Your Mind Explained - just what goes on inside your head?

I chose to study psychology for my degree, because I've always been interested in the power of the mind and I wanted to find out more.

I wanted to explain a little bit about the mind itself. The mind is thought to reside inside the brain and it is divided into two parts: the conscious mind and the subconscious mind.

The Conscious Mind

You use your conscious mind when you are concentrating on something, such as calculating a sum or doing a complicated puzzle. It is when you are fully aware of what you are doing and everything around you. Your conscious mind is at work during an emergency situation, when you need your wits about you.

It works mainly on logic and it likes to find explanations for things. If you thought you saw a ghost, for example, your conscious mind will try to rationalise this and come up with several realistic explanations. The conscious mind is at work when we learn new skills. Remember how hard it was when you first started learning to drive? Your conscious mind was working overtime, helping you to assimilate all of the information.

The Subconscious Mind

You don't know when you are using your subconscious mind; that is the difference.

Your subconscious mind is the mind that is at work when you are not aware of your surroundings. When you are asleep, your subconscious mind brings you dreams. It is also at work when you are in a meditative state or under hypnosis.

Your subconscious mind stores all of your memories because there isn't enough room in your conscious mind. These memories are buried deep, yet they can be accessed during hypnosis, or if something occurs that triggers a memory, such as a certain smell, for instance.

Your subconscious mind is the part of your mind that can have positive or negative effects on your life, depending on the beliefs that are stored inside. Read my post on removing limiting beliefs for more information about this.

The Higher Mind

Although this is not strictly a part of your mind itself, it is something that can be accessed via your subconscious mind. The Higher Mind is thought to consist of the unconscious thoughts of humanity, past and present. It is often known as the collective unconscious and it is believed that it is the source of wisdom. The Higher Mind can be accessed during meditation. Some very spiritual people believe that the higher mind can allow connection with God. During meditation some people can receive messages or insights that can help them to resolve problems in their lives and this is often because they have connected with the higher mind, or a higher power for answers.

All of this may sound complicated; however, it is the subconscious mind that I am most concerned with. I believe that it is highly powerful and, when trained properly, can help you to achieve your biggest dreams. I will write more in future posts. I hope this has explained how your mind works and that you found it useful.

Love

 

Mochira X

Amazing mind

Hi all,

I am in the process of writing some mini guide books, some of which involve using your mind to improve your life. I just wanted to give you some idea of how powerful your subconscious mind is, so I wrote this blog post.

I have named my blog "Mochira's Closet" because there is something about the word "closet" that invokes a sense of mystery. We wonder what is behind the closet and it's like we are sharing secrets. This is exactly the image I wanted to put across, as my blog will predominately deal with the mysteries of the Universe and our minds.

We can compare our subconscious minds to a closet. We are using our conscious minds when we are fully aware of what we are doing, for example, calculating a sum. If we imagine our bedrooms, then our conscious mind is everything we can see and are aware of in our room, such as a bed and our window. The subconscious mind, then, is everything inside our closet; things that are generally hidden from our conscious mind, until we open the closet because we wan't to access some of the information that we've stored in our subconscious.

All of our experiences from this life (and if you believe in reincarnation, from other lives) are stored in our subconcious closets. Some of these experiences, we might never recall again. Have you ever smelled some perfume or heard a song on the radio from years gone by and been reminded of a childhood experience? This is one of the ways we can suddenly access something that's been stored away for years. Another way we can access these memories is through hypnosis.

Our mind will always remember high-impact memories, such as a traumatic event. I bet that a lot of you will remember what you were doing on 9/11 or when Princess Diana died. This is because the experience had a huge emotional impact, whether you were close to the action, or not. Other emotional things you'll always be able to recall (unless you are unfortunate enough to become a dementia sufferer) are moments of great emotional joy, such as the birth of your first child (although you probably won't remember the pain!) or your wedding day.

Other memories can be too traumatic to recall and these are often stored away so far back in our closets that it is very difficult to recall them without the help of a skilled psychotherapist. Examples are experiences of abuse or other upsetting experiences. Hiding these memories away doesn't make them go away completely. They will remain in the subconscious and can manifest themselves in phobias, physical illness or mental illness. It is important that, if you are suffering from any previous bad experiences, that you arrange an appointment with a professional who can help you deal with these harmful memories, so that you can heal and get on with the rest of your life.

The subconcious is also where our dreams take place and we can get an insight into ways to improve our lives by interpreting dream symbols. My book, "Between the lines" contains a dictionary of signs, which includes a section on interpreting dreams. We can also access the subconscious through meditation. I could write a whole book on the subconscious itself, so I will end now by letting you know that I have only skimmed the surface, here. The subconscious mind is very powerful and by learning more about it and making use of it, you can achieve some extraordinary things.  I will, of course, be letting you know more about these things in this blog and my ebooks.

Love,

Mochira x