UNDERSTANDING THE UNCONSCIOUS MIND
‘Argue for your limitations and sure enough, they’re yours’. Richard Bach
When I sit down to use my computer, I am aware that I want it to do things, but I am limited by the software programmed onto the system. If I want to write a book but don’t have publishing software, I can’t do it – no matter how much I yell or tap the keyboard. Similarly, if I want to send an email but my email software is playing up, it simply won’t happen. Even though I own and tell the computer what to do, I have to give it the right commands (through the software) for it to execute them.
It’s the same with our unconscious mind. It is like the hardware of our computer: the microprocessor, keyboard and screen. And our conscious mind is like us – the person tapping away at the keyboard. The software, what really runs the machine, is the interpretation of our experiences in life.
The role of the unconscious is to do our bidding – just like the hardware of a computer sits there ready to do whatever we want. The unconscious’ job is also to store and retrieve information, filing it in a way so that it can be easily recovered (just like a computer’s hard drive). The unconscious stores this information within our nervous system, using feelings, images, sounds, tastes, to do so. Then when we use appropriate software to tell it what to do, the unconscious mind brings up images onto the screen of our mind.
The great thing about our unconscious is that whatever we input into it, it will do, just like using the right software for a particular computer job. The software of our unconscious mind is what we focus on. This is because our focus determines how the unconscious mind interprets and store memories, just like the way a software program provides the computer with an interpretation of what we want it to do. The unconscious mind then responds to this input and provides for us exactly what we’ve asked it to – our focus.
In this way, if we focus on negative things in life, we are saying to our unconscious mind, ‘Please show me negative things’. The faithful computer of our unconscious mind sorts experiences according to this command and pushes them onto the screen of our mind. We then start seeing one negative thing after another, after another, after another – and this will continue until we stop that program and start another one.
That’s why when we get out of bed in a grumpy mood, we’ll trip on the way to the bathroom, the water in the shower will be cold, we’ll be running late for work, and we’ll get stuck in traffic – all because of the selection of our software program for that day.
If we understand this, we can deliberately choose the software program that will give us the outcome that we really want. So, if we want, we can choose the ‘Everything is Fantastic’ software program – and we will see that in our lives. Our day will be filled with ‘fantastic’ things because this is what our faithful computer unconscious is designed to bring into our life.
So next time you sit down at your computer and things don’t work
the way they should, take time to reflect on your own computer and ask
yourself, ‘What software programming am I running in the computer
of my own mind?’ It may surprise you what answer comes up…
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