The Power Of Your Subconscious Mind

“Infinite riches are all around you if you will open your mental eyes and behold the treasure house of infinity within you.”

Murphy frequently uses vivid language and metaphors as persuasive devices to convince readers of the veracity of his text. In this opening sentence of Chapter 1, he repeats the words “infinite” and “infinity” to describe the relationship between the power of the subconscious—the treasure house—and the innumerable goals that can be achieved by tapping into the power, the infinite riches.

“Your prayer is answered because your subconscious mind is principle, and by principle I mean the way a thing works.”

From his first chapter, Murphy describes the relationship between the conscious and subconscious minds in terms of scientific principles. He goes on to say that the subconscious mind works through the law of belief, which holds that a person must believe in the way their mind works in order to tap into its immense power. He will also discuss the concept of “scientific prayer,” his term for the basic process through which suggestions from the conscious mind are imprinted and acted upon by the subconscious mind. As a former chemist and a trained psychologist in a time when therapies are heavily influenced by research, Murphy understands the appeal of a scientific basis for a self-help process that relies heavily on The Psychology of Prayer, Belief, and Faith.