A human being has two minds: objective and subjective.
The objective mind is the one we are all familiar with: the rational, waking consciousness through which we connect with the physical world. The means of perception are the five physical senses.
The objective mind could be considered synonymous with the Eastern concept of self-consciousness, or the esoteric concept of the “lower self”: that human personality which is a projection of the higher self into material conditions for the purpose of gaining experience through incarnation .
The subjective mind includes the subconscious mind and the superconscious mind. Much of the information in the subconscious mind is emotional and personal to the individual, but also contains the only path to that vast reserve of power that resides in the mysterious realm of the superconscious mind, also known as the collective unconscious.
We can identify the subjective mind with the higher self; Some have likened it to the Soul, on the grounds that the nearer we approach death, as the functions of the objective mind are suspended, the stronger the demonstrations of the subjective mind become. For example, many people in hospice see their deceased relatives and even have long conversations with them.
Hidden powers
The subjective mind is the seat of emotional drives and intuition, but also a repository of memories. The memory of the subjective mind is a completely comprehensive record of events, rather than the relatively limited perspective of the waking mind. Much information that is not available to us under normal circumstances can be extracted in trance states, hypnosis or shadow work. The subjective mind often “remembers” details and information long forgotten by the conscious mind—and even information that the conscious mind never seemed to register first.
This suggests that the subjective mind is aware of the physical environment, but by means independent of the physical senses. Many people have reported strange experiences that support this idea. For example, many have had the experience of waking up at the exact moment a burglar breaks into the house or a fire has broken out in another part of the house, even when there was no sound, or even when they normally sleep well due to the most cacophonous sounds. sounds. There is also the well-documented ability to perceive another person’s gaze “through the back of the head”; indeed most people in experiments can ‘feel’ the difference between when someone is looking at them from behind and when no one is looking.
The subjective mind has very remarkable powers far beyond those of the objective mind and of a different order. Its powers are not consciously available unless the objective mind is suspended, such as in a state of hypnosis or sleepwalking.
In these states, the subjective mind has been shown to be capable of seeing without the use of the physical eyes, of telepathic transmission, and of reading the contents of sealed envelopes or closed books. People with spinal or brain injuries who cannot walk or talk can sometimes do so in these states, and there are many examples of what are commonly referred to as clairvoyant abilities. It seems that while the objective mind is dependent on and limited to the brain, the subjective mind does not maintain the same relationship and can continue to function even with a serious injury to this organ.
The gatekeeper of manifestation
The objective mind is a fairly rigid structure built on a foundation of reason and the evidence of the senses. It is capable of rational argument and resistant to suggestion. It knows what it knows and has its reason, which works through identification, definition, distinction, limitation and control.
The subjective mind, on the other hand, is very receptive to suggestion. It is this susceptibility to suggestion that makes hypnosis possible and effective, but also dangerous. The subconscious mind is completely uncritical and will obey whatever suggestion it receives, whether the suggestion is wise, useful, or consistent with conscious beliefs. For this reason – and especially because the subconscious controls the body’s autonomic processes such as circulation and digestion – the subconscious can be our best friend or our worst enemy. Suggestions adopted in the subconscious matrix can make the difference between health and illness, between self-confidence and self-destruction, between success and failure.
The subconscious mind is the preserving part of the mind that allows us to form habits, for better or for worse. For example, if we are nurtured and cared for as children, the subconscious mind may receive and then perpetuate the suggestion that life is abundant and love is everywhere. However, if we are abused as children, we will receive and subconsciously harbor the suggestion that life is cruel and that we must bear the suffering all alone. This delicately nurtured attitude to life dramatically affects our ability to create the lives we want.
It is the subconscious that is the true director of any magical or manifesting activity, for the subconscious is the prism through which the light of the superconscious shines. The creative energy of the superconscious, that stream of infinite supply that gives you everything you have and will ever have, can only be directed by the attunement of highly charged emotions to our desire. If the subconscious mind is instilled in a way that works against achieving what we want, this desire will slowly manifest itself.
The subconscious mind can be seen as the egg from which higher forms of consciousness emerge. In manifestation practices, we strive to generate a charge from our subconscious mind, arousing positive emotions through the appropriate kinds of suggestion, affirmation, visualization, or mediation. When we have heightened the emotional state and aligned it with a conscious desire, we become channels of Superconsciousness. In this state of receptivity to higher powers, everything we desire flows into our lives.
The alchemists symbolized this state of being with the sign of Mercury, which shows an open cup at the top (water is the symbol of the subconscious), raised above the circle of the solar consciousness, that is, the objective mind. The opening at the top is precisely descriptive of one who has entered into the knowing beyond thought—that state in which the influx of light from other realms can shine into the conscious mind and bring enlightenment, tranquility, and the manifestation of our desires.
