Just sharing (reiterating, to be more precise!) a fascinating insight from the Psycho-Cybernetics classic by Dr Maxwell Maltz:
BUILD YOURSELF A QUIET ROOM IN YOUR MIND
"One of the most beneficial prescriptions that I have ever given
patients is the advice to learn to return to this quiet tranquil center.
patients is the advice to learn to return to this quiet tranquil center.
And one of the best ways that I have found for entering this quiet center is to build (it) for yourself, in (your) imagination, a little mental room.
Furnish this room with whatever is most restful and refreshing to you:
- perhaps beautiful landscapes, if you like paintings;
- a volume of your favorite verse, if you like poetry.
- The colors of the walls are your own favorite "pleasant" colors, but should be chosen from the restful hues of blue, light green, yellow, gold.
- The room is plainly and simply furnished; there are no distracting elements. It is very neat and everything is in order.
- Simplicity, quietness, beauty are the keynotes.
- It contains your favorite easy chair.
- From one small window you can look out and see a beautiful beach. The waves roll in on the beach and retreat, but you cannot hear them, for your room is very, very quiet.
Take as much care in building this room in your imagination as you would in building an actual room.
Be thoroughly familiar with every detail.
Do not permit the thought that this is childish stop you in your tracks.
The power of this technique lies in its careful and thorough construction, its vivid detail, its "realness" as a place of retreat
rather than just a vague idea."
rather than just a vague idea."
Just remember, what Napoleon Hill had said so vehemently:
"The subconscious mind makes no distinction between constructive and destructive thought impulses. It works with the material we feed it, through our thought impulses.
The subconscious mind will translate into reality a thought driven by fear, just as readily as it will translate into reality a thought driven by courage or faith."
By the way, Dr Maltz completely shared his sentiment.
Bravissimo!
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