Mind Control and Distraction: Mind Control Techniques for a Lifetime

Chapter 1 Learning to control the mind is equal to learning to drive life

As long as you believe that your inner strength can change the world, you have made the first step.
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Bruce Barton

reveal "self"
Since the late 20s, psychology began to develop vigorously. In the early 60s, new theories and concepts about "self" began to appear among clinical psychologists and psychiatrists.These astonishing research results have brought about great changes in people's thinking, personality and even life - shy and introverted girls become lively and cheerful; people who have repeatedly failed become successful.The list goes on and on.Indeed, the discovery of the "true self" can improve the bad status quo, it reveals the difference between success and failure, love and hate, pain and happiness.

Nowadays, there are more and more psychological books on "self-revelation", and it has gradually evolved into a fashion - only by knowing the "self" can the "self" be transformed.

Time and facts have proven that mind control can help you achieve any goal including improving your cooking skills.In other words, you can solve anything by using psychological concepts to make things easier for you.

images you don't realize

I think that revealing the "self" is undoubtedly the most important discovery of modern psychology.There is great power in revealing, controlling, and serving oneself.

From our childhood, to our subsequent successes and failures, honors and disgraces, and other people's evaluations and opinions of us, our "mental image" has been formed, whether you are aware of it or not, it does exist.This is formed by our own perception.It allows us to paint an image of the "self" in our hearts, and when such thoughts and views enter this image, it becomes "specific and real".Not to doubt, to question it, as if it had become "fact".

To be precise, self-image can determine how others perceive and judge you.

To be more specific, everything you perceive, the information you receive in your mind, even your gifts and talents, are expressions of self-intention.Just as your thoughts determine your actions, you can't deviate from your "thoughts".For example, if you try your best to do one thing but fail to complete it, the reason is not the lack of firm will as it is usually said, but because all this is subject to your "intention" management.

Can self-image be changed?
When a person's self-image is "I can't control my overeating" or "I don't have time to exercise", then his self-image will tell himself "I am fat".Once the thought became concrete (i.e. "I'm fat"), he couldn't even fight the self-image.No matter how hard you try to escape your self-image, even if you can escape it for a short time, there will be a "rebound" immediately, like a stretched spring, once the external force is lost, it will quickly return to its original shape.

This "rebound" effect is ubiquitous, and it covers every aspect of your life, your job, your ball game, weight loss, relationships, etc.

Your entire personality traits, principles of doing things, including your living environment are based on your self-image.In fact, our life trajectory seems to prove its "correctness".Thus becoming a cycle.So is this cycle vicious or benign?It depends on the specific situation.

For example, a housewife who considers herself a "bad cook" always feels that her meals are tasteless, so she has "evidence".Likewise, a recommender who believes she is "awesome" will discover through work experience that she is actually a great salesman.Thus, the self-image seems to have become a kind of "evidence" for our judgment and evaluation of ourselves.

We rarely realize that our problem is actually our self-image, or how we judge ourselves.If you tell this poor cooking housewife that it's all just her "imagination," she's likely to suspect you of being crazy.She then worked hard to learn how to cook, but the result was still not satisfactory to her.In the same way, if you tell a "very good" salesman that you are not good at all, then he will probably try his best to do a good job in this industry and prove it to you.So if we persuade people to change their self-image, whether it's a housewife's cooking, or a salesman's earning power, it will change dramatically.Their "ability" is based on a certain deep-rooted thinking pattern, which may be difficult for them to perceive. Once it changes, you will undergo incredible changes.It is safe to say that at any time, regardless of age, simply by changing your self-image, you can start a completely different life.

success, start from the heart

Many people say that these positive thoughts have also been tried, but to no avail.In fact, their "positive thinking" is used either to consider the external environment, or to consider specific situations and character flaws.While self-image is the key to achieving goals, people often forget this.In other words, trying to think positively about a particular situation while thinking negatively about yourself is like putting new fabric on old clothes.In fact, once the self-image has changed, the new "self-image" does so easily.

Self-image as the basis of the personality system The late Prescott Leckie was one of the pioneers in the study of the psychology of self-image.He viewed human character as a "system of thought," in which any thought must be consistent with all other thoughts in the system.Then those who are inconsistent will be rejected by the system and distrusted, so they will not be effective in leading actions.This system of thought is based on the self-image.Leckie is a teacher, so he can demonstrate his ideals through his students.He believes that if a student is not good at a certain subject, it may be because he thinks the subject is very difficult or he is not suitable for learning it.Leckie believes, however, that if a student could be urged to change his self-image, his learning would make a big difference.The problem with these kids is not that they are stupid or lack talent, but that they have inappropriate self-images, such as "I can't learn English well", "I'm not born to learn chemistry".They identify with and believe in their failed self-image, leading to the conclusion "I'm a failure."Leckie also used the same method to correct students' bad habits such as stuttering and biting their fingers.There are countless such examples.Dr. Leckie has made a breakthrough contribution to this subject, and now more and more people have accepted the view that "self-image can be controlled".Those who are interested in continuing to understand Lecky's work should read his book "Self Congruence: A Theory of Personality".

prison of heart
For a person with a birth defect, the effect of correcting the defect is similar to plastic surgery for the unfortunate disfigured person.This brings them a magical reversal.In the same way, the correction of all anxieties, fears, misfortunes, and lack of self-confidence should eliminate their corresponding self-identifications just like eliminating physical defects.Surveys and studies have shown that no less than 90% of people are dissatisfied with a certain part of their body, but in fact there will not be more than 90% of us with abnormal appearance.Admittedly, some people's dissatisfaction can be translated into some kind of positive self-suggestion; but in other cases, dissatisfaction can prompt people to try doomed efforts (the self-image does not change), or lead them to depression from then on.It is not so much that they are flawed as that they give evidence of their own flaws.It is a prison of the heart that blocks their path to a perfect life, despite the insignificance or non-existence of these so-called flaws.Be the best "self" However, in reality, there are many cases where poor and lonely people enjoy happiness, while wealthy businessmen suffer.It is still possible to use the self-image to reveal the mystery.If you want to enjoy life in the moment, you must have a corresponding self-image. When this self-image is not surpassed or replaced by other self-images, you will feel good; when it is threatened, you will be restless. .If it happens to correspond to your life and personality, then you will even be proud of it, so that you can show yourself more fully and bravely, and then become the best "self" in your self-image.On the contrary, when your self-image becomes the opposite of your life and personality, you will be depressed all day long, and you will try your best to hide it instead of showing it. Your own actions are controlled by it, and you become inactive and extremely difficult to get along with.

gain heart energy
Knowing this, I began to realize that some so-called patients do not need external treatment at all.We need a complete "cure" for the person who thinks he's sick, not for his stuffy nose, headache, tinnitus, or foot injury, but more - we should let them give us how to get the heart and Emotional therapy, so that they can acquire positive thoughts and attitudes.

I became very interested in this phenomenon, and gradually formed an academic system through sorting out and summarizing various cases, which was accepted by more and more people.Its widely used technique is used by groups including the Green Bay Packers, played by famed football coach Vince Lombardi.

I've enjoyed seeing people achieve success through the magic of self-image, and it's reinforced my belief that what anyone really wants in their heart is a brighter and better life, simply put, "energy."A vision of life that is not controlled by self-image.No matter how you define the perfect life, at its essence, it is nothing but happiness, peace, success or joy.This energy is at your fingertips as long as you fully recognize and develop your own gifts and talents.

Start a new life journey
I believe that psychiatrists and psychologists underestimate the potential of people's self to seek change (even if this change will lead to major breakthroughs).Most of the people that psychiatrists and psychologists come into contact with are people they think are "abnormal", so in related literature, all kinds of "abnormal" people and things are introduced, and some of them are mentioned to have self-destructive behaviors. complex.I am very concerned that a lot of people are so used to this view that they start to see negative emotions like hatred and world-weariness, self-ashamedness and self-blame as normal human psychology.Ordinary people tend to look haggard and lack of willpower when they eliminate their negative factors and seek to achieve health and happiness.In real life, if such a phenomenon really exists, then the process of a person working very hard to perfect himself will become meaningless and fruitless.

My point is, however, that a man is not alone in his efforts to perfect himself.Everyone has an innate "survival instinct", which can promote our health, happiness, and enjoy a better life.This instinct works through the "creative mechanism", and once it starts to kick in, it will go deep inside and help you succeed.This view of mine was ultimately borne out by the experience of many of my patients.

In this book, I will provide you with more objective opinions and suggestions to help you get rid of the psychological shackles and activate the success mechanism in your body.I believe that as long as you exercise yourself according to the suggestions in this book, you will be pleasantly surprised to find that you are undergoing positive changes.

understand your subconscious mind

How is the human mind structured?This issue is controversial.There are hundreds of billions of nerve cells in the human brain, comparable to the number of stars in the universe.Each nerve cell receives input information from many other cells and outputs information to many other cells, forming hundreds of billions of bidirectional links.Scientists estimate that if these two-way links are counted every second, it will take 3200 million years to count them all.

Specifically, like a new message on your phone, you need to open, view, and reply.It's all about getting things back to normal, which is one of the easiest tasks your brain does in everyday life.Maybe thinking about it will make people feel trivial and complicated, but you are indeed dealing with it methodically, in less than half a second.Obviously the human brain is by far the most complex and amazing thing, and we can't even fully understand it.Although it only weighs 3 pounds.In addition to the more "superficial" brain concepts above, the brain also covers concepts such as psychology, spirit, and thinking. Specifically, it includes the energy that connects the soul, Freud's "Id" concept, consciousness and subconsciousness, and so on.Perhaps the above discussion is not specific enough, or my thoughts are "superficial", but in fact it has indeed won the overwhelming majority of affirmation.Investigating its root, the most important thing is its function.In other words, how do we control and use it to get the life you want.

Although the human brain is much more miraculous and complex than any computer or technological device, I believe its mode of operation is nothing more than nerves, consciousness and thinking to control and guide the target.Just like when you accept a higher-level goal, you work hard to achieve it.The same is true of your brain, the brain's creative mechanism is not unique to you, it depends on what goals you set for it-if you set success goals for it, it will function as a success mechanism; Set negative goals and it will function as a failure mechanism for you.Therefore, we say that the operation of the brain needs a clear goal.

David Weiner, author of the famous psychological book "Fighting the Inner Puppet: The Madness of the Appearance Normal", believes that there is a kind of madness inside even the most educated people around us, which is a possible rationality Loss is what we have to deal with.For another example, if you fail miserably in a baseball game at school, your coach may laugh at you and say, "You're an idiot, you're useless."This kind of words may become a kind of marginal memory of your "self" and "inner puppet".Even if it won't stay with you forever, it will at least have an effect on you for a while.This information is stored in your "peripheral memory" so that it always follows you.And "marginal memory" is controlled by three factors: source of authority, severity, and repetition.That is to say, such words come from an authoritative person, or someone with whom you particularly want to gain a sense of identity. Compared with others saying the same words, the former words obviously have more weight.Some of our memories are so deep, and some of our feelings are so unforgettable, such as being scolded and ashamed.When the same words are heard from a more authoritative person, they carry more weight.It can even have a profound effect on us.In order to initiate a new attitude towards life, you must first understand the creative mechanism in your body.Then learn how to set it up as a success mechanism, not a failure mechanism.In this way you can rearrange your character and life.We control the functioning of our brains according to the patterns we construct in our minds, so we need to learn, practice and practice new habits of thinking, imagining, remembering and behaving in order to form an appropriate self-image.Although the human brain is a very complex system, all this will become very simple and convenient as long as it is realized by using psycho-control techniques.You activate a new mode of response, which involves imagination, creative perception, and action.You may say that you have made such an effort, but that does not mean that your methods are used properly. Maybe you use methods and techniques that conflict with your self-image.But as long as you evolve, reshape, and deepen your self-image, these methods can pay off dramatically.These things are actually very simple, but they must be practiced and experienced repeatedly.As long as you are willing to change your self-image, it is like opening a barrel of wine. Once you start to pry the first nail away, everything will fall into place.

The meaning of talent

To sum up, it is obvious that the theory of hereditary fate is meaningless and groundless.A large number of facts show that the basis of success is not talent, but education.Because based on their family history, genetics have little or no bearing on their success.Instead, some of the traits in these successful people were designed for them by others, or designed by themselves.

Success is not hereditary, you see, Picasso's father was not a great artist; Walt Disney's father had several careers and failed repeatedly - obviously, success does not exist.In fact, a major factor in success is developing an appropriate self-image through conditioning, not blaming your genes.That is to say, you cannot choose your origin, but you can set your self-image through psycho-cybernetics.In other words, if you inherit genes for great athleticism, but you don't tune in to a proper self-image, the good genes will be buried as well.Self-image controls and manages your personality and behavior, and it has a remarkable effect on the trajectory of your life.Friends, now you understand the reason for not getting the desired result or success.Throw away the reason of "not having valuable talents and good genes", this is the most self-defeating excuse.

Dear friends, now let us think carefully about those salesmen who stuttered since childhood, the football players who were small in stature, and those who did not dare to speak loudly and eventually became orators, and see what qualities or talents they lacked, but they formed Developed their own unique self-image, and thus successful.Consider how they form an appropriate self-image, how it deepens and strengthens that self-image.

Specifically, after you have watched countless dance performances, your own dance will also change accordingly.You will absorb some of the essence of professional dancers, learn from them, and improve yourself.However, this situation will not last long, unless you can insist on watching dancers perform frequently, strengthen their dance movements over and over again, and strengthen your own dance.In terms of psychology, it is to deepen your "mental image".Therefore, I suggest you, repeatedly, and persist for a period of time to observe the kind of thing you most want to achieve, or the kind of person you most want to be.Through imitation, learning, and reference, use it for yourself.

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