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| Listen to your inner voice. Ask, and Go Forward! |
"When a movement is repeated over time, a long-term muscle memory is created for that task, eventually allowing it to be performed without conscious effort. This process decreases the need for attention and creates maximum efficiency within the motor and memory systems. Examples of muscle memory are found in many everyday activities that become automatic and improve with practice, such as riding a bicycle..."(Thanks, Wikipedia!)
I Already Know How. Imagine that you were once a a 17 - 24" mush-ball of flesh parts attached to cartilage, and you used to lie around all day until you learned to sit up, then pull yourself up, then stand, and then walk. O! The wonder! The amazement! Of all the things we've done and learned to do, doesn't this first series seem the most incredible? I mean, who taught you how to sit up, and stand up, and then walk? How did you learn to use your own body before you were using words or knew that you were making cognitive connections with images? Could it be that humans are born already knowing how to learn? Shut up!
My Brain Is A Muscle I Condition. When I first read The Secret and began grounding and visualization exercises I was mesmerized by the subject. My brain literally ate through the concept of everything operating on frequencies, rhythms, and wavelengths. It made sense to me immediately. Of course I could control my life by controlling my own mind. Duh! But what happens when I change my mind, or if I decide I want to change my mind? How do I break my patterns?
Repetition. Repetition. Repetition. I always think I'm onto something, just right on the verge of getting it. I also always think I'm right, because I'm smart and I'm me, and I have a good heart so I have to be right. Recently this guy I like told me I should absolutely not become a teacher (or was it philosopher?) because I'm too strongly convinced of my own beliefs. Maybe he's right; shrug. Except the more my beliefs manifest ways to serve me, the less inclined I am to go lax on them...
For instance... A few months ago I had a dramatic falling out with some people over choice words, choice reactions, and my ferocious tendency to express myself. As the disagreement unfolded I became aware of a resounding repetition inside me. My mind kept going, "I'm right. I'm right about this. I'm right. I know I'm right about this." Whenever I spoke on the topic, or considered the layers of it, I kept coming back to "I'm right." It was unwavering within me. This was very interesting to me because while I'm used to being convinced of my own intellectual convictions, I very rarely feel confident in my decisions regarding other people.
I Trust My Inner Voice. I previously had a tendency to feel bad whenever something went wrong. Even when shady shit happened and people hurt me, even after we scrapped and had it out, I would look at the situation and wonder that I didn't mishandle it somewhere along the line. I used to internalize very heavily too. But then this thing went down, and all of the details became inconsequential to me. All I could understand from the other parties involved was they were saying "you're wrong," and all I could hear from my internal guiding voice was "I'm right." That was when I learned to trust my inner voice.
Control The Volume. I'd never heard it speak so loudly before; it was truly astonishing to be aware that my subconscious was steering by active repetition. The more I considered it, the more I was aware of times past where I repeated detrimental ideas to myself. Like when I told myself over and over again "this wont work. this isn't going to work. something's wrong. this isn't right." And lo, the situation did not work. Here's the sticky part: Do we make the inner voice up, or is the inner voice onto something? Or is it a combination of both? Is the inner voice onto something, and we control its volume? Oooooh, think about that one.
Assume Power. Assuming we're already programmed with every capability for achievement, what with internal navigation systems (better known as gut feelings, and instincts) and at the same time posses the power (consciousness) to direct and redirect our responses - thus forming or breaking patterns - then two things become true, together. 1) Everything is possible when 2) we get out of our own way.
Personally, I've been feeling very powerful this week. Two weeks ago I was every type of sick, and then I had to battle a sinus infection - which is straight hell on my head. There is nothing I hate more than being too sick to sit up, or read, or write, or even think clearly. Then, suddenly, everything was better. My fever broke, my sinuses cleared, my nose stopped bleeding, my eyes stopped hurting, and I stopped coughing. I was writing everyday again, and I've been pulling in solid golden vibes for days now! Maybe because I believe in an interactive Universe, or just because it's my nature, all I want to do now is share these good feelings (and spinning ideas) while I've got them.
I feel like this whole blog is one big affirmation. Thank you so much for reading! That will be all [on the topic] for this week.
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