It's All Just a Little Bit of History Repeating...

photo: Pixabay

Well come on, you know me well enough by now to know that I can't resist a musical reference and this song keeps repeating (sorry) in my head. Not in a 'ground hog day' "Why don't we ever learn?" kind of way but in a "This could be great news." kind of way. Let me try to explain.

Now, I'm not about to get into recounting world events. No sir, thank you very much. Living them once is enough and right now, it may seem (thank you mainstream and social media) that the same negative patterns just keep repeating themselves. In a sense that's true. Throughout history, we can see patterns and repetitions, just as we do in nature; think seasons, tides and growth. Unlike nature, which uses these patterns to positive effect —reproduction, survival, and evolution— humans tend towards the negative; because we apparently have 'superior' brains... go figure). We focus on patterns and repetitions that perpetuate and substantiate our negative thought patterns. How often have you caught yourself or someone else saying "That was bound to happen.", "I saw that coming." "Expect the worst, hope for the best." "If it's going to happen, it'll happen to me." Side Note: If you find yourself making that final statement, congratulations, you're right! Whether you intend it as a positive statement or a negative one, you're right. Read on and you'll find out why. Here's the thing about the brain and the labyrinth of neural pathways that make up the internal territory. The construction workers that build those pathways are our thoughts and behaviours. Let's break it down. I like to call this process 'plasticine platitudes'. Oh come on, it's not perfect but it's catchy, right? I used to love plasticine when I was a child, didn't you? If I close my eyes, I can still smell it, but I digress. I loved it because I could bend, stretch and shape it any which way I chose. This is how our thoughts and neural pathways work. Studies show that literally as we think thoughts, the neural pathways respond by moving and shaping. The neurons that make up those pathways (think of them as little construction workers) are the little suckers that carry the messages around to the rest of your body, literally creating your reality; everything you experience, feel, how your organs function, how you react and respond to external situations, add infinitum. Amazing eh? Well yes, it can be absolutely incredible.

You, your thoughts, are in control.

Here's the caveat though. These amazing little neurons have no reasoning ability. They operate literally, in black and white. They cannot recognise timelines, but's, maybe's or vague dreams. They don't differentiate between negative and positive. They're simple little souls and they will just literally do anything we instruct them to. So, we have to be careful what we tell them and how we instruct them. I'll get into that more with some examples in the next blog. For now, I wanted to share what I've learned about why our negative experiences may keep repeating themselves giving us the illusion of a self fulfilling prophecy. Do you see? We literally keep treading the same path over and over again because we keep thinking the same thoughts over and over again, talking to ourselves in the same way over and over again and even saying the same things out loud over and over again.

You get it by now I'm sure. The way to change the paths we keep treading? Yep, change the way we think. Be the construction manager. Give clear, precise, intentional and positive instructions to those construction workers in your mind and off they will go with their virtual spades and picks, re-route those pathways and create some new ones for you.

Our words hold such power, whether they're spoken, written or otherwise expressed. Our internal language, our thoughts, may just be the most powerful of all.

Tread carefully. Don't let history keep repeating itself. It's up to you.

Big love,

Michele

Get the book: Your Path to Freedom

Private Facebook Group: Words & Woowoo

Website: MicheleHenshaw.com