In last week’s article, I wrote about asking for something only once when you are manifesting your reality — you can recap HERE.
Today I’d like to dive into the murky waters of the subconscious and bring to the surface the programs we run in the recesses of our psyche.
Are You on Autopilot?
Dr Bruce Lipton says that our subconscious runs 95% of the time, allowing our conscious mind to run at around 5%. What’s the problem here?
The challenge with this situation is that although our subconscious is a great existential tool as it is responsible for downloading certain repetitive programs like driving, working, washing, walking, riding — you get the picture — it also picks up negative beliefs and programming that doesn’t always align with what we want to experience.
Those whacked out programs like, ‘I don’t deserve this’, ‘money doesn’t grow on trees’, ‘I’m useless’, ‘I’m unlovable’ or ‘I’m the sole bearer of the only truth and this is the way it is’ — you can fill in the rest.
It is responsible for assimilating the behaviours and beliefs of those we were surrounded by from age 0 until about 7 (when we start putting the program together and start testing out our own personality).
This means that you take on the beliefs and conducts of parents, teachers, siblings and other role models (or even acquaintances you were exposed to) — the good, the bad and the chillingly ugly.
The 5% of the conscious mind is where you’ll find your dream, goals, desires centre. It’s the part that gets lost in a thought when you’re driving to the supermarket and the next thing you’ve parked your car and couldn’t remember even manoeuvring into the parking lot (that’s because the subconscious program took over the driver’s seat and got you there while the conscious mind played with an idea).
Downloading a New App and Clearing Those Cookies!
Here’s the tricky bit: It’s up to you to weed out the bad programs and beliefs by becoming aware of them.
When you can become aware of the beliefs that don’t serve you or the life you want to lead, you can start to change the way your subconscious works.
The subconscious works on autopilot and can sabotage the conscious desires in the blink of an eye. Why? Because it runs 95% of the time and the conscious only 5%.
So, in context, if you want to manifest a new car and you’ve done everything that the Law of Attraction experts have told you to do, and you feel like you’ve affirmed your butt off but you’re only manifesting more car problems — your subconscious programming actually has the joystick (or in this case, misery-stick).
Don’t fret! It’s actually a good sign that your bull-sh*t programs are coming up for a cache clearing.
How Do I Clean Up My Disk?
Firstly, being aware that your disk (subconscious) needs clearing is a huge plus — congratulations! Then you can get to work.
This is where the ‘fake it to make it’ adage comes in handy.
Repetition is what got you there in the first place, so now you can start building a new program even if it feels foreign at first. Affirm the new program when you wake up in the morning and just as you dose off at night.
Keep yourself in check if the old program rears its head. You can even go for hypnosis if that feels right for you.
Read related articles: A Hindu Priest Explains How Your Subconscious Mind Can Be Reprogrammed and How to Re-Program Your Subconscious Mind to Get What You Want (Video)
Cherie Roe Dirksen is a self-empowerment author/columnist, multi-media artist and musician from South Africa.
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