Talk:Joseph Murphy (author)/Archive 1

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Work in progress - paragraph needs major rewrite or elimination

It is interesting to note that, in one of his later books "The Truth Shall Set You Free", Murphy casually revealed that the Bible is in actuality a story that contains many psychological and mystical symbolism written by ancient men who understood the creative powers of human thought and imagination. He takes from the book of John, deciphering the symbology and allegory of each story. Whether this knowledge was passed to him from Abdullah or Neville, is uncertain. It is noted that Neville also taught the symbolic stories from the bible in his own lectures. Also Murphy added (as Neville did in his book "Your Faith Is Your Fortune"), that the story of Jesus is also an ancient symbolic story associated with the pagan worship of the Sun.

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I have moved the above paragraph here because is uncited and not written in an encyclopedic style. There may be something of value about the beliefs and techings of Murphy to be extracted but this paragraph is not acceptable as written. This paragraph also mentions to Abdullah and Goddard again (see talk section above) which were removed aleaving this mention orphaned. -- Low Sea (talk) 22:39, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

This article does read like a book jacket or advertisement.

I own a few of Dr. Murphy's books and I heard him speak in the 1970's so I am not trying to cripple this article ... but it needs a serious style improvement and many more references from reliable sources which I am trying to find with help from other WP editors who specialize in obscure resources (relevant news articles are 30-70 years old). Low Sea (talk) 02:18, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Please don't try to delete this article via redirect

If you feel that this is a non-notable subject, please nominate for deletion. However, this article has references. I just added another one that verifies much of what is in the article. It needs citations. Please help. Madman (talk) 03:12, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

What do you want to say and why have you deleted?

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Basics

“ The Father-Mother-God is within you in the form of your conscious and subconscious mind. Whatever you claim and feel to be true, your subconscious will respond in like manner; hence, you can rise above all limitations, impediments, and obstructions. ”

“ If there is no quarrel or argument in your conscious or subconscious mind, your prayer will be anwered. ”

Austerlitz -- 88.75.217.239 (talk) 20:09, 25 July 2009 (UTC)

References

"See Also": U.S. Anderson?

As a young man, I first encountered “New Thought” (though not by that name) philosophy through the works of U. S. (Uell Stanley) Anderson having read his Three Magic Words. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uell_Stanley_Andersen) I then read works by Joseph Murphy, knowing little (until just recently through their Wikipedia articles) about the personal lives of either author/philosopher. It was only some years later while continuing my self-education in philosophical matters, that I realized that the “New Thought” philosophy of Anderson and Murphy was simply an updated version of ancient Hindu metaphysics, particularity the predominant Advaita Vedanta school as formalized by their great sage Shankara; the “Perennial Philosophy” of Aldous Huxley. In other words, it was simply the ancient doctrine of what is commonly referred to as “pantheism” updated for contemporary public consumption, a harbinger of the “New Age” movement.

Although the Wiki article for U.S. Anderson doesn’t list him as a “New Thought” thinker, since his (Warning: spoiler alert!) “Three Magic Words” were: “You are God,” I mostly definitely think he would qualify as a New Thought philosopher and a close contemporary of Murphy. Therefore, I would like to add Anderson to the other names under “See Also.” As someone who read both writers, I can tell you that their philosophies were essentially one and the same. Does anyone object? — Preceding unsigned comment added by HistoryBuff14 (talk • contribs) 19:34, 17 February 2013 (UTC) HistoryBuff14 (talk) 19:37, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

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Murphy in India and meeting Hindu sages

Joseph Murphy was in Ambur, Tamil Nadu, India, doing Bible studies in a private institute; he was not in touch with any Hindu sage, though he visited the nearby Hindu pilgrimage places out of curiosity. What prompted this statement? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.249.189.1 (talk) 07:15, 24 October 2018 (UTC)