About the System
The techniques described in this book form the foundation of a system for independent work with the psyche. Many practitioners who have worked consistently and without self-deception report noticeable changes in their state, perception, and reactions within a few months. There are no guarantees — results depend on your initial condition, your honesty with yourself, and your willingness to actually process the material rather than search for a “magic solution.”
All of these techniques are based on the principle of direct work with the subconscious through the use of previously installed subconscious programs. In this sense, they share certain similarities with BSFF, which you may have heard of or even practiced with varying degrees of effectiveness. However, there are several fundamental differences from BSFF — both in overall strategy and in the way the subconscious processes mental material.
Let’s start with the strategy. The goal of using this system as a tool is to stop the constant mental self-interference and shift to actually living as a process. The method for achieving this state includes the following components:
- Release from the Past
This is achieved through deep processing of past material: traumas, negative experiences, resentments, and those underlying “roots” that continue to fuel current reactions and problems. As you work with Turbo-Suslik, the past gradually loses its hold and stops driving your behavior. In the end, it becomes what it should be: a set of facts and memories — not a constant source of pain and automatic reactions.
A critical point: this is not about suppression, forgetting, repression, or trying to push everything deeper and pretend nothing happened. It is about actual processing — where the memories remain, but the emotional charge attached to them is significantly reduced or disappears altogether.After such processing, you can recall previously traumatic episodes as many times as you like — but instead of the usual pain, anger, or anxiety, they are perceived neutrally. Often there is a simple reaction along the lines of: “Why was I carrying this around for years?” — and nothing more.
Working with the past is one of the key factors in psychological stability, freedom from automatic patterns, and clarity in the present moment. The system places strong emphasis on this area.There is also a natural side effect: as the past stops being constantly reactivated, the anxious “living in the future” also diminishes — the endless mental loops, anticipation of threats, and compulsive planning. As a result, it becomes much easier to remain in reality and act from the present moment — without special meditative practices, simply as a consequence of reduced internal noise and reactivity. - “Depolarization” of the Mind
This involves the consistent neutralization of existing mental polarities, ultimately leading to a more direct and clear perception of reality — seeing and accepting it as it is, without the constant labeling imposed by the mind. Polarities (and the methods for working with them) will be explained in detail in a later chapter. - Clearing Mental Noise
This refers to working with fear, suppression, apathy, guilt, shame, helplessness, stagnation, anxiety, and persistent worry. It also includes negative beliefs and conditioning (“I am a failure,” “men/women don’t like me,” “money is evil,” etc.), low self-esteem, lack of confidence, and other forms of internal clutter.
To be precise, I cannot say exactly where all of this “resides” — whether in thought patterns, emotions, the body, memory, or some combination of all of these. And, in practice, this distinction is not particularly important. What matters is that all of this material can be systematically processed and gradually removed from “working memory” — from that continuous mental churn that occupies and drains a person on a daily basis.
This material can be broken down, processed, and eventually it stops controlling you automatically. It becomes observable, neutral, “digested” — and is released. - Integration of the Personality
For most people, the psyche is not a unified and coherent system. It is closer to a collection of separate behavioral modes, habits, and reaction patterns that activate depending on context. At work, a person is one way; at home, another; with friends, a third. This is not acting — it is the result of internal fragmentation.
The issue is that these modes often contradict each other: one part wants something, another is afraid, a third sabotages, a fourth justifies. This creates constant internal swings, ambivalence, self-sabotage, and the persistent sense of “I am not in control of myself.”
Coherence becomes possible only when this internal fragmentation is reduced and different parts of the system begin to function in alignment. This is another key aspect of the work.
As a result of applying the tools of this system, internal consistency is gradually restored: conflict between “parts” decreases, there is less chaos, and more coherence, clarity, and self-regulation.
A very important clarification must be made. We are not trying to “erase” anything (if only because that is impossible). All memories remain accessible, but as the work progresses, the way they are experienced — their emotional tone — changes. What disappears is reactivity — that “charge” which for years holds attention and repeatedly triggers the same states. As a result, past episodes gradually turn into ordinary archived records: facts that can be remembered but no longer control you.
Beliefs and convictions are not erased or magically “wiped clean” either. That requires actual work (covered later in the book). However, when the reactivity feeding limiting beliefs is removed, those beliefs lose their force. A more grounded understanding appears: there are options, and change is possible — not for someone else “in theory,” but for you, in your actual life and current circumstances.
Emotions do not disappear either. What disappears is the automaticity of their expression. They stop igniting on autopilot and taking over completely (for example, someone cuts you off in traffic — and instead of instantly losing control and staying irritated for hours, the reaction no longer escalates in the same way). Over time, the practitioner becomes more stable: fewer emotional swings, more calm, more internal control, and greater clarity.
As for the tactical side, the following points should be noted:
- Practice, practice, and more practice. Problems are resolved only through actual work with them — that is, through processing their causes, automatic patterns, and all the material that feeds them. No “safe” affirmations repeated for years, no self-persuasion, no forced “belief,” and nothing of that sort — only direct work with your own issues. This will require effort, and at times you will have to face what has accumulated inside you.
It should be noted: digging “elbow-deep in your own mess” is not the goal. It is a temporary phase. The techniques are simply tools for clearing. The aim of the process is not digging, but freedom from that content — reduction of reactivity, cessation of internal noise, and dissolution of automatic patterns. Unfortunately, this is achieved only by going through the material. You go through it, release it — and then move on to live, create, work, and experience life in a normal, human way. - Using the subconscious as a working tool is one of the core principles of the system. A significant portion of the processing is effectively delegated to the subconscious level. By “subconscious” here, we do not mean anything mystical, but rather the automatic processes of the psyche that are already operating continuously — usually without your control and without coordination.
Given specific parameters and algorithms, the subconscious processes the material you assign to it. Some may object, insisting that only conscious-level work is a valid way to solve problems. Those views can remain where they are. What matters here is practical experience and actual results — both personal and from tens of thousands of users.
That said, a certain level of awareness is still required. At minimum, you need to pay attention to your states and be able to translate a vague “I feel bad” into something more concrete — “I feel bad because…” — and then submit that material for processing.
An interesting point: key insights that are actually important to understand often surface into conscious awareness on their own during the process — as a byproduct of the work. - Maximum automation of processes through the use of a large number of automatic programs for the subconscious. This makes it possible to work in the following way: you can initiate several different programs in the evening, each addressing different layers of issues, and go to sleep knowing that the subconscious continues processing in the background.
It should be noted that these automated processes do not remove all material completely, and some issues will still require work from other angles. However, they drastically simplify many routine operations and allow large volumes of “minor” material to be processed automatically — material that would otherwise take years to handle manually.
Finally, the requirements for practitioners. There are not many of them:
- Full and unconditional responsibility for your own life. Without this, there is no point in even starting. This is a foundational condition.
This is not about claiming that external circumstances are always “fair” or that there are no hostile people around. It is about something else: regardless of how a situation looks externally, you alone are responsible for your decisions, reactions, choices, and how you continue to live with their consequences. Delegating responsibility (“they are to blame,” “my life was ruined,” “it’s all circumstances”) makes real work impossible — because in that case you become an object, not the author of change.
In the process of working, you will begin to see concrete patterns: how your decisions, beliefs, and automatic reactions at different stages of life have shaped recurring scenarios — your environment, relationships, finances, self-esteem, and everything else.
It can be surprisingly revealing to examine a problem that has persisted for years and trace it back to a specific early episode — sometimes from childhood — where a key belief or decision was formed, after which you began operating according to a particular pattern. And then to see how that pattern repeated itself over the years. The experience is, to put it mildly, difficult to ignore.
So once again: meaningful change through this method begins only after accepting responsibility for your life. If you believe that someone else is responsible — you can close the book. There is no point in continuing.
- A complete rejection of mental overanalysis in favor of direct practical work with problems. This is a critical point. We are used to looking for answers outside ourselves (which is understandable in a world where even basic tasks are increasingly outsourced), but in the context of TS, the direction must always be inward.
Instead of asking “why do I feel this way?” and trying to find answers externally, you take the problem and work with it directly. That means breaking it down into elements and sending it into processing — together with all accompanying thoughts such as “why,” “it seems to me that…,” “this can’t be solved because…,” “how could this even work,” and so on. This will be covered in detail later.
- Willingness and readiness to go through whatever arises when you take an honest look inside yourself. There is a significant amount within any person that can be unsettling when encountered directly. However, going through it, processing it, and accepting yourself despite it is the only path toward stable psychological health and freedom.
As Stanislav Grof once said: “True courage does not lie in heroic efforts to achieve external goals, but in the willingness to face the terrifying experience of confronting oneself. Until an individual finds their true essence within, any attempt to give life meaning through external manipulation and achievement remains ultimately futile.” There is little to add to that.
- Willingness to process as much mental clutter as your specific situation requires. In practice, there is usually a substantial amount of work to be done. The psyche is interconnected — it is not possible to change deep-rooted patterns without affecting what is directly linked to them. This is why, for example, any serious psychotherapy tends to take years. There is a significant amount of work ahead, and it is better to be prepared for that from the outset.