The 2 Parts of our Mind – Conscious and Subconscious Mind
An Iceberg as a representation of our Mind
An iceberg is a good metaphor of our Mind. More than 80% of the iceberg is under the surface of water. We have a Conscious part of the Mind and a Subconscious part. They are not 2 different minds per se, but different functions of the One Mind that we have. Our Conscious Mind(logical mind) is the part of the iceberg that is above water, while a much bigger function/part of our mind- our Subconscious Mind, is submerged. The subconscious is submerged because its capabilities, potentials and functionings are carried out at an unconscious level. Not only that, our Subconscious has vast powers that we could never imagine.
The Conscious Mind is the part of our mind that is doing the logical present moment thinking and analysis. We are aware of the present moment and we think with our Conscious Mind.
The Subconsious Mind on the other hand is whatever thoughts, information, memory, emotions in our mind that we are not consciously aware of at this moment. Many authors and researchers like to think of our Subconscious mind as the storehouse of our mind. Every experience, thoughts and emotions that we ever had is stored in there in the form of subconscious memory. The Subconscious also keeps our heart beating, blinks our eyelids, make us salivate, make us sweat, and controls all other bodily functions that we do not need to think of.
In reality, there is a faint line of distinction between using our conscious and subconscious mind. Riding a bicycle may seem like a conscious act, but the automatic balancing of the bicycle is in fact a subconscious automated reaction gained from past experience and learning. But when you press the brakes to stop at the lights, that is conscious reaction. Unless if you reacted by impulse, it is then a subconscious impulse.
How does information and learning get stored into the subconscious? The subconscious stores by repetition and emotion. The higher the intensity of the emotion (either good or bad), the stronger the impression of the accompanied thought.
Our Subconscious Mind is somewhat like a manager, a very good one at that. Yet aside from keeping our bodily functions running, it has no discretion and direction of its own in terms of what you want to achieve in life. It takes commands from your Conscious Logical Mind, which is the Decision Maker.
In future blog entries, I will relate several experiences of mine where I used my Subconscious to find lost objects, get job offers, make money and achieving goals.
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succient and simple explanation!
i do like much of what is said here, but i think a distinction needs to be made between the body working seperate from the mind. heart beat, organ function etc are processes seperate from the mind. the body working/surviving with no need for control is important. the mind works in balance with this