{"id":15,"date":"2010-07-25T16:30:29","date_gmt":"2010-07-25T14:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hypnosinstitutet.com\/en"},"modified":"2026-03-23T00:43:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T22:43:33","slug":"the-subconscious-mind","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hypnosinstitutet.com\/en\/the-subconscious-mind","title":{"rendered":"The Subconscious Mind"},"content":{"rendered":"

Your subconscious mind is what you truly<\/em> are<\/h1>\n

When you think of yourself, it is through your conscious mind \u2014 the part you are fully aware of, have control over and consider your real “self”. But the largest and most dominant part of the mind is the one you are generally unaware of: your subconscious mind.<\/p>\n

Even though it may seem as if your conscious self controls the decisions you make, it is in fact governed by the desires of your subconscious mind, which is your true self. Not until you learn to understand it will you be able to truly know or understand yourself.<\/p>\n

The subconscious mind is the seat of the emotions<\/h2>\n

There you will find all memory, intuition, imagination and habits. It also controls all bodily functions and the autonomic nervous system. The subconscious mind is an ever-present mind that exists only in the now \u2014 and during trance we draw upon this directly.<\/p>\n

We spend our lives doing what we feel like doing<\/strong><\/p>\n

Despite having free will to do as we choose, we base our decisions on the strength of our desires and needs \u2014 and subconscious ones always override conscious ones. Because the subconscious mind is the seat of all emotions, it can never be fooled when you wish to achieve something through, for example, self-hypnosis. The motivation must be genuine and truly present.<\/p>\n

Example 1: Imagine you are in the back yard of your country house on a hot summer’s day (35\u00b0C in the shade). If you hypnotize yourself and tell your subconscious mind that today it should make you dig a two-meter-deep hole to complete the work on your swimming pool, you will get little cooperation from your subconscious \u2014 because it knows you have no genuine need to work hard physically on such a hot day. However, if you constructively tell your subconscious mind that you want to increase your income, and truly mean it, it will work day and night \u2014 even while you sleep \u2014 to fulfill that desire. The subconscious mind never rests.<\/p>\n

When your subconscious mind is programmed correctly and constructively towards a goal you want to achieve, with daily reinforcement, it never gives up until it gets there \u2014 unlike the conscious mind, which runs on willpower and often causes us to give up too soon.<\/p>\n

We are governed by subconscious fixed ideas<\/strong><\/p>\n

Example 2: A man would much rather stay in his warm bed on an early, cold winter Monday morning than get up and go to work. But if his subconscious mind has established a need to get up in order to avoid losing his job, he will act seemingly against his own will. He will get up despite the dreadful weather.<\/p>\n

Although our conscious mind has the ability to reason purposefully and set a course towards what we want to achieve, it cannot implement its decisions unless the subconscious mind is on board and directs its energy towards that goal. Our source of power is the subconscious mind. No forced amount of willpower from the conscious mind can override it. Willpower only scratches the surface. (You can read more about this under Change<\/a>.) The power we hold in our subconscious mind is enormous \u2014 and it is we who must take control and direct it where we want it to go, not the other way around. The subconscious mind has no sense whatsoever of what is positive and beneficial for us.<\/p>\n

Our subconscious mind is designed to obey and take orders from our conscious mind \u2014 it is meant to be our obedient servant. It makes a very poor leader, because it is entirely incapable of choosing a suitable goal. It is like a powerful high-pressure hose: in the hands of a skilled firefighter it puts out the fire and saves lives and property. But if the firefighter were distracted and lost their grip, it would have a devastating effect \u2014 knocking them over and causing tremendous damage.<\/p>\n

The subconscious mind is not designed to think \u2014 but to respond to the commands we give it and act them out<\/h3>\n

The subconscious mind functions like a memory bank: it acts according to how it has been programmed, just as a computer does. The computer has the advantage that it can be fed certain information from a disk and act accordingly \u2014 then the disk can be removed and the memory is gone, after which new programming can be entered. Although our subconscious mind vastly outperforms any computer in the world, the disadvantage is that all information once entered remains there permanently. It is like a permanent base memory that can never be erased \u2014 and that is why it is so important that we learn to direct it correctly, so that it works for us and our benefit, not against us.<\/p>\n

Take command of your subconscious mind. Let it work for you and become a winner in life.<\/p>\n

What you have just read is the foundation of all the work that takes place at Hypnosinstitutet. H\u00e5kan K\u00e4llving is Scandinavia’s leading specialist in working with the subconscious mind \u2014 and has helped hundreds of people take exactly that command.<\/p>\n

Call and tell us where things stand for you: 📞<\/p>\n

08-600 29 00<\/a><\/p>\n

Hypnosinstitutet does not treat, diagnose or prescribe. Hypnotherapy does not replace contact with licensed healthcare professionals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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