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3.47 SUGGESTIVE COMMUNICATION
Are you aware of the waking suggestions that you are giving to yourself
or absorbing from the media and other people?
"If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance
of becoming a prophet." - Isaac Bashevis Singer
A waking suggestion is similar to the suggestions that people are given
under hypnosis, except that you aren’t hypnotized. We are subjected to
waking suggestions whenever we hear advertisements on the radio or
TV. If waking suggestions didn’t work, there would be no advertisers!
Placebos are another form of waking suggestion. Given the suggestion
that a particular drug will work, such as a drug for depression, research
has proven beyond any doubt that placebos work just as well as drugs.
We often give ourselves waking suggestions and, depending on the
suggestion, they can create positive or negative outcomes. The Law of
Attraction is based on waking suggestions.
The reason waking suggestions work is that, whatever the
subconscious believes, that is often what manifests. That’s why Singer
states that "If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a
good chance of becoming a prophet."
Given that this is true, it’s important to become aware of your own
negative waking suggestions to yourself – the negative self-talk that
comes from your wounded self.
What are some of the things you tell yourself that are keeping you
limited?

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