I’ve been thinking a lot about the subconscious mind and how it
manifests itself in our life. Nearly all goals that are successfully
achieved start as an idea, and with positive vibes, eventually turn into
reality. As personal development seekers, it’s up to us to train our
minds for success. I looked around for a long time before I finally
found something that does just that.
It’s called autosuggestion, and I learned about it in Napoleon Hill’s
Think and Grow Rich. Autosuggestion is just a way of influencing your
own subconscious. We unconsciously program our selves in this way, day
in and day out. You can actually learn to take control of this process
and get some pretty powerful results.
Emotions Affect Your Subconscious
Think of any time you’ve experienced really strong emotions. It could
be anything. For example, I set up my newsletter service to send me
e-mails when people subscribe and unsubscribe. It may sound silly but I
get really excited when I get an e-mail telling me I have a new
subscriber. It’s like a little spurt of energy shoots through me. As you
can imagine, I have a pretty positive vibe towards my newsletter. The
opposite would be true if people I kept getting notices that people were
unsubscribing. If I continually had negative emotions towards it, then
my subconscious would associate the two together. That would create a
pretty crummy vibe.
Strong emotions have a profound effect on the subconscious. Whether
or not you achieve your goals depends largely on how you feel about
them. A great tip is to try feeling like your goal is already done. This
is because imagining a goal being achieved creates strong, favorable
emotions around it. It teaches your subconscious to associate your goals
with positivity. And as you probably know, positivity will attract
success whereas negativity will repel it.
Use Autosuggestion For Success
You’re probably thinking at this point, “That’s cool, but how do I
train my subconscious to be positive?” This is where autosuggestion
comes into play. For example, perhaps you want to learn to have an
abundant mindset towards money. Maybe right now you have lots of bills,
and anytime you even hear the word “money” you instantly get upset.
It isn’t too hard to change a mindset if you’re consistent. Setting
aside just 10 minutes a day is all it takes. In that 10 minute period,
visualize a situation that involves money. For example, I might imagine
checking my bank account at an ATM and having tons of money. The
visualization is only one half of the equation, though. You need to
create positive emotions around your visualization.
I would imagine how great it would feel to have all that money. How
amazing would it be to not have to worry about finances anymore? Think
of all the things you could buy! The more detail, the better. Think of
emotions as the medium between your conscious thoughts and your hidden
subconscious. The stronger the emotions are, the faster you’ll be able
to train yourself. Believe that you’ll have what you’re visualizing.
This is intention manifestation and psychological manipulation all in
one go, and it can be pretty powerful.
If you repeat this exercise daily you’ll find that your “gut
reaction” to money completely changes. You’ve changed your subconscious
through autosuggestion. You can do this as much as you want, with
whatever you want. Even if it sounds a little silly, give it a chance.
It’s life changing.
My Experiences With Autosuggestion
I wouldn’t recommend something unless I’ve actually gotten results
from it in my own life. Coming from a background in psychology, the
basics of autosuggestion made a lot of sense, but I wasn’t sure. After
practicing it, I can say I’m a believer. I also realize that I used to
unconsciously practice autosuggestion without even knowing it, except I
trained myself to be negative!
For example, a year ago I created a guitar website. While I was
excited at first, I found that my heart really wasn’t in it. I love
playing guitar, not teaching it. I soon became discouraged about the
site. I had all sorts of thoughts like “this will fail” and “this is no
good.” I honestly could’ve made something out of it, but I didn’t know
about autosuggestion back then. I was a victim of my own negativity.
On the other hand, running my personal development website is
completely different. Anytime I think about my site, I become instantly
inspired. I’ve trained my subconscious to feel almost exclusively
positive towards it. This means that my best vibes, and thus my best
writing, goes into each post. The difference is incredible.
Try it in your life and you’ll see what I’m talking about!
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