029 – 6 Things I Learned From Believe in Yourself by Joseph Murphy

Creativity Excitement Emotion

Summary: Dr. Joseph Murphy is an expert on the topic of the subconscious mind. In this podcast episode, I explore what several valuable ideas I took away from reading his book, Believe in Yourself. Believe in Yourself is a shorter volume containing great wisdom. Dr. Joseph Murphy, one of the foremost experts on the New Thought movement and accessing your subconscious mind succinctly explains how to achieve spiritual health and external success. In this episode of The New Music Industry Podcast, I look at one of Murphy's great works. Download the PDF Transcription Podcast Highlights: 00:14 – Believe in Yourself vs. The Power of Your Subconscious Mind 00:40 – Feeling is the fountainhead of power 01:31 – Imagination controls the conceptive realm 02:37 – Your concept of God determines your attitude towards life 03:47 – If you are in rapport with your subconscious mind, you unlock your genius zone 04:22 – What your subconscious mind accepts is reality in the outer world 05:24 – You are the master of the circumstances you find yourself in 06:26 – Concluding thoughts Transcription: Compared to The Power of Your Subconscious Mind, Believe in Yourself by Joseph Murphy is one of his shorter works. But every sentence in Joseph Murphy's book contains valuable insights into spirituality and personal success. I have read this book from start to finish twice, and each time I've gotten something new from it. Readers should come away with fresh insights on every read as well. There is no way for me to summarize the entirety of the wisdom contained within, but I did want to share with you what I learned from this book. 1. Feeling Is The Fountainhead Of Power (or Universal Power), According to Joseph Murphy When personal development authors talk about goal-setting and visualization, they often add the phrase, “Add emotion to it!” I think Murphy is essentially saying the same thing here. He's pointing out that feelings and emotions have power, and that we can learn to channel them into achieving and obtaining our desires. Mastering this ability is an important thing! If you're setting goals that don't motivate you, you'll find it challenging to add feeling to them. But if you become obsessed with bringing about a result, you'll naturally take actions and move in the direction of your wishes and longings. Fear will reduce with each action you take, taking you closer to your dream. You must become aware of what your true desires are. The only way to make that happen is to build rapport with your subconscious mind (also see point #4 on this list). 2. Imagination Controls The Whole Conceptive Realm Life in the digital age is frantic. Few people take time to think, reflect, and ask questions. “Visualization? I have no time for that!” But you must make time for it, because most people don't. They aren't thinking about the desired result, the end goal, what their hearts yearn for. Many have forgotten the power of imagining. This is one of the reasons they struggle to create the desired conditions of life, whether money, body, love, or otherwise. Disney came to be because it was first conceived in the mind of Walt Disney. There are endless examples of technological breakthroughs, attractions, movies, books, and other works that would not exist if they weren't first conceived in someone's mind. If you want to control the conceptive realm, start imagining once again. If you don't know where to start, daydream. Remember what it was like to be a child sitting in a classroom thinking about what else you wanted to be doing, or what you were going to do when you got home. 3. Your Concept Of God Determines Your Attitude Towards Life Maveen Kaura and I spent an entire episode of Using Your Power discussing this concept. As of this writing, the episode has yet to be released, but it will be out soon. “But I don't believe in God,” you might say.