The Problems of Work 1956 Chapter 9

Chapter Nine: First Aid

If somebody is injured, you can assist in many ways. Recovery from a burn or bruise or even sprains or breaks is much swifter with SCIENTOLOGY assists.

The most elementary assist is easily done. For ages Man has known that “laying on of hands” or Mother’s kiss was effective therapy. Even gripping, in pain, an injured member, seems to help. But Man neglected the most important part of “laying on of hands”. This follows.

Do this exactly and do it with a minimum of talk.

Place your index finger or fingers or palm on the injured member, very lightly, and say to the person, “Put your attention on my hand”. Now change the position of your finger or palm and have the person do it again.

It is best to touch the individual on spots which are further from his head than the injury.

Do not talk excessively. But coax him, as you touch, briefly, spot after spot, to put his attention on your finger or fingers or palm.

Change the spot every moment or two. Be calm. Be reassuring.

If the person experiences pain or trembling as a result, keep on, for the assist is working.

Continue in this fashion for many minutes or half an hour if necessary, until pain or upset is gone.

During this assist the person has his eyes closed.

It is not power from your finger which is aiding him. It is power he generates by “looking” at your finger down through his body. You are putting him into communication with the injury. His communication with it brings about the recovery.

Ordinarily injuries, sprains, burns, scalds, broken bones, headaches and colds heal slowly because the individual is avoiding this area with his own energy.