Minds Has Three Layers1
Sanju
The conscious mind relates to the masculine, analytical, yang of the
orient, animus of Karl Jung, positive of electromagnetism or active
principle of the Self. It could be called the "thinking mind". It
thinks in a linear fashion... sort of like lining ducks up all in a
row. The conscious mind uses "deductive reasoning" -- starting with
"factual" input from the "real" world of the five senses. It then
makes theories & judgements based on these facts which it inputs to
the subconscious for permanent storage and for later use whenever the
subject comes up. It also has to contend with the IDEAS with which we
have previously input to the Subconscious mind and information
relating to IDEALS which come from the deeper [or higher] levels of
the mind, the Superconscious. Much research has associated the
conscious mind with left brain functioning and often it will appear as
a dream symbol in relation to something to the left...or something
male. Its power is the power of judgement and "will". It is your only
point of power in the waking world. Choice! The conscious mind is
right here and now in the present. Time and space are its prison. It
exists nowhere else. All of us are pretty familiar with its operation
since it is "out in the open" most of the time. So, it probably does
not need any more explanation than this.
The Subconscious Mind
The subconscious mind is associated with the feminine, emotional, yin
of the orient, anima of Jung, negative of electromagnetism or passive
principle of the Self. It could be called the "feeling mind." This
part of our mind seems like nothing more than a non-thinking,
insensitive, machine-like brute but is really an incredibly capable
computer which never forgets. It does not seem to care how much you
hurt, if you do. In fact, the subconscious mind seems to view all
emotion simply as its operating "facts" – just associated items in its
database of information. It is only doing its job...constantly serving
up what has been programmed into it. It doesn't care about grey areas.
Everything to the subconscious is cut and dried, black and white, and
it will always give the same emotionally charged (plus or minus)
answer to the same association until its programming or input is
changed. That's because it uses "inductive reasoning" -- giving you a
picture of reality based on what has been programmed into it. It is
not locked in time but has one window open to the present time and
place and another window open to the infinity of all time and all
space. In other words, it is the filter between the conscious mind and
the superconscious mind or between the finite and the infinite. It's
position of being between the Conscious and Superconscious levels also
give it the unique capability to function as translator between the
two. As such it seems to live in a sort of "spatial" time as opposed
to the "linear" time of the conscious mind. This means that time, to
the subconcious, seems to be irrelevant and therefore expandable or
shrinkable according to its needs.
The subconscious is also the seat of "habit" and it is as trainable as
any puppy. It protects itself from change, though, with emotional
responses - not analytical ones. This is why whenever a person
suddenly gets angry or emotional, like you've hit a nerve or pulled
their chain, you can then know where their "religion" lies. The
"religion" I'm talking about can be anything from a scientific theory
of evolution, to God's "true" name, or even something as simple as the
best way to peel an apple. It is deeply ingrained, and any force
applied to it simply meets an equally forceful emotional response. The
lack of understanding on this point causes "wars" in marriage, the
office, the neighborhood, families and countries. It is not often
logical but it is very, very powerful. Associated by research with the
right brain half, it often shows up in dream symbols associated with
something to the right...or something female.
The subconscious has no ability to reprogram itself. It must rely on
the "will" of the analytical conscious mind. This is why you can never
change another person or make them "see the light", as you do --except
through certain drastic techniques commonly called "brainwashing".
They must do the reprogramming, in their own way, of their own free
will. They can only be shown alternatives by anyone else and will
change only when they deem it necessary or advantageous. It is usually
much less destructive if the "advantageous" route is taken than if it
goes the "necessary" route. But this is the pattern of how we "grow".
This is why studying your Self is so important.
You might learn that it would be "advantageous" to change and make the
necessary changes with relative ease. But if you don't study the Self
your life can become destructive to itself and make it necessary to
implement change. This is Nature's way and the "why" of all pain of
any nature. Pain is Nature's spotlight on the deficiency of your
understanding your own Self. And it is all because we haven't been
taught to seek in ourselves but have been taught to accept a cultural
view of the way things work. Consequently, we tend to seek someone or
something outside of our Self to blame for any lack of harmony in our
world. This lack of harmony equates to dis-ease...which can eventually
become disease on first, a superconscious level, then a subconscious
(emotional) level and finally a conscious, or physical, level.
The subconscious mind is always receiving a variety of inputs to sort
out and it must come up with a response to any situation. It gets
advice on ideals and universal or "spiritual" laws from the
superconscious window on one side and from the conscious evaluations
and judgements on the other. In addition, we have to get a bit
esoteric here and say that it has to contend with telepathic intrusion
by other minds attuning to it. It is also broadcasting telepathically
to any minds that it is "attuned" to. It is the nozzle of ESP and
psychic phenomena. Clairvoyant information flows through it from the
superconscious mind, or spiritual Self, which does not exist in "time/
space" as we know it. It gets personal "vibes" and impressions from
other subconscious minds. It is the mechanism which, like a spigot,
allows "life force" to be controlled and directed.
Healing energy and killing energy broadcast equally as well through
the "mechanism" of this amazing machine called the subconscious. It is
analogous to a telephone modem which can connect two or more computers
across the world and let them exchange information. This is why
"prayer", or "intention", in whatever form, often works better than
reason or argument when attempting to aid another person who is
resistant to change. But even this method of attempted aid will still
meet the same subconscious resistance if the subject of the prayer is
simply a personal desire of the sender and not a universal one
following spiritual laws. The spiritual ideals find natural resonance
in all people's subconscious minds through the window-like connection
to the superconscious layer. We all have the same pattern of truths
imprinted on our superconscious levels waiting to be awakened by the
action of "will", say the Cayce readings. The subconscious does not
resist the superconscious input but, rather, listens to it patiently
before saying "that does or does not agree with my individual ego's
programming". When they do not agree, it then has the complex problem
of reconciling the "opposites" that have been input to its "memory
banks" from the conscious mind, on the one hand, and the
superconscious mind, on the other. These objectify in the life as
problems which start as "emotional disharmony" and end up, through our
ignorance and neglect, getting "pushed" into objective "disharmonies"
in the outer, conscious, life.
Only by using the conscious will to make the subconscious fit the
superconscious pattern of ideals and universal laws will harmony,
peace and joy come into the outer life. These 3 levels of the Self
must agree or it is an eternal "food fight" between them.
Healing techniques such as hypnosis, self hypnosis, affirmation,
positive thinking, psycho-cybernetics, prayer for the self from the
self and others, subliminal programming, suggestion and a host of
others on the market are all valid ways of inputting new programming
into the subconscious. From what I've seen, though, your programming
had better be based on ideals from the superconscious pattern and not
on ideas already programmed by your experiences and judgements into
the subconscious. If it isn't, only more, and possibly greater,
disharmony will result in the emotional life and then "crystallize" in
the outer life.
How can we do this reprogramming simply? By never attempting to lie to
ourselves, I think. By following this path we are being true to the
God within. To thine own self be true. Each of us "knows" when we are
violating our own ideals. Ideals are the highest forms that we each
can imagine...even if everyone's ideals are slightly different based
on their mode of understanding and developmental level of awareness.
But to each individual they represent the God-like quality within the
self and are the most sacred things that exist. And the subconscious
mind of a person who is growing in awareness is one that is becoming
programmed to a new reality that is closer and closer to its own
higher ideals.
The Superconscious Mind
Also called the Unconscious Mind or the Personal Spirit
This part of the Self does not reason inductively or deductively. In
fact, I don't believe that it reasons at all. I think it just IS. By
that statement I infer that the Superconscious mind represents "direct
perception" of infinite truth/knowledge/awareness. It is not
associated with any section of the brain or body at all, [at least not
any recognized by the current level of scienctific knowledge] but it
is associated, by metaphysics, with the Kundalini (coiled serpent)
force or energy lying at the base of the spine. When awakened by an
act of will (imagination) it rises and activates 7 energy centers
associated with the endocrine glands. These are called chakras, an
Eastern term. I know of no known Western terms for them since they
have not been officially "discovered" by Western science yet. When
activated they are said to put an individual in personal contact with
the Infinite.
I feel certain that the electromagnetic signature of this will be
understood as more and more people in the Western world experience the
phenomena associated with this energy. But I believe that it's effects
have already been described by Reichenbach, Mesmer, Wilhelm Reich, Pat
Flanagan and many other scientists over the past two hundred years. It
has been called biocosmic energy, orgone energy, Odic force, animal
magnetism, pyramid energy, chi and Prana to name a few. I can tell you
that it is more real than anything else you've ever experienced, since
I had an personal experience of direct contact with it, in the classic
way, long before I had any book knowledge of it. And much of my
subsequent work has come about as a direct result of that experience.
The superconscious seems to exercise no power to effect the conscious
or subconscious except as a beacon of light or example, normally.
(However, the use of conscious, free will choices which "allow" the
connection to be made and the information to flow between them seems
to be the real subject and teaching of most religions.) It constantly
mirrors the infinite reality, and what we call spiritual "Truth", to
the subconscious and the subconscious shows this to us in dream
visions as symbols.
The subconscious is always trying to reconcile what it got from
conscious, real world input with what it gets from the beacon of the
superconscious mind and it presents the internal harmony or disharmony
to us in little symbolic movies or parables many times as we sleep.
These can be thought of as barometers of the whole past, present and
future self. They show us what IS, inside of us. And, as such, dreams
can be seen as "real time" readouts on the internal state of either
harmony or disharmony between the 3 levels of the individual Self. I
suppose that dreams could also be called the truly "local", up-to-the-
minute news of the internal state of the individual.
The superconscious mind has been called many, things in history but
mostly it is associated with the Light. Light is a universal symbol
for awareness. It is usually symbolized by the cave, the cavern, the
hole in the ground or the underground dark place and the sky. The
underground associations relate to "hidden" aspects of its reality and
the above the ground [sky] associations relate to aspects of its
reality which have been "freed" from the "hidden". Its shape is the
circle or sphere. Its color is usually white, denoting full spectrum
of awareness. In Christianity the superconscious is aptly symbolized
as the Father of our reality. And it is aware of all that you ever
were, all that you are, and all that you ever will be, because it
"lives" in an omni-dimensional reality which we can only conceive of
as notime/nospace, or alltime/allspace.