“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.”
What does this quote by human psyche expert, Carl Jung, mean?
I believe for most of us, the unconscious mind is your greatest untapped power, unrealized tool and key to your destiny.
Your unconscious mind must be acknowledged, unveiled, nurtured, protected, tamed most of all programmed by you.
If you are not consciously programming your mind, then something else, your history, your ancestry, your past is controlling you. This is the key to everything, including happiness and success in love and money.
Your unconscious mind holds a library of your past. Your mind is the software of your brain that runs the program of your life—what you think is possible, what you think you deserve, and what you will get or experience in life. It is like a magnet to all things possible, good and bad. Your mind is also deeply connected to the relationship you have with your body.
Most of us know we have an unconscious mind… but often we are not truly aware of its power and potential.
This is because our unconscious is deep and sometimes dark. We steer away from our deepest feelings, afraid of what we will do, say or experience if we actually allow our feelings or thoughts to rise to the surface.
As the founder of analytical psychology, Carl Jung says “Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.” Just like the statement “The truth will set you free” once we bring our subconscious to the forefront of our minds, this is sometimes enough to set free and dissolve limitations, fears, and gives the opportunity to right falsities.
So why don’t we make the unconscious conscious? A few reasons, but often it is the fear of the unknown. Or the pain of these experiences and thoughts we have locked away. We suppress these thoughts and memories. Let’s be clear, this can sometimes be a good coping mechanism for the hard experiences in life, to get us through in the moment. Until that is, these coping mechanisms (and suppressed memories) become a weight and hindrance to us.
But, as therapists know, that which we often suppress will rear its ugly head anyway, but in a way that does not serve you or the people around you. Our subconscious becomes present in our dreams (and sleeplessness), in our day-to-day ‘triggers’, in our limitations, and hurts in our physical and emotional body.
So, what can we do?
Dedicate time, or practice allowing your feelings, thoughts to rise to the surface, with whatever that brings. The thing is, sometimes we can be overwhelmed by our feelings and thoughts. It does not have to be overwhelming. But it does take courage. There are ways, tools to help and support you to make the unconscious conscious. Part of the work I do at Authentic State is to safely help people do this, to resolve inner turmoil, locked up feelings and emotions, to set free limiting beliefs.
I believe that for most of us, heaven and hell is an experience on earth, due to our state of mind.
Whether you experience life as generally a blessing or hostile, depends on how much you have uncovered and brought light to your ‘stuff’.
How much of your biological and culturally inherited and acquired ‘stuff’ are you holding on to? The truth CAN set you free.
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