Shannon's Journal Discussion

[Shannon]

Shannon,

1) How about a simile like "I am like a drug to women"?

Based on what you wrote, I'm guessing the unconscious would try to interpret this literally and fail, after which it would be archived. Is that right?

That phrasing would induce it to try to find a way to make you "like a drug to women". But it would also be very dangerous, because without specifying which drug, you could end up with it trying to make you "like aspirin" to women, and find that whenever they're around you with a headache, it mysteriously goes away.

This is where scripting gets into some really sensitive and dangerous territory.

2) How about something I know isn't true because of facts such as "I have had sex with 1000s of women"? Would the unconscious just dismiss this, or try to make it true by changing one's identity and behavior?

It would depend on how this was input, but in most cases, it would take this as a directive to have sex with 1200 women, try to find a way to make it happen, and very possibly you would end up a porn star who was REALLY busy, or it would simply give up and stop trying. If it cannot find a way, the assertion fails and the subconscious ignores it.

3) What if you are trying to change your identity so you use a phrase that isn't true, but you use it with the goal of it becoming true such as "I am a Powerball jackpot lottery winner" or "I am an Indy 500 winner" or "I have an internationally recognized brand"?

You are getting into some very complex scenarios here, which, for reasons that are beyond the scope of the journal and the amount of time and energy I have right now, would almost certainly fail for the first one, probably fail for number two, and possibly work for the third.

Would that force action congruent with that to change one's identity and achieve those goals? Or would the unconscious dismiss it?

If the unconscious can find a way, it will start working towards the goal. That may require years or even decades to achieve, depending on the focus, energy and persistence applied and the goal. If not, it will simply be ignored.