What is Hypnosis part 2

So what is the difference between the conscious and unconscious mind. Think of it like this: the conscious mind is left brain, conscious means awareness. When you are conscious you are aware of something right? You know it and you are aware of it. You take information received from your sense organs and make decision, from judgements and think. You conscious mind analyzes, evaluates and reasons as well as makes comparisons. You conscious mind allows you to make decisions and exercise the power of choice. It gives you the ability to select and discriminate between what is desirable and what is not. It then presents this information to the unconscious mind to store in its memory banks.

So what is the unconscious mind like? Well that is the right brain thinking. Your unconscious mind consists of associated sense impressions and memories of all your past events. It is composed of your brain, spinal cord and a network of nerves that branch out through your entire body. Every single bodily activity is controlled by the unconscious mind. Unconscious communication goes on day and night whether you are awake or asleep. Your unconscious mind is dominant when you sleep, but it is always active. Now not only are the memories of your every experience stored in your unconscious mind, but also your emotions associated with those memories, and... Your unconscious mind, remembers EVERYTHING! The unconscious mind is a problem solver, it is known as the seat of your dreams. The unconscious minds prime directive is to preserve the body, it thinks is symbols, functions as a gestalt, does not process negatives, is the domain of the emotions and enjoys to serve.

Now really I could go on for hours and hours, but the basic premise is that we use 10% of our minds right? Well the 90% of untapped mental powers is that of our unconscious minds. So knowing this what do we do with all of this information? Well, that depends.... depends on what you say, depends on what you want. What is your outcome. If you are functioning to your satisfaction then fine keep on doing what you are doing. But however if you have areas you are not so successful with or even areas you are successful with and you want to be excellent, there is no better way than to tap into the resources of the unconscious mind.

There is a story about a man who went to see the late Dr. Milton Erickson, the master of hypnosis and metaphors, in fact it was due to Erickson's efforts that hypnosis was accepted by the American Medical Association in 1958. Now this man went to see Erickson for some time with a particular problem, after a while he stopped seeing him. A friend of his met him while he was out and about one day and asked how he was, he said FANTASTIC!! And he said how is that problem of yours that you were having, he said, what problem, oh yeah that... oh that is totally gone, my life is fantastic. He said well how was the hypnosis did it help, he said, not really, all he did was tell me stories. What a great example of how the unconscious mind thinks.

Next up: How to use hypnosis to achieve your outcomes.




References: The Wizard Within- AM Krazner