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Date Posted: 11:50:05 06/28/07 Thu
Author: Nanette
Subject: Power in positive thinking

One of the ways the re-hab interviews helps in the process of re-wiring our brains while in treatment at SSH, is by providing a very accessible route to our subconscious minds and then giving our brains some positive food to chew on. I was wondering one day how to explain subconscious and then ran across this:

"The conscious mind is a lot like the captain of a ship. The captain gives a command and sends it down to the engine room. The subconscious mind is like the men down in the engine room. No matter what orders come down from the bridge (conscious mind), the crew obeys, even if the orders are stupid ones that crash the ship into a rocky shore. The reason this happens is because the crew (subcoscious) can't see where the ship is going; they are simply following orders."

And, "It's important to understand that unlike the conscious mind, the subconscious mind does not "think". It is entirely deductive in nature, which means it works like a computer. All the data programmed into your "computer" is accepted and assumed to be true. It doesn't matter whether the data is actually true or false."

And, "What you think about repeatedly every day is eventually accepted by your subconscious mind and your subconscious mind guides your actions on "auto-pilot"."

Also, "People who say that positive thinking, affirmations and auto-suggestions don't work for them aren't using them correctly or consistently; they're canceling out every positive command with a negative command. If a captain gave an order, "Go east", but then kept changing his mind; "No, go west...no, go north, etc.", the ship would never get anywhere!...Ironically, the very statement "positive thinking doesn't work" is a negative affirmation that guarantees it won't work!"

One more quote: "Dr. Maxwell Maltz, author of the incredible book, Psyco Cybernetics, described the human brain and nervous system as a "perfect goal-striving servo-mechanism." This mechanism helps you achieve your goals much like a self-guided torpedo or missile seeks out its target and steers its way to it. Like the torpedo, the goal-striving mechanism of your brain can only work in your favor if you've specified a target.
Without a target, your mental "servo-mechanism" will simply steer you towards your dominant thoughts. The subconscious mind is always at work 24 hours a day whether you direct it consciously or not. Denis Waitly says, "Since we become what we think, most of the time, whatever we are thinking of now, we are unconsciously moving toward the achievement of that thought. For an alcoholic, this could be the next drink- for a drug addict, the next fix- for a surfer, the next wave. Divorce, bankruptcy, and illness are all goals spawned out of negative attitudes and thought patterns."

This made a lot of sense to me. I know that I feel much better when I am thinking about the positive aspects of myself, and "knowing" that I can achieve anything I set my mind to. I feel miserable when I am thinking negatively about myself or telling myself how impossible life is. And, usually whatever I tell myself is true at the moment. When I feel positive things just flow nicely and I accomplish a lot. When I feel negative I am only able to achieve the bare necessities required by the day.

I'll reply to this post on suggestions given by this author. He has more good stuff to say.

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