The Subconscious Mind

[Paulineabc]

What exactly is the subconscious mind? Is it part of you or separate from you? What image do you get when you think about it? Are you ever in touch with it? I was seeking answers to these questions when I came across this article. Thought I would share it here.

The Secret Powers Of Your Subconscious Mind | science and nature - nature online - science news

[Maguru]

Originally Posted by Paulineabc

What exactly is the subconscious mind? Is it part of you or separate from you? What image do you get when you think about it? Are you ever in touch with it? I was seeking answers to these questions when I came across this article. Thought I would share it here.

The Secret Powers Of Your Subconscious Mind | science and nature - nature online - science news

I've read the article and believe through personal experience that you have to empty the subconscious of negativity before the positives will take effect, because the negatives don't believe the positives. regards

[Anagogy]

Originally Posted by Paulineabc

What exactly is the subconscious mind?

To me, the "sub-conscious" mind is simply the automatic or reflexive part of the mind.

It is the domain of habits, long term memory, and our skill-sets. It's basically "robotic". I don't think of it as some kind of alter ego" twiddling its mustache and plotting its own separate nefarious intentions from my conscious mind (though it seems many people do).

It simply follows whatever programming we have accepted. It is that portion of consciousness that deals with highly repetitive thought patterns. The conscious mind is only needed for things that are "new" or "different" or relatively unpredictable. That is why when people have very predictable, and completely routine lives, they tend to become less and less conscious. They start to screen everything out of their awareness.

They start to sleep walk in a sense.