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Reading
this Module just once and then forgetting about it is
no good. You must think about it. Spend
time on it. Reflect on it.
Don't
force yourself to believe the conclusion it reaches
......but you must be willing to at least consider it as
a possibility.
Then
you must be willing to apply the techniques
described here in your life with an open
mind so that you can test their effectiveness for
yourselves....
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Mental Conditioning
In a way, cigarettes are
an extraordinary drug.
Or,
maybe it's just the way that the huge tobacco
companies have marketed the whole concept to us.
When we are kids, we
see all the adults around us smoking.
But when we ask for
one, we are told that it is a terrible, horrible habit, that it
tastes awful and that it will kill us!
And when the adults have told us this,
off they go- to have a cigarette!
And, of course the little kid is
puzzled and doesn't know what to believe:
"What he said can't be true?
If
it does all those terrible things, why is he still smoking and why are hundreds of other people doing the same ?
They don't
seem mad."
And so the kid, unconsciously comes to the only logical conclusion:
'If it can do all these
horrible things but people still want to do it - in fact feel terrible if
they have to stop - surely there must be something really pleasurable in
smoking. Why else would people do it?'
A
Subconscious Belief
And so, subconsciously the belief
grows in us that, at the very least, cigarette must contain some
magical, hidden attraction.
There must be some great
'hidden' pleasure
or enjoyment in them.
Why else would people continue to do
something that is killing them?
And then, so as we get older - and actually
smoke our first cigarette, we are further puzzled.
We get nothing at all from the experience.
In fact it tastes awful - but yet the next day, we will continue on with
this experiment.
Why ?
Because we are
already
brainwashed from watching other smokers and all the TV and films that it
must be an inherently pleasurable act.
Then we reason:
"Maybe I just haven't found
it yet?
And so we continue...... and of course, unknown to ourselves we become
hooked - addicted.
We don't realize it at first.
But if we
attempt to stop for any reason, we are suddenly surprised to find that it
is not as easy as we had imagined.
And then, as we attempt to find out why this
is so, we fall prone to even more of society's brainwashing ( deeply
ingrained beliefs ) about smoking.
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We are told by everybody -
even people who
have NEVER smoked (how would they know!!) about how difficult it will be
to stop and that you will have to suffer, if you want to give up for
good.
In fact, most of us have no idea of the
extent and the extraordinary power this mental conditioning has on
us.
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In fact, if in
quitting smoking, all we had
to deal with was the chemical addiction, the process would, indeed, be
easy.
We would only have to pick a day and stop.
We would not fear any physical withdrawal symptoms
because
we have already discovered their true nature - merely empty, restless
feelings which would soon pass.
But we know that it is not like
that......
.........other forces and energies arise that make us
WANT to
smoke.
Our desire for nicotine goes to work.
'He' knows he is too weak to keep people smoking, so he enlists the help and
co-operation of a bigger force, 'our conditioning' or past beliefs - to set up a series
of desires and images to make us want to smoke.
The is the
mental conditioning
we have all unconsciously accepted about smoking.
Please do not regard this as somehow
"unreal" or not very important.
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Even though the mental conditioning is only
a series of thoughts held in your mind about smoking, these thoughts and
beliefs are the Key factor that will determine your success in quitting smoking and actually ENJOYING the process.
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