By Jennie Marlow
The term unaware can be used to describe something unconscious, however, unaware can also mean that we simply do not have the means to know something. For example (while not strictly true), we could say that before 1492, people were unaware that the Earth is round, but you wouldn’t say they were unconscious of it. It was simply one of those unknown truths that, while knowable, had not yet crystallized into knowledge that could be shared and thereby become part of our collective human awareness.
White Buffalo often refers to something he calls the “ever expanding rim of what is knowable by humanity.” In this model, there is what is known by an individual; what is known to others; what is known collectively; and what is knowable, but not yet known to one, some or all.
Conscious and unconscious operate more discretely within the realm of the human psyche, it seems to me. Spotted Eagle teaches us that we tip in and out of clarity and power on the fulcrum of our fear of uncertainty. He likes to use the term anxious mind to describe that part of our psyche that lurks in the shadows of awareness where it cannot always be seen directly. What he is saying is this: our conscious awareness does not always track what is happening in the anxious mind, and because of this, the anxious mind can have a devastating effect on our behavior and choices. What we are conscious of while this is happening may actually be a massive projection that we have confused with objective reality.
Spotted Eagle teaches that while the conscious mind may be completely unaware of how the anxious mind is distorting our reality, our behavior will always track the anxious mind perfectly, even when the conscious mind does not track the anxious mind at all. So, by observing our behavior patterns and patterns of interpretation (the story-lines made up in the mind), we are then able to indirectly track, with great accuracy, what the anxious mind is up to.
Contributed by Jennie Marlow
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Jenny,
Since I am writing my newsletters in the English language this subject has intrigued me a great deal. I noticed that even scientists who published books in this country differ in the meaning and use of the word conscious and unconscious. I found that the the terminology of interpretation of Freud and Jung’s work on this subject differs between the English and German language, the latter offering just another layer of depth.
Naturally, like always, the essence of Spotted Eagle’s interpretation hits the nail right on the head. For myself I have established this simple rule.
being conscious equals being aware (of something)
being unconscious equals being not aware (of something)
However, when I write or work with clients I have decided to use the sub-conscious mind. According to Jung and Freud, the sub-conscious mind is the place where our shadows live; where our individual as well as collective conditioning and patterns of perceptions and behavior reside. Therefore, we are not conscious or aware of them.
Best wishes of light and love
from DIANA
Thanks for your comment, Diana.
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