Here is an analogy that illustrates this perfectly...

Your mind is like a strong, wild horse, powerful but unruly.

In order to tame it, you must take control of the reins,

repeatedly and gently.

You don't wish to be mean or overly harsh, because you don't

want to create even more resistance or anger or fear.

You simply need to be firm and consistent...and respectful.

Eventually, this powerful animal will carry you wherever you

wish with just a gentle tug on the reins over which YOU have

total control.

YOU CAN GAIN CONTROL OF THE REINS

The critical steps to follow are these:

1) Disempower your limiting beliefs by acknowledging them

fully, both at the conscious AND subsconscious levels of

mind.

(NOTE: This step is the FIRST one and is the basis for all

subsequent steps.)

2) Once you have discovered the original source of your most

debilitating CORE beliefs, then, and only then, are you free

to challenge their validity.

3) Once you uncover the circumstances surrounding your

erroneous beliefs about your intrinsic worth and value,

you have begun to clear the slate for replacing those

beliefs with new ones of YOUR own choosing.

4) Having chosen which new ideas to implant, you must do so

with dogged persistence.

(NOTE: Once you find a method of feeding your mind that is

workable for your personality and life-style, this is not

such a big deal.)

AFFIRMATIONS WORK ON A ?CLEAN SLATE?

One very effective means of reprogramming your mind with

empowering ideas of your deservedness and your intrinsic

value is with affirmations.

I know that sometimes people have trouble believing their

affirmations wholeheartedly.

If you have ever had that trouble, please don't discount

this technique and give up, but DO change your wording just

slightly so that the affirmation is TOTALLY believable to

you.

Let's take the following affirmation as an example:

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"I am completely financially independent."

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Well, this is certainly a worthy goal, and one that can be

reached.

BUT if you have a bunch of "shadow" thoughts popping into

your brain about how bad your present situation is, this

affirmation will backfire on you.

HERE'S HOW YOU FIX YOUR AFFIRMATIONS

Simply add a phrase such as "in the process of becoming" or

"am on the road to becoming" like this:

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"I am now in the process of becoming

completely financially independent."

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Now isn't that better?

You are still speaking in the present tense, but this time,

your current circumstances don't come crowding into your

brain to ruin this beautiful thought and all the excited

emotions it brings to life.

THAT'S how you get the power of affirmations on your side.

Present tense, powerful, and absolutely believable and

mentally embraceable.

Totally embraceable. That's the key. You need to make sure

you can "hug" your affirmation!

Why You Should Be Your Own Private Investigator

Now there are many other ways to go about reprogramming your

fantastic mind (and it IS fantastic beyond belief), but none

of them can be effective if you are canceling them out with

unacknowledged hidden beliefs.

And since you cannot squelch or dominate a thought pattern

of which you are consciously unaware, you might want to

consider being your own Sherlock Holmes.

If you wish to be freed of the compulsion to repeat negative

patterns?.

If you wish to take control of your own thoughts?

If you wish to achieve personal mastery?

Awareness is your strongest ally.

And it resides only in you.