It is true that different people will react in different ways to the same suggestion because of their subconscious conditioning or belief. For example, if you go to a sailor on the ship and say to him sympathetically, “My dear fellow, you’re looking very ill. Aren’t you feeling sick? You … Different Reactions to the Same SuggestionRead more
The Tremendous Power of Suggestion
You must realize by now that your conscious mind is the “watchman at the gate,” and its chief function is to protect your subconscious mind from false impressions. You are now aware of one of the basic laws of mind: Your subconscious mind is amenable to suggestion. As you know, … The Tremendous Power of SuggestionRead more
The Subconscious Cannot Reason Like Your Conscious Mind
Your subconscious mind cannot argue controversially. Hence, if you give it wrong suggestions, it will accept them as true and will proceed to bring them to pass as conditions, experiences, and events. All things that have happened to you are based on thoughts impressed on your subconscious mind through belief. … The Subconscious Cannot Reason Like Your Conscious MindRead more
The Terms Objective and Subjective Mind Clarified
Your conscious mind is sometimes referred to as your objective mind because it deals with outward objects. The objective mind takes cognizance of the objective world. Its media of observation are your five physical senses. Your objective mind is your guide and director in your contact with your environment. You … The Terms Objective and Subjective Mind ClarifiedRead more
Experiments by Psychologists
Innumerable experiments by psychologists and others on persons in the hypnotic state have shown that the subconscious mind is incapable of making selections and comparisons, which are necessary for a reasoning process. They have shown repeatedly that your subconscious mind will accept any suggestions, however false. Having once accepted any … Experiments by PsychologistsRead more
Conscious and Subconscious Terms Differentiated
You must remember that these are not two minds. They are merely two spheres of activity within one mind. Your conscious mind is the reasoning mind. It is that phase of mind, which chooses. For example, you choose your books, your home, and your partner in life. You make all … Conscious and Subconscious Terms DifferentiatedRead more
HOW YOUR OWN MIND WORKS
You have a mind, and you should learn how to use it. There I are two levels of your mind – the conscious or rational level and the subconscious or irrational level. You think with your conscious mind, and whatever you habitually think sinks down into your subconscious mind, which … HOW YOUR OWN MIND WORKSRead more
Brief Summary of Ideas worth Remembering
1. The treasure house is within you. Look within for the answer to your heart’s desire. 2. The great secret possessed by the great men of all ages was their ability to contact and release the powers of their subconscious mind. You can do the same. 3. Your subconscious has … Brief Summary of Ideas worth RememberingRead more
How Her Subconscious Responded
A woman wrote me a few months ago as follows: “I am seventy-five years old, a widow with a grown family. I was living alone and on a pension. I heard your lectures on the powers of the subconscious mind wherein you said that ideas could be conveyed to the … How Her Subconscious RespondedRead more
Outstanding Differences and Modes of Operation
You will perceive the main differences by the following illustrations: The conscious mind is like the navigator or captain at the bridge of a ship. He directs the ship and signals orders to men in the engine room, who in turn control all the boilers, instruments, gauges, etc. The men … Outstanding Differences and Modes of OperationRead more