What do you mean by the "conscious mind"?

Your conscious mind is that default level of consciousness that you spend most of your time in. It is the waking state that observes, responds, and thinks about what happens to you in the coarse of a day. This part of your brain is considered the seat of consciousness. It is located in the frontal lobe of your brain. It is also subdivided into sections- two of which are the lateral prefrontal cortex and the medial prefrontal cortex.

 

The lateral prefrontal cortex is the area that especially focuses on the self-reflection, introspection, and self-monitoring aspects of consciousness. These functions do not encourage creativity and freedom of movement. They would inhibit taking risks and moving in unfamiliar and unaccepted ways. The medial prefrontal cortex, on the other hand, focuses more on self expression which requires non-judgmental-open-mindedness and risk taking in the performance of creative spontaneous tasks.

 

Both of these areas of the brain have corresponding states of mind/modes of consciousness which result in different kinds of intelligence. The lateral prefrontal cortex has a kind of intelligence that is valued by the western world’s power structure. This is the world of political and socioeconomic control, intellectual prowess, and reasoned complacency that often degrades the body as a skin sack of animalistic, thoughtless, and chaotic instincts which needs to be beaten into submission and buried under layers of disgust and fear.

 

Your conscious mind is not the place or state of consciousness that knows the power and intelligence of your body. It is only secondarily or at best tangentially connected to your body. For the most part, your conscious mind would rather not engage with your body. Your body is a drag on its way to achieving its more noble, flesh-free goals. However, your body lives and breathes in your  preconscious mind which is associated with the medial prefrontal cortex of your brain. This part of your brain also engages the senses and motor (movement) regions of the brain.

 

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