habit Archives - Karen Nourizadeh

Think you Know the Western Mind?
Test your knowledge, in this short quiz.

Which has a stronger electromagnetic field, your heart or brain?
How many thoughts, in a range, does the average person have per day?
How many breaths does the average person take per day?
Where are your patterns, habits and values stored? In the subconscious or conscious mind?
In order to change a pattern or habit, does the change take place in the subconscious or conscious mind?
Out of all the thoughts one has in a day, what percentage are conscious?
Thoughts can influence the shape and form of matter- True or False?
Genes are fully ‘hard-wired’, and there is no way to change them- True or False?
What percentage of the genes in human beings is identical to apes?
How many billions of bits of information does your brain process per second?

Answers: 1.) Heart; 2.) Between 30,000-70,000; 3.) Approximately 21,600; 4.) Subconscious; 5.) Subconscious; 6.) 5-10 percent; 7.) True; 8.) False; 9.) Ninety-nine percent; 10.) 400 billion bits.

How did you do? Please share!

We all have some lurking habit that annoys even ourselves, and even though you know why you have your habit, you still cannot break away from the trigger source and not sure why.

I’ll shed some light here as I’ve grappled with this myself. When habits are created, so are neural pathways in the brain. What ‘wires together, fires together’, with its opposite true as well. So in order for you to start ‘wiring’ what is unwired and disconnect what has been firing, several things are important to sculpt new neural pathways into your brain. Here are some tips how:

Set a minimum of 30 days to work on said habit/belief at least twice a day. To wire up new neural pathways and break old ones at least 30 days, or approximately 70 times, of repetitive concentrated effort is necessary.
Keep yourself focused on only one or two habits or behaviors that you’d like to eradicate. Write it/them down on a piece of paper, then write down the opposite of each habit or behavior you’d like to create a new neural pathway for.
Attain a Relaxed State of Being, in which you feel your mind is not active, but in a state to receive. If your mind is active, it will repel any new suggestions to receive your new habit or behavior. Think of yourself as a battery with a (+) Active Side and a (-) Receptive Side. In order to disable what is active, your brain needs to be receptive to new suggestions and feelings.
When in a relaxed state, bring to your mind’s eye, the old habit that you’d like to break and feel the energy of that habit in your body. Let that energy penetrate into your body. After some time (approximately 30 seconds), visualize the new habit or belief you’d like to replace the old one with. Observe and feel, with emotion, how you and your life would be if that new habit or belief were a part of your existence. Continue feeling that energy for about 60 seconds. Move to the 2^nd habit/belief you’d like to work on and repeat step #4.

It may take some time to create a new neural pathway, but it can be done. It is in the quantum field of possibilities. Set the intention with true emotion. It’s the brain and heart working together to make the possibilities appear boundless, and they are.

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