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Do you like the life of your conscious or unconscious mind better?

Asked by wundayatta (58722points) September 26th, 2011

I think most of us know our unconscious mind best through dreams. I think a lot of people enjoy dreams a lot and pay a lot of attention to them. Others don’t remember dreams at all. Still others try to pay attention to other parts of the unconscious mind unrelated to dreams.

Then there is the conscious mind. Most of us experience the world primarily through the conscious mind. It is how we perceive and analyze and remember what is going on. It seems to be very important in that it keeps us safe, whereas the unconscious mind is more in a fantasy realm.

Which life of the mind do you prefer? Let me stipulate that assuming you are equally safe in either mind, which would you rather spend more time in? Do you like the surreality of the unconscious mind more? Do you like the greater orderliness of the conscious mind? Do you not care?

Why do you prefer what you prefer? What is it that you like about the life of that particular mind?

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