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The issue of the difference
between subconscious awareness and unconscious awareness arose out
of unexpected observations that, in hindsight, should have been
anticipated in some way.
Background
From an
energy consciousness perspective, consciousness is consciousness
wherever it is found and ultimately has the same properties and
follows the same rules. It can exist in many different forms much
like energy. With energy, one can transform one form of energy into
another and with the proper techniques can use a variety of energy
sources to achieve a particular result. For example, with the proper
conversion you can use the energy in a human, a horse, steam, gas,
and electricity to power a vehicle. Given the equivalence of energy
and consciousness, so too the transformation of one form of
consciousness to another.
One would think one could readily move between conscious,
subconscious or unconscious awareness without issue. From the
perspective where the awareness is that of the
detached witness, this is true. However, from any perspective
where the awareness identifies itself with the form the
consciousness takes, this is not true. This is a rather subtle point
that has profound impact. Its true impact was not recognized for
what it was for quite some time into the
journey into creativity.
From a perspective where one does not identify with the form the
consciousness takes and the
energy consciousness model perspective, the only difference seen
between the subconscious and unconscious is a matter of degree. The
concepts of consciousness, subconscious and unconscious lie on a
spectrum. At one end is full consciousness or total consciousness.
At the other end is total unconsciousness. Subconscious lies
anywhere in between. Yet in observing how consciousness functions,
there is something missing in using the terms conscious,
subconscious and unconscious awareness. In working with creativity
and our creative power and ability the author found it necessary to
talk about a
dormant awareness or dormant conscious to reflect the way
certain awareness awakened only under certain types and kinds of
conditions.
One analogy which seemed to explain the creative function of
consciousness and the relationship of the terms conscious,
subconscious, unconscious and dormant consciousness was that of
looking at our
consciousness as an iceberg. Although a powerful and effective
analogy for many situations, the author came to find the analogy did
not lend itself to a full appreciation of the difference between the
subconscious and unconscious and what it meant for our lives when
the awareness identifies with the particular form consciousness
takes. In time another analogy was need.
Unfortunately, the available written material on topics which talked
about the subconscious and unconscious did not provide what was
needed. In reading material of a wide variety of topics and
disciplines that used the terms subconscious and unconscious the
author never saw any real distinction between the two terms.
Although it may have been mental sloppiness on the part of the
author, for all practical purposes, and for the longest time, the
author could freely interchange the terms subconscious and
unconscious and never seemed to lose any meaning. Even when he
consulted the dictionary, there was minimal distinction between
these two terms other than the degree of consciousness that is
present.
For example subconscious was defined as not clearly or wholly
conscious. It use was stated to denote phenomena or activities of
mental life that are not attended to by full consciousness. Or, it
denoted mental activity or a portion of mental activity, not
directly in the focus of consciousness but sometimes susceptible to
recall by proper stimulus. Unconscious on the other had was used to
denoted deprived of consciousness. Unconscious was defined to be non
cognizant, unaware, not know, or not felt to exist. It referred to
activities not produced or accompanied by a conscious effort and/or
activities or being not endowed with consciousness or a conscious
mind. From the authors perspective, both the terms subconscious and
unconscious seemed more to be synonyms referring to what was not
conscious. Their only different was the degree of consciousness.
It took the author quite some time to see the true difference
between the unconscious, a total lack of consciousness, and the
subconscious was one of perspective. That is, the real difference
between the subconscious and unconscious only become apparent when
the awareness identifies with the form consciousness takes.
The author had always known the
intention for our life was in the part of our consciousness that
formed or existed before we took physical form or at the time we
took physical form. He was aware of the transcendental mind and the
transcendental ego and the enculturated mind and its ego. The author
was aware the creative power and ability inherent within our being
to create what we desire was
nonconsciously directed toward creating a specific set of
experiences. These experience were aligned with the intention for
our life unless mind some how imposed itself either by conscious
choice, enculturated programming or as a result of prior experiences
in life.
To gain creative control over our life the author recognized the
need to access and align the
intention for our life and all the subconscious intention we had
as a result of our enculturation and experiences of our current
life. The goal was to align our unconscious, subconscious and
conscious intentions to create a coherence in our creative power and
coherent focus much like the difference between normal light and a
laser. It means exploring each level to align the intentions. Given
how relatively easy it was to surface nonconscious intentions which
arose from enculturation or the experienced of our current life by
properly
pulling the string, the author was always under the impression
we could make the unconscious/subconscious conscious and reveal the
intention for our life.
Based on the
energy consciousness model perspective, the author saw no reason
why the unconscious level, that which is totally devoid of
consciousness, could not be as easily addressed as the subconscious
level. He saw no difference between them for they all lied on the
same spectrum. It was only a matter of degree of awakening. He
thought this level could be readily accessed through ritual and
meta-theatrics and could be tapped just as easily as the
subconscious. What the author observed was we can do unconscious
readily conscious easily but only if we view from the perspective of
the
detached witness and that of the creator of the experience we
have. Otherwise we encounter significant difficulties and the
unconscious is not readily accessible except through the awareness
of feelings.
The issue
What the author came to understand
is that when the awareness identifies with the form of conscious
rather that with the awareness of consciousness, there was a subtly
which comes into existence. The subtly arises from the fact that
which is unconscious, devoid of our consciousness, arises from the
part of our being that existed before our current life. That which
is subconscious is what arose after incarnating - from the moment of
conception onward into life. Between the two is an illusionary
barrier. The barrier is the mind and what it thinks and how the
awareness identifies itself. All that keeps the unconscious from
being a readily available as the subconscious is how mind perceives
itself.
It is much like the ocean. Water is water. What is the issue of
going down deeper in water - water is water, isn’t it? But there is
the weight of the water. At a deep depth the pressure of the water
is much greater than near the surface. You cannot just go deep as
you go shallow in the water. Deep water is a different world than
shallow water. The volume of water on top increases the pressure and
unless we are adequately and effectively protected we cannot readily
go between the depths of the water and shallow water. Nor can the
life found at the deepest levels readily move to the shallow levels.
But where does the weight of the water come from that gives rise to
this phenomenon? The weight comes from gravity and the particular
form the water takes in that gravitational field. Given another
gravitational field, the effect would be different. How different
would depend on the strength of the gravitational field. So to our
own subconscious and unconscious. They are in essence the same but
we have to be prepared to deal with them differently. How we deal
with them depends on how our awareness perceives itself and whether
or not the awareness identifies with the form consciousness takes.
When we identity with the form consciousness takes, we in essence
create the equivalent of a gravitation field. To have a form,
consciousness must hold a set of beliefs together to create that
form or to have an experience of that created form. Holding those
beliefs together act like gravity. To believe we are the form is to
live under the pull of that collection of beliefs. To believe we are
the awareness only using a particular form, we are not held to any
of the beliefs giving rise to the form. As such, we free ourselves
from the pull of that collection of beliefs.
When awareness identifies with the form consciousness takes, the
subconscious and unconscious become significantly different and what
is in the unconscious can only be perceived through feeling. The
intention for our life and what we are here to do lies in the
unconscious. As long as the awareness identifies with the form, the
unconscious is different than the subconscious and we cannot work
with the unconscious as we would with the subconscious. In this case
mind will be of little use identifying the intention for our life.
We will only be able to feel it - if we are
open to what we feel.
However, if one takes the perspective of the
detached witness, one can use the same techniques used to
explore the subconscious as with the unconscious for within this
perspective, consciousness imply lies on a spectrum of awareness and
there is no barrier created by mind. Ritual, ceremonies and the
like can access and bring the unconscious to the surface and keep it
there. But it must be remembered, although it can be done, the life
which is brought forth cannot be sustained. The environment must be
created to sustain it. Individuals can readily access the information
at their unconscious levels but they will be unable to sustain it if
they do not change their world. Quite simply, the world they
currently experience was created to sustain our life based on the
experiences we have had in life. To bring forth understanding and
experiences from before this life we must allow our life and the
world we experience to change. Otherwise, whatever is brought forth
cannot be sustain even if we hold the position of the detached
witness.
In summary
For any of the discussions on creativity using the
energy consciousness model and as used in the Releasing Your
Unlimited Creativity material, the term subconscious refers to that
which exists in mind as a result of the experiences in our current
life. The term unconscious refers to that which exists in mind prior
to this life.
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