Subconscious
I was reading an article by Carolyn Cole LCPC, LMFT, NCC in the Highly Sensitive Refuge May 3, 2021 newsletter, when this sentence lit up my whole attention.
The subconscious mind is “…the part of you responsible for holding onto emotions, core beliefs and your patterns.” And research “…shows that the subconscious mind guides 90% of daily life.”
So, the smart, logical, analytical and reasonable part of me isn’t really in charge as I always imagined. All of my decisions originate in my emotional brain…in my subconscious.
The article itself drew my attention as the topic inspired some great conversation the week before with a couple of family members.
How Toxic Generational Patterns Affect HSPs (and What You Can Do to Break Them) is very well done. And in my estimation gives clear examples of how this happens, and also gives excellent guidelines for breaking these toxic patterns.
“Our thoughts are mainly controlled by our subconscious, which is largely formed by the age of 6, and you cannot change the subconscious mind by thinking about it. That’s why the power of positive thinking will not work for most people. The subconscious mind is like a tape player. Until you change the tape, it will not change.” ~Bruce Lipton
“Our subconscious minds have no sense of humor, play no jokes and cannot tell the difference between reality and an imagined thought or image. What we continually think about eventually will manifest in our lives.” ~Robert Collier
“Values cannot be changed through reason, only through experience.” ~Mark Manson
This week I invite you to do an inventory. Check out your Thinking Brain and your Emotional Brain. Are they working together as a team?
Blessings!
