:: Empowering Questions - Instruction Set

Empowering Questions - Instruction Set

After you have established your goals and how you communicate to yourself about them on the deepest level of the subconscious, you need to initiate control and implement your new programming. You will do this by turning all of your goals, statements and questions from The Subconscious Perspective into positive Empowering Questions. This begins the process of restructuring your subconscious programming.

What Determines Human Behavior

What determines human behavior is simply Information and the components of that information are words and pictures. You could not do anything without going through this process. In other words No Information = No Action. The Subconscious Perspective and Empowering Questions address the first component of what brings about a behavior and that is your words. Following is the process that brings about an Emotional State and in turn determines a behavior.

1) You must talk to yourself, which usually begins with a question and
2) By asking yourself a question your subconscious mind will always give you an answer, which in turn produces a correlating picture. It is from this subconscious picture your emotional state is determined and in turn determines your behavior.

Example: If I ask you where you went on your last vacation, you will repeat the question to yourself which in turn will bring up a picture of your last vacation. You would then be able to tell me where you went on your last vacation. Even if you have never been on a vacation you would not be able to tell me that without going through this process. This happens so fast most people are not aware of it. Without going through this process you simply would not be able to communicate with others or yourself.

It is imperative you have the tools to intervene on this process if you want to have any control over your emotional state, your behavior and your life. Philosophers have always stated in one way or another that life is all about your word. You will now fully understand why this is true.

Empowering Questions Defined

Before we get started on Empowering Questions you need to understand why questions are the primary component for taking control of your subconscious programming. Now that you know you ask yourself questions the next questions is…Does your subconscious work on questions when you are not consciously involved? Yes! If you have ever asked yourself the question…What is that person’s name? You may not get an answer right away, but maybe in an hour or two or maybe even the next day while you are doing something completely unrelated, the answer comes popping into your head as clear as day.

Your subconscious will generate a response to absolutely every question you ask yourself even if it has to make one up. False memories are created by someone continually asking you for an answer to a question the subconscious does not have stored. This can be a tremendous benefit if you are the one who has control over the questions. If you do not have control over your internal dialogue especially your internal questions, anyone can use this process to take control of your subconscious.

When I ask you a question, what part of your consciousness usually gives you a response? You have to retrieve an answer from your subconscious. If I ask you a question about questions you ask yourself, you have now gained access to the deepest level of the subconscious. This is the very beginning of the process that brings about an emotional state, which in turn determines your behavior. This is why it is important to turn every response from The Subconscious Perspective into an Empowering Question. This will immediately engage the subconscious and force it to move in the direction you have predetermined.

Now that you know the subconscious works on questions when you are not consciously involved, how important then, does the structure of the questions you ask yourself become? It becomes very important, because if you are now asking yourself questions like…“Why can’t I maintain a consistent exercise program?” or “Why can’t I stop eating unhealthy foods?” or “Why can’t I accomplish my goals?” What do you think the results of these questions will be? They will give you more excuses or keep you anchored to what you do not want.

Most Empowering Questions will begin with: “How can I” or “What actions do I need to take to” or “What do I need to do to?” For example: If one of your goals is to lose 25 pounds and maintain a more consistent fitness program, an Empowering Question might be: “How can I permanently lose 25 pounds and have more fun with my fitness plan?” You do not have to agonize over a question. All you have to do is to continue asking and eventually the subconscious will come up with an answer. You do need to make sure you continue coming back and ask your Empowering Questions until they are answered. Once all of your questions are answered, ask yourself…“Am I completely happy with this answer or is this the answer that is going to work the best for me?”

You will start the process of Empowering Questions with your goals.

1) Please, write one goal per category you ABSOLUTELY MUST accomplish.

Why do you set goals? You establish goals to give the mind some place to go because if you do not determine where you want to go the subconscious will decide for you. The two key words when establishing your goals are, ABSOLUTELY MUST. Following are samples of how to turn your goals into Empowering Questions, which will engage the subconscious and begin the process of taking control of your programming.

2) Please, write down the reasons why you feel you ABSOLUTELY MUST accomplish your goals.

We refer to your reasons for accomplishing your goals as anchors. Anchors are what attach you to any one particular behavior. First you give the mind somewhere to go, and then you anchor yourself to those new goals to assure that you will keep moving toward them.

Excuses are also anchors, but they are keeping you attached to what you do not want. In just one minute I’m going to show you how to use those excuses as a fast moving vehicle that will move you toward your goal instead of keeping you away from your goals which is what they are doing now. Following are samples of how to turn your reasons into Empowering Questions.

3) Please, write down what you feel you ABSOLUTELY MUST do to accomplish your goals.

Writing down what you need to do to accomplish your goals is like making a map. You always need to clearly define what action needs to be taken in order to get from point A to point B. It is also important because you can turn that map into Empowering Questions which is what you are going to do now.

4) Please, write down all of the excuses that keep you from attaining your goals.

If you turn your excuse into a positive Empowering Question and continue to repeat it as a question, the mind will no longer be able to use it as an excuse. For example, if one of your excuses is time, you can turn that excuse into a question such as…“How can I find more time to spend on my diet and exercise program and have a good time with it?” If you continue to repeat this as a question, the subconscious will no longer be able to use time as an excuse.

What you have done is not only pulled that anchor up, but it has also become a high-speed vehicle to move you more quickly toward your goals. This is why you must write down every excuse you can think of because you can immediately turn it into a fast moving vehicle as opposed to dead weight in regard to your goals. Following are samples of how to turn your excuses into Empowering Questions.

5) Do you feel confident you can accomplish your goals, and if not what questions do you ask about them?

Why is this question THE key component in regard to your subconscious? As stated earlier the questions you ask yourself are the very beginning of an emotional state which in turn equal a behavior. Responding to this question helps you understand how you communicate with yourself in relationship to your goals on the deepest level of the subconscious.

If you have any questions written down in the Subconscious Perspective that have a don’t or can’t in them, these questions will be turned into Empowering Questions such as: “How can I keep myself on a consistent fitness program and have a good time doing it?” or “How can I make sure I eat only foods that work for me?” or “What action do I need to take to make sure I am always moving quickly toward my goals?” If you are not happy with the results you are getting, this is one of the things you ABSOLUTELY MUST do consistently if you what to make a change.

It is imperative you listen to your self-talk and change every negative question you ask yourself into a positive Empowering Question. Ask yourself if you will be completely happy with the results of the questions, you asked in question 5. If the answer is no, restructure every question in a form that will empower you and continue to repeat it until you get what you want.

The Five Key Questions

There are five key questions you will be asking yourself every day:
1) Does this work for me?
2) How do I feel and will I benefit from the results of this?
If the answer to this is no, ask yourself this next question.
3) What can I replace this with that I will benefit from?

The two key questions to use instead of reprimanding yourself are:
4) What can I learn from this? and
5) How can I use this experience to move myself more quickly toward my goals?

There is a detailed explanation of the importance of these key questions in Step 5, The Heart of SR®.

Please be sure to turn all of your responses from the Subconscious Perspective into Empowering Questions before moving on.