Scientific Discoveries & Psychological Observations
Some scientific discoveries and psychological observations might be of interest in understanding how the mind works.
These include:
1. The mind cannot distinguish between real and imaginary.
2. 95% of your activity is subconscious (try being aware of every key you type on your computer. Your progress will be vastly reduced.)
3. Your subconscious has stored everything that has ever happened to you like a gigantic computer.
4. We are bombarded with 2 million bits of data every second. It is the job of the subconscious to filter through all of this.
5. The conscious mind remembers between 5-9 pieces of information. This information is passed to the subconscious for processing to free up conscious space.
6. Most of our energy expenditure goes towards the brain.
These discoveries have significant implications. If the subconscious fulfils most of our lives, it follows that we should try to manipulate our subconscious mind instead of our conscious abilities.
According to Carl Jung - “Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life, and you will call it fate”.
Programming of the subconscious for conscious growth is the basis of affirmations and self-hypnosis for empowerment. But along with these strategies, there are other things to consider to create a positive mindset for growth and fulfilment.
Understanding that your thoughts determine your environment and that you can command your thoughts is the first step.
But committing to a daily routine of developing mental and emotional strength is something else entirely. It takes discipline, character, and patience.
The idea that we can just manifest what we want is a little misguided. The fact is that you may have spent the last 30 or 40 years anti-manifesting.
Focusing on worry and stress, eating the wrong foods, in toxic relationships, with limiting beliefs that have been with you since childhood. These are not removed overnight. It can take years to rid yourself of certain thoughts and ideas, and you have to be constantly vigilant about what you are thinking and what you are consuming.
