Let me see if I've got this right, Kay…

"Thinking about a persistent cough I was experiencing a couple of weeks ago, I asked myself had I become mesmerised… Wow, there really had been a barrage of hypnotic suggestions! [followed by] …This prayer took some persistence, but the next day there was no evidence of a cough or cold at all."

So you were hypnotised into a psychosomatic cough and then self-hypnotised out of it?

'kenoath, but you are suggestible.

But I'm glad you're better.

Kay, thank you for this thought provoking article. I agree that we would all do well to watch the quality of our thinking because ultimately it is the quality of our thinking that determines the quality of our lives. I think that most of us have not begun to tap the power of thought. Like you I also have had instant 'turn-arounds' in physical conditions by changing my thought.

Just ponder on this. "If it wasn't for sex, you wouldn't be here."

Sideshow Bob- "Yes, and I am perfectly aware of the irony of appearing on a medium in order to decry it."

Gotta say, if only Kay had mentioned Christian Science at the start of the article than at the end, perhaps I wouldn't have had 10 minutes of my time wasted by that very real hungry beast.

I remember 1984 I met a friend in Tasmania, "shhhh I'm gay if the police find out I will get a conviction" 30years later there are homophobic people fighting a loosing battle. Martin Luthor King faught for his humanity , now we have an American President. Why does evolution take so long.

Subliminal messages or advertising? If my wife is upset, I play Fleetwood Mac, nearly instantly, her whole mood changes, if I put on heavy metal I ring her mum to come over and go fishing. Also watch tv at noon adds for funeral insurance. Every day,sorry but advertising experts know their business.