Recommended Reading: The Amazing Laws of Cosmic Mind Power

 

The Amazing Laws of Cosmic Mind Power  

Joseph Murphy 

THE AMAZING LAWS OF COSMIC MIND POWER was a game changer for me. I found an early version of this book in a thrift store in Lancaster, South Carolina in the early 2000's. It traveled from South Carolina to Washington State with me when I moved in 2006. Then I lent it to a co-worker was was let go soon after. I never saw her, or my book again. Later, I purchased a newer copy. 

Joseph Murphy (1898 - 1981) was a New Thought minister and prolific author of several popular titles including The Power of your Subconscious Mind and Secrets of the I-Ching.  Long before I ever heard of The Secret or knew who Abraham Hicks was, I was introduced to the power of Affirmative Prayer and the Infinite Intelligence through the writings of Joseph Murphy. 

The book is broken up into 15 chapters with each chapter dedicated to a different "law." However, there really is only one law being applied here and that is the power of the mind through affirmative prayer. Instead, each chapter deals with a separate area of life. They are:

• The Astounding Law of Contact with the Cosmic Mind
• The Secret Law of Faith 
• The Miraculous Law of Healing 
• The Dynamic Law of Protection 
• The Mysterious Law of Inner Guidance 
• The Might Law of Courage 
• The Wonderful Law of Security 
• The Magical Law of Mental Nutrition 
• The Great Law of Love 
• The Positive Law of Emotional Control 
• The Thrilling Law of Marital Harmony 
• The Glorious Law of Peace of Mind 
• The Replenishing Law of Automatic Prosperity 
• The Penultimate Law of Creation 
• The Ultimate Law of Infinite Life 

This division is convenient in that you can go directly the the chapter which corresponds to the area of life that you are interested in addressing. 

Each chapter is broken up into case histories with the author describing an encounter with a troubled individual in which he counseled them and offered them a prayer treatment. Finally, he follows up with the result of each treatment. 

 Sample Prayer Treatment 

I'm an unemployed website designer, Valerie A. wrote to me. I'm also the single mother of a four year old. The bills are piling up , and I am just a few weeks from running through my benefits. What do I do if my child gets sick? What shall I do?

My response was to suggest that Valerie begin to give thanks for God's bountiful supply. Several times a day, she relaxed her body in an armchair and entered into a drowsy, sleepy state, or a state akin to sleep. She condensed the ideas of her needs into these wonderful magic-working words of increase. God multiplies my good exceedingly. She understood that whatever she gave attention to, her subconscious would magnify and multiply a hundredfold. The significance of these words to her meant the realization of all her desires, including being able to pay all her bills; finding a new, well paying position in her field, and having enough money to be able to stop worrying. 

Valerie's disciplined visualization brought astounding results. Three weeks later she got a call from an attorney. A company she had worked for two years earlier owned the patents on a process that had just been found to be very valuable. The shares of stock she ha written off as worthless were now valued at almost $50,000.00. She sold the stocks, paid off her debts, and used so me of the balance to set up a consulting firm with one of the people from her last job. She later told me that she was supremely happy. 

Although some may not like the inclusion of Biblical Scripture, the prayer treatments can be edited to include your own Higher Power - whatever that may be. The Amazing Laws of Cosmic Mind Power is a book that I highly recommend. 

- Carolina Dean