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Barbara Berger
It's a liberating discovery to find out that you are the Choice-Maker in your life. And to find out and really realize that Life is not doing anything to you and that there are no sinister/benevolent forces outside of you which are controlling your destiny.
Once you make this discovery, you empower yourself to create the life you've always wanted to live.
Once you make this discovery, you empower yourself to create the life you've always wanted to live.
"Our power of choice
is the greatest blessing we have,
for with it comes the ability
we entertain and hence our experiences."
is the greatest blessing we have,
for with it comes the ability
we entertain and hence our experiences."
Frederick Bailes / "Basic Principles of the Science of Mind"
To understand why you're the Choice-Maker, let's take a look at the way the mind works.
To simplify matters, we can divide our mind into two parts:
Conscious mind (surface mind)
Subconscious mind (deeper mind)
Subconscious mind (deeper mind)
You think with your conscious mind. You are aware with your conscious mind, and you select or make choices with your conscious mind.
Your subconscious mind acts upon the selections or patterns it receives from your conscious mind. Your subconscious mind is also the place where your own personal memories and experiences are registered and stored—and where the memories and patterns of the whole human race, the so-called collective consciousness, are also stored.
Your subconscious or deeper mind creates your reality based on the blueprints for behavior, which have been deposited (imprinted) there by your conscious mind. This is why to change your behavior—and thus your outer reality—you must first change the patterns you feed your subconscious mind.
The Key to the Subconscious
As the Choice-Maker, you select the thought patterns or blueprints for life that you feed your subconscious mind. This means, if you don't like the reality you are experiencing at the moment, if there's anything about your life that's not functioning properly, if you are experiencing financial lack, dis-ease, or any other type of disharmony, you must select new thought patterns for your subconscious mind. Because your outer reality is only reflecting your deepest mental patterns.
This is a great discovery!
It's a great discovery because it means you're inherently free. Free to select new thought patterns, new blueprints, and thus create a new reality for yourself!
Eternal Vigilance
The first step in changing your mental habits is to become aware of your present mental patterns. Once you start watching your patterns, you'll realize that 99% of what you think today is a repetition of what you thought yesterday. This is very interesting: 99% of what you are thinking today is a repetition of what you thought yesterday. If you don't believe me, try observing your thoughts for a whole day. How many completely new thoughts did you actually have today?
And if you were thinking anxious, fearful, depressed, cynical, critical or any other negative kinds of thoughts yesterday and the day before yesterday and the day before that, your present reality will be a reflection of that mental pattern. In other words, you will be experiencing some kind of disharmony or problem, some form of sickness, weakness or failure in some area of your life as a result of these ingrown, repetitive negative thinking patterns.
This realization is an important step forward. Once you see your patterns, once you recognize your mental habits, you can change them. You can’t change anything if you are unaware of what you are doing. This is why it’s so important to be present and watch what’s going on in your mind. This is called waking up to the nature of mind.
The next step is to do something about it. But that is often easier said than done. Because changing our mental patterns demands eternal vigilance because mental patterns quickly become ingrown mental habits. And like any other habit, it takes a determined effort in the beginning to change a habit (to replace a negative thought pattern with a positive one).
But it can be done – all it demands is a determined effort to replace negative thoughts and beliefs with more positive uplifting thoughts and beliefs.
So changing your thought patterns means that you, the Choice-Maker, begin to select new thoughts patterns for yourself. For more detailed and practical information about how to change your thought patterns and reprogram your subconsciousness mind so you can change your life, please check out my international bestselling book, “The Road to Power – Fast Food for the Soul”. Especially the following chapters: The Power of Affirmation (the repetition of positive statements), The Power of Visualization (mentally seeing a new reality), The Power of Praise and Blessing, The Power of Focus, The Power of NO, The Power of Release and The Power of Giving. You can find the book on Amazon or other online sites or on my Web site: www.beamteam.com
Blessings to you!
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About Barbara Berger
American-born Barbara Berger is the best-selling author of “The Road to Power – Fast Food for the Soul” (published in 30 languages), “Are You Happy Now? 10 Ways to Live a Happy Life” (published in 21 languages) and “The Awakening Human Being – A Guide to the Power of Mind”. Barbara's latest book is "Find and Follow Your Inner Compass – Instant Guidance in an Age of Information Overload". Barbara also works as coach and therapist, helping people around the globe come into alignment with their own true power. For more about Barbara see her Web site: http://www.beamteam
** Below are titles & links to the beautiful work from Barbara. She is a long time contributor and my
dear friend :
mysticlivingtoday.com – articles by Barbara Berger
The Ultimate Self-Empowerment Tool – Your Inner Compass
http://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=2087
The Key to Happiness; Understanding the Way the Mind Works
http://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=2113
Who would you be if you didn’t know your age?
http://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=2147
The Power of Right Seeing
http://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=2177
Review of Barbara Berger’s book Find and Follow Your Inner Compass by Riki Frahmann
http://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=2184
Are You Here Now? Are You Happy Now?
https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=2247
Discovering Who You Really Are
https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=2284
Getting in Touch with Your Heart
https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=2299
Follow Your Passion & Accept the Consequences
https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=2324
The Power of the Joyful Giver
https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=2359
You have nothing to deal with but your own thoughts
https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=2374
Radio show
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/starzcast/2018/09/26/natalie-interviews-barbara-berger--author-on-self-empowerment
Peace Is Your Nature
https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=2398
The Power of Contemplating Love
https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=2423
How Can We Serve?
https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=2452
The Importance of Mind Management
https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=2472
Focus on the Real – A Way of Dealing with Worry and Catastrophic Thinking
https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=2499
Nothing External Can Disturb Us
https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=2527
Just Let Everything Be!
https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=2548
The Gift of Crisis
https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=2563
The Power of Asking for Help
https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=2592&fbclid=IwAR1ZK91thdusdkQTdqu0fHXgarR7Ghv7rmAjR6NypUUfLh2wv1ozLLi-HjU
What does it mean to be psychologically mature?
https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=2625
The Meaning of Life
https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=2644
The Power of Praise & Blessing
https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=2682
Our Unalienable Rights
https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=2712
Meeting the Family & Keeping Your Peace of Mind
https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=2737
Healthy Boundaries – the Secret of Good Relationships
https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=2758
Healthy Parenting
https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=2777
Wanting What You Have
https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=2801
NOW IS THE TIME TO THINK POSITIVE
https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=2813
A Scientific Prayer to Lift Your Consciousness
https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=2828
Healthy Self Talk about the Body
https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=2850
Time Are Changing Aren’t They?
https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=2881
Are You Following Your Inner Compass?
https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=2904
What Happens When We Don't Listen to Our Inner Compass?
https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=2920
Your Right to Be You
https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=2961
Doing the Right Thing
https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=2992
Seeing Behind Impermanence
https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=3026
Opening Your Heart – A Prayer for the New Year
https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=3051
Welcome to the World of Starbrow and His Amazing Spiritual Adventures
https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=3050
Use This Simple, Effective Right Reaction Exercise to Tackle Stressful Moments
https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=3084
No Healing Without Feeling
https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=3102
Happiness Is an Inside Job
https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=3131
The Power of Joy and Laughter
https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=3158
Watch Out for Black and White Thinking!
https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=3173
The Power of Eating Less
https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=3217
Good Ways to Say No and Set Limits
https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=3242
Higher Consciousness and the Power of Nature
https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=3259
Gratitude for the Gift of Life
https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=3284
Do Not Be Bluffed by Your Body
https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=3297
What Is Spiritual Bypass?
https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=3329
The Intention of Oneness
https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=3358
The Importance of Having a Daily Program
https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=3381
What Is Preventing You From Being Happy?
https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=3417
Happiness Now
https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=3428
Staying Sane in Insane Times
https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=3462
