YOUR MIND YOUR

FRIENDWhat you should

know.

“Our Primitive Mind”

The Nature of the Unconscious Mind

from a time before verbal Language and Intellect

The Nature of the Unconscious Mind

deals in Sensory Perceptions

• Refers to Mental Images, Sounds, Smells … from our Experience, or Imagination

• Makes Associationscompares - recognizes

• Understands Metaphorand its underlying meanings

• Stores information practically in unlimited capacity

The Nature of the Unconscious Mind

It deals in Sensory Perceptions

The Nature of the Unconscious Mind

It deals in Sensory Perceptions

The Nature of the Unconscious Mind

It deals in Sensory Perceptions

Time flexibility / distortion

• Doesn’t necessarily represent events

either in chronological order

or even in logical order

• As if time is immaterial

The Nature of the Unconscious Mind

The Nature of the Unconscious Mind

Time Flexibility / Distortion

The Nature of the Unconscious Mind

Time Flexibility / Distortion

Understands only what ‘is’

Cannot understand the concept of the ‘Negative’

It must ‘first’ call up the Mental Representation of what ‘is’ before our

Conscious Mind can intervene and ‘reason’ the ‘absence’ of that object, person,

feeling, etc.

The Nature of the Unconscious Mind

The Nature of the Unconscious Mind

Understands only what ‘is’

I invite you NOT (not) tothink of a pinky-purpleyVolksWagen Beetle in a

Hippy design

I bet you managed “NOT” to … right?

Unable to differentiate between

‘Actual’ & ‘Imagined’

The Nature of the Unconscious Mind

Everything that happens on the ‘outside’ is Internally Represented (after being Filtered)in our Mental Cinema – where our reality happensImagine having a Nightmare … or even a dream, for that matter … to understand how these are considered to be “real” by our Unconscious Mind.

Memory is not alwaysa reliable record of events

Filters and Subjectivity

The Nature of the Memory

Memory may be alteredand influenced (patchwork)

Confabulation – Replacing the Gaps

in a person’s memory by falsification believed to be true

Our Past affects our Present

by affecting our Mental “Filters”

creating particularresponses to

situationsand so, new

Memories (adding to our Past)

Our ‘Past’ isn’t necessarily

exactly the same as our ‘Memories’

reminder

but our Memoriesare our ‘Reality’.

We cannot change the Pastbut New

Perspectives or a Different

Context,New Information,

New Understanding,

… may change its Meaning,

how it continues to affect us.

abuse let-downs

abandonmentseparation

job-lossdeath of a loved

oneserious accident

illnesscrime /

imprisonmentfinancial problems

Some of the Storms

of Life

abuse let-downs

abandonmentseparation

job-lossdeath of a loved

oneserious accident

illnesscrime /

imprisonmentfinancial problems

Bringing about Changea simple process

1. Know what You ‘want’Make sure it is possible / achieveable

2. Accept what ‘is’Do NOT deny the ‘reality’ of your situation

3. ‘Let go’ of your presentDo NOT let your ‘present’ circumstances deny you the Change you want.

Bringing about Change

‘Let go’ of your present Before you untie yourself from

‘what is’ you cannot sail to ‘what will be’

Bringing about Change

1. Know what You ‘want’Make sure it is possible / achieveable

2. Accept what ‘is’Do NOT deny the ‘reality’ of your situation

3. ‘Let go’ of your presentDo NOT let your ‘present’ circumstances deny you the Change you want.

4. Move Forward towards Your OutcomeFocus on what you ‘want’

• Our Unconscious Mind is our “Primitive” Mind

• It takes care of all our “automatic” bodily functions

• It deals in and stores sensory information

So, let’s summarise:

• Our Unconscious Mind does not necessarily represent events chrono/logically

• It deals only in ‘what is’ and cannot understand negatives.

• It cannot differentiate between ‘real’ and ‘imagined’ events

So, let’s summarise:

• Memory is not always a reliable record … it is selective, may be altered, and may contain

“confabulations” – Made up events to fill any gaps in recalled information.

So, let’s summarise:

• Our Past affects our Present.

• We cannot change the Past

but certain factors can change our Perception and Understanding of it, e.g. Perspective/Context, New Information, etc.

So, let’s summarise:

• The Process of Change

1. Know what You ‘want’2. Accept what ‘is’3. ‘Let go’ of your present4. Move Forward towards Your

Outcome

So, let’s summarise:

• It is possible to change the way we react towards our Pastin our Present circumstances.

• This was only a very brief overview

Conclusion:

Do you need help to identify what you really (really) want?

Want to get assistance in overcoming whatever is blocking you?

Are you ready to bring about that change?

Steve Farrugia – Life/Confidence Coach Hypnotherapist

tel: 9999 8765 2 – steve@betterliferightnow.com

Life Coaching / Hypnotherapy