You can take a newspaper, cut out certain words and make a Ransom demand.<\/p>\n

The newspaper does not say this.<\/p>\n

The words are taken out of context and reorganized according to another plan \/purpose \/idea.<\/p>\n

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Yet we do that very thing to ourselves.<\/p>\n

We choose<\/span> to think only those thoughts \/recall those memories that amplify our current desire \/fear.<\/p>\n

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The solution is simple: don’t stop with those self fulfilling \/reinforcing thoughts,<\/p>\n

but deliberately<\/strong> think other thoughts that help neutralize them.<\/p>\n

You certainly have enough of them,<\/p>\n

… if you simply allow them to be recalled \/remembered.<\/p>\n

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Then you stop holding yourself up with Thoughtful Ransoms.<\/p>\n

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These are\u00a0Related<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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#\u00a054<\/strong>\u00a0Self<\/a> – 58<\/strong> Needs<\/a> – 68<\/strong> Concentration<\/a> – 79<\/strong> Truth Time<\/a> – 100<\/strong> Ransom Notes<\/a> – 119<\/strong> Gears<\/a><\/p>\n

125<\/strong> A Clumsy Self Image<\/a> – 153<\/strong> All-At-Once<\/a> – 254<\/strong> Manipulation<\/a> – 278<\/strong> I Am<\/a> – 290<\/strong> Seeds<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You can take a newspaper, cut out certain words and make a Ransom demand. The newspaper does not say this. The words are taken out of context and reorganized according to another plan \/purpose \/idea.   Yet we do that very thing to ourselves. We choose to think only those thoughts \/recall those memories that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,10,18,23,27,43,49],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2538","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-control","7":"category-decisions","8":"category-fear","9":"category-habits","10":"category-imagination","11":"category-self-image","12":"category-worry","13":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2538\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}