Gettin In Your Head (March 17)

Sorry for the delay in posting this, things have been hectic at best and I figure since I have no readers it can be low on my blog priority lists. On March 17th, I had my second meeting with my nutritionist. I admit I came full of excuses as to why I hadn't been successful in the least on dieting. I told her that I just don't have the self discipline and so on and so forth. She suggested that I read a couple of books by Wayne Dyer on controlling your thoughts. I downloaded the first suggested reading, "Excuses Begone...", and I have to admit I am really interested so far. The author studied the way of Tao and has applied much of his teachings to modern psychology's levels of consciousness and the "ego" being a driving force. He discusses this idea of the Higher Self. The Higher Self is the part of you most connected to God and you choose to make that Higher Self's thought processes emulate what you feel God's thought processes are. In other words, the Higher Self is pure in nature and upholds what your moral standards truly are. The Higher Self is a part of your conscious.
Then there is the subconscious which is guiding the brain underneath the surface. Here lies the "ego". This is a little contrary to how I remember Freud used the concept of the ego. I think he tends to use the "ego" like what would be in Freudian terms the "id" combined with Freud's "ego" and then substitutes the idea of the "Superego" with the Higher Self (which I actually like more since the Superego sounds to me juvinille (like your superhero self-like my old phrase "What Would Buffy Do") and has a disconnect from the Metaphysical self whereas the Higher Self applies an indiduals Spiritual as well as Social values). This ego sits in the driver's seat and makes your actual decisions. Ok so this is pretty much where I stop the synopsis since I haven't gotten into the third section of the book yet which talks about the control that you have over the "ego" and its potential to change your life.

I am loving all of this though because this is the answer I have long wanted. I love the idea of counting calories and watching what I eat but it can only last as long as I am focused on being "good" once I decided to do anything outside of that ideal everything is gone. My hope for this book is it will build my Higher Self and its connection with my ego so that I am more aware of the excuses I give myself toward doing anything. I am hoping this can be a solution in my whole self not just in this one area.