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Excellent for Learning How to Take Control of Your LifeJuly 20, 2008 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is an old book which is excellent for taking control of your life. The author is well known and well educated in metaphysics, religion and the understanding of True Religion. He is a very SAFE writer for any age desiring to improve their lives. I was very, very disappointed by the publisher's statement that the book was racist, and so many other negative terms. The publisher stated that it was a book of "his" time and should be carefully checked if children were to read this book. Truth is eternal. No book that Joseph Murphy ever wrote was racist or harmful. I pray that there will be a different publisher of Dr. Murphy's book. I met him when he was alive, attended many of his seminars and found him to be a deep thinker, honest, always in integrity and a very gentle individual. Too bad the publisher never got to meet him. Rev. Dr. Pat., STAMFORD, CT
This book is the best, because it's so simple.July 20, 2008 2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Hi everyone. I just wanted to share my experience with this book. I applied it once to pass my exams (and I passed 2 of my biggest exams in one month, which was amazing, and it was based on "luck" because after I prepared approx. 30-40% of my exams, I got the right questions - I used to repeat, repeat, repeat "I order to the power of my subconscious mind to make me pass these exams" and it happened. I strongly believe you ought to be positive about the outcome because I also saw the opposite happen to people - they would prepare 149 questions and skip one, and get that one on the exam!!
Well, it's been a while since then.. once I got a job I wanted because I really concentrated on that.. I also like The Secret, but the Subconscious Mind communicates better with my "logical" mind, because it gives more explanations on "how it works"..
Thanks for reading this!
Amazing BookJuly 17, 2008 If you want to know more about your subc.I heartily recommend these CDs
The Power of Your Subconscious Mind The Master Key System Thought Vibration or the Law of Attraction in the Thought World The Science of Getting Rich The Science of Mind Think and Grow Rich: Original Version
Excellent Read!July 17, 2008 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Simple language and easy to grasp. Gives a very different perspective to life. Helped me in troubled times. A must read for those feeling down and out.
Ludicrous conclusions built on logical fallaciesJuly 12, 2008 6 out of 11 found this review helpful
I have read countless books on the subconscious, positive thinking, and mental focus techniques. I firmly believe in the power of the subconscious mind and my negative review does not discount this in any manner. I gave this book one star as it rates among the worst I have read on the topic and recommend not wasting a moment with this piece.
Murphy provides his explanations into the power of the subconscious mind and the power of belief based on his conclusions built on analysis of many events. He also spends time on the process of meditation and subconscious suggestion for the mind.
The significant weakness of this book is Murphy's use of examples that he uses to comprise his analysis and draw his conclusions. For example, he describes a woman that desired a Cadillac so intensely that she put her subconscious mind to work thinking about it. Murphy states that she used the specific approach he advises. As a result, within two weeks, this woman was the owner of a Cadillac. Murphy then concludes this was the result of his thinking processes; using her subconscious mind. Murphy then further illustrates how she came upon the car as a result of her uncle passing away and willing it to her.
If Murphy deduces from the example above that the major contributing factor for this woman receiving a Cadillac was her thoughts, then you also must conclude that the death of her uncle was also the result of her thoughts; a small piece of irony evidently lost on the author. Assessing the situation and giving full credence to the power of thought based only on these results is not only ludicrous, but it does a disservice to the true power of the mind that Murphy is unable to articulate.
Murphy's line of reasoning in this book is filled with logical fallacies permitting one to simply replace the power of doing jumping jacks with his subconscious methods and not miss a beat. Of course I am not suggesting that jumping jacks would have any influence in his examples; however, Murphy's logical leaps are often so absurd that using his reasoning one could conclude the same about jumping jacks as one does in this book with thoughts.
I do not discount the value of the subconscious mind as I believe from personal experience it is incredibly powerful; but The Power of Your Subconscious Mind hardly provides any scientific evidence nor any anecdotal explanation that would lead any intelligent person to the logical conclusion that mere thought was the cause. Murphy presents a very poor attempt at explaining the unknown power of the subconscious mind and does it so poorly that this book would be better served as a satirical piece.
