One
of the best ways you have of improving yourself is by looking
into your thought processes. The easiest way to do this is to
look at the results in your life.
I
mean look at what is happening around you and what is happening
to you. This is an easy way for you to change your life because
you get instant feedback, just by looking around.
The
results you see are the end product of the accumulation of your
thoughts. Your thoughts actually carry 'weight' and determine
what your world is like. This is not always apparent. We have
so many thoughts, most people are unaware of the majority of them.
It
is estimated that you have around 50 000 thoughts per day.
Let
me explain how your mind works.
You
have experiences, through your 5 senses which are the process
of the conscious mind. These experiences are recorded by your
subconscious mind.
Your
subconscious mind faithfully records everything that happens to
you, what you think about it and how you feel about it. Your subconscious
mind can't judge the quality of this information it only records
it.
If
you imagine something that is vivid (vivid means a clear image
with depth of emotion), then your subconscious mind treats
this as a real life experience and records it as such. Your subconscious
mind just records as it sees, it doesn't store past and future
with an image. It lives in the present.
What
is recorded in your subconscious mind forms your belief system
and your self image. Your self image is the opinion you have about
yourself. The image of yourself that you form comes from your
accumulated beliefs and the judgements you make in regard to what
you can and can't do.
It
is the job of a part of your subconscious mind to harmonize your
external world with your self image. When the two don't match
it creates an inner tension and something must change.
There
are two possibilities for change. Either your
external world changes or the tension
is reduced.
Lets
come back to this later!
Most
people exist and accept what happens to them as their lot in life.
They float through life.
I
say, you can have whatever you wish. How?
Just
reverse the way you do things.
Look
around at your world and see what results you have. Pick something
that you wish to change and set a goal.
Setting
goals is not a new concept. All successful people have used the
concept of goal setting. However less
than 3% of the western population set and write their goals.
Setting
a goal is putting a new image of what you want into your subconscious.
Lets
say I am overweight and I want to be slim. I need to do the following.
1.
Set the goal. (I want to be slim)
2.
Be specific with the goal. (I want to be 70kg.)
3.
Write an affirmation. An affirmation is a statement of intent
and must be written in the first person, present tense. A
statement of intent has more impact if you add emotional words.
(I am a stunningly slim 70kg and I look wonderful.)
4.
Repetition of the affirmation everyday. Say it as often as you
can.
Don't
worry about how you will achieve it. The concept
is actually one of faith. Faith is belief without evidence.
There
are two things that stop you using one of the most magical sources
of creation - your subconscious mind.
The
first is if you look for the 'how'. The 'how is never apparent
otherwise your goal is to easy. The second thing that stops you
is requiring proof before you act. Proof means you have no faith.
Without faith you cannot harness your subconscious mind.
Why
does it work?
Lets
go back to where we left off. Your
subconscious mind is faced with two choices. The tension created
has to go or your external world must change.
Your
mind will do whatever is easier!
If
the image of the new you, is strong enough, an external world
will be created to fit the image. How? In the overweight example
outlined before, you will start unconsciously making the choices
that a slim person makes and eventually you will become one.
If
the image is weak it will reduce the tension because that will
be easier. How? Your goal will be compromised and 'thinking' will
start. "Maybe 70kg is too light, what about 75"
As
soon as you comprimise you send yourself a message that your are
not serious and this further weakens your vision. You are on a
rollercoaster to nowhere.
It
is important to monitor your thought process, you may not realize
that you are spending alot of 'thought' energy fighting and going
against what you want.
If
you worry about an outcome and constantly think of what you don't
want you have a recipe for disaster.
The
worry is based on fear and is a very strong emotion. Thinking
about the outcome that you don't want, forms a picture in your
mind of that very thing. Having now coupled this with a strong
emotion you have a great way of producing what you don't want.
The
thought process and movement towards something is happening to
you whether you want it to or not. I
say that you can turn on the light.
I
have successfully used these techniques to completely change my
world in every area I can think of. They work.
You
decide what your world looks like.
