The Subconscious Mind and the Sixth Sense

Chapter 15 Who is guiding me (2)
Even so, when do people really live according to their own wishes and truly be themselves?When we were born, our parents regarded us as their unique treasures; when we grew up, we were sent to school and became a product of the school assembly line, from elementary school to high school, accepting the same mold; after the college entrance examination, we I was finally able to choose a major by myself, but it was not my true wish, and there were still restrictions on my grades; I finally survived to graduate from university and could work, but the job was not my true wish, because there were constraints such as majors and employers. with us.

Each of us is not a spectator of life, but a protagonist of life.Life should be arranged and decided by ourselves, not by others or by the environment.

People's thinking is usually influenced by external factors such as parents and teachers. Over time, the subconscious mind operates autonomously, turning other people's wishes into one's own.At this time, people make a common mistake of not really knowing themselves.This is a very strange, but also very common thing. Often under the influence of external factors, people have to try to become "someone" other than themselves before they figure out who they are.

It is true that everyone is like a simple and profound book, which must be observed with a pair of serious eyes and thought with heart to know whether it is worth collecting for a lifetime.

Ancient Greek philosophers believed that the highest wisdom of human beings is to know oneself.And it is true.Just as a person must understand that person and his real needs in order to love another person, one must know oneself, understand oneself, including understanding the meaning of one's own life, understanding one's own value and what true happiness is, and realizing how to fulfill these needs.

Many people don't really have their own goals, and most of them take the values ​​of society as their own values.Many people will say: "My goal in life is to be successful, to earn a lot of money, and to be famous, so that I can have happiness and joy." However, when we really calm down, we should think: "This is Do I really want it? Do I adopt someone else’s idea, live in a model created by someone else? Or is it simply a social value standard that is ingrained in my head?”

Lao Tzu's emphasis on "not to be surprised by favor or shame" is of great research value.Regardless of "favor" and "humiliation", they are just the society's reflection on you, not the truth.The most authentic way of being a person is to pursue your own life goals, rather than being swayed by other people's opinions.There is a saying: "Go your own way, let others say it!" Only by truly understanding your own heart, or knowing what kind of life is really suitable for you, and based on this, can you better mobilize your subconscious mind , making it work for us.

Normally, what people call the "self" represents a set of wishes, aspirations.These are surging in people's minds.They make themselves more like themselves. Similarly, with it as a strong backing, they can work so hard and be so happy.

"I" is a living person who is different from everyone else.This "I" represents personality, and it is personality that distinguishes me from others. "I" don't like to wear the same clothes as others, have the same hairstyle, don't like to go along with other people's ideas without thinking, and don't like to follow others' steps; Think for yourself! What a wonderful thing it is for "I" to absorb what others have, but express it as my own!

"I" is not just a molecule in the universe or nature, "I" should also have my feelings, my thoughts, my actions, what I see, what I hear, what I think, and what I have Pain, my joy, "I" is my center. Why should "I" live? "I" is an angel who came to the world with a mission, and discovering the existence of self is the real beginning of life.The mission of life is to be yourself, and the value of life also lies in being yourself. This is a big topic in life.

What is self-worth?Self-worth is the affirmation of oneself, the degree of acceptance and liking of oneself.What is the reason I mention self-worth here?Many times, people are timid, cowardly, afraid of rejection, lack confidence and courage, and the main reason is low self-worth.Improve your self-worth in order to make yourself like yourself.A person who doesn't even like himself can never like others.Under this premise, responsibility and love are all empty words.The key to improving self-worth and self-confidence is a mentality issue.Therefore, the most effective method is psychological suggestion - positive suggestion.

People's consciousness will produce a "psychological guidance effect".People will have a strong desire to accept external hints and establish an image for themselves through the communication of language and image.

Psychologists once conducted an experiment in which they took two groups of identical portraits, and wrote negative words such as "violent", "cruel" and "insidious" under one group of portraits, while "integrity", "brave" and "brave" were written under the other group. " "Strong" and other positive words.Two groups of testers were asked to make career estimates for the two groups of portraits.As a result, the occupations of the former group of portraits are estimated to be mostly "criminals" and "gangsters", while the occupations of the latter group are estimated to be mostly "soldiers" and "policemen".Therefore, we will be what we "write" on our hearts with "language" and "images".

To obtain a happy life, not only to enhance self-worth, but also not to compare with others.In the comparison, only those with a strong heart can gain the motivation to move forward. After all, this is a very small number and cannot represent all, while the vast majority of people lose their original happiness in the comparison.

Happiness is the normal state of life, why do so many people feel unhappy?The reason is simple, they base their happiness on comparison.

A man moved to a new house and changed his living environment, so he felt very happy. Simply sitting at home felt very comfortable, always thinking about hanging a picture here, adding a little decoration there, and felt very fulfilled for it.Coincidentally, his friend also moved into the new house. When he looked at the luxurious decoration of his friend's house, he felt that his own house was simply incomparable, so the enthusiasm for decorating the new house disappeared.His home hasn't changed, but why is he unhappy just because someone else's home is more beautiful than his own?This is the result of the comparison.People who live with a comparison mentality will never be satisfied.

People's material living standards continue to improve.A few decades ago, someone who owned a bicycle was enough to show off for a long time. Once bicycles became popular, this sense of happiness disappeared. Therefore, people must have a motorcycle to feel happy. Similarly, having a motorcycle There are more people with cars, and the sense of happiness of owning motorcycles disappears. Only cars can make people feel happy... People who live in comparison will never be able to obtain long-term satisfaction.

The Buddhist view holds that attachment to desire is the root of suffering in life.Our so-called happiness, to put it bluntly, is nothing more than the temporary satisfaction of desires.Desire is again insubstantial.Although desire is related to material conditions, there is no certain standard for what conditions are met. It often rises with the improvement of the material environment.When the material conditions are rich, people's desires are also expanding in the process of constant comparison, so people are always "happy and painful".People's happiness should not be based on comparison. The real happiness should come from yourself, from your own heart.Only those with a strong heart can obtain constant happiness.

Never Set Limits: Lessons from Hypnosis

[Many people subconsciously think that they can only do this step, and cannot perform more effectively. In fact, this is not only a waste of human resources, but also a waste of life resources!People always "enjoy" the infinite troubles that life gives back to themselves in self-limitation. 】

Potential energy, as the name suggests, is the potential energy in the human body.

According to the law of conservation of energy: "Energy can neither be destroyed nor created, it can only be transformed from one form to another, or transferred from one object to another. In the process of transformation and transfer, the total energy volume remains the same.”

Under normal circumstances, people's potential cannot be revealed, and it can only be stimulated in some special situations. For example, someone can cross a 4-meter-wide cliff when fleeing for his life, which is a width that cannot be crossed at all in normal times. .

Potential energy comes from human subconsciousness. In a sense, potential energy is equal to subconsciousness.The power to develop potential is actually the power to induce the subconscious.Subconsciousness is the ability that human beings originally possessed but forgot to use. This ability is called "potential".Since the potential is hidden in the deep subconscious mind, hypnosis is the most effective means to awaken the subconscious mind.

The application of hypnosis in potential development includes three aspects: tap potential, eliminate fatigue, and adjust state.

Fatigue is divided into physical fatigue and mental fatigue.Often, physical fatigue is triggered by mental fatigue.Through hypnosis, not only physical fatigue can be eliminated, but mental fatigue can also be eliminated.

When the hypnotist hints to you during the hypnosis process: "You, who are physically and mentally exhausted, have a good sleep. At this time, all fatigue has been relieved, and your spirit is very excited and full of energy!" When you wake up from hypnosis, you will really feel comfortable all over your body, your body will be relieved of fatigue, your mind will be more relaxed, and your whole mental outlook will be refreshed.

Presumably many people have seen the magical magic hypnosis performance, where the hypnotist can make a sleeping beauty float in mid-air... However, this is a performance after all.Hypnosis applied in real life is generally a kind of psychological suggestion therapy: the hypnotist uses his own voice to make the hypnotized person enter a half-asleep and half-awake unconscious state, and gives orders to him, and the hypnotized person will obey the hypnosis The teacher's instruction completes a series of actions.Surprisingly, there are some movements that he can't do when he is awake.For example, after being hypnotized, some people can tell that he was a certain animal in his previous life, and he can also tell the specific scene at that time.If the instructions of the hypnotist are: "You will be smarter", "You will be healthier", "You will be richer"... what wonderful things will happen?
Why hypnosis can induce human potential?In addition to controlling our own behavior through subjective consciousness, human beings also have another set of consciousness system to complete our most basic life operations.The simplest example, have you ever thought about how to control the dilation or narrowing of your pupils, how to control the sweat glands in your body, and how to control your heart rate?There is no doubt that these parts of your body are controlled by your brain, why can't we control them through consciousness?
In fact, in the human brain, in addition to consciousness, there is also a consciousness called "subconscious mind", which can directly control our body hardware.

The subconscious mind is like a supercomputer, which can control our brain, and the consciousness is like the operator of this computer. The instructions we usually give to the body are conveyed through the consciousness.For those who do not understand hypnosis, this seems to be a bit mysterious.

Hypnosis is a state of intense concentration.Under hypnosis, all people and things around do not seem to exist. The hypnotized person only focuses on one aspect of consciousness and completely ignores the noise in the environment.

It must be noted that although hypnosis is a scientific method to stimulate potential, it is not a "miracle doctor" that can cure all diseases.Some people are not suitable for hypnosis, some people cannot enter the hypnotic state, and some mental illnesses are not suitable for hypnosis.But for the right person and the right problem, hypnosis is a very powerful tool.

The process of entering hypnosis is called "introduction" by professionals. There are many ways to "import".In the plots of some foreign movies, some men wear pocket watches with them.As long as you take out your pocket watch and shake it in front of others, you can put the other person into a highly concentrated state of hypnosis. The shaking pocket watch is the point of focus for people to focus on.Nowadays, hypnotists often do not rely on any equipment, but simply use language.The use of language is very particular.Not only the language itself, but also the tone, intonation, and rhythm must be mastered by the hypnotist.The hypnotist even needs to observe the body language and breathing rhythm of the visitor to adjust his own body language and breathing, so as to subtly influence the subconscious of the visitor.

In real life, the reason why people have some troubles is because of some original self-limiting patterns in the mind, using negative language to give themselves negative psychological hints.For example, an athlete said: "I can't always do this action well", or a student said: "I am too stupid, I just can't remember a certain word..." The language of self-denial will make people unable to give full play to their abilities. own potential.

The influence of language on people is subtle, but also very powerful.If the coach says to the athlete: "You were so successful in the past, but why can't you learn this movement now?" Then the point is that he can't learn it.But if the coach says: "Although you haven't learned this movement yet, but you have been so successful before, you will definitely be able to do it this time." Then the focus will be on his success.

Hypnotists are good at changing people's original self-limiting mode through the power of language, and replace it with a more positive and powerful language mode.When people no longer limit themselves, their inner potential can be fully released.

In a hypnosis show, the hypnotist hypnotized a girl, told her that she was a famous singer, and asked the girl to sing a famous song by the singer.The girl picked up the microphone, not only the lyrics are correct, the voice is beautiful, even the body movements are very similar.

When the girl came out of the hypnotic state, the girl herself was surprised because she had never sung the song.The hypnotist explained that the song was very popular, and the girl must have heard it on many occasions. Although she had never sung it, the song had already entered the girl's subconscious.Through hypnotic suggestion, the girl no longer thinks that she "can't", but thinks that she is the singer, so she plays to an unexpected level.

The purpose of developing potential is to release potential. Although potential is the innate energy of people, however, in the process of growing up, people unconsciously set many restrictions for the release of potential.In psychology, "self-limitation" refers to: "In response to the possible threat of failure, the individual coordinates obstacles in advance and creates a reasonable excuse for failure, thereby protecting self-worth and maintaining self-image."

Someone once did such an experiment: put a flea into a glass, and the flea jumped out immediately and easily.Repeated several times, the result is still the same.A flea can generally jump up to about 400 times its body height.Next, the experimenter put the fleas into the cup again, but this time a glass lid was added to the cup. Due to the restraint of the glass lid, the fleas hit the glass lid heavily.Although the flea is very confused, it will not stop.After being hit again and again, the flea began to become smarter, and it began to adjust its jumping height according to the height of the cover.After a while, the researchers found that the flea never hit the cover again, but jumped freely under the cover.

One day later, the experimenter began to remove the cover, and it continued to jump at the original height.Three days later, the flea was still jumping there.A week later, the researchers found that although the flea was still jumping in the glass without the lid to stop it, it could no longer jump out of the glass.

In real life, many people are living a "flea-like life".Maybe when I was young, I was very high-spirited and tried again and again, but things backfired, and I tried and failed repeatedly.After several failures, they either complain about the unfairness of the world, or doubt their own abilities. They no longer try their best to pursue success, but repeatedly lower the standard of success, even though all the original restrictions have been cancelled.Many people dare not pursue success, not because they can’t pursue it, but because they default to a "height" in their hearts, implying their subconscious mind: "Success is impossible for me, there is no way to do it."

Can't fleas really jump out of this cup?of course not.It's just that in its heart, it has already tacitly agreed that it cannot surpass the height of the cup.The method to make fleas jump out of the glass again is very simple, just take a small stick and hit the glass heavily to make it think that its life is threatened; or use an alcohol lamp to heat the bottom of the glass, when the fleas can’t stand the high temperature, It just pops out.That is to say, when a crisis strikes, the flea's potential will be stimulated to escape.

The enlightenment from this story is that self-limitation is the biggest stumbling block on the road to success, which will adversely affect the development of physical potential.Generally speaking, there are three elements in independent development of potential: firm will, strong desire and high self-confidence.

Will is a mental process of consciously striving to achieve a goal.Simply put, will is firm determination.The vast majority of failures are caused by weak will.For everyone, will is a wonderful but untouchable real energy.The will and the power of the subconscious mind are inextricably linked.When the subconscious mind is successfully stimulated, it is usually the will that is invaluable.

The degree of energy, determination and perseverance that people show in terms of dreams and behaviors depends mainly on the degree of "wanting" for something.When people have a strong desire for something (this desire has been deeply rooted in the subconscious), the wisdom and will power in the subconscious can show extraordinary power in promoting and stimulating the desire.

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