Suggestibility
Several years ago at an NGH conference, I went to a session on helping people with their weight loss. It ended up being about scare tactics to gross out any client. And though I have not used them with anyone (I don’t play that way), they effected me profoundly. Like a lot of people, I was a vegetarian for a few years, but eventually came back to a carnivorous reality. After this session, I still ate meat, but the guilt factor involved as huge. I would lament this to all of my friends who were health nuts or would seem empathetic. Most were helpful, but the guilt has been with me now for too many years. Why not just give it up, you ask? Well, there are many reasons (none too good), but suffice to say, I have never felt like it was my time or place to take that road again.
So, while on travel, I had a conversation with a friend who is about to “grow meat.” She has bought a farm and is getting into the free-range, farm-fresh cow trade. I asked her she was going to handle eating “Flossy.” She laughed at me (roared, really) and said she would feel much better about eating meat that she herself raised - she would give the cows a longer, fuller, happier life, without all the bad stuff. Okay, I see her point. I let it go and thought to myself - I could never do that…take an animal I had raised and have it for dinner.
Well, without hypnosis, I think the suggestion finally took. When our air conditioner went out, my partner had a “meatfest” grill night. We fired up the grill and cooked steaks and hamburgers to last us awhile (we could just microwave them and not heat up the kitchen more). We had a lovely steak dinner that night. Shortly after, I became very ill (my partner was fine). The next night, we had hamburgers. Shortly after, I became very ill. Now again last night, we had hamburgers and I became very ill. Hmmmm.
So, my meat eating days might just be over. Thank you, Ms. Subconscious.
Here is this week’s question:
What subconscious thing has caused you to make a change that you were really not so sure you were ready to change?
