Have you been placed under the influence of Hypnosis? Are you hypnotized? A great majority of people never strive to reach any goals in their lives because they allow their self esteem and self image to be tainted and damaged by the views of others. Have you ever stopped yourself from going after what you wanted because of the views of well-meaning family, friends or peers? Have you ever let go of a long-cherished dream because you "bought-in" to the negative beliefs of other people? If you have then you have literally been hypnotized into believing you are not good enough!
There are a myriad of sayings that people recite on a daily basis which they use to bombard the ears of their listeners. Many of them will not be new to you and you may even have fallen into the trap of using some of them yourself! "You shouldn't aspire above your station", "that's not a real job", "That's risky", "perhaps you would be better suited to something else", "you can't do that", "that's impossible", "just be satisfied with what you have" etc, etc, etc.
Our modern western society is very strange in its approach to building a better life. We are constantly bombarded with images that create desires within us. We are sold "the American dream", we are shown the lives of the rich and famous while all the time being told we are not good enough to achieve it ourselves!
Your focus is constantly being directed towards things that you are unconsciously told are impossible for you to achieve. Yet deep within you isn't there something that tells you that you would not have these dreams unless they were achievable?
No matter what any other person has achieved, regardless of how impossible it may seem, can also be achieved by you! We are given dreams so that we can achieve them. Do you really think that the All-Powerful creator of the Cosmos would give you the ability to dream and imagine a better life if he did not also give you the ability to attain it?
The problem with many of the views about attaining our dreams is in the direction of focus. Attaining our desires only seems impossible if your first point of focus is on how you are going to do it. Anything worthwhile and noteworthy that has ever been achieved was first created in the imagination of the achiever. By redirecting your focus on the completion of your goal roads will open for you where before there were only dead-ends.
It is a golden rule that you will need to take some form of action to reach your goals. However, your focus should not be on these actions steps and your attention should never be placed solely on any plans you have made to attain your desires. Your focus should always remain on the end result and the feelings that it will generate. By staying focused on the outcome you can rest assured that the Universe will show you the way.
Focusing on your dreams and imagining your life the way you want it to be is the fastest and only secure and guaranteed way to create your vision in the material world. The problem with this approach, for most of us, is a lack of self belief. Low self esteem is the biggest cause of failure on this planet.
It has been demonstrated for thousands of years that keeping a vision in mind, believing that it is possible and believing that you deserve it WILL materialise it and make that vision concrete reality in the real world. The only reason staying focused on a mental image of already having the things you desire is so difficult is because you don't really believe you can accomplish, have, be, or do that thing. Therefore, it is imperative that you build your self esteem so that you have a self image of someone who can achieve whatever they set their mind on!
Self esteem is really only removing the self-imposed limitations that you have accepted from the world. All those negative beliefs, sayings and thoughts of others that you have falsely embraced as truth must be eliminated and your true nature allowed to shine through.
This can be achieved through diligence to your dreams and inner visions. Visualize your outcome twice everyday. The best times are just after waking and just before sleeping. See your outcome as having already been accomplished and remember to evoke strong positive emotions with the mental pictures. Holding firm to your vision and affirming that your life is changing and conforming to your dream will build your self-belief and then life will start to confirm this new belief by literally restructuring matter.
All the personal development tools in the world were created to help you achieve this frame of mind. For example hypnosis is designed to program your unconscious thought patterns to be in alignment with your conscious desires. All self improvement products are designed to change the way you think and feel!
Begin today to build your vision and visualize it daily. Evoke as much positive emotion around your vision as you can and recall those emotions and mental images throughout your day. If you get caught thinking negatively about your goals, stop for a moment and reverse the thought. Think the positive thought twice so that you neutralize the negative and reinforce the positive. Be sure to give yourself as much help as possible. Look for tools that will keep you focused on the things you want and not on the things you don't want. Be diligent when using these tools.
No matter what the world now appears to be it will change if you begin now to put into practice the advice in this article. Stay focused on your dreams and the rest will follow.
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