Subconscious & Conscious Programming
What fascinates me at times is wondering why I do what I do. I wonder why I have a particular way of thinking around a certain area or why I want something so badly, yet I am sometimes unwilling to make the necessary changes to improve my life. These are ongoing thoughts. Sometimes, there are opportunities that are available to me, which I want, but I find myself not responding positively. Why do I self-sabotage when things are going well? Or, why do I find it hard sticking to things, or have a lot of fear doing things I really love? The list can be long. When you start to read about the conscious and subconscious mind, you will learn how we live in our programmed states from the way we behave and think. So, how can we improve something when we don’t consciously know we are doing and eventually stop doing things we’re not aware we’re doing? So, I wanted to share a few things about what I learnt on this topic.
What is the subconscious mind?
The “subconscious” is the part of your mind that operates below your normal level of waking consciousness. The subconscious mind is like a big memory bank that stores your beliefs, memories and life experiences. This information is stored in your subconscious mind and affects your behavior and actions in different situations. Right now, you’re primarily using your conscious mind ( involves all of the things that you are currently aware of and thinking about). So you are essentially using the conscious mind to hear what I am saying and absorbing the meaning. But beneath that mental focus, your subconscious mind is busily working behind the scenes, absorbing or rejecting information based on an existing perception you have of the world around you.
I mentioned this earlier in the year about what programming is. From the 3rd trimester up to 7 years of age, our brain frequency operates at a low level – theta and delta brainwaves.
Theta
These brain waves occur most often in sleep but are also dominant in deep meditation. Theta is our gateway to learning, memory, and intuition. In theta, our senses are withdrawn from the external world and focused on signals originating from within.
Delta waves (.5 to 3 Hz) Delta brain waves are slow, loud brainwaves (low frequency and deeply penetrating, like a drum beat). ...
Theta waves (3 to 8 Hz) Theta brain waves occur most often in sleep but are also dominant in deep meditation.
Alpha waves (8 to 12 Hz)
Beta waves (12 to 38 Hz) Dominant thoughts
Gamma waves (30-44)
Basically, our brain has different activities as we know, and its different parts give off or create different frequencies. I'm not going to go over that today as I don’t know much about it. However, I would like to point out that Delta and Theta are the same states used in hypnosis and is also why children blur fantasy and reality. This also accounts for their great imagination and play. During those first 7 years of life, we don't reject anything, and these downloads control our life, our vitality, and our behavior in the world. Recognize this - if you buy a new computer and you turn it on, the built-in operating system prepares it to work. But if there are no programs in that computer, then the computer can’t really do anything. Or the same concept applies if you have apps on a cell phone. You can't really check certain sites unless you have the app. If we relate this to a child when the brain develops, we can say it has an operating system without programs in it just yet, like a clear canvas. Nature creates the first seven years of our lives to download behaviors, ideas by observing our parents, our siblings, and our community. And in this way, a child can learn all the behavioral characteristics necessary to be a functional member of a family and community. This is where I pose a question I want us to discuss - Since we are downloading the programmes by observing other people, what happens if we download programmes from our parents, or our family or siblings, or others that are quite negative and have an adverse effect on our health?
Any thoughts?
Babies are supported in the womb through their mother’s blood supply, receiving nutrients through the placenta. Everything the mum-to-be experiences will automatically be felt by the baby. If she is stressed, those stress hormones are passed on to her unborn child. Any traumatic experiences the parents have gone through can create changes above the gene – epigenetics – which can last for several generations. I won’t be going into that today as that is another workshop in itself. Babies are conscious beings. They will interpret the world they’re about to enter the same way that their mother perceives the world. If the world is a dangerous place, the unborn child will prepare to fight for survival. With every experience, our subconscious mind soaks in information like a sponge. And as I’ve said before, our subconscious mind has no capability of rejecting anything until we reach our 7th year as our minds don’t have any preexisting beliefs to contradict what it experiences. Therefore, if someone told you now that you had three legs or 4 ears, you wouldn’t believe them because you’ve already learned and know that you have 2 legs and 2 ears. Whereas we simply accept that all of the information we received during our early childhood is true. The majority of us were made to believe Santa Claus was real. Every time someone called you stupid, worthless, slow, lazy, etc., your subconscious mind just stored the information away for reference. You may also have received opinions about your potential in life or the limitations you’ll face based on your physical abilities as well as skin color, gender, or economic status.
All this information made me question a lot of things. And I’m also very interested to know what your answers are to the following:
Do you think all of us are simply byproducts of our DNA?
What or who do you think shaped who you are today?
Is it important to leverage our early childhood experiences to either change or improve our current lives?
Do you sometimes blame your parents for how you turned out?
What do you think is the most prominent trait you developed from your childhood experiences?
Life is such an incredible puzzle and I constantly struggle to make sense of it all. So I hope you will join me as I dig deeper into what makes us who we are.
I would love to hear your comments, thoughts, opinions and sentiments.
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