Can I Really Change The Way I Think Pt2

We are continuing to answer the question of Is it really possible to change? And we are looking at this question and many others frequently asked when it comes to the greater question of How do I create my best life? And the answer is, yes it is possible to change and necessary to create your best life.

Proverbs 27 says As a man thinks in his heart, so is he. And that is talking about mankind in general. So it is as you think that really becomes the reality of who you are. We addressed last week about how understanding first how we think about life, money, relationships started in early childhood development and is solidified by age seven. Children before that age operate out of theta brainwaves which really allows for the programming of the subconscious. And theta is really where the mind operated in this imaginative state. And that’s why the Jesuits have an expression, give me a boy until they are seven and I will show you the man, it’s because they’re able in that timeframe, if the right components are built in, that is what the man will be. That’s 90 to 95 percent of the subconscious of what ends up being the realities of what most people live is created in them before age seven.

Understanding that often a lot of the things that you’re dealing with, what you think about relationships, what you think about people, what you think about success, what you think about money, what you think about church, what you think about God, what you think about anything was set in place at an early age. And our own experiences just reiterate and reestablish those foundations. I’m not discounting that other experiences happen, because they do. I’m just saying that 90 percent of a person’s behavior comes from the foundation of the subconscious which was built in early childhood. Understanding that is very important.

But what do I do about that? How do I change the way? If it is so critical that I do change the way that I think, HOW DO I DO IT? There’s two proven techniques that have been found to work in reestablishing the subconscious and altering the way you think.

And with the research that I have done on the most successful leaders in history, the most influential people that have been faith leaders, community leaders, business leaders… all of them have shared certain attributes. One of those attributes is knowing they’ve got to focus in and work on what they think, right? And most of them spend at least 30 minutes or so on a daily basis imagining intentionally what it is that they want to accomplish; their goals and objectives. They envision themselves reaching those goals and that’s not accidental.

1. Repetition

Daily repetitions in the way that you are thinking about things.

I had this life changing event happen (also in my book) where I was at that point in crossroads where my business was not working and I said, Lord, who me where I’m missing it. As I prayed, I came out of my body and saw my angels standing around me with extremely bored looks on their faces. And this began the journey to where I am now. Two decades of seeking after searching for the areas that most people miss in creating their best life.

And the instruction that I received at that moment was to repeat on a daily basis constantly Dueteronomy 28, the first fourteen verses, the declaration of the blessing of God. Some people say God bless you or I’m just blessed. Well, what does it mean to have God’s blessing?

You will find that in Deuteronomy 28. I’ll give you just a portion of it: Empower to Prosper. You will be empowered to prosper in the city, in the field. Blessed means empowered to prosper. It says your family will be blessed, your children will be blessed, your business will be blessed. You will be the head and not the tail. You will be above only and never beneath. You will be a lender and not a borrower. You businesses will multiply. And so on and so on.

And the Lord told me to personalize this for my life, my family, my business… to write it down and personalize it. And I recite this daily as part of my creation sequence. That daily activity of rehearsing God’s blessing over my life completely changed everything for ME.

Because of that repetition, my mind was able to go and change some of that programming from a young age.

1. Imagination

When I go into my imaginative state, I operate in theta, which reopens that subconscious allowing the subconscious to be reprogrammed.

And I challenge you, as you go through and personalize Deuteronomy 28 on a daily basis, imagine with the Lord. When the Lord says, you are the head and not the tail, what does that mean to you. That means you’re going to always be at the top, so envision yourself in your industry, in your marriage, in your family… being at the top and not the bottom.

Envisioning yourself once again, that blessing of the Lord comes through a real relationship with Jesus Christ, that relationship that in Galatians 3, says Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us. Cursed is every man who hands on a tree so that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles (that’s the non-Jews, that’s ALL of us!). It is yours through a relationship with Jesus Christ.

Getting that blessing, rehearsing that blessing, imagining yourself will completely alter and change the way you are thinking because as a person thinks, so are they able to create their best life!