December 13th, 2009 by rob white
The purpose of taking command of your mind is to make changes so your future unfolds as you want it to. Mental advancement requires sincerely applying the guiding principles and sage wisdom you find in the book 180. A fresh way of seeing things is always a tremendous supporter of progress. It is an inspiring aspiration to be eager to let go of limiting points of view for something different and new.
It is amazing how many folks read self-help books for years and yet remain the same on the inside, which means there are no significant changes on the outside. These folks have missed the point of the self-help journey: replacing old limiting beliefs and decisions with opinions and ideas that are refreshing and empowering.
If you always think what you always thought, you cannot help but always get what you always got. The content of your mind pre-paves the way, and if the content remains unchanged, your tomorrow follows your today with remarkable similarity. The Law of Harmonious Attraction will have it no other way.
It takes more than reading books that contain wisdom and truth. You must be willing to absorb that truth into the subjective level of your mind by ‘ACTING AS THOUGH IT IS SO’ even if it still feels new and unfamiliar to you.
This is a good point. I think a lot of people get so caught up in acquiring information about self improvement that they don’t take the time to take action in turning their life around. It’s more like a constant search to seek out the newest book or latest guru. It’s almost like you become an information “junkie” but never actually use that information in your life.
Good Stuff!
Crap! Do you mean I’m not going to be magically transformed by reading a dozen books a month unless I actually get off my butt and do something with the information?
You’re not alone, KennieG, self-help books are popular because new ones come out monthly and the same people read them but don’t do anything with the information. I know, I’m one of them.
Excellent post. There is so much info out there that people spend all their time philosophizing. All these great minds from Emerson to Eckhart Tolle to Buddah are essentially saying the same thing — the key is to find a philosophy that works for you. Don’t get me wrong — I love reading all these great ideas but how much of it can you actualize into your day to day life?
I’ve never really read a “self-help” book. Personally, I’m inspired by the lives of radical thinkers and writers like Dalton Trumbo, Joan Baez or Pete Seeger. These are the kind of people that take action and make an impact. Ive found modeling the qualities of the great ones helps me in my daily life.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalton_Trumbo
So… your saying 180 will fix me for good?
“the key is to find a philosophy that works for you. ”
And once having a key it is imperative to take action, put it in the lock and turn it, to open the door. Thoughts become words. Words become actions. Actions become habits. Habits become your character. And you character becomes your destiny.
credit to Frank Outlaw for the above quote.
Actualizing a philosophy is a drip, drip, drip (one conversational bit of inspiring information at a time) process. It is the subjective part of the mind that you must get to (or nothing changes), and this part of the mind will push back if you try to push it too quickly. The subjective part of your mind is where youe emotions dwell.
Hi rob!
Once again, thank you for a bundle of powerful teachings and reminders of who we really are, and how to be the wonderful expression we came here to be!!! 180 ROCKS!!!
Hey joe-baby; as you continue to live from the central-self, less and less your mood-pendulum swings. You seem to have found this with your new mission (that brings you ongoing feelings of joy).
I find I make it halfway through new books and loose interest… Or even buy new books and never open them… Im sticking with this one! I Swear!!
What’s great about the 180 book. Carol, is that it takes only 3 minutes a day (reading one full-spread page a day)and over 90 days (drip, drip, drip) you will have transformed your mind and taken command of your life.
I’m caught on self-help books, always waiting for the next one to do the trick for me. I think 180 is saying that I’ve got to do the trick for myself
Yes, Kevin; if anyone is going to pull the rabbit out of the magic hat for you … it has got to be you!
That’s what I need – a magic hat to pull rabbits from. There’s no book out there that can pull the rabbit out of my hat; they can show me how, but if there’s to be rabbits in my life, it’s up to me. (smile)
I missed the point of self-help books. I wanted new information and at the same time I wanted to believe what I already believed. Little wonder I didn’t change much. great tip.
It seems that the title ‘self-help’ should be an indicator that the help must come from your SELF! How can anyone miss that?
180 cannot fix anyone for good, Kara. I’ve attended rob’s seminar. rob’s saying 180 can help anyone fix themselves for good.
I can see how the contents of my mind prepaves the way for my life, when I can see the contents of my mind. My problem is I can hardly see the contents.
The subconscious becomes conscious when we sincerely seek to know our deep content-thoughts, lemondrop. It requires asking, asking, and asking again with the intent of knowing the beliefs and opinions you are holding onto (that are not only hidden from you, but are holding onto you).
The contents of my mind remains relatively unchanged, and the contents of my life is very much the same. Ho hum.
I never thought of there being more than one department of the mind. If there is, I can see that the department where the emotions live is the department that has most influence in my life.
I replaced the limiting opinion that being overweight is means I’m inferior with the opinion that all human beings are national treasures. It took me a while to convince myself I believed this; but what a difference it has made.
Mu days are so similar to yesterday that it is scary. I often think – is this all there is for me?
I love the title of the book, ‘easyology’. If change was only that easy – just read the book and let the printed pages to the walking for you. Nope, no way. I agree that you gotta do the work or the reading is useless
Absorbing new information that feels unfamiliar is challenging. I can feel the resistance deep inside.
A fresh way of seeing things isn’t progress if the fresh way is blaming the world instead of looking deeper to see how you’ve played a part in it.
Everyone isn’t eager to let go of their limiting beliefs. Some of us believe life is limited and to let go sets us up for disappointment.
Ya, theres’s nothing like feeling limited to pick up your day!
I read that over 50,000,000 people read self-help books annually. I would think we’d be a race of super heroes with that kind of volume. Clearly, reading isn’t enough
The subjective level of my mind is stewing in negative emotions these days. Stop it!
Freshness is a supporter of progress; whevever I freshen up I seem to do better, even with the chicks.
I’ve heard you say that it’s an inside / out job, rob. That if we don’t change what we’re thinking and feeling on the inside, the outside shows up like yesterday.
I love the book ‘smileness’. It sounds like it would make me smile.
Letting go of a limiting point of view is hard to do when you are emotionally involved in it. Sometimes the truth is hard to swallow.
When you are emotionally involved, musictomyears, it is time to float up above yourself and take an objective look at what you are up to.
Wow have I ever been feeling down. I haven’t had a refreshing idea in the past week. I’ve got internal work to do.
I love my church preacher. He offers refreshinjg ways to see things that help me break through my old negative thought habits. It works!
I have learned that learning new knowledge and applying new knowledge are two very different things. One just accumulates information, the other puts it to good use.
It’s aspiring to let go of limits. I love the zen of that. Easier said than done.