Thread: (Prove Me Wrong) No One Has Literally Ever Talked to Their Subconscious. Ever.

^^ Right. Unconscious is not only the preferred term, but the term used by the actual people studying it -- specifically to indicate that there is no "sub," and perhaps to separate it from any Freudian references.

Subconscious has simply been around so long, and so ubiquitously used by the media (I guess it sounds better), that it has indeed become a synonym of sorts. I suppose in the future even the scientific crowd will start using subconscious as well, because that's the only word they heard growing up. That is how language changes.

It'd be a shame if that bit of word trivia is all you got out of our posts, though...

Originally Posted by Sageous

It'd be a shame if that bit of word trivia is all you got out of our posts, though...

I've been reading these posts with interest, and have gained quite a lot from them. I guess I'm reluctant to comment much further in terms of the link with unconscious discovery through lucid dreaming due to lack of experience in LDing.
However, having thought about it a bit more, I think there is a difference between unconscious and subconsious that is worth expanding on, in that the noun unconcious, to me, suggests "not conscious", whereas subconscious means "below" conscious, i.e. a form of consciousness below "normal" conscious thought. Subconscious also conjures up the idea of thoughts that originate from the below-brain, or ancient brain, that are more basic in their nature.
I think of this not as another form of consciousness that is somehow parallel but normally un-seen, but at a baser level, a more animal level if you will.
This touches on the reasons why it's difficult to communicate with the subconscious mind, because by definition it is too base to command ordinary spoken language.
Therefore I would guess that communication with the subconscious has to take the form of actions and in metaphor.
Take the classic example of wondering how you might react in a life-threatening situation. The real-life life-threatening situation often causes the ancient subconscious brain to take command, say in a fight or flight decision, and your actions are often not consciously thought through. I would assume that an LD could allow you to present that scenario and experience the subconscious response without the same actual danger.
That to me would be communicating with your subconscious in an LD.