Just as most of us are not aware of all the complex bio-chemical processes that are involved in thinking the same goes for all the conceptual presuppositions that determine the way we think. In other words, our thinking is guided by certain unconscious beliefs about the world. Fortunately, it is possible to access those beliefs and change them.

To use a metaphor (and one should not forget it’s only a metaphor), if our brain, the grey matter, the physical stuff that is in our skull is thought of as the “hardware”, then our conceptual framework is its software. Just as software has evolved over the years, so have our conceptual frameworks. Just as most people don’t use the full capabilities of their computers, and forget to upgrade their operating system, the same goes for our conceptual framework. People do not upgrade because they think they don’t need to. Thus they are unaware of the possibilities that are available to them.

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