Posted by beardedlady on June 10, 2002, at 13:08:08
In reply to Do you believe the subconscious mind exists?, posted by mist on June 10, 2002, at 12:13:39
I was just basing that on something I'd learn years ago but must've blocked out!
Although I'm just kidding, the statement's sort of true. Although I am painfully self-aware, most of the choices I make come from experiences I've had. I don't have to consciously conjure them up each time I choose to do something, so those experiences have to be sitting in the subconscious, right? Maybe the subconscious needs a redefining here? For me, it's memories that we've stored and haven't recalled.
I may go near a ledge and feel a little queasy and uncomfortable, but I'm not thinking about the time when I was 12 and fell out of a tree. It's a memory that's not recalled. I respond to that ledge instantly from something in my subconscious--before I've had the desire or need to recall it.
And dreaming is an obvious example of why I couldn't think otherwise.
beardy : )>
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