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Understanding the Subconscious Mind
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One of the basic premises of hypnotherapy is that what
goes on in the subconscious mind affects all of our
behaviour.
Often, our problems can spring from deeply held
beliefs and memories that we might not be aware of as we go about our everyday
lives.
But those faulty beliefs and the unhappy memories are
still down there.
Many forms of therapy and counselling, including
hypnosis, aim to deal with those deep places in our psyche, and it is into this
part of our minds that suggestions are placed
during a hypnotherapy session.
We can thank Sigmund Freud for popularizing the idea of the subconscious or
unconscious mind.
According to Freud – who also pioneered the use of
hypnosis as a form of therapy – the unconscious is
where we shove all those things that we don’t really want floating around in our
minds: all the unhappy memories and all the socially unacceptable
desires.
However, like shoving things down into a rubbish bin and never emptying it, the junk
we shove into our unconscious or subconscious minds can ferment away and bubble up to generally cause
a stink unless it is dealt with.
It could be argued that Freud was merely giving
scientific backing to an idea that has been held by many
religions in the past, mainstream and otherwise.
Many spiritual teachers have held that the human
body has three main parts: body, soul (or mind)
and spirit, and what happens to one affects the
other two.
The soul or mind corresponds to the
conscious emotions, thoughts and logic, while
the spirit is the deeper part of our psyches:
The subconscious. It is no coincidenc.e that a lot of the techniques used to induce a
trance during a hypnosis session are similar to some of those used in meditation,
which the yogis and Zen masters used to open up themselves to the spirit
world.
The pioneers of hypnotherapy deliberately drew on these techniques, which they derived from
traditional Hindu texts, to help induce a state where the subconscious is more
receptive.
Some people ask whether the subconscious mind has a lot of untapped
powers.
Human beings have wondered about this and
wanted to have these extraordinary powers for
some time, and have tried a number of methods.
Learn more about the Subconscious Mind
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