It is said that our subconscious mind holds the memory of every single experience we have ever had – things we have seen and heard even if we didn’t consciously register them at the time. Jill Price involuntarily takes this ability to an extreme and has baffled scientists with the detail and precision of her memories.

Our subconscious mind is a chatty fellow and talks to us all the time. The trouble is that its language is not always one of words and often its voice is subtle, fleeting and easily overlooked in our busy lives.

In The Zone

When you’re “in the zone”, you’re relaxed, calm and you’re trusting yourself. You’re in tune with the part of your subconscious that can help you the most with whatever you’re doing.

This exercise aims to help you recognise and access this “in the zone” state more often.

As the subconscious holds your deepest fears and desires as well as knowledge, it gives you the potential to understand your motives a lot better than you already do. There is a lot of information stored within the labyrinth of memories, ideas, fiction and facts inside your head. With enough practice, you should be able to get into the zone whenever you want to regardless of external pressure.

I’ve chosen this unconventional exercise because it is so different to methods you may already have come across. Plus it is fun and makes a great party trick.

The Exercise

The Objective of the Exercise

To separate a pack of cards into black and red piles while the cards are lying face down.

The Players

This exercise tends to naturally appeal to the experimental and curious side of creative/artistic natures. Those who are more logical and analytical obtain an extra benefit from this exercise – it helps to develop creative, explorative muscles which provide an elegant backdrop to naturally logical thought processes.

It tends not to appeal to people who associate pendulums with the occult. This is not an occult exercise and the reason that it works is explained in the steps below. It is a form of muscle testing that is used in some therapy models.

The Tools

  • One pack of playing cards.
  • A pendulum. Make your own by stringing a chain through a ring. Balanced designs work best so use simple chains and rings without stones. The ring should be heavier than the chain.

The Steps

  1. Shuffle the cards well.
  2. Turn the pile face up, flick through it for a couple of seconds. You’re not trying to remember anything, you’re just giving your eyes a chance to see the cards.
  3. Place the pack face down in front of you.
  4. Hang the pendulum from the tip of the index finger on your dominant hand. This finger is your strongest finger and good for beginners.
  5. Now ask yourself some easy “Yes” or “No” questions. You will notice that your pendulum starts swinging one way for “yes” and another way for “no”. No, you’re not in a seance! What is happening is that your brain knows the answer and is responding by producing its usual imperceptible electrical currents in your body.  Your finger feels these and the pendulum is the visual representation of what is going on inside your body. It’s the Mind/Body connection.
  6. Once you are happy that you have a consistent swing for each Yes and No, hold the pendulum over each card and ask “Is this a red card?”. You are trusting that your subconscious mind knows the card as it saw the card in step 2. Separate the cards according to the swing of the pendulum, keeping them face down. This step is the “muscle building” step. The more you do this, the better you will get at receiving and interpreting the message from your subconscious mind. You will also get quicker at recognising and accessing your ideal “in the zone” state for retrieving information from your subconscious mind. 52 cards is a lot of cards to go through and this gives you “in the zone” endurance training.
  7. Look at your separated piles and note your results. Once you get good at it, challenge yourself further by skipping step 2.

I’m very interested to know how you get on so do drop me a line.

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