Reprogamming requires repetition.

We all know that repetition creates habit. Our brains and physiology learns through repetition. We are pattern-making and pattern-following creatures. Practice makes perfect. Whether you like it or not, the more you repeat something, the more it becomes part of you. Repetition actually creates programming. Through repetition, outcome is born. Therefore, repetition also creates beliefs, and in turn determines your thoughts and emotions, which in turn determine your actions, which in turn determine your results. It’s a cycle.

Have you noticed how you tend to think the same kind of thoughts over and over again? Studies show that we have about 50,000 thoughts per day, and approximately 90% of them are repetitive! Like an old, tired record. Repetition creates patterns and habits. You are literally hypnotizing yourself with your repeated thoughts. Other research shows that 77% of everything that most people think about is negative, self-damaging, hindering, and counterproductive. Wow! That’s scary! So…  results come from actions, and actions come from thoughts, and thoughts come from beliefs, and beliefs come from  programming (what you repeatedly tell yourself or being told?). We better get in control of our thoughts!

Here is another interesting point. Your subconscious mind is like the operating system in a computer. It runs everything. For example, the subconscious mind controls the autonomic nervous system. One of the two main divisions of the nervous system, is the supplying of impulses to the body's heart muscles, smooth muscles, and glands. The autonomic system controls the actions of the glands; the functions of the respiratory, circulatory, digestive, and urogenital systems as well as the involuntary muscles in these systems and in the skin. Controlled by nerve centers in the lower part of the brain, the system also has a reciprocal effect on the internal secretions, being controlled to some degree by the hormones and exercising some control, in turn, on hormone production." This means that your hormones, energy levels, actions and so forth are controlled by the subconscious mind. Simply put, if you have told yourself that you are clumsy, the subconscious will work with your hormones, motor skills, and so on and make you act, move and talk stupid. If you have told yourself that you don't fit in social situations, you will find yourself standing in the corner not fitting. “Whatever you say, boss“. Your subconscious is like the mainframe computer. Whatever you program into it, it makes happen. No questions asked. You are the boss, and whatever you say, happens.

Your imagination, your thoughts, what you perceive, what you don't perceive, what you see and what you miss, how you act, what you feel...  are all determined by one thing: your programming, what you repetitively tell yourself (and what you repetitively been told or observed during your youthful formation years). So how can we take the quantum leap, to step out of the box of our own thoughts and see beyond it? How do we re-program ourselves for success? The same way we create all programming: Input repetition. It’s not enough to learn techniques that work… you have to practice that new positive way over and over until it becomes part of you. Positive thinking and self-help advice will not work unless you make it permanent by practicing it over and over. Your entire physiology has to be rewired; your neural pathways (which create pattern and memory) have to be redrawn. All this happens by through repetition. Repitition and Practice. Then one day, like with everything else you ever learnt through practice, you just find yourself automatically doing it! It becomes the new you!

So, how fast and to what extent can you grow your consciousness within one lifetime? The quick and dirty answer is that there is an average rate of growth, but there are no limits. According to Dr. David R. Hawkins, M.D., Ph.D., in his bestselling book Power vs. Force, people on average tend to increase their consciousness by 5 points in a lifetime (on a scale of 0 to 1000). So if you were born at a consciousness level of 300, you tend to get to 305 by the time you die. Of course, this is an average that includes billions of people. There is nothing to limit anyone except their own choices. Many are on record for having achieved 100% or even 2000% increases or more, where they are literally renewed and are different in just about everyway. Transformation does happen. So if you wish to leap forward, know that nothing stops you. But also know that you have to leap forward in your mind first. You have to re-write the negative programming that is keeping you where you are. Reprogramming is done best through acting in the new way and practicing that over and over until it becomes part of you. The more you open up, let go, allow, trust and not resist or defend your old ways, the faster you will move forward. Therefore, learning and understanding are but initial steps towards change. It takes making a conscious commitment and then lots of practice in order to change.

Anya has a Masters in Psychology and focuses on transpersonal psychology, and she has been practicing for over 20 years. For information on workshops and seminars please contact Anya at: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

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