Thread: Is the Sub-Conscious simply a Muse.

Originally posted by margaretplain
I mean making us believe anything that satisfies our wishes. Fantastic Lucid Dreams, Life after death, being not alone, hope for the future. Or is it just Eye Candy for the soul. Does it Die when we Die. Call me a Pessimist.

Dear Margaret,

It is not as though the Subconscious Mind never says 'no' to a suggestion. Many Lucid Dreamers have discovered that the Subconscious Mind has a stubborn streak. Indeed, the schools of Psychology have only been able to generalize concerning the Subconscious Mind precisely because it is NOT all things to all people. It stays within certain patterns despite people's preconceptions. Just look at the hype and propaganda behind lucid dreaming, and then look at the actual results we find. We find that people are hitting some Wall of Reality even in regards to the Subconscious Mind.

Now, regarding that big question of life after death. The Catholic Church has been dealing with that issue quite practically. Few people know this, but a person cannot be declared a Saint unless it can be demonstrated that they have exercised some influence from beyond the grave. Recent Vatican decisions now require only a few miracles from those deceased people whose Political Profile warrant them becoming Saints. I rather regret some of these recent politically motivated canonizations. They are bound to make people cynnical regarding the entire process and institution. But, in the old days, the Church was very conservative about declaring people Saints and would hold off until it seem absolutely necessary -- that these Saints were appearing in Apparitional Form in front of numerous witnesses and performing their Miracles spectacularly. It is THESE cases that argue strongly for the survival of some beyond the grave.

The Ancient Greeks and most of the rest of the Ancient World truly thought that mortals were mortal, and that one would have to become par to a God to attain to life after death. This was what was meant by becoming a "Hero" -- that the Gods would be so impressed by the actions of a Mortal that they would be granted Immortality as a prize. But at a certain time in History it became popular to suppose that everyone was immortal -- some destined for reward and others for punishment. Actually, if I were God, I would go back to the Ancient system of rewarding the Heroic with Immortality, and just let the rest live out their lives and fall into the blackness and obvivia of Death. No need punishing anybody. Just have them cease to exist. The ultimate punishment for their selfishness is simply to take their self away.

Originally posted by margaretplain
I mean making us believe anything that satisfies our wishes. *Fantastic Lucid Dreams, *Life after death, *being not alone, *hope for the future. *Or is it just Eye Candy for the soul. *Does it Die when we Die. *Call me a Pessimist.

Back in high school, my class was privy to a presentation by an old woman who was a hypnotist, a real, honest-to-goodness hypnotist. One of the things she said to us was, "Your subconscious will always protect you". When you are truly in a state of hypnosis, your subconscious takes over, and it can and will guide you. It holds the basic knowledges, such as driving, and riding a bike, and when your conscious is dulled or occupied, it keeps you from floundering. From what I understand, it is more than just a muse, much more...

Originally posted by Rakkantekimusouka

Back in high school, my class was privy to a presentation by an old woman who was a hypnotist, a real, honest-to-goodness hypnotist. One of the things she said to us was, \"Your subconscious will always protect you\". When you are truly in a state of hypnosis, your subconscious takes over, and it can and will guide you. It holds the basic knowledges, such as driving, and riding a bike, and when your conscious is dulled or occupied, it keeps you from floundering. From what I understand, it is more than just a muse, much more...

that wasn’t just some crazy rants from an old woman either, its obvious that your mind can drive when your not \"thinking\" about it it just cant take something sudden like a car veering off the road at you, if this happened then your consciousness would be aroused and it would take over.

Fantastic Lucid Dreams,[/b]

do you not believe in LDing? Iv done it many times so I know that this isn’t "eye candy" also many, many other people have done it, I don’t think that we all went psycho and just

Well. Here's my take:

The Sub-Conscious is there to protect you, at least that's one of it's functions. for example If you feel alone you will feel bad, and your Sub-Conscious don't want that, so it sort of encourage you to believe in something that makes you feel you're not alone. This could be aliens, God, ghosts, whatever is on the market.

maybe the subconscious is actuallly your spirit? (if we have one) i mean why would your brain have 2 thought banks? is the subconscious even real?

Originally posted by jay dawg
maybe the subconscious is actuallly your spirit? (if we have one) i mean why would your brain have 2 thought banks? *is the subconscious even real?

Well it's a thought. But no.

It is not 2 thought banks in that sense. It's more that the sub-cuncious register things and then decides what to give you, and let you be aware of. If you would know everything the sub-concious knew you would grow insane. There is people who are aware of more than they should, and they're all locked up at asylums.

Originally posted by PutBoy


Well it's a thought. But no.

It is not 2 thought banks in that sense. It's more that the sub-cuncious register things and then decides what to give you, and let you be aware of. If you would know everything the sub-concious knew you would grow insane. There is people who are aware of more than they should, and they're all locked up at asylums.

im borderline insane but i think everyone else is insane so it works out well. so is our brain the subconscious and our spirit the conscious? it is a strange concept that we are something else other than what we know we are

Is this posted in philosophy?

Anyways, I'm pretty sure that the conscious is proven to fall asleep when you sleep. So some part of your brain must be doing something. But, the precognitive stuff I've seen would make an atheist admit something supernatural is going on.

In my opinion there are three possible conclusions:
1. The conscious is just dazed, not asleep.
2. It is the subconscious, but that doesn't explain precognitive and shared dreams.
3. There is no subconscious, and it is our spirit, which taps into stuff our conscious mind can't.