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Hi Chris, All
I've read that as well in numerous publications.
"The Power of Your Subconcious Mind" by Joseph
Murphy goes into great detail on that point.
To put it succinctly, "You can't get what you want
by focusing on what you DON'T want."
Bing
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Chris Cheatham
[mailto:chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>Sent: Tuesday April 19, 2005 3:50 PM
>To: Omega List
>Subject: don't lose money
>
>Hi Gang,
>
> This has nothing to do with TS, but with trading
psychology.
>Anyone who has ever gone through a phase of
"trading not to
>lose" will find it especially fascinating. The
following is a
>brief excerpt from a conversation in a
non-trading group of
>which I am a member. Deals with mental imagery
and how
>thoughts and words create reality. The names are
changed to protect...
>
>Best,
>Chris
>- -----------------------------------------------
>Jane:
>I remember a winter's night when two women
stopped by to visit
>at about 11:30, both of them drunk. They stayed a
while and
>when they found the desired libation was not
forthcoming
>decided to go on their way. We saw them out
through a snowy
>path to their car and as they were about to drive
away I waved
>to them and called out, "Good night. Don't hit
the train."
>Then I thought Whoa! Where did that come from?
But I thought
>no more about it and went to bed. Next morning
the driver
>called to tell us not to worry, they were both
okay, but that
>they had hit the train. So what happened? ...
>
>John:
>No mystery here. "Don't hit the train" is a
suggestion to hit
>the train; because the subconscious mind does not
understand
>the "English" word, "Don't." --More interesting
is that in
>order to make the statement you had a mental
picture. As you
>explained, your friends were drunk. In a state
of altered
>consciousness, amenable to suggestion, the
receptive people
>were especially vulnerable to your suggestions.
Neither Case
>nor Davies publish any text that uses the words
arranged in
>such a way as to "Don't do a such and such," as
it causes the
>opposite result. For example, my favorite
phrase, "don't
>think of pineapples in the snow," requires
thinking of
>pineapples in the snow, causing imagery on the
part of both
>director and directed. Imagery combined with
emotion (their
>fear of hitting a train)-- well, you know the
rest-- together
>you have a train accident.
>
>Jane again:
>Great explanation! When I said that to them I
didn't know
>which way they were going to go after they had
left the
>driveway. In one direction there would have been
no train at
>all, but they didn't go that way. The way they
did go there
>was an occasional train but lights flashed and a
bar came down
>in front of traffic. And all this did happen, and
the driver
>stopped just as she should have. The passenger,
however,
>reached over and fumbling for the cigarette
lighter somehow
>hit the gear shift, put the car in gear and it
shot forward
>through the barrier and hit the train as it was
passing slowly
>through the village.
>
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