The classic view of the conscious mind it that it is responsible for logic and reasoning as well as so called ‘voluntary’ actions such as consciously deciding to move a limb or some other physical action.

The classic view of the subconscious mind is that it is responsible for all our so called ‘involuntary’ actions like emotional response, keeping our heart beating and other bodily functions. It is also seen as the repository of all our beliefs and memories.

I believe these definitions are over simplistic and not a good indication of how things really work.

Conscious vs. Subconscious Mind

In my youth I placed the highest value on the process of thinking with the conscious mind believing it to be superior to the subconscious mind, which I saw as instinctual and emotional. I accepted the Newtonian model of a mechanical universe where everything had measurable cause and effect, rejecting everything outside of the model including religion. I saw people that based their actions on their feelings as intellectually inferior.

Today I have the opposite opinion, now realizing that the subconscious mind is infinitely superior to the conscious mind and is what actually runs our lives anyway. Most of our responses to life’s day to day situations come from learnt patterns residing in memory.

Conscious Awareness

Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) informs us that our conscious mind can only process 7 +/- 2 (seven plus or minus two) chunks of information at a time. In other words only that limited number of things can be in our conscious awareness at any given time. Our subconscious mind is taking in thousands of chunks of information all the time but internal programs filter (process of deletion, generalization and distortion) this input only delivering to the conscious mind what it determines to be relevant.

In other words we do not consciously decide what to take notice of as most of us think we do. Our awareness of the environment is determined by what the belief based programs running in our subconscious allow us to see.

Building New Neural Networks

If you have learnt to drive a car, or some other new multi-tasking skill, then you can remember how much attention it required in the beginning. There seemed to be so many things to remember and pay attention to that it often overloaded your conscious mind using all available attention chunks. But over time you needed to allocate less and less of your conscious awareness until you no longer needed to actively think about driving. Many long term drivers will have had the experience of driving some distance only to arrive and realize they could not remember how they got there.

For them, the task of driving the car and navigating has become like the so called “involuntary” actions such as regulating your heart beat. Of course, had some obstacle or dangerous situation arisen then it would have been brought to your conscious awareness and hopefully in enough time to respond appropriately.

In the same way, our responses to just about all life’s events come from stored memory and beliefs with our conscious mind acting more like a librarian, retrieving them from our neural networks using pattern recognition or memory hooks (anchors).

Speech is another good example. Many think this is a function of the conscious mind especially given the location of the area of the brain associated with language in the frontal lobe. The frontal lobe is considered the seat of consciousness, based on brain maps made by recording what areas become active when specific stimulus or activities occur. This association seems logical but it is far from conclusive.

If you have ever attempted to learn a new language then you know the effort involved in remembering the vocabulary and then structuring a sentence based on the grammatical rules of the new language. If you remember back to my example about first learning to drive a car, you will recognize that the process is the same. Once mastered, speech flows effortlessly with conscious attention focused only on the content.

Subconscious Mind Is Really In Control

The conscious mind is not the objective executive decision maker most of us would like to believe it is. Most of the responses and decisions people make use subconscious value and belief based programs based on filtered information. Their conscious mind then retrieves the most “appropriate” responses from their neural networks. As new information and feedback from the environment is encountered, it is also subject to the same subconscious value and belief based programs,  filtered and stored accordingly, thus reinforcing existing neural networks.

This reactive mode is the default for the vast majority of humanity and is not conducive to new ideas and personal growth.

Subconscious Mind Power And Creating Your Reality

Breaking free of this reactive mode requires conscious effort and is often very challenging.  You begin to examine your values and beliefs and question their validity, determining if they serve or inhibit your personal development. The biggest obstacle to change is that many consider these values and beliefs to be an intrinsic part of their identity, regardless of their validity and usefulness.

When you are able to take control of your conscious mind and start to harness the power of the subconscious mind, then you can start enjoy success in whatever endeavor you want!

In all honestly half of them I just click delete on immediately as they are not something I relate to, or they don’t inspire me, but occasionally one is a Gem or perhaps the message I needed to see at that time.

This is one such message I recently received that I have preserved storing it in my Attractor Genie Journal.

Isn’t it nice to know that you haven’t yet laughed, all that you’ll laugh? That you haven’t yet met, some of your very best friends? And that you haven’t yet dreamed, all that you’ll manifest?

That all bridges will be mended? That all sadness will be healed? And that life never ends?

That all of your challenges will be won? That all of your triumphs will be shared? And that the difference you’ll make, has already begun?

Well, it is for me, because I also know that if you don’t see these things yet, you will.

Could it get any better?

The Universe

I actually forwarded it on to someone who immediately responded that they knew someone that really needed that message and would forward it to them.

Here is Mike giving a Toast Masters address about “Thoughts Become Things”

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Infinite Possibilities is one of the best and most enlightning programs i have every listen to – it gets my highest recommendation. You can visit Mike’s website and subscribe to his daily messages from the Universe here  http://www.tut.com/

I have a long term friend that I met in high school.   In his early 20s his mother passed away from cancer and soon after his father moved the family to a new residence.  The father soon met another woman who was separated with kids and they moved in also.  They became a sort of Bradey bunch.

I really do not know the details of what happened but the end result was a very serious family rift with the younger sister of my friend refusing to even talk to her father.   This rift continued long after the father divorced the new wife who I am told was a chronic alcoholic. 

Slowly the relationship between father and his children had been healed with the exception of the youngest daughter who still refused to speak to him.  She now had her own family which her father had never met.

There was an impromptu family gathering held by my friend and they decided to invite his younger sister hopeful of some sort of reconciliation.  He rang his sister and the husband answered the phone.  He explained that there was a family gathering and that his father would be present and it would be good if they could come and try to make some sort of reconciliation. 

The husband said that they were just on the way out to a dinner but said this was more important and that they would be there. 

What happened next is truly beautiful.  The younger sister walked into the room with her husband and infant son.   The child saw his grandfather sitting on the couch and immediately ran over and jumped in his lap hugging him.

Now what is amazing is the child had never seen his grandfather before and had no idea who he was.  I think he is only 3 years old.    Even more amazing is the child is normally reserved and shy with strangers and not at all inclined to want to be cuddled.  Everybody was speechless and stunned.

This was the ultimate ice breaker.   There was no opportunity for any awkward situation to develop.  There might still be some issues not resolved but the daughter could not ignore this demonstration of love between her son and his grandfather.  The healing and reconciliation process had commenced initiated by the spontaneous expression of love by a small child not old enough to understand any of problems of the past.

 The thing to ponder is why did the child was instantly attracted to the grandfather sitting on the couch when he had no idea who he was.  

I would guess that the grandfather sat there with great expectations of seeing his grandson for the first time and feeling immense feelings of love.  These feelings were picked up by the child as soon as he entered the room. 

We are of course talking about vibrations and the Law Of Attraction.  Maybe the grandfather had day dreamed (visualized) countless times about this moment.  I can think of no other better explanation.

At first it seemed to me to be just another buzz word in the amazing mix of ideas that quantum physics explores but it kept popping into my head and slowly its real meaning started to hit me. It is an idea so exciting with so many ramifications that you will never see the world the same way again.

A month ago I came across and audio program of the same name by Mike Dooley and I knew I had to listen to it. Mike was actually featured in The Secret and has been running a website for many years with what he calls the adventurers club. The concept being that life is an adventure. He also has a mailing list called Notes from the Universe which I have been subscribing to for some time.

So I downloaded it aware that it would not really be on the topic of quantum physics but related none the less.

I have actually listened to a lot of material from many of the world’s most renowned motivational speakers and the messages of many are similar. From each I can usually gleam a new insight or some clarification of a topic I am already familiar with.

Watch this Youtube video of Mike talking about his Notes from the Universe

The 12 hour audio program Infinite Possibilities from Mike knocked my socks off. For me it was a lot more than a few more insights and some clarification – it actually helped me put some important jigsaw pieces for the puzzle of like together. Everything has started to make a lot more sense.

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Many programs can be motivational and inspirational but this was enlightening and liberating. If you are interested in Mike’s message in the above video or perhaps already familiar with him in The Secret then you are here to take your next step on your road to understanding. You are here to discover Infinite Possibilities.

I had three questions and created a separate ticket for each.

Question 1 : Application Bug (very minor) – Reminder function display
Question 2 : New Functionality request – add additional questions to Daily Journal
Question 3 : Windows Support – Subliminal application and dual monitor extended desktop

If you read the descriptions below you will see that these are all very minor concerns and when I think about it  THIS IS ALL I HAVE FOUND after using the application for a month then I have to conclude that Attractor Genie is VERY GOOD.   I find more issues with most of the “big name” applications where they have hundreds of developers.

Question 1 : Application Bug (very minor) – Reminder function display

I reported what is a real bug with the Reminder function.  If you create a reminder with multiple lines that extend down below the default displayed onscreen you cannot scroll to read them despite there being a scroll bar.  It is disabled and “greyed out”.    The reminder function does not support hyper links so you cannot have a link to open the fully txt from another source.  You also cannot click to open the original reminder to view in full.

Now if the Reminder function only allowed you to input the same number of lines it displays I would have just accepted this as a limitation but because it allows you to enter more that it displays it can be considered a bug. 

The response from support was to send me this asking if mine worked the same.

I’ve just setup a reminder on my PC
Here’s what happens on my PC
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Yes it would work that way on mine also but had they tested it with more than 4 lines they might have noticed the problem also.  I have created the same test with 10 lines to demonstrate and only 7 are displayed.

 
The scroll bar to the right does not work

Question 2 : New Functionality request – add additional questions to Daily Journal

In the daily journal there is a questions tab.   There you will find about 40 categories of questions with each category containing a number of pre-written questions designed to prompt you to think further about topics you are concerned about.  I think this is a great resource that I will write more about later.

My question to support was can I add my own questions.   My reason for wanted to do so is that I am current doing another online course that provides me with daily questions and I thought it would be great to use Attractor Genie rather than print off the question sheet and physically write the answers as they course suggests. 

I also asked about the data structure of Attractor Genie thinking I might be able to edit the files and insert my own question category.

This is not a bug with the Attractor Genie application but rather a request for a new functionality in future updates. 

Question 3 : Windows Support – Subliminal application and dual monitor extended desktop

I asked about the subliminal application and support for dual monitor extended desk top configurations explaining that it only seemed to work on the primary monitor (1) and I wanted the subliminal messages to display on the second monitor (2).  The response was to show me what the working subliminal screen should look like and some irrelevant suggestions. 

Subliminal
This is how it would like:
http://i44.tinypic.com/osxx8w.jpg

If you don’t see all parts of the Subliminal Generator It means
that you are not using “a native resolution” on your PC  Screen.

Please change the screen resolution(set it to 1024×768) and see
If anything changes.

Yes this is what it looked like for me but had nothing to do with my question.  

I would have accepted a response that they did not support dual monitor extended desk top configuration.   I have since resolved this problem and It turns out that it is a Windows function and nothing at all to do with Attractor Genie.

I am running vista on a notebook with a second monitor attached and using the extended screen option.   To set this up you right click the desktop and select “Personalize” and then “Display Settings”.  It does not give you the option there to change the primary monitor.

When I run the subliminal application from Attractor genie it only displays on the first monitor (the smaller notebook screen) which is not the primary one I use.   Therefore it was not much use to me as at the very best I would only pick it up in my peripheral vision.

In what can only now be called serendipity my display went crazy for no apparent reason with my display rotated.  I had no idea what was happening but it forced me to delve deeper into the options. 

I actually found that for some reason my screen rotation had changed under “Graphics Options” “Rotation”   You get there by a Right Click on the desktop and not via “Personalize” where I had been looking.  I fixed the rotation but also noticed “Graphics Properties” and what do you know…It gives you the option to specify the primary monitor.    

Not only has this fixed my Attractor Genie subliminal application (have it running now – works perfectly) but it has also fixed some other minor irritations with the dual screen extended monitor configuration.  It’s wonderful now.   The only thing is that I had to physically rearrange my desk as the notebook now needs to sit off to my right.  

I suppose all of this would not make any sense to anyone that has not seen the extended desktop working.

While assisting people wanting to run the subliminal application with dual monitor configurations is probably beyond the scope of Attractor Genie support I invite them to take this information and add it to their knowledge base as it might assist other attractor genie users in the future.

These are instructional videos to get you started and I do recommend them.  They do sound a little amateurish in production (they are really just a voice over with a guy giving a demo on how to use Attractor Genie) but do give you the information you really need to get started.   They often refer you to the manual for more detailed information.

The Attractor Genie Manual

Now I have to say that their manual is particularly good to help you get started.   Many applications I have purchased in the past include a manual that does not really tell you anything.  I will give the Attractor Genie top marks for the manual and recommend anyone who gets Attractor Genie to read it. 

The Attractor Genie Support

My first experiences with contacting support have been a little disappointing. It’s not that support was rude or initially failed to respond.  They did get back to me within the specified time period with responses to my questions.   What is disappointing is that while they tried to help they did seem to really understand my questions.  See my next post My support Questions to Attractor Genie

 Conclusion

It’s a great application which I continue to use on a daily basis. 

The documentation and tutorials are comprehensive and easy to follow.  The support response was timely and friendly and probably great for people that need help on how use the program but not as technical as I needed.  I am sure that if ever I encountered a more serious problem it would be referred to a more technical resource so I am not at all concerned.

I highly recommend the Attractor Genie Application to Anyone

It is simply any place where you put images of something you desire in a place where you will regularly see it so you can remain motivated towards it.  

This concept is used by most people in one way or another.  Even those who would reject the idea of the Law of Attraction see at least the motivational power in images.   The images could be of something you want, a goal you want to achieve or someone you aspire to emulate. 

A mind movie is an electronic version of a vision board but multi-media rich including sounds and visual effects.   Mind movies were pioneered by Ryan Higgins who created it as a visualization tool to assist with the law of Attraction.  He promotes them as a way to make The Sectret and the law of attraction work for those that have not been able to get results.

I actually purchased his Mind Movie package last year and proceeded to make a mind movie but came to a grinding halt when it came to select the images and captions.   Soon after that other events in my life took over and it was forgotten and remained uncompleted ever since. 

I recently purchased the Attractor Genie program with a suite of tools including Attractor Movie which is the same concept as a mind movie.   So I know have two tools to create mind movies but still have yet to produce any.

I have been using the Attractor Genie program now for more than a month and suddenly I realized why I was not able to complete my original mind movie.

I have previously spoken about the home page of the Attractor Genie program and how it has four areas; My vision, My Purpose, My values and My Identity.   I talked about how valuable it has been to start thinking about those areas of my life and initially putting down a few ideas, then returning to them to refine them until they really took shape.   

I was looking at these four areas a few days ago as you do whenever you open the Attractor Genie program (probably why they are on the home page) and the thought suddenly occurred to me that there is the script to my mind movie. 

This was the blockage to my creating a Mind movie in the past.   I really did not have the right script. Sure I had put together some ideas but they really were not expressing the message I wanted.  So when it came time to select the images and text it was a struggle. 

Everyone is different and there are thousands of people who purchased the Mind Movies package and were immediately able to produce their Mind Movie.   I needed to think about what I really wanted and valued first before I was ready to start.  

As I have not yet produced a mind movie I cannot give an opinion on the Ryan Higgins Mind Movie package vs. the included Attractor Movie version.   As I own both I will try both when the time comes and write a review here.

What I can say now with certainty is that the Attractor Genie program is worth having regardless of how good I later determine is mind movie component to be.   The Ryan Higgins Mind Movie package will have to be significantly better for me to recommend to anyone they buy it in addition to the Attractor Genie program.

If like me you already own the Ryan Higgins Mind Movie package and are struggling creatively to make your first movie then get Attractor Genie and forget about making any type of mind movie until you have worked through the four areas I spoke about.

Find out more about the Ryan Higgins Mind Movies package HERE

Find out more about the Attractor Genie program HERE

I find it great planning tool that enables me to better focus on what I want to achieve in all aspects of my life.  In particular I am using it to get my mind clear about my vision, purpose, values and identity which will enable me to set better goals and take full control of my life. 

The fact is most people do not take control of their lives.  Most people do not accept responsibility for what happens to them believing they are subject to luck, fate or a sequence of random event they have no power over.  Thus they stay in a reactive mode responding to situations and circumstances as they occur.

Every successful person without exception, regardless of the field of accomplishment, has been proactive in taking charge of their life.  They have a vision of their future and purpose.  They know who they are and what is important.  They may not have all of this for every aspect of their lives but they will have for the area they are successful in.

Even if you do not believe in the Law of Attraction I believe you will still find the Attractor Genie software a useful tool for getting focussed and increasing your own productivity.  

When you open Attractor Genie the home screen has four tabs for My Vision, My Purpose, My Values and My Identity. 

Writing these is not easy.  If you find it so then you are way ahead of most other people.  Most of us have never really sat down and thought about these things. 

I have found that it best to just jot down some ideas and keep returning to it when you feel inspired or motivated.  Slowly your Vision, Purpose, Values and Identity will start to take shape and you will start to feel more clarity in your mind.  Consult the Attractor Genie manual as it has helpful examples.

Your Vision, Purpose, Values and Identity are not set in concrete.  While one would not expect these things to fundamentally change they can always be reviewed, refined, added to or otherwise improved.

If you can always be cheerful, ignoring aches and pains,

If you can resist complaining and boring people with your troubles,

If you can eat the same food every day and be grateful for it,

If you can understand when your loved ones are too busy to give you any time,

If you can take criticism and blame without resentment,

If you can resist treating a rich friend better than a poor friend,

If you can conquer tension without medical help,

If you can relax without liquor,

If you can sleep without the aid of drugs,

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