Our Subconscious Mind

We all live in a world of consciousness. We think thoughts, we make decisions and take actions. We think in conscious terms and we are aware of ourselves. However not until the end of the 20th century, scientists discover that there is something beyond our conscious thinking. They call it the subconscious mind.

Our subconscious mind is a world beyond ordinary thoughts. It works beyond comprehension and sometimes beyond logic. It is a very powerful entity that exists in each of us that controls and guides our every aspect of being. When we are saying that normal people use only 2% of the brain, it is this subconscious mind power that the other 98% is referring to. Physical proofs of its existence is the process of automatic functions such as breathing in our body.

In order to understand the mechanism of the subconscious mind, we must first understand the inner workings of the brain. The brain have billions of neurons, each has hundreds of connections with neighbouring neurons. This makes the total amount of connections in the brain is virtually infinite. The connections is analogous to electric circuits in a computer. The important difference is that the brain possess FAR FAR more processing power than the most advanced supercomputer ever built by any human up to this point of time. With an estimated 100 billion neurons and 100 trillion synapses in the human brain, logically we should be able to generate billions of ideas in a second, calculate a 10-digit square in our brain, predict every possible move in a chess game, learn a new skill within minutes and never forget anything.

But the truth is, we don't. The reason is this. We are only consciously aware of a very small part of the brain activity in the moment. Out of the vast amount of processing going through in us, only a very small amount of it is available to us instantaneously. The thoughts that we are thinking is simply one of the the billions of thoughts going on within us without our conscious noticing. Do you ever wonder why your thoughts seem very random or why a very unrelated thought can jump suddenly to your mind? In fact, you are just picking up few of the many thoughts in your mind. Inspiration is simply your conscious mind fetching the most desired thought you need to improve your life. This is also holds true for dreams and enlightenment.


Our subconscious mind not only processes information, but also stores everything we ever experience, our senses, emotions and feelings. Remember when a very old memory arrives when you are in the middle of something? You just happen to dip into one of the many memories stored in you. And there is just things you never recall because your conscious mind never been there. It is because of the subconscious mind is an unconscious region, you simply cannot choose to recall anything you want or use it to process anything you like. In short, the subconscious mind is a functioning part of you that cannot be consciously accessed.

You might ask, why do we need the conscious mind since it is so limited? Why can't we just use the subconscious mind directly? The reason is if we rely solely on the subconscious mind to work, we will be like automatic robots performing daily tasks without conscious thinking. We cannot decide, neither can we plan or work. We will be like living zombies, acting on nothing other than pure instincts.

The conscious mind is crucial for everyday navigating and thinking while the subconscious mind takes care of the internal processes. Do not be confused that the subconscious mind is another entity. It is just a part of you that you are not aware of. It constantly guides your thinking and behaviours, and it holds your belief system. This forms the basis of the Law of Attraction. As a result, what we think is what we are.

Since the subconscious mind has unlimited potential, it has been a subject of study of many researchers in the world. They found out that in order to bring out one's true talent and to increase one's intelligence, we need to have more access to this subconscious mind, i.e. using more than 2% of the brain's potential.

A genius has simply increased the link between the conscious mind and the subconscious mind. It is akin to accessing more of the processors in the brain to enable one to think better and with higher accuracy. Merely increasing the link by a little can lead to enormous gains. The famous geniuses in history has all done this. This also explains the mystery of photographic memory and supernatural mental calculation. The people possessing the abilities can consciously allow their subconscious mind to do the work for them.

However, the occurrence of such strong links is very rare in life and this is part of what cognitive scientists live for. To study cognition and how to improve it in human.