The Power of Your Subconscious Mind
心理學家發現，我們每個人每一天，有超過85%的動作及想法，都跟潛意識有關，潛意識包含了我們對事物的價值觀，判斷力及心情。潛意識是來自我們從小的生活環境，父母對孩子說的每一句話。我們發現，很多小孩就是父母的縮影，他們走路的姿勢，說話的方式，金錢管理的概念，甚至找配偶的類型等，都受到父母的影響。雖然我們沒有判斷潛意識及價值觀，但是當我們對自己的生活不滿意時，我們就會想辦法去改變環境，改變自己。其實，最重要的，是要改變我們自己潛意識中最深層的價值觀。也就是說，我們心中有什麼情緒或感覺：貪心、懶惰、勤勞、成功、有錢、熱忱等，我們都會表現在日常行為當中。所以，每一天，我們都要跟自己說：「我是最幸運的、我很快樂、我很積極、我的工作是幸福的、我的婚姻是美滿的、我能財富自由。」時間久了，我們真的能為自己改變未來的命運。
生命應該要實現抱負的，而不該只是為了求生存而已。世界上，有很多男男女女，為了求生存，深陷在日常的瑣碎事務中，無法細細品味活著的美好。其實只要透過方法，我們就能改變現況，因為，我們每個人的內在，都有一股無窮的力量，懂得去釋放它、運用它，我們就能達到心想事成。墨菲博士所提倡「潛意識的力量」的運動，就是這個理念。要如何祈禱，才能奏效嗎？為何上帝都聽不到我們的禱告呢？想想，在緊急、危險或有困難的時候，在病中，或死亡隨伺在側時，我們的祈禱，自然湧現。看一看電視新聞，世界各地每天都有人在為得不治之症的孩子祈禱、在為國與國之間的和平祈禱、在為深陷礦坑的工人祈禱，他們都一直不間斷地祈禱。而如果有人祈禱，得到回應，就會成為報紙的頭條新聞。事實上，讓祈禱奏效的，不是我們相信什麼，而是潛意識回應了我們心中的想法，這就是信念法則。不論是佛教徒、基督徒、穆斯林、猶太人，儘管各自的信仰有極大差異，他們的祈禱，都有可能得到回應，那不是什麼教條、宗教、教派、儀式、公式、咒語、祭拜或祭品等，而純粹是當事人對他所祈禱的事物，抱持強烈的信念所致。
生命的法則就是信念法則，信念則是心中的念頭。一個人怎麼想、怎麼感受、怎麼相信，他的身、心和周遭狀態，亦復如是。如果能夠了解自己在做什麼、為什麼這麼做，就能幫助我們實現在生活中。祈禱得到回應，就是心願得以實現。潛意識的奇蹟力量，是偉大而永恆的，這個力量可以癒合我們的身心創傷，可以讓受到恐懼的心，重獲自由，也可以把我們從貧困、失敗、痛苦、匱乏和挫折中，解放出來。潛意識是一間專屬於我們自己的暗房，它可沖洗出我們外在生活的林林總總，它是我們健康、幸福、快樂、財富的來源，我們只要讓潛意識想著真實、美好與高興的事物，那麼，我們的生活，就都是真實、美好與高興的。
潛意識的力量無遠弗屆，它不僅影響我們的行為、情緒和思維，還能創造我們的現實。當我們專注於積極正面的事物時，我們就會吸引更多積極正面的事物，進入我們的生命中。相反地，當我們專注於消極負面的事物時，我們也會吸引負面的事物。所以，如果我們想創造理想的生活，就必須先從改變我們的思維開始。改變思維模式，是需要時間的，但只要我們堅持不懈，一直積極樂觀進取，不退縮，一定會看到效果的。潛意識的力量是巨大的，它可以治癒我們的身心疾病，幫助我們緩解疼痛，增強免疫力，提高抵抗力，治癒各種疾病，包括癌症、憂鬱症、皮膚病等。當我們使用冥想、正念及自我暗示時，我們就是在讓潛意識的力量，治癒自己。再者，我們如能改變對金錢的信念，還可學到利用潛意識來吸引金錢，實現財富自由。首先，我們要設定一個明確的財務目標，要對自己有信心，相信自己能夠實現目標。然後，我們不能只是空想，還要採取行動，按照計劃，一步步地努力。只要我們有耐心，持之以恆地努力，一直堅持，最終一定能實現目標的。
潛意識掌控著我們的生理，如心跳、呼吸、血液循環等，它不眠不休的工作，即便是我們入睡後，它依然持續的運作，執行我們的信念。在平常健康的時候，我們很難意識到身體有多完美。唯有生病時，我們才驚覺，健康是多麽的珍貴。我們的身體狀況，反應著心理狀態，疾病的源頭，即來自於心智。因此，要恢復健康，就要改變心智。現今的醫學，已證實情緒會影響我們的健康，當我們生病看醫生時，醫生也常叮嚀我們要多休息、放鬆，不要有太大的壓力。我們擔憂、焦慮和恐懼的情緒，都會干擾生理的運作。我們的心智若無法保持和諧，腦中負面、邪惡、破壞的想法，就會激發恨意或怨氣，然後，它們在潛意識中發炎、潰爛，最終表現在身體上。想想看，當我們割傷身體，或不小心受到傷害時，身體會原諒我們的粗心，啟動修復機制。身體不會責怪我們，它就是療癒。所以，在我們的信念中，只要寬恕自己與別人，我們就能療癒身心，療癒世界。
神的「相信」，不是指相信外在的權威或儀式、配方等，「信者必得飽足」指的是我們的信念。歷史上，因信念產生的神奇療癒案例，比比皆是，不論是在聖地、或神職人員儀式下發生的奇蹟，都是人們潛意識強大的期待，投射在現實世界使然。神水、護身符或乩童等，都不具神奇魔力，但它們都有強烈的暗示，讓相信的人，可以發揮信念的力量，去自我療癒。輕鬆堅定的相信，信心十足的感受，當下即已實現心願，這就是潛意識超強的力量。
According to Joseph Murphy, the author of The Power of Your Subconscious Mind, we can train our subconscious to the point where it will feel compelled to facilitate what we need or want to accomplish. It doesn’t matter what it is, so long as it’s for our own good and does no direct harm to others—whether it’s health, success, wealth, meeting the right male or female partner, overcoming fear, seeking or dispensing forgiveness, developing good habits and discarding bad habits, etc.
Many may doubt that whether it is really that powerful or not, and yet Murphy, in his book, gives many real-life examples of those who did get what they prayed for. For example, a widow, with three children and no means of support, prays for finding such a means. A short time later, she runs into a former boss on the street, and he offers her a well-paying job. He is even willing to lend her enough money to get back on her feet before her first paycheck. Another elderly woman is losing her memory but prays that it will be fully restored. Before long, her memory comes back, and she is able to remember everything. Yet another older woman, who has lost her husband a few years ago, asks her subconscious to bring into her life the right male partner with whom she will spend the rest of her life. She soon meets such a man and they are happily married.
The idea is: when we pray for something in the right spirit, our subconscious will grant our wishes. Thus, in the case of the elderly woman who was seeking a male partner, her subconscious may have enabled her to communicate the man she was soon to meet. On the other hand, we may be facing a decision that leaves us wondering how we should decide. For example, should we accept a new high-paying job that requires us to move to a different part of the country? We don’t know if it will be worthy of the effort for us to accept it. This happened to the author. Murphy meditated on this decision for some time. Eventually, his subconscious told him not to accept it. As it turned out, the company that made the offer later went bankrupt, so he was glad that he hadn’t accepted.
It doesn’t matter what religion we profess or whether we profess any religion at all. We can be Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Muslim, or none of these. However, our subconscious mind will still respond. In fact, spiritual masters of all religious persuasions have been said to be able to work “miracles.” In the Bible, for example, Jesus was said to have worked miracles; thus, when a blind man asked him to help him see, Jesus restored his sight. Murphy explains that it was the man’s subconscious mind which allowed him to regain his vision. Jesus merely facilitated the healing.
Now let’s talk about the power of our subconscious mind to help us overcome our fear of failure, or our fear of giving a speech before a large audience. Yes, even these debilitating fears can be overcome when we train our subconscious mind to surmount them. In a quiet place, we can calm ourselves, relax, and visualize what we are praying for. If it’s our wish to do well on an upcoming exam, we picture ourselves in the exam room and write down all the right answers. We’re feeling so good about all we know, and we hand in our test to the teacher. Later, we’re congratulated by our teachers and friends. How proud they are of us! And while we’re meditating, we can repeat to ourselves: “I have studied hard and know all the answers that I may be tested on. I feel very confident about this material. When taking the exam, I’m full of gratitude that I prepared so well and am actually enjoying being able to answer well all the items and questions that are on the test.” The above is only the model. We would do well to choose our own words. The important thing is to have faith in our ability to overcome any fear of failure. Also we can NOT include any negative feelings or possibilities, such as “I am not going to fail this exam. I am not going to look at the test and forget everything I ever learned.” By focusing on the negatives, we actually feed their possibilities. We have to use the present—not the future—tense, as if we are already on our way to fulfill our request. Furthermore, as Murphy notes, it’s better to pray our wishes several times a day, with the best times being early in the morning as soon as we awaken, and at night just before we fall asleep. At these times, we’re not fully conscious, so the subconscious mind would fulfill what we’re praying for. To sum up, the power of our subconscious mind is very strong and powerful. We only need to make a wish, and simply believe that it would come true in no time.