The Conscious and the Subconscious

“The subconscious mind is ruled by suggestion, it accepts all suggestions – it does not argue with you – it fulfils your wishes.”

Joseph Murphy (author of The Power of Your Subconscious Mind)

The concept of consciousness is well known but the presence of subconsciousness is very less talked about. While consciousness is the masculine aspect of mind, subconsciousness is the feminine. Consciousness is active and subconsciousness is passive. The conscious is the actor and the subconscious is acted upon. The consciousness is the giver and the subconsciousness is the receiver. However, it cannot be denied that the conscious and the subconscious are one and the same thing if examined at subtler levels.

The way we interact with the outside world is impressed upon the subconscious. What we perceive consciously through our senses and how we react physically and emotionally gets impressed on the subconscious automatically. The subconscious then processes these experiences and are later on manifested as our environment and behaviour.

Whatever we give to the subconscious, be it good or bad, misery or hope, strength or weakness, it accepts it as true without question. So, it becomes important to be careful of what we feed to the subconscious mind, because it will decide how we behave to external stimuli and perceive our environment. Therefore, it is kind of a loop, we can make our life more and more miserable if we keep impressing the seeds of miserable emotion and immoral behaviour to the subconscious.

What you sow so shall you reap!