How to Attract Money
Train Your Subconscious to Grow Mentally and Materially
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Summary
"How to Attract Money (1959) by Joseph Murphy is a classic handbook on how to grow your wealth and enrich your life spiritually, mentally, and materially. It shows how, by training your conscious and subconscious mind through positive thinking and affirmations, you can gear yourself toward a life of abundance, happiness, and fulfillment."
Introduction
Have you ever wondered why some people seem to attract abundance effortlessly while others struggle despite their best efforts? The answer lies not in external circumstances, but in the profound power of your own consciousness. Every human being possesses an inherent right to prosperity, yet most remain trapped by limiting beliefs about money and success. These mental barriers create a prison of lack that keeps us from experiencing the abundant life we were meant to live. The truth is revolutionary: wealth is not something you chase or acquire from the outside world, but rather a state of consciousness you develop from within. When you understand how your subconscious mind responds to your dominant thoughts and feelings, you gain access to the same creative power that governs all of nature's abundance. This journey will transform your relationship with prosperity forever, revealing the spiritual and psychological principles that can change water into wine in your own life.
Claim Your Divine Right to Prosperity
Your birthright to wealth is not a privilege reserved for the fortunate few, but a fundamental truth as natural as breathing. Just as God provides for every bird in the sky and fish in the sea without their worry or struggle, you too are meant to live in abundant supply. The universe operates on principles of infinite giving, and you are designed to be a channel through which this prosperity flows freely. Consider the remarkable story of a young man in Australia who possessed nothing but a dream and an unshakeable faith in his divine inheritance. Born into poverty, he worked as a janitor cleaning medical offices while nurturing an impossible vision of becoming a physician. Every night before sleep, he would vividly imagine seeing his name emblazoned in bold letters on a medical diploma hanging on the wall. He could feel the texture of the parchment, hear the congratulations of colleagues, and experience the deep satisfaction of serving humanity through his healing gifts. Month after month, he sustained this mental image with unwavering devotion. His subconscious mind, impressed by this consistent mental picture, began orchestrating circumstances to match his inner conviction. One of the doctors noticed his dedication and began training him in medical procedures. Recognizing the young man's potential, this physician sponsored his entire education through high school, college, and medical school. Today, he practices as a prominent doctor in Montreal, his childhood vision fully realized. The key lies in understanding that wealth consciousness precedes material wealth. Begin each day by affirming your divine connection to infinite supply. Declare with conviction that you are a worthy channel for God's abundance to flow through you to bless others. Release any guilt or unworthiness about desiring prosperity, recognizing that your financial success enables you to serve humanity more effectively. When you align your consciousness with the truth of your divine inheritance, you activate the same creative power that transforms seeds into forests and transforms ordinary lives into extraordinary destinies.
Transform Water into Wine: The Miracle Method
The biblical miracle of changing water into wine represents the most practical success principle ever recorded. Water symbolizes your current consciousness, while wine represents the fulfilled desire you wish to experience. This transformation occurs when you consciously shift your mental and emotional state from limitation to abundance, from fear to faith, from doubt to absolute knowing. A talented beauty salon owner discovered this principle during her darkest hour. After her mother's illness forced her to neglect her business, trusted employees embezzled funds, leaving her bankrupt and deeply in debt. Facing financial ruin and unable to pay medical bills, she felt completely defeated by circumstances. Her consciousness was filled with water, the formless substance of worry, resentment, and despair about her situation. Through understanding this miracle method, she learned to perform her own transformation. Each night, she would enter a deeply relaxed state and engage in what became her three-step wedding ceremony with prosperity. First, she vividly imagined a bank manager congratulating her on substantial deposits, feeling the genuine joy of financial security. Second, she heard her mother's voice expressing happiness about her wonderful new position, sensing the relief and pride in those words. Third, she visualized her actual wedding ceremony, hearing the minister pronounce her married to the abundant life she deserved. Night after night, she sustained these images with faith and feeling, impressing her subconscious mind with the reality of her transformed circumstances. Within three weeks, this mental discipline began manifesting in her external world. She met her future husband through a seemingly random encounter, married within a month, received a wedding gift of twenty-four thousand dollars, and embarked on a world honeymoon that fulfilled every aspect of her visualization. Practice this miracle method by identifying the specific change you desire, then create a detailed mental movie of your wish fulfilled. Engage all your senses in this inner drama, feeling the emotions of achievement, hearing the congratulations, seeing the evidence of your success. Repeat this process with religious devotion, knowing that your subconscious mind is faithfully reproducing whatever you consistently impress upon it.
Master Your Mental Marriage with Wealth
Your current financial situation reflects your psychological marriage to specific beliefs about money, success, and your own worthiness. Every thought you habitually think about prosperity becomes your mental spouse, producing children in the form of experiences that mirror these internal unions. If you are married to thoughts of lack, struggle, or unworthiness, your life circumstances will faithfully reflect these limiting partnerships. A British gentleman facing severe financial hardship learned this principle during a period of complete desperation. Having lost his job and facing mounting debts, he discovered that his mental marriage to resentment toward successful people was actually repelling the very prosperity he desired. Every time he saw others succeeding, he would think bitterly about their advantages or question their integrity. These negative mental marriages were creating a consciousness of poverty that manifested as continued financial struggle. He began the process of mental divorce from these destructive thought patterns and courted a new relationship with abundance. His daily practice involved affirming with deep feeling that God was the source of his supply, that his needs were met at every moment, and that divine abundance flowed freely through his life. When negative thoughts arose, particularly during the challenging first weeks when they came as frequently as fifty times per hour, he would immediately redirect his attention to these prosperity affirmations. This consistent mental discipline gradually transformed his consciousness from poverty to prosperity. Within months, creditors extended his payment terms, new business opportunities emerged, and his financial situation completely reversed. He had successfully divorced himself from lack and married abundance through the power of sustained mental choice. Examine your current mental marriage honestly. Notice which thoughts about money dominate your daily mental conversations. Begin the divorce process from any belief that separates you from your good by consciously choosing new mental partnerships. Affirm regularly that you are married to divine prosperity, that abundance is your natural state, and that you deserve to experience financial freedom. Remember that your external world will always conform to match your internal commitments, making this mental marriage the most important relationship you will ever cultivate.
Summary
The path to prosperity begins with recognizing a fundamental truth that changes everything: wealth is your divine birthright, and poverty is simply a mental disease that can be completely healed through understanding the laws of consciousness. As this teaching reveals, you are here to lead an abundant life, to be happy, radiant, and free, surrounded by beauty and luxury that reflects the infinite nature of the creative power within you. Your subconscious mind operates like fertile soil, faithfully reproducing whatever seeds of thought you plant with feeling and conviction. When you discipline your mind to dwell consistently on images of prosperity, success, and divine supply, you activate the same creative force that governs all manifestation in the universe. Begin immediately by choosing one specific area where you desire greater abundance, create a vivid mental picture of that desire fulfilled, and feed this image daily with the emotions of gratitude and expectation until it becomes your dominant mental reality.
By Joseph Murphy
