There are six (6) mental faculties:
Will, Perception, Memory, Reason, Imagination, & Intuition
I purposely write these thoughts as my guide on how to use them properly.
Will – Is the
only mental faculty which has no subconscious mind function. It’s a conscious
mind function that we use to focus our attention. It can be built by exercise. We
can help stay focused by doing short meditation exercise like we focus our
attention on a candle flame or a pool of water.
Get relaxed and do it without our mind wandering. It is said that normally
we have only 5 or 10 seconds of focus and the mind will be wandering to other
issues of concern. Some have trouble and they are easily distracted. They
bounce around from one thing to another and they never finished anything
because they can’t stay focused. Lack of focus ruins productivity, and success
in anything depends on productivity.
We use our will by developing the power of our mind. And power
of mind is developed when our mind is directed on something specific and it filters
out all non-relevant information, eliminates all the clutter or negative
thoughts that fill our mind. This is
something that it works not to allow distractions, like negative thoughts that
impede our ability to succeed and eventually create a positive outcome in our
life.
“You’ve got to develop mental strength. And you develop mental strength
with the Will. The Will is the mental faculty that gives you the ability to
hold one idea under the screen of your mind to the exclusion of all outside
distractions.” –Bob Proctor
Perception – Has both
conscious and subconscious mind functions. It controls what we become aware of
in our environment and we choose to see it, bad or good. And that’s it in the
conscious mind we have a choice. The choice we make has a big influence on how
we respond and how we feel about it. We perceived to stimuli or everything in a
contrast of choice to see the good or bad, front or back, in or out, and up or
down, showing the duality in most everything, as Bob Proctor puts it, “Law of
Polarity.”
Sometimes we ask advices and suggestions purposely not to
know other ideas or wisdoms or sort of other perceptions but only to gather and
know who and what agrees with our beliefs to reinforced our egos because what
matters and important to us is our beliefs.
That’s why most of us are blind to contradictory evidence and we only
believe that our beliefs are true. It’s a conceited perception. Supposedly,
subconscious mind through different experiences and inputs determines and
filters what becomes morally and upright perception to focus on.
“You must be able to see yourself, with your inner eye, already in
possession of the good you desire.” –Bob Proctor
Memory – Has both
conscious and subconscious mind functions. When we get new inputs of information, they
get processed by the short term memory of the conscious mind, and while they’re
there, they’re easy to remember. But new information only stays in the
conscious mind for about 20 seconds and after that it’s gone if no emotions
attached to it. Very strong emotions either good or bad passed through
subconscious mind for storage and the thing perceived as important and have
some strong emotions especially love attached to it would stay much longer in
our mind. They can be the source of belief systems that control us
unconsciously.
“ Memory is a way of holding on to the things you love, the things you
are, the things you never want to lose.”- Kevin Arnold
Reason –Has both conscious
and subconscious mind functions. It works primarily in the conscious mind and
its job is to analyze, compare and evaluate ideas. Subconscious mind cannot
originate ideas. It can only take ideas pass through from conscious mind and
only decide how to apply them. It is a
small part of our mind but it’s part we’re most aware of and it’s what we
usually mean when we say that we’re thinking. Neuroscience has shown that the
conscious mind only uses about 5% of the brain, and some important parts of it
don’t develop until we’re in our 20’s. That’s why teenagers do dumb things—one of
the last parts to develop has to do with understanding the consequences of
choices. We always have choice, and the power of reason comes in to help us
choose wisely.
It has one other really important capability- it can take
all the information it has and stir up and come up with brand new ideas. If it’s
a big new idea that disrupts the balance between our beliefs and life
experience, the subconscious mind may object by making us uncomfortable. But if we persist, it has to move into action
with our new idea. The bigger the new idea, the more the discomfort has become.
Go ahead with that new idea, we’ll get used to it.
“Reason is always weak where prejudice is strong “- Norman MacDonald
Imagination –Has both
conscious and subconscious mind functions. It is the way that we can test and
experience our future and our dreams. When we vividly imagine something with
emotional intensity in our conscious mind, we impress it on the subconscious mind
and produce the same emotional and biochemical reactions in our body as the
actual experience. The power of imagination must be used correctly. Whenever we
are imagining something good or bad, that power is at work. Don’t imagine what
we don’t want our mind because dreaming is a form of planning. It must be used
correctly to visualize what we want, and it’s one of the most powerful tools.
It trains our mind in what to notice and what to remember.
“Thoughts become things. If you see it in your mind, you will hold it
your head.”- Bob Proctor
“If
you conceive in your mind, then it can be brought to the physical world.” – Bob
Proctor
Intuition – It
works both conscious mind-verbal and subconscious mind-emotional functions. Which means it works with feelings
instead of ideas, the “gut-feeling” that we sometimes have. So when our conscious
mind intuits something, we’ll get an idea, something that we can verbalize. Our
subconscious mind will give us a feeling about whether something is right or
wrong.
The power of intuition is very powerful and very important. Where does this information come from? Many
people call it a “spiritual power” because it works on information we don’t
consciously have. WES calls it “metaphysical power” which just means “beyond
the physical.” Intuition is our connection to the Mother ship of consciousness,
which pretty much knows everything. Some people call it God.
“Vibrations never lie. A person could be saying one thing and yet,
thinking another. Get to the point where
you pay closer attention to the vibrations you are receiving rather than the
words you are hearing. Intuition is one of the most valuable mental tools you
possess. Begin to consciously use it. Your
rewards will be worth the effort.”- Bob Proctor
These are our mental faculties, and we humans are the only
species on this planet that have them all. With them we can build the life of our dreams.
So we use them wisely.
Source: Daily Gratitude by Wes
