As a Man Thinketh ...

John Assaraf posted a couple of quotes yesterday on his Facebook page that really struck me.

"What luck for rulers that men don't think"
 ~Adolf Hitler

“Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it” ~ Adolf Hitler

My first thought is how powerful Hitler was, how much influence he had and, of course, about the devastation he caused.

My next thought was about the power of the media to create fear, spread propaganda and instill it in the subconscious minds of so many. Perhaps that is why I've choosen to turn off the television and refrain from listening to or reading most of what's out there.

I rather enjoy thinking for myself and choosing what I want to fill my head with,, thank you.

Now that my world is more quiet, I find myself reflecting on the people around me. I'm curious to discover what makes them tick. Why they think the way they think and feel the way they feel. Why they make the choices they make.  What they hope for and dream of.

Fascinating ... and as I learn more about them, I better understand myself.

Science tells us that we downloaded the majority of our subconscious programming by the the age of 7. I've noticed that many of us have patterns in our lives that originate from beliefs developed from these old programs. I've had the opportunity to explore this concept with siblings recently. So interesting!

We know that the Reticular Activating System of the brain strives to match our unconscious programming with our experience of external reality. We also know that our conscious behavior can be determined by our subconscious beliefs and that repetition can literally build new neuronal pathways in the brain and create new.

Science now indicates that we have the ability to reprogram our subconscious mind. That's one of the reasons I am so fascinated by hypnosis and the many other ways to reprogram the subconscious mind.

As we can delete, upgrade and intstall new software on our computer, we can literally rewire our brain and eliminate old beliefs and patterns that hold us back from reaching our goals and realizing our full potential.

Wayne Dyer says that the most important time of the day to reprogram limiting subconscious beliefs is the 5 or 10 minutes just before we fall asleep. During sleep is the time the subconscious mind is most active.

What do you give your subconscious mind to process before you go to sleep?

Do you fall asleep worrying, fearful, perhaps with the television playing in the background? Or do you intentionally give you subconscious mind something positive to process during your 6-8 hours of sleep?

Consider the followng:

Unleash the Power of Goal Setting with Affirmations & Visualization

For every goal you have, you ideally want to have an affirmation that declares it as if it’s already completed (even though it’s not). This creates and maintains a dynamic tension in the brain and inspires motivation.

Affirmations (ideally with emotion and emphasized with visualization) causes the Reticular Activating System of the brain to look for ways to match your thoughts and feelings with your reality, thus helping you reach your goals, recognize opportunity, take both deliberate and inspired action and create your new reality.

Precision affirmations used on a consistent connect the conscious mind with the subconscious mind. They help reprogram the subconscious mind and eliminate limiting beliefs that keep us stuck.

Guidelines for Writing Effective Precision Affirmations

1.    Start with the words “I am …”
2.    Use the present tense
3.    State it in the positive i.e. What you want versus what you don’t want
4.    Keep it brief
5.    Make it specific
6.    Include an action word ending in “ing”
7.    Include at least on emotion or feeling word
8.    At the end, add the words “or something better”
9.    Remember that you are doing this for yourself NOT for others

For example, "I want to lose 20 pounds." becomes "I am feeling great at 148!"

Punctuate your affirmation with a vision of what your goal looks and feels like. Remember that repetition key!

To learn more about how hypnocoaching can help reframe old beliefs and set you on a new course to success, contact me at [email protected] or 603-452-7350.