Our Brain doesn't come with an Operating Manual.

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Our brain is like a multidimensional processor — but unlike other electronic appliances, it doesn’t come with an operating manual. Then how do we operate without a manual? 
In the absence of a manual, most of us navigate life on autopilot, often getting mixed results.

Our brain has three elements – 

  1. The Smart Brain
  2. The Emotional Brain
  3. The Reptilian Brain.

    Smart or Conscious Brain – handles language, talks to people, decides what to do. Works linearly.

    Emotional or Unconscious Brain – Multidimensional Processor - Multitasker. This has the majority of the activity. 20 times more electrical activity than the conscious brain. Works in a non-linear way. This handles Memory – Remembering the past/patterns, Emotions – Thinking about myself, others, Feelings, and Moral thinking. Imagine the future.

    Reptilian Brain – The limbic system is concerned with survival. It is constantly scanning the environment for potential threats and assessing all situations and information based on a binary “Yes/No” basis.

👉 PROBLEM - The SMART and EMOTIONAL parts don’t talk to each other.

The emotional brain, or Unconscious brain, stores past patterns and often prevents us from operating beyond them. For example, if you hold a limiting belief like “The civil services exam is too difficult to crack,” your emotional brain will reinforce that narrative. It will resist your efforts, discourage hard work, and continually amplify fears about the exam’s difficulty, keeping you stuck in that limiting pattern.

👉SOLUTION – One challenge is to find a way to communicate consciously-formed goals to the unconscious mind. The unconscious mind is holistic and nonlinear, and you can’t just talk to it like you talk to a person.

The unconscious mind works with Imagery, Sensation and Metaphor.

My Perspective: The Power of Visualisation

I believe in the power of visualisation as a transformative technique. By sending audio or visual signals—such as positive Self-Talk or Vivid Mental Imagery—to our unconscious mind, we can meaningfully engage it with our conscious intentions.

👉 For example, practice daily positive audio affirmations: “I can crack the civil services exam,” or “I’m preparing well and improving every day.”

Alongside this, visualise positive outcomes: imagine seeing your name on the results board, picture yourself as a civil servant, and feel the applause of people celebrating your success.

These steps may seem simple or even cliché, but they carry immense power to rewire your emotional brain. This is the only way to communicate with your unconscious brain. 

👉Through consistent repetition, you begin to override old limiting patterns—those that create self-doubt or block sustained effort. You’re essentially reprogramming your unconscious mind to support, rather than resisting your goals.

That’s life-changing. 

 Contact for IGNITE Workshops: sukhisr@yahoo.com 

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