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Tools For Your Mind, Soul, and Spirit

Volume 8, Issue 11
May 2008

Linda-Ann Stewart, Editor

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Welcome

Some spammer has been using my email address as their return address. How do I know? From the hundreds of bounced emails that have been clogging my inbox. It's hard to bless this situation, be spiritual and not want to wring somebody's neck.

I'm beginning my last series of classes for the county's Tobacco-Cessation program. Our state has cut all funding for county tobacco cessation, prevention and education programs. Not only do I regret that I won't be facilitating these classes anymore, but I'm upset that people who want to quit smoking now will only have a toll free number to call for coaching. Although phone coaching is certainly helpful, face-to-face contact and discussing the situation with people who are going through the same thing is incredibly important.

It's interesting that this has resulted during a period when I've been focused on things being easy. And many of the situations in my life have unfolded without any effort whatsoever. I choose to conclude that something better is in the wings, and the stage is being cleared for it.

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"When Inner Intentions Collide"

by
Linda-Ann Stewart


Have you been wanting a change in your life, but keep getting blocked or falling back into an old pattern? That's where your conscious and subconscious intentions are in conflict. The goal of the subconscious is to keep you safe. It will continue to act on the old imprint until a stronger decision is made, one that assures it that you will be okay going in the new direction.

Frequently, a smoker visits a hypnotherapist as a last resort to quit smoking. Or so they think. Actually, their true intention may be to continue the habit. By claiming that this is their last chance, when they fail to achieve their goal, they're able to rationalize continuing to smoke by telling themselves that, "I've tried everything."

Unfortunately, a person's conscious choice isn't always their true intention. You can see if it is by the actions they take, the words they use about it, and how much energy they put into their goal. If they're not truly committed to it, they'll want someone else to do most of the work, hold back on how much they'll put towards it, or be negative about it.

This happens when the subconscious has its own intention or agenda. Sometime in the past, the subconscious was instructed to start a pattern or limit an expression or talent. Depending on the force of the decision, whether it was created by a sudden belief in a difficult situation or helped the person cope, it could mean that the subconscious will undermine any efforts to change the original choice.

For instance, a person might have the conscious intention to reduce weight, but the subconscious will sabotage it to continue following its original orders to use food to suppress feelings, create protection in the form of fat, or be like a loving parent or grandparent.

To convince the subconscious, the conscious mind must make a choice and follow through on that path to show that all is well and that it really means business. The conscious also has to communicate that this new idea is sound and appropriate in the present and that the old conditions no longer apply.

Identify Your Subconscious Intention

To identify the old messages about your new choice, become aware of the beliefs you have around it, the things you tell yourself about it, the resistance you may have towards changing. Spend a few days just writing them down. Then review them and see what seems to be the most common issue. Write it on one side of a piece of paper, and answer it with a more realistic statement. Such as, "I've always been a failure." Respond with something like, "I haven't achieved all that I have attempted, but I have succeeded in many areas." You can then translate these positive statements into an affirmation.

Ways To Give The Subconscious A New Direction

  1. Affirmations are one of the best ways to reprogram the subconscious mind. You're using the conscious mind to tell the inner mind the direction you want to go. Make sure you feel the reality of the statement. Emotions power affirmations and make them manifest quickly.
  2. Take some actions to ground the statements. This impresses the subconscious with the knowledge that you're serious and that it's safe to make the change.
  3. Use your affirmation in meditation or self-hypnosis. This directly contacts the subconscious to give it new information.
  4. Visualize the end result of your goal, as if it's already accomplished.
  5. Create a treasure map, prayer wheel, or wheel of fortune by cutting out pictures of what you want and looking at them several times a day. For instructions, read Creating A Treasure Map To Achieve Your Goals.
  6. Use classes to help motivate you toward your goal. Your commitment to healing is more important than any technique you use.

These tools will help to bring the subconscious in line with your conscious intention. Use them whenever you hear the old messages. At the beginning, you'll have to be hyper aware of what you're thinking and immediately substitute your new belief. Soon your subconscious and conscious mind's goals will be in agreement and you'll discover improvements manifesting in your life.

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Affirmation

I am now aware of outdated goals from my inner mind that conflict with my present day desire. I release any old limitations or restrictions because they don't serve me anymore. The Universe completely supports my current intention to improve my life. I am guided as to what I need to do to manifest my conscious intention. My thoughts, beliefs and attitudes are now aligned with my conscious aim.

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Question And Answer

Question: Why don't we remember our past lives?

Answer: How much of your childhood do you remember? Your teens, early adulthood? Do you remember all the trials and triumphs? Can you imagine what it would be like to remember all the traumas and achievements from all of your lifetimes? It would be overwhelming and confusing. You could have trouble figuring out which timeline you were in, who your current relationships are with, and what current issue you were dealing with. Much of your internal energy would be used to sort through what was from the past, and what is the present.

Although it can be helpful to track down the cause of an issue and resolve it where it originated in a previous life, most of the time it's not necessary to go that far back. You incarnated into your present lifetime with all the resources you needed to heal past issues.

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Recommended Reading

"Guided Imagery For Self-Healing"
by Martin Rossman, M.D.

I discovered this book shortly after I began my hypnotherapy practice and have used the techniques from this book for myself and my clients with great success. Bottom line, they work. This is a step-by-step program for healing yourself using imagery. Since many people are afraid that they can't visualize well enough for this technique to be helpful, one of the first chapters dispels that myth and includes and exercise to learn how to visualize better.

Other exercises include finding your inner guide, listening to your symptoms (which can be used for other challenges), learning from your resistance, and others. Although it focuses on physical health, it's a complete guidebook for how to use imagery to understand and deal with the challenges of your life. You learn how to listen to your inner voice and intuition.

If you're having a health problem, and want to participate in your own healing, I can't recommend this book highly enough. If you want a tool to help understand and discover how to bring more well-being and abundance into your life, this book is for you, too. It is amazing, and I wouldn't be without my copy of it.

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