The experts say that your unconscious doesn’t pay attention to the negating factor, the NOT in sentences like the title of this article. Knowing that, do any of these following scenarios pertain to you and your thoughts?
Someone you know has fallen on some bad times, and their business goes under. Do you find yourself thinking, “Oh, I hope that doesn’t happen to me?”
An older person you know has fallen and broken her hip, and you see how much pain she’s in. Do you find yourself thinking, “Oh, I hope that doesn’t happen to me?”
You watch the news and see that a person was high-jacked, that some people were injured in an earth quake, and that someone was killed in a drive by shooting. “Oh, I hope that doesn’t happen to me.” Or even, “I’m glad that’s not me.”
Your unconscious doesn’t pay attention to the negating factor, the NOT. That being the case, what are you continuously saying to yourself, if you say the above sentences? I’ll give you a hint. Take the NOT out and see what you may have said to yourself more times than you can count. “Oh, I hope that does happen to me!”
That may not be what you were *thinking,* but it IS what your unconscious mind was hearing. If you tell a two-year-old, “Don’t eat that cookie.” What is the two-year-old hearing? “Eat that cookie!” If you say to yourself, “I’m not going to eat that second piece of cake” what are you hearing? “I’m going to eat that second piece of cake.” That is usually proven by the fact that you DO eat that second piece of cake.
Listen to the experts. Change your life around. If you find yourself saying anything like the above sentences, the minute you realize you are about to say it, change it to “I am so happy I am safe.” Or, “I am so happy I am healthy.” If you feel you are being selfish saying that, in light of other people’s bad fortune, change it. How about “I am so happy I am healthy, and they (whoever you had read or heard about) are getting better and better.”
Watch the words you say. If they aren’t stating how you would like to be, change them until they do. Take charge of your future. Make sure the words you are saying aren’t describing your yesterdays. Make sure they are forecasting the tomorrows YOU want…