The Part of Your Mind That’s REALLY in Control

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I smoked for over 15 years. && for several years I was constantly torn between my desire to quit smoking and how much I enjoyed the effects of smoking marijuana. I knew that I had a problem, yet nothing changed until I took the time to learn how marijuana effects the mind and body.

What we’re about to discuss has genuinely changed my life for the better. It’s helped me to have a better outlook of my life, and I hope that it does the same for you! I feel as though I’m here to help women set aside patterns that have been holding them back. Whether that’s in their love life, their business endeavors, or somewhere else entirely. So, let’s discuss how this process works so you’re able to walk away with something that you can begin using today.

Article Highlights:

• The mind is mostly subconscious (about 88%-90%), which strongly influences the habits of the body- such as smoking.
• Smokers tend to struggle because their subconscious mind has created positive associations with smoking- even though the conscious mind has a desire to quit smoking.
• Humans are said to only have been born with two fears (falling, and loud noises), which are innate for survival.
• Guided meditation helps bypass the critical mind, which creates a direct pathway to preprogram the subconscious mind.
• Using affirmations/ guided meditation before sleeping and after rising helps to boost the receptivity of the subconscious mind, which allows us to change our limiting beliefs.
• A free program the 30-Day Lung Cleanse was created specifically for those of you interested in bringing your body back into homeostasis after having been a longtime smoker.

The Mind Has TWO Parts

I posted the video above to help those of you who learn better by seeing. For those of you who feel you’re able to follow along with the written word, I’d like for you to picture one large circle. We’re going to allow this to represent the mind. Now, I’d like for you to picture a smaller circle connected by a short line directly beneath it. We’re going to allow this second, much smaller circle to represent the body. && the body is the physical representation of the mind.

Everything that the body experiences, and every pattern that it repeats, is a direct reflection of what’s happening in the mind above it. I was given this model from Dr. John Kappas. && the way that it was explained to me made everything click. My hope is that it does the same for you 💚

The Primitive Mind

Humans are said to have been born with specific traits hard wired into us to help keep us alive. This is referred to as the primitive mind. It’s responsible for fight, flight, and freeze.

Fight is the instinct that helps us protect ourselves when something is coming directly at us. Flight is when our body chooses to run towards safety. && freezing occurs when neither running nor fighting are the safest option- like playing dead when there’s a bear on your trail.

“If you learned it, you could unlearn it!”

The Subconscious Mind

As humans begin to progress in age, they begin to associate certain stimuli as being good or bad. This shapes individual emotional responses. The subconscious mind is said to account for over 80% of the mind in general. It’s also responsible for human emotions, which are said to have a direct effect on human behavior. The subconscious mind is powerful! && it operates outside of the control of any conscious effort.

The Conscious Mind

The conscious mind is what’s responsible for human logic. This is the part of a person who consistently says, ‘this is the last time’ or ‘I’m done with smoking!’ The conscious mind is what reasons, analyzes, and has willpower. It’s said to account for roughly 12% of the human mind.

The Critical Mind

This part of the mind is said to behave as a ‘gatekeeper.’ Its function is to filter through the stimuli that the brain receives throughout the day. If the human comes in contact with something that is in direct opposition to what the subconscious mind knows to be ‘true’ (it’s associations), then it will simply be filtered out.

How Associations are Formed

As mentioned previously, as human progress in age, they begin associating meaning to their experiences. These associations are classified into three categories: negative, positive, or neutral. Here’s the odd thing, just because the subconscious mind associates something as being ‘positive’, doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s ‘good.’ Just the same, ‘negative’ associations don’t have to mean that something is ‘bad’ for the human.

Positive means it’s known as pleasurable to the subconscious mind. Negative means that it’s unknown, or painful to the subconscious mind.

I am a person who has a negative association with dogs. Don’t get me wrong, I think dogs are cute and make wonderful companions. However, I can recall being chased by a dog on more than one occasion, and my mind has defaulted to dogs being categorized as a negative.

Smoking works the same way,

The first time a person smokes they may not have even enjoyed it. More than likely, it wasn’t something that the body just responded to by saying, ‘oOo pleasure.’ But the more accustomed the body became with the repeated action, the more it was able to build a positive association with it. && now, reaching for a cigarette, a blunt, or a bowl while driving, after eating, or when a certain person comes around seems to be automatic. It isn’t something a person is consciously doing, it has simply become their programming.

Does it seem like you’ve been doing ‘the work’ but something still feels off?

This could be because the subconscious mind is said to be seven times larger than the conscious mind. Basically, the conscious mind (12%), is saying ‘I choose to stop smoking.’ But the subconscious mind (88%), has a strong association with smoking being pleasurable- even though you may hate the smell of smoke, and hate your dependency on it.

This is why some people have been in therapy for years, doing shadow work, saying affirmations daily, yet still see those same habits that they abhor manifesting in their life. The conscious mind may identify as being a previous smoker, but the subconscious mind isn’t on board with the messaging yet. This creates a conflicting inner struggle. && most of the time, it’s the subconscious mind that wins.

You CAN unlearn what you’ve previously learned

Here’s what really stood out to me the most. If a belief is learned, it can also be unlearned and replaced with a belief that better aligns with who a person is ‘becoming.’

Guided meditations are wonderful because ideas are able to travel past the conscious mind, past the critical mind, and plant themselves directly into the subconscious mind. This is something that repetitive affirmations aren’t able to accomplish directly on their own.

I’ve been there, I know this can work

I’ve lived through this myself. I’ve been abandoned, harmed, violated, mistreated, you name it. These are things that lead me to associate smoking marijuana as being a positive. Even though logically, I knew that smoking could be detrimental to my human body. But doing this work on a subconscious level is what allowed me to ‘pluck’ those associations out of my mind. (pluck is only used figuratively, what we’re actually doing is creating new neural pathways for electrical pulses to travel along)

The best time to reach your subconscious mind

I’ve been taught that the closer your affirmations and guided mediations are to the moment you fall asleep, the better they’ll be able to reach your subconscious mind. The subconscious mind is said to be in full control when the body is asleep. This is when it does it’s healing, filtering, processing, and several other things.

I’d recommend you saying your affirmations an hour before bed, and again when you rise in the AM. It could also prove to be useful to recite them a few times throughout the day. I’ve mentioned leveraging guided meditations, but I do want to make you aware that listening to them while lying in bed is a good way to fall asleep. This leads me to something that’s a bit controversial. I was taught, that the subconscious mind doesn’t receive information when the human body is asleep. However, I personally believe that it does!

Conclusion

I really do hope that you now have a better comprehension of the way old patterns keep resurfacing in your life even after you’ve ‘done the work.’ It may seem as if you’ve been doing something wrong, when in reality, you may not have known how to truly reach your subconscious mind effectively. But now, you do! Therefore, you should think like you know!

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-Divine Dime💚👑