It is impossible to overestimate the incredible power of the Subconscious Mind. This is important for self improvement, success and happiness because we can use this power to directly affect our results and achievements in every area of our life.
Most of our brain's activity does not occur consciously. It is our subconscious mind that controls all the organs that makes our bodies function, It's our subconscious mind that allows us to drive our car, listen to the radio and eat an apple all at the same time, without really paying much attention to any of these activities. It's our subconscious mind that makes our daily living possible by allowing us to do hundreds, if not thousands of actions every day without even thinking about them.
Our subconscious mind never sleeps and takes in and stores everything that we see, hear and experience. This includes information that our conscious mind may have long 'forgotten' or may not have even noticed in the first place.
Why is this important for our happiness, success and personal growth?
We've all had problems that, no matter how much we thought about them, we just couldn't find the right answers. Sometimes, it seems the more we think about problems, the more confused we get.
One simple technique that can really help, is to actively put the problem out of your mind altogether - do something completely different to occupy your mind.
Often, solutions come to us when we least expect them, usually when our conscious mind is otherwise engaged. Likewise, everyone at some time has decided to 'sleep on' a problem, and instinctively knew the right course of action to take the next morning.
Whether we're aware of it or not, what's we are doing in these cases is turning the problem over to our subconscious minds. Most of the instincts and gut feelings that we have, or voices we hear, come from our subconscious mind. These instincts are often based on long forgotten information, which our subconscious mind will combine with current data and the latest facts to give us the answers we need.
The subconscious mind is so powerful that to there is absolutely nothing 'sub' about it, and it has also been called, more accurately, the super-conscious mind, or the creative mind.
It is our subconscious mind that, if we follow our instincts and allow it to, can give us invaluable insights, ideas and solutions, and can help us in every area of our lives
But we can go much further. We can easily learn how to actively use our subconscious mind and make it our greatest ally in life. It can ensure we achieve our goals and desires and allow us to make more of our lives than we ever thought possible.
"The brain is a monstrous, beautiful mess. Its billions of nerve cells - called neurons - lie in a tangled web that displays cognitive powers far exceeding any of the silicon machines we have built to mimic it." - William F Allman
