The Rules of the Mind (Part 2): How Your Thoughts Shape Your Reality

Your mind is powerful—more powerful than you may realize. Every belief, every thought, every internalized story creates a ripple effect in your life, shaping your emotions, behaviors, and even your physical body. If you understand the rules of the mind, you can start working with your subconscious instead of unknowingly fighting against it.

Rule #6: An Emotionally Induced Symptom Can Create Physical Change

You cannot separate the mind and body. If you constantly focus on fear, illness, or self-criticism, your body listens—and responds accordingly. Over time, this can manifest as real physical symptoms. This is why chronic stress weakens the immune system, why negative self-talk reinforces poor body image, and why unresolved trauma can lead to chronic pain. (The Body Keeps the Score is an excellent book on this topic.)

On the flip side, this also means you can use your mind to heal. Your body has an original blueprint for health, strength, and resilience. Athletes use this principle all the time—visualizing success, feeling the emotions of victory, and using the mind to enhance physical performance. Studies show that athletes who mentally rehearse their success often improve faster than those who only train physically. The key? Engaging the mind-body connection.

If you want to change your body, change your mind first.

Rule #7: Each Suggestion Acted Upon Reduces Opposition to the Next

This is why habits form—why success breeds success, and why failure can become a cycle. Each time you take action based on a thought, your subconscious becomes more receptive to similar thoughts in the future.

Ever heard of “fake it until you make it”? That’s this rule in action. If you start showing up as the version of yourself you want to become, your mind starts believing it’s true. Small wins lead to bigger ones. Confidence grows with each success.

RTT works the same way. I begin by proving to your mind that it is suggestible. This makes it easier for your subconscious to accept new, better beliefs—and the more you reinforce them, the more natural they become.

Rule #8: The More You Force Something, the Less It Works

Have you ever tried to force yourself to sleep when you have insomnia—only to stay wide awake? Have you ever told yourself you can’t have chocolate while on a diet—and suddenly, it’s all you can think about?

This is why willpower doesn’t work in the long run. The harder you push for something, the more resistance your subconscious creates. That’s why you must change the root cause, not just the behavior.

If you struggle with procrastination, anxiety, or self-sabotage, your subconscious is running a deep-rooted belief that conflicts with what you consciously want. Until that belief is changed, you’ll keep running into resistance.

This is where hypnosis and Ingram’s Path make change effortless—because they work with the subconscious, not against it.

Rule #9: The Subconscious Mind Speaks in Pictures and Emotion

Your mind thinks in images and emotions—not logic. That’s why visualization is so powerful.

If you picture yourself failing, your subconscious takes that as a command. If you imagine worst-case scenarios, your body responds as if they’re real. If you constantly tell yourself, I’ll never be good enough, your subconscious accepts it as truth.

But this also means that if you can create a new picture—a new mental movie—your subconscious will start to believe it. Pair that with emotion, and you can reshape your reality.

This is why Ingram’s Path focuses on rewriting the stories you tell yourself. Your subconscious doesn’t know the difference between imagination and reality—so make sure you’re feeding it images that support the life you actually want.

Final Thoughts

The mind doesn’t change through willpower. It changes through understanding.

If you feel stuck in old patterns, it’s because your subconscious is still running outdated programming. The good news? You can rewrite it.

Part 3 is coming soon…

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