5 Keys To Reprogramming Your Thoughts

Ok Internet, this is a long one…but well worth the read, promise. Besides, it’s been a while so I owe you

I was driving home yesterday and drove by a neighborhood that I’ve seen a million times but for some reason today I noticed it.  I noticed all of the debris outside of the complex. What could be a very decent town home complex was littered with filth everywhere. Even peoples patio/deck areas – their own personal “home” space. Why? There seems to be an attitude of indifference that is prevalent with poverty. You have to wonder:  does the poverty create the attitude and thinking or does the attitude and thinking create the poverty. Another way to say it is: does lack cause one to act different to their environment or does indifference to the environment (the thought/attitude) cause the lack?

Chicken or egg? Did the thought create the situation or the situation create the thought?

It’s been said time and time again that when you change your thought s you will change your life.

The bible says, “as a man thinketh in his heart, so he is” and again when healing the sick Jesus would continually ask “Do you believe….? According to your faith, so let it be onto you” Not religious? That’s ok, let’s talk about the self fulfilling prophecy or the Law of attraction. No matter how you slice and dice it or what you want to name it the reality is we have created the life we have because of our thoughts.

The process goes something like this:

Core Beliefs

Your core beliefs about life, money, etc., what you’ve been feed and consumed your whole life, is what leads to your thoughts…

Thoughts

Your thoughts, affect your feelings and how you perceive life, the world and situations. If you have feelings of unworthiness, when certain situations arise that another person may accept gladly you may consciously decline or unconsciously sabotage the opportunity because you feel unworthy and then feel like nothing goes our way and perceive life as unfair.

Feelings & Perception

Your feelings and perceptions cause you to take or not take certain actions. So, if you perceive the world to be unfair. If you feel being rich is being greedy, your are going to take actions alignment with that.

Actions

Your actions, produce results.

Results

Get it?

Now personally I don’t believe that things are just simply attracted to you when you say or think certain things (not ALL of the times, not uniformly). I don’t think it’s always so mystical. I believe that because in our hearts we truly believe these things we have programmed in our minds we start to then do things that support our beliefs and it is those actions that create the reality we see.

I used to always say “I’m broke”, so guess what? I would spend money I didn’t have and do other destructive things to ensure I was broke. I was always tired but I was always telling myself “I’m so tired” and eating energy sucking foods, staying up till ungodly hours not getting enough sleep, not drinking enough water etc. I created these results.

Once I changed my words and my mind I got better results. Now, when I tell myself “I am full of energy and vitality”, it prompts me in a weird way to do something like grab a bottle of water, plan my next juicing recipe etc. My actions start to change because of what I now believe. Even my physiology changes, I instantly change my body language. I sit up and feel more energized. Because I truly believe I am full of energy. I’ve programmed myself to.  I’m still working on truly believing, to my core, that I can be rich, abundantly wealthy (I’m not perfect, but I’m in perfect process ).

When we change our thoughts by changing our words, and truly believing them (faith) our actions will align to create a new reality.

How do you change how and what you think? Total reprogramming.

You’ve spent X number of years believing what you do, it’s going to take a full upheaval and some time to change it but the trade of is the life you’ve always wanted, joy and fulfillment.

1. Start by asking what are the sources that have feed into me throughout my life? Write down your answers. Don’t just mull them in your mind, write them down. Trust me on this. Now that you’ve analyzed this and you’ve written them down, you need to change them, now.
2. Change who occupies your time, surround yourself with people who speak life into you. People who are supportive and are at a place in their life you are aspiring to. Completely remove yourself from all negative people.  I’m sure you love your family, I know I do. But they have feed into who you are right now (and vise versa) and while I’m sure you are just an amazing person, you’re trying to make some changes right now and you will need to create space there. Once you have transformed yourself you will only be stronger to feed positive things into them.
3. Change what you are listening to: the music and TV programs. Your best bet is to just turn the TV off all together but if you can’t part with it, skip the news and drama filled life suckers like “The Hills”, “True Blood” etc. Music is a very powerful thing. Most times, times consciously or unconsciously, songs resonate in your head. How many times have you said “I can’t get that song out of my head”. If something is going to be running through your head that much you might want to make it more productive to your bottom line. Listen to self help audio books. Record your mission statement on your mp3 and listen to that.
4. Change what you feed your mind. What kind of books are you reading? Skip the newspaper. It’s all bad news and if anything BIG is happening in the world everyone will be talking about it so you won’t miss a beat. Only read what is edifying and filling you with info that when you sit back and think about what you’ve read, the thoughts would be beneficial to your bottom line.  Read self help books, books on money (becoming  a millionaire), books on the business you want to start or the goal you want to attain.
5. Change your words. Your audible words. This means, you literally need to open your mouth and say better things, to others and to yourself. Use affirmations and your mission statement . I find sometimes my mission statement just runs through my mind.

Initially your mind may wander back to those thoughts of lack. Don’t beat up on yourself, just take notice of it, be aware when it happens and immediately begin filling your mind with the thoughts that will change your life. Say your mission statement, on repeat. Start working on reprogramming the non-productive, sabotaging thoughts that plague you now.

Change your thoughts and you WILL change your life!