Living is easy! That is quite a statement. In the broadest sense this is true;, it's just being. What's difficult for most people is all the thinking that goes on while we're just being! This may seem like a simple observation but yet out of this thinking, results all the problems that each of us face every day.
There are no good or bad events in the world. This sounds like an absurd statement at first but it's true. There are just events. One person's hero is another person's terrorist; one person's favorite food is disgusting to someone else. Each event is simply what each of us says it is. There is an old saying, "Every golf shot make somebody happy". It all depends on what you want. If you are the one hitting the golf shot you want the ball to go straight down the fairway onto the green. If you are the opponent, you want the ball to go into the woods; into the water; anywhere but straight and certainly not on the green. The funny thing is, it's the same golf shot. Whether you like it or you don't like it depends only up on your perspective. In other words, what your beliefs and goals are determine your experience.
Where do the majority of our goals and beliefs come from? The majority of our beliefs come from our childhood when we were the most impressionable with the least amount of discernment. Studies have shown that prior to the age of five or six years old we spend most of our waking time in a brainwave state called alpha. This is the same brainwave state that we reach in the state of hypnosis. When our minds are in alpha we will retain and believe information from a source that we trust. The main input of this information is our parents, our brothers and sisters and our teachers. During these early stages of life what we experience makes a very strong imprint. The beliefs that our parents are passionate about are recorded as true in our minds. We store these beliefs in our subconscious mind and everything stored here is in fact true for us.
Each of us is creating all of the experiences that we have in our lives. Most people however, do not understand the mechanism. We do this through the use of our minds. We are aware of our conscious mind but that is only part of the equation. The majority of our thoughts and beliefs exist below the surface at the level of the subconscious mind. The subconscious mind is the powerhouse of the creative process. The combination of the subconscious mind and the conscious mind form a powerful magnetic force that draws into our lives all of the events we experience.
The easiest way to understand the relationship of the conscious mind to the subconscious mind is to think of an iceberg. Only a small part of the iceberg is visible above the surface of the water. The majority of the mass of ice is always submerged and out of sight. The ice below the surface is identical to the ice above the surface but is never seen. However, it has a tremendous effect. The same is true with the subconscious mind. All of our memories and beliefs are held in the subconscious mind. They are held there until the conscious mind request them. If we believe that we are smart we will feel a sense of confidence. If we believe that we are cowardly we will act in a cowardly way. Neither is true or untrue except to the extent that we believe it. Once an idea is accepted by the subconscious mind it cannot be changed until it is replaced by another idea at the level of the subconscious mind. This is why it is so easy to stay the same and yet can be very difficult to make changes in our lives as our desires and wants change. The subconscious is much like an automatic pilot on an airplane. Once of course is set the automatic pilot will make changes automatically to stay on course. The pilot may change the direction and altitude of the plane manually but if the automatic pilot is not reset once he takes his hands off the controls the airplane will return to the original setting course speed and altitude. The exact same thing happens within the subconscious mind. Anyone who has worked hard to lose weight, lost the weight and then gained all the weight back and then some will understand this principle.
Any lasting change in our lives must first be accomplished by changing belief systems at the level of the subconscious mind. Many if not most of our beliefs were first established and planted in the subconscious mind when we were children. From the time of our birth to about five or six years old, our minds operate primarily at a brainwave pattern called alpha. In computer language, this is the programming level. This is the same brainwave pattern that is established in the process of hypnosis. At this level of thought we are very impressionable. After the age of five or six our brains operate at much higher brainwave levels. This pattern is called beta. In beta, we are able to recall and reference belief systems and memories but we are unable to make changes to them. Many of us grew up with belief systems that do not serve us as adults. The easiest way to change these belief systems as adults is to use energetic processes like hypnosis Chakra Balancing or Reiki to clear away the old patterns and replace them with new thoughts, beliefs and ideas that are more aligned with our desires and goals today.
Each of us is creating all of the experiences that we have in our lives. Most people however, do not understand the mechanism. We do this through the use of our minds. We are aware of our conscious mind but that is only part of the equation. The majority of our thoughts and beliefs exist below the surface at the level of the subconscious mind. The subconscious mind is the powerhouse of the creative process. The combination of the subconscious mind and the conscious mind form a powerful magnetic force that draws into our lives all of the events we experience.
The easiest way to understand the relationship of the conscious mind to the subconscious mind is to think of an iceberg. Only a small part of the iceberg is visible above the surface of the water. The majority of the mass of ice is always submerged and out of sight. The ice below the surface is identical to the ice above the surface but is never seen. However, it has a tremendous effect. The same is true with the subconscious mind. All of our memories and beliefs are held in the subconscious mind. They are held there until the conscious mind request them. If we believe that we are smart we will feel a sense of confidence. If we believe that we are cowardly we will act in a cowardly way. Neither is true or untrue except to the extent that we believe it. Once an idea is accepted by the subconscious mind it cannot be changed until it is replaced by another idea at the level of the subconscious mind. This is why it is so easy to stay the same and yet can be very difficult to make changes in our lives as our desires and wants change. The subconscious is much like an automatic pilot on an airplane. Once of course is set the automatic pilot will make changes automatically to stay on course. The pilot may change the direction and altitude of the plane manually but if the automatic pilot is not reset once he takes his hands off the controls the airplane will return to the original setting course speed and altitude. The exact same thing happens within the subconscious mind. Anyone who has worked hard to lose weight, lost the weight and then gained all the weight back and then some will understand this principle.
Any lasting change in our lives must first be accomplished by changing belief systems at the level of the subconscious mind. Many if not most of our beliefs were first established and planted in the subconscious mind when we were children. From the time of our birth to about five or six years old, our minds operate primarily at a brainwave pattern called alpha. In computer language, this is the programming level. This is the same brainwave pattern that is established in the process of hypnosis. At this level of thought we are very impressionable. After the age of five or six our brains operate at much higher brainwave levels. This pattern is called beta. In beta, we are able to recall and reference belief systems and memories but we are unable to make changes to them. Many of us grew up with belief systems that do not serve us as adults. The easiest way to change these belief systems as adults is to use energetic processes like hypnosis Chakra Balancing or Reiki to clear away the old patterns and replace them with new thoughts, beliefs and ideas that are more aligned with our desires and goals today.
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