The Hidden Record of Your Life
What would you say if I told you that there is a record of everything you have ever done, said, seen, heard, felt, tasted, smelt, even thought? Well, there is. It is called your subconscious mind. It takes in and records everything.
That seems impossible doesn’t it? But an episode of ‘America’s Got Talent’ I saw pretty much proves my point. A man walks out on stage in front of the Zoom audience (floor to ceiling computer screens lining the huge studio) and the ‘live’ judges. He is introduced as Max Major, a mentalist.
Cue Max’s pre-recorded background package which begins with him re-enacting his time as a bartender during his college days. Telling us how much he learnt about human nature as the ‘fly on the wall’ bartender. “What we see affects how we think, and if we can become skilled at controlling how people see things, then we can start to play with their mind.” Okay. He must have been a very observant bartender! He then meets some friends at a cafe, wanders quaint streets, all the while his voiceover tells the journey that got him to the American Idol stage. So far, very standard.
Back in the studio he tells the audience that he is going to try “to get inside their minds, through their computer screens”. He then asks them to hold up the blank sheets of paper and the pen they were asked to have ready. Which they dutifully do. He then proceeds to ask them to close their eyes and lets them know he is going to ask them to draw a picture, adding that it can be of absolutely anything that they choose. It’s totally up to them. At the instructed time, the audience sets about drawing the image of their choosing onto the paper in front of them. He asks that they don’t show the camera what they have drawn until the end of the allotted time. The moment arrives, he instructs everyone to hold up their drawings for the world to see, and there, in front of our eyes, seemingly without exception are hundreds of pictures of … the sun. Every. Single. One. Is a sun!
How is this possible? Well Max himself kindly cracks the code for us, pointing out that in his background package that was run for everyone to watch, there were 6 subliminal (existing or functioning below the threshold of consciousness – picked up only by our lightning fast subconscious) images of the sun.
A sun-like symbol as a coaster in the bar, a sun as part of the logo on the bar door, outside he passes a poster advertising ‘Sunny California’, a street blackboard has a sun at the top, sun, sun, sun, you get the picture.
Um, isn’t this column about love and relationships? Yes, it is. Now, imagine the subconscious programmes we all run about love and relationships? What your parents told you (and showed you), what TV programmes told you, friends, movies, books, and your own life experiences. And how we play those unconscious programmes out.
It really pays to examine your thoughts and beliefs in this area. Pay attention to your actions and especially, your reactions. Reactions are mostly unconscious, trying to keep you safe, but although our unconscious stores a massive amount of data, it’s not always that smart or great with context. The good news is, sometimes just the examination is enough to melt the belief. Usually it takes a wee bit more work, but that beautiful brain of yours is infinitely malleable, so give it a go. Free your mind, it’s the first step to unlocking your Couple Power.
If you want to know more, go to Confident Loving Man and look for the Couple Power button.
Words by Lana Garland
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