Thread: Access to the subconscious??

I've read in a couple of articles that in a LD we have access to the subconscious but I don't really understand what they mean. In what ways do we have access to our subconscious?

Well first we have to understand what your subconcious is.

Basically it is the part of you that processes information all day long without you knowing. A good example i heard once was;

Ever tried to remember the name of a celebrity but just couldn't grasp it? Then you gave up and continued your day without thinking about it. Then later on it would just randomly pop into your head, "ah! Ozzy Osbourne!"

After you had given up thinking about it, your subconcious self went off into your 'memory banks' and found the answer.

I suppose lucid dreaming gives us access to our subconcious because we are in such a calm state that we ourselves can access our 'memory banks' instantly. We can also figure out if something has been troubling us that we have simply been ignoring or 'putting off' during the day. I guess thats why we have nightmares about things, our mind is saying "Hey you! Crazy faced-pace western society mug! Take a chill pill and sort out your issues eh?".

Originally Posted by Dizko

Well first we have to understand what your subconcious is.

Basically it is the part of you that processes information all day long without you knowing. A good example i heard once was;

Ever tried to remember the name of a celebrity but just couldn't grasp it? Then you gave up and continued your day without thinking about it. Then later on it would just randomly pop into your head, "ah! Ozzy Osbourne!"

After you had given up thinking about it, your subconcious self went off into your 'memory banks' and found the answer.

I suppose lucid dreaming gives us access to our subconcious because we are in such a calm state that we ourselves can access our 'memory banks' instantly. We can also figure out if something has been troubling us that we have simply been ignoring or 'putting off' during the day. I guess thats why we have nightmares about things, our mind is saying "Hey you! Crazy faced-pace western society mug! Take a chill pill and sort out your issues eh?".

So in a way we can learn things about ourselves that we didn't know before by accessing the subconscious? How do we access our "memory banks" in a LD? Is there a technique to do it?

sorry for the dumping of questions lol Im just really curious about this

I once read a thread here that mentioned that each DC in your dreams is a "part" of your subconscious, and if you ever manage to pull a full, unmutated clone of yourself out of a mirror or cloning machine, then you may be speaking to the full form of your subconscious. It makes sense, because your brain tries to make DC's respond as realistically as possible, and so it makes sense that a full clone of yourself would be made by your brain to act as the "sum" of all your subconscious thoughts - your subconscious. It's a very interesting idea, being able to talk directly to the full version of your subconscious during a lucid dream...

But is this true? It makes sense, logically, but I only read about this thing (with cloning yourself) once. Have you guys heard of this? This topic interests me as well, and talking directly to your subconscious and your subconscious thoughts in a lucid dream through a clone would be like the ultimate source of your inner feelings that you could discover in any kind of a dream.

Originally Posted by baseballmk92

I once read a thread here that mentioned that each DC in your dreams is a "part" of your subconscious, and if you ever manage to pull a full, unmutated clone of yourself out of a mirror or cloning machine, then you may be speaking to the full form of your subconscious. It makes sense, because your brain tries to make DC's respond as realistically as possible, and so it makes sense that a full clone of yourself would be made by your brain to act as the "sum" of all your subconscious thoughts - your subconscious. It's a very interesting idea, being able to talk directly to the full version of your subconscious during a lucid dream...

But is this true? It makes sense, logically, but I only read about this thing (with cloning yourself) once. Have you guys heard of this? This topic interests me as well, and talking directly to your subconscious and your subconscious thoughts in a lucid dream through a clone would be like the ultimate source of your inner feelings that you could discover in any kind of a dream.

Yea, I've read that on a thread here... that would be a cool thing to try in a LD and it makes sense, too bad Im not that good at lucid dreaming yet lol

haha that would be something to try as well. Clone yourself then ask
yourself questions. See if the 'clone you' gives you honest answers,
for instance ask it what your fave food is....or ask it something hard
like....exactly how many chocolate bars have I eaten in my real life?
It would be weird if it had an exact number to give you that sounded
reasonable.

Originally Posted by baseballmk92

I once read a thread here that mentioned that each DC in your dreams is a "part" of your subconscious, and if you ever manage to pull a full, unmutated clone of yourself out of a mirror or cloning machine, then you may be speaking to the full form of your subconscious. It makes sense, because your brain tries to make DC's respond as realistically as possible, and so it makes sense that a full clone of yourself would be made by your brain to act as the "sum" of all your subconscious thoughts - your subconscious. It's a very interesting idea, being able to talk directly to the full version of your subconscious during a lucid dream...

But is this true? It makes sense, logically, but I only read about this thing (with cloning yourself) once. Have you guys heard of this? This topic interests me as well, and talking directly to your subconscious and your subconscious thoughts in a lucid dream through a clone would be like the ultimate source of your inner feelings that you could discover in any kind of a dream.

I hope it's not true! A few nights ago I pulled my reflection out of the mirror, and I was smiling at it when it suddenly began to choke me. In real life I am a rather kind person. Maybe this could be my subconscious telling me to let my anger out?