Sharon SalzbergThe unconscious mind is a vast repository of experiences and associations that sorts things out much faster than the slow-moving conscious mind.
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The unconscious mind is a vast repository of experiences and associations that sorts things out much faster than the slow-moving conscious mind. The unconscious mind is like a powerful filing system that sorts through all of our experiences and emotions. It quickly sifts out the good from the bad, the right from the wrong, and then puts them into folders for later use. The unconscious mind can be very effective in sorting out all of the experiences we’ve had over time. Unfortunately, because it works so quickly, it also often misses some of those experiences.
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