The Inner Consciousness

Consciousness.” In other words, we assume (1) that there are basements, cellars, vaults, and sub-vaults of the mind below the level of the mental "first floor" where we consider the results of our mental processes; and (2) it is also true that there are several mental stories above (as well as below) the one on which we do our conscious “considering.” It is with these several stories of the mind—these planes or areas of mental activity—that we shall now deal in this work.

As we have seen from the authorities quoted, the fields or areas of the mind outside the circle of the Outer Consciousness are many and varied. Careful investigators have divided the mental activities of these several planes or areas into two general classes: (1) those “below” the plane of outer consciousness, which have the nature of automatic action; and (2) those “above” the plane of outer consciousness, which have the nature of intuitive action, and so on.

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Some investigators have given these two general planes or fields of mentation: the process of mental activity or thinking the names of the “sub-conscious” and the “super-conscious,” respectively. The term “sub” original: Latin "sub", meaning "under" or "beneath" means “under, beneath, etc.,” and the term “super” original: Latin "super", meaning "above" or "over" means “above, over, etc.” The trouble with this classification is that it places the “conscious mind,” or that portion of our