Change your life with a computer and a headset

January 14th, 2007 • Related • Filed Under

Using your computer to change your life

Computers have changed our lives and our world beyond measure. I cannot
imagine what I would do without my computer to communicate, to write, to organise
my life, generate ideas, research, read, listen, make money etc. We
are using the power of the computer to change the way we live but can we use
it to change our lives internally?

I would like to show you a way to use your computer to change your own life
using the internet, a headset with microphone attachment, a set of intentions
and a quick software download.

This exercise is possibly the most powerful exercise you will do in
your life and possibly the one that will change your life forever.

Positive thinking

I believe positive talking and thinking is not enough to change your life. Positive
talking is using your conscious mind to try to communicate with your subconscious
mind. The trouble is that, an estimated, 90% of your life is controlled
by your subconscious mind. Your subconscious mind has been imprinted
a long time ago with programs of life making it very difficult to imprint new
programs. To imprint a new program, it requires you to be in a relaxed
state of mind. When you are in a relaxed state of mind you are emitting
what is called Alpha Waves and
that is when new imprinting can take place. There is lots of information
on learning and your brain waves and learning have a search around Google.

When you use positive thinking you are usually in a Beta state of mind, which
is the normal waking conscious state. So it is very difficult to reach
your subconscious mind using your conscious mind. However, we know that
when you are sleeping your brainwaves are alternating between Alpha, Delta
and Theta states. So to reach your unconscious mind and imprint new programs
you have to reach one of the unconscious brainwave states.

The easiest one to reach is Alpha waves and it is in this state that you can
change your life.

This powerful exercise requires a few pre-requisites.

What you will need

You will need a headset with a microphone attached. You can buy these
really cheaply from any computer store. I bought mine for £13
after a donation I was given by a reader of this blog.
Download some recording software so you can record your voice. I
use the the Audacity software
which lets you alter your recording when you have completed it.
I am presuming you have a soundcard with mic in ports
Some music that gets you into a relaxed state. Use classical
music or relaxation music. I use a beautiful piece of music from
the Estonian composer Arvo Part called ‘Spiegel
Im Spiegel’.
Write down 10- 30 intentions under 3 – 8 main headings. I
have the headings: Family, Health, Love, Finance, Career, and Personal
growth and I have 4 intentions in each category.

The intentions

After reading and listening to Marc Allen I
always start each intention with ‘In a healthy and positive way……..’. Marc
calls them affirmations but I prefer to use the word intentions. Another
thing is to take your time over your intentions. Think about what you
really want in life as this exercise is very powerful and you have heard the
saying ‘Be careful what you wish for you might just get it’.

Ready to record

Make sure you can find 10 minutes free time when there will be absolutely
no distractions, preferably having no one in the house at all.

Turn on your favourite piece of music and then hit the record key on Audacity. Now
start to read your intentions out loud. Do it in a calm, slow voice. When
you have read out all your intentions stop the recording.
When you are happy with the recording making sure it is clear, loud enough
and easy to understand, duplicate the recording 5 times.

Duplicate your recording using Audacity.

To duplicate the recording it is just like copying and pasting on word. Highlight
the recording or press CTRL+A > go to ‘File’ > Click Copy > Now
go to the end of the recording > go to file again and click paste (CTRL+V)
and do this 4 times. > Now click on file and click export as MP3 and save
it to a folder.

You now have your recording but repeated 5 times. This will probably
last from 10-15 minutes. Now you can listen to your recording whenever
you want and have a spare 10 minutes to relax. You can download it to
your iPod or MP3 player and listen to it when you are waiting in queues, or
traffic jams, or whenever you have to wait a long time for something.

Added benefits

If you use this three times per day you have the added benefit of relaxing
three times per day. This, as you know, has massive benefits on your everyday
life. It’s like meditating for 15 minutes, three times a day; this
in itself will change your life dramatically.

I recorded my intentions 9 days ago and have been listening to it every day,
3 times a day. I have noticed dramatic changes that I cannot put down
to coincidence. Some of the things are: I have received 2 website commissions,
I have lost another few pounds in weight, my relationships with my children
are better, I am less stressed at work, I am making more money from the blog,
and I have more energy, I am just enjoying life more. I am constantly
amazed at way my life changes for the better and it’s definitely down
to personal development.

I was going to wait until the full 21 days was over before I wrote an article
about it. However, I was so excited about the changes in my life that
I wanted to tell you about it sooner.

A challenge for you

All this talk of intentions, the subconscious mind, Alpha waves etc might
sound airy fairy to some of you. I would like to challenge you to try
this for 21 days. The challenge is:

Record your intentions as described above and then listen to your recording
3 times per day, every day for 21 days. You are only taking 30-45 minutes
per day to change your life. I challenge you to do this and tell me there
are no benefits to it.

If you like you can send me an e-mail to let me know you are willing to take
the challenge and I will e-mail you every day to give you that push you need
to carry on with the challenge. I will add your name to a separate post
entitled the ‘The “Change your life” challenge’ and
if you send me a link to your blog or website I will post a linkback to it.

There is only 1 rule and that is you take the challenge and check in with
me every day for 21 days, letting me know what you have done that day.

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Comment by Wise Bread on 15 January 2007:

My life is such a whirlwind that I would be hard pressed to come up with my top 3 life goals on the spot. This exercise would help keep the overall goals I’m working towards front and center. I don’t know if I could do it 3 times a day, but even a daily reminder would be a huge step up.

Thanks for the tip! Great post.

Cheers,
Greg

Comment by Brian on 15 January 2007:

This is a really cool idea. I can see how it would be much easier to play back thee recording than get yourself in the mental space to recreate the meditation three times a day.

Comment by Steve Olson on 15 January 2007:

Steven,

This is a fantastic idea. I love it.

Comment by Steven Aitchison on 15 January 2007:

Thanks for the comments. Greg I mentioned three times a day as it is only 10 minutes per recording and it allows for 1 of the times to be missed, so you’re right a lot of people will be thinking along the same lines.

Brian, Steve the recording is much better, I suppose its a lazy way of working on your intentions. However sometimes I would miss working on the intentions as it seemed too much like hard work, now I pop on my iPod and my intentions are there. I am really seeing a difference with it.

Comment by Dave on 16 January 2007:

Steven - great application! What you have skillfully done is insure the messaging gets in deeper by helping increase the alpha state. I really like that. I’ve been frustrated in the past by the short life of repeating affirmations. It just never really stuck. I can see how you are accessing the unconscious with this approach. I’ll try it. It will be intersting to measure the sticking factor.

You know, with the autoresponder, you have a nice 21 day program to offer! Brilliant!

Comment by John Wesley on 16 January 2007:

I’m a little bit skeptical about this, but I just might have to take your 21 day challenge just to be sure.

Also, I enjoyed the new podcast section. It was interesting to hear what you sound like. It felt like I got to know you a bit better.

Comment by Steven Aitchison on 17 January 2007:

John, It would be great if you took the 21 day Challenge. It would be very interesting to see what happens over 21 days.

Dave - thanks for the comments. What did you mean by the ‘autoresponder’?

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Comment by Aaron M. Potts on 1 February 2007:

What a great idea! I use brain wave training frequently - usually compliments of Kelly Howell’s work - but I never thought to record my intentions as a voice over.

Great idea! I’ll share this URL with my readers in a future blog post.

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Comment by shain on 27 March 2007:

I want to say something about this site. It gives the information relating to the brainwaves regarding binaural beat secrets. So to reach your unconscious mind and imprint new programs you have to reach one of the unconscious brainwave states.
brainwaves

Comment by Brian parker on 8 September 2007:

It has echo-cancelling technology if you aren’t using a headset. It’s got Video Mail and Blog recording, community calling, SightSpeed TV and more. And that’s all in the free version.

Comment by halloween costume on 22 September 2007:

Hi! Nice topic

Comment by davian on 1 October 2007:

There have been many blogs in my mind which allowed you to ponder upon sundry types of thing which you will be at,though not now.I guess such types of blogs should be raised in blog world including this one.

Comment by Computer Shop Fider on 23 January 2008:

I can see how you are accessing the unconscious with this approach. I’ll try it. It will be intersting to measure the sticking factor.

Comment by Computer Forums on 4 March 2008:

Great info, thanks very much!

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Comment by Gamy Rachel on 14 April 2008:

Very nice post. We have the same flow and same thinking.

I am absolutely a benefactor of training my subconscious mind.

When I found out that our subconcious mind has 90-95% working power,
and our conscious mind has only 5 - 10% working power, I started to feed my subconscious mind with the brainwaves and positive words every night before I sleep. I has done great for me. I am now a happier person, more creative and calmer.

I would like to invite you to come visit my blog:)

Looking forward to hear your comments too.

Blessings
Gamy

Comment by Angie on 16 April 2008:

I’m a little bit skeptical about this, but I just might have to take your 21 day challenge just to be sure.

Comment by Steven Aitchison on 16 April 2008:

Hi Gamy, I like what you have got going at your blog, thanks for sharing the link with us.

Hi Angie, I hope you do try the 21 day challenge it will be worth it. Let us know how you get on.

Comment by Carl Jahnes on 19 April 2008:

Very interesting and helpful. Have you encountered Super-Mind? It is all about reprogramming your subconscious, but using a rubber band around your wrist, for example, and snapping it when you realize you are having a negative thought or intention…to turn your mind to the positive…

Comment by Annie on 2 October 2008:

I like the idea of this. With the best will in the world I set myself goals that I never follow through on. So I’ve downloaded the Audacity software and I’m going to set myself some goals. I spend a lot of time at my computer, so it makes it very practical for me to try this. And what’s 21 days out of lifetime? I figure I have nothing to lose…