Sometimes it is of as great value to be able to forget as it is to be
able to remember. You have seen that each time you review a mental
impression it becomes stronger and more deeply implanted in the brain.
When using your Hitching Post for temporary purposes refuse to see the
pictures after having used them, and your Hitching Posts will be free
for filling any other information.
The unfortunate or embarrassing situations of life which you wish to
eliminate from your mind can be forgotten by the same process. Each
time you allow this circumstance to enter your mind you see again the
conditions which you are trying to forget. This is just the thing you
should not do. Each time you rehearse the subject you drive it deeper
and deeper into your mind.
To forget you must refuse to review or to revisualize. There must
be an utter absence of this circumstance from your mind. This will
require some determination upon your part, and a little application of
WILL POWER, but it is not a difficult thing to accomplish. The best
method of eliminating a troublesome thought is to fill your mind with
a pleasant one. When there is a tendency to recall that which you wish
to forget do not deny it, but rather begin immediately to think of
something entirely different and keep your mind continuously upon the
new thought and the old will be completely eliminated.