Brainwashing!

It’s a buzzword that immediately brings visions of Svengali like cult leaders to mind. Diabolical manipulators who prey on innocent victims… Controlling their minds, turning them into obedient puppets. Brainwashing as a form of control is a terrible use of what could be a useful tool for your personal growth.

Self-administered brainwashing on a regular basis is actually quite healthy!

Think of it as a conscious effort to remove those thought patterns, assumptions and expectations which you recognize and realize are creating barriers to your full enjoyment of life. Sometimes you have to engage in self-administered brainwashing techniques in order to eliminate the limiting effects of no longer valid mental constructs.

You’ve literally got to wash away the residue of attitudes, opinions and beliefs which no longer support your current world-view. This requires some self-administered brainwashing: The literal replacement of non-working mental constructs and the reinforcement of new attitudes, opinions and beliefs which support your current world-view.

When should you engage in self-administered brainwashing?

When you discover a pattern in yourself: The inability to manifest what you think you want out of life. If you find you are unable to reach the goals you set for yourself or routinely avoid taking action which would move you closer to what you desire, you have residual mental constructs which are acting to sabotage your dreams.

You’ve got to clean out the pipes which represent your mental plumbing!

I’ll give you three things you can do to begin the washing process in my next blog posting…

-Bob Baran