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Ideomotor Dialogue

Leslie LeCron's method for asking your subconscious questions and getting answers — a structured inner dialogue system.

Pendant swaying over a still hand

What Is Ideomotor Communication?

Your subconscious controls automatic muscle movements — breathing, gestures, the tiny adjustments you make while standing. Ideomotor communication harnesses this to create a signaling system: you ask yes/no questions, and your subconscious answers through involuntary movements.

This is the same mechanism as the pendulum test, but extended into a full diagnostic tool. LeCron developed this into a sophisticated system for uncovering the psychological causes of illness and emotional patterns.

Setting Up Your Signal Code

Two methods — use whichever works for you:

Method 1: The Pendulum

Best when awake or in light trance.

  1. Make a pendulum: ring or washer on 8-10 inches of thread.
  2. Rest elbow on a steady surface. Hold pendulum 1 inch above the center of a drawn circle with N/S/E/W marked.
  3. Consciously swing it in each of 4 directions, saying: "This direction means YES... this means NO... this means 'I don't know'... this means 'I don't want to answer.'"
  4. Let your subconscious assign the meanings — it chooses which direction = which answer.
  5. Ask: "Which direction is YES?" Wait. The pendulum swings in one direction.
  6. Repeat for NO, DON'T KNOW, DON'T WANT TO ANSWER.
  7. Test with known questions: "Is my name [your name]?" — confirms YES direction.

Method 2: The Finger Method

Best during trance (can't watch a pendulum with eyes closed).

  1. Rest hands loosely in your lap or on chair arms, fingers slightly stretched out.
  2. "I ask my subconscious to choose which finger will signify YES." Wait.
  3. A finger will begin to tingle, then slowly lift. It may tremble — that confirms it's involuntary.
  4. Note which finger = YES. Repeat for NO, DON'T KNOW, DON'T WANT TO ANSWER.
  5. Once set up, you can use this in or out of trance.

Is it accurate?

LeCron found incorrect answers very rare. Rather than lie, the subconscious will refuse to reply (no movement or "don't want to answer"). If answers seem off, your question may have been unclear — rephrase it.

How to Word Questions

The art of ideomotor questioning:

  • • Use yes/no questions only. Open-ended questions don't work with pendulums or fingers.
  • • Be specific. "Do I have a problem?" is too vague. "Is there an emotional cause behind my headaches?" is better.
  • • Narrow sequentially. Like the dentist's gagging case: "Before age 20? Before 10? Between 5 and 8? At age 6?"
  • • Ask permission. "Is it all right for me to know this?" before sensitive topics.
  • • Write questions out first. Then write the answers next to them.
  • • Follow up. One answer leads to the next question. Let the dialogue flow.

LeCron's 7 Psychological Causes

LeCron identified 7 factors that underlie most psychosomatic conditions. Use ideomotor questioning to check each one for any symptom or pattern you want to address:

1. Motivation

Does the symptom serve a purpose? Bringing sympathy, attention, protection, or avoiding something? LeCron's example: Nancy lost her voice to avoid quarreling with her roommate. Ask: "Does my condition serve some purpose?"

2. Identification

Did you copy this from a parent or admired figure? Children imitate — even illnesses. Ask: "Am I identifying with someone who has/had this condition?" If yes: "I am my own person. I no longer need to carry anyone else's condition."

3. Organ Language

Metaphors become literal. "That makes me sick to my stomach" → nausea. "I can't swallow that" → sore throat. "What a headache" → headache. Ask: "Is organ language involved?" Then: "I can be bothered without becoming ill."

4. Self-Punishment (Masochism)

Guilt calls for punishment. The subconscious administers it through pain, illness, or "accidents." Arthritis, bursitis, and headaches often fit. Ask: "Am I punishing myself?" If yes: "It is human to make mistakes. I have punished myself enough. I learn, not punish."

5. Imprints

Fixed ideas absorbed as suggestions — especially in childhood or during surgery (the subconscious is "awake" under anesthesia). "You'll always be late" → chronic lateness. Ask: "Am I carrying imprints from childhood?" Then suggest the imprint no longer applies.

6. Trauma

An unresolved shock — death, accident, betrayal — festering in the subconscious. Ask: "Is there a past trauma contributing to my condition?" Always ask permission before regressing to it. Then: "The event is over. It won't happen again. I am safe now."

7. Conflict

A desire repressed by morals or taboos — often around sex or hostility. The repressed energy festers into tension, insomnia, or physical symptoms. Ask: "Is there a conflict involved?" Then work to find healthy expression for the repressed need.

Sample Questioning Session

For headaches, adapted from LeCron:

Q: Is there only one cause for my headaches? ___
Q: Does some conflict cause my headaches? ___
Q: Does repressed anger cause my headaches? ___
Q: Does identification cause my headaches? ___
Q: Is some imprint bringing on this condition? ___
Q: Am I punishing myself with headaches? ___
Q: Is organ language involved? ___
Q: Do my headaches serve some purpose? ___
Q: Does a past experience cause my headaches? ___
Q: Is it all right for me to recall that experience? ___

Follow up on any YES answer with more specific questions to narrow down the cause. Then give therapeutic suggestions in trance to address it.

Working Through Resistance

Sometimes the subconscious won't answer, or you hit a block. This is normal and usually means:

  • • The question was unclear — rephrase it.
  • • You're not in trance deep enough — deepen more.
  • • The subconscious is protecting you — it may feel the answer is too painful to face. Respect this. Try another time, or work with a professional.
  • • There's a secondary gain — the symptom serves a purpose you're not ready to give up. Ask: "Is there a reason I need to keep this condition?"

LeCron's "Sleep On It" Technique:

If stuck, induce trance before bed and say: "Tonight, my subconscious will review all relevant facts and find the answer. When I wake, a thought explaining this will come to me." Often, clarity arrives by morning.

Measuring Depth with the Yardstick

Use ideomotor signals to measure your trance depth after each session:

  1. Tell your subconscious: "I'll use an imaginary yardstick — 36 inches. 1-12 is light, 13-24 medium, 25-36 deep."
  2. After a session, ask: "Was I as deep as 15 inches?" If yes, ask "20 inches?" Continue until you get a NO.
  3. Then work backward to narrow it down.
  4. Log your depth over sessions to track progress.

Don't check depth until after your 4th session. Most people reach their deepest state only after 8-10 sessions; some continue improving long after.

The Dentist's Gagging — A Case Study

LeCron's famous case demonstrates the full ideomotor process. A dentist who gagged whenever anything entered his mouth couldn't even receive needed dental work. In a class demonstration:

Q: Is there a past experience associated with gagging? → YES
Q: More than one? → NO
Q: Before age 20? → YES. Before 10? → YES. Before 5? → NO.
Q: Between 5 and 8? → YES. At age 6? → YES.
Q: Did you vomit during this experience? → YES
Q: Were you ill or operated on? → NO
Q: Indoors? → NO. Outdoors? → YES
Q: Is it all right to recall this? → YES

Under regression, he remembered: at age 6, his brother threatened to drop worms in his mouth. One fell in — he gagged and vomited. Decades later, anything in his mouth still "meant worms." Once he consciously understood this, the gagging disappeared permanently.

Ideomotor Questioning Session

Select a cause to investigate. Ask your subconscious each question using pendulum or finger signals.

Reflect

What yes/no question will you ask your subconscious first? Were the finger signals clear or ambiguous?