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The Power of Your Subconscious Mind

Joseph Murphy (Ian McMahan revised)

Harness the power of your thoughts through visualisation and mental discipline to reshape your beliefs, success, well-being, and fulfilment.

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The Power of Your Subconscious Mind

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What's it about?

The Power of Your Subconscious Mind (1963) teaches that our habitual thoughts and beliefs shape our health, relationships, and success. Joseph Murphy explains how the subconscious mind accepts what we repeatedly think and imagine, and offers techniques such as affirmations, visualisation, and focused prayer to replace fear and doubt with confidence. This edition, revised by Ian McMahan, updates the language of Murphy’s classic for today’s readers.

Key ideas

  • Your habitual thoughts and beliefs shape your health, your relationships, and your success.
  • The subconscious mind accepts whatever you repeatedly think and imagine, so the thoughts you repeat matter.
  • Affirmations, visualisation, and focused prayer are practical techniques for changing what your mind accepts.
  • Confidence can replace fear and doubt when you deliberately train your mind to hold new beliefs.
  • This revised edition by Ian McMahan updates Joseph Murphy's 1963 classic with language suited to today's readers.

About the author

Joseph Murphy (1898–1981) was an Irish-born minister, speaker, and writer associated with the New Thought movement. He wrote more than thirty books on the power of thought, faith, and the subconscious mind, and The Power of Your Subconscious Mind became his best-known work, read by millions worldwide. The revised edition was prepared by writer Ian McMahan to make the book more accessible to modern readers.

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What is The Power of Your Subconscious Mind about?

It teaches that our habitual thoughts and beliefs shape our health, relationships, and success. Joseph Murphy shows how the subconscious mind accepts what we repeatedly think and imagine.

Who is The Power of Your Subconscious Mind for?

It suits readers interested in personal growth, motivation, and emotional balance who want practical ways to replace fear and doubt with confidence.

How long is the Durar summary of The Power of Your Subconscious Mind?

The Durar summary takes about 15 minutes to read or listen to. It covers Murphy's main ideas and techniques, including affirmations, visualisation, and focused prayer.

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