The Positive Self - Paperback

by Marc Lerner (Author)

You are basically described by the way you think and by the way you act. This book is designed to have you consciously come from the best part of you. In this book, "The Positive Self," you develop habits that always have you come from a conscious place. We think to our self- image, so if you think to a negative self-image, you get negative thoughts and actions. You interpret your trauma negatively, which only adds to the problem. If you think to a positive self-image, you get positive responses, interpretations and actions. Your positive self is open to external help because it naturally falls back on consciousness, while the negative falls back on your conditioned habits. There is nothing that you identify with that can represent you as accurately as your self-image. The greatest tool for a person that deals with anxiety is to be able to control the self-image they identify with and the ability to switch it whenever they need to. Your self-image was formed by the way people related to you, for that taught you how to relate to yourself. Your self-image is at the center of every memory, every idea and every interpretation you make of your entire life. Simply changing your self-image from a negative to a positive will not take away anxiety or any trauma you may have experienced, but it will change the way you interpret what is going on. When a person has anxiety, they often have a difficult time concentrating. Over time, it is often the case that an anxious person develops a negative self-image. A positive self-image gives positive interpretations and perceives exactly what is. A negative self-image interprets based on past conditioning. A negative self-image is created by past conditioned habits. It is difficult for a negative self-image to be in the moment, for it associates every input to the past. Your entire character is a relationship between your positive and negative self-image. You can create valuable life skills through the interaction between your positive and negative self. For instance, the quality of confidence is the expression of your positive self being kind and loving to your negative self. This is where you find ways to deal with your anxiety by using inner strengths. A habit can be triggered by a word or phrase, so that when a person faces an anxious state of mind, they can say their trigger and at least interpret their situation from a conscious state of mind. Doctors and therapists directing their input to the positive self find their input received consciously. If they direct their input to the negative self, the input is received based on old habits the patient identifies with. The habits can be negative or positive, but they block you from being conscious in the moment. A patient connected to their positive self is more receptive and connected to powerful inner resources: a patient connected to their negative self is not open to new ideas and justifies their life from the way they were conditioned. The way you receive help is affected by what part of you, you think to. This book is also helpful for people that help other people. It could be doctors and therapists, teachers, parents those in a relationship, or anyone who consciously deals with others' personal development. Actually, the greatest use of the "Positive Self" is personal development. The real quality of life is when you look through the eyes of a conscious part of you. This book gives you the tools to develop conscious life skills, a positive perspective and the ability to better learn and correct yourself.

Author Biography

After graduating from Michigan State University in psychology, I traveled to India.It has affected the spirituality in my work. As a result of my work in Los Angeles, I was named the 2002 Outstanding American with Disabilities Business Person by the SBA. I have had multiple sclerosis for more than 33 years and though it is a major hassle, it has been an amazing journey. I am legally blind and I found that when you cannot see the outside world clearly, you look within. Since there is no cure for MS, I was forced to develop the patient's role in healing. That gave me an intimate connection to what I call the Wisdom of the Body. That inner wisdom has been a great guide in every aspect of my life. In 1982, I began Life Skills Institute and worked with others in a health struggle, helping them to connect to their inner wisdom. I worked with three main groups; veterans with PTSD, the mentally ill homeless and people with chronic illnesses like cancer and AIDS. That was my research for my books, A Healthy Way to Be Sick and The Positive Self: Meeting Challenges with the Best Part of You. After having Trigeminal nerve damage, I felt close to death. I used my inner wisdom to help me with that struggle also. I wrote The End, A Creative Way to Approach Death. Facing death with inner wisdom made me embrace life like never before. I was in Hospice for three months and graduated when my illness stabilized. During that struggle I wrote A Poetic View of Hospice. All my books are on Amazon/Kindle.com. I could have traveled around the world and never embraced life like this journey forced me to. My writings express my hope that others in a health struggle could have similar benefits. You can go to Ezine.com, where I have 90 articles, which is a good way to see the way I think.