Moment 144: How To ACTUALLY Break Bad Habits: Joe Dispenza
Jan 12, 2024
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Dr. Joe Dispenza discusses the process of breaking bad habits by becoming conscious of our unconscious. He emphasizes the need to break the bigger habit of being ourselves in order to initiate change. This can be accomplished through meditation and mentally rehearsing the changes we want to make. By familiarizing ourselves with new ways of thinking and behaving, we can create physical changes in the brain and body that align with our intentions.
Breaking a habit requires breaking the habit of being ourselves by becoming conscious of our unconscious.
True transformation occurs when we take personal responsibility for our thoughts, actions, and feelings and become active creators of our reality.
Deep dives
Breaking Habits and Changing Ourselves
The hardest part about change is not making the same choice as the day before, and when we decide to make a different choice, we will feel uncomfortable. Habits are created when our body knows how to do something better than our conscious mind, and to break the habit of being ourselves, we must become conscious of our thoughts, actions, and emotions. Nerve cells that fire together, wire together, so our biology becomes programmed. Change requires changing how we think, act, and feel, and to do this, we must learn to slow down our brain waves, get beyond the analytical mind, and access the subconscious mind, where we can rewrite our program. By practicing this daily and familiarizing ourselves with new thought patterns and behaviors, we can reprogram our brain and create lasting change.
Personal Responsibility and Creating Our Lives
Many people wait for external circumstances to change before they believe they can change, but true transformation occurs when we change ourselves from within. The idea of personal responsibility can be controversial, as it requires accepting that we are the creators of our lives. By investing in ourselves and taking responsibility for our thoughts, actions, and feelings, we shift from being victims of our circumstances to being active creators of our reality. Embracing personal responsibility and becoming aware of our power to create can lead to a significant shift in consciousness, bringing about positive change and new possibilities.
Reprogramming the Mind and Body
To create a new reality, we must move beyond our programmed personality and become conscious creators. Mental rehearsal and visualization can physically change the brain and body, priming them for new behaviors and experiences. By repeatedly rehearsing new thoughts, actions, and emotions, we install new circuits in our brain, making it easier to manifest our intentions. By consciously choosing our thoughts, practicing emotional conditioning, and becoming familiar with our higher selves, we can break free from past conditioning and create a future aligned with our desires. Change occurs when we remember to consciously choose new behaviors and emotions, making each day an opportunity for transformation.
In this moment, New York Times best-selling author and researcher, Dr Joe Dispenza discusses how to change habits. A habit forms when you’ve done something so many times that it becomes hardwired into your subconscious, and is even programmed into the very nerve cells of your brain. So in order to break a habit, you have to break the bigger habit of being yourself. Dr Dispenza says that this change can happen when we become conscious of our unconscious. This awareness can come from meditation, as well as mentally rehearsing changes we want to make, so that we avoid the trap of unconsciously making the same choices everyday. By mentally rehearsing scenarios, this avoids the uncomfortableness that comes from taking a step into the unknown and stops you from being the creator of your life.