Chapter 3 of Magic of Believing by Claude Bristol involves the subconscious mind.
The conscious mind is the source of thought while the subconscious mind is the source of power. Thought power is your supreme commander.
A close harmony between the conscious and subconscious mind is a work of art that allows for the best results in life.
Subconscious power includes intuition, emotion, inspiration, imagination, psychic powers and dynamic energy.
Keeping your mind on what you do want assists in attracting your desires.
“ The person with a fixed goal, a clear picture of his desire, or an ideal always before him, causes it, through repetition, to be buried deeply in his subconscious mind
and is thus enabled, thanks to its generative and sustaining power, to realize his goal in a minimum of time and with a minimum of physical effort.” – Claude Bristol
1DT or One-Dimensional Thinking is a process based upon the idea that most questions have only a yes/no, good/bad, either/or answer.
One-Dimensional thinkers often look at the world in terms of extremes and ignore any middle ground that doesn’t agree with their own idea or personal agenda.
Everything must fit neatly into the good/evil paradigm. And the 1D thinker always considers his side to be the good side and those who disagree, the bad or evil side.
My way or the Highway.
The need to categorize people is a function of one-dimensional thinking. Conservatives and Liberals sacrifice individuality to join in a herd mentality.
By polarizing people into clearly defined categories, it makes it easy and convenient for the one dimensional thinker to dismiss the opinions of others with whom he might not agree, and not spend a moment considering the issues raised.
Nationalism is a type of one-dimensional thinking used by facist regimes as a means of rallying people behind the government in a state of obedience.
Examples of One-Dimensional Thinking: “ If you don’t like the President why don’t you move to Communist China?”
“ You’re either with us, or you’re with the terrorists.” – George W. Bush