Quick & effective steps to easily change your feelings (part 2)

From time to time we experience certain feelings that limitnour ability to respond with choice. Quite often we try andnchange our feelings by using reason. Relying on consciousnreasoning alone though is severely limited and often doesn'tnget us the outcome we wanted.

So what can we do then to change our feelings more easilynand effectively?

Tap into our vast unconscious resources.

The unconscious parts of our mind are like a huge icebergnand the part of our mind we refer to as conscious is notneven the tip of the iceberg, it is much, much smaller!

To dip into the 'other than conscious' ocean of resources isnreally quite straight forward.

If I were to ask you what the surface of planet Neptolzennlooked like how would you imagine it?

I bet you got some kind of representation in your minds eye,nright, so where did that come from?

It bubbled up from your unconscious resources. This onensimple mechanism is very useful when utilised in anbeneficial way.

Now give the following method a run through to help younunderstand how the process functions:

"The Picture re-Frame"

1. Think of a situation where you want to change yournfeelings. You want to have more choice in how to respond.

2. Now picture that situation. What do you see?

3. If you haven't already, step outside of the picture andnpush the picture off over there so that you can see yourselfnin it.

4. Now look at that image and become aware of any newninsights and understandings from this new perspective.

5. What would happen if you were to imagine placing a woodennframe around that picture?

6. Allow your unconscious or your imagination or yourncreative part or your 'other than conscious resources' tontry out other frames.

What about a plastic frame. Try changing the colour of thenframes. Put the picture in an oval frame.

What would a comedic frame look like? A Sexy frame? A framenof excellence? Or a learning frame?

And what would happen if you were to place a light on top ofnthe picture frame. Would it literally 'shed new light onnthings'?

7. One more little experiment: Imagine, whilst looking atnthe picture, feeling the texture of the frame. What does thenframe feel like? Now soften the frame. Try a Balsa woodnframe. Or how about a silly putty frame!

Finally, just out of curiosity, what would happen if younmade the picture translucent? You know, so you can seenthrough it.

The simple imagination experiment above can be done quitenquickly by keeping it simple and straight forward, so whynnot play around with this little mind experiment becausenyour unconscious has already started giving you even morencompelling reasons to do so now has it not?