Sunday, July 11, 2010

Mental Calisthenics

There are two typical ways people view memories and time. One way is to view time out in front of you as a line from left to right where now is a spot apart from you and in front of you in the line. Another way is to view time stretching out forward and back from where you are standing where the future is in front and the past is behind you. Take a moment to think about how your brain typically stores memories and thinks about time.

This is a little mental exercise. Sort of a meditation. Try it out.

Take an image of a memory you’ve had. It could be a good memory or a bad memory, or whatever. Where is it stored in you head? Is it off to the left? Is it behind you? Where is it?

That image of the that memory in your head, is it spinning? What direction is it spinning? If it’s hard to tell, spin the image to the left and to the right, which direction does it turn the easiest? If it was a good memory, keep it spinning in the direction it’s going, maybe even speed it up a bit. If it was a bad memory, spin it in the opposite direction that it was spinning before.

If you’re a person that typically thinks of time as forward and back, put the memory back where it was before. If you’re a person that thinks of memories out in front of you left to right, then put this memory back behind you.

Do this exercise a few times. Practice this form of mental image manipulation. Get good at it. See how you feel in a few days.

Further Reading…

Get the Life You Want: The Secrets to Quick and Lasting Life Change with Neuro-Linguistic Programming

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