Over the years I read and reread ‘The Magic of the Mind in Action’ getting as much as I could from the extracts included in the book.
It wasn’t until computers arrived in homes and the birth of Amazon that I actually managed to buy myself a copy of ‘Bring out the Magic in Your Mind’. I even loved the design on the cover! It was a delight to read. Al Koran wrote as if he was talking to me personally.
I’ve since read the book many times. I lent it to my younger son and he felt that it was helpful too. I gave him a copy of his own in the end as I didn’t want mine to disappear.
I discovered that other people online were inspired by the book too.
Then one day someone sent me a link to YouTube videos about positive thinking which pushed the ‘Magic’ even further!
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
My Mind holds Magic
About 40 years ago I picked up a book in the supermarket which caught my eye because of the title; ‘The Magic of the Mind in Action’ it was by a mentalist (mind reader, magician) who called himself Al Koran. His real name was Edward Doe.
The book contained letters that had been written to him by readers of an earlier book that he wrote ‘Bring out the Magic in Your Mind’. With quotes from the first book he used the letters to show that people really had managed to change their lives through positive thought. Reading the words of Al Koran and the stories of the changes people made in their lives really inspired me.
I lacked self confidence and had been inspired by two other books in a small way a few years before. ‘Anybody Can Do Anything’ by Betty Macdonald and the title of the other book remains a mystery after all these years. All I remember about it was reading that many people do not know how to say ‘No’. I didn’t read much of that book but I was armed with the idea that I didn’t have to comply with the bidding of others.
I had started to make changes.
The book contained letters that had been written to him by readers of an earlier book that he wrote ‘Bring out the Magic in Your Mind’. With quotes from the first book he used the letters to show that people really had managed to change their lives through positive thought. Reading the words of Al Koran and the stories of the changes people made in their lives really inspired me.
I lacked self confidence and had been inspired by two other books in a small way a few years before. ‘Anybody Can Do Anything’ by Betty Macdonald and the title of the other book remains a mystery after all these years. All I remember about it was reading that many people do not know how to say ‘No’. I didn’t read much of that book but I was armed with the idea that I didn’t have to comply with the bidding of others.
I had started to make changes.
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