Thread: Manifestation Experiment - Easy Way to Learn About LOA
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Old 07-02-2009, 01:55 AM   #199 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Cantando View Post
OK, how about all the things that are around you right now? I haven't a clue what they are. I am not conscious of them. But there are things around you, right now. Isn't there?
Aha. Remember Freud's iceberg model of human consciousness? It tells you that your mind is composed of:

(1) the conscious
(2) the subconscious
(3) the unconscious

Now, if you read Freud far enough, you'll see that he also posits the idea of a superconscious, that lies beyond the unconscious (that is, even further down the iceberg). This is a collective "shared" mind of the human race. You are part of it, I am part of it, and because it transcends time, even people of the future and of the past are a part of it.

Although Freud was a psychologist and not an occultist or paranormal investigator, his idea of a superconscious mind actually explains very neatly lots of occult and paranormal investigator.

For example, the reason why a psychic might be able to read your mind is that her mind and yours are actually connected, via the superconscious. The only difference between her and you is that the information can actually flow up to the conscious mind, whereas for you it's still deep, deep down in the iceberg (although it may float up into your unconscious or subconscious, when you dream).

Now, if you accept the existence of the superconscious mind, then you see, the real questions are -

What is "your" mind? Where does it end?

And maybe the answer is - it simply doesn't. It goes on and on, is everywhere at all times (Deepak Chopra), is interconnected with all there is (Gautama Buddha), creates all of reality with its thoughts (Seth), and the sum total of all that mind is simply God (Jainism).

It's just that you are conscious of it, only to the extent that information, messages, perceptions etc enter your conscious mind.

In that sense, you have also created the things around me, only that your conscious mind (that small little tip of the iceberg) doesn't realise it. It is not terribly surprising, since your conscious mind can only hold about 7 or 8 bits of data at any given time (that's why telephone numbers are usually about that long).
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