My mind has been on vacation again

Yes my mind went on vacation again without me. Actually it has been hiding from me. I have been so tied up in things that my mind does not want to get involved in, that it went into hiding. At least the most powerful part of my mind, the subconscious.

Although I think it is

Hind-Sight is Twenty Twenty

I have been doing some reading lately about positive thinking, and how your mind can control what you achieve and how you feel. Not only how you feel about yourself, but life and the world in general. Guess what, so far I have just confirmed what I already knew. Even though I have fallen into bad habits and thought patterns for some time now. I am actively working on getting back to the things that work. At least i am working on keeping positive and having creative thoughts, that create positive results. I have had enough of the negative thoughts and results.

Years ago I read Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill. When I read it the first time I was young, you might say a little foolish. The methods he taught in his book did not sink in and take root in my young and foolish brain. At that time in my life I was letting my conscious mind rule my life and my thought patterns. I was convinced that the things I had been taught by family, teachers, and friends was more accurate than what Napoleon Hill was proposing in his book. I remember thinking that what he said in the book probably had a lot of merit, but it did not bring the results I was looking for overnight. Since it did not happen overnight, I figured I had better keep on doing things the way I had always done them. How I wish I had worked harder at the time to put those lessons to work in my life. I believe I would have had a much happier and productive life.

Over the years I have read books and listened to lectures that basically presented the same message. Even though they presented them in slightly different ways, they all had the same basic message. Your mind controls how you feel and what you achieve. You believe that you can be happy, productive, and successful and you can. By this i mean really believe not just wish you can. On the other hand if you doubt that you can achieve something and expect negative and unsuccessful results, then that is what you will accomplish.

So come on join the fun and think positively and behave as though you are already successful, so you can have what you want in life. I for one expect to be very successful in the very near future. Would you like to come along with me for the ride of your life, and have fun and achieve the things you want to accomplish?

Does your mind have a mind of its own

I was just sitting here thinking about what I could write about that would be interesting and clever. Guess what I could not think of one single clever, witty or interesting thing. Of course that is completely normal, because my mind does have a mind of its own.

Now I can just here the laughter at that comment. I think the subconscious is the mind of the mind. Otherwise you would have to control the subconscious mind in some way. However, as far as I know there is no way to control ones subconscious in any way.

Usually when we give up trying to consciously solve a problem or come up with something to write about, which is one of the most difficult problems that a person has ever tried to solve, the subconscious meind takes over and solves the problem.

I know you have heard someone say “let me sleep on it and I will get back to you”. What they were really saying was “let me give my subconscious a chance to work on the problem and maybe it will come up with the solution”. In other words let my mind’s mind work on the problem for me and come up with the solution. When that happens I will get back to you with the solution that my mind’s mind has provided for all of us.

Well my mind’s mind has just shut down for the night so I will quit tapping on this keyboard before you find out that I am useless without it.

Conscious vs Subconscious Mind

The conscious mind is a very powerful thing. It can memorize poems, multiplication tables, and complex instructions. It can reason and solve math problems. However to solve the really difficult problems, I think that you need to rely on the subconscious mind. That is where the really complicated and difficult work is done.

How many times have you heard some one say “Let me sleep on it”? I am sure that you have possibly made that statement yourself.  Did you ever stop to think  that what that person was really saying was “Let my subconscious mind work on this problem while I sleep and am not feeding my subconscious with a lot of erroneous and useless information.”?

While you are awake or actively trying to solve the problem with the conscious mind, you are blocking the subconscious and preventing it from performing at its peak efficiency. So, when you go to sleep or quit actively thinking about the problem, your subconscious is able to get to work and solve the problem or remember whatever it was your conscious mind could not.

As I have said before I am not an expert and have not studied psychology or psychiatry, however I have observed the human race for quite a few years and that, my friends, is an education in itself.

If you do not agree that is your priviledge. Just tell me in a nice way and I will respect your opinion as well.

The Mind is a wonderful and scary thing

Isn’t the mind a wonderful and scary thing? It is so powerful if you really stop and think about it. Especially if you believe what some people say it is possible to accompolish.

A lot of people, including myself, believe that if you really believe something is possible the mind can make it come true in the material world. I have read several books that promote that theory. Most of the self help and motivational gurus teach that belief.

I tend to believe that it is true to a certain degree. If you let your mind hold onto an idea or even believe that you will attain a spiritual or material goal, it will come true.  I don’t think that all you have to do is sit on the couch, hold that thought in your mind and do nothing about it, and it will just materialize out of thin air. However, if you hold that idea and work every day toward that goal, then your mind will help you find the way to achieve whatever it is that you want.

Although the mind is a powerful and wonderous thing, I do not believe it can make your dream car or house magically materialize out of thin air. It can, however, resolve the problems that arise to block your path to whatever it is that you are trying to achieve.

My mind went on strike

It seems that when I set up this blog my mind went on strike. It is usually going 15 different directions at once. Sometimes I can hardly get to sleep because it will not calm down and let me sleep.

I imagine that will cease to be a problem in the very near future.

I started this blog mainly to have some fun and see if there were any more crazy people like me out there in the world.

Well if I get too off the wall, I am sure someone will let me know. I have another blog that I use for a business that I am starting, and I have to be more serious and maybe a little dignified on that one.

Let’s face facts, I cannot be dignified if I try. I can be fairly serious when I have to, but I do not like to be serious for very long. I figure life is too short to be going around serious all the time. I am sure that has gotten me in trouble at work in my younger years. I always tried to be employed where it was not a necessary trait to be serious.

well I have rambled on enough tonight.

See you again when I am not in such a serious mood.

First thought

I am just sitting here trying to think of some profound thought to post first. Couldn’t think of one, so I am writing this to keep from having a blank post.

It will get better I promise. Just have faith and hang in there with me and we will all go for a wild ride through my mind.