Worried about finances, being anxious about job security, worrying about relationships, afraid for personal security, obsessed by feelings of inadequacy – such are the distractions that occupy the normal mind. Unfortunately, psychology proves time and time again that the normal mind is actually obsessed by negative thought. This negativity is entrenched in the subconscious – that part of your mind that was inculcated with this way of thinking during our childhood years – and it is now nurtured by the ubiquity of bad news, negative coverage and the horror stories on which the media thrives. We are surrounded – from outside and inside – by negativity.
For many, that negativity results in anxiety – we become anxious about everything that we don’t want to befall us. And this anxiety often leads to fear – again, fearful of the things that we don’t want to happen. And, for some, that anxiety can lead to outright panic – and that panic often overtakes us when we least expect it.
Firstly, you must to realize is that, if you’re feeling anxious, fearful or panicked, it has nothing to do with the real you – it is the product of your over-active personality. Your personality – who you think you are – is a fiction comprised of all the psychological pictures that you ‘snapped’ during your formative years. You ’snapped’ events that made an impression on you at that time but, now, your subconscious mind is using those snapshots to create what you perceive as your reality. And, because your subconscious automatically pours your energy into these negative emotions, you generally end up proving yourself right – you were right to worry, right to be anxious, right to be fearful – your life ends up being a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Psychology tells us that we are only able to perceive and experience what we our personality expects to perceive and experience. So, if we change our expectations, our experience of life will change. This, however, is easier said than done because, as I’ve already noted, not only is your subconscious mind occupied by the long-term squatters of negative thought, you are surrounded by so-called normal people who are similarly minded. It is difficult to envisage life being so different.
So, you need to start re-building your innate ability to ignore destructive, self-sabotaging and negative thought by redirecting your attention to what is real. Reality is only to be found in this present moment. To be blunt, this breath could be your last – you had better get busy experiencing, living and capitalizing upon the wonder of the here and now. The now is a place where fear, anxiety and panic are simply not. It is a place where real action is taken – action that can move your life in the right direction. It is a place where you meet life’s challenges head on – without fear or anxiety.
However, try explaining this to someone who is in the depths of despair. Try telling this to someone who has given up on succeeding. Try telling someone who is overcome with panic that it isn’t real. You’ve got to develop your ability to experience, appreciate and live in the present moment when it doesn’t matter so that you can be fully focused, fully alert, fully armed, when it does matter. So, right now, take ten minutes to simply sit down and pay attention to what your five senses are telling you – not what your imaginary personality thinks that they are telling you. Root out that imposter – out of your life – and see where life will take you.

