After reading part 1, you may be wondering, “Are people who cheat responsible for their actions? Or can they just blame their subconscious?”
This is a tricky hypnotherapy question. In my opinion, even if the subconscious pushes us to self-destruct, we must remember that the subconscious isn’t a foreign entity. It’s part of us, no matter what.
Here’s an analogy. Fred is a parent of a five-year-old girl named Pebbles. They visit Barney, a neighbor. Penny breaks a $20 vase and makes a mess.
Fred can’t say, “Barney, Pebbles just broke your vase. But it’s not any of my business; she did it, not me.” Instead Fred will say, “Barney, Pebbles just broke your vase. I’m so sorry. I’ll clean up and pay for a new vase.” In my opinion, I believe we must take responsibility for our actions, even actions done by our subconscious.
Yet responsibility is different from blame. Fred isn’t to blame for Penny breaking the vase. But Fred is the parent, and he’s responsible for her until she turns 18.
And in the same way, a person may blame their subconscious mind for destructive action, but the subconscious won’t clean up the mess. The person is responsible for their subconscious, and the person cleans up the mess. In my opinion, the concept of blame is less important than the concept of responsibility.
In a way, the subconscious is the child inside us all. It can be sweet and wonderful, and it can be chaotic and destructive.
Rather than wait for it to break another vase, the best solution is to create a loving internal environment so that the subconscious feels safe and won’t destroy metaphorical vases. And of course help it to resolve negative beliefs during hypnosis while we give it love.