.....building from the premise that what I perceive myself to be is to be called "mind",
and that this, as confirmed by the others in this place that this phenomenon is divided into 2 parts,
the conscious, which is having these ruminations [cognitive process] and an unconscious which is not something the conscious part is really aware of [thus sub-conscious]
and the conscious part is said to be aware of...about what, less than 10% of the actual activity occurring,
thus depicting the subconscious as the true captain of the ship, [the hidden hand behind the puppet king] the big gorilla driving us with compulsions and instincts, as creatures of robotic habit,
seeming to be beyond the conscious control of most everybody
[oh, except for those exceptional few who are so perfect and have no such issues ...you know who you are
]
I could conclude that this conscious part of me is but the smallest shadow of a much larger flame [so to speak]
and so too everyone else.
just sharing a thought that swam up to the surface while i was reading this thread.
cheers