3 Things About Your Mind That You Didn't Know And Aren't Making Use Of

One of the most widely and unacceptably ignored subjects that everyone should be required to learn about is the human mind. Think about it: the human mind is one of, if not the most important thing in this world. Everything we think, say and do--no matter how foolish, amazing or brilliant--originates from our mind. Everything that our five sense perceive is filtered through and interpreted by our mind. Without our mind, there would be no world. Some people argue that there isn’t actually an external world, or at least we can’t prove there is one, since no one can extend their awareness beyond their mind in order to find out.

As interesting as debates like these are, there are many other, more practical ways in which you can reexamine your own mind and your understanding of what it is and how it operates, in order to live and function more effectively in the world overall.

Speed Reading
Most people are taught to read phonetically, meaning they associate words with syllables, syllables with letters and letters with sounds. This leads to the habit of “speaking words aloud” even when we’re reading silently -- pay attention next time you do so and you’ll understand what I mean. The mind, however, is not designed to read in this way. It’s designed to process words visually and instantaneously associate them with ideas, and once you learn how to do this it’s actually possible to read at astronomical speeds.

Memory
There’s no such thing as a “bad memory,” just an untrained one. Everybody has a brain that is approximately the same size, therefore everybody has approximately the same storage capacity. Research has proven this capacity to be enormous -- for those of you familiar with computers, we’re talking thousands upon thousands of terabytes. It’s possible to remember an amazing amount of things, and to recall them at will. Think about young kids who lag in their schoolwork but know every stat on every baseball card they own, or rhymes you learned as a child and can still rattle off perfectly today. It’s all in how you remember, and you can learn the best ways to do this.

NLP
I’m still learning about neuro-linguistic programming, however I really like what I’ve seen so far. In his book “Using Your Mind for a Change” Richard Bandler talks about the mental pictures we form constantly, of powerful memories or daydreams, and how we can changing these pictures in order to change our reactions to them. This includes things like dulling or enhancing color, adding visual effects like sparkles and glow, and other interesting and innovative things.

This is an extremely barebones introduction to a vast and complicated subject. While these things may receive a lot of unfavorable attention in the form of hyped up “amazing self-help cures” and “life-altering” products, it is unarguable that they are based in fact and can offer significant value to anyone who takes the time to understand their own mind and apply it correctly.

By: CB Michaels

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