The Book

The book, "The Power of Your Subconscious Mind" has been one that holds a strong presence in our family for as long as I can remember. We have several copies between each family member; some copies old, yellowed and frayed, some a newer edition recently purchased, and some digitally downloaded onto our various devices. This book has been a tool kept in our back pockets for years and copies have revolved in and out of our hands as we pass it along to friends who may need to read it. Recently, two copies were even wrapped up in shiny red and green paper and given out as christmas gifts to those we thought could benefit from reading even just the first chapter of the book.

I personally, have read this book in many different forms. I have highlighted a hard copy of it with pencil and scribbled notes in the margins, I have picked it up and fanned the pages quickly only stopping on a random paragraph that I believed my subconscious mind wanted me to read, and I have also listened to it auditorily on my Kindle, reading along with a slow, soothing voice so that I could drink in every word and let it seep in deeper than before.

No matter how many times I have read, "The Power of Your Subconscious Mind" there is one lesson that I have yet to learn. If you don't use it, you lose it. It seems like I pull out this book during my most trying times and then when I am feeling like myself again I tuck it away or hand it off to a friend that needs it more than me at that point. However, I then find myself losing the practice and forgetting the truth that Murphy so clearly spells out on each page. Rather than practicing the law in only times of need and then moving forward, it is something that I want to incorporate every single day of my life. Whether I am experiencing a season of success or growth, I want the foundation of my day to be built upon the principle that Murphy discusses in his books.

Recently, I think I have entered one of my most trying, but opportunistic times as I am faced with challenges that I have never experienced before. Major changes have happened in our family over the past 5 years including foreclosure on a family home, the death of a sister, finishing college, earning my teaching credential, teaching kindergarten, two engagements with two weddings on the horizon, and countless other stresses that the illusion of our society brings on a daily basis. When I was finally given the chance to stop to rest all of these burdens found their way to the surface and have not seemed to want to dissolve.

During an emotional conversation I was reminded to revisit Dr. Joseph Murphy's book, "The Power of Your Subconscious Mind" and I wondered how long it had been since I read even a page of it. It had been too long. Of course... Why hadn't I gone back to the book yet? Why haven't I cracked open the first page to revisit the promises that my Father has laid out for me and the law that governs this world. I had been trying soothing essential oils, peppermint tea, meditation, you name it, but I had not gone back to the most obvious thing that I knew I could count on. My Father.

So on this rainy sunday, I made a commitment to once again go back to revisit Murphy and all of the knowledge and truth he has to offer...but this time it will be different. This time I am making this experience bigger than before which is why I have decided to start my first blog.  With each chapter I read I will also be writing. Writing is a passion of mine and something I hope to do more of every day. It is a form of meditation, creativity, prayer, whatever you want to call it. As I go through Dr. Murphy's books with a fine toothed comb I will be stopping to reflect, to write and to expand the ideas that have been written before me. The Power of your subconscious mind is a widely discussed principle through several different books. Some call it, The Secret or the Law of Attraction. I like to call it the truth or just the basic facts. Through this blog hopefully I can begin to live it more and more each day.