Take Control of the Reins of Your Mind
The power that you have in your mind is truly phenomenal, but
like the rest of us, you may have trouble controlling it at
times.
Here is an analogy that illustrates this perfectly...
Your mind is like a strong, wild horse, powerful but unruly.
In order to tame it, you must take control of the reins,
repeatedly and gently.
You don't wish to be mean or overly harsh, because you don't
want to create even more resistance or anger or fear.
You simply need to be firm and consistent...and respectful.
Eventually, this powerful animal will carry you wherever you
wish with just a gentle tug on the reins over which YOU have
total control.
YOU CAN GAIN CONTROL OF THE REINS
The critical steps to follow are these:
1) Disempower your limiting beliefs by acknowledging them fully,
both at the conscious AND subsconscious levels of mind.
(NOTE: This step is the FIRST one and is the basis for all
subsequent steps.)
2) Once you have discovered the original source of your most
debilitating CORE beliefs, then, and only then, are you free to
challenge their validity.
3) Once you uncover the circumstances surrounding your erroneous
beliefs about your intrinsic worth and value, you have begun to
clear the slate for replacing those beliefs with new ones of
YOUR own choosing.
4) Having chosen which new ideas to implant, you must do so with
dogged persistence.
(NOTE: Once you find a method of feeding your mind that is
workable for your personality and life-style, this is not such a
big deal.)
AFFIRMATIONS WORK ON A "CLEAN SLATE"
One very effective means of reprogramming your mind with
empowering ideas of your deservedness and your intrinsic value
is with affirmations.
I know that sometimes people have trouble believing their
affirmations wholeheartedly.
If you have ever had that trouble, please don't discount this
technique and give up, but DO change your wording just slightly
so that the affirmation is TOTALLY believable to you.
Let's take the following affirmation as an example:
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"I am completely financially independent."
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Well, this is certainly a worthy goal, and one that can be
reached.
BUT if you have a bunch of "shadow" thoughts popping into your
brain about how bad your present situation is, this affirmation
will backfire on you.
HERE'S HOW YOU FIX YOUR AFFIRMATIONS
Simply add a phrase such as "in the process of becoming" or "am
on the road to becoming" like this:
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"I am now in the process of becoming completely financially
independent."
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Now isn't that better?
You are still speaking in the present tense, but this time, your
current circumstances don't come crowding into your brain to
ruin this beautiful thought and all the excited emotions it
brings to life.
THAT'S how you get the power of affirmations on your side.
Present tense, powerful, and absolutely believable and mentally
embraceable.
Totally embraceable. That's the key. You need to make sure you
can "hug" your affirmation!
Why You Should Be Your Own Private Investigator
Now there are many other ways to go about reprogramming your
fantastic mind (and it IS fantastic beyond belief), but none of
them can be effective if you are canceling them out with
unacknowledged hidden beliefs.
And since you cannot squelch or dominate a thought pattern of
which you are consciously unaware, you might want to consider
being your own Sherlock Holmes.
If you wish to be freed of the compulsion to repeat negative
patterns....
If you wish to take control of your own thoughts...
If you wish to achieve personal mastery...
Awareness is your strongest ally.
And it resides only in you.