Transform Unconscious Stress, Forming Intentions
By Allen Imbarrato and Lindsay Leimbach
Transformation begins when we set an intention to realize our potential by learning more about how the old Brain Operating System fear-driven programs are limiting us. It is important to understand the tendency of the brain to focus on the negative and the over-anxious alarm system of the amygdala. This alarm system hijacks our attention and energy.
Upgrading the old memories of fear held in the amygdala are the key leverage point to upgrade the Brain OS. The Old Brain Operating System perceives threats in the present based on our past painful memories. We need to face these painful memories and override them with conscious declared intentions. It is important to shine the light of awareness on the dark memories of the past held in the amygdala to free ourselves from the past to stop bringing the past into the future. This is the essence of Stress Shifting.
Forming Conscious Intentions to Shift Stress
Forming conscious intentions to shift stress is a skill that needs to be developed thru practice. It is a muscle that needs attention to increase the power of the intention. It is so easy to let ourselves drift in the sea of the subconscious and not know where we are going, whether we are getting anywhere, and settle to stay afloat. But, when we have a clear destination (conscious intention), we can chart our progress and learn how to stay on course to reach our desired location. We can arrive, thereby learning how to listen to our inner feedback, find the deeper lessons, and make the course corrections. It is in mastering the skill to make the subtle adjustments and tweaks that lead us to transformational change.
If we follow our fears, we will be seduced by the illusions of the past; our amygdala gathers more evidence that our Fear was, in Fact, "Right and True". Old Brain Operational survival programs become stronger. The familiarity with the past brings a false sense of comfort. Our well-formed neural brain pathways that have deep grooves hold a powerful grip over us.
Transformation begins when we realize that what seems natural is often self-destructive, and what seems uncomfortable is really nurturing as it leads us to our True self. First, we need to rewire our neural pathways by forming new intentions. Then, we can turn Threats into Challenges that foster us to learn and grow.
Forming a Conscious Intention to learn and grow from challenges will calm the fear in the Old Brain Operating System. Calm, Powerful. Healthy Mindset will begin to be programmed into your Creative Brain.