C.G. Jung — ‘Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.’ What did Carl Jung mean when he said this? Deep-seated beliefs and parts of your personality that you aren’t even aware of are controlling the events of your life, and you don’t even know it. So how can you change that which you’re completely unaware of? You can’t. So you must become aware of these unconscious beliefs. By shining the light of your conscious awareness on them, you can see the beliefs you hold which are contrary to what you desire to achieve.
So for example if you want to attain greater financial prosperity, but have contrary beliefs such as “I’ll never have enough” or “the rich are greedy“, you’ll sabotage any efforts to create more prosperity and you’ll do it unconsciously.
So how can you become more aware of the thoughts and beliefs which are holding you back?
Until You Make The Unconscious Conscious – Thoughts, Words, Outcomes
Your thoughts are the precursors to the events and circumstances in your life. If you don’t believe something is possible, you won’t even attempt it. Therefore before anything can come about in your life deliberately, you will need to have thoughts about it beforehand.
“TRULY, “thoughts are things,” and powerful things at that, when they are mixed with definiteness of purpose, persistence, and a BURNING DESIRE for their translation into riches, or other material objects.” – Napoleon Hill Think and Grow Rich
But thoughts can act like blockers to the very things we want, too. If we think thoughts of opposition to that which we want, we block ourselves from the happiness and success we truly want to attain in life. Such ideas like:
- “I’ll never get out of debt”
- “Why do I always struggle?”
- “I hate the rich”
- “Money is always a struggle”
- “Life is hard”
To become more aware of the thoughts you are continually giving energy to, (and therefore which control your actions), there’s a few things you can do.
Until You Make The Unconscious Conscious – Meditation & Stalking
Meditation is a useful strategy to observe your thinking patterns. Most people think unconsciously and their thoughts slide past their awareness. But when you sit quietly in mediation, you can observe them from a more distanced perspective. When you do this, you can bring about a greater awareness to your thinking patterns and how they may control your life.
In particular, notice thoughts which talk against the thing you say you want. So if you want more financial abundance, notice those thoughts which talk of struggle, worry and strife.
To “stalk” you thoughts throughout the day, set a timer so it goes off at irregular intervals throughout the day. Stop and notice your thinking and make a written note of these three questions:
- What were you thinking?
- What were you doing?
- Do you want this?
Stalking is useful because it shows you where you mental and physical energy is going on a daily basis. Do this exercise for a week and you’ll be surprised at how much your thinking is contrary to what you say you want. See also money mentality makeover for more on this.
Until You Make The Unconscious Conscious – Birds Of A Feather…
Birds of a feather flock together.
Jim Rohn “You are the average of the 5 people you spend most time with”.
Your friends and closest family members will likely reflect the thoughts you have about yourself and the world. If you want to make a lasting change in your life, change the people you hang around with to those who have achieved the things you want to attain.
If you hang around with moaners and complainers, it’s likely that this attitude will rub off on you, if it hasn’t already. Notice what your closest friends say and how they talk about the thing/things you want to change in your life. Spend a week just observing without reacting or saying anything.
You’ll learn a lot about their unconscious beliefs and also your own. By association, you will likely have some similar ideas. This practice will make you more conscious of them.
What Now?
So you’ve spent a bit of time uncovering your unconscious beliefs around a given subject. Now what? Hopefully you have uncovered some truths about how you see the world and noticed some unhelpful beliefs which are creating some of the things in your life which you want to change.
Sometimes, through hypnosis, the subject is able to resolve an internal conflict once their awareness of it changes. Phobias are a good example of this. Once you discover why you have a phobia, you can resolve it. However, some ideas are so deeply embedded in your subconscious that they are more difficult to change.
As you bring more awareness to the thoughts and words which you give attention and power to, you will see how it shows up in your life. You can replace some unhelpful ideas and beliefs with new ones which are more empowering:
- Money doesn’t grow on trees: money comes easily and frequently
- The rich are greedy: the rich are generous
- I’ll always struggle with money: I allow myself to make money easily
- I hate capitalism: the free market allows me more freedom
- I’ll never be rich: I am already rich in many ways
- Why do things never work for me?: How can things work out better for me?
