5 Ways to Program Your Subconscious Mind
It depends on whose numbers you want tobelieve, but roughly 95% of our behavior is beyond our conscious awareness.Your subconscious files away your memories, experiences, perceptions, andinsights and maintains them far beyond the recollection of your conscious mind.
These past experiences and revelations have atremendous impact on your beliefs, habits, and general behavior.
Programmingthe subconscious mind is a powerful tool for altering behavior!
Using these strategies will helpyou program your mind to benefit your mind, body, and soul:
- Affirmations.An experienced personal coach would always suggest the use of affirmations as they help in building a positive mindset. An affirmation is a positive statement you repeat to yourself.Affirmations can be powerful, but they must be used correctly:
● Avoid affirmations that are clearly untrue.Your subconscious is flexible, but it’s not willing to seriously consider theridiculous. Repeating, “I am a billionaire,” is too factually untrue to beaccepted by your subconscious. “My financial situation is improving rapidly” iseasier to swallow.
● Use imagery and emotions to really sell it.See yourself as thin, financially successful, or selling your first novel.Generate the same emotion you would have in that situation.
● Repeat your affirmations 3 times a day for 5-10 minutes each. Right before falling asleep, right after awakening, and at anyopportune time during the day are ideal times. For example, if you want tostrengthen your confidence, repeat the affirmations when you’re feelingself-doubt.
- Subliminal technology. There is software available that flashes subliminal messages on your computer screen. These programs can run all day long without your awareness. You can use the affirmations included with the software or write your own.
● There are also audio programs withpositive messages embedded in the music beyond your ability to consciouslyrecognize.
● There’s a lot of controversysurrounding the usefulness of these programs. Since so many are available forfree, there’s no harm in giving them a try for a month. See what happens.
- Hypnosis. You’ve been hypnotized many times. You probably just didn’t view it as hypnosis. When you’re totally engrossed in a book or movie, you’re hypnotized.
● Hypnosis is just a state of intense concentration with a reducedawareness of what is happening in your immediate environment. In this state, you’re more suggestible. In other words, it’s easier toinfluence you or to change your mind.
● There are many books, audioprograms, and videos that utilize hypnotic techniques. Many people find thesehighly effective, while others seem less impressed. Again, give it a try and determineif it’s worth your time.
- Meditation. Meditation is a great way of concentrating your focus. Meditation creates a mental state that opens the mind to new ideas. Meditation can be learned quite effectively from books and videos. It does require practice to become skilled, so this isn’t a quick fix.
- Visualization.A good mindset transformation coach would suggest practicing visualization techniques because if you’re good at visualizing, you can convince your subconscious to accept nearly anything to be true. A convincing visualization is viewed by your subconscious as an actual experience. For example, if you visualize yourself giving successful speeches, your subconscious will become convinced this is a skill you possess.
● Again, the best time to use thisprocess is right before falling asleep and upon awakening in the morning.Visualizing is easier and more effective at those times.
We areonly aware of a tiny portion of what our brain is doing at any moment.
Our brains are dealing with far too muchinformation for our conscious mind to process. The brain is controlling bodytemperature, blood pressure, pulse, digestion, concentrations of various salts,neurotransmitters, hormones, and far more sensory data than we’re aware of.
The same is true for our behavior. In theory,the subconscious mind controls 95% of our behavior. It only makes sense toaddress this 95%. There are several ways to program the subconscious. Pick oneand see what you can accomplish!
