What Is the Subconscious Mind and How Does It Affect Your Reality?

Paul's essay "How You Know[1]" has a great analogy about subconscious mind：

“Reading and experience train your model of the world. And even if you forget the experience or what you read, its effect on your model of the world persists. Your mind is like a compiled program you've lost the source of. It works, but you don't know why.”

[1]: http://www.paulgraham.com/know.html

Where it says:

> "Also, you should start allowing yourself to align with thoughts of your desired reality. When you keep thinking a positive thought about yourself, or your life, it will soon become subconscious in your brain, and will start running on “auto mode”."

I find this to be true, albeit most difficult to implement. At one point I drafted a 'Gratitude List', containing all the things in my life which I can be grateful for- not being homeless anymore, having a job, family who loves me, etc. It's the last thing on my mind in times of trouble, but I get the idea that hard times are opportunities to have the most negating effect on my ingrained negative thinking. For example if I can think of others when I'm most worried about myself, I believe it is when the most progress de-programming these patterns I have is made.

Thanks for posting.