ACTING
Acting is a powerful tool in using your subconscious mind. I already mentioned the documentary on PBS TV in which a professor claimed hypnotism was acting.
Acting as if has a huge asset. When you are acting, everything is logical. I could ask you to believe that your hand is stuck to your forearm. That is illogical and unbelievable. It would be impossible to have faith in that. But if I ask you to act as if your hand was stuck to your forearm, you could do that easily. Acting does not require belief or faith.
Recall that your subconscious mind finds ways to achieve the goals you give it. So if you are feeling blue, you are giving your subconscious mind the goal of being blue. Being blue is not healthy and you should not want to stay that way. But to tell your subconscious mind that you are happy may be unbelievable to you. If it is unbelievable, then you will have some fear of failure. This fear of failure will probably overpower your will to be happy (The Law of Reversed Effort).
But you can act as if you are happy. Acting as if you are happy will accomplish two goals. One, it will give your subconscious mind the goal of being happy. Two, it will send neurotransmitters from your body cells to your brain cells telling your brain that you are happy. Then your brain will become happy and, in turn, send neurotransmitters that will make your body feel happy. The folklore, “Act happy and you will become happy” is true. Studies prove that neurotransmitters travel both ways. When you feel happy, your subconscious mind sends messages to your body to act happy. Conversely, when your body acts happy, your body cells send messages to your brain that you are happy.
It is easier to act well when you are sick than it is to believe you are well. If you do not give your subconscious mind the thought, the goal of being well, it, conversely, has the goal of being sick. So learn to ACT AS IF…