is there a way to unlock your unconscious mind?

[Poh SIti Dawn]

What are you saying op? By definition you are not conscious of your unconscious mind's thoughts. If you were, it wouldn't be your unconscious mind.

By definition, yes, but that doesn't mean that you can't make a connection and be aware of them. It would be called "Invasion".

To post my update, today I meditated, short 10 minutes. But it felt weird as if I were coming in and out of darkness and finally I was startled and awoken by my alarm

 

[Poh SIti Dawn]

3peat smh

 

[AyahuascaSippin]

Meditation seems to be the only way. Psychedelics can give you a glimpse, but it's not anything to write home about..

have you ever smoked dmt or drank ayahuasca? If entering the fourth dimension isnt something to write home about then i dont know what is

 

[blotter]

have you ever smoked dmt or drank ayahuasca? If entering the fourth dimension isnt something to write home about then i dont know what is

yes and no, lots of acid and psilocybin. I have a couple of friends who made dmt and many who blasted off like it was going it out of style. None of them really changed in any fundamental way because of those experiences. Their interest in working on themselves might have been piqued or a wall taken down, but to get at the root of it all? I haven't met that person yet. A good shaman hand won't purge or lose control while sipping and administering a ceremony because they've sat sober

I liked the experiences that resulted from psychedelics for a while, but my confidence was shaky at best, I wasn't humble, didn't have an overabundance of dignity, and was aggressive in spurts. The point to me became about my day to day existence. I realize people have that in line already, but that was just me. I'll probably try ayahuasca some day. The last time I ate mushrooms they did almost nothing, a little under an eight of great mushrooms

 

[Dirty_Jerz]

Alot of the stuff said here and I'd say constantly questioning everything about yourself. Knowing your heritage I think is important so you have something to key in on, because I think the vessel and bloodline you are born into plays a huge role in being able to unlock your "unconcious" mind. Certain traits that are passed down that you identify with even if you don't know it yet, like some jewish women are prone to develop breast cancer.

Sort of like eating a food dish for the first time and you like the taste, then sampling each ingredient, mixing them yourself and cooking it up, then trying it again. Completely different experience and different level of awareness. If that makes sense. It probably doesn't.

 

[Spin]

So I'm reading my Carl Jung book today, the one where he lectures at a school in Tavistock, London, and he goes on to talk about a "collective unconscious".

What a "collective unconscious" is, is a collection of thoughts, morals, behavior patterns, and even dreams that are passed from parents to their child. Which is why you have "inherit racism" and other things as well, like dreams of people you may have never met.

Anyway, it's an idea, that seems completely logical and I am wondering if there is a possibility to unlocking your unconscious mind in segments, whether it be you, or the segment of traits and ideas passed down by your father and mother, all the way down to the start of your family tree.

What do y'all think?

I got somewhat deep into Jung a few years back and found him very interesting. Jung was big on confronting the dark side of yourself which most people are scared to do. His book "Answer to Job" deals with this very issue. Job was doing everything "by the book", yet God still made a deal with the devil to temp Job. Why would God allow his most loyal follower to be tested in the first place? Reading Jung's book his theory is that God itself isn't fully conscious of itself/actions and therefore can act good or evil (man made ideas). God created man as a vessel to become fully aware of itself.

Of course man is inferior to God so we all fail in some regard which keeps the incarnation going generation after generation. Job in the old testament finally became aware of Gods ways when he says something along the line of "God at first I only knew you by hearsay, but now have experienced you for myself". Much like the hogwash we're fed about religion Job was following the "word" of God and being a "good" person. However, after being kicked, thrown to the dirt, etc Job becomes enlightened to the true ways of God. Now I'm somewhat simplifying some of this, but you guys can read the book. I have linked below to a movie based on Jung and Freud as well as a talk by Alan Watts on Jung.

 

[Poh SIti Dawn]

I got somewhat deep into Jung a few years back and found him very interesting. Jung was big on confronting the dark side of yourself which most people are scared to do. His book "Answer to Job" deals with this very issue. Job was doing everything "by the book", yet God still made a deal with the devil to temp Job. Why would God allow his most loyal follower to be tested in the first place? Reading Jung's book his theory is that God itself isn't fully conscious of itself/actions and therefore can act good or evil (man made ideas). God created man as a vessel to become fully aware of itself.

Of course man is inferior to God so we all fail in some regard which keeps the incarnation going generation after generation. Job in the old testament finally became aware of Gods ways when he says something along the line of "God at first I only knew you by hearsay, but now have experienced you for myself". Much like the hogwash we're fed about religion Job was following the "word" of God and being a "good" person. However, after being kicked, thrown to the dirt, etc Job becomes enlightened to the true ways of God. Now I'm somewhat simplifying some of this, but you guys can read the book. I have linked below to a movie based on Jung and Freud as well as a talk by Alan Watts on Jung.

I'll check this out later. Alan watts>>

But what is your opinion on all of this?

 

[The_King_of_Everything]

Opening your 3rd eye opens your mind to Spirts , I did this type of shyt all the time , kinda hard to to explain fully , I guess just look at Willow Smith

You mean making you bipolar

 

[CinnaSlim]

Akashic record

 

[TransJenner]

You mean making you bipolar

 

[The_King_of_Everything]

 

[BaggerofTea]

Environment

 

[OsO]

Haven't read through the thread yet (although I look forward to it). To answer the question OP you should practice "passive" meditation. It's a type of meditation where you try and keep your mind as still as possible with no thoughts. Because the stiller you can keep your mind, the more you become in tune with the universal consciousness. And by getting in tune with universal consciousness you expand that aspect of yourself, which is akin to "unlocking" your unconscious mind. Because when I hear you say "unlock your unconscious mind" what we're really talking about is an assimilation and integration of your conscious mind with your super-powerful-all-knowing unconscious mind for use in everyday life, otherwise what's the point?

 

[blotter]

It doesn't seem very passive if you're trying to keep a still mind. An analogy I like is that of a restless cow let in a huge meadow. At first it is excited and going from here to there, but it eventually settles in, eats, and finally rests. The cow could be compared to the practice of mindfulness and the meadow to the practice of awareness(of space). It's the combination of the two that seems to help. Stillness could be a byproduct, but imo shouldn't be the goal. The path is the goal and we're never not on the path, so working with what's there and not what we assume should be is prudent. I agree with the larger point that integrating the mind seems to be the point unless you're trying to go on a ego trip

 

[OsO]

It doesn't seem very passive if you're trying to keep a still mind. An analogy I like is that of a restless cow let in a huge meadow. At first it is excited and going from here to there, but it eventually settles in, eats, and finally rests. The cow could be compared to the practice of mindfulness and the meadow to the practice of awareness(of space). It's the combination of the two that seems to help. Stillness could be a byproduct, but imo shouldn't be the goal. The path is the goal and we're never not on the path, so working with what's there and not what we assume should be is prudent. I agree with the larger point that integrating the mind seems to be the point unless you're trying to go on a ego trip

I think you're right in the larger sense of meditation, but he asked for a specific tool to "unlock his unconscious mind," which is a very specific part of one's consciousness that you can't access without first stilling the conscious mind.

Edit: Just read through the thread. Some folks dropping knowledge so props for that... @BigJohnsons in here spreading half-truths tho