Think and Grow Rich Chapter 4 January 2008
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Life Is not the amount of breaths you take, it’s the
moments in your life that take your breath away.
Ch 4 - Auto-suggestion
Almost two weeks ago I had finished Chapter 3 early,
e-mailed my lesson in and began on Chapter 4 almost
immediately. Faith was spurring me on to the next
chapter.
I have tried auto-suggestion before but never followed
through. This time I was determined to not quit. Hill
writes, “Your sub-conscious mind recognizes and acts
upon ONLY thoughts which have been well-mixed with
emotion or feeling.”
When I read that and I re-read my daily affirmation I
knew that I had to re-write it to match my yellow
personality. When I added the words and make friends
my affirmation seemed to take on a life of it’s own.
It was like my affirmation began to flood through my
mind into every empty and dark space. My affirmation
became alive to me.
Hill says, “Your ability to use the principle of auto-suggestion will depend, very largely, upon your capacity
to CONCENTRATE upon a given DESIRE until that desire
becomes a BURNING OBSESSION.
I was beginning to realize that using auto-suggestion
itself was becoming my burning obsession!I was becoming consumed with it and I was thinking of it all day long.
Not only was I repeating my affirmation as many times
as I could every day but I was beginning to come up
with plans to make my daily affirmation apart of my
everyday actions.
I remembered previous attempts - put a copy on the
bathroom mirror - on the refrigerator - make a big
poster to put on the wall. And so I began to come
up with a plan to make copies of my affirmation,
laminate them, and hang them all around the house.
So that’s the plan I reasoned to myself.
But I was about to experience exactly what Hill
wrote about, “DO NOT WAIT for a definite plan…your
subconscious mind will hand over the plan or plans
as you need them. Wow, I have goose bumps - YOUR
SUBCONSCIOUS MIND WILL HAND OVER THE PLAN OR PLANS
AS YOU NEED THEM!
The very next day I was driving by an office supply
store and I SUDDENLY had the thought that I needed
to buy some laminating sheets for my plan and so I
stopped and went in.
I found the shelf where the laminating sheets were
supposed to be, but the store was OUT OF STOCK. I
was confused and not sure what to do. The only
laminating stuff on the shelf was a small package
of what I thought was small 3″x4″ sheets - not what
I was expecting and not what I thought I needed.
Frustrated, I bought them and went home. That
evening I opened my little package and discovered
that I had purchased laminating luggage tags.
And then SUDDENLY in my mind I saw clear laminated
luggage tags with my daily affirmation on everything
- my planner, my car keys, my backpack, my laptop
case, and as a bookmark.
My subconscious mind had handed me a plan for my
daily affirmations! I immediately made my daily
affirmation luggage tags and put them on everything.
Not only do I read my daily affirmation many times
a day but I PHYSICALLY FEEL IT every time I pick-up
my car keys, open my planner, and read I book.
Dozens and dozens of times a day I feel that clean
flexible plastic in my hands and when I do I see my
daily affirmation in my mind.
I feel like I’ve received a gift that I’ve secretly
longed for and I am now filled with expectation of
more to come. It is more than an expectation, I’m
now on watch, waiting for my next command.
In the past week my daily auto-suggestion routine has
been tested. Strangely enough the assault has come
from the very sources I have been working on to build
my business. “Try this, do this, buy this, you need
this.” And, I’ve run into the craziest nut case
prospects I’ve ever met.
But I have decided that all of that is in the realm
of my rational mind and I do not have to take my time
or use my mind to think about all of the tools,
systems, products, and the opinions of others.
Tests are good because they show you what you have
learned. I’m learning that when I’m feeling frustrated
and confused, the best thing I can do is get alone,
close my eyes, take deep breaths and do my auto-
suggestion work.
I’m sleeping better knowing that I’ve put in a really
good day of auto-suggestion and I have peace knowing
my subconscious mind is going to hand me a plan.
Dave Hill
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What I’ve gotten out of this chapter is that you have
to create affirmations and infuse them with feeling and emotion. However, it’s not just about what you want
it’s also about what you are going to give in return.
So as well as seeing yourself receiving you also must
see yourself giving.
Pat Roof
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AUTOSUGGESTION
Oh boy! Autosuggestion is the steering wheel of the
mind.Autosuggestion is self suggestion. So which
direction will we steer? We MUST ask ourselves this
question each and everyday, until it becomes second
nature to steer in the direction of our DESIRES!
Ask yourself as I do myself, what controls your mind?
What gets through your walls.Is it thoughts of inadequacy
Fear? Financial stress? Any and all of these, will embed themselves in the fertile garden of the mind.
And guess what? Weeds will grow instead of flowers!
Now through PERSISTENCE, Man can exercise ABSOLUTE
control over that which is absorbed into the five senses.
What is it going to be? Is it going to be the positive?
The financial freedom seen in my minds eye? Because if
it is, then reading my statement ALOUD twice daily with
EMOTION is IMPERATIVE!
At first, it was an emotion of disdain, ridicule and
doubt. There was a voice saying “You don’t deserve,
who do you think you are?” But gradually through
REPETITION, my mind gave way.The same way it absorbed
those negative beliefs is the same way it is absorbing
the POSITIVE. The mind makes no distinction between
negative or positive. It merely follows directions.
Hill drives home an important point. He repeats the
fact that to pay the price means to struggle with
directing your emotions to money consciousness.
Without this, you will never achieve the wealth you
desire.
Desire aimed at wealth was difficult for me. I had
been indoctrinated by the church to not focus on money.
That this was bad. Well in Acres Of Diamonds, the
author talks about this. And he makes the distinction
that The Love Of Money is the ROOT Of All Evil.
NOT MONEY!!!
This was an awakening for me. Now, I do what Hill
recommends almost every night.I go into a quiet place,
usually the bathtub, and i meditate and repeat aloud
my intention and the amount of money I wish to
accumulate.
This has already worked. I had a large sum of money
intended for a year period of time. And lo and behold
IT MATERIALIZED!! I stated my intention EVERYDAY!
Many times I had doubt, but I said it anyway.
I want to address one point that Hill drives home.He
speaks of autosuggestion being the agency by which
one reaches and influences the subconscious mind.
I used to have the most unbelievable, excruciating
violent thoughts of what could happen to myself and
my children at the hands of men. I can’t tell you
how visual and emotionalized this was. It went as
far as to feel alarm, panic and bodily fear.
This went as far as to have nightmares every night
before I had children in which I was being attacked
and I would be terrorized. I would wake up and
the nightmare would stay with me all morning.
Through the mental cleanse, I learned to viciously
grab those thoughts as I began to visualize, and
throw them as far as I possibly could. I’d do this
right before the emotions took hold.
Freedom! Freedom because I don’t read the magazines
or newspapers or listen to the news anymore. I now
can say, “I am Master of my money,emotions, and
thoughts!” Strive for this, it is so freeing and
gives you the POWER to mold your Destiny!!!
Thank you Michael, I know you understand fear.
Cynthia Breed
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Chapter Four Afternoon of January 22, 2008
Repeating words over and over - that’s what I heard as
the instruction in chapter 2. I thought it was childish,
but then I remembered that children learn the fastest.
How often did I read my kids the book… “See Dick run”
or “the little engine that could” - over and over and
it wasn’t long before my toddlers were “reading” the
story to me. Yup, repetition works.
So I started repeating the words of my self talk over
and over. Then along comes chapter 4. And it’s not
just about repeating the words redundantly.It’s about emotionalizing the words.
Picture yourself cashing that cheque. Then feel the
joy the thrill of writing a cheque for that car of
your dreams. Smell the leather as you slide behind
the wheel. Or feel the slinkiness of the satin blue
dress as you put it on to celebrate the achievement
of reaching your weight goal.
Feel the material; look in the mirror and see how
the style just hugs your body and makes you look so
beautiful; enjoy swirling around as you dance around
the room in the dress.
Feel the pride! Feel the fabric!
Now do this over and over. The subconscious mind will
grasp the feeling. And the reality of it is the next
step.
Erica Fath
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Think & Grow Rich Lesson Four
“…all sense impressions which are perceived through
the five senses, are stopped by the CONSCIOUS thinking
mind, and may be either passed on to the subconscious
mind, or rejected, at will. The conscious faculty serves, therefore, as an outer-guard to the approach of the subconscious.”
Wow! Because of past programming from childhood, I have
stopped and rejected prosperity thoughts from entering
into my subconscious mind. I accepted the self-doubt
and unworthy thoughts and allowed them to enter into my subconscious mind.
I bought into the lie that it is NOT OK to focus on
making money; the lie that I must “only” play and
associate with the “right” people.
Over the past several years I have realized this, but
I didn’t understand how to change and let go of the
lies that have been so embedded in my subconscious
mind.
I have ABSOLUTE CONTROL over that which reaches my
subconscious mind and I make the decision right now
to exercise this control by rejecting thoughts of
self-doubt, lack, poverty, etc. And I will now accept
and allow thoughts of prosperity and abundance into my subconscious mind.
I will accomplish this through auto-suggestion, “the
medium for influencing the subconscious mind.” Good-
by to past poverty consciousness: hello to prosperity
and abundant consciousness!
Thank you Irma for introducing this program to me.
And thank you Michael for being obedient and
following your heart’s desire!
Lidie Gray
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Chapter 4 Auto-suggestion
Auto-suggestion is self-suggestion.
We have Absolute Control over the material which reaches
our subconscious mind but most of the time we do not
exercise this control.This explains why so many people
go through life in poverty.
All impressions are stopped by the conscious thinking
mind and may be either passed on to the subconscious
mind , or rejected at will.Our conscious mind serves as
an outer guard to the approach to the subconscious.
Autosuggestion is how we feed our minds on thoughts of
a creative nature or by neglect,we can permit thoughts
of a destructive nature to find their way into the
garden of our mind.
Our subconscious mind recognizes and acts ONLY upon
thoughts which have been mixed well with emotion or
faith.Saying your self talk or your statement without
feeling is of no value.
We must pay the price and persist because the sub-
conscious mind will take any orders given it in a
spirit of ABSOLUTE FAITH and act upon those orders.
I must be alert to the plans my subconscious will
hand over and put them into action immediately.
Thank you Michael,
Edith in NC
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