I listened to a speaker this evening by the name of Dr. Robert Anthony.  He clarified to me that our minds are much more powerful than what we think.  But we can only give it power to change our old habits, fears, and old beliefs if we intend and chose to.  This is definitely reinforcing the idea as well that we are more powerful that what we think and that our mind is but just the "computer " in our head that we need to reprogram to create new habits and create new thought.  We are truly the creators of our own reality.  It is beginning to make more sense now to me.  His thought is if you can bypass the Critical Factor and the Gatekeeper, and go straight to the subconscious mind, then the changes and transformation happens a lot more quicker.  He definitely highly recommends self hypnosis as well.  For those who are interested in the subject of the power of the mind, I suggest checking him out. He will blow your mind and change your perspective on how you think about your thought process.