We will begin here by exploring recent scientific findings about the real scientific reasons that affect our ability—or inability—to change. These are also theories that may be correct or incorrect, but here at Tawazon, we will not rely solely on theories; instead, we will bring you various tools to apply these theories using guided meditation and other techniques that will first help you understand your behavior, then examine the ways that can help you influence it.
So, to begin with, we will get to know what the subconscious mind is, what its relationship is with the conscious mind and meditation, and what science says about the subconscious mind’s ability to influence our reality.
How can we communicate directly with the subconscious mind to create the change we seek? And can we influence our daily behavior with the help of meditation?
The subconscious mind is one of the components of the human psyche, according to the psychoanalytic theory founded by Sigmund Freud. Freud believed that the subconscious mind is the primary driving force of human beings—an untamed wilderness within us that controls our actions without our awareness, established as a defense mechanism. He also said that the goal of psychotherapy is to “invade” this unknown territory of the subconscious, so that we can become aware of our automatic behaviors in life.
In short, the definitions are as follows:
The subconscious includes emotions, feelings, and desires. Psychoanalysis tells us that memories and experiences that threaten a person’s identity, as well as innate biological desires stored deep within us, are planted in the subconscious. These continue to influence a person’s daily life without them realizing the extent of this influence on their actions.
Daily meditation practice makes us more and more aware of our automatic behaviors stemming from the influence of the subconscious, and it enables us to reduce its dominance over our daily routine.
Carl Jung, one of Freud’s students, expanded the concept of the unconscious to include the collective unconscious—the unconscious layer shared by all human beings. Jung tells us that there is a collective unconscious, which is the most influential structure in shaping personality. It encompasses a complete set of accumulated experiences over generations through the existence of humankind, leaving a memory trace in the human brain.
These memory traces from the distant past are inherited and deeply rooted in humans as predispositions to react or behave in certain ways, depending on the culture and heritage in which they were born.
Meditation in general, in all its types and forms—especially mindfulness meditation—is more of a lifestyle than just an excellent mental exercise. It enables a person to have full control and awareness of everything happening around them. It begins by accompanying the bird around you, the flower, and the breeze as it gently touches your cheek, with training that takes no more than five minutes a day.
We see that humanity today aspires to build life patterns that bring calmness and stillness, and to embrace joy and happiness naturally, here and now. But unfortunately, we fail to do so. Today, we humans struggle with experiencing momentary joy; our minds wander to past mistakes and future fears, forgetting that we are here, today, under this infinite sky, in the cycle of seasons, day and night, between one experience and another, between separation and love, sadness and joy.
So why don’t we stop, breathe again, and decide to live the moment?
Let daily meditation bring you back to the present. Let it make you enter it with the peak of feeling. And let it help you take control of your subconscious behaviors as well.
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