The author, Joseph Murphy does make some tall claims that he continues on as fact without scientific basis or accreditation. In fact, actively thinking about a gear change or depressing the clutch in response to a traffic event slows down your reaction times because the mind is much faster when operating with the body on a subconscious level. It’s like driving a manual car, once you have reached a certain level of experience the body just reacts to a situation. The origin of an idea, the journey of how electrical impulse firing inside my brain can lead to a physical manifestation in the form of something as simple as a chore to complexities of my daily job as high underplayed on a daily basis. The idea that we can learn while not actively concentrating on a topic or by listening to a tape while we sleep boggles my mind even today. The subconscious mind has always fascinated me on some level ever since I was introduced to the concept several years ago.
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