Do you aware sometimes you react to someone or some situation straight away and lead to regretful outcome?
Or when you see that empty coffee cup near to sink, you get frustrated or angry. You think you already know who put that cup in there, even though it may not be true.
The human mind can be divided into two main parts: the conscious mind and the unconscious mind. The conscious mind is the part of the mind that is aware of our thoughts, feelings, and perceptions. It is the part of the mind that we use to make decisions, solve problems, and communicate with others. On the other hand, the unconscious mind is the part of the mind that controls our automatic bodily functions and stores our memories and emotions.
Both the conscious and unconscious mind have their own unique strengths and weaknesses. The conscious mind is great at solving problems, making decisions, and communicating with others, but it can also be limited by our biases, beliefs, and preconceptions.
The unconscious mind, on the other hand, is powerful in its ability to store and process vast amounts of information, including our memories, emotions, and instincts. It also plays a critical role in our creativity and intuition. It is a reservoir of feelings, thoughts, urges, and memories that are outside of our conscious awareness. It permanently stores all habits, behaviours, values, hidden memories, desires, thoughts, deep-seated emotions which may not be acceptable or pleasant such as feelings of pain, anxiety or conflict. Everything that we have learned and experienced up to this point in our life. That's why the stronger the unconscious influence, the harder we have to work consciously to overcome unwarranted negative feelings.
Our unconscious mind also has a brilliant ‘memory recall’ function. When we encounter a situation or people that triggers a memory or an emotion from the past, it can quickly retrieve that information and bring it to our attention. This can be helpful in guiding our behaviour and decision-making, as well as protecting us from potential threats. However, the memories and emotions stored in the unconscious mind may not always accurate or reliable. They can be influenced by biases, perception and interpretations that may not reflect reality.
I sometimes describe the unconscious mind like a grandparent, overindulge his or her grandchildren, who would do whatever to protect us from hardship or pain. However, it can also limit our growth and potential, hold us back or cause us to repeat unhealthy patterns.
Meditation is one tool among many for cultivating self-awareness and emotional intelligence. By taking time to sit in stillness and observe our thoughts and emotions, we can become more aware of our internal experiences and better understand our patterns of behaviour. If we suppress or ignore our emotions, they can manifest in other ways, such us physical symptoms or repeated patterns of behaviour. If we acknowledge and accept it that emotions cam no longer affect us, control our action and thoughts.
Other practices, such as kinesiology, hypnosis, journaling, Time Line therapy or visualization are often used to access the unconscious mind and harness its power. By becoming more aware of our unconscious thoughts and feelings, we can better understand ourselves and improve our lives.