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The system of unconscious mind and conscious mind also works in a united way. The adhyavasaya from waiting karma depends on our thought activity; they tend to be of the same type as our thoughts. The resulting lesya shall exhibit the corresponding effect in our body and brain. Thus we tend to become what we think. There is a reinforcing effect of our thinking on our psychology, which is shaped accordingly. As before, the waiting matured psychological karma can either show some unexpected effects or get dislodged without giving fruit depending on our way of thinking. A positive thinking saves us from undesired consequences and a negative thinking may produce unexpected reactions. To fully understand the psychology we have to be thorough with the doctrine of karma.
What is the relation between unconscious mind and conscious mind? It appears that the holographic unconscious mind contains all the memories, the memories of the past lives as well as the memories of this life, in the form of karma. What exactly is karma, is it a detailed memory record or record of some abstraction of memory typical of the event, is not known with certainty. There may also be a difference in the way the physiological and psychical records are stored. The physiological records that regulate the body physiology are purely unconscious, we do not consciously know the activities going on in the cells and the processes going on in the body, The soul maintains and manages the body unconsciously leaving the conscious mind completely free to deal with the external world. The conscious mind has not to worry about the operation of the body except when it comes to interaction between the body and the external environment. The conscious mind tends to protect the body from external effects; the internal working is not its responsibility.
The main responsibility of the conscious mind is to look after the psychic functions, including our conduct, behavior, thinking, imagining, planning, taking decisions, etc based on internal inputs from the karma body (psychical) and external stimuli received through senses. The brain is the place where the information is processed. The body through the brain executes the decisions taken by conscious mind. Both the brain and body must have the ability to carry out the functions directed by conscious mind; in case of disability in any one of them the conscious mind becomes helpless. The conscious mind does not allow access to psychical karma, its mentor, in the normal conditions. But if the conscious mind can be silenced, access to psychical karma is possible. But even in this case the physiological karma are perhaps not accessed and we cannot change the working of the body and thus adversely affect our own existence. Changes in the body do take place on reduction of psychical karma but the conscious mind has no role in it.
Besides interacting with the external world the conscious mind can also be directed inwards to explore the secrets of our subtle existence. Usually this Arhat Vacana, 23 (4), 2011
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