The three Laws of Suggestion
There are three secret laws of suggestion that I will reveal, which hypnotists learn, so that they can get people to change. If you learn and use these three simple laws, you can affect any change in your life. You will certainly be able to change it from positive to negative.
The Law of Concentrated Attention
The first law is the law of concentrated attention. What this law states is that whatever you concentrate your attention on will increase or become real. It is a law, which philosophers have known about for millennia. It is behind the epithet in the bible “As a man thinketh, so he is”.
This law is also behind the phenomenon of the Law of attraction. I have written extensively about this in a book on the Law of Attraction
Use the power of Gratitude to start to focus your mind on the positive. This is how you can use the Law of Concentrated Attention in a positive way. Fill your mind with as much positive stuff as you can and your mind will tend to become positive. Your mind will then notice more positive things in your life and tend to ignore the negative.
If you persist with this, quite soon your life will turn from negative to positive.
The Law of Dominant Effect
The second law, that you can use to your advantage is the Law of Dominant Effect. What this law states is that if a suggestion is linked to an emotion, this will override any other suggestion in your mind at the same time.
This often happens in life, when say a person has poor health habits. Perhaps they might smoke, overeat and drink too much. Life goes along pretty much ok. This person knows that their lifestyle is bad, but things are ok for now. Then something happens that puts the fear of God up them. Perhaps they are diagnosed with cancer, or they have a heart attack, but survive. The negative emotion linked to the doctor’s suggestions are such that they will actually listen to the suggestion now, whereas before they didn’t. This also how people turn their lives around after near death experiences or the death of a loved one. The emotions are enough to get them to change.
How to Use the Law of Dominant Effect
How can we use this law to change your life from negative to positive? By attaching as much positive emotions to the positive thoughts as possible. Affirmations and visualisation are a great start, but if you can get into feeling great about yourself, then this will have a massive effect. Here are some easy tips you can use straight away which will have an immediate effect:
Listen to uplifting, upbeat music especially in the morning when you read your goals to yourself.
Read the biographies of positive successful people, especially rags to riches stories. Stories are so powerful because we resonate emotionally with other human beings.
Instead of watching pap on TV, look for uplifting videos on YouTube – search google for uplifting Mind Movies. Here you have great music, pictures and positive messages.
Many of the detractors to the positive mental attitude movement, will say that this is transitory and temporary. Yes, you will feel good for a while but the effects wear off. Whilst this might be true, I would argue that you are creating new neuro-pathways that are linking feeling good, with positive messages. This in effect creates the habit of feeling positive, but just like any other habit, it does take time and persistence.
In the end, the results will become permanent. You will have over-ridden all the negative habitual thoughts with positive one.
The Law of Reverse Effort
“I’m gonna’ catch that horse if I can” – Chestnut Mare – The Byrds
This law really is the universe at its cruelest. It states that if you doubt your abilities, but you try hard anyway, the less you will be able to do it. To put it another way, the more you chase your goals in desperation, the more they will seem further away. Of course, it’s a psychological trick, it’s like when they say a watched kettle never boils, or time flies when you are having fun. When you are so attached to the outcome, the more it seems impossible. It’s just like that Chestnut Mare in The Byrds song. The more you chase her the faster she runs away.
How can you turn this to your advantage? Firstly whatever your goal is, fall in love with the process of achieving it so much, that you almost don’t care what the outcome is, because you are enjoying the work, so much. Think of anything in your life that you absolutely love to do just because of the passion and love for it. This is the intrinsic motivation it gives you. I don’t know anything about you, but in know that whatever this thing that you get lost in, that you excel at, I’m betting that it is no effort for you. Even obstacles and snags are overcome, perhaps you enjoy the challenges of overcoming them.
Whatever you are striving for, let it go. Fall in love with the process. Make the work your passion. Do what you love to do. As you pour your life into this work and become a part of it, rather than the goal, you will soon be amazed when the Chestnut Mare comes sidling up to you.