[MENTION=16071]sprinkles[/MENTION]
Yes. That is when and if we can do this, as perhaps we can if the emotion is not too threatening to our existing ego state. But what if the emotion is threatening to us? What if it is counter to a belief (from which arise feelings and consequent action or inaction)? What if it is ugly? What if it is scary?
I think fear is so cool because what we fear can give us such an immediate insight into our deepest issues! But we are conditioned, by the Balancer Ego, to do what it takes to stay balanced. This is also superficial. When our unconscious tries to inform us we have stuff to work on that could change us, it manifests as fear. And our conscious egos hear that as WARNING! impending change! And depending upon how long we've held the belief, worldview, or notion, the more warning, and therefore, the more fear we will likely have to said thing.
I just read that Jung called depression a blockage between the conscious and unconscious mind as well. INTP, I believe, said that. Energy from the unconscious is trying to inform the conscious mind but it cannot get through, so the blockage results in a severe stagnation which manifest as depression. Our ego is the gatekeeper between our concious and unconscious mind.
Anger can be a good clue too. Especially when people's anger does not match the situation at hand.
Apathy or numbness can be markers as well. The unconscious is saying, "Okay! You don't want to listen to me, I just won't let you feel anything at all and see how you like it!"
Fear, depression, anger, apathy are some of the emotions that our unconscious uses to get our attention when changes need to be made. We can choose to avoid fear; take medication for depression; not deal with, or suppress our anger; and ignore our apathy. In doing these things we've made conscious choices to not listen to our unconscious, and that is because thoughts and feelings have intervened to keep us in the status quo. A spiritual explanation is that the enemy or satan is lulling us into wasting our lives and not living up to our fullest God-given potential.
When we ignore these emotions a long time, they eventually will manifest in our body and mind. We can get physically ill, mentally ill. We will buffer with addictions to try to fix or ease the pain. Or turn to suicide if nothing else works.
All we need to do is open the door between the unconscious and conscious minds and consider a change of mindset. In a split second with a fraction of a kilocalorie of energy, we could change our complete being and context, allowing for soulfulness in our worldly self. Instead we fight tooth and nail against it, so strong can be our conceptual framework we build for the ego to dwell within. (like the matrix
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Humbling ourselves to God and submitting to Him is therefore sometimes the only thing that works when our ego has been given complete power over us, at the expense of our soulful Godly core; and is why 12 step programs use a higher power in their philosophy.
