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Paul Grobstein's picture

how to not hassle the unconscious

Hmmm, thanks for asking.  A few things I've learned over the years ...

  • Accept that your unconscious is the primary resource for everything you do
  • Maintain an active and collegial conversation with your unconscious; don't get impatient with it, frustrated with it, or annoyed at it
  • Remember that your unconscious consists of a loose alliance of many different components and has little or no interest in consistency across the components
  • Don't expect your unconscious to change quickly or in the absence of substantial new experiences meaningful to it
  • Appreciate the need of your unconscious to exercise; don't deprive it of opportunity/room to express itself
  • Don't expect your unconscious to be able to do any particular thing at any given time
  • Learn to recognize what you unconscious  feels like doing at any given time
  • As much as possible, do things your unconscious wants to do rather than things you think you're supposed to do
  • For things you (or others) think you're supposed to do, try and organize life so you can do them when your unconscious wants to; trust that at some point it will

 

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