CPU vs Internet
When I sit on my Mac and connect the internet, I can see a small icon showing when data is being sent to the internet and being received from the internet. It’s a small arrow showing up and down switching very rapidly. And every once in a while, it just stops showing up at all. And I hear this whirring sound of the hard disk - that’s the time when the CPU is busy interacting with the hard disk or processing the data.
Our brains are no different. The CPU/hard disk combo is like our conscious mind and the internet is like the subconscious mind. What is in the CPU/HD is tons of memory Terrabytes of Terrabytes, huge processing power - the ability to do trillions of calculations per second, almost stunning and unbelievable. But most of it is stale, old information. It can only keep reprocessing the old information over and over again.
The subconscious mind is like the internet. It is connected to seemingly infinite data available from every thought emitted from every mind in the universe, has the capability to not just download the needed information at will, but also has the ability to create what never existed before. It’s beautiful and it’s creative.
The only catch is that both cannot work at the same time. At one time, only one of them can work - only when you can stall the CPU/HD activity can the internet start working at full speed. And the only way it is possible is through meditation. The only way I’ve been able to work the business and work my life till now is by stalling the CPU/HD for at least a few moments.
The day I can switch them for as long as I want, life will be bliss.....