Feeling of inadequacy and exhaustion felt in mind before starting a job; procrastination due to above feeling; wants tonics to augment his strength; boasts of his strength and capacity for work before others to camouflage his innate desire for more strength. HORNBEAM is connected with the soul potential of inner vitality and freshness of mind.

In the positive HORNBEAM state one has cool confidence that he will be able to do the job, even if it looks formidable.

But in the negative state the reverse is the case. The person is afraid of the work to be done. He feels weariness and a feeling of inadequacy in his mind before starting the job. He procrastinates. He doubts if he would be able to accomplish the work. “How can I do that work? “It is not one man’s job” “Even if I start the job I will not be able to accomplish it”. Such are thoughts that assail him, and because of which he procrastinates starting to work.

But all this weakness lies in his mind. His physical side is alright. Once the mind orders the physical body to start the work, the work is accomplished without difficulty. This in essence is the true negative state of Horn Beam—the patient feels tired and inadequate before starting the job, but once he starts it, he completes it without difficulty.

Not that negative Horn Beam State is a permanent feature in some characters and it does not assail an ordinary person.

When an office-goer wakes in the morning and thinks of the dull routine that lies ahead, the ‘MOST URGENT’ marked files lying on his office table, the appointment with his dentist, he feels himself unequal to the task and becomes sad. This may be a temporary phase, because after some time when he puts himself in the routine of life, he does the work himself without any difficulty.

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