The Miracles of Your Mind by Joseph Murphy

How Your Own Mind Works:

The mind is classified into two categories: the objective mind and the subjective mind.
The objective mind - deals with external things - the voluntary mind.The subjective mind - or the subconscious mind, is the seat of your emotions
involuntary mind.
The book will focus on the subjective mind, it tells us that if you accept and believe anything it will be picked up by your subconscious mind and w
back into your life.
“To discipline, your mind means to think constructively and harmoniously.”

The Subconscious Power:

There is a fact that the symptoms of almost any disease can be induced while we are in a hypnotic state.
Our minds can help us heal if we change the way we think about the problem.
If we believe in something(eg. Holy water or a pill) the suggestion is so powerful to our subconscious mind that it will he

“Healing is due to a confident expectancy which acts as a powerful suggestion to the subconscious mind releas
healing potency.”
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Stop feeling: fear, hate, guilt, inferiority … Negative emotions are very destructive for you.
“You cannot attract what you criticize.”
• Do Not Use: It will be…, I hope….
• How you say it is important! - if you don’t believe it and just say it will not help you, since you don’t believe.
Example: “I have No headache!” instead use “It is passing away!”,”It will never return!” OR
”I’m a millionaire!” instead use “ Everyday I’m being prospered in all of my interests!”
• Never mention a disease by name. If you keep saying them, they will take shape. Example: The author's friend h
tuberculosis, and he was using something like “ Every cell and tissue of the lung are now being whole. My body is restor
• The law of reversed effort: The harder you try, the harder you fall.
Why some people fail after a while is because when we try to suppress a desire is temporary. We should aim to diminis
desire.
• You you need answers ask your subconscious for help, using the technique*.
Technique:

• At night before bed, relax your body and mind.

• “Take a little phrase or affirmation, easily graven on the memory, and repeat it over and over again like a lullaby.”(Nan
School technique).
 The 48 laws of power by Robert Greene
Law 1. Never Outshine the Master
Always make those above you feel comfortably superior. Hide the extent of your own talents, as your masters may otherw
insecure. The better you make your master appear, the greater the level of power you will attain. Those above you want to
and superior in their positions. This may involve making a few harmless mistakes so that you can ask your master for help.

Law 2. Never Put Too Much Trust in Friends, Learn How to Use Enemies
Friends are more likely to betray you in haste as they are more prone to envy. However, if you hire a former enemy, they w
themselves more trustworthy, as they have more to prove. Consequently, you have more to fear from friends than your en
Often, you think you know your friends better than you do. This is because honesty rarely strengthens bonds, so friends fre
their true feelings about each other. As people want to feel they deserved their good fortune in hiring a friend, they can fe
and, ultimately, resentful. Instead, it’s better to hire an enemy, as your motives are up front and are not clouded with pers

Law 3. Conceal Your Intentions

Always keep your intentions obscured. This way, your opponents cannot defend themselves. Lead them astray, and by the
realize your plans, it will be too late. Use humankind’s tendency to trust appearances to your advantage. By dangling a dec
intentions in front of your opponents, they will fail to see what you’re really plotting.
By cloaking your intentions, people will believe you to be friendly and honest. This will lead them further down the wrong
Additionally, by being bland and inconspicuous, people are even less likely to doubt your intentions, as they trust the fami

Law 4. Always Say Less Than Necessary

Powerful people know how to impress others by saying less. The more you say, the more likely it is that you will end up sa
foolish. As people are constantly trying to work out what others appear to be thinking, silence makes them feel uncomfort
controlling what you reveal, you can wield great power. After all, they are likely to fill in the silences you leave, revealing m
information about their own intentions and weaknesses. Law 5. So Much Depends on Re
Guard It With Your Life
Your reputation is the cornerstone of your power. You can use it to intimidate and win, but if it becomes tarnished, you op
to being vulnerable to attack. Make your reputation impenetrable, and predict attacks before they occur. Aid yourself in th
destroying your enemies by exploiting holes in their reputations and letting the public destroy them.
A solid reputation can double your strength and distract potential opponents from discovering what you’re really like. It in
presence and your strengths without having to expend much energy.
Law 6. Court Attention at All Costs
As everything is judged by appearance, you must stand out. Make yourself appear larger, more interesting, and more myst
masses. One way to do this is to surround your name with sensation and scandal. Bear in mind that notoriety of any sort b
It’s preferable to be slandered than to be ignored.
A solid counterbalance to this approach is to create an air of mystery around yourself. Keep your cards close to your chest
drawn to those who seem enigmatic. An air of mystery increases your presence and creates anticipation – everyone will be
next move.
Law 7. Get Others to Do the Work for You, but Always Take the Credit
Never do for yourself what the efforts of others can do for you. Use their wisdom and knowledge to further your own caus
you will appear intimidatingly efficient and knowledgeable. Ultimately, those who worked for you will be forgotten, and yo
remembered.
If you think it’s important that you do all the work yourself, you won’t get far. Consequently, find those with the skills you
way to either take their work as your own, or hire them and put your name on their efforts. However, to do this effectively
must be secure, as otherwise people will call you out for deception.

Law 8. Make Other People Come to You – Use Bait if Necessary

It’s always preferable to make your opponent come to you, as they will have to abandon their plans and strategies in the p
them in, and then attack. This prevents you from ever reacting to your opponents; instead, they have to react to you. This
the long-game, sitting back, and staying calm as others get stuck in the traps you’ve carefully planned out for them.
However, your traps are only as good as the perceived attractiveness of your bait. If your bait is sweet enough, your oppon
become blinded to reality by their emotions, allowing you to gain the upper hand.

Law 9. Win Through Your Actions, Never Through Argument

Any triumph you gain through argument will be short lived. Resentment will fester in your opponents instead of a genuine
opinion. Instead, let your actions speak for you. If people agree with you through your actions instead of your words, you a
to sway lasting opinions. Words are a dime a dozen, and people will say anything to prove a point. Action is where you dem
beliefs.

Law 10. Infection: Avoid the Unhappy and the Unlucky

Emotional states can be as infectious as diseases. Occasionally, some unfortunate individuals bring their own misfortune u
and can bring you down too if you get too close. Therefore, make sure to associate with the happy and the fortunate.
The incurably unhappy tend to portray themselves as victims, and before you realize they are the cause of their own misfo
have infected you with their misery. Who you decide to associate with is critical. Through associating with the miserable, y
valuable time and drain your potential power.

Law 11. Learn to Keep People Dependent on You

To maintain independence, you must make others need and want you. The more people rely on you, the more freedom yo
wary to never teach those surrounding you with enough information that they can start doing things for themselves. This m
best way to get people to do what you want without forcing them or inflicting pain on them. Once you have dependents, t
on you, and you can subtly do with them as you wish.

Law 12. Use Selective Honesty and Generosity to Disarm Your Victim
A single honest gesture can help cover the traces of dozens of dishonest acts. By being generous, you can disarm even the
suspicious people. Once they are disarmed, you can manipulate them at will. The key to successful deception is distraction
generosity distracts those you wish to deceive while turning them into docile children, delighted by the affectionate gestur
Learning to give before you take is a skilled way of getting what you want. Selective honesty also functions as a means to d
opponents. However, regaling a single truth will not be enough. You’ll have to construct a facade of honesty built upon a s
gain trust, but these acts can be quite inconsequential.

Law 13. When Asking for Help, Appeal to the Self-interests of Others, Never to Their Mercy or Gratitude
If you must ask for help, make sure your request includes a benefit for your ally that you can exaggerate beyond proportio
ally sees that there is something in it for them, they are more likely to respond with enthusiasm. Self-interest is the greate
people. Once you master the art of working out what others want and using it to further your own plans, there will be no l
you can accomplish.
Law 14. Pose as a Friend, Work as a Spy
Knowledge about your rival is essential. By posing as a friend, you can ask indirect questions and gradually get your oppon
their weaknesses and their intentions. Once you know this information, you can better predict how they are going to move
If you don’t want to pose as a friend, get others to spy for you. However, while you gather information, you open yourself
vulnerabilities by letting other people do your work for you. It’s always better to spy and pose as a friend yourself.

Law 15. Crush Your Enemy Totally

To crush your enemy partially means that they will eventually recover and seek revenge. Ultimately, you can only gain pea
if your enemies cease to exist. If you manage to remove all of your opponent’s options, then they will have no choice but t
will. By giving them nothing to negotiate with and no room to maneuver, you will have crushed them.

Law 16. Use Absence to Increase Respect and Honor

The more present you are, the more common you appear. Create an air of scarcity around yourself to increase your percei
you currently exist within an established group, intermittently withdraw so that others talk about you and admire you mor
To do this effectively, you must learn when is the right time to withdraw. In doing so, you force their respect by inadverten
your absence for good. Once you return from your absence, it will appear as if you have been resurrected, and people will
see you again.

Law 17. Keep Others in Suspended Terror: Cultivate an Air of Unpredictability

Humans are creatures of habit who look for familiar patterns in the behaviors of others. By acting unpredictably, your opp
themselves out by trying to predict and analyze your moves. This means occasionally striking without warning. When you a
you give others power over you. If you act surprisingly, they will feel that they don’t understand you and will be intimidate
Similarly, if you find yourself the underdog, using a strategy of unpredictable moves can confuse your enemies into making
blunder.

Law 18. Do Not Build Fortresses to Protect Yourself – Isolation is Dangerous

If you decide to isolate yourself from your enemies and the world at large, you cut yourself off from valuable information.
vulnerable to attack. It’s always better to mingle amongst people, as you are better protected in a crowd. Because humans
creatures, power comes with social interaction.
Therefore, to become powerful, you must place yourself at the center of things. Activity should revolve around you. Resist
retreat when things feel uncertain. Instead of turning inward, focus on seeking out old allies and forcing yourself into new

Law 19. Know Who You’re Dealing With – Don’t Offend the Wrong Person
Choose your opponents wisely. There are some people that once defeated, will spend the rest of their lives seeking reveng
Consequently, it pays to not offend the wrong person. The skill of correctly measuring people is the most important with r
and maintaining power. Be sure to know everything about a person before you work with them.
However, don’t rely on your instincts to get an understanding of a person, and never trust appearances. Watch your targe
period of time to get a truer picture of their nature.

Law 20. Don’t Commit to Anyone

Make sure the only cause you commit to is yourself. Maintain your independence at all costs. This allows you to play peop
each other. When you hold back from joining a cause, you create a sense of respect because you appear untouchable. You
reputation for independence.
Further, do not commit to anyone. Stay out of petty fights and squabbles. Feign interest, but let others do the fighting whi
and wait. Often, it can be a good tactic to stir up quarrels between two parties and then gain power by acting as the go-be
Law 21. Play a Sucker to Catch a Sucker – Appear Dumber Than Your Mark
No one enjoys feeling stupid. Consequently, a great trick is to make your opponents feel smarter than you. Once they belie
to be more intelligent, they will never suspect that you have any ulterior motives.

Law 22. Use the Surrender Tactic: Transform Weakness Into Power
Surrender before you are about to be defeated. This buys you more time to plot your revenge, and to torment your conqu
surrendering, you deny them the satisfaction of destroying you. In doing so, you make the act of surrender a tool of power
By yielding, you gain the upper hand because you lull your opponent into believing they have defeated you, even as you p
downfall. This confuses your opponents and means they are unlikely to act aggressively against you.

Law 23. Concentrate Your Forces

Conserve your energies by focusing them all into a single source of power. When looking for such a source, identify a singl
will sustain you for a long time to come. You gain more power by finding a singular rich source than by flitting between ma
shallow sources of power.
Power exists in concentrated form. In any organization, power will emanate from a small group of people who are holding
Consequently,

24. Play the Perfect Courtier

The courtier wields power through discrete avenues. By flattering and yielding to their superiors and only enforcing their p
charm and grace, they gradually accumulate an ever-increasing amount of power. There are several steps one can take to
perfect courtier, and they involve the following:
– Practicing nonchalance
– Being frugal with flattery
– Adapting your style and language according to your audience
– Avoiding being the bearer of bad news
– Never criticizing your superiors
– Being self-observant
– Mastering your emotions
– Being a source of pleasure

25. Recreate Yourself

Do not accept the role that society has given you. Forge your own identity, one that commands attention. Master your ima
letting others dictate it for you. Remake yourself into a figure of power as if molding yourself from clay.
To do this, you must first be self-aware, and you must learn to master your emotions. Then, you must create a memorable
From here, you can learn to play many roles to adapt to what any given situation requires of you. However, remember tha
can be counterproductive.

26. Keep Your Hands Clean

You must maintain a spotless appearance. You should never be associated with nasty deeds. To do this, employ the use of
disguise your involvement. Your reputation depends more on what you conceal than what you reveal. You should always h
convenient scapegoat on hand for when needing to conceal your more dubious activities.
In addition to a scapegoat, you will also need a cat’s-paw. This is someone who does your dirty work for you while obscurin
involvement. This means letting someone else be the bearer of bad news while you choose to associate yourself exclusivel
good.

27. Create a Cult-like Following by Playing on People’s Need to Believe

People want to believe in something. By inventing yourself as this cult-like entity, they will follow you and give you untold
power. To become such a figure, you need to follow these steps:
– Keep your words vague and simple but full of promise
– Emphasize enthusiasm rather than the intellectual and the rational
– Structure your group in accordance to the forms of organized religion
– Disguise your sources of income
– Create an us-versus-them dynamic
28. Enter Action With Boldness
Everyone admires the bold. The timid are frowned upon. Consequently, you shouldn’t choose a course of action half-heart
doubts will become apparent and will tarnish your reputation. It’s always better to act boldly. Any mistakes made are easil
by acting even more audaciously.
Few are born bold. It’s a habit that needs to be cultivated. It must be practiced. Likewise, timidity is also a learned trait. If y
yourself acting timidly, you must root this out and replace it with acts of boldness instead.

29. Plan All the Way to the End

Always plan until the end. This means thinking through every possibility that could prevent you from reaching your end go
will be able to accommodate for any surprises along the way and secure your future.
Most people are too trapped by their emotions in the moment to see ahead, so this will give you the upper hand. Plan in d
you act, and don’t succumb to making any vague plans. Your end goal must always be crystal clear.

30. Make Your Accomplishments Seem Effortless

Make your success seem easy. Conceal all the toil and tricks you used to attain it, as it otherwise arouses too much curiosit
Never reveal how you reached your position of power to anyone, or they may use it against you. There are great advantag
silent. The more mysterious your actions appear, the greater your power appears to be. It will make it seem as if you have
gift that no one can replicate and that knows no limits.

31. Control the Options: Get Others to Play With the Cards You Deal
By giving your opponents a choice, they will feel that they’re controlling their destiny. What they won’t realize is that you’r
as a puppet to choose between two scenarios, both of which serve you.
When given a choice between two possibilities, people rarely consider all the other potential options that could be on the
they blindly choose to believe they have autonomy in their decision-making; too much freedom creates anxiety. By setting
range of choices, you can guide your opponent to play right into your hands.

32. Play Into People’s Fantasies

As the truth is often ugly, if you appeal to it, you risk being bombarded with the anger of disenchantment. Instead, by tapp
fantasies of the masses, people will flock to you as you offer an alternative to the disillusionment of reality. By observing w
everyday life are most abhorred, you can conjure up fantasies that promise the opposite of peoples’ current realities and t
phenomenal power.

33. Discover Each Man’s Thumbscrew

Find your opponent’s weakness. This is often an insecurity, an untamed emotion or desire, or sometimes a secret pleasure
for the following:
– Instances when they behave like a child, which indicates some unresolved trauma in childhood
– Contrasts, as an overt trait often conceals it opposite (i.e., arrogance is often hiding insecurity)
– The weak link, which is often someone behind the scenes controlling their behavior
– Ways to fill the void of their insecurity or unhappiness to wield significant power
– How to encourage their uncontrollable emotion, as they won’t be able to control themselves, and you can do the contro

34. Be Royal in Your Own Fashion: Act Like a King to Be Treated Like One
How you present yourself to the world will reflect how others see and treat you. Carry yourself with self respect, confidenc
to make it seem like you were destined for power. We must make ourselves demand and expect as much as a young child.
are destined for greatness, and this belief will radiate outwards and others will believe it, too. Ask for less, and that is exac
get.

35. Master the Art of Timing

Never seem to be in a rush – patience is a virtue. Learn to bide your time, and only strike when the timing is right. As time
by mastering your emotions, you can make time seem to move more slowly and lengthen your perception of the future. T
to become more patient and to see the bigger picture.
36. Disdain Things You Cannot Have: Ignoring Them is the Best Revenge
The less interest you take in things that irritate you, the more superior you seem. By acknowledging your enemy, you give
credibility and, therefore, power. Paradoxically, the more you want something, the more it eludes you as your interest is to
which makes others feel uncomfortable and fearful. Occasionally, it’s best just to leave things alone. By turning your back
want, you will drive your opponents crazy.

37. Create Compelling Spectacles

By generating grand, spectacular gestures, you will heighten your presence and your power. People will be too dazzled by
uncover what you’re really up to. As opposed to using words, visual gestures contain an emotive power and immediacy th
room for doubt. Where words divide, images unite. Use this to your advantage.

38. Think as You Like, but Behave Like Others

By consistently going against the grain in public, people will begin to resent you for making them feel inferior. Practice blen
hiding your true feelings to nurture the common touch. By doing so, you will be left alone to express your true beliefs in a
manner. Once a base of power is established, you can then begin to disseminate your beliefs gradually, and they are more
adopted.

39. Stir Up Waters to Catch Fish

If you can stay calm while infuriating your opponents, you can gain an advantage. By finding their weaknesses, you can dis
play with them at will. The more angry they become, the more ridiculous they will appear. This will reduce their power.

40. Despise the Free Lunch

Never trust anything that comes for free. Anything of worth is worth paying for. Most things that come for free come with
psychological price task. By paying, you avoid falling into the trap of having to be grateful, guilty, or deceitful. Further, bein
your money is a sign of power. Generosity softens up your opponents into being deceived.

41. Avoid Stepping Into a Great Man’s Shoes

What came first always seems more original than what follows. Don’t get lost in the shadows of those that came before yo
establish your own name and identity by not following the same course of your predecessors.

42. Strike the Shepherd, and the Sheep Will Scatter

All trouble can usually be traced back to one individual. By rooting out this individual and preventing them from operating
their influence. Don’t waste time, or their influence will multiply. In every group, power is concentrated around one or two
Consequently, understanding who controls the group is critical. This is made more challenging, as troublemakers prefer to
actions. Isolate their power, however, and they become redundant.

43. Work on the Hearts and Minds of Others

If people feel coerced into acting in a specific way, they will resent you. Instead, you must seduce others so that they act h
without you having to ask them. By understanding their psychology and their weaknesses, you can play with their emotion
their hearts and minds so that they are loyal to you. By softening them up, you can slowly bend people towards your will w
realizing.

44. Disarm and Infuriate With the Mirror Effect

By mirroring your opponents and doing exactly as they do, you humiliate them and cause them to overreact. By making th
share their values, they find it challenging to work out your strategy, as they are blinded by your mirror. You are also able t
opponents a lesson by giving them a taste of their own medicine.

45. Preach the Need for Change, but Never Reform Too Much at Once
If you have recently entered a position of power or are an outsider trying to make a claim for it, respect the way people ha
up until this point. Too much change will engender a revolt. To introduce change, make it seem like a gradual and gentle im
the past.
46. Never Appear Too Perfect
While appearing superior to others is dangerous, to appear faultless and without weakness is even more perilous. By displ
vices, you prevent envy from developing, and you make yourself appear more approachable. By letting envy fester, it can m
host of problematic ways that will ultimately try to rob you of your power. Stop it in its tracks by making yourself seem pow
faultless.

47. Don’t Go Past the Mark You Aimed For: In Victory, Learn When to Stop
Don’t let success go to your head. The moment you achieve victory is often when you’re at your most vulnerable. Don’t ge
yourself with your overconfidence and push beyond your initial target. This could create more enemies than you are capab
There can be no substitute for meticulous strategic planning. Once you reach your goal, stop.

48. Assume Formlessness

By being tangible, you open yourself up to attack. To be malleable, adaptable, and on the move makes you ungraspable. A
everything, everywhere changes, and embody this truth. By being as fluid as water, you protect yourself from the ever-shi
reality. By refusing to adapt and to change, you fail to evolve and your power will be usurped. The powerful are constantly
their power comes from the speed at which they can change.
How Your Mind Works
“Man has only one mind, but he has two distinct phases or functions of the one mind”—that’s the introductory senten
The objective mind is the one which deals with objective things and uses the five physical senses to know the world.
Consequently, while the objective mind is limited by the physical aspects of your existence, the subjective mind can l
One other thing: the subjective mind is very susceptible to suggestions and, in one way or another, says yes to all of t
The captain is the master of the ship; his orders are followed out; likewise, your conscious mind is the captain, the m
The conscious and the subconscious mind are connected in an inverse proportion: the more one of them is used, the le
And, boy, what functions are these!
The Subconscious Mind and Health
As far as Murphy is concerned, there is one—and only one—universal healing principle: namely, the subconscious m
This knowledge is not new, Murphy says, referring us to Paracelsus, a 16 th century alchemist, and quoting twice a bel
In other words, “if you believe in the bones of saints to heal, or if you believe in the healing power of certain waters,
It would be, of course, too easy if you could just say “I have no headache,” and you stopped having headaches for the
So, what you want to do is impress your subconscious mind into cooperation; in plainer words, you need to sell him t
Especially if uttered before going to sleep or in a drowsy, reverie-like state when the conscious mind gives way to the
However, don’t ever weaken your treatment by saying things such as “I hope so,” or “It will be better.” As Murphy sa
Doubt and hope are not your friends. Even worse than they are fear, hate, guilt, and inferiority—the “four basic perso
Show them who is “the boss” by carefully balancing out your pitch to the subconscious mind. “Know that health is yo
The Subconscious Mind and Alcoholism
Regardless of the problem, the usual procedure to contact your subconscious mind and order him to do something con
#1. Take a look at the problem.
#2. Turn to the solution or way out known only to the subconscious mind (talk to it in a reverie-like state, without dou
#3. Rest in a sense of deep conviction that it is done.
Murphy advises that you use this technique with “complete simplicity and naiveté,” “As a man imagines and feels, so
If you are an alcoholic—since, as Johann Hari says, “the opposite of addiction isn’t sobriety: it’s connection”—Murphy suggest
#1. Get still and quite the wheels of your mind. Enter into a sleepy, drowsy state.
#2. Use a trick out of the Nancy School hypnosis-centered toolbox: “take a brief phrase which can readily be graven o
So, that you prevent your mind from wandering, you should repeat this phrase for five minutes, either aloud or “sketc
#3. Just before going to sleep, use Goethe’s imagine-a-friend technique. 
“Imagine a friend,” Murphy advises, “a loved one in front of you. Your eyes are closed; you are relaxed and at peace.
The Subconscious Mind and Wealth
“Money is essential for your economic health in this country,” states the obvious Murphy; “therefore, you should hav
There are two reasons why you don’t already have that much: either you are constantly thinking to yourself somethin
The trick is, once again, to find the most suggestible phrase and to repeat it for a few minutes in a drowsy state. In the
• “Wealth—Success.” This is the simplest one. Just repeating these two words one after another for about five minute
• “By day and by night, I am being prospered in all of my interests.” This is even gentler and, as such, it “will not aro
• “My sales are improving every day. I am advancing, progressing, and getting wealthier every day.” Hear the happin
The Subconscious Mind and Marital Problems
The subconscious mind has tremendous power, but it is absolutely pointless to use it when its use would benefit nobo
For example, if one ends up being married to a drug addict, it is not at all wise to try and use your subconscious mind
“If one of the partners has an intense desire to terminate the marriage,” writes Murphy, “and the other has an equally
That’s why “the best time to prevent a divorce is before marriage.” The cause of all of your marital trouble is that you
Murphy shares this technique if you want to achieve this:
"Sit down at night in your armchair; close your eyes; let go; relax the body; become very quiet, passive, and recep
The Subconscious Mind and Guidance
You know how you woke up that time at 5:45 AM without the alarm, and that was precisely the hour you wanted to w
Well, by now you know what happened: you suggested your subconscious mind to wake you up, and since you did th
It’s the same when you need guidance for something. In this case, however, instead of ordering your subconscious mi
The technique is still the same. In your bed tonight, quiet your mind, still your body and tell all of yourself to relax. Im
First, try and solve it with your conscious mind. Then, think about how happy you’d be when you’ve finally found th
Finally, in the sleepiest, drowsiest state before dreams come, say quietly and positively: “The answer is mine now; I k
Fall asleep with the mood or feeling of a found solution. Let your mind play around with this mood in a relaxed mann
Just don’t transfer the problem to your conscious mind: your solution should come when you’re preoccupied with som
Remember: no matter what happens, “you will always receive guidance with respect to the subject in which you think
The Subconscious Mind and Fear
“Do the thing you fear,” said Emerson once, “and the death of fear is certain.” What he forgot to mention is that you n
Murphy tells the story of a singer who was afraid to sing before an audience, even though she had a beautiful voice. H
As for the technique.
The singer was advised to isolate herself three times a day in a quiet room. Then she was supposed to sit down comfo
So, now, it was time for suggestions. The girl was advised to say to herself something along the lines of “I sing beaut
Three such “sittings” a day and one immediately before sleep made this woman a star-singer after only a week: she ga
“Carry out the above procedure with assurance and conviction,” concludes Murphy, “and the death of fear is certain.”
Key Lessons from “The Miracles of Your Mind”
1.    Your Mind Has Two Distinct Phases: Objective and Subjective
2.    The Subconscious Mind Is Most Powerful When the Conscious Mind Is Switched Off
3.    The True Meaning of the Words “Heart” and “Lord”
Your Mind Has Two Distinct Phases: Objective and Subjective
Even though we have only one mind, it has “two distinct phases or functions.” These two functions have many names
The objective (or the conscious) mind, via our five senses, takes cognizance of the objective world; the subjective, on
The Subconscious Mind Is Most Powerful When the Conscious Mind Is Switched Off
Just as the conscious mind works best when you are fresh and active, the subconscious mind works best when you are
That’s what happens when you’re drowsy or sleepy (this is when you’re most unable to discern reality from fantasy),
So make your pitch to it just before you fall asleep, in the quiet, relaxed, reverie-like state of lethargy.
The True Meaning of the Words “Heart” and “Lord”
“The heart is called the subconscious mind in ancient allegories,” writes Murphy. “The Egyptians knew that the heart
In addition, in the penultimate chapter of the book, Murphy adds that “the Lord is an ancient word meaning your subc
In other words, when you’re talking to your heart or the Lord, you’re actually talking to your subconscious mind. 
But that is not a mistake, because this is how your most intimate wishes actually come true. You just need to believe i
d is by far the more powerful of the two:
epted as true. Another simple illustration is this: When you repeatedly say to people, ‘I do not like mushrooms,’ then the time com
spended or in a sleepy, drowsy state.”

and your subconscious mind will believe you and do the rest of the work. 

als by faith also.”

radictions that easily; it accepts only what you believe and feel as true or possible.

d vivid. The word ‘congratulations’ implies complete freedom. Hear it, over and over again, until you get the reaction which sati

ey.” “I want wealth and success.”)

cious mind and the world.

He is peaceful and happy. These qualities are sinking down into my subconscious mind now. As I dwell upon these qualities, t

ur dreams.

he conscious mind. 
ushrooms,’ then the time comes for you to be served mushrooms, you get indigestion because your subconscious mind says to yo

u get the reaction which satisfies.”

dwell upon these qualities, they become a part of me. I know there is an irresistible law of attraction, and that I attract to me a
ubconscious mind says to you, ‘The boss does not like mushrooms.’ This is an example probably amusing to you; nevertheless, th
n, and that I attract to me a man according to my subconscious belief. I attract that which I feel as true in my subconscious m
sing to you; nevertheless, this is an example of the relationship between the conscious and subconscious mind.
true in my subconscious mind. In other words, I know that according to the law, I will attract a partner in accordance with m
artner in accordance with my feelings, beliefs, and impressions made on my subconscious mind regarding the type of man I s
garding the type of man I seek."