once or twice, until you learn it, and then store it away until that par-
ticular word appears.
The unconscious mind is divided into two parts. One part is, in
fact, accessible. The accessible part of your unconscious mind con-
tains the definitions of words that are noton this page and much
more. Additionally, the accessible part of your unconscious mind
contains some thoughts that you unintentionally repress because of
denial, arrogance, or unresolved past trauma. We are not picking
on you here. All of us repress information in our unconscious
mind. Everyone has experienced “ah-ha” moments, where the un-
conscious cause of some past event becomes suddenly crystal clear.
“Ah-ha,” you say, “Now I understand why that happened.
Our fear of being upset by its insane contents may be why the
temporarily inaccessible portion remains so. Increased awareness is
quite likely to put you in touch with more parts of yourself. Some of
these parts will be previously unnoticed resources and qualities that
you are delighted to have. Others you may not like very much.
Awareness eliminates denial.
The permanently inaccessible portion of the unconscious mind
is the part that controls autonomic functions, such as breathing, di-
gestion, and perspiration.Awareness
It is virtually impossible to change what you don’t know about.
For example, at the outset of consultations with us, many clients
are unaware that their fear of earning an income greater than
that of their parents limited their moneymaking activities. Their
pattern of income and net worth ostensibly looked like a roller
coaster. There are usually valid reasons for each descent. These
valid reasons block awareness of the underlying fear of exceeding
their parents’ income.
It does not take a great deal of awareness to see how your finan-
cial life is affected by your thinking. The decisions you have made
and those you haven’t, along with your attitudes, persistence, con-
sistency, and emotions about money, all originate in your mind. Just
as you can find your way around the darkest room with just one can-
dle, a bit of willingness to give up denial serves to open a path for
you to recognize the unconscious psychological dynamics that act
to limit your success.
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