{"id":118,"date":"2011-05-18T09:31:57","date_gmt":"2011-05-17T21:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wisdomhealthprosperity.com\/selfimprovementmastery\/?p=118"},"modified":"2011-05-18T09:31:57","modified_gmt":"2011-05-17T21:31:57","slug":"do-you-feel-that-stress-is-a-barrier-to-your-self-improvement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wisdomhealthprosperity.com\/selfimprovementmastery\/do-you-feel-that-stress-is-a-barrier-to-your-self-improvement\/","title":{"rendered":"Do You Feel That Stress Is A Barrier To Your Self Improvement?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- Easy AdSense V2.99 -->\n<!-- Post[count: 1] -->\n<div class=\"ezAdsense adsense adsense-leadin\" style=\"float:right;margin:12px;\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-8279754544979895\";\r\n\/* self improve3 *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"2464079329\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 250;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script><\/div>\n<!-- Easy AdSense V2.99 -->\n\n<p>We all want more out of your life.  There are those who want to transform their lives totally \u2013 some of us have misgivings about ourselves that we\u2019d like to change.  However, unfortunately, for most of us, life keeps getting in the way!   The stress of everyday life \u2013 yes, tens of millions of ordinary mere mortals are weighed down by <a href='http:\/\/www.gurdy.net\/No-More-Stress.html' target='_blank'>stress<\/a> and health services worldwide are wasting a lot of money trying to cope with the knock-on illness \u2013 stops us dead \u2013 almost literally!<\/p>\n<p>However, here\u2019s something that you need to know.  If you feel that you\u2019re suffering from stress, you\u2019re way off the mark!   <a href='http:\/\/www.gurdy.net\/No-More-Stress.html' target='_blank'>Stress<\/a> does not get in your way \u2013 you\u2019re actually destroying your own life yourself.  You are the problem \u2013 but, happy days,  that means that you can also be the solution.  How are you the problem?   Well, in actual fact, there\u2019s no such thing as stress.  OK, it appears to be real, the side effects are thee for all to see, the related health issues, messed-up relationships and sleepless nights are all real enough.  But they are all just symptoms of an illusionary disease.   Because, <a href='http:\/\/www.gurdy.net\/No-More-Stress.html' target='_blank'>stress<\/a> is a figment of your imagination, a construct of the normal adult mind that is paying no attention to reality and, instead, is trying to make sense of what\u2019s happening \u2013 and it\u2019s using completely out of date data.<\/p>\n<p>A little explanation will go a long way!    Let\u2019s say that something happens that annoys you or stresses you out.    Now, it\u2019s not the something that happens that\u2019s the problem.  It\u2019s what you think about it, how your subconscious make you think that you feel and, as a result, how you react.   You make up your mind on all these things using  \u2018knowledge\u2019 that you learned during your formative years.  This is the data that your subconscious mind uses to evaluate everything that happens and everyone you meet \u2013 including the difficult people that you believe are stressing you out.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, your subconscious will always \u2013 I repeat, always \u2013 consult this out-dated data &#8211; and it does it automatically.   This self-defeating mechanism is your default state of mind.  And, as I\u2019ve said, it always will be until you do something concrete to change it.    And that something different involves you re-training your mind to give its undivided attention to what is really going on \u2013 not what your subconscious has concluded is going on!   You must realize that your normal conclusions about what\u2019s happening now can never \u2013 I repeat, never ever \u2013 be right.  It\u2019s using the wrong data!<\/p>\n<p>So what do you have to do?  I\u2019ve suggested that you must re-train yourself.  I use the word re-train because, when we were young and impressionable, we didn\u2019t pay attention to what we thought was going on, we paid attention to reality.   And you\u2019ve got to get back to that way of looking at the world.  To put an end to the process through which your out-dated data is taken as the basis for making your mind up, you\u2019ve got to learn to focus on what your five senses are telling you \u2013 and not allow your conditioning leap to different conclusions.<\/p>\n<p>You can achieve these through meditation \u2013 because meditation disciplines your normal undisciplined mind.  When you meditate you re-learn to pay attention to the reality of the moment, what you\u2019re hearing, what your breathing feels like, what you can feel in your arms and legs.  You interrupt the process you\u2019ve been using the second guess what\u2019s really going on.   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