Be more conscious about using your subconscious brain power

I had always believed that humans only use a few percent of our brainpower at most. The majority of it, I thought, is just grey matter, doing not much more than taking up space. Contrary to that still more or less popular belief, the subconscious brain obviously fulfills a lot of functions. For example, when I woke up this morning I didn’t have to remind myself to carry on breathing. I would have already been dead if that were the case. Imagine the amount of casualties we would have simply because we got distracted for a moment and forgot to breathe. Luckily our subconscious brain handles all those functions for us, keeping us alive and making sure all vital functions keep running smoothly.

The main job of our brain is to keep us safe and alive, which is why such a large portion of the mind is dedicated to the subconscious brain. It’s in our own best interest. But in addition to keeping our bodies alive, we can use the subconscious brain for other tasks as well. You probably have alrea…