Single-Word Method: a Joseph Murphy practice guide

How to practise

Choose a quality rather than a prediction, repeat the word slowly, and notice the associations it evokes. Stop if repetition increases distress or replaces needed professional help.

Relevant source passages

Source page 84. …technique. Repeat the word, “Wealth,” quietly, easily and feelingly. Do this over and over again, just like a lullaby. Lull yourself to sleep with the one word, “Wealth.” You should be amazed at the result. Wealth should flow to you in avalanches of abundance. This is another example of the magic power of your subconscious mind. Serve Yourself With The Powers Of Your Mind 1. Decide to be wealthy the easy way, with the infallible aid of your subconscious mind. 2. Trying to accumulate wealth by the sweat of your brow and hard labor is one way to become the richest man in the graveyard. You do not have to strive or slave hard.

Source page 98. How She Succeeded In Getting What She Wanted There is a young lady who regularly comes to my lectures and classes. She had to change buses three times; it took her one and a half hours each time to come to the lectures. In one lecture I explained how a young man needed a car in his work and received one. She went home and experimented as outlined in my lecture. Here is her letter in part, narrating her application of my method, and published with her permission: Dear Dr Murphy, This is how I received a Cadillac car - I wanted one to come to the lectures regularly. In my imagination I went through the identical process I would go through if I were actually driving a car. I went to the showroom and the salesman took me for a ride in one. I also drove it several blocks. I claimed the Cadillac car as my own over and over again. I kept the mental picture of getting into the car, driving it, feeling the upholstery etc., consistently for over two weeks. Last week I drove to your lectures in a Cadillac. My uncle in Inglewood passed away and left me his Cadillac and his entire estate. A Success Technique Employed By Many Outstanding Executives & Businessmen There are…

Source page 105. …request over to the subconscious mind. It knows just where that will is and reveals it to me.” Then he condensed his request down to one word, “Answer,” repeating it over and over again as a lullaby. He lulled himself to sleep with the word, “Answer.” The next morning this young man had an overpowering hunch to go to a certain bank in Los Angeles where he found a safe deposit vault registered in the name of his father, the contents of which solved all his problems. Your thought, as you go to sleep, arouses the powerful latency which is within you. For example, let us suppose you are wondering whether to sell your home, buy a certain stock, sever partnership, move to New York or stay in Los Angeles, dissolve the present contract or take a new one. Do this: Sit quietly in your armchair or at the desk in your office. Remember

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