Time Line Technique

OUR subconsious mind has a method of "storing" time. This is what you know as memory. Your subconscious is fully in charge of this vast store of data. It records everything you have ever experienced in life from the time your outside awareness developed when you were very young. This development differs from person to person but for most people it develops at around five years of age.

Human memory is the hallmark of knowledge and intelligence. Without it we would have to rely strictly on instinct as we have been programmed to behave by the Creator. It is what sets us apart and gives us supremecy over the rest of the living. Other animals exhibit evidence of learning ability through conditioning and therefore have memory as well. The human mind goes beyond the minds of any the other creatures. Outside of being programmed we use our memory to create and move about as unique and individual representations of the Universal Mind. Memory allows us to learn and form our core belief systems. We have, and still do, use it for basic survival. Your computer cannot compare with your mind. The innate power that your mind has is staggering!

Your subconscious mind "indexes" all realms of experience you take in through the senses and makes them available for your use through the conscious mind - the mind you use to think and reason with. With this ability you have the ability to work marvelous wonders. But there is a problem...

It is one thing to remember. This happens on the subconscious level. In order to use your memory in many instances, you must recall memory. This is where the fun starts because you use your conscious thinking and reasoning mind to do this. This mind is in charge of recall and sometimes it seems impossible to achieve this. We will show this by example with the ever familiar academic studies that most of us have been through. You take an exam after a segment of study to measure how well you've retained or better said, what you can recall from the material as you have committed to memory. Factors too many to list can inhibit you from being able to recall information from your memory. It is there as you perceived it just as is everything else you have ever experienced. Exams reveal what you were not able to recall. This is true of recalling anything from the mind's database. Core belief systems, low self-esteem and many other conditions can deter you from memory recall of a certain experience.

Time line technique is a tool used by professional hypnotherapists, NLP, and other alternative medicine practitioners to enhance your ability to access memory. You will be put under hypnosis to bring you to desired relaxation which makes your subconscious accessible. Once you learn the process of time line technique you can do this yourself to improve memory recall.

Basically, once you are in a relaxed state and having learned to "trust" your subconscious mind to bring up desired answers, you define your system of memory storage. A way to find out where your subconscious mind stores the information is usually done by your determination of which "direction" your past goes and so with your future. A line (whatever shape it takes) forms between the past and future points and everything in between is your time line. Some people see their past-to-future go from left to right, others from behind to in front. Still others see it in different formats than these. Then points of memory are applied to the lines connecting the past to present to future.

Take brushing your teeth - this is a simple one to begin with. Recall a memory of this event as it occurred 10 years ago, 5 years ago, last year, last month, last week, yesterday, tomorrow, next week, next month, and so forth. You will have set up a time line of how and in what conditions you brushed your teeth and as you see it in the future. Which direction do the memories of this event come to you from the past? The future? After compiling this timeline of an event you must rise above it and look upon it to assess it.

Time line therapy helps resolve issues that have been lost in the annals of your memory. You can use it to reveal past events and relive them to help remove faulty belief systems, you can use it to chart out your future, or many other applications.