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How to Use the Laws of the Mind

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In this book, Joseph Murphy explores the miraculous healings of Jesus as recorded in the New Testament, and explains in simple terms how the same methods and principles can be applied by anyone to heal oneself or others. The qualities and relationship between the Conscious (Objective or Supraliminal) and Subliminal (Subjective or Subconscious) aspects of the mind are lucidly described. In his very readable and engaging style, the author teaches us how to use both phases of the mind synchronously, harmoniously and peacefully in order to bring harmony, health and abundance into our lives.

Originally published in 1957, it was way ahead of its time since the mind-body connection was only beginning to be taken seriously by mainstream medicine and large sectors of the public in the 1990s. The author's metaphysical interpretation of scripture is certainly life-affirming, wholesome and uplifting, as opposed to certain literal interpretations that induce religious morbidity and other destructive mindsets. He also explains that Biblical statements are parables, allegories, metaphors, similes and cryptic statements, and are thus not to be taken literally. The main message is that we are all children of the infinite, born to win, and to live in the joyous expectancy of the best. (See the pioneering work The Varieties Of Religious Experience: A Study In Human Nature by William James).

The author explains how the mind works, how it can heal, how to pray and why thought-patterns are creative. There are chapters on evil, how to control fear, marriage and the power of suggestion. The book contains references to Thomas Troward (See his masterpiece The Creative Process In The Individual which I recommend). This is an excellent guide for all holistic healers. In addition, I rate highly the author's The Power of Your Subconscious Mind, a true classic which also deals with healing and may be read in conjunction with this book. In Murphy's own words: 'Begin to see tongues in trees, sermons in stones, songs in running brooks, and God in everything.'

I have always been a hard worker, yet this did not seem to be enough. I was intelligent and industrious, but I seemed just to work harder all the time. Then I discovered (through Joseph Murphy) that the fault was in my thinking. I was, in fact, subscribing to the "expect the worst, and then maybe it won't happen" thinking. This is not a good way to think, because the laws of mind are creative. Just like chemistry, the laws of mind are impersonal and can be used by anyone incorrectly or correctly. If you are experiencing problems in life (and who doesn't), you may be like I am -- very impatient to get everything on track. It was especially maddening for me to read of other people whose results seemed to come so quickly. Still, I have had quite good results with Dr. Murphy's approach, although in most cases they were not instant results. My work environment has become much less stressful and my repoire with coworkers has improved. My boss recommended me for a salary increase. Outside of work, I have also accomplished a number of things I always wanted to do. Plus, I have discovered that indigestion can be largely eliminated by positive thinking ... earlier, I would have laughed to scorn anyone who told me this. Indeed, I expected no improvement in that area at all. It was a mere by-product. But I am sure you can agree that with by-products like that, Joseph Murphy's books are worth reading.

I read a couple of Dr. Murphy's books prior to this one, so many of the core ideas were quite familiar, but this book goes into greater detail than others in terms of improving your personal health and the quality of your relationships. Other books by this author focus more on the attainment of material wealth. Dr. Murphy had some innovative ideas on the symbolism contained in the Bible and quotes many scriptures. However, he is not exclusive of other creeds and has a more Universalist perspective than is common in philosophical works these days. I highly recommend this book, as well as "Telephysics," and "The Power of the Subconscious Mind," by the same author.

I don't really need to say anything, the book says it all. I realize I have been living a lie, with full of fears and wrong thoughts. I really thank Joseph Murphy for writing all this amasing books. I really like how he talks about changing your life and your environment, by changing your everyday thinking. I don't think there has been an author that I will like to meet very much. If you ever read this Mr Joseph Murphy please E-mail me I would love to talk to you.

The beautiful thing about Dr. Murphy's books and writing is that he is able to present so many different and enlightening illustrations of ONE TRUTH that he gets his point across so effectively to so many different people.

For instance, some people may conceive of the number "6" as being "5 +1", others "3+3", others "4 +2", still others "8-2", etc, etc, etc. The fact is that all those numbers represent the "truth" of the concept of 6, but depending on your reference point, it's easier for one person to "get" the idea of "3+3" than it is "8-2" or "4+2" and so on.

Dr. Murphy presents the truth from religious, metaphysical, psychological, philosophical and scientific perspectives. So, depending on how your mind is oriented, one can grasp the truth from an illustration that is easy for one not just to UNDERSTAND but also to BELIEVE and have faith in that it will work.

For instance, Dr. Murphy's essential theme throughout all his books is that thought is creative. He states that images and emotionalized thoughts (what you REALLY believe and accept as true) are the kinds of thoughts that reach the subconscious mind. The subconscious has the ability to attract the physical equivalent of those thoughts and images.

For anyone who has recently become aware of the idea of the Law of Attraction and may wonder how Dr. Murphy's writing fits into this, he articulates (albeit subtlety) that the subconscious mind controls your vibration. The Law of Attraction is not just the "Law of Attraction" but really the "Law of Attraction & Vibration". It states that everything in the Universe is energy (if you are religious or spiritual, Dr. Murphy writes in his book the Cosmic Energizer - written in 1974! - that "energy" is just science's term for "spirit").

The laws of physics state that:

1) everything is energy and this energy: a) constantly vibrates b) is electromagnetic meaning attracts and is attracted to things that are on the same wavelength or are in resonance with it c) is interchangeable d) is interconvertible e) is reversible -(ex. electricity produces magnetism, magnetism produces electricity, motion produces heat, heat produces motion, etc., etc.)



The subconscious mind controls the vibration that your mind and body is in and thus manifests your thought into its physical equivalent -whether that thought is a person [ideal relationship], place [where you want to be vs. where you are now] or thing [a different body, a job, more money, etc.]

What you a) REALLY believe (i.e. what you have faith in....faith is nothing more than a thought in your mind that you are emotionally attached) and what you b) imagine vividly make their way to your subconscious mind. Your subconscious mind then has the ability to change your vibration such that you attract the physical equivalent of what you imagine and/or feel as true. This is the law! This is why he emphasizes affirmations and visualizations. When you stats something enough times (an affirmation) you come to accept it as true. It then makes its way to your subconscious. Or, when you imagine something vividly it also makes its way to your subconscious.

This is the "science" behind what Dr. Murphy teaches. Thought is energy and as everything in the universe is energy and as your subconscious mind has the ability to "change" your energy....since energy effects energy...by using your subconscious mind accordingly you make things happen.

From a spiritual or religious perspective, one of Dr. Murphy's favorite biblical examples is where Jesus teaches each person the proper method of praying. When you pray, you are actually praying "what" you want and not prayer "for what" you want. There is a difference.

On Pg. 40 he ties biblical texts together with what science teaches. In other words he is showing the relationship between scientific truth and spiritual/biblical truth.

We are given instruction from the bible on the spiritual truth of how to pray properly and get guaranteed results since this truth is a law that works all the time:

"Therefore, I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them (Mark 11: 24).

The difference in the tenses is intentional and of the utmost importance to understand this spiritual law which works with mathematical exactitude.

We are instructed to "believe that ye have receive them" - believe and receive are PRESENT TENSE and by doing so

"Ye shall have them" - "shall have" is in FUTURE TENSE.

We are told that the PRESENT TENSE belief that we have something (meaning right at the moment of prayer we feel and see in our mind's eye the thing we are praying for as already occurring in the outside world). By doing so, we produce that thing in the outside word.

Now the best nugget I got from this book (I have at least ½ dozen of his books) is his converging scientific truth with biblical/spiritual truth.

How does the verse from Mark on how to pray fit in with what we accept as true in the scientific, outer world?

Well as. Dr. Murphy explains on pp 40-41:
"Students of scientific laws know that all transformations of force are reversible. Heat produces mechanical motion. Reverse it and you discover that mechanical motion can produce heat. Science says electricity produces magnetism; likewise magnetism can produce electric currents. Cause and effect, energy and matter, action and reaction ARE THE SAME AND ARE INTERCONVERTABLE.

"Therefore, I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them (Mark 11:24).

HERE YOU ARE TOLD TO PRAY BELIEVING THAT YOU ALREADY POSESS what you pray for. ***THIS IS BASED ON THE LAW OF INVERSE TRANSFORMATION***." (Dr. Murphy, pp 40-41 of the book).


Just as having a thing on the outside produces a feeling on the inside...
Having the feeling associated with the thing on the inside, produces the thing on the outside.

This is why Dr. Murphy teaches us that we shouldn't be like the average person who says "I'll believe it when I see it", rather we should understand that
"You'll see it when you believe it". The belief produces the thing rather than the thing producing the belief!

This makes sense. Recall that the bible says that faith is not just some intangible thing it is an actual SUBSTANCE (meaning an actual thing....that thing is energy). Specifically we are told that faith is "The substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen". The thing that we pray for is actually and literally made from something invisible that becomes visible. Just like steam which is invisible becomes visible as a solid when it turns to ice.

Our faith is a substance (and since everything is energy our faith or emotionalized belief is actual, tangible energy) that when held becomes visible as the thing we are praying forth - spirit (energy) becomes matter. What we experience on the outside is just the physical manifestation of what we can't see which is the thoughts, images, belief/faith we hold on the inside!

It all makes sense!

If you find yourself skeptical, you can check out a BBC story where it has been scientifically shown that thoughts can and do affect physical matter. They've recently produced a study where handicapped people where hooked up to a computer linked to a machine. When they were instructed to mentally tell the machine to move in a certain direction and the machine responded to their commands (they had a piece of equipment connected to the patient...but the equipment didn't do any of the work, it was the actual thoughts in the person's mind that caused the machine to move).

Our faith is nothing more than a thought in our mind that is emotionalized - it's emotionalized meaning we "feel" strongly that it is true. For instance we have "faith" that the sun will rise in the morning (i.e. we feel strongly that the sun will rise every morning).

Our faith, our habitual beliefs, the images we hold are nothing but energy/spirit made manifest. Energy/spirit becomes matter (i.e. it becomes the events and situations we experience in life). Our subconscious mind controls what our vibration is. When we visualize and accept is true is impressed upon the subconscious mind which attracts to use the things we impress upon it. Remember that "like attracts like". When you think something with feeling, when you really believe it, you are working with energy, real tangible energy an actual substance which is as the bible says "The substance of things hoped for [or prayed for] and the evidence of things unseen". The faith is actual evidence because the faith is the intangible unseen "thing" or energy that becomes tangible!

It has taken me quite a while to really get this. I hope this explanation of mine provides just a fraction of the insight that Dr. Murphy's work has provided me.

Thank you Dr. Murphy for sharing the truth with the world. He was (and is) a true prophet!

His work has had an absolute major impact on my life.

PS
What I also learned from Dr. Murphy's work is that if we have prayed or attempted to use the law and not got an "answer" (i.e the response we want) what that means is that he have not yet impressed the idea of what we want onto our subconscious which then vibrates that energy and attracts to us the physical/material equivalent of what we want.

This is often due to 1) Lack of Faith and 2) Too Much Effort (Dr. Murphy mentions this in the book Power of Your Subconscious Mind).

Dr. Murphy says that a good way to use a test to see whether or not you have created within yourself the kind of faith or belief that is strong enough to reach the subconscious is this:

Ask yourself if you have what he refers to as "Divine Indifference". What does this mean? It means you feel as confident and as sure that what you are visualizing and affirming will happen as you are that the sun will rise tomorrow.

Ironically, once we reach this level of assurance we tend to forget about what we pray for. Just like we don't think everyday "Will the sun rise tomorrow?", when we have reached the point of "Divine Indifference" there is a level of peace and confidence that we feel that often leads to us dismissing the thing from our mind.

So if you have tried Dr. Murphy's techniques and haven't yet received what you have affirmed, just realize that you are working with a law. That when your mind finally reaches the point of complete acceptance (i.e. Divine Indifference) your subconscious mind will accept it and attract it to you.

I know 1) and 2) (mentioned above) have often got me, but when I finally figured it out, things looked up.

So keep on praying, you can have anything you want! This stuff works! Accept it! Believe it!

Whoever you may be right now, read Dr. Murphy's work and accept the teachings as truth. Once you get results you will know beyond a shadow of a doubt that your thoughts directly impact your experiences in "real life".

Blessings and happiness to you.

This is another inspiring book by Joseph Murphy, who comes second only to Neville among authors teaching the powers of the mind.

He explains how to heal both oneself and others, and solve all types of problems, by the use of affirmative prayer, not begging for help, but declaring faith and love. He also recommends the reading aloud of the 23rd, 27th, or/and 91st Psalm several times during the day so as to "saturate the mind with ... great truths" and gradually transform the mind.

He recounts many cases of people who have been helped by the method he advises, and quotes widely from the Bible, explaining the meaning of the various metaphorical statements.

There is only one (good) Power, as he explains in a useful chapter about the "meaning of Satan".

A book to be recommended for those in need of inspiration or help in working out their problems.

Here is a stand alone book on the art of utilizing your mind power to create amazing changes in your life. I love this book as well as "The Power of Your Subconscious Mind" also by Dr. Joseph Murphy. He is one of my personal hero's and I'm always telling people how I wish I had the chance to attend one of his lectures or workshops before he passed away.

In "How to Use the Laws of Mind" Murphy gives detailed examples and exercises on how to create permanent lasting changes in your life. Dr. Murphy excels at helping the wayward seekers realize that everything they have been seeking has always been within. Here you are assured that the only thing you need to be doing is what you really really want to do. In other words, God wants to express itself through you in whatever way brings you the most joy.

I loved the message and exercises in this book. It became another foundational pillar in my life and in my writings. "How to use The Laws of Mind" is another integral part of my new work "Reality Creation 101".

I was very happy with my purchase. It was in band new condition and arrive very quickly

I do not know whether it is a coincidence or not, but in an another book -which was written a century before- the main ideas and even the examples of this book were written in a more detailed and more professional way. Those books are The Words, The Letters and The Flashes from Said Nursi. If you like this book, you'll more like those.

In purchasing this book I hoped of achieving manipulation of my subconscious mind through a scientific approach. "How to use the laws of mind" seemed my best shot of catapulting my inner strength to externally bring an overwhelming abundance of wealth and vitality into my life. Unfortunately the depth into the subconscious matter is extremely shallow and will leave a lot to be desired if this is what the basis of your purchase will depend on.

Mr Joseph Murphy gallivants into a vast selection of one to one cases he has come across throughout his professional career all of which tell the tale of ravishing and miraculous results in arduous and cumbersome situations. The majority of the entailed stories proclaim nothing more than a little common sense, which makes irritating reading when quotes from the bible and other religious means are stressed with great importance. The author claims that affirming the 91st Psalm (whatever that may be) and understanding its inner meaning would prevent anyone using malicious or negative actions against you. Affirming every night the words: - "Vengeance is mind; I will repay, saith the Lord" will prevent hypertension. If you are been wrongly accused by someone either for a criminal or civil case, just read Psalm 56:4 and everything will be okay. I beg to differ.

The majority of content demonstrates how pray is always the answer. Maybe I am not praying hard enough. Millions in Africa pray for rain, but to no avail, unfortunately for them they do not have access to any written form of Psalms, nor can they read.

Despite my sceptical approach, the overall teachings of the book contains a vital and very important connotation; "Words are very powerful." If you say a statement repeatedly and believe in what you are saying to be true, it can have a strong impact on your mind and others around you.

If you insist on the purchase of this book I can only suggest you also purchase a book of psalms to supplement your reading. For others who see my sceptical analysis, a good recommendation would be "The Instant Millionaire" by Mark Fisher.