And the result will be obtained just in proportion to the degree in which the command or desire has impressed the mind, or sunk into it.
But, as I have said: Do not expect that all of this will result from a first trial.

It may even be that those who succeed very promptly will be more likely to give out in the end than those who work up from small beginnings.

The first step may very well be that of merely selecting some particular object and calmly or gently, yet determinedly directing the mind to it, to be recalled at a certain hoar.

Repeat the experiment, if successful add to it something else.
Violent effort is unadvisable, yet mere repetition _without thought_ is time lost.

_Think_ while willing what it is you want, _and above all, if you can, think with a feeling that the idea is to recur to you_.
This acting or working two thoughts at once may be difficult for some readers to understand, though all writers on the brain illustrate it.
It may be formulated thus: "I wish to remember tomorrow at four o'clock to visit my bookseller--bookseller's--four o'clock--four o'clock." But with practice the two will become as one conception.
When the object of a state of mind, as, for instance, calmness all day long, is obtained, even partially, the operator (who must, of course, do all to _help himself_ to keep calm, should he remember his wish) will begin to believe in himself sincerely, or in the power of his will to compel a certain state of mind.