Hi JAAJ
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There is no scientific evidence for the existence of a subconscious mind. Still, most psychological approaches assume it. We follow the assumption that we have a consciousness on the one hand and a subconscious on the other.
Through the use of mental techniques you can use the power of your subconscious. So that you can use this power as optimally as possible, it is helpful to first learn something about the subconscious.The difference: subconscious and unconscious
A distinction is often made between the subconscious - also known as the preconscious - and the unconscious.
The difference is that we have virtually no access to our unconscious at will.
Many of our vital functions are completely unconscious.
For example, you don’t think about your blood circulation or your digestion - it works by itself. But also in your psyche there are some areas in the depths of your unconscious. As a rule, we can only reach these depth psychological levels through, for example, psychoanalytic procedures or hypnosis.
In the following, however, it will mainly focus on the subconscious.
What are the characteristics of the subconscious?
Our subconscious is the sum of all ideas, memories, impressions, motives, attitudes and readiness to act that are in us, but which are not currently active.
We are aware of everything that is active at the moment. Subconsciously, however, all the inactive elements of our psyche play into our daily doing and thinking.
An example: impending traffic chaos?
When you learn to drive, you have to do many things at the same time. At the beginning it is difficult for us.
We have to practice every move consciously. Over time, all of these things automate and you don’t even have to think about what to do if you want to turn, for example Driving a car has become second nature to you, or rather: Your subconscious now controls many of your hand movements automatically, while you can concentrate on other things.What else your subconscious can do
Our subconscious also has the important function of perceiving the things that we cannot consciously absorb.
Think about how many impressions you get in each moment - visual and acoustic stimuli such as colors, shapes, images, tones, noises and voices, but also sensitive stimuli such as touch, a cold or warm draft of air, pain, etc. Think also of smells, moods and the most diverse other of your perceptions and impressions.
But how much of it do you normally actually perceive? A tiny fraction. And that’s a good thing, otherwise we’d all go crazy, completely overwhelmed.Our subconscious sometimes knows a lot more than we do
Because our subconscious absorbs a lot more than we consciously register, it can, for example, show us the way in crucial moments.
We then call this intuition.
Then our subconscious makes itself noticeable through a voice in the head or through a strange feeling in the stomach.
Every now and then we feel when we have to make a decision what we have to decide for, without being able to explain it rationally. Or we instinctively sense an impending danger. Sometimes feelings pop up in us all of a sudden and we cry or laugh for no apparent reason. Or we feel very attracted to a stranger we barely know for no apparent reason. In all of these situations, our subconscious takes the lead for brief moments.Use your subconscious and your intuition
We can harness the knowledge and power of our subconscious mind when we learn to understand what it is telling us and how the subconscious mind works.
On the one hand, we have to perceive the impulses of our subconscious in order to be able to consciously decide whether to follow this impulse or not. On the other hand, we can convey messages to our subconscious ourselves.
Our subconscious has a lot of power and influence over us and our lives. If we learn to use this influence more and more for our goals, we will find help and support in our subconscious.The influence of the subconscious
For example, your subconscious affects the following areas of your life:
on your behaviors and reactions
on your attitudes and beliefs
on your perception
on the importance you give to things that are happening
on your health and well-being,
on your performance and your personal successes.
For example, our subconscious lets us say certain things that we would not have said with a little more thought. Or it makes us forget things that we set out to do. Or it ensures that we make a certain decision that we cannot explain in our head. Our subconscious sometimes also lets us reach for a certain book in which we find a message that is important to us. Or it tries to dissuade us from something through malaise, illness or the like, e.g. a goal or from too much work.You don’t have to be afraid of the power of your subconscious
The realization of how great the influence of our subconscious is on our actions and activities is only frightening as long as we perceive our subconscious as something foreign and threatening.
But when we realize that we can use our subconscious actions and attitudes to our advantage, we gain a really strong ally for whatever we want to achieve.The real strength of successful people lies in their subconscious
It is known from high-performance sport that top athletes use their mental powers for their success. These people have learned to use the power of their subconscious in a positive way. But even if you do not strive for such top performance, you can use your subconscious for your personal success.It is much easier to be truly successful when you learn to work with your subconscious.
Often we unconsciously boycott ourselves and wonder why none of what we set out to do works. The aim here is to find out why and to what extent your subconscious is working against you.
It is not easy to get to know our subconscious better, precisely because we are not aware of many things. But we can simply observe ourselves with a lot of curiosity and attention and learn a lot about our behavior. Furthermore, we can also do specific exercises to learn more about our subconscious processes.Analyze your behavior
You can start by consistently analyzing your own behavior.
You can make it a habit or you can just choose specific situations for it. If, for example, after an argument or a conversation with your supervisor, you look back on the whole situation in front of your own eyes, you may notice some behavior that you were not aware of beforehand.
Seek feedback
Seek feedback from others too.
Ask how others think of your words or actions. Of course, you shouldn’t overdo this because it might seem strange to people around you. But you can ask friends to give you feedback on certain things.
If you want to work more intensively on yourself, you can also attend a self-awareness seminar on setting your goals.Know your unconscious attitudes
Not only do your behaviors and reactions come largely from your subconscious, but also many of your attitudes.
You have learned in your past, e.g. through upbringing or from role models, which things you have a positive attitude and which things you have negative attitudes towards. Your attitudes now unconsciously influence your behavior and decisions.Exercise: recognizing the unconscious
Spontaneously and without thinking too much, write down which terms you associate with the following topics:
people
men
women
love
job
success
money
fail
failure
Through this exercise you will quickly recognize in which areas you may have negative and where you have positive basic convictions that unconsciously affect your actions and your thinking.Whereby your knowledge of unconscious programs can help you
Try to find out as much as you can about your subconscious attitudes.This gives you a lot of interesting clues as to why you behave in a certain way in many situations. You can also see if and why you might be boycotting yourself in certain areas.
For example, if you have a belief in your subconscious that says that a lot of money makes you weak of character, then it is not surprising if you prevent yourself from making a lot of money.
So that you can use your subconscious as optimally as possible for your goals and projects, you should consider the essential properties of the subconscious.Your subconscious is constantly active …
Our subconscious is always active. We just don’t always have contact or access to it.
… and also works in sleep
Even when you sleep, your subconscious is active. It produces pictures and entire films - our dreams.
If you want to use your subconscious, it is worthwhile to write down your dreams.
You do not need to interpret your dreams psychologically, because the messages of our subconscious are often clearly recognizable. Sometimes, however, they are encrypted. You can see this as a bit of a puzzle that you can solve. Find out what your dreams are trying to tell you. In this way you can learn a lot about yourself.You can train the contact to your subconscious
Many of us find it difficult to get in touch with our subconscious. We are not used to listening to our intuition or inner voice and trusting that our subconscious is working for us.
But you can learn this contact and practice systematically to work with your subconscious.
You can work best with your subconscious in a relaxed state
Many good ideas come to us in situations in which we relax and switch off - e.g. in the shower or on a walk.
Think for a moment what it is like when a name or a term is on the tip of your tongue and you just can’t figure it out. When do you usually think of it again? E.g. on the way home or in the evening in bed before going to sleep. When you relax and stop trying hard to come up with the name or term, your subconscious is sending you exactly what you want. Because your subconscious works best in a relaxed state, many mental techniques use the method of mental relaxation.Be careful with negations
Many mental trainers assume that the subconscious does not understand negations.
For example, if you keep telling yourself, “I don’t want to be so fat anymore.” therefore the message “being fat” remains for the subconscious.
This is a somewhat simplified representation, but it should make it clear how unfavorably ambiguous messages can possibly affect your subconscious.
Check this out for yourself once.
Today counts for your subconscious
If you want your subconscious to work towards one of your goals, always formulate what you want to achieve as if you have already achieved it. Say “I weigh 70 kilos” (or whatever your dream weight is) or tell yourself, “I’m a department head.” (if that is the position you are aiming for).
By formulating the message as if the goal were already reality, your subconscious will immediately work towards making that goal real.Your subconscious loves pictures
As you can see from the phenomenon of dreams, the subconscious loves the language of images. So use pictures and detailed descriptions of what you want to achieve.
For example, picture the situation in which you achieved your goal in all details. Because the subconscious is strongly motivated and stimulated by images, the method of visualization, for example, can also be used to good effect.Your subconscious always wants your best
Even if we do not understand a lot of what our subconscious is trying to tell us at first and if we are often angry about our unconscious actions - one thing is important:
Your subconscious only wants your best. As a rule, you always act to the best of your knowledge and belief. It can only be that the basic messages are unfavorable for your purposes.An example
If you heard over and over again as a child that you were unsportsmanlike, then maybe you really believe it. If you have such a belief in you, your subconscious may boycott all your attempts to do sports, e.g. with displeasure, forgetfulness or even with illness. It may want to protect you from disappointment or teasing.
You can change many of these old programs with new messages to your subconscious.
I would like to apologize for this very long amount, but it gushed out of me
Dear JAAJ
I only wish you the best
Flower power
