September 23, 2011 • CEDAR STREET
Times • Page 15
New You
Health and Well-Being
The Subconscious: Key to knowing yourself The most significant difference between human beings and other living beings is the subconscious. It is an extremely powerful influence on human beings. Even though it is potentially a source of great power and assistance, it is usually a source of misery, tension and trouble because we don’t understand it; sometimes we don’t even know that there is such a thing as the subconscious. Most of us believe that we are aware of what we are thinking. But we don’t understand the reality of the subconscious. By definition the subconscious means it is below our level of consciousness. It means we don’t know what is happening there. We are not conscious of it. If you have any desire to become clear, to solve problems, to live a better life, you need to become acquainted with your subconscious. Once you start doing that, everything else begins to fall into place. Let’s have a look at the subconscious. Usually when I try to describe the subconscious, I compare the mind, subconscious and conscious, to an iceberg. You know that an iceberg floats with about nine-tenths of its volume in the water and one-tenth in the air above the water. So in comparing the iceberg to the mind we can say the part that is beneath the surface of the water is the subconscious. The part of the iceberg that is above the water we could call the conscious mind, the part which is visible, which anyone can see. Let’s suppose that an iceberg is sitting up in the North Sea and is contemplating going on a vacation. The part of the iceberg that is above water, the conscious part, is relatively chic and up-to-date, likes to do new things. So it is thinking; “It would be nice to go to Venice for a vacation this year.” So it prepares for that: gets an Italian phrase book, a bikini, beach umbrella, suntan lotion. Now the part that is beneath the surface tends to be very conservative. It likes to repeat what it has done in the past just because it has done it in the past. It
to discover how to change the programs. When you do that, you stop being the victim of your subconcious. Your conscious mind and subconscious mind become a team, working with you and for you.
Rabia Erduman
Self discovery doesn’t like anything new, doesn’t like anything different. It wants to do the same thing again and again. When it is thinking about a vacation, it thinks: “I’ve always gone up to the North Pole for a vacation and that’s what I’m going to do this year.” So these two parts of the iceberg have two different ideas about how to spend their vacation. If there is a difference betwee these two parts, nine-tenths of the iceberg wanting to go to the North Pole, one-tenth, the part above the water, wanting to go to Italy, where do you think the iceberg is going to go? It’s going to go where the bigger part of the iceberg wants to go. So the part that is above the water is in for quite a surprise. It doesn’t end up in Italy for vacation at all. It goes to the North Pole because it hasn’t consulted with the bigger part of the iceberg. This is happening to you all the time. You are constantly deciding to do something, like wash your car, with good intentions, only to find that you don’t do it. If your subconscious is not in agreement with the conscious mind, your car won’t get washed. You probably have experienced this many times in your life because the subconscious is simply bigger and stronger by far than the conscious mind. By comparison, the conscious mind has no actual strength. The strength of the conscious mind is a different kind of strength, which is being able to pursuade the subconscious. If the subconscious is in harmony with the conscious mind, things happen like magic, very easily. I’m sure you have had those experiences also, when you wanted to do
Biography
something and the very idea of it almost shocked you, it seemed so impossible; and yet you found it happened. It is because your subconscious and all its power was also interested in having it happen. To get another picture of the subconscious, let’s compare it to a computer. A computer collects information, stores it and follows programs that are put into it. This is the same with your subconscious. It stores all of your experiences. Everything that you have experienced is now stored in your subconscious and is available to you. Also like computers your subconscious follows the programs that have been put into it. As long as the program is in force, it stays just the way it was when it was first put there. In order to change a program in a computer, you must understand the computer. You need to find out where the magic button is, in a sense, or where the magic wire is in your computer. You need
Rabia Erduman was born in Istanbul, Turkey and later spent ten years in Germany before arriving in the United States in 1983. Rabia utilizes Psychology, Transpersonal Hypnotherapy, Craniosacral Therapy, Polarity Therapy, Reiki, and Trauma Release to assist clients in their process of self-discovery. Rabia also teaches tantric and spiritually-oriented workshops. Rabia is the author of Veils of Separation - Finding the Face of Oneness, and has four Guided Imagery CDs: Relaxation, Meditation, Chakra Meditation, and Inner Guides. She has also been interviewed on Radio and Television Shows and has lectured extensively throughout the years. To those wishing to understand her work, she says, “I have found working with the combination of mind, body, and energy to be highly effective in reaching optimum balance. My life and work are about being in the moment, free of fear and the feeling of separation. Deep joy is a natural expression of this process.”
Psychic Fair set for Oct. 1
For the past 27 years, Julie King of Rota Productions has been producing the Rota Psychic and Crystal Fair. A mainstay of the Central Coast, this is the event for experiencing real intuitive guidance, alternative healing therapies, great information and our wonderfully diverse spiritual community. More than 4o Readers, psychics and healers are available for only $20 per reading. There are 32 free lectures, ranging from Tarot, Channeling, Angels, Manifestation, Life after Death, Energy Healing, Spirit Guides, Past Lives, Dreams, Miracles, and more. Our own Rabia Erduman will have a booth on both days and will give a talk on the Chakras Sunday morning. Full descriptions are available on the website at www.rotapsychicfair.com/. There will also be many booths with books, art, crystals, jewelry and loads of gifts. The Rota Psychic Fair will take place at the Monterey Fairgrounds on October 1 and 2 from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Each day. There is a $9 entry fee.
Transform your negative beliefs. . . transform your life. Rabia Erduman, CHT, CMP, RPP, CST Author of Veils of Separation
831-277-9029 www.wuweiwu.com
Transpersonal Hypnotherapy • Reiki Craniosacral Therapy • Polarity Therapy Nervous System Healing • Trauma Release CDs: Chakra Meditation, Relaxation, Meditation, Inner Guides