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be said that our unconscious is our reactive, ill informed

mind, our survival mind. Our unconscious mind is

always in a state of alertness to protect itself, to protect

its ego. This aspect of our mind is geared to answer, not

to question. This aspect is where we process what we

unconsciously perceive as threats to our ignorant

perceptions of who we are, a body with a Spirit. The

body sees itself as the most important aspect of this

human being. The body fears defeat, fears dying, fears

hurt, fears true humility. It seeks recognition and status.
Spiritual awareness poses a threat as it defeats these

fears but unaccountably, un-quantifiably and
un-intellectually. This would therefore pose the

hypothesis that the unconscious sees Spiritual awareness

in opposition to ego. Where does the notion to blame, or

criticise, or demean come from? It comes from the

unconscious. Continuing with the foregoing hypothesis

we can see that the ego mind, the unconsciousness mind

will seek to impose itself whenever it sees itself as being