Most thoughts come from the subconscious, that hive of mental activity that lies
below the threshold of momentary awareness. You cannot prevent a thought
floating up from the subconscious; this is beyond your conscious control.
However, you can always choose whether to accept, reject or ignore a thought,
whether to voice it or act on it. Any pattern of thought or action which is repeated
often is impressed on the subconscious and becomes a habit. Likewise, when you
withdraw your attention from an unwanted thought or habit, it eventually withers
and dies.
You constantly refer to your subconscious store of thoughts and memories for
information and guidance, which sets up a cycle in which what you repeatedly
think about tends to intensify in your experience.
The conscious mind is theThinker; the subconscious is the Prover. If, for exam-
ple, you hold the thought ‘I’m not very clever’, the subconscious looks for
evidence that you are what you think you are. Consequently you steer clear of
anything that requires intelligence, which ‘proves’ you were right all along.
Except, of course, you may be misleading yourself. You may actually be far cleverer
than you think you are!
That’s why it’s so important to turn your thinking around, by deliberately and
consciously planting confident thoughts in your mind. When you let go of dis-
empowering, confidence-draining thoughts and start thinking of yourself as
strong, capable, likable and deserving, the cycle is reversed.
The Thinker thinks
and the Prover proves