The Power of a Message in your Mind

You want to apply a combination of NLP and getting in the correct mental state.

YES! Great comment!

Great Comment! I definitely believe in like attracting like, I see it in my life everyday. What you're referring to, building realities in your mind first, is a very powerful thing. This is how human beings create things in the world. We see it in our minds, we build the reality everyday, and it becomes such a massive part of us that we have to go out there and make it real in the world! Thanks again for commenting.

I do think it's massively powerful! First, yes, I love TR! The language itself has a strong impact on the things that take place in your brain. The visualization part has more power than we know. I believe that human beings literally create their lives by the things they picture in their heads. If you can become adept in the area of building realities in your mind, it gives you a great idea of what things should look like in life. I sit down and engineer my future in my mind every day of my life. It trains you at a neurological level and associates the images to the thoughts of you achieving your outcomes. Your brain is fundamentally associative, meaning that it spends a lot of it's time linking things up. If you can consciously link up the images of your future, with compelling feelings to make it real, and powerful emotions, it's undoubtedly a great way to influence yourself to make it real in the world. I believe we were given the ability to create new things in our minds as a tool, or catalyst for excitement to turn it into something in the world. I spend so much time creating things that aren't real yet, because it is a powerful way to condition your mind. Visualizing is a great thing. It falls into what I call being a 'self directed human.' Our capacity to create what we want in our minds is extraordinary. To me, this is a major reason the Prefrontal Cortex of the brain was created (if evolution is what you believe). This separates us from animals, and any other living creature on the planet (that we know of)! Thanks for commenting, I encourage you to really dive into your mind and teach your brain how to design your future, or to continue practicing daily if you are already!

Lastly, ya know those restrictive programs that pop up once and a while and say things like "nah, it's not possible for you, you've never done anything like this before?" Well, when you picture yourself creating things in the world, you're literally untraining those negative mantras, and replacing them with the certainty coming from the images you're creating. I believe the foundation for really making life happen and living life on your terms is being brain conscious, and going in there and training things to work for you.

Thanks for the awesome responses!

@rcritchett Your excitement for this topic really comes through in your writing. I personally love the subject of mental training and find it absolutely fascinating. It amazes me that there is such a wealth of information on this topic, yet it is so often overlooked. I agree with you and believe that if people devoted just a small portion of their time to mental conditioning it could change their lives in dramatic fashion.

I haven't heard of the idea of incantations but it makes sense. I should probably give them a shot. My personal practice uses mostly visualization along with meditation; which I find to be a useful combo. From the reading that I've done, I understand that these practices can actually rewire the brain. Much in the same way incantations do. By tying certain ideas, language or images together the brain creates powerful associations.

I think meditation can help with concentration and getting into a state that's ready to accept new ideas. Getting around the old noise and programs can be tough sometimes.

@scortillion You really brought up some great points. It's funny that you mentioned body building and imagery, because that's something I did when I was growing up. For whatever reason I admired the physical prowess of body builders and I wanted to emulate them. Whenever I saw a "muscle dude" I was impressed at how much work must have went into the end result. Anyway, I think it was seeing the end result that made all of the work seem worthwhile.

By imagining the final perfect result (as you said) it makes it easier to get through all the difficult training. I think the same holds true for business, or any endeavor really.