The 18 Most Powerful Things You Can Say to Yourself — Wise Self-Talk and the Secret of Energy

Posted by 2wakeupnow on April 20, 2010 · Leave a Comment

BY TOM RUSSELL (Featuring content from the book SuperWisdom)
Purpose: Learn to recognize negativity (from any source) as a rope you don’t have to grab.

There was once a man who walked a winding path leading to the top of a high mountain. The man could see the mountaintop far away on the horizon. The path went through several villages, and at each one a curious thing happened. Several citizens gathered and threw ropes at him. In the beginning he took hold of the ropes, trying to be friendly; however, as soon as he did they attempted to pull him off his path.

The traveler soon learned to refuse the ropes. He saw through the tricks of the villagers. They wanted nothing to do with the path he was on. Furthermore, they wanted him to stop his journey and settle down with them.

From then on the ropes would flop right on the ground in front of him. Occasionally he observed himself reach down, about to pick up the rope, but he stopped himself just in time. He refused to pick it up! He learned to bear the wrath of those who threw them. They most certainly didn’t like it that he was independent.

The traveler made it all the way to the top of the majestic mountain. The vast view and pure air created the perfect home for eagles and other rare birds, who flew joyfully around its summit. Here he found everything his heart longed for. And it all was his to enjoy because he refused to catch the ropes!

The Power of Self-Talk

Spiritual self-talk develops your power of choice. It helps you expand the brief moment of decision between stimulus and response.

And here is where the following 18 super-thoughts come into practice. They activate your power of choice! They keep you aware in those brief seconds of time just before you reach for the rope. They hold enormous power when applied.

The 18 most powerful things you can say to yourself:

1.All too often we slip into silent mental arguments with people. These mental movies create a huge energy drain. When you see yourself starting to drift into a mental argument with someone say to yourself, “There are higher things to think about.”

2.The book SuperWisdom often refers to the enormous power of instant recovery. You don’t have to be caught by the past, either recent or distant. Now is new! You need not obey five seconds ago, five minutes ago or five years ago. Say to yourself often, “I am new now!”

3.With the following declaration you catch depression, anxiety or any negative emotion when it first appears. It resembles a snowball rolling down a hill. Being small, at the top of the hill the snowball can easily be stopped. Likewise, negativity is very weak when it first starts to form. At the first sign of negativity from others, or your own thoughts, say “I need not let you enter my life and take over my mind.”

4. So much mental anguish gets generated when we defend ourselves over a mistake. If you are going to be a concert pianist or an airline pilot or a professional sales person, you most certainly will make mistakes. It is part of the learning process. What causes so much timidity in the spiritual search? People afraid to make mistakes never grow. Free yourself! Give yourself permission to make mistakes. And when you see you’ve made one be quick to say, “I am wrong.”

5. Just before a breakthrough to a new and higher level, the inner world becomes shaky and confused. A part of you wants to go back and settle down again in the seeming stability of past days. But you can’t go back. New and greater revelations lie just ahead for you. When you experience this healthy unravelling don’t try to hold things together. Say to yourself, “I wonder what will happen if I go a little further?”

6.Fear was once beautifully defined as an acronym for “False Evidence Appearing Real.” Anytime you feel fear approaching, follow this course and you cannot fail – DO IT ANYWAY! Say to yourself, “I’m going to call the bluff and see what happens.”

7.We really have only one problem — we don’t remember our spiritual lessons! If we remember to apply what we already know, cheerful new wisdom follows. It can be very difficult to remember in this spinning, nutty world, but with the following you’ll see yourself remembering much more often. When you remember your lessons right in the middle of the challenge you take a giant step upwards. Say to yourself, “What do I need to remember?”

8.You can use the following statement whenever you see a rope tossed at you in an attempt to make you negative. You can use it with people, the media, your own thoughts, everything! With this statement you live in freedom! Nothing can touch you. Why? Because you do not react! You do not grab hold. You simply say to yourself, “I have nothing to say to that.”

9.We need a super powerful technique to overcome the spin of the inner world. Like a hamster in a cage, the mind wants to spin around and around. This is a giant waste of energy. But how do we stop it? Often, throughout the day, you can use the following statement to remind yourself of the present moment. Notice the contrast between the spin state and the awareness state. Which feels better? Say to yourself often, “I am here.”

10.The few people pursuing genuine self-transformation contemplate a truth that upsets many. Most people fear to see where the pain really resides, preferring to deny responsibility. Like a giant bulldozer, this truth pushes out of the way the old obstacles of fear and anguish. Say to yourself, “The pain is in me, not out there.”

11.The further we go on the spiritual journey the more a definite attitude begins to form — We see that challenging and demanding experiences provide nourishing food for our development. In the beginning we thought it was all about peace and comfort. But we come to see that we really don’t grow in comfort. We grow when things get rough. We learn the most by stretching our inner resources. This request exemplifies a true prayer heard in lofty spheres. Say to yourself, “More please of whatever I need.”

12.Sensitive gauges tell operators when their equipment reaches high pressure zones. Likewise, we too have super sensitive instruments inside of us. Like our ears and our eyes, they are organs already present. But they yearn for development. Their efficient operation releases abundant new energies. How do you bring them back to life? Ask yourself, “Am I in a negative state right now?”

13.If you could find a way to meet every challenge, a way that would guarantee spiritual success because it guarantees an inner victory, what would you do? There is such a method based on the supreme law of life, The Law of Growth. Human beings either regenerate or they degenerate. Nothing remains the same. When faced with any new challenge, any difficult person, any problem at all say to yourself, “Time to take the next step up.”

14.When you refuse to pick up the ropes, what happens? Well, the unaware person throwing them gets mad. “What gives you the right to refuse my demands?” they say by their brazen manner. Your freedom makes them very insecure. They get angry, try to make you feel guilty, threaten you, and when that doesn’t work they’ll flip flop into the nicest, sweetest person you’ve ever seen. When that doesn’t work they will go back to anger again. Claim your freedom! You have a right to your own life. Let them get mad if they must. Say silently to yourself, “If you know what is best for me, why are you so miserable?”

15.The book SuperWisdom says, and it is a quote from author Vernon Howard, “Always leave a nut with his own nuttiness.” You don’t have to pick up nuttiness and reproduce it. What a relief when false sentimentality falls away! Sad but true, most people choose to dwell in the swamp and defend their right to stay there. But these swampy zones are lonely places, and the dwellers want company. Say to yourself, “That is your fear (or worry, problem, regret, etc) not mine.”

16. Many tools in this article apply to other people; however, ultimately the problem is never the actions of others, but the fact that we grab the rope they toss and yell, “Go!” But since difficult people constitute this world’s most plentiful resource, effective tools to deal with them are quite necessary and valuable. Here’s another one. Say to yourself, “No, I am not going to behave back to you the way you behaved to me.”

17.When doubts swirl around you, when hostility seeks to enter and maul your good feelings, when vendictive people throw their darts, when your own thoughts accuse you and tell you their favorite lie — “you’ll never make it,” when all this happens you can win every time by quietly and firmly telling the negativity, “You’ve got the wrong (man — woman).”

18.False advice abounds about “self-esteem” and trying to see yourself withflattering, imaginary virtues. Pretense obscures self-observation. You don’t have to pretend. You can know! The book SuperWisdom instructs to simply see yourself as a learner. This viewpoint of yourself is true and places enormous spiritual resources on your side. Say to yourself, “I want to understand what it’s all about — I want to learn!”

Conclusion: Seeing negativity (from any source, including your own internal thoughts) as a rope that you do not have to grab, brings everything into focus. We begin to understand that we really do have the power of choice. We also begin to see how we’ve been careless with this power because we feared to displease negative people and our own negative thoughts. Yes, there may well be a protest, both from others and from our habitual nature. But so what! The lofty and delightful feelings you experience reinforce the fact that you’re on the right path at last.

And the affect on your daily life will be enormous. Since we must often deal with a hundred or more negative ropes a day, applying Wise Self Talk will place you in a commanding zone. Your Power of Choice will be reclaimed and placed at the center of your self-development efforts. From it will flow a thousand lively streams. You’ll know you’ve found the Master Key at last. And you’ll be delighted at how practical it all is.

About the author: Tom Russell studied personally with author Vernon Howard for many years and conducts stress management seminars throughout the Southwest. His SuperWisdom website assists people in applying spiritual principles, for it is only in the application that understanding emerges. The website features the “Time Out for Truth” podcast and a free monthly newsletter.

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