* Have you been eating in a crowded restaurant, engrossed in your own conversation, but then heard your name mentioned at a table across the room and suddenly your attention and focus had been changed to that conversation?

* Have you ever started singing or whistling a song and realized you heard it on the radio earlier that day?

* Have you ever known the answer to a question without really knowing why you knew it?

In all of these situations your subconscious mind is processing this information outside of your regular conscious awareness. Taking the first example listed above: When you hear your name mentioned you snap into that conversation. You can now hear every detail of what they are saying because your subconscious mind was processing all along.

You subconscious mind acts as a filter, it has to, we all receive too much information every minute for us to consciously process everything. It processes everything in the "background" of your mind, and only when information is important does it come into our conscious awareness.

The above examples show just a few situations where your conscious mind catches onto the unconscious processing you are doing, but have you ever stopped to think how much more information your subconscious mind processes every day.

Some of this is fine, some may even be positive, but some can slowly give you limiting thoughts and even negative behavior - try working with the same depressed co-workers for too long and you might find yourself thinking in this way too.

You need to reinforce your subconscious mind with positive information, to make sure it is receiving information which helps you progress towards your goals, and fights off negative sources of information too.

One way to do this is with subliminal messages. They are a simple way to get info into your subconscious mind and make sure your subconscious mind is aligned towards your conscious efforts in life and make sure your whole mind and body is working towards the same goal. They are not an instant fix, or even a complete solution, but just one tool you can use to align your mind for success.