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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:
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