Message #17502

[mccoy]

Obsession degradation scheme.

A procedure which will weaken the power of an obsession by substitution the negative fixation by a positive one.

1)Observe the obsessive idea(s) by mentally detaching from them
2)Plant a positive idea in the mind and charge it with will power, make it revolve in your mind taking advantage of the same mechanism used by the negative fixation. Take advantage of the law of affinity shared by fixations, we can ride the energy of the obsession and turn the thing into positive fixation.
3) By reiterating this procedure, there will be competition in the neural pathways between the negative and positive fixation. We want to feed the positive one, subtracting mental fuel from the negative which has the mind producing lots of it. If enough mental fuel (neuronic energy) is diverted into the positive idea, the negative fixation will inevitably starve.
4) We keep taking advantage of this affinity to feed the positive fixation, until the obsession looses energy and decays.

This scheme requires the application of willpower at the beginning since the existing obsession will turn up in the mind self-fueling with no effort,  whereas we must fuel the positive, antagonist fixation by conscious effort and diversion of the feeding channel.

The basic idea is well know by the early treatment of drug addicts. The understanding father, as soon as he realizes his son or daughter is starting to use, will buy him or her musical instruments, games, he will enroll him/her into gyms or physical activities or whatever interest can disloge the unhealthy fixation.

We also have a supreme undestanding Father to whom we can ask for help to start this obsession degradating procedure.