My Experiences With Mind Programming By Donald Ryles PhD |
In a nutshell, I am a firm believer in the incredible power to change ourselves
through mental re-programming. I believe most every behavior problem, phobia,
habit , or perceived flaw or shortcoming in ourselves can be greatly
improved or eliminated entirely using hypnosis, self-hypnosis, positive affirmations,
visualizations , or subliminal programming. My personal interest and exploration into these methods began a little over 20 years ago when I received a catalog of subliminal cassette tapes through the mail. In the catalog was mention of a fascinating study done at the University of Chicago. A group of students who all had about the same ability at making basketball free throws was divided into 3 groups. One group was to physically practice free throws for an hour everyday for 30 days, one group was to mentally practice successfully making free throws an hour everyday, and a third group was to do neither. At the end of the month the students were re-tested. The group that had done nothing showed no improvement in their free throw success rate . The group that physically practiced showed a 24% increase in their success rate, and the group that practiced mentally showed a 23% increase. The group that never even stepped foot on the court showed an improvement practically equal to the group that had physically practiced all month!!! The reason for this is that the subconscious mind does not separate what actually happens and what we program it to believe happened. That convinced me that mind potential was most definitely something I wanted to use and study. My first experiment was tapes that I personally made of positive affirmations geared toward increasing my boosting my self-confidence and my ability to handle stressful situations (Something that many, if not most, people reading this would like to increase). I had been using my home-made tapes for a short time and felt I was making excellent success when I was to be put to a very unfortunate and extreme test of new programming. My father was diagnosed with advanced colon cancer. A very stressful situation for the entire family and during the last 2 months of his life I was for the most part his primary caretaker. I most definitely believe that the programming had fortified me greatly. I had never been very strong in situations such as I was in and I found myself much stronger than many around me. One of my relatives even commented one day that they didn't know how I was able to hold up so well under the circumstances and said they knew that they would not be able to handle it near as well as I was. I have since used these methods several times to help fortify myself. Such as the stress of being in a tornado and stopping smoking ( Read story >>>). I am currently ( when I find time in my schedule ) working on producing a series of re-programming CD's based on my personal experience, and research done for my doctoral dissertation . I know many of you have been looking forward to my personally produced products , but until then I ask you to please check out the companies, Drs., researchers and their products that I have joined with to bring you some of the best re-programming and self-help products available in the World . |
