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metaphysicalhealingstuffandIwanttolearnhowtocuremyown
unhappiness.NowJimmy,myfriend,hasexplainedtomethatyou
havesomekindoftechniquethatwillallowmetofindoutwhyI'm
reallyunhappyfirstandthenyouhaveanothermethodthatallowsme
togetridofthisunhappinessfrommyself."I want you to teach me that—what do you call it?
—
metaphysicalhealingtogetridofunhappiness."WespentsometimetalkingaboutDavid'sfatheranditbecame
clearthatunhappiness was acommonailment in David'swhole
family.ItwasasifDavidhadcaughtthediseasefromhisfatherand
wasnowabouttotransmitittohisownchildren.
"Well,whatgoodwillitdoformetobecuredifmyfatherstill
suffersfromwhatdoyoucallthisdiseaseofunhappiness?Canwe
curehimatthesametime?"
IassuredDavidthatthesamemetaphysicalhealingtechnique
whichwasguaranteedtoworkforhimwouldalsoworkforhisfather.
Davidagreedtogivethemiraclediagnostictechniqueforthetrue
causeofunhappinesstohisfatherand,asDavidputit,"talkhiminto
usingmetaphysical healingforhimself." When Davidhadcom-
pletedthistechniquehimselfhisanswersshowedthatoneofthemain
reasonsforDavid'sunhappinesswasthathewasconfusinghiswants
with what he feltpeoplethought he shouldwant.Forexample,
peoplehadbeentellingDavidforquiteawhilethatheneededto
expandthebusiness.Davidknewthatthatwasonewaytoindicate
thatabusinesswasmakingprogress,butforsomereason,whenever
anopportunityaroseforthe bakerytoexpandeitherDavidorhis
fatherbecameillandtheplanshadtobecanceled.Aswetalkedit
becameclearthatDavidreallydidnotwanttoexpandhisbusinessat
all,butwasverycontentwiththe sizeofthebusinessatpresent.
AlthoughhisfatheragreedthatexpansionwasagreatideaIwas
willingtobetthatifDavidgavehimthediagnostictechniquehis
father,too,wouldfindthathewasveryhappywithbusinesstheway
itwasandhadnodesireforexpansion.
"Nowthat'ssomethingelse.Iwouldhavebetanythinginthe
worldthatIwantedtoexpandthatbusiness.NowIcanseethatIam
reallyhappywiththewaythingsare;Idon'twantthebakerytobeany
bigger.IguessIjustwantedtowantwhatpeoplefeltIshouldwant."
Afterwediscussedthemetaphysicalhealingtechniquetocure