Control your State - Make the Decision
What do we really have control over? That question can be answered by many people, in fact, everyone on planet earth but what you'll find is that everyone has radically different answers. Some people will use language like "I just get into this mood and I can't control it." Others wills say things like "thoughts, feelings, states and moods just happen." But for some, the words are more like "I direct my own state consciously." Listen everyone, I agree with both. I know that based on the way we were all trained growing up, that in many cases, we auto respond. But I also know, from the application of learned knowledge that you as the experiencer, the human being, have the ability to interject, direct and control your moods, state of mind and so forth. Most people don't believe they can, so they never try. Beliefs have a funny way of governing, to the T, our behaviors don't they? If all of us only knew.
As we discussed in the video, we as human beings are evolving. Evolution takes time. Our brains, did have a time in history where they rapidly expanded and evolved into basically what they are today. Although we are still bio chemically evolving, it seems to have slowed down a bit. (but who are we to say that? Evolution takes place over thousands of years) One thing is for sure, and that is that we are evolving neurologically. We are evolving into being more effective beings which is why we've advanced in technology over the past 30 years. The best part about our neurological evolution is that even though things like recessions are created (from us, by us) we HAVE TO, in order to survive, make it better so as a result what do we do? Learn (evolve).
The point is this, in 100 years, we will have evolved more. We will be stronger mentally, and will have created better ways to run our world but in 1000 years, forget it! The entire world will be a different place and we wouldn't recognize an inch of it. But one thing would be for sure, that human beings would have gotten smarter and more effective. So, because in this stage of our evolution, we're not all aware of the chief ways to direct our own nervous systems, we have problems. We'll always have problems but there are ways to mitigate those problems. There are ways to create empowering solutions. There are ways to increase our effectiveness in our individual lives as well as our potency as a species and the point of my website and the work of the authorities in personal development leads us in doing those things. In 1000 years, human beings will have a better grasp on the fact that we actually have control over our thoughts. That our thoughts shape our actions, which govern our life results. That what happens at a subatomic neurological level is creating, dictating, governing and making every physical experience we see in our lives. We'll get it, we just have to continue to evolve.
What Ryan is babbling about? So, what we can learn from this is when we wake up in the morning, and we're about to go engage in our day, to stop. Stop for a moment, take a couple deep breaths and envision your day. Instead of envisioning yourself having a bad day, create in your mind a great day. Make a decision that you will hold 2 themes in your head the entire day. For Example: "Today, I will love all people because showing a true interest in other human beings and displaying a real sense of acceptance, love and genuine interest in other people makes them feel appreciated, connected, loved and is conducive to great moods, great attitudes, and great outcomes!" (You could just love people all day.. but now you know why it's so effective) Or, "Today I will hold in my awareness the fact that I can either live life the way the environment serves it to me, or I can CHOOSE what things mean. I can take joy in every experience by simply focusing on different things. I can create empowering meanings to all situations as a result of angling them in different more resourceful and productive ways. I can make a decision as to what I want in my life, both tangible and non and I can resolve to take mental and physical action towards these things on a consistent basis.
Your life is yours, that's why it's called "your life." Don't you say that when you talk about it? You say "my life." That's right humans, this is YOUR LIFE. Live it, don't let it be lived by the environments effect on you but more, choose how to react to the environment, create circumstances that you favor and really make your life what you want it to be. This all starts in your head. Control your mood, control your emotional state, and your life will change drastically in such a magnificent way. Thanks for reading, this is Ryan Critchett!
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