“Continuing this discussion on how our minds work. We have ways of seeing: Remembered and Constructed. Your mind is powerful beyond belief. It can remember with vivid detail, and it can create what never existed before. You can see what’s been and imagine what could be. This is your gift and your challenge. We construct images in our mind, sometimes consciously, often unconsciously.
Some of what you see in your mind’s eye is rooted in real memories. But much of it is creative assembly, bits and pieces combined in ways that may never exist in reality. Still, they feel real. They influence how you think, feel, and act. Let’s play. Again, I prefer doing this in workshops live because there are other factors than just written words. If I say something you hear how I said it. If you read it. You read it how you do it.
There’s a difference and it is the reason people often misunderstand texted words. They read it in their tone of voice, not the writer’s. Get it. Anyway, let’s play with this exercise too. Don’t read through this. Take your time and do each piece. Bring your attention to the exercise and the process. DO IT before moving on or reading on. That way you will discover the experience not just ‘know’ about it. THIS IS IMPORTANT.
DEVELOP THE POSITIVE ATTITUDE, MINDSET AND BELIEFS TO TRANSFORM YOURSELF
Okay, relax. Take a breath. Still yourself. Commit to the process.
Imagine this:
A giant purple elephant soaring above you through a bright sky. On its back, a monkey in a yellow cowboy hat waves it wildly and shouts, ‘Yippee! Yippee!/ Close your eyes. See the elephant swooping, looping, and spinning. Hear the monkey laugh. Watch it soar.
Got the image? Take your time!
Good.
NOW stop thinking about the purple elephant and the monkey.
Don’t picture it.
Don’t imagine it at all!
Notice what happens when you try to stop it.
You can’t help it, can you?
The more you try not to think of it, the more it stays in your mind. It doesn’t stop.
That’s how the mind works.
Telling it ‘don’t’ means you have to first bring up the thing you’re trying to avoid. And that locks it in.
BUT now shift your focus.
Picture green and orange striped pigs dancing joyfully on a hillside, tossing glittering stars and singing ‘Happy Birthday; at the top of their lungs.
Really see it.
Hear it.
Feel it.
Stay with it.
And just like that, poof, the elephant fades. Until of course now.
BUT do you get it?
You don’t get rid of thoughts by resisting them. You can’t stop them by trying not to think about them. INSTEAD You redirect. You replace. You lead your mind gently, playfully, and deliberately.
If you did the process and had the experience – pat yourself on the back for committing to it.
If not, repeat it. Keep repeating it until you experience this.
You can learn how to do this with more than just imaginary animals.
You can learn to shift your self-talk, your habits, your emotions, your entire life. That’s what I teach AND it works. It works powerfully and swiftly.
DEVELOP THE POSITIVE ATTITUDE, MINDSET AND BELIEFS TO TRANSFORM YOURSELF
So keep playing with your imagination. Let it serve you instead of steering you. If this speaks to you, you’re invited to join me. Jump into my online Ultimate NLP Home Study Course™ to learn to master your mindset, troubleshoot and eliminate problems and communicate with yourself and others with greater ease and finesse to create the kind of life you’ve always wanted. Check into what others like Sandra Horton have to say. She is an awesome leader who uses this program every day. When you’re ready, it’s waiting for you. Celebrate everything!” Rex Sikes
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