The Self Image Maker NLP Technique

The Self Image Maker NLP Technique

          I would like to remind you that using NLP techniques you are programming your brain through your mind both conscious and unconscious. Remember that your unconscious mind is a storehouse of all your resources, beliefs, values and experiences both positive and negative. One of the interesting presumptions about the unconscious mind is that it can’t manipulate the realities and can’t differentiate true or false! All such processing is the duty of your conscious mind.

          I will explain it with an example. Lightning and thunder is common in many part of the world. Every heavy thunder increases our heart beat. Why? Our unconscious believes that thunder is dangerous and to be scared. Now the interesting thing is that not only the thunder but all severe sounds pump up your heart beats. Because unconscious don’t know whether it is thunder or bomb! Even the sound of a train crossing in the opposite direction of the train you are travelling increases your heartbeat! Considering your frequent conscious reactions and thinking process about sounds, your unconscious concluded that every heavy sound is dangerous. Unconscious can’t discriminate whether it is a train, thunder, bomb or earth quake. All reflex actions are innocent reactions of unconscious without discriminations. If unconscious start thinking before taking action you can’t act upon life threats like fire, flood, accidents etc!

          Unconscious mind innocently react towards life experience without prejudices. That’s why little children believe what we tell them! Their consciousness has not developed much. Unconscious is like an innocent child. May be that’s why we refer unconscious as a donkey. ‘Self Image Maker’ is an NLP technique developed using the innocent reaction of unconscious towards the life experiences.

          Once again think about the statement we have discussed in our preliminary sessions “you are what you think”. It means the ‘process of thinking’ influence your life to a great extent and you think based on your beliefs, values and experiences. Thus your beliefs influence your self-image! If you can’t consider you as a gentleman how can you behave like a gentlemen. If you don’t believe that you have the right to be respected and that people respect you, you can’t behave like a gentleman.

          Now tell me the reason why a scoundrel does evil things.  First of all he believes that he is a scoundrel! Secondly he does not expect love or respect. It is not much difficult to identify a true beggar and a false beggar. A true beggar believes that he is a beggar and has the right to beg from the public. And he should also believe that in order to get the sympathy of the public he should begs politely. Whereas a false beggar curse you and behave unpleasantly if you reject any help.

          In ‘self image maker’ you are showing the unconscious mind a conscious positive mental image and telling the unconscious that replace the old image with the new! Forget the old person and accept the new. Now let us have a look into the steps to be followed.

1.     Hold both of your hands about one foot in front of you keeping both palms facing you. Imagine ‘old you’, the way you are today, in a typical scene in your mind. Put this ‘undesirable’ picture in a frame like a portrait and centre it in the palm of your left (less dominant) hand. Make sure it shows all your weakness and negative both physical and mental. It should be the ‘unwanted old you’.

2.     Now imagine the ‘new you’, the person you want to be, in a typical scene in your mind. Put this picture as well in a frame and place it in the palm of your right (most dominant) hand. Make sure it shows all of the new attributes (attitudes, behaviour and habits) you desire.

3.     Focus on the ‘old you’ for a moment. See the picture in black and white and dim (remember you don’t want it). Imagine the scene as being dull and undesirable and slowly shrinking in size.

4.     Switch your focus on the ‘new you’. See the picture bright and colourful with music and animation. Imagine this scene as being totally delightful and desirable and being to expand in size.

5.     Now ‘Swish’ the two images as follows.

As you are focusing on your left hand (the old you), quickly bring your right hand (the new you) and place it on the left facing you, saying ‘Swish’’’’’’’’ in a loud, firm and confident voice. You literally erase the old undesirable image with the one you really want.

6.     Repeat the exercise faster and faster, each time saying ‘Swish’’’’’’ with the affirmation that assuming that ‘I am changing’. Continue it until the old picture flash only a fraction of second and the new picture flash in and sustain with all the positive feelings. Later you can see only the ‘new you’.

This is a wonderful exercise to create self image as well as to help the children to create their positive images and stamp their goals in their mental screen. Practice it and see the change. Best wishes.