Thank-You Method: a Joseph Murphy practice guide

How to practise

Choose something genuinely appreciable, repeat “thank you” slowly, and let the practice widen attention beyond the immediate problem. Gratitude does not require minimizing grief, harm, or practical constraints.

Relevant source passages

Source page 64. …habit, repeat the above formula out loud to yourself. By this means you induce the subconscious to accept the idea and a healing follows. The Thank You Technique In the Bible, Paul recommends that we make known our requests with praise and thanksgiving. Some extraordinary results follow this simple method of prayer. The thankful heart is always close to the creative forces of the universe, causing countless blessings to flow toward it by the law of reciprocal relationship, based on a cosmic law of action and reaction. For instance, a father promises his son a car for graduation; the boy has not yet received the car, but he is very thankful and happy, and is as joyous as though he had actually received the car. He knows his father will fulfill his promise and he is full of gratitude and joy even though he has not yet received the car, objectively speaking. He has, however, received it with joy and thankfulness in his mind. I shall illustrate how Mr Broke applied this technique with excellent results. He said, “Bills are piling up, I am out of work, I have three children and no money. What shall I do?” Regularly every night and morning, for a period of about three weeks, he repeated the words, “Thank you, Father, for my wealth.”…

Source page 69. Serve Yourself With Scientific Truth 1. Be a mental engineer and use tried and proven techniques in building a grander and greater life. 2. Your desire is your prayer. Picture the fulfillment of your desire now and feel its reality and you will experience the joy of the answered prayer. 3. Desire to accomplish things the easy way with the sure aid of mental science. 4. You can build radiant health, success and happiness by the thoughts you think in the hidden studio of your mind. 5. Experiment scientifically until you personally prove that there is always a direct response from the Infinite Intelligence of your subconscious mind to your conscious thinking. 6. Feel the joy and restfulness in foreseeing the certain accomplishment of your desire. Any mental picture which you have in your mind is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen. 7. A mental picture is worth a thousand words. Your subconscious will bring to pass any picture held in the mind backed by faith. 8. Avoid all effort or mental coercion in prayer. Get into a sleepy, drowsy state and lull yourself to sleep feeling and knowing that your prayer is answered. 9. Remember that the thankful hear is always close to the riches of the universe. 10. To affirm is…

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