Saturday, October 6, 2007
The Conscious and Subconscious Mind
As we all know, we have only one mind. But that one mind consists of two distinct parts; the conscious and the subconscious mind.
Your conscious mind is the reasoning mind. It is this phase of mind that chooses. For example, you choose your friends, job, car, house, etc. You make all your decisions with your conscious mind. On the other hand, without any conscious choice on your part, you breath, your heart beats, etc - yes, without any conscious effort. That is taken care of by your subconscious mind. More on this duality later. Let's try something interesting.
Now sit at your desk and make clockwise circles with your right foot. While doing this, draw the number "6" in the air with your right hand. Your foot will change direction!!
Simply amazing, isn't it?
According to a professor ( i forgot the name), "our conscious mind is really very, very limited. Try thinking of two words at the same time - not one after the other, but at the same time. You'll find that's impossible, too. Or try writing one word with your right hand, while simultaneously writing another word with your left.
Consciously, you can only do one thing at a time.
You can only think about a clockwise or anticlockwise motion on the same side of your body, not both simultaneously.
However, you can train yourself to do this - circling hand and foot in opposite directions simultaneously - just as you can train yourself to pat your head and rub your stomach. It takes about 30 minutes' training for most people.
The problem is very similar to juggling. If you try to think consciously about what your hands are doing, it's impossible. Only after it becomes an unconscious action - after a few minutes' training - can you actually juggle".
As you can now see, once you train yourself repeatedly, your subconscious does the trick without you "consciously" knowing it.
Through countless experiments, psychologists have clearly proven that the subconscious mind does not make the selection and comparisons that are necessary for a reasoning process (which is the function of our conscious mind). But it has the unlimited power to make your dreams come true. Our subconscious mind will accept any suggestion, however true or false. It just takes you at your word. If you think you can never win, your subconscious mind will prepare you well for that defeat. Your subconscious mind just makes what you believe true. Our subconscious mind is like a bed of rich soil that will help all kinds of seeds to sprout and flourish, whether good or bad. If you sow thistles, will you harvest figs? Certainly not. Whatever you think using your conscious mind leads its way to the cause. If you take charge of your thoughts, subconscious will take care of the rest automatically.
I found a nice example that shows the difference between our conscious and subconscious mind. The conscious mind is like the captain at the bridge of a ship. He direct the ship and sends orders to the crew in the engine room. The crew control the ship following the orders. They themselves don't know where they are going; they just believe in what the captain says and executes it - they don't talk back to the captain. It is like your subconscious mind. The ship would go on the rocks if the man on the bridge issued faulty instructions. If you repeatedly say to yourself, it is impossible to find a good job, your subconscious just takes you at your word and makes sure that you are not in a position to be employed for a good job. You'll walk through life experiencing the lack of a good job. As you can see, our own negative thoughts dig the grave yard for us. It is time we mentally prepare ourselves to reach whatever we desire to have in life.
I am more than convinced that the law of life is the law of belief. A belief is a thought in your mind. Think good, and good follows. Think evil, and evil follows. You are what you think. It is rightly said that change your thoughts, and you change your life!!
Your conscious mind is the reasoning mind. It is this phase of mind that chooses. For example, you choose your friends, job, car, house, etc. You make all your decisions with your conscious mind. On the other hand, without any conscious choice on your part, you breath, your heart beats, etc - yes, without any conscious effort. That is taken care of by your subconscious mind. More on this duality later. Let's try something interesting.
Now sit at your desk and make clockwise circles with your right foot. While doing this, draw the number "6" in the air with your right hand. Your foot will change direction!!
Simply amazing, isn't it?
According to a professor ( i forgot the name), "our conscious mind is really very, very limited. Try thinking of two words at the same time - not one after the other, but at the same time. You'll find that's impossible, too. Or try writing one word with your right hand, while simultaneously writing another word with your left.
Consciously, you can only do one thing at a time.
You can only think about a clockwise or anticlockwise motion on the same side of your body, not both simultaneously.
However, you can train yourself to do this - circling hand and foot in opposite directions simultaneously - just as you can train yourself to pat your head and rub your stomach. It takes about 30 minutes' training for most people.
The problem is very similar to juggling. If you try to think consciously about what your hands are doing, it's impossible. Only after it becomes an unconscious action - after a few minutes' training - can you actually juggle".
As you can now see, once you train yourself repeatedly, your subconscious does the trick without you "consciously" knowing it.
Through countless experiments, psychologists have clearly proven that the subconscious mind does not make the selection and comparisons that are necessary for a reasoning process (which is the function of our conscious mind). But it has the unlimited power to make your dreams come true. Our subconscious mind will accept any suggestion, however true or false. It just takes you at your word. If you think you can never win, your subconscious mind will prepare you well for that defeat. Your subconscious mind just makes what you believe true. Our subconscious mind is like a bed of rich soil that will help all kinds of seeds to sprout and flourish, whether good or bad. If you sow thistles, will you harvest figs? Certainly not. Whatever you think using your conscious mind leads its way to the cause. If you take charge of your thoughts, subconscious will take care of the rest automatically.
I found a nice example that shows the difference between our conscious and subconscious mind. The conscious mind is like the captain at the bridge of a ship. He direct the ship and sends orders to the crew in the engine room. The crew control the ship following the orders. They themselves don't know where they are going; they just believe in what the captain says and executes it - they don't talk back to the captain. It is like your subconscious mind. The ship would go on the rocks if the man on the bridge issued faulty instructions. If you repeatedly say to yourself, it is impossible to find a good job, your subconscious just takes you at your word and makes sure that you are not in a position to be employed for a good job. You'll walk through life experiencing the lack of a good job. As you can see, our own negative thoughts dig the grave yard for us. It is time we mentally prepare ourselves to reach whatever we desire to have in life.
I am more than convinced that the law of life is the law of belief. A belief is a thought in your mind. Think good, and good follows. Think evil, and evil follows. You are what you think. It is rightly said that change your thoughts, and you change your life!!
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