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From: Derek
Date: Sun Jun 1, 2003 2:53pm
Subject: Re: Stupid Question
Your conscious mind was too busy with oother things.
--- In a previous message, stevey2shoes2003
wrote:
> ok try and explain this one, this was a true story, i go into a
> resturant with a friend (not long after we'd been talking about
this
> sort of subconcious stuff)and we sit down side by side but facing
> away from the rest of the crowd she looks at me and says "dont
> laugh","why", "because we're sitting behind SUPERMAN" and sure
> enough id walked straight past a man dressed up as superman AND
NOT
> SEEN HIM, it gets worse......at the end of the meal i explain that
i
> have to visit the "little boys room" and see a door at the other
end
> of the room that has a black and yellow sticker on it, i guess
this
> is the door that leads through to the toilets so i go through only
> to trip over the step in the door frame, and what did the sticker
on
> that door say......MIND YOUR STEP, how did i clearly see the door
> with the sticker but still trip over the step....steve
> --- In a previous message, Derek
> wrote:
> > okay, imagine this, you see a red car go past. You can recall
it
> > was red but can't remember the number plate, yet you saw both.
If
> I
> > were to hypnotise you or even get you into a very relaxed state
> you
> > would be able to recall the numberplate. Why, because although
> you
> > were not CONSCIOUSLY aware of it,you did see and remember the
> > numberplate and it can be recalled by your sub-conscious. It is
> due
> > to the subconscious that people develop phobias, but that's
> another
> > dtory...
