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Who You Think You Are Is Only the Tip Of the Iceberg

           

I often use this picture with new in-coming clients to describe how hypnosis works. It is a wonderful metaphor for the mind. If you look at the upper portion of the iceberg as representing the conscious mind, and the lower, below the water-line part of the iceberg as representing the subconscious mind, you will be able to see clearly that we are much more than we think we are. Our egos reside in our conscious minds, and sometimes we mistakenly come to believe that this is all of who we are.

In reality, our subconscious minds comprise the vast majority of our true beings, and when our egos and our conscious minds usurp that which rightfully belongs to us as part of our total awareness, we can in fact find ourselves feeling cut off, unhappy, unfulfilled, and otherwise off-track with our lives. It is also easier to understand why our Will, which is under our conscious control, can so easily be overwhelmed, or undermined, by aspects of self that reside in the subconscious.

In some cultures, the line between these two aspects is softer and less defined. In our culture, we tend to foster a sharp division between these two realms, to the point that many people experience serious impacts to their health and well-being from this split. Hypnosis is one tool that is ideally suited to building bridges between these two parts of self to bring unity and wholeness back to the individual, and to foster alignment with aspects which might be working at cross-purposes.

This is why hypnosis can have such far ranging effects across a wide spectrum of issues that the individual may be facing, from habit control to spiritual crisis or renewal. Learning to work with the subconscious mind has become a necessary component of a regimen to maintain good health and well being.