Use Your Mind For Your Success
Mar 12, 2016
The Actors Mind
And how to use it for your success
Nick with Dumbledore
When I first started learning about the human mind and started applying this learning to the-actors-mind, I discovered thousands of references to the unconscious mind. In fact most psychologists say we have two minds. The conscious and the unconscious mind.
Now the weird thing is that as people we have been taught to disregard images and ideas from our unconscious - maybe becasue it's scary or weird or unsual or threatening...
In my opinion they lead to the greatest discoveries known to mankind - so think what it could do for actors as a whole?
Exactly!
If you start diligently asking questions of your unconscious you will start to discover it's magic and begin to activate your own inner genius - and we are all capable of genius. Oh yes you are!
How to start...
One of the fastest and easiest ways of deepening the channels of communication between your conscious and unconscious mind is to actively involve your unconscious in decision-making. Start formulating positive questions such as…
- What would I like to create next in my career?
- How can I best succeed in my interview tomorrow?
- What shall I wear that will amplify my chance of success for my audition today?
- Who should I telephone to set up my next meeting as soon as the interbiew is over?
- How can I create a better ongoing mutually beneficial relationship with my agent?
- How can I create a better quality of life for myself as an actor?
- How can I specifically start making even more money as an actor?
Get the picture?
Write these down, make a plan, get journalling...
You start to develop rapport with your inner mind and soon, things start to flow.
The Two Minds
They say that the conscious mind is capable of doing logical, step by step thinking, while your unconscious is capable of huge imaginative leaps.
They say that the conscious mind can hold a small number of things in mind, while your unconscious can track everything that’s ever happened to you and is going on inside of you right now.
Imagine the power of that for a moment...?
I also found out that the conscious mind is a relatively new evolutionary concept, while your unconscious has been around for millenia, for millions of years. The "ancientness" of that appealed to me deeply. It gave me a sense of deep connection to our ancestors... and we all know how far back acting as a profession goes, don't we?
The term 'unconscious mind" way is really just a good way of describing a human being’s ability to receive, store, access and influence many things which seem to be outside of ordinary conscious awareness.
I like the analogy of the flashlight in the warehouse. The conscious mind is the flashlight...but your unconscious mind is...
A Vast Warehouse...imagine that?
What could you achieve with that as your-actors-mind?
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