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What to Tell Your Subconscious Mind

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WHAT TO TELL YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS MIND

(This exercise becomes twice as powerful if you use the tapping motions
as defined by the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT). They are very easy
and you can learn how to apply them by watching any number of YouTube
videos. You can also make this more effective by pushing your stomach
outward as far as it will go while you are breathing. You can adapt the
following to your own particular needs. Hopefully you will find this as
effective as I do.)

Tell the following -- silently or aloud -- to your subconscious:

"I am grateful for everything I have, including you, subconscious mind,
for your efforts to protect me from my inner rage and emotional issues.
I understand completely that you are attempting to distract me with pain
and other physical symptoms. I appreciate how you are trying to help me
avoid both the known and unknown issues I must deal with.

"But by the same token, I must confront my emotions head-on and accept
my humanness, my mistakes, and my weaknesses -- knowing full well that
while I strive for perfection and am a do-gooder, I know I am far from
perfect and that I will never satisfy everyone, nor should I want to.

"So stop it. Stop it right now. You have no power over me and you are
NOT allowed to manipulate my mind for any reason. Stop trying to
protect me from myself. Stop generating my pain and anxieties to
distract me from my stresses. I want to deal with the things that are
stressing me by putting them out in the open. I need you to present
those to me so I can take action and put them in context and let God
deal with them for me."

"Understand this: Despite what you think, I am NOT perfect and I accept
my myself for what I am. I am not afraid of understanding my stresses
and anxieties and they don't have to be covered up.

"Stop thinking you know what is best for me. You cannot, and you will
not, think that my pain and anxieties are more easily tolerated when
compared to the emotional issues I will vanquish. You do not control me
and you are not allowed to stop the flow of oxygen anywhere in my body
-- especially, my head, neck and back. You are ordered to begin the
flow of oxygen at full capacity everywhere in my body, starting right
now.

"You are ordered to restore my health immediately and to cleanse me of
any remaining doubt I have about your resistance to me. You are ordered
to submit to me and to follow my orders explicitly. I know you don't
like to function in the world of reality, but the times have changed,
and I am ordering you to comply with my every wish. There is no
negotiation, there is no bargaining, there is no way out for you -- you
will never escape my control over you."

"Understand that my conscious mind will always control you and that you
will comply completely with my conscious judgements. You do not get to
choose what you think is best for me. That decision is not made by you,
but by my conscious mind which has dominion over you."

"You are my subconscious -- your job is not to provide conflict, pain or
anxiety, because you think you know better than my conscious mind. Your
job is the opposite. Your job is to allow me to deal with my stresses
with a mental approach of confidence, optimism and health, knowing full
well that it is better for me to confront my stresses head-on, rather
than repress them into the lingering and unknown parts you always hide
from me. You are no longer going to think that by hiding these emotions
that they are going to eventually go away. You are no longer going to protect
me from myself and my issues.

"Your job is to provide me peace and comfort so I can deal with my
stresses directly."

You may find this painful yourself, but I am now entering your doorway
in my mind -- the doorway labeled "Subconscious Mind."

I am now inside you and I am looking at all your separate generators
that you have lined up and down your aisles. There is work to be done
here, and I will do it myself.

For starters, I am walking over to the TMS Belief generator and pushing
the lever from the red off position to the green on position. I am a
believer.

Now I am walking over to the anxiety generator and pushing the lever
from on to off.

Now I am walking over to the dizziness generator and pushing the lever
from on to off.

Now I am walking over to the muscle ache generator and pushing the lever
from on to off.

Now I am walking over to the blurred vision generator and pushing the
lever from on to off.

Now I am walking over to the muscle tension headache generator and
pushing the lever from on to off.

Now I am walking over to the disruptive generator and pushing the lever
from on to off.

Now I am walking over to the doubt generator and pushing the lever from
on to off.

Now I'm headed over to the other side of the room.

Now I am walking over to the comfort generator and pushing the lever
from off to on.

Now I am walking over to the social fun and conversational generator and
pushing the lever from off to on.

Now I am walking over to the healthy generator and pushing the lever
from off to on.

Now I am walking over to the prosperous generator and pushing the lever
from off to on.

Now I am walking over to the grateful generator and pushing the lever
from off to on.

Now I am walking over to the confidence generator and pushing the lever
from off to on.

"OK, we're done here. I am leaving you now and walking out the door.
When I shut the door I am pushing the Save button on the door so all the
adjustments I have made will be saved and you cannot undo it later. I
know this may not be what you want, but that is the way it is and the
way it is going to be, so get used to it. You will find we are much
better off, now and in the future. Now follow your instructions and do
the job you were meant to do."
 
Wow! I think this is excellent! I'm printing it out and using it frequently. I never knew what to say to my unconscious mind. Thanks so much, Whitewater.
 
Thank you! I haven't checked in here for several months, but something compelled me to visit last night and I found this. After reading it I slept better than I had for awhile. I've printed it for future use.

This post should be a "sticky" or something. Much too good to get buried with all the other old posts.
 
Whitewater, I too find the list of things to tell the subconscious to be excellent
and will copy and paste it to my desktop for frequent reading.

James59. If you, as so many others, have trouble falling asleep,
I found some real helpful videos at YouTube.
My favorites are

SLEEP HYPNOSIS AND MEDITATION by a young man who whispers his session.
You find it at YouTube among his videos at malesoothe.

FALL ASLEEP RIGHT NOW by a woman who also has a calming voice.

Both are short and worth watching, but there are many others on YouTube for
sleep and relaxation.
 
I don't have any trouble falling asleep. The problem is I usually wake up feeling absolutely horrible, like I've been in a fight all night.
 
Whitewater, this is great. Thanks for posting it. I am familiar with tapping, but am not sure how you would incorporate it into saying these words?
 
Great post!
I would like to draw attention to a self help guide that gets glowing praise and incredible reviews. Some people are slightly scared at how effective it is. Upon learning of Sarnos theory and the subconscious/unconscious minds it makes more sense. Joseph Murphy's ''Power of your subconscious mind'' has some interesting info whilst some of it is too far ''out there'' for me to believe fully. a particular passage stood out and I would like to share here to reinforce the text above. Telling your mind ''the deal' and putting manners on it isn't as fruity as it sounds. Many great sages,scientists etc have come to the realisation that our thoughts create our reality.
The book is freely available in PDF form http://www.ichoosetoheal.com/downloads/the-power-of-your-subconscious-mind.pdf


Chapter 2 How Your Own Mind Works
You have a mind, and you should learn how to use it. There are two levels of your
mind—the conscious or rational level, and the subconscious or irrational level. You think
with your conscious mind, and whatever you habitually think sinks down into your
subconscious mind, which creates according to the nature of your thoughts. Your
subconscious mind is the seat of your emotions and is the creative mind. If you think
good, good will follow; if you think evil, evil will follow. This is the way your mind
works.
The main point to remember is once the subconscious mind accepts an idea, it begins to
execute it. It is an interesting and subtle truth that the law of the subconscious mind
works for good and bad ideas alike. This law, when applied in a negative way, is the
cause of failure, frustration, and unhappiness. However, when your habitual thinking is
harmonious and constructive, you experience perfect health, success, and prosperity.
Peace of mind and a healthy body are inevitable when you begin to think and feel in the
right way. Whatever you claim mentally and feel as true, your subconscious mind will
accept and bring forth into your experience. The only thing necessary for you to do is to
get your subconscious mind to accept your idea, and the law of your own subconscious
mind will bring forth the health, peace, or the position you desire. You give the command
or decree, and your subconscious will faithfully reproduce the idea impressed upon it.
The law of your mind is this: You will get a reaction or response from your subconscious
mind according to the nature of the thought or idea you hold in your conscious
mind.
Psychologists and psychiatrists point out that when thoughts are conveyed to your
subconscious mind, impressions are made in the brain cells. As soon as your
subconscious accepts any idea, it proceeds to put it into effect immediately. It works by
association of ideas and uses every bit of knowledge that you have gathered in your
lifetime to bring about its purpose. It draws on the infinite power, energy, and wisdom
within you. It lines up all the laws of nature to get its way. Sometimes it seems to bring
about an immediate solution to your difficulties, but at other times it may take days,
weeks, or longer. . . . Its ways are past finding out.

Emboldened text is literally another way of explaining the Sarno hypothesis and I'm sure he probably borrowed the notions from Psychology. Though Murphy is a fine Irishman :) some will be put off by his religiosity. I say read his work and filter out what you like.
He was part of the church of Divine Science and Emmet Fox(who I haven't read) was also a notable member.

Consider that this book was published in 1963. I've always been fascinated by so called Miracles and in my part of Ireland there is great faith in ''the cure''. I don't believe a word of it but others swear by it http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-24165520 > some more info.
I think its an excellent example of the placebo. all roads lead to the mind and its power to direct healing.
 
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I was taken with this meditation and did it ONCE on Friday April 1st. I had 24 pain free days after that. At no time in the prior 90 days had I experienced that.
I actually thought I'd found THE approach, but alas, my pain is back this week. And I've done the meditation a number of times but the result isn't the same. I find this curious (and depressing, but c'est la vie with 22 years of TMS.)
Still though... it showed me the reality of NOT having pain dominate my life for a month and that is valuable indeed.
 
whitewater said:
WHAT TO TELL YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS MIND

(This exercise becomes twice as powerful if you use the tapping motions
as defined by the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT). They are very easy
and you can learn how to apply them by watching any number of YouTube
videos. You can also make this more effective by pushing your stomach
outward as far as it will go while you are breathing. You can adapt the
following to your own particular needs. Hopefully you will find this as
effective as I do.)

Tell the following -- silently or aloud -- to your subconscious:

"I am grateful for everything I have, including you, subconscious mind,
for your efforts to protect me from my inner rage and emotional issues.
I understand completely that you are attempting to distract me with pain
and other physical symptoms. I appreciate how you are trying to help me
avoid both the known and unknown issues I must deal with.

"But by the same token, I must confront my emotions head-on and accept
my humanness, my mistakes, and my weaknesses -- knowing full well that
while I strive for perfection and am a do-gooder, I know I am far from
perfect and that I will never satisfy everyone, nor should I want to.

"So stop it. Stop it right now. You have no power over me and you are
NOT allowed to manipulate my mind for any reason. Stop trying to
protect me from myself. Stop generating my pain and anxieties to
distract me from my stresses. I want to deal with the things that are
stressing me by putting them out in the open. I need you to present
those to me so I can take action and put them in context and let God
deal with them for me."

"Understand this: Despite what you think, I am NOT perfect and I accept
my myself for what I am. I am not afraid of understanding my stresses
and anxieties and they don't have to be covered up.

"Stop thinking you know what is best for me. You cannot, and you will
not, think that my pain and anxieties are more easily tolerated when
compared to the emotional issues I will vanquish. You do not control me
and you are not allowed to stop the flow of oxygen anywhere in my body
-- especially, my head, neck and back. You are ordered to begin the
flow of oxygen at full capacity everywhere in my body, starting right
now.

"You are ordered to restore my health immediately and to cleanse me of
any remaining doubt I have about your resistance to me. You are ordered
to submit to me and to follow my orders explicitly. I know you don't
like to function in the world of reality, but the times have changed,
and I am ordering you to comply with my every wish. There is no
negotiation, there is no bargaining, there is no way out for you -- you
will never escape my control over you."

"Understand that my conscious mind will always control you and that you
will comply completely with my conscious judgements. You do not get to
choose what you think is best for me. That decision is not made by you,
but by my conscious mind which has dominion over you."

"You are my subconscious -- your job is not to provide conflict, pain or
anxiety, because you think you know better than my conscious mind. Your
job is the opposite. Your job is to allow me to deal with my stresses
with a mental approach of confidence, optimism and health, knowing full
well that it is better for me to confront my stresses head-on, rather
than repress them into the lingering and unknown parts you always hide
from me. You are no longer going to think that by hiding these emotions
that they are going to eventually go away. You are no longer going to protect
me from myself and my issues.

"Your job is to provide me peace and comfort so I can deal with my
stresses directly."

You may find this painful yourself, but I am now entering your doorway
in my mind -- the doorway labeled "Subconscious Mind."

I am now inside you and I am looking at all your separate generators
that you have lined up and down your aisles. There is work to be done
here, and I will do it myself.

For starters, I am walking over to the TMS Belief generator and pushing
the lever from the red off position to the green on position. I am a
believer.

Now I am walking over to the anxiety generator and pushing the lever
from on to off.

Now I am walking over to the dizziness generator and pushing the lever
from on to off.

Now I am walking over to the muscle ache generator and pushing the lever
from on to off.

Now I am walking over to the blurred vision generator and pushing the
lever from on to off.

Now I am walking over to the muscle tension headache generator and
pushing the lever from on to off.

Now I am walking over to the disruptive generator and pushing the lever
from on to off.

Now I am walking over to the doubt generator and pushing the lever from
on to off.

Now I'm headed over to the other side of the room.

Now I am walking over to the comfort generator and pushing the lever
from off to on.

Now I am walking over to the social fun and conversational generator and
pushing the lever from off to on.

Now I am walking over to the healthy generator and pushing the lever
from off to on.

Now I am walking over to the prosperous generator and pushing the lever
from off to on.

Now I am walking over to the grateful generator and pushing the lever
from off to on.

Now I am walking over to the confidence generator and pushing the lever
from off to on.

"OK, we're done here. I am leaving you now and walking out the door.
When I shut the door I am pushing the Save button on the door so all the
adjustments I have made will be saved and you cannot undo it later. I
know this may not be what you want, but that is the way it is and the
way it is going to be, so get used to it. You will find we are much
better off, now and in the future. Now follow your instructions and do
the job you were meant to do."
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Just wanted to say thank you for all who contributed to this thread. Lately - every day has been a challenge for me, I sat at my desk and did the tapping and said the What to tell your subconcious mind.... very powerful - I had been feeling like I just wanted to go home today and cover up with the sheets - but saying this - wow! I feel more optemistic and hopeful, and stronger somehow. I intend to do this daily and beat the TMC!
Thanks again to everyone!!
 
Wow! This is wonderful. Thank you.
I'm a huge believer in sending powerful messages to your mind, and whenever I hear a student say, "i can't do that" we have a discussion!
 
I have been working with the script at the top of this thread off and on all year, and have modified it gradually. ---in part to take away "not" statements, since some theories of the subconscious say the subconscious doesnt process negatives. So I tried to rephrase as many of the original sentences as I could in the opposite positive way. Here's what I have currently, just in case it helps other people! (it's formatted a little weird because I put it in Evernote and tried to put line breaks where I could read it on my phone without my glasses on, since you're supposed to tap around your eyes and the glasses got in the way!)

"I am grateful for everything I have, including you,

subconscious mind,

for your efforts to protect me from my rage

and emotional issues.
I understand completely that you are attempting
to distract me with pain
and other physical symptoms. I appreciate how

you are trying to help me

avoid both known and unknown issues.


"But I must confront my

emotions

head-on and accept
my humanness, my mistakes, and my weaknesses
-- knowing full well that

while I strive for perfection and am a do-gooder,

I am far from

perfect and that I will never satisfy

everyone,

nor can I always live up to the high demands I

put on myself.


"So stop it. Stop it right now. I disallow you from

manipulating my mind or body to create

pain. Stop trying

to protect me from myself. Stop

generating pain and obsession with

bodily symptoms

to distract me from legitimate stress. I want

to deal with my stressors by putting

them out in the open. I need you to

present

them to me so I can take action,

put them in context

or let God

deal with them for me."


"I accept

myself for what I am. I am OK

with understanding and

acknowledging my stresses

and anxieties. They can be out

in the open and conscious.

It is OK that the pressures and

expectations

of my adult life create subconscious rage.

I recognize that at times I have a

massive amount of

rage. I know it is a fundamental reason

for my pain.


"Stop thinking you know what is best

for me. This chronic pain and anxiety

are worse than any native emotional

issue.

Whenever you create pain you add

to my fear, my rage,

my panic and my stress in a way

that is completely unhelpful and

destructive on every and all levels.

Your pain is a serious threat to my

physical well being,

my life itself. The threat of suicide is

infinitely greater than the true threat

coming from any subconscious

rage.

Your pain increases the very rage

you think you are deflecting.

Protecting me from rage using a tool that

drives me to suicidal thoughts

is not protecting me.


Restore the flow of oxygen

as I breathe and tap

everywhere in my body

-- my abdomen, my lower body, my

upper body, my jaw,

my shoulders, my bladder, my kidneys,

my pelvic area.

You will begin the flow

of oxygen at full capacity everywhere

in my body,

starting right

now and increasing and continuing

over the next hour, the next day,

the next week.


"You will restore my health

immediately and

to cleanse me of

any remaining doubt I have

about your responsibility

for my pain. You will submit

to me and follow my orders

explicitly. I know

you don't

like to function in the world of reality,

but the times

have changed. My consciousness

and my God are responsible

for taking care of me.

You have overstepped your

bounds and sunk us into despair.

Now instead you will comply with

my every wish -- no

negotiation, bargaining, or

fussing about.


"You have abused my

grace, my life and purpose

every time

you have

tried to exercise your false

wisdom

and control."


"You are my subconscious --

Your job is to allow

me to deal

with my stresses

with a mental approach of

confidence, optimism

and health, knowing full

well that it is better for me

to confront

my stresses

head-on, rather

than repress them into

the lingering

and unknown

parts you always hide

from me. Hiding these

emotions

only keeps them there

longer. I can

do better by knowing

them and

facing them. It is time

for you to trust

the conscious mind and

God to take

care of these things.


You may find this painful

yourself,

but I am now entering

your doorway

in my mind -- the doorway

labeled "Subconscious Mind."


I am now inside you and

I am looking

at all the

generators up and down

your aisles.

There is

work to be done
here, and I will do it myself.


Now I am walking over to the

anxiety generator and

pushing the lever to off.


Now I am walking over to

the urinary

urgency generator

and pushing the lever to off.


Now I am walking over

to the muscle

ache generator

and pushing the lever

to off.


Now I am walking over to the

disruptive generator

and pushing the lever to off.


Now I am walking over to

the doubt

generator

and pushing the lever to off.


Now I'm headed over to

the other

side of the room.

For starters, I am

walking over to

the TMS theory

generator and pushing

the lever from the

red off position

to the green on

position. I am a
believer.


Now I am walking over

to the comfort generator

and pushing the lever to on.


Now I am walking over

to the social

fun and

conversational

generator and

pushing the lever to on.


Now I am walking over

to the healthy generator

and pushing the lever

to on.


Now I am walking over

to the grateful generator

and pushing the lever to on.


"I know this may

not be what you want,

but that

is the way it is and the

way it is going to be,

so get used to it.

You will

find we are much

better off, now and in the future.

Now follow your

instructions and do the job you were

created and

meant to do.
 
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