The Reticular Activating System (RAS) is a bundle of nerves at our brainstem that filters out unnecessary information so the important stuff gets through.
The RAS is the reason you learn a new word and then start hearing it everywhere. It’s why you can tune out a crowd full of talking people, yet immediately snap to attention when someone says your name or something that at least sounds like it.
Your RAS takes what you focus on and creates a filter for it. It then sifts through the data and presents only the pieces that are important to you.
All of this happens without you noticing, of course.
The RAS programs itself to work in your favor without you actively doing anything. Pretty awesome, right?
When you look at it this way, The Law of Attraction doesn’t seem so mystical.
Focus on the bad things and you will invite negativity into your life.
Focus on the good things and they will come to you, because your brain is seeking them out.
It’s not magic, it’s your Reticular Activating System influencing the world you see around you.
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1. First, think of the goal or situation you want to influence ( Having a suitable body composition, and calorie surplus to exercise )
2. Now think about the experience or result you want to reach in regards to that goal/situation. ( 60kg, looking and feeling good )
3. Create a mental movie of how you picture that goal/situation ideally turning out in the future. Notice the sounds, conversations, visuals and details of that mental movie. Replay it often in your head.
Of course, in reality these things aren’t as easy as they sound, but I do believe that our Reticular Activating System (RAS) can be trained.
It’s about visualizing what we want, and then letting our subconscious and conscious work together to make it happen.