March 11, 2014
Consciousness/Subconscious/Unconscious
inner-Self
Richard
H. von Gremmler
As I have conveyed throughout my writings, all of my philosophies are
interrelated; as with each topic, there will be a correlation. This particular subject matter is extremely
important in that, it will always have a direct effect on our emotions.
Whenever exposed to unpredictable disparities of conflict and stress, it
is imperative to possess the emotional fortitude, and most importantly, the inner-Self
awareness, with being capable interpreting and integrating the genuine understandings
of these dynamics. (Refer to my article
on Stress/Anger Conflicts)
Every situation we experience in life will be examined by our
ego-defense mechanisms prior to being allowed into the conscious mind (consciousness),
with the more critical and complex emotional issues averted. (Refer to my article on Ego-Defense
Mechanisms)
With the latter, this will result with the analysis of each stress
situation (stressor) emerging in disguised fashion, beyond conscious intellectual
comprehension or reasoning; since these specific challenging forces will be voluntarily
suppressed into the subconscious, or involuntarily repressed and assimilated
within the covert emotional domain, the unconscious inner-Self (Psyche).
This article on consciousness, subconscious and the unconscious
inner-Self, reflects both overt behavior and subliminal feelings, resulting from
the interaction that transpires between the integration within these three
levels; which if adequately explored and identified, would reveal an
individual’s genuine unique identity (personality).
Overt behavior will disclose what the conscious mind interprets,
resulting from all internal (subliminal) and external emotional stimuli, while embracing
both present and past life experiences; and of which could be in total conflict
with the actuality of the respective stimulus.
The inconsistency here is, determinate on how we consciously perceive
incoming data. Therefore, if exceeding
our emotional threshold, our overt response will be disguised, whereby displaying
a facade by which to prevent others, and even ourselves, from discovering and illuminating
the genuine feelings that are relative to the circumstances responsible for the
particular dilemma.
When referring to feelings, I’m equating these dynamics with our
subliminal environment. And the
subliminal world will always exemplify our genuine emotions. The difficulty arises in that; most of us are
incapable with ascertaining the genuine feelings deriving from our hidden
emotions. How many individuals are
actually capable with feeling and experiencing his or her personal genuine
feelings?
And depending on our emotional stability, will not just determine our
capability with consciously experiencing our own personal emotional feelings,
but also the understanding of the feelings of others.
This phenomenon entails the ability, or inability, as to the conscious acceptance
of situations that are stress related (stressors). Whereby, if in denial, this avoidance will produce
even greater problems for us, guilt. (Refer
to my article on Guilt)
In my simple little vacuum, I believe everything we encounter in life will
create some degree of stress for us. Some
of the stimuli will be something we have previously experienced, or something
of no significance. But it’s the more
critical issues that will have a direct effect on our emotional world.
To clarify what occurs within the conscious environment encompasses the
endless merging of diverse and unpredictable experiences and exposures, both
emotionally and intellectually. And the
most critical aspect of these challenges is that, they will always be subjected
to and governed by both our emotional needs and ego-defense mechanisms. (Refer to my article on Emotional Needs)
As previously explained, our ego-defense mechanisms will always supersede
conscious engagement, and regardless of how we may attempt to control or
manipulate the influx of confrontations, only a negligible fraction will be
allowed into consciousness. As commented
on earlier, certain threatening criteria will be either suppressed or
repressed, depending on the severity.
The spontaneous and involuntary ego-defense mechanisms will evaluate all
assimilated emotional criteria, with minimal actuality allowed into consciousness. This process could be compared to a filtering
system, which monitors and differentiates between the preferable and the
undesirable stimuli. And this is one of
the reasons why they are so many individuals dependent on trivia.
To reiterate, all communication, both overt and subliminal, will
initially be introduced into consciousness.
Since everything we experience in life will always have an effect on our
emotions, some of the genuine interpretations may become obscure, with their
actuality being redirected, whereby, being suppressed into the subconscious or
repressed into the unconscious inner-Self.
An individual’s emotional threshold will always be the determining factor
as to the acceptance, or denial, of stress producing situations; dependent on
the severity, both causation and gravity, of each respective stress
situation. And everyone’s threshold will
always be exclusive, with the origin and degrees of stress varying greatly.
As a result of ego-defense mechanisms, the majority of an individual’s
genuine emotional identity (personality) may be concealed from conscious
awareness, and could perish within the unconscious inner-Self, if not
discovered and eventually brought to surface.
I view these two levels, the subconscious and the unconscious inner-Self,
serving as reservoirs for the accumulation of unresolved stressors, which I
refer to in my book “The Simplicity of Happiness” as emotional garbage, which
have been denied from conscious review.
Unresolved stressors could be compared to emotional baggage, which will
accumulate, if not identified and resolved, some of which may be carried around
with us throughout our lifetime. And
this phenomenon is what constitutes all of the unique and diverse personalities
throughout the world.
Those stressors, which are suppressed into the subconscious, involve
experiences that create a minimal degree of discord affecting an individual’s
identity. What occurs is, an individual
may experience minor stress, whereby, if the specific elements are too stressful
for conscious acceptance (threshold), the specific circumstances will be consciously
denied (ego-defense mechanisms), and then suppressed into the
subconscious. I associate this level of
defense mechanism with temporary avoidance or procrastination.
To briefly explain one illustration regarding this phenomenon, I believe
there are those individuals who will grieve, but only on an unconscious
inner-Self level though, more greatly over their potential failures (occurring
in the future), than grieving about the failures from the present or past. They will actually experience guilt for
something they have not yet experienced!
On an unconscious inner-Self level of processing, they will fear that
the dominance of their ego-defense mechanisms will impede their future
emotional motivation and decision-making.
And this phenomenon basically applies with their prediction of the
future, as experienced from past experiences and behavior.
Considering the dynamics occurring between consciousness and the
subconscious inner-Self, what basically happens is, the suppression is carried
out on a conscious level, which is effected by voluntarily consciously denying
(suppressing) the clarification of the situation. The suppressed issues will then surface and
resurface from time to time, evolving from the subconscious into consciousness,
and will continue between these two levels, until the respective stress
situation(s) has been resolved.
Another and extremely critical component, which I briefly commented on
earlier, also both involuntarily and beyond conscious logical comprehension,
and which is interrelated with this phenomena, is guilt. Guilt is an extremely overwhelming dynamic,
which will have a direct effect on everyone’s emotional stability. And as with ego-defense mechanisms, there is
no discrimination. And there are no
logical or discernable escape strategies or other means by which to avoid the emotional
suffering resulting from these devastating and potentially destructive dynamics;
except through resolution of the defining factors. Ego-defense mechanisms may prevent introspection,
but will never eliminate the root of the problem or the emotional suffering.
Ego-defense mechanisms will impede us from consciously identifying the reason(s)
for the guilt, and that we are experiencing stress because of the guilt, but
also restricting us from acknowledging that we are experiencing guilt! And even though we may not be consciously aware
with what is transpiring, these dynamics will continue to exist within the subconscious
and the unconscious inner-Self, unless resolved.
As a result of this dilemma, all of the anguish will continue to prevail
and build-up within the subconscious and unconscious inner-Self, and with the
suppressed and repressed dynamics not only taking its toll on the conscious
mind, but also physiologically! This is
revealed by those individual’s appearing much older than they truly are!
As I had commented on earlier, the subconscious environment is not as
insidious as the unconscious inner-Self, since suppressed stressors are less
consequential and will resurface occasionally for conscious evaluation. The only problem that could arise here though
is, if the stressors within the subconscious are not resolved and are allowed
to accumulate to a critical level, certain criteria may be repressed into the
unconscious inner-Self, possibly becoming even more obscure and remote from
conscious recollection.
Within the unconscious inner-Self, this environment contains the more formidable
stressors. The unconscious inner-Self is
basically where all of the extremely threatening stressors are stored away from
conscious identification, and without conscious comprehension.
The insidious feature with the unconscious inner-Self is that, with
repression, all of the denied stimuli are dumped into the unconscious
inner-Self, and without conscious awareness.
This is where, I believe, at least 95% of an individual’s true and
genuine identity (personality) resides.
And this is why I believe individuals in today’s world have no cognition
as to the determining factors of their behavior, both physical and
emotional. And this is why some
individuals in today’s society live in a world of confusion and emotional
isolation.
To continue and reinforce my theories with what transpires within the
subconscious and the unconscious inner-Self; the lesser threatening stressors
are suppressed into the subconscious, but with an individual’s conscious
awareness. With the unconscious
inner-Self, repression will occur without conscious awareness or perception of
this phenomenon even taking place. Basically,
the respective stressor will be repressed without our knowledge, and totally
forgotten. And this is what
Psychoanalysis should be all about, bringing out the hidden and lost demons from
the unconscious inner-Self into consciousness for resolution.
This is how ego-defense mechanisms, suppression, repression and guilt
are all interrelated, and why they are so insidious. As a result of our ability or inability with
acknowledging and resolving stress-producing challenges, the stressor(s) will
be brought to a conclusion, or if denied, the ego-defenses will be activated. And this will create a facade for us,
whereby; the genuine identification will become less distinguishable, or
totally forgotten.
While experiencing everyday exposures, individuals will encounter some
situations which they will resolve as they occur, or, and depending on the
severity, they will deny the reality of the situation. But unfortunately, ego-defenses will always
involuntarily activate and orchestrate the placement of each respective
stressor, totally dependent on an individual’s emotional security and
threshold. And no one has the ability to
control or manipulate ego-defense mechanisms, repression or guilt.
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