Getting to Know Your Conscious and Superconscious Minds

“I have free will, but not of my own choice. I have never freely chosen to have free will. I have to have free will, whether I like it or not!”
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-Raymond Smullyan,  Is God A Taoist? from The Tao is Silent


Our last two posts in Know Thyself  covered the basics of the subconscious mind according to Huna teachings. Now we’ll move on to a short description of the conscious mind and a more in-depth look at the superconscious or higher-self as taught in Huna.

The conscious mind is our logical “adult” self. It is reasonable and intelligent. It is the planner, the organizer and the thinker. It is unemotional. The conscious mind communicates well with words, speaking its thoughts both internally and out loud. Of your three minds, you may be most familiar with your conscious mind because this is where most of us live on a day-to-day basis. If the subconscious mind is the gas in the engine of your car, the conscious mind is the driver, steering your life this way and that according to your consciously determined desires.

Huna philosophy teaches that the higher self or superconscious self is our God/Goddess-within. The higher self is that divine spark living within each of us. It is also so much more, more than it is possible to understand from our current level of development. However, it is possible to understand some functions of the higher self related to creating what we want in our lives.

The higher self is your master of energy. If you imagine for a moment the 3-D world we live in as an enormous holographic construct, the higher self is the computer genius who creates, programs and updates all the files manifesting as your life. However, and this is important to understand, because of the Law of Free Will, it is you, your conscious and your subconscious, that determine what is being programmed.

The higher self is also your source of guidance and inspiration. It has the ability to communicate with the higher selves of all other beings, and so bring you unlimited ideas, support, and synchronicities in your outer world. Your higher self is able to act as a sort of telephone operator allowing you to receive information and guidance from higher spiritual levels.

The language of the higher self is symbolic. It communicates through dream symbolism, bodily responses (chills, tingles, feelings, as interpreted through the subconscious), intuitive understanding, visual images, and symbols in your outer world.

Your higher self may do all this for you, but because of the Law of Free Will it may not do so unless invited by you. This is an invitation only party and your higher self may only watch lovingly from the sidelines until invited to participate.

The difficult piece for most of us is that in the absence of a positive, consciously intended and supportive belief system the subconscious may ‘ask’ without conscious awareness, so that the higher self will manifest the wounded beliefs of the subconscious, thereby supporting the supposed truth of those beliefs. Free will is just that, free.

Our lesson and our opportunity according to Huna, is to learn to use our free will in a positive way rather than have it determined for us by negative beliefs and old wounds buried in the subconscious mind.
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In our next post we’ll explore the Huna method for communicating with your higher self through the practice of breath supported prayer. 

Your Spiritual Toolbox

Today, ask your higher self  to clearly show you the language with which it communicates. Make your request out loud to engage your subconscious mind in your desire.

Pay close attention and learn the symbolism and feelings with which your higher self speaks to you.

Each of us is different, but here are some possibilities.

Look for the symbols in your dreams and in your outer world. Do you have a special song that feels like loving support from Spirit when you hear it? Is there an animal or bird symbol in nature that is meaningful to you? Try to remember your dreams and look for any symbols that recur.  Writing your dreams down in a dream journal as soon as you awaken is a great way to train yourself to remember your dreams.

Look for sensations in your body that get your attention. Do you experience chills, tingles, even a feeling like a hit in the solar plexus, when you hear or speak truth or untruth? Do you have a sensation of expansion or contraction in your body when considering different paths of action?

Visual images may appear in your mind's eye when you close your eyes and sit quietly. It may be a face your recognize or a symbol that is meaningful.

Each of these may be your higherself communicating with you in your special, shared language.