I have a lot of apps on my smartphone. Some I use every day and some l use less frequently. Some provide basic information such as local weather forecasts, while others are special function apps; helpful tools used for certain situations or tasks as the need arises.
I consider my phone to be a convenience; together, the smart phone and apps make my day-to-day tasks much easier. They provide me a level of comfort knowing I can access an array of information when needed at a quick swipe my finger. And if I don’t have the information I need, I simply download another new app!
I don’t pretend to know how it all works; however, I am constantly amazed at the tools available to me through my smartphone. After all, the phone I carry in my pocket today has more processing power than the computers used to put a man on the moon!
In addition to all the specialize capabilities and features of these amazing apps, my smart phone does a lot of processing behind the scenes. The core processor and operating system programs are constantly running in the background collecting, analyzing, and storing data to be ready for me when I need it. Again, a wealth of information available on demand and at a quick swipe of my finger, and in some cases before requested!
In fact, in some ways my phone has learned who I am based, and based on prior history and patterns it will attempt to anticipate or guide my behaviors. As example, when I get into my car my phone may randomly pop-up the quickest route to a “perceived destination” for that time of day. Similarly, it reminds me to set my alarm at night and in a somewhat more voyeuristic example the apps have presented advertisements for things based on “overheard” conversations.
But every so often my smart phone will lock up. It could be due to information overload, or a particular app may be incompatible with the operating system app, or more often than not due to a reason I just don’t recognize or understand.
When that happens, I’m forced to restart my phone for a quick reboot. And most of the time that seems to do the trick. However, in certain situations I may need to perform additional diagnostics or even restore the system back to the original default factory settings.
Our mind is not unlike a smart phone. Just like the phone uses an operating system and various applications to run tasks, the mind uses the conscious, subconscious, and the superconscious to manage our internal body functions, access memories and thoughts to make decisions, take actions, or reactions.
At the surface, the conscious or creative mind controls certain functions like short-term memory, choice, desire, and goals. The subconscious mind maintains the body’s operations and holds our past experiences, learned habits and experiences, long-term memories, attitudes, beliefs, and values.
According to Dr Bruce Lipton, Biologist and author of The Biology of Belief, “95% of our life are developed from the programs of how to live life that we get in the first 7yrs of our life.” Stored in our subconscious, that means, according to Lipton, “Only 5% of our live we’re using our conscious or creative mind!”
Lipton goes on to explain, “Your life is a printout of your subconscious behavior. Anything that you are struggling with inevitable means you have a program that doesn’t support it.”
And just like the analogy of the smartphone and applications, you have the ability to change or update your internal programs to better fit your current needs. If your old beliefs are no longer of value you are free to change or reprogram those beliefs.
Somewhere, deep within your subconscious mind are the original default settings for your divine-self. Your journey to Self-Sovereignty will require you to perform the necessary internal diagnostics to Build A Better You.
