A Bug Free Mind continued

This revolutionary approach to Personal Development by Andy Shaw, shows all of us how some of our thoughts are destroying our efforts to ever succeed in life.

In his book 'A bug free mind' he offers a rare insight into how we can rid us of our viruses that continually overwrite any new healthy programs that we try to install in our lives.

To put this into context I will briefly describe a situation where you mind is like a computer with a very nasty virus which spirals out of control the older you get. When your born you have clear mind (tabula rasa - born without built-in mental content and that their knowledge comes from experience and perception) and as you get older you become more adept to life's challenges, well maybe up to the age of 7.

Few remember the times when you were trying to walk, but a part of you struggled to learn, but after a period of time you did learn, and learn you did. Did some part of you say I cant do this,or did you have that feeling that you could do it ?

Learning will always be part of what makes us human, but why is it after a certain amount of years we fail to understand or grasp opportunities or gain new skills that come our way.

Well look at this way - have you seen Granny struggling to come to grips with a remote control, or as in my case teaching my parents on how to do a simple knot (bowline actually) it took me 2 hours to explain it and they still got it wrong.

So what does this mean to all of us. Well, the simple answer is that we have acquired a lot of bad mental programmes when we travel through our lives, bad advice from our Family and friends, schools.....(in my case caning - a superb remedy for young children who had problems with learning,that is a bad virus to have installed in your brain plus it shows how people physically control children. Diabolical!! and trust me I had a few bouts with the cane. Those who are British and in their 50s know exactly what I mean.) institutions,colleagues,goverment,doctors and the list of those who have installed mind viruses is endless.

Now I have outlined some of the ways our minds can inflict problems by virtue of the fact that we dont know how to keep our minds clear of viruses. In his book 'A Bug Free Mind' Andy Shaw comes up with his first solution to this quest to clear the mind of negativity, which I shall briefly go through with you.

This is very simple to go through, all that is needed is to focus and bring about a memory that is emotionally rich and fully visible in your mind's eye - now you will take 15 seconds to fully immerse yourself in this daydream. When I started to do this, and Andy himself in his book and videos says he could only do it for about 4 seconds. Well, guess what you may have to persevere a bit, but I do recommend doing this exercise,but only bring about happy and joyous life events from your past. It will work wonders. The rest of the exercises are in Andy's book.

Its really of no surprise that all of the self-help industry fails with so many people, since you are trying to programme yourself with excellent programmes but are restrained with a few nasty viruses swilling around your brain - and if you have a computer you know exactly what its like to have a virus on your machine as it slows down and has the reactions of an arthritic striking slug.......!!

Anyway, please take a visit to Andy Shaw's Website, he has 9 excellent videos to watch, and I cannot recommend his books enough.

 Andy Shaw's Website link