Essential Skills

Matt Wrote:

> Hi Tom
>
> Interesting comments about the subconscious and unconscious. I am
> open to all ideas about the role of each, and even if they exist.
>
> I am a clinical hypnotherapist and although I have been taught in a
> certain way, I am more than willing to learn different methods.
> BAsically anything that can help me learn more and get the best
> results for my clients, then I am all ears.
>
> Is any of this covered in the DVDs I am getting at all? If not can
> you make some more posts about it?

Sure.....It is not on the DVDs and some of the DVDs are old enough to include references to the unconscious mind, which I no longer accept.

Through all the years of my study and research into hypnosis and other stuff I was always bothered by the idea that there was this separate mind.

It was often described as unconscious or subconscious. It was also given amazing powers like total infallible recall, super awareness, control of all body functions and so forth. I was enthralled with the idea of getting control of this powerful part of my mind.

I began running into a few problems with the theory of the unconscious.

The first was that the unconscious is a brilliant. If that was so then why did it screw so many people up? People had such destructive behaviors, phobias, diseases and anxieties.

Second was that the unconscious can recall everything you ever did....perfectly. If that was true them how come there are so many false memory cases generated from well meaning hypnotherapists?

Third was my irritation at constantly being told that it was not important that my conscious mind understood something and that my unconscious got it. Complete bull.

Fourth were the obvious misstatements that the unconscious mind controlled things like heartbeat and breathing. This would dismiss the entire autonomic nervous system.

This led me down and interesting path. to start down this path I decided to get rid of the idea that there was an unconscious or subconscious mind. Without that there was no ability to credit or blame anything on the unconscious mind. So if it was not that then what could it be?

I came up with 2 paths to follow.

The first was the study of altered states of consciousness rather than the idea of an all seeing unconscious. What I found was this. In order to access certain abilities that you had to enter identifiable altered states.

In order to read and retain information it is easier to define and direct an altered state that accesses that skill instead of thinking about turning it over to your unconscious mind.

These states hold the keys that open the door to skills like photo reading, rapport, accelerated health, awareness enhancement, self examination and behavior alteration.

So there is no mysterious and all powerful unconscious mind that controls these skills. It is a simple product of being taught to access the states that allow you to enjoy these skills.

The second path I followed was how to look at personal change without the idea that there was an unconscious mind that had a reason for the behaviors.

This led me to look at neuro science and the biological operation of the physical brain.

This was simplified for us when we met Dr. Ken. Ken showed us a very simple and easy to understand model of the brain that showed something amazing. It showed us how beliefs, states, behaviors and reactions were generated.

There was no mysterious little man or mind that was operating and keeping track of thousands of bits of information. Instead there was a simple reason for problems. There was a simple reason that some people succeeded while other people failed. There was a simple reason why some things got short lived results while other got none.

It boils down to one simple concept. That concept is that 2 parts of the brain come into play when it comes to behaviors and problems. They are the reactive part and the creative/adaptive part.

Problems occur when there is any disconnect between these 2 parts.

It is just that simple!

Reaction without thought is a problem.

Creation without movement is a problem

The key to any personal change or enhancement is to have a balance between these 2 parts of the brain.

There is no unconscious mind in this model.

This is the basis and foundation of the 3D mind process. It is what makes it so powerful.

I met Dr Ken in New York at a seminar I was presenting at. he approached us during a break and said he knew why the 3D Mind was working. So we went to lunch and Ken spent the next 2 hours opening the door that we had been banging on for 2 years.

That was 3 years ago.

What did this mean? Well first it meant that I could forget anything that did not have the result of generating a balanced condition for the brain.

That means any desensitization technique was out. Direct hypnotic command was out. Affirmations were out. Linguistic gymnastics were out. Re patterning was out. Anything that just gave someone a new reaction or pattern was out. Anchoring for personal change was out. Psychotherapy was out.

In other words, 95% of everything that I had spent 20 years learning was suddenly and shockingly....invalid.

The keyword for change was now "balance". It brought me back to some things that we had studied early on. What we were now looking at more closely resembled Chinese Medicine philosophy rather than anything else.

What was even better was that this model can conform to any other model and be utilized. You could use trance and the 3D mind together. It was not needed but it can be used.

The best part was this. Most people could learn to us the 3D Mind in one hour and start getting results.

All of this from taking one small step. That step was rejecting the model of the unconscious mind and looking for other explanations. We could not have gotten where we are while staying attached to the idea of an unconscious mind.

Yes there are things that are outside of our conscious awareness. That is why things like embedded commands and anchoring are powerful persuasion tools. That does not mean there is an unconscious MIND.

What I have found is this. Most models that I have found that are built on the premise that there is an unconscious mind seem to get very sporadic results.

I think it is time to re examine those models and see how they can be improved using real biology instead of unconscious mythology.

Have fun

Tom