IM Book Recommendations

[Acting Like Godot]

A forum regular sent me a PM, wanting to know what books I would recommend on IM. I thought I would share my recommendations here:

1. If you already have a strong belief that LOA works and you want relatively quick, easy ways to apply it, try "Ask and it is Given" by Esther and Jerry Hicks. Pay attention to the 22 processes given in the 2nd half of the book, for applying LOA.

2. If you already have a strong belief that LOA works and you are prepared to invest a lot of time and effort and discipline in getting the most out of it, try "Silva Mind Control Method" by Jose Silva.

3. If you already have a strong belief that LOA works, but you are concerned about how it makes you greedy, materialistic etc and you would like to consider how LOA fits into a broader, spiritual / "meaning of existence" framework, try Deepak Chopra's "The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success". It has no reference to LOA, but you'll see that he writes about "Law of Pure Potentiality", "Law of Intention and Desire" and "The Law of Detachment" - they kinda add up to LOA.

4. If you are a semi-believer but with parts of your brain still saying "This isn't possible .... It's not logical ... LOA doesn't make sense", then try "Goals!" by Brian Tracy. 75% of the book is devoted to the question of how to achieve your goals, in a "rational, logical" way. The other 25% is LOA, although he does not use the word.

[JeremyW]

I like "Excuse me your life is waiting" by Lyn Grabhorn. The audio version is very good because she has a nice sounding voice.

[cylon]

Originally Posted by Acting Like Godot

4. If you are a semi-believer but with parts of your brain still saying "This isn't possible .... It's not logical ... LOA doesn't make sense", then try "Goals!" by Brian Tracy. 75% of the book is devoted to the question of how to achieve your goals, in a "rational, logical" way. The other 25% is LOA, although he does not use the word.

Well, I've been setting and achieving goals for a couple weeks. It makes me feel better about myself, which is a nice change. BUT--I've been thinking about how goal setting and IM work together.

So today I became aware of Brian Tracy, the book Goals.

How much of this is "massive action" and how much of it is "inspired action"? This may be the next step for me.