“I can do it!” Elizabeth said loudly for the 9th time that evening. We were the last employees at the coffee house and we were closing it up for the long weekend ahead of us. Whereas I was thinking of a fun trip to a coastal area, Elizabeth was more concerned about giving herself some sort of solitary and modified pep talk. I asked her what exactly she was doing and she said that she was unleashing the power of subconscious mind, specifically hers. Apparently, Elizabeth has decided to go back to college after having left it behind some 10 years ago. Having been accepted to a local university, she was going to start her classes after the long weekend and she felt squeamish inside. Hence, her attempt at unleashing the power of subconscious mind which she assumed was going to keep her nerves from breaking down.

But what does the power of subconscious mind mean? Here are the things that Elizabeth said about it:

• Whatever is conceived by the mind, it can create. There exists a conscious mind which is composed of things that people know. Then there is also the subconscious. Everything that is thought of, imagined by and felt by the conscious mind is sent to the subconscious mind. The subconscious then conspires with the universe to create a reality grounded on the messages originating from the former.

• Each thought, good or bad, cultivated and nourished by the conscious mind will activate the the subconscious mind and will then be generated in the living world.

• Mind power is the way we think. The mind and its thoughts cannot simultaneously be composed of positive and negative ideas—one usually dominates the other. When positive thoughts dominate us, then we have positive things happening to us and vice versa.

• We can direct our subconscious mind to create what we want—not what we do not want. We should influence our minds with positive emotions, thoughts and energy and attract only what we desire. This means focusing on what we want, and not the lack of it, whatever it is.

• Aside from the ability to control the data processed and recorded in our subconscious mind, we also have the ability to edit, overwrite or delete unproductive data in the subconscious mind. This is done through establishing new beliefs.

• We should acknowledge whatever emotion we are feeling including fear, anxiety and depression. Resisting these emotions will only allow them to grow. But if we accept them, we can shift our focus from them to more pleasant events and these negative emotions will diminish.

• To utilize the power of subconscious mind, we should take action. Positive thoughts will go only as far as we make conscious effort to maintain them.

• The subconscious mind is a fertile soil that assents to the seeds planted within it. Habitual thoughts and beliefs are the seeds that are continually sown. If we plant weed then naturally we will get weed. If we plant a fruit then we will harvest the same thing. The conscious mind is the gardener that chooses which of the many types of seeds will be tended in the inner garden of the subconscious.

Ultimately, the power of subconscious mind can be summarized in the words of Napoleon Hill, “whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” The choices we make today determine the results and experiences of the future. So let us unleash the power of the subconscious mind. Let us secure our future.

Scientists said that we only use 10% of our mind power. It is time you make the choice to utilize the best of that 10%, if not to increase it. Let loose the power of choice—unleash the power of your subconscious mind.