Remember you already have the most powerful tool embedded in you! You just need to learn how to use it to your advantage!
Our mind is capable of literally anything. But most of us tend to forget about it at all or forget how to use it. Please do not do that! Because whatever you want to achieve in your life starts from your head. And if your head does not know or understand what it is that you wish you might never get it. You have to be very specific with your request when you are communicating with the mind, otherwise the message will not be understood correctly.
First step in succeeding of the working with the mind is to understand few fundamental rules of it and what makes it such a powerful tool. Marisa Peer, my beloved teacher and mentor, nicely presented them. Let’s have a look and try to implement these rules in our daily life!
THE ESSENTIAL RULES OF THE MIND
- Mind learns by repetition.
We tend to absorb what we learn better when we hear it more than once. So, the more you repeat something to yourself the better your mind is going to remember it.
- Mind cannot hold conflicting believes.
The mind cannot hold conflicting thoughts, because it is very unnatural for it. In this case conflicting beliefs cancel each other out. For example, you want to gain muscles, but you hate doing power exercises. How are you then going to grow those muscles?! You see how one is canceling the other!
- What is expected tents to be realized.
Whatever you expect to happen is going to happen. Because you set an intention in your mind for it. However, it is true for both good and bad outcomes. So be very conscious of what is it that you expect. And wish for it carefully.
- Imagination is more powerful than knowledge when dealing with the mind.
Imagination works in such a way that it activates many forces work together to make whatever you imagine seem real. That is why try to be using your imagination more often to put your self in the scene of success. This will bust your self-esteem and empower you for the action.
- Mind’s job is to move you towards pleasure and away from pain.
So, it is your job to carefully choose what you link pleasure to and what you link pain to. Because success depends on it! In order to achieve what you want is to link pleasure to your desired outcome. Then the mind will be willing to accept it.
- You make your believes and then your believes turn right around and make you.
And after, you start acting in a way that can justify what you have chosen to believe. Because the good news is that your beliefs are yours, so you have the power to change them. When you question your beliefs, they no longer seem to be absolute.
- Every habit of action is run by a habit of thought.
When you try to change a habit of action without changing the habit of thought, you will not succeed. Because the habit of action is going to return. To be able to do that you would need to first remove your fixed habit of thought and only then remove your fixed habit of action.
- The mind is hardwired to go back to what is familiar while avoiding what is unfamiliar.
It is true that our mind loves what is familiar and does not like what is unfamiliar. Every time when you do not concentrate your mind returns to what is familiar to it avoiding what is unfamiliar. But the good news here is that anything can become familiar if you do it often enough.
- The way we feel about everything is down to the picture we make in our head and the words we say to ourselves.
If you did not notice, your subconscious mind has no other choice but to always respond to the images you make in your head and the words you say to yourself! Eventually this response controls how you feel. Be very careful with the words you say, because they form pictures in your head. And then you are going to react to those pictures.
These are the fundamental rules by which mind of every single person works. So, if you really read them carefully with deep sense of attention you will actually understand them well. And when you understand them, you will be able to apply them in your life by making the most powerful tool of your mind. With time this will result in a positive shift in your habits and everyday life.