LTU: Moving forward

[mat422]

Are you referring to when I raised it or when I reset it recently? I'll answer both lol.

I think raising the volume was a subconscious attempt to push the messages to a more perceivable conscious level. Basically ruining the whole idea of subliminals, to bypass that conscious part.

Resetting the volume based on intuition could have also been an attempt by my subconscious to lower the influence it had. I set it where it felt "right" but that could have just been an indication it was comfortable. Which means my subconscious doesn't feel as much pressure to change.

I can't tell which one is right to be honest.

[mat422]

Nevermind. Raised the volume then immediately the next day lowered? It's painfully obvious what that was now. I should know better by now. And the rationalization that comes after it to get me to stick with that poor decision.

[mat422]

After correcting that little detour it made me think of the whole fear of happiness thing. I'm starting to see how that's manifesting in my life. Why don't I go after the stuff I really want? Instead I've pigeonholed myself into "realistic" and "safe" pursuits. I'm going to make more of a conscious decision to steer my life in the direction I want vs being carried randomly wherever I land. That attitude of not making a solid decision and sticking to it is like avoiding failure. Can't fail at something if you didn't have a goal in the first place!

So yeah. I'm going to start visualizing more. Watching my negative thought loops that happen throughout the day. Most of all I'm going to stop accepting less than in my life. No more of this attitude of not being good enough to have something.

Basically my current situation is a reflection of how I feel about myself. Low pay and taken advantage of because I've always had this feeling I was a burden and others were doing me a favor. But I'm going to change that. Im going to create a life I can find happiness in and it's going to be on my terms, not some limited view based on others opinions.

[Shannon]

No man ever became great, except through many and great mistakes. - William Gladstone.

That quote showed me that it is okay to make mistakes, because they act as steps on my journey to success. The only way to fail, really, is to stop trying.

[EvolvingPhoenix]

No man ever became great, except through many and great mistakes. - William Gladstone.

That quote showed me that it is okay to make mistakes, because they act as steps on my journey to success.  The only way to fail, really, is to stop trying.

Thanks for posting this Shannon. I was feeling hurt from the consequences of mistakes I've made in the past, and your post reminds me I can still become great, even though I've made some cringey and devastating errors in life.

[mat422]

I think you've posted that before, but I always appreciate the reminder and it's a very important mindset to cultivate.

I started thinking about all these subliminals, loa, manifesting,etc. I've started reading Joseph Murphy's power of your subconscious mind. A lot of loa stuff out there seems grossly misunderstood. As if pure desire attracts things. And when people fail to manifest what it is they want, they're to blame vs the very wishy washy "teachings". So where am I going with this? For a long time now I've kept feeling like all this digging and correcting of my thoughts and beliefs was too hard. As if there was a better way and all I had to do was believe to make it happen. But I've realized the power beliefs hold and as long as they have roots in the mind, I'll continually manifest things in my life.

So in short, I'm accepting that sometimes there is no shortcut and you just have to put in the hard work. But that means getting to the source and once I clear that out it's never coming back. These subs really do push you in ways that conscious intervention alone can't touch. However it's very uncharted territory and it's up to me to figure out what to do. In that respect it's cultivating an inner guidance and strength so I no longer feel the need to rely on or look for answers outside myself.

[mat422]

I think I'm breaking through. Listening to the sub last night I found myself able to let go more and follow the instructions. Prior to this I felt like I was dissociating to a degree and bypassing the sub.

Although I did wake up in the middle of the night with what I could only describe as pure anger. Felt like I needed to scream. Usually something like this pops up and I tell myself to relax and stop getting worked up over nothing. But lately I feel like that's the exact reason these things are buried. I've failed to integrate these emotions into my ecosystem so to speak. I treated them as "bad" vs just another part of me that needs to be understood. So when I've felt irritable and on edge and constantly told myself "I shouldn't feel like this, I should feel relaxed and calm" that was me invalidating how I really felt in favor of a more socially acceptable response. Interesting to see how my perception of how other people view me has influenced my response to my own emotional well being.

[mat422]

Just had an epiphany today. I'm always waiting for things to happen that will make me have more belief in myself vs just believing in myself first. So I wait and wait on outside circumstances to change my mindset. And I'd always stop myself from thinking really big because I'd measure my potential based on my past events in my life.

Turning this around and accepting this as the truth is the answer. It seems backwards to me, like how can you believe anything good about yourself if you don't have evidence of it? But I'm learning life really is a mirror of your internal beliefs and you have to change before the outside circumstances do.

[Shannon]

You attune yourself to the "version of reality" you experience by holding the genuine beliefs that attune with that version of reality. The reality you experience starts within you, therefore, and thus it makes perfect sense that you must believe the things that create the attunement before you experience the results of the attunement.

If you want to listen to rock 'n roll, and you're on a jazz station, you can't get mad because the music is jazz. You have to change the channel, and when you do, you automatically hear the results of that channel change.

[EvolvingPhoenix]

You attune yourself to the "version of reality" you experience by holding the genuine beliefs that attune with that version of reality.  The reality you experience starts within you, therefore, and thus it makes perfect sense that you must believe the things that create the attunement before you experience the results of the attunement.

If you want to listen to rock 'n roll, and you're on a jazz station, you can't get mad because the music is jazz.  You have to change the channel, and when you do, you automatically hear the results of that channel change.

Thanks Shannon. This post adresses some fears I have about being left by people I care about. I'm worried if I get a gf, she'll leave once the going gets rough. This reminds me that the Law of Attraction is at play and I have to believe I'll get someone who will stay. Problem is, it's hard to change one's beliefs to ones that are contrary to one's personal experiences. I guess I just really have to do a lot of thorough healing first.

[mat422]

You attune yourself to the "version of reality" you experience by holding the genuine beliefs that attune with that version of reality.  The reality you experience starts within you, therefore, and thus it makes perfect sense that you must believe the things that create the attunement before you experience the results of the attunement.

If you want to listen to rock 'n roll, and you're on a jazz station, you can't get mad because the music is jazz.  You have to change the channel, and when you do, you automatically hear the results of that channel change.

Thanks Shannon. This post adresses some fears I have about being left by people I care about. I'm worried if I get a gf, she'll leave once the going gets rough. This reminds me that the Law of Attraction is at play and I have to believe I'll get someone who will stay. Problem is, it's hard to change one's beliefs to ones that are contrary to one's personal experiences. I guess I just really have to do a lot of thorough healing first.

Word of advice, don't wait. Heal and reinforce those desired beliefs at the same time as much as possible. Believe me you don't want to be in a situation where you're waiting to fully heal to start really pushing for what you want. It can very quickly turn into another tactic from the subconscious to delay actually making changes.

[EvolvingPhoenix]

I'm doing the best I can to heal. But I don't know what else I can do but meditation, meditation walks, and listening to these subliminals. Do you have any advice on what else I van actively do to heal?

[mat422]

I'm doing the best I can to heal. But I don't know what else I can do but meditation, meditation walks, and listening to these subliminals. Do you have any advice on what else I van actively do to heal?

You're doing all you can do on the healing front. What I meant was don't make it a condition that you have to be 100% healed before you can change.

[Shannon]

You attune yourself to the "version of reality" you experience by holding the genuine beliefs that attune with that version of reality.  The reality you experience starts within you, therefore, and thus it makes perfect sense that you must believe the things that create the attunement before you experience the results of the attunement.

If you want to listen to rock 'n roll, and you're on a jazz station, you can't get mad because the music is jazz.  You have to change the channel, and when you do, you automatically hear the results of that channel change.

Thanks Shannon. This post adresses some fears I have about being left by people I care about. I'm worried if I get a gf, she'll leave once the going gets rough. This reminds me that the Law of Attraction is at play and I have to believe I'll get someone who will stay. Problem is, it's hard to change one's beliefs to ones that are contrary to one's personal experiences. I guess I just really have to do a lot of thorough healing first.

You are still misunderstanding some things.

You are not dealing with the LOA as such here.  You're dealing with something above that law.  

You are currently stuck because you fear being left by a girlfriend if the going gets rough, and your fear is based on a logical fallacy (insisting on the past) and it is simultaneously focusing you into, and creating that reality for you.  The fact is that what you have experienced in the past does not necessitate, dictate or predict what you will experience in the future unless you're dealing with a verifiable cycle (such as the phases of the moon).

Just because you have had that happen to you in the past does not mean it has to happen in the future.  The future is rarely limited, and when it is, it is only limited for relatively short periods of time.  

When you get stabbed, the pain triggers a natural response to tighten the muscle, and that causes the pain to increase.  You must relax that muscle to lessen the pain.  Likewise, when you have something hurt you emotionally, your automatic reaction (until you understand and know better) is to focus on, fixate on, hold onto and even magnify that pain.  By focusing into it you are intensifying your attunement to that "channel" of reality.  The goal is to recognize this, and outgrow the fear that results in this focus and fixation, and subsequent anchoring into the reality you don't want.

You have to deal with that fear.  The experience that generates that fear must be understood as it actually is: even if you experienced it twice or more, it only shows you what you are currently focusing on internally, because that is what generates your external experience.  Once you stop focusing on it and shift your focus elsewhere, you will get whatever results you focus on.

So it's not about "I choose to believe this at the conscious level".  It's about getting your subconscious to understand that "Hey, this hurt me, but it's only happening because I misunderstood how things work.  I can focus myself into what I do what and experience that instead."

The more you experience it without that understanding, the more you will typically tend to unintentionally reinforce those beliefs and reactions that increase your focus and anchoring into that reality.  Then people see that it happens over and over again and they conclude that "It happened X number of times, so it's always going to happen like that."  This is the logical fallacy of insisting on the past.  It's not true, of course, but when you believe it you effectively make it true by acting as if it is true and excluding other options.  This only serves to reinforce it.  A negative spiral within a negative spiral.

The future can be whatever you want it to be, as long as you genuinely understand these things and respond accordingly.