Dr. Mercola July 05 2008 45,513 views
Is there an area of your life that you would like to change? Perhaps you want to lose weight, improve your temper, control your web browsing addictions, become a better parent, or just wake up early and exercise regularly.
Real behavior changes are very difficult to bring about by effort of will alone. However, a solution that brings about profound change is to change your mental models, which will change the way you look at the world.
Be Aware of Your Mental Chatter
Your mental chatter is the internal dialog that is going on in your head at all times. You may think that you are given a set of things that is your reality, but that is not really the case. You construct it with your mental chatter.
Be aware of your mental chatter and recognize that the voice in your head is not you.
Learn to deal with the part that talks down to you, challenges your self-esteem and is the source that limits your infinite potential.
Change Your Mental Models
A mental model is your belief of how the world works. They can be very useful because they simplify your life and save you mental energy.
The problem is not that you have mental models, but that many people do not recognize them for what they are. They are not how the world works; they are your perception of how the world works.
Every time you find yourself unhappy with something in your life, you can always trace it back to one or more mental models which are not serving you very well.
Avoid Living in a Me-Centered Universe
Most of us have a habit of living in a Me Centered Universe. We interpret everything that happens in terms of, What impact does it have on me?
If you spend the majority of your time in a Me Centered Universe, you are guaranteed to find more than your share of frustrations, pain, and suffering.
The only way you can live a completely fulfilled life is to design your life in a way that brings greater good to a greater community. The good news is that once you recognize this, it is not that hard to make a shift.
We must abandon mental models and "chatter" that are not true. Whenever we believe a lie, it cripples us, but "the truth will set you free." (John 8:32) Finding the truth is the hard part. I find that biblical principles provide a framework for truth in every area of life, but it takes work and thought. When it comes to principles of physical health, Dr. Mercola and his allies have been helpful to me. In other areas of life, understanding right and wrong are crucial, and there the Bible has delivered me from serious mistakes when I listened to it. For example, when I was single, lonely, and under great stress, an attractive married man at work courted me. My mental chatter could have told me that this was the answer to my loneliness. But the Bible told me I should do the right thing, wait, and trust God. As a result, after some time, I met the right (single) man, and have been married to him for 32 years now. Without the truth, I'd have ruined my life. Truly, we must change any belief that is false, and find the truths that will set us free, whether that truth involves dietary changes or a moral lifestyle or right attitudes.
AMEN! Whenever we try to take power away from God, we end up veering away from the Divine Hope HE has for us. Way to go Carol! Great thoughts and thank you for sharing Truth!
Many blessings to you!
Very good points Carol! Everything we need for life and godliness is found in God's Word.
andrea korow
Carol what you say is so true! Dr. Mercola has helped me make some serious changes in my way of eating and preparing the foods that we eat. But the truth from God's word is what should all be following. I myself did not follow the truth for sometime - and i am suffering almost on a daily basis because of it. With the help of God's word i am slowly rebuilding my life and helping my husband to see what is truly important in life. "bodily training is good for beneficial for a little, but godly devotion is beneficial for all things..." (sorry that is all i could remember).
This is exactly what every New Age guru wants you to think. That YOU can control your circumstances. That YOU need to cahnge your way of thinking. That YOU are responsible for your destiny.
What a bunch of poo.
TRUTH be told, God is the onyl one who controls your destiny, and once you die to self, that is, give your life over to Him, you will find eternal freedom.
And as far as the New Earth goes...in Ash's comment... that is the biggest deception of this year. It is a LIE. It is a false doctrine. It will lead you AWAY from peace and TRUTH.
manda, isn't God within us? Dwelling in our hearts as well as outside of us?
Yes, YOU make the decision to be GOOD, and abide by the Law. I think God wants us to realize this...
God has the absolute power, yet we have the power of CHOICE...
(it's not enough to die, everybody dies regardless of how they lived their life and what deeds they've done, but important is that those deeds are good, and this is a matter of choice)
Love and Peace
manda, please, no war. Our opinions are obviously different, but i respect yours. Let it be very clear, though, i believe in God with all my heart.
Please, no judging, no war.
friendly shake of hands?
FACT: Anyone who proclaims God, Jesus, Alah, Ghandi, or whatever to be the "holy grail" is simply stating opinion.
How about showing some humility?
What we do know is that humans are a bunch of cells. A combination of protein, carbs, fat, water and minerals. But do we also have a soul or is our soul merely a manifestation of how our cells interact and how we are wired and how we perceive and respond to our environment? Afterall, most of the things we think and feel can be correlated to some kind of input, or inputs. Or said differently, we respond to inputs based on learned behaviors, and which is why we're all different since our learned behaviors and initial DNA blueprint is unique to everyone.
So do we have a soul or are we just an exceedingly complex computer? I do not know. How can anyone know for sure? We're just scratching the surface of the understanding of the brain and the universe. Let's put this in perspective.
We do not know for sure where we came from. Nor do we know much about where the universe came from. How could it have been here forever? What was here before the big bang...if there was a big bang.
It's obvious to me that our understanding of time, matter and forces can not explain where the universe and big bang came from. So there's more to the puzzle we don't know. More dimensions, more forces, more other things. A God perhaps. OK, but where did God come from? Or have things always existed? Even if something came from somewhere else, where was it before and where did that come from?
We think in physical terms. Yet nothing is physical. Everything is made up of smaller parts. Is there a smallest part or is it all energy that we perceive as predominantly bulk and light?
Energy and spirit do not seem different. Rather they could just be different manifestations of the world. Do we have a spirit sense?
Questions, questions. I am humbled. I can't control much.
Where does our arrogance come from?
Gandhi also said, "God has no religion."
DR. MERCOLA, WE NEED TO CLEAN UP THE GOD STUFF. GOD PEOPLE GO TO A GOD BLOG !. P.S. I DON'T MIND, I'LL PRAY FOR YOU WHEN SOMEONE IS SICK. BUT I DON'T WANT TO HEAR QUOTES FROM JOHN. IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMEONE WHO JUST FOUND A.A. THEY WANT EVERYONE TO STOP DRINKING. IF THIS HURT YOUR FEELINGS ASK GOD TO PRAY FOR YOU, BUT DON'T REPLY WITH HOW I NEED GOD IN MY LIFE. SO WITH THAT SAID CAN WE GET BACK TO TALKING ABOUT THE SUBJECT AT HAND.
THANKS FOR BEING A 'GOD BLOG' DR. MERCOLA. THIS IS WHY I LOVE YOUR SITE SO MUCH. WAY OF LIFE, GET A LIFE.....
Even if you don't believe in God, it's hard to read through the Bible and not see a lot of good universal truths in it. If you live your life the way it says you should, it's hard to go wrong.
Manda2177 this is NOT the place to spam religion.
Sorry...I was under the impression the comment section was for comments soapqueen.
Maybe you just disagree with me. I pray you will see the Light.
How many times must it be repeated? Comments about religion are too inflammatory for public fora. Religion is a private matter between you and your god.
THANK YOU DONNA, I APPRECIATE YOU SPEAKING UP.
If this resonates with anyone here I would reccomend Eckhart Tolle's book " A New Earth." Yes, it has been getting a lot of publicity due to Oprah Winfrey but it is truly an amazing book. It talk's about the mental chatter and the entity it has created within people. It also takes the sitution more deeply and really explains why people are they way they are including defining the ego:and its emotion aspect...the pain body. Plus, he helps guide people through HOW to stop the mental chatter
Eckhart Tolle's "A New Earth"
I've read it and I've never been happier, truly. It does not create a new belief system but more or so enhances your current one!
PLEASE READ, YOU OWE IT TO YOURSELF!!!
Ashley ^_^
Might I suggest a book that is grounded in Truth... Not deceptive principles that take away from Gods ABSOLUT power and try to hand it over to you.
Its called the Bible. And in it you will find REAL TRUTH and REAL joy.
I pray you will consider it.
God bless
Ash Erde, i love eckhart tolle, he's truly enlightened, a great soul. My hubby bought this book for my birthday and i'm still reading it. Yes, i recommend it too, regardless of one's spiritual standpoint; once you finish reading it, you decide!
mandi, i live by the Bible, it's the only Holy book i came across (so far). But eckhart explains that all religions point to the same God. Do not fear to listen to another point of view... Listen to your heart, there you'll find the Truth. I gave you a thumbs up on this one, b/c as i said, i respect your opinion. Do not judge.
God Bless.
fabulous book, we are reading it in out book group. Wonderful conversations and it has added another demention to my changes and growth. Leila
HI ASHLEY, IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS BOOK GAVE YOU GREAT JOY. THANKS FOR SHARING WITH US. I THINK I'LL GET A COPY.
fantastic book. Weare reading it in our spiritual book group and we are loving it, 2 more chapters to go.
I wish everyone could have the desire to read it. higher consciousness is spreading a good thing as the earth becomes more problematic. Leila