Notice I didn't say your subconscious. That's because I have no idea what you've got in there. Hell, I barely have a clue what's in my own. Why is it when doing research on the subconscious all that comes up is how to become more financially secure? Also, how come you can't spell the word Beauty without the words buy and eat in it?
"The seat of genius," I've heard it lamented. In any case, the subconscious is there in all of us. It's a place where our long term memories will eventually bleed into our future lives. A place where we can be who we should've been instead of who we are or have become. All of our emotions trample marks into the subconscious. The habits we've formed were deeply manifested there. It's a holy place where some things don't exist yet, but where spirit connections can also develop.
If intuition had a sense of humor, then irony could possibly be it. I should've known, (deep inside I must have and did) that my last blog post about the Ego would be a Segway for this next topic - the subconscious. That stubborn ego is the middle man between our conscious and subconscious. Again with the hilarious irony, because the subconscious could care less about protecting the Ego. As in my last post, that's all the Ego does is protect our conscious - the identity of ourselves.
What does the subconscious even look like? What creatures stalk those puzzling landscapes?
"Who knows; they're your symbols," yourself says to you.
What about when someone is "in the zone"? When somebody can write and write in a single cohesive block without stopping during one of those times writing prompt challenges, is that considered the subconscious coming to the forefront? There are longitudes and latitudes within our souls, and the subconscious knows each and every fault line of them. There's a reason why people say, "trust your gut," "go with your first instinct," "woman's intuition."
The developed ego still gets in the way of our inner core, second guessing the one source that we ought to trust the most - our own damn selves. There may be moments of sweat and panic as we seek a level balance. We may notice unrelated elements in ourselves. Does it end with a bang, a whimper or a thwack? Just because something's out of place doesn't mean that the subconscious wasn't exploring something significant.
It's about outlasting the doubt and cold constraints of logic our ego uses as a shield against the scary truths of that vast subconscious outback. If this vast unknown shapes our reality, it's very tempting to simplify such untamed wilderness. It's important to trust the subconscious. Much like putting faith into the protagonist of a story, we inherently want to trust that the hero will come up with the right answers and solutions. The subconscious is our all wise, all knowing. We respect, awe and mystify the spiritual hero in fiction. If anything, the ideas our subconscious truthfully suggest are what we do dearly want to see truly manifest.
Letting go of control is challenging, painful and limiting in some imaginations. This isn't news. But, if we look to the great wise ones, the ones whom we look up to, they flow, they have no shields and seem to just always know. As long as we keep questioning what our connections to the symbols our minds provide, we'll be rewarded with insight. Choose curiosity. Shedding light on these oddities will make them familiar, acceptable and the trip easier to navigate through in that once inky unknown. This trust is a very personal and singular undertaking.
Never discredit yourself until you explore why these symbols and connections might belong in your conscious reality. Hesitation is the enemy, not our well-to-do protective Ego. We should always trust the wisest part of ourselves. Again still with the humorous irony that our wisest part has been programmed by everything outside of us.
The subconscious mind doesn't know the difference between imagination and reality. It forces us to be patient. So, why should we trust it? Because what is felt and experienced is what we trust.
"I'll believe it when I see it."
Every once in awhile something happens to us that completely punctures through our ego into the realm of the subconscious mind, causing us to re-evaluate our ways of thinking. Perhaps these moments determine the next steps along our own karmic ladders? Trust that your best self, the best and wisest part of you, knows you'll endure. Yes, trust the subconscious to keep you breathing as you sleep. Promising you'll listen to its suggestions is where the real journey begins. This part of the mind is the master organiser, it won't fail you.
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