The unconscious sponge

Do you think that you are in control of your life? I'm sorry to say that you might be mistaken. We have the five senses: sight, hearing, smell, touch and taste. And, in addition, we have a sixth sense: the feeling sense. All these senses are constantly bombarded with information coming from the outside. Even when we are asleep information is still coming in. We see, hear, smell, touch, taste and feel while we are awake and while we are asleep every moment of our life. The only time we really stop information from coming in is when we die. We have no control over what information we let in. We are like a sponge. We absorb information that our senses can detect. We have very little control over what we don't let in. This means that we are full of information. And this universe of information is where our conscious and unconscious choices and actions are derived from. Most of it is unconscious though. This has profound implications! Do you see that? We really have to be extremely careful about the choices that we make and actions that we take because oftentimes we don't know why we do what we do. It is sobering to think how unconscious we are in light of this realization. At the same time we cannot use this discovery as an excuse. We still have to do the best we can in every situation.