Actualized.org - Self-Help, Psychology, Consciousness, Spirituality, Philosophy The Subconscious Mind
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Jan 28, 2014 Explores what the subconscious is and how it differs from conscious thought. Covers how habits, beliefs, and self-image live below awareness and steer daily behavior. Discusses why lasting change requires rewiring the subconscious through repetition and visualization. Describes two paths for remolding the subconscious and how strategic willpower seeds new automatic habits.
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Subconscious Controls Most Daily Life
- The subconscious runs most of our behaviors, beliefs, habits, self-image, values, and model of reality.
- Leo emphasizes that roughly 95% of daily actions happen below awareness, like brushing teeth while thinking of other concerns.
Conscious Awareness Alone Won't Last
- Permanent change must occur at the subconscious level because behaviors and results originate there rather than from conscious intent alone.
- Leo warns that conscious awareness or one-time insights rarely fix deep habits embedded below awareness.
Subconscious Learns With Carrots And Sticks
- The subconscious learns through repetition of incentives or penalties — it needs repeated 'carrots and sticks' to be retrained.
- Leo explains that major transformations come from persistent repetition or intense visualization drilled into the mind.