By David John Oates
When I first realised what Reverse Speech was in 1987, I was a novice to psychology and the nature of human consciousness. I knew that Reverse Speech was unconscious in nature. By that I mean it was occurring outside of our conscious control, but other than that it was all new territory for me. I resolved then and there to let Reverse Speech be my teacher. I will learn from Reverse Speech itself and let it teach me about consciousness and the nature of the human psyche.
The Unconscious mind is largely unexplored. Probably the first pioneer in the field was Carl Jung who spent his life researching the unconscious mind and the metaphoric constructs it contains. Other pioneers in the field have used hypnosis, visualisations, muscle testing, to name a few, in an attempt to communicate and even alter the unconscious part of ourselves. Many of these researchers claim that more than 95% of our psyche is in the realms of unconsciousness. Based on my research I would agree with this figure. By far the vast majority of our mental processes, thoughts, decisions and behaviour happen in the realm of unconsciousness.
For a start, many of our body functions are unconscious – heart beat, breathing, digestion, our nervous and immune systems, to name just a few. These are all automatic body functions that operate on their own without any conscious thought or effort from our conscious self needed. This is on the surface level of unconsciousness. This part of the unconscious mind monitors our physical body and warns us of trouble or disease. It warns us by using unconscious means of expression such as dreams, body language and Reverse Speech. If we are aware of and in tune with these unconscious forms of communication, we can discover physical issues long before they enter the realms of consciousness.
In this surface level of unconsciousness also resides memory and an unconscious check point of the truth and error of our conscious mind. If we are consciously lying or leaving out pertinent information, this part of the unconscious mind will correct our errors and communicate the truth. It will communicate the truth using body language, Reverse Speech and other unconscious means communication. Reverse Speech teaches us what some of these other unconscious forms of communication are. Smell is one. We are transmitting and receiving odors on an unconscious level all the time. Reverse Speech also talks about “Sound”, describing a means of unconscious communication using energy or Sound. The unconscious mind is alive and active in its communication. We are only just beginning to become aware of it now. We unconsciously receive these communications
from others and recognise it as intuition.
As we move deeper into the area of unconsciousness we enter the realm of metaphor and archetype. It is this area that creates behaviour and personality and it does it with pictures. We get glimpses into this area, and deeper, with our dreams. The images of dreams reflect the inner workings of unconsciousness as do the deeper revelations of Reverse Speech.
Reverse Speech teaches us that the deep unconscious is alive and active. It is comprised of hundreds if not thousands of different parts. All of these parts work together in a well-orchestrated chorus to create our unique personalities and behaviour patterns. These individual parts are life forms in and of themselves. We can hear these parts talking to each other in Reverse Speech, as they continue with the delicate dance of behaviour, and the mechanisms of our daily lives. These parts also communicate in Reverse Speech and contact with them can be established using the technique of Metaphor Restructuring that I have developed using the knowledge Reverse Speech has given me. Once communication has been established, negotiations can be carried out with these parts and behavior can be effectively changed.
This level, however, is still only the tip of the iceberg of what is contained in unconsciousness. Deeper than this level resides what has commonly been called the collective unconscious. The collective unconscious is a universal mind that is connected to all things, and knows all things. It is like a central CPU that uses a complex communications network of unconscious forms of communication to communicate with the unconscious minds of those around us. This communications network is so complex that it connects with all others on the planet. It collects knowledge and information and stores it in its unconscious memory banks to be accessed at any time.
This part of the unconscious also exists outside of time and space and all events, past present and future, both in our own lives and the collective life of the planet, can appear here. These revelations, present, past and future, can occasionally appear in consciousness with dreams, revelations and insights, or those “ah-ha” moments when we suddenly have an inspiration or brain wave. They will also appear in Reverse Speech.
Then we come to the level of the Soul. Reverse Speech talks a lot about the Soul. It describes it as alive and active. It has emotions and thoughts. It can be sick or healthy and it lives forever, surviving physical death. It acts as a storage bank of all of our life events and experiences. It collect these experiences and then, and most importantly, it reflects those experiences back to us as it creates our daily lives. The Soul creates and manifests. It uses unconscious communication channels to effect life events to bring to us the situations we have told it we want to experience. If we have chosen a life of depression, the soul will bring more depression to us. If we have chosen a life of vigour and success, the soul will also bring those experiences to us. When we die, we take with us what we have fed the soul during our lives.
Finally, at the deepest level of unconsciousness we have the Spirit. The spirit is separate from the Soul. It is a monitoring intelligence of the psyche. It speaks in the first person in Reverse Speech whereas the soul is always referenced in the third person. It is constantly talking to the conscious self, giving it advice and guidance, support and reassurance. The spirit is connected to the Divine. When we pray, we are using the Spirit to establish connection. Religions try to connect to the spirit and the Divine. They use prayer and meditation, chants and rituals and other practices to gain contact with and connection to the spirit. Whether we can hear its voice depends entirely on our level of personal congruity, or how much we are in line with the unconscious. Of course we can always use Reverse Speech. It is constantly talking to our conscious self.
And so the unconscious mind is complex and involved. It has many different layers and many different functions. The conscious mind is merely the tip of the iceberg of what is happening in our deep psyche. If we can learn to hear its many voices and have the courage to follow its wisdom we can greatly enhance our daily lives, and finally get in control.
This is what Reverse Speech has taught me in the 32 years I have been doing it.