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The Collective Subconscious In contrast to the personal subconscious mind, that contains
elements which are unique to each person's experience, the collective
subconscious holds the elements that are common to all of creation i.e., humans,
other living creatures, and non-living entities. Even though Jung is credited
with the discovery of the collective subconscious, previous writers in
philosophy and religion had offered similar ideas about a common source from
which we all draw. The Jesuit philosopher Teilhard de Chardin described a
noosphere that is "composed of particles of human consciousness formed by
the inner experiences of mankind." In designs, the collective subconscious
has the following features:
The collective subconscious is a foundation of our human unity. Many belief systems say that there is a oneness of humanity. Through our connection to the collective subconscious, we are linked with all other people. With this commonality in human society, we understand one another's feelings and behaviors, because we respond in familiar ways to the same designs. Without the collective subconscious we might not be able to communicate at all from our separate, individual worlds. We each contribute to the collective subconscious. Our thoughts, emotions, and deeds are fed into this repository, to permanently enrich humanity's communal heritage. Our association with the teacher design will affect all future teachers. This phenomenon occurs because our design elements such as thoughts, images, energy tones, and actions remain in our design field that corresponds to the teacher design. There are sub-categories of the collective subconscious. While the collective subconscious is shared by all of creation, there is a group subconscious for every group of people such as family, culture, sub-culture, ethnic group, or religion. Next topic: The Ego |
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