The Genie Within: Your Subconscious Mind - How It Works and How to Use It

Do not pass go, do not collect some other lame self-help book, buy this one RIGHT NOW. Allow me to explain why.Experts who study the brain know that 95 to 99 percent of our feelings and behaviors are controlled automatically by habits that were haphazardly programed, by various sources, from birth, into our subconscious minds. Think about that for a minute and really let it sink in, because it may be the most profound thing you will ever hear.Bombshell number two: our conscious minds have no direct access to these subconscious programs. So we can't (ordinarily) change them, we don't know when they are influencing us, and we don't even know what they are. This ability to auto-program and auto playback feelings and behaviors without conscious thought is essential to our daily existence. However, some of our programs can be counter-productive and even harmful.Of course free will allows us to make free choices any time we want. But the salient question here is not "can we make free choices", but rather, "how often do we actually do it?" You can lie to yourself all you want, but the answer is one to five percent of the time. The other 95 to 99 percent of the time we are on autopilot, habitually acting out our programs, for better or worse. And the more optimistic five percent only pertains to exceptionally self-aware individuals!Occasionally we take notice of the results of our programs, wondering why we sometimes feel or act in ways that are completely irrational, immature, counterproductive, or destructive. We may even resolve to "change ourselves", no matter what it takes. But it is critical to understand that "free will" and "positive thinking" have no lasting influence on subconscious programs.This explains the extreme difficulty in making real changes to our character using (other) self-help methods--even when, on a conscious level, we perfectly understand the principles described. We are simply powerless to change our subconscious programming directly with the conscious mind, no matter how much time, effort, or "free will" we exert.If this all sounds somewhat disconcerting to you, it should! Fortunately, we have this excellent book! It shows you exactly how to indirectly access your subcsoncious mind and reprogram it in ways that work to enhance your life, instead of sabotaging it.And believe you me, it works! I was skeptical at first. Then I was completely blown away to see results manifesting naturally and effortlessly, just from following a couple of the simple exercises in the book, once or twice a day, for a few weeks. I have never experienced such a dramatic and profound change in my character from any other self help method, no matter how much time or effort I invested. It is hard to find the right words to describe the experience... It is somewhat uncanny, to be honest, to notice yourself automatically acting and feeling differently. It's something you have to experience yourself. It's like you have been hypnotized. No--you actually have been hypnotized. The author understandably avoids that word because of some unfortunate negative associations, but that is part of what you are actually doing in this book-- learning how to hypnotize yourself. I wouldn't have believed it could work, or at least work so dramatically, if I hadn't tried it myself.And it gets better: as the author explains, reprogramming your subconscious does not require a "puritan work effort"--in fact that would work against you. All you need to make profound and lasting changes is minimal effort, repetition, and a little knowledge about how your mind really works.Even if you have no desire to change anything about yourself, this book is a fascinating read. It provides fundamental insights into the workings of the human mind that most people will live and die without knowing. That is truly a shame.The author makes a very important point that I agree with completely: the value of the information presented is grossly out proportion to the cost of the book. In other words, considering the results you can get, with minimal effort, it is a steal. In my opinion, passing this book up when you have any interest at all in changing yourself, would be a grave mistake. You would miss out on one of those rare opportunities in life to get something incredibly valuable for virtually nothing.The only two gripes I have about the book are minor. First, the whole "genie" metaphor, while apt I suppose, is a little cheesy for my tastes. Second, the audio files you can download (for a small fee) from the website were recorded by the author himself (I believe), who has an accent which is distracting (to me.) I ended up recording the scripts in my own voice on my phone instead, and set them to repeat mode (you should do this too!) The text for all of them is included in the book, so you don't need to download anything or pay for anything extra.Buy this book, read it completely, and follow a couple of the exercises consistently every day for a month--and see what happens. You're welcome.

I purchased this book a couple weeks back and decided to give this book ago!From the readings as well as the information provided, I decided to give this book the rating as shown!Reasons being are numerous, but I will give general critiques on why the book deserves the stars I give!1.) The Disclaimer seems to raise some flags, but it is not unusual for books to give a disclaimer about the information that they give on how to use the information! Its not bad, but you will understand later in my other critiques!2.) The biggest problem this book's author has is trying to interpret many experiments and events as factual info to lead the reader in believing the author's desired conclusion!EX: John Johnson, a medical doctor, conducted a one year experiment in a hospital! There are 1,000 patients with cancer and half of them were prayed for by various religious groups! The other half weren't! The people praying knew only the name of the patient, and neither doctors nor patients knew which patients were being prayed for. Of the half that were prayed for, they were-4 times more likely to recover-less likely to die-3 times less likely to do chemo-therapyThis is just paraphrasing an example from the book, however, the author leads you to believe that the power of prayer led to these results, without taking into account of other variables that could have led to similar results such as family, economics, environment, diet, genetics, etc.Many of the experiments and events the author uses to validate his claims seem either disingenuous or suspect worthy!With that said, there are some good things about this book! I believe this book is good enough to be labeled a 'self-help' book and many of the techniques and strategies can help you! In addition, based on many of the doubtful claims in the book, the author will force the reader (atleast me), to research the claims presented and I can tell you, many of them are misleading or just blatantly false for success!If I could rate this any lower, it would be 2 stars, but I do believe this book is good enough for a person to utilize if they are starting out with self-help! There are definitely better self help books out there! If you wish to purchase the book, just be wary and understand to use what works and throw away what doesn't work!

I actually stumbled upon certain excerpt of this book when I was frantically searching the internet for some 'cure' for insomnia and saved it. Didn't expect to read it again in my saved gmail account and impressed me to purchase it as I want to find out more. Read some books on the subconscious mind but never read a book that was so detailed as to how you could connect, communicate and make it work for you instead of against you.I haven't finished reading it though I got it about a month ago. In fact, it was pretty much to digest although easier to digest but I make it a point to ensure I understand what I was reading and getting the nitty gritty. I didn't want to rush through because this book actually break down into step by step kinda platform for you to transit from one stage to another. There are those mp3 downloads which I purchased and help a great deal such as the health affirmation, relaxation tracks etc. Whatever you have in mind, the author has it all covered.In fact, every night this is the thing I rely on to help me unwind, relax and have a good night sleep. Learn a lot and am still learning ... It is basically something which is very helpful for daily life especially if you have depression or life setbacks ...

Just finished reading this book 2 days ago. It basically talks about how to get in touch with your subconscious mind, synchronize it with your conscious mind, and use it in a way that brings happiness, success, prosperity, and greater good for yourself and those around you. Harry W. Carpenter (the author) states that the subconscious mind makes up 92% of the brain, conscious only 8%. Therefore the subconscious mind will win every time when it comes to negative, unhelpful, unproductive beliefs and behaviours, no matter how much will your conscious mind has to do the opposite - the subconscious mind holds all the power.By putting yourself in the Alpha or Theta brain wave state of mind, via meditation, you can communicate with your subconscious and override any of these unwanted beliefs and behaviours with positive new ones. Harry explains how to do this throughout the lessons in the book, and he makes it very easy to understand.It's some pretty mind-blowing stuff, and some of the results attained by people with this knowledge are absolutely incredible to say the least. Definitely worth reading.

Absolutely priceless. If you understand or wish to understand more about that part of our brain that is so far unmapped and largely not understood this is an invaluable addition to your library. Not clinical at all, and very conversational. Not very well organised, but still a priceless commodity to the human life and our advancement. Thanks Harry.

The writing style is very simple and easy to follow for the average joe like me. The concepts presented are very relatable, especially when compared to anecdotal experiences ; everything makes sense. Highly recommended if you want to have a better understanding and unlock the potential of your mind.

Excellent book....spot on. ..Easy to understand language. ...

Wow. This book is so very interesting!!! Awesome discoveries!!! Who knew our subconscious mind could be so readily available to us. So much power!Love it. Would recommend! I've got the paperback on order! I want to highlight so many areas!!!