Self Improvement Made Easy

Stop watching the news! Stop reading newspapers! The newspapers and TV stations are full of bad news that lulls us into the false sense of security that we’re not all that crazy when compared to others. But that’s just the news. What about the craze of “reality TV” – so-called “normal” people entertaining us with their bizarre behaviour?

These programs are a danger to what’s left of your mental health (I say “what’s left” because research in the fields of psychology and Personal Development proves that “normal” people have lost the plot). They comfort you in the mistaken belief that, at least, you’re not living live next door to the neighbour from hell, that you don’t have to spend five minutes in a barrel of man-eating insects at work today or that your husband or wife isn’t going to high-tail it with someone they’ve just met on paradise island!

Perhaps things are not too bad. However, the real problem is that not only do these programs have nothing to do with reality – they actually confirm you in your illusion that your life is real. In fact, however, your life is as bizarre as those programs. To confirm this, take one step back and consider the behaviour of some of the people that you come across every day. There are people bitching about other people, people taking delight in other’s misfortunes, husbands beating wives, wives beating husbands, bosses bullying staff, staff spending half their working day on the internet – nobody’s actually living the life that, in reality, we should all be living. Unfortunately, the way the normal mind works divorces us from real reality. We think we know what’s happening and then automatically react to it. That’s not a theory, it’s scientifically proven psychological fact.

Your life has nothing to do with real reality. Your reality is a figment of your imagination. Your version of reality the result of “snapshots” you have in your subconscious mind – these are your beliefs about how the world works and, more particularly, about yourself. These beliefs are forever being reinforced by the other normal crazies that you hang around with. However, if you slowed down for a moment, came to your senses (you have five of them – better start using them), and experienced the moment, you might just discover that reality is this wonderful now where you can create the life that you really, really want. And that’s not some fanciful theory either, there’s plenty of evidence to prove it – think about it, your mind is creating your reality at the moment. So, if you change your mind you really can change your life.

So, in fact, not only should you stop reading the news and forget about reality TV – you need to be very careful, what you listen to and who you spend your time with. You need to be permanently on your guard so that you can make sure that you don’t let yourself be overwhelmed by the nonsense that we normally accept as normal behaviour every day.