6d • General discussion
Can you change an outcome just by editing your thoughts?
Try this to find out 👇
Imagine a 2m plank of wood on the ground. Now imagine walking across it.
Notice how you feel when you imagine this.
Now take that same plank and place it between 2 skyscrapers.
Imagine walking across it.
When noticing how you feel, does anything change?
When the plank is on the ground most people feel:
- fine
- neutral
- capable
- relaxed
The Simulation running through the mind: Easy. Safe. No problem.
State: Calm
Behaviour: Walk across.
However by placing the same plank much higher up the simulation your mind creates:
- height
- danger
- falling
- fear
- risk
- consequences
State changes to:
- fear
- tension
- anxiety
- hesitation
Behaviour changes:
- freeze
- avoid
- move carefully
- panic
What this proves is that the body is not only reacting to the plank, it is reacting to the simulation around the plank.
Now imagine the plank is still between the skyscrapers but someone important is on the other side and the building is burning.
Again, the plank is still the same plank.
But the simulation changes again.
Now it includes:
- urgency
- love
- meaning
- purpose
- courage
- protection
- importance
The fear may still be there, but the meaning changes.
State may shift from fear and avoidance to, fear plus courage, urgency and action.
Just by changing the simulation in the mind it has changed the behaviour which leads to a change in outcome. Before the important person was on the other side of the plank and needed saving the risk was too high but by changing what crossing that plank meant it allowed a different state.
What can you change in your mind that allows the meaning, behaviour and outcome to change for the positive?
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