March 8, 2007Nega-Bugs, Nega-Bites and Justi-Flies, More “Secret Influence”
My husband Bob loves to create systems for everything, including for changing how he thinks. This week he has named his negative thoughts “Nega-Bugs” which he needs to watch out for so he doesn’t get any “Nega-Bites.” It’s tough, though, because most “Nega-Bugs” are no-see-ums. He is becoming more aware of the “Justi-Flies” that tend to swarm when things get tense. I’d love any contributions you can offer to this system.
In other news, my friend Ruth watched the movie The Secret last week and decided with a friend that they would put the principles into action and visualize something they wanted. I asked if she was going to visualize getting along with her mother, and she said she couldn’t begin to picture that.
In Chapter 7 of How to Use PowerPhrases, I talk about how PowerPhrases are targeted, meaning you set a goal for the conversation and choose your words accordingly. If you can’t picture a successful outcome, you can’t pick word to make it happen.
It’s important to see things as they are and then to picture them as you want them to be. If you can’t picture a perfect outcome, at least picture an improved one. Change comes in steps. See the Jim Cathcart quote in the right column of this newsletter.
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Love the “nega-bugs,” that are “no-see-ums.” In my experience, as a writer and a teacher, I believe strongly that “words” pervade and affect our body chemistry and flood our brain with images. The images then become our “reality.” When working with difficult folks or settings, I love the phrase I learned a long time ago: “In what ways can WE (fix, solve, approach the problem.) That “WE” puts us in the same camp, if not exactly cozied up to each other.
In some cultures, explicit language for “don’t,” “can’t,” or “won’t” do not exist. Smart, huh. As a kindergarten teacher, I quickly learned that “don’t do that,” as in “don’t walk on the grass,” flew over the kids’ heads. The message didn’t stick, or it was defied. However, “Do walk on the sidewalk,” worked. The kids heard the action of “walk” connected to the sidewalk.
Cheers,
Pat Harrington, Author
Seeking Her Bliss Along with
Her Sleuth Bridget O’Hern
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Comment by Patricia Harrington — March 8, 2007 @ 2:31 pm
Nega-bugs in my head require heavy duty screening devices so I can trap them before they run rampant and affect my entire being. Nega-bugs, however have been known to poke holes in my screening device and infect the whole system if I am not careful. My main technique for trapping the nega-bugs is to notice how I’m feeling. If it’s a feeling I don’t want to have I can usually trace it back to a thought (nega-bug) that slipped past the screening device. With that I can generally shift it by choosing thoughts that will shift that energy. It often takes some doing, but using powerphrases as positive self talk has been profoundly useful. Another of my techniques is to call someone I know who tends to keep their vibration high on a pretty consistent basis, then without telling them that is why I am calling, I can usually quickly entrain with their higher energy frequency and voila, the nega-bugs miraculously disappear because they cannot survive in the presence of all that Light.
Comment by Barbara — March 12, 2007 @ 4:50 pm