We Become What We Think About: Bob Proctor’s Method for Rewriting Reality
All great masters throughout history agree on one point: we become what we think about. Discover how to apply the technique ‘I am so happy and grateful now that…’ to reprogram your paradigm.
There is a single point on which all great teachers, philosophers, and leaders throughout history have been in complete agreement: 'We become what we think about.' Bob Proctor spent his life teaching that this is not just a motivational phrase, but a precise law. If you can see it in your mind, you can hold it in your hand. But how do you go from thought to thing? There is a specific process that begins with relaxation and ends with a new reality.
The Creative Process: From Fantasy to Fact
Most people live reacting to what they see outside themselves. Bob Proctor teaches that to change your life, you must stop looking at your current results and start looking at the image in your mind. It is a process of transforming energy.
The Power of the Mental Image
As Proctor explains in the video, everything begins by sitting down and completely relaxing the body. In this state, the conscious mind stops interfering and we can access the subconscious. Here you must build an image. Don’t just think 'I want a better life.' See it. See yourself living exactly as you want. That image is the first form of your new reality.
Why It Feels Like a Lie at First
When you begin describing this new life, your paradigm (your old programming) will scream at you. Proctor warns: 'It may seem like a fantasy at first. It may even appear like a lie.' This is normal. Your current reality is only the echo of your old thoughts. The new image is the truth waiting to manifest.
Bob Proctor’s 3 Golden Rules
In the text we analyzed, Proctor outlines a precise sequence. Thinking positive is not enough. You must follow these mechanical steps to imprint the idea into the subconscious:
1. Total Relaxation and Visualization
Turn off external noise. Sit down, let the body totally relax. Only when the body is calm can the mind visualize clearly without distractions. In this space, build the scene of your ideal life as if it were a movie projected in your mind.
Don’t do this while driving or when stressed. Take 10 minutes in a chair, close your eyes, and bring your body into a deep state of calm before imagining.
2. The Magic Formula: Write in the Present
Take that image and describe it on paper. But there is one strict grammatical rule: use the present tense. Proctor suggests always starting with: 'I am so happy and grateful now that…'. This tricks the subconscious into believing the event is already happening.
❌ Wrong: 'I hope to earn more next year' ✅ Correct: 'I am so happy and grateful now that I earn €10,000 a month with ease'
3. Obsessive Repetition
Write it. Then start reading it. Read it again and again every day. Carry it with you. Repetition is the tool that breaks down the resistance of the old paradigm. As Proctor says: 'If you read it often enough, you will begin to believe it.'
Write your goal on a card (the 'Gold Card'). Keep it in your pocket. Every time you touch the card, read it or repeat it mentally. Hundreds of times a day.
Proctor‑Style Affirmations
Bob Proctor emphasized using gratitude combined with the present tense. Here’s how to structure your desires using his specific formula:
💎 Financial Freedom
- I am so happy and grateful now that money comes to me in increasing quantities through multiple sources on a continuous basis
- I am so happy and grateful now that I can afford everything I desire
- I am so happy and grateful now that I look at my bank account and see abundance
- I am so happy and grateful now that I create wealth by adding value to others’ lives
- I am so happy and grateful now that I am a magnet for prosperity
🚀 Career & Purpose
- I am so happy and grateful now that I love what I do and do what I love
- I am so happy and grateful now that I work with creative and inspiring people
- I am so happy and grateful now that I am serving millions of people with my talent
- I am so happy and grateful now that every day I wake up full of enthusiasm for my work
🧠 Personal Growth & Paradigm
- I am so happy and grateful now that I have total control over my thoughts
- I am so happy and grateful now that I am rewriting my paradigm every day
- I am so happy and grateful now that I have unshakeable confidence in my abilities
- I am so happy and grateful now that I live in a frequency of joy and positive expectation
Understanding the Paradigm
Why is it so hard to change? Proctor explains that we are controlled by Paradigms: a multitude of habits fixed in the subconscious.
The Battle Between Logic and Belief
When you write 'I am a millionaire' but your bank account is empty, your logic (the five senses) says you are lying. Proctor teaches you to ignore the senses. Logic will take you from A to B. Imagination will take you anywhere. Persist until the lie becomes your new truth.
Inspired Action
It’s not just about writing and sitting on the couch. Visualizing the final result changes your vibration. When your vibration changes, you attract different thoughts, people, and opportunities. You will act differently effortlessly. This is the secret: action becomes natural, not forced.
Don’t Ask 'How'
A classic mistake is worrying about *how* it will happen. Proctor always said: 'The how is none of your business.' Your job is to define the *what* and vibrate in harmony with it. The how will reveal itself.
Mistakes That Block Manifestation
Even when following the method, many fail because they fall into common mental traps identified by Proctor.
❌ Looking at Current Results
❌ I can’t say I’m rich — look at my debts!
✅ My debts are the result of my old thinking. My new thinking creates my new reality.
If you let your current results control your thoughts, you will never change. Current results are simply the past materialized.
❌ Stopping When It Seems Not to Work
❌ I’ve done it for 3 days and nothing has changed.
✅ I will continue reading my script until it manifests.
Gestation takes time. You wouldn’t dig up a seed after 3 days to check if it’s growing. Trust the law.
❌ Writing in the Future
❌ I want to be happy.
✅ I am so happy now...
As mentioned in the video, you must write 'I am so happy now.' The future never comes. The subconscious acts only on the now.
Bob Proctor’s 30‑Day Challenge
Put the law to the test. Here is the protocol derived directly from the analyzed video:
- Day 1: Relax. Visualize the life you want. Not the one you think you can have — the one you WANT.
- Day 1: Write your vision on a card starting with 'I am so happy and grateful now that...'
- Days 2–30: Always carry the card with you. Never leave it at home.
- Daily: Read the card upon waking, several times during the day, and before sleeping.
- Advanced: Each time you read it, try to FEEL the emotion of that image.
- Goal: Do it until the words on the card become your deep belief.
I commit to reading my script every single day, ignoring current circumstances and focusing only on the image I am building, knowing that I become what I think about.
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The Truth Will Set You Free
As Bob said: 'It may seem like fantasy at first. It may appear like a lie.' But remember the promise of the great masters: We become what we think about. It is not a theory — it is a universal law. You have the power to write your script and watch it come to life.
Pick up that pen. Sit down. Relax. And write your future in the present tense. Start now: 'I am so happy and grateful now that...'