“Developing a genius mindset essentially comes down to two things: operating at speed and using the subconscious mind more than the conscious. This intuitive or relaxed approach to study is the polar opposite of traditional and mainstream forms of education.” MindTwoFormStudyGeniusApproachConsciousOppositesMindsetSpeedTraditionalDevelopingTwo ThingsMainstreamSubconsciousRelaxedIntuitiveSubconscious MindPolar Opposites Author:James Morcan
“Ballet is the repetitive training of the body for the purpose of executing steps in traditional fashion. It is tied to and bound by the past. It is a disciplined beauty consciously preserved in the image of the old days in societies that were class-conscious and appreciative of elitist physical expertise.” BodyPastPurposeStepsClassFashionTrainingConsciousBoundsTraditionalBalletTiedExpertiseOld DaysAppreciativeRepetitiveElitistExecuting Author:Shirley MacLaine
“Literature is conscious mythology: as society develops, its mythical stories become structural principles of story-telling, its mythical concepts, sun-gods and the like, become habits of metaphoric thought. In a fully mature literary tradition the writerenters intoa structure of traditional stories and images.” StoriesLiteraturePrinciplesSunHabitConsciousConceptsTraditionStructureMythologyTraditionalMatureMetaphoricSun God Author:Northrop Frye
“The greatest impediments to changes in our traditional roles seem to lie not in the visible world of conscious intent, but in the murky realm of the unconscious mind.” WorldMindSeemsLyingRolesConsciousTraditionalRealmsVisibleUnconsciousImpedimentsUnconscious MindConscious Mind Author:Augustus
“Just like there's a hole in the ozone layer, there's a hole in the musical ecological layer [wrt lack of successful "conscious" music]... 'Traditional' music was brand new at one time... When you hear R&B today, do you believe it?” BelieveTodaySuccessfulConsciousMusicalHolesTraditionalBrandsOne TimeLayersEcologicalBrand NewOzoneOzone LayerTraditional Music Author:Vernon Reid
“The traditional paradigm of parenting has been very hierarchical, the parent knows best and very top down. Conscious parenting topples [this paradigm] on its head and creates this mutuality, this circularity where both parent and child serve each other and where in fact, perhaps, the child could be even more of a guru for the parent .... teaching the parent how the parent needs to grow, teaching the parent how to enter the present moment like only children know how to do.” KnowsNeedsChildrenHas BeensMomentsFactsGrowsParentKnow HowTeachingConsciousTraditionalPresent MomentGuruParadigmOnly ChildChildren And ParentsTop DownCircularity Author:Shefali Tsabary