Your beliefs create your perception of reality. However, here is a very important point that many positive thinking films like "The Secret" left out. Your conscious mind only controls about 5% of your perceptions of life. Your subconscious mind, which is much more powerful, controls 95% of your perceptions of life. Therefore, no matter how much your conscious mind is thinking positive thoughts, if your subconscious mind does not have those same thoughts, it will sabotage your efforts to change your life. It is true, change your thoughts you change your life, however, if you don't reprogram the subconscious mind, it will be much more difficult to get the results you desire. This past July, I had Dr. Bruce Lipton as a guest on Awake 2 Oneness Radio. He is the author of a informative book entitled "The Biology of Belief". Dr. Bruce is a leading-edge scientist demonstrating the new science of Epigenetics, which is revolutionizing our understanding of the link between the mind and body. Listening to a lecture given by Dr. Bruce, he tells us about Energy Psychology and a new modality of reprogramming the subconscious mind with PSYCH-K. PSYCH-K is a set of simple techniques to change the subconscious beliefs that might be limiting your progress in living your life to its full potential. Here is a simple 4 minute technique you can try: (4 minutes video)
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