Yes, you knew and I knew that I was going to do an article on it. It controls our minds, our bodies, and ultimately everything and every action: Suggestion is power. Whether we give it to ourselves or others give it to us, it is power. Whether it is a simple suggestion like being hungry for food at a certain time or something as complicated as controlling your breath or other major body functions, suggestion is power all across the board.

The miracle power of a course in miracles  is something we all use every day even if we do believe in it or do not believe in it. It is the power of life and death to what we want and what we do not want, in that order.

When I think about the strongest suggestions, they are short, consistent and come quickly as succinct ideas that work practically, even if they seem not to. It is like the efficiency expert in the 1920's or early twentieth century Ivy Lee simply saying write down a list and do it in order. So, the best ideas usually seem too basic. When I think of the weakest suggestions, I think of boring, and unrealistic ideas that have no conscious appeal, but the thing is, if done right, even the worst suggestions can catch on to the subconscious mind. In a sense those are the most dangerous of all, because, realistically, nothing is impossible in reality that rationally can happen, dangerous or safe. Look at the basic nature of airplane flight in machines that are heavier than air, and tell me that this is not real, honest and true.

The safest, most powerful and certain of ideas are the most practical and workable, however seemingly not easy to apply at first. One idea lever that is a good or great suggestion can change the course of history, Lewis Latimer with Thomas Edison obsoleted the candle with the vacuum packed incandescent light bulb in a modified glass jar. That is one of the best and most obvious basic idea levers there were in history or reality as a whole.

So, here is the concept of idea levers as I see it: The best ideas can be anything, basic or complicated that changes things for the better, not the worse. The nuclear weapon, the nuclear warhead, nuclear missile or whatever nuclear destruction device was not what I considered an idea lever for example, it is a weapon of mass destruction in the genuine sense. It destroys, it does not make life better. Now sure, clean energy and better ways of creating and controlling energy makes life better, but weapons never do. So, it all comes down to this for me: Anything that makes life better is a good suggestion, anything that makes life worse or destroys life, is a bad suggestion.