How to Tap into the Collective Unconsciousness, by Q. Reyes – Artistic Warfare #25

June 7, 2009 Q. Reyes 0 Comments

The Collective Unconscious is arguably a place that has not been explored by our generation at the depth necessary to be understood. The Collective Unconscious is the place where all that exists lives. We all think we have individual minds, individual thoughts and individual choices. The fact of the matter is that we are connected in a way deeper than what seems to be the case.

Dreaming a weird dream or feeling a dream to be “so real”, are examples of the Collective Unconscious in action. All dreams come from one central place, and when we plug into that place, we have no idea with what we’ll end up.

Sometimes you may dream a dream that is not your dream or related to your life, and that’s when you find yourself questioning what that particular dream meant. Sometimes you’ll dream about the last thing you went to bed thinking about, and it’s not hard to make sense why those dreams come into play.

Your imagination is also connected to that dream world; the only difference is that you plug into that place through your imagination while being conscious. You literally make it a goal to tap into that source and bring out those dreams, yet you might not know that you are doing this.

You may think that the things you create only come from your imagination and that you’re some sort of genius because you’re able to think about brilliant things. The fact of the matter is that imagination belongs to all of us, and we all tap into the same source of that imagination.

So to say that you have the mind of Steven Spielberg is not inaccurate, but to say that you share thoughts with Jeffrey Dahmer is not erroneous neither. We are all TV monitors that get our signal from one central broadcast facility. Some of us are tuned to different channels, some of us have better reception, but it’s the same signal, nonetheless.

Understanding how you access to the Collective Unconscious works is essential to being the most creative you can be. To willingly tap into all the mind has to offer is one of the greatest gifts you could give yourself and the world. If we all were to tapped into this place, and understand all of its mysteries, we would be better off as the people we are mean to be.

Not everyone can comprehend in a lifetime what this place is about. Not many people get to access it and use it to our collective advantage; but, the simple awareness that such place exists could be the difference between making a difference in the world, or just being another person being born, living and subsequently dying.

There are many ways to tap into this Collective Unconscious, one of the main ones being through yourself. Meditation is beyond a spiritual or religious practice; it’s a key to figuring out what you consist of.

Many religions use meditation because of the power to tap into this Collective Unconscious in a spiritual way. You don’t have to believe that. You could just find a moment to be silent and listen yourself. What do you have to say? Why are you saying that? How much do you have to say, and is it of any value?

When you do this you will notice that at first all your thoughts seem overwhelming. You’ll begin to worry and your mind will try to make you stop listening to yourself. If you’re one of the lucky people with the discipline to get beyond your own mind, you will discover the place where true imagination lives.

When we are external about what we create or imagine, we have no control of the outcome. When we are in touch and realize the mechanism that life uses to maintain itself relevant, then we let go of all fear, and we create the true masterpiece that we are meant to create.

Q. is a guy that likes orange juice a lot. Q. also enjoys apple juice. Sometimes Q. goes crazy and mixes the two, but doesn’t like what it tastes like, so he doesn’t do it again (even though it wasn’t as bad as mixing chocolate and strawberry NesQuick).