Subconscious

What’s new… isn’t really new it’s actually is old is man himself. This is the power of the subconscious mind. During the first year of development, we focus on the subconscious mind when we focus on motor development and basic functions like eating and sleeping, which all go beyond the conscious and are regulated by more primitive brain functions. Once our children start to get a little older, we start to focus on the more conscious mind, including learning, education, thoughts and behaviors. This shift can cause parents to forget about the continue development of the subconscious mind. Not purposefully of course, but because we our society focuses on educational achievements.

So what is the subconscious mind? This is a part of the brain that regulates basic functions like the beating of your heart, breathing, the use of your muscles and other basic functions. The subconscious mind in relation to the conscious mind is for example, a computer programmer to the computer. The programmer programs the computer to execute a certain function. The computer does so without question, without judgment, or without analyzing anything in which the programmer instructed it to do. The computer just executes the function. When the subconscious mind is told by the conscious mind to do something, the subconscious mind seeks out infinite wisdom in which to carry out that task. So when we tell a child, they can or cannot do something, the child’s conscious mind tells subconscious mind who remembers the command. If we tell a child to fear repeatedly, the subconscious mind will be fearful. If we tell a child to be happy or provide repeated happy experiences, the subconscious mind will be happy. So whatever we tell the child or the child experiences repeatedly, whether good or bad, is programmed into a subconscious mind and will stay with them until there’s a different program.

So what can we do as parents to ensure a development of a healthy subconscious mind? To have a child feel confident, loved, peaceful, and have harmonious relationships as they grow older?

Well, there are actually several things we can do. Before a child goes to sleep every night the last thing that you could have them hear before they go to sleep could be as simple as “You are loved, you are protected, you experience happiness and healthy development every day.”

This combined with 30 minutes of chakra cleansing music and subliminal positive affirmations can help a child develop a subconscious that believes that these statements are true and factual for them.

When a child gets older and develops language, they can develop their own statement they can say at night just before they go to bed. A simple example is.” I am loved by everyone around me and I love them too. I have a happy life and I wish all my friends and family have a happy life too.” This simple statement, along with subliminal positive affirmations that are played at night will give the child, love, confidence and program the subconscious mind to feel peaceful and harmonious with others in the child’s life. When done on a consistent basis, this can help develop a strong, healthy, confident, loving, peaceful subconscious. It’s also important to note that this has to be paired with positive conscious thoughts as well. Try to avoid phrases like you can’t, you won’t, you shouldn’t, or phrases that instill fear and shame (of course they should fear life threatening events). If a child acts out, it’s important to tell them not only what they are not to be doing, but followed by the correct action so that the subconscious mind doesn’t just hear “no” but there’s an alternative. For example, if a child hits another child, we want to immediately tell the child that there’s is no hitting, followed by how it makes the other person feel and then what would be a more desirable way to act. So we could say, “Johnny we don’t hit our friends, it hurts Susie’s feelings, if you want the toy, you can ask Susie for a turn with the toy? When using these techniques, we teach the child the action that is not preferred, followed by how it made the other person feel and finally a more appropriate response.

In conclusion, if we practice these simple nightly routines to program the subconscious mind with affirmations of love, peace and harmony we can make the child feel safer and more confident when dealing with the realities of day to day life. We can also make sure we provide positive reinforcements though out the day teaching children appropriate ways in which to get their needs met which in turn can assist the child with more peaceful and harmonious behaviors as they develop.