Chapter 6 continues to explore the topic of mental healing by providing practical techniques for personal prayer. Murphy starts by comparing a person who prays to an engineer building a bridge, asserting that both use specific techniques and methods. He defines prayer as the formulation of an idea about something one wishes to accomplish. He claims that this formulation comes from a person’s deepest needs and desires.

The passing-over technique for imprinting a prayer on the subconscious involves prompting the subconscious mind to accept the request that the conscious mind provides. As with other techniques, this technique should be undertaken in a drowsy state. The person sees the desired thing coming to fruition in the form of a mental blueprint or image filled with thoughts of peace, harmony, joy, and goodwill. The visualization technique depends on the belief that the image formed in the imagination is as real as anything in the objective world. Murphy uses this technique before he gives a lecture, picturing his happy, inspired audience for about 10 minutes to the point at which he can hear audience members “proclaiming” their happiness.

He states that this mental-movie method is particularly useful for people who are selling a house.