Chart of How Mental Shields Work

Chart of how Mental Shields Work

(Such as a desire for cheesecake)

If you CAN currently have the desire:

If you CAN’T currently have the desire:

(For example, you are home and have cheesecake in your refrigerator.)

(For example, you’re flying in an airplane where there isn’t any cheesecake.)

Then Id the Dragon will NOT be SHIELDED (or blocked) from working for the desire!

Then Id the Dragon WILL be SHIELDED (or blocked) from working for the desire!

Your primitive mind (Id the Dragon) will be free to bombard you with STIMULATIONS you to HAVE it!

Your primitive mind (Id the Dragon) will be blocked from working for the desire. Instead, he’ll actually HELP you RESIST it!

How can Id bombard you with STIMULATIONS to HAVE the desire?

How can Id HELP you RESIST the desire?

*He can send MEMORIES into your mind of how delicious it tastes.

*He can give you URGES to have it.

*He can help you make PLANS to get it.

*He can help you RATIONALIZE having it

*He can alter your MOOD to make you feel sad, deprived or even angry if you don’t get it

*He WON’T send you stimulations to get it during the flight.

*Instead, he’ll help you ACCEPT that you can’t have it in the current situation.

*He’ll help you feel COMFORTABLE without the desire.

*He can turn your ATTENTION to other thoughts and your surroundings.

As a Result:

*You WILL have to FIGHT Id, using ORDINARY WILLPOWER, to try to resist the cheesecake desire.

*It can be very STRESSFUL to resist the cheesecake desire.

*It can be very DIFFICULT to resist it.

*You will have an UNRELIABLE and LOW success rate for resisting it.

*You WON’T have to FIGHT Id to resist the cheesecake desire.

*You will have SUPER WILLPOWER for resisting it.

*You will be able to EASILY resist it (at least until you land).

*You will have a VERY HIGH success rate for resisting it (usually over 99%!).

The Shield Method is based on this chart. Refer back to it, as needed, while taking this course.