Originally Posted by
shadowofwind
I mostly agree with this, with a qualification. Generally speaking, my subconscious prefers not to think and interact through sequences of signs and symbols, it would be too limiting. However, there are also occasions where it does that, and does it very clearly and very well. So I think it would be arrogant and foolish not to look for meaning in those circumstances. Here's an example to illustrate, pardon if I mentioned this one previously. I was walking down the street at night in winter, and took my left glove off to more easily open a can of pop. (Normally I would use might right hand.) The pssst from opening it startled me, and my arm did a weird flick, causing my ring to sail off my finger, even though it was on fairly snug. It fell through a shallow grate, where I wasn't able to retrieve it until the next day. When I shared this anecdote with my partner, she confirmed that she had started a relationship with another man that evening. Consciously I had no idea that this was happening. Independent of the question of how my subconscious knew, clearly it did know, and it found a way to tell me. Would you consider that event to not be a message? Just a part of an incoherent jumble? I think that would be an insulting mindset for me to take. Like I said, messages of this type are only one facet of my relationship with my subconscious, and not the most important part. For me, learning to interact with my subconscious in a more intelligent way would probably be fairly similar to what you were saying. But the subconscious can do that explicit, message delivering kind of communicating also.