Subconscious Works

“By Itself, Conscious Positive Thinking Cannot Overcome Subconscious Negative Feelings” – Dr. Joe Dispenza

Be Happy!! Come on, be HAPPY!!!

Positive thinking alone, DOES.NOT.WORK.

There is a LOT to be unhappy about right now. With all the media-hype around a certain virus, huge drops in tourism throughout Asia, politics (in any country), general economy woes, etc etc.

But happiness has, and always will be, a choice.

The real challenge we have in choosing whether to be Happy or not is our subconscious programming. But first, let’s discover a little neuroscience…

95% of our day, we are operating on subconscious programs, beliefs, and perceptions (source: Dr. Bruce Lipton). These programs are created through repetition of thoughts, actions, and emotions, mostly from early childhood, when we simply absorbed these programs from those we spent most time with.

So if we had a challenging childhood or adolescence, it makes sense that negative emotions formed part of our subconscious programming. And this is WHY positive thinking alone does not work.

• If we have a program of fear, we are fearful of many things
• If we have a program of sadness, we see sadness everywhere
• If we have a program of anxiety, we feel anxious a lot of the time
• If we have a program of “I’m not good enough,” you’ll walk through the world never feeling good enough
• In order to change these programs, we must first become aware of what they are by using a process called meta-cognition.

Meta-cognition—awareness and understanding of one’s own thought processes—is the first step in changing our unwanted programs. In other words, awareness of habitual thoughts and emotions enables and empowers us to change them.

Your mechanic cannot fix your car if they don’t know where the problem is. It’s the same with our programs. Once we identify those limiting thoughts and emotions, we can begin the change process.

Awareness precedes transformation. If you’re serious about long-lasting positive transformation, I invite you to try the following exercise this week…

1. For the next 7 days, use your meta-cognition to become aware of your habitual thoughts and emotions.
2. Write them down. A good practice is every hour, just jot down the thoughts and feelings you observed.
3. At the end of the week, look for the regular patterns of thoughts and behaviours.
4. Now, decide what NEW thoughts and emotions you would like to think and feel instead.

This is the first step to your transformation. In next week’s newsletter, I will share the next step of this transformation process. Get started today.