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Lewis HowesHow To REPROGRAM Your Subconscious Mind To MANIFEST Your Dream Future! | Bruce Lipton
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How the Subconscious Gets Programmed
Lewis Howes asks how our minds are programmed, and Bruce Lipton explains that 95% of life runs from programs. He compares the brain to a computer and describes how a child downloads behaviors in the first seven years while in a theta, hypnosis-like state.
- •Lipton says 95% of our life comes from subconscious programs
- •He rephrases 'knowledge is power' as 'a lack of knowledge is a lack of power'
- •Quantum physics' first principle, per Lipton, is that consciousness creates our experience
- •Children's brains run in theta for the first seven years and download behavior without a filter
- •About 60% of downloaded programs are disempowering or self-sabotaging, he says
Money Beliefs, Competition and the Garden
Howes raises money-related fear, and Lipton ties wealth beliefs to early programming, citing Rich Dad Poor Dad. He argues that the idea of life as a competitive struggle is a false Darwinian view, and that competition originally meant striving together.
- •People inherit money beliefs from observing their parents
- •Lipton calls the rat-race view false and Darwinian
- •He says a garden is cooperation, and we turned it into a battleground
- •The original meaning of competition is to strive together, so both players win
Reprogramming: Self-Love, Deservability and Present Tense
Asked what new script to use against negative money programming, Lipton starts with loving yourself and then deserving. He says affirmations must be in the present tense because the subconscious only sees the moment, and that letting go of the past helps.
- •First step is identifying that you love yourself
- •Programs should say 'I deserve,' not 'I will deserve'
- •The subconscious has no concept of the future, so use 'I am healthy, I am wealthy'
- •You can always reprogram if you get it wrong
- •Healing the past happens as you begin to love yourself
We Are a Broadcast: Spirituality, Heaven and Fear of Death
Lipton describes his shift when he realized cell receptors act like antennas picking up an outside broadcast. He says this took away his fear of death and led him to see life as heaven on earth to be manifested.
- •Cell surface 'self receptors' are unique to each person
- •The body is like a TV set receiving a personal broadcast
- •Lipton lost his fear of death on realizing this
- •The body translates the environment into sensations sent back to source, as in the chocolate question
- •He says we are born into heaven and can manifest it
Genes, Victimhood and the Medical System
Lipton argues that believing in genetic determinism makes people victims who hand power to doctors and churches. He cites BRCA and cancer statistics and iatrogenic illness, and estimates 90% or more of people live in victimhood.
- •Believing health is controlled by genes makes you a victim, according to Lipton
- •No single gene causes cancer, and 50% of women with the BRCA gene never get it
- •He says 90% of cancer occurs in people with no family history
- •Iatrogenic illness is named as the third leading cause of death in the US
- •Lipton estimates 90% or more of people live as victims
Conscious vs. Subconscious Mind and the Story of Bill
Lipton explains the two minds: the creative conscious mind in the prefrontal cortex versus the habit-driven subconscious. Since the conscious mind engages in creating only about 5% of the day, we run on programs we can't see, as in his story of Bill and his dad.
- •Conscious mind is creative and holds wishes; subconscious is the habit mind on autopilot
- •Only 5% of the day is conscious mind actually creating, per Lipton
- •Thinking points inward, so we don't observe our own behavior
- •The Bill story shows everyone else sees our inherited programs but us
- •Changing the program lets you move toward your wishes 100% of the day
Lipton's Own Story: Relationships, Muscle Testing and His Book
Lipton shares that his personal life was struggling despite professional success because of dysfunctional relationship programs. He used muscle testing to find subconscious conflicts, including one blocking his book, and describes changing his programming and being with his partner Margaret for 26 years.
- •Lipton had no quality relationships until about age 45
- •He changed his programming and now lives a honeymoon with his partner Margaret
- •Muscle testing reveals when conscious and subconscious disagree
- •His subconscious blocked the book for fear of losing scientific colleagues
- •He reprogrammed it to be 'fast, fun and easy', and the book got done
- •He says 80-90% of audiences don't test positive for 'I love myself'
How to Do Muscle Testing
Howes asks how muscle testing works, and Lipton demonstrates with the statement 'I love myself'. If the two minds agree, the arm stays strong; if not, the arm gives way slightly.
- •Any muscle can be used, usually the arm
- •It is not arm wrestling; you hold focus on a statement
- •Agreement between minds yields a solid arm
- •Even a slight downward movement signals disharmony
Three Ways to Reprogram: Hypnosis, Repetition and Energy Psychology
Lipton outlines three ways to change programs: self-hypnosis with earphones at night, repetition and practice, and energy psychology. He cites neuroscientist Jeff Fannin's EEG observations of whole-brain function and explains hemisphere separation after age seven.
- •Self-hypnosis uses programs played during the theta state of sleep
- •Repetition and practice build habits after age seven
- •Energy psychology can download a behavior in about 15 minutes, he says
- •EEG readouts showed whole-brain function during the process
- •Brucelipton.com lists 25 to 30 belief change modalities
The Matrix, Conscious Parenting and Relationships
Howes asks about the Matrix, and Lipton says programming is reality, citing the Jesuit saying about the first seven years. They discuss what parents should say to children, the difficulty of being conscious only 5% of the day, and how couples can rewrite programs instead of fighting.
- •Lipton agrees the Matrix is a documentary, since everyone is programmed
- •Parents should tell children they are smart, lovable and creative
- •Children are recording while parents run their own unconscious programs
- •Couples who understand programs can rewrite them instead of fighting
- •He says 50% of marriages fail when bad programs surface unaddressed
Why Change Fails and Lipton's Wake-Up Moments
Lipton says people stay victims because they don't know how to 'push the record button' and positive thinking fails when the negative program is running. He recounts catching his thoughts at a red light and how a voice in his lab ended his depressive spirals.
- •Talking to your subconscious and 'thinking positive' don't rewrite programs
- •Lipton first noticed his self-talk at a red light
- •Negative thoughts are a creative voice that shapes your creation
- •A voice asked if he had anything better to do, and he went to a movie
- •Good habits then run life without effort
Energy Fields, Health and Acting on Intentions
Asked how to stay healthy, Lipton says less than 1% of disease is genetic and lifestyle matters. He argues matter is energy, citing Einstein and MEG readings, and the plant and mosquito stories to say intention alone doesn't manifest without action.
- •He says less than 1% of disease is genetic
- •Self-care depends on loving yourself
- •He cites Einstein: the field is the sole governing agency of the particle
- •MEG suggests thoughts are broadcast outside the head
- •Thoughts stay idle until you take action, as the mosquito story illustrates
Closing: Three Truths and Definition of Greatness
Howes points listeners to Lipton's website and social channels and asks the three truths question. Lipton answers that we master our genetic activity, are spiritual beings who can't die, and should manifest heaven on earth, and defines greatness as leaving the place better.
- •Truth one: we are masters of genetic activity, not victims of heredity
- •Truth two: we are spiritual entities, and karma is a mechanism
- •Truth three: manifest heaven on earth and others will follow
- •Greatness is leaving this place better than you found it
