You will perceive the main differences by the following
illustrations: The conscious mind is like the navigator or
captain at the bridge of a ship. He directs the ship and signals
orders to men in the engine room, who in turn control all the
boilers, instruments, gauges, etc. The men in the engine room
do not know where they are going; they follow orders.
They would go on the rocks if the man on the bridge
issued faulty or wrong instructions based on his findings with
the compass, sextant, or other instruments. The men in the
engine room obey him because he is in charge and issues
orders, which are automatically obeyed. Members of the crew
do not talk back to the captain; they simply carry out orders.
The captain is the master of his ship, and his decrees
are carried out. Likewise, your conscious mind is the captain and the master of your ship, which represents your body,
environment, and all your affairs. Your subconscious mind
takes the orders you give it based upon what your conscious
mind believes and accepts as true.
When you repeatedly say to people, “I can’t afford it,” then
your subconscious mind takes you at your word and sees to it
that you will not be in a position to purchase what you want.
As long as you persist in saying, “I can’t afford that car, that
trip to Europe, that home, that fur coat or ermine wrap,” you
can rest assured that your subconscious mind will follow your
orders, and you will go through life experiencing the lack of
all these things.
Last Christmas Eve a beautiful young university student
looked at an attractive and rather expensive traveling bag in
a store window. She was going home to Buffalo, New York,
for the holidays. She was about to say, “I can’t afford that
bag,” when she recalled something she had heard at one of.
my lectures, which was, “Never finish a negative statement;
reverse it immediately, and wonders will happen in your
life.”
She said, “That bag is mine. It is for sale. I accept it
I mentally, and my subconscious sees to it that I receive it.” At
eight o’clock Christmas Eve her fiancé presented her with a
bag exactly the same as the one she had looked at and mentally
identified herself with at ten o’clock the same morning. She
had filled her mind with the thought of expectancy and
released the whole thing to her deeper mind, which has the
“know-how” of accomplishment.
This young girl, a student at the University of Southern
California, said to me, “I didn’t have the money to buy that
bag, but now I know where to find money and all the things I
need, and that is in the treasure house of eternity within me.” Another simple illustration is this: When you say, “I do not
that you are served mushrooms in sauces or salads, you will get
indigestion because your subconscious mind says to you, “The
boss (your conscious mind) does not like mushrooms.” This is
an amusing example of the outstanding differences and modes
of operation of your conscious and subconscious minds.
A woman may say, “I wake up at three o’clock, if I drink
coffee at night.” Whenever she drinks coffee, her subconscious
mind nudges her, as if to say, “The boss wants you to stay
awake tonight.”
Your subconscious mind works twenty-four hours a day
and makes provisions for your benefit, pouring all the fruit of
your habitual thinking into your lap.