wants the audience to experience. As director of your own mind, you can do
the same.
You can, for example, change your memory recordings. Memories are
simply internal movies you have created about an experience you had in the
past. For most people, these movies were created without conscious choice.
The good news is you can re-direct these movies in order to make them
weaker or stronger, and change the effect they have on your life.
Let’s do it now. Think of a very happy memory. It can be anything, any
memory that makes you smile. Close your eyes, smile, and think of that
memory now. As you remember, notice the image or movie in your mind.
What do you see? Then notice what you hear: does your movie have sound?
And what about the feelings: how do you feel in this movie? Where are the
feelings in your body? Do you feel vibrations in your body, or feelings of
tension or relaxation? Just notice the details of this happy internal movie.
Now become the director of this memory. If you only see a still
photograph, make it into a movie by adding movement. Then make the
image bigger in your mind, bring it closer to you. As you make it bigger,
notice how your feelings change. For most people, making the movie bigger
increases the power of the emotions (negative or positive). With a happy
memory, you can make it even happier by making the movie bigger!
Of course, you can also change the sound and the feelings. Try making
the sounds a bit louder, especially the pleasant sounds. When you notice the
good feelings, locate where they are in your body and how they are moving.
Feelings are physical and are usually experienced as a vibration or energy in
the body. Make that happy vibration faster, and have it move through your
body more. For most, this will also increase the feeling of happiness.
Congratulations, you just directed your first internal movie. You learned
how to increase feelings of happiness by becoming a better director. You
can use this same skill with negative memories, thoughts and beliefs. Let’s
try it.
Remember a negative experience with English. Perhaps it’s a bad
experience from school, or a time when you felt nervous, frustrated, bored
