B Self-Image
The Self Image is deemed to be the greatest discovery is psychology, of this century.
Whether we realize it or not, each one of us carries about us a mental picture of ourselves. It may be vague or unrecognizable to our conscious mind. But it is there, down to the last details. It is our own evaluation of ourselves. This is our Self-Image, our own conception of "the kind of person I am". It has been built up from our own evaluation and experiences about ourselves picked up during our lives. Self-Image has been built up from our beliefs about ourselves. But most of these beliefs about us have been built up, unconsciously from our past experiences in life, the success, failures, our humiliations, our triumphs, the way other people have dealt and interacted with us, particularly during the early childhood. With these experiences we mentally constructed a "self". Once an idea or picture goes into this it becomes "true". We do not question its validity but proceed to act upon it, just as if it were true. We literally cannot do anything that is outside our Self-Image.
The Self-Image is the golden key to success and happiness because of two important discoveries. There are three basic truths about Self-Image:
1) All our actions, thoughts, feelings, emotions, reactions and even circumstances are always consistent with our Self-Image.
2) The barriers we erect to our growth are always internal barriers. The lack of love is the internal fear that one does not deserve love. The absence of achievement is the result of a genuine belief that one could never achieve a high goal.
3) The Self-Image can be changed at will. It is never too late to start a new life.
We will act out the sort of person we perceive ourselves to be and just cannot be otherwise, despite ant conscious effort or use of will-power of the contrary.
Self-Images is the base or the foundation on which is built your entire personality, behavior and even circumstances. Our experiences verify and strengthen out Self-Images and a vicious or beneficent cycle, is set up. Because of this objective "proof" it seldom occurs to a person that his trouble lies with the Self-Image.
It is our sub-conscious mind that controls our habits, attitudes, behavior, performance and indeed our potential. Self-Image is a sub-conscious picture, no amount of effort on the conscious mind can change it. Only when there is a change on the sub-conscious level that there can be a change in behavior, habits, attitude or performance.
What is my Self-Image? It is my mind's eye, purely a mental representation of me. As we conceive an idea, we also form an Image of some one we know, we have read or heard from others. When we see the person we redefine the image that becomes a part of our mental file.
Self-Image is my own concept or evaluation of the sort of person I am. It is a product of past experiences, success and failures, humiliations and triumphs and the way others react to me. From such factors you build up a picture of yourself which up believe to be true.
You are the writer; the director, you are the actor in this picture.
The Self-Image is the overall average of the carious attitudes which we hold towards our capabilities in a multitude of areas. It is the "picture we have of ourselves" Our Self-Image, therefore, is of utmost importance because we cannot by any more effective, more successful, better coordinated, more creative or anything other than what our self-image says we are. It is the ceiling on the effectiveness with which we can use our future potential. In fact it controls our entire potential such as Intelligence, capability, attitudes, performance etc.
It is our sub-conscious mind that controls our habits, attitudes, behavior, performance and indeed our potential. Self-Image is a sub-conscious picture, no amount of effort on the conscious mind can change it. Only when there is a change on the sub-conscious level that there can be a change in behavior, habits, attitude or performance.
What is my Self-Image? It is my mind's eye, purely a mental representation of me. As we conceive an idea, we also form an Image of some one we know, we have read or heard from others. When we see the person we redefine the image that becomes a part of our mental file.
Self-Image is my own concept or evaluation of the sort of person I am. It is a product of past experiences, success and failures, humiliations and triumphs and the way others react to me. From such factors you build up a picture of yourself which up believe to be true.
You are the writer; the director, you are the actor in this picture.
The Self-Image is the overall average of the carious attitudes which we hold towards our capabilities in a multitude of areas. It is the "picture we have of ourselves" Our Self-Image, therefore, is of utmost importance because we cannot by any more effective, more successful, better coordinated, more creative or anything other than what our self-image says we are. It is the ceiling on the effectiveness with which we can use our future potential. In fact it controls our entire potential such as Intelligence, capability, attitudes, performance etc.
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