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Solving Problems with Your Subconscious

March 7, 2010 | 3 Comments

If you want to harness the power of your subconscious, it is very essential that you know when and how to awaken this giant within you. This article deals with the basic step that you need to know how to work with your subconscious.

One thing that you really need to know and remember is that the subconscious is always with you all the time. It takes no rest as it does not require so. The subconscious is similar to the 7-Eleven convenient store which operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week. However, due to the inability of the subconscious to judge and process information, it could only become active when the conscious retires or at least at the resting state. At such a state, it gives way for the subconscious to emerge and do its jobs.

Resting state can be defined as the time when the conscious mind does not involved in strong mental thinking process or when it is engaged in abeyance, or in such a state where it is pleasantly occupied. If the conscious mind is still focusing or engaging with the problem, it just literally means that the mind is still doing the processing task and as a great servant, the subconscious will not interfere. It will wait patiently until the conscious mind has done its job. And when the job is handed over to it, it would naturally and automatically emerges and looks for the answer.

So, if you need a solution to your problem, all you need to do is to impress your subcoscious of what your problem is and tell it that you are looking for the best solution. Make sure that you tell it as precisely as you could because it makes no judgement and wrong input will result in wrong output. Tell the subconscious also that you would let it to decide for you and that you would trust it 100 percent, no doubt. After you have done this, engage yourself with pleasant activity such as listening to ‘light and soothing music’ (no ‘heavy metal’ please), watching the TV (again only ‘light program’), playing cards, walking around the garden or playing with your dog. If you want to be in the silence, shut off your eyes and keeps everybody out. Meditation is the best way to keep everything out from your mind.

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Posted by Ken | Filed Under subconscious