Subconscious and Conscious Mind

The subconscious is like a hard drive in a super computer that is pre-programmed, without a programmer watching over it. There is no discernment as to whether the behavioral programs are good or bad; they are just software running the behavior. The subconscious mind does not reason and isn’t a creative consciousness; it is strictly a stimulus-response system. Since most of our behaviors are under the control of the subconscious mind, we rarely observe them or much less know that they are even engaged, so 99% of our behavior is stimulus-response.

During the first six years, a child is unconsciously programmed by the social consciousness of their families, teachers and friends with beliefs and scripts that become unchecked behavior response. When a child is told they are stupid, fat, a loser, undeserving, or any other negative trait, this is downloaded as a fact into the youngster’s subconscious mind. Some programs are derived from genetics, these are our instincts and they represent nature. However, the vast majority of the subconscious programs are acquired through our developmental learning experiences, they represent nurture. These acquired beliefs become the voices within that control the fate of the child. While the conscious mind is saying I’m OK, the more powerful unconscious mind simultaneously engages in self-destructive behavior.

We have been led to believe that by using will power, we can override the negative programs of our subconscious mind and make changes. Greater learning and change occur in the subconscious mind because the subconscious mind is a million times more powerful an information processor than the conscious mind. This is why most people never change. Their best conscious thinking got them where they are now. That is why the first step in the process of change is awareness or consciousness. So, as you become aware, you can choose to change if you are using the right skills to edit and re-write the software in the subconscious mind.

 

Conscious Mind
 

This is where our will power, reasoning and short term memory exists. This is where most people try to make changes and fail. This is because of several reasons; the subconscious is too powerful and filled with low vibrations or negative feelings (fear, doubt, anger, judgment, sadness, unhappy, depressed, etc) Again, your best conscious thinking got you here.

Consciously you:

• Set goals and judge results

• Thinks abstractly

• Use linear processing

  • Access past, present and future - persons, place, things, times, events

• Have short term memory– (approximately 20 seconds)

• Process

  • 3-7 events at a time

  • Average 2,000 bits of information/second

  • 40 environmental stimuli per second
    

Subconscious Mind
 

This is where our habits are formed (as well as our self-concept, personality) and where permanent memory is stored. This is where true change takes place in the "hard drive" of our mind's computer and where Quantum Life Changes™ is able to integrate and diffuse unwanted scripts, programs, unconscious intentionality’s and is able to reprogram the future.

The Subconscious:

• Thinks literally

  • Only the now exists

• Uses long term memory

  • Personality, past experiences, attitudes, values, beliefs, unconscious intentionality’s and the emotional self

• Processes

  • Thousands of events at a time

  • Averages 400 billion bits of information per second

  • 20,000,000 environmental stimuli per second

   

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