In 1956, George A. Miller published his famous article “The Magic Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two: Some Limits to Our Ability to Process Information.” In essence, this means that our conscious mind can handle between five and nine “chunks” of information simultaneously. So, we can keep a 7-digit phone number in our consciousness for a couple of seconds unless we write it down or store it in memory. Once it’s memorized, it’s in our subconscious mind and different rules apply for our unconscious mind.
Our conscious mind can handle seven plus or minus two pieces of information simultaneously.
It is good that our unconscious minds are not limited. Our unconscious mind can handle millions of pieces of information simultaneously. If our unconscious mind could only handle nine pieces of information simultaneously, it would say OK, 1) let’s keep the heart beating 2) Better keep up the digestion 3) I must remember the blood flow. 4) Oh yes, let’s process the images that enter through the eyes. 5) Yeah some nasty bugs, keep an eye on the immune system. 6) Better be aware of how the little toe on your left foot feels. 7) You must remember to process those sounds, the mother-in-law could be saying something important. 8) What is that smell? 9) There’s still a remnant of the lunchtime taste in my mouth 10) Oh oh breath, I have to remember that – oops, which was the first item on the list again.
Our conscious mind can handle a thread of information; our unconscious minds can handle a massive and growing flood of information.
Our unconscious mind keeps track of everything that happens in and around our body simultaneously. In terms of information flow, our conscious minds can handle the equivalent of a drip from a faucet. By comparison, your unconscious mind can handle the equivalent of flow over Niagara Falls. For example, every time someone says something to you, your unconscious mind simultaneously triggers all the associations he has with that word, analyzes the context, and immediately sends the correct meaning and interpretation to your conscious mind. Imagine trying to do that consciously!
You may have heard of near-death experiences, where a person’s entire life flashed before them. Maybe these are mind blowing. However, it is an impressive amount of information in a few seconds, regardless of whether it is real or a hallucination. Wilder Penfield was the famous pioneering neurosurgeon who was the first to create maps of the sensory and motor cortices of the brain. He reported in his article “Memory Mechanisms” that some of his patients (less than 5% of them) re-experienced full vivid memories of their past when certain neurons in the temporal lobe were stimulated, but modern neurosurgeons have not. replicated this. The only thing reliable about memory is that it is unreliable.
When a person’s entire life flashes before them, it is an impressive amount of information in a few seconds, regardless of whether it is real or imagined.
Einstein said that “The only reason for time is so that everything doesn’t happen at once.” Time is relative to how fast we move. Our internal concept of time is relative to what we are experiencing. If you stopped for a second and thought about a time when you were terribly bored, and just when you thought it was over, they started something else… Time seemed to go by slowly, didn’t it? However, the time on the clock passed at the same speed, since you probably weren’t traveling close to the speed of light. Now stop and think about a time when you were having a wonderful time and notice how time seemed to go by so fast, even though the time on the clock was going at normal speed. The contraction and expansion of time are functions that your unconscious mind already knows how to do.
What if you could make time seem to slow down when you’re really enjoying what you’re doing? (Perhaps you have already had an intense romantic experience or experiences where time seemed to stand still!). What if you could make time seem to go faster when things are unpleasant?
Clock time is relative to speed. Perceived time is relative to what you are experiencing. When you’re bored, time seems to slow down. As you enjoy the experience, time seems to pass quickly.
Using hypnosis, it is possible to combine the powers of your unconscious mind to
- Do many things at once
- extend time
What this means is that you can do a lot of things in your imagination, in a short period of time, and it can seem like a long time has passed in your consciousness.
And you can learn how to do it with the hypnotic sleep course. Check out www.hypnoticsleepin.com!