Picture an iceberg. Only one tenth of it shows above the waterline, the other ninety percent is unseen. The mind is exactly the same. We use approximately ten percent of it, the rest remains a mystery.

 

Callers ring wanting explanations of WHY someone did this or that. In other words, they are looking for logic. The truth is that most of our actions come from the side of the brain we don’t understand. Even if there is a “reason” for our behaviour we usually get only a glimpse of it.

 

We love to applaud humankind for being “rational” and “logical” but the truth is – we aren’t! We’re great at justifying our actions, and applying 20/20 hindsight but the myth of humanity as being somehow “above” our biology is just that – a myth.

 

Oftentimes the best explanation of “why” someone acted the way they did is that they are not acting consciously but reacting to some imperative that can’t be consciously accessed. They just did it. They didn’t think at all. There is no “logical” explanation.

 

Why did they do it? Ask the Captain of the Titanic why he hit the iceberg. Because he didn’t know it was there!