*Important Note* Watch this video first to train your subconscious mind. Once you watch it and mark this lesson complete, you can schedule your assessment with Elynn.

Just relax as you watch the video...your subconscious mind will take in what it needs. These notes are just for your benefit, there won't be a quiz or test! ;)

Introduction: Understanding the Mind through an Iceberg Metaphor
In this first drawing, you see an iceberg, which we are using as a metaphor to represent the conscious and unconscious mind. Notice how the unconscious mind, submerged under the water, is significantly larger than the conscious mind.

Personality Fragments and Inner Conflicts
The iceberg contains fragments, which in our metaphor, symbolize different aspects of your personality or various parts of you. For instance, one part of you might crave success while another might fear it. These differing aspects can create inner conflict and keep us stagnant.

Involvement of the Super Conscious Mind
We've also introduced the super conscious mind, an element of consciousness capable of neutralizing stressful or painful memories and beliefs upon instruction. The ultimate aim is to have all aspects of your personality desire trauma treatment, reinforce positive behaviors with positive emotions, collaboratively work on safe treatment plans, and ultimately integrate with the main personality.

Timeline and Memory Types: From Conception to Present
In the following depiction, there's a timeline stretching from conception to the present. Your super conscious mind has been present since conception, learning language just like you, facilitating easy communication.

Three types of memories are identified:

Memory 1: Develops in the womb, consisting of basic neural connections.

Memory 2: Begins shortly before birth and continues until around the age of four. It forms healthy and unhealthy personality traits learned from parents, siblings, and others.

Memory 3: Starts before birth and continues throughout life, forming the main personality through the creation and collation of memories.

Exploring Memory 3: Active and Dormant Memories
Let's delve deeper into Memory 3, comprising active and dormant memories. Active memories create our perception and guide our behaviors and thoughts. In contrast, dormant memories are stored and can be awakened or triggered into activity by sensory perceptions or basic needs like hunger or safety.

Formation of Thoughts and Behaviors
Active experiences, represented by the iceberg, include all the triggered active memories and physiological responses you're experiencing at any given moment. They influence our thoughts and behaviors, adapting and forming new responses as situations change.

Understanding Recurrent Behavioral Creation
The creation of behavior is a recurrent process. A child learning to feed themselves, for example, will refine their technique through repetition, gradually learning how to successfully use utensils through this iterative process. Our brain perpetually learns and grows, crafting and amassing new memories that form the basis of our future responses.

The Role of the Super Conscious in Managing Memories
The super conscious plays a vital role in navigating memories, but it cannot see or treat dormant memories unless they are partially in the active experience.

Dissociation and Association Processes in Mind Function
Be mindful of the dissociation process, situated between conscious and unconscious activities in our mind. It relocates unneeded information from the conscious to the unconscious mind. This process simplifies our mental content, promoting focus and effectiveness in our daily activities. Conversely, the association process enables memories to be triggered into active experience, guiding our reactions and responses.

Addressing and Neutralizing Trauma with the Super Conscious Mind
Severe traumas can create trauma parts. In cases where there are no learned memories to manage an intense, traumatic situation, memories mobilize independently of the main personality to create a survival response. These trauma parts can be managed and treated by the super conscious mind.

Challenges and Treatments of Trauma Parts
Trauma parts can cause disruptions in your daily life, but the super conscious mind can treat them by removing the negative emotions and pain and substituting them with neutral or positive emotions. It strengthens their positive coping skills with positive emotions before integrating them with the main personality.

Addressing Larger, Intense Worries and Pains
In treating larger, more daunting traumas or worries, the trauma part collaborates with the super conscious to introduce a minimal amount into the active experience. The treatment team can adjust the rate of treatment until all members are comfortable, ensuring a gentle and often completely painless process.

For all parts that desire to join the treatment team, please do so now.