# Subconscious & Unconscious Mind > The subconscious and unconscious are reframed as convenient definitions that allow a person to not take responsibility for portions of their own creation rather than separate chambers. - Canonical: https://sassani.app/topic/subconscious-mind # Subconscious & Unconscious Mind Bashar's teaching on the subconscious and unconscious is a reframe rather than a model. From his vantage you are actually one consciousness, and the labels "subconscious" and "unconscious" are convenient definitions that let you not yet take responsibility for portions of your own creation. What you say you know only unconsciously is the same as what you consciously choose not to know — on some level you always already know what you need to know. ## One consciousness, convenient definitions The starting claim is that the division into conscious, subconscious, and unconscious is a created distinction, not a discovery about the mind. Bashar describes these as "arbitrary definitions or local or realms or dimensions" that you have created so that you can become cognizant of portions of yourself at whatever rate is comfortable, allowing them to leak into awareness slowly. In his plain summary: unconscious is where you put things with "I'll get to those sometime," subconscious is "maybe I'll start dealing with those tomorrow," and conscious is what you are willing to deal with today. This is framed as a remnant of the cycle of separation your civilization has been exploring. You cannot explore limitation unless you create the ability to forget that you created the scenario, so the subconscious/unconscious split is a habit of that exploration — and now that you are at the end of the cycle, you are beginning to remember that these are all one consciousness. ## The equation: unconscious knowing equals conscious unknowing The teaching turns on an identity Bashar states explicitly. What you believe you know unconsciously — "unconscious knowingness" — is the same thing as what he calls "conscious unknowingness," which means you consciously do not want to know. So when you say "I unconsciously do know," it is the same thing as saying you consciously do not yet choose to know. The less you create that distinction, the more you allow communication between the levels you have set up, and the more of what was hidden becomes available when you need it, without forcing. ## How the hidden becomes conscious Because "subconscious" names material you have not yet owned rather than a sealed chamber, bringing it into awareness is a practical matter of reading your own reflections. Bashar's instruction is that your life will bring unconscious beliefs to your attention through the feelings and circumstances you experience; you can trace those back to what you must believe is true in order to have that experience, and once investigated the belief is made conscious. The key operator here is recognition: a habit is something you do that you do not know you are doing, and once you recognize you are doing it, if you do it again it is a choice — you can no longer blame the pattern. The same logic governs motivation. The only reason you would choose something you say you do not prefer is that an unconscious belief is attached to it that makes the unwanted option seem like the better choice. Since you always choose what you believe is in your best interest, an empirically self-defeating choice points directly to a belief that must be uncovered and detached. Find the belief that has been attached to something it has no business being attached to, recognize it, and the unwanted choice loses its logic. ## The "subconscious conditioning" reframe When someone asks how to work with "subconscious conditioning" that is affecting them negatively, Bashar's move is to name the asker's fundamental belief on the spot: the operative belief is "I believe I have subconscious conditioning that may affect me negatively." The work is not to dig into a hidden storehouse; it is to ask why you choose to believe that, and whether you prefer to believe it. The word "subconscious" is treated as a label that displaces responsibility from the present choice onto a hidden realm — and dropping the label returns the issue to the place where it can actually change. ## Practical implications The practical consequence of the reframe is that you do not need a technique to excavate the unconscious; you need a willingness to read your experience as your own reflection. Bashar suggests using your life "karmically, as a self-guiding mechanism": treat feelings and circumstances as clues that point to the belief you must hold for that experience to appear, then investigate the belief directly. Recognition alone begins to dissolve the pattern, because a recognized habit is no longer automatic. A second implication concerns pain. Bashar states that all pain — physical, mental, emotional, spiritual — is the result of separating a portion of yourself from the rest of yourself so it cannot draw on its connection for strength. When you ignore the subtle inner voices, the body and mind eventually shout; willingness to take responsibility for the creation, including the parts you have labelled unconscious, often lets the message arrive in an easier form than pain. This is Bashar's attributed framing of an inner dynamic; it is not medical or psychological advice and does not replace appropriate care for pain or any health condition. ## Representative passages From our perspective, you are now beginning to recognize that you actually are simply one consciousness. Subconscious and unconscious are convenient definitions that allow you to not take responsibility for your creation. [...] What you believe you know unconsciously, unconscious knowingness, is the same thing as conscious, unknowingness, which is saying that you consciously do not want to know. So you say you unconsciously do know. But it is all the same thing. On some level, you do know what you need to know.— Bashar, Back To Basics (back-to-basics#qa-5) Remember, a habit is something you do you don't know you're doing. Once you recognize you're doing it, if you do it again, it's a choice. You can't blame the pattern anymore. [...] Your life will bring them to your attention through the reflections and circumstances and feelings that you have that you can use to trace those back to what you have to believe is true in order to have those experiences, those feelings.— Bashar, Clarity And Clarifying Beliefs Choosing Equals Empowerment (clarity-and-clarifying-beliefs-choosing-equals-empowerment#qa-2) The fundamental belief is, I believe I have subconscious conditioning that may affect me negatively. Why choose to believe it? [...] Do you prefer to believe that? [...] Then why believe it?— Bashar, Autumn (autumn#text) ## Related - [Definitions & Beliefs](https://sassani.app/topic/definitions-and-beliefs) - [Consciousness](https://sassani.app/topic/consciousness) - [Self-Empowerment](https://sassani.app/topic/self-empowerment) - [Responsibility](https://sassani.app/topic/responsibility) Markdown twin of https://sassani.app/topic/subconscious-mind. The HTML page is the source of truth.