Your Conscious Mind

"Your Have Thoughts and Beliefs But Do You Know How They Work Together?"

Your conscious mind, thoughts and beliefs interact with each other.  Here's a different way to look at how this happens.

You have thoughts constantly but you also have many beliefs.  Between them is you and all three interact.  The easiest way to explain this is to start with the diagram below.

You have approximately 50,000 thoughts per day and many of those are about only a small number of things.  What happened today, what you have to do tomorrow, problems at work or at home, with money, love and many others.

You also have beliefs that you use to allow or refuse some of those thoughts.  When you think that "it's not possible" or "that's easy to do" you are screening your thoughts through your beliefs.

Between the beliefs that you have and the thoughts that you experience is you.  This is that part of you that is reading this right now, your directed consciousness.

How They Interact

Thoughts can be either random, triggered or directed.  A random thought is one that pops into you mind but you may have no idea where it came from.  A triggered thought is one introduced by some other thought you had or something you experienced.  A directed thought is one that you consciously choose to create.

Beliefs are groups of thoughts that you accept almost as fact.  Each belief consists of ideas that were introduced to you at some time in your past.

Beliefs take time to build and also time to tear down.  A belief can be large or small and be old or new.  In the diagram above the larger boxes labeled belief represent a strong belief.  A belief that isn't as strong appears smaller.

Who Is In Control?

Your directed consciousness is what decides which thoughts to allow in and which beliefs to compare them to.  Think of your directed consciousness as being similar to a spotlight.  You decide what to shine it on.  This "thought spotlight" can be a powerful tool to help you succeed.

But you have to "turn it on" or use it in the right way.  If you let your beliefs decide then you lose control.  If you let the random or triggered thoughts decide for you then you also lose control.

There is one type of thought left and that is directed thought.  You consciously decide what to think and when.  You decide which beliefs are okay and which are not.  Your directed thought overrides any other thoughts you may have.

Using your thought spotlight can change your beliefs.  Your beliefs were built out of ideas which were once thoughts.  What happens when you start to chisel away at them or reinforce them with directed thoughts?

Negative beliefs become smaller, shrink and eventually disappear.  Never to be felt again.  Positive beliefs become larger and stronger and replace them.

There are three types of interactions between your thoughts and beliefs.  A thought can be ignored and the belief remains unchanged.  A thought can also be accepted and this can make the belief become stronger.

If you use directed thought or your thought spotlight properly, you can contest or reject a thought so that your belief becomes smaller and less powerful.

You may not like some of the beliefs that you have.  And you may want to stop some thoughts entering your mind before they add to your beliefs.  Read the related articles below to help you understand more about this.

Start by directing your thoughts instead of having your thoughts directed for you.  As always ...

it's your choice

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