Harry Carpenter - The Genie Within Your Subconscious Mind

The Genie Within

Your Subconscious Mind

How It Works and How To Use It

Copyright 2011 Harry W. Carpenter

Cover Design by Timothy H. Carpenter

Illustrations by Dale Sutton

ISBN 978-1438276823
eBook ISBN: 978-1-43927-740-9

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These lectures are intended for average people who desire to be healthy, stay healthy, become better persons, improve skills, and have peace of mind. These lectures are not meant to replace professional help. The ways you can use this information are limitless and how you use it is up to you. I cannot take responsibility for how you use it. I have no formal training in therapy or medicine. This book does not take the place of competent health professionals. If you have an emotional or physical problem, you should consult a doctor or therapist. Symptoms are not the cause of the problem. Eliminating symptoms without eliminating the cause can be dangerous.

There are relaxation/alpha routines after each lesson. Do not practice these while driving, operating equipment, or any other activity that requires your conscious, critical attention. After the routine is over, be certain that you are wide awake and alert before you resume any activity.

The purpose of this book is to educate. The author and publisher shall have neither liability nor responsibility to any person or entity with respect to any loss or damage caused, or alleged to be caused, directly or indirectly by the information contained in this book.

This book is dedicated to my wife, Jane, for her patience, selflessness, and teaching me to appreciate the beauty in nature.

I wish to thank my friends who read a draft copy and gave me feedback. Four people deserve special consideration: Brett Mitchell, who read a draft before anyone else and gave me the confidence to continue; Lily Splane, who found a zillion of those little errors an author cannot see, and made helpful comments about recent scientific studies; my wife, Jane, who was my in-house reviewer, for her patience; and my daughter, Christine Carpenter, who got involved late but, nonetheless, made valuable contributions. My thanks also go to these friends who took time to read all or part of the manuscript and make comments: Elizabeth Roberts, Niki Hale, Roland Behny, Sam Huston, and Pat Sica.

Many thanks to my son, Tim H. Carpenter, for designing the new front, spine, and back cover to the 2011 edition.

A special thank you is given to Dale Sutton who drew the catchy cartoons that enhance and enliven The Genie Within .

I thank the many students in my classes that asked me where they could find one book that contained all the information in my course. Their interest helped prod me into writing The Genie Within .

Table of Contents

Tapping the power in the subconscious mind has been my avocation for a long time. What I learned came from reading every book I could find on the subject and from seminars. At the urging of friends, I put together a course consisting of six lessons of two hours each. (The six lessons are extended to eight lessons in this book for convenience.) The course is the distillation of the best of what I learned and used. After every class, students ask where they can buy a book with this information. My answer is that this information was gleaned from many sources and no book comes close to containing all of it. This book, The Genie Within , contains all of it.

The only thing that is original to me is putting the information together. I credit the authors of the books I read and two notable seminars, Psycho-Netics taught by James Takus, in Tarzana, CA, and an advanced Silva class taught by Burt Goldman. My guess is that in most, if not all cases this information was not original to the authors either. The basic information has been passed on for centuries.

I have read more books on this subject than I can remember. I took some notes but, unfortunately, I did not write down sources. Often the same concept or story appeared in several books. I have included a bibliography of the books that contributed most to my knowledge or are worth reading.

These lessons are not esoteric or metaphysical. They are easy to understand and the techniques are easy to use. This information is basic and should be understood by everyone interested in achieving success and making his or her life better in every way. The Genie Within is a how to book that provides concrete ways to achieve goals, change undesirable habits, and more.

For some reason this course has attracted only adults. My goal is to pass this knowledge on to teens and young adults. This information would be invaluable to them for excelling in school, easing the process of growing up, increasing their self-esteem, and enriching their lives. I trust that this book will find that audience.

I recently added a lecture on prayer because prayer is powerful. Unlike the previous lectures, some of the concepts in this lesson are mine. They are logical extensions of the first eight lessons. You will not find them in any book that I am aware of. I had qualms about the way some readers might react to such an emotional subject as prayer. But because it is, in my opinion, the most important lesson and it is an invaluable sequel to the first eight lectures, I included it as part of The Genie Within .

Harry Carpenter

Fallbrook, California

Spring, 2007

W hen he was just a boy, the old man heard a story of a woman who found a corked bottle on the beach. When she pulled the cork from the bottle, she imagined a genie had come out. The genie granted the woman all her wishes. The old man spent his life searching for his own bottle with a genie in it. He combed the beaches of every continent. Because of his obsession, he never made lasting relationships or held a job for long. He was an unhappy man .

One day on a beach near his home, he found the bottle he had been looking for. For a reason unknown to him, he felt there was a genie inside. Corks in other bottles were hard to pull out, but this one slipped out easily. Out of nowhere a genie appeared. The genie said to the old man, I am here to grant you whatever you want.

Whatever I want? replied the old man .

Well, said the genie, almost anything. Since you are old and have never been in politics, its unlikely that you can become President of the United States, nor do I think it wise to wish for a spot on the Olympic basketball team. And I do not think you want anything taken at someone elses expense. So, no, not everything. Still, more than you have dreamed of. Certainly enough to make you happy and peaceful.

The old man was ecstatic but then he became angry. Why has it taken me so long to find you? I could have accomplished so much had I found you when I was young.

Ah, master, said the genie, but I have been with you all along. I was not in that bottle. I have been with you and granting your wishes all of your life. Remember when you were six and you wished your father would pay more attention to you? You cut your finger. That was no accident. Your father washed the cut and held you. Remember? There was the time you took the CPA exam. You kept telling me you were not smart enough to be a CPA and that you were not worthy to make as much money as a CPA. Remember how you froze during the exam? You got your wish.