Showing posts with label persistence. Show all posts
Showing posts with label persistence. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Replacing Habits…
All humans become habitual. Aside from addiction, habits also include mannerisms, customs, and rituals. Habits are really nothing more than thought patterns which have become automatic.
Ego will support these thought patterns by coming up with every excuse in the book to maintain them. Many of the habits we form serve us well and will continue to serve well for a lifetime.
Some of our habits may become outdated as we strive assiduously toward new goals and lifestyle changes, but are still running the show. Still other habits we adopt may be down right destructive—dangerous to our well being and to those around us. Any habit that does not support our goal is taking us further from it and must be extinguished quickly, to be replaced by a habit—a new blueprint—which does support our intention.
The most effective way to oust an outdated or destructive habit is to be ruthless, immediately cutting all ties. Focus on the polar opposite. With proper use of the will, choose only those thoughts that support and represent the new blueprint we wish to implement. Through starving the old blueprint by lack of thought toward it, the old habit dies of malnourishment.
A clean break is what is required. Draw on the power of the subconscious mind. It will respond.
Ego will support these thought patterns by coming up with every excuse in the book to maintain them. Many of the habits we form serve us well and will continue to serve well for a lifetime.
Some of our habits may become outdated as we strive assiduously toward new goals and lifestyle changes, but are still running the show. Still other habits we adopt may be down right destructive—dangerous to our well being and to those around us. Any habit that does not support our goal is taking us further from it and must be extinguished quickly, to be replaced by a habit—a new blueprint—which does support our intention.
The most effective way to oust an outdated or destructive habit is to be ruthless, immediately cutting all ties. Focus on the polar opposite. With proper use of the will, choose only those thoughts that support and represent the new blueprint we wish to implement. Through starving the old blueprint by lack of thought toward it, the old habit dies of malnourishment.
A clean break is what is required. Draw on the power of the subconscious mind. It will respond.
Friday, October 1, 2010
Persistence
By definition, to persist is to continue firmly or steadily when faced with opposition; to prevail or endure. Many of us mistakenly relate this to the physical world, interpreting this to mean when we face physical opposition to what we are trying to achieve we must force the issue by trying harder and continuing stubbornly on in the direction we were headed.
This interpretation of persist usually leads to frustration and failure. It is akin to trying to experience water by grasping it in our hand—the harder we squeeze, the more water eludes our attempts. We must work with the laws of water and relax our hand in the water to achieve the experience.
To realize our successes, it is essential we remain flexible, and able to recognize, act upon and change our game plan when the opportunity presents itself. Persistence is not a physical thing. It is mental. Persistence begins in our mind. The physical actions leading to our results are the effects of our persistence or focus of thought in our mind.
To be persistent then, is to hold firmly in our mind that thought which will lead us to our worthy ideal no matter our current circumstance or environment. It is in a relaxed state we hold our thoughts. Knowing that once a thought seed is planted in our subconscious mind it has no choice but to bring it to fruition in our physical world. There is no worry or doubt, for we understand these fears lead to frustration and anxiety, cutting off our supply of good. Persistence of thought and faith, along with praise and gratitude, is what is required.
This interpretation of persist usually leads to frustration and failure. It is akin to trying to experience water by grasping it in our hand—the harder we squeeze, the more water eludes our attempts. We must work with the laws of water and relax our hand in the water to achieve the experience.
To realize our successes, it is essential we remain flexible, and able to recognize, act upon and change our game plan when the opportunity presents itself. Persistence is not a physical thing. It is mental. Persistence begins in our mind. The physical actions leading to our results are the effects of our persistence or focus of thought in our mind.
To be persistent then, is to hold firmly in our mind that thought which will lead us to our worthy ideal no matter our current circumstance or environment. It is in a relaxed state we hold our thoughts. Knowing that once a thought seed is planted in our subconscious mind it has no choice but to bring it to fruition in our physical world. There is no worry or doubt, for we understand these fears lead to frustration and anxiety, cutting off our supply of good. Persistence of thought and faith, along with praise and gratitude, is what is required.
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