I can't Let it Go

A little over a week ago we went and saw the movie Frozen. It's based on a story by Hans Christian Anderson. And by based on I mean if you have read the book there's a couple of characters that you might recognize in the movie. It's actually so different as to be ridiculous. The book is much more of an acid trip and the movie actually, kinda, makes sense, as long as you believe in both magick and the power of true love.

The point here is that even though the movie experience was over a week ago, the song Let it Go, is still rolling around in my head. I can't seem to get rid of it. But I don't really mind since the singer has a strong, powerful, beautiful voice and the song is very empowering.

We don't really get to directly pick what our subconscious mind focuses on. However, if Let it Go had a negative message or was filled with violent imagery then I would put in some serious effort to remove it from my mind.

Why? One because I like to think about happy positive things and two because what you focus on you tend to bring about in your life. You might say it's just a song, how much damage can it do? Well, it has been proven through multiple scientific studies that your mind can not tell the difference between an action you have taken and something that you have vividly imagined. And what is a song but something that you vividly imagine??

Or how about TV? Do you realize just how much violence, sadness and overall negativity are on television today? Most people relate somewhat to the TV that they watch. We tend to put ourselves into the shoes of at least one of the characters on whatever show it is. And then we react subconsciously as if the events were happening to us. Consciously we know it's not real, but we put ourselves through the experience anyways.

We program ourselves for the types of things that we want in our lives. The average person comes home and immediately either turns on some music or the television just to have something going on in the background while they go about their evening routine. Our conscious mind pays no attention to what is going on in the background, but our subconscious does. And since our subconscious mind makes all the choices for things like our self esteem and our outlook on the world shouldn't we want to fill it up with positive things rather than negative?

We can't pick what our subconscious mind focuses on but we can give it more good targets than bad. What kinds of things are there to watch out for? Violent imagery on TV, country music or gangster rap and believe it or not the news. It hardly ever has anything good to say. It's all about who is getting shot up or who is stealing from who, generally painting a bleak picture of life in this world.

Anything that focuses on the horrors of war, poverty, sickness, crime, greed, pain or loss should be things that we avoid feeding our subconscious mind in general, but especially just before bed or right after we wake up, as this is when our minds are most impressionable.

I am not saying don't listen to music or watch TV. But listen to and watch things that are uplifting and inspiring. There is nothing wrong with adversity. It is required for growth. However make what you focus on triumph over adversity rather than failure. That way you program your mind for success.