| Have you ever fully appreciated that marvelous tool | | | | inspiration. |
| for success that each and every one of us has at | | | | Albert Einstein |
| our command? It is our mind. | | | | "The intellect has little to do on the road to |
| Theodore Roosevelt | | | | discovery. There comes a leap in consciousness, call it |
| "All the resources we need are in the mind." | | | | intuition or what you will, and the solution comes to |
| In the novel "Terminal Man" by Michael Crichton, it | | | | you, and you don't know how or why." |
| mentions that at that time (1972) the largest and | | | | "I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my |
| most expensive computer had the same number of | | | | imagination. Imagination is more important than |
| circuits as the brain of an ant. To make a computer | | | | knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles |
| with the capacity of the human brain would require | | | | the world." |
| the size of a huge skyscraper. Its energy demand | | | | The subconscious mind is useful in two ways. The |
| would be the equivalent of a city of a half a million. | | | | first way involves receiving information, solving |
| I know computers have come a long way since 1972 | | | | problems, and receiving inspiration. |
| but it shows the tremendous capacity of the human | | | | The second way deals with programming your mind |
| mind. | | | | to supercharge your confidence, your self-image, and |
| Did you know our conscious mind is only one-sixth of | | | | your desired beliefs. This can take a little time at first |
| our brain's thinking and power? Our subconscious | | | | but like many things gets easier with practice. |
| mind represents five-sixths of our thinking and | | | | Programming your subconscious works best through |
| power. | | | | visualization. Pictures and symbols are by far the |
| The whole mind, conscious and subconscious, | | | | most effective way of impressing your subconscious. |
| possesses the power to solve any problem that may | | | | Speaking of symbols and pictures, this is why dreams |
| come up, or provide the necessary ways and means | | | | are largely symbolic in nature. While you sleep your |
| through which we can achieve our ends. | | | | mind processes information and presents it back in |
| The conscious mind holds only about 7 pieces of | | | | the form of symbolic pictures. |
| information in short-term memory. Your | | | | What's great about your subconscious mind is that it |
| sub-conscious mind, however, stores all the | | | | never rests. Whatever goal or problem you give your |
| knowledge you have ever acquired. Everything you | | | | subconscious, it will work on continually, day or night. |
| have ever read, heard, thought or imagined is held | | | | Whatever you think and ponder about deeply with |
| within its immense memory. | | | | strong emotion makes a strong impression on your |
| Brain researchers estimate that your unconscious | | | | subconscious. This is why you also need to be |
| mind outweighs the conscious on a scale of ten million | | | | careful. Excessive worrying and negative self-talk can |
| to one. This is the source of your hidden, natural | | | | also make strong impressions. |
| genius. In other words, this part of you is much | | | | You want your subconscious mind to be a goal |
| smarter than you think you are. This is where the | | | | achieving, success mechanism, not a failure |
| great artists, writers, and poets to get their | | | | mechanism. |