How to: Utilize the Power of Rational Thinking

mrs.steemit (69)in #life • 7 years ago (edited)

Psycho-Cybernetics: Part 4

In the previous episode of my Psycho-Cybernetics blog-series, I talked about the art of relaxation and how that can boost your productivity, by worrying about something before the wheels start turning, and once they do detach from the outcome. If you haven't read the previous episode, you can click <<here>>

Now let's continue..

THE SCIENCE OF CYBERNETICS

Psycho- Cybernetics, Maxwell Maltz

The science of Cybernetics does not tell us that "man" is a machine but that man has and uses a machine. Moreover, it tells us how that machine functions and how it can be used.

Even though it grew out of the work of physicists and mathematicians rather than that of psychologists, the new science of cybernetics made an important breakthrough in psychology possible.

EP.4 - RATIONAL THINKING

One of the reasons that the power of rational thinking goes unrecognized is that it is so seldom used

Sometimes it's the most obvious things that confuse us. We feel like answers are out of reach, that something is impossible, too difficult and then we give up. If only we'd understand the power of our minds, and the impact rational thinking can have. Do you remember the last time you felt something was impossible and then you did it anyway? We are capable of so much more than we think we are and we are blind to the advantage of having access to the entire recipe, manual of pretty much anything. All that's left is our belief about ourself.

I stress this so much, because I believe that only the true understanding of how things are achieved, the basic math of life and human being, how we work, is needed in order to live by choice rather than by chance.

Too many people worry ask "how" instead of "why, where and what". All you need to know is what you want to know, where you can find the information you need (people, books, the internet) and why things are not going your way. Now the last one the "why" is probably the most important one that is way too often overlooked. We feel a certain way and simply accept it, as if it was a fact, instead of digging deeper into the why and finding a solution!

I live by this mantra: TO EVERY PROBLEM THERE IS A SOLUTION

Unleashing the power of rational thinking has truly changed my life, which is why I need to share it with you.

Excerpt

There is a widely accepted fallacy that rational, logical, conscious thinking has no power over unconscious processes or mechanisms, and that to change negative beliefs, feelings or behavior, it is necessary to dig down and dredge up material from the "unconscious." Your automatic mechanism, or what the Freudians call the "unconscious," is absolutely impersonal. It operates as a machine and has no "will" of its own.

HOWEVER it always tries to react appropriately to your current beliefs and interpretations concerning environment. It always seeks to give you appropriate feelings, and to accomplish the goals which you consciously determine upon.

It works only upon the data which you feed it in the form of ideas, beliefs, interpretations, opinions. It is conscious thinking which is the "control knob" of your unconscious machine. Which means that if your beliefs are false, you're feeding false data to your unconscious which it will then act upon...

The good news: It was by conscious thought, though perhaps irrational and unrealistic, that the unconscious machine developed its negative and inappropriate reaction patterns, and it is by conscious rational thought that the automatic reaction patterns can be changed.

UTILIZING THE POWER OF RATIONAL THINKING

Remember that both behavior and feeling spring from belief.

To root out the belief which is responsible for your feeling and behavior—ask yourself, "why?" Is there some task which you would like to do, some channel in which you would like to express yourself, but you hang back feeling that "I can't"?

Ask yourself "WHY?" "Why do I believe that I can't?" Then ask yourself—"Is this belief based upon an actual fact-—or upon an assumption—or a false conclusion?"

Ask yourself the following questions, really think them through, wrestle with them and answer them in your head or even on paper:

1. Is there any rational reason for such a belief?

2. Could it be that I am mistaken in this belief?

3. Would I come to the same conclusion about some other person in a similar situation?

4. Why should I continue to act and feel as if this were true if there is no good reason to believe it?

And while you're giving yourself the answers to those 4 golden questions every time you feel stuck, notice how you're automatically sending that data to your unconscious mind, the data is processed and a new way of thinking gets installed that produces more clarity and as a result more happiness. Try using this method 30 days in a row, treat it as an experiment and let me know about your results.

I hope you enjoyed the read.

Much love,

- Mrs.Steemit

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