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Did I think that?

The unconscious mind never sleeps, it never stops absorbing everything around you. Every sight, smell and sound is indelibly etched into your mind. We don’t realize how many of our decisions are the result of our subconscious spoon feeding our cognitive mind. It is sort of like an iceberg; there is more to it than we realize. Since the subconscious never sleeps, it’s no wonder that the amount of information in it is much larger than our conscious mind.

I have experienced things during the day that were in the back of my mind, thinking that I had forgotten about the incident only to realize that they had birthed attitudes and tension later in the day. I was sort of thinking about it, but not really, at least not consciously as I know it. If I let these subconscious thoughts roam on auto pilot, later I find I pay the price. I end up anxious or ruminating about it while trying to fall asleep. This is why it’s important to bring these thoughts captive, not to let them run like a tape in the background. Phillipians 4:8 says

“Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.”

Also, we have to be wary of what we allow our subconscious to absorb, what we spend time around. Studies have been done to see how much other people affect our attitudes, even those people that we only interact with via social media. It is said that positive or negative feeds or posts can affect other people 3 layers down. This is astounding. What we feed our minds, both conscious and subconscious really does affect us. We have to really guard our thoughts and what we let into them. As you can’t stay in a smoke filled room without smelling like smoke after you leave, so our minds cannot simply wash out the thoughts that come our way.

Today, why not pay attention to what you are allowing to influence your thoughts. Remember, your subconscious is like a baby, it doesn’t know what is good or bad for you; only you can be the gatekeeper of your subconscious.