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January 9 - January 18, 2023
PSYCH-K is popularly characterized as a spiritual process with psychological benefits.
all problems are spiritual problems with physical side effects.
Is this true?
Making Peace with Yourself
This book is about the missing piece (peace) between trying harder and trying smarter, between great insights and a great life, between acquiring wisdom and putting that wisdom into action in your life.
“Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.” –Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
you will learn a simple, direct, and verifiable process for communicating directly with your subconscious mind in order to discover preprogrammed, hidden beliefs from your past that may be sabotaging your success and happiness.
you will learn how to set life goals
in such a way that they can become more like self-fulfilling prophecies tha...
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the prison of limiting beliefs.
Welcome to the real world of possibilities instead of the pre-programmed world of limitations!
People wish to be settled. Only as far as they are unsettled is there any hope for them. –Ralph Waldo Emerson
myriad of alternative therapies such as Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), hypnosis, Educational Kinesiology, Touch for Health, Reiki, and a plethora of other contemporary and ancient healing techniques.
Insight + Willpower = Change.
No pain, no gain. –Myth of Western Civilization
Looking for the Keys
In the dim alley of the subconscious mind is where the real keys to lasting change can be found.
Shedding Light on the Subconscious Mind
Sometimes I AM My Own Worst Enemy
Most people overidentify with their conscious mind.
Here are some of the key differences: THE CONSCIOUS MIND • Volitional: Sets goals and judges results. • Thinks abstractly: Likes new, creative ideas and activities.
Time-bound: Is past and future focused. It often looks for new ways to do things based on past experiences and future goals. • Short-term memory: About 20 seconds in the average human being.5 • Limited processing capacity: Processes an average of 40 bits of information per second6 and is capable of managing just a few tasks at a time.
THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND • Habitual: Monitors the operation of the body, including motor functions, heart rate, respiration, and digestion. • Thinks literally: Knows the world through the five senses (seeing, hearing, feeling, tasting, and smelling). • Long-term memory: Stores past experiences, attitudes, values, and beliefs. • Tim...
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functions, such as walking, talking, driving a car, and so on. • Expanded processing capacity: Processes an average of 40 million bits of information per second7 and...
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learn to communicate with the subconscious in a user-friendly way it understands (the path of least resistance) and make it your best friend.
Without effectively communicating with your subconscious mind, you may feel like Sisyphus in the Greek story, where he is condemned to pushing a rock uphill and never quite making it to the top, only to have it roll down the hill where he must begin the process all over again. The resulting feeling is one of pointless effort and meaningless labor. Getting up in the morning becomes all about pain, struggle, and disappointment. By making your subconscious your best friend instead of your worst enemy, you can make your life feel more like a self-fulfilling prophecy than a day-to-day struggle.
The more you know about the other person’s preferred communication style and personal preferences, the more you can
communicate with him or her effectively.
the conscious mind thinks abstractly, while the subconscious thinks literally.
An important difference between the two language styles is that the subconscious mind can know things only through the five senses of seeing, hearing, feeling, tasting and smelling. The notion of happiness or fun has little meaning to the subconscious until the idea is translated into what is called sensory-based language.
When the mind is holding a stressful thought, an electrical conflict is created in the brain and the signal strength to the body is reduced, resulting in a weakened muscle response. The same thing happens when a person makes a statement with which the subconscious mind disagrees. The conflict between the conscious and subconscious mind results in a weakened response in the muscles of the body.
To experience muscle testing, you will need a partner. Follow these instructions:
To heal ourselves or to help heal others we need to reconnect magic and science, our right and left brains. –Carl A. Hammerschlag, M.D. (psychiatrist), The Dancing Healers, 1988
The LEFT Hemisphere The RIGHT Hemisphere •uses logic/reason •uses intuition/emotions •thinks in words •thinks in pictures •deals in parts/specifics •deals in wholes/relationships •will analyze/break apart •will synthesize/put together •thinks sequentially •thinks holistically •is time bound •is time free •is extroverted •is introverted •is characterized as male •is characterized as female •identifies with the individual •identifies with the group •is ordered/controlled •is spontaneous/free
The goal is to increase “cross-talk” between the two brain hemispheres, thereby achieving a more whole-brained state, which is ideal for changing subconscious beliefs.
Consequently, getting both hemispheres of your brain to process information at the same time is one of the keys to successfully dealing with life’s challenges in a balanced and effective manner.
Another significant key to changing your life is knowing how to change your beliefs.
The Power and Biology of Beliefs
To change the printout of the body, you must learn to rewrite the software of the mind. –Deepak Chopra, M.D.,
Your beliefs are the building blocks of your personality. They define you as worthy or worthless, powerful or powerless, competent or incompetent, trusting or suspicious, belonging or outcast, self-reliant or dependent, flexible or judgmental, fairly treated or victimized, loved or hated. Your beliefs have far-reaching consequences, both positive and negative, in every area of your life. Beliefs affect your self-esteem, prosperity,
relationships, job performance, and spiritual outlook, even your mental and physical health.
Much like the operating software in a personal computer, our basic psychological predispositions are the result of hand-me-down software from our parents. Parenting styles, reinforced by childhood experiences and cultural conditioning, actualize the software. In other words, we are profoundly influenced by the conclusions drawn from our past programming and experiences.
These conclusions, in the form of beliefs, attitudes, values, and so on, are drawn from past experience and stored in the subconscious mind. Even though we may be mostly unaware of their influence on us, they direct our observable actions and behaviors. These subconscious beliefs create the perceptual filters through which we respond to life’s challenges. These filters form the basis for our actions and reactions to each new situation in our lives. Beliefs such as “I am competent,” “I am powerful,” or “I am safe” profoundly influence our ability to perform effectively.
Some other common limiting beliefs include the following: • “No matter what I do or how hard I try, it’s never good enough.” • “The decisions I make usually turn out wrong.” • “If people knew the ‘real’ me, they wouldn’t like me.” • “I blame others (boss, coworkers, my spouse, etc.) for my problems.” • “I shouldn’t try anything new or risky because I’ll probably just screw it up.” • “I can’t trust people to support me. All they really care about is themselves.” • “My opinion doesn’t really matter.” • “What I do isn’t really important.”
“It’s not safe to ask others for help because I can’t trust them to do the job right.”
It’s disturbing enough that negative beliefs may be a reflection of reality, but what’s more disturbing is that they actually help to create that reality. Beliefs establish the limits of what we can achieve. As Henry Ford once said, If you believe you can, or if you believe you can’t… you’re right! It is especially true when the beliefs are subconscious. Most of us agree, and behavioral scientists confirm, that ou...
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Programmable Minds? Most of us are aware that computers are programmable, even if we don’t know how to program them. But not everyone knows that the human mind is also programmable.
it is important to recognize that your mind is not your brain, in the same way that the central processing unit (CPU chip) in a computer is not the same as the memory of the computer.
The brain is the physical mass of billions of cells located in your cranium. Your mind is the energy that interpenetrates and surrounds your brain.
Quantum physics leads us to the conclusion that in the final analysis everything is energy.
If you think of your body and mind as comprised of molecules vibrating at different frequencies, you can better understand how you can have solid as well as nonsolid components that make up what you call “YOU.” “Mind” is simply molecules of YOU vibrating at a higher rate than the body molecules of YOU.
