Article by
KAYSOON KHOO
In an earlier article I said your mind will believe anything you tell it. It will, and it will also go about its work of getting you what you want by motivating you to do something, react in a certain manner or adopt a certain mindset or attitude.
But before it can do these things, your mind must have the co-operation of a deeper level of itself called the sub-conscious. This sub-conscious is a belief system formed through the sum total of everything you have ever heard, seen, read, experienced or thought in the past.
To penetrate your sub-conscious and alter its belief system takes effort and knowledge. If you've already convinced it that a certain thing is so, you have to know HOW to convince it otherwise.
The most effective way to do this is through constant repetition. But that's not all. What you repeat to your sub-conscious is what you yourself must be able to accept. In other words, you must address your sub-cosncious with full conviction.
If, for instance, you're in your sixties and you tell yourself you want to become an astronaut, your sub-conscious will recoil against that assertion. Nobody in your age group will EVER be allowed to man a space-craft. You can repeat that assertion till you're blue in the face but your sub-conscious will never accept it. Sometime in the past, through what you have read or heard or know from experience, you have already convinced your subconscious that such a thing is NOT possible.
But if you tell yourself you wish to be a great motivational speaker, your sub-conscious will sieve through the possibilities of how you may achieve that. Then it will direct you to think and conduct yourself in such a way that will let you work towards your goal.
Think of your sub-conscious as the inner respondent who is rational and intelligent. If you want to get through to that level of your mind, adopt the sensible approach. Give it something believable to chew on so it can find a formula that works for you.
