Vaidya Kalpana Sukhdas, Assistant Professor (vaidyakalpana@gmail.com) Marathwada Mitra Mandal’s College of commerce, Pune

Book Review – The Power of Your Subconscious Mind by Joseph Murphy explains how the mind works and how our thoughts deeply influence our life. It focuses on the idea that the subconscious mind is very powerful and controls many aspects of our behavior, habits, health, success, and happiness. By learning how to use it properly, a person can improve their life in positive ways.
It explains that the human mind has two parts: the conscious mind and the subconscious mind. The conscious mind is responsible for thinking, reasoning, and making decisions. The subconscious mind, on the other hand, stores beliefs, habits, emotions, and past experiences. Whatever thoughts and beliefs we repeatedly accept with our conscious mind are passed to the subconscious mind, which then acts on them without questioning whether they are good or bad.
The book emphasizes that positive thinking plays a key role in shaping our lives. If a person constantly thinks negatively, the subconscious mind accepts those thoughts and creates negative outcomes such as fear, failure, or poor health. However, when a person feeds the subconscious mind with positive thoughts, confidence, and faith, it helps attract success, peace, and good health. It also explains the power of belief. He states that it is not the words we use, but the belief behind them that matters. When we truly believe something, the subconscious mind works to make it happen. This is why faith, visualization, and positive affirmations are important tools. Repeating positive statements and imagining success can reprogram the subconscious mind and change behavior and results.
Another important idea in the book is the connection between the mind and the body. It explains that stress, fear, and negative emotions can cause illness, while calmness, hope, and positive thinking can support healing. The subconscious mind responds to emotions strongly, so maintaining a peaceful and confident mindset is essential for mental and physical well-being.
The book also discusses how forgiveness plays a major role in mental peace. Holding anger or resentment creates negative thoughts that harm the subconscious mind. Forgiving others helps release emotional stress and allows the mind to function positively. It encourages readers to let go of past hurts and focus on peace and understanding.
It also highlights the importance of habits. Since habits are controlled by the subconscious mind, changing them requires patience and repetition. By consistently practicing positive thinking and constructive actions, old negative habits can be replaced with positive ones.
To conclude finally The Power of Your Subconscious Mind teaches that success, happiness, health, and peace begin within the mind. By understanding how the subconscious mind works and feeding it with positive thoughts, beliefs, and emotions, a person can transform their life. The book encourages readers to take control of their thoughts, develop faith in themselves, and use the power of the subconscious mind to achieve personal growth and success.

This book helped me a lot to transform myself from negative to positive . Personally I would recommend 5/5 for this book.

Dr Parkhi Ashwini Rajesh, Assistant Professor (ash.parkhi@gmail.com) Marathwada Mitra Mandal’s College of Commerce Pune.

The book has given simple techniques and formulas which can be easily applied in day today life . It has told to believe in yourself and depicts the marvelous power of subconscious mind. It’s been effectively explained that your subconscious mind is principle and it works according to law of belief. Book clearly explains the conscious and subconscious mind.
It has also clearly explained as to how your mind works and told that our conscious mind is watchman of the Gate who protects subconscious mind . The working of our mind is properly explained.
The author has properly dealt with the mental healings in ancient and modern times and told with various examples like the disease suffered by human originates in the mind first as nothing originates on body unless and until there is mental pattern corresponding to it.
Book also talks about the practical techniques in mental healing.
What to be done for getting the results is also mentioned.
The book have also covered the ways as to how can you achieve success by the power of your subconscious mind.
Various success techniques in different fields are also penned which are very motivating.
The book covers the relation between subconscious mind and sleep , subconscious mind and human relation and deals how to remove the mental blocks made by us .
Thus, the book covers all the aspects towards our mind and have told the positive effects after dealing properly with your subconscious mind.
No wonder this book has sold millions of copies and liked by people all over the world.