On the third planet from the sun lies a fascinating species of mammals: humans. Besides suffering a process of constant perfection, our species found various unique skills ONLY attributable to our kindred.

Among the skills unique to humans lies an ability, mostly neglected due to its uncertain nature, the subconscious mind.

Unlike other articles of this kind, I won’t give you the false impression that using your subconscious mind you’ll get anything in the world, effortlessly, instantly and without “work”.

Let’s start at the beginning. What is the subconscious?

It is the part of the body responsible for certain functions we do not control by default , some examples being breathing or digestion .

These functions can be directly controlled if one chooses it, you can easily breathe at your own rhythm and then ignore the function and let your body take over.

The subconscious is very similar to a computer’s operating system and your instinct is similar to its bios. Your instinct only relates to basic needs (hunger, sleepiness, thirst and so on), while the subconscious can perform basic functions it can also learns, and that’s what makes it fascinating.

At first, when you are a fetus, you can’t digest anything, you are fed through veins exiting your belly button. After being born and being able to breathe, you learn to process milk and gradually your body learns to digest various new substances, like meat or vegetables or sweets.

The idea is, your “operating system” is constantly updating itself, and always learning new tasks.

Think about learning to play an instrument, at first the notes are just noise and you can’t coordinate your hand playing the instrument and the music in your head. However, in time your body learns this new skill and if you hear a sound you know, without thinking about it, how to move your hands to achieve the desired sound on the instrument.

I would like to warn you that there are others out there that have no idea about the subconscious, and they lie on their websites or in books just to make a profit. They would tell you, that in a few days dreaming about a TV will get you a wide screen TV on the spot.

If you try these techniques and fail you would no doubt be discouraged and stop trying. If a date goes wrong, do you live alone until the end of your life ?

If you get a bad grade do you stop studying ?

The list is endless, and it is a known fact that most successful people have gotten were they are by going through various mistakes, learning from them and ever improving their techniques.