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Originally Posted by Greenslade
The unconscious takes care of the internal reality while the ego interfaces with the external reality, and the two of them are in a symbiotic relationship. The unconscious framework is fundamental to the ego and its 'contents', which then 'filter' external reality and 'feed that back' to the unconscious. The unconscious then processes it, rinse and repeat.
The Limbic system is the so-called 'lizard brain' and its main function is survival. we are also programmed to be attracted to that which would help our survival or run away from what would be detrimental to it....
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Yes, a person's unconscious creates his/her perceptions of his/her external reality. Perception is based purely on memory and thoughts of/about the past and future, while consciousness and awareness takes place in the present moment. Spirituality is not about the spiritual/non thinking vs the physical/thinking (which some people will say is the non-spiritual and includes the ego, mind and body). Spirituality is more about a person creating with his/her false/negative beliefs of his/her future and thinking about the future, which creates false perceptions vs a person creating with consciousness and awareness based thoughts in the present moment. A person's inner reality, beliefs etc etc creates that person's perceptions of spirituality and of the external physical reality.
Just so you know, I meant spiritual in a oneness/wholeness context, I did not mean spiritual in a general context.
The combination of perception together with consciousness and awareness is what creates the law of attraction/synchronicity, whether the perception, consciousness and awareness are balanced, and aligned with truth/brahman/the present moment or not. All traditions, spiritual paths, and the beliefs people have in their memory are based on the past, they are not based on the present moment.
The present moment will negate, null and void memories and beliefs of the past. The present moment triggers the stress of cognitive dissonance, but instead of the stress bringing a person closer to the present moment, the stress causes said person to ignore and/or dismiss the present moment, and the said person to believe what he/she wants to believe and/or what comforts and relieves his/her cognitive dissonance stress, I have been there and done that.
A person whom turns the mind, body, ego and the physical into the bad guy gives him/her a way to comfort and relieve his/her cognitive dissonance stress, thus is exactly the ego, and does not work in the end, just like using consciousness as an excuse to ignore and dismiss what consciousness is consicous of does not work.