Content that left a deep impression on me and my life

The weekly prompt of Blogchatter under their Bloghop series was to write about 'your favourite piece of content' that impacted life in a big way. I have been drawn to the so called "Self improvement" books right from a young age. Perhaps, it has to do with a little book I received as a prize in an elocution competition at school titled "Success in 30 days". Its content was motivating with plenty of quotes and stories of  "Successful"people from all over the world. If I remember correctly, the tips in the book  included discipline, hard work and perseverance. 

It was much later that I came across the book with the "Favourite piece of content" titled  "The Power of the Subconscious Mind" by Dr Joseph Murphy. I was bowled over by the contents  as it revealed the secret that  If we learn to tap into the  power of the subconscious mind, "whatever it is we want" in life will automatically be delivered by it  easily and effortlessly . 

It is a lot more difficult and painstaking job to convince the conscious mind to do our bidding. As for example, we know consciously  that it is good for us to get up early in the morning and go for a jog of 45 to 60 minutes. We try to convince the conscious mind repeatedly to stand by us in our mission. Yet, when the alarm rings, the hand unconsciously moves to 'snooze' button and we go back to sleep for "some more time". When  the same message is given to the subconscious mind (in an alpha/ meditative state), it  makes it happen auto pilot . 

"The law of attraction" which has gained a lot of currency in recent times operates on the same principle. The content in  " The Power of the subconscious Mind" gives us information as to how we can use this power for healing (physical & mental), attracting happiness,  money, good relationships, peace & harmony . The subconsious mind  also comes to our aid for taking difficult decisions effectively in our best interests. I am sharing below the following para from the book which talks about "How to receive guidance from your subconscious mind". 

"  When you have what you term a "difficult decision" to make or when you fail to see the solution to your problem, begin at once to think constructively about it. If you are fearful and worried, you are not really thinking.True thinking if free from fear. 

Here is a simple technique you can use to receive guidance on any subject. Quiet the mind and still the body.Tell the body to relax; it has to obey you. It has no volition, initiative or self conscious intelligence.Your body is an emotional disk which records your beliefs and impressions..Mobilize your attention:focus your thought on the solution to your problem. Try to solve it with your consious mind.Think how happy you would be with the perfect solution. Sense the feeling you would have if the perfect answer was yours now. Let your mind play with this mood in a relaxed way; then drop off to sleep. When you awaken and you do not have the answer, get busy about something else.Probably when you are preoccupied with something else, the answer will come into your mind, like toast pops out of a toaster."  

NB: It is to be noted that we drop naturally into an alpha state twice in 24 hours-  (1) at night, just  before drifting into the  sleep state and (2) in the early morning just before coming out from sleep to awake state. At other times we can attain this state through self hypnosis/ meditation. 

The readers would have understand by now as to why the content of this book captivated and made a deep impression on me.  There is so much to learn  from it that one would do well to revisit the book often to derive maximum benefit. A  lot of my approach to life has been molded by this "favourite content". So there it is, I have responded to the prompt - " My favourite piece of content that left a deep impression on me and my life".   

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