Thursday, May 15, 2025
Most people don’t realize their brain is filtering their reality based on old beliefs. This post breaks down the RAS—your brain’s filtering system—and shows how to reprogram it so you start seeing the opportunities your current identity might be blocking.
Ryan Nichols
There’s a tiny filter in your brain that controls what you notice, what you ignore, and what you believe is possible.
It’s called the RAS—the Reticular Activating System—and if you don’t understand how it works, it might be running your life on autopilot.
The good news?
You can reprogram it. And when you do, you’ll start seeing opportunities, solutions, and momentum where there used to be self-doubt and hesitation.
🔎 What Is the RAS?
The Reticular Activating System is a network of neurons in your brainstem.
Its job is to help your brain filter out 99% of the information around you… so you can focus on what matters.
But here’s the catch:
Your RAS doesn’t filter based on truth. It filters based on belief.
🧠 Your Brain Sees What You Believe
If you believe you’re always overlooked, your RAS will highlight rejection—even if someone is trying to support you.
If you believe success is hard or rare, your RAS will block opportunities that don’t match that narrative.
This is why it can feel like you’re stuck in a loop—no matter how hard you try to shift.
You’re not broken.
Your brain is just doing its job—filtering your reality to match your identity.
🚘 A Real-Life Example
Ever notice how the moment you decide you want to buy a certain car… you start seeing it everywhere?
That’s your RAS at work.
The car was always there. You just weren’t tuned into it until your brain was told, “Hey—this is important now.”
Your beliefs do the same thing.
They tell your brain what’s important.
And your RAS goes to work—curating your world to match your internal programming.
🔄 How to Reprogram Your RAS
You can’t logic your way into a new filter.
You have to show your brain—over and over again—what matters now.
Here are three ways to start shifting your filter:
1. Mental Rehearsal
Visualize yourself already living the result you want. The RAS doesn’t distinguish between vivid imagination and reality—it responds to repetition and emotion.
2. Identity-Based Language
Instead of saying “I want to be confident,” say “I am someone who takes bold action.”
The RAS listens when your words match the identity you're stepping into.
3. Selective Focus
Each day, deliberately ask:
“What did I do today that aligned with my future self?”
This trains your RAS to seek evidence of change—and ignore evidence of doubt.
🎯 Rewire the Filter, Rewire Your Life
Most people try to change their lives with willpower.
But if your RAS isn’t on board—if it’s still tuned into fear, scarcity, or self-doubt—you’ll keep seeing the same patterns over and over again.
Change your filter… and your reality starts to shift with it.
✅ Ready to See What Your Subconscious Is Filtering?
If this hit home for you, take my free tool → the Mind-Control Assessment
It will help you identify the subconscious patterns you’re running—and how to shift them.
Because once your RAS sees you as the next-level version of yourself…
That version becomes a whole lot easier to live into.
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