Reprogram the Subconscious Mind: Can It Be Done?

Can we reprogram the subconscious mind? Many people think that the subconscious mind can not be reprogrammed but studies have proven this idea to be untrue. The first thing to address regarding the subconscious mind is the fact that when man was born, the subconscious mind was empty like a brand new tape but this state does not last long. What we don't realize is that a baby hears everything that is said around him. If someone says 'you're just like your brother' or 'I hope you don't turn out to be cranky like x person' the baby's subconscious mind immediately begins to record these messages in the memory bank via what is popularly referred to as the power of suggestion.

The conscious sector of the mind belongs exclusively to you because no one else can think for you or formulate ideas and put them in your conscious mind. On the other hand, the part of the mind which that subconscious is open to anybody and everybody to input whatever they choose. The conscious mind is the instructor and the job of the other part of the mind is to store the instructions in its memory bank. Let's consider an example such as learning how to ride a bicycle. Even if someone else assists you in mastering this skill, only your conscious mind can send the message to the part of your mind which is subconscious, so that this skill can be recalled at a future time.

The interesting fact is that once this skill has been programmed into that part of the mind already, and the knowledge is permanently recorded. Hence, even if you don't touch the bicycle for a week and then suddenly decide to ride the bicycle again, the subconscious mind immediately takes over and feeds the necessary instructions back to the conscious mind. Now that we have a basic understanding of how the sub conscious mind functions, we are ready to consider some of the ways it can be reprogrammed via the power of suggestion.

Since the conscious part of the mind controls the messages the subconscious part receives, we can begin accenting the positive and eliminating the negative. Given that the sub conscious mind can only react to the messages it receives, if we focus on positive thoughts and actions, the subconscious mind will be forced to accept them since this is the only thing it will know how to do.

One of the best ways to reprogram the mind which is within, is to focus on a goal one desires to achieve by voicing it and visualizing it. While voicing the goal is important in order to keep our conscious mind focused in the desired direction, visualizing it is far more important because a portion of the memory bank located in the mind that is subconscious, and is automatically programmed to collect the created symbol which will at some later point be recalled to the surface by the conscious mind.

If a goal is both voiced out and visualized right before falling asleep, upon awakening, this will be the first thought which comes to the awareness of the conscious mind. There many studies which have been conducted using this technique, thus proving that reprogram of the subconscious mind can indeed be done.