D&C 78:18
What to Say When You Talk to Yourself: A review of some powerful ideas from a book by the same title authored by Shad Helmstetter PhD.
What do you say to yourself when...
1. The alarm goes off at 6:00 a.m. Monday morning?
2. You grope your way into the bathroom and first look in the mirror?
Did your first words to yourself work for you or against you? Dr. Helmstetter says that as much as 77% of what we tell ourselves may be working against us!
Here's why. You function in some ways similar to a computer. For example a computer has:
a) a screen
b) a keyboard and
c) a disk.
The disk will record anything you input from the keyboard. It doesn't care what you put there. The screen will display whatever is RECORDED ON THE DISK. Your "personal computer" is yourself. The keyboard is your five physical senses including every thought you think and every word you say to yourself. Your subconscious mind is your disk. It records everything. It doesn't care what you put in to display in your actions or behavior which everyone else will see. If everything you tell yourself about yourself becomes a directive to your subconscious mind, then anytime you make a statement about yourself that is negative you are directing your subconscious mind to make you become the person you just described negatively!
Here are a few examples of frequently used negative self talk. As you read them, see if you know someone who says something similar, or if you have said something like any of these yourself?
I have too many things to do.
I can't seem to get going.
I can't find the time to read the scriptures.
I'm too shy.
That really makes me mad.
I don't have the energy I used to.
I'm really out of shape,
.... and on and on!
Fortunately there is a way to "reprogram" your subconscious mind and rid yourself of any negative, destructive ideas and fears that may have been accumulating during your past years. HERE'S HOW!
There are four levels of SELF
Level:
1) Negative
2) I will, I must, I'm going to. (Better than level 1, but subconscious cannot act on this level alone to make things better because this level says "not now")
3) Positive, short statements like "I like you, I feel healthy, I feel happy, I feel terrific!"
4) Positive detailed self outlines a course of action.
Example: "I like to read positive scriptures and personalize them to make this level of self. I feel my confidence waxing strong in the presence of God. I will not knowingly allow anyone to put an unworthy or unwanted thought in my mind. I am in control and therefore qualify for the constant companionship of the Holy Ghost."
To summarize... Thoughts create your beliefs, beliefs create your attitudes, attitudes create your feelings, and feelings create your behavior.If you want to alter your feelings and behavior begin by altering your thoughts, "For as a man thinketh, so is he."
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