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Brie Stark's picture

I often wonder how often I

I often wonder how often I should allow my unconscious to come forward--because, intuitively speaking, it seems plausible that there should be times when the conscious doesn't hinder the unconscious thought.  We can't always inhibit everything our unconscious desires, strictly speaking.  However, from a personal level, I often find that I have trouble meditating or even dwelling upon a thought that is not refined by my conscious.  I cannot draw myself into the meditative state because I have a constant train of thoughts.  To describe this, I often say that I am telling stories about everything I do--and I mean this quite literally.  More often than not, I will physically think of words to describe what I am doing, at any point in time.  I can visual the words, like they are on a page.  Perhaps, as we discussed a bit in Paul's lecture, this is why I consider myself a decent writer.

So, this separation of unconscious and conscious greatly intrigues me.  The separation is often more one-sided though: the conscious gets the majority of the 'action' in social relations.  Should the unconscious have its time to come forward?  When is that appropriate time?

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