychic force and power.

Then should you begin your direct attack upon him, or rather upon his psychic powers.  When I say “attack,” I do not use the word in the sense of warfare or actual desire to harm the other person—­this is a far different matter.  What I mean to say is that there is usually a psychic battle for a longer or shorter period between two persons of similar degrees of psychic power and development.  From this battle one always emerges victor at the time, and one always is beaten for the time being, at least.  And, as in all battles, victory often goes to him who strikes the first hard blow.  The offensive tactics are the best in cases of this kind.