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smallstar · 12-09-2006, 08:13 PM

Cheers!

When listening to Steve's podcast about subjective reality and the law of attraction, the section about your past only existing inside your memories, I had a flash-like new idea. Actually, I had read about similar things before, but only now did everything come clear at once.

I have many bad childhood memories, even as my childhood was objectively at least average. Traditional psychoterapy and EFT say that I should concentrate on my traumas and understand them. The law of attraction says the exact opposite: by concentrating on your traumas you will get more traumatic situations in your life.

Consider an alternative. I don't believe that you can consciously erase your bad memories by concentrating on them, but what if you could overwhelm your bad memories with a flood of newly created or re-created happy memories? I decided that even now, I have the right for a happy childhood! And so, I started to visualize.

The visualization was actually so easy that I could do it in the bus, right then. Me as a happy child, with my father teaching me to walk (mostly based on a photo that I have, and my godson). At least for the last few days, repeating it has provided me an immediate, huge mood booster.

Is this self-deceit? Ever encountered anything similar? Experiences? Opinions?

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smallstar Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 146	Revisionism technique Cheers! When listening to Steve's podcast about subjective reality and the law of attraction, the section about your past only existing inside your memories, I had a flash-like new idea. Actually, I had read about similar things before, but only now did everything come clear at once. I have many bad childhood memories, even as my childhood was objectively at least average. Traditional psychoterapy and EFT say that I should concentrate on my traumas and understand them. The law of attraction says the exact opposite: by concentrating on your traumas you will get more traumatic situations in your life. Consider an alternative. I don't believe that you can consciously erase your bad memories by concentrating on them, but what if you could overwhelm your bad memories with a flood of newly created or re-created happy memories? I decided that even now, I have the right for a happy childhood! And so, I started to visualize. The visualization was actually so easy that I could do it in the bus, right then. Me as a happy child, with my father teaching me to walk (mostly based on a photo that I have, and my godson). At least for the last few days, repeating it has provided me an immediate, huge mood booster. Is this self-deceit? Ever encountered anything similar? Experiences? Opinions?