1  
 
 2 The POWER of Your Subconscious 
Mind 
Joseph Murphy 
D.R.S., D.D., Ph.D., LL.D. Fellow of the Andhra Research University of India 
 
How This Book Can Work Miracles in Your Life 
I have seen miracles happen to men and women in all walks 
of life all over the world. Miracles will happen to you, t oo—
when you begin using the magic power of your subconscious 
mind. This book is designed to teach you that your habitual 
thinking and imagery mold, fashion, and create your destiny; 
for as a man thinketh in his sub-conscious mind, so is he. • Do you know the answers? Why is one man sad and another man happy? Why is one man 
joyous and prosperous and another man poor and miserable? Why is 
one man fearful and anxious and another full of faith and confide nce? Why does one man have a beautiful, lux-urious home while another 
man lives out a meager existence in a slum? Why is one ma n a great 
success and another an ab-ject failure? Why is one speaker 
outstanding and immensely popular and another mediocre and 
unpopular? Why is one man a genius in his work or profession whi le 
the other man toils and moils all his life without doing or 
accomplishing anything worthwhile? Why is one man healed of a s o-
called incurable disease and another isn’t? Why is it so many good, 
kind religious people suffer the tortures of the damned in th eir mind 
and body? Why is it many immoral and irreligious people succeed and 
prosper and enjoy radiant health? Why is one woman happily ma rried 
and her sister very unhappy and frustrated? Is there an answer to these 
questions in the workings of your conscious and subconscious minds? There most certainly is. 3 • Reason for writing this book 
It is for the express purpose of answering and clarifying the above 
questions and many others of a similar nature that mo-tivated m e to 
write this book. I have endeavored to explain the great fundame ntal 
truths of your mind in the simplest language possible. I belie ve that it 
is perfectly possible to explain the basic, foundational, and 
fundamental laws of life and of your mind in ordinary everyday 
language. You will find that the language of this book is that us ed in 
your daily papers, current periodicals, in your business offic es, in your 
home, and in the daily work-shop. I urge you to study this book and 
apply the techniques outlined therein; and as you do, I feel a bsolutely 
convinced that you will lay hold of a miracle-working power that  will 
lift you up from confusion, misery, melancholy, and failure, and gui de 
you to your true place, solve your difficulties, sever you from 
emotional and physical bondage, and place you on the royal road to 
freedom, happiness, and peace of mind. This miracle-working power  
of your subconscious mind can heal you of your sickness; make you 
vital and strong again. In learning how to use your inner powers , you 
will open the prison door of fear and enter into a life described by Pau l 
as the glorious liberty of the sons of God. • Releasing the miracle-working power 
A personal healing will ever be the most convincing evi-dence of  
our subconscious powers. Over forty-two years ago I resolved a 
malignancy—in medical terminology it was called a sarcoma—by  
using the healing power of my subconscious mind, which created me 
and still maintains and governs all my vital functions. The techn ique I 
applied is elaborated on in this book, and I feel sure that  it will help 
others to trust the same Infinite Healing Presence lodged in the  
subconscious depths of all men. Through the kindly offices of my 
doctor friend, I suddenly real-ized that it was natural to assum e that 
the Creative Intelligence which made all my organs, fashion ed my 
body, and started my heart, could heal its own handiwork. The ancient 
proverb says, “The doctor dresses the wound and God heals it.”  
 4 • Wonders happen when you pray effectively 
Scientific prayer is the harmonious interaction of the con-sc ious and 
subconscious levels of mind scientifically directed for a s pecific 
purpose. This book will teach you the scientific way to tap the real m of 
infinite power within you enabling you to get what you really wan t in 
life. You desire a happier, fuller, and richer life. Begin to use  this 
miracle-working power and smooth your way in daily affairs, sol ve 
business problems, and bring harmony in family relationships. Be  sure 
that you read this book several times. The many chapters wil l show 
you how this won-derful power works, and how you can draw out the 
hidden in-spiration and wisdom that is within you. Learn the simpl e 
tech-niques of impressing the subconscious mind. Follow the new scientific way in tapping the infinite storehous e. 
Read this book carefully, earnestly, and lovingly. Prove to yourself the 
amazing way it can help you. It could be and I believe it w ill be the 
turning point of your life. • Everybody prays 
Do you know how to pray effectively? How long is it since you 
prayed as part of your everyday activities? In an emergency, in time of 
danger or trouble, in illness, and when death lurks, prayers pour  
forth—your own and friends. Just read your daily newspaper. It is 
reported that prayers are being offered up all over the na tion for a 
child stricken with a so-called incurable ailment, for peac e among 
nations, for a group of miners trapped in a flooded mine. Later i t is 
reported that when rescued, the miners said that they pra yed while 
waiting for rescue; an airplane pilot says that he pray ed as he made a 
successful emergency landing. Certainly, prayer is an ever- present 
help in time of trouble; but you do not have to wait for troubl e to 
make prayer an integral and constructive part of your life . The 
dramatic an-swers to prayer make headlines and are the subj ect of 
testimonies to the effectiveness of prayer. What of the m any humble 
prayers of children, the simple thanksgiving of grace at the tabl e daily,  
 5 the faithful devotions wherein the individual seeks only com-munion 
with God? My work with people has made it necessary for me  to 
study the various approaches to prayer. I have ex-perienced the power 
of prayer in my own life, and I have talked and worked with m any 
people who also have enjoyed the help of prayer. The problem  usually 
is how to tell others how to pray. People who are in troubl e have 
difficulty in thinking and acting reasonably. They need an easy 
formula to follow, an obviously workable pattern that is sim ple and 
specific. Often they must be led to approach the emergency. • Unique feature of this book 
The unique feature of this book is its down-to-earth prac-ti cality. Here you are presented with simple, usable techniques and formul as, 
which you can easily apply in your workaday world. I have taught 
these simple processes to men and women all over the world, an d 
recently over a thousand men and women of all religious affiliati ons 
attended a special class in Los Angeles where I presented the 
highlights of what is offered in the pages of this book. Many came 
from distances of two hundred miles for each class lesson. The  special 
features of this book will ap-peal to you because they show you why 
oftentimes you get the opposite of what you prayed for and reveal  to 
you the reasons why. People have asked me in all parts of the world 
and thou-sands of times, “Why is it I have prayed and prayed and g ot 
no answer?” In this book you will find the reasons for this common 
complaint. The many ways of impressing the subconscious mind and  
getting the right answers make this an extraordinarily valu -able book 
and an ever-present help in time of trouble. • What do you believe? It is not the thing believed in that brings an answer to man’s  prayer; 
the answer to prayer results when the individual’s sub-consci ous mind 
responds to the mental picture or thought in his mind. This law of 
belief is operating in all religions of the world and is t he reason why 
they are psychologically true. The Bud-dhist, the Christian, the 
Moslem, and the Hebrew all may get answers to their prayer s, not  
 6 because of the particular creed, religion, affiliation, ri tual, ceremony, 
formula, liturgy, incanta-tion, sacrifices, or offerings, but sol ely 
because of belief or mental acceptance and receptivity about that for 
which they pray. The law of life is the law of belief, and belief could be summed up 
briefly as a thought in your mind. As a man thinks, feels, and believ es, 
so is the condition of his mind, body, and circum-stances. A 
technique, a methodology based on an understanding of what you are 
doing and why you are doing it will help you to bring about a 
subconscious embodiment of all the good things of life. Essential ly, 
answered prayer is the realization of your heart’s desire. • Desire is prayer 
Everyone desires health, happiness, security, peace of mind, true  
expression, but many fail to achieve clearly defined results. A 
university professor admitted to me recently, “I know that if I  changed 
my mental pattern and redirected my emotional life, my ulcers would  
not recur, but I do not have any technique, process, or modus 
operandi. My mind wanders back and forth on my many problems, 
and I feel frustrated, defeated, and unhappy.” 
This professor had a desire for perfect health; he neede d knowledge 
of the way his mind worked which would enable him to fulfill his 
desire. By practicing the healing methods outlined in this book, he 
became whole and perfect. • There is one mind common to all individual men (Emerson) 
The miracle-working powers of your subconscious mind existed 
before you and I were born, before any church or world existed. The 
great eternal truths and principles of life antedate all religions. It is 
with these thoughts in mind that I urge you in the following chapt ers 
to lay hold of this wonderful, magical, transforming power, which wil l 
bind up mental and physical wounds, proclaim liberty to the  fear-
ridden mind, and liberate you completely from the limitations of  
poverty, failure, misery, lack, and frustration. All you have to do is 
unite mentally and emotionally with the good you wish to embody,  
 7 and the creative powers of your subconscious will respond 
accordingly. Begin now, today, let wonders happen in your life! Keep on, keeping on until the day breaks and the shadows flee away. Contents 
1. The Treasure House Within You ... 19 
• The master secret of the ages—The marvelous power of y our 
subconscious—Necessity of a working basis—The duality of mi nd—
The conscious and subconscious minds —Outstanding differences and 
modesof operation—Howher subconscious responded—Brief 
summary of ideas worth remembering. 2. How Your Own Mind Works ... 30 
• Conscious and subconscious terms differentiated—Experi-
ments by psychologists—The terms objective and subjec -tive mind 
clarified—The subconscious cannot reason like your conscious 
mind—The tremendous power of sugges-tion—Different reactions to 
the same suggestion—How he lost his arm—How autosuggestion 
banishes fear—How she restored her memory—How he overcame a 
nasty temper —The constructive and destructive power of 
suggestion— Have you accepted any of these—You can counteract 
negative suggestions—How suggestion killed a man—The power of  
an assumed major premise—The subconscious does not argue 
controversially—Review of highlights. 3. The Miracle-Working Power of Your Subconscious ... 45 
• Your subconscious is your Book of Life—What is im-pressed 
in the subconscious is expressed—The subcon-scious heals a 
malignancy of the skin—How the sub-conscious controls all functi ons 
of the body—How to get the subconscious to work for you—Healing 
principle of the subconscious restores atrophied optic ne rves—How to 
convey the idea of perfect health to your subconscious mind—Idea s 
worth remembering. 8 4. Mental Healings in Ancient Times ... 55 
• Bible accounts on the use of the subconscious powers— 
Miracles at various shrines throughout the world—One universal  
healing principle—Widely different theories—. Views of 
Paracelsus—Bernheim’s experiments—Producing a blister by 
suggestion—The cause of bloody stigmata— Healing points in 
review. 5. Mental Healings in Modern Times ... 66 
• One process of healing—The law of belief—Prayer therapy i s 
the combined function of the conscious and subconscious mind 
scientifically directed—Faith healing, what it means, and how bl ind 
faith works—Subjective faith and what it means—The meaning of 
absent treatment—Releasing the kinetic action of the subconsc ious 
mind—Summary of your aids to health. 6. Practical Techniques in Mental Healings ... 75 
• The passing-over technique for impregnating the subcon-
scious—Your subconscious will accept your blueprint— The scie nce 
and art of true prayer—The visualization tech-nique—Mental mov ie 
method—The Baudoin tech-nique—The sleeping technique—The 
“thank-you” tech-nique—The affirmative method—The 
argumentative method—The absolute method is like modern sound 
wave therapy—A cripple walks—The decree method—Serve yoursel f 
with scientific truth. 7. The Tendency of the Subconscious Is Lifeward ... 90 
• How the body portrays the workings of the mind—There-is an 
intelligence which takes care of the body—The sub-conscious mind  
works continually for the common good— How man interferes with 
the innate principle of harmony —Why it’s normal to be healthy,  
vital, and strong—It’s abnormal to be sick—Pott’s disease cure d—
How faith in your subconscious powers makes you whole—Pointers 
to review. 9 8. How to Get the Results You Want ... 98 
• Easy does it—Infer no opponent, use imagination and not will 
power—How disciplined imagination works wonders —The three 
steps to success in prayer—The law of re-versed effort a nd why you 
get the opposite of what you pray for—The conflict of desire an d 
imagination must be reconciled—Ideas worth recalling. 9. How to Use the Power of Your Subconscious for Wealth ... 105 
• Wealth is of the mind—Your invisible means of support— Th e 
ideal method for building a wealth consciousness —Why your 
affirmations for wealth fail—How to avoid mental conflict—Don’t  
sign blank checks—Your subcon-scious gives you compound 
interest—Why nothing hap-pened—True source of wealth—Trying to 
make ends meet and the real cause—A common stumbling block to 
wealth —Rubbing out a great mental block to wealth—Sleep and 
grow rich—Serve yourself with the powers of your mind. 10. Your Right to Be Rich ... 112 
• Money is a symbol—How to walk the royal road to riches —
Why you do not have more money—Money and a bal-anced life—
Poverty is a mental disease—Why you must never criticize mone y—
Getting the right attitude toward money—How the scientific think er 
looks at money—How to attract the money you need—Why some 
men do not get a raise in pay—Obstacles and impediments on the 
pathway to riches—Protect your investments—You can-not get 
something for nothing—Your constant supply of money—Step up this 
way to riches. 11. Your Subconscious Mind as a Partner in Success ... 121 
• The three steps to success—The measure of true success —How 
he made his dream come true—His dream phar-macy became a 
reality—Using the subconscious mind in business—Boy of sixteen  
years turns failure into success— How to become successful in buying 
and selling—How she succeeded in getting what she wanted—A  
 10  success tech-nique employed by many outstanding executives and 
businessmen—Profitable pointers. 12. Scientists Use the Subconscious Mind ... 132 
• How a distinguished scientist brought forth his inventions —
How a famous naturalist solved his problem—An out-standing 
physician solved the problem of diabetes—How a famous scientis t 
and physicist escaped from a Russian concentration camp—How 
archaeologists and paleontolo-gists reconstruct ancient scenes —How 
to receive guidance from your subconscious—His subconscious 
revealed the location of his father’s will—The secret of guidance— 
Highlights to recall. 13. Your Subconscious and the Wonders of Sleep ... 141 
• Why we sleep—Prayer, a form of sleep—Startling effect s of 
sleep deprivation—You need more sleep—Sleep brings counsel—
Saved from certain disaster—Your future is in your subconscious  
mind—A cat nap nets him $15,000— How a famous professor solved 
his problem in sleep—How the subconscious worked for a famous 
writer while he slept—Sleep in peace and wake in joy—Summary 
ofour aids to the wonders of sleep. 14. Your Subconscious Mind and Marital Problems ... 150 
• The meaning of marriage—How to attract the ideal hus-band—
How to attract the ideal wife—No need for third mistake—How she  
broke the negative pattern—The an-swer to her prayer—Should I get  a 
divorce?—Drifting into divorce—Divorce begins in the mind—The 
nagging wife —The brooding husband—The great mistake—Don’t 
try to make your wife over—Pray together and stay together th rough 
steps in prayer—Review your actions. 15. Your Subconscious Mind and Your Happiness ... 161 
• You must choose happiness—How to choose happiness— He 
made it a habit to be happy—You must desire to be happy—Why 
choose unhappiness—If I had a million dol-lars, I would be happy—
He found happiness to be the harvest of a quiet mind—The block or   
 11  stump is not really there—The happiest people—Summary of st eps to 
happi-ness. 16. Your Subconscious Mind and Harmonious Human Relations 
... 169 
• The master key to happy relationships with others—And with 
what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again—The da ily 
headlines made him sick—I hate women, but I like men—His inner  
speech held back his promotion —Becoming emotionally mature—
The meaning of love in harmonious human relations—He hated 
audiences— Handling difficult people—Misery loves company—The 
practice of empathy in human relations—Appeasement never wins —
Profitable pointers in human relations. 17. How to Use Your Subconscious Mind for Forgiveness ... 180 
• Life always forgives you—How he banished that feeling of  
guilt—A murderer learned to forgive himself—Criticism cannot h urt 
you without your consent—How to be com-passionate—Left at the 
altar— It is wrong to marry. Sex is evil and I am evil—Forgi veness is 
necessary for healing— Forgiveness is love in action—Technique of  
forgiveness —The acid test of forgiveness—To understand all is  to 
forgive all—Summary of your aids to forgiveness. 18. How Your Subconscious Removes Mental Blocks ... 191 
• How to break or build a habit—How he broke a bad habit —The 
power of his mental picture—Focused attention— He said a jinx was 
following him—How much do you want what you want—Why he 
could not be healed—The explanation and the cure—Refusing to 
admit it—Building in the idea of freedom—Fifty-one per cent 
healed—The law of substitution—Cause of alcoholism—Three mag ic 
steps—Keep on keeping on—Review your thought power. 19. How to Use Your Subconscious Mind to Remove Fear ... 201 
• Man’s greatest enemy—Do the tiling you fear—Banishing stage  
fright—Fear of failure—How he overcame the fear —Fear of wate r, 
mountains, closed places—Master tech-nique for overcoming any  
 12  particular fear—He blessed the elevator—Normal and abnorma l 
fear—Abnormal fear— The answer to abnormal fear—Examine your 
fears—He landed in the jungle—He dismissed himself—They plott ed 
against him—Deliver yourself from all your fears—Step this way to 
freedom from fear. 20. How to Stay Young in Spirit Forever ... 212 
• He had grown old in his thought life—Age is the dawn of 
wisdom—Welcome the change—Evidence for survival —Life is—
Mind and spirit do not grow old—You are as young as you think you 
are—Your gray hairs are an asset —Age is an asset—Be your ag e—I 
can keep up  with the best of them—Fear of old age—You have m uch 
to give— One hundred and ten years old—Retirement, a new 
venture—He graduated to a better job—You must be a producer and 
not a prisoner of society—Secret of youth —Get a vision—Your mind 
does not grow old—His mind active at ninety-nine—We need our 
senior citizens—The fruits of old age—Profitable pointers. 13  1 
The Treasure House Within You 
Infinite riches are all around you if you will open your mental  eyes 
and behold the treasure house of infinity within you. There is a gold 
mine within you from which you can extract everything you need to 
live life gloriously, joyously, and abun-dantly. Many are sound asleep because they do not know about this gold 
mine of infinite intelligence and boundless love within themselv es. Whatever you want, you can draw forth. A mag-netized piece of ste el 
will lift about twelve times its own weight, and if you demag netize 
this same piece of steel, it will not even lift a feather . Similarly, there 
are two types of men. There is the magnetized man who is fu ll of 
confidence and faith. He knows that he is born to win and to succe ed. Then, there is the type of man who is demagnetized. He is full of  fears 
and doubts. Opportunities come, and he says, “I might fail; I might 
lose my money; people will laugh at me.” This type of man w ill not 
get very far in life because, if he is afraid to go forwar d, he will 
simply stay where he is. Become a magnetized man and discover the 
master secret of the ages. • The master secret of the ages 
What, in your opinion, is the master secret of the ages? The secret of 
atomic energy? Thermonuclear energy? The neu-tron bomb? Interplanetary travel? No—not any of these. Then, what is thi s master 
secret? Where can one find it, and how can it be contacted and 
brought into action? The answer is extraordinarily simple. This  secret 
is the marvelous, miracle-working power found in your own 
subconscious mind, the last place that most people would seek it. • The marvelous power of your subconscious 
You can bring into your life more power, more wealth, more health,  
more happiness, and more joy by learning to con-tact and release t he 
hidden power of your subconscious mind. 14  You need not acquire this power; you already possess it. But, you 
want to learn how to use it; you want to understand it so that you can 
apply it in all departments of your life. As you follow the simple techniques and processes set forth in t his 
book, you can gain the necessary knowledge and under-standing. A 
new light can inspire you, and you can generate a new force enabli ng 
you to realize your hopes and make all your dreams come true. Dec ide 
now to make your life grander, greater, richer, and nobler tha n ever 
before. Within your subconscious depths lie infinite wisdom, in-finite 
power, and infinite supply of all that is necessary, which is w aiting for 
development and expression. Begin now to recog-nize these 
potentialities of your deeper mind, and they will take form in the 
world without. The infinite intelligence within your subconscious mind can reve al 
to you everything you need to know at every moment of time and 
point of space provided you are open-minded and receptive. You can  
receive new thoughts and ideas enabling you to bring forth new 
inventions, make new discoveries, or write books and plays. Moreover, the infinite intelligence in your sub-conscious can impar t to 
you wonderful kinds of knowledge of an original nature. It can revea l 
to you and open the way for perfect expression and true plac e in your 
life. Through the wisdom of your subconscious mind you can attract the 
ideal companion, as well as the right business asso-ciate or  partner. It 
can find the right buyer for your home, and provide you with all t he 
money you need, and the financial free-dom to be, to do, and to go, as 
your heart desires. It is your right to discover this inner world of thought, feel ing, and  
power, of light, love, and beauty. Though invisible, its forces are  
mighty. Within your subconscious mind you will find the solution for 
every problem, and the cause for every effect. Because you can draw 
out the hidden powers, you come into actual possession of the power   
 15  and wisdom necessary to move forward in abundance, security, joy, 
and dominion. I have seen the power of the subconscious lift people up out  of 
crippled states, making them whole, vital, and strong once more, a nd 
free to go out into the world to experience happiness, health, an d 
joyous expression. There is a miraculous healing power in your 
subconscious that can heal the troubled mind and the broken hear t. It 
can open the prison door of the mind and liberate you. It can fre e you 
from all kinds of material and physi-cal bondage. • Necessity of a working basis 
Substantial progress in any field of endeavor is impossib le in the 
absence of a working basis, which is universal in its appli-cation. You 
can become skilled in the operation of your sub-conscious mind. You 
can practice its powers with a certainty of results in e xact proportion 
to your knowledge of its principles and to your application of them  for 
definite specific purposes and goals you wish to achieve. Being a former chemist, I would like to point out that if y ou 
combine hydrogen and oxygen in the proportions of two atoms of the 
former to one of the latter, water would be the result. You ar e very 
familiar with the fact that one atom of oxygen and one atom of car bon 
will produce carbon monoxide, a poisonous gas. But, if you add 
another atom of oxygen, you will get carbon dioxide, a harmless ga s, 
and so on throughout the vast realm of chemical compounds. You must not think that the principles of chemistry, phys-ics, a nd 
mathematics differ from the principles of your subcon-scious mind. Let us consider a generally accepted principle: “Water seeks its own 
level.” This is a universal principle, which is applicable  to water 
everywhere. Consider another principle: “Matter expands when heated.” 
This is true anywhere, at any time, and under all circumstances. You 
can heat a piece of steel, and it will expand regardless  whether the 
steel is found in China, England, or India. It is a universal truth that  
 16  matter expands when heated. It is also a universal truth t hat whatever 
you impress on your subconscious mind is expressed on the screen o f 
space as condition, experience, and event. Your prayer is answered because your subconscious mind is 
principle, and by principle I mean the way a thing works. For 
example, the principle of electricity is that it works fr om a higher to a 
lower potential. You do not change the principle of electricity  when 
you use it, but by co-operating with nature, you can bring fort h 
marvelous inventions and discoveries, which bless humanity in 
countless ways. Your subconscious mind is principle and works according to the law 
of belief. You must know what belief is, why it works, and how it 
works. Your Bible says in a simple, clear, and beau-tiful wa y: 
Whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou re-moved, and be 
thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall 
believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he s hall 
have whatsoever he saith. MARK 11:23. The law of your mind is the law of belief. This means to beli eve in 
the way your mind works, to believe in belief itself. The belie f of your 
mind is the thought of your mind—that is simple—just that and 
nothing else. All your experiences, events, conditions, and acts are the react ions 
of your subconscious mind to your thoughts. Remem-ber, it is not the 
thing believed in, but the belief in your own mind, which brings abou t 
the result. Cease believing in the false beliefs, opinions, superstiti ons, and 
fears of mankind. Begin to believe in the eternal verities and truths of 
life, which never change. Then, you will move onward, upward, and 
Godward. Whoever reads this book and applies the principles of the 
subconscious mind herein set forth; will be able to pray sc ien-tifically 
and effectively for himself and for others. Your prayer is  answered 
according to the universal law of action and reac-tion. Thought is  
 17  incipient action. The reaction is the response from your subcons cious 
mind which corresponds with the na-ture of your thought. Busy your 
mind with the concepts of har-mony, health, peace, and good will , and 
wonders will happen in your life. • The duality of mind 
You have only one mind, but your mind possesses two dis-tinctive 
characteristics. The line of demarcation between the two is w ell 
known to all thinking men and women today. The two functions of 
your mind are essentially unlike. Each is endowed with separate and 
distinct attributes and powers. The nomen-clature generally used to 
distinguish the two functions of your mind is as follows: The objective 
and subjective mind, the conscious and subconscious mind, the 
waking and sleeping mind, the surface self and the deep self, the 
voluntary mind and the involuntary mind, the male and the female, 
and many other terms. You will find the terms “conscious” and 
“subconscious” used to represent the dual nature of your mind 
throughout this book. • The conscious and subconscious minds 
An excellent way to get acquainted with the two functions of your 
mind is to look upon your own mind as a garden. You are a gardener, 
and you are planting seeds (thoughts) in your subconscious mind all 
day long, based on your habitual think-ing. As you sow in your 
subconscious mind, so shall you reap in your body and environment. Begin now to sow thoughts of peace, happiness, right ac-tion, good 
will, and prosperity. Think quietly and with interest on these qualities 
and accept them fully in your conscious reason-ing mind. Continue to 
plant these wonderful seeds (thoughts) in the garden of your mind, and 
you will reap a glorious harvest. Your subconscious mind may be  
likened to the soil, which will grow all kinds of seeds, good or ba d. 
Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Every thought is, 
therefore, a cause, and every condition is an effect. For this reason, it 
is essential  that you take charge of your thoughts so as to bring  forth 
only desirable conditions. 18  When your mind thinks correctly, when you understand the truth, 
when the thoughts deposited in your subconscious mind are 
constructive, harmonious, and peaceful, the magic working power of 
your subconscious will respond and bring about harmonious 
conditions, agreeable surroundings, and the best of everything. When 
you begin to control your thought proc-esses, you can apply the 
powers of your subconscious to any problem or difficulty. In othe r 
words, you will actually be con-sciously cooperating with the in finite 
power and omnipotent law, which governs all things. Look around you wherever you live and you will notice that the vast 
majority of mankind lives in the world without; the more enlighte ned 
men are intensely interested in the world within. Remember, i t is the 
world within, namely, your thoughts, feelings, and imagery that makes 
your world without. It is, there-fore, the only creative power, and 
everything, which you find in your world of expression, has been 
created by you in the inner world of your mind consciously or 
unconsciously. Knowledge of the interaction of your conscious and sub-conscious 
minds will enable you to transform your whole life. In order to cha nge 
external conditions, you must change the cause. Most men try to 
change conditions and circumstances by working with conditions and 
circumstances. To remove discord, confusion, lack, and limitation, 
you must remove the cause, and the cause is the way you are using 
your conscious mind. In other words, the way you are thinking and 
picturing in your mind. You are living in a fathomless sea of infinite riches. Your 
subconscious is very sensitive to your thoughts. Your thoughts form 
the mold or matrix through which the infinite intelligence, wisdom , 
vital forces, and energies of your subconscious flow. The practi cal 
application of the laws of your mind as illustrated in each ch apter of 
this book will cause you to experience abund-ance for poverty , 
wisdom for superstition and ignorance, peace for pain, joy for sadness, 
light for darkness, harmony for discord, faith and confidence for fe ar,  
 19  success for failure, and freedom from the law of averages. Cer tainly, 
there can be no more won-derful blessing than these from a menta l, 
emotional, and ma-terial standpoint. Most of the great scient ists, 
artists, poets, singers, writers, and inventors have a deep 
understanding of the workings of the conscious and subconscious 
minds. One time Caruso, the great operatic tenor, was struck with stage 
fright. He said his throat was paralyzed due to spasms caus ed by 
intense fear, which constricted the muscles of his throat. Per spiration 
poured copiously down his face. He was ashamed because in a f ew 
minutes he had to go out on the stage, yet he was shaking with fea r 
and trepidation. He said, “They will laugh at me. I can’t sing.” T hen 
he shouted in the presence of those behind the stage, “The Little  Me 
wants to strangle the Big Me within.”  
He said to the Little Me, “Get out of here, the Big Me want s to sing 
through me.” By the Big Me, he meant the limitless power and  
wisdom of his subconscious mind, and he began to shout, “Get out, 
get out, the Big Me is going to sing!” 
His subconscious mind responded releasing the vital forces withi n 
him. When the call came, he walked out on the stage and sang gloriously 
and majestically, enthralling the audience. It is obvious to you now that Caruso must have understood the two 
levels of mind—the conscious or rational, and the sub-conscious or  
irrational level. Your subconscious mind is reac-tive and responds  to 
the nature of your thoughts. When your conscious mind (the Little 
Me) is full of fear, worry, and anxiety, the negative emoti ons 
engendered in your subconscious mind (the Big Me) are released a nd 
flood the conscious mind with a sense of panic, foreboding, and 
despair. When this happens, you can, like Caruso, speak affirma tively 
and with a deep sense of authority to the irrational emotions g enerated 
in your deeper mind as follows: “Be still, be quiet, I am in c ontrol,  
 20  you must obey me, you are subject to my command, you cannot 
intrude where you do not belong.” 
It is fascinating and intensely interesting to observe how y ou can 
speak authoritatively and with conviction to the irra-tional m ovement 
of your deeper self bringing silence, harmony, and peace to your 
mind. The subconscious is subject to the con-scious mind, and that i s 
why it is called subconscious or sub-jective. • Outstanding differences and modes of operation 
You will perceive the main differences by the following il-
lustrations:  The conscious mind is like the navigator or captai n at the 
bridge of a ship. He directs the ship and signals orders to men in the engine room , 
who in turn control all the boilers, instruments, gauges, etc. The men 
in the engine room do not know where they are going; they follow 
orders. They would go on the rocks if the man on the bridge issued 
faulty or wrong instructions based on his findings with the compa ss, 
sextant, or other instruments. The men in the engine room obey him 
be-cause he is in charge and issues orders, which are automa tically 
obeyed. Members of the crew do not talk back to the captain;  they 
simply carry out orders. The captain is the master of his ship, and his decrees are ca rried out. Likewise, your conscious mind is the captain and the master of  your 
ship, which represents your body, environ-ment, and all your aff airs. Your subconscious mind takes the orders you give it based upon wha t 
your conscious mind believes and accepts as true. When you repeatedly say to people, “I can’t afford it,” then your 
subconscious mind takes you at your word and sees to it that you w ill 
not be in a position to purchase what you want. As long as you persi st 
in saying, “I can’t afford that car, that trip to Europe, that  home, that 
fur coat or ermine wrap,” you can rest assured that your sub conscious 
mind will follow your or-ders, and you will go through life 
experiencing the lack of all these things. 21  Last Christmas Eve a beautiful young university student looke d at 
an attractive and rather expensive traveling bag in a store window. S he 
was going home to Buffalo, New York, for the holidays. She was 
about to say, “I can’t afford that bag,” when she recalled somet hing 
she had heard at one of my lec-tures which was, “Never fini sh a 
negative statement; reverse it immediately, and wonders wi ll happen 
in your life.”  
She said, “That bag is mine. It is for sale. I accept it m en-tally, and 
my subconscious sees to it that I receive it.”  
At eight o’clock Christmas Eve her fiancé presented her wi th a bag 
exactly the same as the one she had looked at and mentally identif ied 
herself with at ten o’clock the same morning. She had filled her m ind 
with the thought of expectancy and released the whole thing to her  
deeper mind, which has the “know-how” of accomplishment. This young girl, a student at the University of Southern Californi a, 
said to me, “I didn’t have the money to buy that bag, but now I know 
where to find money and all the things I need, and that is in the 
treasure house of eternity within me.” 
Another simple illustration is this: When you say, “I do not like 
mushrooms,” and the occasion subsequently comes that you are 
served mushrooms in sauces or salads, you will get indi-gesti on 
because your subconscious mind says to you, “The boss (your 
conscious mind) does not like mushrooms.” This is an amusing 
example of the outstanding differences and modes of operation o f 
your conscious and subconscious minds. A woman may say, “I wake up at three o’clock, if I drink cof fee at 
night.” Whenever she drinks coffee, her subconscious mind nudges 
her, as if to say, “The boss wants you to stay awake tonight.” 
Your subconscious mind works twenty-four hours a day and makes 
provisions for your benefit, pouring all the fruit of your habit ual 
thinking into your lap. 22  • How her subconscious responded 
A woman wrote me a few months ago as follows: “I am seventy-
five years old, a widow with a grown family. I was liv-ing a lone and 
on a pension. I heard your lectures on the powers of the subconscious 
mind wherein you said that ideas could be conveyed to the 
subconscious mind by repetition, faith, and expectancy. “I began to repeat frequently with feeling, ‘I am wanted. I am 
happily married to a kind, loving, and spiritual-minded man. I am 
secure!’ 
“I kept on doing this many times a day for about two weeks, and  
one day at the corner drugstore, I was introduced to a retired 
pharmacist. I found him to be kind, understanding, and very religious. He was a perfect answer to my prayer. Within a week he  proposed to 
me, and now we are on our honeymoon in Europe. I know that the 
intelligence within my subconscious mind brought both of us togeth er 
in divine order.” 
This woman discovered that the treasure house was within her . Her 
prayer was felt as true in her heart, and her affirmatio n sank down by 
osmosis into her subconscious mind, which is the creative medium. The moment she succeeded in bringing about a subjective 
embodiment, her subconscious mind brought about the answer 
through the law of attraction. Her deeper mind, full of wisdom and intelligence, brought both of 
them together in divine order. Be sure that you think on whatsoever things are true, what-soever 
things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever thi ngs are 
pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good 
report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think  on these 
things. PHIL. 4:8. • Brief summary of ideas worth remembering 
1. The treasure house is within you. Look within for the an-swer to 
your heart’s desire. 23  2. The great secret possessed by the great men of all ages  was their 
ability to contact and release the powers of their sub consci ous mind. You can do the same. 3. Your subconscious has the answer to all problems. If you sugge st 
to your subconscious prior to sleep, “I want to get up at 6 A.M .,” it 
will awaken you at that exact time. 4. Your subconscious mind is the builder of your body and can heal 
you. Lull yourself to sleep every night with the idea of perfe ct health, 
and your subconscious, being your faithful servant, will obey you. 5. Every thought is a cause, and every condition is an effect. 6. If you want to write a book, write a wonderful play, give a better 
talk to your audience, convey the idea lovingly and feelingly to y our 
subconscious mind, and it will respond accordingly. 7. You are like a captain navigating a ship. He must give the  right 
orders, and likewise, you must give the right orders (thoughts a nd 
images) to your subconscious mind, which controls and governs all 
your experiences. 8. Never use the terms, “I can’t afford it” or “I can’t do th is.” Your 
subconscious mind takes you at your word and sees to it that you do 
not have the money or the ability to do what you want to do. Affir m, 
“I can do all things through the power of my subconscious mind.” 
9. The law of life is the law of belief. A belief is a thought  in your 
mind. Do not believe in things to harm or hurt you. Believe in th e 
power of your subconscious to heal, inspire, strengthen, and prosp er 
you. According to your belief is it done unto you. 10. Change your thoughts, and you change your destiny. 24  2 
How Your Own Mind Works 
You have a mind, and you should learn how to use it. There are two 
levels of your mind—the conscious or rational level, and the 
subconscious or irrational level. You think with your conscious mind, 
and whatever you habitually think sinks down into your subconscious 
mind, which creates according to the nature of your thoughts. Your 
subconscious mind is the seat of your emotions and is the cre ative 
mind. If you think good, good will follow; if you think evil, evil will  
follow. This is the way your mind works. The main point to remember is once the subconscious mind acce pts 
an idea, it begins to execute it. It is an interesting and subtle truth that 
the law of the subconscious mind works for good and bad ideas alik e. 
This law, when applied in a negative way, is the cause of failure, 
frustration, and unhappiness. How-ever, when your habitual thinking 
is harmonious and construc-tive, you experience perfect health, 
success, and prosperity. Peace of mind and a healthy body are inevitable when you begin to 
think and feel in the right way. Whatever you claim mentally a nd feel 
as true, your subconsciousmind will accept and bring forth into you r 
experience. The only thing necessary for you to do is to get y our 
subconscious mind to accept your idea, and the law of your own 
subconscious mind will bring forth the health, peace, or the po sition 
you desire. You give the command or decree, and your subconscious 
will faithfully repro-duce the idea impressed upon it. The la w of your 
mind is this: You will get a reaction or response from your 
subconscious mind according to the nature of the thought or idea you 
hold in your conscious mind. Psychologists and psychiatrists point out that when thoughts are 
conveyed to your subconscious mind, impressions are made in the 
brain cells. As soon as your subconscious accepts any idea, it proceeds 
to put it into effect immediately. It works by asso-ciat ion of ideas and  
 25  uses every bit of knowledge that you have gathered in your life time to 
bring about its purpose. It draws on the infinite power, energ y, and 
wisdom within you. It lines up all the laws of nature to get its way. Sometimes it seems to bring about an immediate solution to your 
difficulties, but at other times it may take days, weeks, or l onger. ... Its 
ways are past finding out. • Conscious and subconscious terms differentiated 
You must remember that these are not two minds. They are merel y 
two spheres of activity within one mind. Your conscious mind is the 
reasoning mind. It is that phase of mind, which chooses. For example,  
you choose your books, your home, and your partner in life. You 
make all your decisions with your con-scious mind. On the other 
hand, without any conscious choice on your part, your heart is kept 
functioning automatically, and the process of digestion, circulati on, 
and breathing are carried on by your subconscious mind through 
processes independent of your conscious control. Your subconscious mind accepts what is impressed upon it or what  
you consciously believe. It does not reason things out like your 
conscious mind, and it does not argue with you contro-versially. Your 
subconscious mind is like the soil, which accepts any kind of  seed, 
good or bad. Your thoughts are active and might be likened unto 
seeds. Negative, destructive thoughts continue to work negative ly in 
your subconscious mind, and in due time will come forth into outer 
experience which corresponds with them. Remember, your subconscious mind does not engage in proving 
whether your thoughts are good or bad, true or false, but it responds  
according to the nature of your thoughts or suggestions. For exampl e, 
if you consciously assume something as true, even though it may be 
false, your subconscious mind will accept it as true and proc eed to 
bring about results, which must neces-sarily follow, because you 
consciously assumed it to be true. 26  • Experiments by psychologists 
Innumerable experiments by psychologists and others on persons i n 
the hypnotic state have shown that the subconscious mind is inca pable 
of making selections and comparisons, which are necessary for a  
reasoning process. They have shown re-peatedly that your 
subconscious mind will accept any sugges-tions, however false. Having once accepted any suggestion, it responds according to t he 
nature of the suggestion given. To illustrate the amenability of your subconscious mind to 
suggestion, if a practiced hypnotist suggests to one of his su b-jects 
that he is Napoleon Bonaparte, or even a cat or a dog, he wil l act out 
the part with inimitable accuracy. His personality becomes changed 
for the time being. He believes himself to be whatever the operator 
tells him he is. A skilled hypnotist may suggest to one of his students in the 
hypnotic state that his back itches, to another that his nose is bleeding, 
to another that he is a marble statue, to another that he is fre ezing and 
the temperature is below zero. Each one will follow out the  line of his 
particular suggestion, totally oblivious to all his surroundi ngs, which 
do not pertain to his idea. These simple illustrations portray clearly the difference  be-tween 
your conscious reasoning mind and your subconscious mind, which is 
impersonal, non-selective, and accepts as true whatever your 
conscious mind believes to be true. Hence, the importance of sele cting 
thoughts, ideas, and premises, which bless, heal, inspire, and fill y our 
soul with joy. • The terms objective and subjective mind clarified 
Your conscious mind is sometimes referred to as your objective 
mind because it deals with outward objects. The ob-jective m ind takes 
cognizance of the objective world. Its media of observation are your 
five physical senses. Your objective mind is your guide and d irector in 
your contact with your environ-ment. You gain knowledge through 
your five senses. Your ob-jective mind learns through observ ation,  
 27  experience, and educa-tion. As previously pointed out, the great est 
function of the objective mind is that of reasoning. Suppose you are one of the thousands of tourists who come to Los 
Angeles annually. You would come to the conclusion that it is a 
beautiful city based upon your observation of the parks, pre tty 
gardens, majestic buildings, and lovely homes. This is the work ing of 
your objective mind. Your subconscious mind is oftentimes referred to as your subject ive 
mind. Your subjective mind takes cognizance of its environment by  
means independent of the five senses. Your sub-jective mind 
perceives by intuition. It is the seat of your emo-tion and the storehouse of memory. Your 
subjective mind per-forms its highest functions when your obje ctive 
senses are in abeyance. In a word, it is that intelligence w hich makes 
itself manifest when the objective mind is suspended or in a sleepy, 
drowsy state. Your subjective mind sees without the use of the natural organs of 
vision. It has the capacity of clairvoyance and clair-audience. Your 
subjective mind can leave your body, travel to distant lands, a nd bring  
back information oftentimes of the most exact and truthful cha racter. Through your subjective mind you can read the thoughts of others, 
read the contents of sealed en-velopes and closed safes. Your 
subjective mind has the ability to apprehend the thoughts of othe rs 
without the use of the ordi-nary objective means of communica tion. It 
is of the greatest importance that we understand the intera ction of the 
objective and subjective mind in order to learn the true art of praye r. 
• The subconscious cannot reason like your conscious mind 
Your subconscious mind cannot argue controversially. Hence, if 
you give it wrong suggestions, it will accept them as true  and will 
proceed to bring them to pass as conditions, ex-periences, and events. All things that have happened to you are based on thoughts impres sed 
on your subconscious mind through belief. If you have conveyed 
erroneous concepts to your sub-conscious mind, the sure method of  
 28  overcoming them is by the repetition of constructive, harmonious 
thoughts frequently re-peated which your subconscious mind accepts,  
thus forming new and healthy habits of thought and life, for your 
subconscious mind is the seat of habit. The habitual thinking of your conscious mind establishes deep 
grooves in your subconscious mind. This is very favorable for you if  
your habitual thoughts are harmonious, peaceful, and constructive. If you have indulged in fear, worry, and other destructive forms  of 
thinking, the remedy is to recognize the omnipotence of your 
subconscious mind and decree freedom, happiness, and perfect heal th. Your subconscious mind, being creative and one with your divine 
source, will proceed to create the freedom and happiness, which y ou 
have earnestly decreed. • The tremendous power of suggestion 
You must realize by now that your conscious mind is the 
“watchman at the gate,” and its chief function is to protect y our 
subconscious mind from false impressions. You are now aware of one 
of the basic laws of mind:  
Your subconscious mind is amenable to suggestion. As you know, 
your subconscious mind does not make comparisons, or contrasts, 
neither does it reason and think things out for itself. This lat ter 
function belongs to your conscious mind. It simply reacts to the 
impressions given to it by your conscious mind. It does not show a 
preference for one course of action over another. The following is a classic example of the tremendous power of 
suggestion. Suppose you approach a timid-looking passenger on board  
ship and say to him something like this: “You look very ill. How pale 
you are! I feel certain you are going to be seasick. Let me help you to 
your cabin.” The passenger turns pale. Your suggestion of seasi ckness 
associates itself with his own fears and forebodings. He a ccepts your 
aid down to the berth, and there your negative suggestion, which was 
accepted by him, is realized. 29  • Different reactions to the same suggestion 
It is true that different people will react in differen t ways to the 
same suggestion because of their subconscious conditioning or be lief. For example, if you go to a sailor on the ship and say to him 
sympathetically, “My dear fellow, you’re looking very ill. Are n’t you 
feeling sick? You look to me as if you were going to be seasick.” 
According to his temperament he either laughs at your “joke,” or  
expresses a mild irritation. Your suggestion fell on deaf ears in this 
instance because your suggestion of seasickness was associate d in his 
mind with his own immunity from it. There-fore, it called up not f ear 
or worry, but selfconfidence. The dictionary says that a suggestion is the act or instance of  putting 
something into one’s mind, the mental process by which the thought 
or idea suggested is entertained, accepted, or put into effect. You must 
remember that a suggestion cannot impose something on the 
subconscious mind against the will of the conscious mind. In other 
words, your conscious mind has the power to reject the suggestion 
given. In the case of the sailor, he had no fear of seasicknes s. He had 
convinced himself of his immunity, and the negative suggestion had 
absolutely no power to evoke fear. The suggestion of seasickness to the other passenger called forth his 
indwelling fear of seasickness. Each of us has his own inner  fears, 
beliefs, opinions, and these inner assumptions rule and govern our 
lives. A suggestion has no power in and of itself except if you accept 
it mentally. This causes your subconscious powers to flow in a limited and 
restricted way according to the nature of the suggestion. • How he lost his arm 
Every two or three years I give a series of lectures at the London 
Truth Forum in Caxton Hall. This is a Forum I founded a number of 
years ago. Dr. Evelyn Fleet, the director, told me about an ar ticle 
which appeared in the English newspapers deal-ing with the powe r of  
 30  suggestion. This is the suggestion a man gave to his subconsc ious 
mind over a period of about two years: “I would give my right  arm to 
see my daughter cured.” It ap-peared that his daughter had a crip pling 
form of arthritis together with a so-called incurable form of skin 
disease. Medical treatment had failed to alleviate the condition, and 
the father had an intense longing for his daughter’s healing, and 
expressed his desire in the words just quoted. Dr. Evelyn Fleet said that the newspaper article pointed out  that one 
day the family was out riding when their car col-lided with another. The father’s right arm was torn off at the shoulder, and immedia tely 
the daughter’s arthritis and skin con-dition vanished. You must make certain to give your subconscious only suggestions, 
which heal, bless, elevate, and inspire you in all your ways. Remember that your subconscious mind cannot take a joke. It take s 
you at your word. • How autosuggestion banishes fear 
Illustrations of autosuggestion: Autosuggestion means sug-gesting 
something definite and specific to oneself. Herbert Parky n, in his 
excellent manual of autosuggestion,* records the following inciden t. It 
has its amusing side, so that one remem-bers it. “A New York visitor 
in Chicago looks at his watch, which is set an hour ahead of Chic ago 
time, and tells a Chicago friend that it is twelve o’clock. The Chicago 
friend, not considering the difference in time between Chicago and  
New York, tells the New Yorker that he is hungry and that he must  go 
to lunch.”  
Autosuggestion may be used to banish various fears and other 
negative conditions. A young singer was invited to give an audit ion. She had been looking forward to the interview, but on three pr evious  
occasions she had failed miserably due to fear of failure. Th is young 
lady had a very good voice, but she had been saying to herself, “ When 
the time comes for me to sing, maybe they won’t like me. I wi ll try, 
but I’m full of fear and anxiety.”  
 31  Her subconscious mind accepted these negative autosugges-tions  as 
a request and proceeded to manifest them and bring them into her 
experience. The cause was an involuntary auto-suggestion, i.e., silent fear 
thoughts emotionalized and subjecti-fied. She overcame it by the following technique: Three times a da y she 
isolated herself in a room. She sat down comfortably in an arm chair, 
relaxed her body, and closed her eyes. She stilled her mind and body 
as best she could. Physical inertia favors mental passivity  and renders 
the mind more receptive to sug-gestion. She counteracted the fea r 
suggestion by saying to her-self, “I sing beautifully. I am poised, 
serene, confident, and calm.” She repeated this statement slowl y, 
quietly, and with feel-ing from five to ten times at each sit ting. She 
had three such “sittings” every day and one immediately prior t o 
sleep. At the end of a week she was completely poised and confi dent. When the invitation to audition came, she gave a remarkable, wond er-
ful audition. • How she restored her memory 
A woman, aged seventy-five, was in the habit of saying to hers elf, 
“I am losing my memory.” She reversed the procedure and practic ed 
induced autosuggestion several times a day as follows: “My m emory 
from today on is improving in every department. I shall always  
remember whatever I need to know at every moment of time and point 
of space. The impressions received will be clearer and more definite. I 
shall retain them automatically and with ease. Whatever I wi sh to 
recall will im-mediately present itself in the correct  form in my mind. I am improving rapidly every day, and very soon my memory will  be 
better than it has ever been before.” At the end of three weeks, her 
memory was back to normal, and she was delighted. • How he overcame a nasty temper 
Many men who complained of irritability and bad temper proved to  
be very susceptible to autosuggestion and obtained marvelous r esults 
by using the following statements three or four times a day—morni ng,  
 32  noon, and at night prior to sleep for about a month. “Henceforth, I  
shall grow more goodhumored. Joy, happiness, and cheerfulness are now becoming my normal 
states of mind. Every day I am becoming more and more lov-able and 
understanding. I am now becoming the center of cheer and good will 
to all those about me, infecting them with good humor. This happy, 
joyous, and cheerful mood is now becom-ing my normal, natural sta te 
of mind. I am grateful.” 
• The constructive and destructive power of suggestion 
Some illustrations and comments on heterosuggestion:  
Heterosuggestion means suggestions from another person. In all 
ages the power of suggestion has played a part in the life a nd thought 
of man in every period of time and in each country of the earth. I n 
many parts of the world it is the controlling power in religi on. Suggestion may be used to discipline and control ourselves, but i t 
can also be used to take control and command over others who do not 
know the laws of mind. In its constructive form it is wonderful and 
magnificent. In its negative aspects it is one of the most  destructive of 
all the response patterns of the mind, resulting in patterns of  misery, 
failure, suffering, sickness, and disaster. • Have you accepted any of these? From infancy on the majority of us have been given many negative  
suggestions. Not knowing how to thwart them, we un-consciously 
accepted them. Here are some of the negative sug-gestions: “You 
can’t.” “You’ll never amount to anything.” “You mustn’t.” “You’ll 
fail.” “You haven’t got a chance.” “You’re all wrong.” “It’s no use.” 
“It’s not what you know, but who you know.” “The world is going to 
the dogs.” “What’s the use, no-body cares.” “It’s no use trying so 
hard.” “You’re too old now.” “Things are getting worse and worse.”  
“Life is an endless grind.” “Love is for the birds.” “You just  can’t 
win.” “Pretty soon you’ll be bankrupt.” “Watch out, you’ll get the 
virus.”  
 33  “You can’t trust a soul,” etc. Unless, as an adult, you use constructive autosuggestion, which is a 
reconditioning therapy, the impressions made on you in the past c an 
cause behavior patterns that cause failure in your personal a nd social 
life. Autosuggestion is a means releasing you from the mass of negat ive 
verbal conditioning that might other-wise distort your life pa ttern, 
making the development of good habits difficult. • You can counteract negative suggestions 
Pick up the paper any day, and you can read dozens of items that 
could sow the seeds of futility, fear, worry, anxiety, and impending 
doom. If accepted by you, these thoughts of fear could cause you to 
lose the will for life. Knowing that you can reject all these  negative 
suggestions by giving your subconscious mind constructive 
autosuggestions, you counteract all these de-structive ideas. Check regularly on the negative suggestions that people make to 
you. You do not have to be influenced by destructive 
heterosuggestion. All of us have suffered from it in our child-hood and 
in our teens. If you look back, you can easily recall how parents , 
friends, relatives, teachers, and associates contrib-uted in a campaign 
of negative suggestions. Study the things said to you, and you will 
discover much of it was in the form of propaganda. The purpos e of 
much of what was said was to con-trol you or instill fear into you. This heterosuggestion process goes on in every home, office, 
factory, and club. You will find that many of these suggestions a re for 
the purpose of making you think, feel, and act, as others want you to 
and in ways that are to their advantage. • How suggestion killed a man 
Here is an illustration of heterosuggestion: A relative  of mine went 
to a crystal gazer in India who told him that he had a bad heart and 
predicted that he would die at the next new moon. He began to te ll all 
members of his family about this pre-diction, and he arranged his will. 34  This powerful suggestion entered into his subconscious mind 
because he accepted it completely. My relative also told me that this 
crystal gazer was believed to have some strange occult p owers, and he 
could do harm or good to a person. He died as predicted not knowing 
that he was the cause of his own death. I suppose many of us have  
heard similar stupid, ridiculous, superstitious stories. Let us look at what happened in the light of our knowledge of the 
way the subconscious mind works. Whatever the con-scious, 
reasoning mind of man believes; the subconscious mind will accep t 
and act upon. My relative was happy, healthy, vig-orous, and robust 
when he went to see the fortuneteller. She gave him a very neg ative 
suggestion, which he accepted. He be-came terrified, and constantly dwelt upon the fact that  he was 
going to die at the next new moon. He proceeded to tell every-one 
about it, and he prepared for the end. The activity took place in his 
own mind, and his own thought was the cause. He brought about his 
own so-called death, or rather destruction of the physical body , by his 
fear and expectation of the end. The woman who predicted his death had no more power than the 
stones and sticks in the field. Her suggestion had no power to create or 
bring about the end she suggested. If he had known the laws of his  
mind, he would have completely rejected the negative suggestion an d 
refused to give her words any atten-tion, knowing in his heart tha t he 
was governed and controlled by his own thought and feeling. Like tin 
arrows aimed at a bat-tleship, her prophecy could have bee n 
completely neutralized and dissipated without hurting him. The suggestions of others in themselves have absolutely no power  
whatever over you except the power that you give them through your 
own thoughts. You have to give your mental con-sent; you have to 
entertain the thought. Then, it becomes your thought, and you do the 
thinking. Remember, you have the capacity to choose. Choose life! Choose love! Choose health! 35  • The power of an assumed major premise 
Your mind works like a syllogism. This means that what-ever major 
premise your conscious mind assumes to be true de-termines the 
conclusion your subconscious mind comes to in regard to any 
particular question or problem in your mind. If your premise is true, 
the conclusion must be true as in the fol-lowing example: 
Every virtue is laudable; Kindness is a virtue; Therefore, kindnes s is 
laudable. Another example is as follows:  
All formed things change and pass away; The Pyramids of Egypt 
are formed things; Therefore, some day the Pyramids will pass away. The first statement is referred to as the major premise, and the right 
conclusion must necessarily follow the right premise. A college professor, who attended some of my science of mind 
lectures in May, 1962, at Town Hall, New York, said to me, 
“Everything in my life is topsy-turvy, and I have lost health, wealth, 
and friends. Everything I touch turns out wrong.” 
I explained to him that he should establish a major prem-ise i n his 
thinking, that the infinite intelligence of his subcon-scious m ind was 
guiding, directing, and prospering him spirit-ually, mentally, and   
materially. Then, his subconscious mind would automatically direct him wisel y 
in his investments, deci-sions, and also heal his body and restore h is 
mind to peace and tranquility. This professor formulated an over-all picture of the way he wanted 
his life to be, and this was his major premise: “Infinite in telligence 
leads and guides me in all my ways.
The_Power_of_The_Subconscious_Mind_by_Joseph_Murphy.txt
Summarize the following text section accurately and concisely. Maintain specific details and numerical information, and use anti-repetition mechanisms:

        1  
 
 2 The POWER of Your Subconscious 
Mind 
Joseph Murphy 
D. R. S. , D. D. , Ph.
The purpose of this book is to teach you how to use the power of your subconscious mind to achieve a happier, fuller, and richer life.
What is the purpose of the author's book?
The author emphasizes the importance of understanding the subconscious mind, stating that it is essential to learn how to use its powers and principles to achieve success and happiness.
What is the author's opinion on the importance of understanding the subconscious mind?
The author views the conscious and subconscious mind as two separate entities that work together to create one's reality. He emphasizes the importance of controlling your thoughts and beliefs to achieve success and happiness.
What is the author's view on the relationship between the conscious and subconscious mind?
No, the subconscious mind cannot reason like the conscious mind. The author states that the subconscious mind does not argue or think critically, but rather reacts to the thoughts and beliefs you hold.
Can the subconscious mind reason like the conscious mind?
The author advises that one should not accept negative suggestions and instead, use autosuggestion to replace them with positive and constructive thoughts.
What is the author's advice on overcoming negative suggestions?