Do the following ‘experiment’ with someone close to you.
In a quiet moment ask her to close her eyes, take 3 deep breaths and relax. Then tell her emphatically: ‘DON’T think of a red apple’. Tell her to open her eyes and ask her what she thought of. 99% of people will answer what you may have guessed: A red apple!
Why is this happening, despite of the fact that the ‘command’ you gave her was NOT to think of the apple?
We are now ready to learn the first ‘secret’ of the Mind’s programming language, that will help us understand better one of the 4 keys of the Q-Mind’s activation. What could this be?
The Mind does NOT acknowledge the ‘negative commands’ (not, don’t etc.), but it takes the affirmative part of the command exactly as it is!
This means that when we think “Don’t think of a red apple’ the Mind understands ‘Think of a red apple’. And it executes the command on the spot. At a time when we try to keep our body balanced, if we think ‘Don’t fall’, there is a high probability that we will fall, because our Mind will have taken the command as a plain ‘Fall’.
Similarly, when we think ‘I don’t want this problem’, our Mind takes the command as ‘I want this problem’. This is the reason why, when in a discussion, with others or ‘by ourselves’, we are dwelling on problems, over-analyzing and focusing on them, we may get out from the process with more problems (or more intense ones) than before! Even the thought ‘I want the solution to the problem’ results to the same Mind-Programming: I want the problem! Because our ancient, ‘reptile’ mind, always functioning with the purpose of protect us from dangers and risks, will choose a known thing (the problem) over an unknown one (the solution) whenever it’s got the option, therefore making you focus on the ‘problem-side rather than the solution-side of the command.
So, what would be another way for ‘solving problems’? Well, there is the most effective way of all, which constitutes the first of the 4 ‘Keys of Activating the Q-Mind’.
We will look into this in our next post. Until then, begin to reprogram your Mind by expressing your thoughts in a positive way!
