Today we're going to learn something new about the body.

Today we talk about Behaviors.

Our "I Am" statement today is:

"I am behaving according to my thoughts."

Let's find out what that means.

Today we're going to learn about something that works closely with both the conscious and subconscious mind.

Today we're learning about...

✨ The Body – The Tool of the Mind

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Last time, we learned that your subconscious mind stores programs.

Some programs help you automatically remember things like:

• the alphabet
• song lyrics
• how to ride a bike
• how to tie your shoes

We also learned that the subconscious mind accepts information without judging whether it is true or false.

Today we're going to learn something really important:

🧠 How do ideas get into the subconscious mind in the first place?

Because if the subconscious accepts what goes into it, it seems pretty important to know how those ideas get there!

There are two main ways ideas move into your subconscious:

1. Repetition

2. Emotion

Let's talk about each one.

If you are following me on Facebook, Instagram or Tik Tok, You might Notice that in one year from now I am going on a 400-500 mile bike trek through the Baltics. This summer I decided to start my training by doing 500 miles before School starts and I’m back to work. I’ve posted on social media asking for sponsors to help me in my financial quest for this trek I started on June 1st and started riding 10 miles a day with a 20 mile bike ride on Saturdays. The first 71 miles are down and some wonderful people have taken the time and money to sponsor me on my quest to 500 miles. To celebrate them I’d like to thank Jenene Maybury, Christy Lee, Jeanine Rhodes, Royann Goodman, and a secret friend. I am so grateful for these wonderful people in my life. They saw my quest and wanted to cheer me on as I get strengthened to my goal. A big shout out to them and I thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Before we begin today's lesson, let's do a quick review.

Last time, you learned about a very important job of your subconscious mind.

Do you remember what it was?

That's right!

🧠 Your subconscious helps keep you alive and safe.

It keeps your heart beating.

It helps you breathe.

And it helps protect you through fight, flight, or freeze when it senses danger.

Your subconscious is always working behind the scenes.

Today, we're going to learn something else your subconscious does.

And once you understand it, you'll start noticing it everywhere.

Remember when we talked about the conscious mind?

Your conscious mind can:

✨ Be aware

✨ Add meaning

✨ Accept or reject ideas

✨ Create new ideas

Your conscious mind can decide what it wants to think about.

But your subconscious works differently.

Your subconscious does not argue.

It does not judge.

It does not stop and ask:

"Is this true?"

"Is this false?"

"Is this helpful?"

"Is this harmful?"

Instead...

Your subconscious accepts whatever is repeated often enough and stores it as a program.

Think about a computer.

A computer follows whatever program is installed inside it.

Your subconscious works in a similar way.

A program is simply something your mind has learned so well that it can do it automatically.

For example:

Can you sing the alphabet?

Let's try it.

🎵 A, B, C, D, E, F, G...

Did you have to stop and think about every letter?

Probably not.

The answer just showed up.

Why?

Because the alphabet became a program in your subconscious mind.

Today, we are going to learn about another important job of the subconscious mind.

🧠 Your subconscious mind helps keep you safe.

And it does this through something called:

✨ Fight
✨ Flight
✨ Freeze

These are your body’s automatic safety responses.

The subconscious is the part of your mind that keeps things running automatically.

You also do not have to remind yourself to:

• breathe
• digest food
• blink your eyes
• heal cuts
• grow hair
• sleep
• wake up

Your body is doing thousands of things for you every moment.

Even while you are sleeping tonight…

Your subconscious mind will still be hard at work.

Today, we’re going to build on that.

We’re going to learn another amazing ability of your conscious mind.

Your mind can CREATE new ideas.

Today we are learning another important part of the conscious mind.

Your conscious mind has the power to accept an idea or reject it.

That means when a thought comes into your mind, you do not have to keep it. You can decide:

• “Yes, I want to believe that.”
  or
• “No, I do not want that thought.”