The conscious mind can be described as whatever you are currently aware of. What you are feeling, doing, seeing, touching, experiencing. You are conscious of it, or aware of it.
Consciousness does not involve stored information. It is what is happening now. It does involve thinking and making decisions. It is easy to control your conscious mind because you are able to use it to make choices.
In contrast, your subconscious mind is always working in the background, but you are not necessarily aware of it. Sometimes called the unconscious mind, your subconscious mind contains all of the stored information of everything you have ever experienced.
Because of this, it influences how you react to things, such as why you are shy, lazy, eat too much, or have an addiction. On the positive side, your subconscious mind also affects things like why you are motivated, confident, successful, cheerful, hopeful and so on.
The key is using your consciousness to positively influence your subconscious thoughts. Learning how to use the two together is a powerful tool.
Strangle me from the inside and let me bleed into the world, on to the page. Leave no marks upon me, just the memories twisted and bruised upon my soul. Crack my bones and let my heart quietly fade from you. I’ll break but such is love. ~ B.T.
The Olympic torch flame was lit yesterday in the ancient city of Olympia in Greece. The torch relay usually starts 100 days before the Olympics. This year they will take place in Paris France.
The history of the Games goes back around 3,000 years, to the Peloponnese in Ancient Greece. Sports contests organised at Olympia took place every four years and acquired the name Olympic Games. We do not know exactly when they started, but the date of 776 BC is often cited in written sources.